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, 1865-02-14

There wns fair attendance on Change to-d1y,
and the general markets were quiet The mark
els III New York we're armer, but The speculative
demand here vas very light, and there Was no
Improvement In prices.
In Provisions there was ht1ner feeling among
holdeEs, with light offerings, but the demand Is
very limited and we have to quote dull market.
Mess Pork WIS neglected, and We qnots 1t noual-
nal at $3a.00. Prime Hess Pork WIS In limited
request at s3o.5o@s so,75, but sellers we're firm at
$500. Choice brands are now very Scarce, and
lot Of 6O0 bbIs we're sold to-day, TO meet con
truct ut S32 TO- This, however, Is no criterion Of
the market, az good brandR Were offered at S31.O
l21.50. Sweet Picked Hams were sold at 16c,
but city brands arc held firm at l63ll8tc- Eng
llsh N1dd1es arc scarce and firm, with sales Of 50
b1s Cumber1ands at 17ic. Bacon Shoulders are
in limited request and we note sales Of TO- o0 lbs
1t lee packed. Lard was dull and shade saster,
With sales Of zoo scs prime steam Leaf at etG2lic
Dressed Hogr were in good demand BY packers,
and we note stesdy and firm market, with sales
Ut 1N14 chiefly at that price dividing On 100 lbs.
Highwines were in rather better request md
fruer, w11h Gales at 500 brla ut $2.18-the market
closing very quiet
The demand for Wheat was light and the market
ruled dull 8nd somewhat easier previous to the
receipt Of the rst dispatch, but subsequently In
proved little and closed firm at advance Of 3c
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, 1865-02-14

WuOI~FecsiT.d 5,9io IS: .shipped s,o7o %.
There IS large amount Of Nao. b rcKed mp on inc
c. nkeguentl5 arc ons OF the market. which se!y
du}l We quotn nomtusl!y at s33eac TOT Coufse 10
IeIfrm NIfh litk!. demand.
, 1865-02-14
SENATE,

6PR1NGFEID, Feb. 13.
to uati1tis Vas ordered to third reading. The
bill IN relation TO swamp llnts IVES reported, With
III. Mcdonnell, from the Committee On Federal
Relations. reported the resolution Of tho House in
relation to the publication Of the military history
Of The State. The committed approved OF The
done at Ibis time, and recommended to postpone
the matter to future day.
Nj. Green, Of Alexander, called mp the House
detainer, viii amendments, which were adopted.
III. Green, II is 1e1andsr, called up the resoln-'
ton against a ta1 on Leaf tobacco. 1t passed
MI. Eastman called up the resolution felati7c to
the Calumet feeder-daui. Adopted. .
the It'll to pay he Bossd ii War Clains. Carried.
III. Mack, frem the Rsilroad Committee, report
Conference committse, i to to Incorporate tie sha9.
nettoWn Branch Of the Illinois Central Railroad;
1he Rockford, Rock Island and st: Louis Carbon
sg s Ra se
Island and Alton Railroad; TO amend the charter
Of TIE Greet Eastern Railroad; to amend the Law
Tor The consolidation Of Railroads. The bills were
ordered to a third reading.
4 message was received from the House. an-
9onneine the passage Of over two hundred bills on
Bn1s oA THIRD REAp1No-House bill relative to
foreclosure Of mortgaEes-passed, yeas 18. nays
none.
~: Green, of Alexander amend the charter
Of Vienna-passed.
Mr. IanslIg-Ihe Mississippi iRailrold-passe
Mf* ,EaatmAn-To amerd the general banking
Hr. Ward called for the special order, being the
blll making appropriations not otherwise provided
for. Mr. Green, OF Alexander, moved to amend
sestlon :, 90 as to read and the pez diem and
Assembly" and after "Speakerof Of the Senate y
and "tha Speaker Of the 1lousc shall b paid out
Of the Siate Treasury In gold coin
Mi. Addams moved to lay, the amendment on the
table. Alr. Green OF Alexander, moved q cali Of
the House, the qut stion being on the motion to
lay the amendment On the table-ioat, yeas I'd,
naye IS Nr. Green Of Alexander, moved the
previous questIon-cartie1, the question beins-
On The adoption Of The amendment, II was carried.
yeas1s, nays 10. Teas-cchrs, Green Of Alexander,
Green, Of Marion. Hunter, Lindsay, Mcdonnell,
Peters, Reilly, Richards, seoasld. VandcTecr,,
Wescott Worcester-19 Nays-Addans, Allen,
Bushnell, Eastman. Lsnsing. Maek. Metcaif
Strain, Ward, Wcbtter-l0. The bill was ordered
to a third reading, yeas 16, nays Z. The bill
pass.d, yeas Is, nays g.
Mr. McCop1 Ell called up the bill to authorize
, 1865-02-14

Gov. Bramlette Of Kentucky, has sent In a
message to the Legislature advocating the
ratification Of the amendment to the Constitu-
ton abolishing slavery, but coupling with it
q proposition that the Federal Government
shall pay the value Of the s1aYes liberated in
Kentucky. The Louisville Journal speaks
thus On the subject Of the amendment:
In Kentucky and Delaware only will the
amendment be disputed by any formidable
opposition hut We are confident that the
Legislatures Of these States will ratifS 1t
within bliet period.
The popular mind Of ssne country has under
gone radical change on the slavery ques-
tion since the wr began. While the insur-
gent States were being precipitated into rev.
olution, and after seven States bud Bcccded,
the Federal Congress adopted by more than
two-thi1ds vote resolution auendatory OF
the Constitution, by which slavery was to be
guaranteed forever IN afl the Stntes where It
then existed. Had tho rebellion ceased, and
the seeded StAtts resumed their Federal re-
lations, that rceolution would hnve become
part OF the fundamental Law Of the nation,
and the Institution of slavery might bave re-
mained secure through hundred years OF
more. But the leaders of secession persisted
in their wicked scheme despite the earnest
warnings given them civil wsr Was inaugu-
rated, and now, ae VAS plainly foreseen and
predicted, slavery, insepatably Identified with
the strife, is destined 10. shnre its fate.
The cause OF abolition could neTer have ac-
CURED the power which it nov exercises
through the provisions Of the Constitution
but tor the suicidal policy Of the South.
That policy has given strength and increase
10 the abolition sentiment unt1 every loyal
State is ready to proclaim emancipation to
the blavt. Whatever lose, therefore, the
South ia to sus1ain from the destruction OF
slavery, the peculiar champions cf Me fnstAu-
ton are Immediately Responsible for Il. They
. struck the system Its fatal blow by raising
the blot dy hand Of rebellion against the Re-
public. The inevitable tendency Of events Ia
clear now to every thoughtful citizen. The
rebellion is bound to disappear before the
overwhelming power Of the Federal arnas,
andIhe slavery system, for the maintenance
Of which the var was osteneibly commenced,
Is to poss 1lray BY tie so|emn 5dt Of the nation.
Here In Kentucky slayery exists only as
nominal institution. It is no longer source
OF value, 1nd II tnosld Be troTse than folly for
Ur &att to make zt7ugg'e for It's preseras1fion.
Our present Legisla ture, tairly looking the
futuic-the irresistible fnturo-in the face,
should not delay to rat1iy the anti-slnvcry
amendment. If the present Legislature do
not adopt this course, TIE ssert 1oM. Ht1atuch1
Is bound to becnae rte State through the choso
Of her oten people, and delay In settling the
question can onsy comp1icate the process BY
which she will reach that destiny.
, 1865-02-14
L CUMMING PROPOSITION.

II the statement of the Washington corre-
spondcnt Of the New York Itra2d ID entitled
to any credeuce, the rebel peace Comntssion-
ers made to the President . most cunning
and artfnl proposition. This WAS, In brief,
that the Government and the rebel power
should postpone the question Of reunion aud
become allas in war to remove MaximiiIian,
and consequently In war with France and
Italy, and such other powers as France could
induce to side with her In the contest. Such
a course would secure rebel Independence, By
the very fact of the alliance, 80 long as the
contest continued, and would place the reb-
els where they could say at any moment !:
Acknowledge urindependence or LOSE your
ally." The moment We had entered upon
Il war with Franco, under such IN
alliance, our ''ally," jeff. Davis,
would have us at his mercy by
his ability at any moment to take his $50, 900
men oyer from our side to the side Of the
French. We should really like to have heard
what kind Of an anccdote such proposition
suggested to our worthy President. .Rsop
has illustrated the point BY the oblfging
crane, which lost its head in the attempt to
pick m obstruction out Of the VOLTS throat.
The rebellion is at the choking point and If
we would only trust our bill halr way down
it's gullet, by going to war with a foreign
power for the sake Of having It as an inde-
pendent ally, how easily it would walk off
with our head IN Its mouth, and leave our
body to founder with its legs dancing their
s1xas1nodic death dance In the air. These
rebels arc yery smart men! We admire them
irrcsistibly! Their modesty is charming.
Their acuteness is glorious. One would think
they had been in the wooden-nut1neS trade
all their lives. They might as well try to
beat Old Abe trading horses as at sueh kind
Of swap. They've called on him just where
he feels most at home. Wonderful men they
are, Smart very smart! g
, 1865-02-14

lndlcattonaof the Evacuation OF Rleh-
n ond-Eranchvtllc. y. c., Probably
In Aherman'e oseeestoR-SnPposed
Evacuation Of fChAFleaton, Wllnl1ng.
tOns etcs

New YoRk, Feb. 12.-The UeFdzds dispatches
from the Army Of the James mention renewed ru-
ton Of Richmond. Descrters and others who
came into the national lines Last Friday night,
unanimously, concur1ed In the statement that the
river, In fInnt 81 the Union works, was being re-
moved. They also said that orders had been gwen
b. Lee for the coprsmastiaing Of any OF his men
cought at the distance OF bali mile In the rear of
his lines. This would seem to'c ,n1lm the former
report at least to Indicate 1hat something moro
than ordinary was IN progress among the rebels
In the vicinity OF Richmond.
The New York Iy4buae't Warrington special
says: "1t II generally credited to night, In ot,1-
cal circles that Bsancnsille ls In Shcrmans pos
session, aud that ChszIesten is being evacuated.
ltis expected that Richmond and III mlncton will
be eracuated also, and that the rebels will make
desperate attempt to concentrate thetr entire force
apd cndeayor to crush Sherman while he ts in tue
Interior There fs no donht but that the stores,
etc. being removed south from Rlchmond lately,
lock to fta abandonment at no distant day."
, 1865-02-14
LEGISLATURE
Especial Dispatch to tho Chicago Tribune.l
p.TYr Monday Eah

ST. PAUL. Monday, Feb, ii.
Our Legislature IL evidently waiting to learn
whether Kentucky and New jersey intend to rat
ify the constitutional amendment or not. Tho
special committee to whom Vas referred yesterday
the bill which has previously passed the House
ard the one Intended in the Senate, reported to-
day, throwing both overheard, and recommending
the passage Of substitute. The substitute passed
without dissenting vota- There arc but four
Democrats In the Serate; one voted for the bill,
one was abaent md two declined to record their
votes. The bill WIS sent to the House, but that
body adjourned until Monday without taking &C
ticn On IT. It is understood the House w1li adhere
to Its original BILL and then the ant1-eayery argu
peut will eeesaH between the two bodies. The
Legislature ls overwhelmingly anti-slaycry, and
this dIlatory action IL attributable 10 the head
rather than the heart.
The question Of ta11ug the 1and granted to r1ll-
road companies By Cong and the State was de-
batcd at length In The Senate to-dAy. and COM
1nlttee IVES appo1nted to report bill on tho sub
tect. The general sentiment was In favor OF tax
ing.
The House was chiefly engaged In considering
the bill granting swamp lands 10 the St. Cloud i
Superior Railroad, and the bill increnking the sal
aries ct State oEcern. Neither bill WIS dis
posed OF.
Recruiting Is quite brisk. and about $50 volun-
teets are being received In this city daily.
a heavy fire occurred In ST. Anthony on Friday
morning. Eleven buildings {storts and dwelliugsl
1eYc dtefrnyed Tnss $25 DID,
, 1865-02-14

It is seriously to he hoped that the amend
aent introduced BY Mr. Cook. of Cook coun-
ty, for the destruction Of the agricultural
college by dividing the fund into three parts,
one to be located at Chicago, one In Cham
paign county, and one in Egypt, will be de-
feated. nthe object Of this grant is to &C
commodate every section Of the Statc which
needs money for educational purposes, let it
be fairly divided among all the district
schools In the State, 80 that no Sec
ton shall be omitted. If its object be to
pension the colleges or the State which need
endowment, let it be faifly divided among NIL
Of these, for they all need endoTments. But
If the object be to found IN Industrial Uni
ycsssty, the policy Of division is fatel to the
scheme Of University, ind any division
that may be made will be unfair 10
some sections OF institutions. The
agricultural and mechanical interests
Of the State are interested first and foremost
in the unity Of the fund; secondly, in 50 To-
eating It that the very act Of locating 1t shall
double If possible its amount and value In
stead of dividing and destroying it. The
peuln~ ~ all sections OF the State have an In
tcEcst not 80 mush In having the College In
their particular section Us l. hariue a Col
lcgc which shall honor the whole State. Ths
number Of miles a student may travel Il
reach it is Insignificant compared with it
value when he gete there.
Mr. Cooks amendment Is the hybrid Of
spring Of the Champaign elephant" and tn
Springfield lobby. 1t Is the result Of a log
rolling attempt to combine the views Of thos
who seek only to get = slice Of the fund 70
their pct section, with those who OWL th
tsUrbana' property. We trust the trp'
friends ofagrlcultu1al and mechanical cdaca
-tinu Hill aucceed in defeating Ii.
, 1865-02-14

On account Of a death In the family Of the Presi-
dent, J. G. Hilton, Esq, neither the afternoon nor
evening Beard waa held.
In the evening IN irregular meeting Of brokers
and others was held at tho Stock Exchange and
upwards of s1o0, 600 Of gold changed hands At M7@
a074. Dispatches from New York were received,
reporting go1d..at Ga'lasher's opening at eo7i, ad
yactnr to a0s9Ge03, aud closing after call at ao7@
aG7., This advance, It was reported, was bosea on
tho appointment Of Gov. Morgan, Of New York, to
,he nftire NJ Secretary Of the Treasury.
, 1865-02-14
Little Patti has had the NUM- ps.

Little Patti has had the mumps.
JEFF. Davis has got the neusalgis-uo von-
der he's nervous.
Poisoning man In Italy they ca11 "assizt-
ing his death"
Raids on whisky shops are prevalent In
New England.
The French navy uses leo, 600 900 pounds
Of coal per annum.
or the nineteen cotton mills In Woonso.-
cket, r. l., only seven are running.
The colored people OF Savannah are estab--
fishing schools. .-..
Mcndelssohn's beautiful song, at is or
dained in Gods counsel" has been made
into polka and published at PRAGUE.
La Grange is II Madrid.
New Hampshire claim the belle Of the
Washington season.
The Governor Of California gets 5000 per
annum is gold.
Three Spanish ladies have entered their
names 4t: M9drid ~ professional bull
hghters-
The new Atlantic cable will be s,aa55s miles
In length -, ...
Prices to the pit Of Ii scula, Milan, were
recently raised to one dollar. Result: a row
among the populace-
Eugenie sides against Napoleon on the
Encyelical question. +
The King Of Sweden is poet.
Miss Idtschway is the newest star In the
German armament She Is pure German
silver.
Oyster shells are made into buttons in
Paris
The inventor Of steam p1nughs died re-
Gently IN London Of lock;jaw.
Fernando Wood goes for war. Ben Wood
for Ben Butler. a.
An autographic telegraph is about being
established In Paris.
It is part Of the strange history of this
war that not q movement can be made with
out the knowledge Of the rebels. What screw
is loose?
Zulents, Cuban millionaire, has been ban
fshed from Cuba for being implicated With
Arguelles-
There Is an artesfan well in Dalton, Mass,
that discharges Gss, 900 gallons per day, which
is going G2 900 better than Chicago.
The Empress Eugenie wore at dinner
given lately to the ministers and chief officers
Of the Crown dress Of white muslin, with q
tunic Of cercse satin, jet and black lace, and q
diamond necklace mounted On black velvet.
Speaking Of bountyjumpers, the Phlladcl-
rl1ia .Bulafn says: IA few executi ms in
every Northern c1ty wonld have marrclous1y
wholesome effect, both in the way Of preven-
+ ton and Of cure"
4 man came to the Duke Of Wellington-
*'Wbat have you TO oIcr" :" bullet-prool
facket. yonr e,ace.,' -"Put It on" The IN
ventor obeyed. The Duke rang bell; An
, 1865-02-14

Tbs demand eoutiouts .Feod, .ad pFlcss aie well
r talss Of sDent 800 tAes, The recent decline IN
and with yery popiN supplied market, tho present
revived j, mshd very naturally Riyes prices N u1
w.rd tendency. the Cotton coming tEt ~ .vannan
il B sad wrtl ct be pat uf on the ket until AL
tiTvs While prices Te1e declining large s1es we're
nne Short" au1 con.facts now maturing accounts,
Or higher rate bu Ing Speculation. the
most fanguinu co NOT place the pntnt Enieh prices
Cotton does come upon tue market lawer rates mar
again be looked for. Ne haye b 'en fHIorne upon
r, cd authority that Something ike 90 bales hive
recently been tonnd In sayannah secEsted in yants,
lyrtportcd An auction sale Of $50 bales 30bllt Cot
ton s.ok Place to-day, d. dE.Eog gSoa atfsadanss IT,
ing asscd very strictly and sce Of tho grades
really better than that for which they we're 50
city. The nnciouceEs were Mes=st: Burdett. Jones
g. The ioIsying a5s tie lots a. dssPosed Of: Good
Fair Hiddlipg, 21l bales it S6GsHc: Good Ordinary,
2i5 bales al 19e; and Ordinary. 1Su bales at &C.
, 1865-02-14

The Ycbels fail to gut a flag to suit them.
They seeded under the 1att1esuake flag.
Fo,t Sumter was bombarded under the pal
n,gtto fae. The rebel Congress while ut
Montgomery. and during Buchanan's admin
istration favored u Tag with "a white grouud
cx1,rcssAyc Of the bloodless character Of their
revolution" none but Union men has.ng up
ia that time been Killed. When Father
Abraham called for IS 900 men, call so vast
1bat The London Tines eagely doubted whett-
, 1865-02-14

N)lmM
dU& 150t
3o(,t 1850
nj tk5Hs1
! ShlnI.cs,
but qu!tE
varieties
, 1865-02-14

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oay eIeaaJ taa. quslauou ~, ~ ~ nsa s1-
susnse pees aors "a Hn uA, ,,., a. o.
,.s . .oa1 . a., "'st ~ 1oa,l ~ h ~
aau 4,,r me-. Tan $500 1ass .ss% "..aaU w
.pg ano li1o sei1ng. sa,.a "e'' 1t'aus as
'"S ous'n ana aos ~. %s.vH =. es ~
eooe eo'ntg ~ ssf'p @ ~ ~ a .a aaa,a ~ as
~. ~ so&sss' 1oo et''t4ns' "s'' s'Stpa'ae1'es
Nsns ...h l.. ~. ,,,,-,rr 1,,.n
nsea,saae ~ ~ ~ ~ s,a,I y r:.hs,ro w. ~ ~ .a,~
l1 1sq. .4ssaae, ea,s =. .aI.e ~ ~'' WY oA0
'0soava % "a, "a1 tsus.t. n.,s sc,,,,, .,. 1,
~ W.. - "- - "~s 49,,
aaetes ~ 49, ~ .hsts sasnt. ~ h,rd ~ .sors a.
0eA.eu As' aDu e.sa az a~ ~ ~
'sauss ,.a.s..,a-s 49,, ~, .,,-- .5is,,aI ~,
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49, .aa -. .,,ta.nth i,,a,as+ ~ o.. se-..is
I'm 80, nnJr M ,h,at ~ 80. a,;,1oa s,ove.s
, 1865-02-14

rry goods aro dull and buJers osk concessions.
which sellers rake Nth gsEAttclucta1c6- Al tho
public sales to-day 81 inch nLacx Italian cotha satd
heayt at s@sse; S;ineh 3 puH italians: e: red pad
blue mule cloth. u. .62x: 81 fancy cssaiuerea, g 9
sis &C. MAnJ lots were passed. and u instances
Wilmernines 4 Mount had very succrsaful sale Or
linen goods- The attendance was quisa large, tho
than have ceturTed 1t any sale Of tle seas7n. X
". b linen dr. per Averaged +5c; e13 B: Do, 81
1o11a do. II. IS. Hasgerty 4 Co. had An extensive
ecmpsised 1000 dozen. Samples o=5 we're sold. II
prices uch h+.ow she ruling rates, say 10 70 Is pee
, 1865-02-14
n-~ T.. Dr. 31u ua.3rt,3u-RnY, IN

0F3 NVO+1 Al A&sAA<ApAh&A-ECpe 4Vt
The Dry Goods trade was moderately active thls
week theie nrc souc Western buyers looking round.
md The jobbers have commeucea sorting up taeir
stocks patatory to me re- u opel oI the aprng
business but r ere Ii not much doing usual At
this season owing the disposition Of purchasers
hold OF for lower pricrs which unsettled and IT.
nrDness to mute ut the close. oang TO the advanced
prices rea Led or cotton; the leading styles Of
steady; the sae u1ay De sald Of Wooens, which arc
moving oh = Tante at steady rates for AZ sesson4-
bic goods The suction safe todas well attended.
Int tue prices realized lower
, 1865-02-14
Qt)ifa96 Qribn1re.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Il, len5.



VIC rejoice over the signs Of weakness
which mark the decline Of the rebel power.
One Of the most significant of these Is the
late war meeting ut Richmond, at Whlcn tne
peneioned agents Of the rebel blunder"Jen.
Davis, the Judah 2. Repjamin, t. +. Lee and
other rebel Public functfonarles, appealed to
the people to carry on the rebellion. The
yery act Of holding such meeting, after four
wears Of rebellion, implies that the people,
even at Richmond, are dlsaffected or discour-
aecd. We remember how doubtful has been
the state Of public opinion at the North, At
those times when it has been deemed nocessa-
~ to hold public meetings In order to get
the people to pindicate the WEI for the Union
However large the meetings, those were trem-
G1ous and distracted times. Had there not
been an evident division among our people,
had all been uuanlnity and reso1re-actton,
not talking, wou1d have been the order Of
the day. .--.
But when that South, Which was "prccipi-
1ated" into secession by force and fraud,
wrangling, and acting for talkingg, 1t is CYL
dent that the day Of her despots is passing
away. .......
Nor over the insane ravinss, the cxaggerat-
ed md diseased, not to say impossible detcs-
tatton, in which the rebel papers undertake
to exp, ess thelr adherence OF the Constitu~
tiou and Government Of the United States,
under winch they enjoyed all the peace, hon
or and happiness they have eyer known, and
tie frsnttc and abnormal Alteration which
they undertake to profess for despotism
su&n 1,Tyfr nJ3d 1118
, 1865-02-14

have some hundreds OF letters from Fela-
tiyes and friends, inquiring about Particular
prisoners, which ! fnd It utterly impossible
10 answer promptly. In cases only where the
prisoner named was personally known to me
can Ireply at once. But one general fact VIII
afford relief to many. Failing to hear from
any enc in Southern prisons is no ground
whatever for apprehending that sickness OF
death haa hefalien him, The rebel authori.
ties often withhold flag-oftruce letters. My
comradc and myself aI ono time: In seven
months received only two OF three, OF the
scores which were written us. When We
reached our lines, though we bad written
weekly, our own families had not received q
line from us since August. ...-
ALBERT D. RICHARDSON.
New York, Tuesday, Feb. Z, 1855.