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THE TRI.WEEKLr NEWS, Viatel to Sntacriben o.t of the Cltr TI MILWAUKEE, NUMBER 66. need mntiug uid Loot luUWtoia. for new I OF SPECIE Ai if the Js'orth had not sufficiently already from defeat on the battle-field, from humiliation at the bands ofaforeign power, from heavy taxation, high prices, low and wholesale robbery by military officers nnd the announcement that the banks of New York, Pbiladrllihia, nnd Boston have suspended specie payments. This is a calamity which we will soon appreciate here in the west, if we don't already. It was caused by the utruggle of tbe government to pump money out of tbe bank vaultn, when were nearly drv, bv the report of ChoM? recommending the establish- tnent of national bnnkinp pytti'in.

and by a general KINS of cunfidenee in the cause of the Cnion, and hv the losa of trade, and depression in commercial activity at the east among large-dealing hu.siness men. year ugo, Southern Senntim in Congress nil thi-sie troubles, and we Liughed at them They wen wise as we him 1 been slow to sec truth, und realm- the philosophy of ovente. We fhall tnow nion 1 trust, live-uid-bve. H'e needed all these afflictions to teach us something. Lrt us h-jmi.

we wufer. If any one supposes that the NU of specie Uu- pn-utesi three isun ul in bliDtHfig the ey of reason, it wouhl te found manner id the American press, jurists nnd commercial fair of MIKil! from the New subetantial of orta rk let liiui ri-t this inn- Suspension ol npci-it- jmvn bunks it lui evil t. results mnn- hurtlul in IIIKSCS anil I. tliunevrn from wiir jiHVtni'nt- tin ItanLv im.l Ml HIT- jul Ii, tut hlghr-r poojdi- i. :i.iiti n-muin decrease.

It Miffi-ring and the mass ol tin- j.i-oj.U-. and turn's to the f'-w 1 pnrts and increased l.m eouii try drained of lit Ii and it also moan- tin- mercial honor, thai i jirinciple our pin inci.i It specif held l.v tin l.xi.k- Vork, Koston nnd I'liiladcMliii, an- to use thn- for MI purpose wl.utf-vi-r. tln-i an u-r nf. tlion banks tlmt list, 7 tit- suspension of our l.ui.l.. it-o lasting in its upni, national credit ami prosperitj that it fubmitte.i to, like war, onlv UM eortf of tin inevitable IT the war, iiiil ri.nnii-rrial iHtinn eoni't'ssiu nirans di- Would have treated the arrest of the "AmbasBw.dors" of the Confederate States on board the royal mail steamer Trent.

But there an many people who in private hold very different language. The quiet little tongues of the Stock Exchange are hinting their doubts vep unmistakably, and I venture assert tbatif the opinions of the judges of the land wew sought privately they would pronounce icuiust "the bold 'and patriotic act of Commodore Wilkes." The best legal authorities of this city are against it. But with the moral cowardice which is the result of Kobimesion habitual prostration to the force of 'ority men will neither publish, lor speak openly what they are free to 008' "ess in the study or conversation corner There is a chorus ull over the land- ol don't be afraid," andaa mini-line amount of patting on the hack. 5 eoplo ask, "What does England careabouCi Hason and Slidell and arc astonishwd 56 told in reply that she cares something bout the law of nations nnd hor imtioim lonor. If it were believed really CJreat Britain would take any serious notice ol be act there would he an immediate panic the commercial and monetary world which would exlunil its effects "to every lass in tbe I'nion, from the 1'resident, who nvests bis salary in tbe national loan, down the dnily hiliorer.

Hut there is a sus- ainiiig hope that the cabinet will not do that at the very outside there rill be a remonstrance and a lengthv cor- which as ninny other matters of and bt-fiin-. As I write, there is a rumor that Slidell an.l Mason are tu In- surrendered. If it i- true, the eminent i- broken 1 here is su much violence o( snirtts among the lower orders of the people, and they are so ignoriuit of everything except their own politics and passions, su saturated with pride vanitv, that HIM honorable in l-liih liuiir ul xtn'tnitv. fatal to its authors It wi.uld et-rtuinly render Uiein that it tilt-in in the oiinlucl tli thuiiKand nvl1 It rr-eunj. Admitting thi- diffusion of tln- the artfl reading nnd writing among the peo- li- tlii Ka.1- i p' le of cerany rene ii i ert would damage IA.

describes the Kinking ol -the stone-laden Vessels in Charleston harbor as follows On' Wednesday night soundings were taken by Mr. Bradbury, assisted by Mr. John yf, Godfrey, one of the Government pilota'at Port Royal, familiar with every knoll and bar in those waters, for the purpowt nf ascertaining the location to sink the vessels. It was then discovered that the had shifted the channel buoys, probably under the apprehenttion of a naval attack. On Tuesday morning the light-house, which had loomed, vastly through'the haze the evening before, was not bo but a look-outclass showed us ita ruins on ground.

The fact explained a loud explosion which had been heard in-sborc noon after dark. Supposing that our whalers were first- class frigates come to bombard the city, the rebels had blown tho light-houra up, that tho of the channel might be lost. The. trick hurt nobody but themselves, after all. tight-houses will lie useless estnblish- Ynetits'uenepfarth at Charleston.

1 At three o'clock on Thursday afteriVoon, the channel had 1 Tcriedos was soon nnrv or de- '''inj; but Aiuerlcan ignorance of en ol .1 not I New they -pceie I.ft l-Ml aid of I t-nevolent of whii-h to elevate me to REBE1 GOTXBNMEXr EMFMil "Outsider," in a letter to Tbe Wisconsin, pnblished last ereiaug, nave that "there are to-day more then two hundred rebels, and fmnpathizers with the reU-lj in the employ of the gorernuiuui." Now, one of two things it trui Either the Adniiniii- tmtion it- of harboring bnd iog or is gn.splv U-lietl tr Mr. Potter and those who a There crime be anpwered for bv yet believe that Mr party. Sui-li a fact bit tu.t.-u.fnt! gn.st calumnv to do Dot uli, )( rui 1T by "Outs I mnv mention in ur this that 1 have received li-ttf-ri- rf-- ex (jueKtiiig to appear in pulilic lor the ni aid of I enevolent or literary the t-ifj igh eahiT the peeragp, or were la- huriti-; under the delusion that the nohh- I earl at the head ol the foreign ofece Berkinf; relaiati.m from the cares of hit dc jiartmetit hy acting as vour special corrf-H pondent in the These wert- written Lv secretaries of tions or t.y people who were literarv to keep oollectiun.s of an triumph' Aduiataon. Hatti-rv for or personal puffed up inol, ith foul vapors til! thi-v are nigh hi int 1 an-l thintn-d the skin nf their halloon till it out gas all over the laud. Hnft is unv hon est, hard-handed Wisconsin lumU'rer, tln'ii, who is sitting wild hia loaded rifle at ftift cock on tbe Mump of a tree, and reading hh newspaper and smoking his tahacco, in the discharge of the highest duties of a citi- and a sentinel, to know the truth when I he assured by his best possible imtrue tor that the English aristocracv, having Mr Geo.

Thompson over the State; I to destroy the I. nion by tampering with the are now dispatching enormous armies to Canaia to upon Boston, New lork, and Philadelphia, the prosperi ty of which are an inmull to their and an eyesore tu the Queen, the Prince Consort and the rest of the rovai judioee dailv instilled him, when he 15 told he if the Client fellow in tinworld: that he is the only freeman on face of the earth that the English hate and fear him: that attel. and heaton, and Ortolan show wrong, bec.iuy did not seize and take tin- Trent (moved, and the old afterward toweil to her final moorings. The position chosen for her was at the northeastern edge of the passage, find she grounded where there is eighteen fwt of water at tide. Probably she is anchored firmly island namesake nf iiie Sen.

The Leoriiilas was next nunk, in same ilepth of water, an eighth of a mile tunt from the other. These two vensels med the right and left flanks of the col- nmn, and the remaining fourteen comfortably down bctweeu them. The wrecks are not ranged in straight line across the channel. The arrangemt it might prove an efferthe blockade for time, but not permanently. The theory ol Captain Iiavin wan, that the inland waters ahout Charleston must have a channel to sea, an if OIIPR were artilicial- closed, another would naturally form.

scientific mind deviled another plan. The hulks are placed in three lines, eheek- erwise. urrangefnetit not only doea the iiassage of the water, hut "onus a Peries of shoals, around which the tide will whirl and eddy, marking an intri cite lahvriiith uhich no vessel could gate. The vessels were not all scuttled until Friday morning, a.s it wits to w.rk'al full tide. They looked desolate enough, as thev lav upon their hilgev masts and rigging still standing, some listed lo port and others to starboard, al) presenting a confused appearance, comparable to nothing but a fleet at anchor an.l left aground the tide.

AKTOTHEa AMR A home colroiiponilent of writes "On the 8th of 1852, I tinhced, during a tour in Canada, to be in Quebeo, and waa invited to an efficiaT dinnfefirmi bv the Speaker of the Canadian of the membera of the Provincial Parlmuient, including, of eoorie, a iomber of French Canadians, Snglithmen, the Governor Genital's brother, and Governor Seward, of the State of were among tbe After and after 'The Queen' and Lord Elgin's btlth bad been drank, 'The President of with a handsome compliment to the diitinguished American then preacnt. wai proponed. Mr. Seward's raplr I shall never forest, nor the, feeling of indignation called forth. indignati He aaid it was clear the Anglo-Saxon must be dominant throughout the countrr (nearly half his hearers being French,) that yet Canada was tutelege of that he hoped Jthe 'younger nigter wouJd follow the example of lie elder in uliaking off that Finally, he sat down, proposing as a toast, the gloriea of England exist until hor nntitutionn a'rc replaced by frear This was what Mr.

Seward thought itde- it and In-coming to reply in ncknowledgo- nt of the courtesy of the Canadian Speaker, in presence of Englishmen and Lord Klgin's brother." IB Ktw reKHri ainw.Md I ta-daj, will aiaji. tar wail aiiiaiinm. torn ttw bnylDfpnr. fclflag Dinner It Mill Uoncb II b. tbt lininj of tb.

Kugiuu otoud liu cinl.il for hmili'ulli, for Eutm mtaff mtuit b. finlhranlnt wUch will tb. ucbHf. uirttt ml thin th. buki 10 put forth fasdi which no.

k.n Ifww Yurli tltack Marhwi. lUallD Hsw roal, H. ItooU art Irnf ulat with fair btraok Bock MaBd OUlwUlHt Jt Toixio UliMiaUralnlMtlp Ull. Nrw TMI Crntral Krl. Cwatral OWtM oan fetaU.

'II, nfMmi ...1,7 ..81) Si LATEST NEWS. MIDMf.HT DISP1TTHES. KKPURWJ full THf DAILT StWS, The Lumber Ctttrscte bf estigtted I THE SWINDLES PROVEN! Specie la (be New Terk Cltj Banks. DILI. TO ABOLISH REBEL 1-OHTN OF HATTERS NEW MEXICO! COMMERCIAL.

or Tui UAILT I MlLWACKaS, 31, IHAI. laipflmlov of fafmwnt 1.7 the N.w Yark Banki, mi bj with nil Hy Tb. n.wi thr AND l.lu^lou dyucfe o( Yi.ii are aware that during the last 'k nil volunteer officers in I nion army of the Potomac rewigned An-ording to cine of the nf war, a resignation in the face of an opposing army equivalent to invaj desertinn and such resignittioun aro nevrr accepted. Vet all of these wore nrcepteJ. The reason wan that, with From York RiDrw The World is dhowing how the south- cmissuries in Europe have, through Keuter's Telegrams and other neatis, and out ilijilomaliztii UK in Europe, to such an extent as to incn rably )ioiwiii the European mind.

Then is th. r.mo,»ioi of war with some truth in this. The early error of Mr. ihr-irim. of Haaon andstu.lt, raurd i.ou, Linctdn was in allowing Mr.

Seward to IO.IKW, in the wbeai m.rk.t tbu lor.oo, end to Europe, men, la diplomats, whol Aa advaamif an cwatwai rmiv offarrd la the ould not speak any language but their IK UIM. at nooo WM uid Ib. aiuk'l til a fall la.p»Tem«ot cntti wfco coo.laf forwi al lot No i lor Indian i The Reported False! own: some of whom could not speak, or, if well speak, even the Engliah tongue. Jn France, the Cnited States representative doeti not the l.r French, nor dotg a nan in in Berlin, both French and C.n.Jl.n Woof for raci. ll Tb.

muk.t 4 German are unknown to the United State-" representative: in Kussia, is a representative speaking neither French, German, Italian, nor Spanish: in Austria, Burlingame, who sj.i-nka in-ither English, Irish, Scotch, nor i-lsh, nor Dutch, nor CJcrman, nor Hungarian, only "Yankee," and that badly. Ltumb men, of course, cannot talk wejl, like men with tongues. French from Louisiana have been filling the of' i' the Tuilleriea, and the society of the Fau- bourgs and the FJysee. To Spain have LKM-H sent Spanish Creoles from the Southwest. We indeed, been outtalked, out-chata-red, oot-maneuvered, in almost all parts of and the r.ason his been, the inability of oar diplomatists to reaoh either the public or the private ear -fmrts they s.re at.

and Ti tor Ha. 1 la all 2S.OOU bu.h.i, up to doM on rtunjt. Hillm, olrt. boun .1 Tlji'te. lain aflrr Tb.

rralpta lor UM pail 41 boon not h.lo, bal avwt 14.000 biuiMK. foltowiac buibvlt Nd. 1 la lUore al. Tbe Nlate Lumber Strlndl0. CAIRO, ILL l)tc.

3D charges windling iu lumber contracts at this have been investiijMpJ by Captain Hillypr an-l uhrit.antiatp-l An quantity of lumber purchaif.J at nine fifty ceala per wag fiftj otber of traii'l ioTentiatinD EASTERN BANKS SUSPEND SPECIE PAYMENT. Hklrnilxh In Kcutuckr, V.4KIOI•« SOI TIIr.R\ ITEMS Mason and SliilHI HEWS. OJT EACil OJIK IHHXAB A VK.4A. Best and ('kapest in tfie MOTICE to XII suluirlhers Wsniil.v. with Hn on tlii ,1.

will tiny tlon. Alter iinl. 1 mftJ" tuimeill.Mi.lTC 5i.ip.-r will t.i» Fortifying I'r ranee a Rrluxil'. LonisviLLK, Dec. In tier from Columhun, alight skirmish in Tho robel Ind-j 'ml none Humphrey Marshall, o.

11 fortifying ProgWnburg, if j'l. to march low.inN Lien. Boell liiu oriiare'l bn Girtleld forward, and i bmlu lia in -fc i' Attnchmpiit-i in tlin liaacary ''oiu-t, oti itui'fliiy, under rh-; who racy thirty will rejoice uf Corcoran, nn.I other i halil as the reheN, to know itmr on the suggestion uf Mr. Kaulkuer, tlieir pn-i un will prohahlj mure curator' able Tbat arvival in roon'J, retul the military leet-ire upon their -lo HI 117, yintc (hat ib-- Htfuly in tile Norlli t.Hd.'r Mr. Ely ml nf Mr l-'Aulkll-'r, I hr-'--uL Hon.

Schuyter among the oned in Riclimnn-l, mJ i.etter-i brnniflit (.7 to hey lire bttf.tr Mi- 7IJI7 Tl ol 1.14 16 of thi- pti excetion TAXATION Tttiation, Taxation, TiliTios, we re- repeat, re-rcpemt, the oiJr way to carry on a war such a.i we to nothing of a British var that Imngi orer There must taies upon olmoit everything. The tn upon in- cumn will not, in practice, amount to much, for there are no no tbe persons who resigned comes' 1 having vanished the war. An were utterly unfit fur the they uc- pied, and departure is a positive benefit to tbe army. It were well if thrice more followed their example. It was only a few days ago that two officers denert I'd to the Confederates.

Their name- hnve already been made public. They sharp, intelligent fellows; and they have no doubt communicated to Beauregard all income tax, now, would onlj reach mere salaried men, clerks, win can affoH to tajed, while rich have no incomes, or will swear they nooe. Taxation, then, the necessary, uiuvnidable, inevitable taxation, must if the wajr it nro- longed reach here what it in Eo- rope, ronxunption of all kiods, and ixii- of all The itamp tax, it TOU N03 1.0ft) 1,000 MllliBS riomr wmj rtrj firm wltb ft C.DU. lioldw. woaU ao4 fvrtbrr W.

ron wint.r wb.M City CoaBlrj da Ey. fraloj Aurb Irifllnf Quot.ilon. mnuo Oau CofB 4.1 JTr I B.rl.. Ii i to ca 200 Tb. lao n.t s.oua.Xi, r.

1 fl9 do. 2U 30M In do, Ii I ai Iv Jo, tli 3, li. W. Han af ao Hln rx or llv. r.

The York New 30 Satur.liv evening tbe bankj did not bold mocb over twenty- three million JolUn in specie. Many of the are paying ipecie us usual, while others are paying small turns to customers Thire ia little demand. Arrangements hare been mide for the advance of specie to pay portion of Stale debt and intemt tbereoo. due January I I'm lii-c Santa r'e with to the 14th bave Tbe reported massacre of 20 men Kort Stanton f.rovas to lodian correcl I be IMS in- hate iio-l IB the details of the strength, position and true, here historically unpopular, but rt dl-fl-nceu nf I hp I IninTi ni utv A not (., without bringing down upon Mi a of indignation which wou. maki the nhole i White Hoiine quake.

It 11- mor. Utelv 1 that Mr. Potter's bitterness inward llit ad- i ministnition and conscrvatiTc men general I rl for conilp i and that he and a ir Kno I million and ii ha If of s. i Idiers, the handsom- jy, uae lea mm into tue error of deDouucuwr tallest, stoutest, -traiL-htest, heaviest, as "traitors all who do not prefer the bravest, best Bnootm and emancipation of the Dfgro tu th( restoration bent principled that are, Inne been, or ever will cream of creation in will be called in shortlv to avenge innumerable irjBulls and wipe out the BTBtema which emperors, kings, tvrants and I aristocrats have invented for the oppression of suffering humanitv all over the rest of I the globe I would give a good deal for a of the Cnion under the Constitution If so, tbe game is playea out. and Mr.

rot- might as well curb tiis indignation. we get bis repirt, we sbill kiDw more positively. ter THE ADVANCE OF OCB AKMII3. I nlens all the eigne fail, the annu-s of the rebels will be attacked before the middle of It will not ho an attack quarter, but on evt-ry assailable Peojile in the confidence of the authorities here distinctlv assert that Hich- mond will in the possession of our troops before the first of February. Th, placing of Tienem! Konccmnr, in commani at llomney; tbe concentration of troop: then-; the movement" of Hem-nil the expected sailing of General Burnsidc' expedition within two weeks, and the tig nincnot preparations in army in fron of Washington, together with the news wi bear from St.

Louis, Cairo and Green Riv er, all point to a simultaneous attack upon the rebels within a very short time I fash t'nylnn Correspondence- is the easiest paid tax, and the- least felt tai of any, in England. The tea and cof fee, ami eugar tax, we hare just ratssd, will, with all that is collected tot tho year, only our expennea now, or nx days. There miiHt be excUe then npon whiskey, upon laser, upon native home made upon cider, ic. To attempt to carry on a wnr with paper money ulono, or with' loaun, is a of Treason to the State. view of that man's head.

Why, it must br filled with heroen, such "faultless monsters the world ne'er saw," choked full of victories that never eiisted teeming with star spangled banners, and great Tnion processions, barbecues and bunkum reparations, crowd ed (rith viewn of demons like Jefl. Davis and Ixird mid the ftm-hi of THE A VI ER Mason and Sliilell will probablv embark from Fort Warren direct fvr Karope. ooe "can eontemplale the fact of We ir departure under Mich eircuinhtiincep, without confessing that it a blunder tbit tbe; were captured that it was another blinder that thev were retained when brought into Sutherland, afl wheeling round and dancing 11 i to roat CTastl of the ol that it was another blunder, on the "Ynntee i i i uiiKi while muffleu of the C'abinel in endorsing the rtport Secretary Welles approving their rapture; that it was another blunder in when it the act, and complimented Capt. Wilke.B for hie part in tire matter. All must be tlie inevitable conclusion, if England him the law on her side, as Mr.

Seward contends. Tbe Beces- siohjimbfiffiadore go to England, chuckling ovev'our humiliation, and heralUiug our etibinis-sioi) and Tbe action move -loak. through the which throng, wrapped in peep out the prunes i( Br ttminia'x trident, Hie kepi of him of THE WAY THE A republican tax-payer writes (o thr Chicago Times: A one way of getting lid of money fo: a useless purpose, I will mention a rccen instance. One of our citizens, who is co tirely innocent of military knowledge, and of what campH are or ought to be, aud who is already receiving from tho pnblic from three to four thousand dollars per annum one of the "omewhat well-known "Court House received, within a few days past, the appointment from Springfield "Inspector of Camps," at, including PI penses, fifteen dollars per day. pni rig I'-.

r. or the of the Lady stiletto in hand, necking for an open ir, -r i onr jjgovernme.Dt—the bluntlurs of our gov made them famous through Out Europe, and increased their influence injury tenfold. There ie not an ran with heart no dead as not feel liie bloed tingle with indignation a the thought of what has been brought npoi UB the folly and imbecility of tbe apologies for statesmen who administer our gov eminent. 1NVESTIGATIKO COMMITTEES. Two Committees are now in session a Washington, besides tbe Potter Committee both ie the House Van OVyck Committee, appointed at the Specia anon, and the other ia a Joint Special Com on tbe War generally, before whom already appeared, Gens.

clmao, and Franklin. The cause Bull. Kan disaster is being inquire! i also the Ball's Bluff disaster. These pittees do good BC-rvice to the country, service is done by those who, ID the public employ, mala 0 ch in- unneceeBary. SCOTTS MKSION.

Meats that Gen, Scott returned home, because he had any communication to to our government, but because it him to come. He vat to Paris, wife, jpt homesick, and took tbe tttewner. ST or i SOLDIIB -A man named HI one of the Wftemtia Hf al. get a dig at the Goddess of Liber- is at that mome.ut engaged ir with President Lincoln, Mr. fc and the editor of particular il.

He has no chance of 'a medicine is shut out, and the oonsin man will fight to the death in of will die bc- he will give tip Mason ami Slide.ll. RIJIIGNATION OF COL. IIAMIIN. Tie following is the gubslantial portion of letter written by Col. lUnkin to the editoli of The Detroit Free Press, giving the for his resignation.

A portion of hisVegiment, it will be remembered was raised in this State under the auspices of H. W. Gunnison rery sorrr to inform you that, in the unfortunate complications which Jhate so suddenly arisen between England and tbe United SUtes, caused by which it would be out of place for roe here to express an opinion, I fee from a sense of duty, not only subject but as a member of the Parliament, to withdraw from United and return land, determined to countrymen, whatever I view to their xJwttoy may be. You aware that, when-I proffered did in fnenAly neighbor, not at a subject of her Britawnc Hajegty, and although I could bare derolwS myself to the canso of the legitimato rovernment of nation, in their effortfto suppress the southern rebellion, with 4 zeal and earnestness not inferior to thattf any ottisen of the republic, under no ooold induced to occtrpy aAftttitnde of hostility to my own in town last He return, Wub. tojrlon tngpirition of ANOTHCH Ai.i.r.nED FRAUD ON THE Oov- is well known to our read- em that the Department has BO arranged with the different railroads of the country far tho transportation of troops from one point to another that, upon the order of the commanding officer, one or more men can bo passed over any of the rondn.

There have hcen various rumors of Into in relation to tho fraudulent USD of these passes, nnd charges have been made against different indmdualu of complicity in furnishing civilians with them for private thcrebv swindling the government to just tbe amount of the fare. For instance, a Colonel in Chicago has a ier gant who is recruiting in Galena. A pass to this city is gent to him in blank, the number of hia men is not known. He fills it up for ten persona, five of whom ore and die remainder his personal friends, who want to run down here for a good time. This is only one of tbe-wars which the thing is done, and it is all right so long as thi bilk are paid.

Now, however, tbe matter is likely to be brought to a focus, and an investigation will undoubtedly be THE Madison Patriot, alluding to Proclamation, eiys: Did The News ever bear of tbe chap who was a most profane swearer, but who said he could never bear to bear others it sounded to him low, vulgar and irreverent Just BO with tbe "imprenible" Be- publicans. talk nigger from force of habit, end fot political etect, but when their abolition ritual it rehearsed by others it terribly indtooroaa. Tbe fkct is, war if it mirror before which they dare not itsmd to tut of their own deformity. It seems that tbe Vam TVjck ioTiMtiga- ting comtmtteeape on the lack of tbe fraud in transportation of the Wiaconwa troops. If this it the which Mi.

Danosn Stuart. cost gorarnment 160,000 more than UwTwetw "fit t. offered to be carried forty ottw tiw qtnt; no The Chicago Journal nays C'apt. Porter, Assistant Quartermaster, yeiUrUav opened tbe for furnishing a thousand horses for Daniel's cavalry regimental Kenosha. There were a large number of ranging as high $110.

Moat of them offered to take the contract at $95. The bid of Z. G. Simmons for $84 76, found to be the lowest, and tbe contract let accordingly. If horses can be furnished for $8475, whj in the world does the gorernment allow iti here and elsewhere to pa; a- high as $105 to $110? Mn.iTAHr I THIS.

Commissions baro been issued to 2d Lieut. John A. Tester Lieut, of Company Cth Regiment, vice Lewis, honorably discharged. To Charles H. Ford 2d Lieut, vice Tester, promoted.

To 2d Lieut. .1. N. I' Bird 1st Lieut, of Company 7th Regiment, vice Rogers, resigned, To Christopher 0. Le6eras 1st Lieut, of name Company, vice Bird, promoted.

To Harris Durkco as 1st Lieut, of Company 4th Regiment, vine. Brown, reigned. To C. M. I'almer, R.

R. Hamilton ami Newton DeForest, as Licute. of Stepban's tiuard, lid cavalry. To Charles (lustaveson as Capt. ofK.

I'rotcctors, Regiment. To Wm. Bremmer, Ueo. R. Wal- hridgo and L.

N. Carpenter, Lieuts. of Portage Co. Light Infantry. bj Terri Congress to such appropriatioaa, ill iullio-uf tbe Departuieot to select uil-iKIt; for Inlim aNo I.e rt-lieTed of the payment firatjtiut uf n8Jfigneij l.i hor by to IAW of The law for tbe of properlj New Mtxicn wi.

repealed by BD almoat kadc Rrporlr.l Iu Ui 27 ii uerfl that 'iladlator f.orr wiJb i or (inimunition Kxini II-T 4 mor was tint i city, hol'Iinir i a irr P.jtoma.*, had MARINF; '-l qwHi With Pj-M fMilpll Quvikliobfl QDeb.nf.d rilnl tinea J.ll.J. .5 I 124 Ii" Pooltrj rmtl.rr dull Tur- it. Blocludo Bill. JO following is the to Amj bf krrt )( mr. murh Pork, 4c do Ltrl BalurU rtileli.lx* I tArJ, Ib .1 Rrkip Hiihwl hrlfM .1 13 .140.

BI, vitb Ul. put hour, bti-Bim BT iUBalD, dorinf Battar, No, 1 ItudrlM, ibt, U.MI. HicsirTS or FLOUK AJID Dr.iml boo du.ln^ i 4s boon I du LaU ft OBI By Total 1 Ul to Oati 11 6SS5 6M5 14170 nut 104 1M IK) tlM slaw Vork Niw You. DPI- sii hu idvaoerd lo lOc, wilb lanaod for etpori and haaatonsuttpUon; .1 uprrfln Mate, weitrrn, eom A BOLD ATTIKPT TO RonGisrKAi, Ton dressing-room of General Tom Thumb, in Kingsbury Ilnll, WM entered on Friday night by some experienced burglars, and the trunki containing his in or cut open, and the contents scattered promiscu- ouslynpon the floor. The of some of the trunks were broken in pieces or torn from the hinges, and splendid of the Lilliputian thu morning Uy around the floor in erery conceiTtible poiition Nothing WM rtmoted, nor did the roirae.

leave nnyxir their own instruments behind to lead to their nJigeo-err. They bad Vvi dently entered tbe room with a iiew of se cunngsotrw of the v.4uablejewel, and jrift, of the Oenerol, which are alwayi tf be seen at hia The value of these jewels is estimated bv General at on to rtluni Mark. I for hoep the bill introduced Mr. on leave I 1 Tbat all laws or of Uws creatiat; I and estaltlisbini; porta or entry or Jeliverv in nov State DOW in rebellion, an.f tho sazao l.frehj J. Mereafler, either or eirepl such is belong to umplaj- e.i hy the of" United iiball or uf ibe said ports unless driven there by ttresa of weather 3 If vewel nball violate or attempt to violate anv of tbd provisions of this act ibo cargo and evsrvthing appertaining thereto shall Iw forfeited, thi? one half t.

to to tho capt.irs and the other half to the United States), mud person is hereby Mtborind to iuch soizurei, and csptuin or commander of sued vassel shall be Jiot oicatding five hundred dollara. 4 Tbe said and cargo mij soiled ai pls.ce, at sea or in port, and the goo-is may be taken wherever found, either on land or water. 5. The proceeds shall he among the captors, according la the law now regulating prim. 6 The ship and cargo may be tried, well as the officers, ia any Court in the United States, into wkost.

jurisdiction the same mav be 7. ThefiUtes now in rebellion are Horth Carolina, South Carolina, gU, Alabama, Florida, Texas Mississippi and Arkansas. If States should hereafter become rebellious President sbill proclaim the fact anil the provisions of this act shall then apply to such Slate S. The President shall hare power lo clare any harbor or harbors of entry, when in his judgment it shall expedient A Prlv.tef ili. A 4 bet-ween lllg btlllt I wore a iti first 1 j.reSH arri ffroJ a The -n on board of the The Schooner Slior uaployed to bring water from Se was ia low, was a.i.*i;t i hercrew.

whioh was which hi-t wport Vew. KV ADVfclH Ir was rin-i t.i The sppeu goc ftw Iho 1MMX rnin.K\ Ship Ii ilf Louisiana, any other Ohio; 10.6.7S for train hriod. firm CANADIAN FLOUR 9b.il. r.iler with moj maDd uin bbli at 6, JO for for ramfnon to ebele. RfE and lUadjr ai aimnt Qalut and nominal); Kaln BOO bbU al le but Lraatai-tlmif tttull ed.

Iblppeni hiiUing off rrerlvrra arp dliporn to Inilit npoo very full prlacl; talea 6200 bus CMaKo leva ban Ull rlub 2Ti.O 15iOO bui wiatrr nil 1.311. IMO bai wUU Mich 1,31, TOO bo I will I. tad iDlird WMI'U iout T.lHMi ba Qalrt ud nnehanpd. .1 IS laSe Uffhvr; falef 41000 for AID siTm i IM 918,000, and hence gMiat caution is always exercised that th.y are deposited in a safe beyond the reach of burglars or On this occasion the- were safely stowed in the safe of tbe Sherman House, a fact which the burglars were not probably aware of, or else they might bare been rparetl tbe trouble of forcing open tbe ball. It is probable that they entered tbe doors of the ban and tbe dressing-room by means of false Chiettgo Tima, Monday.

Nittow- ESCAPI. Yesterday as Mr. rluldoon, the blacksmith, WM walking in the First Ward from tail dinner, hewaa ittttled by a report and a sharp rip on his eft leg, and boking down, saw the rent that passing ballet bad juat made, fie was in tbe middle of Steto aMrfuding Oorimm aboot sii otiight rods dis- i Constable Omhopper, boldiag bis hands. Mr. Mul, aflato.

gun 1 It iaeVidflnt Wrtlern In and afloat; and 30 fi.r It limited rewlpl; al fur Canad'n, watt'o aail tlate. ooljr la park at prteee illgbtlj easJer. ia Um for rxima. BKW-nrai; salwi J08 forprlme; for raw; (or rcpaekxl lor P.tee amis tx.f qalM al OUT galatuSXai. Haw fwMkad staan dall SB, UTV tor aboci and and loaf ribbed and IX abort alt, cneaed.

LARO-falr (UM UaM Kt irUimlj at rial! tor OUo, Staadv at If taleflUbaf, Juaalcaal C.ba; Market. br ar. Dae.ao. WHIAT- lahhlfbar, TOsTOJ( ftr te earn to Mm. Uw biff MM Tranapartatlon at Troopa.

In reply to the rtsolntions of the) hooseof reprcsentatires, requesting the Secretary of War to furnish all general orders issued ia reference to tbe transportation of troops and monitions of war by railroad, and. also all orders designating the amount -to be paid for such purposes, the Secretary submits a raport from Quartermaster General Meigs, in whloa it is staled that Quartermaster General has issued no general orders on this subject. I iHclnnatl brtathee eailer. Deo. surrender of Mason Slitlell, And the suspension of specie payment by the New York banks, produced a feeling of relief in business circles.

CONGRESS YESTERDAY. Deo. 30 HOUSE. Polter reported the following, which was adopted Ktiolral, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to furnish without unnecessary delay to the select committee, instructed to inquire into tke alleged disloyalty of government employees, (he information asked for by thi letter on the 3d Instant, addressed by the Chairman of the committee to the Secretary of thi Treasury. Polter sJso reported resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interior to similarly respond He aaid it was nTcenary that the select commitWw should have this inform4Uon, in order to make their report.

resolution of Sir. Potter ixtnc objected tOj.4* was act noeiTcd for tion. Sterini from thi CommiUes on Ways and reported bill, repealing certain lawi creating of miry; thi consideration ol wnjefc was poMpooid natil the 3d Wednesday in February. briefly expressed his riiws. siyiif i t.I»g.ihat thi bloekmdi was quaal vdaWoit of the nMloiulit, of UWM wnosiport.aT.

blockaded, and tb.t w-i, not comet princlpli tor a nation to Woek- laeWenUllj alladisa; to thi adinitBiat of Ib. Trent tffjr, he Uut tk. eoiidliS of wu IitrpiTtfaiot, win alliutoi of imm- M4 kow St ther till communication' Tl. hilt Si.erw -mt vnli vthiaule Wilier Rojul to frfsh pri'vi- micala, 1 I i A nor tin no flag of -n I I- -l i I I Lor MVILI.F. have been ciri f'rnm herlan.l h.imlvir-l.

are but we U-nrn i boats, on a battery on the i 'nmtM approach to Ilenrv n-' trreen completion. Strenuon-, effort-i adTdnce of the m.i.n of army wapon-, ir forward in 'H full of (Jen. Carter, brtjrnde, all are sni.l to from I St ito In -it T- la tr i.i thw TJalon army, in private empl.iym.-nf quantities of New Orleans, ISCI. ii in in of this wher. rel.flls aro in power.

Adjt. Gen Finnel repurts js MTII R.M\i,i,-kv Tolanteers. immediately Pr il he Utho N.irrall Dec. gave a uioncr last nijla fairs of buti hast he read the olHOii corretp.i«.., between himself and. Lord.

Lyons, surrender. All with Cnttenden blaimi an.l caie.l wu prscittions oil Wilkos, lor 0 tinir us to shame and hijuiili.alion I'rentun Kins ceptej it as ift fact, of the same opinion. The published this morning, 0 00 jl umas of the Ely's narrative of his enter taining, but little to genoral Drenched packe.l N. tne can at Richmond, stealthily lauded there feiir of the populaoo, tio wa.s stutfu.) into tobacco prison infested with rats lice The shot seveu prisoners who put their heads out tbe window, hut ail iantia merry their miseries, and sung Ike prisoner's song daily, which all Richmond sumctinio comes to hear. £17 was a favorite and recotroj praaeutd al boots, boqaets, and a writing desk Hum 'ouu- Marshall, and Preston of Knntucky, from a phrey visited him In prison with jokes.

Ely aays all Rlchmonil is givenuip to the war. Wounded soldiers are in mrery house. Faulkner had a fraud reception, with Ooga, masio spvtohes. Qor, Letohcr told him ha worth a thousand Elys. and was Thi and SKUill.

Boaioi, Doc iniiraotions ftom Lerd Lyons, the Niagara, which on leave' lo.mor»t.,,!ruei(a»y, ftr trtirpool, taking out SIMill. Tkl Piraa, now-1n St. will eomi I tsW-f-W tdsay that they haveinMruotions H.SOS.Md81id«lt Tk. to M1.1SK, I HT, I Hull 'Mil KH riiw V. Wn VTK r-tiT il 'U rtlitl frU Oir'rnii Ijimt LuJiugtoti Hli.r rp -it i within to ti'Xllui Hoa.

for rpltcf .1. Artliur this iOth tlu- vjiijbt hoo-l wvad lixty KOOTK, a Sltt Cottf, 11 tth zimclj neglected, Few OJT fast.