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them, said agreement shall be rejected either by Congress or by the aforesaid States. Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, objected to the recaption of the resolutions. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, said the list of Commissioners named was very good, but he suggested that that of James Buchanan be added. That would complete the list. The resolution was laid over informally. Capture of a Confederate spy. The Washington telegraphic correspondent of the New York Times, dated December 4th, says: A Confederate spy, who has been in the habit for a long time, as he himself acknowledges, of visiting our lines for the purpose of obtaining information for the Confederates, was captured yesterday, about six miles below Alexandria, by parties sent out from Gen. Jamison's brigade. His modus operands was as follows: Crossing the Occoquan river in a small boat, he managed to sink it so as to prevent its being discovered, at the same time hiding the oars in the woods. At night