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D DAUM, (MIDDAY'S DEORPTID,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
017101 NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Viritiva ONNTA Pon WS2K, towable to the Carrier.
Mailed iv Subeoribere oot of the Oily et Sil Detr.Axo
AXiMib FOUX DGLLARB TOR EIGHT MONTHS, THAIS
VOLUM /OR SIX MOBITHB—DITRTiIIbIy in ASTALLOG for
be time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tame nor.-
Lane Pu Anal, in advance.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
ARMY EXPRESS CO.,
MT CHESTNUT STREET,
PIIILADELPIIIA
This company baring established an agency In this
.city, is prepared to forward
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
TO BALTIMORE,
WASHINGTON,
ALEXANDRIA,
ANNAPOLIS,
FORTRESS MONROE,
NEWPORT NEWS,
PORT ROYAL,
THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADING SQUADRON
'TO NEW YORK,
BOSTON, AND EASTERN CITIES
Heavy Oooda should be delivered at DEPOT, corner
cofIIROAD and PRIME Streets, Wore FOUR O'CLOCK
P, M. , where our Clerk will give a Bill of Lading.
SMALL PARCELS SHOULD BE LEFT AT OFFICE
3:37 CHESTNUT STREET
FREIGHT AT VERY LOW RATES DELIVERED
IN WASHINGTON
Goode for the 'EAST at our Office in CHESTNUT Street.
DAVIS, BELDEN, 8e Co.,
ray:wire - E. onus. IN NEW TONN, 32 EBOAD-
D. G-REENE;
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COHPANTY.
ja2o
THE ADAMS EXPREt3I3
COMPANY. oMcs Bao CHNNTMOT
Meet, forward' Panel", Package", Mercharedia% D.
Notes, and Specie, either by its own lines or in conneetiloa
with other, Napress Companies, to al iths principal Tama
and Cider of the Milted Stabs
S. HANDFORD,
jell General Eimparlntandent
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
GREAT BARGAINS
LADIES , CLOAKS,
To close out,
At the
ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE,
K. W. corner TENTH and ARCH Ste.
salli-8m JACOB HORSFALL.
CLOAKS --
Handsome styles of rell-mede, serviceable gar
ments. The beat made, the beat fitting, and the best
tnateriall [or the price. A large Mock from which to
COOPER a CONARD,
B. N. cor. NINTH and MARKET.
CL OAK 8!
The Limiest, Cheapest, and Beet-assorted Stock
In the city.
HOUGH & CO.,
No. 26 South TENTH Street,
Onoosite Franklin Market.
COMMISSION ROUSES.
HEPLEY, HAZARD, do
HUTCHINSON,
NO. 112 OHEISTNITr
00/1111118810N BIZEORANTO
POs Tin aria or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
sela-em
LOOKING GLASSES.
TAMES S. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PORTRAIT PRAXES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CARTR-DE-VLSITE PORTRAITS,
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
818 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GABINE7' FURNITURE.
CIABINET FURNITURE AND BM'
V CURD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SICOOND Street,
n connection with their extensive Cabinet BtLAMM are
aioar mariufacturiug a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
Alla have now on hand a full supply, &limbed with the
SIOOBE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
impeder to ell others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables the menu
neutron refei to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character of their work.
afdli•dm
GROU ERIES.
CRAB-APPLE CIDER,
OLD CURRANT WINE,
ODR USUAL SUPPLY,
XIIST RECEIVED.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
DRA:LEB IN FIRE GROCERIES,
jaB-tf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Sta
IT YOU WANT GOOD BUTTER, go
to S. B. GOTT WALE', No. 812 SPRING GtRDEN
pRIME (GENUINE) JAVA ANT)
1 MARACAIBO COFFEE, also fine OOLONG TEAS,
just received, and for sale by
PHILIP REILLY dic
No. 7 N. WATER Street.
.Q.EIOULDERS-1,500 pieces city
smoked Shoulders ; also, 79 hhds. Shoulders in dry
salt, for sale by C. 0. SADLER. &
jag 103 &BCH Street, 2d door above front.
BEANS !—A large superior quality of
WHITE BEANS, for sale at N 0.4 North FIFTH
Street. JOS. H. 11101yIP6ON ?
ft 6-301. General Comnienion filet-chant and agent.
LARD AND GREASE.-50 tierces
grime Leaf lard;
50 tierces White Oreaie,
'Kraal from the Weet, and in store. For sale by
' MURPHY & KOONS,
No: 145 NORTH WHANYKS.
MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD,
SALMON, dte.-8.600 bbl. Mem Nos. 1,2, and Jf
SIAOKERNL, large, medium, and small, in allotted
packages of choice, late-caught, fat fish.
6,000 bbla New Halifax, Eastport, and Labrador Bar
rings, or choice Qualities.
6,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings,
SAO boxes aura now No.l 'ferries&
1,000 boxes large Magdaline Herrings.
960 bbla. Mackinac White fish.
60 bbla. new Economy Mees Shall.
96 bble. new Halifax Salmon.
1,000 suintals.Grand Bank Codfish.
600 boxes Herkimer County Chem.
In stare and landing, for sale by
MURPHY at HOONS,
nog No. 146 NORTH WHARVES.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
WILNE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in Ithebtisiness. Also, con
seemly receiving
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
Four doors below the Continental.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
WHITE LEA I
OIL. -
Rod Lead,
White Lead,
Labarge,
Sugar of Lead,
Copperas,
Oil of Vitriol,
Calomel,
Patent Yellow,
Chrome Red,
Chrome Yellow,
Aqua F.ortis,
Muriatic Acid,
Epsom Salts,
Rochelle Salta,
Tartaric Acid,
Orange Mineral,
Soluble Tart.
Sub. Carb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Red Precipitate,
WETMER
Druggists and Ma
Noe. 47 and 49
$lB-ti
AND AND COLLECTING
AGENCY.—ALLEN P. RICHARDSON. ED
WARD L. KING. RICHARDSON & RING, Attor
neys and Agents, JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Will give
Prompt attention to the Collection of Notes and Claims ;
to the pasment of Taxes on lands returned delinquent,
nd to the redemption of lands sold for taxes ; to pro
curing and forwarding tax deeds. and to investigating
titles to lands upon which deeds have been issued.
ESTIMONIAL S.—We, the undersigned State Officers,
tate that we are personally acquainted with Messrs. Al
en P. Richardson and E. L. King, and cheerfully recom
. end them to the patronage of all persons having busi
ess at Jefferson City, as prompt and reliable trini N.
liver, Secretary of State ; Wm. E. Mosley, auditor ;
mple Orr. Register; Aikman Welsh, Attorney Gene
al i G 0, Bingham, Treasurer i T, K. Winston, Coin
. intoner. fey-3t*
HOVELS AND SPADES.
GEORGE HALFMAN,
MANDY/WTI:FM,
I 'INES OF BREAD AND QUARRY STREETS,
18-3nc4 Bet. Arch and Race, and Second and Third.
MANAGERS
, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Lunar Caustic,
Narootine,
graph. Morphine,
Morphine,
Acetate Morphine,
Lac. Snlph.,
Ether Sulphuric,
Reda. Nitric,
Sulphate Quinine,
Cerro. Sublim.,
Denarcotized Opium,
Chloride of Soda,
Wetherill'e ext. °Mehl'.
Tartar Emetic,
Chloride of Lime.
Crude Borax,
Refined Borax,
Camphor,
Reain Copavia.
LL do BROTHER,
nufacttiring Chemists,
North SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
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VOL. 5.-NO. 159.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
REAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR
FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING
THEM INTO STOCK, Mr.:
Figured sod Pl,du Merinoee.
Plain and Gay Long Shawliz_
Dark Dress Goods, Poplins, &o.
Plaid Flannels—Pink, Blue, and Brown.
Ladies' Scarfs, reduced 10 per cent.
One lot of L. O. Hdkfs., at 15c.
Two lots do., at 25c., a bargain.
One lot of Linen Diaper at $1.25 a piece.
Hoop Skirts-75, 87X, $l, and $1.12.
Nice assortment of Ginghams.
Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes.
Misses' Merino Vests, all sizes.
Gloves and Hosiery of all kindS,
Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at
J. H. STOKES',
./a25 tf 702 ARCH Street.
FAMILY DRY GOODS STORE.
BYRE R LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH,
have in store a fine stock of
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good plain colored Silks.
Faabionable figured Silks.
Durable black Silks, plain and figured.
Linen Shutting and Linen Sheeting&
Best makes Long Cloth Shitting MllBllll3.
Table Linens and Damask Toweling'.
Blankets, fine quality and large size.
Marseilles Quilts of all sizes.
Cloths and Cassimeres for men and boys.
- White goods, a very full stock.
Black goods of every description. ja23
BARGAINS IN BLACK SILKS AT
H. STEEL & BOB'S,
No. 713 North TENTH Street, above Mates.
1 lot Black Silks at 70 cents.
1 lot Black Silks at 75 and 81 cents.
1 lot Black Silks at 87, 90, and $l.
1 lot Black Silks at $1.12% and 51 25.
1 lot Black Silks at $1.31, 51.87%, and $1.50.
1 lot Black Silks, yard wide.
BABG&INS IN FANCY SILKS.
We are closing out our stook of
Fancy Silks at a great sacrifice,
preparatory to taking stock.
Fancy Silks at 50, 58, 82%, 75, 87, and $1
Superior qualities of Fancy Silks $1 12% to $2.
Also, our entire stock of
DRESS GOODS,
ja22 at less than cost prices.
MiTSLINS ! MUSLINS! MUSLINS!
BY THE PIECE—MUSLIM BY
TUE BALE.—How is the time for housekeepers to buy
their Sheetings and Minim, as all kinds of domestic
goods are rapidly rising, and there can be no possible
diminution of prices. We still have a few boxes of
Watasutta, Williamsville, Black Bock, and other popular
makes. Good Muslim' at 8,9, 10, 11 cents. The best 12-
cent Muslin in tbo city. Our Pillow-Case Moline, and
our 10-4, 11-4, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased some time
since, are from tines to four cents cheaper than can be
found elsewhere. COWPERTHW &IT & 00.,
jaB2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET.
67 PIECES New 44shir .Di r EW ug Pri B t PRING PRINTS.
s.
New Oil Chintzes at 18X cents, worth 25.
New Imported Ginghams.
COOPER & CONARD,
fe3 NINTH and MARKET Streets.
BLACK ALPACAS.
One auction lot 37X, worth 50 cents,
One auction lot 25, worth 31 cents.
Pine Bieck Wont Minims, 31)g cents,
COOPER & CONARD,
fe3 Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET
LINEN GOODS.
Medium and Fine Fronting Linens.
Heavy Shirting and Pillow Linens.
One lot Red-bordered Fringed Towels, 18% cents;
cheap.
Linen Sheeting, Diapers, Napkins, Doylies.
Dathaak Table Cloths, Blay Ltbeoa, .&t.
COOPER & CONARD,
fe3 Southeast corner NINTH and BI3.ItKET.
SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE.
One case just opened.
Black and White Cheeks, double width.
Fine AR•wool Cashmeres.
jan SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
NEW BALMORALS.
Pg.. hundred Imported Balmoral Skirts,
At prices lower than before offered.
ja2l • SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
RUSSIA CRASH,
In medium and tine qualities.
Scotch Crash and Towelling.
jaTI SHABPLESS BROTHERS
EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR
TA-IPO—AL gory low prices, to sell tho stock.
SHARPLESS Batyrtnints,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
'PYRE & LA_NDELL, FOURTH and
ALI ARCH, open
today, a fresh assortment of
Double-faced Black Figured Stilts.
Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks.
Blues, Modes, Green, and Purple Silks. Dag
FYRE & LANDELL keep the very
heaviest
• Plain Black Dress Silks.
Heavy-bordered Stout Black Silks.
Widow's Silks, without gloss.
Etch Plain Silks, for city trade. jab
$2.50 . B . A_LMORAL SKIRTS, full
Balmorals Wholesale.
Balmoral Retail.
71+ 8 EYRE & LANDRLL.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
fIOPARTNERSIIIP. - BENJAMIN
J S. JANNEY, Jr., and B. W. ANDREWS have
formed a partnership for transacting the Wholesale Gro
cery and Produce Commission business, at No. 631 MAR
KET street, under the firm of JAN NFrY & ANDREW&
fel-121
DISSOLUTION.—The Copartnership
heretofore existing under the firm of WHITE,
REITII, & Co. is this day dissolved by limitation.
The business of the late firm will be settled by F.
H. KEITH and J. S. RIBBLE it, who continue the
Boot and Shoo Jobbing Business, under the firm of
KEITH & BIBBLER, at their old stand, Nos. 40 and
42 North THIRD Street, second floor.
THOHAS WHITE, Ja.,
F. H.
J. S. HIBBLER.
February 1,1862. fel-6t*
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.-
a-o Notice is hereby given that HENRY CONNELL,
of the city of Philadelphia, late grocer, and HELEN
WARRELL, of the said city, single woman, have enter
ed into a Limited Partnership for the business of dealing
in Groceries and Provisions. The said partnership is to
be conducted under the name or firm of Henry Connell.
The general nature of the business intended to be trans
acted by the said firm or partnership is the dealing in
Groceries and Provisions.
The general partner in the said firm is Henry Connell,
and the special partner is Helen Warrell.
The said special partner has contributed to the common
stock of the said firm the sum of six hundred dollars in
cash.
The said partnership is to commence immediately, and
to terminate on the 31st day of December, 1866.
HENRY CONNELL,
HELEN WARRELL.
ja 17. f6t*
January 15, 1862
niesoLuTioN.—The Copartnership
formerly existing between the undersigned, under
the firm of VANDEIWEEIE, ARCHER,. & CO., was dis
solved Dm 31,1861, by limitation. The buainese will be
Denied by B. F. ARCHER and F. B. REEVES, at No.
45 North WATER Street. C. P. VANDERVEER,
B. F. ARCHER,
F. B. REEVES.
Philadelphia, January 10, 1882.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—The undersigned have
this day formed a Copartnership, under the firm of
ARCHER & REEVES, for transaction of a WHOLE
BARE GROCERY business, at the old stand, No. , Ifr
North WATER Street and No. 48 North DELAWARE
Avenue,
BENJAMIN F. AROMA
FRANCIS B. BEEVES.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1862. jal3-11
COPARTNERSHIP
BAIL 'MORRIS this day retires from our
His sone, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERIOS
NV. Ike/hie/d i are admitted as partnere j and time bust
news will be continued as heretofore.
MORRIS, WHEELER, & CO.,
Iron Merchants,
HOS MARKET Street.
Philadelphia, Dec. 31, Mel.
LEGAL.
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT.-No
tice is hereby given, that IR& BRADSHAW, of
the township of Washington, county of Camden, and
State of New Jersey, bath this day made and executed an
assignment of all his estate, real and personal, to the
subscribers, for the benefit of his creditors, pursuant to
the statute; and that the creditors of said Ira Bradshaw
Must present their claims to the essimmees, under oath
or aflirmation, Within three months from the date of said
assignment. RANDAL E. MORGAN,
CHARLES STEVENSON,
Dated January 18,1862. [fe6-3t - *] Assignees.
ESTATE OF JOHN F. EPPLE
-BBEIMBII, A LUNATIC.—First account of
WILLIAM 11. HORN, Committee of Person and Estate_
COMMONPLEAS ON PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
The Auditor appointed by the court to audit, settle,
and adjust the said account. Ac., will hold the first meet.
lug, for the purposes of his appointment, on MONDAY,
the 10th day of February, 1862, at 4 o'clock P. N., at his
office, No. 702 WALNUT Street, in the city of Fhiladel.
phis, where all persons interested may attend.
ja29.wfm st* EDWARD WALN, Auditor.
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILA.
DICLPHIA.
Estate of HENRY TYLER, Deceased
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account of EUGENE KETERLINUS,
Administrator of said Estate, and to report distribution
of the balance, will nice the parties interested for the
purposes of hits appointment on MONDAY, the 17th day
of February, A. E. 1852, at 4 o'clock P. DI., at his Office,
No. 131 South FIFTH Street, Philadelphia.
fesufrm•st Will. (111 WISTER.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
on the Estate of ROBERT WRIGHT, deceased,
having been granted to the undersigned by the Register
of Wills for the City and County of Philadelphia, all per
sons indebted to said Estate will please make payment,
said those having claims 'Against said Estate will present
theta to ELIZABETH WRIGHT.
Admiuietratrix,
No. 410 South TWELFTH Street.
Or to her Attorney, WM. B. HOOD,
. .
268 South FOURTH Street
JOS. R. BOLTON, SUCCESSOR TO
KIMBALL & GORTON, at the PHILADEL
PHIA CAB WORKS, corner of TWENTY-FIRST and
HAMILTON Streets,
The subscriber having purchased the entire Stock,
Machinery, &c , of the late firm of Kimball & Gorton,
and having engaged Mr. L. D. GORTON to superintend
the mechanical department, is fully prepared to furnish
PASSENGER. and FREIGHT CARS, of every de
scription, according to order, at the shortest notice, and
of the best materials and workinanihip.
IRON CASTINGS, of all kinds, made on the moat rea
sonable terms.
Orders for any kind of CAR WORK respectfully se
licited.
JOS. R. DOLTON.
February 1,1862. fe6.3t*
PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
AT WAR PRICES, of Looking• Glasses, Engravings,
and fine Frames, al GEO. F. EENKEBT'I3, No. 82e
ABCTX 13treet. it4l-iftr
ApWATCHES, FRENCH TIME
PIECES, and MUSICAL BOXES repaired, by
ylor Workmen, at
LEWIS LADOMUS & CO.'S,
- No. 802 CHESTNUT Street, Phila.
AT All work worrantea, ja27-lm
Vitss.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1862.
Irish Actors—of the Past.
In a book, now exceedingly rare, (“Me
moirs of His Own Life, by Tate Wilkinson,
patentee of the Theatres-Royal, York, and
Hull ;" four volumes 12 mo, published at
York in 17P0,) a comparison is instituted be
tween two great actresses of his time, Peg
Wellington and Eliza Farren. It begins thus :
cc Their complexions and features much alike,
—Miss Farren [then 31] will be more like ten
years hence; , before which time I hope she
will be distinguished by - some other appella
tion." He was a true prophet, for in seven
years after his book appd4rod, the lady W 45
married to the Earl of Derby.
The cc scale of merit," as Tate Wilkinson
called it, ran thus: "Mrs. Woffington was
tall—so is Miss Farren; Mrs. Woffington was
beautiful—so is Miss Farren ; Mrs. Woffington
was elegant—so is Miss Farren ; Mrs. Wolfing
ton was well bred—so is Miss Farren; Mrs.
Woffington had wit—so has Miss Farren; Mrs.
Woffington had a harsh, broken, and discord
ant voice—Miss Farren's is musical and be
witching ; Mrs. Woffington could be rude and
vulgar Miss Farren , mater." As for beauty,
it is a fact that, on or off the stage, Wellington
was one of the loveliest women of her time,.
whereas Miss Farren's face was much seamed
byrithe ravages of the small-pox,—though, on
the stage, these would not be perceived.
Eliza Farien was thoroughly Irish, by birth
and education. Most accounts fix 1759 as the
year of her birth, but differ as to the locality.
One account says that her father, Mr. George
Farren, was an apothecary in Cork, in a small
way, but another (Charles Lee Lewis, in his
Autobiography,) says that he was son of a
wine merchant in Dublin, where his daughter
was born, and that he went on the stage, at
Dublin, from utter incapacity to earn subsist
ence in any other way. He was unappreciated
in Dublin and went to England, where he had
no success. His wife, however, was daughter
of a brewer at Liverpool, who gave shelter to
her and education to her daughter while the
father was wandering through England, from
theatre to theatre.
In 1173, then being only fourteen, Eliza
Farren first appeared, as Rosetta, in as Love in
a Village," at Liverpool Theatre. She was
successful, and was taken round as an cc infant
phenomenon" to Chester, Wrexham, Shrews
bury, and the other towns then constituting
the Liverpool circuit. lnr, Younger, manager
of the Liverpool Theatre, saw her great
promise, and not only instructed her in her
profession, but succeeded in persuading her
relatives to continue her education while in
his company. While she was still in her
teens, he frankly told her she was fit for Lon
don, and gave her a strong letter of recom
mendation to the elder Colman (George the
first, author of cc The Clandestine Marriage,")
who then was lessee and manager of the Hay
market Theatre. Her appearance there was,
on June 9, 1777, as Miss Hardcastle, in "She
Stoops to Conquer," and at once hit the pub
lic taste. Her voice was good, her acting ca
her figure elegant, and her face looked
very handsome, on the stage, as her features
were well cut. A portrait of her, in the Gar
rick Club, taken some years later, when her
fine figure had more fully developed its sym
metry, shows well even alongside of that of
Lavinia Bolton, whose charms won her the
coronet of a Duchess. On the same night
wills Miss Farren, the actors Edwin and Hen
derson also appeared on a London stage for
the first time.
The Haymarket was only a summer theatre
in those days, and, in the winter of 1777, Miss
Farren was a member of the Covent Garden
company, but, being chiefly put into tragedy
characters, whereas she was . essentially a
comedienne, did not make much advance in
public opinion. On joining the Drury Lane
company, just at the time that Mrs. Abington
quitted it for Covent Garden, she commenced
playing the line of characters which that ex
cellent actress had previously monopolized.
Here was a novice, not yet twenty, aspiring to
equal an actress of the highest repute, who
had long held the position of Queen of Comedy.
Mr. Parsons, the actor, who had faith in her
ability, urged her to make her first appearance
at Drury Lane as Lady Townley, in " The
Provoked Husband," admitted to be Mrs.
Abington's best role. She did—and her suc
cess was so great that she had to repeat the
performances over and over again, through the
next two months. From that moment, Mrs.
Abington ceased to reign. The new actress
bad youth as well as novelty on her side. She
was twenty-four years younger than Abington,
who, indeed, had played at the Haymarket as
early as 1752—five years before Farren was
born. Ever after, Farren's Lady Townley
held the first place ; but Abington, who played
the part when "The School for Scandal"
was first played, was considered to be su
perior in Lady Teazle.
Mrs. Abington's private character not being
the b st in the world, she was not received
into what is called good society, whereas Miss
Farren's propriety of conduct and elegant
manners made her acceptable to the persons
of rank and fortune constituting what is called
high life " in England. In those circles she
made the acquaintance of Edward Stanley,
twelfth Earl of Derby, and representative of
one of the oldest and proudest houses in Eng
land. This gentleman had married a daughter
of the Duke of Hamilton, some years before,
(in 17740 by whom he had three children.
But the lady became deranged after the birth
of her third child, and so continued for more
than twenty years, until her death. Lord
Derby, it is said, offered the reversion of him
self, as a husband, to Misa Perron, who ac
cepted it. There never was a breath of scan
dal about her. They met in society—but al
ways in the presence of a third person. So
ciety tacitly understood the peculiar ease, and
extended its wgis over the fair Farren.
This state of things continued for over fif
teen years, during which time Miss Farrell con
tinued a reigning favorite with London play
goers, and paid "star" visits to Ireland and
Scotland. The late Charles Mathews relates,
in the amusing autobiography with which his
Life opens, how he played with Miss Farren,
during his own first engagement as cc walking
gentleman," at the Dublin Theatre, in 1794,
at which time he describes himself c , a tall,
thin, awkward youth" of seventeen. She was
one of the first, by the way, to perceive his
great comic power, and particularly his skill
in giving imitations.
London Society treated Miss Farren, from
the time Lord Derby's penchant for her was
known, as if the coronet of a Countess already
graced her brow. The Duke of Richmond's
private theatricals, at his house in London,
wore directed by Miss Farren, and the chief
performers were noble persons. One of these
was the Earl of Derby, and the biographer of
the Duchess of St. Albans tells us cc it is said
that the proposal of his Lordship was made in his
quaint theatrical costume, with his face painted
and smeared for a dress rehearsal." An un
romantic appearance, it must be confessed.
At last, on the 14th March, 1707, the death of
the Countess of Derby took place, and was an
nounced in the green-room of Drury-Lane
Theatre, the same day. The event, though all
its consequences were calculated long before,
,threw Miss Farren ccinto such a way," (as
Harriet Mellon put it,) that she was unable to
continue at rehearsal. Immediately after the
funeral, Lord Derby waited on her to renew
his offer. At this time he was exactly forty
five years old, but looked sixty. We are told
that "He had an excessively large head, sur
mounting his small, spare figure, and wore his
hair tied in a long, thin pig-tail. This, with
his attachment to short nankeen gaiters, made
him an easily-recognized subject in the nume
rous caricatures of the day." Miss Farren,
comely and well-preserved, was thirty-eight,
and looked many years younger.
She took leave of the stage on the Bth of
April 1797, as Lady Teazle, and as every one
knew her approaching marriage into-the peer
age, Drury Lane was crammed. In the last
scenes her spirits gave way, and when Mr.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1862.
Wroughton repeated a few lines written for
the occasion she fainted and was borne off the
stage by Mr. King, who had played Sir Peter
Teazle.
On May-day, six weeks after Lady Der
by's death, the Earl's second marriage
took place. The new Countess behaved very
parsimoniously, or perhaps carelessly, on the
occasion. She sent no wedding presents,
not even cards and cake, among her green
room friends, though she remembered her
cc dresser" and the call-boy—desiring on.)
week's extra salary (nine shillings) to be
handed to the former, and the magnificent do
nation of half a crown to be presented in her
name to the Utter. She settled upon her
mother a smaller annuity than she had al
lowed her before leaving the stage.
The new Countess of Derby at once was ad
mitted into the penetralia of high life. Queen
Charlotte kindly received her at Court with
marked distinction, and, as a special honor,
appointed her to form one of the procession
of noble ladies at the marriage of the Prin
cess Royal. At first, the Earl of Derby's
children by the first marriage were inclined
to stand off from their new step-mother, but
this soon abated—first into toleration and
then into regard. In her married life, Miss
Farren was as happy as she had been re
spectable in her single. She had three chil
dren, of whom the last, married to the Earl of
Wilton, alone surviyed to 1808. She died in
April, 1829 2 . aged seventy, and her husband
survived until October, 1834. It has been
supposed that his grandson, the present Earl
of Derby, was a descendant by the marriage
with Miss Farren, but this is a mistake; his
father, the late Earl, (famous for his zoologi
cal and ornithological collection, at Knowesley
Hall,) is second in blood by the first marriage
with the Duke of Hamilton's daughter ;—one
of the children of the lovely Elizabeth Gun
ning, one of the three Irish - sisters who all
married Dukes, in the reign of George 11.
No drop of the Irish actress's blood runs in
the proud Tory Earl's veins, but her daugh
ter, the late Countess of Wilton, was con
sidered, in her youthful days, to be one of
the most highly accomplished as well as most
graceful and lovely of English matrons. Some
amusing anecdotes of the life and death of
Miss Faion's Earl of Derby are afloat, but too
numerous and too long to be retailed here
to day.
Knowesley Park, within five miles of Li
verpool, has long been one of the show places
of Lancashire, and is much visited by
strangers. At certain times, ingress is all but
impossible—not even "a silver key" will
then open the massive gates. In 1857,
when Barney Williams and his genial and
popular wife were at Liverpool, they deter
mined to see Knowesley—carrying out a
principle with which they started in England,
of seeing, whether for love or money, every
thing of note in England at all within proper
visiting distance, compatible with their "Irish
Boy" and " Yankee Gal" engagements, Every
one whom they consulted assured them that
admission to Knowesley, at that time, was
wholly out of the question. Barney was not
to be put off in that way, for his dictionary is
the same edition as Napoleon's, which, as all
the world knows, does not contain the word
ecimpossible." Barney and Mrs. W. had
been driven about Liverpool to various other
places by an Irish Jehu whose sharpness they
had noticed, and bold Barney asked this driver
whether he could not devise some plan. Jehu
put on his considering cap, and finally an-
Runced that it was to be done—in a way of
his own. At his request, Barney handed him
some loose silver, and, in due time, Mr. and
Mrs. Williams Were rolling over the paved
streets bound for Knowesley, which they
reached in due time, sound in wind and limb.
The principal iron gates of the avenue were
opened without question, and so were the
next. On reaching the third gates, opining,
it appeared, into the more private parts of
the lordly demesne, an old woman, who acted
as janitor, tottered up and demanded the pass
ticket, which alone, she said, could admit the
party. Barney thought " llere we are in a pretty
fix;" but, before he could carry his thinking any
deeper, the driver dashed forward, without
farther challenge, and the same process
- was repeated two or three times, enabling
Knowesley to be seen, in the prohibited time.
This was an achievement very gratifying to
Barney, who did not relish the idea of being
beaten by any thing. On his return, he asked
Jehu how he had managed it. The rCply
revealed the secret. With the loose sil
ver which Barney had advanced before start
ing, John had purchased a few quarter-pound
packages of good tea, all done up separately,
and the harridans at the special gates, whom
gold could not induce to disobey orders, had
incontinently yielded to the bribe of a few
ounces of tea. If we could tell the story in
print only half as well as Barney relates it,
our readers, we are sure, would have a hearty
laugh over it.
WE publish, with pleasure, the following
letter from lion. STEPHEN BAKER, Repre
sentative in Congress from the State of New
:York :
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
February 4, 1862.
[For The Press.]
The gptgel I have suggested in relation to the
free reception and delivery of all mail matter in
cities containing upwards of ten thousand inhabi
tants would, if carried into effect, introcl uce a much
needed improvement, and I am surprised that it
has not been long since established. The present
method of compelling, on an average, one hundred
persons to perform the task of carrying letters to
abd from post offices, when the seine service might
be performed by one postman, causes' provoking
delay, an enormous waste of time, and largely in
terferes with productive occupations.
The plan desired is to have mail-boxes placed at
convenient and accessible points, for the reception
of prepaid, mall matter, to be taken from thaw by
postmen, and carried—in the mailer cities, at least
twice, and in the larger cities four, five, and six
times daily—to the office, for general distribution;
and to deliver all letters as frequently by carriers
or postmen.
It is believed that improved facilities will vastly
increase the business of the Post Office Department,
and thus augment its revenues, and that the letters
received and delivered in the great commercial
cities will fully pay the entire cost of the new ser
vice.
The system proposed is in general use in Western
Europe, and it is found to be not only an indispensa
ble public convenience, but also, by those States
that make the nicest and closest calculations for in
come, to be amply compensating.
It is especially important to consider and adopt
the measure at this time, as the Government is about
building post offices in New York and Philadelphia,
end the adoption of an entirely how system must
necessarily modify and change the plans of those
buildings, if it should not alter their location.
Very respectfully, STEPHEN BAKER.
P. S.—l bad written this letter, when I received
a copy of the Bankers' Magazine for February, in
which I find a very able and comprehensive artiClO
on cc Our Postal System," with particular reference
to the reception and delivery of letters. S. B.
A PRESENT FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—The
American Whip Company, who manufactiire at the
State prison, have manufactured a whip as a pre
sent for President Lincoln. The whip is about
seven feet long, and the stock is solid ivory,
beautifully carved. At the top of the stock
are two gold bands, bearing the inscrip
tion 76 " Presented to A. Lincoln, by the
American Whip Company." Between these two
bands is carved an American flag, the stars, Union,
and stripes being colored. Below, and between two
other gold bands, are carved representations of " ag
riculture and commerce," and a fine portrait of
President Lincoln. Another gold band bears the in
scription, "Charlestown, Mass.;" and then at the end
of the stock is carved the American eagle, with
his claws resting upon an olive branch and cannon,
the latter bearing the word " Union." The..upper
portion of the whip; beyond the stock, is made of
ivory stained black, and covered with knots ; on
the top of each a piece of silver is inlaid. The whip
is valued at about $lOO, well got up, and will no
doubt be received by the President with much
pleasure.—Charlestorm (Mass.) Adv.
Ray. DR. WEsrox, of Now York, who has
recently visited various divisions of the army of the
Potomac, says the health of the soldiers is remark-
able, and is even improving in this weather, and
that most of the men are in better condition than if
they were at home.
THE city of London, Canada West, is to bo
sold at sheriff's sale. The indebtedness which ren
ders this proceeding necessary, arose from the aid
extended by London to the London and Port Stan
ley Railway.
TUE last steamer brought letters from the
English Government to the legation here, invest
ing Lord Lyons with the Order of the Bath, in
acknowledgment of his services in the Trent affair.
THE REBELLION.
Reported Capture of Rebel Ca
valry in Kentucky.
An Interesting Trip with a Flag of Truce
ZOLLICOFFER AND PEYTON'S REMAINS DE.
LIVERED TO REBEL OFFICERS.
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS,
Expected Declination of the Rebel Government
to Receive Messrs. Ames and Fish
A Richmond Paper on the Potter Inves-
tigutin g Committee.
MOVEMENT OF GEN. GRANT AGAINST FORT HENRY.
AFFAIRS AT FORTRESS MONROE.
Bee., &e., &e.
GENERAL BUELL'S DEPARTMENT.
More Good News.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. s.—Colonel Garfield is at
Faintville with a sufficient force to preserve order.
The Virginia and South Carolina regiments, under
Humphrey Marshall, have gone back to Virginia,
and Marshall and the rest of his forces went to
Pound Gap, where he disbanded them. The where
abouts of Marshall is unknown.
A rumor prevails that a party of rebel cavalry,
supposed to be a part of Morgan's force, were sur
prised lest night, between Lebanon and Green
river, and forty' of them killed. No Federal loss.
Lerzu.—lt is now rumored that Morgan has
been captured.
Griefs of a Rebel •" Hard Shell " Clergy-
Among the letters found in Zollicofer's camp are
the following amusing epistles relating to a rebel
clergyman. ills defence is a peculiarly interesting
document :
A Grave Charge Aeainst Rev. Berry.
MOUNT HOPE, Ala., Oct. 2, 1861
DEAR SIR : After my respects, this will inform
you that the Rev. S. Berry has come back with a
false certificate. He says he was discharged for
having fits, and his wife says it was all affected, and
that he is capable of doing such tricks. - As regards
bis band and arm, there is nothing the matter with
him, for be has ironed off a wagon since 'he came
here. and is now weather-boarding a gin -house ;
and Col. Thaxton says it would be right for you to
send for him and put him in service ; make him
serve his time out ; he is trying to dissuade every
young men from volunteering—some of his neigh
bors—in fact, all say it is a shame the tales he tells
about the fare and the way the soldiers are treated
there under you. He is doing a great deal of harm
here, and if you could and would send and take
him back you would do-a great service for your
country You will get a letter from Col. Thaaton,
one of his neighbors. He joined Capt. Bankhead's
company from Lawrence county. He makes his
brags that Alabama was the only way ho had to get
away from you. Please show this to Capt. Bank
head. He is the stoutest-bodied man in the neigh
borhood, and could endure as much hardship. He
says he never drilled but once; take him back and
learn him what it is to be a soldier.
Tours, with respect, W. Bnooics
To Col. Wood and Capt. Bankhead.
The Defence of Rev. Mr. Berry.
KINLOCK, Ala., Sept. 4, 1861
DEAR CAPTAIN W. S. BANKBEAD : I, as one of
your best friends in this life, feel it my duty to
drop you a few lines this evening. At home I am,
and can say to you that I am not well yet, nor I
ever lIATIOCk to ho any more in this world ; but I
have got tit, and about. I have improved a good
deal since I got home. I have been under the care
of Doctor Crom ever since I came home, captain.
If I improve as fast one more week as have this
last week, I shall come to see you again, and stay
with you as long as I can stand it. I will fix my
self with some bed-clothes to keep me off the ground
as much as I possibly can ; and I think that I will
be the one that will get old Lincoln's skelp. yet I
am not out of hart in trying to live a camp life and
be of some service to my country Captain, I find
there are btu) people all over the world. I under
stand that it is said of me in camps that it was
desate of no. I have bin told that it was wrote
to you, thllt nothing never was the matter. I
never had rheumatism, fits, or anything else
of the I say the man who wrote that
_wrote a ly and he is a Tory besides. And
-that is not half what he will. ac._ I will bet
a gray horse, worth $1.50, that I go back to
the army before the man that has been wrighting
about me ; and I will double the bet that the dog
that has been writing about me to you and the boys,
never does go to fight, or even stay in camps. I
heard also that it had been written to you, or some
of the boys, that I told so many bad tales about
you and your company ; 'that I had disheartened
the men of General White's company and broke it
up, I will pledge you, my word, Captain Bank
bend, that I have never seen but two of White's
men since I have been home ; and one of there
was S. R. Weems, and the other Robert Releurn.
You will please ask them if I have ever said any
thing against you or company. This office is their
office. Captain, I have bin fur from this. I told
the people that cum to see me that you was the
chola captain in that regiment, to my humbel
opinion, and that I looked upon you as a by-toned
gentleman. I told them that I did sot like to stay
in the hospitel, and I dislike it as much yet as I did
when I was there. If I get able to travel, I shall
sum back next week ; and if I don't cum then, I
will cum as soon as I get stout anuf.
I am your friend till Beth, dear Captain W. A.
B. Rev. s. BERRY.
An Interesting Trip with a Flag of Truce—
The Remains of Zollicoffer and Peyton
delivered to the Rebel Officers.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Tenses, writing
from Munfordsville, Ky., in a letter dated February
3., says
The remains of Gen. Zollicoifer and Col. Bailie
Peyton were yesterday removed, under -a flag of
truce, outside of our lines, and delivered into the
bands of their friends. While here, the body of
Gen. Zollicoffer lay in state, and was treated with
all the respect due to his rank. The duty of con
veying it across the lines was assigned to Gen. John
son, and, through the kindness of Capt. McCook,
assistant adjutant general, to whom I am indebted
for manyfavors, I had the exciting pleasure of ac
companying the flag of truce.
The Escort.
The party detailed for this purpose were obliged
to take an early breakfast, for by sunrise they were
on the way. They crossed the pontoon bridge, and
moved up into Woodsonville in the following order :
1. A mounted sergeant bearing the white flag,
and riding about fifty yards in front.
2. Gent Johnson and other field and staff officers_
.Among them were Gen. Negley, Capt. McCook,
A. A. G., and Capt. Hoblitzell, of Gen. McCook's
staff; Capt. Terrell, chief of artillery in this divi
sion, and other gentlemen representing all the bri
gades in this division.
3. A four-horse ambulance bearing the mortal
remains of Gen, &Moira, It was followed by a
similar ambulance bearing the body of Col. Peyton.
4 An escort of twenty-five men from Capt. Gad
dis' excellent company of mounted volunteers, in
command of their brave and daring captain.
Meeting the Enemy's Pickets.
- While passing through Horse Cave—the town,
not the cavern--toward the turnpike, Gen. Johnson
discovered a party of rebel horsemen, on the turn
pike, running from us at full speed. - The white
flag was held aloft and waved, but they paid no at
tention to it. We moved on at a faster pace, con
stantly waving our flag. 00casionally we could see
the horsemen, at a distance, evidently watching
our purpose. We had gone some two miles beyond
Hose Cave, when a party of Texan Rangers sud
denly appeared in the road, waving a white flag.
General Johnson ordered a halt, and, accompanied
by Captain Terrell, moved up toward the enemy,
waving his white pocket-handkerchief. The com
mander of the Rangers, accompanied by two men,
advanced and met them.
He proved to be Capt. Cook, one of the most dash
ing officers of the Texas mounted troops. After a
few minutes conversation between the above-n;Len-
Rotted officers, both parties moved south to the
Woodland Rouse, within a mile of Cave City, where
all amounted. A Ranger was despatched with a
communication from Gen. Johnson to Gen. Hind
man, and all proceeded to dispose of themselves as
comfortably as possible.
Arrival of Gen. Hindman and Staff—De-
livery of the Bodies.
About half past 3 o'clock Gen. Hindman, with a
portion of his staff and a whole company of Texas
Rangers. rode up from Cave City, displaying a
white flag. Halting some distance from us, Gene
rals Johnson and Negley advanced on foot to meet
them. Gen. Hindman and Col. Ormsby, of Ar
kansas, both dismounted, and advanced from their
horaE a.
• • -
The usual compliments were passed, when officers
on both aides went forward, and a general intro
duction took place. General Hindman then en
tered the hotel with General Johnson, where they
had, with other Federal officers, quite a lengthy
and pleasant interview.
The officers on both aides assembled in the par
lor, when Capt. McCook dispensed the hospitalities
of his haversack!
" Come, gentlemen," said he, " help yourselves
and make free. To-morrow we may be shooting
at each other, so let us be social under the flag of
truce."
This broke the ice, and all were soon mingling
as freely as of the same family. There was only
OIRES sad face in the party. Gen. Zolliceffer'a sur
geon, who is a prisoner of war, was allowed to ac
company the flag of truce, and, amid all the hilarity,
he alone did not smile. The Confeds seemed to
relish the liquors hugely. They were mostly quite
young men. Three of them, only, are worthy of
speciil notice.
General Hindman
is the commander of the advance brigade on our
front. He is an old Arkansas politician, and has
revelled in the luxuries of Congressional life. He
is short and thick-set, legs bowed, complexion
florid, and eyes large and gray. His chin and lips
are thickly covered with beard, while the hair of
his head hangs in immense locks down over his
shoulders. His appearance fully confirms his
reputation as a general—selfish, crafty, mean, and
cruel.
Colonel Ormsby.
This gentleman is also from Arkansas. Ills figure
is tall, straight, and manly, complexion dark, and
hair_ and eyes of a raven blackness. There was,
during the whole interview, a settled melancholy
on his face, and I presume it is natural. The idea
struck rue that he seemed surprised to find genti
lity and good fooling among the officers of the
army of the Union, and could not recover from the
astonishment. Ile was dressed in a colonel's full
uniform, after the Jeff Davis pattern, which makes
a tremendous display of gold lace.
Colonel Wharton.
The other character is Col. Wharton, the Texas
Ranger, appointed to fill the place made vacant by
the death of Col. Terry. The visitor to Washing
ton city will not fail to see about the hotels a class
of people known as Congressional pimps. They are
generally good-sized men, with an . agreeable sua
vity of manner, can outdrink the next man, and
are tboroaghly posted as to tho tinder-current of
Washington life. They live by teaching officials
the peculiar vices of the capital, sharing it with
them. Should I see Col. Wharton in Washington.
I should take him, despite his Ranger rig, as just
such a character. He looks like a man who is at
all times ready for a drink, a game of poker, or a
race. His dress is very common, with a profuse
decoration of such beads as Indians love td use.
He sits on a silver-mounted Texas saddle, and rides
with bridle and martingales made out of horso
h air. I judge him to be very vain, and prone to
much blustering.
The Texas Rangers.
For the first time I had a good opportunity to see
the Texas Rangers, about forty of them being pre
sent. They are generally young men, and mostly,
so they say, from Texas. The only badee they wore
was a red star on the front of their hats or caps.
They seem to clothe themselves as best they can,
and look shabby, ragged, and dirty. One of them
has a whole suit made out of bearskin, and several
pants out of a similar material. They are armed
with short double-barrelled shot-guns, revolvers,
and bowie•knives. Their general appearance is
villainous, but I picked out several very pleasant
and intelligent countenances. Captain Cook, the
first officer we met, seems to be an accomplished
gentleman, with a big dash of the romance in his
character.
While the officers were in the hotel, some of our
cavalry and the rangers got into a political discus
sion. The rangers used the old argument about
Abolition, and said they would rather die than be
the slave of the Abolitionists. Their conversation
was of a low, trashy character, displaying an awful
ignorance of public affairs_ They frequently used
such language as 64 that's a G d d
The fellow in the bear-skin clothes, was as gruff as
a bear, boasting of his desire to take Yankee
scalps, until he was invited to take a drink of Yan
kee whisky. A staving dram put him in a better hu
mor. Strange what arguments some people re
quire.
Transfer of the Bodies•
The bodies were formally delivered to General
Bindman by General Johnson. _Both generals were
present when the remains were transferred from
our skinbulatees to their®_ Their 'eerriagee were
miserable, one being a common spring wagon, and
the other a ricketty two-wheeled ambulance. The
bodies were immediately driven off toward Bowling
Green.
Separation
The two generals met in the centre of the road
General Johnson said :
gi Well, General Hindman, I bid you good day.
I hope wo may meet often, hereafter, under pleasant
circumstances."
"Thank you, sir. So do I. Good day," was
the reply.
Our party mounted and started homeward. We
were scarcely under way before the rebels turned
their backs upon us, and disappeared in the wind
ing of the road. The sun was shining brightly,
cheerfully, and beautifully. As the two caval
cades, so lately laughing together, separated, to
meet again in the din of battle, I thought of the old
days of chivalry, when such scenes were frequent.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
By a late boat from Fortress Monroe the Rich
mond Dispatch of the 4th inst_ has been received.
It contains the following articles :
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.]
Maryland.
There is no doubt that if a vote were taken to
day in Maryland, free from the power of the Fede
ral standing army, she would unite herself, by an
overwhelming majority, to the Southern Confede
racy. We are sure, from sources of information in
which we have complete confidence, that Maryland
is sound to the tore on the great questions of the
day, and only needs the opportunity to demonstrate
it in the moat significant manner. The cruelties and
indignities heaped upon her true-hearted eons by
the Lincoln despotism have only consolidated the
publio sentiment of the State in the most rigid reso
lution ; and when the day comes, woe to the foreign
and domestic tyrants who have fastened chains upon
her noble limbs ! Woe to the traitors at home, and
the imported Yankees who have aided in the work
of tying her hands and feet! There is not on this
continent a more patriotic and heroic race of men
than the genuine old Maryland stock, and it is only
because they are without arms and overwhelmed
with numbers, that they do not vindicate their glori
ous name from the outrages it has suffered. But
the day will come. Maryland is a slumbering vol
cano—slumbering. but not extinct.
War Matters
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4 ]
We have nothing new to report this morning in
the situation of affairs. The excessive bad weather,
and the consequent condition of the roads, has
caused a temporary suspension of active operations,
and we look for nothing of an exciting nature so
long as this state of things continues. The vaunted
Burnside expedition is a dead-lock somewhere on
the " stormy-coast," and all the deep-laid schemes
of the enemy bid fair to result in nothing of practi
cal importance. Meanwhile, the tone of the Euro
pean news is by no means discouraging. The ex
tracts which we.publish this morning, embracing
dates to the 19th ult., will be read with interest.
Both England and France regard affairs on this con
tinent with deep solicitude, and everything encou
rages the Southern people to redouble their ener
gies, and fight on for liberty and independence; for
even though these inettimaklo blessings may be long
deferred, they will eventually reward their efforts.
The world looks with wonder and admiration upon
the stern resistance the South has made for eight
months past, and a determination to open the spring
campaign with even greater energy will conduct us
to the goal of our highest hopes.
The " Stolen " Arms.
[From the Itichmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.]
The report of the Potter Investigating Commit
tee, recently submitted to the Federal Congress,
makes.wrathful reference to the efforts of Secre
tary Floyd to arm the South at Federal expense in
advance of the war now prevailing. Not content
w'th denouncing the actual transfer of great quan
tities of arms by that Secretary to our threatened
section, the indignant Potter makes exposure of
several attempts to transfer other arms which (lid
not prove successful.
It seems that one hundred and forty cannon, of
superior quality and of very large calibre, were or
dered to be sent to Texas and Louisiana late in 1860,
and that but for the faithful promptitude of bolt,
Mr. Floyd's successor, they would have now been a
part of the Southern armament on the Mississippi
river and the Texan waters. iaen, Floyd is doubt
less quite willing to shoulder all the odium which
attaches to his efforts in respect to these cannon;
but it is certain that he was pawerfully seconded in
them by Yankee cupidity. The appropriation
voted by Congress for casting these cannon for un
finished Southern forts was passed by Congress, we
believe, without his knowledge or solicitation,
under the industrious lobbying of Pittsburg iron
founders. The guns were cast in obedience to law,
and the early shipment of them in advance of the
full completien of the forti, though not in advance
of the readiness of the forts to receive their arms
meat, was due more to the fact that the Pittsburg
iron•founders were bound by their contract to de
liver them before receiving their pay, than to the
special eagerness of the Secretary to get them off,
The Seeestary simply obeyed a mandate of Con
gress, and the Pittsburg contractors simply obeyed
the influences of cupidity. All the treason or fe
lony that attached to the business adheres to the
skirts of the honorable body of which Mr. Potter is
a shining member.
The hundred thousand muskets that were ordered
to be sold to Belknap, at two dollars and a half,
but which were stopped by that watchful Cerberus,
Bolt, were ordered to be sold under a standing law
of Congress, and in pursuance of numerous reports
of competent boards of ordnance officers, declaring
that Government would do well to get rid of them
at two dollars. It would have been a glorious thing
if the additional number of arms had, under au
tbority so distinct, and in a manner so free from
blame, found their way, in the fall of 1860, into the
arsenals of the South. They did not find their way
there. Why? Because, though offered to and
urged up&i the Southern States, they would not
take them. Virginia had previously taken a few
thousand ; Mississippi as many more, and Alabama
a still greater number. Probably South Carolina
and Georgia took also a few thousand ; but when
a hundred thousand more could have been had for
a song, they paid no attention to the subject. The
offer to the States was at two dollars ; the offer to
Belknap was not until afterwards, and at two dol
lars and a half. Belknap's scheme was to sell the
muskets in Europe, and not to the South, as Potter
would intimate.. •
But, in spite of these refusals of the Southern
States to enter in earnest into the business of pre
paring for war, there was a mode found of tilling
their arsenals with arms; with arms; too, of a far
better character than condemned muskets. It had
been the policy of the Federal Secretaries of War
to allow all the rifles and muskets manufactured at
the Federal armories to be deposited in Northern
arsenals. That at Watervliet, near New York city,
contained probably one-half of all tbo arms of im
proved patterns, owned by the Federal Govern
ment.
The attack of John Brown upon Virginia, and
the numerous efforts of Northern emissaries to ex
cite Southern slaves to insurrection, suggested the
importance of distributing their quota of these fine
guns anions the Southern States. Accordingly, or
ders were issued, in 1860, by Secretary Floyd, to
transfer the Southern quota of the arms in North
ern arsenals. The precise number of guns whioh
were actually transferred under these orders, we
know not ; but we happen to have the official figures
showing the number that went under the single or
der of 30th of May, 1860-114,808.
It may suit the purposes of the North to condemn
the act of Secretary Floyd as felonious and treason
able; it may gratify the malice of a few Southern
citizens to own the impeachment; bat that the cir
cumstances of the South, irrespectively of the then
approaching war, justified the transfer of arms to
her great slave districts, and that the portion she
bore of the expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment entitled her to the custody of a fair quota of
this sort of public proerty, no honest man, North
or South, can deny. Stolen arms, indeed ! They
were taken under undisputed legal right; and
more than the portion taken belonged to her by
right of property fairly paid for.
What number of arms was already in the ar
senals which received these, we have no means of
knowing. Probably, in view of the policy that had
been before pursued, there were next to none.
What number of arms that came under other or
ders from the Department, we have no means at
band of ascertaining; but we are sure we are safe
in stating the whole number' of improved arms
transferred to the South by order of Secretary
Floyd at 150,000. The Yankees may rage and
TWO CENTS.
imagine vain things, but "if that be treason, make
the most of it."
Latest from Havana—Confederate and
United States Vessels.
The Mobile Tribune publishes a letter, dated
Havana, January 19, which says:
It is astonishing to see the number of Confede.
rate vessels daily arriving, and, instead of dying at
the wharves "rotting," as the " Yankee" vessels
do, they are sold immediately, and the greater
number are now actively , engaged in trade with
different ports—a great many being under charter
of different Governments. Only one vessel, the
brig Chapman, of New Orleans, is unable to leave.
Our Confederate agent, Charles J. Helm, Esq., of
Kentucky, and his family; the lion. Beverly
Tucker, of Virginia; Major Lewis, W, F. Scott
and lady, Green, Esq., of New Orleang• ' A.
J. Mat th ews, of Pensacola ; E. 11. Weed, of Mo
bile, and John Innerarity, of the same place, are
all staying here.
The English navy officers express the most su
preme disgust at the cowardly backing out of the
Yankees in the Mason and Slidell affair. The Span
iards again complain of the seeming slight bestowed
on their Government in never having had a Com
missioner sent to Madrid. They claim that they
would have long since recognized us, having the
same institution to uphold that we have.
From Munfordsville, Kentucky.
The latest reliable advices we have from this
quarter is, that the Yankees have sent back their
sick from blunfordsville, and are busily engaged
in bringing up their artillery from Nolin and Bacon
creeks. It is said they . received their marching
orders early last week. Four Yankee regiments
are encamped in the bend below Woodsonville, on
this side of Green river, under cover of their heavy
guns on the other side .
.Bowitng Green Courier,
Jan. SO.
The Burnside Expedition Left Hatteras.
[From the Norfolk Day Book, Feb. 4.]
A letter was received in this city, on Saturday,
from Elizabeth City, in which it was stated that, on
Friday, one of the steamers left Roanoke Island for
the purpose of reconnoitring, and on her return re
ported that the entire Burnside fleet had left Hat
teras.
We have to remark that this may be correct.
Possibly Burnside, on viewing his crippled armada,
may have wisely concluded that he could not effect
his purpose with his vessels in so bad a condition,
and, relinquishing his original project, he may have
Set sail, with the intention of aiding some other ex.•
pedition—possibly that against Savannah.
Movements of General Beauregard.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.]
Much having been said recently in the newspapers
about the movements of this officer, it is proper that
the public should bo made aware of the f et that
he left Manassas on Friday last, at midnight, by a
special train for Lynchburg, on his way to the uew
post of duty to which he has been assigned. Whe
ther that he lientuaky, New Orleans, or elsewhere,
he will doubtless be heard from en due time.
[From the Bowling Green Courier.]
The announcement that Beauregard was assigned
to Kentucky has caused a thrill of delight and en
thusiasm throughout the South. Under the lead of
this great general our brave men will be prepared
to perform deeds of heroic valor worthy of their
holy cause.
LL Important Resignation " in the Rebel
Army.
[From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. 4.]
We have intelligence of an important resigna
lion in the army ; but as it is not likely that it will
be accepted, and as it is understood that it was sent
in for personal reasons that may be accommodated,
and above all, as we do not think it prudent to refer
to any important changes in our military commands,
we decline to publish the statement of facts which
have come into oar possession.
Commissioners Fish and Ames—What the
Rebels Say About Them. '
[From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. d.]
We are assured that our Government will deny
permission to ex-Governor Fish and Bishop Ames,
the titled commissioners sent from Washington to
comfort the Yankee prisoners in our bands, to pass
our lines. We hope that this is so h and that " the
wish is not father to the thought." Such a mis
sion is insulting to us, is accompanied with danger
to our cause, and comes from an enemy who has
refused us the commonest rights of war, laden our
prisoners with fetters and gloated over the fiend
ish work of pillage and assassination that has every
where marked the track of his invasion.
We are not acquainted with the antecedents of
ROY. Nr. Ames, but for nu his " aims arc aims of
mystery." As to ex-governor Fish, we know hint
to be a man of marked ability, a successful poli
tician of the Albany school, and a firm, persistent
Abolitionist, one of the bitterest enemies the South
bee ever bad. We may rest assured of one thing,
and that is, that as soon as these two commissioners
come within our lines, two able and cunning spies
will be in the Confederate States.
As to the Yankee prisoners in our bands, they
have ease and comfort enough, without the bon
bons and " Stewart's gum drops" which Bishop
Ames and his coadjutor are to bring them from the
North. By a special act of Congress they are al
lowed the same rations as our brave soldiers in the
field ; and as General Winder has not objected to
young Yankee cutthroats being taken from the
hospitals, to be nursed in the families of physi
cians in this city, and to be fed with sugar plums
by the ladies, we suppose their condition is vita as
eomfor4able as could be expected under the mreum.
stances.
The Lincoln Commission to the South.
[From the Ilichmond Dispatch, Feb.3.]
Information in our possession enables us to relieve
the public apprehension that the commissioners
appointed by the Lincoln Government to visit the
military prisons of the South will be permitted to
fulfil that purpose. Indeed, we could not suppose
it possible that the authorities of the Confederate
States would for one moment entertain a proposition
so absurd and ridiculous. We are informed that
our Government will not only refuse, peremptorily,
to allow Bishop Ames and Mr. Fish to come here
for the purpose of investigating our prison system,
or for any other purpose, but will henceforth exer
cise a rigid surveillance over any communication,
by person or letter, between this country and the
North. This Is a step in the ilea diPeetioe, anti the
only regret is that the policy had not been sooner
adopted.
GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT.
"Contraband" News from Gen. Price.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican,
writing from Rolla, Missouri, under date of Feb.
2, says:
The "reliable gentleman" has almost entirely
disappeared, and the "intelligent contraband" has
made his appearance, though his information is not
much thought of among the lovers of truth. = The
" contraband" aforesaid is from Springfield, no
doubt, as he is known to many persons here, but
when he left, and on what authority he makes his
statement, are quite different questions. I mention
it only as a rumor, which may be reasonably
doubted, and, perhaps. utterly unfounded. Accord
ing to his story, Price has recently been reinforced
by twelve thousand Confederate troops from Arkan
sas, and is preparing to give our army a hard fight.
Reliable information from Lebanon says that Gen.
Curtis is now in that place, The "number of troops
there is constantly increasing. It is doubtless his
intention to remain at that place until all his forces
arrive, which will be several days yet, as some of
them have not started.
A considerable number of troops are under or
ders to march this morning, and probably within
two or three days, all that are going will have de
parted.
The roads between this place and Lebanon are
almost impaecable. I learn that several teams are
mired down this side the Gasconade river, and that
the Big Piney is so swollen as to render its passage
with teams very hazardous, if not entirely impossi
ble. Fifty teams are said to be on this side the
stream, waiting for the waters to subside.
V0111441111Y . Between tiniQn Lftwyer
and two Disbanded Rebel Soldiers.
A Rolla (Mo.) correspondent of the Chicago
Times says:
A friend of mine accompanied mo on horseback
yesterday to the main road south leading to Rolla.
We had hardly reached the read when we disco
covered two ragged fellows slowly approaching_
One or them was a tall, lank, raw-boned Missou
rian, some thirty years of ace, and looked as though
he had seen hard times, from the appearance of his
coat, pants, shoes, and hat, to say nothing of the
dirt upon his face and hands. The other was a
boy, apparently not over sixteen years of age, and,
as regards clothing, was similar to the tall one. I
suggested to Mr. 0., my companion (Who, by the
by, is fond of fun and somewhat of a lawyer,) that
we could have some fun with those fellows. This
he consented to, and I appointed him a committee
of one to interrogate the Missourians in question,
and ascertain where they- were from and their
place of destination.
The lawyer commenced by saying :
" Good morning, gentlemen ; which way ?"
The tall one spoke up and said they were going
Lawyer. " Where do you live when you are at
home and where have you been?"
Tall One. " We lives near Jefferson, and has bin
out.ouihwest a piece."
Lawyer. " What have you been doing? I sus
pect you are a part of Price's army, from appear
ances—are you not ?"
Tall Ono. " Tie ; that is, we has bln with Gine
ral Price ; but now we haint."
Lawyer. " Time out ?"
Seceeb. " Tie, sir, and darn glad of it."
Lawyer. "Price didn't clothe you very well, I
see ?"
Secesh. " Jist as good as he did the other fel
lers This suit I've got on and t'other one that is
worn out, and seven dollars in sorip6, is all I got for
sis months' soldiering,'
Lawyer. 4, I believe you said you were in Price's
army. 'Rave you got the documents to prove that
you aro not spies, but that you nave been regularly
discharged from the Confederate service?"
Scowls. "Yes, sir, here they is, (pulling two
strips of paper out of his calico pants ;) look at 'ens
—they are Maui:a—cum straight from Gineral
Price himself.''
Lawyer. Yes, they have the proper signatures,
and aro got up according to the army regulations
(in a horn). Now, then, tell us when you left
Price." •
Secesh. "Wall, I think it was about tho--the
16th or 19th of this month."
Lawyer. " What's Priee doing?"
Secesh. "0, nussin' much, but cuttin' around
and throwin' up dirt banks, he says, to keep the
dam Abolitionists from shootin' his men."
Lawyer. "Whereabouts is this dirt being thrown
up ?"
Seeesh. " This Side of Springfield a bit."
Lawyer. " How many men has he fit for duty
do you think ?"
Secesh. "Wall. I should think somethin' nigh
on to 60,000." tllere the little Secesh spoke A R ,
and said 16,000.)
Search. "Yes, that's what I meant; 16,000.."
Lawyer. "Well, now state how many Darman?"
Secesh. " I don't know, 'racily—never counted
'em—but hr.'s got a hell of a sight—soma great big
ones, too—and says he's goin' to do it to you fellers
this time if you mill only come to, &tar Ise is.
Ile's got five or six mortases—l think that's what
the boys call 'ent—they are those things what they
shoot fire-balls but of. Gineral Price says he's got
ton Fault &Pais that will kill forty miles.", (hero
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the little Secesh again corrected him by inserting
four miles instead of forty )
.
. .
Lawyer. "Do you think Price will stand his
ground this time, or will he run off as he did a few
months since when our troops advanced on him?"
Secesh. "lie aware he be damned if he don't gin
you fellers bell this time. sure, and fight you till
the river freezes over, He i l got hie Mad up, and
says before he leaves Missouri he intends eleanin'
out every Lincolnite scoundrel in it"
Lawyer. " What kind of arma—guns I mean—
have Price's men ?"
Secesh. "All kinds—sich as Rain rifles, double
barrel shot-guns, squirrel rifles, sharpshooters, Jim
dicks, and a few some of the boys call Mendel&
rifles—them kind with large butcher•knives tied on
their ends "
Lawyer. ft Bow did you fare in the eating lino;
did you get plenty ?"
Sccesh. "Darn clear of it ; got nothin' scarcely
but corn bread, parched corn, sasenfrack tea, and
the like. The soldier boys complains a right smart
chance agin the Gineral for not feed in' them bet
ter. A grist of them in the army has loft for borne,
goin' in different directions. The most of them told
us that if we come this way through Roily that we
would he caught and hung, but we thought that
ws would try it, anyhow."
Lawyer. U You must mind how you cut your
stick or you will be arrested. We arc now think
ing strongly of doing that very thing ourselves."
Secesh. 1, We's good Union men now—never in
tend to take up a gun agin for the Southern army,
but intend to take the oath of allegation, or sum
thin' of the kind when we can git a chance."
MtlYyp, "You moan aliegitillOO to tho United
States"! '
Secesh. "Yea, sir; that's IL"
Lawyer.'" We wilt et you pass on one condi
tion, and that is this • Come, go with us to Italia,
and have the oath of allegiance administered to
you by Provost Marshal Williams, with a solemn
promise that as soon as you return home and see
the folks. and get well rested, you will come beok
hero and join one of the Ufilon regil1011t8,"
Seessh. n We'll do that thing—won't we, J 66 T''
(addressing his companion,) Joe nodded his
head.
Lawyer. " Well, come along ; we will soon hare
the oath administered and the papers fixed up,"
In a few moments' travel we came in sight of
Rolla, and while ascending the hill to the town,
after a silence of a few minutes, the tall one asked
in a pitiful manner
" What does it cost to take the oath—we haln't
got no money ?"
Lawyer. "Nothing, I will foot the bill,"
In a few moments we were all inside of the mar
shal's office , where the oath was administered, and
the documents drawn up, with the two Secession
ists' X attached, in which it was expressly agreed
that they would return to camp in Rolla in one
month from date, and join a corps or company of
infantry, and fight for the stars and stripes: After
this ceremony was over they went their way re-
NOR, and I /Ha they will return at the mita,
lion of a month—in a horn.
The Movement of Gen. Grant Against
Fort Henry
A few weeks ago General Grant, with a strong
force, left Cairo and proceeded in the direction of
Tennessee river. The heavy rains at that time had
so swollen the river as to render it impossible to at
tain any progress toward The enemy: Added to
this, the transportation facilities were found Inade
quate •, hence the expedition was obliged to return.
The late news from Cairo shows that the expedition
was not abandoned, but after its return to Cairo
its subsequent movements were kept secret, until
the telegraph has drawn the veil, and places the
expedition within three miles of the rebel Fort
Henry.
%Ills fort, the only fortification on the Tamen
river of much importance, is situated near the line
of Kentucky and Tennessee, on the east bank of
the stream. It stands in the bottom, about the
high water mark, just below 'the bend in the river,
and at the head of a straight stretch of about two
miles. It therefore commands the river for that
distance down stream—and very little else. The
land around it is a little higher than the fort, and a
portion of it is covered with timber. The arma
ment of the fort consists of eight thirty-ti'e
pounders, four twelve pounders, and two six
pounders. The thirty-two and twelve pounders
are heavy guns, and the six pounders light pieces.
On the opposite side of the river are three hills,
which completely command the fort. Recently
some new fortifications were commenced on these
bills, where it was intended to mount some very
large guns and three rifled cannon.
The garrison of the fort is as follows :
Brigadier General Floyd Tilghman, commanding,
Staff—Captain Powliatan Ellis , assistant adjutant
general ; Captain S. C. Morris, aid•de-camp.
Troops—Kentucky regiment, late Colonel Tilgh
man ; Mississippi Fourth regiment, Colonel --;
Louisiana regiment, Colonel Stucke.
Fort Ifenry and its approaches were reconnoitred
on the 21st ult , by the United States gunboat Lex
ington, with a view to ascertain its strength and
the position of the rebels. She went within two
miles of the fort, and threw a number of shells
into it, without eliciting any reply. At first it was
thought that the rebels had evacuated the work,
but on approaching it still nearer the rebel pickets
were seen at various points. The heavy guns on
the work were seen distinctly ; also, a number of
field pieces, designed evidently to be hauled out
into commanding positions along the bluffs in case
of necessity. It was also observed by the officers
of the Lezmeton that, in addition to the fort pro
per, numerous earthworks had beau thrown ii op
a high bluff above the fort, on the west bank of the
river. These works were armed with what appeared
to be two sixty-four pounders. This additional
work commands Fort Henry, and in the event of
the capture of the latter by Gen. Grant, he would
be obliged to make a second assault on the work on
the heights in the vicinity.
On the 22d ult. Brigadier General C. F. Smith
whose brigade was then at Crown Point, Ky., pro
geeded from there on 4 pergonal reconnoinatiCb h on
the gunboat Lexi»gton, in the direCtiOrt of Fort
Henry. The gunboat proceeded up the west chan
nel of the river to a point within one mile and a
half of the fort. Three rebel steamers were dis
covered lying off the mouth of the small creek that
empties into the Tennessee river just above the fort.
A w ell. directed shell was fired from the Lexington,
striking one of the rebel craft in the stern ; a
second shell fell short of its tnat.k, just in front of
the enemy's works ; a third burst in the air, directly
over Fort Henry, doubtless doing good execution.
The rebels in the fort then brou,glit out a thirty•two
pounder gun to bear on the Lexington, the shot
from which fell into the water one-half mile short
of its mark. General Smith 9040 MI excellent
view of the rebel fort, camp, and garrison, and sent
his report to headquarters.
The present expedition, under General Grant, is
no doubt of sufficient strength for any emergency,
and probably ere this he is in full possession of Fort
Henry and its surroundings.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Interesting from Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 5, via Baltimore.—
The United States transport Coat itutton t which
sailed yesterday for Ship Island, spoke the side
-
wheel steamer Miami, about forty miles north of
Hatteras, last night, in a sinking condition, and,
iiisablo to hihke 4t6tlin enough to take her Into port.
The Constitution arrived here at 1 o'clock this
afternoon, with the crippled steamer in tow/She
will take in a small quantity of coal, and probably
sail again in the morning.
The French steamer Catinet sailed this forenoon
for Havana. The French flag ship Pomone is still
IMe. it la proPatilo that the Fronob fleet in our
waters will be represented here for some time, one
or two vessels being always in port. Anothec
steamer is daily expected.
The rebel fleet in Elizabeth river has been mov
ing about considerably all day. During the fore
-139911 heal 7 firing !M. going on At SOWell'u Point,
and this afteknoon a tug was seen steaming around,
and at one time towing a vessel supposed to be e
floating battery to the Point.
From Washington.
The President has approved the bill mtthoriaing
the Deetetary of the Interior to strike from the pen•
sion rolls the names of all such persons as have or
may hereafter take up arms against the Govern
ment of tho United States, or who have in any man
ner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympa
thy with their cause.
It is known that HOMO persons in the West ) after
drawing their pensions, have openly joined the
enemy, while others who have not taken this ex
treme step have openly sympathised with the rebels
and, at the same time, drawn their pensions. The
law just passed airords a partial remedy against
disloyal pensioners receiving money from the Go
vernment.
AMG THING ON THE "HIIIO GUARDS."—Rev.
AS —, a man about six feet four in his stockings,
and of proportions worthy a grenadier, and whose
heart is stout as his frame, a thorough Union man,
and in for the war until all treason is thoroughly
crushed out, was recently-conducting a religious
conference meeting, when w brother arose to speak,
wbo, after alluding to his 114146- Arad foare in a relli
gious point of view, branehed oat in reference to
the state of the country, saying that so great was
his devotion to the Stare and Stripes, that he had
enlisted ; and after a few further patriotic remarks,
begged an interest in the prayers of the church,
that he might be protected by Divine Providence
on the battle-field, and- that should he fall a viotini
to the bullets of the enemy he might be prepared
fur the change_
Such a speech at any time would thrill with pa
triotic fervor the brave heart of our worthy minis
ter, and ho consequently spoke a few words of en
couragement to the
_hero, when the wife of the
enlisting brother volunteered her experience, in
the course of which, alluding to her husband's en
listment, she axpreeeed a willineede to give hint
up, oven unto death, in the service of hiscountry,
In a few moments after the meeting mune to an
end, when the minister, all 'anxiety for the welfare
of the patriot volunteer, proceeded to make some
inquiries in reference to his regiment, commencing
with the very natural question as to its name and
number, when be received the startling reply,
4; I've fined the Hoare (lizard .?
Plus IX, as thus described by an English
correspondent, has greatly changed in the last few
years: "Ills mind and memory are rapidly be
coming enfeebled, and ho continually contradiots
one day his most solemn assertions of the day be
fore. Formerly his face was certainly a good and
tokabitig one. Now, even benevelentie itself seemed
hardly venerable in that *scold countenance, with
its uncertain eyes and trembling lips."
DURING the past five years, 58,368,424 pas
sengers have been carried over the steam railroads
ip AlSOPllOhlisotts . ; Bad of this !lumber 3i were fa
tally injured—ab. but two in consequence of their
own carelessness.
W. H. RUSSELL, LL.D., was in Toranio, on
Saturday last, en route for Montreal fuAd (taketieo.
He intends to return to Washington, 6„,A4