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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1863.
The Congressional Committees.
The experience and impartiality of Mr.
Colfax have had their first ex
pression in the appointment of the standing
committees of the House. This important
duty has. been performed in away which
should result in a hard-working and efficient
■session. He has retained on several im
portant committees gentlemen whose past
services have increased their ability, and
the general confidence in their judgment,
and the changes made by him, will, we
think, prove beneficial. To the members of
the Opposition he has given a full and lair
representation, and no complaint can justly
originate from that minority.
Mr. Thaddkus Stevens, as a matter of
course, remains chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means, and, with him, are as
sociated some of the strongest members of
the House. Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
could not be spared from the Committee on
Elections, especially in regard to the new
questions, involving important principles,
which will come before Congress in the re
presentation of Southern States. For in
stance, the Free State Central Committee
of Louisiana has made arrangements for the
holding of a State election on the 25th of
January, with the consent of General Shep
ley, military governor, upon the condition
that the registration of loyal voters shall be
sufficiently large. In Arkansas, also, the
speedy reorganization of the State Go
vernment is resolved upon, and the
delicate questions necessarily arising
from these movements will require great
ability in. their treatment. Mr. Dawes’
bill before Congress, providing for elections
in Tennessee and Louisiana, in accordance
with the terms of the President’s procla
mation, will probably be the basis of Con
gressional action. Mr. Washburne has
also been wisely kept at the head of the
Committee on Commerce. Then we have
the appointment of Mr. Sciienck, a gentle
man who adds to his Congressional experi
ence that of a distinguished soldier, to the
chairmanship of the Military. Committee; of
Mr. Henry Winter Davis to that of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs ; of Mr. Pen
dleton to that of the Judiciary Commit
tee, to which will probably be referred sub
jects of extraordinary interest. It would be
hard to change these appointments for the
better.
The division of appointments among the
various States is as impartial as could be
expected. The Western States have a large
number of members on very important com
mittees, and the claims of the Border States
are properly recognized. Pennsylvania can
not particularly claim the reappointment of
Mr. Stevens, as that is a tribute to his per
sonal ability and special fitness for the po
sition. Mr. Broomall has a place on the
important Committee on Public Expendi
tures ; Mr. O’Neill on that of Commerce ;
Judge Kelley on that of Naval Affairs, in
which he will have opportunity to give in
formation important to the choice between
New London and the Delaware, in the se
lection of a place for the new navy yard;
Mr. Hale is chairman of the Committee on
Claims.
The House is now perfectly organized,
and can addresß itself energetically to the
great work before it. The bills already in
troduced indicate the earnestness and loyalty
of the support the Government will receive,
and the fate of the peace-when-there-is-no
peace resolutions of Mr. Fernando Wood,
not only shows the determination of the
Union majority, but the cheering fact that
the Opposition is not unanimous in its wish
to humiliate the Republic before its
enemies. In his action towards the mi
nority, Mr, Speaker Colfax has for
gotten party. We find such Democrats as
Mr. Odell, who is on the Military Com
mittee, trusted with important duties—men
who, however they may differ from us in
other matters, agree 'with the vast majority
of the people on the necessity of thoroughly
supporting the war policy of the Govern
jnent. There is more than generosity in
the treatment of the Opposition hy the new
Speaker, there is justice; the old proscrip
tion of the unsuccessful party is not now
the rule of the House; a larger and
nobler spirit governs its policy, and will
inspire its legislation. Day by day, as
the cause of the Union triumphs, we are
more and more eonvinced of the beauty
and wisdom of a. noble magnanimity. It is
bythat we shall change foes to friends. Even
if we fail to conciliate our bitter enemies,
we must succeed in obtaining the respect of
■all impartial men, and the consciousness
that “because right is riglft, to follow right
is wisdom, in the scorn of circumstance.’’
The pardon the President has offered may
be rejected, thought we doubt not that it will
he gladly received, but it cannot he blotted
from the history of a stainless Administra
tion.
Memminger.
More important, more interesting than
even Mr. Jefferson Davis’ message, is the
financial report of the Confederacy by Mr.
G. G. Memminger, once president of a
bank in Charleston, and elevated to the
treasurership of the rebellion, for the same
peculiar fitness that ordained Mr. Davis
himself as the architect of colossal ruin. His
report is an attempt at digestion upon
nothing to eat. It is “money made easy’’
at terrible cost and pains, sowing wind and
reaping whirlwind. Hot only is the money
of the Confederacy very had, but the very
paper on which it is printed is made of a
very inferior quality of rags. Mr. Memmin
ger’s suggestions to improve the value of
either are of interest to the old-clothes man,
who before long, will be ringing his bell in
the streets of Richmond, and paying so
many pennies a pound for ten-dollar bills. .
We thought Mr. Chase had a great labor
before him at the beginning of the war, but
it proves to be a mere bagatelle compared
to that Mr. Memminger assumed. He has
a debt on his hands, which he is very
anxious to get off, of one thousand millions
of dollars, and is at his wit’s end to know
how to pay it. From January, 1863, to
October, he raised .four millions by a. war
tax, eight thousand dollars by an export
duty on cotton, and manutactured four
hundred millions. But a stop is now put to
that easy manufacture, and financial ruin
Stares Mr. Memminger out of countenance.
Mr. Jefferson Davis has got a rebellion;
now the question is, “ What is he to do with
it ?” His warmest friends won’t take his
money, and have none of their own to lend
him. At the ; very mention of taxes his
subjects cry ‘ out in anguish. Something
must be done, everybody agrees; but the
somebody-to do it cannot be found. Mr.
Memminger, in despair, thus paints in fear
ful colors the spectre of approaching ruin :
“ Prices must advance, and the means of
the Government to pay these prices must
I--. -. •- m --'vs¥£r, Tftiifif fef iVtiiir
less, by reason of tho depreciation of the
money. The army can neillm' he paid,
clothed nor fed; arms and munitions of war
can no longer be supplied, the officers of the
Government cannot be supported, and the
country must succumb.”
Maximilian at Home.
Notwithstanding the positive assurances,
in the Moniteur, official organ of the French
iGovemment, that >the Archduke Maximi
lian was making great preparations to pro
ceed to Mexico early in February, it ap
pears that he is devoting himself, as usual,
to the performance, at Trieste, of his duties
as head of the Austrian admiralty and ma
rine. He is a good sailor, much devoted to
his profession, and a hard-working man as
regards all its'-details. Jußt now, when.the
leading of Europe, taking
alarm at the vast preparations of Russia,
are increasing their naval armaments and
putting tkeir vessels of war and transports
in the best condition for service, Maxbii
xtan spends most of his time in the docks
and workshops of Trieste, preparing his
brother’s fleet for possible employment.
He appears resolved, at all events, to con
tinue a servant and subject of Austria until
he formally is released from his obligations.
If he holds to his word, Maximilian will
not quit Austria until civil war ceases in
Mexico, and the unanimous voice of the
nation calls him to rule ovor it. He will
have.to 11 wait a little longer.”
Napoleon’s Invitation Rejected.
The negotiations of Vienna of fifty years
ago appear to furnish the starting point
whence Lours Napoleon would travel on
toward the assembling of a European Con
gress. The diplomatic correspondence which
haß already taken place in regard to it are the
mile-stones which mark his progress. Ad
dressing the British Government in almost
the same language in which he harangued
the German Confederation, the British Go
vernment have shut the door in his face,
and expressed their opinions of his proposi
tion in the most unambiguous terms. The,
correspondence of Napoleon, Earl Rus
sell, and M. Drouyn de l’Huys spread
the whole matter open, and the British Go
vernment, digging to the bottom of it, dis
cover the ultimate question to be, whether a
general congress of European States is like
ly to furnish a peaceful solution of the various
matters in dispute ? Her Majesty is Govern
ment do not think that the circumstances of
the present time admit of such a congres
sional distribution of territories and defini
tion of rights as was possible fifty or two hun
dred years ago. The Emperor commences
by saying that the foundation of the politi
cal edifice of Europe rests upon the nego
tiations of Vienna in 1815, and immediately
pins down this remark with the assertion
that it is crumbling to pieces on all sides.
Her Majesty sets out with the statement that
the main provisions of the treaty of 1815
arc in full force; that the greater number of
those provisions have not been in any way
disturbed, and that on these foundations
rests the balance of power in Europe. Com
mencing at different ends of the long lane,
they meet in the green and shady dell of
diplomatic correspondence.
Before proceeding to respectfully decline
the propositions of the Emperor, her Ma
jesty’s Secretary of State collects a bundle
of reasons for Napoleon to carry away with
him, and toward the conclusion concentrates
all his arguments into one telling argumen
tative gist. He reviews the several ques
tions which may disturb Europe, such as
the prolongation of the conflict in Poland,
the relations of Denmark to Germany,
anarchy in the Danubian Principalities, the
hostile attitude of Italy and-Austria, the
indefinite occupation of Rome by the French
troops, and the renunciation, without ha
ving made new attempts at conciliation,
of the hope of lightening the burdens
imposed by: the nations of Europe by
excessive armaments, kept up by a feeling
of mutual distrust. The questions regard
ing Poland and Italy are the most disquiet
ing in regard to Europe.' It is not probable
that a European Congress could secure bet
ter terms for Poland than those hitherto
obtained by the friendly representations,
during seyeral months, of France, Austria,
and Great Britain. With respect to Italy,
“ is it intended to sanction, by a new treaty,
the present state of possession in Italy ? The
Pope, and the sovereigns related to the dis
possessed princes, might, on the one side,
object to give a title they have hitherto re
fused to the King of Italy ; and the King
of Italy, on the other, would probably ob
ject, to a settlement which w r ould appear to
exclude him, by inference at least, from the
acquisition of Rome and Venetia. But
is it intended to ask Austria in Con
gress to renounce the possession, of JVe
netia ? Her Majesty’s Government have
good grounds to believe that no Austrian
representative would attend a Congress
where such a proposition was to be a*
cussed.” The result of the deliberations of
a’Congress is in both of these instances
utter nullity or war. This is the sum and
substance of what the British Government
think and say as they give Louis Napoleon
the cold shoulder. They take time to re
view the whole subject, dovetailing argu
ment with argument, and clinching the
whole with the unanswerable sorites that
they'are not able to discover the likelihood
of those.beneffcial consequences which the
Emperor of the French promised himself
when proposing a Congress.
It will be remembered that the Rev. F.
E. Bovle, of Washington, lectures to-mor
row evening at the Academy of Music. The
subject of the lecture is “The Monks,” and
the objcct of it is to aid the Hew. Charity
Hospital at Washington city. We are sure
that both the subject and the object will be
more than sufficient to attract a thronged
audience, especially when the peculiar gifts
of the lecturer are taken into consideration,
At tho present aaj ( when tho aspect of
affairs wins the almost exclusive attention
not only of the demagogue, but of the chaste
and ornate orator likewise, the subject which
Mr. Boyle has selected for his lecture is as
new to the majority of lecture-lovers as the
field is rich and prolific. To use an old
comparison, it is the soft green tint among
the panoramic colors of the lecture season,
which will please the eye that has been
dazzled' by less unostentatious hues. It is
hazarding nothing to predict for Mr. Boyle
a crowded and gratified audience.
WA.SITXjN'GTOI’n.
Special Despatches to The Press.
Washington, D. C , Dec. IS.
Executive Session of the Senate.
The Senate had a short executive session to-day,
but did nothing besides referring a number of ap
pointments to the proper committees, principally
promotions in the navy.
•The Bill-to-Punish Treason.
The bill of Senator .Lane, of. Indiana, relative to
the law of July. ISGI, to define and punish treason,
and the 29th section of the act of March, 1863, for
enrolling the militia, proposes to punish the offences
named as the court may determine, not exceeding a
fine of $6,000, or by imprisonment, with or without
hard labor, or by both fine and imprisonment.
, The Relief of our Prisoners.
Though General Butler and a member of the
Sanitary'Commission, at Fortress Monroe, have
telegraphed to' the Government here that the rebel
-authorities have stopped.the distributionof supplies
sent from the loyal States to the Union prisoners in
their hands, we are notified that up to this time no
information has reached Washington indicating that
anything like an official rebel notice of the fact has
been communicated eitherto Major General Butler
or Brigadier General .Meredith. The fact that
Rojiert Ould, the rebel Commissioner of Exchange,
promptly replied, yesterday or'the day before, to
General Butler’s tender of vaccine to be used
among the Union prisoners confined at Richmond,
Lynchburg, and other points in rebeldom, that it
would be promptly disposed of as requested, leads
ub to hope that there may be a mistake in attributing
to the rebel authorities the atrocious purposes of
denying to the Union prisoners in' their hands the
articles, necessary to their, proper sustenance, for*
warded from the North.
Piax and Hemp,
The commissioners appointed by the Department
of Agriculture, for iavC:t‘5 aU^s \9 ießt the P racti ‘
Cftbiiity of cultivating and preparing* & eni P
as a substitute for cotton, will hold their adjourneu
meeting on the 24th of February.
In the meantime, all persons who are anxious to
develop this subject are requested to forward sam.
pics of hemp and flax in the different stages of pre
paration, of the frbreß and fabrics prepared by them,
accompanied by statements of the various processes
used, and the cost of production in each case.
Also, descriptions of the kinds and cost of machine
ry used, where made, &c., .together with any and
all inlormatiofl wlilsti may be useful totliefionw
minion:
Repentant Deserters.
It ha* recently come to the knowledge of the Go
vernment that there are along the frontier of the
Canada* upward ot 10,000 deserter*, most of them in
a Buffering condition, and anxious to return to the
United State* and join their regiment*. It ia pro
bable that a proclamation will shortly be issued by
the Preeldent, offering a pardon to all who wUI re
turn to their regiment* within thirty day*. The Go
vernment ha* assurance that such ah amnesty will
gladlybe accepted by deserters.
A Rectilication from Admiral Wilkes.
Admiral Wilkes reels very much aggrieved at the
censure cast upon him by the Secretary or the Navy,
in which it is averred that, by his detention or the
'Vanderbilt in the West Indies, the capture of the
Alabama was prevented. He is preparing.a letter to
Secretary Welles, which will completely vindicate
himself from all blame in the matrer, and show that
tee responsibility of the failure lies with the Navy
Department,
Personal.
It is certain that Gen. Schofixld is ordered to
Washington.
Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, refuses to take
the loyalty oath prescribed by law, and it is likely
to lead to trouble in the Senate.
The President will soon issue a proclamation of
pardon to all deserters who will return to the army.
The New England Sanitary Commission.
Boston, Dec, ifi.—The New England Sanitary
Commission was initiated last evening. The doors
of the Music Hall.was thrown open for a grand en
tertainment with the new organ, and the display of
contributions for the fair. The Governors of Massa
chusetts and New Hampshire and a brilliant audi
ence were present. The receipts were about six
thousand dollars. The fair promises to be a great
success.
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA', WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1863
THE WAR Iff VIRGINIA.
-FtTR.TT iT.IA.UT AFFAIR.
Capture of Charles City Court
House.
ENTIRE REBEIi FORCE TAKEN.
Washington, Dec. 16.— The following despatch
was received here to-day: ,
Fortress Monroe, Va., Dec. 14.—General Wis
tar, with my approbation, Bent out an expedition to
Oharleo City Court House, on the James river, to
capture the enemy’s force stationed there, and I
have the pleasure to forward his report of Its com
plete eucoess. What adds to the brillianoy of the
achievement is that It has been accomplished during
a terrible storm. B. F. BUTLEE, Major Gon'l.
Yorktown, Vs., Dec. 14,1863.
To Major-General Butler : I have the satis
faction to announce the complete suocess of the ex
pedition sent out under Colonel West. All worked
in successful combination. Our cavalry carried the
enemy’s camp, at Charleß City C. H., after Bharp
fighting, the enemy firing from the houses. We
eaptured eight officers and eighty-two enlisted men,
being the whole oommand of three companies, fifty
five horses and three mules, besides many that were
shot and left on the ground. The enemy’s camp,
with equipments, arias, ammunition, and pro
visions, all thoroughly destroyed.
Our lobs is Capt. Gregory, severely wounded, one
sergeant and one corporal hilled, and four men
wounded. The New York Mounted Rifles, In forty
four hours, marched seventy-six miles. The 139th
New York infantry, in fifty-four hours, marched
sixty-one miles, mostly in a BCvere storm, moving
day and night, and walking their shoea off, which
should be made good by the Government. All are
entitled to high commendation for gallantry and un
flinching endurance, Coi. West especially, for his
precise execution of a difficult combination, which
alone oould have accomplished my obj eot.
I. J. WISTAR, Brigadier General.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Visit of the Russian Officers to the Gtli
Corps-Soldiers’ Subscription to the Rlch-
mosd Prisoners.
Headquarters Aeht oir the Potohac, Dbo.
16.—The Russian naval officers arrived here this
afternoon, During their brief visit they witnessed
a review of the 6th Army Corps and the artillery at
tached to it. They return to the fleet to-night by
special train.
The Ist Maryland Cavalry have subßoribed and
handed over to Surgeon Dodson $690 for the relief
of the suffering prisoners in the South. The money
will be sent to the Baltimore American Relief Fund,
DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
ALL Q.UIET IN KNOXVHI.E.
GEJT. FOSTER Iff COMMAND OF THE ASM.
Rumored Repulse of General
Sheridan.
THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION
Washington, Dec. 15.—The Star courteously fur
nishes the following information inadvanoe.of its
publication.
Despatches were received here last evening from
Knoxville, Tenn., dated yesterday morning, which
stated that Gen. Foster had assumed the command
of the troops lately under Durnside, and the latter
had departed from that city, probably for Cincin
nati.
All was then quiet in the vicinity or Knoxville.
It was stated there, on the authority of scouts
and messengers, that much of Longstreet’s artillery
and trains had fallen into the hands of our pursu
ing forces; but these accounts laoteed confirmation.
The region in which the pursuit is now being made
is so far distant from the telegraph station as to
make it difficult to verify such statements as prompt
ly as is desirable.
Nashville, Deo. 15.— There is a rumor here that
General Sheridan, commanding the column in put
suit of liongstreet, encountered the rebel rear guard
east of Knoxville and sustained a heavy repulse,
in which General Sheridan is said to have been
badly wounded. The rumor Is not generally credited
at General Burneidea’ headquarters, but it is traced
to several distinct sources. Unless oorroberated by
despatches from Chattanooga, of date, the Btory
will be discredited.
RESIGNATION OF GENERAL PALMER.
General Palmer bas resigned his oommand of the
14th Corps, and had reached Bridgeport on hisre
turn home, when he received orders to return to
Chattanooga, his resignation not having been ac
cepted.
Col. Mismer reports from Columbia that the rebel
deserters and oltizens are flocking to that post in
great numbers, asking to be allowed to fake the
oath under the PreaidenVa proclamation. Col. M.
Bays in regard to the numbers that he has
never seen the like.
A few days ago a Captain Perkins, of the Uth
Tennessee Cavalry, applied to Gen. Roseorans for
permission to take the oath of allegianoe under the
amnesty proclamation. ’ “
He sayß in a letter that the actual position of Ten
nessee is not understood or appreciated by Tenney
teanß in the rebel army, and their eyes have been
opened only since his capture.
The trial of Fraik Gurley, the guerilla, who
killed Gen. McCook, a year agoi is now being con
cluded. He will undoubtedly be hung. ,
Horace Maynard, the Attorney General of the
State, declares, in a published letter, that the usual
county elections are to be held In March next in the
State. ■
The small-pox has broken out In Franklin.
' The railroad improvements in Middle Tennessee
and Alabama are rapidly approaching completion. .
GENERAL BABES’ TEXAS EXPEDITION.
Strong Development of Union Feeling—
Two Texas Uuion Regiments Recruited.
Boston, Dec. 15.— The New Orleans correspond
pnf. of wriUe UiA-t iLe of
General Banlts to Tex&B la a glorious success. The
billon men are rallying under th© standard of Gone*
ral Banks in large numbers.
All that the Texans required was a sufficient
force ol United States troops to back them up, and
they repeatedly said that if an army was sent to as
sist them they would soon have Texas all right.
They have already proved the truth of their state
ments, for General Banks has recruited two regi
ments since he landed in that State, and the work is
still going on. The Texans are coining from their
places of concealment, and enrolling themselves in
the Union army.
Tlie Pursuit of the Chesapeake,
Halifax, Dec. 15.—The steamer Chesapeake is
doubtless hovering about the coast, as there are se
verabtraces of her since leaving Shelbourns, on Sa
turday. The gunboats in pursuit of her have not
been heard from. . _ . , ■
St. Johns, Dec. 14.—1 t is reported by Captain Do
heri>t 9t til? bark Colonist, which arrivedthtemorn
ing from Cork, tiial he saw a steamer, bark*rigjed,
at 11 o’olock, yesterday morning, steering N. L.
by N. - .
Halifax, Dec. 14.— The reports of thd Where
abouts of the Chesapeake are contradictory. It i*
most probable that she is in Lehave river, four miles
south of Bridgewater. A dense fog has prevailed,
since Saturday night. A United States gunboat
passed Yarmouth yesterday.
Lehave river is sixty miles southwest of Halifax,
And a few miles in the same direction from Lumen
burg.
Portland, Dec. 15 —The gunboat Agawan, which
sailed hence in pursuit of the steamer Chesapeake,
arrived at Rockland, Maine, to-day, short of coal,
and awaits orders for her further movements.
Halifax, Dec. 15.— The Chesapeake is reported
near La Have, about eighty miles west of Halifax.
She was lying four miles south of the town of
Bridgewater on the La Have river. It is reported
that she was to leave to-night, The United States
steamer Ella and Anna is now here, and leaves as
soon as she completes her coaling.
Portland, Dec. 15—The U. S. consul at Hali
fax telegraphs to Collector Washburne, this.evening,
that the Ohtsapeake is near Chester, in 'Mabour
Bay, and requests that the captain or mate be sent on
forthwith to identify the pirates. In the absence of
the captain, who is in New York, and as the mate 1b
badly wounded, the stewardess and one of the crew
will be taken on board the gunboat Acacia, and pro*
ceed there, leaving about 10 o’clock to-night.
Caliibrnia and Sandwich Islands.
San Francisco, Gal., Dec. 12—The steamer
Golden City sailed tc-day for Panama, carrying one
hundred passengers and one million one hundred
thousand dollars in treasure for England, and two
hundred and thirty.&ix thousand for New York.
The Honolulu Advertiser of the 6th of November
says:
“Twenty* four vessels of an Arctic fleet of whalers
have arrived, averaging each 1,160 barrels of oil and
400,000 pounds of bone. Whales were very abun
dant during the latter part of the season. The water
was perfectly alive with them, and hundreds of ves
sels could easily have been filled from them without
perceptibly diminishing their number.”
The Advertiser recommends the New Bedford ship
owners to send all their idle vessels to the Arctic
sea The same paper reports a few arrivals from
Ochotßk, having done but poorly. Whales were as
abundant as usual, but the weather was very rough.r,
San Francisco, Dec. 14.—Arrived ship Courier,
£9StQn; ship Geo. Peabody, from New York.
The Constitution for Nevada.
San Francisco, Dec. 16.—The ship George Pea
body, arrived here, spoke Oct. 3lst the ship Cre
mome, from New York for San Franoisco, ana Oct.
2ist the Winfield Scott, from Boston for San Fran-
The Constitution for Nevada, which the people
are to vote for or against on the 17th of January
next, is published. It declares that every citi
zen owes paramount allegiance to the Fede
ral Government i neither the Legislature nor
wit proms nre permitted to create n Dtate fleet
exceeding $300,000, bus $3,000,000 in bonds: may
be issued to aid the construction of the Pa
cific Railroad* electors must have their names
registered and pay a full tax before being permitted
to vote; the legislature is prohibited from passing
local or special blllspgeneraf laws being required to
suit such oases; the seaions of the Legislature are
fixed at Bixty days; the salary of a member is
fixed at $8 daily; the State officers are to be eleoted
for two years, and the Supreme judges for six years.
Paper money is prohibited. Mines and mining pro
perty are taxed the same as other property. The
latter provision meets with decided opposition, and
may cauee the rejection of the Constitution by the
popular vote. . ___
The Pirate Alabama.
Boston, Dec. 15. —A letter dated Madras, Oct. 20th,
states that the rebel pirate Alabama came into that
harbor a few days before, took a look around the
place, And immediately put to ,seh without commu
nicating with the shore. ,
Bank Robbery and Murder.*
Boston, Dec. 16.—The Malden Bank was entered
sboitlyimfore noon tc-day, and the son of the. presi
dent, who was the only person in the bank, was
murdered, and the bank robbed of about all of its
contents, - .
E. O. Converse is the President, The murdered
boy was only 17 years old/
Boston, Dec. 16. —Tip to this evening, no clue has
been obtained of the person who committed the
muider and robbery at. the Malden Bank. The
amount of money taken was $6,000.
Fink Arts.— This evening, at 7>£ o'clock, Messrs.
Gillette & Scott, auctioneers, No. 619 Chestnut
street will commenee the sale of the valuable collec
tion of Oil Paintings which has been on exhibition
for the past few days at their salesrooms. We have
already called the attention of our readers to this
sale as affording a rare opportunity of obtaining r a
handsome painting,eaob‘painting being richly mount
ed In a fine gold gilt frame. The entire collection
wiu be Bsid without reserve,
XXXVMth CONGRESS—-Ist SESSION.
WAxniKorox, Dec. 15,1863.
BENATE.
Hr. WILSON (U,), of Massachusetts presented me
morials asking for increased pay from the P&ymas
tars’ elerke, hospital atewards, and inspectors of cus
toms at Boston.
New York and Washington Ratlroad.
Mr. BBNDERSON (U.), of Missouri, presented a
memorial relative to a new railway lino between Wash
ington and New York.
Bill to Prevent Speculation in Gold,
Mr. LANE (CT.), of Kansas, introduced, on leave, a
biU providing tfiat all traffic in gold, silver, and foreign
exclianke, for speculative parpoßCß, or the purchase
through a broker by depositing less than the full amount
of the purcha-e, or on whai is known as a margin. Is ex
pressly prohibited.
Section third of the bill prohibits sales of gold, silver,
or foreign exchange, by any bankoror bank, directly or
indirect ly, at any place except at the regular banking
hontet or banks.
Section third prohibits the sale of gold, silver, or
foreign exchange, unless actually delivered and paid
for on delivery.
Section fourth provides the penalty for violating any
provision of tbh» act, on conviction before the United
States District Court in the district where the offtnea is
committed, to be a fine of not less than $l,OOO nor moro
ilian-ftIO.COO and au imprisonment of not lesslthau one
month, nor more than twelve months, for each offence.
Section fifth gives informers one-half of the fine
Mr. FOOT (U ), of Vermont, introduced a bill grant
ing public laudato the People’s Pacific Railroad aud
Telegraph Line by the Northern route, and askei that
it may be referred to a special committee.
RevislonV United States Statute*.
Mr. srMNER (U.), of Massachusetts, submitted the
following resolution, with the remark that he had been
•endeiiveriDg to obtain, the action of the Senate upon it
for twelve years:
Resalvti)-, That the Commutes on the Judiciary be di
i ected to consider the expediency of providing by law
for the appointment of Commissioners to revise the pub
lic statutes of the United States, simplify their lan
guage. correct their incongruities, supply their defi
ciencies, arrange 'them in order, reduce them to one
connected text, and to >eport them thus improved to
Congress fonts final action—to the end that the pub
lic statutes, which all are presumed to know, may be
in such a form as to be more within the apprahefeion
of ail.
The resolution wf ft laid over.
Naval Appointments,
On motion of Mr. HALE (D.), of New Hampshire,
the following resolution, was adopted :
liesohed. That the Committee on Naval Affaire be
instiucied toiDnuire into the propriety aud expediency
of providing by law that appointments iu lhe naval
service (commonly called acting - appointments), be
submitted to the S'hate for confirmation in all cases
wbeie similar appointments in the regularlarmy are re
quired to be submitted to the Senate. .. *
• Tlmnksto General Burnside, '
•Mr. ANTHONY (U.), of Rhode Island, submitted
the following resolution, which was referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs :
licsoimed, That the thanks of Congress be. Bndtbey
hereby are.presented to Major GfiuerakAtabroaeli Burn
side, ano through him !o tie officers and men who have
fought under his command, for their gallantry, good
conduct, ahd soldierlike endurance. -
The motions to refer the subjects embraced in the Presi
dent’s message were entertained,and the matters referred
totheir appropriaig committees.
Mr. LAJSE(U.)r of Indiana, introduced a bill to
amend, the act entitled “Au act to define and punish
conspiracies,” passed July 31st, 1881, and the twenty
fourth of the act “for enrolling and calling out
the NaaiiflJ foTC&e. M j>aBsG-i M?.rch 2d, ‘853
air. HENDRICKS (U.), of Indiana, introduced a
bill to extend the time in which the States may avail
themselves of the grant of land for agricultural and in
du&tiialcolleges.
Exchange of Prisoners.
Mr. DAVIS (Opp. ),■ of Kentucky, called up a re
solution in- l elation to the exchange of prisoners, atd
proceeded to argtta.veh6mently against the policy of re
fusing to exchange our suffering w hite soldiers—the lan
guishing, starving, diseased white men—because the
rebels refuse to exchange the negro captives. He de
nounced the.policy of the Administration at length, upon
the several points in which the negro is affected, cha
racterizing' its position as monstrous and referring to the
present era as “the reign of Abraham the first. ” Ho
averred that bis own loyalty was unspotted; that he
hated with und> Ing vigor the crime of secession, and that
be should ever, in seeking to avoid the cylla of the re
bellion. use constant vigilance not U Mi into t he Chary b
dis of Abolitionism. It wae evident that this policy
was only a part of that, designed to perpetuate the par
ty form of the Administration. He closed with an in
dignant protest against the refusal of the Administra-'
tion io liberate thousands of dying white men for the
sake of a few negroes.
Mr. JOHNSON, (U..) of Maryland, then addressed
the Senate. He deemed it perfectly clear that humanity,
which is the highest policy, demands the continuance
of the exchange of prisoners. As the negroes were
bet few, he would suggest that an equal number of
rebel prisoners should be held as hostages far the
colored soldiers. He proceeded to combat the opin
ion of the Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Davis,) that
these men ahould not be protected, and corrected his
views of the pow«r of the President by quoting.from
the Constitution relative to the executive and legislative
power. Even there was J no army or navyto
put down the rebellion, it was still the duty of the Presi
dent to execute the laws and provide the means therefor.
If a foreign foe has put his foot upon thesashoies has
not the President the right to call around him all the fa
cilities which the power of the Government can sapply ?
He CAnsot force men into the ranks, font he can call for
volunteers. Jnd has not Con grass the power to call upon
th o slave population to the defa ace of the country i Though
they are called property for the purpose of taxation,
they are still persons. It is not essential that they should
be called cltiztns.tobe calledupon: IfcotcUizeae.they are
men; but being property, they must be paid for, if thus
called out in pursuance of the power given to the Presi
dent. In conclusion, he said the Constitution will be re
turned to us in its original excellecc -, and the men who
have violaiied it will be held to account But until that
day comes we should with one heart and one voice exert
the wtole mo«l and physical power o! the Govermn-nt
in putting an end, now and forever, to an ambitious,
unprovoked, and treasonable attempt to destroy a Go
vernment thetbest ever vouchsafed to man, for, by
debtroyingit, woulo be to destroy constitutional liberty
itself.
Mr. DAVIS, in reply, argued that the preamble of the
Constitution of the United States confers no power on
the Government. This question was raised in the Su
preme Court, and the interpretation there given was that
the preamble neither creates nor confers oaths Go
vernment or any of the Departments any power what
ever, but only points to the ends for which the power is
conferred in the Constitution. It was the business of
every intelligent man in America to know the principles
of Government, and howits powers and principles aredi
vided among the different departments. The President
has no right to *uspend the writ of habeas corpus,
which was a legislative and not sn executive function.
He altogether dissented from the positions and Principles
assumed by the Senator from Maryland (Ur. Johnson).,
All the powers to be exercised are conferred by the Con
stitution atone, and 4here are no powers vested in the
Government, in any of its departments, which are not
conferred by the Constitution. Bence, the President
cannot raise troops or armies, nor has he the power
to originate any measure to put down insurrection
without: the assent of Congress The positions of
the Senator from Maryland are contrary to the de
cisions of the Supreme Court, and doctrines are
heretical and dangerous. Just in proportion as the
principles of the Constitution are disregarded the Go
vernment is weakened and the rebellion strengthened. .
If the Executive had been governed by the principle
heretofore announced as the true intent of the war, the
rebellion would long ago have been put down: and the
only way to regain what has been lost, is to return to
.the proper basis on which to prosecute the war.. It was
the determination of the party in power that the war
si all continue till the next Presidential election. The
•war would have been brought to a close long ago, if the -
Administration h£d singly and in good faith devoted it
self to the principle announced in the Crtttendeu:teBo u
tion, and the commanders of the armiei had not been se
lected, not because of their hostility to rebels, bat be*
cause of their opposition to slavery.
' Mr. HALE (U.), of New Hampshire, said, that nothing
was further from his intention. .--He rose to indignantly
deny that it was the desire of gentlemen on this floor to
continue the war in order to influence the next Presi
dential election. A more atrodoae. aUe«*«ioa; against
honorable men.-'w&B'iitrTt* irom the beginning
**- . v . f, - ••■*•
Mr. DiYIS, of Kentucky, interrupting, said the Sena.,
tor himself.had heretofore remarked that the aimy of
plunderers €xce°ded the number of soldiers in the field. :
Mr, BALE replied that he never made such a remark,
nor anything like it, Hehadsaid* “If the liberties of
this country were more. in danger from profligacy in the
treasury than the rebels in the field,” If the allegations
of thi Senator were true, he would sooner take into his
• ov?n hands tha li*od of a man from the charnel house,
' reeking with pestilence, tl an the hands of those atoaod
him. If the allegation was tine, every Senator was
Btampea ttith tne nraieet hsmou ana ptrjuni Tits
country 5b war. The-tremendous issue of national
‘ U/e cr cUatk trembles in Ihe balance. Treason, wish his
red hand, aims a blow at tbe nation** life* The destinies -
of the country have been submitted to the gentlemen
around him, who are bound by the sanctity of tleir
oathe to sustain the conntiy and the Constitution, and to
defend the firesides and homes threatened-by invasion,
while the Senator from Kentucky says that .they are
hypocrites, and do not mean to sustain these objects.;
hir. DAVIS explained that he had reference to those in
power. '
Mr. HALE replied that the Senator had made an allega
tion which embraced every Senator. It was an allega
tion which. if true, would disgrace the vilest inmates
of the penitentiary. The country is at stake. God is
trying the great question of free government before the
world, and in tha course of his providence has entrust
ed the de?-tinies of the country in their hands. 'Were
they to have a man use here, and b&fore the world, be-'
fore heaven and earth, and bring the allegation against
-them wtich. if true, would justify every inmata in
the penitentiary to refuse to give them a friendly
hand? The character of the President was also in
cluded in this allegation. He believed there , was
one thing that met everybody’s assent.—namely. :
that Pre»ident Lincoln is eminently an honest man.
To- day, for the first time, he had beard the honesty and
patriotism Of the Executive c/uei-tioned He apprehend
ed the Senator did not appreciate the character of Ms.ac
cusatlon. None s'rikeß a harder blow than he who
lo?es confidence in the patriotism and integrity of those
to whom are confided our destinies. If the Government
has called for black soldurs to take up arms, and called
them out to fight the battles of the country, it i§ bound
to protect them, at all hazards, by every agency n can'
t put forth, the GpyeniKent used'them, and thev
SflYing become prisohdf’i! ; ; and if fil'd abandoned to
theirfate, it is guilty of baseness unparalleled in history.
7he party in power has one aim; and tfc at aim lithe coun
try—but one purpose, and is the ralvation of the conn
try. Ho.believed that those who support the President
a»einfull unison and .sympathy with him. ' The idea
that the .Administration and. its supporters desire the
continuation of the war, in order to control-'the xuxfc
Presidential election—do-ire tills cruel war, with its cries
of anxious, loss of households, shall be continued fer
each purposes—our son* given to slaughter, our widows
to mourning, and our kindred to destittADn—is an in
sinuation so base that he wondered it found its way
even into the fertile brain of the Senator from Ken
tucky. [Applause in the galleries, which was promptly
suppressed by tbe presiding officer.] Ths country is at
war; surh a waras'was never before seen; and at a
time when the question is nothing mote than the life oi
death of the nation, the allegation is made that; it is de
sired to prolong the war for a political object. If this
were true, those who support the Administration ars
reckless to everything that should bind them patriots
calJy together, so callous to grief.'and so deaf to tha
pleadings of humanity, that it would be.loo revolt'ng to
a civilized people to contemplate.
Mr. LaNE (U ), of Indiana, remarked that .he .un
derstood the Senator from Kentucky to say that a m\ior
general had declared that it was the purpose of tha Pre
sident to retain his power, even though the elections go
against him. If that be true, the Administration does
not deserve th#confldence of the country; if false, the
officer should be mustered out. as unworthy fcheicom
mand he bears. He should like to know the name of the
officer. ,
Mr. DAVIS replied that the Senator mistook him. \ A
gentleman who was formerly a member of the otter
House informed him that there was a major general vtho
said that if Mr. Lincoln was defeated in the next P*;evi
dential election he would sot surrender the office. I lf
the Senator from Indiana would come to him (Mr. Da
vis) in the strictest confidence, he would give him the
name of the major general, and that of his informant.
Mr. LANE said he had only this to say, that any laa
jor general who would make such a statement was un
worthy of the honors of.the Government. If true, the
Government waaunworthy of confidence. As one of the
humblest supporters of tbe Government, he denied that
any such remark was true. - |
Tbe-pending resolution of Mr. Davis was referred to
the Military Committee. Y j;
After an executive session, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The SPEAKER announced the following Committee on
the Rules: Messrs. Washburne, of Illinois: Mallory, 6/
Kentucky; Littlejohn, of New York, and Cox, of Ohio.
TJje SPEAKER laid before the House a message from
ihefmlJent, mesl cordially recommending that C&pt.
John Rogers, who captured the Fingal, for. h‘s distin
guished zeal, bravery, and general good conduct, should
receive the vote of Congress, the preliminary being re
quired bylaw, in order that he may be advanced one
grade in the navy.
Letter from Mr. Rhldell.
The SPEA KBE said i e found oh his table a letter from
J L Riddell, signing himself Governor elect of Louisi
ana and notifying him of the resignation of Thomas
Cottman,.a member of the House; but, as the latter s
name does not appear on tho rolls of the Hqusoi the oom
k-ttewa ihftilnttaa. ' „ .
Mi stetocsi (irj, nr Famsyiranli. itom tne canu
raittee of Wots and Jleanfi wpwtjd a MH far tlw par
ment of invalid and other y-ensions, and a bill for xhe
support of the Military Academy for the year ending
June 20th, 186-3.
The President’s Message#
Mr STEVBHS, of Pennsylvania, introduced a series
of resolutions referring the various branches of-the Pre
sident’s annual message to the appropriati committees,
and that reference to the treatment and condi
tion of the rebellious States to a select committee of
nine, to be appointed by the Speaker. /•-, •
i jl r PAVIS (U.), of Maryland, offered a substitute,
that so much of the President’s message as relates to the
duty of the United States to, guarantee- to eyery State a
republican form of government, and to those states in
which the government has been abrogated or over
thrown, be*referred to a committee of nine members,
who shall report the bills necessary to carry into effect
in reply to a question asked by Mr
Brooks, of Sew k oik, said that the resolution offered
by Mr Stevens covered the entire subject involving the
conduct of the war, what course the Government should
pursue, and the treatment of the rebel States, while his
own looked to a single important point—namely, the
granting of a Republican Government ani_he had
trained his proposition in the language of the Coustitn-
Ml Mr BROOKS (Opp.), of New York, said ha was more
disposed to follow the lead of the seutlemau from Penn
sylvania than that of the -gentleman from Maryland.
■ Be wee oppoeed to instructions to the committee, and if
the proposition of the latter jthould be persisted la, he
should be disposed to add that this special committee
also tnonire whether the republican has
not been abrogated and overthrown North, as well as
Bonth, since the revolution began. , .
Mr LOT 11 JOT (U ). of Illinois, said, m spite of certain
Individuals, there still exis's a Republican Government
In all the States of the North, without Infrlnsement or
abatement. He should follow the lead of the geuiloman
trom Maryland, unless he rhonld forget .himself. Be
waa for the Constitution as it ih and the Union, as it .was.
and not as it had been laleely interpreted He would
dlscoeioestbo slaveholders of the Union a. he would
these who seized the Chesapeake. He wanted, to pnt a
loyal crew on board;--and sail the good ship el the Union
as onr fathers Irstred It.
Mr D&vis’ substitute was adopted—yeasM, nays 60.
Op motion of Mr COX (Opo ), of Ohio. It was resolved
that the eeven additional standing committee,. appoint
ed upder the rnle bo 102, l-e directed at onooto perform
lbs duties preeo.-tod l»- tha said ruls.'.ud-examtue into
the, fate orthe accounts and expenditures ot theeeveral
Cepartmeuta, respectively enbju'-ttjd t<i them and report
fartlcularly as Bpecifled in said rule: and. further, that
the sa’d-oommltteeß have all the powero of committees
of investigation.
Mr Stevens’ (U.) series of resolutions, as modified,
were agreed to
Mr. WASBBURNE (U.), of Illinois, offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, referring bo much of-the mes
sage as refers to emigration to a select committee of five
members,
General McClellan’s Report.
Mr. COX (Opp.), of Ohio, offered a resolution calling
for McClelland report on Ills military operations, whloh
was taken up
Mr. FARNSWORTH (U.), of Illinois, offered a resolu
tion that a select comndtreo of five members be ap
pointed by the Speaker. to whom shall be referred all
petitions or other communications having, reference to
the increase of railway communications or facilities be
tween the cities of New Voile and Washington, and
whose duty it shall ba to consider and report upon that
subject by bill or otherwise.
The resolution waft tabled—yeas 89. nays 61.
The House then adjourned.
Bayard Taylor’s lecture at the- Academy
of Music.
Last evening Mr. Bayard’Y’aylor, the-eminent his
torian and poet, delivered .his new lecture, “ Russia
And Her People,” under the auspices of the Bancroft
Literary Society, at the Academy or Music. The
audience was not bo large as the popularity of the
lecturer deserved, yet the attendance was quite 11 at
tcring, composed ab it waß of the most intelligent
and appreciative of our lecture-going people. The
subject of the discourse was ably handled, and se
cured the attention and the applause of every audi
tor. He proposed to take a brief review of Russia,
her people, and her position as a nation in the fami
ly of nations. It was scarcely two centuries since
Russia was admitted into the family of European
nations. Her possessions stretch more than half
way around the globe. She owns one-seventh park
of all the land of the globe. But her slzeis no mea
sure of her strength,. Europe combined might in
jure her, butcouldnotdeetroy her integrity, however,
as a nation. She iB too vast to be dismembered.
She haß scarcely felt, until now, the mighty surge
of change which has swept over other nations, and
is now trembling through her giant bulk with the
movement of a new life. More than one hundred
tribes are included in the population of the country.
These clashes have very little in common with each
other. They are scattered principally arouod her
boi (lets, and their characters are not to be taken into
account in judging the character of the Rußsiau pro
per. The Russians do not comprise more than two
thirds of the population. No people surpass them
. in physical energy, in tough, powerful, vital princi
ple, which resiate oliraate, privations, and . wounds.
If the animal appetite be the driving wheel of the
human machine, then the Russian has the largest
wheellhe knew cf. They are intensely national in
their feelings, Their enthusiaßmfor “holyßuaala,”
aa they term her, is beyond all description, exceed
ing that of the Italian for free Italy, the Englishman
for Britannia that would rule the wave-more than,
he regretted to Bay, the love for country which anima
ted some of his own fellow-citizens. The Emperor is
universally regarded as a father, and the respect paid
him is genuine and sincere. The Russians were
likewise characterized for their imitative qualities.
They are jacks of ail trades. In the army, the colo
nel orders out of the ranks so many blacksmith* or
tailors to do the blsekßmithing or tailoring of the
regiment, and expects every soldier to be versed in
‘ these outside trades, There is no art the Russians
esnnot learn, The cant characterization of the Rua
elans by Europeans generally ia that they are North
ern barbarians. They are not barbarians in any sbasc
of the word. Their habits ol life may be to us some
what repulsive, but they possess more natural re
finement of manners than most nations of Europe.
In their drunken carousals, they affectionately em
brace eaoh other rather than break each other’s
heads. They possess great good humor, cheerful
ness, and healthy content, which hold out against all
discouragement*. They are lively and quick in
their conversations, and treat gtrangerß with great
hospitality. Their quickness of intellect, combined
with their docility of temper, makes them a people
easy to be taught; so long aB they have faith in their
teachers. Their universal answer to any oommand
is a word standing for our “ in
practice, it means an indefinite period from to-mor
row to a year hence. The merchant who demands
a hundred dollars for an article, and is offered nine
ty-nine, will keep it five years until he gets his
price. [Laughter.] In St, Petersburg large houses,
stand vacant for many yearß because the landlords)
will not rent them under the price they take it into ’
their beads they ought to have.. Even the Govern
ment postpones most important public works on ac
count of the most trivial considerations. Their love
of indulgence springs from the strong physical quali
ty of the race. Their animal appetites are Btrong,
and time, with the higher civilization which it will
bring, is the only remedy against it. Drunkenness,
is universal, but it iB not a ohronio disease. In St.
Petersburg you must count upon your servant
being drunk once in two months. The observ
ance of saints’ days and religious feasts is
exceedingly regular. They have also a Btrong de
mocratic social feeling, a great love of music, and “a
gentle temperament, which is a matter of blood
rather than of climate, These Northern barbarians
are kind, hospitable, and humane. The traveller is
always received with hospitality and cordiality. The
Russian peasant ia the moat obliging or men. Obe
dience to authority is a national characteristic.
Every family has its governing head to whom all
submits. In the family the father is obeyed with
entire obedience, and after hi* death the eldest son
takes his place. When the serf is unjustly oppressed
he says ‘‘God ia beyond, and the Emperor is too far
off to hear.” In this reapeettbe Russian is the
ideal of a soldier, In power of resistance he haa
not an equal in the world. No troops can stand
with such stubbornness as the Russian, Napoleon
said, if he could have had in his army the endurance
of the Russians, he could, with the vivacity of his
own troops, have conquered the world. Wo
men are universally respected, and there is
more real cultivation among them than can
be found in many other European countries.
Tfceir inheritance is not alienated by marriage.
One* fourth of the real estate iu Russia is owned by
women. In some places women have their own
churches, and are their own preachers. The politi
cal structure ol Russia is a vast;maohine—an auto- 5
cracy, founded upon the personal will of the ruler;
but it ia anomalous in this, a democracy resting upon
a republican baeia. The people are equally capable of
ruling or being ruled. The nobleman ia no more ex-,
empt from the Emperor’s rule‘>han the serf. It is
not possible, therefore, for the Russian nobility to
become an important body. They cannot organize
and be a counteracting power in the nation. While
the emancipation measure was going on they could
make no opposition, though much opposed to it.
There is little pride of caste with them.
The lecturer glanced at the religious character of
the people and the various sects which divide the
empire, and then concluded with a reference to
Russia’s present position respecting Poland* There
were some features of the present movement, said
Mr. Taylor, which could not fail to enlist the sym
pathies of every American. Who would not sym
pathize with the Poles in their attempts to resusci
tate their dead nationality! The world has no
prouder examples of bravery and persistent faith
than that noble people. But the present struggle is
different from anything that has gone before it. Be
fore the present revolution broke out the laboring
classes had become reconciled to the Russian rule.
Reforms were about being introduced and prosperity
-was returning. The present movement is the result
of the privileges which Rubbla conveyed. The pea
sants, even up to this time, have not taken part in
the struggle, and many of them have suffered death
at the hands of the National Polish Committee,
rather than fight against Russia. The day fixed for
the culmination of the plot against the Government
was the on® on. whiali tha JiaA AalAriAlAatl
to tM&fiMpiU the JdUHiAIiStS ik\l y6d that
the conscription in Waiß&w wrb the signal for the
. outbreak.-But that conscription didnotcommencetill
the rebellion was several weeks under way. If the
present plans of the Poleß should succeed, one oppres
sed nationality would be substituted for another; for
it is proposed that eight millions of Poles shall rule
twelve millions of Russians, and so far from secu
ring the peace of Europe, would destroy it, and our
sympathies with a murdered nationality should not
mislead us in regard to these facts.
The Emperor of Russia was characterized by the
lecturer as a humane, kind, and moderate prince,
moved by no desire of war, but anxious for tran
• quility and universal welfare, and the references to
the part which the empire is to play in the future of
the world’s civilization were met with the utmost
approbation, ________
Slight Fire.— A. slight fire occurred yes
terday afternoon at house No. 923 Franklin street,
Twentieth ward, in consequence of the carelessness
of plumbers, who had been doiog some work in the
bath-room. They left some fire on the premises,
which was fanned into a flame by the wind. The
bath-house and verandah were damaged.
Found Drowned.— The body of a man,
apparently 25 or 30 years of age, rather decently
dressed, was found on the marsh below the navy
v&rd \esterday afternoon. The hat which he wore
nan m’auC Ktt Sbotwell, Ridge avenue, above Thir
teenth street, The Coroner vrill hgltj as laguest this
morning. ;
Public Entertainments.
The Italian Opera.— The opera of “Norma,"
for this evening, is a welcome announcement, as .it
isoneol the moßt thorough and powerful successes
of Mr. IVlarelzelt’s troupe, Madame Medori’s Noma
deserves the highest praise, and Ib, probably, her
most perfect rendition. Mazzoleni’s Pollione,
Biachi’a Oroveso, and M’lle Sulzer’e Adelgi-sa, sup
port this fine performance admirably. Lovers of
opera will not forget the matinee on Thursday.
Donizetti’s “Lucia,” always popular, always love
able, will, no doubt, be given with first-class elo
quence and energy. But a few nights remain before
Mr. Maretzek’s splendid company will leave us.
New Chestnut-street Theatre,— This even
ing, Miss Johanna Clauaaen will repeat, for the
third time, and no doubt to a very full house, the
part of Poltatene, in the new comedy, entitled 11 The
Child of Nature,” which has proved a great suooesa.
She will also appear this evening, for the first time,
in the comedietta, “An Object of Interest.” People
who like to be amused will find in such a bill enjoy
ment enough for one evening, we should think. In
fact, as it Is oneoftbeTnost attractive thathave been
presented this season, those desiring to avoid dis
appointment would do well to secure seats during
the day.
Walnut-street Theatre.— Mr. Clarke’s inex
haustible capacity to make mirth bears faithful re
lation to the capacity of his audiences to epjoy it.
On these nights the “ Walnut ” is a revelation of
fun not at all artificial, hut quite as real and natural
as though you had been to school with Wadiilove ,
-in the drawing-room with Be Boots, or had, onoe oh
a time, reproved ilfiv Tootttes for being intoxicated.
Mr. Clarke is a genius in humor, often as graphic
and true as Charles Dickens.
The National Circus is well attended. The new
piece of the “ Rigs of Mr. Briggs ” has been arranged
forthering by Mr. N. Austin, from an article publish
ed in the London Punch a number of years ago. The
performance of Peter Jenkins has oeaaed to be
novel, and should be withdrawn. Besides this,
although it may be interesting to Borne, can never
hmiome popular with the ladles.
The Temple op Wonderb and the Wonderful
DhlTfil- tifßifßiSW HiV SSVtifl HDTlkff ?f TliS iflTTit
Magtoiita this afteriWßi ned If you desire to pass a
happy hour, take your juveniles to his beautiful
Temple and see how they eDjoyhis astonishing and
funny performances. The usual evening exhibition
takes place at 7 o’clock^
CITY IT EM S .
The Great Sewing Machine or the- Age.—
Messrs. Grover & Baker, No. 730 Chestnut street,
have unquestionably succeeded In giving to the pub
lie an ingenious labor-saver in their world-renowned
Sewing Machine, that will make their name a plea
sing household word for generations to come. We
have more than once had occasion to speak of the pe
culiar merits of this machine, among the most remark*
able of which is its capacity for doing elegant Embroi
dery. On Saturday last, as thoaejwho passed their
splendid establishment, No. 730 Chestnut street, will
remember, they displayed, in one of their windows,
an opera cloak, of superb materials, richly embroid
ered by the Grover & Baker Machine. The cloak
was so much admired that it founda purchaser be
fore night. But it is not only in this more deli
cate and artistic class of sewing that the Grover &
Baker is without a rival. lie efficiency for every
description of sewing is marvellous. We have our
selves seen these machines sew uninterruptedly
through four thicknesses of beaver cloth, down to
bobinet, including intermediately, leather, Swiss,
mull, and across the stoutest seams, and all with
out any chaDge of needles, thread, or tension. This
we look upon as an extraordinary feat, performed,
too, by the same, machine which exeouws the ele
gant embroidery above referred to.. Wedonot won
der, therefore, that the Grover $ Baker is distancing
all competitors in the extent of Its sales, whloh are
now being made very largely‘ t® holiday presents.
Hard Metal Silver Wake.— For several days
past the popular old Silver-Plated Ware establish
ment, at Ninth and Chestnut streets, baa been a
great shopping centre to buyers of Christmas and
New’Year’s presents. This class of goods, by the
way, is justly becoming popularized. A few years
ego, comparatively, the indulgence in It was re
garded rb a luxury confined to the wealthy. By
reoent improvements, however, the process of plating
has been eo perfected, and correspondingly cheap
ened, that the enormous expense attending the use
of silver ware no longer exists. In bringing about
this change the house above referred to, at Ninth
and Chestnut streets, has taken a conspicuous part,
and it is, therefore, not surprising that their stoolc
cow presents inducements to buyers not equalled by
any other silver ware establishment in the city.
What wederire more especially to direct attention
to to-day is their hard metal toare t or Niokel, Silver-
Plated. This ware is mndo in the same manner
precisely as the Sheffield Ware, and warranted to
give equal satisfaction. Purchasers Bhouldbearin
mind that this class of ware is infinitely preferabla
to any other made, and that the manufactory Of it
ia this city is at Ninth and Chestnut streets.
A Triumph in Mechanism.— Heretofore, when
the queetlon has been raised as to which of the va
rious Sewing Machines was the best, the answer
has been that one machine was the best for that
particular work or stitch, and another maohine for
some other, often perplexing the mind of the pur*
chaser as to which was really the moat desirable In
strument. The "F/orcttce” maohine, sold at the
warerooms of the Florence Company, No. 63&
Chestnut Btrcet, meets the oase splendidly, by com
bining, in the highest degree of excellence, the best
peculiarities of all other machines in use. It make*
no less than four different stitches on the same ma
chine, has a reversible feed-motion, so that work
can he carried either to the right or left, according
to the comfort and convenience of the operator.
This makes the “Florence” the best promoter of
health of all Sewing Machines. The high estimation
in which this splendid maohine is held is well at
tested by the orders now flowing in upon the agent
for it, for Christmas and New Year’s gifts.
Goons Suitable for Holiday - Gifts.— We in
vite the attention of our readers, the ladies espe
cially, to the splendid and varied stock of fanoy and
useful goods offered by Mr. John M, Finn, southeast
corner of Arch and Seventh streets. We may state
one of the peculiarities of this old and well-eata-,
bliahed houße is to furnish its customers ,wifch the
best and choicest goods in the various departments
it represents. Mr. Finn now offers, among other
good* suitable for presents, a fine assortment of Mo
rocco Satchels and Pocket Books, of the very best
manufacture; also, a floe line of fancy colognes, em
broidered slippers, of rich and unique patterns,
gloves, &o,
The Approaching Holidays.—While our citi
zens are getting ready to celebrate the approaching
holidays with becoming liberality and festive joy,
let those who have the means to do so, remember
that Coal is high, and that to the poor nothing could
be more acceptable. Mr. W. W. Alter, with cha
racteristic generosity, iB Belling Goal for such pur
poses below the usual figures, in fact, at cost prices*
and we hope that he will therefore have hundreds
of orders of this class to fill between now and
Christmas.
Great Stock of Winter Clothing,— Messrs.
C. Somers & Son, No. ,625 Chestnut street, under
Jayne’s Hall, have now on hand a magnificent stock
of Fashionable Winter Clothing, which they are
Belling at much below the usual prices, in anticipa
tion of the close of the season. The advantages of
purchasing at this popular old.tst&blishment are ap
parent to all who patronize it. Their garments are
the most elegant manufactured in this country.
Elegant Stock of Gentlemen’s Wrappers.
—Mr. J. C. Arrison, Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth
street, first stores above Market, is now selling
more gentlemen’a wrapjy<B& for Chrietmaa pre
sents than all his competitors combined, as we
should judge, at least, from the number of cußtomers
that daily throng his Btore. His stock of these
graceful garments, as well as of Gentlemen’s Fur
nishing goods generally, offers unußualjittraotion to
buyers. .
Germantown "Wool.— This article is nowlargely
taking the place of imported zephyrs, than which it
is, of course, less expensive. In texture it bears a
close resemblance to the German Zephyrs, whilst
in colors it is not surpassed by the fineit European
dyes. It ia admirably suited for all kinds of crochet
and knitted goods, such as carriage afghans, sofa
spreads, evening mantles, breakfast cozies, or
shawle, ct cetera. The “ Germantown wool” is for
sale by Mr. John M. Finn, Seventh and Arch
streets, and appears to be in great demand.
Fine Chribtmas Stock.— Mr, A. L. Yansant,
Ninth and Chestnut streets, is now delighting his
patrons with the richest stock of fine Confections,
and fancy boxes, ever offered in this country. We
would tc-day call special attention to his delicious
sweet Jordan Roasted Almonds, fine Carorael,
Chocolate Preparations, Frenoh and American Mix
tures, and|a host of other novelties.
Great Reduction in Prices.— Messrs. Wood
& Gary, No. 725 Chestnut street, have made a very
large reduction in the prices of their elegant Bon*
nets and Hats for Ladies, Misses, and Children,
They have still a splendid assortment. Call and
make vour selections early. _
The “ Prize Medal ” Shirt, invented by Mr..
John F. Taggart, and sold by Mr. George Grant, 610
Cheßtnut street, is the greatest shirt of the age. In
Mr. Grant’s stock of Gentlemen’s Furnishing
Goods, the reader will find the most elegant stock
of fancy Soarfs, Gloves, Neckties, and numerous
other things suitable for presents.
New Almonds and English Walnuts,
Fins Jersey-cured Hams,
Large Tongues, and Dried Beef,
Stuart’s Syrup, and
NeVYork Candies,
Pino Apple OkoMft, -
Choice Havana Oranges,
Shaker Sweet .Com,
tor sale by Davie & Richards, Arch and Tenth
Directs.
A Finn Assortment of Photograph Albums
will be found at Mr. F. Gutekunst’z counters, 701
and 706 Arch street, at reasonable prices ; also a
splendid variety of cartes de ymle of distinguished
ftnvuir ms superior pistureui la imperial ana
card sizes, recently taken from life, of Hon, Edward
Everett, are having a large sale, and they are cer
tainly the iinest extant of that distinguished orator
and statesman.
Mr. G. A. Hoffman, No. 606 Arch street, offers
the finest stock of Gentlemen’s Goods
for presents in this city. His assortment of wrap
pers ia especially elegant and worthy the attention
of ladies shopping for presents. 1
Holiday Presents at Farson & Co.’s, Dock
street, below Walnut. Fine Cutlery, Tea Trays,
Japanned and Plated Ware, Hobby-Horses and
Sleds,&c. del6-wsmtf
The Coming Draft.— The Provost Marshals of
the several draft districts are now husily engaged in
■hearing claims for exemption and preparing the lists
for the draft to take plaoe in January. Iu the mean
time our oitizens are endeavoring to avoid farther
conscription by enoouraging volunteering, and are
offering immense bounties, and procuring their
winter clothing at Granville Stokee’ Temple of
Fashion, No. 609 Chestnut street.
Anglo-Saxon Prejudices,—An ill-tempered,
author says :
The Anglo-Saxon mind is intolerant of poverty
It is unwilling to suppose anything of poverty that
is goOfl or noble, A man, to its estimate, with no
deposits in the bank, is a man not safe to be ac
quainted with, and not suitable for introduction
into respectable families. A bad coat is almost
evidence of a bad conscience ; but masculine corpu
lence in broadcloth, linked with feminine rotundity
in brocade—incarnations of good feeding and abun
dant cash—suggest every personal, social, and do
mestic virtue.” It is at least certain that good gar
ments give evidence of good taste and decent means,
and wise and discreet men accordingly procure
their wearing apparel at the Brown-Stone Clothing
Hall of Kookhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 60S Chest
nut street, above Sixth.
Great Guns.—One of the most interesting of
the Department Reports is that from the Ord
nance Bureau, relative to the progress made the
last ten years in guns and projectiles. We know, or
always .supposed, there were a great many “big
guns” in the war, and many of very large calibre,
for |example, Generals Banks, Grant, Burnside,
“ Fighting Joseph,” Foote, Farragut,D»hlgren, &e.,
but when we are told the number is about 6,000, it
must mean guns of a “ cast iron” constitution. The
way that it is to be acquired is to dress suitable to
the season, and purchase your clothing at Charles
Stokeß & Co.’s one pricei under the “ Continental.”
Willcox.& Gibbs’
Sbwtnq Machines,
For Holiday Presents.
Fairbanks &JEwing,
de9-tf. 715 Chestnut street.
Oakford’s Continental Hat Kufosium.
ABelutiful Present for Christmas.— The
improved Sloat Elliptic Family Sewing Machine.
Salesroom 721 Chestnut street." delo-15t
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’b FURfi— the largest
and best stock in the city, at Charlee Oak ford*
Sons’, Continental Hotel.
Cabinet Organs for
Holiday Gifts.
J. lit. G-ottld, Seventh anil Chestnut.
VG.-,;! Oapm ILLSS_OkALIas OAiifePtl It £on*.
Continent*,! TTot.-.i-
Willcox & Gibbs’
Sewing Machines,
For Holiday Presents.
Fairbanks & Ewing,
q e9 .tf 715 Chestnut street.
Furs at Oaxford’s, Continental. .
Geo. Steck £c Co.’s Fiano3
For Holiday Presents.
Cabinet Organs for
Holiday Gifts.
J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut.
(Jakford’s Hats, Continental Hotsl.
WrLLcox & Gibbs’
Sewing Machines,
For Holiday Presents.
. - FAIRBANKS Sl EWING,
d j j 715 Chestnut street.
Geo. Steck &. Co.’s Pianos
For Holiday Presents.
Soft Hats, Oakford’s, Continental. -
Willcox & Gibbs’
Sewing Machines,
For Holiday Presents. .
Fairbanks & Ewing,
ae9 . M - 715 Chestnut street.
Cabinet Organs for
Holiday Gifts.
J.E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut.
c. Oakford & Sons, Continental.
'Military Goods, Oakfgrd’s, Continental.
Geo. Steck & Co.’e Pianos .
For Holiday Presatrti.
Select School fob Young Ladies.*-'The Young
Ladies’ Freßoh and English Boarding and Day
School or Mile Mary E. Thropp, at 18-11 Chestnut
street, advertised in another column of today's
Press, is one of the few establishments of the kind in
the city which from actual knowledge and inspec
tion we can honestly commend to the favor of
the Philadelphia public. Philadelphia is oelcbrated
all over the land for her schools and educational in
stitutions of every description, and undoubtedly
there are very many admirable seminaries for young
ladies in and around our oity; but we cannot oall to
mind a single one, having a greater claim upon po
pular favor, than Miss Thropp’s. The school itself
is truly select, and has included among its patrons
some or the most eminent jurists, divines, and pub
lic men in the country, as a reference to Miss
Thiopp’s circular will show; while the studies are
carefully systematized, and, without perplexing the
pupil by tlieir multiplicity, are suffleiently varied to
awaken attention and interest. This, added to the
fact that the teaohers are experienced, competent,
and affable, goes far towards relieving the study
hours from much of the monotony and tedium which
is eo .common to boarding*schooLß,and which de
tracts so much from the thoroughness of a boarding
school education. It would be to the interest of
parents, who desire that their daughters should be
well educated and accomplished, to oall upon Miss
Thropp for a circular.
Army os 1 the Potomac.—We have received from
the publisher, John Dainty, ll South Sixth street,
several of his latest stenograph Cartes de Visits,
among which are Generals Keyes, Howard, Double*
day, Hancock, Ord, Kilpatrick, Blmey, &3., of the
Army of the Potomac; also, President Lincoln and
lady, Governor Sprague and lady. Catalogues of
his complete list will bo sent on application.
. Cbristmas, Birth-Day, and Wedding Pub
bents —The Holy Bible, Harding's Editions, ac
knowledged to be the most reliable text, family,
pulpit, and pocket Bibles, in beautiful styles of
Turkey morocco and antique bindings. A new edi
tion, arranged for photographic portraits of families.
William W. Harding, Publisher,
Ko. 326 Chestnut street, below Fourth.
Photograph Albums in Every Variety of
Style. —Etch Turkey morocco, antique, ivory
mountings, ornamented edges, fico. ; &c., holding from
twelve to two hundred photographs, the cheapest,
the largest, and best assortment in the city.
William W. Harding,
No. 326 Chestnut at., below Fourth, south side,'
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS,
up TO TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST NICIIiT-
■nd Chestnut streets
Felix B Brunot, Pittsburg
N Falk, St Louis. Mo
H D Faulkner. New York
MrsF H Judd & dan. 11l
0 B Tibbitte, New York
Mrs Geo Beatty
H Merritt. U S N
? W Lord. MD
SF Eagle, Marietta
Wm J Gee, Baltimore
JBGoodrich, Burlington
J II Bracken. ,
Continental—NintH ai
B Crittenden
John S Allen, Brooklyn
W Bed mom), Jr, New, York
ES House & wf,'Troy, KT
Geo ABafcer. Detroit
■Mrs A K Carter, New York
MiS6 M H McGoffin, N York
Capt Chas T Geanat, USA
W W Baldwin, New York
Tkos A Porter, Delaware
Geo L Stearns, Nashville
MrsT Drew,Hew York
Thoaß Oakley, Wash, D C
Edmund Yard, New York
S Baldwin, Baltimore
B Ihhian, U S N.
V M nice, Albany ,
JTHageooom, New York
C H Shannon, Corning
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N Shoemaker
‘J H Steinman, Arkansas
J C Brantigam, New Fork
lIH Waters, Newark. N J
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J G Stacey, Connecticut
BA Newell, Boston
Richard R Wuyger, Boston
J G Maxwell, US &
J N Miller, 13 8 N
J H Brinton, St Louis
B 8 Waring k wf, Pittsburg
GeoAdsms. New York
Henry McCormick. Harrisb
Jos D Potts, Williamsport
P Miller, Memphis
T L Snyder, Naw York
J J Flippin, felt Lonis
F J PBTvin.Pottsville
B II Cheever. Washington
0 Anil wan. Canton, Ohio
H M McAlen, Canton, Ohio
Dr F schley, Maryland - -
Chas B Trail, Maryland
W Wade, Pittsburg
Capt H K-Kellcr & wife
B 6 Smith, New York
Duncan McGregor. Waih
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H C Longaecksr, Allentown
EH Owen - . ....
|N Kingsbury,Connecticut
J,H Church,New York
A'Silber, New York
; J Deppsler. New York
C Tonpan, Boston.
P V Morrison. Boston
C T Pchtunaker, New York
W W Bacon, New Haven
Geo Dnrland Sla.. Jamaica
T B Hawley&la,New York
W W Holloway, Cinn
JohnF Jenning*, Pittsburg
118 Be gue, Chicago
Jeffrey Hazard, Penna
J G Hazard.! bode Island
Jofiah. Caldwell, Boston
C W Huntington. Boston
John Ship'pen.PottsvUle
Hon Wm L Dewart, Snnb'y
JaaAlnnesr. Ponsville
Chas A Subbins, Mass
jas Perrin, Dayton, Ohio
J R Patton Albany
W B Cratty, New York
E Croßwell.New York
T M Wheeler. New York
Mips Maria Hoflaigh, Cal
J F Barton, New York
Sami A Bicks & la, N Y
John K Chase, New York
LeyiScobey, £ew Jersey
Ben} S Lyman
O Cowan. ebeVbyville
JasAPerrine, N Jersey
John W Kramer. N Jersey
B B Schneider, New York
John'Wolfe, New York .
t Eckstein, Cincinnati
F ■Williams, New York
G P Putnam. New York
B L Mass, Connecticut
TB Stillman, New York
W J Irwin, New York
T G Irwin, New York
B Hayden, New York
D H Goodman, New York
W W Hopkins. Lancaster
F Watts, Carlisle
0 N Lull, Chamberaburg
A G Snyder, W Troy, N Y
John Morris, W Troy, N Y:
E K Buell, lowa
J M Goddard, New York
A S Sturteyant, New York
J F Simona, New York
F Mitchell. St Louis
JolnDymond, New York
itreetj below Ninth.
G Bergner & W. Harrisburg
H J Brooke, Media • ’ ■
Girard—Chestnut*
T B Bucklew, Baltimore - ' 1
C Stone, New York
I McNulty & w, M J _
C J Hendrickson, N J
Misa Gulick, Mew Jersey
J Borland, Baltimore
B B Cochran, Delaware
H J GambriJl, U S R 8
E B Knotwell & w-renna
BDe Forest, New York •
W.H Weisman
H G Gowen
J A fewayna
T C Hasten
W Sanderson. Jr
5 SI Shield, Cincinnati
A dote, Baltimore
A H Wyatt, Binghamton
Mies E Robinson, Penna
W P Abbott A la,Penna "
B P lileston. Boston
GWfctone. TTSM
W Searlo, Liverpool. Eng
JMcKenna. Ntw York
R J Patterson, lowa
H Thompson & w. N Y
W Talbot, New York
T L Gordon, York co
J Brown, B'amsbmg
C C Mnllln, Harrisburg
J.A McPbe. ran, Penna
H Howland, New Jersey
John Dyer, Boston
Henry J Meily, Penna
John flleily, Penna
Capt A T Smith
Mr Dawson ' ,
R J Ha3£eman. Harrisburg:
John H Ziegler, Harrisburg
G N Watts, Carlisle
Mrs Galinda,"Wash, D G I
E J McCone, Shippensburg
W B Reaney, Chester Pa
D Lomison,Pennsylvania
M. Dos, New York
A Thompson, New Jersey
S M Dickinson, New Jersey
E G James, Bnrlingttm N J
J F A Tull Sc la, Maryland
Miss A A Bowland, Md
L J Wilson. Maryland
J S Fraley, New York
S Geddes, Eewiaburg
J F McClellan. Harrisburg
R H Mager, Ohio
D Herr, Harrißburg
D Mell, Penna
John Mell, Penna
Jas Mell. Penna
W MeU, Penna
WH Smith, NewYoik
C P Cochran, Delaware
Dr Hope. Illinois
W Walker & w. Delaware
Cant G W Ahl, Fort Delw’e
C N Haldeman, Penna ]
J W Stover, New York
C B Harman, Baltimore
B L Martin, Baltimore
R Bell, Cambridge, Aid
J Honke, Pittsburg
J Williamaon
AMMtefcH—OlUitilSil
JlBnmws A la. Ssaw Hill
T S Lindsey, Snow Bill
B E Smith, Stow Hill
jtf M Ellis, Delaware
A G Hardcastle, Maryland
J A Pease. New York
L Durr, IS T ew York
E Ei-zgerald, New York
M Blyner & Son
J O’Kain, New York
George Sage
W Bolton
F Ives, Little Falls
L McCredy, Little Falls
G Plumer, Ohio
SBiewll. Ohio
A J Anderson. Blair co
TB Giles, Delaware
St* liouls—Clxestmit
John Doherty, Sch’l Haven
Edw M Hood, Bridgeton.
G F Worrall, West Chester
J B Mulford, Jr. N Jersey
JHowatt, Hew York
B Johnson, Sew York
J Morgan, Hew York
H Thompson, New York
Wm Masten; Jr, 17 S N
Ghas Atkinson
JLudlam
J W Herbert, Penna
M Bovin, Boston
7 Wilkinson. New York -
H Knai,p, Wheeling
JE Johnson, Connecticut
3) T Lawson,'Wellsvilie I
Mtasr/hniit*'—Fourth
Alex Sctifcilain Jrani
Meyer SchurlelcT Penna
W i> Sprecher & *hY enna
G W Benford, Somerset
A Maiboutg, Jphnstown
James Deal*, Penna
W S Haven, Fitlsburg
RdgarWildm&n. Danbury
Ja«rßrownlee. Pittsburg
L J Kirk, Lancaster co
B D Baldwin. Alleg’y City
Chas Hirsh, Lancaster*.
G A Torrence. Chicago'
2? S Walker. Chicago
J Alston, Allegheny City
W Smith, Allegheny City
J Kirkpatrick, Aileg'y City
C H Armstrong, Pittsburg
Paul Tuiane, Hew Jersey
C Kimberland, Wellsburg
W J Applegate Wellsburg
L W Beecher, Hew Haven
S Walker, Cincinnati -
A Wilhelm, Easton
W Johnson, Lancaster
K McGrann, Lancaster
H a Haney, Plymouth
W'J) Means & ia, Penna
L W Beecher, Hew Haven
CaptW Silver, Bloomaburg
The Union.—Arcli a
AW Walsh, Gveencastle
Mr Oney & la. Penna
P Lawton, Pittsburg
T McNam ara,Holliday eburg
Jas M Fitch, flew Jersey
Mr Fitch, New Jersey
George Frees, Reading
J Laue, Wilmington. Del
Jas Brown, Salem, N J
BaldEagle-Tliird. «tr<
Owen A Miller, Slatington
Frank Clause, Slatington
Adam German,Slatington
Levi Hunsucker, Slatington
Moses Eressel. Slatington
-Jor Qbert, Lthighton
i'gSspvftass?".
Jacob Kern, Siegera\u\<? -
Levi Fritzsinger. SiegeravV
II J Woodbury, Catasau q.ua
M fc'erger, Bethlehem
John J Wink & la, Penna
. Peter Huber, Allentown
Miss S Bean, Oiefield ;
Aaron Eisenhard, Orefield
WatJonal-Kace IH
J M Beach. New, .
Charles H Beach, New York
AEFvan, Bedford. Pa
JS Goble * la, Penna
g H Stein. &la r Penna
T> L Bare, Lan dialer cA
G Blnmnu Salem , _
C H Knanss. Bethlehem
L Kramer, PbmnlxviUe
F L Shuman, Beaver \ alley
Madison—Second »t)
B F Taylor, Penna
M Heller, Pike co. Pa ■
Titos Kmpeon. (*amden,Del
Benj Sheppard, Maryland
E W Cannon, Delaware
K W Short, Delaware
J B Davis, Miifoid
Geo Sigefoos. Bucks co
Edw Jones, Delaware
T J Parker, Pittsburg
G Marine _ ,
0 H Coop, New York
Sami Hutchinson, Jr, J * l
J B Kugler, Siraabu-g
State# Ifniou-Maike
W R Swartz, Duncanon
BM Rich, ,
R C Galte«o. Lalimmia
los Pyle, Che‘te r
Geo Tifeny, Delaware
M°B Mingle-Kew Jersey
G B Clark. Washington
T Townsend, Delaware
T P Watson, Baltimore
P Botch, Pittsburg.
A Tracy, Scranton
0 1 reft. Pe-jnsylvania
Thos Johns, Broad Topi
Commercial—Sixth it]
John Kbiott* Ohio
Bobt Mooie. New Jersey
John C Bard, New York
S G Patterson, Delaware
R Buraphrft’B, New York
P Maloup, New York
Win £wetney, New York
■Win Underwood, Penna
,T Wlßnier. Sckeilsbarjr
Dayld IHnrioh • _..
James Connor, WUm, Del
Miss Annie M Oonnor, Del
Mbs Rebecca Rone. Del
Mias Elizabeth Rone, Del'■ -
Mws Han nik McGu»g3n.p®l
Tbo? 5 Yonug, Coateayiua
MSackett, New York
W S Simmons, USES
A S Cronishield, FSES
W A Ordway. USES
HWRobie.USRS
H B Bogue, Chicago
H Hutchings, New York
R Brown* New York
J Thompson, Boston ■
W Reynolds & w, Boston ;
J W Brbwn, New Jersey
W M Balt, Smyrna Del
H-Ridgeley & wf, Dover, Del
Jas G Woples, Dover, Del
DMcMurtrie, USN
■ -
Mr. W. C. FISHER, of' Weston, Spalding, Lincoln
shire, England, writes: •
** A little nephew of mine was recently thoroughly
, cured of the Whooping Cough hy Dr. Jayne’s Expecto
rant. ”
H‘ W Williams. Penna
H'WKiug, Baltimore -
Geo Raddle. Mauch Chunk
A S Mitchell, New York
D Kavnu&ugh, New York
L J Mulforn, Brooklyn
John Fleming, USA
A C Barstow, Prov, RI
Orlando Woodruff. N Y
W King, New York
G W Facon
J Webster
A W Smith & Wf, N Y
D W Wilson & wf, NY
P V Coppuek. New Jersey
F Cronise, U S if
t JstJfe&fc, abdre Fifth.
'J E Wilfeon, Maryland
A H Ritchie. New York
H Lecour, New York
C Landtfield, Boston
FTrainer
J H Brinton, West Chester
C J Richards, Prov, R I
W Thompson, New Jersey
L Denny, Illinois
J Walsh, Hollidaysburg
G B HUliard, Jr. Conn
W C Karaner,
F G Parker, Eikton, Md
Henry Etris
D A Smith. PottsTille
S Bentz. Baltimore
T Montfoid, Boston
•treeti above Third
I Lieut J H Harmony, Penna
I Capt GAJ Scott, USA .
j Johii B’ibouty, Shamokin
Martin Woods, New York
ChariesT Betts, Jersey City
Tho 6 Morris, Penna-
J L Bacon, Laurel. Del
R A Rosenbanm, N Jersey
Isaac Poole, Mass
R D Green & la, N Jersey
J N Bonsali. Jr, Albany
J M Dawson, Penna__
H C Caldwell, New York
A J Cheyney, Delaware co
And C Feuss. Baltimore
John Doherty, Sch Haven
street, Dclatv Arcli.
Jos Oberndorfj Baltimore
E Haines, Baltimore
W H Simpson. Baltimore
R L Thorne, Maryland . -
WM Smallwood,Salem,NJ
u H Shat.uck. Corning. NT
EH Weymftn, New York-
J Heinsrt. New York
S Ulloian, New York
B H Witherow. N Jersey
G L Shearer, 3f Jersey
A. Davis
A W Hughs. Delaware
F G Stark, Hanover, Pa
A F Eilenberger
S H McCay. Ohio
Geo Scott, Catawissa
Ja& Collins, Mahoney, Pa
John Lazarus, Ashland
Isidore Farabaugh
C W Roberts, West Chester
J C Fuller, New Jersey
W D Emmert. New Oxford
M Tyler, York, Pa
C D Brodhead, Penna
\Y Hoses. Cincinnati
H M Baldridge St wf, Penna
W B Pusey, Jr
W Dyer & la. Conn
Mr Allison, New Jersey
itreet* above Third,
C F Stadiger, Philadelphia
Sv R Myers. Lancaster co
Mr & Mrs Denninger, Penna
A Hoover, Lancaster
George V Hoffman
A shertlf, Poitsville
Wilson W Jagger
J W Curley, Baltimore •
*eet, above Callowhllli
Thos Morris, Qnakertown
Peter Shelley, Bucks co
B G Unangst, Bethlehem
. T S Lelsenring, Pittsburg
Robt Good, Bucks co
S T Janney, Bucks co
P S Shimer, Millerstowii
R Y Linton, Bucks co
Samuel Yardley, Bucks co
poiSKt^K 100 v
E B Shollenborgar;
E P Harrison, Alexandria
R Beidenbach, Lancco
L S Lichtenwalter, Penna
John Fry, Lauc co
reet« above Third.
AB Johnson. Beaver Valley
T Hephner, PottsvUle
T Murphy, Montreal
M M Taylor, Delaware
J Holman, Liverpool
1 J
J 0 JiWiIiSAH. KIMVBML
if M H&sley. Bucks i:o
H L Gross, Danville, Pa-
J Quavrey, Port Carbon
W Shammo, Halifax, Pa
;reet, above Market,
H B Stults, New Jersey
E H Reed, New Jersey
R P Stults. New Jersey
Moses Rash, Delaware
J B Ferguson. Bridgeton
Henry Shannon, Delaware
Dr J w Blackfan, N Jersey
Stacy Brown Penua
E J Mowry. Penna .
W E Beck St son, Delaware
H S Drake, Stroudsburg
C Dealing, Minnesota
'i hos Simpson. Delaware
Lieut J W Burnett, Penna
t street, above Sixth.
J R Smith, Tyroue.Pa ’
John Melnhart.Tyrone, Pa
G R Ettinger, Tyrone, Pa
T J Burnett, Harrisburg
R Deakers, Pittsburg
J E Paige. Washington:
Lieut Evans, Ohio .
W R Hunter. Pennsylvania
LR Davis, Delaware
U J Jones lUrrlsburg
W B Ciaig, New Bloomfield
E A Yarneil, Chester co
„reet, above Cbesimit.
Bainl H Wilson, Oxford. Pa
A J Russell, Pen*i* .
D C Way. Port Deposit ~«4
Amos D Sallowell, Md
R H Miller, Karens Hook
J McCllntock, Perry co Pa
YAW Hod^ins,Oxford.Pa
Morton Pennntik, Chester eo
H C Lacy. n S A • _ .
Went M Y Ilaiteok. PSA
Mi-s Halleck K I .
11,9 vl Vreston.ChMtar »
I E BroMrtl.CoatesylUa
J KliroMeU.Coata.viUe
S P DmUoS'.o»> Delaware
Black Bear-%2jftlrdSi
W Horner, Pennebnrg'
Henry Diehl, Churchtown
Daniel Carr,Danville
H 8 Cressman, Seliersvllle]
Obaa Finney, Hartsvil/e |
John S Cornell, Fe&sterv’le
Jas Tomlinson, Byborry I
Cbaa Harper* dau*htar,Pa
i ewis stem, Butler, Penna|
Gto W Borer, Foi Chase
John D Scattergood, Penna
Aaron Slack. Penna
Geo W Trexler. Penna
Solomon Stoener, Penna
Southampton
Alfred Bonds,Son’hampton
John Gerhard, Lebanon
>t, Blrote CaUowhiUt
Benj D houz t Harford
frank Hoads* SoHthamptou
Adam Weidenh&nnfter. P*
AR K'irfglu, FdaeterrUt*
W BnckmSD, Feastervilla
A C Vanartodalen. Fees’VUs
I Woodruff, fifri/ord, Dfeli
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P D Richards, Backs cd
Geo Deemer, Backs 20
Geo Brnosi, Backs c<y
M. Tranger, Keatasrsill^
D Zeig’en/ooa, ljucks c%- Pat
Barley Sheaf-Secom
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J HLeedom, Illinois
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B Gillingham, onckinghana-
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Barclay Wtldinan.Attieboro
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Wm M’Dnwell. Wrightstwn
H Ziegenfuss, Doyles town
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Thoa Walton, Bucks co
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rd street, aWe Saw/
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Jas Fleming, New Jersey
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J M Snalebaker, N Jersey
Jas Walker, Peni aylvania.
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C B Koeera, Harrisburg
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G Souter. Penn&J
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