THE CITY.
Tlie Thermometer.
DECEMBER 21,1802, | DECEMBER 21,1863,
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Arrival'of War Vessels.— The gun
boat James Adger, Captain Patterson, arrived at
thl? port yesterday morning, from the blockading
squadron off Wilmington, N. 0., where she'has
been doing active service for over a year. This ves
sel has succeeded in capturing quite a number of
prizes, come of which contained valuable cargoes.
She is a side-wheel steamer, and oarries ten broad
side, and two Parrott guns on deok, and is a tolera
bly fast sailer. On aocount of her long term of ser
vice she was ordered to this port for repairs, and
also to give the officers and men a short respite
from their arduous duties. There was nothing of
importance going on when the Adger left. At times
the blockade'runners would succeed in passing our
vessels unpeiceived. . This daring practice 1b carried
on early in the morning, and also late In the eve
ning.
The United States supply steamer Bermuda also
arrived at a late hour on Sunday evening. This
vessel is from the Western Gulf Blockading
Squadron, and while on the way up stopped at Port
Royal and Fortress Monroe. She left the lat
ter place on Saturday night. She brings a few
passengers, and also a number of captured rebels.
Everything was quiet at Port Royal when the Ber
muda left, and nothing of account was reported there
from Chaileaton harbor.
The Bermuda left this port on the 6th of Novem*
ber last with stores. &0., for the Western Gulf
Squadron, and “on the 14th of November, in the
afternoon, left Pensacola for Mobile, and while in
side the bay, sighted three schooners, apparently
fc&tißd fae PansAßaU; but seeing in. shifted theft
fidtifit.- \V& fleered immediately for the ne&reit,
fired at her, which made her come to, when the
proved to be the Venice, or New (Orleans; found her
papers all risht and let her proceed. The second
schooner, filing the American flag, was running
from the Bermuda, with a little sloop in tow,
which ci e&ted suspicion that there wab foul play on
board, and she looked as if she had been captured
by pirates. Oapt. Smith gave chase for her, and
fired live times at her before she would oome to, she
befr g a fast sailer, which tested the old Bermuda’s
speed, Coming close up to ber she was hailed, and
proved to be the Mary Campbell, of New Orleans,
bound for Pensacola, for coal, .on Government ac
count. Sent an officer in charge of a boat to board
her, when he found five rebels on board the schoon
er, who had taken her. They were sent on board ;
they acknowledged their being privateers, and were
put in single irons as confinement. The lender of
the gang stated that he had received orders from
Captain J. Duke, a notorious pirate, who had been
paroled twice before, to capture the schooner, and,
if loaded with Government stores, to run her into
Mobile :if rot, to plunder and destroy her; also that
the third schooner, seen by the Bermuda close in
shore, was taken by Captain J. Duke himself
previously, and she was bound up the river
to escape the Yankee man-of-war. Before taking
the Mary Campbell, the pirates had thrown
their Hag overboard, which wab picked up by
one of our sailors in the boat, and displayed in
the breeze to the eager spectators on board the rescu
ing transport. The captain of the schooner then
stated how it was that his vessel was taken, and
then thanked Capt. Smith of the Bermuda for his
timely help, because one hour later the pirates
would have escaped on account of darkness coming
on. i
s The Bermuda will take in another cargo of stores,
Ac., and also a mail, and sail again in a week or.
two. ...
The following is a list of her officers:
Acting Vol. Lieut. J. W. Smith, commanding.
J. H. Lee, acting master and ex-officer.
J. M. Richards, acting ensign.
E. R. Warren, acting ensign and sailing master.
H. O. Raymond, acting ensign.
J. B. Ackley, assistant surgeon.
T. McCawley Brower, acting assistant paymaster.
P. Brewster, acting first assistant engineer and
chief. ‘
H. L. Dunbar, acting master’s mate.
Horace Brookß, acting master’s mate.
E. Daly, Acting master’s mate.
W. G. Smith, mail agent.
J. Cadlicg, acting second assistant engineer.
W. Braidwood, acting second assistant engineer,
Thos. Lloyd, acting third assistant engineer.
J, M. King, acting third assistant engineer.
D. Moirisfacting third assistant engineer.
Captain’B Clerk—Robert Priest.
Paymaster’s Clerks—P. S. Bird and H. B. Taylor.
Board of School Controllers. —A
stated meeting of this Board was held yesterday
afternoon.
The Committee on Accounts reported bllla amount
ing'to $16,953 02, which were ordered to be paid.
The Committee on Supplies submitted a report in
reference to the delivery of coal in the First and
Fourth sections. The report charges gross careless
ness on the part of the weigher of the coal. Messrs.
Wright ft Eyre, who had the contract for furnishing
the coal, are exonerated from all blame, and Bald
to have been guided by* “ the highest principles of
commercial honor,” A resolution was attached au
tLorixing ike eearets-ry io draw & waTcsai for ike
-whole Amount required to he delivered in "those sec
tions.
Mr. Fagan reiterated the statement made at the
last meeting of the Board, that the amount of coal
„ furnished to the Fourth section was 23 tons short of
that contracted for. He did not wish to impugn the
character of Messrs. Wright & Eyre, but-the fact
should be stated that there was not the full amount
of coal furnished.
An amendment was offered that the warrants of
Wrlgbt&Eyre be drawn by the secretary, deduct
ing fronktbe bill 23 tons, or $169 os.
Mr. SSbippen favored the amendment, and Baid
that an example should be made of those contractors
who did not faithfully execute the terms of their
contract. Coal had been furnished in his (Mr.
Shippen's) section, which was so full of dirt and
trasn that it could scarcely command 60 cents per
ton. If Messrs. Wright & Eyre feel, themselves
aggrieved, let them go into a court of justice. The
frauds against the department had been shameful
in years pa*t, and it is high time they should be
stopped.
Mr. Green thought likewise. If this bill should
be passed it might be charged that the Controllers
had closed their eyes to a manifest wrong.
The amendment was agreed to—l 6 yeas andB nays,
and the original resolution aB amended was passed.
The report likewise reported that it was inexpedi
ent to release Miller & Bros, from their contract.
The report was adopted,
The Committee on Text Books submitted a report
With the following resolutions attached:
Resolved, That the Board approve the system of
object teaching, and hereby authorize its introduc
tion Into the-Primary schools of the "city.
Resolved, That Wllleon’s series of School and Fa
mily Charts, in aid of Object Teaching, be introduced
into the schools of tbe oity.
Resolved, That the Board approve and hereby au
thorize the introduction of Gymnastics into the
schools of the city, subject to the approval of the
sectional boards.
Resolved, That Grobe’s ” Concordia” be introduced
into the schools of the city, as nearly every sohool
possesses a piano and no music book.
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to introduce Kerl’a
Elementary Grammar.
i Resolved, That Brook’s Mental Arithmetic, Pri
mary Arithmetic, a Key, be introduced into the
schools of the city.
The report of the committee was laid over for a
month, under the rules.
The Committee on Boys’ High Sohool submitted
a resolution requesting Councils to insert $136 in
the annual appropriation, to pay for new desks in
the room of the Professor of Drawing. Agreed to.
The Committee on Estimates reported that they
had graduated- tfa* salaries of the teachers of the
‘public spools. The aggregate of the increase is
0«r,«76, and it is believed that the distribution of
the above amount will be satisfactory to all employ
ed under the Board. The total average increase is
36 per cent, on salaries formerly received# The re
liprt wrb Rfloptefl. MKnirntfli
The Yetehan T went y-ninth. — A tele
graphic despatch was received yesterday that the
29th Regiment P. V. were detained at Jeffersonville
and would not arrive in Philadelphia before Wed
nesday at about eleven o’clock. Hurried arrange
ments are befog made to give the gallant boys who
fought above the clouds ” a grand reception. They
are entitled to something extra. "
Chief Lyle yesterday ordered all the ambulances
of the Fire Department to be held in readiness for
any of the regiment wounded, sick, or dead.
To make the display imposing and entirely credi
table, delegations of the various fire companies
might fall into line.
The National Circus Troupe, with their ten-horse
chariot and full band, have signified a willingness to
participate in doing honor to a veteran regiment,
every one of which is a hero—brave, patriotic, and
Teady to renew their test of fidelity to the Union and
its.cause.
The 29th Regiment contains a number of Phila
delphians j youDg men who spruogto arms early in
the rebellion, who have never faltered in any battle,
and who deserve well of their country. There ought
to be a grand civic as well as military ovation. The
Union League should be out in full strength. So
cieties, if possible, of various kinds ought to parti
cipate', the constituted authorities of the oity should
join in, the State-House hell should be rung, and
when the last ssd tribute of reepeot is to be paid to
the fallen heroes their remains ought to remain at
least twenty-four hours in Independence Hall.
The Cooper-Shop Volunteer Hefre«hment Com
mittee, in conjunction with the managers of the
Soldiers’ Home, will prepare a collation for the re
turning braveß, at the new home to be inaugurated
this morning, at corner of Grown and Race streets,
Tee Junction Railroad Again.—An
adjourned" meeting of the Board of Surveyswa* held
yesterday mornirg, for the purpose of considering
the plans of the connecting railroad, a part' of the
Junction road. The committee to whom had been
refereed the place and regulations of the road sub
mitted* report upon the subject. The report says
that it is a practical impossibility to looate a rail
road across the northern part of our city, having
gradients of .06 per hundred hs a minimum north-,
ward, and 0 .81 per hundred southward, as fixed by
the connecting railroad, and conform the same to
the regulatioi s: of the city. The following reiolu
tion was attached to the report:
That it is not practicable to conform the
grades of the connecting railroad, as submitted to
this Board, to the general plan ana regulation of the
city, as now established.
An amendment “that the plans, as submitted by
the Connecting Railroad Company, be not ap
proved,” was agreed to, and the resolution, as
amended, passed. •
New grades will therefore have to be, selected by
the railroad company, as the Board can not accept
of gTadcß which do not conform with the city grades.
New plans will doubtless be at once submitted by
the railroad company;
Military Funeral.—The funeral of the
gallant Captain Walter s. Newhnll will take place,.
at 11 o’clock thla morning, from hla father’s resi
dence, M&nkeim street, Germantown. At the time
of bis death, he was on his wav to General Pleason
ton’s headquarters to visit his brother, Oaptala
Fred. Newhal), prior, to a trip North. While at
tempting to cross a deep dltoh or run, near Itappa
hannook station, his horse stuck fast, and, as he
Was attemnting to get off, rolled over on him, and
held him down till he was drowned. He was at
tended b; an orderly, who was, however, unable to
render him the necessary aid in time to save him.
Hls body was immediately taken up to the head
quarters of General Gregg, near Bealeton, and every
effort was made to restore him, but without avail.
Captain Newhnll was an excellent oitizen, as well
as a military gentleman. Strong, robust, active,
he was reputed to be the best crisketer in the
United States. He was the one that made the
match with the. eleven of aU England, and played
and won a game in Canada. He was in all re
epeots a perfeot gentleman, a true patriot, and a
brave soldier. .
Recruits Mustered In. —The number
Of recruits mustered Into the United States service
for the week ending December 19, was :
Mustered in by United States mustering officer,
for old regiments, 44 men; new regiments, 7 mem;
colored regiments, 84 men: enlisted and mustered in
by provost marshals, for oldreglments, 41 men ; to
tal, 176. 1 i .
The above were credited as follows: Pennsylvania
— lst district, 2 ; 2d, 1 : 3d, 6; 4th, 2. „ New Jewey—
lrt 'district, 9; 2d, 1. Philadelphia—lst ward, 1, ; sth
4; 6th, 3 ; Bth, 1; 9th, 1: llth, 3; 12tb, 1; 13th,2; Uth,
1 ; 16th, l; 19th, 2; 24th, 18 ; 25th, 1. New Jersey—
Cumberland county, 8; Salem county, 38; Camden,
S; Burlington, 3; Monmouth, 6 ; Gloucester, 7;
-Warren, 3. Scranton county, Pennsylvania, 2; Eaa
tonl 1; South Easton, 3 ; Bushkill ward, Easton,
3; Lehigh ward, Easton, 3; Norristown, 25. Total,
176. ■ . . • "
Contracts Awarded. The following
eontraets were awarded yestenlay at the Army
Clothing and Equipage office:
Samuel B. Fry, Philadelphia, 100,000 yards X blue
flannel, at 78“Jcents, army standard.
A. T. Lane, Philadelphia, 75,000 yards X blue flan
nel, at 83. cents; army standard.
Joldph F. Page, Philadelphia, 10,000 yards X blue
flannel, at 83 cents, army standard.
Stone, Bliss, & Go., New York, 15,000 yards %
blue flannel, at SO cents, sample.
Joslah Oolby, New York, 10,000 yarda X blue flan
nel, at 74 cents, sample.
Joslah Colby, New ; York. 60.000 ysrdi X blue flan
nel, at 84 cents, army standard;
Opened.—The Northern Soup House, 1
Fourth above Brown street, was opened yesterday
tat the giving out of toup to the pooler olaiies.
Life Insurance— We invite attention to
the following card of Thomaa Hull, Em., of thla
city, attorney for the' eatate of George 0. Smith,
Erq., late of Yorktown, Carbon oounty, Pa., who
was ao inhumanly murdered a few weeka aince in
hia own house by the rlofera:
Mb. Editor ; It givea me great pleaaure to ao
knowledge the hand.ome and liberal manner In
which the Manhattan litre Insurance Company, or
New York, have paid, through their agent in thia
city, James B. Carr, No. 418 Walnut atreet, the po
lioy of $5,000 on the life of Geo. K. Smith, who waa
recently murdered In Carbon county. The company
have anticipated Its payment, without deducting the
interest they were entitled to for nettling the claim
before it matured under the polioy.
Your., respectfully, THOS. HULL, ,
Attorney for Mrs. S. F. Smith, widow of Gr. K.
Smith, deceased.
Naval.— I The gunboat “Kansas" was
hauled out In the stream yocterday where she now
lies at anchor. The Atlanta will have her gunc
placed on board today..,.-Her offloera have all been
appointed. The Juniata will be thoroughly over
hauled. The vessel has been an eyesore to the Go
vernment ever since die wee; built. It will be re
collected that thi. same veaseftmade three or four
uniuccenaful attempts to leave thia port, hut Anally
got oft; and now before a year hardly haa elapsed,
in back again.
St. Joseph's Church.— On Christmas
morning Profeaaor Newland, of the choir attached
to St. Joseph’s Church, will produce his second
Grand Mass with unusual attractions. The choir
will be under the direction of Dr. Meignen, and an
original Te Down, composed, twenty-five years ago,
by Professor N. , will precede the Mass. The musi
cal performance will add no little to the impressive
ness ofthe Christmas service.
fuRKUh qf Dr, May--The funeral of
Revi Dr* May took place yesterday afternoon, from
the Uhurph <?f the Epiphany, There w** a very
large attendance ofthe friends of the deceased at the
requiem service. The ceremonies were performed
by Right Rev. Bishop Potter, assisted by Rev. Dr.
Dorr. Appropriate addressee were delivered by
Bishops Potter and Meade, and Rev. Stephen H.
Tyng, of New York.
Dangerous- Place.— The place where
Mr. B. McCormick met with an accident ao stated
in The Press yesterday, is very dangerous. The
bridge is twenty feet above the level of Twenty
fourth street, and Chestnut street lias been filled up
to that height, but Twenty.fourth street has been
left open, and persons or vehicles going over Chest
nut street at night Are liable to fall into the chasm.
.The place is exceedingly dangerous, and a fence or
other protection should beput up at onoe.
Mediator Church Fair.—The ladies of
the Church of the Mediator are holding a Fair in
the Assembly Buildings, Tenth and Chestnut streets.
The object is to prooure an organ for the church. It
has been a decided success, but it must necessarily
close on Wenneadsy night. Those desiring articles
for Christmas or New Year’s presents will jlad a
choice collection at regular trade prices.
The City Treasury.—The receipts at
the office of the City Treasurer amounted to $65,-
674,74, of which $1,796 13 Was received from the Law
Department, and $63,878 61 for the taxes of ’63 The
sum of $988.11 was received from trust funds, and
the payments on account of trusts, $4,668 61. The
payments otherwise amounted to $10,124.71.
Supposed Foul Play.—William Crow,
a bo.atman, belonging to Bristol, Pa , was taken to
the Seventh district police station house, late on
Sunday night. He was found with his head terribly
gashed,-on the sidewalk, near Callowhill-street
wharf. He said he had been beaten, but oould give
no particulars, • , • r
Vessels at the Break-water.—A'num
ber of vessels are now at the Breakwater, driven in '
by the recent bad weather. One of them is the
schooner Montague which left Baltimore for Fall
river, and struck on the Hen and Chickens oft Cape
Henlopen, causing her to spring aleak. She will
be sent to this oity for ,
Still on Fire. —Tlie coal oil fire on _
Delaware avenue, burnt up furiously at 4 o’clock
yesterday morning, and got beyond the power ofthe
fire companies stationed there by order of Chief
Lyle. An alarm wab Bounded and half the depart
ment put into motion.
Supposed Suicide.—A man about thirty
five years of age, deliberately undressed himself, on
Sunday evening, and plunged into the Delaware,
near Poplar-street wharf, and was drowned. His
bod; was recovered. He wore a blue blouße, gray
veßt, and felt hat.
Death of an Estimable Citizen.—We
feel pained to record the death of Lewis Wain, Esq.,
at his late residence, Tenth street, below Walnut,
yesterday morning. He was a member of the well
known firm of wain, Leamiog, fit Co., and was
highly respected as a gentleman of honor and in
tegrity.
AKJI'Y HOSPITAL HEPOH'D.—TEe follow
ing represents tne aggregate of tne weekly report of
tie army hospital# for the week ending December
19, 1863: Admitted, 99; discharged, S 5; returned to
duty, 108; deaths, 4; remaining, 6.496.
Death of a Soldieb. The following
death was reported at the Medical Director’s office
yesterday, from the Convalescent Hospital, Sixth
and Filbert streets: C. Graff, private, Company B,
17th Missouri Kegiment.
’ Hotel and Tavebn Keepebs’ Meet
ikq.—A general meeting of the tavern and hotel
keepers, on business of importance, will be held at
Sansom-Btreet Hall, at two o’clock this afternoon.
A Litelt Scene.— One thousand live
turkeys were penned up at the Avenue Drove Yard
yesterday. They were sold at rates ranging from
fifty cents to one dollar per head.
T JEL E POL lOE.
[Before-Mr. Alderman Beitler.l
Camden and Amboy J 3 ailroail—Heavy Rob
/berics—Arrests of Parties,
Thcmas Biggins, living on Front etzeet. below Mead
alley, anil Bridget Nevins, residing on Harriot's lane,
below Fourth street, were arraigned at ths Central Sta
tion yesterday afternoon on the charge of receiving
goods stolen from the Camten and Amboy Railroad:
Company. A series of robberies have been .perpetrated
ror a. long tune, while the goods were iii transit, and as
all this wa3 at the risk of the company, the amount of
the property stolen had to be made up. Some idea miy
he made of the immense magnitude of these nefarious
operations, when we state that within the last year the
company have had to pav the sum of twenty-six thou*
sand dollars for missing property. It wasonlyafew
nights since that a bill for five hundred dollars was pre
sented for goods lost between New Fork and Philadel
phia
Mr. William H Gatzmer. whose good name is familiar
to the railroad world and the rest of mankind, was sadly
perplexed, but acting with iudiclous caution, he has,
through a‘system or well-arranged detscive business,
in which he was assisted by Mr Joseph Somers, of the
City Detective Department, and Mr. George Hart, of the
Eleventh-ward Police, succeeded in catching the thieve 3
and rccoveringa considerable quantity of goods. .Mr.
Somers took the matter in hand about six weeks since,
; and finally came to the conclusion that the robbery or
robberies were perpetrated on the river Delaware, 'fhe
following Incidents happened which, perhaps, gave a
clue to the perpetrators:
The ferry boat which plies between Walnut-street
wharf and Camden, and Washington-avenue wharf, ar
rived one tight, not long since : A man employed to.
tranship the goods observed a long box marked, “light
goods.” On feeling the weight of-it he simply remarked:
“That box is marked light goods, but me if I
don’t think its mighty light.”
TIPs box was set aside, and subsequently examined.
Itwas found filled with empty paper boxes. Eachof
these boxes, thirty-six in number, contained a soft felt
hat, fine quality, when they were first shipped. The
pssfelpg-bs’s bud been opened between Camden and
j ill© kate kyTbiVTVtf
yet unknown. r .
Mr. George Hart, whose powers of endurance are very
remaikable, was finally brought into requisition. He
pecreied himself at times on board the ferry boat New
York, and watched the operations of. the men. Every
one of the crew on board the boat, excepting the pilot
and the captain, was ascertained to be a thief. On one
occasion Mr. Hart was tn a crawpad. position, in his
place of concealment, for the space of ten hours, without
anything to tat or] drink. He had a fine view of the
thieving operations. The crew had a small “jimmy”
and other burglarious implements, and they Beemed
vrry expert in using them. It was on'y the work of a*
moment to crack open a box. The contents were placed
below decks, the box thrown into the fireroom, and
tberecommitted to the furnace,where it was speedily re
duced to ashes. Thus all traces of marks on the box were
lost forever. On-one occasion a basket of champagne
wine was broken open, the .bottles were placed below
dicks, the basket and straw thrown into the fu?nace
room, and'it was speedily made to contribute in raising
(team.
The crew, in cracking the bottleß, seem to relish the
wine with peculiar gusto. All this merrlmentjtook place
in full view of the secreted officer, who solemnly says
that he never felt eo dry in his life as he did at this time.
On another occasion, the crew emptied an entire bale of
wool. The fleece was taken out the end, placed into cof
fee bags that had been stolen, then piled away below
deck, out of Bight, and removed whenever a favorable
opportunity should offer. To stow away a bag of coffee,
box of tea, or any other handy ariicle, was simply the
work of a moment. Thus the busy thieves purloined
articles that afterwards cost the Company by whom they
were employed many thousands of dollars, and besides
this interrupting, business and annoying responsible
men.
! it is scarcely worth while'to enumerate the articles
that have been recovered. The thieves stole everything
they could lay their hands upon. The enumeration of
the arttcleß occupy a number of closely-written pages of
foolscap. /Army blankets, white blankets, made-up
clothing, drawers,bats, scarfs, preserves, jellie?,pickles,
liquor, wine, gloves, boots, shoes, and hundreds of ;
ofccer things, were taken by the crew, mean enough to*
rob their employers. , Mr. Hart reported ail he h'adseen,
and the evidence being-thus surer three of the crew were
arretted on Thursday last. One or two, we bel’eve,
made their escape. This trio were committed. Siace
'•bat time Ihe two receivers weie arrested. Thomas Hig
gins drives an express wagon. He is-a brother-in-law
to one of tbe crew. Some of thb stolen goods were traced
to hie house. The place was searched, and it was made
to yield an assortment of goods sufficient in quantity to
stock a clever-sized store. . •
The Camd en and Amboy Company, and indeed we may
say other companies,, have Buttered to a verv great ex
tern by such’villainous transactions. Articles of mer
chandise have befn thrown from the cars at given
points, and carried away by accomplices. Thi3 system
of robbery was carried on for a considerable Jecgth of
time, notwithstanding the vigilance of conauctors and
others especially employed to watch. It was finally
broken the accidental- arrest of one or two of the
parties by Justice Strafford, of New Jersey.
Two chests of assorted goods were removed a few
nights since, to the house of Bridget Nevins. Theoffl*
cersproceededtothisplace and recovered them. Thomas
and Bridget were'committed in default of SUSOO bail
each to answer at the next term of the court the charge
of receiving stolen goods. The three individuals al
leged-to be the principals in the robberies will have a
final hearing on Thursday. -
. . This cate opens to the eyes of the public a series of
robberies that h»ve been committed for years. The same
system mav be carried -on in other companies, and in
almost any part of the country. We hear occasionally
of goods mysteriously disappearing from steamboats,
railroad depots, and other places, stations, &c. The de
velopments of the above affair certainly should pat aLI
railroad and steamboat, companies on their guard in all
parts of the United States.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
United States District Court—Judge Cad
vvalader.
SENTENCE OF A LETTER”CARRIER FOR STEALING LETTERS.
Samuel Young, who pleaded guilty some days ago on
three bills of indictment, charging him with stealing let
ter?, was eentecced on Baturday, by Judge Cadwaladar,
to an imprisonment of ten years and three months in the
Eastern Penitentiary.
Supreme Court at Wist Friu* Justice
Strong
ACTION AOATNBT THE PRCONP AND THIRD-STREETS PAS-
BBNGBR RAILWAY COMPANY.
Jtseph Powers, by his father and next friend, James
Powers, vs. The Second and Third-streets Passenger
Railway Co. This wss an action to recover damages for
injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the al
lf ged negligence of the defendart From the evidence.
St appeared that the plaintiff,« n the 19. h of August last,
took passage in one of the cars of the company on his:
way homo from his work at the navy y ard. When the
car reached Oxford and 1 America streets, where the tracks 1
cress e&cli other, the 6 30 train from the North Penney!
Yania Railroad di-pot was heard approaching. The
driver of the car, instead of stopping, endeavored to crons
in front oflthe train, and when on the crossing, thecow*
catcher of the locomotive caught and overturned the car,:
throwing it on one side The plait tiff. was picked
up insensible and carried to his: home,' where it
was found that he bad received severe injury. He
;was confined to the house f»r : tome three or four
weeks, iaud has never since beau able to resume his
work. : The family phyuiciau testified that,th'e A ,inju- 4
ties appear to bsin tlieneighborhood of ttespies, and
are of such a character as to incapacitate him from the
further: pursuit of bis employment at the present, and
probably forever, . The plaintiff was engaged ;*fc'l. P.
.Morris k Co. *e, as an apprentice, and has hot served-hia ,
tune out. Several others of the passengers inthecar '
were badly injured.onelady having lost her arm by the
accident. The witnesses lor the ulaintiff. most of whom
were passengers on the car, testified that they heard the
rinving of the locomotive bell at some distance from the
crcssiDs.and that the driver bad plenty of time to Btop
his .car before the accident occurred. Others testified
that they heard no bell rinaing.- It was- also in evidence
that the driver was a green hand, and appeared to be
entirely incompetent to attend to the management
of the horses; ihat he stated be wasa green hand,- and
that was bis first day. The engineer of the North Penna
train testified that the-grade of. America street, from‘Jef
ferson to Oxford, isadown grade, and the train,when the
passenger car was. first discovered, was three-fonrths of
tbeway ddwn the street toward Oxford. The driver, he
observed,‘had held up the horses, and the witness think
ing the edif would stop, as all others do, paid no farther
attention to it until the fireman told him that he was at
tempting (to. cross the track a, head .of .the train*
The witness immediately reversed the engine and whis
tled down the brakes; hat it; was too late, and the car
wibstruck, with the result already; detailed.. The de
fence set up was that the a ccident was occasioned by the
negligence of the Not th/''Pennsylvania'••Railroad Compa
ny; that the 6.30 train was being driven along at ant m
jju><lsrate speed for the locality,.and that the acqldeat
was unavoidable by any prudence on the part ofthe de
fendsnts. It was alleged that the train was going at the
rate of fifteen miles an hoar, and that no warning was
given of its approach, no flag-man or elgoal-man being
stationed at the crossing. The conductor of the car,testi
fied that when he first saw the engine it was only about
one-fourth ofthe way from Jefferson atreet, (the atreet
below Oxford.) and he deemed he had plenty of time to
clear It, and would have done so but for the high me of
speed of the train. Thecaßeis on trial, the. defence not
having concluded their testimony at the adjournment of
the court yesterday afternoon. F. c. Brewster, Esq.,
for plaintiffs: Geo. W. Thorn. Esq., for defendants.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia. Dec. 21, 1863.
Gold was a little weak at one time-to-day, in consa •
queued of favorable ..rumors from Knoxville, and de
clined to 152 ft. The feeling did hot last long, for the
market stiffened up and was active at the former prices,
152ft®162ft. The money market presents an easier aspect,
and the principal operations arc' made at 6 per cent.
Government securities remain firm and unchanged In
prices. .
The stock market was dull, without much change in
prices. The rear is drawing to a close, and many desire
to settle up their books, and see the-newyeariuwith
a clear page. There is not much, disposition to invest at
pressnt. Beading'declined to66ft; Catawisaa Preferred
closed at 32ft; Camden and Amboy sold at 165; Pennsylva
nia at 70? Little -Schuylkilllat 62; North Pennsylvania
fell off to 25ft; Lehigh Valley sold at 100;S9ft was bid
for Long lOand;36 for Elmira; 30ft for Philadelphia aud
.Erie; RaceandViue was in demand and rose to 19ft: Spruce
and Pine declined ft; Second and Third soldatB4ft; 21 was
bid for Ridge avenue; 16 for Lombard and South; 45 Lr
Green and Coates; 107 for Seven-thirty Treasury notes;
ICB for 18SI sixes. City and State loans were steady.
Hmlri sevens were sold kt 108 Mi Gifttddh find AffibOYi
1989, at 106 • 1870 b ill IDS* Union Canal bums rose to zrfti
Susquehanna sold at ; 63ft; 85 bid for 1832 s Sctmylbill
Navigation sixes; Pennsylvania and Reading mortgages
steady; Schuylkill Navigation preferred sold at 83ft,
17ft bid for the common; Wyoming Valley sold at 75;
Penn Mining rose to 7; Big Mountain to sft; Commer
cial Bank told at 53ft; Corn Exohange at 37. The mar
ket closed steady.
JDrexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds. 1881 Io9ft©llo
4 4 4 4 New Certificates of Indebt'sß... 98ft© 98ft
*' “ Old Certificates of Indebt’6B 102ft@102ft
“ . **• 7-30 N0te5...... ....lC6ft©Lo7ft
Quartermasters’ Vouchers.. 97ft @ 96ft
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ft@ft d»
Gold.. * 152 ©ls2ft
Sterling Exchange. .............. -- • • ..... .16Gft @l67ft
Messrs. M. Schulze & Co., No. 16 South Third Btreet,
quote foreign exchange for the steamer Canada, from
.Boston, as follows:
London; 60 days’ sight, *^.l66ft®l66ft
Do. 3 days. ■» • 168 ft.
Paris.6o days' sight.«a«»,3f4o ®3f42ft
Antwerp, 60 days’sight ••*•3140 © ....
Bremen,6o days’ sight 120 ©l2lft
Hamburg, 60 days’sight 4,44
Cologne. 60days’ 5ight.......... ..*.....111 © ....
Leipsic.6odays’ 5ight....... ..11l © ••••
Berlin. 60 days’ 5ight......................*..-111 © ••••
Amsterdam. 60 days’sight
Frankfort,®) days’ sight.. 62ft® 63ft
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Clearings. Balances.
.$4,825,375 40 ‘ $391,064 76
. 6,009,694 60 330,865 45
.■ 4 846. CO6 1 6 331,216 12
4,924.405.68 369.863 36
■ 4,391,386 37 367,417 31
4,486,835 09 . 325.605 84
$25,453,6- 8 99
The following statement shows the condition of the
Banks of Philadelphia at various times during IS6S
and 1863:
1862. Loans. Specie. Circui. Deposits
January 6........... 31,046,337 0,638,723 2,145,219 21,596,014'
August 4 33,617,900 5,060,187 $026,070 24,663,289
September 1 33,899,351 5,643,160 5,071,855 24,597,69«
October 6............ 34,826,163 5,435,748 5,095,704 25,419,340
November 3 36,534,335 5,458,029 4,889,890 26,935,714
December 1. 36,774,722 5,465,834 4,541,394 26,635^25
January 6,1883 37,679,675 4,510,750 4,504,115 28,429,189
February 2.. 37,268,894 4,562,580 4,181,503 29,231,753
March 2 37,901,080 4,267,626 3.696,097 30,178,518
April 6.......... 37,616.520 4,339,252 3,374.413 29,531,659
May 4. 36.587,294 4,355.324 2,989,429 30,359,831.
June 1 37,143,937 4,357,021 2,706,953 31,888.763 f
July 6 35,935,811 4,350,745 2.564,658 28.504,544
August 3 34,390,179 4,187,056 2,417,739 30,799,445-
Sept. 5... 35,773,596 4,113,162 2.253,305 30,654,672
•October-5 &8,795,530 4,227,265 2,193.000 32,258.554
November 2.... 39,180,421 4,164,804 2,106 284 31.805,965
Decem’r 7—. 36,414 704 4,166,939 2,106,174 29,374.165
“ 14 £5,798,344 4,167,144 2,096,116 ?8,937,137
“ 21 35,696,114 4q73.206 2,077.921 29,419,486
The '‘Third National Bank,” to baJocated on Market
street, west of Broad, was organized, on Saturday after
noon, by the election of David B. Paul, Jr.,president;
Robert Glendenning for cashier, and George Cookman,
Thomas It. Peterson, William C. Allison, John B. Fer
ree, Adam Waithman, and C. P, Morton, for.directors.
They will commence operations with a capital of $lOO,OOO.
The New York Post of to-day savs:
'Jhe stock market opened steady and dosed with a
drooping tendency,: which was afterwards accelerated
by. sensation rumors. Governments are firm, State
stocks steady, bank shares dull, coal stocks heavy, and
railroad bonds quiet. Bailroad shares are lower from
tbe suspense of buyers, and tbeir incertitude as to
whether the financial operations of the Government will
tend to produce stringency in the money market.
Before tlie first s«sßi»n gold-was selling at ; 152%@152%,
Erie at 107 }[ @107%. Michigan Southern at 83%®S 5%,
Heading at 114®114%. -Illinois Central ai 116% @117%,
Bock Island at 116%®11G%, Fort Wayne ; at S3%@B3?*,
Cumberland at 44@44%. New York Oentral at 133%© 133%,
Pittsburg Prairie dn Chien at 57®57%,
North Western 4S@4S%, Michigan Central at 121@i21%,
Galena at 107®ir8.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements of
the market compared -with the latest prices of Satur
day : .
Mon. Sat.
XT. a. 6«, iSSI. coa. . .303=-; - lOo>i ■ =K
n.fi. 89y8B-tUrtU..-..1«i« y '
TT. S. lyreer.i EOld4»«ilo2M 102 %
TJ. 8. 1 yr, cut...-..-.**-.. 98% 98%
American Gold.-~162% 152 , %
Tennessee 6s. 59 fi9 .. '
Missouri 65.66 68 ..
Pacific Mail.***... , .213 215-
New YoikCen R«......183% 133%
Erie-.~...«...™~~*.107% -.107% %
Erie Preferred*-.-......102% 102%
Hudson River.: -126% 125% ' % . .
Harlem ............. 89% 90
Reading **«... ~..114 114%
Michigan Central..**...l2l 121% }
Michigan 83% -83% %
Michigan South, guar.. 13*% 134 .. 2%
Illinois Cen. Scrip.-... 117 137% .. H
PittsbuTg.... ...107%- M(-7% %
Ga1ena................. .107% 107%
T01ed0............. 116% . 117% . .. %
Rock'lsland 118% 116% %
Fort Wayne.- ........ 83 : 83% .. %
After tbe first call tbe market was depressed by the
rumors from Charleston. New 1 ork Ceutral closed at
133%, Erie at 107%©;07%, Hadsou River at 125@125%,
Harlem at 69@90, Reading at 113%@1 14, Michigan. Can
tral atl2o@l2u%, Michigan,Southern at 53%@83%. Illi
nois Central at H7®117%, Pittsburg at 103% @lO7, Toledo
&t116%@116%, Roc. island at 116@117, Northwestern, at
Cumberland at 44@44%,'and Quicksilver at 61©
Phlltda. Stock Szcli
[Reported by S. £. Slaymakb)
Il&SV:]
100 Pena Mining » 6%
00 d 0.... 6*
60 do 6%
100 Heading R.opg&in 67
600 d 0... -....890 67.
6CO do 07
21 Commercial Bank. 58%
100 Big Mouiitain. - -b5 3%
2CO d 0............. . b%
1000 Elmira R 75....b5.105%
19CamitAmR ••••..166.
10 do 1)5 165
lHPennaß ....:26.%
4 do*. ; 26%
BETWEEN
10000 Union Can 6a. b6O. 27%
100 Race A YU e ft t>l6 39%
SECOND
250 Big Mountain...... 6%
100 Penn Mining...... 7
lOOP.ace St "Vine 8.... 19
700 do b3O: 19>f
60 Lehigh Valley3dysloo
1200C57-30TN bIkASOIO7
RON Penna RSOcts af3o 26h
100 do ..... b 6.
' AFTER 1
lOOßace AYine.Sdys- 19>sj
.ICO d 0... 19«
CLOSING PUB
Bid. A»*ed. |
IT SBs ’Bl~-.-.*~,.109 110 I
U 87*30Notes IU7,^
Phils 6a ...ICO ICOM
Do lO4
Penna 99 993 i
Do Conpi«w... ..
Beading K...*.* 56X m
Do bds ..
Do 65’80’43. * v
Dobdl’B6coiiT. *i
Penna 8......... 70 70>4
Do lstm6s ••
Do 2dm6s.lo6>a ••
Little Sehuyl R*. 6Vi 62
Morris C’l 74
Do prfd***-..1f16
Do 6s '76.... .*
Do 2d mtg.* *•
Sehuyl Nav*.... 17K 18
Do prfd...». 83)£ SHJ4
Do 6s ’82.,..-85 8o
Elmira 8,.36 S 8
Do prfd*«-. 53 54
Do 7e '7S»«»«108 109
Do . 10s.
L Island 8.*..- S 9X 40%
Do bds —...
LohlfhNsv..... 09 61
Do serip.... 49 4»X
Do shares.. .*
N Penna 2 6% 2 6%
Do 6s«. ••»••• £6 97
Do 10«—... «
Philadelphia HairkeU«
• December 21—Evening.
m The Flour market is dull, but prices - are without
change; sales comprise about.!,oCo bbis, in lots, at $7.25@.
7.10 for Penna and Western extra family. The retailers
and bakers are .buying in a small way at $5 75©6 CO for
superfine; $6.78®7 for extra;-$7.25@8 for extra family,
and sB*sC@lo bbl for fancy brands, according to quali
ty. Rye Flour is quiet, with small sales at $6 60 bbl.
Corn Meal is rather dull; Penna Is offered at $5.50 $ bbl.
GRAlN.—Wheat is duU at former rates, with sales of
7.CCG bush at from 16f@i64c for fair to prime Western
end Pennsylvania'reds; in store, and 19G@200c for Ken
tucky white, the la-ter for choice. Rye is scarce, and
selling at from 137@140ev*buBh. Corn—There is more
doing; about 9.000 bush new yellow sold at 110 c for
damp, and 113@H5c for prime dry lots, iu store and in
the cars. Oats are v ather quiet; about 3,000 bush Penn
fcylvania'-sold at'Be@B7c, weight. •
BARK.—IstNo. 1 Quercitron is quiet ton.
COTION. —There Is very little doing, and the market
is nu et: small lots of middlings are reported at 82@830
lb cash\ • '• ■
GROCERIES.—In Sugar there is very little doing, but
the market is firm. About 350 bags of Lagu&yra Coffee
sold a t S4Jac lb.
'.PhOVibIONS, —There U very little doing, but prices
are without change. Mess Pork is held firmly at slB®
IS 50 Bacon and green meats are in ate id y
demand; a sale of pickled Hams was made at 11@1U4C
‘Lard is held at 18c lb for new tierce. .
WHISKY is rather firmer, with tales of Pennsylvania
and Western bbls at 88@90c, now held higher, and
drudge at 88c gallon. - . , •
. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain al
this port to-day :
F10ur........ 2,160bb15.
Wheat 6.000 bush*
Corn .........16.600 bush.
Oats ....... »«•••■«•* *.15,300 bush*
Plilladeliilrla Cattle Market.
The arrivals and salos of Beef Cattle are moderate tilts
week, reaching about 2,400 head; the market is dull but
prices are without any material change, f-lst quality
Western and Pennsylvania Steers are eellingatfrom
a few «hoU« Cattlq soli at M do at
THE EKESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1863.
9K@loe, and common at 7@Bc lb, according to duality,
The iw-rket c'oaed and tales were reported at
the close at rather lower prices than the abo re.
Cowa.-rAbont 140 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard
at from $lB up to $-15 head.
Bhrkp pro jn demand, wah sslea of 8, GOO head at from
lb, gross. •
Huns—run market is firm; about 3,600 bead sold at the
diffatfciit yards at from ft7.Sn up to ftfl the 700-lbs, net.
The Cattle bn sale to-day arofrom the following States;
fHt) bead from Pennsylvania.
fSO head from Illinois. " ’V i
BSO head from Ohio.
fer
“l
$2,168,842 85
Adv. Dae.
M
hangs Salsii 8ec.21.
is, Philadelphia Exchange. 1
BOARD.
28 Lehigh scrip 49%
60 do .....s5. 49%
200 City '6a CAP.. 100
1300 abt American G01d.162
6 Schl « pre CsP .. 32%
6000 Cam &Am 6a 1889 mlo6
1000 do 1670 108
1U Wyoming Val .... 75
2 Sacoud & Third R 84%
60 17. i 7 3 10 T N bln. ..107
10000 Union Can6sbsirin 27
3000 do. b 5. 27
50 Lit Schl R b3J. 52%
100 Uatawissaßpr bSO. 32%
BOARDS
100 BaceSVine H2dys. 19%
100 Cotewlssa Rpr b3O. 32%
BOARD.
60 Lit Schl R. 52
100CatawissaBprb30. 32hf
5 Corn Exchange Bk 37
\6oSpruce*Pine.2dys
10 Cam & Am R.3dy5.165
3000 bus Can 6s. . 63%
3:0 do scrip...... 63
4 Fenna B.
SO AR DS.
j lbOEchiN pre. ..2dys. S3X
;l 200 tatawissaßpr b3O. 33>i
[CBS—STEADY.
I A . Bid. Ask# i.
lOatawissaßGon ll
: Do -prfd 32 325^
: Phlla & Erie 8.. 3l
Second-street 8.. 84% 85
Do bonds... ..
Fifchstreet 8.... 60 ..
Do bonds..... ~
Tenth-street 8... ..
Thlrteenth-sta. .. Bi%
Seventeenth-it ß .. 12%
Spruce-street 8.. 13?{ 14
Cnestnut-5t8,... .. ..
WPhila .. 72 *
Do bonds, i.
Arch-street B-... 29 SO
Race-street 8.... 19%
Green-street 8.. 45 46%
Do. bonds... ..
Girard College B 27 ~
Lombard & Southi6
Bidge Avenue B. 21
Beaver Headß*. «.
MlnehiU
Wilmington B. •
Susq Oanal.***.;v
Do
Lehigh Val B*..
Do bds.***..
PUla Gerdt Nor.
Cam&Ambß-..
Delaware Div... ►*
Do bds****.. -
December 21,1863.
P McFlllen, 70 Western Bteers, selling at from o®llc
ib for common to extra
P. Hathaway, 100 Western Steers, Belling at fromB®
%llb for common to extra.
John j\lrwin,62 Western Steers, selling at from BK©
for common to erira.
UUman & Bachman, 71 Chester county Bteers, selling
at from 9@lie for fair to extra.
'Martin AShriner, 60 Western Steers,, selling at from
6J£@ioc for fair to good.
Jontß McClese. 24 Western Steers, selling at from 8®
10c for common to good.
A. M. Fuller & Co.. 120 Western Steers, selling at' from
B®lo>4C for common to extra.
B. C Baldwin, 23 Chester Co. Steers, Belling at from
9® Uc for fair to extra.. -
Mooney & Smith, 190 Ohio Steers, selling at from 0®
ll>£c: for fair to extra. •%»
B. Chain, 45 Western Steers, selling at from 7®oc for
common to fair quality.
W. Relse, 300 Illinois Steers selling at from B)£@llcfor
fair to extra
Cows —Thearrivals, and tales at Phillips’ Avenue
Drove Yard reach about 140 head this week; there isa
fair demand, and prices remain about the same as last
quoted. Springers are Belling tt from $l6@S5, and cow
and calf at fiom $25 up to ft to itv head; old poor cows are
selling at from $l4@lG H head
THE SHEEP MARKET. - -
The arrivals and sales of Sheep at Phillips’’Avenue
Drove Yard are email this week, only reaching about
a.COObead'. The market infirm and prices ratber better,
ranging at from43<c up to lb, grow, as to con
dition. Lamhsareßellingatfromft2.(K:®4?.head.
THE HOG MARKET.
Tlib market In firm, and nrlcea are wall malntalaaii
Siwo iicna sow iu urn union ayoiuio ami Hisinjf sua
I>rove Y*r<ls at from %7.60@9 tlie 100 lbs net.
2,140 bead Bold at Henry Glass’ Union Drove Yard at
from $7 6C@8.75 the ICO lbs net.
1,150 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard at from $S@
9 the LOO lbs net.
350 head sold at Phillips & Math’s Rising Sun Drove
Yard at from sB@9 the 100 tbs nei.
Knv York Marketi, Dec. 31.
Ashes are non,inally unchanged, with sales of 40 bbls
at 88 60 for Pots, and $9 76 for Pearls
Bkeapstuvfs.—'Jhe market for State and Western
Flour Ik t@loc better on shipping grades, with more ac
tivity at the ad vance.
The sales are 15,000 bbls at $6.20@6.35 for superfine
State: $6.6f@6 70 for extra State. $6.76@6F6 for choice
do.; 86.2C@6.40 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa,
&c.; $7.1C@7.65 for extra do . Including shipping brands
of round-boopOhioats7 60®7.65, and trade brands do
ats7.7o®9 60. :
Southern Flour is firmer and in better demand; sales
2 050 bbls at ft7.6J@B 10 for saperfine Baltliiiore, and
88. It®lo 76 for. extra do.
Canadian Flour is firmer and in moderate request;
sales of6oo bbls at ft6.4f@5,55 for common, and 86.63®
9 for good to choice extra. .
Bye Fiour, ia in fair demand, with sales of 250 bbls at
$6.7C@6.75 for the range of fine and superfine
Buckwheat Flour is in good request, and selling at
$3.12>a@3.60. not very choice at ft 4.
. Wi eat is i cent belter, with a moderate inquiry: sales
90,000 bush atsL-46@i 50 for Chicago spiing; ft1.47@1.6l
for Milwaukee Club; $L6O@l 53 for amber Milwaukee:
ftl,BC®l 60 for winter red Western; $1.61 for amber
Michigan, and $lB3 for white Western.
Bye is quiet at $1.25@1.33 for Western and State.
Barley is inactive; sales ofI.OOO bushels Btate ftl3s,
Corn is heavy, and lc lower, with less doing; sald6
01, (XX) bus at ft].2S@l 29 for prime Western mixed, iu
store, ohleily at $1.29. -
Oats are 2 cehts better with an active speculative de
mand at 91@92c for Canada; 92@94c for Western, and
92@9i;}£ for btate.
Provisions.—The Fork market is again higher, with a
fair business; sales 3,0(0 bbls atftlP. 50 for mess, $lB for old
mete, $l6 for new prime, including 1,000 bbls new meis
for February at $22@22 25.
Beef and tierces are quiet and unchanged. Beef Hams
are iteady, with sales of 300 bbls at ft17.50@16 Cut
Meats are quiet, with sales of 50 tes Pork Hams at lie.
Bacon is Inactive but firm: salesJlOO boxes long clear
Lard is active and firmer; sales 3,2C0 bbls and
tes at including 600 for January at 13c, ana sio
fur February at 12&c.
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE.
THOMAS KIMBER,. Jr., )
ISRAEL MORRIS. \ > Committee op thr Month.
JOSEPH O. GRUBB. y
LETTER ‘BAGS
AT THB HBROHANTS’ 3XOHAKGB, PHILADELPHIA -
Ship ToDawanda, Julias Liverpool, Jan 25
Ship Philadelphia (Br), Poole Liverpool, soon
Ship The Craigs, Baker Liverpool, soon
Bark Meaco, Worting*r Rio Janeiro, soon
Bark White Wing. Brooks Laguayra, Dec. 24.
Brig Marie Louise (Swed). Almeida .Havana, soon
MARINS INTELLIGENCE,
PORT? OV PHILADSLFHIA, Dec. 31, 1853
SUN RISES 26 I SDN SETS.,— Si
SIGH WATER.....—........ —..—T2 2G
ARRIVED.
U S supply steamer Bermuda. Lieutenant Smith com
manding. arrived at the Navy Yard this morning, from
the Weetern Gulf Squadron, via Fort Monroe, 19th
instant
U S grnboat James Adger, Parsons, from Fort Monroe
ISth inst. The J. A. comes to this port for repairs, and
Mu Bt 0 passengers and 18 prisoners,
. .“si ftiHsti j? ears Iran SBiMSiTTita
lumber to captain.
Sclir Western Star. Crowell, 7 days from Poifc Royal,
in ballast to Baker & Folsom
Schr of Malta, Love. 3 days from Sound Top, McL
with canned pesc-bea t-» R K Neff
Schr Caroline, DMtz, 8 days from Round Top, Md.wifch
canned peaches to R K Neff.
fcclir Telegraph, Morris, 1 day from Smyrna, Dal, with
grain to James L Bewley & Co.-
SchrEniina, Smith. 1 day from Odessa, Del, with, corn
to James L Bewley.& Go. . ~
t chr James L Heverin, Hollingsworth, l day from Lit
tle Greek Landing, Del, with corn to Jas L Bewley A Co
.Steamer Aiid a, Lenny, 26 hours from New York, to W
P Clyde.
■ , CLEARED*
Bark Zenaa Coffin. Packard, Aepinwall, JE Baxley* Co.
Bark Isaac R Davis, Powers, Pensacola, Workman&Co.
Bark Oak, Ryder, Boston, Twells & Co.
Brig J P- WetheriU, Thompson, Beaufort, D S Stetson
&Co.
BrigSßCrosby, Crosby, Pensacola, E ASouder& Co.
Schr G W Csrpanter Hatch, Boston, E A Souder & Co.
Schr James, Keen, tft Thomas, A E Onterbridge.
■ Schr C M. Neal; Godfrey, Fortress Monroe, Tyler & Co.
Schr Mary Ann, Dunlap, Alexandria, Tyler & Co.
Steamer R Willing, Dade, Baltimore, A Groves, Jr.
Steamer Leader, Callahan, Alexandria, Thos Wehater.
Sttamer Beverly, Pieroe. New York, W P Clyde. -
MEMORANDA.
Ship Tranqnebar, Goodwin, cleared at New Orleans
10th inst for this port.
fchips I F obapman, Miller, and Undaunted, Tay,
from New York fcr Sen Francisco, were -repairing at Rio
Janeiro B.h olt • ’
Steamship Morning Star, Courtenay; at New York 20th
inst, from New Orleans 13th. via Havana I6ih inst.
Passed in the river, hound up, steamships Geo Wash
ington, Karnak, and McClellan; ships Old. Dominion,
Shopii, John’s Albert, and Annetta (Fr); barks Mus
tang, . Tfxnpsst, and Sachem; brig Rival; schr Robert
Caldwell, and several vessels under sail
Steamship Corsica (Bt). LeMsssurler, from. New York
via Nassau, at Havana 14th inst.
Steamship De Molay, Sampson, at New Orleans 10th
inst frcri Bof-ton. , .
Steamship E L Clark. Wilson, cleared at New Oaleans
10th instant, for New York/
Steamship Mimtsippi, Talbot, at New Orleans, 12th
inst. from New York via Havana.
Steamship Wecln, (Br). McCauley, from Liverpool
Dec. 1. and Queenstown 2d. at New York’yesterday'
with 433 steerage passengers. Dac. 12. lat 43, lon 45,'
raseed alarge vessel, bottom up;. ISth,- &_P M, ,off Nan
tucket Lightship, exchanged signals with a steamer
bound B. supposed the Virginia.
Bark M £ Trout, Nickerson, hence at Matanzas sth
inst.
Bark Cordelia, Bryant, for this port, sailed from St.
Jago sth inst. ,
Bark Philena, Davis, from Matanzaa, at Portland, ISth
inst., was reported bound to this port. While going in
to the harbor on Thursday night, in a snow storm, went
ashore in.Simonton’sCove. but came off on Friday morn
ing, with assistance of a steam-tag, without damage. .
Bark John Sbynas. Barriman, from Callao for Ant
werp, remained at Rio Janeiro Bth ult. repairing.
Brig Herald, Davis, hence via Guantanamo, at St Jago
sth ult.
Brig Eleanora (Dan), Grissing, hence via Bahia, at Rio
Janeiro ZSth Oct
Jo** Chrystal r Barngs, hens§ 7fo
Brig Ida M Tommery, .McL’ellan, hence for New 6r
lesns, was passed in the river. ISth iuat., bound up
Brig B M Strong, Strong, hence, at Havana 7th inst.
Brig Ella Reed, Jarman, sailed from Havana 14th in6t
for New York.
Brig Onesipfcorns (Br), Card, hence at Cardenas 11th
in*t.
• Schr RM Demill, Hendrickson, at New York yesterday
from Port Royal.
Ship WS Lindsay- still remains ashore on the West
Bank. The tide ebbs and flows in her, and at low water
Bhe has 16 feet water in her
liEGAfi.
Pf THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPH 1 A.
SAMUEL LLOYD et al. vs. JOSEPH HERBERT,- &c.
. Al. Lev. Fa. June T., 18R3 No. 652.'
SAME vs SAME,
Al. Lev Fa.
June T., 1863, No. 6&3.
The Auditor appointed by the Court to distribute the
funds in Court severally arising from the sales In the
above cases of
No. 1. All that certain three-story building, two-story
back buildings, and lot or piece of ground thereunto be
longing, situate on the south side ot HAMILTON Street,
in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia;
beginning at the distance of one hundred and ninety-six
feet eastward from the east side of Thirty-third street,
and containing in front on said Hamilton street twenty
feet, and extending northward between parallel lines
at right angles with said Hamilton street one hundred
feet; and - • "
No. 2. All that certain three-story building, twoAtory
back buildings, and lot or piece of ground thereunto be
longing. situate on the south side of HAMILTON’ Street
(adjoining No.) to the eastward); beginning at the dis
tance of two hundred and sixteen feet eastward from the
east side of Thirty-third street, and containing in front
on said Hamilton . street twenty feet, and extending
- northward between parallel lines at right angles with
said Hamilton street one hundred feet, will attend to
the duties of his appointment on WEDNESDAY, the 23d
day of December. 1863. at four o’clock P M., at his office.
No 273 South FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, when and
where all persons interested are required to present
their claimß, or be forever debarred from coming in
upon said fuads. R, BUNDLE SMITH,
delMQt' Auditor. &o.
■EXECUTORS’ SALE OF BROAD TOP
COAL LAND8 —Several tracts of valuable Goal
Land, on Broad Top Mountain, late the property of Capt,
John MeCanles, deceased, are offered for sale. Maps
and descriptions can he seen at the office of H. D, Moore,
338 WALNUT St. HENRY D. MOORE, \
GEO. P. MoLAAN. jE*eoutor*.
Philadelphia. Nov. 24,1353. n024-lm
TN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS
- 1 FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHIL ADELPHI A
- In ihe matter of tho assigned estate of “ The Uoited
States Insurance. Annuity and Trust Company,. 1 ’ In
denture of.assignment dated November 22, 1862, and re
corded November 24,1562, in Deed Book A. C. H,, No.
68, page 240, &c.
. The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit,
settler and adjust the account of GEORGE W. WOL
i ASTON. Assignee of ‘ k The United ?States . Insurance,
Annuity and Trust Company, ” and to make distribu
tion of the balance In the hands of the accountant,
will meet the parties interested, for the purposes ofhli
appointment, on TUESDAY. December 29. 3863, at' 4
o’clock P. M„ at his office, No. 423 WALNUT Street,
Philadelphia. . BENJAMIN 11. HAINES, Auditor,
delfi-tuthsgt . .
TN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR
A the CITY AND COUNTY OP PHILADELPHIA.
, Estate of SAMUEL F. SMITH, deceased.
- The auditor appointed to audit. sctSeand adju*t the ac
count of PETEK McCALL, B. B. COMEGYS, and WIL
LIAM ASnMEAD. Extcutore of thelaet will and testa
ment of SAMUEL F BMITH, deceased; and to make
distribution, will attend to tho duties of bis appointment
on MONDAY, the 28tbday of December, A. D. IM3fat
4 o’clock P. M., at his office, No. *7l South FIFTH
Street, In the city of Philadelphia. ■ - del7tbstu-6t
TESTATE OP MAJOR CHARLES F.
AJ TAGGART, deceased; . - . - „ t :
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY upon the Estate of Major
CHARLES F. TAGGART, deceased, haying been grant
ed to the undersigned by the Register of Wills, all per
sons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make
.payment, and thoee having claims or demands are re-
Quested to make known the same, without delay.to
BICHARDLUDLOW. Executor,
No. JAO4 South FIFTH Street,
,no2o-ftu6w " Room No. lL
XTOTIGE IS BEREBY GIVEN THAT
A 1 ‘‘THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVA
NIA” intend to applyto the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, at their next session, for a renewal of their charter.
Said Bank id located in the city of Philadelphia, with
an authorized capital of one million of dollars—a re
newal of which will be asked for, with the usnal bank
ing privileges.
By order of the Board, S. C, PALMER.
June 29, 1863. je3o-tu6m Cashier.
Tj'SSENTIAL OILS.—
■aj Oil Citronella, 6 cases Ex-Bavaria.
Oil Sassafras, 3,000 pounds pri me.
Oil Lemon, 18 casesL. S. F. -
. Oil Rose. 60 ounces bottled in Paris.
Oil Orange, just landing N. C. _
Oil Bergamot, just landing L. B.
Oil Cassia, cases. .
Oil Olive, bhls.
AlLof late importation, and with special refer© ce to
a fine trade. For sale in Packages hr
WILLIAM M. WILSON,
d!2-tjal- aOB MARgE-p Street.
WHITE VIRGIN WAX OF -AN
TILLES !—A new French Cosmetic for beautify
ing, whitening, and preserving the Uomplexlon. Lit is
the most wonderful compound of the age. There is
neither chalk, powder, magnesia, bismuth nor talc in its
composition, it being,composed entirely of pure Virgin
Wax—hence its extraordinary qualities for preserving
the skin, making it soft, sniooth. fair, and transparent.
It makes the old appear yonog, the homely handsome,
the handsome more beautiful, and the most beiutiful
divine. Price, 25 and 50 cents. Prepared only by HUNT
& CO.. Perfumers, ‘4l Bouth EIGHTH Street, two doors
above Cheßtnut- and 133 South SEVENTH St. de!B-3in
MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS RE.
ax CEIVKD for Exhibition. Bale, or Storage, tithe
Manufacturers* and Mechanics’ - Supply Warehouse, sf.
B «P IBD « potts,;
PROFOSAIS,
pKOPOSALS FOR FORAGE.
Chirp Quartermaster's Ovfiob,
Washington Depot. Decembers. 1863,
BEA-LED PROPOSALS arc Invited by the undersigned
for supplying the U. 8. Quartermaster’s ’ Department,
at Washington. D. C., Baltimore. Md.. Alexandria, and
Fort Monroe, va .or either of these places, with Hay,
Corn, Oats, and Straw.
Bias will be received for the delivery of 6,000 bushels
of corn or oats, and 50 tons of hay or straw, and up
wards
Bidders must state at which of the above-named points
they propose to make deliveries, and the rates at which
they will make deliveries thereat, the quantity of each
article proposed to be delivered, the time when said de
liveries shall be commenced, and when to be completed.
The price must be written out in words on the bids.
Corn to be put up in good, stout sacks, of abouc two
bushels each. Oats in like sacks, of about three bushels
each. The sacks to be furnished without extra charge to
.the Government. The hay and straw to be seourely
baled.
The particular kind or description of oats, corn, hay,
or straw, proposed to be delivered, most be stated in the
v-™FI the articles offered under the bids herein Invited
will be subject to a rigid inspection by the Government
—lnf pector before being accepted.
Contracts w ill be awarded from time to time to the
lowest responsible bidder, as the interest'of the Govern
ment may require, and payment will be made when the
whole amount contracted for shall have been delivered
and accepted.
Tbe bidder will be required to accompany his propo
sal with a guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
that In case bis bid ie accepted he or they will, within
ten days thereafter, execute the contract for the same,
with good and Fufficient sureties, in a rum equal to the
amount of the contract, to deliver the forage proposed in
conformity with the terms of this advertisement; and in
case the said bidder should fall to enter Into thecontract,
they to make good the difference between the offer of said
bidder and the next lowest responsible bidder, or the
person to whom the contract may be awarded.
The responsibility oi the guarantors must be shown by
the official certificate of a U, 8. District Attorney. Gol-
MQI9T Customs, OT&uy oilier officer under the United
gtntes 9ov«riiflitiDCj or reqpousiti.. parson knovra to- this
office.
All biddferg will be duly notified of the acceptance oi
rejection of fcbeir proposals.
The full name and post office address of each bidder
must be legibly written In the proposal.
Propontis must be addressed to Brigadier General D.
H, Rucker, Chief Depot Quartermaster. Washington^D
C..and should be plainly marked, “Proposalsfor Fo
in a sum equal to the amount of the contract,
signed by the contractor and both of his guarantors, will
be required of the successful bidder or bidders upon
aiming the contract. , ~ •
Blank orms of bias, guarantees, and bonds may be
obtained upon application at this office.
y FORM OF PROPOSAL.
(Town, Connty, and State ,
(Date) .
I, the subscriber, do hereby propose to furnish and de
liver to the United States, at the Quartermaster’s De
partment at —i —- , agreeably to the terms of your
advertisement, inviting proposals for forage. ..dated
•Washington D6p6t, Decembers, 1863, the following arti
cles, viz; .
bushels of Corn, In sacks, at per bushel of 66
pounds.
; —bushel* of Oats, In sacks, at per bushel of S 2
pounds.
—— tons of baled Hay, at —per ton of 2,003 pounds
—— tons of baled Straw, at per ton of 2,000 pounds.
Delivery to commence on or* before the day of
:—, 186 , and to be completed on or before the -r- —
day of ,186 , and pledge myself to enter into a
written contract with the United States, with good and
approved securities, within the space often days after,
being notified that my bid has been accepted.
Your obedient servant.
Brigadier General D. H. Rucker,
Chief D&pdt Quartermaster,
Wnshington, D. C.
GUARANTEE.
We, the undersigned, residents of —: —: , in the
county of , and State of , hereby,
•‘ointly and severally, covenant with the United States,
and guarantee, in case the foreioing bid of ———— be
accepted, that be or they will, within ten days after the
acceptance of said bid, execute the contract for the same
with good and sufficient sureties, inasum equal to the
amount of the contract, to famish the forage proposed
in conformity to the terms of advertisement dated De
cember 8,1863, under which the bid was made, and, in
case the said : shall fail to enter into a contract as
aforesaid, we guarantee to make good the difference ‘be
tween the offer by the said and the next lowest
responsible bidder, or the person fcj whom, the contract
may be awarded. , , . 1 . . .
witness: > Given under our hands and seals
(thiß day of ,186.
rSeal.3
• -CSeal.]
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the above-named guarantors are good and suffi
cient as sureties foi the amount for which they offer to
be security .
To be certified by the United States District Attorney,
Coll ecter of Customs, or any other officer under the
United States Government, or responsible person known
to this offiee.
All proposals received under fthis advertisement will
be opened and examined at this office on Wednesday and
Saturday of eact week, at 12 M. Bidders are respectful
ly invited to be present at the opening of bids, if they
desire. X>. H. RUCKER,
deil-tf Brigadier General and Qaartermaater.
A SSI STAN T QUARTERMASTER G-E
-aA NjBRAL’S office.
< Philadelphia, 17th December, 1863.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until TUES
DAY, 22d inst., at soon, for the immediate delivery in
this city of
2 600 Wagon Covers, to be made of 10-oz cotton duck.
. Sample of duck required
Bidders will state the shortest time for delivery.
The right is reserved to reject all bids deemed too high.
By order CSigned.3 A. BOYD,
d6l6*lt Captain and A, a I. U. S. A.
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONER?,
- Dbpot Qaktesmaster s Office.
No. 232 G Street,
*» Washington, D.C.. Dec. 17.1863.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office
until the ,THIRTY-FIRST day of DECEMBER. 1863, at
(12) twelve o’clock M., for furnishing STATIONERY for
ihis Depot, as per annexed Schedule:
All articles must be of the very best quality, samples
of which (of paper,, ore quires of envelopes, one pack
age ;)must accompany each bid.
Ea/h bidder must famish, with his proposal, but one
sample of the articles bid for, and but one price for each
article, which must be distinctly marked thereon.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder, and bona and security will be required for Us
faithful performance.
Each proposal must be signed by th e individual or firm
making it, an’d must sp; cify but one price for each article.
Should aDy articles be required which are not enume
rated in the following schedule, they are to be furnished
at the lowest market pri«e.
The DOpot Quartermaster reserves to himself the right
of ordering, from time to time, a greater or less quan
tity of each and every article contracted for, as the pub
lic service may require, within the first eix months sub
sequent to the date of the contract, and he will in all
cases decide whether the terms of the contract have been
complied wilh, and reserves the power to annul the con-:
tract upon any failure to comply within a reasonable
time: ' - ' *
Bonds, with approved security, are to be given by the
person or persons contraming; and in oaseof failure to
suDDly the articles, the contractor and his sureties shall
be liable to the forfeiture specified in such. bund.
Proposals mast be addressed to Brigadier General D.
H. Hacker, Chief D&pofc Qaartermaster Washington*
D. C., and should* he plainly marked “ Proposals for
Stationery ”
SCHEDULE OF ARTICLE 3
20 Reams Manilla Wrapping Paper, 24x38 inches, 50
pounds per ream, per ream.
24 Reams Buff Envelope Paper, 24x32 inches, 30
pounds per ream, ger ream.
20 Reams White Folio Post Paper, ruled, per ream.
SO Reams White Foolscap Paper, ruled, not less than
12 pounds per ream, per ream.
10 Reams White Legal Cap Paper, ruled, not less than
32 pounds per ream, per ream.
160 Reams White Letter Paper, ruled, not less than 9
pounds per ream, per roam
300 Reams White Commercial Paper, no* less than 4'
pounds per ream; per ream.
COO Sheets Blotting Paper,- per sheet, per quire.
48 Blank Books, derai size, fall bound, per quire.
4S Blank Books, folio size, full bound, per quire.
50 Blank Boohs, cap size, half bound, per quire.
50 Time Boobs, demisize, half bound, per quire.
50 Time Books, quarto size, half bound, per quire.
100 Time Books, octavo size, bound, per dozen.
10,000 White Official Envelopes, No." 12, peril.
50.0C0 White Official Envelopes, 9x4 inches, per M.
75,000 White Official. Envelope- BKx3& inches, per M.
75,000 White Letter-Envelopes. 5)4x3 inches, per M. '
12 dozen Black and quart bottles, per dozen.
12 dozen .Arnold's Writing Fluid, In quart and pint
bottles, per dozen.
12 dozen Arno'd’s Copying Ink, in quart and pint
bottles, per dozen. - /
12 dozen Lawrence’s Copying Ink, in quart and pint
bottles, per dozen.
24 dozen David’s Carmine Ink, glass bottles and
stoppers, per dozen.
d -ic-zen p**.p*xs lute per _
S 3 dozen Faber's Slack Lead Pencils, Nos- 2 and 3,
per dozen , . w - ;
24 dozen Faber’s Red and Blue Pencils, per dozen,
24 dozen Inkstand*,'assorted, (glass,) per dozen,
ICO gross Steel Pens, assorted, per gross.
50 gross Gillott’s. Nos. 303 and 304, per gross.
12 dozen GuttaPercha Pen-Holders, per dozen.
48 dozen Pen-Holders,"assorted, per dozen.
4 dozen Ivory Paper-Folders, per dozen.
12 dozen Tin Paper-Folders, per dozen.
- 25 pounds Red Sealing Wax, (20 sticks to pound,) per
pound. .
10 pounds White India Rubber, (40 pieces to pound,)
per. pound.
4 dozen Erasers, (ivory or wood handles,) per dozen.
6 dozen GuttaPercha Rulers, (round or flat,) per
dozen: ' .
6 dozen Paper Clips, assorted, per dozen.
60 dozen pieces Red Tape, Nos. 17 and 23. per dozen.
24 dozen Spools Red Tape, Nos. 17 and 23, per dozen.
12 dozen Glass Jars Mucilage and Brushes, (large
size,) per dozen. .
24 dozen Glass Jars Mucilage and Brushes (small
size.)per dozen.
24 Letter Copying Books. GOO.and 1.000 pages each.
2 dozen Octavo Memorandum Books, per dozen.
500 sheets Abstract Paper, ruled to pattern, per sheet.
6Reans ofBUl Paper, ruled to pattern, per ream.
200 sheets of Return Paper, ruled, and printed to pat*
tern,'per sheet. I). H RUCKBR,
de2l-10t Brigadier General and Q. M.
A RMY SUPPLIES.
- Office of Army Clothing and Equipage,
503 Broadway.
„ New York, Dec. 15,1863.
SE A.LED PROPOSALS will be received at this Office
until 12 o’clock M. : , on MONDAY, the 2Sth instant, for
furnishing, by contract, at the DepSt of Army Clothing
and Equipage in New York city:
Cavalry Jackets,
Light Artillery Jackets.-
Greatcoats, Infantry.
Great Coats, uavalry.
Flannel Sack Coats, lined.
Flannel Sack Coats, nnlined.
Trowsers. Infantry.
Trowsers, Cavaliy.
Flannel Drawers.
Knit Drawers,
Flannel Shirts.
. Knit Shirts.
Stockings. .
Blankets, woolen, domestic manufacture.
Blankets. India Rubber.
Fonchos, India Rubber.
Bootees.
Boots.
Negro Brogans. ,m
Great Coat Straps.
Hats, tnmmed, Infantry.
Hat Cords and Taeseli, Cavalry.
Hat Cords aud Tassels, Hospital Stewards.
Brass Letters, AtoM.
Forage Caps. t
Worsted Sashes.
Chevrons, Ordnance Sergeants (silk).
Chevf ons t Hospital Stewards.
Chevrons, service. ...
Chevrons, Cavalry, for Sergeant Majors, Quartermas
ter Sergeant, First Sergeants! - Sergeants, and Corporals.
Chevrons, Artillery, for Sergeant Majors, Quartermas
ter Sergeants. First. Sergeants, Sergeants, and Corporals.
Chevrons, Infantry, for Sergeant Majors, Quartermas
ter Sergeants, First Sergeants, Sergeants, and Corporals.
Hospital Tents, cotton and linen.
Wall Tents, cotton and linen.
Common Tents, cotton and linen.
Hospital Tent Polbb.
Wau Tent Poles.
Common Tent Poles.
Hospital Tent Pins.
Wall Tent Pins.
Common Tent Pins.
'Camp Kettles.
Mess Pans.
■Shovels. . ’
National Colors, Artillery.
• National Colors, Infantry.
Regimental Colors, artillery.
Regimental Colors, Infantry.
Camp Colors, Artillery.
Camp Colors, Infantry.
Color Cords and Tassels, Artillery.
Color Cords and Tassels, Infantry.
Garrison Flags. '
Storm Flags.'
Garrison and Storm Flag Halliards.
Recruiting Flags. -
Knapsacks, complete,
Canteens, complete.
Drama, complete. Infantry, fall size.
Fifes. ♦ , 8.” 4 , C.” and **£."
Company Order Books.
Company Clothing Account Books.
Company Descriptive Books.
Company Morning Report Books.
Regimental General Order Books.
: Regimental Letter .
Regimental Descriptive Books.
Regimental Index Books.
Regimental Order Books. , , _ . ...
,■ Samples or specifications of which, can he seen at this
Office.: Bidders will present samples of the articles, or
the materials of which the articles are to be made, which
they propose to deliver, and state in their proposals the
Quantity they wish to furnish, how soon they can com
mence, and within what time they., can deliver the full
5 A'wriTtenYaarantee, BlKoed by two responsible p«<-
tons, must accompany each bid, setting forth that- iLa
contract is awarded to the party mentioned therein he
will at once execute a contract and_ give ponds for its
faithful performance. l ; .
The right is reserved to the United States to reject any
part or the whole of the bids, as may be deemed for the
Interest of the service. ■ ■ . .
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals for mr
nishing (here insert the articles bid- for), ’ _ a r r i£n? : ri!? rQBSet *
to Lt. Col D. H. VJLNIOH,
Dy. Quartermaster General,.
United Slates Army.
yiRAIN PIPE.
U MONTGOMERY TERRA COTTA WORKS.
2-ineli pipe per 3 feet lenath, 26.
8 “ “ 80.
- V .. >• «• «< An
a 1 •• •• ;; w.
VFeare prepared to fumish BTOJTBWARB BRAI9
FIFE, glazed inside and outside, from 2 to 16 inched*
diameter, In large or small quantities, with all variety of
traps, bends, and other connections.
Liberal dl.»mtt to tb, 4 EHOADg
MSttutfaftSm 1181 MARKCT Btreet. Philadelphia.
PORTLAND KEROSENE 00 AL OIL
: wm, ut arcs mr«t,
PROPOSAJLS*- 1
A RMY CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE
OFFICE. TWELFTH AND GIRARD STREETS.
- - FHir.AMiiPHrA. Dec. 16th. i 863.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office
until THURSDAY, tbe 24th Last., for supplying the
Schuylkill Arsenal with the following articles:
Packing Boxes, in such quantities as may be needed
for the y<ar 1861
Nails and Pcrewi for the same period. _ _
Printed Blanks.TJap, Letter. Note, and Envelope Pa
per.
Envelopes, plainer with printed headings,for the same
period.
Felling Axes* army standard •
Samples of the Packing Boxes can be seen at the
Schuylkill Arsenal; samples of the Nalls, Screws, Axes,
Paper Blanks, at this Offide. -
Bidders must state in their proposals the price, which
must be given In writing, as well as in figures; also,
the quantity bid for, and time of delivery.
The ability of the bidder to fill the contract must be
guarantied’by two responsible persons, whose signa
tures will be appended to the guaranty, and said gua
ranty accompany the bid.
Bidders, as well as their sureties or guarantors, who
may notbeknown at this office, will furnish a certifi
cate from tbe United States District Attorney, Post
master, or other public functionary, at the residence of
the bidder or guarantors, setting forth clearly the fact
that the bidder and his sureties are responsible men,
who will, if a contract is awarded them, act in good faith
with the United Btates, and faithfully execute the same.
Bids from defaulting contractors will not be received.
Blank forms can be had upon application at this office.
Proposals rnnst be endorsed “Proposals for Army Sup
plies, ” stating the particular article bid for. •
G. H. CROSMAN,
del7-t24 Assist Quartermaster General U. B. A.
PROPOSALS -POR HAY.
Depot Commissary s Office,
223 G Street. Washington. D. C., Dec. 10,1858.
SEALED P* Of 03ALS in duplicate for FIVE HUN
DRED (600) TONS of good merchantable HAY will be
received at this office until THURSDAY, the 24th day of
Dtcomber. 1863. at 12 M. Proposals must be endorsed.
“PioßOsals for Hay,” aad non, will ha entertain,d
n nit bo mu)- nmy sunnily witn ail ins rennirememß or
this ad vertißement.
Bidders must give their hamas lu full, as well as their
Post Office address, and each proposal must be. accom
panied by an tath of allegiance, and a guarantee, signed
by not less than two responsible persons, that if a con
tract is awarded to the party or parties proposing, the
contract will be accepted and entered into, and good and
sufficient security furnished for the execution of the con
tract as proposed. Tbe right to reject any and all pro
posals that may be made under this advertisement, is
reserved by the Government if, in its opinion, the public
interest require.
If proposals are. made by a firm, the names of all the
parties mu6t appear, or the individual who signed the
bid will be held responsible for the fulfilment of the con
tract, if his proposal is accepted, and will be required to
furnish the above-specified guarantee.
The usual form of guarantee muetlaccompany each pro
posal, and parties to whom awards are made must be
prepared to execute contracts at once, and to give bonds
equal in amount to one half tbe sum to be received on
the contract, signed by the contractor and both of his
guarantors.'
Satisfactory evidence of the loyalty and solvency of
each bidder and persou offered as security will be re
quired. The responsibility of tbe guarantors mast be
shown by the official certificate of the Clerk of the nearest
District Court, or of the United States District Attorney.
If any bidder to whom an award may be made refuses
to enter into'contract agreeably with the terms of this
advertisement, or who, after signing the contract and
bond, shall neglect or refuse to execute the same, within
the time pretcribed, as well In quality as in quantity,
then the Commissary shall have the right to Bnpply
ench deficiency, by pnrchase in open market, charging
finch delinquent bidder or contractor with the advance
paid over the bid or contract. ’
Pjoposals from disloyal parties will not be considered,
nor will awards be made to any person or persons who
have heretofore failed to fulfill their agreements or con
tracts with the Government.
Bidders must be present at the opening of the bids, to
respond to their names.
The Hay to be delivered either in "Washington or Alex
andria, in bales, properly secured, free of all ooßt of
transportation or handling.
All Hay contracted for onder this advertisement will
he rigidly inspected, and such as does not prove of a
good merchantable quality will be rejected. The Hay
will be paid for in such funds as the Government may
have on hand to disburse upon the completion of the
contract, or as soon tl ereaiter as the proper officer shall
be in funds.
Delivering of the Hay to commence within ten (10)
days from the date of the contract, and to be completed
by the thirtieti* (30th) day of January, 1304.
Proposals must be addressed to
E. T. BRIDGES Capt. C. S. V.,
Washington, d. o.
CEALED PROPOSALS ARE INVITED
until the 22d day of December, 1863. at 12 M., for the
HIDES, TALLOW, HOOFS, and HORNS of all Govern
ment Cattle slaughtered within the ancient limits of'the
District of Colnmbia, for three months or more from the
commencement of the contract.
The above articles to be collected by the contractor,
and removed from the various places at which the cattle
aie killed, at such times as may be designated by the
officer in charge.
The contractor shall be liable for all the Htdeß and Ta
llow, Hoofs and Horns coming from every animal slaugh
tered, unless it can be made satisfactorily to appear to
the, Subsistence Department that all due exertion, dlli
genre, and care was made to obtain the said articles.
Payment will be required every ten days in Govern
ment funds. -
Bids should be made in duplicate, and an oath of alla
giance must accompany the bids.
The contractor will be held accountable for the Hides,
&c-, one week after the signing of the contract.
A bond will be required, upon the acceptance of the
bid, for a faithful fulfilment of the contract.
Bids to be directed to Lieut. Col. G. BELL, C. S. U. S. A.,
Washington, D. 0., apd endorsed “Proposals for Hides
and Tallow, ” - noSO-mwffcd29
EsiENSMJJ OP rPIiJE.
it mviiir uoea umotmooa nuoaii ma maai tlrnt
’’the contract for saying the Bides aud Tallow of ani
mals slaughtered here on Government account has been
accorded so the same parties who have had it from the
beginning of the war,” and no 6uch award laving been
made, and'the time for receiving proposals not having
yet arrived, notice is hereby given, that in order to cor
rect any mlmnderstanding that may exist, and to se
cure for the Government the advantage of tlie greatest
number of bids, and the highest price for Hides and Tal
low, Hooffc aud Horns, the time for offering proposals is
extended until TUESDAY. DECEMBER 29th, 1861 at 12
31. No proposals will be opened before that time, and
no bids will be considered unless accompanied by.tha
usual guarantees, and the bidders are present o respond
to their bids. GEO. BELL, Lieut. Col. & C S.
MItITARV NOTICES.
S NOTICE.
HEiD-QUARTERS
PROVOST MARSHAL.
SECOND . D TSTRICT.
35G South TWELFTH Street.
Philadelphia, December 19, 1563.
Notice is hereby given to
PERSONS ENROLLED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT
. OF-PENNSYLVANIA,
that the time has been exte ded until
JANUARY 6th, 1864,
In order that all who may have
CLAIMS TO EXEMPTION
can appear before the Board, and upondna proof thereof,
-BE STRICKEN Ft»OM THE ROLLS.
Those who were exempted from lata drafts, reed not
appear.. Exemptions will be granted onlr for the fol
lowing causes:
ALIENAGE.
UNSUITABLENESS OF AGE,
NON-RESIDENCE,
and ' - MANIFEST PERMANENT DISABILITY.
EDWIN PALMER,
Captain and Provost Marshal.
WM. M. BULL,
Commissioner.
S. W. RiTCHIfi,
de2l-3t ~ „ • Surgeon.
u FOURTH DISTRICT, PENNA.—
■ EXTENSION OF 11ME. .
m > Broad and Spking Garden Street.?,
Jit Decembar.2l, 1563.
The BOARD OF ENROLMENT of Founh Districtig?a.,
hereby give notice to all persons enrolled as liable to
military duty, in thi* district, that the time for the hear
ing of cases has been extended to January sth 1564.
Any person enrolled, and who is included in either of
the following classes—-Zmf no others—m ay appear before
the Board of Enrolmen t, and claim to have his name
stricken off .the List, if he can show to the satisfaction of
the Board that-he is not.andwill not be, atthetime
fixed for the next draft, liable to military duty on ac
count of
Ist. Alienage.
2d. Non-residence. . '
3d. Unauifcableness ofsge.
4th. Manifest permanent physical disability.
sth. Now in the military service of the United States,
or discharged since March 3,1863
The Board will hold daily sessions for the hearing of
such case <, at headquarters, BROAD and SPRING GAR
DEN streetß.
-far fsfsms? stay i?s e«sa!Mt 9f &*y Ptljer pw
SOB, liable tu miUtary duty wboae sam«s do not. appear
on the enrolment list, are requested, to notify the Hoard
of Enrolment, in order that the facts may be ascertained,
and suck persons be placed on the lists. Such persons
thus enrolled may avail themselves of the privilege of
appearing before the Board as if they had been original
ly enrolled. D. M. LANE,
Captain and Provost Marshal.
C. B. BARRETT,
Commissioner of Board,
J. RALSTON WELLS,
de2l-12t Surgeon of Board.
t HEADQUARTERS OF PROVOST
MARSHAL FIRST DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA,
345 South THIRD Street,
Philadelphia. December 7th, 1863. „
Whereas, complaints have been made that errors have
occurred in the enrolment of the National forces by tbe
omifsion of names as well as improper enrolments.
Public attention is called to the enrolment lists now
posted on the corners and elsewhere.
First. The name of any person omitted may be added
to these lists, and citizens are requested to notify the
Board of Enrolment of such omissions in order that the
. operation of the draft may be just and uniform.
Second. Any person enrolled may appear before the
Board before January 5, 1864, and show satisfactorily
that he iv not and will not be at the time fixed for the
next draft liable to military dnty on account of alienage,
non-residence, unsuitableness of age , manifest per
manent disability, and have his name stricken off.
These applications must be mtde between 9 A M and
IP. 31. Other hours for general business Exempted
parties, whose names are on these lists, need-not ap
pear. '
CAUTION. —All persons are cautioned against defacing
or tearing down the enrolment lists posted on the cor
ners, as these bills are watched, and any person detect
ed in violating tbis order will be arrested and punished
by military law. WM. E. LEHMAN,
* Captain and Provost Marshal First District, Pa.
N. B.—Proprietors of Public Houses will be furnished
with the enrolment lists,to be exposed for public exami
natlon. by application at these headquarters. deS-tf
t CORPS OF HONOR, U. S. A.
Headquarters Recruiting Service, -
Invalid _Gorp3 forPhiladklphia.
3t4tS South. THIRD Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
SOLDIEES honorably discharged on account of dis
ability will apply for Information or enlistment in the
INVALID CORPS •_
at this Office, or to any Provost Marshal appointed under
the Enrolment act. ,
fay and allowances, excepting bounty'and pension•
■ame a* in U. S. Infantry. . B- W. MATTHEWS,
Major let Pa. Art. and Supt. R. S. Invalid Corps for Phl
ladeJpbia. . aud-ea&tutf
S GENERAL RECRUITING OFFICE,
No. Gil chestnut street.
RECRUITS -Washed for all THE GALLANT
OLD ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, and INFANTRY
REGIMENTS
Now in Service, Raised In this State.
A few GOOD MEN wanted for the SECOND ARTIL
LERY (Fortification),ll2th Regiment P,- Vi, A. A. GIB
SON, Colonel Commanding.
The Batteries of this faithful old Regiment have been
assigned to posts of honor, and at present are occupying
the most important 'fortifications in the defences of
Washington City.
The following bounties are given:
To Veteran-Volunteers.....**.. ....$652
To all other ■* 562
$326 cash befoie leaving the General Rendezvous. .
In addition to the above, all authorized Ward and Dis
trict bounties are given at this office.
Now is the time to enlist; choose a good Regiment; se
cure the large bounty: serve under officers of experience,
and avoid the impending draft.
CHAS. N. CADWAL CiADER,
de!9-6t Captain and General Recruiting Officer.
u TO MEN OF COLOR!—YOU ARE
■ NOW OFFERED
II $250 BOUNTY,
JIL by the City* of Philadelphia, to enlist in the army of
the United States for three y*ars or the war. .
Congress is about authorizing the Pay, Rations, Ad
vance Pay,‘ and Bounty to-COLORED TROOPS to be
placed on the same footing as other troops- You now
cut, have no sound objection to entering into the service,
of your country. . • • _ , ...
Rally, then, withalacrlty. Come forward and enlist.
Join the armies of the Republic, and fight for the Union
" j * d OP TOUR own RACK V
The attention of all ieflxed on you, men of color. You
have said: * ‘Give ua the same bounties and the same
pay as white soldiers receive, and we will show the
world thAt we too ‘can be patriots, ” These Inducements
are now offered to you, and henceforward you ar<* on
trial before the world. • • ,
In July last you ' Resolved, We, the colored people
of Philadelphia in m&sß meeting assembled, do most em
phatically and unitedly express, our firm belief that we
not only ought, but may and will raise a full regiment
of ten companies of eighty men each, of colored volun
teers for the United, States service, within the next ten
days, in our own.city of Philadelphia. ” Let that pledge
be redeemed. But more than that, the colored paople.of
Philadelphia are able to furnish three regiments from
their own numbers within thirty days. Will it be done ?
Colored men of Philadelphia, you to call
at the'rooms of the SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE, No.
1210 CHEBTNCT Street. to be mustered into the ser
vice of your country, and receive tce_ *
BOUNTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
COME.' •
By order of the Committee for Recruiting Colored
Troops. . del9 12t
« WANTED, FOR THE UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS (a varied" and. exciting life
by sea and land), six hundred able-bodied.men to
perform the duties of a soldier at our Navy Yards and
aboard United States shlps-of war on foreign stations.
. Better compensation than the army. A ship-of-war to
a. comfortable home, The Marine Corps is the best
equipped Infantry In the service. Prize money In abund
ance.'
Two dollars will be paid to any one who brings an ac
cepted recruit to this omoe. .......
,For all other infoimation apply, dally, at the onw
regular and long established Marine J?s»-
deevous in the city, at No. Sll South FRONT Street,
below Spruce, between the hours of nine and three
o’clock. JAMBS iiKWlo,
Captain and Recruiting Officer,
n023-lm No. ail South FRONT Street
TO MILITARY AND'NAVAL: OFFI
i CBRS.-I h it. on EXHIBITION FOR SALE,
an OFFICER’S CHEST,_contalnln* FIFTY PIECES ,of
»olli.terlln*.SlLYEß;'wAßE. .of an elaborate work
man.hip> LwojUd de.lre to caU especial attention,, as
It Is tbe only baiottbe kind In Hie conntrr^
delSBt» . 733 CHESTNUT Street.
AUCTION SAIES.
TOHN B. MYERS & CO., AUCTION*
** BBRB, Nos. 23» and »3* MARKET Sfcreti.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BO JTS, SHOES’, GUM
SHOES, TRAVELLING BAGS, &c.
A CARD.—We invite the early attention of pnrchaeers
to the large and valuable assortment of boots, shoes,
browns, army'goods, travelling baas. &c, embracing
samples of 1,100 cases. forming a prime and fresh assort*
ment, to be peremptorily sold by catalogne, on four
months'credit, commencing this morning at 10 o’clock
precisely.
THIS .'MORNING,
December 22d. at 10 o'clock, will be sold, bycat&loera*
without reserve, on four months’ credit, about 1,1«3
package* boots, shoes, brogans, btlmorals, army boots
and shoes, sum shoes, Ao,. of city and Eastern manu
facture, embracing a fresh and prime assortment of desi
rable articles, for men, women, and children.
Is . B. —Samples, with catalogues, early on the morn
ing of sale
LARGE POSITIVE BALE OP BOOTS. SHOES, BRO
GANS, GUM SHOES, ARMY GOODS, a*.
NOTlCE—lncluded in our large peremptory sale of
boots, shoes. Ac., to be held on TUESDAY MORNING,
December 22d, at 10 o'clock, will be found-in part the
following fresh goods, to be sold without reserve, on
four-monthß’credit, viz:
cases men’s and women’s gum shoes and boots, first
quality. *
cases men’s and boys grain water proof boots.
cases heavy city-made sewed brogans
cases men’s and boys' heavy wag leather boots.
cases men’e city-made sewed calf boots.
cases men’s gT&in hunting boots.
cases men’s and boys’ stoel shod and nailed boots.
ca*eG men’s and boys’ quilted boots
cases men’s, boys', and youths’ thick boots
casesmen's, boys’, and youths'kip and calf boots.
cages men’s grain cavalry boots.
cases men's 24 inch enameled cavalry boots.
casesboys’grainL L. boots.
cases men’s,-boysV and youths’ balmorals, tap
sole do.
cases men's, boys', and youths’ Congress boots, tap
role do.
cases Tpomeo’s. misses’, and children's calf.; kip.
E oat, grain and split, sewed, pegged aud copper nailed
AAinnsd kaliasraU
city and Eastern made nooda.
N. B.—Samples of the same will be open for examina
tion early on the morning of sale, when dealers will find
It to their interest to attend.
TRAVELLING BAGS.
THIS MORNING.
Dec. 52d. at 10 o’clock, will be sold without reserve for
account of whom it may concern, one case Travelling
Bags, partially imperfect.
LARGE POSITIVE BALE OF BRITISH. FRENCH.
GERMAN, AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Ac.
We will hold a large sale of British, French, German,
and Domestic Dry Goods, by catalogue, on four months*
credit and part for cash, _ __
ON THURBDAY MORNING.
December 24th, at 10 o’clock, embracing about 750 pack
ages and lots of staple and fancy articles, in woolens,
linens, cottons, silks, and worsteds.
S. B. —Samples of the same will be arranged for ex
amination. with catalogues,/early on the morning of
the sale, when dealers will find it to their interest to at
tend. -
SPOOL AND SHOE THREAD.
ON THURSDAY.
Dec 24th, will be sold without reserve, for account of
whom it may concern, 10 cases Spool and dhoe Thread,
partially imperfect __
BALE OF CARPETINGS, ic.
ON THURSDAY MORNING.
December 24th, at 10 o’clock, with which the sale will
commence, will be sold without reserve. by catalogue,
on lour months’ credit, an assortment of superfine and
fine ingrain, Venetian, hemp, and rag carpetings, Ac.,
which may be examined e*rlv on the morning of sale.
LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF POEEIGN AND
AMERICAN DRY GOODS*. Ac.
NOTICE —lncluded in our sale of ImportSd-fiJld Do
mestic-Dry Goods, on THURSDAY MORNING. DSC-;
24th, to be sold without reserve, on four months’* credit
and part for cash, will be found, in part, the following
desUabl* and fresh articles, viz—
— packages silk and wool poplins.
packages white and colored spool cottons.
packages superb shirting linens. 4$
packages common and superb bed and horse
blankets. > •
pacaages choice Saxony dress goods.
packages black and colored Coburg*.
packages figured and plain alpacas.
pack ages Italian cloths and serges.
packages woolen plaids.
packages men’s and women’s woolen and cotton
hosiery. -
Also, plaid stripe muslins, book and mull do., cotton
handkerchiefs, table cloths, linen burlaps, woolen
and buck gloves and gauntlets, Russia diapers, quilts,
Ac- -
AMERICAN DRY GOOUg.
MORNING, >
Dec 24th, on: four months’ creait, and part for cash,
the following desirable goods, viz;
, packages plaid and fancy cambric prints.
packages Manchester ginghams. ...
packages brown and bleached muslins.
packages colored and black muslins and sileisM
packages black and mixed Kentucky ieans.
packages blue and fancy sattinets.
packages brown table diapers.
packages woolen comforts and pelerine*.
packages gingham umbrellas.
packages wool aud Cauton flannels,
packages brown and blue drills.
FRENCH, ITALIAN. AND INDIA DRY GOODS.
THURSDAY MORNING, Dec. 24th.
pieces wide edging black gros de Rhinee.
-T cases black and fancy Italian silk cravats.
cases high dye and black Italian sewing.
cases printed, Cashmere, broche, and wool shawls.
cases hoskin, buck, and silk gloves. .
cases plain colors and black French merinos.
■— cases 6-4 silk and cotton reps.
cases black silk velvet do.
lias DO yiiwn oua johdoww.
Also, plain and fancy delaines ana cashmeres, bonnet
eilfe velvets, green barege,linen cambric hasdkerchiefe;
ii*Ha at. hft. * _
CLOTHS. (jiSSIMOIS. COITIBBS. SXQOTMI. Si.
THURSDAY MORNING,
Dec. 24th. about 275 pieces woolens.' as follows—
. Pieces superfine and fine Belgian black,bine, and lancy
colors broadcloths.
Pieces heavy milled clotbs, beavers, and pilot cloths.
Pieces black and fancy doeskins and French, cassi
meres.
Pieces fashionable colora broadcloths for ladies* cloaks
and cloakingß. Also, cap cloths and scarlet cloths.
Also, kerseys, satinets, satin and silk vestings, silk
velvet vestings, worsted serges, stocks and ties, ready
made shirts, drawers, &c.
Also, a stock of staple and fancy articles, and 1 case of
Feather*.
LARGE SALE OF BALMORAL SKIRTS AND
BLANKETS.
Included in our sale on THURSDAY, Dec- 24th, will
be found about 2,100 .‘Women's and Misses' Balmoral
Shirts, latest style fresh goods, just landing, to close a
consignment. \
Also, 230 pairs heavy Bed and Army Blankets.
Also, 1,600 gross Cotton Shoe lacets.
. FUSS. FUR’S, FUSS.
On THURSD AY, Dec. 24th, will be sold a valuable as
sortment of Fashionable Furs. , • •
PHILIP FOED & 00., AUOTIONEEES,
X EXS MARKET and 533 COMMERCE Streati
LARGE SALE OF 1,000 CASES BOOTS, SHOES,
BRjGANS, &c,
ON THURSDAY MORNING.
December 24th, at 10 o’clock precisely, will be sold b?
catalogue, 1,000 eases men’s, boys’, and youths’, calx,
kip, grain, and thick boots, "shoes, hrogans, balmorals.
cavalry boots, &c.; women’p, misses', ana children’s
calf, kid. goat, and morocco heeled boots and shoes,from
first-class city and Eastern manufacturers, embracings
fresh and desirable assortment of goods.
To which the attention of buyers is invited.
49* Open for examination, with catalogues, early os
the morning of sale.
IK.. WASHINGTON.
TTNITED STATES MILITARY RAIL
ROAD OFFICE. No. 250 GStreefc,
Washington, D. C., December 19;1563.3
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND RAILROAD IRON FOR
I will sell at public auction, at tbe Orange and Alex
andria Railroad l’opoi. in ALEXANDRIA, Va , on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th. day of January next:
Ten second-hand LocbmotivelEngiaesAfeeiSK inches
gauge.
About 1,000 tonsof oldßaite. T aadHpattern.
'• SCO Car Wheels.
“ 200 “ Car Axles. '
** 200 “ Wrought Scrap Iron.
“ 200 “ Cast.
A lot of Steel Springs, Sheet Iron, &c.
tale to commence at 10 A. M.
Terms, cash, in Government funds.
H. L ROBINSON,
de22-tja!3 . . Captain and A. Q. M.
Hides.— will be sold at auc
tion, every WEDN BSD AY and S ATORD AY, at 11
o’clock Au M.. at the whaif. foot of 6th street, all the
HIDES, TALLOW, fisc., that may be on hand, of Cattle
slanghierefl OTT6IBE fts limits sf tie District of Colnm
fsla-, aiiij-ped. 'to TtiSs jxj-int for aticli
terras, cash 4n Government funds, to be paid at the
time of sals. G. BELL.
Lieut. Col., &C. s. V. S
Washington, December 16. 1663 del6—lm
FOR SALE AND TO LET,
non susoo, poo.— I these sums
to invest in mortgage LUKENS &
MONTGOMERY, Conveyancers, 1035 BEACH. Street,
above Laurel. dI7-6t*
FOR SALE—NEAR OXFORD,
Chester Co., on the Baltimore Central Railroad,
several good Farms, with good improvements thereon.
From one hundred to one hundred ancUslxty acres in
each farm, the land highly Improved Also, several
fine Bouses in the borough of Oxford, which will all be
sold cheap to tnit purchasers. For further particulars
write or lr-quire of the subscriber, in OXFORD BO
ROUGH, Chestercounty, Pa. -
del6-6t* . PUSSY J. NICHOLS.
MTO LET—A COMMODIOUS
DWELLING, No. 132 North FRONT Street Seal
moderate. Apply to WETHEBILL & BRO.,
0«29-tf 4=7 and 49 North SECOND Street
M TO RENiy-DESIRABLE
NESS STAND, 313„MARKET Street. Apply on
the premises. ■ ■ - dela-tf
FOR S ALE—VALUABLE FARM,
combining 66 acres oi land; handsomely improved
with good building; nicely watered. &c.; situate within
five minutes’ walk of Station, Pennsylvania Railroad,
12 mile? out. Apply to
de!7-tf
m FOB SALE —THE THREE STORT
851 BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, (No. 620,) with two
story double brick back buildings and Lot of Ground,
situate cn the west tide of Delaware Front street, be
tween Green and Coatas streets, in the Eleventh ward:
twenty feei.in fronton Front street, and one hundred
and tb irty -one feet deep to TAMA SEND street, on which
there is erected . _
A brick stable.
Immediate possession given.
Fart of purchase money can remain on mortgage.
LUKENS & MONTGOMERY,
delQ-lm* 1035 BEACH Streets tbove Laurel st,
M FOR . SALE THE VERY DE
SIEABLE FOUR-STORY BRICK DWELLINGS,
with the the three-story double brick back buildings,
and lot of ground, west side of Front street, south of
CallowhiU street, (No. 866.) IB feet 2 inches front by 84
feer deep; all-• the modern improvements and con
veniences. ■ , t
Will be sold upon accommodating terms.
LUKENS & MONTGOMERY,
delO-lm* 1035 BEACH Street, above Laurel.
4j§ PUBLIC SALE OF A VALU
HSii ABLE FARM —Pursuant toan order of the Or-
Phans’ Court for the County of Bucks will be sold at
Sublie sale, on the premises, on THURSDAY,-December
Ist, 1863, at one o’clock P. M.,
Th at large and valuable Plantation late of Robert P.
Lovett, Eaq,, deceased, situate in Penn’s Manor, Falls
Township, Bucks. County, on the river Delaware, at
Scott’s Landing, opposite Florence, N. J-; bounded by
lands of B.'Woolston, B. Briggs, &c..and the road from
Tullytown to Robbins’ wharf, one mile from the former
and three from the latter place; having over half a mile
•or river front, on which is a landing, part of a fishery,
Ac., aDd containing one hundred and fifty-five acres,
improvements are a large and substantial Mansion
Borne, Spring House, Barn, and suitable Out*buildings,
and on the upperpart of.fcheFarm is another Dwelling
Bouse, Barn, &c- On the premises is a young Orchard
of thriving Apples and other Fruit The Farm is
in a good healthy neighborhood, and easy of access both
by steamboat and railroad; the Land well watered, and
in a good state of cultivation, and. on the whole, it is a
very attractive and desirable property. It will be sold
all together orin two Farms, each with a set of Buildings,
as will bring the beet price. The property will be shown
previously to the day of sale by one of the Administra
tors residing thereon ,
The conditions will be easy, and made known at tin
sale. MARY C. LOVBTT,
HECTOR C. ROBBINS,
Administrators.
JOSEPH BROWN. Auctioneer. <-
Falls Township, December 18; IS6S.
m A VALUABLE FARM IV NEW
iS-JBBSET.-contolnins alont 103 Acres, at Publie
Sale, on SEVENTH Dll, the 2d of Ist month, 1664, at 3
o’clock P. M., on the premises, one milo from the Katl*
road. Station in Burlington, New Jer«ey. The land is
suitable for'Gratu and Grass, or it would make an ex
cellent Truck Farm, and is divided into fields of con
venient size, with good cedai fences. Improvements
are a large frame Mansion House, with kitchen and
shed: a Tenant House, with seven rooms and a large
’amount of good Out-building*conveniently arrranged.
The situation is high and healthv. overlooking the city
of Burlington, with a view of Pennsylvania for miles
around; ulao a Lawn in front, with - ornamental trees
and shrubbery. There is a Gust Mill on the adjoining
farm. This property, beitg near a good market, with
freauent daily communicalion to ana from Philadelphia
aim New York, makes it a very desirable residence.
' For further information, eell on WH. R BISHOP, on
the premises: JOHN 0.-DEACON, near Burlington, or
ROBERT THOMAS, in the city of Burlington.'
12 mo. 18th, IS6B. del9-Btath-St*
gg FARMS FOR SALE CHEAP.—97
nere*. Westmoreland county. Pa,,’half clear and
excellent soil, and half heavy timber. Pennsylvania
Railrafid parses through it '
31 aties TanHborough, Camden county, If. JT, with
stock and crops. .....
667 acres heavy timber and first-class saw mill, Brad
ford county. Pa.
10. OQC acres heavy timber in Potter county. Pa. Very
desiralle location. .
S4O sires Tioga county, Pa : half clear, and excellent
soil, balance heavy timber, 5 miles from railroad.
1,100 kcres Forest county, p& ; heavy timber.
521, MO 120, 162, 2SS, 00. 1,200. ISO, 60, 160. 300, 250
acres and others, in DelftYare.
200, 330.' 3116, 300, 160 50. W) acres, and others, in Md.
■l9, 60. 30, 8, 25. 6, 89. 6J4, 1% 115,163,125. 104. acres, in
C 00,87“, 8 7“ 166.114,135,53,170,410,55.ff1. 165,
1.2C0 feres, and others, liiNew Jeway,
Besides a large nnmber indifferent parts of Pennsylva
nia and in other States., ...S IV-. -.'l . _ •
For houses and lots, eeox American and U S. Ga-
* **3 South FOURTH street.
"FURNESS, BBINLEY & 00.,
■*- Ho. 4XO MAHKBTSfcr**.
SALE OF FURS OH WEDKE3DAY, AT 10 O'CLOOK
t( OTIOK-Ws have now arranged for examinations®
lots of fore, manufactured for finest city trade, Including
a full line of mink and Hudson-Bay sable capss aua
muffs, to which the attention of the trade is requested.
N. JtJ. —Catalogues now ready.
LARGE SPECIAL SALE OF FURS.
„ • , ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Dee. 2Sd, at 10 o’clock, by catalogue, on four ooatfci'
credit,
400 lots of super quality fare, including some very
high cost, consisting In part of—
-60 sets very best quality Siberian gray squirrel.
20 sets real mink.
60 sets best Siberian gray and white squirrel, fee
misses.
60 sets children’s French squirrel
,60 eetsee&l and fine squirrel, for children.
10 sets seal and fine squirrel capes, do.
100 sets French mink capes and muffs
-60 sets do do do. collars and muffs.
10 sets real ermine collars and muffs
26 sets imitation ermine, for misses.
2 sets large size extra quality Hudson Bay sable.
10 sets extra beaver cepes and coDars
i SLEIGH ROBES, FUR COATS. Ac.
extra Quality and large size sleigh robes.
extra Quality and large size fur coats.
extra quality beaver and sable gloves and gauntlets.
N. B. —The above will comprise the largest assortaedt
of fine and medium furs offered, and worthy the attea
tion of purchasers.
A full line of ex fine mink furs, for finest city tracts.
N. B. —The above furs will be open for examination on
Tuesday.
TV/T THOMAS & SONS,
■ LTJ -* No*. ISO and I*l South FOURTH Steak
CARD.—ELEGANT RESIDENCE AND FURNITURE.
—Catalogues of the elegant furniture of the late W.
6CHOTT, now ready; included are a number of beauti
ful articles (Bronzes, Marble, Ac.) suitable for CHBISr-
MAS PRESENTS, betides the usual household farai-
aB( J flnnwi —.iiy
086 bf tbd h&bd&m&t and furnished Looses la
city, The whole-residence and furniture-to be sod.
peremptorily.
December 22d, at 12 o’clock neon, at the Exchange;
without reserve, for account of whom it may concern.
650 shares Klmberton Coal Co , Luzerne county, Psane.
Also, £0 shares Fame Insurance Co-, ($36 paid.
5 shares Academy Music.
LARGE SALE REaL ESTATE, GROUND RENTS.
' feTOf KS, Ac.
THIS DAY.
December 22d, at 12 o’clock noon, a large amount ef
valuable city and country property, to be sold perempto
rily, by order of Orphans' Court and executors, including
the estates of Jonah Banting, Charles Harlan. imwl
others; handsome and plain dwellings, valuable busi
ness stands, irredeemable ground rents, large and valu
able building lots, stocks, loans. &c.
Peremptory Sale by order of Heirs—EXTRA VALU
ABLE LOT, nearly twelve acres of land, intersection of
Ridge road and Turner’s lane, within about 3 square* df
tbe Girard College, between 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th.
streete.and Columbia avenue and Oxford streets. Btt
lithographic plans
Peremptory Sa’e by order of Heirs—TWO VALUABLE
THREE- STORY BRICK BTORES, Nos 1 Oand 162 north
Third street, south of Race street, in cne of the most ba
sinets squares in 'Jhird street.
43F* Sale absolute of the whole estate.
Administrator’s Peremptory Bale—Estate of Will lam
Schott, deceased,
ELEGANT WALNUT-STREET RESIDENCE AND FUR
NITURE, SPLENDID CHANDELIERS. LARGS
MIRRORS. FILVER AND PLATED WAKE, FANCY
ORNAMENTS; Ac.
22d InsttrSE ftT'tt'iie.ufc.
Walnut *tre*t, fifth hotfggNSa*^
1622, the superior residence nurl t
furniture, most of it equal to new and in first-rate order,
ramrmars in handbills and future advertisements.
May be examined on application to the Ana,
tioneer*.
Sale absolute. Clear of incumbrance and reetz&e
iions
BALE OF KAKE AND VALUABLE BOOKS FROM A.
LIB R A.R I.
' ' ' TJUS AFTERSOON,
December 22d, at the auction store, rats and valuable
b00k.3 from a private library.
_ Sale No. 2115 West Delaney Place.
HOUSEHOLD FUBNITURR, ROSEWOOD PIANO. OH,
CLOTHS, TAPESTRY CARPETS. &c
THIS MORNING.
29ih inst., at 30 o'clock* at No 2115 West Delaney place
(below Sprnce'and above Twentj-firstSstreets), the gen
teel household and kitchen furniture. rosewood plana
by Loud, fine engravings, fine oil clothe, tapestry car
pete, etc.
May be examined, at 6 o'clock, on the morning of tto
kale.
Peremptory Sale on the Premises.
LARGE WALNUT-bTREET RESIDENCE, FURNI
TURE, MIRROR, FINE CURTAINS, CHANDE
LIERS, Ac.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
22d inst, at 10 o'clock, on the premises, No. 1206 Wal
nut stieet. south side; west of Twelfth street, tb«~2uge
and, valuable residence, and part of the household furni
ture.
The property is clear of all incumbrance- and .re
strictions, 810,0Q0 may remain on mortgage.
Sale absolute, the owner removing from the city.
SALE OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. BIBLES, AL
BUMS, PHOTOGRAPH Ai.BUMS, JUVENILES, &c.
tSSSi On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Dec. 23,
At the auction Store, an assortment of Miscellaneous
Eqqlik, Bibles, Albums, I‘hotqgrapli Albums, JarettUM,
Ac.. &c.. for Chsistmas TxeMuta.
SUPER FURNITURE. ROSEWOOD PIANO ELEGANT
MIRRORS, FINE VELVET CARPETS, &c.
ON THURSDAY KO-BNTNG, .
At 9 o'clock, at the Auction Store, the superior furni
ture, piano, fine French plate oval mirror, carpets, dtc„
from famil les declining housekeeping.
GUN, PI sTOLS, GOLD WATCH. FISHING TACKLE, Ac.
Also, ON THURSDAY MORNiNG,
By order of administrator, aline doable gun,revolver,
fine gold watch, diamond ring, fishing tackle, frc.
Also, by order of executors—silver tea sets, 6 pieces*
silver cake baskets, goblets, forks and spoons. &c.
PEREMPTORY SALE OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION
OF VALUABLE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS. OF
THE MODERN SCHOOL. BY EMINENT .ARTISTS.
*ON TUESDAY MORNING.
December 29th, at 10 o’clock, at the Auction Store, will
be sold without reserve, an interesting collection of valu
able oil paintings, by eminent living artists.
4S§* Particulars hereafter.
fJJLLETTE & SCOTT,
AUCTIONEERS, Jayne's Marble Boil dine.
- 019 CHESTNUT Street, and 616 JAYNE street
Philadelphia
' FURS I FUESt! FURSITT.
On TUESDAY MORNING, Dec 22d, at 10 o’clock.
Large sale of 200 lots of-Furs, consisting o’ Hudson Bay
and. Mink Sable, Stone Martin, Royal Ermine. Siberian
Squirrel, Fitch, River Mink. Capas, Collars, Cuffs, Muffs.
&c. Also, Gents’ Beaver Capes. Collars, and Mufflers,
Ladies’and Gents’Fine Gloves, Gauntlets, &c.
IMMENSE SALE Of -
FANCY GOODS! FANCY GOODS! FANCY GOODS f
SILVER-PLATED WARE, SILVER-PLATED
WARE. SILVER-PLATED WARE.
BBONZE FIGURES AND GROUPS. DIAMONDS, &C.
On TUESDAY Evening, Dec. 22d, at7X o’clock.
On WEDNESDAY Morning at 10 o’clock.
On TfiURSD AY Morning, Dec. 24, atdO o clock.
And on THURSDAY Evening, Dec 24, at 7>s o’clock*
will be sold.
Consisting o f alarge assortment of very fine first-class
China Bisque Vapes, Figures and Groups; finely carved
Siena, Agate and CesteZlina, Amorico and Etruscan.
Vases and Card Receivers ; Porcelain Vases, with fine
decorations, together with a choice collection of Fancy
Goods, suitable forthe Holidays
. SILVER PLATE WARE
Also, Triple Plated Tea tets.Travs, Castors. Tee Pitch
ers, Cake Baskets. Butter Dishes, Urns, Call-Bells, Oys
ter Dishes, Goblets, bpouns, Forks, &c.» of the very best
city manufacture.
SPECIAL SALE OF CHOICE AND VALUABLE
BRONZE FIGURES. GROUPS, &c.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. Dec 23.
Atl2 o'clock, will be sold a valuable collection of Bronze
Figures, Groaps, &c , compruing Large Bronze Figure
in Armor, representing Coiambus and Cortez, Don
Cseeer and Don Juan, Huguenot and eignan, Moran.
Age, Soldad Goltairs, Murrillo and Cervantes, Indian,
and Persian, all os finely-carved Marble Pedestals; also.
Fine Groups, Diana, Spring, and Autumn, Faust, J&rdi
nier Siciate. The whole comprising the most valuable
collection ever offered at public sale in this country.
Catalogues read; on morning of sale.
DIAMONDS.
Immediately after th« sale of Bronzes, will be sold a
lot of very fine Diamonds, comprising Rings, Breast
fins. &c., &c. _
* 1 ■ /vrr is i r e
OhWEBKESWIS evening, December §3l.
Will be sold a private collection or very choice
oil paintings,
Embracing some of the finest specimens of talented and
well known Artists. Among them are several very
valuable productions from tbe pencils of H. Boese and
Paul Ritter, of the National Academy of Design; also
from G W Nicholson, G. B Dufay, and others of cele
brity. All the paintings of this collection are warranted
to be mounted in pure gold-leaf frames, by tbe best
makers, aid the patterns of them comprise the well
known Dusseldorf and other approved designs. Par
ties who contemplate adorning their walls with works
cf decided merit, will do well to call and examine this
collection before the evening of sale, as it seldom occurs
that paintims of lb e merit are offered for sale at public
auction The paintings are now on exhibition, with
descriptive catalogue.
BY HENRY P. WOLBERT,
AUCTIONEER,
No. 809 MARKET Street, South side, above Se«oxd SI
GERMANTOWN - KNIT WOOLEN GOODS, FURS,
CLOTHING, DRY GOODS.TRIMMINGS. SHOES, &c.
ON WEHNE DAY MORNING,
De<ember 23d, at 10 o’clock, will be sold wool hoods
nubias, sontass, *carfs mitt*, wool and cotton hosiery,
merino shirts and drawers, cricket jackets, sattinet
uants, overcoats clotbs, caesimeres, fur muffs, viefco
rines, dress goods trimmings, cloves, buck gauntlets,
hdkfs., cravats, neck-ties, ruffling, collarets, shirt
fronts, patent thread, soap, fancy boxes, b<?o;s, shoos*
balmorals, hats, &c. . ■ -
Regular Sales of Dry-Goods. Trimmings, Notions,***
every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY MORN
INGS, at 10 o’clock precisely.
City and country Dealers are requested to attend theft
sales.
Con ligaments respectfully solicited from K&nufartu
rers. Importers, Commission, Wholesale and Jobbing
Houses, and Retailers of all and every description «f
Merchandise.
K PETTIT,
333 WALNUT Street
f AT PRIVATE SALE.
12 large casks, with straw, suitable for packing chins
or hardware.
PANCOAST & WARNOCK, AUC
TIONEERS. No. *l3 MARKET Street.
LARGE POSJTITE SALE OF AMERICAN AND raf-
PORTBD DRY GOODS. EMBROIDERIES, HOSIERY
GOODS, &c., by catalogue. _ ■
ON WEDNESDAY,
• Dec. 23d. 1563, commencing at •10 o’clock precisely,
comprising about TOO lots of seasonable goods.
EMBROIDERIES.
Al?o on WEDNESDAY, a full line of very rich anA
new styles embroidered jaconet collars and sets, em
broidered linen cambric handkerchiefs, infAnts’ jaconet
robes and waists. &c. , &c., very choice and desirable
goods for holiday sale*
HOSIERY GOODE.
Also, a fall assortment of Germantown fancy-knife
hoods, gontage, scarfs, comforts, coat sleeves, •">
Also,'ladies’ and gents’ cotton hosiery, misses’and
children’s white and fancy wool hose, men’s wool 14.
hote. Ac. *'
Also, ladies’, cents’, and children’s heavy wool and
plush-lined iloveß.
- . HOOP SKIRTS, NOTIONS, &c.
fCO dozen ladies’ and misses’ new-shape steel-spring
hoou skirts for fiist-class sales.
■ Also, notions, porte-monnaiss, head-nets, fancy goods*
stock goods. &c. „
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND CLOAKINGS.
Also, an invoice of French all-wool and Onion black
cloths, fancy cloaking, fancy cassimeres, Ac.
Gentß’ and youths* ready-made clothing.
FUBSI FUaS! FUKSr _ ,
Also, on WEDNESDAY, an invoice of ladies’ fancy
furs,‘in Bets and single pieces.
“STOCK OF FINE GOLD JEWELRY.
Also, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, a stock offiue
14, J 6, andlSkaratgold jewelry, insets and single pieces*
for the best city trade.
Included in sale on Wednesday, viz :
RICH THREAD AND MALTESE LACE COLLARS.
An. invoice of rich real thread, Maltese, and applique
lace collars and sets, comprising a full line of fine goods*
6Uited to first-class city retail holiday sales.
Also, fine French lace barbes, real Pails lace veils;
&c., Ac. -• •
,-rfgggfc. BOSTON AND PHILADEU
SfiftSiiilEpHlA STEAMSHIP LINE, sailing fromeach
port on SATURDAYS, from first Wharf above PISTB
Street, Philadelphia, and Long Whaif, Boston.
del9-stnth6t*
The steamer SAXON, Capt. Matthews, will sail from
Philadelphia for Boston, on Saturday, December 26, at 10
o’clock A.M; and steamer NORMAN, Capt, Baker, front
Boston for Philadelphia, on same day, at 3 P. M.
These new and substantial steamships form a regular
line, sailing fromjeach port punctually on Saturdays.
' Insurances effected at one-half the premium charged
on. tail vessels.
Freights taken at fair rste*.
-Shippers are requested to send Slip Receipts and Bills
Lading with their goods.
Apply!” 1 ** 4
3 ” ■ 33a South DELAWARE At6»m. '
STEAM WEEKLY TO LIVES;
touching at Qneenef own, (Cork Har.
hor ) The well-known Steamers of the Liverpool, new
York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company are Intend*
ed to sail as follows: . „
ETNA* ** * .Saturday December W.
CIT> OF WASHINGTON ..Saturday, Decembers.
EDINBURGH,** Saturday, i
And every succeeding Saturday at noon, from Pier fia
44 North River.
RATES OF PASSAGE:
Payable In Gold, or its equivalent in Currency.
FIRST-CABIN, $BO 00 STEERAGE. WO«
Do. to London. 85 00 Do. to Loudon, MOO
Do. to . Paris, 195 00 Do. to Paris.
Do. to Hamburg, 90 00 t Do. to HamburgjJJOO
Passengers also forwarded to Havre. Bremen. Rotter-
Ca
h ¥or a ft.rth“ at th. Com^w^oflloSfc
4e3 t® ' 111 WAMTOT 6trwt,FMla4»l®6Ss»
auction sai.es.
650 SHARES KLMBERTON COAL CO
THIS DAY,
BEAL ESTATE—December 22
TTIIS MOBNUTG.
on the premises, south, side of
of Sixteenth, street No^
FANCY GOODS
SHIPPING.