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MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1864
'The Organization of the State Senate.
"When the Pennsylvania Legislature as
7sembles tomorrow, at Harrisburg, What is
'to be the scene in the Senate ? Answer
, must be made by the seventeen gentlemen
who form the opposition to the Government,
and who have it in their power to openly be
•come an opposition to the people. The
-State election gave the Union party a majo
rity in each branch of the Legislature; the
fortune of war lost the majority in the Se
nate. Yet the right of the friends of the
Government to hold the organization was
not lost, when Major Elannv WHITE, fight
ing gallantly against the enemy, was cap
tured, and imprisoned in Richmond. The
solitary argument that the opposition can
advance in support .of a claim to the
organization is based on the misfortune
-of a loyal soldier, and if it use this argu
ment it will be only to its discredit. For
what can we think of a party that would
climb to power by a triumph of the common
foe, and whose interest it would be that a
Permsylvania soldier should continue to
:suffer in the Libby prison ? It is understood
that the rebel leaders have refused to ex
change Major WHIT); because they know
that his liberation would be additional
strength to the Union cause in the Legisla
ture. In holding him a prisoner they open
ly offer an advantage to the opposition ; ii
This is used, we can only infer a practical
collusion between the declared enemies of
the Union and the Copperhead leaders in
Pennsylvania.
The morality and honor of the question
are easily understood. In the late cam
paign the issue was point blank between the
friends and the enemies of the Government,
and was decided pmphatieally against the
latter. Governor CURTIN was not only re
elected upon his own personal merits, but
as a- man pledged to an unconditional Slip
port of the Union, and to the anti-slavery
and war policy of the Administration. - A
clear majority in the Legislature was
elected on the same platform. The
people of Pennsylvania, in short, ab
solutely declared themselves for the Go
vernment, and appointed a State Govern
ment to execute their will. Therefore, if
the. Opposition undertakes to prevent a
Union organization in the Senate, they op
pose the will of the people, No sophistry
can conceal this truth. The Democratic
members of the Senate were sent to Harris
burg in the minority; the people wish them
to - remain a minority, and they have not a
particle of right to oppose the just claim of
the Union men to the official manageMent
of the Legislature.
But the argnment we use is not new; its
force has been acknowledged. Nor is the
peculiar state of the Senate anomalous ; in
the political record are frequent instances in
which a minority has accidentally had the
power to tie the vote, and either to prevent
an organization or compel the majority to
compromise. In 1854, at the adjourn
ment of the Senate, Mr. B. D. 1-1.\.-mmn
was elected Speaker. The Democrats,
when the Legislature re-assembled in
1855, had the majority, but Mr. BCCRA-
Iaw, who had been appointed by the
President bearer of despatches to South
America, did not take his seat, owing
to the failure of the vessel, in which he had
sailed for home„to arrive in time. This
Would have tied the Senate; but the majo
rity was given to the Opposition by the death
of another member. Thus, the Senate, as
elected by the people, stood 17 Democrats
to -16 Opposition ; but, purely by accident,
the latter could have elected a Speaker.
Mr. Densra, of Allegheny county, pre
vented an election, and balloting con
tinued for several days. Mr. BuCKALENV
still failing to arrive, Mr. DABS= then
declaring that the Democrats were enti
tled to the Speakership, magnanimously
proposed to give it to them, and voted to
that effect. Mr. War. M. HuisTER, of Berks
county, was elected Speaker, and the Senate
organized. The voice of the people ap
proved this action, and when the first heat
of party contest had passed away it was ap-.
proved by all the best men of either party
in the Senate. The present situation of the
Senate is almost identical with that we have
cited. The question, it must be remem
bered, has nothing to do with the principles
of either party; it is simply whether the
will of the people is to be set aside by a
minority.
It may be that there are members of the
Gpposition who understand their duty, and
intend to do it. It may be that the senate
will be quietly and properly organized. But,
if this hope is disappointed, let the responsi
bility rest upon those gentlemen who were
sent to Harrisburg in a clear minority, and
who owe their sudden power to the accl
dent of war. The Union members should
yield no right, and give no occasion for dis
pute. They have all the advantage of posi
tion, and should use it, firmly and with
courtesy. 7he principle involved is im
portant, and it should not be given up. The
people intended to elect a Union Speaker
when they elected Governor GonTrs, and
that should -be sufficient for any intelligent
and honorable legislator.
An Anti-Slavery Constitution for Arkansas.
The Union is a great watch. Until within
the last three years, it has always kept time.
The mainspring is not broken, but somehow
or other the wheels are out of order. Our
patent-lever is not what it used to be. It
never will be again, because it will be some
thing hetter, something still more noble,
costly, and enduring. The man who is to
put it right will do so very speedily. The
news from all quarters of the South is argu
mentative in the cause of Unionism. Mr.
Lriscovx, who for three years has been ex
ecuting the noblest ideas ever conceived for
permanently assisting the cause which he
has sworn to uphold, has made two special
attempts which will tell throughout the
future. His pardon and emancipation pro
clamations are the two to which we refer.
Taking these into consideration, it is in
teresting to note the progress of Unionism
in Arkansas. War has made progress in
that vicinity, and the natural results of that
war are now being evinced. The preamble
and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the
Union Club of Little Rock, Arkansat, on
the 28th of December, testify conclusively
to the direction the onward sweep of loyal
episodes is taking. Latte Rock is a valuable
witness on the stand, and testifies that it is
becoming the settled opinion of this country
that this great and terrible war, with all its
attendant train of sorrow and suffering, per
sonal, State, and national, was the result of
the existence of negro slavery, and that
those States which rebelled under the
idea of protecting it, having fairly lost
in the contest, shall give it up, or be re
duced to the condition of Territories, to be
-afterwards admitted as free States, or not
admitted at all. Little. Rock further goes
on to say, that every feeling of interest,
pride, patriotism, and hope for the future,
demand that Arkansas, so long oppressed
and down-trodden, should assume its place
in the National Government at once. These,
and various other whereases, are the pre
cursors for eleven resolutions submitted by
Bon. E. W. GANTT. All these resolutions
are decidedly Union. The first one is to the
effect that when the people of a State rebel
lious to the Union contemplate or move a re
turn, such as the people of Arkansas are
now doing, discussion upon the terms
of the return, upon their part, especial
ly, is inevitable, legitimate, and re
quired by the exigency of the times.
Add to this the sentiment that the
adopting of a Constitution prohibiting
slavefy forever is a short and simple means
of removing barriers in the waycf return to
the Union, and is really but surrendering
the shadow of a lost institution for substan
itial and priceless blessings ; that the adopt
ers of these resolutions, as matters now...ex
ist, and in view of the future of their coun
try, desire no other way of returning other
wise than under a free Constitution; that they
cordially co-operate with Union men all over
lhe State, and that there can be but one
Idea, en -the part of loyal men, upon the
question_ of emancipation, and that is to re
cognize the fact that slavery is destroyed
and shape their cottrse accordingly, and but
one idea on the part of Disunionists, and
that is to resist this conclusion by armed
force or masked treason; add to this first
resolution, we say, this sentiment, with all
the connections which flow to and diverge
from it, the preamble and resolutions of the
Hon. E. W. GANTT evince a Unionism of
unquestionable degree.
Yes, the Union is a magnificent watch.
One side of it used to have a crystal, in the
shape of slavery, but that dropped out and
is smashed, and we are now going to have a
grand new golden casket of a hunting-case.
The wheels are being set here and there,
and by and by we shall be keeping time (a
little fast, perhaps,) as well as ever. And
what is more, we shall ring out the hours to
the world. lionth after month, day after
day, hour after hour, fresh news comes in to
keep our spirits up. And these hours, and
days, and months will work up into the
everlasting year through which the Union
shall live forever.
A General EsanKrupt Law.
The passage of a general Bankrupt Law
by Congress seems to he certain. It is un
doubtedly demanded Eby the commercial
condition of the country, nor are the results
of the measure questionable. In passing a
bankrupt law it is not an experiment that
we try, but a reform that we adopt. The
United states is the only great commercial
nation without a general law for the protec
tion of the debtor. The grand difficulty is
to secure protection to the debtor without
wronging the creditor, but it is not impossi
ble to frame a law which shall at once re
spect all rights, while relieving all misfor
tunes. Et. bu.siness community cannot pros
per as it should, when the honest failure of
a merchant is made irretrievable by his life
long slavery to debt. There must be a basis
upon which a man honorably bankrupt can
rebuild his fortunes. What merchant can
not recall many instances of men who are
now struggling to support large families,
who but a few years since were rich, and
who are only held down in poverty by the
constant burden of a debt which even their
creditors have no hope will ever be paid
The law must and can be so framed that,
while it will aid and protect honest insol
vents, it will not give nor assist any broken
merchant in fraudulent repudiation.
SOJOUTIJET Truth.
What wise St. Tammany was to the In
dians, this old lady promises to be to the
negro race. She is the colored saint
Something of an oratress, a prophetess, and
a heroine, she has passed through the tribu
lation of slavery, and now, at four score,
pleading for her people, exhorting the hero
ism of her race, and ministering like a
mother to the wants of the black soldiers,
she sees, not far off, the end and the reward.
Her last mission was at camp, near De
troit. SOJOURNER TRUTH came in with a
wagon full of food, clothing, &c., gathered
from the people of the neighborhood, for the
Michigan colored regiments. We are told
that " Trarrn" carries "not only a tongue
of fire, but a heart of love." She made a
speech, "glowing_ with patriotism, exhor
tation, and good wishes," and rousing her
hearers to enthusiasm. After that, " So-
Joon:NEB spent an hour or two among the
soldiers in motherly conversation, assisting
in opening the boxes and distriliuting their
contents, which the recipients disposed of
with hearty good will." All who know
SOJOURNER Tnumn have but one opinion of
her. She is a dear old lady. Her name,
which war and her good life and works
have made more distinct, seems to type the
fact that in helping the humble oppressed,
and crushing out slavery, Tnum is, indeed,
sojomming with us. Our colored soldiers
may want a saint to swear by. What better
than ST. TRUTT; the sojourner? English
song has made a saint of FLORENCE Nrowr-
INGALE, the Santa Filomena of the Cri
mean hospitals. America, it is said, has
but one real saint, original and aboriginal—
we mean TA.mitxtrEn or TAM MANY, the great
and venerable sachem. Our first saint came
from the stranger race of the red man. What
if .we take another saint from that other out
lawed people, living near us—the black?
Titular saints, howeVer, are out of date, and
it is quite enough that SoJounnmu TRUTH
is the mother of her people. Though very
old, she says that she is still strong. I hope
"to live a hundred years, and see all my
people free." God grant she may.
wA.sru[N - 4G.9row.
Special Despatches to The Press.
W.A.EHINGTON, 11 C., Jan. 3.
Secretary Chase ou Expenditures and
Taxes.
Secretary CHASE strenuously insists on limiting
the appropriations to the means, and on providing
by-taxation every dollar appropriated beyond the
amount which can be certainly obtained by loans,
and that' witheut too largely increasing the public
debt.
He assures the financial committees that an in
steam of exrenditures by additions to salaries, or
other compensation, can only result in disappoint.
ment, unless the means to meet the increase are
provided by the name legislation which allows it.
Death of Senator. Bowden.
United Steles Senator Bowomg, of "Virginia, died
in this city on Saturday, of the smaltpox.
Two More Prizes Captured off Wilmington.
The Navy Department has received information
of the capture, by the Connecticut, of the British
schooner Sallie Of Wilmington, from Nassau, with
cargo of salt.
The British schooner Ella, with a cargo of salt,
from Neuman, which was captured oil Wilmington)
has arrived here.
Re-enlistment of Six-_Mmiths Volunteers.
Information has reached Washington that many
of the six-month, volunteers will re•enliat. Similar
accounts continue to he received revealing veteran
resimento. The weather has moderated. The ther
mometer to-night is 33 degrees above zero.
The Foreign Ministers at the President's
Reception.
The attendance of the diplomatic body upon the
President on New Year's day with felicitations,
which were evidently ac cordial as they were demon
strative, was among the cheering auspices with
which the country begins the year. The entire
corps. were present, with the exception of the esti
mable .Minister from Nicaragua, who, being de
tained by illness, sent to the Secretary of State a re
spectful and more friendly apology.
The Bankrupt and Tax Bills.
The Chronicle says that Congress will unques
tionably pan a bankrupt law at this session.
The sub•comndittee of the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House is hard at word upon a supple
mental tax bill. It is reported that no radical
changes will be made.
Newspaper Correspondents.
An order has been issued from the Army of the
Potomac, prohibiting all newspaper correspondents
connected therewith from publishing, or causing to
be published, the number or designation of regi
ments re-enlisting in the army or leaving the lame;
the number of re-enlistments, or the number of men
furloughed.
Civilians Enrolled in the Army.
Another order from Provost Idatshal Parnicir re
quires a correct enrolment made of all civilians or
army followers, excepting actual residents, within
the limits of their respective corps. This is design•
ed to reach those who have sought refuge in the
army to avoid the draft. Fifty prisoners and de
serters reached Washington on Saturday.
The Navy Department.
It is understood that a reply will soon be made to
the long attack on the Navy Department in general,
and Chief Engineer Isurnwoon in particular, which
was made in a speech in court here, reported in the
New York papers. The reply will show _ that the
steam engines built by Mr. Dicitaireon, at Detroit,
and en beard or the Pensacola and the Richmond,
have been failures, while the fluvenament engines
have worked well.
The Great Ship Canal.
The great ship canal between the lakes and the
Mississippi will be urged upon Congress after the
holidays. We also have the advocates of the French
spoliation claim, of a genera/ bankrupt law, of re.
imbureement of war losses, of navy yards at League
Island, New London, and Portland, of an Interna
tional copyright treaty, of abrogating the miscalled
reciprocity treaty, and of a hundred, more or less,
schemes in which the projectors take a deep interest.
What, with all these, and with sundry plans for re
constructing the Union, the session promises to be a
busy one.
California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—Soiled—Ship Courier,
for Callao.
A speculative movement is going on in alcohol,
and prices are higher. Tobacco is more in favor, at
advanced rates. Dried apples are very high.
The Legislature has adjourned till the 4th.
The weather is pleasant. No news stirring.
Treatment of Rebel Prisoners.
LOUISVILLE, Jan: 2.—The Jennie/ Is statement of
this morning respecting the freezing of five rebel
prisoners, at Jeffersonville, is entirely incorrect.
The prisoners were well cared for, and neither.death
nor mitering occurred among them.
The Indiana State Bonds.
iNDIANAPOLIB, Jan. L—A writ of mandamus has
been Served on the Auditor of Indiana, by the U. S.
District Goya, to compel the payment of the interest
on the Indiana State bends. •
The Arrest of the Chesapeake Pirates.
ST. :foam, N. 8., San. 2 . —Lew,le Seely, another
one of the captors of the derma; Chewefike, was
arrested to day and lodged tejgil.
CHARLESToN.
THE CHRISTMAS BOMBARDMENT
FIRES IN TILE CITY.
ACTION IN eiTCOPTO,
THE REBEL BATTERY CARRIED.
TWO GUNS CAPTURED.
New YORK, Jan. 3.—Advices from Folly Island,
received per the Arago, state that our guns at Cum
mings* Point opened on Charleston on ()origami
worming, lasting from I to 3 o'clock. Several fires
were kindled in the city, which burned a consider
able amount of property. The rebel batteries re
plied, without damage.
The T.T. S. gunboat Marblehead was tired into oy a
rebel battery on Steno Inlet, and two men killed.
and five wounded. Assisted by the Pawnee, she
compelled the rtbels to leave their works. General
Gordon, with a detachment of men, landed later in
the day, and took possession of the works. - The
guns were subsequently brought off by Commander
Babb, of the Pawnee: They are two a-inch sea.
coast howitzers. Time rebels had one killed, and five
wounded.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
The Marin at Martinsburg
Despatches from Cumberland, DM, on Friday, may
that some . excitement was created in Martinsburg,
in coneequenee of our pickets at Winchester having
been driven in as far as Bunker Rill. It appears
that a portion of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry
was doing picket duty at the time, and, in retreat
ing, took four of the enemy prisoners. Thta party
had not proceeded far when they came upon a band
of thirty rebels that had been despatched to out them
off. Our force, being very small, had to abandon
the prisoners, and succeeded in escaping with a loss
of one or two of their number. This was about the
subetance of the news, which, for a time, was looked
upon as something serious, but which, in reali T i
was probably connected with nothing more than the
adverace movement of a scouting party,
11171KORBD MOVEMBITTf! 431mA AStarin
[SPecial Descatet lc the New 'York Herald.)
NrY I r ddra, San. 3.—A operas' despatch to the
New York Herald, dated at Cumberland, Md., to
day, has the following:"' Many rumors continue to
circulate in regard to 'rebel movements, but up to
this time there is not the least evidence that the
rebels intend to attack any points along the railroad.
Some say that the rebel movements were made
for the purpose of hunting up conscript* and pres
sing every able.bodicd man into the rebel ser
vice. Several case/ of persons freezing to death in
consequence of the present cold weather were re
ported.
There is sleighing at Frostburg and Oakland. The
thermometer was sixteen degrees below zero yester
day morning at eight OCIOOk.
IIiCIMITITS OF OBNERAX. AV/MILLIS BALD.
Gereral fkverlll is suffering severely from having
hie feet frozen during the late raid. For two dava
he bad to walk in sheepskin shoes.
Many of his officers and men .
,are also suffering
severely from having their feet frozen.
During the march the men had to drag the artil
lety, not only over and through the streams, but
along the roads. The horses could hardly walk, let
alone draw the pieces. The horses suffered, too,
awfully from the cold.
General Averill captured a wedding party on top of
Yalta Mountain. There were about thirty rebel sol
diers at the wedding, including the bridegroom.
The whole party were taken . prisoners. The bride
followed the fortunes of her new-made husband.
Attectirg, wasn't it
FORTRESS MONROE,
The Black Soldlcra Celebrating Eatancl
pation.
Fonvits” Mor. - noz, Jan. I.—The colored inhabi
tants of Norfolk and vicinity celebrated to-day the
first anniversary of their, freedom as given them
under the President's proclamation of one year ago.
Four regiments of colored troops, under command
of Brigadier General E. A. Wild, took part in the
exercises. There were present as invited guests,
Major General B. F. Butler and staff, and Brigadier
Generals Barnes, Getty, Ledlie, and Heckman,arith
their respective staffs. The procession marched and
countermarobed through the principal streets of
Norfolk, and upon arriving in the square fronting
the cemetery, formed a hollow square, and speak.
ing. music by the bands, and Xll5llO/210 exercises were
the order of the day.
A beautiful flag was presented to the 2d North
Carolina regiment, being a gift from the ladies of
Washington, N. U. Major General Butler has been
receiving calls from the officers of the garrison at
this post and their friends, during the entire day.
A heavy gale of wind is now (9 P. N.) raging at
this point.
FORTRESS M01:1+.07, Dec. 3.—Gen. Butler has left
here for Washington on the steamer City of Hud
son.
The steamer Western Metropolis, from Newport,
for New Orleans, has put into Hampton roads for
repairs.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Review at Port Royal.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The United States transport
Arago arrived today, from Port Royal December
30, with 232 passengers? She brings nothing later
from Charleston. The troops at Port Royal were
reviewed by blajor.General Gilmore on the 24th.
The day was warm and pleasant, and a large gath
ering of spectators was on the ground, making the
scene quite animating.' The evolutions were exe
cuted in an admirableyeanner. In the evening the
General gave a soh* dansante in a temporary
structure adjoining his former headquarters. The
ball and reception rooms were tastefully decorated
with the flags of different nations.
The gunboat Huron recently captured the block
ade running steamer Chatham, near the mouth of
the Altamaha river, with a cargo of over aoo bales
of cotton. The vessel Is a fine steamer of 300 tons,
estimated to be worth $150,000.
110IFISIANA AND TEXAS.
Indianola Occupied by General. Warren—
An Expedition under General Ullman—
G eneral Herron's Command. fc
Raw Yoax, Jan. 3.—The steamer Evening Star
from New Orleans ; 'with dates io the 21th ult., and
Havana to the 29th ultimo, has arrived.
General Fit z Henry Warren, with a considerable
force, had embarked on the steamer Warner, and
crossing Matagorda Bay, occupied Indianola with
out opposition.
Some important rebel documents were captured,
and among them General• Magruder's address to the
people of WesterEk Texas.
An expedition of three negro regiments and one
white regiment end a battery of artillery, under Ge
neral Ullman, had gone from New Orleans to the
month of the Red river.
General Herron had bees assigned to the commend
of the district of the Frontier bordering on the Rio
Grande.
General Dana's headquarters had been remeved to
Matagorda. The latter commands all the forces in
Texas.
HAVANA AND HMCO.
Gen. Dobindo Giving in his Adhesionto the
French
Nrw YORR, Jan. Z.—Advice' from Havana per
the Evening Star include Maio= date. to the 20th
ultimo.
Gen. Doblado is reported to have given in his ad
hesion.
The French occupation of itteonelia, Celege, &c.,
reported via San Francisco, is confirmed.
The French forces were en route for Guanajuato.
There has been no fighting except slight guerilla
skirmishing.
The Juarists were retiring in all directions.
From St. Domingo the information is that no
thing has been done since the occupation of Asuaz.
No battle has taken place.
It is reported that Rokas and another insurgent
chief have been arrested by the Hayden authorities.
NEW YORK.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DIFFICULTY.
A sensation despatch from Albany lays that the
, new Police Commissioners will probably appoint
Nelson J. Waterbury police superintendent, and
'that twc•thirds of the police captains wilrreport to
him, and that the Governor will order out the entire
militia of the city to support the claims of the new
board.
THE EDINEHRGH BAILED—THE WEATHER.
The steamship Edinburgh sailed today for Liver
pool, with I% fair compliment of passengers and
$43d,000 in specie.
The cold continues Intense. There is some drift
fee In the North river, ballot enough to obstruct
navigation.
HEAVY SNOW STORM IN BIIFFALO
A very severe snow storm has been raging since
Thursday night. The wind is blowing a gale from
the west. The water in the lower part of the city is
the highest that has been known for a year.
ARRESTS FOR. BLOCMA.DE larNtaNth
Two brothers, named Aaron and George Wolf,
and Messrs Benj. and Eneac Hoffmang, have been
arrested and confined in Fort Lafayette for being
concerned in the blockade running business. They
shipped goods to Nassau per brig Goodhue, which
were subsequently found on the captnred steamer
Margaret and Jessie.
Messrs. J. D. Young and!. C. Budd have also bean
sent to Fort Lafayette as shippers of contraband
goods. Other parties, and also visitants or the hotel
here known as the headquarters of those of Seces
sion proclivities, have been strrested,but their names
are not given. The blockade business here is about
played out.
BOSTON.
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BOSTON, San. 3.—Major Thomas D. Armasy and
Lieutenant Daniel Davis, two rebel officers, recently
convicted by court martial of recruiting within the
Federal lines, were on Saturday conveyed to Fort
Warren, sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
THE EMANCIPATION ANNIVERSARY COLLECTED
DUTIES ON IMPORTH..
BOSTON, Jan. 2. The first anniversary of Presi
dent Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation wait
celebrated here yesterday by a salute of one hundred
guns and by a public meeting in the Tremont Tem..
pie, at which speeches were made by Messrs. D.
Kirk, Rev. A. A. Miner, and seven colored orators.
The duties on imports received at the port of Bos
ton for the yeir ending December, 186; will amount
to "six millions nine hundred and sixty.three thou.
Sanp, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars.
The 'Amber of foreign arrivals for the year
amounts to 3,129, being IS more than that of the
year previous.
THE MALDEN BANK ROBBERY.
BosTow, Jan. 3.---George T. Bally, a citizen and
shopkeeper of Malden, is under arrest and awaiting
examination on suspicion of hating murdered young
Converse and robbed the Malden Bank. Bally tes
tified at the coroner's inquest that be got a Cheek
cashed at the counter of the bank only a few minutes
before the murder and robbery were discovered.
The warrant for Bally 'a arrest was issued on com
plaint of George Jones, better known es Wont
Jeaeoca, but the 11pccial Orono of flUep ban trove
not get been made public.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1864.
Capture by a Rebel Privateer-The Arch
uke Maximilian-King and Heenan
Bound Over.
Cern Recs. Jan. 2.—The
. pteamer (ay of BM*
mote, from Liverpool on the 23d, via Queenstown
on the 24th of December, paned this port at ten
o'clock this morning.
The steamer Louisiana, from New York, arrived
out on the 22d of December.
The ship Living Age, from Altyah for London, had
been captured by the Confederate privateer Tusca
loosa. She was released en giving bonds.
The London Times had insinuated that the Arch
duke Maximilian will not accept the Mexican
crown, and that Napoleon will have to cast about
for some one else. •
The troubles in India mere assuming alarming
proportions. The British troops had lost heavily.
Russia continued to send off considerable numbers
of Polish prisoners to Siberia. A revolutionary
manifesto had been placarded in the principal towns
of Hungary. Kossuth was at the head of the move•
inent.
King and Heenan had appeared before magistrates
for breaking the peace, and both were bound over to
appear at the Quarter Sessions.
The Liverpool cotton market was dull, with a de•
Mining tendency. Breadstuff's also had a downward
tendency. Provision. dull.
Lormorr.—Oonsols 91091% for money.
The London Globe cautions its readers against the
statement that Lord Lyons had telegraphed to Earl
Emden, predicting the termination of the war in
Mx months: •
Napoleon, in response to the address voted him
by the French Senate, asserted that he was actuated
solely by good and pacific motives in his propositio4
for a Congress.
The Frankfort Diet urges the committee on the
Sohleswig•Holstein affair to decide speedily as to
the succession.
Twenty.flve Prussian subjects have been sent tO
Siberia by the Russian military authorities.
LivsurooL, Dee. 25 —The Cotton isles'
for the
week have been 2.1,500 bales. America.'
quiet and unchanged. Inferior So" °°"(/ in
-.MN are
lower. The sales on Thuredav,2 , re , re 3,000 Dales,
closing dull. Middling 0r1e57 4 , , J
The stook in port it bale4 l including 35,000
bales American.
BreadatUfri fan quiet and firm. Winter red Wheat,
Ele@fis 6d; M I LEed Corn, 3016 d.
ProvirAbus are quiet but firm.
Petroleum is firmer; refined, is 10d @is lid ; 417 is
APked for crude.
Lormosr, Dec. 26.—Consols (domed at 91 ,• Illinois
Central shares, 26024 discount ; Erie Railroad, 65
6 66 .
The bank rate of discount has been reduced to 7
per cent.
DETENTION OF 'MAINS DT lOU IN Tall 6ITZ(0711.
BALTIMORIE, Jan. 3.—The train which left New
York last night reached here at 7.30 to night. The
detention was caused by ice in the susquehanna
river. The train leave. to-night at 1.0 o'clock, ex.
peoting to get through. The Eastern mails have
been sent via the Northern Central Railroad.
0111PLAPP; Jan. 2 .-- The Weather is intensely oold.
At 0 o'clock this mottling, the thermometer stood
at 28 2° below zero. No trains left for the East or
West last night, and none arrived today. All the
roads are blocked up with snow.
Naw You, Sen. ft—MidnighLt.—Ekt this hour the
wind is blowing a Northerly gale, and tke thermome
ter stands at 10° above zero.
Sr. Lours, Jan. 2.—Very little business has been
transacted today, on account of the weather. Since
the heavy snow storm of Thursday the weather has
been intensely cold, the mercury having fallen to 24
deg. below zero, which is unparalleled in this region.
All the railroads leading out of the city are blocked
up with snow, and no trains have arrived or depart.
ed for two days. The river is closed, and this morn
ins teams passed over on the ice. A large number
of Cattle and hogs have been frozen to death.
BUFFALO, Jan 2.—Two hundred feet of the Ni.
agara Falls road, near this city, have been washed
away. No cars have left the ddpoi here since
Thursday. Trains, however, are running from Black
Rock to the Suspension Bridge. Business in the
city is almost entirely suspended.
The worst of the storm is now over, although it is
still snowing this evening. The weather is intensely
cold. The thermometer at midnight on the 31at of
December stood at 42° above zero. Last evening it
was 5° below zero, and this morning at 9 o'clock it
was 5° below. Telegraphic communication with the
West is interrupted.
Evans' bridge, in the lower part of the city, has
been carried away.
jranlaidPOLTS, Jan. 2 —A severe mow storm pre.
veiled on Thursday and Friday, and railroad travel
is almost entirely suspended. The weather is in
tensely cold, the mercury indicating 20 degrees
below zero. The 13th and 35th Indiana regiments
arrived here to day, having re-enlisted as veterans.
The 60th New York reached here to-day, en route
home. Four rebel prisoners were frozen to death
in the cars while en route from Jeffersonville to
Chicago, on Thursday night.
LOIIISVILLE, Dec. 31-9 P. ht—Thermometer is
12 degrees above zero, and falling rapidly. Baro
meter 29.22, and rising rapidly. At 4 this P. M. the
barometer stood at 28.95. A severe BnOW storm,
with violent wind from the northwest, commenced
at dusk. The thermometer fell 35 degrees iu five
hours.
CINCINNATI, Jan. I.—Clear and cold. At 6A, pc
the mercury stood at seven degrees below zero.
DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP MIMS.
NW YORK, Jan. 3.—John Hughes, Archbishop of
New York, died to-night, at 7.14' &Mock.
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES.
The following sketch of this distinguished prelate
is taken from Appleton's New Cyclopedia:
John Hughes, D. D., an American Catholic pre
late, born in the north of Ireland, in 1798. He is the
eon of a respectable farmer of small means, and emi
grated to America in 1817, on account of the disabili
ties to which his religion was subjected in his native
country. His father, who had preceded him to the
United States, placed him with a florist to learn the
art of gardening; but having little taste for such
pursuits, be devoted his spare time to study, and, as
soon as his engagement expired, entered the theolo
gical seminary of Mount St. Mary's, Emmittsburg,
Md., where he remained for several years, being min
ordained from the first as a teacher, He Wag
iest in Philadelphia in Oa aaa,a7.aa set.
tled in a parish in that city- 1 -- a 1830 he accepted a
challenge from the P .;v. John Breckinridge, a die,
tit gobbed Pn - oyterian clergyman, to discuss the
quettirSo. "Is the Protestant religion the religion
Or Ohriat 1" The controversy was carried oa in the
newspapers for several months, and attracted so
much attention that the articles were subsequently
collected in a volume, which had for a time a wide
circulation. In 1834 Mr. Breckinrilge renewed the
encounter by proposing an or .1 discussion on the
queation : "Is the Roman Catholic religion, in any
or in all its principles and doctrines, inhale:alto civil
or religious libertyl" Mr. Hughes immediately
Came forward as the champion of his creed, and the -
debate, which was published in book form in 1836,
was regarded with great interest by the public of
both parties. In 1832 Mr. Hughes founded St.
John's Church, in Philadelphia, and was its rector
as long as be Fel:untried in that city. In 1837, Bishop
Duboir, of Nett YOtk, having demanded, en account
of age and infirmity, come relief - from the cares of
the episcopate, the Holy See appointed Sir. Hughes
coadjutor. He wag conceere.teal in New York, fann
ers 9, 1829, and about two weeks after ward Bishop
Dubois was attacked by paralysis, from which
be never wholly recovered. In the following year
the Pope appointed Bishop Hughes administrator of
the diocese. In 1839, Bishop Hughes visited France,
Austria, and Italy, to obtain pecuniary aid for his
diocese. On his return he applied himself with
great energy to the cause of Catholic education.
Already during the previous year he had purchased
property at Fordhsm, in Westcheatercounty, for the
purpose of eatablishing a college. He now completed
its organization, and it was opened in 1811, under
the name of St. John'g College. The dispute on _
the school question about this time brought the
Bishop more prominently before the public. It was
charged by Catholics that the common schools were
sectarian in character, and they complained of the
injusticeof taxing them for the support of schools to
which they could not conscientiously send their
children. Public meetings were held, and an asso
ciation was formed for obtaining relief. It was de
mended either that the taxes should be removed, or
that a change should be made in the system of edu
cation. The Catholics petitioned the Common Coun
cil, in September, 1840, to designate seven Catho
lic schools as "entitled to participate in the com
mon school fund, upon complying with the re
quirements of the law." Remonstrances to this pe
tition were sent in by the Public School Society,
and the pastors of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and on October OM both parties appeared before
the Common Council. The Public School Society
was represented by counsel, Messrs. Theodore Sedg
wick and Hiram Ketchum, and, on subsequent eve
nings, addressee were made by the Rev. Drs. Band,
Bangs, Reese, Knox, and Spring. Bishop Hughes
answered them in an elaborate speech, but the peti
tion was rejected. The Catholics now carried the
matter before the Legislature. A bill in their favor
having passed the Assembly, was lost in the Senate,
and in the ensuing election the school question as
sumed a striking prominence in the political can
vass. The Catholics, by the advice of the Bishop,
nominated an independent ticket, and the result of
the election showed them to be so strong that some
modification of the existing school system was soon
effected. Throughout this exciting controversy,
Bishop Hughes was the animating spirit of his party,
and was called on at times to defend himself through
the press against the personal attacks of his oppo
nents. He was solicited by President Polk to ac
cept a special mission to Mexico, but declined. :In
1847, at the request of both Houses of Congress, he
delivered a lecture in the hall of Representativefat
Washington, on "Christianity, the Only Source of
Moral, Social, and Political. Regeneration."-In
1850, New. York was raised to the dignity of an
Archiepiscopal see, and Archbishop Hughes went
to Rome to receive the pallium at the hands of the
Pope. The tint Provincial Council of New York
was held in 1854, and attended by seven suffragans,
the new bishoprics of Brooklyn and Newark having
been created the preceding year. Soon afterita close
the Archbishop made another visit to Rome, inorder
to be present at the definition of the dogma of the
immaculate conception. On his return he was in
volved in a controversy with the Hon. Bream
Brooks, editor of the New York Express, and mem
ber of the State Senate, growineout of the church
property question. At the petition of the trustee.
of ht. Louis' Church, Buffalo, a bill, which subsea.
quently became a law, had been introduced into the
Legislature designed to vest the titles to all church
property in trustees. In supporting this measure
Mr. Brooks stated that Archbishop Hughes owned
property in the city of New York to the amount of
about $5,000,000. The Archbishop at once came for
ward to attack both Mr. Brooks and the trustees of
St. Louis' Church, and a long discussion through
the n ewspapera was the result. The Archbishop sub
sequently collected the letters on both sides and pub
lished them in a volume, with an introduction re
viewing the trustee system. (New York, 1855 )
Besides his controversial works already mentioned,
he has published a number of lectures and pamphlets. ,
At the breaking out of the war Archbishop
Hughes, distinguished by his cordial support of the
Government, wen commissioned as a special am
bassador to represent the war to the Catholic sove
reigns
of Europe ; and the result of his visit to the I
Emperor Napoleon has been mane known. In the
late riots in New York, something said in the Tri
bune called forth an irritated reply from the Arch
bishop, whose connection with the nationality and
religion of the greater part of the rioters made him
an object of concern. The Archbishop, at length,
invited the rioters to meet him at his residence,
where lie would address them. His speech on the
occasion was much criticized, but it was given with
good intent, and, according to most reports, had an
excellent effect. The later yeariVot his life Were,
doubtless, years of feebleneas and suffering, and, of
course, fail to represent fully his otherwise strong
and admirable Character. Archbishop Hughes was
a gentleman highly learned and able; an earnest
churchman and good pastor, though, withai, a
church militant. As the champion and' chief of his
Church in this country, his loss will be universally
mourned among Catholics.
CAFE MAY RAILJUSAD.—Last week Chas.
B. Duugar, W. Cook, Saha a. Stevens. Jacob F.
Cake, T. Jones Yorke, B F. Lee, C. F. Learning, J.
Steverw,and W. B. Miller, were D. ppotnted direc
tors of the Cape May Railroad. C. R. lituusan was
elroted preahleat ; Samuel J. Emma, searettal
sad B F. Lee, tresiurer,
EUTtCor9E.
The Cold Weather.
Public Entertainments.
NSW OHISBTNIIT. STUMM' THEATR3.—We have dllt•
voted unusual space to Mies Hosmer, not because
she is a new actren, but because she is both new
and meritorious. No enviable reputation, whole
foundation rests on mere puffery, can be permanent
and secure. The ground-works of that building soon
decay, and the edifice crumbles into dust. The in
dulgence ofl the audience. which during the last
two weeks have patronized the off. nights of Mr.
Forrest, is not so singular as it might appear, bad it
not been mainly due to the interest taken in it by
Miss Hoemer's personal friends. Still, many of
those present were attracted by the hope of seeing
several of their favorite stage heroines fairly por
trayed. This hope was not disappointed. In one
instance, that of Camille, it was more than fulfilled.
During Miss Homer's four-nights' season she has
appeared in eix.plays—"Romeo and Juliet," "Lu
cretia Borgia," "Faint Heart Never Won Fair
Lady," "Camille," "The Stranger," " The Honey
moon." It is fair to presume that Miss Hosmer
did the best she could, selecting from her repertoire
(whatever that may be) the characters in which she
conceived herself to be most effective, acting them
to the best of her ability, and in the order she
thought best qualified to consolidate success. We
consider Camille her beat impersonation. In the two
comedies in which she appeared her vivacity -..ma
very entertaining. Spirited and lively.tor,;ned
she was equo:;ty effective
the Duchess tie Terre Nueva,
as Juliana. With the recollection of.: iar more glito.",
ActienlieS ifzenh upon us, we erknot say tw, Mies
//Cower la precisely the J.itliana we mould desire
to see. Yet it was ::,ore than acceptable, and a
thousand timesAter tinst some we could mention,
if we chose, b:st portion/ of her acting in the
"RoDelnfiOn" occur in the scene where her hue.
band
~..„.„---. . :oducer her to her home, and in that in
her hueband, by practical experiment, tests
virtue of a lock and key, by demanding the obe
dience of hie high•spirited wife. The "Honey
moon " was preeeded by_" The Stranger," and Was,
of course, out down to three acts, as is usual in
such cases.
The character of Mrs. Haller does not stand second
best in Miss Homer's list. We have only sufficient
space to say that we scarcely think she rightly com
prehends the character. Mrs. Haller never roared
in the outrageous style in which Miss Hosmer does.
Her remorse is too deep and abiding to allow of the
slightest approach to a perfectly natural seeming of
cheerfulness. "The Stranger" is getting to be
looked upon as a tedious and stupid play. The cha•
rasters talked as nobody ever talked in the
wide world. The Stranger himself is a missinthropt•
cal old humbug, the opening conversation between
him and Francis being simply ridiculous. Parties dif.
far about the propriety of a husband taking back a
faithless wife, some averring that both husband and
wife, by so doing, sacrifice all the honor they pos.
seas, and others taking precisely the opposite view
of the question. The moral of "The Stranger" is
a sort of "ladies, beware," to ladies of a certain
class, and the play itself is the production of a Ms
eased brain. No natural colors pervade the chs•
rficterizatione, Although some of the strongest yag
alone of human nature underlie the plot, still they
are not humanly developed. One or two smiles may
be excepted. Actresses of great genius have suc
ceeded admirably in the part. But Mrs. Haller is so
far from being Miss Homer's best role that we
would advise her to drop it entirely for the present.
In conclusion we would say that Miss Roamer has
pleased those of the genuine public who have wit.
ncesed her performances. In one or two characters
she was strikingly meritorious. She betrays much
talent and careful training, fire and ambition.
Camille is her best part, and she has a fine turn for
comedy.
Messrs. McCullough, liinggold, and Chapman must
not be forgotten. They all acted admirably.
Vestvali reappears this evening in "Games."
Her einem at Nashville, Louisville, and Pittsburg
is said to have been unbounded.
WALNUT STREET TERATRE,—Mr. S. S. Clarke
continues to sail with the tide. We look forward
with pleasure to referring to his merits in "The
Ticket-o,`•Leave Mau." He certainly possesses, in
a remarkable degree, the power of touching the
source of tears as well as laughter.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The wonderful Arab troupe
continue their performances here. They perform
almost incredible feats. The members of the Marti
netti and hlarzetti troupes are excessively entertain.
ing, especially to the younger portion of the com
munity.
NEw AECH-STREBT THEATER.—" The Ticket
of•Leave Man" is likewise to be produced at this
theatre, this evening.
NATIONAL CIIICIIB.—It ill a pleasure to refer in
language of praise to this place of entertainment.
The bones is nightly crowded, the applause is enthu
siastic, the entertainment varied, and the sprinkling
of jokes abundant.
SIGN 67. BLITZ.—SIgEOT Blitz has had hi. place at
the Assembly Buildings entirely rejuvenated. His
performances have a most rejuvenating tendency
also. It is almoot superfluous to add that his per
formances are crowded, and that they are more mar
vellous than ever.
WUNDERLICH'S ZOGBAPHICION—The entertain•
ment at the lecture room of Concert Hall is abun•
dantly worth a visit. The picture. are intrinsically
beautiful. " Ten nights in a Bar Room" and "Pil.
grimln Progress" afford a wide scope for the paint
ex.'s pencil. The public will do well to visit the
Concerthall lecture room.
STEltzoscorioN.-The Stereoscopion at the Assem
bly Building is likewise a fertile source of pleasilie,
and has been largely visited during the holiday..
We. notice in the Delaware Inquirer, that a firm in
Wilmington advertise for twenty thousand dollars'
worth of stock of the Philadelphia, Wilmington,
and Baltimore Railroad, for which mill be paid a
premium of thirty eight per cent. Facts such as
tbis show the remarkable proaperity of the road,
and are the highest compliments that could be paid
the able management of Mr. S. AL Felton, its Pre
sident. The Messrs, Stearns, the gentlemen who
are the practical superintendents of the road, have
greatly assisted in increasing the value of its stock.
JOHN B. GOUGE AT CONCERT HALL.—The EtNed
of Mr. Gough's lecture, on Friday evening, It "Here
and There in Britain." Thif lecture was delivered
PPP years WI to this city, and those who heard it
then Will rein ember the masterly treatment it re.
Delved from the orator. Mr. Gough's lectures lose
nothing by age or repetition, because he is constant
ly improving them with illustrations from every
day life. The ?Isle of tickets will begin this morning,
at 9 o'clock, at Martien% 606 Chestnut street. Ar
rangements have been made to prevent the incon
venience in waiting, experienced at the sale of
tickets for previous lectures.
Tun FRIENDs or• ART wiU be glad to know that
the gallant deeds of our brave soldiers engaged in
the late battles at Chattanooga are to be transferred
to canvas: Mr. „Tames Walker, the distinguished
military painter, arrived in this city yeaterday on
his way to Chattanooga, for the purpose of making
studies, and collecting material for a large painting
of the battles. He is also commissioned to paint a
number, of cabinet pictures, the subjects to be taken
from the many incidents of personal gallantry and
daring displayed in the different engagements.
THE UNION CAVALIER is the title of a loyal
nevrepapors published at Huntsville, Alabama, by
the 2d Cavalry Division, under Brigadier General
Crook. We have received a late number, which is
really very creditable to its editors. Alabama needs
such journals.
The Commercial List and Price Current begins its
ttdrtpreventh volume with increased oleime to the
support of the merchants of Philadelphia. It ap
pears in new type and enlarged loran, and we are
glad that the prosperity of this admirable commer
cial organ has enabled the proprietor to give it more
value and variety.
THE CITY.
Thermometer
JANUARY 2, 1863. JANUARY 2, 1.664.
6A. it..... 12 x..... 3 P. M. 6 A. m..... 12 nr. 3 P.M.
29 40 -- ..42% 9 13 1434
WIND. WIND
WNW...WNN...NNW WNN ...N W. .
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JANUARY 3, 1863. I JANUARY - 3, 1864,
6A. It 12 11f....3 P. M 6A. X 12 M.... 3 P. M.
30% 42 45 118 26 29
WIND WIND.
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A MEETING TO AVOID THE DRAFT.—A
number of the citizens of the Fourteenth ward
assembled at Spring Garden Hall, lait evening, for
the purpose of devising means whereby a draft in
that ward might be avoided. Mr. William H.
Maurice nominated Colonel William 13. Thomas as
president of the meeting. His motion was unani
mously sustained, and Colonel Thomas took the
chair. Mr. Davis was nominated and elected
secretary.
The president then made a lengthy speech, in the
course of which he said: There are no class of
persons who should at any moment take up arms
in defence of the Government than those holding
fades under it. There is also another class Of
men who owe much to the Government, and they
are the rich, the opulent, and the men who own
real estate. This class of men, he was sorry to say,
have not been active enough in responding to the
call of the Government in this emergency. He
would not say that some had not done so, but he
did say that they had not responded as they should
have done. The poor laboring class of this commu
nity are the men to whom we are looking as the
champions of this great struggle. [Cheers.] Why
should this be so ? Why is it that these men who
are protected and supported by the Government do
not respond better '1 There is a way in which they
can do something, and that is by contributing more
liberally of their means and resources to the raising
of men to take their place io the field.
This great privilege which they have of remaining
home while others are periling their lives in defence
of the country is a boon of far more value than all
the money which they possess. It is net too much
if these men are asked to contribute liberally for
such a purpose. What is all their money or property
worth . , if the Government is'destroyed 1 Let them
do what is expected of them to crush out this re
bellion,and, when that long-wished-for time arrives,
this G overnment will prosper and become a glorious
country. We shall then be a nation of true devotees
of liberty, and this country will be indeed the home
of the free. [Cheers."
Colonel Fitzgerald was then called for. He could
not but reiterate the sentiments of Colonel Thomas.
He said it is firmly believed by. the wise men of the
North that this rebellion will not last six months
longer. The se called Southern Confederacy is now
tottering on the verge of ruin, and if we place an
army of 900,000 men into the field by spring, the ma
ral effect of Bich a movement will be sure and cer
tain to Gauen*" downfall.
The Hon. Henry D Moore was then called upon
to make a speech. He did not come to the meeting
for the purpose of making a speech, and he thought
he could not make a more suitable one than by tell
ing the secretary to ut his name down for three
hundred dollars. [Cheers.]
Mr. William 11. Maurice then followed in a short
but atirrirg speech, after which a motion was made
that a committee of five be appointed from each pre
cinct-in the ward, to solicit subscriptions from the
residents therein, for the purpose of procuring a suf
ficient number of men to avoid a draft in that ward.
The motion was seconded and agreed to. A. com
mittee was then appointed, and also, a. chairman to
each. A gentleman present then stated that Captain
Samuel Comfort, of Company L, 20th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, had thirty men who were willing to be
credited to any ward. that would give them a high
bounty. It was also stated that captain Barr could
get one hundred men for the ward, if they were paid
a bounty.. A committee, consisting of the chairman
of each precinct, was appointed to offer a bounty
- of
one hundred dollars to volunteers for the ward.
The meeting then adjourned, to meet again this
evening at the game place.
DINTOTA FOR TER VETERAWS.—The ladies
attached to the Soldiers' Reading R00m,04 Twen
tieth street. intend giving a grand dluser at the
readies room, at noon, tomorrow , to th e 2 3 3.
GPhite star.Tregimeot, P. V., as an ex• e vession of ap
preciation for their patriotism La reteultsting again
in the aervtoe of the countrlo
Homicrnit CABE.— Coroner Taylor, last
evening, held en inquest upon the body of a colored
man named PerryThomneon ' who died yesterday
morning at th e PennsylvaniahosAtal, from a Pia
taabOt Wr and that he had received at • the tavern
of Mr. Brown, on Lombard atreet, above Sixth, on
Friday night.
The following evidence was elicited:
Jahn Base sworn.—This occurrence took place
about ten o'clock on Friday night ; the two men got
to quarreling ; the one who fired the pistol went into
a back room and presently came in ; had something
shining in his hand ; some one cried out " don't.
Charlie, don't," when he tired ; they only had about
halt's. dozen words; atter the firing Charlie came
out and Mr. Brown called an officer and had him
arrested ; I went back and saw Perry lying wound
Ed ; I saw the pistol in the hands of Charlie; did
not see him shoot, hut I heard the report; I was in
the entry ; don't know the name of the man who
fired the pistol ; they called him Charlie; he is under
arrest.
John Bishop sworn.—As near as I can lay, it took
place between tO and It o'clock; I was with the der
ceased, talking with' him ; one of the soldiers was
getting his boots blacked, and the other soldier
wanted to go out, and, instead of going around,
stepped over his boot ; and the map having his boots
blacked said be would allow no man to do that, not
even his brother, and dared the other out into the
street, but the other would not go out ; words en
sued, PAid both drew revolver.,and thistly one of
thelm went Off, and my friend Perry Wes shot; I
:Ant to him ; he said he guessed he was not hurt
much ; I helped him into a back room, and as he was
stepping in he exclaimed, ..(211 3 my God I" and fell ;
I had the man arrested : ;somebody grabbed his arm
when he fired ; that jnidol was in the hands of Charles
Motne ; the report of the pistol was not very loud;
during the affray heard some one say shoot if he
dared; one of them said lie could licir.anybody be
longing to the Bth Regiment ; I bed hold a' ...me of
the sergeants attbe time the pistol went off; I think
Moore must have intended to shoot him.
Ellen Anderson sworn.—l was attending bar •, I
beard a quarreling between a sergeant and Charles
Moore, another sergeant ; don't know what the
quarrel was about ; the tall sergeant said something ,
about a foot; don't know who fired the
heard the report and then I ran into the entry, for
I was afraid o f getting shot myself; this is all I
knew • I left the bar-room and went up stairs.
William Lemmens sworn.—l belong to the in
United States Buzzers, encamped at Trenton; I
was sitting getting , my boots blacked; one of the
men took my place to get his boots blacked; Char
lie, in stepping over the boot of the sergeant, trod
upon it; the sergeant spoke to him about it; I got
them out, and told them not to have any fuss there ;
they said they would not ; I went away then ; I did
not gee the shooting; I know nothing about it.
Officer James Gamble sworn.—l arrested one of
the sergeants, not Moore ; I saw aothing of the
affair ; I was at Sixth and Lombard at the time;
I was called by a colored man who said a man was
Officer David Bice sworn.—Was standing at Sixth
and Lombard at half past ten o'clock ; colored man
came running .. saying a man was ehot ; I went up,
followed by Officer Gamble ; I arrested Charles
Moore, an orderly.eergerentThe said that he-had not
shoe anybody.
Officer Oiserlic Sigmund sworn.—S. assisted in
makin arrest ;- the - man did not deny firing a
g
pistol, but be said be did not intend to shoot the
man ; didn't believe that he was shot.
John H. Purnell sworn.—l was in the house where
the man was shot' there is not much I know about
it; I went into he house to get something to
drink ; two soldiers were quarreling, and one of
them kind of got aroused; he pulled a pistol out
and said something, if you do sci•amt so I'll shoot
you ; he then put the pistol Up ; presently the other
hi isirdi a pistol off; he got arrested ; I don't know
what hie name was; I saw the officers arrest him;
the parties were moistly sill strangers to me ; when
the pistol was tired I ran away.
Wm. Perkins sworn—Between 10 and 11 o'clock
On New Year's night, I was sitting in Mr. Brown's ;
some soldiers were there; one of them was getting
his boots blacked; this was a tail black man ; the
little yellow fellow stepped over it; the tall man
said. orderly, "excuse me, bubl won't allow you
or m y mother to do that the little yellow fellow
ran into the street, and said, " Come out, you
I can lick anybody that belongs to the Bth Regi
ment presently be came in again, and words were
renewed, whereupon the tall fellow polled out a
pistol and put it at the head of the little fellow, but
did not fire; then a little while after this the other
man fired, and Perry was shot; I asked Perry if he
knew who shot him ; he said yes, but he did not say
who ; the pistol sounded as loud as a cap; I thought
It was only a cap snapped there was another little
fellow there. who was blacker than the man who
fired ; he kept, poking his 'pistol in the tall man's
face, and this kind of riled the parties again ; the
fellow who fired was called Charlie; I don't know
him.
•
A verdict was rendered that deceased came to his
death from a pistol. shot wound, the pistol having
been tired by Charles Moore, orderly sergeant. •
The coroner lodged a commitment against Moore,
who wee committed by Police Magistrate White, on
Saturday.
SOLDIERS MUSTERED INTO THE U. S. SER
VICE —The number of troops mustered into Service
fer three years in this city, at the chief United States
mustering office, from Nov. 1, 1863, to Dec. 31, 1863,
was:_
Old regiments in the field. 212; 152 d Regiment
P4nna. Vols., 64; 183 d Regimen 4 Poona. Vole , 163;
Bth Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, 93; 223 Regiment
U• S. Colored Troops, 416; making a total of 954
men.
Of the above number 479 have been accredited to
other State..
The number mustered into service in the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, from Deo. 22 to Dec. 31, in
clusive was : 112th Regiment Penna. Vol.. 69 ;114th
Reg., 1 ; 70th Reg., 4; 160th Reg., 3; 60th Reg., 3;
90th Reg., 1 ; 29th Reg., 1 ; 43d Reg., 5; 334 Reg., 2 ;
72d Reg., 1 ; 65th Reg., 1; 89th Reg., 1 - ; 119th Reg., 1 ,•
1524 Reg., 35; 183 d Reg., 82; 47th Reg., 3; and 22d
Reg. U. S. Colored Troops, 198 Total, 411.
The above men were from the following places :
Philadelphia—First ward, 10 ; Second, 13 ; Third, 1 ;
Fourth, 1 ; Sixth, 1 ; Seventh, 4: Eighth, 6; Ninth,
2 ; Tenth, 4 ; Eleventh, 1 ; Twelfth, 2 ; Thirteenth, 4;
Fourteenth, 1 ; Fifteenth, 4; Sixteenth, 3 ; Seven
teenth, 6; Eighteenth, 4; Nineteenth, '7; Twentieth,
9 ; Twen ty-second, 4 ; Twenty-third, 1 ; Twenty
fourth, 116 ; Twenty-fifth, 5. Luzerne county, 3 ;
Northeast ward, Lancaster, 1; Bushkin ward, Bea
ton, 2; Lehigh ward, Easton, 1 ; First district, 1;
Second district, 1 ; Fourth district, 4; Fifth district,
L New Jersey—Salem county, 42 ; Camden County,
27; Monmouth county, 4; Burlington county, 26;
Warren county, 5 ; Gloucester County, 25; Bergen
county, 13; Cumberland county, 7; Mercer county,
18; Union minty, 7; Somerset county, 5; Sussex
county, 2 ; Upper renn , s Neck, 1. Total, 411,
The number of min mustered in for three years by
the U. S. mustering office and the provost marshals,
from January 1, 1863, to November 30, 1863, was
3 . 394. •
TEE ODD FELLOW CEmETtRY.—The
annual reports of the committee on finance, secre
tary, and superintendent, committee on grounds,
and treasurer to the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Com
pany, for the year ending Nov. 30th, 1803, have late
ly been issued in pamphlet form. It would appear
that the past year has demonstrated the fact that
this cemetery is increasing in popularity with the
citizens of - Philadelphia, as the sales of lots during
that period exceeded the previous year ten lots, at
a value of $352 50. The improvements made to the
chapel, archways, stable, and ground,`are of such
character as to 'warrant no expense for the same
purpose for years to come. The report of the trea
surer, Mr. John S. Heise, shows the receipts for the
year ending Nov. 30th to have been $6 230.62 ; ex
penditure! tiHt o bid .$4,885.65, tvhloll
leaven a balance in his hands of $344.99.
The number of interments made in the cemetery
during the year has been 1,238
Removals from other cemeteries 49
s
Showing an aggregate of 1,287
To which add the number previously reported. 16,210
Whole number 17,497
During the year 32 bodies have been disinterred
and removed to other cemeteries 32
Making the number of bodies interred in the
cemetery to date • 17,465
• TAX ON TOBACCO.—At a meeting of ma
rufacturent and receivers of tobacco, held at the
Corn Exchange Association Room, on Saturday,
the following resolution was passed :
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to pro
ceed to Washington, and that they be instructed to
lay before the Committee of Ways and Means such
0/34 Statistics, on the subject of the production
and export of leaf tobacco, as will best serve the ob
ject of the Government and interfere least with the
interests of the trade in this article.
We understand, in explanation of the resolution s '
that it is recommended to the Commissioner of In.
ternal Revenue to levy an excise tax of 20 cents per
pound, and that no drawback be allowed on exports
of leaf tobacco.
nOSPITAL CASES.—rerry Thompson, a
colored man, was admitted into the Penn Hospital
on Saturday, having been wounded in the abdomen
by a buckshot, tired from a pistol during a fracas at
a tavern on Pine street, near Sixth. The shot was
not extracted.
The wounded men died yesterday morning. The
party who shot him is under arrest. See police
column.
William O'Donnell, a young min, was also admit
ted, having received a pistol-shot wound in the abdo
men, at a tavern near Front and Spruce streets,
The shot was extracted. Wound not dangerous.
Edward Mongher, aged eighteen years, had one of
his legs shockingly mangled on Saturday afternoon
by "being run over by a Pennsylvania Railroad car,
at Eighteenth and Market streets. Ile attempted
to jump on the platform while the train wan in mo
tion.
The sufferer died at an early hour yesterday
morning. The coroner held an inquest, and a ver
dict of accidental death was rendered.
PHILADELPHIA TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
—The annual meeting of this Society was held at
the Hall of the Fire Association, on Saturday eve.
ning, 2d inst. After the usual business had been
transacted, the Society went into an election for
officers, which resulted as follows :
President, Horatio W. Robertson; Vice:Presi
dent, Samuel D. Carter; Treasurer, John P. Col
cord; Secretary, Win. H. Jones; Assistant Secre
tary, James Bleloch ; Steward, William Mooney ;
Librarians, Chas. H. Schurch, Wm. Limy, S. H.
Stelae, and Richard Cohill ; Beneficial Fund Com
mittee, James Leighton, Chia. Brigham, Eugene
H. Munday, Samuel H. Fell, and Thomas Nichol
son. The Society paid out for sickness during the
past year $1,988.73; for deaths-, $2lO.
LECTURE.---The 'Rev. J. Walker Jackson
will deliver a lecture, this evening, at Handel and
Haydn Hall—subject, " Andrew Jackson." The pro
ceed. for the Ladles' Soldiers' Aid Society of the
Green.street Methodist Church. The Rev. Mr.
Jackson is an effective speaker, original, instructive,
and entertaining. He became more popularly known
by speaking at some of the monster Union meetings
held in Philadelphia within the past two or three
years, on which owasions he awakened his hearer.
to an unusual degree of enthusiasm.
NINETY-EIGHTH P. V.—The 98th Regi
ment, Colonel Balker, is expected to arrive in Phi
ladelphia to-morrow. It has re•enliated for the war.
We are requested to extend to the military, firemen,
and civic org.Anlzatiorup of the city,- a general invita
tion to partielpate in the reception. The 96th landed
on the Peninsula with General McClellan, and has
been in every engagement since the siege of York
town. The military organizations or civic amnia
time' who may desire to unite in doing honor to
these veteran. are requested to report to Colonel
George Wynkoop, Library street,.who is chairman
of the Committee on Military and: Civic Escort.
A 'MEETING TO RECEIVE THE 95T11 P.
V.---A meeting of firemen, to make preparations for
the reception of the 96th Regiment P. V., was held
yesterday afternoon. The following companies
were represented, who expressed a willingness to
participa As s is t anc e, reception Washington, Phila
delphia Franklin, FaSrmount, and Dili
gent Engine Companies. and the Robert Morris,
Good Intent, Northern Liberty, and Germantown
Hose Companies. All companies not represented
will send delegates to the meeting to be held this
evening, at 8 o'clock, in tho•hali•of the Washington
Fire Company. .
TWENTY-THIRD 13.EGI3IMIT P. V.—While
arrangements were being perfected to give this regi
ment a gland reception,,the parties came to a sud
den conclusion, as the-veterans came by squads and
companies, so anxious were they to reach home,
having once started-on the return. They arrived at
different times, from before daybreak on Saturday
morning until after nightfall. They would not wait
at Washington for transportation in a body, but
paid their own way from that place, taking passage
in the first trains that left.
FIRES.—About 4 Oelock yesterday morn
ing, Donovan's coffee and spice mill, at Oil Diliwyn
street, was nearly destroyed by tire. Truk loss sus.
tained will amount to $2,000.
A smell frame building, in Deal street used by Mr.
Richardson so a illeentting shop, was destroyed by
Bre yesterday morning. Lou $lOO.
A Nimble on Hamilton street, abovoHleventb, was
nearly destroyed by fire about ten o'clock last eve.
mug. The lois was not aseertanwk
TIM NATIONAL Fxrpoicits.—The sub ,
seription agent -to rte th 4.• sale of s2x•oooave
twenties ea end' for the weeli.-$10411,95 0 .
Deliveries of bonds areibeing made to Dee. 1. The
amount remaining
.tvalelLl deer RQ t probably *mewl
tatty Er:MU/mei
TrtE TwrcrurrETH Wean.—A large meet
tog of the citizens of the Twentieth ward was held
on Naturday evening. le the basement of the Green
Hill ()Lurch, for the purpose of raising fund. to pre
vent a draft in the ward. It was stated that the
quota required wee 250 me^, and it Is tuoiaght that.
the entire number can be obtained with the liberal
bounties which the ward will off , >r. A committee
Wee appointed, consisting of an equal number from
each precinct, to visit the citiz ne of the ward, and
collect subsoil tions. It is quite likely that the
Twentieth ward will he able to give $lOO additional
bounty_ The Twentieth possesses money as well 111111
pattiothm.
MoaxamTv—OFFlClAL.—The mortality
of the °Ay from Deo 27, 1862, to Dec. 26, 1883, was as
(DHOWS: . Males, 9,417; females, 6 960 total, 15,361.
Of th e whole number, 473 were over 6 0 year. of age,
and 7,869 under rive years ; 608 were soldiers: The
gull:lett number of deaths occurred in August, being
2,044, and the timeliest number in Tune, 961.
ALMSHOUSE STAT I STICS—OFFICIAL.—The
number of persons admitted into the filnitdoitse
during 1863 WU 4,846; the blithe were 146 ; deaths,
679; disched9ed, 2 638; indentured, 41; famished
lodgings, 1,240; furnirdied mealr, 2,349.
THE POLICE.
, [Before Mr. Alderman Battler.]
Peussavlvainia Railroad Bond Robbery".
A third party woe arrested on the chargoof being
implicates in the robbery of the $7,000 worth of
Pennsylvania Railroad bonds. He was to have had
a bearing on Saturday but was discharged, the of
ficers, rtiessrs. a. Smith and Taggart, not having
anything positively against him. The other prison
ers, two in number, will have another heeding to
morrow. How the robbery wall aecarnplighed i or at
what time, is not exactly 6 - flown. The betide Were
in the private vault of ine company,: at Third and
or. 'the 18th of November, last. BY
whom they Were extracted is yet a deep mystery.
The detiatiVes were "put down' , on the affair in a
Walter that for prudential reasons need not be pub
licly stated, Which resulted in the arrest of the pri
soners, who were having one of the bonds trans
ferred_ It in not even euggested, as yet, that they
actually stole the bonds. This important point is
yet a mystery, but IVlesers. Smith and Taggart think
they will be able to solve it.
Soldier Knocked Down and Robbed
On Saturday evening, as Detective Levy wag
riding on an Eighth.street car, his attention was
called to a crowd at Winfield place, just above Arch
street. On making inquiry, he learned that a sol
dier it'd been knocked down and robbed of hts cap.
The soldier belongs the 14th Invalid Corps, and was
walking with the assistance of a cane. Mr. Levy
obtained a description of the assailants, and in •
short time arrested them in Race street, near Eighth.
One 01 them had the stolen cap of the soldier. On
being searched, several pawn tickets were found
upon them for different kinds of articles. A. white
felt hat was also discovered in one of their pockets.
The prisoners were locked up. and will have a hear
ing at two o'clock this afternoon, at tee Central
Station. Mr. Levy desires the attendance of any
person Who may have lost a white felt hat by rob
bei y,
CBeforo Mr. Aldernma White. 1
A Man Shot.
Charles Moore and Richard Chandler, both colored
soldiers, were arraigned before the police magistrate
of the Fifth ward, on Saturday morning, on the
charge of being Implicated in the shooting of Perry
Thompson, in a public house on Lombard street,
above sixth, at a late hour on Friday night.
It seems that the prisoners were in company with
each other, and both were armed with revolver*,
Moore having the addition of stdoarms. Chandler
aesired to have his boots blacked, and while a boy
was doing this work, Moore stepped across the boot.
Chandler got very angry at this, and swore he would
allow "no man, not even his =other, to step over his
boot." tie drew a big revolver, and Moore ran out
of the back door. In a couple of minutes he re
turned, and suddenly drawing a French or parlor
revolver, Bred one shot at Chandler. The bail
IllinEd the intended victim, and took effect in the
abdomen of a man named Perry Thompson. Moore
s committed to await the result of the injuries
i,,neived by Thompson. Chandler was held to bail
in the sum of $BOO to be of future good behaviour
and to keep the peace.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE_
United States Circuit Court Judge Cad
welader.
IS GAS USED BY THE CITY IN LIGHTING TEE PUBLIC
LAMPS TAXABLE UNDUE. TEE INTERNAL REVENUE
The City of Philadelphia vs. John H. Diehl, &c.
This was an action to recover back $28,742, paid
under protest to the defendant, as collector of inter
nal revenue for the United States, for national
taxes on gas used in lighting the public latrips. The
taxes were paid for the period extending from Sep
tember, 1862, to .Tune, 1863, inclusive, and which
were claimed nail . the 75th section of the national
lax law of July, 1862.
The plaintiff insists that the Gas Works are the
property of the city of Philadelphia, and are not an
independent corporation, and should therefore be
exempted from the operation of the tax law.
The ease was called up for trial on Saturday, and
the evidence, which consisted mainly of the corre•
apondence between the Trustees of the Gas Works
and the United States Assessor and Collector, was
submitted to the court and jury. The case was then,
without having been concluded, postponed till Wed
nesday next.
District Attorney. Coffey and Assistant District
Attorney Ashton appeared for the United Staten.
Richard Ludlow, P. C. Brewster, and Wm. L.
Hirst, Brqs,, for the City of Philadelphia.
Supreme Court at Nisi Prins
THE CASE Or E. SPENCER MILLER—INJUNCTION Ere
Armstrong et al. vs. Miller et al. In this case,
Which was an application for a preliminary injuno•
tion, before reported, Judge Strong, on Saturday,
delivered the following opinion : -
OPINION
Armstrong et al. vs. Miller et al. The very
short time during which I have had this motion
under consideration, together with the unavoidable
pressure of other cases, has prevented my doing
much more than state the conclusion tp which my
mind has come.
A 030* .;int rot A preliminary injunction is not a
claim of right, but an appeal to the sound discretion
Of the court. The award of any injunction is al
ways an exercise of the extremest power which a
court possesses, and it ought therefore never to be
made except in a clear case. Still less should a pre
liminary injunction be granted on motion if there be
any doubt respecting the jurisdiction of the court
over the case or the parties, of respecting the equity
of the complainants. In meet cases the object of
such an interlocutory order is to preserve unchanged
the condition of things existing when the order is
made until the tired hearing of the case. It is not
intended as a prejudication of the controversy be
tween the parties, but as preparatory to an adjudi
cation. The grant of it is a most delicate exercise
of power, and in many cases would be productive of
more mischief than could result in any possible way
from its denial. And I think it is peculiarly incum
bent upon the courts of this State to be cautious in
putting forth this strong arm of power. From the
earliest existence of the State, and even of the pro
vir ce of Pennsylvania, there have existed strong
prejudices against any such tribunal as a court of
egaity. The 'vast powers of an English Chancellor,
Meer the greatest Of Which is the writ of injunction,
have been considered incompatible with our insti
tutions, and until the sl e w :the greatest nine ,
tans was manifested to conferring them lifeeii anji
Pennsylvania court. Undoubtedly a great change
has taken place. The act of 1836 enlarged the equity
jurisdiction of our courts, and conferred new powers
upon them, and we are now rapidly being made ate
quainted with &system of jurisprudence, and with the
exercise ofjudieial authoritywhich the jealous love of
freedom of our fathers was, for generations, unwilling
to have introduced among us. Whether, after trial,
there extraordinary powers will commend them
',elves to there who conferred them, it is not for me
to say. But, with the history of our Legislature be.
fore me, I do not feel authorized to claim any greater
equitable power than an English chancellor pos
seBEEN, or to construe cur acts of Assembly as in
tending to confer such greater power. i know that
the Supreme Court is authorized to enjoin against
The COMMil3iOl3 or continuance of acts contrary to
Jaw or prejudicial to the interests of the community
or the rights of individuate; but this can only mean
that it may interfere to prevent or restrain such acts
in cases in which courts of equity are accustomed to
interfere. Every civil wrong is contrary to law and
prejudicial to the rights of individuals or the inte
rests of the community. Yet it would be monstrous
for me to hold that I can enjoin against the commis-
Mon or continuance of every civil wrong. If I can,
every common law action may be dispensed with, a
jury is4io longer necessary in our courts, and the
judge in every civil controversy may determine both
the law and the facts. Disseizin of lands and illegal
seizures and detentions of personal property may be
redressed, not by ejectments and replevin!, but by
bills for injunctions. No one will contend that such
was the intention of the Legislature when they gave
to this court the power to issue injunctions. Such a
revolutionary destruction of the common law was
never designed.
In determining, therefore, whether I have the
power to enjoin the presenteiefendants, according to
the prayer of the bill, I must inquire whether such
a case is presented as, pursuant to the practice of
Courts of Equity, warrants an interference by in
junction.
Clearly the complainants have no standing here,
if they have an adequate remedy at law. The bill
undeniably present. a case to which the writ Of quo
warrant° is specially adapted. If the defendant, eft..
Miller, is not a member, by right, of the Select
Council, as the bill charger, and if he is in fact
usurping the powers and privileges of a member, he
may be removed by a judgment in quo warrant°, and
for such a case that writ is provided. Not only is it
the common law remedy, but it is prescribed by an
act of Assembly of June 14, 1836, P. L., Gil. It is an
adequiate remedy, quite /is much so as any in equity
can be. It accomplishes precisely what is sought to
be obtained by the injunction prayed for now. And
it is as speedy, for it may be brought to a conclusion
as t oon As a final decree can be obtained in a Court
of Equity. An interlocutory decree is not, of course,
and is defeated by affidavits denying the facts charged
in the bill, upon which the alleged equity of the
complaint is based. There is, therefore, no founda
tion for the assertion that the writ of quo warrant°
is not as complete and adequate remedial process in
the case which the complainants present as any pro
ceeding in equity can be. I cannot but regard this
bill and tbie motion as an attempt to make a novel
and unauthorized use of the equitable powers of the .
court. On the argument I asked the very able-end'
learned counsel for the complainants to refer me to
a case in which a court of equity had ever held it
might substitute an injunction for a writ of quo
warrant° or had ever interfered to oust by injunction,
one acting without right in an office. They have not
been able to find one, and it would be strange if they
could. In my opinion it would be an.uuprecedented
assumption of power were 1 to entertain this bill
and grant the present motion. I have no jurisdiction
in equity to try the right of Mr. Miller to act as a
member of the Select Council, and therefore I can
not award an injunction onthis motion. And even
if I had the power, there are several reasons why I
should not exercise it by interlocutory order.
The complainants have been guilty of great lachee.
The bill charges that E. Spencer Miller ceased to be
a member of the Select Council on the 26th day of
March, 1863, and that ever since that time he has
acted as a member without right. If, then, the com
plainants have any equity now, they had it more
than eight months before this bill was tiled. Yet,
most of them have sat with Mr. Miller in the Coun
cil ever since, acted with him. me a member without
complaint, until after en , election had been held. at
which his seat might have been filled if it was va
cant. The other complainants have all along had
knowledge of the facts. But for their delay there
might have been a final adjudication of the case by
a proceeding in quo warrant° before this time. They
are not, then, in a condition to ask for a preliminary
decree in their favor—a decree which, if ultimately
dissolved, would be a far greater wrong to the com
munity than the usurpation, of which they come
plain is to themselves.
There are other reasons which might be given.
will only add that there is more than one averment
in the answer which the thirteen defendants have
presented and to which they have severally sworn
or aftirmed, fatal to the equity of .the bill, if it has
any, and or course fatal to the Meant motion. I
will not specify them, nor is it the time now to OM.
eider whether they are true. But for tee reasens
given I overrule the motion for an injunction. Mo
tion denied.
Court at Clommon.rieso—Judgen Tizonnpaen
and gesitiovv.
This court Was in session as usual. on Saturday,
to hew and dispose of miations, and deliver opinions
ripen cases previously argued. Several opinions
were delivered, and among them S oc iety. the owe of
Lydia A. Oremly vs. S. Patrick'
Txu, was submitd to the court in the of a
COM stated, in wh ic h it appears that theplaintiff
claimed certain benefits due to her deceased hus
band, who was killed at the battle of Claim:teller
vile, he being a member of the Society of St. Pa
trick. The claim was resisted by the society on the
ground that Captain Cromly, the decedent, forfeited
his membership in entering the military service.. in
asmuch as a section of the bylaws" of the society
provides that no "soldier of a standing army is
eligible to membership, and if a member entered the
at my be at ones forfeited his right.of membershin. 3s
It was contended by plaintiff's, puma, that. odor
a ruling of the Supreme aunt, the volunteer force
was not a "standing army," amyl that Capt. Crossly
did not adopt the professie - o of arms, but was simply
for a limited period a Wl:Weer. The court held this
view to be rightly tales and gave judgment for
plaintiff, with costs. John-o , B3rces appealed tor
plidatitti lami• Cketwkra for 4ofewlaat7,
IPX"Ir IT'
1 „ 3/ ' 'ritili YIEAS. has dawned in
Rim amour the new and wile re.
wont to me "" at thin season, wf
the resolution to ~,e " ot h er co a t
AIM?, at his lessee, ~4 2, d ~j , „. ~,,t ' I
It is by far the clea:_ a 7 ei r t : ~ the.
city.
...--.... .
A 02.140, Being the eni.: .
market of the celebrated Silver-t Bgelewhe
h
which is pronounced, by have tries it, to
far superior to any (Whew not excepting the Beth
hem and other fav to brands, we would tnfor
our patrons that have just received a fresh our
ply of the "811 Flint," and are now prepared :.
meet the la demand.
DAVIS & RICHARDS,
Arch and Tenth sheets,
Gun T REDUCTION IN PRIOR&
rest Reduction in Priem.
r Ladies , and Misses , Fine MAIM,
, 9 0/ Ladies , and Misses' Fine Ol9'eks.
Also,
Rich Furs of all kipAp,
Rich Furs of all
In anticipation of tb'a close of the season, we are
now prepared to ''.cake a large concession Crow
former prices OD Xll our stook.
xonnoTon Lc Co.,
The Paris Cloak and Fur Emporium,
820 Chestnut Week,
Sr-AMMO PM:tr.—Good Skating on Park Thirty
first and Walnut streets.
DEAFNESS, Eye, Ear, Throat DLeasea, Catarrh,
treated by Dr. You Moscbrisker. Offioe, lOZT Wed,
nut street. ja46t•
Go TO TIZADQUAP-TitlLEL—most deaterlit ittMata•
men's Furnishing Goode brut their goods. 111. r.
Grant, 610 Chestnut street, madelacturee them hire•
self, and hence sells at lower prices. His stook,
both of home•manufactnred and imported articles, is
really brilliant, of which we desire buyers to take
notice. The "Prize•lYledal Shirt," invented by
John F. Taggart, it will be borne in mind, is Ludt•
genus to this establishment, and a great Shirt ft
is, as we know from experience.
CORNS, BUNIONS, INVICETBD NAILS, ENLARGIED
Soirers, and all dilemma of the feet, cured without
pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. Zilch&
rie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut @treat. Re•
fere to physicians and eurgeons of the city. 142.6 i
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA. JAIL 2. 1164.
Money was in fair dema ad, but the supply - Was not
liberal, seven per cent. being the ruling figure. Bust.
nose matters generally were not lively, this having been
considered as merely a day sandwiched in between the
holiday., and the opening of another year to 1111 a gap in
the records. If the money market , would ease up some
what. as it may do any day. speculation would be active. -)
as (ha spirit is greatly alive, and it is only the difficulty
of carrying gold and stocks that checks it. Gold was
snore active than on Thursday,bat without musk change
in price. which was 112 nearly all day. Government se.
entities were steady at the figures noted early In the
week, the demand for the ilvettwenties enlarging con•
aiderably. The stock market was dull but very steady.
but one nest ion of the board being held, Catawlssa pre.
ferred sold at 32M—lehi being bid for the common. Phi.
ledelphia anti Erie sold at :;2'-,:; North Pennsylvania at
28; Machin. at 62. hf; Camden and Atlantic preferred at
2.!! , ..7: Girard College sold at 184 for Camden and
Amboy; 5134 for Lt'tle Schuylkill ; 59% for Reading;
71 for West Philadelphia; Union Canal sixes ad.
'canoed to 27; SchuylkilliNavigation 18Sts at 87. Being
the only eaten of corporation securities, 9911 was bid for
State fiver, 19334 for new city sixes; Camden and Am •
boy bonds were eteady: /MS was bid for Pennsylva.
nia Railroad 2d mortgages; 10.4 for Philadelphia and fixity
eixes ; 105 for Lehigh Valley eixess. Big Mountain was in
demand at eett6l9'. Penn Mining at New Ceeek sold
at 1: City Bank at 5•2?-if ; 2671 for Mechanics, The marisat
closed strong.
Drexel ds Co. Quote:
United States Bonds. 11110531
S. new Certilleatee of /ndebtedness........--. 98 C. 913 M
U. S. old Certificates of indebtedness 102M(61023±
U. S. 7 2.17 Notes 100;0107
Quartermasters' Vouchers 97 66 96
Orders for Certificatee of Indebtedness l' IX
Golds — 5 / 4 9 3 : 1 52
"qt
txehang e
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government etemrittee. es
follow':
United States 66. 1981.. 00000 •.. 4114 II N 4 .106 f9110115i
United. States 7 840 notes.
Certificates of Indebtedness. old 107 41102 ii
Certificates of Indebtedness, new 98 98,1
Quartermasters'. Vouchers 9715 ett
gold 162
lan 5-20 buds, 112,798,000; for the week, $10,211,950.
Philada. Stock nue
[Reported by B. R. SLAY/sex
FIRST
75 New Creek 1
B Phila & Brie RE-. 32M
100 Cata RE pref cash. 3234
100 d0.....b30....... 3234
46 do 3234
40 Girard do -.. Co ll ege... 27M27
35 34
500 Big Mount 6,13
100 do 1 ain
,6 -
200 do 'bs&int.
200 , do .... 6
600 do - 6
10 Mechanics Bank. • • BM
Philadelphia Market&
JANUARY 2—Evening.
The demand for Flour continues limited; sales com
prise about 600 barrels at $7.25@7.6234' 1 2 1 barrel, forams.
mon and choice extra family. The retailers and bakers
are buying moderately at from $(46.60 for superfine:
11:7@7 11 for ex t ra ; der &3HB for extra family , and from
-
$B.lO up to *lO barrel for, fancy bran..., oa,....Aina•
to
querns". Eye Flour is dull; small sales are making at
$6.60 barrel. In Corn Meal there is very little doing:
Pennsylvania is offered at *5 50 as barrel.
GRAIN. —There is very little demand for Wheat. bat
holders are firm in their views. w,th sales of 3.500 bus
at $l. 63 Is bus for fair to prime Western and Penn
sylvania red, and $1 7CQI.9t. bus for white, the latter
for prime Kentucky. Eye is scarce and in demand at
*l. at - -O. bus. "urn is very dull, with small sales of new
yellow at $1.1M1.1.3 aF bus, as to condition; 1. eut) bus
new white sold at SIL 10; old yellow is quoted at $1.26 - Sit
bus. Oats are also cull, with sales of Pennsylvania at
E.5CbS6c. weight; IMO brie Barley Melt sold at $1.63 lit
bushel.
BARK. —Quercitron has declined; 31 h'11.611 sold at $36
gi ton for let No. 1.
COTTON. —The market is firm, with small sales or
middlings at 8/082c - 41 lb, cash.
alinCliBIES. —There is vary li t tle doing 'neither Sugar
Or Coffee, but they are firmly held.
SEEDS.—Timothy And Flaxseed are sellin at 813 for
the former, and. *3.16 bn for tee latter. Glover is in
demand. small sales at S7.76EDS 'Li 64 lbs.
P.P.fiVISIONS. —Holders are firm ,r in their views.
Ness Pork is held at $lO for old, and $22 bbl for new.
Large sales of Dressed Hogs are inaking at $l3 25 the 100
ICO bbls Bee; sold at $l2 bbl. Lard is arm-
IY held. with sales of atl:3l2l4°lil Butter is
gild demand and selling at 2'.(g).10c 14 lb for COZ
mon to prime.
WHISKY E a held firmly. 150 bbls Fenner.lYania and
Western sold at P0095c and Dredge at 90c ift aFtllolt.
zimpT)r.B. BAGS
_ .
AV TIM 101130HANTIP 3XOHANGII, PFEILADIMPIELL
Ship Tonawanda, Mina Liverpool, Jan 25
Ship Philadelphia (Sr). Poole Liverpool, Soon
Brig Marie Lonime (Swed), Almeida Havana, goon
PHILADELPHIA ) BOARD Of TRADS,
EDMUND A. SOUDER,
arm. G. BOULTON, CommITTER 09 TIZ Mont.
EDWARD C. BIDDLE,
MARINE INTEEILIGENCBe
FORT OF PHIZAMICLPHIA,I Jan. 4, 11014.
FON LIBEL•.»»«..« 24 IKM
ARRIVED
Brig Dudley, Carter, Hi days liOm Calais. with lumber
to B Sou4er & Co.
Ear $ W Tull, Naley,l6 days from New Orleans, with
sugar, molasses, arc. * to D S Stetson & Co.
tar John Stroup, Corson, 7 days from Key West, In
ballast to captain.
Ichr Maggie Vas Dusan, Garrison, 5 days from New
barn, in ballast to captain.
Schr Jonathan May. Cobb. from lay West. in ballast
to captain.
Sehr Olivia, Fox, I day from Odessa, Del, with grain,
to Christian al Co.
CLEARED,
Steamship Norman. Baker. Boston. Ef. Winsor.
Bark Union, Heard, Pernambuco. Lewitt & Damon.
Bark Brilliant. Coiburn. N Orleans. Tyler & Co.
Bark Harriet Spaulding, Wallace, S W Pass, Work
man & Co.
Beg Nellie Mowe, Pike, Kingston, Sit. B A Bonder &
Co.
Brig Lizzie Lea Parker, Gibraltar, Workman. & Co.
Schr Maria Hall, Bartlett, Cienfuegos, Madeira & Ca
bade.
Schr bi A Rich, liazdv. Alexandria, A t# Catteli & Co.
man. Mary Fletcher, Tracy, Boston, Twelas & Co.
Ear Chesapeake, Seaman. Alexandria. Tyler & Co.
Seta. Sono f Malta, Love, Baltimore , 5) P . DlOrrOn di CO.
St'r .1" ti Shriven Dennis, Baltimore. A Groves. Jr.
[Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange,]
Lswes. Del., SAD. L 1884.
The gale of yesterday brought about forty sear Oyes
eels to the Breakwater, but in consequence of the high.
sea we cannot get their names. The brig John tfernard.
before reported on the point of the . Cape, has be of
elf, and will be towed to the Breakwater ter day. The
bark Gem. Capt. Petry. from West Coast of Africa', for
Mem, Mass,, which. arrived at Breakwater a Yew Jaye
ago. still remains, in distress—an hands sick, wit - Cent
provisions for Ave days, and all sails split.
AARON' MARSHALL.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AVOID TUE 1/A14434 - RS OF A COUGII---TAIRE
" Dr. dwayne's Compound Syrup Wild Chem.!'
"Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup Wild Cherry."
• • Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup Wild Cherry.
" Dr. Swayno's Con pound Syrup 'Wad Cherry_ "
"Dr. Seta yx,e's Compound Syrup Wild Chess-"
We will guarantee it has cu: ad more Coughs End Colds
than any other medicine. Even In neglected cases.
Cough seated Pain and Oppression, Sore Throat,Hbarse
nee% Night Sweats. it gives riltek relief and permanent
cures. It has stood the test of many years' experience.
Prepared only by Dr. SWATNE & SON, 330 North
SIXTH Street, Philadelphia. Sold by Druggists every
where. ia4-mkw4t
FOR ONCE, WE TAKE PLEASURE IN OALEING
the attention of oar readers to an advertisement—that of
BO WE & STEVENS' "Family Eyeeolora. " These D.yse
have become a household necessity, and so general in
their use that many a well- dresaed , lady Inds that many
an artele. once rejected as out ckfdate, ie, by the able'
tStie Dyee, mad • se good as new. -
ENDA.LL P S AMBOLINE,
FOR THE R.A.
AMBOLINS'
610ISTRNE,
BEAUTIFIEE.
ODORA.TRE.
LENCITHENao
INVIOORLTIN.
NOURISHES.
EMBELLIEIHNN
MEMO
PHRELY VEGETABLE 00.111POBHD. made sarelip,
from etimraatinx extracts of
ROOTS, HERBS. LND rtowsus.
. _
Prevents the hair falling out or front tinning prem.
t a reis gray. Ladies who deairs a luxuriant bead
hair should not fail to eve the AMBOLINZ a trial.
Price it per box. containing two bottles...
PREPARED ONLY. .
RANDALL &AM..
506 BROADWAY. NOW Wilk.
AGENTS IN PHILADELPHIA,
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWLY, &. COWDNN.
de-nmvarn No. North GISTS Street
A
ELECTRICITLY SOIBNTIFICIALY biz-zazim
by Bt. A. H. STNTENS, 1418 13ovitb. PUN. WAIL
Philadelphia. . • o •
ONE-PRICE CLOTHING, OR; TsB Taa:Mit&P
FirTLEF!. made in the Best Illeuner.enDratody for :MAIL
SALES. LOWEST Selling Prices marked in Plain
Figures. Au goods made to Order warranted 'euristre.
tory. Our ONE-rige3., Eigarad 15 alitiolay adhered IN
all are thereby treated alike.
de23-ly JONES & CO.. °WI KARICEZOtareet.
GOLD PENS RS•POtNtTSD 11,4114 T. IO maw. f ,
on the reatipt of Sit cents. Cireitiame for law John
lon Pen. tent on smnalieation.,bi hila or other ." •
wise.
. • •
L & JOHNSON. Hanufseters end °Mee..
4.21-1 m 15 MAIDS& LAM& New reili"Nt&.
DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE L1N1M12111164
11118BMCOM end sever tal.Lv.
hangs Sales, San. s. •
ER. pjalladelphia Sxcluage.l
BOASD.
City Bank 51?;
100 Penn %lining 8.4
100 d0,..b 10—, • 8%
1 1000 Wiwi flay 61'82 87
0500 'Union Canal 6s b5O 27
6012 Penns RR.A.30.. 26
100 do b 5 25
12 Cam & 11.1 an pref. 21'4
6 Itinehill RR.. b G
1000 TY S 6a'Bl Reg b 5.. 100 i
301787 30 Traaa N bk 106)1
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