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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1864.
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military
for and naval departments. When used, it will
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War Prospects Abroad.
The new year opens with "wars and li
snore of wars." There is strife, or its com
ing shadow, in every part of the world.
Here, the civil war, which has raged for
nearly three years, is not yet closed, though
it would appear certain that it must speedily
be ended, two elements evidently being in
combination—the valor of the Union com
batants and the straits to which the rebels
have been driven. To this may be added
the justness of our cause. We contend,
not alone for the political purpose of pre
serving that Federal Union which built us up
into a mighty nation, but also in the name
of that Humanity which has been so long
and greatly outraged by having permitted
slavery to exist among us, under any con
sideration. On this continent of ours is
now waged another contest, at once unpro
voked and indefensible. The subtlety of
the Emperor NAPOLEON, Willch is equalled
only by his grasping ambition, sent a French
fleet to Mexico and threw a French army
into that country, nominally to obtain
satisfaction for debts claimed by certain
French creditors, but actually to obtain pos
session of part of the country, and to change
the system of Government there, by over-"
throwing the republic and erecting an im
perial throne upon its ruins. In consequence
of our own internal troubles, we have apt been
able to make an active resistance -to this
wilful violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
We have protested against it, however, and
certainly will never allow it to be consum
mated. An empire has been proclaimed
and an Emperor elected (by a few officials
who obeyed the dicta of General FOREY,
the French commander), but there is a vast
difference between saying and doing. The
Archduke MAXIMILIAN is not yet on the
new throne which French bayonets have
erected and alone - can support, and may
Jive to a good old age if he does not ascend
it - until peace and unanimity are established
throughout Mexico—his avowed determina
tion being not to cross the Atlantic until the
new empire is consolidated, prosperous, and
happy. The war between the French and
the Mexicans may continue for years, at its
present rate of progress. Already it has
lasted over two years, and the French •oe
cupy a very small extent of territory. The
probable ultimate aim of NAPOLEON is to
pay himself fc,r the expenses, by annexing
Mower California and Sonora to the French
empire; he is desirous of a Colony on the
Pacific.
The expense of this invasion has fallen
heavily on France, in men and money.
There are about 30,000 soldiers upon Mexi
can soil, and it is estimated that as
many as 15,000 have fallen in the
war, or beneath the insalubrity of the dread
ful climate. The whole cost of this expedi
tion is admitted to be not less than from fifty
to sixty million dollars, and each day's
continued occupation increases it, of course.
The result is a general dissatisfaction
throughout France, though a gagged press
dare not discuss the matter, and , the admis
sion that the taxation of France is so inade
quate to meet her expenditure, that a new
loan of $60,000,000 must immediately be had
recourse to, which, after all, is only about
an eighth of the deficit in the year 1863.
Besides the war in Mexico, NAPOLEON has
been involved in a contest in Cochin China.
Be may find Mexico as ruinous to him as
Spain and then Russia were to his uncle.
The failure of his scheme for assembling a
grand Congress of European Sovereigns at
Paris, caused by England's refusal to assist,
has weak - ened his prestige, at home and
abroad, and we should not be surprised if
he would attempt some other boldstroke to
recover himself. •
The entente cordiale, as it ile,alled, which
bas existed between England and France
since 1830, when WELLINGTON had the
good sense to determine that a foreign na
tion bad a right to choose its own ruler,
may be considered at an end now. It was
a good thing, while it lasted, for France,
but it certainly involved England in the war
with Russia, which effected nothing, aftqr
all, but caused the loss of a fine army anti
the expenditure of about three hundred
million dollars. England, once so very
ready to rush into every strife, like an
Irishman when a free fight "is on hau.d—
now declares that she will not be tempted
Into any European contest, though she will
continue to maintain the full numerical
strength of her army, and to extend her
naval defences. In fact, England has paid
too much for war, now to care for it There
is something, it is true , in
The triumph andhhe vanity,
The rapture of the strife,
The eartLquOie voice of victory,
but they cost toemuch. Besides, with her
vast colonial , possessions, England is rarely
Without a contest on hand. At present,
there is that serial, or "to be continued "
war, which is a periodical occurrence in
south Africa ; there is a hard-fought re
bellion in New Zealand, and there is a re
volt in India, which is becoming more
serious than was anticipated. There is also
a British contingent, naval and military,
fighting the battles of the Emperor Kr-
IisTANG, of China, and there actually is war
between the British and the Japanese, as
witness the recent bombardment and de
struction of the forts and city of Kagosima
by the former.
Italy, not itetually engaged in war,
(though waging a guerilla warfare against
the Neapolitan brigandage,) is endeavoring
to place her finances in a safe condition,
without diminishing her defences. Her ex
penditure for 1862 is $60,000,000 more
than her revenue, and her public debt is
3,103,150,979 francs, which is somewhat
over $600,000,000. Her army is 400,000
strong, but can readily be increased to
600,000 men, her whole population being
about twenty-two, millions. Her fleet is
being constantly increased, and her trade
and commerce are steadily advancing.
No doubt, VICTOR EMMANUEL 'hopes to
round off his dominions, one day, by an
nexing' Venetia; that he will soon obtain
possession of Rome is not likely.
Spain and Portugal are rising among the
mations, under better government than tlity
had possessed for a long time. Even Tur
key, though ultimately doomed, we suspect,
to be subject to _come such partition as
nearly strangled Poland in 1372, -appears to
thrive. The civil war in Poland, which
has now continued for eleven months, with-
Out any active interference from abroad t..)
put it down, can scarcely end in the suc
cess of the brave insurgents, and it seems t..)
be taken for granted that the Czar will do
nothing for Poland until his dominion in
that country is restored and acknowledged.
The latest report from Hungary tells of an
itneute there, in which KOSSUTH was en
gaged, or to be engaged.:
In Germai,y, the Schleswig-Holstein ques
tion has caused much anxiety, and may
end in war. If the two provinces be alien
. ated, - as claimed, the Kingdom of Denmark
will lose more than half its actual territory
and over a million of inhabitants, being
two-fdths of her whole population. This
Votdd be a more considerable loss than Great
Britain would sustain if Ireland were to b 3
severed from her. The whole German mind
and the inhabitants of the Duchies themselves
are determined that the Duke of Augusten
berg, and not CHRISTIAN IX., the new King
of Denmark, shall possess Schleswig-Hol
stein. A Federal army, sent by the German .
Diet, will occupy Holstein in a hostile man
ler, if the King fire one shot. If the King
restore their confiscated rights to the
Duciiles, all may go well. But the King
naturally wishes to incorporate all his
dominions, while the Duchies object (as
Ireland did in 1800 and ever since) to an
union which will swamp them. England,
lhongh now allied by marriage to the pre-
sent King of Denmark, will endeavor not
to interfere in the dispute now in progress.
A party to the Treaty-of 1852, which con
veyed the succession to the present King,
England made no promise to guarantee
that he should retain the crown. The
severance of Schleswig and Holstein from
Denmark appears not improbable. It is
significant of the pervading opinion that an
European war is not impossible, that not
only is Franke asking a loan of $60,000,000,
but that Austria, Prussia, and Russia are
also in the money-market, each wanting to
raise funds independent of the ordinary but
slower sources of revenue.
Emancipation Day.
The fult anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation has naturally assumed its place
in the list of national festivals. All over
the country quiet yet eloquent incidents
gave character to the day. Those especially
to whom the Emancipation Proclamation
applies, with the peculiarity of personal in
terest, were foremost in celebrating its se
cond birth-day. Four of them paid a New
Year's visit to President LrEcomi, and
whilst they exchanged with him the com
pliments of the season, loyal millions offered
congratulations upon the movement which
that season, one year ago, inaugurated. All
over the North, the observance of the
day was serious and 'earnest. But it
was not only in the North that the ob
servance was maintained. At Beaufort,
South Carolina, immense preparations were
made for the due celebration of the day.
The civil and military procession included
the. Friends of Freedom, who proffer their
greeting; wounded and disabled soldiers at
the post; Ist Regiment South Carolina
Volunteers ; 2d Regiment South Carolina
Vtjunteers ; detachments from other colored
regiments ; colored laborers and mechanics
in Quartermaster's Department at Hilton
Head ; colored laborers and mechanics in
the Quartermaster's Department at Beau
fort ; pilots and engineers ; colored ;sailors
of the navy ; general superintendents of
labor and instruction; schools of Beaufort
and vicinity ; missionaries and pastors of
churches ; freedmen of Beaufort city, Port
Royal Island, Hilton Head Island, St. He
lena Island, Ladies' Island, Paris and other
islands, and the representatives of other
States. Arriving at the stand the programme
of the day was commenced. Prayer and
singing, and regimental music, constituted a
large part of the exercises. Letters from
the friends of freedom were read, and fol
lowed by the_reading of President LINCOLN'S
Emancipation Proclamation. The freed
men of the department employed much
deliberation in the formation of their
programme, and had their ideas most ener
getically and effectively carried out. A no
ble work was being carried on on the first
of January all over the North and in many
places South. Quiet and unobtrusive as the
observance was in many places, still the ob
servance 'was respected, and that with an in
calculable degree of feeling. The day was
set apart and dedicated anew. Recollections
of one year ago gave an alinost religious
character to last New Year's Day, SO that
the emotions predominant in very many
hearts were those of serene joy rather than
mere mirth. So will it ever be when that
day comes round, and each returning year
will spread the circle of its influence and in
tensify the liberty-loving spirit of. its ob
servance.
FlTedono in the South.
An adjourned meeting of the Louisiana
State Convention of the Friends of Free
dom was lately held at Lyceum Hall,New Or
leans. The Convention unanimously adopt
ed a series of resolutions which cordially
approve all measures of the Federal Ad
ministration for the suppression of the re
bellion, but especially the Proclamation
of Emancipation of Tanuary Ist, 1863, and
which declare that the present rebellion is
an effort of the slaveholding party to over
throw the structure and principles of re
publican government and the rights of men;
and to substitute for them a despotic Go
vernment, based on ignorance, slavery, and
military force, and that the best means of
aiding the Federal Government in the sup
pression of rebellion are to be found in the
employment of all honorable means to
abolish slavery, and finally extinguish the
abhorred idea of property in man.
A General Convention of the friends of
freedom from all the slaveholding States was
expected to be held on the eighth of this
month at Louisville, Kentucky. The ob
ject ofthe Convention was to deliberate upon
the best means of securing, on a permanent
basis, the interests of human liberty, and
uniting in harmonious and concerted action
the efforts of all who are opposed to slavery.
It is
. the opinion of the Louisiana Conven
tion that the general Conventions should be
held on the twenty-second of February next,
at New Orleans. These alterations are re
commended in order to afford more time for
due preparation, and because those who re
commend them deem New Orleans more
accessible, and capable of giving more ef
fect to the voice of th. Convention. The
tenor of the preamble and resolutions of this
Louisiana State Convention will be remem
bered with gratitude and delight by all who
read or hear of them, and provide a mo
tion which will soon be seconded by other
State Conventions.
Happy Hypotheses.
The following editorial div ertissement we
find in the Boston Courier :
" If all the officers should be withdrawn from the
armies on ooth sides, the soldiers would rush to
gether, not , for mutual carnage, but to hail each
other as countrymen and brethren, and to exchange
expression, of mutual regard; and then each would
'return to his home, there -to enjoy in peace the pro•
Section of the Constitution and laws under which
they have been so long happy. By such a disposi
tion the soldiers truly represent the people of the
country."
The Courier imagines an impossible hy
pothesis to meet an impossible case. Let
the intelligent reader fancy armies without
officers rushing into each other's arms, or
armies without soldiers making war. Al
lowing that the present officers were re
moved, other soldiers would become leaders.
Is it not a reproach to our soldiers to hint
that they have been fighting like hirelings
without sympathy with the purposes of the
war ? The Courier, perhaps, does not wish
to remember that the soldiers have some
times led their officers.
"It the civil leaders no longer exiated, and there
should be no Administration, either Federal or Con
federate, amicable relations would immediately en.
sr.e between all sections; commerce and internal
trade would resume their accustomed channel; and
universal concord and tranquility would take the
place of the present turmoil. violence, and blood..
ahed. In this would be seen the prevalence of those
sentiments of Christian humanity, in the common
heart, which interest and ambition too often, and
never more than now, have banished from the
breasts of office•holders."
If there were no civil leaders .nd no Ad
ministration - whatever, by what magic could
amicable relations be established and com
merce and internal trade be resumed?
Would the people govern themselves viva
roc-e? How can there be government with
out governmen, ? The supposition in ques
__don really supposes nothing at' all, for if
there were no officers or Administration,
there could not be a government or a nation.
But again, granting that the f.'ourier means
to have the present Administration removed
to allow the people to make peace by
choosing a different Administration, how
much are the people, who have sometimes
led their rulers, complimented by the suppo
sition that they have been led by the nose ?
If all the legal voters from. the whole States could
be assembled, as in a town meeting, where they could
see and speak, face to face, all matters in dispute
would be settled by a few hours' debate. In this the
people would honor their national history, and be
true to the traditions of the founders of the Govern
ment."
A million legal voters have been debating
face to face for three years in front of Rich
mond, at Antzletarck, at Gettysburg, at Vicks
burg, Chattanooga, and other historical
places of assemblage. -In 1880 millions of
voters assembled throughout the country,'
and, by a majority, elected Asminhatt Lnz
cor President. From the compact into
which it entered, the South seceded and re
belled. Accepting the Case hypothesized
by the Courier, what guarantee have we that
the South would not again secede ? The
-reader will strive in vain to conceive how
- matters which have occupied three years of
war could be settled by two hours' debate.
We might continue serving other passages
of unmitigated bosh and twaddle similar to
those we have quoted. It is easy to sup
pose that if the natural relation of grand
mother were altered to the unnatural one of
uncle, the domestic character of the human
race would be greatly changed. If we
were all rich men, there would be no poor
ones; if we were all good men, there would
be no bad ones. If slavery had not existed,.
there would . have been neither slaveholder
nor abolitionist, rebel nor federal; and if
ABRAHAM LINCOLN" had not been, there
would have been no Jar?=sox Davis.
Certain circumstances, it must be confessed,
disagree beyond the power of men. If the
Covrier were not wbat it is, we should never
have read such an article.
The President's Message.
The President has addressed ashort mes
sage to Congress il► which he advises a re
consideration of the law paying a bounty of
$3OO to veteran volunteers up to the sth of
January, earnestly recommending _that the
time be extended to February Ist. To this
message are appended the arguments fromthe
Secretary of War showing that the-people
prefer the voluntary sl stem. of raising troops,
and that veterans, even when paid a bounty,
are a cheaper and better force than raw re
cruits or drafted men. A. communication
from the provost marshal represents the en
couraging success of the volunteer plan, a
success only to. be checked by the present
limit of time allowing bounty. Under these
circumstances, Congress will not hesitate
to approve the President's suggestion, and
the draft will be postponed, we trust, be
yond recall, by the success of volunteering
under bounty. In this result the Government
and the country will beafortunate.
The Cold. Weather and its Effects.
The severe cold weather of the last few
days has been experienced north and west
to an unusual degree. Commencing with
Philadelphia, four persons were frozen to
death New Year's Day. At Buffalo the
heaviest snow-storm known there since
1844 raged during the first and second of
-January, the Lake Shore and Erie Railroads
being completely blockaded by snow, and
the trains on the Central Railroad being all
behind time. Oewego has experienced a
like visitatiein, and the damage there of
shipping is represented as considerable. In
deed, the snow-storm spread from east to
west, and the cold weather was experienced
with more or less intensity from Boston to
St. Louis. At Chicago the suffering of the
poorer classes must have been 'intensely se
vere, the thermometer standing, at 9 o'clock
in the morning, twenty-eight and a half de
grees below zero. Indianapolis was almost
in as bad a predicament, the thermometer
there being twenty degrees below zero.
Pour rebel prisoners are reported to have
been frozen to death on the cars on New
Year's Eve, whilst on their ,way from Jef
fersonville to Chicago. In St. Louis the se
vere weather interfered very materially with
the transaction of business, the thermome
ter standing there twenty-four degrees be
low zero. The weather has likewise taught
Kentucky a wrinkle, and evinced itself with
intense severity at Louisville. About the
state of the weather down South we have no,.
fresh despatches. This is not necessary,
however. We all know that JEFF Devrs is
Jack Frost with a vengeance, and that the
Southern Confederacy, compared with the
position she would aspire to among the na
tions of the earth, is infinitely below zero.
THE CAUSt not only of emancipation,
but of the organization of free labor, was
honored last evening by a dinner to
General Lonunzo THOMAS, attended by
a number of our prominent citizens, pre
vious to his departure for Tennessee, the
Mississippi, and Texas. General THOMAS
did not, of course, on such an occasion,
fully explain his plans, but sufficiently in
dicated their scope and purpose. We
are sureithat the work entrusted to this dis
tinguished officer will result well for both
races and the future of the country. We
ardently wish him the fullest success, and
know that wherever he goes he will com
mand the co-opersOon of all loyal men.
NOTING the fact that - one of the leaders of
the Copperhead party has been exposed as a
bigamist, a cotemporary asks : " What a
sublime policy must be that which has for
its advocates and prophets a bigamist, a self
convicted swindler, a lottery dealer, an ex
propriator of a model artist' den, and a
Tombs lawyer' and disgraced soldier P'
Ix HMI LETTER to the colored emanci
pation meeting in New York, Mr. BUMNER
states the whole subject with admirable
brevity : " The President's proclamation
was the key to open the way to victory and
peace. Without it, victory would have been
doubtful, and peace would have been im
possible. And now both are certain."
THE letter frOm the eminent French
philosophers and publicists GASPARIN, CO
CHIN, LABOULAYE, and MARTIN, to the
Union League of New York, is remarkable
for the sincerity and clearness which those
noble men bring to the understanding of
our cause. Though -written by foreigners,
the advice of this letter is worthy of our
best statesmanship, and the truest feelings
of our, people.
BEFORE Knoxville, Gen. LONGSTREEF
gave characteristic advice to Gen. McLAws:
" Please impress upon your officers and
men the importance and great safety of doing
it with a rush." At this time the question
occurs, is the rebellion worth' asmuch
The Free Plantations.
A letter from a special correspondent of the World,
upon the Nississippi plantation scheme, contains
admissions which are highly interesting. To relieve
the army by a semimilitary occupation of its lines
of communicating ; to show how free labor avails in
producing Southern crops ; and to relieve the outcast
from vagrancy, and prepare him for freedom—theme
are the objects of the scheme. After the first year
of trial, the commerce and navigation of the Minis
has been materially aided, and the improve
ment of the black has begun with ho'peful success.
In this field of industrial reform, many difficulties
have been overcome:
"First, the mordent drove (Alto Texas or Georgia
all the most' likely of the hands. Next came the
recruiting sergeant, who took all the able-bodied
men for the army, and the officers and men of the
army culled them for servants, both male and female,
of which there is an astonishing proportion now with
the army. Hardly an officer that has not both cook
and valet, and in some cusp privates have them and
a captlned mule besides'. Thus it will be seen that,
practically, the plantations are being worked by the
decrepid and refuse of the vagrant negroes. There
is a frightful proportion of useless family members
in each draft, so that for each good held-hand you
have to keep four additional mouths. The usual al
lowance was a bale to the acre of cotton and eight
acres to the hand ; but now the product is but three
quarters of a bale, and four acres to the hand is all
that can be reckoned upon. The experience of the
forty plantations worked last season was in this
proportion : Six made handsome profits, where
they were undisturbed by the great raid and fortu
nate in their hands. Six others lost slightly in the
derangement of the labor, and the rest made just
enough to tempt thentto release."
There is no question what shall ;be done with the
negroes. . There is no talk of , deportation—the de
mar:d is gititer than the supply, until the army IS
purged of its superincumbent weight. "They can
be made to work without the lash—they hate their
former masters and will not work for them:,
The following strikes a note for those who are ear
nest for the cause and enterprising for themselves :
On the whole, this new and rich territory , opens
a good field for persons who have energy and small
capital, with a certain hope of large rewards. Com
panies, persons, discharged and disabled soldiers,
could associate together and take a plantation vary
ing as they do from five hundred to two thousand
acres, and realize as much in a single year as they
could amass in a life time by the ordinary channels.
Cotton was produced profitably at eight cents per
pound, when field hands commanded two hundred
dollars a year. Now that it is at least four times
that price, it should be made under reasonable cir
cumstances to enrich all who are engaged in its cul
ture. The enterprise is legitimate, and attended with
no greater risk than attaches to many ordinary ooe
cupations."
The success of the free plantations is now assured
by abundant evidence from Louisiana, South Oar°.
line, and Mississippi, where even the former slave
holder has sometimes confessed an agreeable diesp
pointment in the results of the new system. Adju
tant General Thomas has entered sincerely and so
tively Into this work of economy and humanity.
The flee plantations resemble the "mills of 'the
gods," which "grind slowly, but grind exceeding
small." They will save the
wheat from thinhair, and
economize to the country wealth, utility, and free.
dom from abuse, neglect, and slavery.
General Butler and the Ex change of Pri.
=CI3
Our Government will not permit General BUTLER
to be outlawed by JUDAH F. BEDJAMIN. The ex
change of prisoners, committed moiety to him, will
be continued In his hands. Secretary STANTON de
termined today to enlarge his powers and confirm
his agency, by putting all the rebel. prisoners in the
United States under his care. There will be thirty
thousand of them at Point Lookout within three
weeks. The policy is resolutely decided on of in-
Plating that the exchanges shall take place through
General BUTLER, and that none shall take place ex
cept through him. JEFF DAVIS was in favor of re
cognizing him, as Commissioner OULD had already
done. BENJAMIN, who wrote the proclamation out
lawing BUTLER, effected a majority vote in the Ca
binet against dealing with him, on the ground Math°
was anoutlaW. President Laricorar's last proclama
tion outlawed the whole Richmond Government, and
through this equality in disability there is no
doubt that the exchanges will again be re-esta
blished.
A Delegation from Arkansas.
CINCITUTATT, .Tan. 6.—A special despatch to the
Conicurcid, dated at Cairo, says : " A delegation of
the prominent citizens of Arkansas had arrived
there, cn mule to Washington, to arrange for Ar
kansas to resume tier position in the t..raion.”
TFIE PRESS.--PIIILADELPTITA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1864.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 6.
Message of the President on the Pay of
- - -
The following is the message sent to Congress tO
day by the President of the United States:
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
By a joint resolution of your honorable bodies, ap
proved December 23d, 1863, the paying of bounties
for veteran volunteers, as now practised by the War
Department, is to the extent of three hundred dol
lars in each case, provided that, after the 6th day of
the present month, it shall terminate. I transmit
for your consideration a communication from the
Secretary of War, accompanied by one from the
Provost Marshal General to him, both relating to
the subject above mentioned.
I earnestly recommend that the law be so modi
fied as to allow bounties to be paid, as they now are,
at least until the ensuing first day of February. I
am not without anxiety lest I appear to be impor
tunate in thus recalling your attention to a subject
upon which you have so recently acted ; and nothing
but a deep conviction that the public interests de-
mend it could induce me to incur the hazard of being
misunderstood on this point. The executive ap
proval was given by me to the resolution mentioned,
and it is now by a close attention and a fullerknow
ledge of the facts that I feel constrained to recom
mend a reconsideration of the subject.
JAN. 6th, 1864. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
VIEWS OF TEE SECRETARY OF WAR.
The Secretary of War, in a letter accompanying
the message, says: to one seems
to doubt the no•
(weeny of increasing the military force for the speedy
termination of the rebellion ; and, although much
difference of opinion exists in respect to the merits
of the system of raising troops by volunteers and
the pigment of bounties, and the.eystem of raising
an adequate force by draft, yet two things are cer
tain : -
"First. That, whatever may be the weight of ar
gument, or the influence of individual opinion. a
large portion of the people in every State prefer the
method of contributing their proportion of themili
tary-force by bounty to volunteer/ rather than by
draft.
" Second. That veteran soldiers, who have become
inured to service, even when paid a bounty, con
stitute a cheaper force than raw recruits or drafted
men without bounty,
“ The information received by the War Department
from the armies in the field prior to the passage of
the resolution of December last, indicated that a
very large proportion of the forces now in the ser
vice would have cheerfully re•enlisted for three
years under the terms authorized by the order of
this Department, and that such enlistments have
been checked, and will, in a great measure, be put
an end to by the restriction imposed by the action of
Congress. It is believed that, if ally limitation
should be imposed upon the payment of bounties to
encourage the enlistment of the veteran forces now
in the field, it ought not to be sooner than the Ist of
February.”
VIEWS OF THE PIiOyOST MARSHAL GENERAL.
The Provost Marshal General, in a communica
tion, ma: "After great labor, the volunteer re
cruiting for the service under the President'. call of
October 17th, is fairly in progress. Letter., all
dated between the 20th and 24th of December, from
the superintendents of the recruiting service in the
sixteen States, are in the main very encouraging as
to the prospect of getting a large number of recruits
by volunteers. The enlistments in several States
were in a fair way to raise the quota assigned them.
The act approved :December 23d, 1863, forbidding,
after January sth, the payment to volunteers of all
bounties except the hundred dollar. authorized by
the act of 1861, was not known at the sime these fa
vorable reports were made to me. I have no doubt
that the effect of that ant will be to check, if it does
not stop, enlistments. Of the one hundred dollars
bounty provided by the act of 1861, but twenty-five
dollars can be paid in advance ; seventy-five dollars
being due only after two years' seiviee.
" It took some IlmOafter tiiitober 17th to get the
people roused to the subject of volunteering. They
are now, in most of the States, earnestly engaged
in it, and I have reports for October, November,
and a part of December, showing that forty-two
thousand five hundred and twenty-nine men have
been enlisted, and the daily average of enlistments
is increasing. Under these considerations I respect.
fully suggest the propriety of a reconsideration of
the act forbidding the payment of bounties after
January 6th.,,
The spun:ll:minnow! were referred to the Com
mittee on Pdilitary Affairs.
Senator Wilson's New Enrolment Bill.
Senator WiLeon's new enrolment bill, introduced
to-day omits the exemptions, with the exception of
those only who are physically disabled, and the
Vice President, the judges of courts, the heads of
the executive departments, and the Governors of
States. It receives as substitutes only those who
not liable to the draft, and the penalty of WO to
Sim* Sne, and from thirty days to six months' im
prisonment is provided as the punishment of enroll
ing officers who are engaged, directly or indirectly
in procuring substitutes.
The sure of $8,800,000 in five per cent. two-year ,
treasury notes were transmitted to the banks of
three clips (New York, Philadelphia, and Boston),
to day. A further amount will go forward to.
morrow. '
The Chronicle states that it has good authority for
believing that the question of an exchange of pri
soners has been committed entirely to General
BuThan, and the rebel prisoners to his charge. It
predicts an early resumption of exchanges.
Charges brought against General West.
Judge J. G. KNAPP, United States judge of the
Thfi djudicial district, New Mexico, has, in a com
munication addressed to the Secretary of War, pre
ferred sundry charges against Brigadier General
Josarn R. WEsm, now or recently commanding at
Melilla, Donna Ana county, New Mexico. Among
these charges are the ordering of a military exe
cution without trial ; oppressing and tyrannizing
over the inhabitants; usurping the powers and
duties of the civil officers of the Territory; im
prisoning men guiffsr of no crime ; using his power
so as to withhold aid from the civil courts in the
administration of the laws ; neglecting and refusing
to protect the persons, property, and rights of the
inhabitants against Indian outrages ; interfering
with the exercise of the elective franchise ; causing
packages of lettere in the United States mail to be
opened at Fort Craig; and then causing such letters
as were directed to himself, and other selected per
sons, to be picked out and forwarded to himself, and
these other favored persons, by military express,
while he refused to forward the other letters.
General STONEMAN, who has not resigned as re
ported, has been ordered to report to General
GRANT ac chief of cavalry. General GERRARD'
who has been connected with the cavalry in the
Southwest, succeeds General STONEMAN as chief of
the. Bureau of Cavalry. Colonel EOAN has been
appointed chief quartermaster of the bureau. Cap
taro ERIC'S remains as ordnance officer.
The French Government's Tobacco in
The removal from Richmond of the tobacco claim
ed by the French Government has not yet been con
summated. The permission granted them was to
take all tobacco purchased before the war. Infer-
Motion having been received that a large portion
claimed by the French was bought since the com
mencement of the rebellion, the case is now under
investigation by our authorities. Should it be
proved, as it is believed it will be, that such is the
fact, the tobacco will not be removed. The rebels
also object to its removal unless the French will
raise the blockade.
Gen. Buruside , s Resignation Withdrawn.
Major General BURNSIDB, who is now here, hes,
at the earnest solicitation of the Preeident, with
drawn hie resignation. It is not irepronable that he
will be reassigned to the command of the Depart
aunt of the Ohio.
The colored people of Waahington hold a maim
meeting tonight.
Dressage 6f the Governor—Prosperous State
Finanees—Drorgan's Escape-200,00d Sol•
die, s Furnished to
the War—Removal of
Bliatary Headquarters to Lexington., Ky.
CII.I6IIIBATI, Dee. S.—The Ohio Legislature wall
organized Nesterday. R. Hubbell was cleated
Speaker of the House, and WilliaM E. Davis Clerk
of the Senate. Governor Tod's message was very
brief.
The financial affairs of the State were never in
better condition. The public debt had been reduced
$676,000. The militia system adopted by the Legir
future lest winter proved successful.
Ile recommends that all banking corporations
now existing under the State authority _ should be
given all reasonable facilities for dolling their
business.
He attributes the escape of Sohn. Morgan to negli
gence issuing from a misunderstanding between the
civil and military officers at the penitentiary in their
respective duties.
He calls attention to the bravery and gallantry of
Our soldiers in the field, and says : " Althoughthe
wicked rebellion still continues, we can justly claim
for Ohio the lull performance of her duty in the
titbit to crush it."
The number of troop. raised Muse the beginning
of the war amounts to 200,671.
The river here is full of floating ice, and naviga•
tion is suspended.
The headquarters of the Department of Ohio will
be removed to Lexington, Ky., tomorrow.
RAILROAD AOCIDEN
CINCINNATI, Jan. s.—The passenger train from
Cincinnati, and a train from Dayton, on the Cincin
nati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad, came in col
lision seven miles this aide of Dayton, at 10 o'clock
morning. The baggage-master was killed and fifteen
or twenty other persona injured. No further par
ticulars have been received. The trains are refire.
rented to have been almost totally destroyed.
Oinclignamr, Tan. s.—The names of three of the
killed and thirtpilve of the wounded in the railroad
accident near Dayton today have been renived.
They all belong to Ohio. Twenty other persona are
reported as having been very slightly injured.
Railroad Accident at Havre—de.C.raCe.
RAVEilfe DF.GEAds, San. s.—An engine and 'eve.
ral freight cars, from some cause t ran off the deck of
the steamer Maryland into the river this evening,
a short distance from the dock on this side. No lives
were lost. Prompt measures will be taken to clear
out the obstructions; and it is thought that the delay
to travel will be brief.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—By the explosion of a locomo
tive, last evening, at Milton Junction, on the North
western parotid, one passenger was killed and
several wouLded, two mortally. '
ALnecrr, Jan. 6 —Ten battle flags, which were
captured in Gen. Grant's recent battles, were pre
stntrd to the Assembly today by Col. Barnum, of
tte 149th New York Regiment, who has just re.
Serried frr in the Are of the Cumberland. Five
of tam were captured by New Toth', and the re
maimier by Western regiments.
WASHINGTON.
Bounties.
The New Issue of Treasury Notes.
General Butler.
The Cavalry Bureau.
Richmond.
A Mass Meeting.
OHIO.
Railroad Accident—Loss of Life.
Piesentation or Battle Flags.
Drunken Officers Dismissed by Gen. Butler.
HHADQuARTERB, 18TH ARMY CORP., DRVART
WANT VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.—FORT•
rinse Mormon, Deo. 31, 1868.—General Order No. 66.
Lieutenant Colonel G. G. Martin, Ist U. S. Colored
Troops, being a captain in the N. Y. Marine Artil
lery, while at Newham, in the face of the enemy,
resigned his commission, not on account of physical
disability, but for family reasons, afterwards re
oeived his appointment as lieutenant colonel in
contravention of the spirit of paragraph four, Gene
ral Order, No. 67, series of 1861, which provides that
officers of volunteers who resign their commission
will not be received into the service of the United
States as officers of other volunteer organizations.
Lieutenant Colonel G. G. Martin, while on duty
with his regiment near Portsmouth, Va., appeared
at a public charitable fair in uniform, in presence of
the commanding general, in a state of intoxication,
to the disgrace of the service, if not to himself, and
is for these reasons dismissed from the service of the
United States, subjeekto the approval of the Presi
dent, and will cease to be an officer from this day,
unless reinstated.
• Second Lieutenant Henry M. Day, Company E,
let U. S. Colored Troops, having been repeatedly
intoxicated, and appearing in that state in uniform
in the public streets of Portsmouth, Va., and again
coming into camp in a state of intoxication, and
grossly insulting the commanding officer of his regi
ment, as appears by his own confession, is dismissed
the service, subject to the approval of the President
of the United States.
By command of Major General BUTLER
H. S. DAVIS, Major and A. A. G.
THE WAR IN vintrait.
Reconnaissances by Pennsylvania, Naw
Jersey, antlyMaine Cavalry.
ARMY OF TAR POTOMAC, TM. 4.-13rregg's Caval
ry Division, under the command of Col. Taylor, of
the lot Pennsylvania regiment, left on the let inst.,
for the purpose of making a reconnolesanoe to Front
Royal, taking on their horses three days' rations
and forage. Owing to the condition. of the roads,
the artillery attached to the division could proceed
no farther than Warrenton. 'The command returned
to day, having travelled ninety miles during the three
day a' absence, and encountered severe deprivations
in consequence of the intensely cold weather; but
no enemy was discovered. Owing to the depth of
the Shenandoah river, no attempt was made to
cross it.
A few days previous to the departure of the divi
sion on this reconnoissance, an expedition Was sent
to Rectortown, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Rooter, of the let New Jersey Cavalry, which cap
tured at Reotortown two hundred new rebel uni
forms and two or three rebel officers.
The recent expedition of a portion of Gregg's ca
valry, under Colonel hmith, of the let Maine, to
Luray and other points in the Shenandoah Valley,
was so succeeelul in its results that General Pleason
ton addressed a very complimentary communication
to Colonel Smith in relation to It.
ORDERS OF GEN. PATRICK.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTO•
MAC, VA., WASHINGTON, January s.—Nothing of
interest is transpiring. The troops are endeavoring
to make themselves as comfortable as possible.
The following circular was published to-day :
- PROVOST MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT,
Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac,
January sih.
Sutlers will hereafter obtain the printed invoices
from and have them approved by the Quartermaster
General, the same as when they hauled the goods
by teams. S. M. R. PATRICK, P. M. G.
Three inches of snow fell last night. The weather
was pleasant today, but it is very cold tonight.
The enrolment of citizens in this army is nearly
completed. It includes both whites and blacks, and
the number subject to the draft will be very consi
derable.
The Death of General Corcoran.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON,
TWEV TY•SECOND ARMY CORPS, Dec 21,1863.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 60 —Elie major general
commanding announces with deep regret to the 22d
Army Corps the death of one of its division com
manders, Brigadier General Michael Corcoran. Not
permitted to die battling for the cause. he had so
warmly espoused, an Ali.wise Providence has cut
him down by one of those accidents not to be
guarded against because never feared.
The original commander of the 69th New York
Volunteers, Brigadier General Corcoran was taken
prisoner at the battle of Bull Run, carried to Rich
mond, and lay many months in a Confederate pri
eon, Released by exchange, he was appointed
a brigadier general by the President, and organized
the brigade known as the Irish Legion. Ordered to
the Pepartment of Virginia, he served with credit
in the operations on the Black water and Peninsula,
under Major General Dix. Transferred to the 22d
Army Corps in June, 1861, he has since that date
commanded consecutively a brigade and division,
occupying Fairfax Court House and surrounding
CtUDtry.
The major general commanding aympathizea with
the troops he lately commanded in the loss they
have suffered, and directs that the regimental colors
of the Irish Legion be draped for thirty days.
By command of Major Gen. C O. AUGUR.
CARROLL H. POTTER, Ass't Adjt. General.
THE WAR. IN THE SOUTHWEST.
I€egro SoTdiera Frozen to Death—The Re
bel Gen. Forrest—Gen. Grlersan Pursuing
Canto, Jen. 4.—The steamers Duke D'Argyle,
from New Orleafle t and Hillman, from Memphis, ar
rived at this port to-day.
The thermometer stood at RI degrees below zero
at Memphis on the morning of the fat, and at Cairo,
on the same morning, 16 degrees below. A number
of persona were frozen to death below Cairo, on
New Year's eve, and ten negro soldiera perished on
Island No. 10. The bodies of three members, of the '1
62d Indiana Regiment were found on Baud Bar ri
ver, six miles above FortFillow. One of them was
recognized as that of Lieutenant Edward Alexander.
The boats still go up the Ohio river, which is filled
with floating ice ; but the Mississippi it domed above
this point
No serious damage was done to the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad by Forrest, when his force
crossed it last week. General Grferaon was pur
suing him at the last accounts, mouth of Coldwater.
Lee had reinforced Forrest from Okalona. The
guerilla Gen. Richardson crossed our lines on the
28ih ult., on his way south.
A large amount of cotton, sugar, and molassea,
has arrived here during the past week, mostly for
Cincinnati. The steamer Duke D'Argyle brought
286 bales of cotton, 433 hhds. of sugar, and 300 bbls.
of molasses from New Orleans. The Hillman
brought 235 bales of cotton.
Generals Ord, Vetch, Hunter, Fowler, and Sher
man have been here Miring the last week. The
latter is still here, and a salute was fired last night
in his honor.
The Fifteenth Army Corps.
AN ORDER BY MAJOR GENERAL SHERMAN.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS IN
THE' FIELD I BRIDGEPORT, Ala,, Dec. 12, 1863
GENERAL Canons, No. 2.—The following order
is published for the information of this command:
HEADQUARTERS DEPT AND ARMY OP THE
TENNESSEE, MARYVILLE, Tenn., Dee. 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. s.—Major General John
A. Logan, having reported for duty as commander of
the 16th Army Corps, will assume the command
thereof and enter upon his duties ; Major General
Frank P. Blair, Jr., now commanding the corps,
will, with his assistant adjutant general and per
sonal staff, proceed to Chattanooga, and turn over
to General Logan the records of the corps, when
they will be relieved from duty with the corps , and
report for orders to Major General Grant, command
ing the military division or-the Mississippi.
The general commanding avails himaelt of this
Opportunity to thank General Blair for the zeal, in
telligence, courage, and skill with which he has
handled the corps during the eventful period he has
sozomanded it.
' By order of Major Gen. W. T. SHERMAN.
R M. SAWYER, Ainistant Adjutant General.
The general commanding congratulates the WE•
cers and men of the corps on the great efficiency and
the brillant and well-merited reputation which they
have acquired under General Sherman and General
Blair, and Is confident that with the same zeal and
cordial cooperation extended to these able leaders,
the 15th Corps will win new laurels, and make a
lasting name in the history of the country.
All orders heretofore Published for the govern
ment of the command will remain in force until
otherwise ordemd.
By command of Major Gen. JOHN A.-LOGAN
J. H. HAIeMOND, Assistant Adjutant General.
CHARLESTON.
The Condition of the City—To be Blown
Up if Taken
The Tribune publiahia an authentic rebel letter,
which mays :
Gen. Beauregard has caused information to reach
all that it he tic& it impossible to hold the city, he
will leave it a mass of ruins. No one will complain
of this, as they know the barbarians have sworn to
destroy every vestige of the Secession neat, if they
can take it. If they should ever enter our house,
may God have mercy on them, for I can't. If they
ever enter the city, you will hear of the greatest
earthquake ever caused by human agency.
It will be a consolation, Louise, for you to know
that should the vandals ever get here, they will
never be able to reach Macon. Gin. Beauregard in
confident they could never get ten miles beyond the
city in any direction, but he is equally confident they
can never conic here. It is mournful to go through
our streets, once alive with beauty and fashion, and
see them entirely deserted, with the exception or
now and then one of our colored people or a squalid
Irish woman.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AT SUMPTER.
The Charleston Couria has the following account
of the recent explosion at Sumpter, by which
eleven men were killed and forty-one wounded :
A small magazine in the southwest angle of the
fort, containing about one hundred and fifty pounds
of powder, and a quantity of small arms and other
ammunition, exploded about fyi o'clock on Friday.
The explosion ignited all the materials in the room
attached, killing or wounding all those in the im
mediate vicinity. The wounded were burned with
greater or less severity. The pelisses were instant
ly filled with dense volumes of smoke, introduced
by a blast of great strength, which prevented any
prolonged or successful attempt to extinguish the
tire. A. boat from the navy, with a supply of water
buckets, was promptly sent to the assistance of the
garrison, and rendered all the aid in their power.
The behavior of the garrison under their trying cir
cumstances deserves the highest *edit. Mr. W. R.
Cathcart, telegraphic operator, whose adjoining
quarters:were completely enveloped, on attempting
to make his way out, was knocked dawn from suffo
cation but managed afterward to return and secure
his instruments.
Destruction of St. Joseph's College by
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Jan. s.—St. Joseph's Col
lege,-situated near Montrose,- in Susquehanna
county, Pa., distant about fifteen miles from this
place, was entirely deitroyed by fire on New Year's
night. The building was insured, and cost about
$5,000. The chapel was elegantly fitted and
adorned, and the college was in a most
flourishing condition, there being nearly a. hun
dred students in attendance. There were four regu
lar professors engaged, assisted by four clergymen
and a corps of subordinate teachers. The libraries
were all destroyed, and were very valuable. The
loss cannot be easily estimated. Very fortunately
there were no lives lost, although a portion of the
pupils lost their clothing.
The Debt or the State of New. York.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The Stale Comptroller's re
port states that the total State debt amounts to adbe
7E4,124, about two millions of which will be paid
dining this 3 ear. The comptroller suggests that the
question of bounties be lett to the action of the local
mathinities. The three million dollars 'already ap
propileted has been nearly exhausted. The taxes
for the ensuinglyear are estimated at :2 13.16 mills per
cent, on the aggregate valuation of $1,451,451,817
without reference to anything beyond the Ordinary
Aad aeoepiary expenses of the State.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
THE FRENCH FORTIFYING THE HEIGHTS
AT MAMA.
INDEMNITY OFFERED FOR THE ATTACK ON THE
U. S. STEAMER PEMBROKE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—The ship Onward has
arrived here with Kanagawa dates of the Ist of De
cember, and Shanghae dates to Nov. 22. Kanagawa
was still guarded by men from the fleets. The
French are fortifying the heights, and daily expect
ing the arrival of two regiments of infantry from
Hong Kong.
There was a general belief that a peaceful solu
tion will be found for the troubles between the
foreign Government§ and the Tycoon, although the
civil war between the latter and the Damien is al
ready progressing.
The Tycoon's ministers had waited on the Ameri
can minister, offering to pay the indemnity demand
ed for the attack on the steamer Pembroke in June
last, during her paseage through• the Inland sea. The
proposition was accepted, but Minister Pruyn will
refer the terms of settlement for the subsequent at
tack on the steamer Wyoming to the Home Govern
ment, under the increased prospect of unbroken
peace.
Business at Kanagawa was improving, and teas
were coming in freely, in consequence of the removal
of the previously. existing restrictions.
The cholera had disappeared since the cold weather
bad commenced at Shanghae, but epidemic dysen
tery was taking its place with nearly equal fatality.
The British Government 'has ordered an expe
dition, under Sir John Mitchell, to rendezvous at
Hong Kong, preparatory to sailing for Japan. Five
European regiments have been ordered from India
for that purpoie. -
No further action of any importance has taken
place between the rebels and the Government forces.
Trade has somewhat revived. There is an in
creased activity among the shipping, and there is a
very large number of vessels in port.
CENTE ALi AMERICA.
Arrival of the Steamer . Ocean Queen—De
feat of Flores by Gen. Mosquera—Naval
Ads*'coo
NEW Yonir, Jan. 5. The steamship Ocean
Queen, from Aspinwall on the 47th, arrived at this
port thin morning, with $250 000 - in treasure.
Our Panama letter of the 9.sth contains the follow
ing itemspf intelligence :
"The trouble in Ohlrlqui continues, and Go
vernor Obeid& has fled to Panama.
"The Preach corvette D'Assae arrived at Panama
on the lath. .She was believed to be bound for the
coast of Mexico.
"The United States frigate Lancaster was cruis
ing on the Mexican coast.
The United States steamer Cyane was still at
Panama.
"The President of Panama has issued decrees
that all vessels leaving Panama must give the
names of their passengers and a true statement of
their cargo.
"This decree excepts from its provisions the
steamers to Central America and California, as well
as neutral vessels of war. It also establishes a
guard boat for the harbor, suspends tile trade in
arms and - ammunition, and requires passports for
certain persons. It also calls out 6,000 of the
militia.
" General Dlosquera had attacked Flores near the
border defeating the latter badly. hloaquera lost
only 600, while Flores' Wes was 1.500 Killed and
wounded and 2 000 taken prisoners. Three o[ tic
colonels in Fiona' army were killed, and his sg h - lie
missing.
The news from South America is unimportant.-
BT. DOMINGO.
Emigration of Negro Labo•ers from the
United-States—Success of the-Dominican
Rebels.
Nan" YORK, Jan. 5 —Turks Island papers of the
19th December state that the American brig Lady
of the Lake and the bark Itanca were both wreck
ed near Tut ire Island.
The Government price of .alt at Turks Island has
been fixed at 8 cents per bushel.
A public meeting had been held at Georgetown,
Demerara, where resolutions were for warded to the
Governor, favoring the emigration of negro laborers
from the United States. Similar meetings were held
in Trinidad and San Domingo.
Advice, to the Turks Island Standard represent
that the Spaniards are making but little .) progress.
The town of Samana had been plundered by the
Spaniards, and the Wesleyan mission-house and
chapel burned.
The merchants of St. Thomas have closed all ac•
counts with Porto Rico, Hayti, and Cuba, and will
not transact any further business with those places
except for cash.
Gandara was completely surrounded by the
Dominicans at Rani, and the Dominicans have
erected a battery. which command. the entrance to
the harbor of Porto Plata.
NSW YORK.
Departure of Adluirtg.. IFarragut in Hts
gship
esterday, Rear Admiral Farragut sailed from the
navy yard In the flagship Hartford, to assume com
mand of the East Gulf Squadron. The Hartford, as
stated some time since, has recently been renovated,
and Completely overhauled in every way. She is
now in the most excellent condition, and tit for any
duty for which she may be assigned. Commodore
Drayton, late inspector of ordnance at this port, and
commander...3f thitiPassalc during Dupont's attack on
Charleston, sailed also in the Hartford, to assume
position as fleet captain. The following is A list of
the admiral's statf :
Rear Admiral, David Glasgow Farragut ; Fleet
Captain, Percival Drayton ; Fleet Lieutenant, John
C. Watson ; Admiral's Secretary, Ed. C. (abandon.
—Tribune, Jan. 4.
THB VIIHRHAS. OP ARCHBISHOP HTIGHTIS.
A committee from the New York oounolls walfed
upon the Rev. Vicar General Storrs, and offered the
services and sympathy of the city. It is arranged
that the Common Council will be present in a body
at the funeral, as a mark of respect to the deceased
as a patriot and Christian.
EMANOIPATION OISLEBRATED
The colored people and others celebrated Oman.
cipation, at the Cooper Institute, on the 4th. Barn •
est speeches were made by the Revs. Mr. Gloms*.
ter and McCune Smith (colored a nd by Rev. Dr.
Boole (brother of the Mayora lYj candidate) and
Dr. Cheever. .Letters from Chita. Sumner and Fre.
derick Douglass were read.
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR'S MESSAGE—A PEACE - DOOU.
ALBANY, Jan. s.—The Legislature met and or
ganized this morning, the Republican officers being
elected in both houses.
- The Governor's message was read. After refer.
ring to State topics, he devotes a portion of his mes
sage to the consideration of military matters in con•
neaten with the dratt, etc. He goes into the con
sideration of national affairs at length, and after
asking what has been acoomplshed by the Go
vernment in the territory wrested from rebellion,
saw "But one course will , save us from national
ruin. We must adhere to the solemn pledges
made . by our Government at the 6utset of the
war. We mug, seek to restore the Union, and
uphold the Constitution. To this end, while we
put forth every exertion to beat down armed
rebellion, we muss use every influence of wise states
manship to bring back the States who now reject
their constitutional obligations. We must put forth
every honorable inducement to the people of the
South to assume again the rights and duties of
American citizenship. We have reached that point
in the history of the war for which all have strug
gled. We now stand before the world a great and
successful military power. Wise statesmanship
can now bring this war to a close upon the terms
solemnly avowed at the outset. Good faith to the
public creditors, to all classes of citizens and to
the world, demands that this should be done. The
triumphs won by our soldiers should be folio wed up
and secured by the peace-making policy 01 the
statesmen in the Cabinet. In no other way can
we save the Union."
Receptions at the White House.
[Correspondence New York Commercial Advertiser.]
We are indebted to President Telferaon for the
public "reception" at the White House, with
which the New Year is inaugurated here at the
national metropolis. The wives of Washington and
of John Adams had held ceremonioue "levees" at
Nete York and at Philadelphia during the official
terms of those Federal Presidents. But when Mr.
Jefferson, a firm believer in French democracy, was
elected President, he positively refused to conform
to the code of etiquette established by his pre.
decessors. The "levees" were abandoned; but on
the tirat day of the year,Mr. Jetf.rson had the doors
of the White House th rown open, and received all
who chose to call upon him.
A very graphic account of the "reception" on
the lit of January, 1807, was written by Dr.
Mitchell, then an M. C. from New York, and was
published a few years ago in the Historical Maga
zine. After humorously describing the money
crowd, the Doctor says : "Greet mirth and humor
prevailed, and you may readily conceive wherefore,
when it is computed that besides the smiles, cor
diality, and welcome which the company received
from their generous entertainer, they consumed for
him a quarter cask of wine, a barrel of punch, and
an hundred weight of csitejnesides other nicknacks
to a considerable amount."
Mrs. Madlion restored the "dinners" and the
"drawing rooms" at the White House, unattended
by the stiff' formalities" and the strict ceremonials
which had been sanctioned by Washington and
Adams, and she retained the " New-Year's Recep.
tions." Refreshments were always served until
theeecond term of President Jackson, when it was
necessary to discontinue thid feature of the " reeep
tion," as crowds of unmannerly fellows would put
themselves in the hall, and seize the trays the mo.
ment that the waiters entered with them. The last
time that they were served, a monster cheese, pre.
!tented by a patriotic New York dairyman, was the
staple &retitle of food, and almost every visitor bore
away a slice.
Air. Lincoln, on New Year", Day, stood near the
dcor of the blue drawlog.room, and all who entered
were presented to him by Marshal Lemon, receiving
a cordial greeting and a warm ;shake of the hand,
while for some there was a quiet joke. Beyond Mr.
Lincoln was Mrs.• Lincoln, and the ladies may be
pleased to learn that, having discarded her mourn
ing, she wore a purple dress trimmed with Wank vel
vet and lace, with an exquisite lace necktie, fastened
a pearebrocroh—her head-dress was ornamented
with 'a white plume. Mr. Commissioner French
presented the visitors to Mrs. Lincoln, whose dignity
of manner and courtesy is commended even by those
who indulge in attacks upon her to gratify their die
like to her husband.
SOYILISSWIC44IOI,BTIsIIC—A. letter from Copenha
gen
,of the 14th inst., states that the Danish troops
in Holstein hare positively received orders to.with
aw from the province without resistance as. soon
as the Federal troops shall enter. The day of the
anniversary of the battle of Schesleilt the Holstein
troops at-Copenhagen were aeseinbled to hear a
proclamation read. reminding them that their
fathers bad fought victoriously on that day slde by
side with the Danish troops, and telling them that the
King relied on their fidelity in case of war.. The
troops responded with cries three times repeated of
"Long live Christian IX." The late minister,
Clausen, expresses a hope in the Deck/add , that if
the King of Denmark confirms himself to the de•
fence of Schleswig, the non-German Powers will
not abandon him. The nearer the time fixed for
the entrance of the Pedestal troops approaches the
mote the excitement increases at Hamburg. Their
enhance is to be the signal for the publication Of
the Duke of Augustenbures proclamation in
Schleswig• Holstein. A trustworthy person arrived
from Anima, states that the peoplo of Holstein will
proclaim the Duke as seen as he sets his foot on
the soil of Holstein. Several of the- young men of
the Middle-classes have enrolled ihomselves to serve
In the corps of volunteers, whose °hied is to sup
port the Pretender and to conquer Schleswig for
Germany.—Corresposedcnce of tho , Loactoss Times.
Change of Wear.
Staunch Cobden is ever consistont
To the canoe be'dekmds with his might ;
Per Truth and for Freedom persistent,
He !Ittihad' IA the van of the fight.
But still. }et rt not be forgotten,
Notwithstanding his firm heart and brain,
He hat turued his attention from cotton,
Aitiltilken to muzzling Delano.
(N. F. Post
The End of Controversy.
TO R. D. AND B. B. C.
Your quibbles In our ears to ding
' Forbear, yetpunaters twain ;
For Cobden's proved there'll no en eh thing
As muscle in Mime, TRW.
(evening Poat.
IXXVIIIth CONGRES S --- Ist SESSION.
WAB.IIIIOTOIP, Ism 5, 1861
Both houses of Congress reassembled this morn
ing, pursuant to the adjournment over the holidays.
SENATE.
Blip and Comtnuntentions.'
A communication was received from the Secretary
Of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the Senate,
giving. the names of the officers leaving the naval
service since December Ist, 1860, and entering the
Confederate service. The communication was re
ferred to the Naval Committee, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, presented the petition of
a citizen of lowa, asking much modifications of the
enrolment law as will include all foreign-born resi
dents ; Mao, the memorial of the True Inspiration
Society (consisting or non.residento praying for
exemption from the s3oo.clause in the conscription
law.
Also, the petition of the Lake Superior and
Missinippi Railroad Company for grants of public
lands to aid them in the construction of a new rail
road to Lake Superior. Referred.
Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky, offered a bill pre
venting the army and navy officera and others in the
military service from interfering in state elections,
and moved its reference to the Judiciary Com
'matt e
Mr. GRIMES opposed the reference to the Judi
ciary Committee, and moved to Send it to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, moved to lay it
on the table, but subsequently withdrew his motion.
The billwas then referred to the Committee on
the Judiciaty by a vote of 20 yeas to 14 nays.
Mr. WILSON introduced a resolution calling on
the Secretary of War for information in regard to
the appointment of officers of the army. It was
adopted.
Sir. WILSON also introduced a bill restoring* the
bounty of $4OO to veterans, and S3OD to volunteers,
until the 16th of Fehrnari - ; alto, providing a bounty
of $lOO to per sons of African descent resident in the
States now in rebellion, during such time as the
President may determine.
. . . .
Mr. TEN EYCK, of New Jersey, moved the refe-
rence of that portion of the President's message re
ferring to a reconstruction of the Union, to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Wen Eyek's speech CM the President's
Mr. TEN EYCK argued that the Constitution
provides for the admission of the old States, and
also for the /1(111ABA/011 of new States into the
Union. It made no provision for a Irate to leave
the Union or Muted at it.- The doctrine of the 03n
stitution is "once a State, always a State." What
right have we to say to Tennessee, for instance, and
to the loyal people of other States, "You are no
longer States but Territories." The people, not the
soil, made the States. All true and loyal citizens
have claims to be respected. But when other rights
have intervened, under the proclamation of eman
cipation or the confiscation laws, they must be
regarded. You might as well attempt to call back
the life of a soldier slain in battle, as to recover
what has been lost by the acts of We rebellious
mates. if you can take private property for public
use, making the proper comperowtione, you can free
their slaves or use them in the army, and give them
freedom as the reward of their service. These
points be proceeded to argue, to show that
there needed no recreation of a State. But the
President bad hit the nail upon tne head. This
Riau was wise arid just and patriotic. Let the
States reorganize. Events would shape the mode.
Let, them elect their officers, and resume their
wanted functions. Many of them are ripe for this.
Onetenth of the loyal voters is sufficient for the
purpose, and this number is,as large as was that of
some of the States originally entering the Union or
that are now asking for admission. In the States
where the rebellion is unsubdued the war must
still go on. He referred to the progress and success
of our arms, and argued that Secession had been out
in two and was now seared in all its borders. He al
luded to the position of France and England, and to
the sympathy of Russia as well as of the middle
classes throughout Europe in behalf of our cause.
One thing only was now needed—namely : That the
army be filled andivolunteering and the draft go on.
Let three hundred regiments renew the spring cam
paign, and ere many months this fungus Confedera
cy, whose corner-stone and boast is slavery, will
cease forever from the earth.
The motion to refer to the Committee on the :Tudit
dewy wax agreed to.
The Senate, being without a quorum, then ad
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Dir. SMITH, of Kentucky, introduced a bill, Which
was referred, providing for the pay of the bounty
and pensions for soldiers called out in the Depart
ments of Obio and Kentucky.
Messages from the President—Bounties.
A meseage,was received from the President ear
nestly recommending that the law be so modified
that the bounties recently suspended be continued at
least till the first day of February next.
The message was referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
The Convent loh with Peru.
The SPEAKER also laid before the House a mes
sage from the President enclosing a report as to the
result of the Convention with Peru for the settle
ment of claims, and recommending an appropriation
to meet the awards.
The message was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. MORRILL., of Vermont, asked leave to in
troduce a resolution inetzucting the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds to - examine and re
port on the bill setting aart the old hall of the
House of Representative, f ora galler of statuary.
Mr. WASHBURNE of Maine, o bj eoted, saying
that he intended to introduce a bill at the earliest
moment for removing the seat of XFovernment from
this barren and isolated country. "'Laughter.]
The roll of the Rouse was then milled, when it
was found that there was no quorum, only eighty
six members answering to their names.
Whereupon the House adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
The Senate was called to order by 'Mr. PENNY,
and certificates of the new members were presented.
Protests from Democratic Senators
Foul of the newly-elected Democratic Senators
presented protests against being sworn into office by
Mr. Penny, who, they claimed, had not been elected
Speaker this session.
The protests were entered on the journal.
A Tie Vcke for Speaker.
Senator LAMBERTON offered a resolution set
ting forth that the Constitution requires that the
General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday
of January in each year, and that it also ordains
that each House shall elect its Speaker and other
officers; therefore,
Resavtd, That the Senate do now proceed to elect
a Speaker.
The resolution was adopted, and the first ballot
resulted in a tie vote. Sir. Clymer voted for Mr.
Penny, and Mr. Penny for Mr. Clymer. The
second, third, and fourth ballots resulted the same,
viz : Clymer, sixteen ; Penny, sixteen. Various
efforts were made to act upon bills in place, and to
pass resolutions relative to the organization, but all
business was impeded by the tie vote.
Bills Introduce d
Bills were introduced as follows
Mr. LOWRIE introduced an act to allow the city
of Erie to sell her railroad stock. Also, one au
thorizing Erie county to pay bounties.
Mr. hardBERTON objected to the presentation
of these bills or any others until the Senate was
organized.
The Speaker's Right to the Chair—An Ap-
The SPEAKER decided flu objection to be not.
well taken.
Mr. LAMBERTON appealed in writing from the
decision of the Chair, but the Speaker refused to
entertain the appeal, because It was disrespectful,
and spoke of Mr. Penney as merely occupying the
Speaker's chair.
Senator. CLYMER and LAMBERTON re
pudiated any idea of being personally disrespectful,
but contended that the sole object was to test the
right of the occupant of the chair.
Mr. CLY.M.ER said that, in eighteen hundred and
tifty.five, when a similar difficulty occurred in the
Senate, the Speaker vacated the chair at the begin.
ning of the term, and the Clerk performed his func
tion, until the matter was adjusted.
Mr. TURRELL said that this may have been the
case, but that there was no law requiring the
Speaker at the beginning of a new session to vacate
his seat. It was only a custom, and not binding.
Mr. LAMBERTON then modified his appeal so
as to make it allude to Mr. Penny as the Speaker
elected in eighteen hundred and sixty , three, but the
chair refused to receive it, unless the designation
was simply made as the Speaker.
Other Bills Presented.
Dlr. CONNELL introduced three tdlls : one role•
tive to the Board of Oshool Control of Philadelphia,
one appertaining to the notary public in Frankford,
and one supplementary to the Pennsylvania Mutual
Life Insurance company.
Ballot Resumed
The fifth and sixth ballots were then taken, but
with no eleotion.
Various resolutions, referring to the appointment
of clerks and Librarian, were then offered, but un
der the tie vote could not be considered.
The Captured Senator.
Mr. .LOWRIE offered a resolution respectfully
requesting Jeff Davis either to capture another
Senator, or release the one he has, so that the
Senate may be enabled to organize.
Mr. KINSEY moved to amend by appointing Mr
Lowrie a committee to carry his resolution to TeX
[X,sugbter.]
The resolution was declared out of order.
Ineffectual Balloting.
The seventh and eighth ballota were then taken,
but without an election.
Finally, a, mftjority of two votes carried an ad
journment until tomorrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In conformity with the Constitution of this State,
the members of the House of Representatives oiliest
bled at noon to-day, being called to order by Jacob
Ziegler, clear of the House during the session of
1863. The returns of the election of members were
presented by the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
and were opened and read. After the calling of the
roll, nominations were made for Speaker, asfollo we:
Mr. BROWN, of Warren, nominated Henry C.
Johnson.
Mr. SCHOFIELD, of Philadelphia,' nominated
Cyrus L. Pershing.
Mr. Henry C. Johnson Elected Speaker.
The vote being taken,Mr. Johnson was elected
and conducted to the ch air, whereupon he delivered
the following speech :
I am profoundly grateful, gentlemen of the House
of Representatives, for the high honor which you.
haveynet conferred upon me by electing me as your
Speaker, and I assure you I will use my best en.
deavors to discharge the duties of the position with
faithfulness and impartiality. I assume the respon
sibilities of the place with a sincere distrust of my
own capabilities, but with a confiding hope that I
will be so generously sustained by you as to makes
my administration a success.
-
Standing to each othegin the relation of peers, it
will hardly be admissible in me to enlarge upon our
several duties here; hut, in view of the impressive
nese of the times, I may be indulged in a suggestion.
as to the obligations which they impose.
ban the present, never has there, gentlemen,
been a more impotent session of the Legislature to
the people of the State and to the nation-at large;:
and from the geographical position of Pennsylvania.
and her political and economical relation, to her
sister Stater, she stands second to none in the Union
and when her prodigious moral influence for good•
or evil in our impending national. crisis is con.
sideled, she is without an equal in the listen
hood. As this is no vain illusion of State pride;
but a recognised: proposition, a degree of attention,
at home and abroad, will be concentrated upon us,
wbioh will mark us individually as responsible cha
racters in the moat thrilling pages of our national
history.' Abler men of higher positions but of
less interesting periods. will be overlooked is the
stronger light which will be reflected upon us by
our actions as legislators of Fenneylvania, and her
relationoto our contest for Lila as one people. For
the time beings and under such circumstances, this
greet C.Ximmonwealth is committed in part to our
keeping ;: and it would be. better for tie and our
Politer/CA that we should_ remain nameless in the
laud, or that we should . at at the bottom of the
deep blue sea, than we should pillory ourselves to
the gaze of the civilized world as unfaithful to the
traditions and duties of. the State, while traitors
aro in same against the Government. With
such ineentives, I will not, I cannot doubt, that
an inspiration of exalted patriotism, and herculean
energy and unyielding, purpose will guide you in so
shaping the legislation of this grand old Common
wealth, that she will, unmistakably and unequivo
cally present the &libitum speetacle of sustaining,
with all her immense resources, our beloved Union
as it was bequeathed to us by our patriot fathers.
I again thank you for the honor you have con.
ferred.
The Speaker and members were all then either
sworn or affirmed.
The House then proceeded to pass the usual reso
lution of organization, and adjourned.
NATIONAL Cincus.—The "Sprites of the Silver
Shower," now being performed every evening At the
National Circus, is a very pleasing fairy pageant,
requirtrg shill in horsemanship. The fifteenth re.
gular matinOe will be given this Afternoon.
A LIITTICII from Perth, Hungary, WI "For hear
upon two years not a drop of rain I The au:a rising
horn a sky without Aolitddt ars4 settinK behind •
veil of fiery duet."
H4RR.ISBITB.O, Jan. 6.
HORTICULTURAL. A meeting c
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was by
evening at their hall, Broad and Walnut
Considering the inclemency of the watt
meeting was well attended. A.disaussion
indulged in on the subject of fruit all the y
It was a fruitful theme for discussion ;
change of opinion on an interesting subject z
haps never will become popular with ft.
manes of the people.
New York Markets, Jan. 1.
/arias are quiet, at $8 .3.7),:iga co far Pots, and
Pesrls.
BREADSTUFF& —The market for State and
Flour is Quiet and unchanged.
The soles are 4.000 1313.8 at $6.805W 00 for
State . ; $6 rrCi.o.9l l for extra State „.• $6 RI riat3 55 for
Michigan, Indiana, lowa. Soe. ; $6.9007 61 for
leciudleg shipping brands of round hoop Oh'
IF7 70 and trade brands of do, at 6i7.60(476 60.
Southern Flour is quiet, with bales or tOO
bbls -
8 15 for superfine Baltimore, and $S 200.0.75
ditto -
Canadian Flour Is in moderate reouitt, witD
60e bble at $6 0.1@6.80 for common, and s6:' •
good to choice extra.
Rye Flour is dull at $5 6006.75 for the range o_'
superfine.
ISUCkWheat Flour is quiet at $3,12 , ,W 3 :10
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE. Jan. b.—Floor la dull and dravit •
01 Ohio arnie.fine at $6.973{, and extra at
Wheat Is very dull; sales orb 6;0 bushel. et tl
;Dr Kentucky white. Corn dull and I@tc lowe
steady. Whisky steady at 904693 c. Sugar' ar •
at an advance of
FAIR IN Am OF THE COLORED St ,
WOUNDED SOLDIERS.—A fair Was opened
at Saneom street Hall, to remain open unit
day evening, for the benefit of colored
wounded soldiers, for which we would Ig
generous interest on the part of oar cifirc . •
fair, although conducted by respectable pi:
color, will depend largely upon our white
for patronage: The fair was visited yeeter , !'
large number Of our first citizens. It is f
excellent taste, and the refreshments at. '
finest quality and served in the most inviti. ry
We would again suggest that this laudable .
our colored people to raise means to alle.
sulleiings of their patriotic brethren in arm!
meet a liberal recognition at tfse hands of ti
111878110. 0. SOMBBB & SON, No, V.'
nut street, under Jayne's Hall, are nu '
off their splendid stock of fine winter cl
greatly reduced prices. Officers in the A
Navy, as well as civilians, will find in this
capital assortment, or they can have suite
to order, in the best style, at the 'shortest ni
Win TO But. YOUR CO.A.T..—ThOUVOIi I
Lars could be saved by our citizens in fr!,
We are reminded of this by the fact that 5
of eur citizens have expressed to us their
tions that they save a handsome mum am,
purchasing all the coal they consume fro:
Alter, 935 North Ninth street.
FOR TER 'FINEST CONFECTIONS IN
go to Mr. A. L. Vansant's, Ninth and
streets. His delicious sweet Jordan Kw
Emends, Chocolate prenarationth and floe
are unequalled anywhere. His sate. of t
Sections the day beforirChristmais wore 16! ni"
were ever reallzeiPby any single home
Stator.
GREAT REDITOTIGN IN PRICES.
Great Reduction in Prices.
Ladies! and Miami' Fine Ckiks.
Ladies' and Misses' Fine Cioaks.
Also,
Rich Mum of all kinds, 1
Rich ;furs of all kinds, ' 4
in anticipatirm of the close of the seisc, ll
now prepare.l to make a large wilco ,
former prieea.on all our stook.
J. W. Pnoof on tt
'llhe Paris Cloak and Fur EDI:
920 Chestsla
NIFINE.L/13,77 APPLSEI, AIaXONDS, LOMOOS
Havana Oranges, aie.juat received and for
DAVIs & Nica , tA
Arch sitt.!
ELBOAIIT STOCK OF GENTLIMISN 'i.
Ma GOODS, embracing everything neoeso:
line for 'a man of taste to wear, will It
George Grant's, 1110 Chestnut street.
Shirt, invented by J. F. 'DO
Shirt of the age.
THE C I 'X' IC ,
008 LDDITIONAL CITY BMWS, B soza-m ,
THF. GRAND ENTRIITADIMRN'T
VRTIMAN 9:0T11 BEGIMIDIT P. V.—The
Reading Room has witnessed many happ,
but the happiest, we think, was vouchsafe:-
terday morning, when the ladies and gentle
netted With the institution received the of::
hien of the 29th Pennsylvania Regiment, cot,.
by Col. Rickard', and entertained them in ah r.
manner. The room was beautifully reatoce,"
nags and evergreens, and the walls tilled ct
soriptions laudatory of this noble regim e:
have passed through such terrific carnage,
re•enlisted in the glorious cause of t: L;
Freedom.
The colored waiters of the city, hearirl k r .
tended reception, volunteered their itert.c,
1 - 0110 Wing note
To Mrs. Geo. T. Lewis and Miss Mary I.lrll.
tresses, 4 - c.:
We, the public waiters of the city of Pluis:,
do hereby gratuitously tender our Emir:. :
ladies of the committee of the Solaimi ~•
Room, for the purpose of waiting et tha „, ,-
be given on Tuesday, January sth, 15ti t r . ::
ana tried veterans of the 29th Regionla 1 ,.
verde Volunteers. ' Youre respectfully ,
Thomas .T. Dorsey, Henry . fisrum,
Samuel Roberts, John .Erwin.
S. Sewell, Samuel Stn
James Jurdon, Henry Gur,l, - ,.
(3eorge Tingley, Henry Tobu:o,.
John Stewart, Hants Shadd,
Lewis Seymour Isaac Foster
—..
Frederick Woo - fleten, I H iggg wav R. ,
Tuggle Francis, E Morris,
George Welton), Philip Ronne.,
Their services were gratefully accepted_
from Miss McHenry. gine of the waiters a!•..
remarked that be would Lot havemissed it
At 12 o'clock the regiment, numbEring
men, entered the building, with their tog:,
Rags waving, telling of bloody engagemn..
were greeted with "Home, Sweet limp,
" Home Again," by the band from the L
Broad and Cherry streets, furnished thz,
kindness of Dr. Keating . .
After all were seated, and silence pret.,.
chairman,Mr. H Redner, announc2e
absence of Dr. Lewis, the president 01 the
Bending Room, he had the honor to intro::
stille, Erg., who would give the BW:hu t
noble 29th the hearty welcome they eu
served. Mr. Stille rose amid muoh sppi
delivered a patriotic address, in which he e.,
the arduous services performed by tilt
regiment.
Mr. Stine was frequently interrupted IV
plat. se, and when be had concluded Colone . .l.
thanked the ladies for their kindness, and
affected when he spoke of the faith.fulnera .
noble band.
Mr. Redner then annnucced that he Ram
lowtowneman, Daniel Dougherty, E.O ,
part of the room, who, although unprepi
always ready, whom he would call upon f
woi dr.
Mr. D. then made one of his most fetich
dresses, and, among other things, said that.
formation of this regiment, several of the;
met frequently in his office in connection
same, and that one of the companies, he
received his name. He paid a noble tiihm t
29th, who fought so bravely at Gettyabl,
Lookout Mountain, and said, as they had
birth of the rebellion, had determined to see
The officers and men were then invited to,
thous entertainment of turkey, oysters, aqi,
a bottle of ale and pipe filled with tobacx
placed by every plate.
After the entertainment loud calls were rc
the Bev. Mr. Brooks, who rose only after lur k
applause, and wished them all a hearty
you!"
Numerous toasts were then drank to r.
McHenry,e Rickards, Mrs. Lewis, Ist
&a, and, after Nome remarks ft
Rev. Mr. Butter, the regiment slowly reti
lighted with the reception given them.
Too much praise cannot be given the
Originated and carried through the affair,
proved so successful, and we hope that It
have many opportunities of thus cheering the
of our Mace men who come to us, On at
loughs, to see the loved ones at home before
ing to the field of battle—perhaps of death.
The occasion was a happy one indeed. Er ,
highly pleased ; none more so than the vet,
the 29;h.
ARRIVAL OF THE 07TH NEW Vr
It was expt oted that the 40th Regiment (;-
New Yolk, made up mostly or POUtu,c.
would &II iVe in this city last evening. A 1,
to that effect was said to have been retch-, •
ladelphis, early yesterday afternoon. Act
at four o'clock, Mr. F. A. Wolbert, of
Council, and chairman of the committee o:
Hon, called the committee togeth. r, and u
feld'a band proceeded to the (16pot at 11,.•
Prime streets; escorting thereto the gallant:.
the recruits o f Col. McLean's regiment T
Regiment did not come. It passed over tin
more Central and proceeded by way of Rai
Easton, &c.
The 67th Regiment, New York, did arth
dark last evening, on their return home, and
in for the reception intended for the 40th. 7
of march was taken up, and the escort and u,
veterans of the 67th kept step to the 111116iC:'
fairs band, and proceeded to the refresh,:
loony, where they were auppered in the 116111
lent style for which both the institutions
justly celebrated. It was supposed the 671!
reniain over night in Philadelphia.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
Messrs. AL Thomas & Sons sold at the
yesterday noon, the following stooks and
tote, viz ;
420 shares Kimberton Coal Company, $4-
Pew No. 25, east aisle Church of the Ej
$lOO.
6 shares Academy of Music, $225.
2 shares Mercantile Library, $5.60—511, -
41 pews West-Arch-street Presbyterian
$l6-4622.50.
4 three story brick dwellings. Twentieth a
dein streets, subject =to a yearly ground
$76—53,050.
Modern brick dwelling, Howard street,:
York street, Nineteenth ward, $3,800.
Business stand, four-story brick store,
north Third street, above Callowhill, $ iS,IO
Tract of 1,044 acres, Clinton county, Pa.,
per acre—s7B3.
Tract of 424 acres coal' lando, Luzerne
Pa.—52,4500.
Building lots, Kingston street, froth ,45 3
each.
N!lMMiiii
Building , lots, Victoria street, from $5O
each.
Building lots, Bath street, $220.
Building lots, Olivia Street, from $4O to
Building lots, Myrtle street, from $lOO
each.
Two ground rents, each $22 50 a year, $l ,
Ground rent of $3O a year—slBo.
PEEZONAL.—Major Richard Ellis,
. -- eott - Legton, arrived in Philadelphia laai
and will remain here for a week or ten 0.
wee formerly one of the Philadelphia de:
and la well known and highly respected.
THE subscription agent reports thir
$1,671,950 in flve•twentice yesterday. Dal
bonds are being made to December nth,'
exception of the 9 rh ult.
CITY ITEMS..
CAMPBELL'S SKATING POND, Ridge
Thompion street, open day and evening, "1
la o'clock.
OVER GAITERS for gents, cloth
dies' and children's long cloth and vox:"
gents' Ringwodlpurple gloves, nook tisk
80d Chestnut street, corner or Niuti.
Mosvi
DEAPNEBB ' Eye, Ear, Throat Disease!
treated byD r. Von ffloiekalaker. Office
nut street.
CORNS, BUNIONS, INVERTED NAIL:2,J
domrs, and ali diseaseh of the feet, Girt
pain or inconvenience to the patient, by
tie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut
fere to phys%oillue illitgeOns of the c;,,