Jrm. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1864. UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION. The under signed, who, by original appointment or sutuequrnt deiignxtion to fill vacWOlM, consti tute the Executive Committee crested by the IN a tional Convention held at Cbicsgo on the lSth day of Stay, iB6O, do hereby call upon all qualified voters who desire the unconditional maintenance of the '"Union, the supremacy of the Constitution, and the ■ complete suppression of the existing rebellion, with the cause thereof, bi vigorous war, and all apt and cffl.cient,W*e«, to send delegates to a Convention to assemble at Baltimore, on Tuesday, the 7th day of .Tune, ISM, at 12 o’clock, noon, for the purpose of presenting csndldates for the o dices of President and Vice President of the United States. Each State having a representation in Congress will be entitled to as many delegates as shall be equal to twice the number of electors to which such State is entitled in the Electoral College of the United States. EDWIH D. Morgan, New York, chairman, Charles J. Gilman, Maine, £. Brain abd, Vermont, J. Z. Goodrich, Massachusetts, Thomas G. Turner, Abode Island, Gideon Welles, Connecticut, Penning Pubr, New Jersey, Epwabd MePaasßON, Pennsylvania, N B. Skivbsbs, Delaware, J. F. Wagner, Maryland, Thomas Stooneb, Ohio, H. £• Pane, Indiana, Samuel C. Gassy, Kentucky, E. Peck, Illinois, Hkbbbet Iff. Hoxih, lowa, Austin Blair, Michigan, Gael Scburz, Wiiconsin, W. P. Washburn, Minnesota, Cornelius Cole, California, Wa. A. Phillips, Kansas, O. H. Irish, Nebraska, Jos. Gkrhardt, District of Columbia. New Street Railways. Has Philadelphia a sufficiency ol Passen ger Railroads? Is every street to be laid down with iron railing ? Is the whole city to be converted into a gridiron ? Is the condition of Market street, which light spring vehicles cannot cross without the chance of damage, so encouraging, that more must he done to spoil it ? There are two projects now before the State Legis lature, each having the purpose of running passenger- caTS through Ninth, Seventh, and a few other streets hitherto happily left •without iron rails. One purposes to run through Ninth and Seventh, north of Wash ington Square, to and from Fairmount. The other, which Mr. Barger has taken under his wing, in the House of Representatives, is to bear the imposing title of “ The Phila delphia Diagonal and Central Passenger Railway Company,” and seems destined to he a circumbendibus line. It is to com mence at the Episcopal Hospital, Lehigh avenue, down Front, up Seventh, round Franklin Square, round Washington Square, up Christian to the Schuylkill, (or Naval Hospital and Asylum, and opposite Block ley Almshouse, J down Christian, through Ninth, Green, Franklin, Masta#, and Front streets, back to the starting point in Lehigh avenue. Mr. Bakger’s bill to incorporate the company for making this line also asks power to run through Frankford road, and up Prime to Broad, and through Broad to Christian street. Moreover, it demands a right to purchase any road now laid on any portion of this proposed route, said right to be granted in defiance ol an *' act to prohibit any city passenger railway companies from, consolidating,” which the same Mr. Bar ber, our Railway King, introduced into the House on the same day with his new bill for completely gridironirg the city. The proposed lines of passenger railway are not required. The city has sufficient accommodation of the sort. There is no occasion for surrounding Franklin and Washington Squares with iron tracks, and it would be strange if, after having pre vented the cutting up of Broad street, last year, by the Philadelphia and Balti more Railway Company, (a thing re quired only for a short timej any other Company shall be permitted to do it. The public, and the public alone, can check the schemes now before the Legislature. They should specially remonstrate with the city members, and they should petition the House against the passing of both acts. Of the two, the scheme to which Mr. Bar ger gives his high sanction and patronage, is the worst—for it covers a greater length of tr avel. Neither of the proposed lines is required. Yet, if the public do not make the necessary manifestation against them, it is possible that, at Harrisburg, silence may be taken for consent—possible that the members having charge of the bills in ques tion may affirm, from such silence, that Philadelphia not only acquiesces, but ap proves. We hope that the press will do its duty, and protest against the introduction of additional street railways in this city. Our Sanitary Fair. Fairs, as an institution, are thousands of years old, and, although the; have dwindled down in some localities, yet they are still as rampant as ever in others. The “ Great Cen tral” Fair is particularly rampant at present in New York, and it is peculiarly incumbent upon us to show our sister cities that we are to he excelled by none in the celebration of a Great Central Sanitary Fair. The mar ket towns of olden times furnished forth fit specimens of fairs as they were. Let Phila delphia iumish forth a fit specimen of fairs as they should be. Let the forthcoming fair be neither a mechanical, an agricultu ral, nor a fancy, nor a charity fair, which is sometimes a matter of fan cy altogether, but let it be a union of all. Let the railroads and steamboats be -the means of supplying it with every pro duct of intrinsic and exchangeable value. The time is past when fairs were mere ren dezvous for mountebanks and harlequins, and lor the convocation of a low rabble around tawdry booths. Some of the fairs of ancient times were splendid specimens in -their way. All the cunning artificers of the middle ages devoted their handiwork to the requirements of the hour. The outer and the Inner man were well provided for. Embroidered robes and appetitive ragouts, silks and satins, soups and sauces, filagree and fricassee, were side by side. The whole man was drawn upon, and all the resources of enjoyment were drained. Let our fair be a heterogeneous concern, and include anything and everything which can be scraped together to advance its ob ject. The principle which would'lead the zealous preacher to take a collection from Satan should work here. Large favors should be quite as thankfully received as small ones. The Philadelphia Sanitary Fair should be conducted in a Universal, catholic spirit. Sir Hoha.ce Walpole is said to have visited the fairs of his day in order to study the drift of popular feeling. Mr. Lincoln understands the drift of popular feeling too well to need a visit to the national fairs of the present time. The time is past when fairs con sisted of puppet-shows, trained monkeys, dancing bears, and a Barnum conglomera tion of giants, and dwarfs, and bearded ladies. We want the coming fair to be every sort of a fair—a horse fair, a butter fair, a cheese fair, an agricultural fair, a mechani a°f B l eat fair where all the com- Corners of the earth can bA collected and brought together. Cloth silk, lace, sugar,coffee, indigo, S p ieeBi new invention, the result of every new covery, the latest productions of the intel lect, -every chef d'muvre of the fine arts every produce which indicates that the age and the country are alive and progressing should be brought together there. Our foil is to be a national bazaar, where everything marketable under the sun may be had as soon as called for. Delaware, and New Jersey, and Penn sylvania are going to unite in getting up this fair, so that by the time the summer smiles upon us the work done trill have produced a munificent restdt. Each sex, every age, all * classes, all trades and professions, are invited ■J® labor together to achieve one mighty restdt. Other cities of the Union have done wonders by their exertions in this respect. The New York Fair is to be a monstrous celebration. It remains for Pennsylvanians, and particularly for Philadelphians, to do their share, and to inaugurate such a festival as will be forever remembered in history. We have borne our part well in times past. Let us remember that past,' and fulfil our duty now. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, Feb. 85,1864 The publication of several articles oppos ing the nomination of Mr. Lincoln for re. election as President, and assailing his policy and his capacity, does not seem to have in errupted or disheartened the people in their determination to consummate this event, j"® m ® re actively these articles are distri- Duted the more .warmly the people gather around their Chief Magistrate, and the more resolutely they demand his presentation for another term. When we reflect that one of the pamphlets in question is fathered by a prominent politician, and that the produc tions themselves are distributed under the franks ("whether authorized or not has not yet been of members of Congress, it is surprising that they have pro duced so little effect. Perhaps this was be cause of their unprovoked and unseemly vio lence and injustice. For it ia as true of the political as of any other phase or avocation of life, that uncalled-for misrepresentation and abuse of any man or any party always reacts upon those who resort to such wea pons. And never was there a better or a stronger illustration of this, remark the cool and indifferent reception by the country ot the recent criticisms upon President Lin coln. Undoubtedly the character of these criticisms has had much to do with the limited mischief they have worked ; but the real secret of their failure to damage or destroy Mr. Lincoln’s hold upon his countrymen is his upright and patriotic course, and his studied and patient avoidance of all con troversy with men of his own belief, and also his refusal to receive and act upon the complaints of disappointed and factious leaders. This spectacle has not been lost upon the vast audience that watches the actors and the scenes in the great national political drama. They see not only who does his duty, but also who does not do it. They study the unselfish and laborious patriot, and compare him with the mere agitator and aspirant; and it is easy to imagine that such spectators are prone to anger when they behold the latter engaged in the envious work of defaming and em barrassing the former. If ever there was a President who did not go out of the way to help or to defend him eeif,- if ever there was a President who seemed to oppoEe, if not to disdain, the work of making proselytes for himself, that man is Abraham Lincoln. The enormous patronage of his Administration has, in many cases, been left to his constitutional advisers, and to chiefs of his party who have not hesitated to bestow it upon tbeir own friends. When the President has step ped out of his self-selected orbit, it has either been to relieve distress, to reward a former political opponent now on the side of the country, or to see that justice has been " secured to some one whose cause deserved and demanded sympathy. As a proof of this, I think I am right in saying that, if Mr. Chase sanctions the unjust attacks upon the gentleman under whom he holds place, it will require little talent at figures to prove that the enormous catalogue of offices Calmost a Blue Book in itself ) attached to the Treasury Department is crowded with the personal adherents of the distinguished Secretary. lam not one of those who de precate .discussion in these times among men of the same general belief. Fair dis cussion among friends always breeds honest differences ; and the confusion of the con- tending elements at last clears the atmos phere, and allows men to see things natu- rally and truly. And it is the height of ab surdity to say that a member of Congress, Senator or Representative, shall not take his part and play his character in the great drama. You might as well say that a newspaper editor should not take a hand in the game. But neither the one nor the other, both being agreed on foundation principles, has any honorable right to use his advantage to help the common enemy by allowing sel fish or envious, or disappointed feelings to control him. When he does, as against a man like Mr. Lincoln, rest assured he will he overwhelmingly overthrown. And the common enemy such a man always helps. When he desires a good, strong proof of this remark, let him read the Copperhead papers to-day. Do they assail anybody with half the virulence they hurl at Presi- dent Lincoln? Do they rejoice over any recent political productions with half the joy they show at Mr, Pomeroy’s pamphlets ? Most satisfactory is it to turn from these manifestations to the prospect of a wholesome public opinion. The people, in the army and out of it, have evidently resolved that Mr. Lincoln shall run again. There is not a name in either of these great sources of that popular judg ment which must soon be recorded, that awakens so much honest and lasting enthu siasm as his. The fact may be unpleasant in some quarters, but it is a fact neverthe less - Occasional. take Winnipeg and ttie Chaudlere Gold Fields, In a paper upon ihe “Commercial Progress and Resources of Central British North America,” lately read by Prof. Hind, M. A., of Toronto, refer ence is made to the “ Winnipeg Gold Field and the Saskatchewan Gold Field.” The distribution and extent of the gold-bearing rocks of the Winnipeg basin are matters in which the author of the paper had taken peculiar Interest. He explains that in 1807, on bis return from the Bed river settlements, he brought with him a small nugget and some parti oies of gold, which were given to him by a half-breed, who stated that they had been found in the bed of Sturgeon Creek, a small tributary of the Atsiuni boine. These gold specimens were submitted to the Canadian authorities, with the explanailbn, how ever, that he had no geological grounds for believing that they were discovered, as alleged, In the vicinity of Fort Garry. On his return to the Bed Blver, i n 1858, in charge of the Asainniboine and Saskatchewan Expedition, he had in view the possible existence of gold-bearing rocks near Hake Winnipeg, and in thf latter part of that year quartz veins were discovered penetrating paiiezoio rocks, forming islands la St. Martin’s lake, about thirty miles west of Hake Win nipeg. The islands were called St. Martin's Bocks, af ier the lake. The recent discovery of gold in line particles and In scales on the Assinniboine and its tributaries is considered positive scientific evidence of the existence of auriferous rocks near Hake Win nipeg, and lying in a northwesterly direction from St. Martin’s Books. The existence or a Winnipeg gold field, acquires peculiar import ance at the present time, and one of the rev sons for this, as p ro r. Hind states, is the oer tainty that American progress, west of the iooth degree of longitude, will be arrested by conditions of soil and climate, and its diversion north, toward and into the basin of Bake Winnipeg. With respect to the route from England to Fort Garry, on the Saskatchewan, it is.remarked that, with the single .exception of 210 miles of road traversed by stage coaches, the communication from Btverpooi to Fort Garry, or indeed the grand falls of the Saskatohe wmi, can be made by steam in about twenty-two cWm as area of cultivable land greater than that which ean.be founu within the province of Canada taking into view the expenditure, over a conJ'derable area, of an equal amount of manual labor, in one fordl *° bring it into aproper state for cultiva. * 'J 1 ® *»bor in Canada being devoted to clearing away the forests, and in the basin of Bake Wlnnlnee to drainage. It is further stated that thoiegreat Mon * *b a wide extent of imrne- I “*> Oftheriohestdeserip. ] tioD, which has led to the rapid peopling of Illinois, are common likewise to the Winnipeg and Sav katchewan districts, and that the climate of these districts is in no way Inferior to that of the central portions of Ganads, where winter wheat at Bed river settlement has been grown with great success, Within one hundred miles of the entire length of Bffito Winnipeg, on the west side, salt springsexlst sufflrient to produce at much of that importantm* terial at a very small cost as will be roquirekfor generations to come. The report states that iron d ®*°ription for common purposes are distributed over vast areas adjacent to workable beds of lignite eoaL On the nerth, Saskatchewan coal occurs, below Edmonton, in workable isunt- The Illustrated London Newt loot February eth in forms us of the Chaudidre gold fields, n.o.da The Choudiere is a considerable stream, which has Its source in Bake Megantie, one hundred mile* south 11 flow " ibrough a picturesque and nus valky, and, together with its numer k“ been found to yield gold, dentallv af d *“ 1834 > “uggets of gold were aod- P«y was tZZT 'here, m is£> . .mall com working the^^‘oAthe I S! Po 'S 2 ?f exploring and gold was Itamd to Not enough great exhibition of 1 85 1 , about”fne tnf '' th “ weight of nuggets, ranging from Pounds in seven ounces, were exhttnted. S io« thak U «° B h> few of the neighboring inhabitant, met with «ea* they managed to eonoeal untiianew party struok upon a deposit so rich that secrecy no longer posaible. A gold fever raged aU last sum mer, and threatens to break out again with re newed fury whenever gold-washing can be re sumed. The explorations of Sir William Bogan have shown toot gold to found generally in toe dtotriet south Of Q,uebes; that it to not equally distributed, and that It to .doubtful whether, ex cepting in the valley of the Chaudldre, it will be found in sufficient quantity to wamht toe expeu dltnre of capital in its working. - Bart lesson, the men engaged to give cme-fourth of toe gold found as tribute. A* this depended entirely ujllh their own good faith, it is impossible to estimate the average yield per mu. One party or four, during eleven day*’ work, gave up 2 lb. 9 oz. a« tribute; another petty of five, during three daya’ work, gave 1 lb, 2 oz. Some others gave quantum more or leaa reasonable; but by far the greater number, It la atated, made no return whatever. WA SHIN GTON. (Special Despatches to The Dress.! The New lioaii. It la unileratood that telegrama have been sent from thta city atatlng that the Secretory of the Trea aury propoeea Unmake an additional laaue of five twenty bonds, but there la authority for Baying that no euch intention baa been or la entertained. The bill reported from the Committee of Ways and £. intended to authorize the laaue of bonda redeemable after five yeara, and payable in forty year*, under whioh authority the Secretary will probably offer an laaue of five-per-cent, bonda, redeemable alter ten, and payable in forty yeara from date. The bill ia alao intended to authorize the isane of bonda for the excess of aubaorlptiona to the five-twenty loan. Thia exceaa ia between ten and eleven milliona of dollar*. Thy Nary Appropriations. The moat material amendments to the navy bill before it paaaed the Houae, to-day, were the 1 at ease of approprlationa from $22,800,000 to 926,300.000, for the eonatruction and repair of veasele; and the ap propriation of $620,000 for floating dry docka at the New York and Philadelphia navy yards, for monitora. Contested Elections. The Houae Committee on Elections have heard three of the Miaaouri eonteated election caiei, viz: Bbucb against Doan, Birch againat King, and PniOK againat Mc;(Junto. The queation lnvolvea the allegation of military interference to the detri ment of the contestants. The aommittee, next Tuesday, will meet to eonaidsr the evidence already preaented by the reapective partlea. Guerilla Raid uear Alexandria. On Tueaday morning a email party of guerUlaa made a daah on the residence of Mr. Walter Gilling ham, about two mileßlrom Springfield, near Alexan dria. They captured Mr. Gillingham and hia two brothers-in-law. Mr. GilUnghameinoceedea in ma king hie escape and reached Alexandria. A scouting party Of the Ist Michigan Cavalry, un der command of Sergeant Maybin, went out on Tueaday to reconnoitre. They proceeded aa far as Occoquan, but discovered no enemy. They were sent out In consequence of rumors that the guerillas were in force beyond Ocooquan. General Sigel. Major General Fbakz Siobl has been assigned to the command of the Department of Western YIN ginia, and will at once enter upon the performance of hie duties. Tlie Tribune Correspondence. Samuel Wilkeson, formerly In charge of the New York Tribune's correspondence from this city, has returned his connection with that journal ia the same capacity- Wm. H.Kbht retains hia position aa associate. Cousul Continued, The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Gbobob Ulbick, of Indiana, to be consul at Lv guayra. Trade Discriminations. In relation to allegations circulated about die* eliminations on trade regulations, there la authority for saying that there are no discriminations of any kind in favor of any place or person over any other plaee or person. Personal. Hon. Wikteb Davis, of Baltimore, has just made a powerful speech against, Montgomeby Bl aik's plaa of colonizing the slaves. Major Malone, the paymaster robbed of seventy thousand dollars in this oity, a few nights ago,iß still under arrest, with other parties. The money has not been recovered. Captain Hunt, formerly of the quartermaster's department, has been sentenced to pay a fine of two thousand dollars and remain at hard labor till it is paid. Senator Hale was Hunt’s counsel. Important BUI Introduced in J^ongress— The Issue of a Five-forty loan. The bill which Mr. Stxveng introduced, in the House to-day, from the Committee of Way* and Mean., i. supplementary to an act entitled «an sot to provide ware and meant for the support of the Government," approved March 3, 1863, and it as follows: He it enacted. etc., That, in lieu of no much of the loan authorized by the act of March 3d, 1883, to which thi« is supplementary, the Secretary of the Trea suiyie authorized to borrow, from time to time onthe credit of the United State” not d °U»s, during the cu> rent fitcal year, and to prepare and issue there for ooupon or registered bonds of the United States, redeemaMe, at the pleasure of the G-overn ment, after any period not less than tire years, and payabie at ary period not more than forty years from date, and of such denominations as may be found expedient, not less than fifty dollars, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent, a year, payable on bonds not over one hundred dollars annually, and on all other bonds semi-annually in coin ; and he may dispose of such bonds at any time, on such terms as he may deem moßt advisable, for lawful money of the United States, or, at his discretion, lor treasury notes, oertifioates of indebtedness, or certificates of deposit issued under any act of Con gress ; and all bonds issued under this set shall be exempt from taxation by or under State or muni cipal authority, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the necessary expenses of the preparation, issue, and disposal of such bonds out of any money in the tieasuiy not otherwise appropriated, but thß amount so paid shall not exceed one-half of one per cent, of the amount of the bonds so issued and dis posed of. Sxo. 2. That the Secretary is hereby authorized to issue to persons who subscribed on or before the 2ist day of January, 1861, for bonds redeemable after five years, and payable twenty years from date,and have paid into the treasury the amouut of their sub scriptions, the bonds by them respectively subscribed for, notwithstanding Buch subscriptions may be in excess of five hundred millions of dollars, and the bonds so issued shall have the same foroe and effect as if issued UDder the provisions of the act to au thorize the issue of United States notes, and for other purposes, approved February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-two (1802,1. The consideration of the bill has been postponed. The Twenty-inch Rodman Gun. [Special Despatch to The Press. 1 Pittsburg, Feb 25.— The great gun ha* been re moved from the pit, and proves to be a perfect casting. The West and the Next Presidency. CiNcrwNATi, Feb. 25.—The action of the Indiana State Convention, in instructing delegate* to the National Convention to cast their votes for Presi dent Lincoln, is considered decisive as to the West. Had the resolution so instructing gone to the com mittee room, without debate, and not been put to a vote of the Convention In mass, it would not have been heard of. Five out of eleven Congressional districts in caucus had voted against instructing. The resolution may, therefore, be considered a tri umph of the people over the politicians. The result of the Louisville Freedom Oonvention, so far as President-making is concerned, is the de feat of the Missouri radical aeheme to establish a Radical National party. The vote stood 69 to 63 against the new party movement, Missourians ex clusively voting for it. The Arkansas aadTenne*. see delegates stood with Kentucky against any divi sion of the Union party. The New York Democratic State Conven- Albawy, Feb. 25.—1 n the Democratic State Con vention to-day, a full list of delegates to the Na tional Convention was selected. Those at large are Horatio Seymour, Dean Richmond, Isaac Butts, and August Belmont. The Wreck of the Bohemian. Portland, Feb. 26.— An inquest will be held on the bodies of the passengers drowned by the wreck Of the Bohemian, which will probably elicit the cause of the disaster. Seven more bodies were found to-day. Margaret and Mlehael Line, of Boston, are found to be safe, whloh reduce* the number of the lost to thirteen. The steamship St. Andrew, from Glasgow Janu ary 28th, ha* arrived. Portland, Feb. 25,-The owners or the Beam, ship Bohemian have contracted with the New York Coast Wrecking Company to raise and bring the wreok into the harbor without dlseharglngdier eargo. If the weather bolds fair there la a prospeet o good success. The attempt will be made between now and Tuesday next. One of the missing pas sengers, Dennis Smith, of New York, has turned up safe. The Hibernian will take the place of the Bohemian, and Will *»U on Sunday afternoon. Railroad Completion. Rhading, Pa., Feb. 25.— A new railroad line from Reading to Columbia will be opened about March 16th, the work having been temporarily delayed by a heavy out through the South Mountain. The Beading Railroad Company will lay a third track frofii Beading to Sinking Spring (the point of diver, gence of JJ 1 ® new road) to accommodate the addi tional business. I® ip iu contemplation to run a through train from Coluhibis t 9 Jer*ey City via Reading, Allentown, and Eaaton. Naval Movements. Nsv York, Feb, 25,-The frigate Niagara has been ordei'ed to be prepared for *ea immediately Six more ol Jarragut’s fleet are ready to leave! Three gunboat*, at thi* port, are ordered to the Wilmington blockaded Humor *aye that the Van derbilt la ordered to the Chinese ieaa. The Alabama* Saw Fuahoisoo, Feb. Sl.—The bark Bmily Ban ning, from Shanghae, with date* to January 9th, ha* arrived. Ohlneie paper* of the 6th of January say nothing of the Alabama being bloekaded at Amoy at any time. The only near* on thl* subject cornea br private letter* dated January 9th. One of ™ e ' l * “*♦«£* *»r* the Alabama 1* reported to bem our vicinity. Another tay* the Alabama ia reported at Singapore coaling. Another aay* that American ahlpa are looked upon with aome dlatruat; but why 1* not atated. Great Fire in Massachusetts* Bobtoh, Feb. 26.— Five extensive bdek buildings on the border* of Fresh pond, near Cambridge, bo longing to Keitel], Hettinger, A Co., were destroyed by fire last evening. The buildings contained nearly one hundred thousand tona or Ice, out thta aeaaon, a large portion of whloh will be loat. The fire waa the work of an inoendiary. A Military Fracas. EtMiBA, Feb. 28.—a party or the let Michigan Cavalry made a raid on the aaloona today. The Invalid Oorpa made an attempt to arrest them, but were resisted. In the melee one of the cavalry waa killed and another mortally wounded. Several of the invalid* were wounded. The ringleader* were arreated, the bars closed, and quiet restored. Conviction , Cii-caKATi, Feb. 25.—The trial of Major Stoma '“‘."“““•‘•big a rape on Mil* Jolly, which ha* been he city toplo for several days, owing to the *o<dat P“*,* on “ f ,‘ he Parties, ha* resulted in a verdiot of guilty — BvMthn. Arrival or the Hammonla. Nhw Tiorra, Feb. 26.—The steamer Hammonla ba* arrived. Her advice* have been anticipated. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA:: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26,1864. WASHntSTOH, D. a, Feb. 2S. THE WAR IN TOE SOUTHWEST. HARDEE’S CORPS REIRFOBCIXU POLK. Breckinridge Ordered to Command In West Virginia. THE BATTLE AT TUNNEL HILL. Ca,>tllle <>f Three Hundred Rebels, Longstreet’s Retreat Confirmed. A RAID BY UNION TROOPS IN MIS REAR. i Kikggold, Oft., Feb. 24 —a r«. ft n ß - forces ha. rolled * corps has left to reinforce Polk m Mixaiaiinnii ordcred ti *; ha. been oraerea to take command in West Virginia. He Will probable take with him hi. Kentucky brigade? Cbattakooca, Feb. 25,-In the engagement at Tunnel Hill, yesterday, General Palmef captured ® ver b "“ dr ®? who have been brought °' OUD %I 10,t “ bout «™“r-fire in killed and Kkoxvillb, Feb. 24-a reeonnols.anoe in force, under the command of General Stoneman, withthe forces of Generals Haeosll and Hazen Monday night toward Bull’s Gap, when it wm dh£ covered that the rebel eavalry had retreatedbeyond French Broad river. y , On Saturday, the 20th, General Longstreet beean h& retreat from Strawberry Plains towards Bulu. Gsp, first destroying the bridge, and reports say hi* camp equipage } etc. y “ w General Schofield moved to the Plam,, the Union forces to-day, assigning the com mind or the post and defences of Knoxville to Brigadier General Hawaii, who will send forward the army equipage and stores. _ 1 ° | Rumors of a raid by the Union foroes in Long street’s rear are current, which are supposed to ac count for the precipitate rebel retreat. f AU is quiet along the lines. THE REPORTED CAPTTJREOF SELMA, ALA. Cairo, Feb. 26.—Professor WineheU, who oame I passenger in the steamer Fannie, from Vioksburg, I informs me that the news of the capture of Selma,. Alabama, by General Sherman, was brought to that I place by a courier direct from General Sherman, j Professor Winabell got the Information from Oapt. I . Finkler, Department Quartermaster at Vioksburg, I and entire confidence was plaoed in its correctness. [ The report is credited in military circles. I [K OTB.— If a courier had arrived from Gen. Sher- I man, the Government would have received the in- I teliigence, and communicated it to the public,—Bs- FORTBR.] _ I Memphis, Feb. 23,—N0 reliable news has yet I been received here from General Sherman or General Smith’, expedition. The report of the Evening Bui - I lelin, of the capture of Selma by General Sherman, la not generally credited, although the news oame I from Vioksburg. j General Buokland reviewed his brigade on the I bluff in front of the city this afternoon. They pro tented a fine appearance. J Cotton is coming in quite freely, the reoeipts by wsgon during the past week being much heavier | than any previous week this season, I IMFOBTANT REBEL ORDER. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has ordered all oiti- I zens of that State south of the Chattahoochee river, and General Joe Johnston has repeated the iqjuno- I tion. This stream runs through Georgia nearly as | far in the interior as Atlanta. This looks as if it I was the Intention to evacuate all Northern Georgia. I MEMPHIS AND NEW ORLEANS. Rebel Desertions. Cairo, Feb. 26.—The steamer Ferry hu Arrived from Memphis with five hundred and twenty bale* of cotton for St. Louie. The 75th Ohio Infantry, veteran recruits, General Buckland’e old regiment, en route home, and a detachment of cavalry from General Grierson’s command, had arrived at Mem pbi*, bringing forty-five prisoners, among them a rebel captain. Much dissatisfaction existed among the Mississippi troops, who were rapidly deserting, caused by speculations in cotton by the rebel Gene rals Forrest, Chalmers, Ferguson, Richardson, and others, which they state Is being taken from rebel soldiers' wives, by scouts detailed for that purpose, and who run the blockade at Mem phis and bring back greenbacks, and divide the pro fits with the ‘ generals. The steamer Swan, from New Orleans on the 17th, with over 100 hhds. of su gar for Cairo and St. Louis, has arrived. The New Orleans Times supports Michael Hahn for Governor, and says he will receive a majority of the votes cast. A mass meeting of the citizens of West Ten nessee was held at Memphis on the 22d. In the eve ning one of the largest and most brilliant audiences ever assembled in Memphis listened to an eloquent address by Col. Bland, upon emancipation. Dr. Butler, of Arkansas, was to address the meeting on the following night, upon the question or the reor* ganizatlon of the State. The cotton market Is dull and fluctuating. The steamer St. Cloud has just pasted for Circlnnati with 3,000 bales of cotton. FORTRESS MONROE. More Escaped Officers. ‘ Fortress Mohrob, Feb. 24.— Five more Federal officers who recently escaped from the Libby Prison arrived to-day, in the Yorktown boat Thomas Mor gan ; also three rebel prisoners. The names of the Federal officers are as follows: Col. dhas. W. Til den, 16th Maine Volf.; Major J. H. Hooper, 15th Massachusetts Vols.; Captain Fisher, 3d Penn sylvania Yols.j Lieut. Wallace, 6th tr. S. Artillery; H. B. Chamberlain, 97th New York Vols. The schooner Wm. H. Bennie, Capt. Leak, from Noifolk to Philadelphia, has paraed the guard-ship. St. Louis. St. Loots, Feb. 25.—The 18th Missouri Regiment of re enlisted volunteers, about 400 strong, arrived on the steamer Imperial to-day, and were welcomed on landing by the veteran reception committee and a large concourse of citizens, who escorted them to Turner’s Hall, where a anmptuous dinner and a handsome flag were presented them. - - Cotton receipts, 230 bales, and no sales. Flour drooping at $5.66 for ehoice superfine. Wheat drag ging at si.23@i 28 for prime to choice. .Corn lower and active at 98@$i.os, Oats lower at 83@9ic, Pro visions generally unchanged. Convention for Improving the Ohio River. I-iOUTKyili.e, Feb. 25.— The Convention to doviae mean* for the improvement of the Ohio river paired i aerierof resolution*; terminating with a require ment that an appropriation of $10,000,000 be naked ol the Federal Government for the Improvement of the Ohio, and that the resolution, and memorial* adopted by thia Convention be rent to the variou* Board* of Trade, Chamber! of Commerce, mu nicipal repreaentative* of the variou* oltie* and town* on ita border*, for their action and approval. The reaolutiona set forth the neceiiity of the im provement* aiked for, and contrait the large auui expended for harbor improvement! and faollitiei to ocean commerce on the Atlantic coaat with the amall outlay by Governmenrfor the benefit of in terior commence. The reiolution adopted, which was ofltered a* a subfttitule for that which required plant, &0., to be lent to the Board! of Trade and Chamber! of Com merce, provide* that a committee of five, seleoted from the tows* on the Ohio, be conitituted an exeeu tlve committee to take charge of the aiibjeot matter, with power to convene thia assembly at any future day, ana that laid executive committee I* expected to urge upon the national authorities such plana as merit general concurrence, and to oppoie all Inade quate plan*. This afternoon the Convention adjourned sine die. Arrival of a Prize Steamer. Boat on, Feb. 26 The prize iteamer Pet, cap tured on the 16th instant by the United State* steamer Montgomery, ha* arrived here. She 1* a ■mall screw vessel, of about three hundred tona burden, and wa» bound from Nassau for Wilming ton, North Carolina. The Fire at Fresh Pond. Boston, Feb. 25.—The amount of ioe in the buildings burned at Fresh Pond will not exceed 30,000 ton*. The Insurance on the property is «i 7,000. Two men were killed by the falling of a roof. Fire at Truemansville. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 25.— The total lon by the fire »t Truemansville reaches near $100,000! Insurance $20,000. AFFAIRS ON THE RIO GRIND*. The American Consul at Matumoroe Calm on General Herron for Protection—Herron Promptly Responds to the Call, and Be . moves the Consul to Brownsville. [From the Missouri Democrat 3 Van Buni?,- ?*». 21—A soout from the Bio Grande country ha* mads nu through Texas “d arrived here tidaST Slnw 5PiK5i..Sf.. <mr foroes on the Bio Grande, the Stat? &£W , P a, ’ Ile “ Brownsville, has had five dir- Governor Serro has just been compelled to vacate in Aver of a Governor named o* the Juarez party, and Cortlnas Is now try re* toforce But* out. Juarez, the President of the Bepublic, was at Saltillo a few days ago, on his wav to Monterey. From there he will probably go toMatamoros, and will endeavor to reach Browns* claim protection of the United State* Our troop* are gradually extending their line*, and the Mexicans appear very friendly. We hare a force at Indlanola and Cavalle. The forces of Governor Buts, State of Tamaull pas, and of Cortlnas had a lively fight on the 12th ult. Governor Bula notified General Herron, com manding the Federal forces on the Bio Grande, that he oould not protect the United State* Oonaulate, and Fierce, the consul, begged General Herron to send aforeeto take care or him. General Herron took the responsibility, and went into Mstamoros while the fight was going on, with four oompaniea Bn<l u>ovedthe consul's family to Browns ville, bringing out at the same time $1,000,000 in specie, that was deposited with the consulate. Our forces did not interfere with the troop* of either party, nor did they interfere with us. This move ment may create some, hubbub, but it is conceded that General Herron acted very properly, and that the invasion fortbe purpose named did not conflict with the e eutrality laws. In the iofernaicivil strife that is now going on in the,different States of Mexi co, too much prudeuce cannot beexemtsed, but Gen. Herron hit the nail on the head when he Is reported to have said that he did not see anything wrong in stepping la and helping our consul out. = * A Sob o» Ualta-— Among the rare trophies of war brought home by the boy* of the Ist Weft Vir ginia ia a specimen of that noble animal oalled the mule.. He ia about aa big aa a Newfoundland dog. ana haa a pair of eara aa long aa a man’s arm and ** a tobacco leaf, He la the property of Ja® 3 ®* Ac liewlf, an old Wheeling typo, acd t though by common consent it la called a mule. £ J* wally a puaslior nondescript. The son of malts was captured at DloDovtu by some of our s?®° * «amp fot some consider able length of time. The tabs used to employ him' in pecking provisions from West Virginia Intotheir atsrycd dominlocs, and he is said to have frequently csrrUd two barrel* of flour a distance of forty miles without "sweating a hair." 1 Tot beautiful Marquise Doris, s'lady equaUy well knotro in Italy and Franoe/ha* just died, at the ago of 20, from s disease brought on by oon itantly haying flower* in her room*. A Rebel Plot Frustrated* Thb Morgan Prisoners m tsb Ohio Pbmithx tiarv Planniho Escape.— A letter from Oolutn bus, Ohio, dated 22d lnsfc, to the Cincinnati Gazelle, ■ays: ’ •'Aya alnoe Basil Duke, who has been at Camp Chase on parole for the pastr two «r three Jjifi.-’ expressed a desire to be tikes bask to the JS ,gcd thl * with so much persist* Governor Brough and General Sdint snspeot that he had some other anfuLi? ,lm P*F * return to his old S?? ■** a.. 6. Precautionary measure* wer# im mediately adopted) and the Governor very soon had the satisfaction of fcnowiog that his olan# were successful* They unmasked a deepTiMdriStS^ OH the part of the rebel prisoners, io attempt to escape. The rebel plan was briefly to overpower the guard when the prisoners were in the nSil, as they have been permitted to be, and force their way through at whatever coifc They had armed themselves with knives which they had stolen from the tables from time to time, And sharpened for the work. These knives have stout blades, four or five inches long, thick backs, and heavy wood handles, and when ground down to* a sharp point and edge, as these were, make u&iy and formidable . weapons. They had provided themselves with files, one of which was ground so as to serve as a screw driver, and one of the men had nearly completed a woouen key, which could be used, if accessary: but their plans were for a short and bloody, work. "Yesterday was the day set apart lor the at tempt, but to the surprise of the prisoners they were not permitted their usual freedom. At breskfast they were taken to and /rom their cells with double gu*.rd. In the .Afternoon they were taken out singly and searched in the presence of the warden and governor. Ail bore the search with tolerable composure except one of the Mor gen brothers, who lost bis temper. The guard, observing that Morgan stood lightly upon one foot, suddenly jerked ft up aud pulled off* the boot, when out dropped a tile. This caused Ihe Kentucky horse-thief to indulge in profane lan guage. The knives which were thus collected are preserved by the warden as trophies, it is not pro per to state how the repels oame into possession of some of the tools, nor how their plot was discovered and frustrated. The result is, that hereafter they will be more closely watched than before. Governor Brough has ordered that the ordinary prisoners be removed entirely from the west wing of the build rcg. the rebels placed in possession. "The rebels sharpened the knives by rubbing, them between the stones in their cells. Hereafter their meals will bp seryed them there f and they will not see anybody but their guards. As a rising among the prluoners at OampUhaSe was alio in the pro gramme, Gen. Heintzeiman stationed a double guard there last night.” Millard Fillmore’s Address at Buffalo* On the opening of the great Christian Commission Fair, on Monday, Mr. numore said, in 'the course of a long speech: Nor is this the time or place to express an opi nion as to the policy that should be pursued to reaoh so desirable an end. But one thing is clear, that much must be forgiven, irTTot forgotten, on both aides, before this Union can ever be restored i and, therefore, it is to be hoped that all unnecessary acts of cruelty, or wanton destruction of private pro perty, or insult, or imoience, in triumphing over a fallen foe, should be avoided s for all suoh aots onlv file the hCfttt Of our adversary with resentment and revenge, and thus protract the war, increase it« hor rors, and must leave a sting which will render re union more difficult, if not impossible. But it must be apparent to all that the first step to wards bringing this war to a close is to conquer the rebel army. Any negotiations for peace before this is done would prove abortive, and any proffered clemency to those in arms who defy our power would be a mockery, which would be treated with ridicule and contempt. Bat when we have conquered their armies and disposed of their leaders, then let us show our magnanimity and generosity, by winning bask the deluded multitude who have been seduced or coerced into tbis rebellion by extending to them every act of clemency and-kindness in our power, end by restoring them to all their rights under the Constitution. This I conceive to be Christian for giveness and the beat policy, and the only one which can ever restore this Union, But to accomplish this, the Administration must be supported in all constitutional efforts to conquer and disperse the rebel army; and here let me remark that present appearances indioate a more bloody campaign the ensuing season than any we have yet had. The course of events has done much to unite the South and intensify its hatred to the North, and desperation will lend energy and boldness to their efforts. It is never wise to under estimate the pow er of your adversary, we must, therefore, give up the contest and consent to dissolution, which, I ven ture lo say, no man who loves his country is pre pared to do, or we must send an army into the field sufficiently strong to Insure success j for if we do not conquer and disperse the rebel army the ensuing campaign, the war may be protraoted indefinitely, and finally end in separation, dishonor, and utter nun of the country. I say, therefore, that the Ad ministration must have sufficient men and money, and this, though we may not always approve of the nse that is made of either. We can only act in this matter through the powers that be. Any other course would produce counter-revolution that would end in anarahv. And there is nothing which we can do at this time which will give more aid than to provide for the wants, physical and spiritual, of the sick and wounded soldier. Let him feel, when he goes to the battle field, that we appreciate the sacrifices he makes and the dangers be is to encounter. Let him know that we think he takes his life in his hands from patriotic motives, to save ub and our country, and that he Is followed in his perilous undertaking by our affec tionate prayers for his welfare and sucoess, and that we are doing what we can at home to provide against the casualties of war and assuage the griefs of sick ness. And especially let this be done, as it Is here, by the women of our land. Remember that every soldier has a mother, a sister, a wife, or a sweet, heart, and it is to him an inspiring thought that she is watching his progress , and ministering to his wants. Such a thought will nerve his arm in battle and mitigate his suflerings in siokness, and do more than aught else to keep him in the path of virtue. The Soldier Girl. [From the Rochester Union of Saturday. 3 The young female noticed yesterday as hiving sought to be received into the 3d Cavalry turns out to be Lizzie Compton, the young soldier girl whose oareer has been noticed by the Western and South era papers. T Th“ eirl WAS takeatothepoliceatation yesterday. It WftP supposed that *he was an adventurer, line many who have appeared in a similar disguise, and was therefore regarded as a disorderly person. The chief found her in Worden’s saloon talking with a young man, and. told her that she was wanted by thei police magistrate. She replied that she would go to him, but begged that she might be permitted lo go out of the saloon unattended, that she might not appear to be under arrest. Her wish was complied with, and Lizzie, in a few minutes, stood before the msgistrate—a fine specimen of a young soldier ready to give an account of herself. fche stated that ahe waa about sixteen years of age, assuming that she had been correctly informed a* to the dateof her birth. Her parents died In her infancy, near Nashville, Tennessee, and ahe was left, aa too many children are, to the tender mercies of unfeeling wretohes. She was put into the field to work at an early age, and was never taught any du ties of the household. When a child she wore a frock, but really never was fully clad in the apparel of her six. At the age of 13, when the rebellion commenced, she put on the clothes of a boy, and workechabout the steamboats on the Western rivers. At length she sought a place m the army as a bi£ gler, on whloh instrument she soon excelled. Lizzie has been eighteen months In the service, and in aevennr eight regiments. She got Into the ranks hy fraud, taking the place of some person who .?*“ p *” ed muster, and was discharged as soon as her sex was discovered. Among the regiments in Which She served were the 790, New York, 8!b, 17tb, and 28th Miehigan, and 2d Minnesota. Her first engagement was at Mill Springs, and ahe re lates minutely the details of the fall of Zollieoffer. fche was captured, with her company, and paroled by the guerilla Morgan, near Gallatin, Tenn. She fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and several other p J«®» We,t - Finally she went to the Army of the Potomac, and got into the 79th New Xpric. At the battle of Fredericksburg, early in July, she was wounded by a piece of shell In the aide, and the surgeon discovered and disclosed her aex, whloh led to her dismissal after recovering In the hospital. Mobmobism.—lt would seem that the lately-re ported aehism among the Mormons is making head w?.y‘ ,^®.? nd tire following in the Cincinnati Go *c«e of Friday • The oopyright of a book was taken n™,5 1 ?.. 0 ’; lier «. d *F\, ln ! te United States District Court, having the following ti«e: “ A Book of Doc trine and Covenants of the Church of Christ of Hat ter Day Saints, carefully aeleoted from the Bevels. Mona of God, as given in the order of their dates.” It is, perhaps, known to most readers that there is a formidable schism among these “ Saints,’ ’ the se eessimiists declaring against polygamy, and content ing themselves with one wife—atleast one at a time. An organization based on this idea has been in process of completion In this city for some time past, under the leadership of Joseph smith, Jr,, and Israel 1,. Rogers, who, in conjunction with othero, have published the book above referred to. Thev say that they have missionaries operating in Brig ham Young’s dominions, who are very successful in making converts. Their present rendezvous is In the vicinity of Chicago, but they have purchased 30,000 sores of land in Missouri, where they intend to settle when the war is over, and build up a oit for the habitation of the faithfUL A LARGE Pointer Gonb.— Mr. Austin B. Wil liams, a well-known printer of New York, died verv suddenly In that city on Sunday morning. He had worked upon the New York Timet for twelve years P a * 4 - Bis weight was 420 pounds, and it required no less than seventeen yard* of broadcloth to com exterior outfit* Hi* humor and ready wit towe > wlHl hia extra ordinary proportions, made him ft “host” mudde hit ftißOclAtei. Mr. p. t. B mhuih repeatedly sough? him for hi* popular resort as a natural curiosity. But hi* exceeding sensitiveness and peculiar character would never permit him to become an objeot of P"t > " l * r c “ rlo ' l tJ’- He was extremely timid and bashful when in the presenoe of ladle*, and would shi'iS™ 111 t 0 e* o *Pe their company. Still more notable-characteristics of Mr. WB ilamc may be found in the nimpje foot that he never knew the taste of ardent spirit* nor tobacco, never ofmaSkfort®- 00 **; wfwsfl common vice* Of jnankind", a (fegree seldom itoalled. He was a E-.ive of Exeter, n. H., and in the 31st year of hi* age. About a week since, while on his way home, he was seized with an attack of apoplexy, and lin gered until Sunday morning, 20th feat., when he passed away. Byron, and Sheridan . Knowles, and Garrick, and James, and all the British host! We shall be In our stall, ready to welcome thl* demonstration of Eng lish genius, and to oau out the utual expression of •O'fess," All right!” an expression of success which will rather astonish the artists above mentioned. High i>ai,tjtin.— An officer belonging to our caval ry was taken prisoner and sent to Blchmond. He had a son in the Confederate army, and It ia nre sumed that the son made Interest with the Confede rate Government lor the release of his father. The following is a copy of the order issued for his dis charge by the Secretary ol State : "Let the virtues of the son, whose gallant deeds in our defence have entitled him .to the laurel wreath, atoiro for the; misdoings of the father, who, t0 ,°. 1 of oppression and tyranny,ha*dl* graced himself and family by doing all in his power to oppress a down-trodden people struggling for io “ Send the old man home. ‘•January, 1864 ” “ X P ‘ Lord Palmrrbton has been cleared or all suspt ctonin the O'Kane scandal oaae, the suit having been dismissed. The presiding judge, Id announcing Jv!i.Vft. U mi.i! ,),e . rVe<l: court oannot part with the suit without one word with respeot to the ooret- It is a matter of great satisfaction to the court that a name which is never mentioned in Eng TOrSoX 1 !? 10 . 0 ? JU, rK lde * bouH P**» from its annals without a stain, rcheers, whioh there was no at tempt to suppress.]” StAVRET in Mains— At the late meeting of the Maine Historical Society, Judge Williamson, of Bel fast, read a paper on slavery in the State of Maine, giving accounts of-the,kidnapping orlndiana, and showing that In early timea negro alsves were held in what ia now the State of Maine, at Ktttery and aa far east asPownalboro. Aocormng to the first-official report made to the Legislature thl* season, there are about twelve hon ored mile* of canal In Pennsylvania, having no leas than seven hundred and fifty lochs, and cmplovlnn in the aggregate about six thousand five hundred boat*, the-greater portion of wbloh are owned by private Individuals. - cattle or Florida are exceedingly email and r<”>r. Hi* ®»tt®»t«d that there are twomllUonain the, State, their average weight being leu than four huedua pound*. XOTMtb CONGRESS—Ist SESSION, Washington, Feb. 25, IBM. SENATE, Bill* and CommifuleaUoae. Hr. 80HNSB, of Massachusetts, presented the peti tion of eltiaans of Bone. New York, asking for the passage of HA act Which will perpetually aboltebala very. Kererrecf to the Committee on Slavery and Freedman Mr. 80MNSK presented petitions of citizens of Afri can descent praying the en.ire abolishment of slavery, and asking the privileges of tHe elective franchisee Be fe red. Mr. POMEROY, of Kansas, presented the petition of citizens of Kansas asking for a new mail route, de ferred to ihe Post Office Committee Mr. RAMSEY, of Minnesota, presented the* petition of Citizens of Minnesota asking the establishment of a mail i‘OU e Referred. , Mr. S&ERMaN, of Ohio, presented the petition of a large number of the citizens of Ohio askiog forthe sale oil he mlnerallands. Referred. Mr. BFBAGOE, of Rhode island, presented the joint resolution of the Rhode Island Legislature, asking-that colored eq|d!erB shall be put on the name foot**g as others. Referred to- tfce Committee oa Slavery and Freedmen. Mr. MopOUGALLt of California, introduced a bill- to amend the act incorporating the Pacific Railroad, in tended to ratiiy and confirm the transfer o? the corpo ra £. nt i PrtvUnteß from the Central t'sdttc Road of California to the Western Pacific and the-ftan Fran* cisco and SajQ Jose Road* both or California. Referred to the ijommittee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. POWALL, of Kentucky, l&trodaced a bill to re* peal all acts or parts of acts granting allowances or bounties on the tonnage of vessels engaged in the Banks or other cod fisheries. Referred to the Committee on Finance. “> Mr. LaNB. of Kansas, presented the joint resolutions of the State of Kao* a* praying for the removal of the In dians from the State, Referred to the Committee on Mi litary Affairs. Tlie Revenue BUI, On motion of Mr FESSENDEN, of Maine, the Senate reconsidered its action on the vote adopting the report of tee beoate conference committee on the revenue bill,and {*l® of the Senate was authorized to appotnfc a “f!? committee to confer with a similar one on the part oftfaefionee. The Chair appointed on said committee Mes srs. Shermen, -Clark, and Nesmith. 4-u ~ bill relating to acting assistant paymasters in the navy was, on motion of Mr. Haie« called up* aud after an amandm«ut by Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, changing the limit* of ihe ase* of the students in the Nav* 1 Academy to 18 instead oi 17 years, was passed. Mr. HALE called up the bill to regulate the pay of paymasters'clerks in the navy, which was rejected. Mr. HALE also called up the bill relating to appoint ments m the naval service, which passed,after the adoption of amendments, by Mr. Grimes, of lowa, striking ont the clause providing that volunteer officers in the rerviceshaU be discharged within sixty- daya after the returuof the vessel, and providing. an ad ditional section, that naval courts martial shall have the ?^ T s,f^ r d»S ce *9 seamen’s rates, for three years or their oommYndi BacU ° mCMS “ ttbsent them «‘79S moved the seconeide ration of the vote by which the Committee on the Dio. trict of Columbia were discharged- ?rom the considera tion of the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of the enactment of laws giving equal Solnmlfa. ° aU » eißone on railroad in the I)ilt?ic?of .After explanations by Messrs. 0 rimes, Johnson, and Willey, Wj* motion to roconsidir. ' The Pay of Soidters. Tie bill to equalize the pay of soldiers la the United States army was called up by Mr WlLSOtf, the pending ancendment being that of Mr Collamer, to include all the persons enlj«ed tinder the call of October* 1833. In jbo Provisions for bounty except in the insurrectionary After a debate Mr. SUHHBR moved to amend the amendment, providing that alt persons whose paper, A 1? wsrs en'i'ted. nnder the act of 1861. f? i pay ft&d the- bounty promised, in. that n^eataendtoent of Mr. Suwnar was adopted—yeas 20, TSAB. Clark, Collamer, Conness, Dixon, Foster,. Halo, Harding, Howard, I Lane (Kansas), Morgan, Morrill, HATS. Bucfcalew, Henderson, Powell, Carhle, Hendricks, Ramsey. Paris, Howe, Sanlebnry £™ e »> ' Johnson. Wilkinson',- Lane (Indiana) Willey. Harris, Heemith, Wright. € ® er « d »» amendment which extends bonnty to free persons The amaudmanfc length by Mr, Howard in opposition?aad fcJFfcoa in support, without disposing oYfche matter? {notion, postponed until to morrow. appoint a committed of “S B “ on * he hill reviving the srade of lieutenant . ,9h of Mr. WILSON, the Committee on Military ,i na L rnct ?? to taauire into the expediency ofextendiny the bonnties to April next. «nr™S. otio,lof HABL4N, the hill consolidating Bt n), e l. > ,P ner ? districts was called np and passed a ft" of Mr LANE, of Indiana: the Senate! at jonrned 1 " ato eleon^',e teseioa, and toon afterwards ad- Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. SPaULDIKG, of New York, introduced a Mil granting pensions*to soldiers of. the war of ISI2 Re. ferred to the Gommltteeon Pennons. u ’ u£* r * of IlUnoie, moved to takj up the ±ion*e bill fco reyivelthe grade of lieutenant general, as JtWv 1 ® 4 from Senate, with an amendment striking out the recommendation that General Grant he appointed !w T ! n o ni Bis object was fco disagree, in order that a Committee of Conference might he asked for. Mr. FINCK objected, 'The Bureau of Freedtnen'g Affairs. The Bouse then resumed the consideration of the bill to establish a Bureau for Freedmen’s Affairs. Speech of Winter Davig Maryland, in reply to Mr. Brooks, of New York, defended the validity and moral force of the late Congressional and other elections in Maryland. The defeated partisans only complin in that State of ilie result, the Uuion majority being thirteen or four teen thousand. He denied that slavery was dead, and expressed the opinion that if it should not be exterminated U would again become out master. The contention in Maryland which recently declared for immediate emancipation gave a significant admonition worthy of . the Slate and the people. In speaking of the sinister ' influence and controlling element near the President ltt the .great cause of emancipation in Maryland we are, Mr. Davis said, under small oblUailon to tile Praul dent for what the latter had done in that State The people thoimht it wise, while expressing their approba tion of the President, to pass the resolution to which he had referred for the President’s serious consideration They wished to show that their devotion wa» not per sonal, but on principle; for the cause, and not for the man; and that they will support the man so long onlv a* he supports the cause. If the opposition elect their President, slavery was as much alive as when the Ural: gun blaz«d cn Sumpter. If we. h# remarked lose the next election, slavery is as powerful as it ever was. W*e mast enher go back or go forward. Slavery is not dead by the President s proclamation. What lawyer attributes to it the least legal effect? It is now executed by the bayo net, to the extent of the duration of the war, under tne law of 18$2. Re establish the old Government, and slavery will resume its ancient sway.' In order to the read mission of States there should be a resolute declara tion. as a condition precedent, that slavery shall be pro hibited, and the Constitution should guarantee the fact, and the Government should be kept under th 9 control of those whose views and purposes afford the assurance thatthelaw willbe executed. In the course of hie remarks, Mr. Daviß referred to Ihe exposition of the views of President Lincoln, as given by Postmaster General Blair, who, he said, was near the person, of the President, and whose comments had “ever been disavowed, and for which reason they were entitled to grave and respectful consideration Th*se comments were in the form of attacks on radtaal A’bO> litionists, and also on the necessity of the emancipa tion policy under the proclamation of the Prasident It was said by the Fo {master General that the radical Abolitionhts wanted to change the Constitution, -and ele vate the negro to the equality of the white, bat that the two races could not live together on terms of equality and power, and, therefore, it became necessary, to pre vent the-massacre of the negro, that he be exported and colonized. Why, Mr. Davis asked, must the negro be colonized if he is to be free? Where in history would gentlemen find facts on which to base such conclusions > Mr. Davis then proceeded to show the injustice and impolicy of such colonization, characterizing it as in sane and unchristian philanthropy. If you maan to coezoe the removal of the negroes, then say so. If you don’t mean to coerce them, they will remain. You cannot offer them as gool homes abroad as you can at home, among th« scenes of their child hood If God made them equal, or if God stamped inferiority upon them, yon cannot turn a hair white or black, or add an inch to their stature. He appealed to gentlemen not to seek to add inherent difficulties to the problem, and proceeded to speak of the progress of emancipation in Maryland, He was a Mary lander, not a Northern Abolitionist. His father was a slaveholder, and he himself had been a slaveholder. In this connection I e referred to the convention in Mary land in 1*59, called for the purpose of removing the free blacks, and mentioned the name of ex-senator Pearce as making a.report that the committee could not recom mend the expulsion of such persons from the State, and deprive them of the right of freedom which they had ac quired or inherited. The labor of these free persons of color web necessary to the agricultural interests or the State, and, therefore, could not be dispensed with with out malerlalinjury. Be also referred to the enlistments of negroes in Maryland, which has had the effect of fa cilitating emancipation. Hew Treasury Bill. Mr. STEVENS. of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill providing that of the six hundred million loan anthoriz-d by the act of March 8, 1863, two hundred millions be pat into the market* redeemable in not 1 ess than five years aor more than fort j years, STEVENS asked for the immediate passage of the Hr. BROOKS, of New York, asked if the bill did not a'so authorize the Secretary to issue an additional amount of ten or twelve millions on the five-twenty stock already subscribed for. In lieu of the subscription in the treasury. Hr. STEVENS said yes, to the amount of ten mil lions. By common consent farther action on the bill was postponed till it was printed Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways ai d Means, reported back the bill making ap propriations to supply deficiencies for the year ending with June. 1864 and for otfaeT purposes. Hr. BBOOKB, of New Sork, Bate the deficiency hill, as it passed the Bouse* appropriated seven million*, but tfce Senate had added ninety-thiee millions, making iu all a hundred millions of deficiencies, making ii, in fact, a new bill. The consideration of the bill was postponed . Hr. STEVENS also reported a bill appropriating about foity-three thousand dollar* to carry into offset the awards under the convention with Pern, and for dU charglnj? the obligations of the United States Tine Navy- Yard at Philadelphia The Hpuse-went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the navy appropriation bin Tha clause for the Philadelphia navy yard. apSropriatinl two hundred and fltteen thousand dollars. includlSf ninety thousand dollars for the purchase of two lotsad joining the yard, extending from Front street to the Ckmuuesiorers - line in the Delaware river, was dis cussed, and the appropriation urged onthe around of no. * e?ei ty. as ten years must elapse before League Island could be brought into use- The clause stands as reported During the consideration of the bill. Hr. KELLEY of Peonsyivania, replied to Hr Holman of Indiana, defendin* tha Navy department Heaih those who shall hereafter read oar history will be croud ot the achievements of the navy both inlts hostile one? g M«|Sfih ■rtame of W? ii a oS .® r?v wl,)1 JS® ? r ®«ld«nt retaining him l vtS fia ?. cO A, of tt , e robU® indgmeat. S®YIB, of Maryland, said he would not differ rhSlerto» I SIS 6 iSf n " u 4 insane attack upon Admiral uupout had continued the uu mlzxa** longer he would han left J? 1 6 |5 »the hands of the enemy. . The Bspartment was info raie ci' of all the facts, and of Dupont was not C*en to give him twenty nien to advance Stono and James Iriand. while he operated with In ’* hwn-cJadi The ife&'fßfSiJ ha ? JSKffS the most officer token of Decatur, because his ad'v' ce xY a . 81l0 J th * tooa ln,?r “ wmsAya a* and insane speeches. There 1 and as matters were 6 miw P h«n°^r.i^ 118 untouched, j b lf e »n!i C ! woali they mMt anSSil®?® ‘0 raake polttical harangues (Mr HoimaSl gentleman from ladLtna afl thin»s? a hnt'!i?!'l—l? n>emb ® f . 4liat there is a time for for hia thinswl 16 Lhaifghter.™* 118046,1 M U times were nr- n.TM.?,® clwlc y the Navy. »"■ aad “ B “ SffiSS MeTu^f^nS W??e ( witaiSL 4 no more man IS 84 in that action thare wore war? W... than on an ordinary vessel of two ihcr.olfH-iSX aw H? that that little fleet received. traled and l thlt l ?fAf l ‘ d that the Ironsides was not pane? salmitßodl™ Sfl »nellf. was lost except that of the freclfc o Presenting to the world the novel vented? 6 The iS?r I ISf r 8 i° a ? 7 mlssUe yetin of any kvy inlhe ,t S? ds ln »«ance thnile. rt,.. 8, °V ” ew . Tork, also presented a It.t &SfUVinThe^^orldVd'Jet'^T lB “a®* 4 - the that they had wen the a r‘i o .^ generons, as the v fro , m Maryland nn cotton-spinner was an offiwrlifoti?Jjf ?haracteriisd as a lags, and as eminent ,« fef % t,! tffni.hei for his con dTh,a&dav°#^S^V«®^X*SrSfe onl h 9 aUn tlon* and has nofcahJS m2Si 8 « r % k n P iavostlgn examination, norhavfi?FSww% fr k ea « p to shleld tt from means for inT4t?g?slS lt^l?&dBh^ itat « d 50 afford all bide say as »«h for *Bi»r other not an invest loot inn i,,v Cshinei officer t Was InMstlea ? a '4 he was nc wiUlng to do SsSSa»S«?lJ!r£saajf Kr. DAVIS remarked that he did not know anythin* a !srßLaTe threw ont the Intima tion that he was prepared to Investigatei the affairs cf the Navy Department, hut not tbose of the Treasury De partment. The debate here teTminatsd. Dry Dock* for the MMißow-ftlMge of Mr. STEVENS. of Fejonzylvania, jmovei a new section lb# bill for tbs pd> poie 0/ erection floating dry docks for lire monitors,at tne navy yards at New lwkand Philadelphia, at a price not exceeding two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, making five hundred and twenty thousand dollars to be appropriated out" of the seven hundred and fifty Bhonsana heretofore appropriated for a floating dry dock at New Tori; provided that iha balaoce from the appropriation be returned toI’the 1 ’the trea sury. This was agreed to, and the bill passed. Mr. STEVENS called up the hill to extend the time on of goods from public stores and*bonded warehouses. At the suggestion of £?*IJAH WARD, the time’meu tloned therein was cbanreoffoin the first of June ttrtha - fi7st of September. The biiris as fol Sows: That all goods, wares, and merchandise now In pub- It 3 .tores ot bonded warehouses, on which duties are unpaid, and ln bond more than one year and lets than three* yeara at the time of the passage of this act, may be entered for consumption ana the bonds cancelled at any time before September next,, cu payment of the du&tes and cbfiJßfs. according tojaw, and that all acts and parts of actrL-eo&eietout with the provisions of this act ba.andtbe esmeart'berebye repeal ed: This act to take from and after lt*» passage. fine, a And be it farther enacted £ That the term "license,” Id thefiret proviso to the fifteenth section of the act entitled “An ant increasing; temporarily the duties on imports and for other purposes, approved July Hih, 1?62, ” shall be held to extend to ail vessels author izdd by law to engage in the coasting trade, whetner Ba .*U n, v.E?”® r registers or enrolments and licenses. - The bti.lvaspaHMd without debate, and' half past , four o’clock the House adjourned, » . SENATE. pSilriteUi. 8 o ’ olook ’ p - M - Mr O U!^SSSSS3ISi or a Fasienjer Railway Company to be constructed dC said avenue. .Also ore from citizens of the Twenty-third ward; asking tor certain railroad privileges on Sunday aisq a remonstrance of J. Brown and others against the e Mr-NlCHOjjfi presented a petition asking a provision for old and faithful school teachers. Mr. KICHOLS moTed that the Senate adjourn until Monday evening at 7K o'clock. 41 Agreed to. EVENING SESSION. The House met at 7H o’clock, P. M., and were- an g&gea dmmg-‘he evening in a Committee of the Whole on a general Mate bounty bill. Adjourned, v HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 11 o'clock A. M. ofpetltiona were presented. Among them Jke.P.uUad elpbla meit bars, 1A favor of appro -n j to Bchool of Tieeign for Women ; also, in fa rr \, r n a £i j tvinning of city cars onSanday, PhiladSphiT"*' WftS praaea i. ed br Mr *- cochba N, of “Onorable the Senate and, Houneof Representot cHl*enA, of Philadelphia, having n^ r ? € «T, tba *v lh o re aTe Petition* for a law to authorize ?H- require the Passenger Railway Companies of this otj to run their oars on the Sabbath day, respeotfulb represent that IhA effect of such a law would he to break pPJbe rest and quiet which our city enjoys on that day; wSP£?l£ to ?l &ceg of dissipation in the suburbs, ana to bringdown the moral sense of the people to the level of foreign towns, whore the Sabbath fg almost ntt anpwn, and where order is preserved 4 * net so much by virtue and religion as by armed force;” and further, that *v r - depa F™ e^ ts of weary labor hare by law and right their rest on this day, so the same right should be ac ro°w!£ w^S- d r lvers -5 Bd conductors of the cars. [Signed by thirteen citizens ) 3111 s Introduced, following* 18 wele introduced, among them the Pomeroy, Sprague, Sumner. Ten fyok, S?Z: akla - . ,Mf« SMITH, of Chester relating to the ragfatrv of births, matrlages, aud deaths * ° the * oftot * r of ***"£•tt 1* 9 f SchuyikiJl, a® act to itic,wpor»to the Mammoth Vein Improvement Company - or* rrnr^pFiJ’ re l a li Tß *P *h« town of Belle Vernon. PBuy* COLEMAN, relating to the Bingham Goal Com ®ncorpwa,ii“k the Jordon Manufacturing 3IAKE S’ au act ielatlu * to the Ashbury Coal Com- ■ Mr. BECK, authoring the West Branch Canal Com pany to change the par value of their stock B»'i r r ra B a A CompwV re!atl ” K *° Sontll Pann,ylTania Mr COCHRAN, incorporating the Pennsylvania Force Company: incorporating the Swarthmora College. RARER, increasing the pay of the Commission ers of Schuylkill county. vu Mr. GUERNSEY, incorporating the Jergev Shore ond Pme Creek state Line Bailroad Company sey HJloro Ettd ( E fi. S M o L S< 'p?i? i j ll i l ’L a -’ ltb 2 rl2i “ a «>« owners of p b“*delßb.a. Schuylkill county, to Adjourned until 7X o’clock P M. A lute number of the Athcnceum remark, la regard to the reoent death of Adelaide Anne Proctor: “Though the w*« ‘cradled with Poetry, 1 not ‘through wrong,’ but amid every benign and fanot ful influence calculated to quicken geniu,, Adelaide Anne Proctor was not one ofthoae ainger, who begin to be heard precociously, to end in pretence. Though (aa all who were intimate with her can bear witness, .he was early remarkable for elegance of ta.te, and an originality of mind whioh twined itielf in the direction of what is arch and humorous, not until she reached womanhood did it begin to be known, beyond the circle ot her own family, that a cpirit ol song of her own was within the poet’s ■daughter; inherited,indeed, but not imitated,and wondroualy clear ol the conceits of the time. * * * Adelaide Proctor owed little or nothing to the style or foregoing or co'temporary poet or poetess; nothing to a Barllie, a Browning; no* thing to Tennycon and his scholars. Subsequent to a translation or two, executed (unless we forget) for Mrs. dame,on’s works, her verses went out anony. mously in Household Words , and were there lingered .over by many who little guessed from what source they proceeded. Devoted, as they were, to simple themes of pure and deep affection, or to auoh fancies as move in the brightest, if not the highest ether, or to the expression of an enthusiastic, yet, withal, never arrogant, devotional spirit .(tinctured deeply with convictions of a convert to Soman Catholicism), it was excellent to see how unaffected yet choice was their language; how, for the most pari, finished was their versification ; how, to repeat, they displayed a completeness in expressing their author’s oonsep. tlom—very we among beginner*—and, let the themes be ever so gentle, let the field of observation be ever so minute, betokening power and that dignity Ol self-respect which is respect for the art attempted. They are calm In their total absence of exaggeration tlick of language, but In no line of them cold. Owing to these rare and excellent qualities, the effect of the collection of these gentle and womanly poems when they were laid together before the public, was instantaneous—one to surprise all who fail to remember that It is not scale of plans, not Bound and fury, which Insure the poet his audience, but truth to nature, truth to feeling, truth to fancy, set forth with the utmost earneatnesa of heart and conscience, by one who sings neither to fill an.idle hour, neither to oater for false praise, but because he cannot be silent. So long bs the voice of English poetesses shall live and be looked for, must the “ Legends and Lyrics” of Adelaide Anne Proctor be remembered and repeated. * * * The illness whlohoonduoted her to the grave had been long and wasting, submis sively and cheerfully borne, it* approach (her health had been delicate from childhood) was perhaps, accelerated by her Garnett participation in wbat she conceived to be works of mercy, benevo lence,_and duty.” The German Opbba —Kreutzer’a delightful opera, “A Night In Grenada,” was admirably sung last evenlDg for Mr. Ansohutz' benefit, and we are glad to record that the house was worthy of the performance. Madame Potter reappeared in a fa vorite part, after a long absence from the Academy, and was cordially received. Herr Steineke sur passed himself, and Herr Habelmann sang with characteristic good taste and efilclency. The per formance was throughout a capital success, and an excellent compliment to Air. Anschutz. We regret the indisposition of Madame Johannsen, which has for awhile deprived us of her high talents, and prevented the production of one or two new operas which have been eagerly looked for. Madame Johannsen'* services to music are numerous and un questionable • few leaders of opera have shown so mnoh accomplishment and industry! and we hope that a'complimentary benefit will be extended to her before her departure from the city. Me. Ds Cordova’s Lecture.— The first or Mr. He Cordova’* course of leetuteswas last evening delivered. The subjeot waa the very catholic one of " Courtship and Marriage.” Mr. De Cordova is as much of a middle-aged young gentleman as his ge nial use of hi* knowledge or life will permit him to be. After having been announced he commenced hie ielf-introduotion with perftot ease and muoh originality and vivacity. The first branoh of his ooune, the lovers. He alluded to the inevitable concomitants or kid gloves and cold perspirations, ourls and crinoline. Saint Bayard. Richard Cseur de Lion, and Tom'-Sayen, were all Very well; but the courage of all these oharaoters was nothing to that required in “coming up to the point.” The happiest wedded pair he knew con- sisted of a gentleman who had never popped the question, and a lady who had never been popped to. Why could not yotjog mca'proposs in oom mon-place style 1 Why "Could not the young gentle man say to the object of his affections, laying hlj' hand upon his heart, “I have a queer sensat}qn in regard to youl” Why oould not the yours )«do ZZ* 01 SSsi young men was mere vanity, tbe best excuse they oould find o* no. (suing In love with girls who had red hair, but not a red cent, was that, even If the beloved objeos wore wigs, to accommodate their lovers, that wculd not prevent the children sharing In the mis fortunes of their mammas f Love, Indeed, In some of Its aspects, was nothing less than a jolly o ij humbug, made up of vanity and self-love. In men It is impatient and exacting. Women on the oher hand, wait not Indeed until the ftult is ripe enough to fall, but until it is „rem enJ. ugh - Embroidered slippers and smoking eaos I were so ™»“y baits thrown out. Ohum-bakes, stag hunts, k «S»> «nd pipes unlimited, were the Ol bachelorhood. Courtship, In deed, was not a bad * hln S for trade. Tailors, hair dressers, and .dealers In Jockey-club, and mUlefieur, made lots of money, The a).^' oMte * the parties perceptibly declined. Beef been*.' 4 to ° Stoss, and beer entirely Incompatible. ’ \ But it were a vain task to attempt to iflaw* on Pa per all the excellent jokes of Mr. De Cordova Is was the perfect gentlemanllness of his address and Hu, charming phy aloal qualities he has at hll command in V hU, "> which so audience, and were only aeoondary to the merit of his lecture itself. Next Thursday Philadelphians * second opportunity of being delighted with the gentleman who ha* so pleased them in his tl^€oaeavot* L■ A BCH Stbebt Theatre.— Miss Caroline Riohings taker ter benefit to-night, and we ask attention to heroard.. Blitz,— Saturday will be Blitz's last night, and the public’s last opportunity. Our familiar wizard gives his beet performance this evening, and holds a leave-taking to morrow night, to whlah all the j oung generation are Invited. He will come again soon, we hope, with fresh magic and reouneratm humor. ™ Sale op Carpetings, Cotton Batts Dyed Cotton, Twine, An, &o-. The early attention of purchasers la nqueated to the desirable assortment ol Brussels, superfine Ingrain*. Venetian, wool-fillings, cottage, list, and hemp cm* pets, hassocks. Alto, cotton batto, dyed cotton twine, Ao„ Ao. (from a late fire), to be peremptorily •old by catalogue, on four montha' credit, command, ingjtbls morning, at I 0« o'clock precisely, by John H. Myers A Co., auctioneers, Nos. SSS and 231 Mar ket street. , The subscribers to the building fund for the Union League House are particularly requested to meet at Hou " *We (Friday) evening, at eight i clock, on fciulneM of Importance, Wit the Bill. KcTciruc AHWd. FBMSILYAm I/EGISLATFSB. Harrisburg, Feb. 36. 1861 Adelaide Anne t»roctor. Public Entertainments, A Card. Rsazhvo, Pa, Feb. jj To lie Editor of The t'reti ; Sib : In your notloe o. f the arreit of a bount; ter at Reading, Pa., yon unintentionally aid tice to my lieutenant, W. Axe. - at tte time acting military prc' vo,t marchai, him alone the credit of the an *nd cubj proceeding* belong*, Your*, AUSTIN A, YA. Captain and military Pro\ '<>•* man Ho*, John S. Millson.— The Joy* 1 this gentleman—the only statesman amo,?ff tae ginla delegation in Congress of lateyeart'—wil be surprised, but viU be float the Hiiire, ,o ic( hear that he hat quietly mnrned the praoti • profession in Norfolk, after taking the oath« V gianch. An artist* reatontfr, nit last publ \ pearacce was tn ear nett remomstranee to hit ft i citizens, who, routed by the reckless-demsgo? of Gorerhof Wise, hooted him ignominlomi y f the rostrum. . , It is »aid that Ms parting Words, as he t r;r . away in despair, unheard by the infurf rabble, were* “Go after yocrr f^ltegoJt! will yet, with me, worship agalaat the shrine ot true faith l” Dike Fhoolon of old. He ma? say, “Why did ye not Hear met”— Wa*h' Chronicle. The Election ov State SawArronr- in tb e dtana Distbict.—We have at last 7eoe.lved the eisl return* from Arm«trong and MdSuurepuatj, the election for Senator in tbat districts |Tlhey », follows:' Aimatrongrmajorl'y forest. Osir, Union.,,-.. Indiana, " “ St. Olßjr’* majority....... Thii i* the ]»tge»t mejority eV«r given to an) dictate for Senator in the dtitriot,j»nn * plain l re to the Copperheads in the Senates— HJim9bur. } graph. • _ The Democratic Stats Oox* vbrtion, -—Tfc z proachlpg State Convention, to be held in Phiiv pbia. promtee» to be ad imposing dßinoutrpj we have lately converted with ieveral gentle from many of our weatcra eountiefl, iorae or t< delegate*, who informed ub that there are qui number of Democrat! in their loealitiei who : take the coming Convention day for viiitiDg ph delphia. We perceive that tome of our pemocr cotemporariei are already *ug«eating electors Mfto delegate* at large to the Chicago Oonveaf For the latter position* Hons* Geo. W. Woadw Heißter Olymcr, and W. H. Witte are »ugge<? for the West, we see thenamei of Geo. w. OaEi our county, and Henry D.'Foiter; of Weitmoreb —Pittsburg Post. Drowned while, Skating.— The St. I*ouli LV of the 22 d eays this deplorable aocident oocurre ] i( miles from tbe oity, upon a quarry pond, about;: yards from the residence of Mr. Salisbury. y<>„. Dougina and Mlaa Mary Salisbury stood convert; together, In the oentre of the pond, when Mias and young Salisbury came abating towards and bad just reached them, when their eombise weight caused the loe to give way, and ait four under the water. Young Douglas saved himself \ swimming. Tbe young ladies and gentlemen w« in tbe water an hour before they could be resou* The pond was about forty feet square t .aud frorn u to twenty feet deep. Miss Ada Eliott, who u> drowned, was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Ellen minister highly esteemed in the West. A number of the officers who esoaped from np rt Prison are stopping at the different hotels in Wm ington. They state that in their escape they br aided by cifizeps of Richmond—not foreigners or t poorer classes only, but by natives and person, wealth. They know their friends there. Of thn, who escaped there were a number of siok onei w h| were oared for by Union people, and will event.-. 1 reach the Union Hoes by their aid. ;J FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. the: money market. ' Philadelphia, Feb 25, ivu N The stock market was heavy today, and in ihhuj- I the fancies on the Uet there were-signs of weakiuJ United States five-twenties sold at ana i-j seven-thirties, February and August (endorsed). a u;| State fives sold a U96% and the coupons were firm s: j [ Pennsylvania Railroad soJdafc C 9%; Camden and AafJ Railroad at 175, the mortgage bonds at 10S, and the b-, a 5 of ’B3 at 103#; Beaver Meadow Railroad at 79, and Luj. Schuylkill Railroad at 49>£-aU about the Bame ru >-{ ter da j. Heading Railroad declined %< and wa* irregular. North Pennsylvania Railroad was tied, and receded )£. Catawiasn Ballroad pret>r;J closed about 44. Philadelphia and Erie Railroad f ated between SS}£@39. Schuylkill Navigation Pre!?r;;[ advanced and Wyoming waß firm at 83, but the ;b i canal shares were entirely neglected. Schuvlki:] v | Vigation bonds sold at 94', and-closed firm at tills In bank shares the oi-ly sales were of Girard at 46 : , / I Corn Exchange at 37. The mining stocks were les- it tive. Big Mountain was the moat buoyant on tce .v* and advanced Uom 8)i to 9%. Fulton rose K, aad'i j raid %» Penn Mining, Mandan, and Marquette *;Ai, neglected. In passenger railway securities there so changes. Thirteenth and Fifteenth-streets sitt 'A 4ojmn. - Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government Securities, Ac. > follows: United States sixes, i 80. do. 8eg..... in fa. j U. S. 7 3-10 Holes, An* 109 g,!:j 0. |. Certificate. of indebtedji«.i- rT.V. ’.lowvSj 0. S. new CertUUjte. of Ind«bt»dne»j...„„„ Quartermasters’ Vouchers „►* a, Five, twenty bond, /nil.- £ Deliveries of 6-20 bonds being made to Jautun ir" inclusive. Quotations of gold at the Philadelphia Gold Bxris-w S 4 South Third street, second story: 9K o'clock A. M lU< A. M .v..*,..is*r; m 1 m •• Pa M «« " HP. M. Market strong. Mr. John Horn. Jr., for many years in the <\IN Messrs. Thomas Biddle & Co, haß been elected * - her of the Board of Brokers of this city, and wi/l • ‘ rnence business as a Stock-Broker at 140 Soati street. The following statement, sbowa the business on Philadelphia and Heading Hallroad during the ni«: I January, 1864, compared with the correepondins uw of 1863: i 1864 Received from coal $3ll, f>?6 24 merchandise.-- 62,816 5? ; travel, &c 62.84561 Transportation, roadway, aum®* 36 ’ 711 4 page, renewal fund, and all charges 246,857 81 Net profit for the month $180,383 64 - for previous 1 month. 251,827 08 '&K; Total net profit for 2 months*.s44l,7lo 72 3517 The New York Ewninp Post of to- day says ■ market la feverish, and the suspense: twe to military movements lends, with oihercan--.. on the specnl-t"/ rpint, and notwithstanding the growing ease of" Qov eroment9 are strong. Beaten S)?® 8 1881 ai ® wanted at lllj-a, and coupons ai 117 Five-twenty coupons are held at 107%, with bie demand from the foreign homes. Seven.-th-irtw; Th.£ e SS a J!-rJ B f?* *5 aT Btl . u b « had at IWHStm “heapeet securities on the Gorin znent list, and offer a handsome profit, if tmrehAnad ' conversion into sixes or 1881. y Q * 1 purcna ® ea • »r* sctivA (Ponncssccs havsadraofd arß fe' 1 * Missouri sixes are m.-J a r^ t J 4 .’f„is dlaßa War Loan is inquired for at 96. [ bonds, troag aioBtl( ®S- banksbaree dull, and raiksl . .53? Fourth and Fifth Converliblo bonds have decUv .. F or ceil t., in sympathy with the common smi K®, I i 0 o.uceine n t of the dividend of 7 per cent., pal percent Fort Wayne Thirds have advance*! ‘ Kallroad shares are uneven and lower, Prairie i Chler, Harlem Terre Haute, and Wabash bains;; MiobtganCentral He! ran Southern. Kock Island, and Toledo the waakau ; sold atmhiohm hi0h WaB aa<>ted on Mondayat2ls. m 5??f'0,“1? 1 ®? excitement prevail,’! >" Rne, Harlem, and Hudson River, with an. evideui i sire to sell, and bnt little disposition to buy at c-irr;-s prices. Gold Was quoted at 157(3H681£ « Naw v.irV » Erie at Il7?4@llB>*s Hudson Ki-v-s j Harlem at 13L©132* Reacilne at isfit if a r’ ; gau Central at 138; MichiMn Sonthorn It srh 1 ” ? Wlayae at Of Northwestern at Harlem at 150@132&, cio?iu? chief movement! Board compared with the latest prices of yesterday; United State* 6s, 1881, regls lll>i United States 6e,lfiBl, coupoxu»«-e«.Ill ill United States eeven*thl?tles in unw l-’ United States l year mtm Amerf.su Gold- ZZSZltf}* “ Tennessee Sixes.'. - J «iv t ?ACificllid]iiiitMOMi,iM«s*s*« 234 ooq t E 3r ,Ifork Central Railroad....,\lS6X W’Z Erl efreferred!!!!'.! V.’.''.!!!! 106'1 ;*1I p ; ill v. I Michigan fionthern... mx. 97§ mfUuf rmSS'? 1 M>“»btled,..l«* 142* Plt?lwP e tal Sctlp-— ■ - 133>s 133« V “SSS? 1171? 11811 .. |°4^uid.-;::—^■.:r.v.:~.:SS ill* :: Fort Warns...i_ ..J. 99** Ha caXlTf”*. 6 §* x : Cumberland.. 6SM 6S& ffig s#£ Toledo and Wabash 60« H I Chisago and Alton. 87K 88& Burlington and Quincy. ..*•••»;•■ .131 .. • After the Board the market »°° vaw ontfrA S; Sim C HSIS2J n ,! m s iMS- t Hudson Bi< atm' Elt 13s> ’' HcMlng at 180«. andKooi IV ■ i’l'llnda Stock Excl CScportod by & A Slatnaxi uaroHß wains 8» a-so. nwu -4COBIK,MuHHt Onttl, oj/ 10(1 .In ..V.’.ka fIC S 8 | SSSSlteadf^l 1400 DB L , “” o^. c ®?|s'j 100 tio .! sr 1 fe;::r.v.:v^|L -f Goal .... tsjf ~V Pfun^MiDing.. -bSO 10, jlo 1% 400 do.* ! «!! 3S ft.V"::::::-w? | 200 da.... ‘ nil ]SBFdnaa Mining..... 30m ICoChei a Gel 6ft. Oft* Valley.. 83^ os, new 1400 4* over Ioof} O.; over 70 ..,,102!? i>onjvjn fig ..ion 200 Green Mount . ,Sh ?}> lOCam AimliP ... 17*- ICOGirardMU’S.fsVa^l to Bi» 166 Penna E........... ag}|, IP9 i* ree ,? ™ UILUtH iO..' 7i4 100 d0 , . 1 .?"-”i"y Ifg Oil Creek..'.';l4B 16PenssslTBnia sJE’ . OLOBIVO FfilO] 0 &«. ■81... I go- 53.50 107* ta * go fed* <B6 sobt.UO Do 6. 80 ’48.... „ " Ponaaß... jn go Ist la 8..... in .. .Do Sd mB. ... 109 yWoSchuYlE... 49% 49* M 9. f ri»ol»°MoL 69 70* Do prfd 186 ««inrf N.TUtook ssij 29* go diU , 4i)| a* m?S A' tt 94 M go prH*.««..H' 66 r « 110 h 1.1.03 R , 48 47 D» ««rtP 68>S 66 ‘Do fi§.~ 9d Jill 0»UwlM»BOon, 24H If I&fi&rciK ft fgg&ifri sg§si?r I I ■■ 1 f&ftKSSte:: I FaUottOwH « aggt Said, Feb. 3 1 is. Philadelphia ExobaM' BOARDS. MOHPenna K.. .!»siic ; ItO Headings...cash«:| 200 d 0,.... w = 100 do »..cft6b&.'J 100 do ICO do b!.) SCO d 0..... casi:'* 100 do. 38 18::::: "dOOPenna tfj Uo§ Cfe* Mabonfat fli!;!' 20 Bear Meadow. S®S»*atOWll B a 1017 Panna Bm •• • lot« 1 900 d2™.\\‘!!.\b3o3 -00 SS.™ ceh^l « do Min t; i|* h i r i e “!lv B‘l-bisj' 8 ‘1-bi5j' _gCam4.Atlanß.-M [jß IHtohny! K !!' [2Coollmira Chattels - ,:i board 100 Oil o t «ek bS } MO do™. bid 200 do U), ’! ,14 Wyoming Valiev.. lg>K rent* Middle'];. 100 Pa oil Croak...bid i< liOGlrard Mining..••• OCUy Bank sS. *» lOABDB,
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