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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. 1868.
Peace, when there Is no Peace.
If the proverb that where there ia smoke
tjere must be fire, were Invariably true,
we ought to have peace to-morrow. The
rumors of peace are so many that they
take precedence of the facts of war. In
Bichmond they are current, as In Wash
ington. It was stated yesterday that the
leading rebels," including Juffkksoh
Davis, were desirous to make peace upon
the best terms they could get; and we
print to-day » telegram which mentions
a report in Bichmond that an armis
tice of ninety days had- been established.
How much fire has made-'this volume of
smoke ? Probably when it rolls away we
■shall find simply Mr. Blair. We doubt
that the efforts of any man could now stop
the war, and, much as peace is desired by
the nation, it certainly would be shocked
and alarmed at the announcement of an
armistice.
A war such as this is cannot be stopped
by a bargain; cannot be interrupted by an
argument. It must be fought to the last.
We do not mean to the extermination of
the enemy, but to Ms thorough defeat. It
is too early to claim that the rebellion is
crushed because we see clearly that it
is to be. The man condemned to be
hung hopes for reprieve till he is exe
cuted; and the rebellion, with sixty
thousand men under Lee, with a large
force concentrated in South Carolina,
will not be abandoned before another strug
gle. The late changes in the rebel Cabinet,
the tone of the rebel press, the attitude of
the rebel armies, mean war; all the facts
are warlike; the rumors alone are peaceful.
•SnEKMAH’s army, as our correspondence
from Savannah states, is op the march,
and tramples upon the talk of peace as it
advances upon Charleston. Aggression on
one side, resistance on the other, make up
the situation, and those who cannot foresee
great battles in the future arc blind to the
signs of the storm.
The late mission to Bichmond was, no
doubt, a failure, so far as it was intended
to settle terms of honorable peace. If we
are to gain any good from it, we must ac
cept it as evidence of the necessity of the
war, and as inspiration for renewed effort.
Bow is not the time to relax our energy.
The United States cannot always be offer
ing peace by messengers. Our formal offer
stands before the insurgents. The door
of return has been open from the
first, and it is not the part of
Government to stand on the throsh
hold in perpetual supplication. Let us
have some token of a desire to make
peace on the part of the rebel leaders before
wo bid one soldier stand idly, at his post.
Till then let the war go on in its triumph.
We look before and after, and see nothing
hut victory. Of the Union we are sure if
the waT goes on, and it would be the folly
of the century if we were now to abandon
this certainty for the doubts and the terri
ble dangers of premature armistice and ne
The Ice-Harvest.
The consumption of ice in Kew York
was only 1,600 tons in the year 1823. In
FhiladelpMa, last year, over 100,000 tons
were consumed, and it is calculated that
over that quantity will be required in
iB6O. The principal local supply is from
the Schuylkill, but tMs is not to be de
pended.on. Towards the end of February,
in each year, stock is taken at the ice
houses, on the SehuylkiD, and orders sent
to the East, (Massachusetts and Maine),
for the required quantity of ice during the
ensuing year. There appeared good pro
mise of ample ice upon the Schuylkill,
until about a fortnight ago, -ffhen great
freshet came rushing down, which broke
up the ice tbathad been formed, and com
pletely gorged it. From the Falls to Co
lumbia bridge, there is no ice that can
be used; on tbe east ride of the river, im
mediately above Columbia bridge, the
ice is piled up, several feet high in
■some places, and is worthless, from
the quantity of sand, chips, and other
debriß frozen up in it. Unless this
accumulated ice breaks up and gets
carried away, so as to allow a new and
clear surface to be frozen, it may remain
•where it is until March, Close to Columbia
bridge, a little above it to the north, is one
of the finest ice-houses on this river, with
steam-power to work the ice- elevators, and
capable of storing 18,000 tons, but not one
bushel of ice has been put into it for the
last three years. At its base are the accu
mulated piles of worthless ice. Between
the Columbia and the Girard Avenue
bridges, some dealers were so fortunate as
to get in about one-third of their required
stock of ice. It ran from four and a half
to eight inches thick. The best supply has
bfeen on the east side of the river, but a
few ice-dealers were able to get about half
their supply on the west side, opposite the
% Park.
There wasjnmch liveliness on the ice be
tween the bridges on Saturday, until the
snow fell, and then all was ended, though
a few dealers, thinking that ice-getting was
a work of necessity, swept off the accumu
lated snow and cut the ice during the early
part of Sunday. JThe operation of ice-cut
ting is simple and ingenious. Parallel
lines are cut into the ice by means of a
plough. Another process separates the ice
in long strips, about twenty inches • wide,
and these, floating, are directed into a little
canal leading to the elevators, worked by
endless chains, which raise them to the
ice-houses, being first broken up into blocks
of uniform lengths, say thirty by eighteen
inches, whereby the facility of packing is
increased. The ice conglomerates when
packed in the ice-houses, but grooves are
left by the cutting, which enables them to
be easily separated. The walls of the ice
houses are double, and filled up with saw
dust or charcoal, nou-crnductors of heat.
The'result of our inquiry is that, though
more ice has been housed off the Schuyl
kill thlß winter than in 18G3-4, the chief
supply of the city must be obtained from
the East. Once in every seven or eight
years this reliance on an outside supply can
be dispensed with to a large extent. The
winter of 1852-3. we believe, was severe'
enough to give Philadelphia sufficient of
her own ice.
HISSOCBI.
racKiasnnios ov tub cons ■ itutionai. cowras-
St. I .orris, Jan. 27.—The State Convention has
been engaged debating section as or the bin of
rights for the past three days As originally pre
sented 16 gave the Legislature unlimited power
over the emotes of citizens, bnt was finally adopted
in too following form:
No person can be ai tainted or treason or rolony
by the General Assembly; that there oan bo no for
feiture of estate for any crime except treason; that
no conviotion can work eomiptlou of blood j and
that the estate of such ptr-oos as may destroy their
own lives Bhall descend as In cases of natural death-
The following section then passed, after a slight
debate:
Section ST. That free eooumnnlcatlon or thought
and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man,
and every person may freely spesk and print on any
subject, being rtsponsli'le for the abuse of that liber
ty ; that in all prosecutions for libel the troth there
of nay be given in evidence, and the jury may de
termine the law aid laotß under direction of the
court.
Sectfon 28th gays no ex post faeio law nor law Im
pairing the obligation or contracts or retrospective
in its operations oan be pa seu.
Section 29. Imprisonment f.-r debt cannot exist In
this State except for fines- or penalties Imposed for
violations'of the law.
Seetlon thirtieth. All property subjoot to taxa
tion ought to be taxed tn proportion to its value. ,
Section.thuty-hist. No tltle.of nobility,heredi
tary emolument, privilege or distinction, can he
granted.
Section SI. That the military Is, and in all oases
mad at all times ought u> or, in strict subordination to
the civil power j u at mi oldie; can, in time of peace,
be quavered In any ho as* ,«nhoutths consent of
the owner, nor In time of W.r butrtn the manner as
may be prescribed In the la- ; oor oan any.appro
pTlaticn for support In the army be made for a ton.
ger period than two years
Nina at st. hours.
St turns, Jen. 27 -The utaoufaotnrlng esta
blishment of Page n Krs.u s, corner of Seventh
street and Bmeell avcr.no, «*. burned this morning.
The loss amounted to ♦27,100, on which there Is. an
Insurance cf $9 o».
Obt-uary. _
pBOVTDTtNOB, E- X, J»«- w —OrrayTafhone of
«ur leading merchants and manufacturers, and a
highly esteemed oituton, died this evening, aged T 1
.yews.
6EH. GRANT'S ARMY.
PROTECTION OF OUR MSB OF SUPPLIES.
fitAVY OUNS AND IRON-CLAOS POSTED
AROUND CITY POINT. -
Further Details of Demmes' Haval Foray from
our Correspondents.
ISe Alleged CoweweOlee of onr only Iron-
Clad in tbe River.
THE INJURIES TO OUR OUNBOATS AND
TO THE REBEL FLEET.
—CL Edmunds’ Despatches.
;Special Correspondence of The Prase.}
City Point, Va., Jan. 26,1895.
Your correspondent on tbe right and myself bare
already Bent you full particulars of the late sortie of
the rebel rams down the James river; and but few
remain to be added. The affair of Itself, occupying
so brier a tune, Mid resulting In such oomplete
failure, presented no great salient features of In
terest, such as attended the debut of the Merrimao.
Could this have been the movement with which Lee
intended to ■' surprise the world t” .
WHT THB SORTIE RAILED—IX|IT BAD SUCCEEDED I
It may have been, and he might have surprised
the country, at least, but for the fortunate mishap
whereby the rebel pilot, bewildered in the darfoeas,
got out of his reckoning, and brought the expedition
to grief. It ißiyW have brought disastrous conse
quences in its tram. It is said there was fourteen
feet of water In Dutch Gap Canal at the Ume, which
was likely true, for the last fortnight’s rains had
swollen the placid James Into a rushing torrent.
If the rams could have passed tatothe canal and
shelled the Army of the James, a retrograde
movement of that army, and general loss or
life must have followed. Or If, avoiding the
canal, they had came down the old channel of
the river, they might have shelled this point and.
battered their '‘base of supplies” all to pieces.
There are reasons for believing that the latter was
their pet project, and hut for the providential sir
enmstonoe of their tossing the channel, It might
have been consummated without much difficulty.
Whatever chances of success the; may have had a
couple of days ago, exist no longer now. Our Iron
clads have come up from-Fort Monroe and Wil
mington. The Ironsides came up the river yester
day, and the Atlanta likewise same up under tow.
DESERTERS CONDEMNED TO Mim
The Coins court martial, which has been in session
here since the 15th .of November lost, had tried
sixty-one oases up to last evening, and condemned
thirteen men to death for the crime of desertion.
General Collis Is a Philadelphian, and lately was
colonel of the Coins Zouave*.
The weather was Intensely cold last night, Mid
the reads to-day are like cast Iron.
—Rollin'* Despatch
Hbadquartehb 25th Goars, Jan. 23, 1856.
My despatch of yesterday was closed under
rather nervous circumstances. I .delayed It until
the last moment to learn the nature of the terri
ble firing I then heard, and, while writing, was
oonsfently reminded by the Impatient messenger'
that It was already time for him to be on the way;
and while inditing the last sentence a rebel shell
came in such close proximity as to leave the Im
pression, until Ijrianeed around, that some part of
my quarters war carried away, and the aforesaid
messenger Injured, for he did some ludicrous feats of
ground and lofty tumbling. This practice was In
dulged in yesterday and the day before. Our can
seniors have hesitated to retaliate from motives
highly eredltable. a shower of Iron retribution
over their eimps along the banks of the James,
within easy range of our batteries, would ha ve the
effect of checking their malignity.
RETURN OX THB REBEL XLBET UP THB RIVER.
To thp disgrace of somebody, the rebel fleet on the
James, which ought to hare been captured of sunk,
or at least prevented from returning to Richmond,
quietly steamed up the river this morning, about
four o’clock. This was the occasion of the' tiring to
which I alluded in my despatch of yesterday. When
one reflects that the fleet boldly passed, In going
and returning, some two or three miles of the river
exclusively in our possession, and so elose to Fort
Brady that a stone could be pitched upon theves
gels, and when he remembers, In addition to this
humiliation, that the strategetical manoeuvre of our
iron-olad monitor, the Onondaga, Is subject to grave
suspicions, It should not he surprising If, In our
mortification, monstrous was applied to somebody’s
neglect.
the number o* ran rebel xLbßt—its nisroai-
WON—INCIDENTS OX ITS RBTURH.
It now appears that, Instead of three rebel crafts
coming down the river, as reported, there were six,
three of whloh were lashed to the others to disguise
the number, or probably the wooden boats were
placed outside of the rams os a means of protection.
It was known some few weeks ago that the enemy
had three iron-clods, the Ylrgtaiarillohmond, and
Fredericksburg, and lour gunboats, the Drury, Naa
3Cmond, and two others, whose names I do not re
member. it was reported, about the same time,
that two new rams were In course of construction
Ih Bichmond, ready to be launched, but as deserters
from the fleet have not said anything about them
lately, it is fair to presume that they are not afloat.
The fact that the fleet, came down In palm favors
the Impression that hut three of them were iron
clad, while the destruction of the rebel gunboat
Drury, by our battery at the Crows’ Nest, and not ',
by Brady, as at first reported, leaves no doubt that
the enemy was desperate enough to run by our guns
in his wooden crafts.
Jnst before the fleet passed by Fort Brady, in re.
turning up the river, our troops poured volley after
volley Into all the vessels to prevent them from
opening their ports. Both above and below the fort
onr eannonlers fired rapidly at them, and ate confi
dent of striking every one of them, as each vessel
went by disconnected with the other. The fact that
more of them were sank, after being subjected: se
parately to such a severe Are, has fixed the imprest
slon In Brady that the five returning crafts were all
iron-dads. One thing may be relied apon, that one
of the rams came to a stand still In front of the fort,
where It Is supposed that It was badly crippled, and
remained, rseeivlng a concentrated fire of thirty
pounders, until another vessel went alongside of It,
and they both passed np together. It is more than
probable that the latter vessel towed the former one
up the river.
THE ALLEBED COWARDICE OX THE ONONDAGA.
When the rebel fleet eame down the James, it 1b
now beyond all question that the .monitor Onondaga
did retire from Dutch Gap to below the pontoon
bridge at Atkens’ landing, a little over a mile, and
-leave two of our wooden gunboats, the Massasolt
and Hunchback, to engagethe enemy. The reason
now assigned for this manoeuvre, which at the time
seemed inexplicable, was that, above the bridge
the channel was sufficiently wide to enable some of
the enemy’s crafts to inn by easily as our gunboats
engaged others; while, just below, the channel was
so narrow that but one at a time could pan through.
A good substantial drawbridge Is nearly completed
below-the pontoon, wMoh necessarily confronts the
channel. The move would have been a good one
for a gunboat, but for the only monitor within sig
naling distance to fall baek as a reserve and leave
two wooden vessels to engage five rebel crafts of
war, three of them known to be iron-oiads, is suffi
cient to suggest the most unfavorable comments.
The csptaln of the Onondaga has been relieved
from his command, from which yon may infertile
light in which his manoeuvring, Is viewed by the
Navy Department Upon the representations of
General Grant,
AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THB XLBBT.
After the enemy’s fleet retired under eover of the
batteries of the Hoirlett House, about noon the
Onondaga steamed up thyiver, with the Massasolt
and Hunchback, where for two hours they.engaged
the enemy’s fleet and batteries. The officers and
their crews all behaved handsomely ; but as the
Massasolt was the only boat that was Injured, a
better opportunity was afforded for her commander
and his men to manifest those higher qualities of
unwavering firmness at the post of duty and danger
than the ethers. It was the first time thatthe’men
or the vessel had ever been In au engagement. The
sailors were cool and unflinching; the officers brave
and cheerful; while Lieutenant Sumner (quite a
young man, who happened to be In oommand), en
deared himself to all on board by his gallant bear
ing and the ability with which he handled thegtms
and manoeuvred tho ship.
THB IKJCBIKB TO THB IfABSASSOIT.
The Massarolt was struck some seven or tight
times. One of idle shots out ofiT the rim of the wheel,
passed through a easting plate some two inches
thick, and buried Itself Into the fresh water con
denser, which may be regarded as out or order. Her
boats were riddled, some plating on the b&w torn
off, to make a passage for a persevering-messenger
from the enemy, and otherwise disfigured, though
by-mo means seriously injured. The following are
the casTUUtles on board the Maseasolt In’ this en
gagement i
MST OV WOUNDED JANVABY 24.
Wm. Mosher, captain alter gaud, head and back,
Hudson, risht breast, serious,
Tfcos. Fogirty. shoulder, gUrht.
HoraceEandtil. bey.bg. sVeht.
Jas. 8. H. Biask, In fees, slight, .
Jas. Fran r. boy, in leg, slight .
THB OBJECT OP THB BXTBDITrON.
It la now known that the enemy started for onr
base, whose crews were cheered to undertake this
hazardous enterpriie by the prospect of plunder.
They solemnly pledged themselves to reach Oity
Point or be sunk In the attempt, bnt the blowing up
of the Drcwry, giving them some Idea of sack an
alternative, inspired them to reaoind their entire
resolution, and be more than satisfied ir they Could
onlyi«tum to Richmond. Availing themselves of
tho darkness of the night, they retired beyond the
range of onr gnus, where they will probably remain
until spring, when they, like the Drcwry, will end
their career In smoke. Why no obstructions were
put In the James to prevent' the enemy’s
fleet from returning to Richmond la a
sc urce of profound wonder. There Is still,
however, much cause for congratulation that
the enemy has been driven back, otty Point,
ar.d Bermuda Hundred, whose tempting attrao-
Hons of supplies ate drily being augmented, s ill
give evidence of future prosperity, based, upon tho
honest and compensated Industry of freemen.
Nothing can exceed the quiet that has prevailed
along Uw lines during the last twenty-four hoars.
' Wasbinoton, Jan. letter dated headquar
ters of the Army of the James, January 25, says:
« This morning, St-about three o’clock, heavy firing
was heard in the direction of Fort Brady,.which
proved to be from our guns opening on the rebel
fleet, as they attempted to pass the fort on their
way back from their unsuccessful attempt to run
psSlour works. What damage was done a was im
possible to asoertfiln, owing to the darkness, al
though It Is known that some of onr heavy shot
damaged one of the rams, as they were observed to
runout lights and to be examining her sides, bat
no particulars could be .obtained.”
Fobtrbsb Monbob,'Jan. 2S.— Heavy guns .ots
being mounted at Oily Pclut.and otb-srpla-.es in
the vlolnlty of Alkena’ Landtag, so as to give the
rebel rams a warm reception should they essay to
pass those points. - _ , .
Sov&rdl Kboocort oC eoat ww® was •vwiitsg
la tbe vicinity of the old blockade, above Turk’s
Bead, so as completely to Interrupt tbe passing of
any vesseis.
The lrcn-elads New Ironsides and Atlanta were
ordered up the James river last evening, with
whose aid no difficulty will be experienced la cap
turing or driving baek tbe rebel rams.
SAVANNAH.
EXODUS OF THE GEA.ND ARMY.
Characteristic Orders of Gen. Sherman.
CBpeclolCorrespondence of The Press.!
Savannah, Jan. 20,1865.
General Sherman has Issued the following excel
lent orders congratulating his army over Its last
great campaign, and prescribing certain rules of
trade and commerce at Savannah, resulting from
the understanding consequent upon the recent visit
of the Secretary of War:
Headquarters Military Division ox the
Mississippi, is the Field,
Savannah. Ga., Jae. S, 1885.
Special Field Orders, No. 6.— The General
Commanding announces to the troops composing
the Military Division of the Mississippi that he has
received from the President of the united States
Mid from Lieutenant General Grant, letters con.
veylng their high sense and -appreciation of the
campaign just olosed, resulting In the capture of
Savannah and the defeat of Hood’s army la Ten
nessee. . -
In order that all may understand the Importance
of events, It is proper to revert to the situation of
affairs In September lost. We held Atlanta, a city
of little value to us, but so Important to the enemy
that Mr. Davis, the head of the rebellious Action In
the South, visited bis army near Palmetto, and
commanded It to regain it, as well as ruin and de
stroy us by a series of measures whloh he thought
would be effectual. That army, by a rapid march,
gained our railroad near Big- Shanty, and after
wards about Dalton. We pursued It, nut it moved
so rapidly that we could netrovertake it, and
General Hood led Ms army successfully far over
towards Mississippi, in hopes to deooy us out
of Georgia. But we were not thus to be led away
bv him, and preferred to lead and aontroleveuts
ourselves. Generals Thompson and Sohofleld, com
manding departments to our rear, returned to their
posts aim prepared to decay Gen. Hood Into their
meshes, whilst we came on to complete the original
journey. We quietly and deliberately destroyed
Atlanta and all the rallroads\whloh the enemy had
used to carry on war against us, occupied his state
capital, and then captured Ms commercial capital,
which had been so strongly lortlfied from the sea as
to defy approach Rom that quarter.
Almost at the moment of our victorious entry
Into Savannah, came the welcome and expected
nows that our oomrades in Tennessee had also ful
filled nobly and well their put; had decoyed Gen.
Hood to Nashville; and then turned on Mm, defeat
ing Maturely thorougly, eapturtog nearly ell Ms ar
tillery, great numbers of prisoners, and were still
pursuing the fragments down Into Alabama. So
complete a success In military' operations, extend
ing over half a continent, 16 an achievement that
entities It to a place In the military history of the
woild. The armies serving In Georgia and Ten
nessee, as well as the -local garrisons ol Decatur,
- Bridgeport, Chattanooga, and Murfreesboro, are
alike entitled to tbe abmmon honors, and each regi
ment may Inscribe oh Its colors at pleasure the
words “Savannah” or "Nashville.”
The general-la- chief embraces In the. same general
success the operations of the cavalry column under
Generals Stoneman, Bofbridge, and Gillem, that
penetrated into Southwest Virginia and paralissd
the efforts of the enemy to disturb the peace and
safety of Bast Tennessee. Instead of being put on
the defensive, we have at all prints assumed.the
bold offensive, and completely thwarted the designs
of the enemies or our eountir. _ .
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman i
L. M. Dayton,
Major and Assistant Adjutant General.
Headquarters, Military DmsroN ox the Mis- j
sidsiPXi, in the Field, Savannah, Ga.,
January 15,1865.
SPECIAL YIELD ORDERS, NO. Is.
The Department or the South having been placed
within the sphere ot this command, and It being
highly desirable that an unffoem policy prevail
touching commerce and intercourse with the inha
bitants of the South, the following general ralei
and principles will be adhered to unless modffitd by .
law or the orders of the War Department:
I. Commerce with foreign nations o&nnot he per
mitted or undertaken until the national authority
Is established to an extent that will give the neces
sary courts and officers to control and manage such
matters. Trade will be confined' to a mere barter
and sale-proportioned to the neoessary wants of the
army, and of tbe inhabitants 'dependent on it for
tbe necessities of life, and even that trade must be
kept subject to strict military control or Burrell
-I&BC4* .
11. Trade stores Will be permitted at Beaufort,
Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Angus*
tine, and Jacksonville, In all articles of food and
olotMng, groceries, ladles’ and children’s goods
generally, and articles not contraband of war.
111. To trade 18 a privilege, and no person wIU be ■
allowed to buy Mid sell for profit unless he be a
cltlxen of the United States, and subscribe to any
legal oath or obligation that Is or may be preveribed
by law; and at points threatened by an enemy, the
officer commanding may farther exact as a con«~
dltlon that the trader shall himaelf engage to serve,
in some military capacity, to aid Iff defence of the
place.
- IV. Persons desiring to trade will apply to the
commanding officer of the post and obtain his writ
ten consent, specifying the kind, nature, and extent
of the trade, and when he requires importations
from Northern cities he will In like manner apply
for his permit. The commanding officer of the pest
may appoint Borne good officer to supervise these
matters,-who will frequently inspect the stores, and
when there Is not sufficient competition will fix the
prices of sale. These stores will In like manner be
subject to the supervision or the commanding gene
ral .of the Department of the South by hlmsolf or an
purchases may he made with
economy, the commanding officer at each post will
make reports of his action in regard to trade,
with the names of traders, amounts of goods desired
for sale, &c., to the oommandlng general of the
department, who will, In tike manner, make full
reports to tbe Secretary, of the United States
Treasury, to the end that he may instruct the
collectors of ports from whloh shipments are ex
pected as to the necessary permits and clearances.
It being utterly impracticable that a general’com
manding military operations should give his per
sonal attention to such matters, it is desirable that
as much power as possible should be delegated to
post commanders, and they should be held to the
strictest account that no tradeis permitted Injurious
to the military Interests of the United States.
VI. Sales of cotton will be restricted absolutely to
the United States Treasury agents; and no title la
cotton or bill of sale will be respected until after the
eottonlssold at New York. Country people having
small lots of cotton are permitted to bring the same
In to be exchanged for food and clothing for their fa
milies. The quartermaster wilt set aside aStore or
warehouse to whloh each wagon hearing cotton will,
after entering the military tines, proceed, where
an agent of the Treasury Department will receive
and weigh the same, and pay for It the price fixed
in the Bth section of the act of Congress, approved
July 2,1864, vis: three-fourths the value or cotton
as quoted In the New York market; aud the Secre
tory of. the Treasury Is hereby requested to-make
appointments of agents to carry out the provisions
or said aot at the posts of Hilton Head, Savannah,
Fernandina and Jacksonville. _
VII. In order that the duties hereby Imposed on
commanding officers ol posts may not be neglected
or slighted by the changes Incident to rank and
changes of troops, the oommandlng general of the
Department-of the South will appoint a special offi
cer to command at each of said posts, with a smell
garrison, not to be ohanged without Ms order; and
when other troops, commanded by a senior, are
added or arrive, the eommand of the post will not
change, hut the additional troops will be encamped
sear by and aot according to special Instructions.
By order of Major General w. T. Sherman.
L. M. Dayton,
Major and A. A. General/
These orders, and especially the latter, give sa
tisfaction to the army, to the friends of the Go
vernment, and the well-disposed posple of the city.
They ore eminently just.
Gen. Sherman has lost no time in preparation for
his South Carolina campaign, and doubtless by the
time this letter reaches you he will have transferred
his headquarters from Savannah, under orders
firom headquarters of the Department of the South.
Gen. Grover, of the 19th Corps, has taken com
mand of the city. This Instalment HSU cates the
final departure of the grand army, It Is no secret
that Sherman wRI devote Ms fresh powers to the
destruction of the enemy’s great lines of communi
cation in South Carolina, but beyond this the ora
cles are dumb. In fact, we have no oracle but Sher
man, and he does sot speak, but moves.
THB SUPPLIES XROK THE NORTH.
Supplies generously and wisely forwarded here
by the people of the North are being distributed jo
the poor by well-organised ward committees.
Though not suffering to so great a decree as-might
have been supposed, there are thousands of the
people of that class to whloh the North most look
with most hope, who admire the magnanimity of
this bounty, and receive It gratefully. The spirit of
reconciliation Is working slowly, and, as It were, out
of disease.
THB PROSPECT ON BBUNION.
The radical conversion of the people of Georgia
is a prospect certainly distant, and, perhaps, not to
be expected until the last ember of war and fend Is
extinguished. Bnt there sue hints of a movement,
of which we can at present know bnt little, to re
store Georgia to the Union. The moat Influential
people of Savannah strongly desire its success, and
tradesmen, roitchkhU, and even many planters,
await It anxloualy. Sanguine Southern Unionists
predict that Georgia' will be back in the Union
in less than three months. Many indulge the.
belief that they will regain their slaves, or
bold inch servants as they have In slavery as
heretofore, under co%r of the amnesty proclama
tion i that Georgia will have all her “rights under
the Constitution,” unimpaired by the war, and that
slavery, except where It has been destroyed under
the- band and heel of actual war, will, of necessity,
again take its place amopg the things that are. It
Is difficult to convince any planter, however
well-meaning, that freedom of the slave wll(_;
work anything else-tban ruin to the South; and
even the best of Unionists, according to the Savan
nah Standard, view only with jealousy and regret
the liberty bestowed upon the black. The senti
ment of the white people of Savannah Is nnant
mously hostile to emancipation; of this bs assured,
■whether the return of Georgia to the Colon before
the fact: of freedom is deliberately accepted oan
be regarded as good admits of doubt. As Georgia
was' precipitated out of the Union, so it will also be
dangerous to preoipltate It Into the Union.
IfKEH SOHOOBS.
In Bryant’s slave market house a free oolored
lobool is now daily assembled. The faoas In atr
tendanoe are remarkably comely, and one-half arc
• decently-olad mulattoes. The desire to learn Is
earnest and universal, and there appears to be no
lack of capacity. The principal of the school is
Mr. James Porter, a proficient In muslo, astrono
my, and natural philosophy—rare and hazardous
acquirements for a black man In Savannah.
Daring ihe war Mr. Porter pursued the business of
a tailor, giving music lessons la the evening, and
at times Imparting by stealth to people of his own
color the foTbldden knowledge of {grammar and
arithmetic. Hewas three times robbed and des
poiled by the rebels, and has lost what, tv a black
man, must, have bean a vary oonskLrable fortune
by the War. But the freedom oPhis race has abaa
dantly paid for all tLe privations ho bar modestly
borne. Mr. Porter la a brlght/gonial mm of thirty
years, and a native of Charleston, where he was for
many years a resident and a freeman. .
W Ith the disadvantage of having been' born out of
slavery, and surrounded everywhere by a communi
ty of masters, Mr. porter has boon tat. the greater
part of tils life aorlpple. It will not bo too much to
sav that beEs one of the notable men of Savannah.
' K.0’15.
‘ CAIRO.
OAtno, Jan. 2f Thehteamer Robert Burns, from
Kemptp, brings four hundred and sixty bales of
cotton Tor Cincinnati.
THE PRESS —PHILADELPHIA'.' SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. 1865
r 'WAbhinotox, Jtm. JT—Tlia Richmond Bettpetch
of January 25 th Bays:” The city vr&a lull of rumor#
yesterday morning to the effect that an urmlsUee of
ninety days had been agreed upon between the Con
federate and United States Governments, and some
went so far as to state that white flags were flying
from - the hostile lines beyond Richmond. These
stories were the offsprings of ldio faholea, so far
from there being an armistice between the bellige
rents, there was more of active war yesterday on
the lines below here than there.has been since No
vember last.
“ Our rams and small wooden boats started down
the rlrer at an early hour with the design, it Is sup
posed, of damaging the Yankee pontoon bridges
near Deep Botton, their shipping, aua,. if fortune
favored, their storehouses at Bermuda and City
Point.
"No official intelligence has;as fat as we have
been able to learn, been rcoeived from the expedi
tion ; but unofficial "reports which rcaoh us, and
which we believe are, in the main, correct, are most
unfavorable.
"It seems that all went smoothly with the expe
dition until the obstructions were seaohed wbioh the
enemy had sunk ia Trent’s Beach last summer.
“In attempting to pass them the Orewry.avery
smalTboat, carrying twc guns, got aground, and
was opened upon by the enemy’s batteries. A 109-
ponna Bhot penetrated her magasine aim blew her
up. Of the rest of the fleet, the Fredericksburg
atone passed the obstructions, and she soon put
back, It being thought unwise for her to proceed
alone. We have not yet been able to learn whether
the expedition was then given up, pr whether the
attempt to carry it out was subsequently renewed.
Constant cannonading was heard in the dlceatlotrof
Butch Gap during the morning. It Is said that we
suffered no casualties by the blowing up of the
Bravery, she, we presume, being abandoned before
she was struck.”
SOUTHERN NEWS.
MB. BLAIS'S VISIT TO BXOKMOBD.
XUS Interview" with Bari* and the H«.
mmtber give iIM te.
THE RAID DOWN THE JAMES.
OUB ACCOUNTS' OS’ IT OOHFXBMBD'
BY BEBEL JOUBNALB,
lee’s Appointment as General. la-Chief
- Crataud by tbe I*resiaen*.
. “Mr. F. P. Blair was still In the city last evening.
He arrived here on Saturday evening, dined with
the President on Sunday, and has had several Inter
views with him since. What has transpired during
these interviews Is positively not known, the Proal
d ent having not even made any eommuutoatlon to his
Cabinet on the subject. Wo must await Mr. Blair’s
return to the Norik, and then scan the New York
Tribun* for the facts. Mr. Blair wilt probably
leave fay the flag of-truce boat which goes down the
river this morning." ' .
Washington, Jan. 2T.—From the Richmond
Erqminer, January 25th:
“We hear of no ohanges in the Cabinet. Mr. Sod
don has certainly and decisively .resigned. His sac
cesser has not been named or suggested;
"We are happy to learn that the,. President has
signed the bill creating a general-(u-chief. The. bill
Is now a law. No appointment has yet been made
to All the new office.
"Cannon and musketry were both heard in the
direction of Battery Harrison yesterday. It wasre
ported oj» the street that news of the capture of Bat-,
Eery Harrison had been received -at the War De
partment at eight o'clock Inst evening.”
"Mr. Blair is still In the city. Weaawhlmon
the street late yesterday afternoon. It is not be
lieved that Mf. Blair .has been authorised to offer
any terms of settlement that could be accepted by
tbe Confederate people. What consultations have
taken place between him and President Davis, it Is
presumed is known only to-tfaemselves. The rumor
circulated yesterday of an armistice for three
months, has its answer in the thunder of canton
below tbe eitv. These rumors of peace, and of sus
, pension of hostilities, can have no otfcer effect than
to raise false hopes In the minds of the people. The
shortest way lor peace is to prepare vigorously for
war. Tbe enemy will never make terms with ns
until they are convinced we will fight until we
achieve our Independence.”— Richmond Sent. 25%.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 27, 1855.
PAYMENTS TO THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL BAIL-
ROAD COMPART*
Qn the 16th inst. the House passed a resolution In
quiriiig whether any payment had. been made to the
Illinois Central Railroad Company since the pass
aged the resolution of March last, which latter re
quired the {Secretary of War to have refunded to
the treasury'the sum of *152,000 paid to that com
pany for transportation of troops and other proper
ty; The Secretary to-day replied that payments
have been made since that date to the amount of
*661,697, and that they have been made by authority
or the President. - t
THE RICHMOND SENTINEL OK PEACE.
The Richmond Sentinel of January 25th gays:
“The more we talk about peace the more'arrogant
the enemy become. The men who areepnHnually
whining about peace well know therecan be no
peace but In two wiys—subjugation or independ.
eneo,” ,
TUB COMMUTATION FUOT.
The amount of tbe commutation fund is reported
by ths! Provost Marshal General to be *12,171,000, a
portion of which has.been MSlgnediOr the payment
of bounties required by raising he# troops. It is be
lieved, however, that there will be sufficient to pay
the owners of slaves enlisted as volunteers the com
peneatlon alieady allowed by the act of Congress.
THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.
The members of the convention of the Christian
Oommieslon paid their respect to the President to
day. G-bobse H. Stuart, the ahaTfman of: the
Commission, made the adders* of introduction, and
the President responded in a neat and. characteris
tic speech. f-
THE ANTX-BLAYERY CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND-
The friends of th* imtisUvory constitutional
amendment sa; thhtth'e prospect of its passage by
the House brightens every day. The vote on the
Senate joint resolution will be taken up next week.
The Boose has set -apart to-morrow to allow, young
members to deliver their long-prepared speeches oh
the subject. No other business than Speeoh-maklng
Is to be transacted.
MB. COLLAHEB’H TOST OFFICE Bible
A bill was reported to day by Senator Gom-amuS
anthprialng postmasters to deposit money orders or
other funds in their hands in national banks, under
the direction of the Poston after General, and re
quires the delivery Of letters by carriers -in every
city of fifty thousand inhabitants, giving direction
to the Postmaster General to extend the carrier
syßtem to other localities, and reduces the postage
on drop letters not delivered by carriers to one cent-
THE CABS OF MB. BASE, OP BAI/riMOEE.
, By a treasury regulation of Sept, at, 1864, persons
selling products to a Government agent are entitled
to a certificate of the fact, stating the quantity,
amount paid, and the route by which the produces
came to the agent . By an executive order of the
same date persons delivering such certificates may
.be'permltted by the military authorities command
ing to take bach, over the tame route, thirty-three
and one-third per cent, of the amount so certified In
goods and articles not contraband of war.
Mr. IjAkb, of Baltimore, was transporting goods
under a permit of General Shbppey, commanding
at Norfolk, Issued upon a certificate of a purchasing
agent. •
' The charge against him is that ho has been sup
plying rebels with provisional!), exohange for cotton,’
and this and other kindred subjects are now under
going examination by the House Committee on
Commerce. * .
GUERILLA RAID AT OCCOQUAN.
Some guerillas made a raid at Occc4uan, below
Alexandria, on Tuesday night, carrying off every
thing of value to the eitlsens that , they could lay
handson.- - .
XXXWth CONGRESS—Second Session.
SENATE.
Hr. BBMFRR, of Massachusetts. pretented the ere
deniieds of Mr. Wilßon as Senator from Massachusetts
for six years from the fourth of March next, which
were reed. . . ' ■
TBB KBVKSUB PAID IWBAOH DISTRICT.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate a qommualcatlon
from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a reso
lution eelhpjr for a statement aa.ts the amount of rero
ute collected In each district, eta Mr Fdssendea states
that thainformation called for Will be found In the re
port of the Commissioner of Internal Bevenue,fitlrsady
published.
COKFBSBATIOW FOB 1656H8 BTVVAB. *
Mr. veiLtOSt, of Massachusetts, presented the peti
tlcn of oitmnsof Savannah foruompenssticn for losses
snst&iied by the destruction or property by the Union
treope. Beferred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. CRASH, of New Hampshire, fiom the- Com
mitteo on Clsirns. reported adversely on several peti
tions for compensation-to individual* for losses sus
tained by incidents of the war. 1 ;
IKChB&SB OT PAT.
Mr. BBEBHAH. of-Ohio, preseated the.petittou of the
Ohio employ ees in the di Horen tdepirtments at Wash
ington, praying f-r an increase of ealirles. Beferred
to the Fir ano. Committee .
Mr. BBMNKb presented a similar petition from.eitl
»ns of Navsaehuse’tein the employ of the Government,,
which were similarly veferred. ' l -
Mr WIRSON, of Mawechusettb, presented the toil
lowing, which was agreed to: ix ~
nQvmr rirrd Ainnenn iFHtnrAff cofduot of a*
.. ARMvopsioiek.
Besotted. That the Committee on the. Conduct of the
War be instructed to inquire into a report ou the action
of Major Genera' Jeff U. Davis, in,preventing the u«-
Sroif, who rad joined the army id it* march throswh
eorgls from croastnsthe creek knbwna* theKlmueser
cr,fk near Savannah, by burning the bidga on the *th
of December last, many of these negroes having bee*
killed by the rebel cavalry, or drowned in attempting
to cross the Creek on rafts. , -
The above resolution was accompanied by extracts
from a letter from an officer in the army of General
"Shs rmsn, tetilnaforth in detatlthe facte connected with
the on cunutapee sHnded to in the rffsolatton.
AKHAK6UB ASP TBI PKIOS.
ifr. rOMF.HOT, of Kansas, offered a joint resolution
calilrg upon the Free! dent to issue his proclamation fle
clerihg tbehtate «f Arkansas to be no longer in iasur
reotion against fbeUu ted States, and t auihorlxlug the
reeumptton of commerotalioteroour-e hetwseu that and
other Slstess aleo declaring.'hat the Senators »"d Se
presentstives recently elected in that,State anal be re.,
Cognised and admi’ted to seats tn Gougrajp. The reso
lution weslatd npon the table and orderedto be printed.
CODKTIKG TU» Saa3IPKSTSAL vo ns.
Mr. TBtIMBUI.Ii, ef Illinois, off-red a resolution,
which was adopted, that tbe President of .tha.Senate
arroint a committee of three to select p.r-on- b> ex
amine and ocuat the vote for President and. Vioe Pre
sident ... - .
FAgSKnann teavtsl bbtwbbM «bw yoke asp
BAS BBABOIBOO.
Mr. noSBEH, of California, pretent»d a reeolntten
instructing the fctretarr of tra Treasury to enforce the
regulations for the carrying of passer gergbetween Ne w
Tork and fan Francisco, on the Atientioside.
A letter from passengers on a late trlpof the steamship
Costa kite, ooaiplatiHgof bad treatment, InsuiSoient
aicomv ©4&fcUM&B, &« * ;***&. .
Tie xesoltitiofl waa adopted.
A SW BYSTBM OV BAILKOSBS.
Mr. HOWARD, of MSchitac, introduced abiU to au-i
thorite the' conttrucilon ortho Oortie;; Peelto rati
road cute*, easfhatd to Onranaron. Jfceblfa* .*»d
r rotrldw for Ita connection eastward »«i ■■•ihlo, th
diana, MicMsan. atd : Oatadian fßdamlof railroads to
Port Boron. Detroit, Toledo aid Dortf WaTto.
hef.mse to tbe.clomnjttteaon Ppb.io L»nds. _ ,
• lhla bill secures lor thte exteneton the a-me G*»* »»3
inini.o»ltl*»r»BB*er«d £y tn» Northern Paotdo RsUraail
fortba- portion of their IUo east of the Mi -a eatM
rlr, r. Üblbo airea-aUornate secttonß ttf land, inr tee
inik aon either aide of a proposed line from Outle Bat*
de BcQiiot to the B«ait* of Meehinaw, fcirrhe farther
ontenrton of, the route, end air horliee the Amhey, kon
st as, end Tree- TSB Kafir, an to eitiend it* line to t e
Wraitr of W& 'hi c»w odder the »ama condition* won
which tt wm ortainallr cairt-ted. -
' IIftITAHOS op the ootrnT o* ChilMf.
Mr.BABB S ortfe*V'rt. Ut.odnc-dablUto un<'
Ait set t(* restrict *h-. *u tl»« vourt «*r uiaims
ant topr- -via« fvrtfaep**»Wbtof
end siOwt*tM>e» bopp!i«* fttroßti'M “ rl ? r „4 f ,;!*
TJoiud Mole ,»MB. wiriat e mat th«- fl '»t -me.toil Of >*«
Aba*«-«ellttKl Mt rttli b« so erß'triwJ.Moyt ca
lirMX- fuiliv pendir# i» «b# C.;ort 01 f!i»«*on J«lj ***•
185*. Bofctjsd w th* Commute* ootoo
MJHBBR OF MB* BIU-IBTEO FBOH BiOB BTaF*.
Mr. BAVIS. Of KoßtackT. offered o rommHoa osll
iSniroe iluKiSModwro oi ■T»«¥t«i*>fform»u» w‘ g-*“»
military and biyil servicet bow msay negroes hav*
been reeraited la eult State s and how many nearoee
joentfted la eaoh county of 2£*ntuoay.
Uti fiuKDBB, <>t Mata&ehusftue* objected to the
above, and K lies over,
THU PEBIOtBUOT BIIL.
Oft motion of Ur. O&dBBT, of Bow Hampshire, jthe
cefitfency bill from tho House woo taken up. Mr.
Ciaik pxpl&iucd that the section to give extra oornpen-
Mtionto tbe employees of the Caintol w&sfettil la the
fcULoaly worded differently than la the bill already
defeated. Be moved to strike oat the section referred
to, end on that mottos oalleo the yeas and aayi» which
resulted in a vote of S 3 yeas to 3 nay*. Bo the seotton
was stricken oat, and the bill as thus amended ww
pasetd.
COKTIjrtJATIOI? OF TSit BBTdiTATIOW QUBBTIOW*
. The Senate reeamed tbe consideration of-the recoin*
ties sdvbisg rtf aliationfor the cruel ireatmeat of Ualoa
prisoner
' Mr. JoHREOIt, of Maryland, took the floor in oppe
tittles totfceretolntioß. Hewtiwe bad no erideno* of
aa official character of the present orael treatment, aad
according to the principles of international law retalia
tion could sot be enforce t jor p«>t cruelties We had
no evidence of tbe Intention of the rebels to continue
these cruelties, and be waa opposed *o gt via ft he Pre»l*
dent the power to torture our adversaries. He wasia
favor ol Ue motion of Mr. Pavia to recommit tho whole
subject to tbe Military. Committee. He believed it
Would not be iness>*oient to appoint commissioners to
com-alt with the rebel authorities on the subject of the
treatment of our prisoner*. Be would be willing to
Vote for, any resolnilon lookinf to a legitims to decree of
prorec ive retaliatirn.
. Mr. B.O.fVjB, of Wisconsin, advocated the resolution
ft* nectary and inst, and ietrotpwtlve, not prospec
tive, in its pptr&tiou. *
... Mr. WAIKE, c f Ohio, said thata* there had been some
doubt expressed la deba e as to whether these barasri
t es were continued up to fcfee present time, he mid taken.
ihe drpofrltt ns, of a prisoner recently escaped from
B»Jl>buiy. b‘orth Cf-rollua
. TJ e Hostfcy depot Ittoo of an escaped soldier was read
h? the Clerk, showing tiat Inboman treatment to oar
scidlf rs wee cootlimert up to tbe present time.
Mr MfBRILL, of Mateo, mor«d tosmead bystrlkinx
rut tbe provision to retaliate In kind, audinierliusin
lieu of it;the words # • in ooniormity with the laws of
nations. 11
Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wireouain. inquired if the Pre
sident was authorized to retaliate wichont speolai lesls
latton ftiving him the authority xo do bo.
Mr BOWAXI>, of Ulcblsau, replied that he bad uo
d< übt that tbe President, as Commander ln-CMsf of the
army, bad tbbtanthoiiiy.
Mr. OOOLiriLK said he did not bblleva that the
bad such power. Oongrees had bastowedlt
tpeci&Jiy on two occasions in for-oar wars, and he
tk ought that without the special authority of Oongreis
tbe Piesldent oould not retaliate.
Mr.;BAUjLSBDhT» of Delaware, said be believed that
if the aeeorut there would not be mneh
diffwrecce between the conduct of the two seetions as to
the tuatment of prisoners. ; There were era*l men both
s«onb and South who treated prisoners inhamaoir ■ He
wos'oppoped toretallfttion.
Mr MAhX#aK ( oflowa* moved to adjourn, upon which
the?«as and save were demanded, The motion was
ftgTe<d to—jeas 24, stys 17.
OOMHIT9XB TO OOUUT THU FBBStDSHTIAL TOTB* ,
'• Messrs TrnmbuU.Conheea.&ud Wright were
ed the committee on countlna the vote.'
' The Bpnate then adjourned. .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
’ To-day beins set apart exclasirely for tbe cousldera’
Ulon ofprivate Mils# the fionte prooeeded to the exeoa'
. ilou of that oner, and at half past four o’clock ad*
jounttd. • -
THE IiEOTSIiATUBH*
“ HA&niasinta, Jatimiy 37.1515.
' HOUSE.
TbaHozui. net at 11 A. It, the Senate Hat. bains In
BfPfiOß.'
‘ Mr. THOMAS reported in the contested' election ease
of. Charles Wilson (O }, of JLyeomiug county* that the
o ntestect, J. B. Manly (TJ.I, was *nilt*ed to a sett,
bavins r* ceived a majority of Id vote# (iaaludin* sot*
Otere* v« te) o«er bfe oopoce&t.
3nr, MTLXB« presented ft minority report, In which
herteted that, while he concurred in the fact that Ur.
Manly bed 29 majority, he did not thick that he had
been eligible to a teat becanee he had not, in his opte
lion, :beea a resident efibis State for the last twelve
havinf sorie to Tennessee at that time, and re
fneid to he ea?e*»*d \a Peansvl ranta, upon his farced
return to this Seats In 2862 fThe report o f *he majority
held that he did mot lose his State citizenship oy the ab-
IPPfB.)
■ Jfr. KLINE offered a secoad minority report, object
ing to the validity of the soldiers' vote.
The majority report was adopted*and Ur. MANLY
was aw on* asameraber.
The Auditor General's report on license* was pre
sented.
ETOUO Binns.
4a act urgingCocgrpas to inquire e*eh eub-district
h'wvafter to fill its quota from its own bona fids rast
dcst* vat _* ■
la Coc mittea of the Whale, Mr, MoCLUKE, is. 'ex
idwstiop of the MU, said, that the pr&seat system of
bout ties was injurious- to the State aud expaasire It
had. already «a»t Fenasslcaaia sixty ailUon dollars
ixtwo years Tbo poorer localities had goffered mmea
to benefit thtfr richer neighbors.
.. Mr. CO r BhAS asid cbai the act would effect uathiag,
hf cacre any naan by ilying ten days In a disiriefc coaid
become a resident. , ,
Ad'scuesJoD eu c n«d.}n Which Mr. BfcOLtFEU charged
that theqncta rtf Philadelphia had been fitted at the ex*
ri**t© of the rural dterics, and that ©yea then not
twenty five per rent, of the men who had bom credited
to her had remelaed is service . ,
- To this Mr nUDDTMAB replied that Philadelphia had
never been hach ward either in fulfilling demauas of the
General Government, or claims upon, her charity, m
wee evinced by her Assistance to Chambersba**
Mr. OLMfeTBAP (Spealc*r) fevored the ,b|:l because
It- constituents were suffering by a 'dmia of men for
richer, localities. One town*bip in Potter couaty sent
twenty-ff?e men to Harrisburg to fIU their quota,
pronblr g them svoo each ? yet when these men reached
Hatrisbcrgtlev were credited to Hootromerycounty
because ame bibber offered them $€OD. That same
township has yet filled Its qaoift. and now
ideally contains only seven men liable to draft,
Kr. HHOMS was in favor of the soldiers going to
erliet could get the highest bounty.
-.Mr. IfcCLOEE said that sueh a course deprived the
families of thesoidiers of local support. In- Phliadel
rhia, in one ease, out of eighteen men put one night in
the guard house, only two remained in the morning,
and they had not yatjrecelved enough money to hay
< the guard.
A Tr.eEpacft "wap T.clT.d from ih» Gorornor staling
tb.tar angen ertr had been mad, by the general Gj-
Tetßjnent to forwan> clothing and stores to oar priao-
E.ro at the South Such uitieUffl .«rt to Harrisburg
will bedorwariled to tbelrdostiuattoß.br the Stato aa*
th Adjo«rE«tl until Monday evening, at lii o'clock.
CANADA.
EtKLIISE, T&B EAIDRB, TO BB OIVBSt TO TO THU
UUITED STATES!
TosojiTO, Jw, 27 Tho- oase or fcarteigh wag
finally decided to-day, Chief Justioa Draper aa*
Hbe tUiee associate judges being unanimous in the
opinion thattfce prisoner sbould bo given up to the
Government of the United States.
CJUUKKNM.
aeeivax oy tebastos.
N»w Tobk, Juju 27.—The steamer "North Star,
from Asptnwall, arrived here to-night with the
California malls of January 3d, and (611,000 in trea
sure. .
/No news has been received from the Isthmus by
this arrival.
Salo of Cotton at Boston.
Boston, Jatu&ry 27.—Four hundred bales of
cotton, a poition of tbo cargo of the prize Eteaaior
Julia, were sola at auction to-day, good middlings
telling at 825fc, and good ordinary at 79e.
KEW 10BK CUT.
;Speoi6l Correspondence 0 t Toe Press. 3 -
Nbw Yobk, Jan. 27,1868.
1 ABKIVAL OS STB AM EES.
The steamer United States, from Savannah via
Part Royal, arrived at this port at noon to-day.
The steamer Illinois, from Port Royal, has also ar
rived.
The steamer Be Molay, from Port .Fisher, with
860 rebel ikitoners, a nd the United States steam
frigate Colorado, from Fort Fisher, arrived this
morning. ,
AEEIVAL OK A PBTXB BTEAMXK.
The prize steamer Charlotte arrived here this af
ternoon. •
, SIBB IK GOLD.
After the board this afternoon the quotation for
gold rose to 218, owing to a combination among the
heavy operators.)
TKB EVXKISG STOCK BOASD.
Stocks on call firm. Gold. 218%; after oalt, 219%;
Erie, 7*Jf; Hudson, 105; Beading, 10B;' Michigan
Central, .101; Michigan Southern, 65%; Illinois
Central, 117; Pittsburg and Cleveland, 80%: Toledo
snfl >w abash, 111%; Rock Island-end Ohlcaico, 9f;
Northwestern, 34; do. preferred, 68%; Fort Wayne,
92%; Onnton Company, 31; Cumbe.iand, 46; Mari
posa, 11%. 1'
TarWOMHG-WOIES OF PHMBIJjPHIi,
INTERVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
. This morning, at ten o’clock, the committee ap
pointed at a public meeting of female operatives,
hi Id last week In the city of Philadelphia, In rela
tion to the almost total suspension of the army
nrork, heretofore' given out at the U. S. Arsenal, in
that’city, had an Interview with the President for'
thepnrposeof having the worterestored. The meet
ing waa most agreeable and satisfactory. Accom
panying the committee were Mrs. Martha Yeager,
Mis. Ann Brooke, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson, and Mrs.
Rebecca Alexander; end present during the'later
view were the Hon. Simon Cameron, lata Secretary
of -War; the Hon. John W. Forney. Secretary of
the senate; the Hon. Charles O’Neill, member of
Congress from Philadelphia, and Mr. Walltojtton
ana Mr. Florence of this journal. All these gentle
. Ken, deeply sympathising with the effort to restore
the atmywoik to the poor women, wuofor.years
have mainly depended upon it for a livelihood, aud
row mcie than ever need the proceeds ofsochlabor,
from the fact that nearly or quite all'of them, some
8,060 in number, have sobs and husbands la the army,
earnestly urged the favorable consideration of Mr.
Bin coin to the petition and appeal so strongly pre
sented. The President, alive to the promptings of
: agenerous and humane sympathy, creditable alike
to Ms head and heart, entered warmly Into the sub
ject, viewing It calmly and fairly In all Its bearings,
•id determining It most favorably in the interests
of the working female operatives. The President, to
be Informed oorrectly-tn regard to the army wont,
despatched a request that General Charles Taomas,
acting Quartermaster General, would favor
him with an Interview, that he might ob
tain from this high offieial source information
touching the manufacture of urn; dotting and'
'equipments usually superintended and given out at
the arsenal. General Thomas was promptly la at
tendance, when, tutor conversation with this intelli
gent, latthfol, and efficient officer, the President ea
oorted the paper presented to him by the committee
from Philadelphia, and personally referred them to
General Thomas, with the emphatic and sound
declaration, that the labor of the country
must deserved the assistance and aid of the
Government, and further directing that favorable
and generous consideration be given by the do
. piiriuitnc having the manufacture of army oloih
u g under Us 0./Utroi to the petition and appeal
made to him; lu faot, ordering a restoration of the
u.nnut..ciUro of. army clothing to the female opera—'
tlves hereto ore en ployed at the United States Area
ual in Philadelphia. Gen. Thomas having, from
ueiavnal lauiiianty and long official service at
Philadelphia,fully qualified himsait to determine
this matter, entirely coincided to the oodciui-iou of
the President, and will dauntless at once second
earnestly the humane and generous conclusion of
63 is JLlbcold. ,
: As am Iboldent of the visit, It may be mentioned
that during the conversa.tion'ano consideration of
the subject referred to, Major General Meade, of
r i o Army of the Potomaa, entered the Executive
chamber. - This distinguished officer, alter his
salute to the President, recognizing the parsons
fresent as Penrsylvahlansr congratulated the
President, -upt-h Having so many parsons present
Horn hlrfQeiidrai Mesue’s) native state.
Much commendation is due to the President for
his attentive and patient hearing of the grievances
„! the sewiDg women tn Philadelphia, and his bene
voient and just deolsk-n m regard to them. The
distbißuisbed gentlemen wuo »r earoeatly entereu
Into the effort to relieve these lndnstrtoas and
-w. rtby 'people the also entitled to their deep re
uiiid. Aif cannot fall to experience that certain
reward In their heart’s promptings whlott IS sure to
follow the consciousness of having done a hood,
humane, aha generous aet.-yCnntMuiional Union-
Ttiwsiay. ... ...
' AhTEMUB WinD, whom everybody knows, has
b en among the Mormons and seen the working ot
their principles In public and private life. Bat he :
baslooked at them through the 'spectacles of hi
uior. Vnd teen ss.mui h of the, grotesque as he ha-*
of Ihe disgusting, on .Monday evening n-xt. and ,
s» through the week, hie will give, at, Obrioert H»U.
a narrative ol his observations which is said, by the
New York prete tu be extremely funny. : He shows
his oohdeuihatiou ol the disgusting portion of Mor
mon Uf* by printing -on his ticket, “Admit the
bearer and ewe wife. 1 ’
Wn Ann advibbd that the second ooncart of the
ieawm Of ti» Handel and Haydn Society will take
place Oh Friday evening, Feb Will, when Rossini’s
■< stakes Mater” wlh be performed hy eminent Pht
tsdeipbia and New York talent. It i> the Intention
at the dlreotote to maketbls the hast concert of the:
teasoa,’Bnd we edvtsepor readers to mike a note of
u aoootdligiy-
EtTBOOP®.'
Firm* or the .M °* ***?*?£*J?
SesiMlttea-CTOOiMerciorNoNa.
Pohteahd, Jam 27.—The steamship Hlboiyaa,
from Liverpool on January ISth, via Londonderry
on the 13th last., has arrived at .
The Peruvian and Kangaroo Im® arrivoa w
Gottehberg had arrfyed at Brw bob from
Baltimore.
The poßttaal news Is unlmportsat.
Tho news ef thefail of Savannxh caused an" ad
vance In American seourteUea, and a fail of 4‘per
aeut. in rebel scrip, but the news of Batter’s failure
at Wilmington neutralised tho good effect of the
Savannah victory. The British press contains
high compliments of Sherman’s skill as a general!
The Bank of England has reduced its minimum
rate of discount to \yi per sent.
&KBAT BBITAIS.
Tb* English papers advance nothing new on American
Tie London Ti*M* baa an editorial on the proposition
to ddmlt the member*of the American Cabicetto seats
a tongress. and balsitas a substantial Improvement,
tot tbln*B tMittt tb*s*evHUm«B and witha ftMcWja
so unmanageable as tbit in America* it will fail to worn
that permanent improvement which might otherwise be
expected from it.
7KAKC&
Ik is reported that the number of ehlpi to be disarmed
fa accoroance with, the economical ideas put forth, la.
Mr, Found's annual report is no less than thirty-three.
Tb© United Stales steamer Sacramento arrivedjat Ca
diz on the 3d. 81)e bad been in collision with a British
biii. Tea latter was damaged, but nothing was said of
damufi to the Sacramento.
In the Senate Caldtrot OoUantesattackedthemiaistry
for the abandonment of Ban Domic go. .... . .
Marshal Narvatx reptfed that it was itt the interest of
Spain the step was pro|pw^ grA
It Is stated the Government will submit hills-to the
Chambers for a further development of (he naval power
or Prussia, sad for ooening a canal to connect the Ger
man Ocean with tfa«» Baltic
LuNDON MONEY MARKET.—Funds firm; consols
improving; discount demand moderate. There was
son* expectation of a farther redaction in the Bank
minimal* soon Goldwss flowing to the Bank.
Jsd es Denham & Co,* provision merchants in Lon*
don, had suspended. Liabilities .£300,000.
1 Sattfc erth wait’s ctrcularreporti impori&ut fluctuations
in American seeariiies duriDg tee pa*t week. On re
ceipt ofthe news of iheoccupaVon of S&v&ao&h there
wa>: a decided improvement in Govern men I bonis and
railway shares, and &20 bonds were takes at 43. and
Illinois d 3& The return of the Wilmington expedition
had a depressing effect, Illinois returning to last week’s
Quotation*, and 6 20s to 4?>S. The greatest decline Is
in Bries, which, after, touching 3S, have fallen to 35K
@3CJf.
The foUowisgi* a, summary of the news taken out by
the Virginia:
The new* of the fell of Savannah caused .ranch ex*
oltement* although folly expected- Additional compli
ments were heaped apm Sherman for hia skill. The
Confcdtme loan fell about four per cent.* and Cotton
about one penny under thelnews, while Federal se
curities improved,
9he advices by the Peruvian rathe failure at Wll
sisgton. however* caused a reaction in ihe evening.
The Morning Post credits Sherman as ons of the most
daring and ftkiiral soldiers of ih» present day, and re
gaidsthe occupation of Savannah as of vital import
ance.
The Times editorially replies to Tumors, from. Ame
rica. that irsi-oe and England contemplate an early
recognition of the Confeaeiate States, saying it does
sot relieve such a movement has been entertained for
one moment, and thinks such a step would prove fatal
to the Government/ it emphatically depies it ever en
c.u raged any idea of intervention by England^
The Meeting of Parliament was fixed for February 7.
Optaln Graham, of the-st-araer Jura, vras acquitted
of all blame for tfce loss of that vessel.
The hmpras of France was uawelL
M Fou d had presented a satisfactory statement to.
the Emperor. Ho calculates on a surplus for 1565, and
promises a reduction of four million francs in naval and
nti iitezy expenditures, ana hopes for a new mover
Marshal Hartal* hid had a bill presented in the
Spanish Congress for the abandonment of St Docnlugj.
Humors of the intended evac nation of the islaud were
prevalent.
Mr. Seward,in a letter to the union Emancipation So
ciety, returns Mr. Lincoln’s thanks for its unexpected
approval and its devotion fci the b set luterets of Ameri
ca. bat points oat that Anal declaration of his re-eiet*
tien is not yeimide.
Mr. Foster t M, P., in addressing his constituents at
Bradford, rejoiced over the Northern aaeeesass, and Iks
evidence of the speedy destruction or slavery. He did
not despair of a close alliance of Mndneas and friend
ship between ftiriend and America, noiwithstaadiog
tie prevailing bitterness et feeling.
The London Time s explains the mode of operation on
the steamship Great Eastern in layisg the At : *ntic
cable, end says that the cable will be ready for laying
In June next, aad ih*t irk is sacceanful, of which thsrs
Is no doubt, t-rep*rations will be made for Uylag a
eceond cable, by the same company.
THK VERY LATEST NEWS.
CBy Telegraph to Greeaeasle. ]
londox, Jan. IS —An application was made at the
Woolwich police court Tester day for a warrant to arrest
the onsrmander of the Peruvian war vessel Onion for a
breach of ihe foreign erlietmeat act. The Union is lying
In the Thames, and a large ponton of oeeu
engaged in London' on an agresmen t binding them to
serve two years on board of an* war v-seeS naval
or military establishment belonging to the Govern*
meat of Peru. It was said to be the intention of
the Peruvian commander to await the arrives of-the
next mail, which Is expeeted to bring news of a decls
ration of war by?«?n against Spain, and then go out
aid prey upon the Spanish mercantile marine. It seemt
that the vessel was lying some miles outside of the
Metropolitan Police district, and the magistrate decided
that the application for the warrant must therefore he
made to the nearest county magistrate.
* *jh<s London Times’ etiy article says*. "Tbepreeont
Bank minimum rate of bH per cant is a lower point
fcban bes been touched since the Bth of November. J. 833,
and although the Bank return shows that the reduction
of fa.urdfcy beoame expedient, as an increase was ex
hibited in the s»me week,even When toe payment of the
dividend was not expected,it is impossible to feel san
guine that any long rime can pass before the withdrawal
movement will commence. The symptoms are that a re
daction to 6 per cent seems practicable for.* short time,
but the fo« Sgn leans and .hepubliccompasies for foreign
purposes lately brought out are knowalo bs tor course
of nigQilattou. are such as apparently to preclude she
proipert of the money market remaining in anything
like & nominal state up to midsummer, when the har*
vwl will occupy attention- . , .
Discount applications at the banks yesterday, at the
reduced rate*, were large and numerous. On the stack
exchange there was a fair supply of money at 4 par cant
livjatFOOL* dan 12 —Cotton-The sales «or three
4&y> have been 16.00 U bales, including 5,020 bales to
Epashlktoxs and exporters. The market opened very
dull, and declined &@id %Üb, but closed firmer, With
theaedine partially recovered under the advlcss bx
\be Fere via* of Bailer’s defeat at Fori Fisher.
TBaBB BBPGBT.-ia« ro«ket w'aadullanddeclin
ing, unlit reception of ihe Fort FUfcer failure, when a
is cull Wheatisai lvwer. Wakedeld, Nash, &Co.,
and others, re»oil F«ourauiet snd ato*4y.
and at a decline of 2d $ centaL Corn Very dalL
LIYBBPOOi, PBU VISION IfAHKBT.— I The market
for Previsions is generally firmer. Messrs. Gordan*
Bruce, & Co., report: Beef ha*an upward tendency.
Perk firmer. Bacr-n active. Buttes firm. Lard firm at
6sq,.fo' old, Fallow steady.
LIVKBPOOL PBOBTJCB MAAMST.-Ashesfirmat®
@Sls for Pots and Pearls. Sugar inactive, at a decline
ofCd. Coffee inactive. Bice steady. Llnaeed Oil ac
tive. .Sosmaoleiand steady. Spirits Turpentine dull
atf?9 6d. ' Fet»olenm steady - '
LONDON MARKETS. Breadstnffs firm. Sugar
easier. Coffee quiet. Teafi«mer. Tallow quiet,
lSti. —Consols close at 89% ®90f0r inouey.
/PBRicAW Sbcprttibs.—lllinois Central NaUroad
cificount % Erie Railroad S6&9S,
Livekpooi.'; Jan.. 13.— Cotto?t —gales of the week*
Inciudinß 6*500 bales to speculators. and
sytCo bales to exporters. The marJt et opeaed -vary dull,
aud a decline of l@lKd lb took pi ace. Babe**nejitiy
tbe zaariet ralhodv rscovensjf coauaerably from tha
decline, a deciinaon iba weeitof oa
American, &rd %@!d on otbir descrlpUocs The sales
to-day (Fnday) ’were 6,(00 bale?, the lawSret closing
quiet and tmch&sged at the folio sing aviations:
- .- Fair. Middling.
Otleass* . 25Jd
BlobUe— *27# 25X
1?p3&rd'8.....«* 27 2 s£
Stork in port 5I0»CC0 bales, includiag 31,600 bales of
Titauk Report. —Ti e market at Manchester is Hat.
-BasAHSTUsrs —The l.iverucol Breadstuff, market la
dun. Wne-t has declined l®2d per canal
Pkovibioss —Tie market is quiet and steady. Beef
hssae npwerd tendency. Pork doll
Loitnos uan. 13 —Consol a closed at 83E@%}% formo
ne> Bullion ih the Bank of Baxlaui has luereased
X164.CC0. The minimiun rate at the Bank has been re
duced 10 5% Tt cent. m
sacbicak -tocks. —Illinois Central Rallroai, 62@53
dlscouht; Erie Bailreed, 38@37.
Tbb Oibcds.—There will be an excellent enter
tainment this afternoon at the Circus. We under
stand that the celebrated humorist, Dan Bice, will
make his appearance there in a short time.
THE OTTT.
[»OK ADDITIOKAL OITT KKWS SEB BOGhTH PAG*.]
AS IDEA—A PROSPECT OF THE SETTLEMENT
OF THE CAB QUESTION.
On Monday and Tuesday next, 30 th and 3lst Inst.,
all the passenger railroad .companies of the city in
tend offering an opportunity to our citizens to ex
press their opinion on the question of allowing
colored persons to ride on all the ears. E ich par
sonage, as be enters a car, will be famished with a
ticket, which ticket bears this inscription:
• ‘ Pl.aee signfor’ ’ against colored psrsoes ridissinall
the ears, and sendreturnto any conductrr wtthfa oae
werk:
for
Against
BesMehre
In order te make the evidence of popular senti
ment perfectly honest and rair the strictest mea
sures will be taken to prevent persons voting more
than once.
We call general attention to this plan. It Is In
genions and perieotly feasible, promising to set„at
rest the mooted “ oar-question.’’, It may result lu
profit to the companies k Kut It will have a better re
sult in showing the liberality and justice of oar
citizens.
“A THING OF BEAUTY 18 A JOY FOBEVEB.”
M. W. Baldwin, Esq., has magnificently fitted up
the old Union League house as a private residence,
and the smaller home adjoining it on the west as a
conservatory. We only mention this iaot to state
thatthiß conservatory has been so built aud ar
ranged as to be open to the inspection of every pas
ser-by. The maze of color-beauty, ravishing as
weitin form and position as color, is the property of
toll. To those who see nature only ih the blaa sky,
or In sickly trees, leafless even In the summer time,
or to the lone japonic-s that live* faded lifein pots
upon the wtodOw-sIU, such a sight will be a
peculiar satisiaction and joy, and even to those
who live among the flowers and know what every
wee one says to its myatle language, It will be ap
preciated, because It introduces to him new faces
and a strange combination' of beauty. The con
servatory will bCanenohanted gpot, and the tress,
ai d buds, and traits, and flowers will speak so
sweetly and look so lovely that none can pass by
without stopping to commune wlta them to spirit.
Mr. Baldwin’s example Is worthy of general Imita
tion. Let beauty, that points us through nature up
to nature's God, not be confined Jndamp gloom-, but
lelt fiee to delight the eyes of (he Bullion.
fibb last night.
A fire broke out in the second story ora large
machine shop, sltusud to the: rear of the wost sMe
of Sixth street, above Market. The' building is a
large one, and the fire stubborn. It could ooly be
apprnaehed through Sugar alley and a miserable
thorough tare known as Discount place. It was
impossible to ascertain correctly any of the par
ticulars of the fire. ’ >' ~
CA'X'lr ITEMS.
A Novel Ann Usbxul Ikstitutiow.— There has
hern within the past few months much excitement
and an uncertainty la regard to the whereabouts
and condition of friends and relatives of our readers
who are In the army, navy, marine corps, or elril
service of the United States Government. We,
therefore, communicate with feelings of much grati
tude to the prigtoators aud liberal proprietors of so
gigantic an enterprise, the important Information
that Messrs. Bevltt & Co., of our oily, whose prin
cipal offices Are at Nb. 42T Walnut street, Phila
delphia, so well ahd favorably known from their
connection with the several departments of the Na
tional, State, and Municipal Governments, la the
collection, adjustment, and settlement of disputed
difficult, intricate, elaborate, and other accounts,
and who also-have, through their wide-spread repu
tation anjd business laeUUles,established agencies
at so many prominent polntsas to be briefly de
' scribed as ” everywherewe rape it, they have un
usual faclilUes to obtain at onoe, with little or no
: delay, (the first thing to be considered,) atr nb.es
; pence orosost, all information that may be desired
; tn regard to the present or past whereabouts ocoon
: dition or any persim, vessel, company, or regiment
to the seivloe. This surpasses many effnsto of so
called pbllanthroptc tosLitgilons, and must tosiire a
seward to all concerned, to so laudabto an utt
dtrtaktog. ' ' •
. “Spikiial Savkty Mato rrnB.—The- novelty, M
well as tiie Importanoe of this tnventioa, will jnrlfy
ssln dltorgiog a little froq) our more (ilreot coarse
to say a few words about Its advantages to the
public. ,
“The consumption of Luolfer Matches lu this
oooctiy Is estimated at upwards of fifty mUfijoi
dally, acd when It 1* ebasidefad how-small an
enountof Irietion is generally neoeis&ry to txalte
them, one oan hardly toil to., pereelve that toay arp
a proMflo source of aoeMeaJial fijes. And ills not
aloe* too their liability to lgaltfcn titot Luolfer
Metotns are sraoiiroeof dang**, also from thosb
which mc thrown away when- they do not retdUy
light: ror three,ln many Instances, retaining their
combustible qualities', are apt when trodden upon
to emit fire, and lead <o calami tons results. An
Invention like tols,..wMch dacuree the publifl .against
emj easnaltfes front the use d* matches, deserves to
be regarded as no nnimporEsifct boon; and that It
does offer soeh eeonrlty Is folly"attested by the fact
that her Majesty’s OommlssloneSr have permitted
them to have a esse of their Special' Safety Matches
In the nsernstfesa! Exhibition, wSOfe property to
the amount of sersrßsl millions steri&g: Is lying sit
aroond. And stUT more, the Jurors er Class T, to
oog Hiring the Importance Of the invention, awarded
It a Prize Kedah The tdppolat safety’ of these
Matches is that they carnet lte Ignited syMotion,
ezoept on the prepared rertitoa of the as
everybody knows, til' other luolfer matohee can be
Ignited on any hard' substance, and, Indeed,’ It not
unfrequently happens that they will beoome Ignited
from very trifling causer. "We were a good" deal
struck by an observation of Mr. Pepper, cff' the
Polytechnic Institution, when Jeotortog on the Im
portance of the Safety Matches, and this was, that
they should he welcomed Into every house In the
kingdom, If for no other reason than to puts stop
to the objectionable practice of servants, and others,
robbing matches against walls and articles of fund
taro, defacing the paper and* canting damage in a
variety of ways. But these Matches deserve to he
welcomed, not only for their safety, but also upon
sanitary grounds. It Is asserted-that, owing to the
employment of phosphorus In the-manufacture of
the ordinary matches, that those who are engaged
In malting them are liable to a disease of an Invete
rate character: betas the Safety Matches oontaln
no phosphorus, there eaa be no liability to such dis
ease In their manufacture. The Matches, therefore,
come roedhmesded to the public" on the double
ground of safety and health; and considering the
great security whloh they offer against
fires, they should be used everywhere and by every
body—in dwelling-houses and warehouses, In the
colliery and the factory, by employers and em
ployed.”—ilnyHsh Press—Colliery Guardian,.
These Matehes are now offered for sale by
G. G. Evans, General Agent,
1 No, 630 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Where has Shekhar Gore I— The-great ques
tion of the day Is “Where has Sherman gone!”
Seme think he Is striking for Charleston, others
hold that he has some thought of paying Wilmington
a visit; while yet others think he will make a bold
push for Richmond. We leant from a private de
spatch from the War Department that the General
may do any of the things suggested ; but that he
will chrtalnly take the first favorable opportunity to
slip off to Philadelphia and" precure for himself a
new suit at the Brown-Stone Clothing Halt of Rcok
htU & Wilson, Nos. 60S and 60S Chestnut street,
above Sixth. .
Yahkme iHQsxtnTv Equal to Evert Necessi
ty.—We were astonished at the performances of
Chas. M. Butterfield, wearing one of Kimball &
Eawrenoe's Hard-rubber Artificial Arms, a day or
two since. He would play tom and catch with his
handkerchief", pick up a pin, hold a pen to write
with, a fork to eat with, naturally, and- plays the
vloiinweli.
Those In need would do well to eall mid set, or
send for circular. No. 639 Arch street,
> Philadelphia.
Skatibol Skatiko 11—The skating on the
Philadelphia Park, Thirty-first and Walnut streets,
is in splendid condition, the Ice being as smooth as
glass! Baity’s superior Band afternoon and ere
nlng. The Park open until la o’clock every eve
ning during the Skating Season, and Brilliantly
Illuminated. Admission 23 cents.
Jarrd’b " Eka.il be Paris, 1 1 for Imparting beau..
ty and freshness to the complexion, elearnasi and
softness to the skin, Is now used, by the most refined
and scrupulous ladles as a. toilet artiste. Sold by
Eugene Jouls, 111 S. Tenth, below Ohsstnnt; John
ston, Holloway, A Cowden, and Dyott A Ce. jaE3-st
Jobwboh’s Family Atlas.—The largest and
best work of the kind extant. Agents -wanted- ter
the country. F. G. Rowe, general agent, Box 3330,
Philadelphia.
Fob a Stubbor* Cough— Use Dr. D Jayne's Ex
pectorant at once. It may save you from Consump
tion. It will eertainly cure toe most inveterate
coughs and colds.
For Bronchitis,
Try Jayno’a Expectorant. It will subdue the In
flammation, relieve toe cough, pain, and difficulty
of breathing, and produce a speedy cure.
Have you Asthma 1
Jayne’s Expeotorant will overcome the spasmodic
contraction of toe wind tubes or air vessels, and
cause toe ejection of toe mucus which clogs them.
For Pleurisy, •
Take two or three large doses of Jayne’s Expeato
rentln quick succession, and oover up warmly la
bed; toe disease will be subdued at toe outset.
Have you Consumption t »
Jayne’s Expectorant will give you Immediate re
lief. It oleanscs toe lungs from all Irritating mat
ters! while It heals and invigorates them. Thom
sends who have been giVan up by their physicians
have been restored to health by Its use.
Whooping Cough, Croup,
And all Diseases of too Dungs and Breast, are
effectually and speedily cured by Jayne’s Expecto
rant. It Is no new remedy. For thirty years It has
been before toe public, toe demand for It constantly
Increasing, and the evjdegee of its great curative
powers accumulating In our hands. Why not give
it a trial 1 Prepared only at Wo. 342 Ohastant
street. j*®**
A Stlbkdid Ghahoe.— -Ooti Oil Refinery for
sale, Imperfect running order, with' toe entire bu
siness. ! Capacity 200 barrels erode ell perweek.
inquire No. 123 Walnut street,
ja2s.3t* Jacob S, Fry,
Era, ear, axb Oatakrh, successfully treated
bj* j. Isaaes, M.D., Oculist Mi Aurist, 5U fine st.
Artlfiona eyes Inserted. No charge forexsmlnatJco.
Dioi-ikk in Pares os Gold—ltseause the suc
cess of oor brave soldiers and sailors. Tito reran Is
4-4 Wllllamsvllle Muslins, 50c; heavy bleached 5-4
and 10-4 Sheetings from 112 to 125a.'
Jogs Books,
j«S7-2t* 247 South Eleventh, above Sprues.
Gnoses Studs & Oo.’s Planes, and Mason a
Hamlin's Cabinet Organs, for Sale Only by J.B.
Gonld, Seventh and Chestnut streets. noie-tf
SPECIAX NOTICES,
Meanings oh Dhbamb.
ST TBS BABB or TOWBB SAU.
Host of ns mortals, at it seems,
hie prose to lay a stress on dreams.
And often lone to ksow,
(Though ’tie an art-past human skill j
What future fortunes, good or ill,
Their visions do foreshow.
With difidcnceFU-now'Prowed
To some remarks, though few. Indeed,
Brawn hrom iny observations:
To dream that you your Angers burn.
Shows that you yet have much to learn
About * ‘ good speculations. ’ ’
One frscuent vision of the night,
And one producing small delight,
is that which strangely shows
The dreamer is some crowded street.
Or parlor, forced all eyes to most,
In poor and scanty clothes. _
This has a meaning full of weight.
Which is. if you'd avoid such fate
In earnest, (else this homr.
While prices are so very low,
And, to renew your wardrobe, go
To Bennstt’s spacious Tower!
Winter Stock yelling at greatly Seduced Prieee—
Special inducements offered to purchasers of Ugft’s,
Youths’, or Bore’ Ovbbcoats.
- , TOWBB HALL,
Ho. 518 H ASSET Street
It BBNHETT At CO.
In xlnc I XL
• ‘London Hair Color Mestorer and Seaming. ”
* 1 London Hair Color Hestorer and Sreesing. ”
It is complete within itself, no other dressing or
accompaniment of any hind being necessary to secure
these desirable results, ' It is not a Bye.
1. —lt will restore gray hair to its original color.
2. It will make it grow on bald heads, .
3. It will restoj e the natural secretions.
4. It will remove all dandruff and itching*.
5 —lt will makethe hair bo ft, glossy, and flexible.
6. —lt will preserve the or'ginuleolor to old age.
7. It will prevent the hair from falling off.
t —lt will cure all diseases of the scalp
Price, 75 cents per bottle, or si* bottles, $4. Sold by
Dr. BWAYNR A 80Bf.
» Ho. 330 North SIXTH Street
Fob Photograph Screens, Movable
Black-Boards, or very heavy Bedsteads, we have a
laiie-wheeleu Bracket-Caster, which-is very suitable:
also, a variety of other Castors. TBUHAH & SHAW,
Ho 83S {Bight Thirty-five) MARKET Street below
Hints. ■ T . --•"■■■■ «
Colgate's Hobby Soap.
This celebrated TOILET SOAP, is such universal de
mand, to made teem the CHOICBST materials, la MILB
and EMOLLIENT in its nature, FRAGRANTLYSCBNT
KD, and IXTEBMBLY BBHEYICIAB fat its action upon
the Skin. For sale by all Druggfets and Fancy Goods
ttoaten.' ■ , . ' fetS-tothaly
Abmy Itch, Tetter, all. Eruptions.—
Br. Swynt-’s All-Healing Ointment never falls to cure
themcßt obsilnate cases. Prepared only by
BK SWAYHB *SOH,
It ' 330 Horth SIXTH Street
Trusses, Brack asp Mechanical Sup
ports, of approved construction. and light Irish, ad
jutted with jedsment, at 0. H. NEEDLES’, corner o!
TWELFTH and RACB Streets. (Ladles* Department,
conducted by Ladles, on Twelfth Street, Srstdow below
Race > An extensive variety of Supporters, Belts.
Braoes, Mastic Stockings, Syringes, Hursarr articles,
Ae. ieM-SOt
Weak Lungs, Coughs, Consumption.—
Br Fwayne'e Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry ourea
roughs, "Blood Spitting,,
- Asthma, Price KL Whooping Cough, .
Bronchitis, Six Bottles- Lung Complaints.
Hoarseness, for SS, Disordered Liver,
Son Throat, Fains Bids, Breast,
And all complaints of a-palmonarir nature
Although, many years have elapsed slate this disco
very was made known to the werld,'it» great virtue has
never yet been equalled, PrSpstred-only by '
BK; SWATHE A SON,
It 330 Berth SIXTH Street.
Clothing Sellehg obbat AlmobtAuc
TIOH PRICER
- CLOTBiaG selHsg off at’almost aucrion prices.
C LOTHING selling off ah almost auction prtodh.
CLOTHING 'selling off at almost auction prices.
CLOTBI.HO selling off at almost auction prices.
CLOTHING celling oS&ta’moet auction psteec.
CLOTH !SS rolling Off at almost auction prices.
CLOTHING selling off at almost auction priors
CLOTHING se ltnff off at almost auction price*.
Clothing selling off at almost apclUa price*.
CLOTHING «ellla* off at almont au sHon orlcos.
CLuTH|NG aslUng-eff at,almost ausrtos prices.
- CIOIHIIG selling off at almo -t auction prices. ,
ClOTHfb G catling off it almost ano.-lou prices.
CLOTHING seUiat o£ atrimnetaaottou prices.
CLoTBISG aelllagpff si »lm*4 auction prices;
CLOTHIr G salUrg off at almost auction prices.
' CLOT HI NS *«Blng offal almost auction prioea,
CLOYBISQ aolllr g off at ylmo t anode* prices,
j WAffAMAEhK A BdOWH.
r v. - . Oak hall,.
» S. E. comer SIXTH and HABKET attests.
UiloVlTis,.
Plinn CABI.VgT ffsß. 1 -V& , ’l
KHKTBS.
F ™. *•■*
FOBTSS. J U R °ft i A ,V i .^t
mso siWyf g/* *•“■
FOB2X& " y “ s H*»4OM:ST aBI , Ji,
l 4 lf ,‘ji'i
- ‘H
Ladies' Skates,—
-A few pairs joat re«*iv«d
Aid Gents’ Skat.. etiu on *
BHAW. No. 335
Mow Htatk J - 7 ”'i
Whbrlhr & WiisoH's 1 ;.rr
IODK,B TI?Sii
81WIS0 *ACB;ji E<
THE CHEAPEST, WHM.KST A „,,
StlwrcoiM, 70» CSKSTOTt si
'
J. C. Tton*. Hr James S M-n,'" •» .
onlydanghteref Jot* u vi"; »s*
borg. Chester cone ty, ?*■»«*”'
sca*TKT~o£rpfi' AK f c i,, « »&,
w. h. otoW g- o 1? g?y?«* »-'»; X
ky, Br »„ sector of tu,
*»)pW», P*., to-Bte BUM 8., v4--.' ' ' -a', ji
thwOllpha&t. Bsq , oiMs/rX', j w‘‘
‘ *l»t
DXEX3. ' I
fHBSFP —On P/'May *h. -n . I
Ssi“ Cao,Miae w I
fs^sssriE" M
HCOD. —On the 3Tlh lest , g4mo „. ~ 1
%3gr °-“ d ■*«»»*.
phestane oalnfnl uin-tw. ofesie B •
■*«rf aidMsrtha a Hlllen, aeedifc’? 1 ? *>> »b
Tba rsUtlves and friends of the
fnlly invited to attend tho fuseri*(aSSl
of hie parents. No 1 1C8 Loons* ,7™ . ; s ...u 11 '-
3f tb Inst oV.ock. o* xVtfeS ]
M ACBBIPB -At Davenport City r fTO J *p
BK - b »
The Mends and relatives of the ,Wi v ,
of the CSkTTetnl Fount Dodge, the
gont, I. O. or O P. .1,7,h.
Hose Company. Fire Department CftS
Moriah Dodge. Ho KS. i l l ~! K^ 4 ’- IS
hers of 7l£t California Petlment, p y l??’ rll 'v?
Invited to attend hie fire e«t>. frai hi’,
1S« Naale street, heiosr ■Thompto* UtisS
a^assiff* 818 ° ,etccx -
TyrOURKLNG pv Ss
k*Te rednee® the price n{ w', „
and 'Wilt* American CM»!«wt« ss w jL' ,ul % ije
, BBSSOK & Ros. 1&L,.,.
_i*s K». 918 Cgwfgy
QUEEN ELIZABETH COlu^
v * A few more ‘Joiao of wideßeriere r n.» ■ '
“ 1T64 -
. H». sis Cffßragfe
4-4 LON 6 CLOTH MUSLIUM^V
W.ir York Hills Shirttim, ’
Better than WiilfamaTtUft, B
next to tbe &
Beamless Sheeting KnsHaa.
ie?B
.., ■ MEUOIOITg
•SSf first eose*siui’,j>
CHBBCH, FRaSKFOM) Boei « 4
GOMUtY Arenne-Ber B. L. (IgS. fSJBR
A. M-. “The Chief B-sller'e Bffl.snS.rjiS",,?
&?««" T & e s'" Tk * Prtecl »i* HiKiVL.!
Fnro:tlve fflmrck. * **»
tSWIJS,
|=®L TRIM ITT. ”*Loctnr« *s
KING os thlssolyeet, Cfeor«h LOGITS'I* acd irr.r;/^,
Kg 39 WAOBTER FSSE IWSfirwj^
!^»£S£s3 s - < ,A COr * cr COLWBU Aww, S
BBVISTIIHTH St***t«. Dmn» s»Hw 1?
bftk afternoon. Pmackiog TO MOSCOW, « &
o'clock, by Bct JOHN OROWTaL. AS-
Safrbatti School at 3 o’clock. '* p
83|P* THB «SRMBSTS OF THE Jii
ISH BISH PRtEST.-The pert Ssrnrrw
Oorsn no ibis snibjf « wttl he Preached in te. pant.,,
OF THE EPIPHABT TO-MOBROW BTJSSIM v
Tice at half past earen. jl"
B3Sg“ church; of the ixmoa
•=» SOB. SPBTKO G4BDBNStreet, VUt6-,,4
k»t. ws Philiips wni preach to sossob
IOJf A, M., mid BeT. C B COOPBKatTH P. B lp
ir>SF» TABIBIACU M. *. CHtSCI
*** BEEVABTH Street. Shore Jeffem»,-’-i« j'
ROTE win Preach TO-tfORBOW, it 10<{ A. jj/ ui
' KeT.J.B yiLLlSat7y.lt.
rag" FIBER W. l. GAMFBEU WBt
RSE* preach Tf>. at the Kell 5 1 .'jot
of NINTH end G4I»I.OWHiJ,I. S*reetB. Rtbjifo'etifi
A M and P. M.
ral Doctrine of the Jndunent. ” Xyeaine—“tuft.
Tine Mentftstatien the Ground of Hope for Hen it ron
!«*«•*’ If
RJBV. BR. FI,TIMER WEI
G- 32 ? preach In the Chord, carter ofßit(u»,o
SANEOif Streets, TO-MOBKO W,.»t lOS' A. JL aiiej
P* B- U*
|GSF=*» FIRST REFORMED lUlf||
#=S» GEUEnE, SEVENTH end SpatNC, TiTOJS
Street*, Bov. J. H. MTYDAM Pastor. HmeiMistlK
©’dock A. « , and 7hf o’cloek F. Jf. Tie rorarntt
pertt«olarlT totted. dp
CHURCH OF THE HEW TESTA
MJESP (T STOCKTON, P,.ter), »
BtBVBATE and WOOD Streets. PKtc¥a f [■, n,
Pestor SABBATH AFTERNOON.. at 3 «W< ,1*“,
new and Important rnbjsct oftho •* Creed, ef tin
Biol* 1> Itgtf fas fctpg gronod of Celjtt *■
|®" UKIOS M. R CHURCH. FtHiffS
KSSf Street. Below Arch, SiBBVfH, JitarrPA
Kst FEANEXIN KOORB. D 8.. Pastor, mi: tr«*
In the Moraine at low o'clock,and R?v. JASI£I IL'.Vk,
B.D . intteßTenint a» 7H o Vock. V
FS* SECOND ADVENT MEETINGS -
Ks? Eder BBBBiER wI! oread, at tra Hill sraft
east comer NINTH god spniso a»m>BS streets it
1H P. M. Boldect: THB RRSDBBBCTXQS., Serei»
at 10K A. M. li‘
KJS= ST. a* ATT II.EW’Si MIT HERE!
837 CHERCF, HEW Street, below Fourth,
Saco and Tine Serrices by the Fsidor, Bit. S W.
H'DTTKB.on TO-KOKBO W (Snndey) MOUi'ISG.stV:;;
o'clock. Evening serrtces commence at hell yft?
o'clock. It*
fGS= BTHOTAL-THX SECOND BXI
- TABIAN SOCIETY, Bev W. 1, Cbstla. Vj-tv,
will In fitter# occupy Handel sad Ha* da Hatl,E’OTt|
Street, above Serin* Garden Services sveiy »l SBil
MOBP IMG at 10k; Sunday School at9K e deck
SWEDESBSReUY. CORNER
fc® BBOAD and BRANDYWINE Stra>t>-T»
Sobfect ofcßev. B. F BARBSTT'S Lecture TO-SOS
BOW KVBNIHG will bs: “The Devil m! Ss'u.
Whit* «e these terms used to signify acoratat toK*
teachings of the Hew Theologr?” Hr. Bsrrett viU
preccb in tbeMor&lng.&s usual, at 10X o’clock. At- to
terertrd are invitod. L .
THE BEV. GEORGE W. SKILST.
BS®' pastor of the Second Congregitiontl €hsn«.
corner of ELEVENTH and WOOD Street* will stmt
on SABBATH- at 10« A H and 7KP. K. SaVrrid
IOJf, “TheTerrp’erhlpof Bel-evere.” The reoyt*-
mlttoewtll beiuattondauee at tha Church tht<
day) Evening, at 7H o'clock, to rent the tehee* <(
pews. a 1’ .
OEHTBAL COItoBATIOIII
K® CHUECH. COHCEET HALL.—Bivins serria
morninsand evening. Eev BDWAED HA WES, Pj-Wn
will deliver a discourse on somo of tbs IneMsojsl btei
ingsof the war. gWtog also somafacta ofhL Ichriri
totbe .Anny of tb.« Potofiiac. TO-lCOititO W, a£ 7ji F-»■
Tha public cordially Invited h _
BPBING GARDEN SALE, THIS
■S® TEESTBand SPRING’GAEDEK Streets.”!**
meetings of the Chnrch of God assembling h«* “*
every LOED’S DAY atIQK A M-. for worship, in " B
breaking of breed. “ showing the Lord s 4“*,®
He com*,’* ta prayer an 2 praiße, and for tew*;®*
and adCßuraleMsr one another.** ' Pre«cMi?
Word byCHAB. CAMPBELL, at IK F. M. n<ps-sm‘
fSS» THE Ht«vr»lß*’S MOSTHLT
fc® COHCEET OF PEATSEwUI betoUoa *'
BBSBAT. th. l»t Inst., at S o’clock. atth*oE3Ss
- PEESBYTEEIAH CHUECH. Ladfec arcs'l l**
Tiled to ationd*
SPIBITVA f 0.
K® HYZBE will give boc dosing IsotwriSß-
POM RVEEtT HALL, on SUNDAY, at 10* A. S.a’-‘
MIssHAEDINGE will lectori onSffSPAT.Fch » g
NOTICES.
*3S=“ OFFICE OF THE GIFT
Ifc® FUND BOMMIWOY. C»MHO3W3II7a
BUILDIAG, 611 CHESTNUT Street, .
FltttAOßLPHft. 2 •
Notice i« hereto given tbat the t»jj
pavinoat of the City Bounty are now preparea ti
and adjnet the clafina of ail new iromHa iraa«r
Tifctonsof Oreinanee of January 98,1855. .
Tolonteeia for One Tear awarrihi
FOSE SUBDBBB DOLLAR. * for
Voltinf»er* for Two Years will veayar fiat ror
FOUR HUNDRED AND FEP T? |f .
Yolnnteers for Tfer»e Years wUI roceire a Wants* f-
KYE HUJSDBSD DOLi/AES.
Enrolled citizftn* who shall place in the
United States & Sobetttate for notles* thenTfcrea Te
In edrance of a draft, and woo shall
dited upon the quota of the iifcyof
receive a warrant for
THBB HUHDBEU DOLL AES.
By order of the _ _ r _ Sflerßt a7r-
tf JOHN BLAlg^ggggw**^
*33g=P *»ASSE»«R«
On January 3Pth ttsd 81st as ©«»$ vtase»> *»*; r .,
» Wen io all pat<ae»*erß to express th"* l ' p s rX
the propriety of colored persons riding oa au . j.
Kaeh ore riding will he handed **Up oa wbica
* d moowooooc^^
0 p;«i88 sign fur or seats at colored S. ,
0 ding on alijUw ears, and retain to any e™ l ' 1 ’ ,
0 tor wi’hin one week.
0 For
o
0 S-»id*nc'
iXSS&REB&KtSBtSTgS"-
—-Ms&sgjg^_
fSS~- OFFICE OF THE
•235? KOKD COAL. AND IKON COHFASJ* »
WAEHDT Sirpefc, “PhiladelpMa. ~ ~ . , h ?,o^
The *mn3al Meetfne-of'th* ° 1 utfi
pasy wi‘l be bold at tWs Office oxx MO »DA d - e
day of ]?«*brnary between the bouts ® o t«l^
at.w hteb time an Ekction will ti&epkc® *
for tie enßutoc year. *• prefer*
ja2B*stu:h6i* * -
■5S“* Vra®** i»*m
KS? OFFICE, Ho. 833 S ><JTH ffflßO | iS ;
PHIIiKKIMti- WJJ iBIS
At a Fpectal meetiug of JL» wof** 4 *
DAT, it wbB decided to otircliwe a *e»* r^i **£
coiiierF. wbicli wiiryield a f*r **£
lamediaely. Thow wisW** *>*??**£'< <* * bt *
ptoiv rtioa of p«w stock, w«U v * « L a A a n K N l r * B *•
f* re Fob 1, next. C9AB. J>- 3crS «iry
ja2S4t*
•33g“’ TWIHIICTH vr A**»■ •
SsE? VRRnipr.T — T bft r-ommlrtfw {s>■•«£
one,; stMM JOTrRBSO*. ««<>»! JjiU l«
daj) fcTKSIPO, whm» «U tt« JMJ jj* jU i=i **►
cnjning draft &*e earnestly w
aeifb«to tho f «nd. _ ..„ -11 ihftt its I‘u
A il*ht draft from the podkeU of aU -nn
will b&to as.
SOTFCF.-lH* E RK 'i!'A°/i
K3S> IBOcftb«Stix*b<>iß«of*bß PjKr wti ,h4 -a"
OIL *w”K*HW*CTUwaow^w^so&
lit the Offtco of tb« Ooispuy. £,\T r Frt ‘-^r
Hoorn Ho. 1. oft th«.M>l»'4 ( „icP fe
the third Monday In tb* month), at *£
Pbilabeipbia. Jan », 1865.
3885- at 12 ©’«iotk M-. at »o. *3B.W» W iU u
held B»m« oet and Pl* c »- JO ’
iw» 8(y ir Bi ;/ '
,<3*“ OFFICE on. ,• ;i *
fe held os TOBSDAY,£-JAdW- a[S j> &trw». ‘
1 o elcck P. M , at No 33Sfcon>“ Jil „-,tt>*
d limni elPOlon fo» President Jyggi'a igjj'>■
belH vpme day and pl««- **!---<
jaSB 9t ‘ ... --.'ii»< tf9*»
I. OFFICE OF T*® *".( j Sf^Jdl
COM>A > r p «"'*‘’® r . 00 Vc-'*
on KONoAf. **TOSS»|l(ili P !;
o’ck tk P. M.. »« »>““ V. I l ”w**»?fs- &,«*■•*£'
j.».tft6 _gir —
ET
feHfW- ’*■ “