flMtaral perns. Subscribers whose year commenced "with the First of 3 amiary, will remem ber, that the three months during which they can settle for the year at the ad vance rates; witl soon expire, after which we shall be obliged to insist upon the additional charge of fifty cents, both to clubs and single Sub scribers. Wo thus give timely notice, tha? none need be taken by surprise. The bills of our city subscribers are now ready, and the collector has just commenced' bis calls. Will sub scribers make provision for' the pay ment of amounts due, so that the col lector may be spared the trouble, and delay of a second call ? Oljß PAM3.LY OIROEE. An unusual pressure of news and df valuable communications (this week, has crowded the Domestic Department into a very narrow space. We have just received.adresh installment of the beautiful and,.patriotic story so eagerly looked for by our youthful readers,, and will give them a good share of it next week. ARTICLES-HEEDED W THE SOL DIERS. Our Knoxville correspondent, whose interesting communication wilt be found on the inside of the paper, gives some advice on this subject to ■ which indiyidualsfand associations for. Use re lief of the soldiers, would do well to give heed. He is not by any;means alone in .his decided preference of pickled vegetables, to preserved or xsanned fruit for hospital or even for camp use. Says Florence Nightingale in her '"Notes on Nursing:” “The y&st majority of patients in England, young and'old, male.-and fe male, rich.-aud poor, Kospital-iamd pri vate, dislike sweet things. . . 'Thefurred tongue almost alwaysfikes what is-sharp and pungent.” Discard (therefore from yoursehedules the expensive preserves and jellies, and send even to the welhsoldiersparcpe of onions or a quart of>sauer kraut rather than a cam of peaches or a vessel of the daintiest sweatments. INSTALLATION OP. REV. DR. DARLING, Rev. Henry Darling, D. D., formerly pastor of Clinton Street Church, in this city, was installed pastor of the First Church, Albany, on the lltli •of last month. The occasion was one of un usual interest. Three of the four sur viving ex-pastors of the church-being present, they were, invited to take part in the services, which .-they did, as fol lows: Rev.. Dr.' Kirk, of .Boston, preached'the sermon; Kev. Dr. Fisher, Of Hamilton (College, gave the charge to the pastor ; and Bev. Dr. Seelyc the late pastor, mow of East Hampton, Mass., the change to the people. Rev. Dr. Sprague, K>f Albany, a personal friend of Dr. Darling.and;u fit represen tative of the other brancliaof the church, made the opening prayer.. The mod erator of the Presbytery of Albany, Rev. Stephen Bush presided and put the constitutional questions, Bev. Messrs. Barber and Doolittle performed the re maining parts of the serviee. Many other clergymen were present, includ ing Dr. Hickok of Schenectady; Dr. Halley of the 0. S. Church, Albany; Dr. Palmer, Congregational; Dr. Wye koff, Reformed Duteb; Dr. Pohlman, Lutheran and others; forming with the crowded congregation a most im posing .assemblage. The exercises are described by tbe. correspondent oP the EvvngeUst, as of tbe highest order, and may, we trust, be regarded as an aus picious omen for tbe ministry of the beloved brother in his njw and impor tant charge. His friends in this pity cannot but be gratified by the cordiality of his reception in Albany. ■ MITCHELL’S HEW GENERAL ATLAS. This large and elegant hook of maps and statistics of every government of the known world with distance tables has already passed through several edi tions. And now we have before us a revised and enlarged edition for 1864. We think it highly .adapted to meet the. long felt wants of families and offices.. Its eighty-four maps and plans are en graved more plainly than we remember to have seen in any work, and we find a good number are much larger than in its first edition. Its United States maps much exceed in size, those found on the largest roller maps that give our whole country. And those of Europe are generally larger than in the best map WC' have seen of Europe. . . « Among the new things of our own. Country,- are found the new territories, railroads, counties, forts and most of our battle places. We also have plans of harbors and principal cities with names of the streets. With new things * di; Europe and the Eastern Continent ;■ find the new Departments, of Prance.' 1 7. For, new maps that, may appear in .future years several guards, are nolyjii serted and will be found a great conve nience. We are happy to see on Mr. Maxson’s large list of city orders the evidence <of high appreciation. MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE. FOR THE MONTHLY CONCERT. ■financial. —The receipts of the Am er icas Board for the month of January were $2,496 less than fer the same month last year ! For the first five months «ff tbe current financial year, up to the first of February, they, are only $2,663 in ad vance of what they were last year. Yet the proportion for "these five months, of dhe increase whieh must be realised during the year te meet only the appro priations, would die about $17,000. -And the appropriations did not provide for any considerable enlargement of the missionary work, and did not contem plate so high a rate of foreign exchange as now greatlydnereases the expense of remitting to;the missions. To promise the whole ineetne for one year, whiph was called for by the Board at i-te annual meetingi(sso€‘,ooo,) the advance during these five months should have been $32- 000, (instead of $2,263.) It will be seen, therefore, that there is -occasion for solicitude, and for immediate in crease of-effort. At present,'the pros pect is, not that the Board will be kept free (from -embarrassment and enabled to enlarge fits work, but, rather, that the necessary expenses of the year will very considerably exceed tbe income. Friends --Pf Christ, shall this be per mitted':? Western Turkey. — Smyrna;: Six per sons were admitted to the ©Lurch on the first Sabbath in January, four by letter and two by profession. The at tendance in Nieomedia has -been much better than that of previous years. The state ofrfeeling in the eburofa is much improved of late. Numbers, <from time; to time, unite with the church in Con-’ stantinople, and recently two individu als united with the little>diurch in Hass Keuy. It was a day-of unusual interesDand solemnity. Sfria. —Beirut : The Arable congre gations -have been large, averaging 200, and at the close of the year are larger than before. At times the-chapel is so full that many are obliged to-stand, or sit on tbe floor. In September a native high-school, or academy, was opened by Mr. HMstany,' chiefly -at his own expense, designed to be selfsupporting, and in which, not. only the Arabic language, but also the English 'French and Turkish are to be taught. * * At the end of tbe .year, the enterprise has met with each success that it has about JOO paying boarders, and this in spite of excommunications' from papal priests and threats from Mo hoWmedan-Sheiks. It is not a mission ary school, but the Bible is read at morning and evening prayers, which all the pupils are obliged to attend. -■* * It is a promising fact, as bearing upon the future success of the college proposed to be opened in Beirut, that the youth, of Syria are willing to pay for education; and it is plain that the movement for a college was not commenced a moment too soon. ’ An Incident at BitUs, Eastern Turkey.— Mr. Knapp, of Sitlis, in a letter recently received, mentions one incident of great interest. A young Protestant had been* arraigned before the city council for re-j fusing to pay an unjust tax, and the tax-gatherer “ improved the occasion, in presence of the wenerable assembly, to abuse and slander the Protestants most shamefully; stating that they were infi dels, did not worship God, &e., &c. The young man was moved with righteous indignation, and could keep silence no longer. He turned to-the twelve men composing the council, and said: ‘Vener able Sirs, you hear that we are accused of being infidels, and not worshipping God. This is 2. matter which you can decide ; and with your permission; I will pray to my God, after which let this man, my accuser, pray to his; and it shall ,be left to you to judge which prays to the true God.’ Contrary to all precedent,, per mission was granted and improved. He kneeled down, removed his fez from his head, spread out his hands to heaven, and began his prayer. At the head of that body sat the only green-turbaned Musselman present, indicative of his be ing the high priest of that religion. .Next him in rank was the judge, with his tur ban of spotless white, ana then the white, bearded members bf the cbuncil of lower grade. These all not Only tolerated the young man, but listened to him in breathless silence, while he prayed (in their language) for twenty ■ minutes, em bracing in his petitions all orders and .classes bf men, from the’Suitan down to the most menial subject, and ending each petition in the name of Christ! It was a sight that reminded one of Paul, when he declared, ‘ I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness/ The venerable members of the council turned to each, other, and .candidly‘declared that to be a sincere, heartfelt prayer to the only true God!” “We believe this young man to be a sincere Christian. He is one to whom allusion has often been made in my let ters, naturally so timid, that for three years after he became convinced of the truth, he not only refused to come to our Sabbath services, but even avoided us when walking in the streets! Yet he, now, is the Daniel who dares to pray ‘with his window open, as afdretime/” The receipts of the Board of the M. E. church for Homeland Foreign Missions in 1863, exceeded'those of the proceed- ing year #159, : / PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1864. flew at tie Week. Senate, Feb. 23.—>£r. Foote was chbosn President pro tem. during the temporary; absence of Mr. Hamlin. A number of pe titions and resolutions touching Slavery and the war were referred to the appropriate 'Committees. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution-equaliz-*’ ing the pay of United States soldiers. Mr. Wilson presented a modification of hjs amendment which makes it discretionary with the President to allow negr® troops bounty previous to the passage of the act.! The amendment as modified was adoptej'. Mr. Davis called up the amendment to dis arm the-colored troops, and provide for their enlistment-os teamsters and laborers. Ths amendment was rejected.. Mr. Fessenden presented'the report of toe Committee < f Conference on the disagreeing votes of to 3 two Houses bn the Revenue bill. The Sot - ate agreed to the report of the Committe 3 of Conference. The Senate resumed th 3 consideration of the joint resolution to g>r<- motoenlbtments. Mr. 'Collamer offered a 1 amendment, which provides that all petoor s enlisted into the service ‘Under the call (f 1863,'fbr 300,000 volunteers,-shall receive tl e same pay and bounty. Slovoa.—The house took vup the bill to establish a Bureau bf Fresdmen’s Affair:. Mr. (Kelley of Pennsylvania spoke in beha f of freedom. A message was received, froi 1 the'Ssnate, announcing 'their concurrente in the report of the Committee on Confer ence on the disagreeing amendments to the whitky bill. A long debate followed. Mr. Stevens moved for a concurrence in the re port. Mr. Wash'burne (JIM.,) who from the report, was ■in favor of taxing liquors on hand, and wanted the report re ferred back for such modification as will se cure to the Treasury a-proper income from that source.. He insisted that the specula tors should ' not prosper at the expense <jf ■the people. Fernando ' Wood adhered tp his former proposition to tax whisky oh 'hand, but-as a-member -of the Committee •of Conference he was obliged to acquiese -in the decision of the-majority of that Con -mittee, namely, that both' Houses haviu ■agreed to strike-out -toe clause, there wt ■no such question in controversy. The hows •voted on concurrence, 'Yeas 57, Nays 81 (•Having refused -to■ concur, a new Conferenc •Committee was askedMor. Senate, Feh.:24.—A-bill was reported to •amend the aictfor -tho-construction of a Far-- -cific Railway and Telegraph: This bd& ■changes the value of shares from $1,060 to’ (sloo.each, and-authorises the issue of one mil lion of them, of iwhick-a'director must ififty. The company is-anthorized to appro priate any pafelic lands-on the route con taining coal or iron, arid may obtain title ti> •them at the same irate-as for agricultural 'lands; and also to -locate beyond the limit •of five miles and-not exceeding twenty imiles on each eide.of bhs road, in case any •continuous tract-of -the lands hitherto do mated shall be found .unfit for agricultural ■use. The time for the-completion of the •first 100 miles-of thercad is extended one year, and the annual .construction required ■of the Central Pacific company of California, : is reduced from 50 to 35 miles only ; half of •the compensation for-services to the Govern ment shall be applied to the payment of bonds. Curves and .grades must not exceed the maximum of other roads in successful ■operation. The -clause requiring American •iron to be used is -repealed, and the Com pany is allowed to -import-iron free of duty for the first 100 miles; ‘four times instead o] treble the regular allowance of aid is granted for the mountain seetions. The clause re- i serving five per -eent-of-the bonds is strickeh out and the right is guaranteed to make a, mortgage equal to -one half .of the Govern ment bonds, not subject <to Government lien. The bills to enable’Nevada and Colo rado to form State Governments were passed. Both bills prohibit Slavery, and secure per fect treligious toleration. House.— The bill to -establish a Bureau, of Freedmen’s Affairs was taken up, and Mr. Dawson occupied the morning hour in a speech. A bill was passed taking the ap pointment of Warden of the Jail for the .District of Columbia from the Marshal of ‘the District, and giving it to the President of the United States. The Naval appropria- 1 tion bill was then taken -up, and Mr. King made a long speech on Missouri affairs. The Committee voted, Yeas 35, Nays 03, on the amendment to pay the navy in gold or its equivalent. An amendment was adopted, ■adding $3,500,0b0 for repair and construction •of vessels. Senate, Feb. 25.— 0 n motion of Mr. Fes senden, the Senate reconsidered -the vote adopting the Conference Committee’s report on the. Revenue bill, and"appointed a new Committee, to confer with that .appointed by the House. The bill equalizing the pay of soldiers was called up, and debate ensued on the pending amendment, to exclude all f ersons enlisted under the call of October, 863, from the provision for bounty, except in insurrectionary districts. This was amended so that all persons whose papers show that they were enlisted under the act of 1861 shall receive the pay and bounty promised under this statute. Mr. Wilson proposed to -extend the pay and bounty to all free persons enlisted as provided. With out a vote on this amendment the bill was laid over. The Military Committee were in structed to inquire into the expediency of extending the bounties now being paid to April next. . House. —A bill was referred granting pen sions to soldiers of 1812. The bill for a Freedmen’s Officers’ Bureau was taken up. Mr. Davis defended the validity of the late Maryland elections, and spoke of the pro gress of Emancipation there. He advocated an amendment of the Constitution declar ing, as a condition precedent of readmission intcl 1 the Union, that slavery be forever abolished in the Southern States. He spoke against the colonization of the freedmen as incompatible with true policy and humanity . Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill providing that of the $600,000,000 loan authorized by the act : of March 3, 1863, in ten-forties. $200,- 000,000 be put in the market, redeemable in not less than five .nor more 'than forty years. By consent action was postponed until the bill could be printed. Tne De ficiency bill for 1864 was reported, it appro priates about 8100,000,000. The Naval Ap propriation bill was discussed in Committed of the Whole, and a long discussion of the, merits and demerits of the navy followed. The bill was finally passed. - Senate, Feb. 26.-—Mr. Sumner introduced-, a bill, which was referred, to exclude disloy al persons from the public lands; they' are refused the right of preemption, and ex cluded from the right of reclaiming missing lands or recovering for damages; to such property. _Mr. Wilson introduced a bill which provides that future enlistments in the Keguiar Army shall be for three instead of five years, and that soldiers in. the Regu lar Army who enlisted prior to July 22 18C 3> shall have the privilege of re-ehlisting until the Ist day of May next, with the ex isting bounties.; On motion of Mr. Colla mer, the bill to remove disqualifications on account of. color in carrying the mails, Was called up. Debate ensued on the amend CONGRESS. ment of the Post-Office Committee, which provides that there shall be no exclusion of witnesses in the Courts of the United States on account of color. House- Mr. Higby introduced a bill to exclude traitors and public enemies from the courts, and settlement on tire public lands. .Referred to the Committee on Ju diciary, Mr. Schencb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a joint resolu tion that the bounties authorized to he paid under existing laws and toe regulations -and orders of the War Department to veterans re-enlisting, or persons enlisting in the Regu lar or Volunteer service for 'three years or during the war-shall be paid from the Ist •of March to -the Ist of April, any law or regulation to the contrary 'notwithstanding, and that toe said bounty be paid out of any money already appropriated for that pur pose. Mr. 'Ccffroth suggested an amend ment crediting veterans to their respective localities. Mr. Scherick -said that was al ready provided for in the enrollment hill. Mr. Coifrbth replied that the Provost-Mar shal has issued an order ■antagonistic to it. Mr. ScbenCk said then that officer must be held to 'responsibility. The -House then' passed the-resolution to extend the time for payment of bounties. ‘ IS®esE, Feb. 27.—The day was spent, in, general discussion, on the President’s An nual Message. Messrs. Dawes, Harding, Doming, Blair of Missouri, Wilson, Eden, and’-Grinciell participated. Mr. Blair gave, notice of his intention to introduce a reso lution on Monday to'inquire into the alfairs of the Treasury Department in connection with trade regulations on the Mississippi. Mr. Donnelly addressed the Committee on the importance of encouraging foreign immigra tion, and in advocacy of a bill heretofore in troduced by him to establish a Bureau of Immigration. Senate, Feb. 29—Mr. Sumner reported a bill for the repeal-of all laws for the giving op of fugitive slaves. It was referred to be .printed. The bill extending bounties to April Ist, as it passed’ the House, was 're ported to.await the judgment of the Presi dent and Secretary of War. * This did not: suit? the House, and the bill was recommit tedtto the Military Committee. A proposi tion to print 10,060 copies of Mr. Sumner’s 'report and bids on the Fugitive Slave law •was referred to the Printing Committee. The Committee on Slavery and Freedom ; -reported a bill ito secure equality fin the United States Courts. The Conference . 'Committee on tbe whisky tax reported that no •agreement cemld be effected unless the Senate should instruct its Committee to al-. - ilow a tax of 20 eehts per gallon on -whisky ■oni'hand in July. ; House. —The bouse passed the hill (report-; -ed from the Committee of Ways and Means •last.week, authorizing a change in -the -form of a part of the loan authorized by the act; ■oflMarch last. [This is the bill for the issue' •of $200,000,000 -of five-forty bondß.j Mr.: -Julian introduced a hill to secure to persons: sin >the Military -and Naval service home-' steads in confiscated and forfeited estates ■within insurrectionary l districts. Referred: to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Schenck offered certain resolutions, which; were s unanimously adopted, declaring the’ ißebels and their sympathizers public ene-; mies; 'that to prevent future rebellion the, -cause of this one must be extirpated, &e. THE WAR. sErg-inia. —A detachment of 150 Union •cavalry was attacked near Dranesville, on the 22d ult., by Mosby’s men. Eight were killed, seven were found wounded, and from- fifty to seventydive are missing. Capt. J. S. -Reed, who was in command of the de ■tadhttseht,; was killed-by a shot through the iunge. •©n the 23d ult., a party of guerrillas made a dash on the residence of Mr; Walter Gill ingham, about two miles from Springfield, Va. They captured Mr. Gillingham and his two brothers-in-law, and arrested James Gorum. Mr. Gillingham .succeeded in ma king .-his escape. A scouting party of the Ist Michigan Cavalry, .under Sergt. Mayben, went out tf> reconnoiter on Tuesday. They proceeded as far as the-Oceaquan, but disco vered .no enemy. Mosby had a narrow escape the other night. We took 35 of his men and horses, and two officers. He escaped by the win dow of -the house in which our force sur rounded him,, and crossed the river on the ice. There is news of importance from the Army of. the Potomac, but it is merely the announcement of a forward movement. On Thursday .night about 100 rebels crossed near Itoceoon Ford, but speedily returned without doing damage. - About a dozen took the occasion to desert, and came within our lines. A reeonnoissance made from Fairfax to Wolf Run, on Thursday last, found a strong force .of rebel cavalry at that place. It was reported, but without confirmation, on Saturday, that a portion of Gen. Lee’s Army was moving down on the west side of the mountains toward Harper’s Ferry. Georgia —Reports repeat, without confirm ing, Longstreet’s retreat across the French Broad River, it is thought here that, hav ing failed to accumulate force sufficient for prompt, energetic operations on our com munications, he has grown fearful of con centrations against him or Johnston, and is now endeavoring to form a junction with the latter at Dalton before the Spring cam paign can, open. The larger estimates give Longstreet 20,000 infantry 'and 50 field pieces, _ Johnston can alone have at Dalton six divisions of infantry, about 30,000 men. The'two armies concentrated will probably muster 60,000 men, and might prove dan gerous. Gen. Palmer’s forces occupied Rin gold on Monday afternoon. Our mounted infantry in advance drove out the small re bel patrols found at Colorado, about two miles distant, but did' not pursue. The town is quiet. But seven families are left in the place, which formerly had 3,000 in habitants. - In the smart engagement at Tunnel Hill, Ga., on the 24th ult., our troops under Gen. Palmer captured 300 rebels, all of whom have been sent in. Our loss was about 75 in all. : . Indian Country. —Advices from the Indian country state that the valley on the Canadi an jUivor and its tributaries, is clear of re bels, and that the TJpper Seminole country is entirely swept of every thing. All rebel supplies for a movement.in Arkansas must cpfae from Red River, where the enemy are now concentrated. The rebel Indians are thoroughly disheartened. Col. Phillip’s.bri gade had a fight with the rebel Indians and Titans on the Middle Boggy River on the 14fh insfc., killing 40 of, them. The enemy wtU pursued to Fort Arbuckle. Our, forces then retired to the Canadian River. Our lost was one. fkansas. —An official dispatch .says that I troops in Arkansas are ridding the >try of rebels with. great success. The :cy of the movements confound the ay so that they have lqst all heart,'.and uder in small squads every day. Near )o rebels have been captured in the iborhood of Helena and sent to Ijash by Gen. Buford during the past paonth. orida. —The battle of Olustee, Fia., was bton the. afternoon of the 20th inst. Troops, under Gen. Seymour, met the By, 15,000 strong, 55 miles beyond Jack- sonville, and eight miles beyond Sanderson,' on the line of the Jacksonville and Talla hassee Railroad. The battle was desperate ly fought during three hours, and then, at sunset, our forces overpowered by numbers, retired to Sandetrson, taking wHh them the greater part of the wounded. The 7ih Con necticut, 7th Xew Hampshire. 40th Massa chusetts, 48th a®d 150th New York, and Bth United Staten, were engaged'. Col. Fribley of the Bth United States was left dead on the field. Col. Reed, a Hungarian officer, was mortally wounded. All the officers of Hamilton’s Battery were wounded. Colonel Guy Henry, of the 49th Massachusetts, had three horses shot under him, but escaped unhurt. Lieut. Eddy, of the 3d Rhode Island bat tery, in a letter describing the late reverse in Florida, thus sums upr “ In SO hours we have marched 110 miles, fought a battle of three hours duration, got badly whipped, and what there is left of our little army is ‘back again where we started from.” North Carolina..—Advices from North ■Carolina state that the Rebels will undoubt edly make another effort to drive Gen. Peck’s forces out of the State. They have three-iron-clads eeafliy ready to move down the Meuse, Roanoke, and Tar Rivers. Our late paid troubled them greatly, by destroy ing a vast amount of commissary stores, it is said that Gov. Vaucq {demands the expul sion of, the Union•forchs from the State, as the condition of Steeping the State troops in Confederate service. Hence,it is thought the Rebels will abandon Virginia and plan their next battle-field ;in North Caro lina. | ’.Tennessee.—A recjonnoieeance in force in •command of Gen. Sfconemao was made on Monday night, -22 d i nst., toward Ball Gap, which discovered th; it the Rebel cavalry had retreated beyond th.e French Broad river. •On the 20th Gen. Ij.pngstreet began his re treat from Strawberry Plains toward Bull Gap, first destroying, the bridge. Gen. Scho ■field moved to the /Plains with the Union ’forces on the 2ifttoassigning the command of the post and defenses of Knoxville to Brig.-Gen. Hascall. Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition has re turned to Memphis, having ’failed in his •efforts to form a j unction with Sherman’s army. They got oi iljr to .West Point, about half-way between C orin th and Meridian. At this place, Lee, Chalmers, and Roddy at tacked them with si heavy force, and after some severe fightiiag our men began a re treat towards Mejjnphis, The expedition ■destroyed over 1,000,000 bushels ef corn, tore up and destroyed inile&of the. Memphis and Ohio railroad track, burned many bridges and trestlee, captured and brought in over 1,500 mules and horses, about 2,000 . negroes, and over 300 jßebehprisonere, Our loss is much lees than the -enemy’s. The • expedition was successful At every point : and in every .particular, except the impor tant one of making a, junction with-. She rman. The retreat was not at any time a ! rout, although there was straggling. The ; President’s Amnesty Proclamation and-Gen. '-Grant’s orders were extensively circulated throughout the country. Alabama. —A dispatch from Memphis, dated Friday, re-asserts the statement that Selma, Ala., is in possession of Gen.. She rman. The -reports from Gen. Snlith’s co operating column .of cavalry are not favo rable. Stragglers say that the rebel forces ,Forrest, ./Shoddy, Fee, and Adame, have been concentrated against him, and that at West Point, Miss., a severe battle had been fought, in which Smith was driven back. Smith’s reverse is attributed to the slow movement-ef one.of the brigades, which delayed the expedition eight days. A re port that the entire expedition was slowly falling back toward Memphis was discred ited. GENERAL NEWS. Tie Secretary of State has addressed a communication to Representative' Wash burne, of Illinwig, Chairman, of the Commit tee of Commerce, inclosing a recommenda tion from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs, for the estab lishment of ten Consulates, with salaries,of $5OO eaeh, along oar frontier, to protect the revenue and prevent operations in smug gling. Consular agents have been inefficient being employed,*; in private business, and many of them by railroads and express offices. The places named are St. Catharine Coaticoak, Hew Island Pond, Windsor, Port Sarnia, Toronto, Clifton, Prescott, Kingston and Fort Erie. The Democratic State Convention of Con necticut have found still another Seymour. They have nominated Mr. Origon S. Seymour of Litchfield for Governor.' The Union Convention of Indiana met on the 25th ult., Ex-Governor White presiding. Governor Morton was re-nominated by accla mation, and resolutions were unanimously adopted in favor of the re-election of Presi dent Lincoln. ■ ' The gunboat Conestoga, ten miles, below the mouth of Red River, recently captured four Rebel officers,, two' of them Colonels, while .attempting to cross the river with a large Rebel Mail, $200,000 in New Orleans money, 300 bales of cotton, a ■ number of mules, horses and wagons, and other prop erty to be delivered to the Quartermaster at Natchez. , . It is said that out of 30,000 veterans of our Army of the Potomac whose term of service will expire within the next nine months, at least 25,000 have already re-enlisted, with a fair prospect that nearly all the rest will do so. Of the 6,000 veterans of this same army who have of late been horde on furlough, 5,500 have already returned to duty. FOREIGN HEWS. The steamships Hecla, City of London Hibernia and Asia have arrived, with European news to the 14th of February. Great Britain,— The Judges of the Court of Exchequer on February 8, decided, by a majority of one, that they had no right to allow the appeal in the case of the Alexan dra gunboat; Thg appeal was not within the jurisdiction of the Court. The case will now be carried to tbe House of Lords. In the English House of Lords* Earl Derby insisted that the Laird'rams had been seized under American menaces,'and moved that that the papers on the subject be produced. Earl Russell declined to produce the paper pending legal inquiries. In the House of Commons on Feb- 11th, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald called attention to the seizures of certain suspected British ships by the Federal cruisers, and*; while; strongly condemning the moderation of the Government, he asked for the correspon dence which had taken place on the subject with the American authorities. This the Attorny-General declined to produqe, as the seizure of the vessels was still a matter of negotiation. Lord Robert Cecil hereupon characterized the conduct of the Govem nient as bullying to the weak and. Subser vient to the strong. Sir J. Elphinstone in dorsed the remark, as did also Lord J Man ners and Mr. G. Bentinck; The last ex pressed a hope That the army and navy esti mates would bo kept up in order to enable the Government'to give force to their threats when they used; them; Col. Sykes and Mr. Crawford praised; the moderation and' the spirit of the Government, and. Lord Palmer- ston gave the American Government credit for receiving our applications in a spirit of equity and justice. The debate soon after closed with the withdrawal of the motion for the production of the correspondence. In the House of Lords on Feb. 12th, Lord Derby complained of the long delay which had taken place in bringing the case of the Birkenhead steam rams to trial. Lord Rus sell had declined to produce the official cor respondence on this subject, on grounds which he (Lord Derby) held it to be untena ble ; but the want had in some measure been supplied by the -copious batches of papers laid before the American Congress. He quoted extensively from these papers, and said the impression their perusal left on the mind was that the English Government had suddenly yielded to the menaces of the Government of Washington. Lord Russell defended the course taken by the Govern ment, and still declined to produce the pa pers relating to the seizure of the rams, as the matter was about to be investigated be fore one of the courts of law. At a public meeting held iu Manchester, under the presidency of the Mayor, it was resolved to memoralize the Government and. Parliament in favor of a policy of strict non-intervention in the war between Den mark and the two great German Powers. The War in Germany.— The reports from Schleswig continue to be highly unfavorable to the Danes. In the course of only about one week, they have lost the entire Duchy. Oh February 6, two Prussian divisious under Prince Charles Frederick, crossed the Schlei near its mouth, atCappelu, the one in three hundred fishing boats, the other on a pon toon bridge. This disconcerted the Danish commander-in-chief, and induced him to abandon his position at Schleswig. He re treated to Flensbnrg in so great a haste as to leave'6o pieces of heavy artillery behind. During the retreat of the Danes, there were bloody engagements at Idstedt, Oeversee, and other places. On Sunday, February 7. the Austrians occupied Elensburg, and the President pressed forward to Duppel, oppo site the island of Alsen. There another engagement is said to have taken place and to have resulted in favor of the Prussians. .The Danish army is entirely broken up. The Commander-in-Chief has been recalled. Riots have taken place in Copenhagen, and there seemed to be disposition to declare in fayor of annexation to Sweden. A report from Vienna states that-Austria recedes from the London Protocol of 1859/ The Generals of. the Austrian and Prussian armies no longer prevent the people of Schleswig from proclaiming the “Prince of Augustenburg their Duke. The Austrian and Danish Governments have agreed to allow a period of weeks to elapse before the maratime warfare of each nation begins. Within that time these pow ers will protect all cargoes of either nation, with the exception of war material. The mail services of each country are included in this arrangement. By the evacuation of the strongly-fortified position at Duppel, the Danes have aban doned the only place in Schleswig where they could possibly make another attempt to resist the progress of the Austrian and Prussian troops. It is generally understood in Europe that the Duchy of Schleswig is lost for the Danes, and that if it is to be re covered at all, it must be done by diplomatic action, not by war. The English Govern ment has proposed an armistice to the belli gerents on the basis of the evacuation of Schleswig, with the Exception of the Island of Alsen, by the Danes. This suggestion is supported by France, Russia and Sweden. Whatever may. be the result of the propo sal for an armistiee in the Danish' war, the Austro-Prussian armies in “Schleswig are re ceiving reenforcements to replace their losses.' Marshal Wrangel is said to have collected a great number of fishing boats for the purpose of effecting a landing on Alsen. On Feb. 10th/ the Danes were posted about one hour’s march from Duppel. Danish cruisers have captured two Prussian ves sels/ The Prussian’s have occupied, in spite of the protest of the Federal Commission ers, the city of Altona, in Holstein, and in tended to occupy several others. China and Japan.— The telegrams in an ticipation of the China, Japan and New Zealand Mails, are very brief, but very im portant. The Maories, it appears, have suffered a great defeat, and 200 prisoners have been* captured. In Japan, Prince Satsuma paid the indemnity and made cer tain concessions; and in China, the Impe rialists .have captured another .city, and are decidedly gaining ground. ¥■ The news that Prince Satsuma had paid the indemnity demanded from him by the British representative is fully confirmed. The,indemnity was not,only paid according to promise, but an agreement was signed by the agents of Prince Satsuma to seek out the murderers.of Mr. Richardson, and exe cute them in presence of the British autho rities. The' Government of the Tycoon heartily congratulated the British represen tative on the;settlement of the dispute, and hoped it would lead to a solid and lasting peace between the two countries. It is fur ther believed that a more liberal trade poli cy has been agreed upon. South America. —The steamship Illinois, from Aspinwall, Feb.l7, has arrived- The civil war in the United States of Columbia is not yet suppressed. The “ Conservatives,” after gaining a decisive victory at Manilla on December 14, became soon masters of the entire State of Antioquia, and their Govern ment began a diplomatic intercourse with those of- the neighboring States. In Janu ary, they invaded the State of Cauca, and had a successful skirmish at Santa Maria on . January 12. The reported rupture between France and Echdor is not confirmed. ;; From Caraceas, Venezuela, we learn that Gen. Falcon entered that capital as Presi dent of the Republic on January 9, and that he was received with great enthusiasm. Santo Domingo. —By the arrival of the Evening Star, we have Havana news to Feb. 22. An official dispatch from San to Domingo City announces the. capture of two towns, Npiva and Burahona, by the Spanish troops Obituary of Mrs. Eliza Duncan. Tne deceased was born in Parry county, Pa., February 2atb, ISM. When in her yonth she made a profession of her faith in Christ, connecting herself with the Associate Church in her native county. In IS3S she was married to Mr. Robert Duncan, and came with hec husband to Princeton; ind., and in the following year, connected herself with the First Reformed Presbyte rian Church of Princeton, of which she remained a consistent member, adorning the doctrine of God her Saviour until her death. She was a home woman and of a retiring disposition, but she always took a deep interest in all that cen corned the progress of Christ’s kingdom on earth, and of the particular church of which she was a member. She had no son old enough to give to her country, but what she could she did in behalf of those who had gone. During a number of months past she had been con fined' to her room, and more leeently to her bed; but for-the moat .part she was free from suffering or acute pain of any kind. .The GoodAhephefd, taking her by the hand, gently fed her down into the valley and shadow’of death; hut,she feared no evil. There were times whenishe had her doubts, andgtould not as she wished realize her interest in the Saviour; yet for the greater portion of the time she could say of Him “ Thou art with me’; 1 thy rod and thy staff they comfort' me.”—For her lev lie was Christ ;-to die Was gain.
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