jjeits tly Waft. THE WAR. NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA RICHMOND AND PETRI/SIR/RD. — We continue to hear that the movements of Lee indicate a sped evacuation of boiri these places, but there is no evidence that anything of the kind is in progress. The movements of our own army indicate active preparations for a great battle, but this is probably getting into readi ness for an expected attack—an expectation based upon the supposition that Lee, if he does not choose to evacuate, will feel it indispensably necessary to fight. While he, with the strength of the rebel army, is inactive and starving in Richmond, Grant will of course feel that the end is as securely hastening without as it would be with fighting. Still the belief seems to be firm in military circles that the heaviest fighting of the war is near at hand. It may take place in the vicinity of Richmond, or there may be a combination of the armies of each side farther south. In the latter case a defeat of the rebels would •seem to be almost conclusive of the struggle. THE CAPTURE OF GOLDSBORO AND THE JUNCTION OF SHERMAN AND SCHOFIELD are fixed facts. There are rumors of the evacua tion of Raleigh, but they have not as yet the aspects of certainty. It is believed at Washing ton that Sherman, even without reinforcements from Grant, has now nothing to fear from a junction of Lee with' Johnston, though we pre sume no such venture will be hazarded. On the other hand we had last week the account of A "DISASTER" TO SHERMAN.-It appeared in no reliable shape until Friday evening, when the following despatch, forwarded by Secretary Stanton, came over the wires:— " CITY POINT, VA., March 23, 1865.—H0n, Edwin ill Stanton, See. of War:—Richmond papers received. The following is from a des patch from North Carolina. 'lt is understood in official circles, that no fighting has occurred in North Carolina since Sunday, and from all we can learn, it appears that Sherman has at tempted no advances since his check on that day. General Hardee's victory on the 16th instant was a very important one; and as re Bards the enemy a most bloody affair. General Johnston telegraphs, that in that battle the Con federate loss was 450, while that of the enemy was 3,300. The fight took place at Averysboro' on the Cape Fear River, half way between Raleigh and Fayetteville. General Johnston's defeat of the enemy last Sunday, the 10th inst., occurred at Bentonville, near the Neuse river.' By these facts we are informed that Sherman has been pushing toward Raleigh in two columns —one moving due north from Fayetteville— the other northward from Newbern. But later accounts,, direct from Newbern, are of such a character as show that the above can have been nothing more than an engagement with the ad vance, or at least that no material check was given to Sherman's progress. According to these accounts, as late as the 21st, a portion of his force, which moved from Fayetteville, met the enemy at Mount Olive, and had an engage ment, in which the rebels were overpowered and flanked and retreated in confusion towards Raleigh, while Sherman himself entered Smith field, half way between Goldsboro and Raleigh. The same account says that Generals Sherman, Schofield and Terry are in hourly communica tion with each other, and are pressing the enemy closely. The prisoners taken admit that they are unable successfully to resist this combina tion, and that Raleigh must certainly fall. Sherman's wagon trains have arrived at Kin ston, and the railroads and bridges will be re paired so that cars will run through to Golds boro and Raleigh in a few days. We also learn that our captures at Goldsboro included, forty cars and two locomotives. "11. S. GRANT, Lieutenant General." It will be seen that the above gives only the' rebel reports, but the War Department would not have made an official promulgation of it had it not believed it unavoidable for the coun try to accept it as a disaster. LATER FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC— BRILLIANT REPULSE OF A REBEL ATTACK.— Since the above was in type stirring work has taken place in the Army of the Potomac. On Saturday morning three divisions, under the Rebel General Gordon, attacked suddenly and impetuously the Third Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, Major General Parke com manding, and after forcing it back wheeled quickly around on Fort Steadman, and over powering the garrison, captured the work, and turned its artillery upon our forces. The bri gades on either flank stood firm, however, and the First Brigade of General Hartrauft's Divi sion, which was in reserve, was speedily brought on the field and aided in checking the enemy's advance. The Second Brigade arriving, an assault was made upon the hill, and, sustained by the First Division on the flanks, they drove the Rebels from the fort, capturing twenty-two hundred of the enemy and taking two battle flags. This secured the reorganization of our lines. In the attack our lossis said by General Grant to be under eight hundred; that of the Rebels being between five thousand and six thousand in killed, wounded, and prisoners. Shortly after the assault on Fort Steadman the enemy attempted to take Fort Haskell by storm, but the portion of General Laughlin's Brigade, -of Wilcox's Division, which occupied the work repelled the attack, and inflicted heavy loss upon the rebels, who finally withdrew in con fusion, securing, however, the person of Gen. Laughlin, who was captured during the fight. 'This movement on the part of Lee is evidence •of his desperation, and perhaps iris the begin ning of that wonderful strategy which his friends have insisted he would develope to the astonish ment of Grant and the "universal Yankee nation." But in this, his first initiatory step, Lee has met with a bloody and disastrous re pulse. If he can afford to throw away five thousand men as recklessly as he did on Satur day, General Grant is perfectly willing that he should do so. Between such enterprises and desertions the Rebel Commander in-chief will not be long in disposing of all his available force. '_MOBILE We have as yet no authentic account of the grand demonstration upon the city, but move ments evidently premonitory of it are going for ward. A report comes by way of Cairo, March 22, that both the land and naval forces had opened an attack. The plan attributed to the latter k , is to silence the water batteries, and then move up and bombard the city while it was at tacked from the land. Cairo despatches of March 24 say that a report had reached Mem phis from Holly Springs that Mobile had been evacuated with an immense quantity of war implements, and was in our possession. THE REBELS Davis SNUBBED BY mg CONORESS.—We pub lished last week the rebel President's special message, with an imploring appeal for certain acts of legislation, and berating Congress for its dilatoriness in responding to former recom mendations. The Congress directly thereafter adjourned, granting nothing of the measures asked for, except the suspension of the habeas -corpus. The gold remains the property of the banks, and irupressments of supplies are not legalized. NEGRO CoNstmirTioN. Information from Petersburg is to the effect that the proclamation •of Jefferson Davis enrolling the negroes of the •Confederacy for military duty, has created much consternation among those concerned, p_articularly in Richmond and Petersburg. Many hundreds of negroes have endeavored to ,escape from these cities with their families, and axiany have succeeded. A guard, however, has been posted so as to prevent all egress from Petersburg on the southwest and west, so that the exodus is checked in that direction. THE STRENGTH /ND MILLITARY 'WEAKNESS OF THE SOUTH —The New York Tribune pub lishes a statement which it says is reliable, showing that the military strength of all the rebel armies is but 162,000 men, of which Lee has d 4,000, and Bragg, Hardee, and Beaure gard, 31,000, with 50,000 men west of the Mis sissippi, and 7000 under Taylor. The weakness the rebels have shown in the last year's cam paign gives plausibility to this statement. The most remarkable part of the Tribune's com munication is the testimony it gives of what purports to be an investigation before the rebel Senate, in which Lee, under examination, states as his opinion that it will be a bad move ment to evacuate Richmond, that without troops the Confederacy cannot last till mid summer, and that the best mode is to employ 300,000 negroes, to whom liberty must be secured. With the negroes, the war, he thinks, could be carried on for another year, but that the sentiment of the army was unanimous for peace. His own opinion is that the be't policy is to make peace on Mr. Stephens' plan. He is ready to, do what the rebel Government re quires of him ; but does not think that he can save the cause now. The names are given of fifty-three members of the rebel Congress who are said to be in favor of reconstruction of the Union under the Constitution;="—Ledger. NAVAL. A NEW REBEL PORT OF ENTRY CLOSED.-011r "erring brethren," in casting about for a new inlet for blockade running, fixed upon St. Marks, Florida, and 'commenced staking out the channel, removing obstruction.s, and strengthening the fortifications. Secretary 'Welles, getting wind of the scheme, despatched an expedition under Commander Schufeldt, Gen. Newton having command of the land forces, and broke up the hopes of a contraband commerce through that channel. The fort and town were not taken : it is sufficient that our navy has command of the mouth of the river. CAPTURES IN THE Gtax.--Vessels connected with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, have recently captured four blockade runners, two of them having on board 432 bales of cotton, and the other two assorted cargoes. Four steamers, engaged in the same trade, were chased ashore, scuttled, and destroyed. IdITEST.—TUESDA,Y. It seems that three distinct and sanguinary engagements were fought around Petersburg on Saturday last, commencing at four in the morn ing and continuing until eight' at night. The first constituted the capture by the rebels and re-capture by our men of Fort Stedman, and the defence of Fort Haskell. Our losses here in killed, wounded, and captured were 912 ; rebel prisoners taken 1,049, supposed killed and wounded 1,700. Second, the capture, by our forces on the extreme left, of rebel posi tions, including field-works, which had been left but weakly guarded by the concentration of rebel forces for the attack on the forts. Here our total loss was 690, rebel prisoners 365, supposed killed and woundedsl,ooo, Third, the Second corps, towards the centre, pushed for ward in front of Fort Fisher and took the enemy's entrenched picket line, which it held at last accounts. Total loss 478. Rebels cap tured 469, estimated killed and wounded 400. Total Union loss 2,085 ; rebel prisoners 1,883, supposed killed and wounded 3,700. On the 21st of March, Sherman from Savan nah, Terry from Wilmington, and Schofield from Kinston formed a junction about-six miles west of Goldsboro, as is claimed, owthe very day agreed upon when the recent operations of each were commenced. Sherman deceived the enemy by pretending to march on Raleigh, and the pre tended rebel victories at Averysboro and Ben tonville, so much' exulted over in the. Richmond papers, although checking for a time the de tached portions of the army that first engaged in the conflict, were turned into decided rebel defeats, as soon as the proper supports came up. They proved no hindrance worth mentioning to the full execution of Sherman's and Grant's plans. Gen. Grant's dispatch, dated City Point, March 27th, says:—" I am in receipt of Sher man's report of operations from the time he lett Fayetteville up to the 22d inst. It shows hard fighting, resulting in very heavy loss to the enemy in killed and wounded, and over two thousand prisoners in our hands. His own loss, he says, will be covered by two thousand five hundred men since he left Savannah. Many of them are but slightly wounded." THE CITY. ATTACK ON THE REY. J. WHEATONSMITH:— We see in the police reports the arraignment and commitment of Franklin Morris, for a bin tal assault upon the above named pastor of the Spruce Street Baptist Church. It appears that on the afternoon of the 20th instant, a colored man bearing aloft a banner announcing that " Greeley is Coming," passed along near the corner of Tenth and South streets. He was attacked by a gang of young men, who beat him, smashed the banner, and forced the de fenceless man to flee. The outrage was wit nessed by Mr. Smith, who resides in that vicinity, and who was on his way to his stable. He stepped up to the colored man and told him who he was, and to call upon him as witness, if occasion required. The reverend gentlemen then proceeded to his stable, and geared his horse to a carriage, intending to take a short ride. While stooping down to adjust his pan taloons, it is alleged that Morris sneaked up and dealt him a tremendous blow on the side of the forehead, thereby inflicting a contused wound. The assailant ran away, but was soon arrested, and committed in default of $l2OO to appear at court. THE LATE PETROLEUM FIRE—MORE BODIES FO GNI). —Rev. Mr. Durborrow, of the Church of the Evangelists, op his recent return from the army, obtained a new exploration of the ruins of the late terrible conflagration in the Southern part of the city. The result thus far is the discovery of the bodies of Mr. George Whitfield, his wife and daughter, all members of Mr. Durburrow's congregation. It is be lieved that two daughters of Captain Ware are all that now remain unfound, and the search for them will be continued. DISHONESTY IN THE. MARKETS is not, on the whole, a paying business. During the last nine months 1649 lumps of butter, 42 of sausage meat, and 23 of lard were seized in the differ ent markets in the city, and confiscated for short weight. During the same period 69 plea. sures, 78 weights, 17 pairs of scales, 5 steel yards; and 6 spring balances, all dishonest, were taken. There have also been 57 fines im• posed for various other violations of the ordi nances with intent to overreach. BIRDS IN THE PLACE OF SQUIRRELS.—The squirrels, which have so long been a.pleasant feature in our public squares, are doomed. By their depredations among the nests, they have banished the birds. These are regarded as, on the whole, preferable, being not alone interest ing inmates of the public domain,. but useful in destroying worms and inseqs which infest and sometimes destroy the trees. Houses for them are to be liberally distributed through the pub lic grounds, and for their better security, the squirrels are to be entirely removed. The chil dren will miss them, but we suggest to our little, friends to moralize the loss in this way—neither pretty squirrels nor pretty boys and girls have any fair claim to public regard any longer than they behave themselves correctly. Nancy James, once in her way something of acity celebrity, died a few days ago at the great age of 100 years. She was the last person in this city convicted of being a com mon scold, and sentenced to the ducking stool, an instrument of judicial punishment used only for women, and which we hear of in England as late as 1809. It was quite pre valent there in former centuries. It consisted of a rough, strong chair, attached to one end of a beam, which. worked on a pivot on a post bedded into the ground at the edge of a &am or river, as the case might be. The woman was placed in a chair, with her arms drawn backwards; a bar was placed acroAs her back and in front of her elbows;- another bar held her upright, and there were cords `to tie her securely in. The executors of the THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1865. punishment then took hold of a chain at the opposite end, and gave her a ducking on the see-saw principle. MISCELLANEOVS : GOVERNOR AIKEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA.—A letter from Charleston to the Washington Be publican says : " Ex-Governor Aiken is one of the largest slaveholders and wealthiest men of the South. Since the occupationof Charleston by our forces, he has reported the names of all his slaves, seven hundred and fifty in number, la to the commandant of the post, d given each family alarm on one of the m st fertile and productive islands on the coast, p aced them on it, and all are well started inlife. jSuch a deed deserves to be recorded." THE OIL REGION—DISASTER BY THE FRESH ET. —The flood at Oil City has floated off forty thousand barrels of oil, and damaged the works of the, oil companies to the extent, it is said, of two millions of dollars. One mischief is the filling up the oil wells with sand and dirt, corn-. pelting the work of opening to`be done again. The snow in that vicinity was two feet deep, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and part of Fri day it rained incessantly. This caused the mischief. Oil City was under water, and many of the business offices were carried off. The McClintock and Oil City bridge, over the creek, and the French creek bridge at Franklin, were carried away. Passengers were being rowed across the creek, at one dollar a head, and landed at the door of the First National Bank. The river bottom land above Oil City was en tirely submerged and everything swept off.— Ledger. DISQUALIFIED BY DISLOYALTY.—The Mary land Legislature, in the case of the contested judicial election in Baltimore County, has de clared the election of Grayson to the office of judge of the Eighth Circuit Court, null and void, declaring him to have been disqualified under the new Constitution, on the ground of disloyalty, and having been a member of a military organization to resist the authority of the United States at the Commencement of the rebellion. A new election has been ordered. REPRIMAND OF MR. FIELD.--From the Con gressional proceedings of the 22d ult., it will be seen that on that day, the order of the House for the reprimanding of A. P. Field for his violent attack of Hon. W. D. Kelley, was carried into effect by the Speaker. The reprimand itself was dignified, impressive, and in all respects what might have been ex pected from Schuyler Colfax. The concluding sentences are as follows :—" It is but just to you to state that the testimony of your friends before the committee-declares you eto be a gentleman of correct depertment, kind and amiable in your intercourse will- others, and unexceptionable in demeanor, except on occa sions of convivality ; and We unpleasant po sition you occupy to-day is therefore only another illustration of the exceeding value of that warning voice of inspiration, Look not upon the wine when it is red, whn it giveth its color in the cup, for at last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.' Invo king you finally to remember that, whether as an individual or a legislator, `he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spiritthan he that taketh a city,' it only remains for me to direct the Ser geant-at-Arms to discharge you from,his cus tody." ITEMS. William S. Key, grandson of Francis S. Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner, died recently in the Old Capitol Prison, con fined as a rebel soldier.—The poorest at tempt we have yet seen towards excusing the Vice President for his late degradation of himself and the nation, is that, on his way up the Mississippi, he resorted to whiskey because of the unfitness of the dirty water of the river for drink.—At the Court of Queen's Bench, for the Montreal, Canada,' district, which opened last week, there are ne less than eight indictments against different tradesmen in Montreal, for arson in setting their own stores on fire.—The English have gained all they set out for in their recent on slaught upon Japan, and Sir Rutherford Alcock returns, bearer of a convention with the Tycoon, guaranteeing free navigation in the inland seas. The convention further allows the establishment of an English con sulate at Simonosaki or Pachment, and stipu lates for the payment by Japan of an in demnity for the expedition up the Straits of Simonosaki.—The Italian Government has given notice that on and after the 25th Janu ary all coinage or currency bearing the Papal effigy or insignia will be no longer admissible to circulate either in the Romagna or Umbria, or the Marches of' Ancona or any province of the kingdom.—The coasting trade of Chili will be opened to vessels of every nation on the first of May. The immediate effect of this will be to increase trade with San Fran cisco and benefit our commerce there gene rally.—slo,ooo were netted at a fair re cently held in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the benefit of soldiers' families.—John Bell, of Tennessee, formerly a candidate for the Presidency, is now. very infirm and very poor. His property, which was large, has been swept away by the rebellion.—.A. girl, only thirteen years of age, is under indictment at Louisville, Ky., for the murder of her father.—A severe famine is existing in Siam. The Siamese Government, in accord ance with its treaty provisions, has announced that for seven months from the 25th of Janu ary last the export of rice and paddy is for bidden.—Gen. Banks has returned to his command in Louisiana, invested, it is said, with the most abundant powers.—The pretty story of Gwii becoming Duke of So nora, under the protectorate of Napoleon, has received its quietus. It is denied in the official Mexican journals, which state that that there is no proposal to make concession of Sonora to France. There is no abate ment of railroad disasters. One occurred on the New York Central, near Oriskany, on the 23d, caused by the breaking of a rail, which resulted in the ° of two men outright— one of them Rev. Dr. Stark, of Lee Centre— and the injury of between 20 and 30 others.— News from Chili states that the harvest has been unusually bountiful, and very large ex ports of wheat and flour will be shipped to all parts of the world. A petroleum fever has overtaken California. As yet, however, we hear only of prospecting. The results are to come. Governor Murphy has called an extra session of the Arkansas Legislature for the first Monday of April, to consider the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. —Th.) Costa Rica, from Aspinwall, reached New York on the 7th inst., with $1,250,000 in treasure.—Notwithstanding the refusal of the Senate to recognize Arkansas, by the admission of her Senators, they confirmed the nomination of United States Attorneys and Marshals for the judicial districts of that State.—The 500 captured rebel officers who, some months • ince, were placed within range of the fire of the rebel batteries, in retaliation of a like exposure of our officers during the bombardment of Charleston, have been brought North, much, we presume, to their satisfaction. THE ATONEMENT.—The atonement by' the cross is not so much a member of the body of the Christian doctrine as the life blood that runs through the whole of it. There is not an important truth but what is pre-supposed by it, included in it, or arises out of it; nor any part of practical religion but what hangs upon it. PRAYER is the soul's telegram of "the situation," the cry fur help in the struggle with Apollyou, the repair to headquarters for further orders. HIM STATES CHEM MIMISSIN MONEY Cash Acknowledgments for the week ending March 22d, 1865. Philadelphia Contributions as Follows. George Henderson, Jr., $2OO 00 J. Clinton. Morris, M. D., 20 00 C. J. Bradford, . 10 00 ' "J. B." per Rev. R. J. Parvin, 100 00 J. N. 8., . . 25 00 James S. Earle & Sons, . 100 00 Collection in Church of Na tivity, per C. J. Bradford, 75 24 .. Other Contributions Christian Commission, Rhode Island, per W. J. King, Chairman, . . 2000 00 'Connecticut Branch U. S. C. C., per A. 0-Hammond, ... .. . 1000 00 Christian Commission, Albany, N. Y., theran . 1000 00 Un P i e o r n W m m ee ldFa tin e gi r n oy, T T ri r n e rty • Lutheran Church, Reading, Pa., per. H. A. Mnhlenberg, Treas. . . . 346 45 Christian Commission, Rochester, N. Y. Milton, Pa.,• 500 00 B e p fo e r r m o e . d D. p G re r s o b sv . e c n h o u r, ro T h r , eas. per Rev. T. W. Wylie, ' . . 44 50 Ladies' Soldier's Aid. Soc., Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, per Mattie L. Bennett, Treas. - 85.00 Public meeting at Lambertville, N.J., - per J. A. Anderson, Chairman Army Committee, . ' . . . 320 00 Ladies' Chris. Com., Turbotville, Pa. . 2 00 "W. T. M.," Fieeland, 111. . . 100 Soldier's Aid Society, Flemington, N.J., per Miss H. Hill, . . . 25 00 Collected by Miss Florence A. Coburn; Weybridge, Vt.• • . 11 00 Four individuals, Huntingdon, Pa. . 800 Ladies' Congregational Soc., Stockton, Maine, per Miss M. P. Stowers, . 50 00 Collections made by Mrs. Benj. Bannan, Pottsville, Pa. (aild'l) . . 105 60 Second Presb. Ch., Omaha City, N. T., per Rev. F. M. Dimmick, . . 115 00 Union meeting, New Sweden, Jefferson co. lowa, per J. H. Whitino, . 15 60 S. W. Sharp, Newville, Pa. . . 100 00 Union meeting in Pres. church, Johns town, N. Y., per D. M. Stewart, . 90 00 J. H. W., Troy, N. Y. . . . 100 Chaplain A. M. Stewart, Washing ton, D. C. . . . . 5 00 Class in New York Juvenile Asylum, per M. M. Day,. . . 5 00 Chris. Corn. Soc., Jenner Cross Roads, - Somerset county, Pa.,- per J. Au keney, Treas. . . . . 25 00 Ladies' Christian Commission, Upper Caterer°, Chester co. Pa. . . 34 00 First Presbyterian Church, Perry, 111., per R. II Noyes, ..• . . 42 55 "E." Delaware, Ohio, . . . 100 Peter W. Hoagland, Six Mile. Run, N. J. . . . 5 00 Annie Hoagland, of do. . 2 00 P. V. Hoagland, of do. . 5 00— 12 00 Asa Warner, Co. if, 143 d P. V., Hart Island, New York Harbor, . 25 00 "Florence," per George W. Knapp, Newburg, . . 1 00 E. Moody, Three Locusts, Ohio,. 2 00 Mrs. N. Penrose, Mount Holly,N, J. 10 00 "Cash," Signal Corps, Army Potomac, 2 00 Collection in First Presb. Ch. Scranton, Pa., per charles Fuller, ($lOO as a contribution towards the salary of Rev. J. 13. Adams, delegate of C. C.) 451 00 A member of Presbyterian church,, Westchester, . 10 00 Mrs. Mary Gardiner, of do. 5 00 ..,, ColPtion in Cochranville Cir cuit, Chester co., by Rev. J. ' ei B. Manger, . . 8 60— 23 50 per. W. E. Barber, Trees. Ladies' Chris. Com., Knox, Albany co., N. Y., per Mrs. 13.. Barekley, Tress. 50 00 Ladies' Aid Soc., West Hebron, N. Y., per Miss Jane M. Robinson, . fl 00 Collection in Blairstown„ N. J., and vicinity, per Miss Mary Hunt .aid Miss Josephine Carroll, . . 100 00 Proceeds of Concert of Miss M. H." Hu nter's. School at Dry Run, Pa., per W. A. West, ~ . . . 9 00 Rev. Chaplain J. C. Thomas, . . b 0 00 Money found at Soldiers' Meeting, Nashville, Tenn. 15 00 Widow Lady, Saratoga, N. Y. 500 Mr. Howard, Nashville, Tenn. 20 00— 40 00 per Rev. T. Atkinson. Major-General Clinton B. Fisk, De partment of Missouri, . . 58 00 Collection in Clinton, N. J., per C. W. Altemus, . . . . 30 00 A Congregation in the Mountains of N. Jersey,.per Rev. John B. Jenkins, 20 oo Ladies' Union Aid Society, Oneida, N. Y., per Virgil Ball, . . 250 00 Miss Eliza Hyndsaw, Stewartsville, N. J., per Rev. Sawn M. Studdiford, 50 00 Miss Carrie A. Carter, Grinnell, lowa, 3 00 M. E. Church, Bargaintown, N. J., per Rev. H. S-Morris, . . . 50 00 Young Ladies of Bloomfield, N. J. - . 38 05 Central New York Branch Chris. Corn., per R. S. Williams, Treas. .- . 350 00 Cash, . . . . . 1 00 Freddie K. Iluxthal, Moshanon, Pa. 5 00 Caroline C. Tufts, Morristown, N. J. . 5 011 Rev. C. M. Deety, Baptist church, Upper Freehold, N. J. . . 3 50 U. S. Chris. Com., Bangor, Maine, per T. G. Stiokney, Treas. . . 300 00 Proceeds of Concert given by some Young Ladies at Easton, Pa., pet lid ward J. Pox,. . 125 00 . . Proceeds of Concert by Milford Glee Club, Milford, N. J., per J. A. Ander son, Lambertville, N. J. . . 50 00 Mrs. D. H. Morrison, Waterloo, Pa. .. 500 S. S: Missionary Soc.,.Bloomfield, N. J. 50 00 "It. 5.," St. Mark's Church, Frankford, 5 00 Wm. S. 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We can only assure the sick, that we offer them the best alterative which we know bow to pro duce, and we have reason to believe it is by far the most, effectual purifier of he blood yet discovered by anybody. A YEWS CHERRY PECTORAL is so universally known to surpass every other remedy for the cure of Couples. Colds, influenza. Hoarseness. Croup, Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption. and for the relict of consump tive patients in advanced stages of the disease, that it is:useless here to recount the evidence of its virtues. The world knows them. Prepared by J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. And sold by all Druggists. 976 eow-2"xt CARRART'S. BOUDOIR ORGANS! CARHART'S -CHURCH HARSONIUMS CARHART'S MELODEONS ! A 1 0 4:4 , k 1:7 e v . Y f l _ = e Unequalled by any Reed Instruments in the world. Also Piirmelee's Patent Isolated Violin Frame Pianos, a new and beautiful instrument. Sole agent, H. M. MORRISS, 72S Market street. MASON & HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS, in cases of Rose wood, plain; or carved and paneled; Mottled Walnut; Jet, or Imitation Ebony, with gilt envravinv • and in Solid Walnut or 'Oak, carved or plain One to twelve stops; $llO to $6OO each. M. & H. strive for the very highest excellence in all their work. In their factory econ omy of manufacture is never consulted at expense in qual ity It is their ambition to make, not the lowest priced, but the. best instruments, Which are in the end the cheapest. The great reputa tion of their instruments is, in great measure, the result .Of this policy. Circulars With full particulars free to any . addreSs. - Salesrooms, 274 Washington Street, Bos ton; 7 Mercer Street, New York. fad CAE. ' DON'T FAIL TO READ THIS I COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! THE EAST INDIA COFFEE COMPANY, 154 REARE STREET, N. Y., Three doors from Greenwich street, call universal attention to their Kent's East India. Coffee. Kent's 'East India Coffee Has all the flavor of OLD GOVERNMENT JAV and is but half the Arica and also that • Heat's East India Coffee Has twice the strength of Java or any other Coffee whatever. and wherever used by our first-Class hotel§ and steamboats the stewards say there is a saving of 50 per cent. Hent's East India Coffee Is the most healthy beverage known and is very nu tritious. The weak and infirm may use it at all times with impunity. The wife of the Rev. W. Eaves, looal minister of the M. E. Church, Jersey City, who has not been able to use any coffee for fifteen years, can use Kent's East India Coffee • Three times a day without injury, it being entirely free from those properties that prodnee nervous ex citement; Dr. JAMES BOYLE, of 156 Chambers street, says: "I have never known any coffee so healthful, nutri tious and free from all injurious qualities as Kent's East India Coffee I advise my patients to to drink it universally, even those to whom I have hitherto prohibited the use of coffee." The PRINCIPAL OP THE NEW YORK EYE INFIRMARY says: "I direct all the patients of our Institution to use exclusively Hent's East India Coffee, And would not be without it on any account," The Rev, C. LARUE, an eminent clergyman of the M. E. Church, now stationed at Halsey street, Newark, says of Rent's East India Coffee: "I have used it nearly a year in my family. and find it produces no ache of the head or nervous irritation, as in the case of all other coffees. It is exceedingly pleasant, and I cordially recommend it to all clergy men and their families." Rent , s East India Coffee Is used daily in the families of Bishop Ames. BishoP Baker and many of the most distinguished clergymen and professional men in the country. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS! And be sure that the packages are labelled KENT'S EAST INDIA COFFEE , 154 'MADE ST., NEW YORK,_ As there are numerous counterfeits afloat under the name of" Genuine East In die Coffee," " Original East India Coffee," etc., put forth by impostors to deceive the unwary. in lib packages, and in boxes of Soldand 100 for Grocers and large consumers. by grocers generally. Orders from city and country Grocers solicited, to whom a liberal discount will be made. Sold by JOHN 11. PARKER, corner of Eleventh and Market streets, Philadelphia. JAMES WEBB, eurner of Eighth and Walnut streets. WM. PARVIN, Jr.. 1204 Chestnut street, above Twelfth. TROMP SON BLACK Sz EON, N. W. corner Broad and Chest nut streets. dIMOii COLTON 496.60 N, corner Broad and Walnut streets. LEMUEL SMITH, General Wholesale Agent, NO. 115 NORTH FRONT STREET, PHILA. Itatimiat U. S. 7-30 LOAN. BY authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the the undersigned has assumed the General &absorption Agency for the sale'of United States Treasury Notes. bearing seven and three-tenths per cent. interest. per annum, known as the SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. These Notes are issued under date of Augustlsth,lB64 and are payable three years from that time, in cur rency, or are convertible at the option of the holder into U. S. 5-20 Six per cent. GOLD-BEARING BONDS. These bonds are now worth a premium of nine per cent., including gold interest from Nov., which makes the actual profit on the 740 loan, at current rates, in cluding interest, about ten per cent. per annum, be sides its excerption from State and ntunscipai taxation, which adds from one to three per cent. more, according to the rate levied on other property. The-interest i s Payable semi-annually. by coupons.attached to each note, which may be out off and sold to any bank or banker The interest amounts to One cent per day on a $5O note: Two cents " " $lOO 66 . " " cc $5O 0 • 20en c." $lOOO sl.c. " " $5OOO 6' Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly furnished. on receipt of subscriptions: This THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the Governnient, and it is confidently expected that its superior advantages will make it the GREAT POPDLArt. LOAN OF THE PEOPLE. Less than $50,000,000 remain unsold, which will pro bably be disp4sed of within the next 14 days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been the case on closing . the subscrip tions to other Loans. After the exhaustion of this first issue the sale will continue upon a new issue in which the privilege of convertibility will not occur at so early a date as in this now on the market. In order that citizens of every town and sections of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the loan, the National Banks, State Banks,.and Private Bankers throughout the country have generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have con fidence, and who only are to be resposible for the de livery of the notes for which they receive orders. JAY COOKE, 982-3 n. SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. Phiadeiphia gni 1 4 1160, &t. * 4, LA N:46 Fourth and Arch, ESTABLISHED IN 1840. 1865. CARD FOR THE NEW YEAR. 1865. We have always adhered to good Goods, and depended on FAIR DEALING for Patronage. HUGUENOT SHEETJNOS.—DOUBLE WIDTH, DOUBLE WEIGHT, and only double OLD PRICE. 10-4 Huguenots for Hotels. 11-4 Huguenots for Families. 12-4 Huguenots for Families. Fine Large Blankets. 1000 Soldier Blankets. Quilts and Towelings wholesale. EYRE kLANDELL. Fourth and Arch. A../V \ e2 o i, 10" Fourth and Arch, S '1" A 13 I_AISTim3:. IN 1840. 1865.-CARD FOR NEW YEA-1865. CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES. SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. SHAWLS AND SCARFS. SHEETINGS AND TOWELLNGS. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS_ BALMORAL SKIRTS. UNION COAL OIL STOVES, A NEW AND COMPLETE APPARATUS FOR BAKING, BOILING, TOASTING, FRYING, BROILING, and HEATING BY COAL OIL, WITHOUT DUST, SMOKE, OR .4g:IIES, With less expense than by Coal or Wood. CRAB. BURNHAM, Manufacturer, 119 SOUTH TENTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA o ARCTIC ICE CREAM FREEZER This rapid 'Freezer is now. by general consent, se knowledged to have no superior in the market, and superseding all its competitors. Sizes, 1,2, 3,4, 6,8, 14, 23 Quarts. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GAS STOVES, FOR *SUMMER USE. BROIL, BOIL, ROAST, BARE. TOAST, and HEAT SbIOOTIIING IRONS Hundreds of Families use them with perfect Ziatii faction. SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF GOODS CHARLES BURNHAM, No. 119 SOUTH TENTH' STREET, PHIL( Brown's Metallic Weather Strip AND WINDOW BANDS Totally exclude cold, wind, rain, snow and dust from the crevices of doors and windows, and save one-haft the fuel._ DAVID H. LOSEY, Sole State Agent• 38 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia , aar Send for circular. Local agents wantedthrousa' out the State. 983-1 Y J. & F. CADMUS, No. 736 Xarket St., S. E. corner of Elgattir PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers and Dealers in BOOTS SHOW K , TRUNS C A RPET BAGS AND VALISES of every variety and ATYIE•
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