ifStrilr#ll - : . tY,Z:r" WEDNESDAY . If OM 11'41:::DEC. 22, 1868 qirr-.tm BOBunAli. FromYestepenis lith - or it 'Centenarian. tiona . Cialu widow of Benjamin , tail, del4llllo a,. l 4l4llnotitot of the late ~...-':',"..366l3.oicatWandarlati,.died in ,t'arlisie hot altionlionday evening last, at the advaneed zeta Austdred and one years. She doubt, the oldest resilient of the she tiled until Christmas day, wt id have: completed her blur year. daringerlOng she enjoyed most excel hiaith. • Althoughvenerab le lad had, but' ono child, er I descendants, in the y ..: . thist4loirth and fifth generation!, ere very numbering eighty-one, as follows, Gad"dine:der; ten grand chlldrera„,fdly-ono .inunt children, nineteen at at • d- children. . "Of this nyaber,' gre sixty-t gre hree atilF survive and eighteen are' ead. Ah hrmtinid years ego t galore and a hail ---,ion, than are suottod to the age of !Inn Daring the century of her exioteace, what seenes eho mast have witnessed and coadof t „Born in the reign of George the &send, when our State was but an . apr . Ld; r ige of Po the British Government, at the . - the/Anteritan Revolution .ha was quite a '/:yoertg Woman. 7 ,` • '; Arrival of the 20th Regiment. ' The vetstran 29th Panntylvanin, Col. Rick etti,, arrived in this city last night, on their Wei home;-to ;Philadelphia, having been . ..granted a leave of thirty days, in considers ..thnt ettheir haring re-enlisted-for three years. ' , Thitaaghiaeirtsras received here by the Bab - 114*tit Coninattee,:and handsomely enter - 60 1 at ' (1 47. 4 4.14 s .oo n • after which they tool. ;ears [Or Philadelphia, where they arrive to-daYk and, where a grand reap- . f! 9leia'astaits them. 'The reginient returns weakened In numbers bat throng in patriotism, and they have given the best evidenee of their desire to serve the country byre-enlisting for nether term of three yew: They bring with them now the tick and.' wounded and their dead from the Wes 4 that It: iaao holiday' trip they have i''-' ',';-- —boonindulgingin for over tiro yeers. . .They also bring back the flag which . a - Art . l6dg; "Cedar Menntaln," "Ruff Run "Bondi Mountain," "Antietam," "Chancel lorrIlle," "Gettyaburg," " Plemhatehie " "Lookout Mountain;" end "Ringgold." This isffrinWil.flig, thus oorered with glory, will be patented to the City of Philadelphia during • the weak. Matters. TitIODZILISMI Adoecuts Bays that the ,Flockholdera of. 'the Aro Western. Atlantic ,_Radlway are antioua to extend a branch south of-thelr road, so as to tap the mineral region in that seclion of the State. A committee has ,_.,..,..bwattappointed to take snob 'taps as will se .inn the is:mat:ruction of a road through the i lTnlicaritraa Valley. The proposition Is to . ..,..4turs the road from Akron or Franklin Mills to Oanton.-thenoe through or near Sandyville '; 44n:the Tascarawas Valley to intersect the Staaltenville and Indiana Railroadnaar Tree ittn. .. - 1115..Eria Gantt* says that the rails upon the .Philadelphift and Eric Railroad will be lafd 'Uhl:Month from the East as far as Et. Mary's, tWilitty7two miles bay onitEmporinm. From nil/kid; the 'rails will probably he laid to Buena Vista, twonty-three milesfrom St. Ma rj's. The distance from Erie to Buena Vista lii eighty-five miles, and from Banbury to St. one hundred and sixty miles, leasing : •" - Wggp:of trier ty-three miles unfinished between ~_Erie.susd Philadelphia. These twenty-three initsware nearly all graded, end will soon be 'roadj•lor the rails. Tile Oise of Pleldixtg• ve. The East —.Liberty' Pasanngyr Railway. WitiLare already reported this min., as do relived by the testimony for the. Plaintiff, who ~ .Artlei- f ordamagas in coniequenco of injuries .;remelted. by his /1413, In falling into s hole be .' Aweezt the rails of defendant's track, on Third • •‘. • site the. St:bit-mica Rotel. The .. ease was heard to-day, askirent to sham that the proprietor of the botellisid employed, a plumber to open the .etioet it ihat plate, for the purpose of - getting at the main .water pipe, and that the earth bad:not been properly replaced—earning It to 1111:111. The company therefore claim thatrif then' was any negligence in the ease, it was on .the part , of the hotel proprietor or his • Stant, the plumber. It is further alleged that —nipany was not bound to repair the track -- fn the street. The case will go the jury this Irrisaing. Third Ward ; Primary Meeting la`parattane of a esti,* meeting of the 'oitlions of the Third Ward war • heldlit the °Moe of Bianhall & Brown, on lieeday evening, December 21st. On motion, diet. litlands,riloq., was elected Chairman, . Geo. 11. DiOnard, Esq.,. Secretary. A .....'.otforonittel of .aeren, consisting or Dr. Geo. L. :-:LlfeCook, Wm., Simpson, J. P; Diehl, IL traus,..l. M. Brown, J. llorrey Robinson, were appointed for the purpose .-`of ailootiti&A ticket for city and ward ofkairrs, Totroti for at the enuiing Jamer.ry elec• eon: osiS , cony:tattoo to report the result of their lAboal to on adjourned meeting on Aloe - ,;..114,evartintg,Ifec., nth. The Meeting than. Evading the Draft. • • =Ore &Medi: .. New that another draft ke .st AILS every trick is resorted to. to evade it. , : 4.ss.disiCriala fin which write, two: young t - - .ll :!* . (litaullxied) have ,seenred exemption TIL -through what trump of as regard as en eve - Ailan Arm) ophit of the "Conscription get," for _their parents; are nor dependent anon Ahem for their support Many of as,tfdrafted, xfllllarei helpless children withi none to pro vidi for thinflmt their goo d , , plitleat. A:Matted inotbert: Of this.wedo net complain; we are wlliing bi'take the field mid fight, yea, and die United be, for freedom and the Union, bat inititaiiiionsani the &herrn awakens our • 'coal:lEokt all those engagod in defeating LinCitaT.!—George. -Palmer, o member of thePrOtest Gni4d, sras yesterday , arrested on ,hehargit of ettailing one hundred and eighty dollsis fruin Srrg t William Pairbhurni. Tho Weeny wienommitted on the night of the Bth Palmer was thou arrested, but there mgr: .evidence of hies` guilt he wet die utdargad. !Lately:lt .asee diaeirrered thane bad been spending money' freely, and on in: aLtsid y irlafound tiut3e katd:thanged a hen - - draddallar — bill:earraiponding with the ono ioitbyPairboerae Ho eanfiSsedbis w&e sailtaittedihr trial. • lilieautettriViteetsr.—Thyeditor, br ibteek; Clodey's -, ./.adt: Book asks, "Rave yen stet- seen-She Gteetan - Wriggle - 7" It Is prtotlad brall tattles tiles yea. hoop. It is donelnitroitAng gutters. The hand! do not 'ttneett the Arm, but the mini,. pad kends the &eke to:kn./tag!, of 45 011 tho right, and " - -theViedau piri alt it to sling it to en hagle =thole% end se-escape - the Otter. 4lt WitoE.lo.4l grow ;' .+IWIXrat: it ,tequiree Ifatticaletly that at lady thintldliseenolioles to her stockings. „: Offing advertised In car poperfor •- '_b eTFloihe'fwto3ehy( ` 1,71,,44A11,°_'4,4* ail! , Aimigned, itria,.this,a7l43/Qticoa npluo, 240. 47 tie — soift 2 gtd 4 l l e two °'""k. ti * d r o ca nbi t' bluot. -.writ ul.-170.zerge—caonar isicpting . •-ig.t.vitea,to.darlainrostlpting the eicusn. dunes minuets& with the aikido of the Into Dr; - -ifeliter,of 'Allegheny, the main %eta a grad* Ifs hive pobltebed. The body ei : dhloterre4 egad , examined by the Colo jtioi'itukr-thef.oridOieo 'is , slow being s Y ::- , COMMERCELL _RECORD. • Tolornai, iltectoberp 1153 GRMS—Wheat /a 11.404 but nilltont quotable change; sale of I car prime Had at 51, , A; Oats golst but trot with s We of 300 boob at $0; awl Mali twee st 6 k. - . Rarler la cnibsOzednt Sl.33.ealliA° for Spring and bit from that hands. Corn to In bet ter 'apply, and tbs . Market, to consequence, la a a:Weenier; gale of 400 boob, to Las, hots wharf st VA°, Gazette rLOITIC—ThoIe La a good local demand for the best .grades of Extra razolly flour, and quotation. may be glean at from 57,00 to rpm per bbt dale a! 60 bbla COmotl7 Extra it 156,00. Buckwheat flour L selling from Aare at 14,00 per cert. OZOCEItIES—gagar is qviet but Ter7 ilrtm and the stock Is becoming light; we note small ad. at 1 .3%t01e4n, and pima Sew °deal:tent Ida Code. le steady with sales of fair at gatiic; prima 38c, and choice :35340. Maiming quint. with no =askant . . 4u6 1/!. 10 .kod. Ittririat iiGait—Bull no tt... L h good 4.p IY. and the:mast la Imo active, and prices are a shade lower, Imaging from 25 to 2140, for common to prima. Egp steady, with alloa_or /bawl at rook, and heal Picked at DIU= r ILUIT—The demand Ls satire, and the market ❑ Arn with malat of Apples at 82,00 per bnah And reatlei at 14,50. TOBACCO—There la emultterable Inquiry for blext meGelhetere4 tobec o , and mlotatlons from teemad head may be rattly given at G 5 to fik, with tome amall .alei efebolee at no. LlA2—.Tha demand la brisk, and apparsutly In az - nano! lb.! supply; allow trom gualo. of f 5 load. at from 140 to 50 par ton. APPLES—With a felt demand, sad light receipts, the market is a shade firmer, ihmigh pies* ere sm. cheap& ranging from 02,30 to $245 per bbl. POTATOES—The mantetLst. but Ilrna nitk small salmi rrom atom at 113 to 90e issr bushel. Duo. Sll--Them hue been mom actlrity nualhated to the market tor Petroleum today, and with en Improved demand, fence ruled drm with an upward tendency. The Wet of Crude reported went SUO bbL —bbl. included—at 23c; ns do at 235.(623%, t o 6, and 000 bbls In bulk on prints terms. We aim heard at• age of at Ms, though we cannot ranch Mr Its correctness. Reined le decidedly Sum er, though, es yet, no nig here been made at an ad vance. A sale at 000 bbl. bonded was repbrted aline and CZ bbl. hee at GO, it' Is but proper to remark that name of our refiners an asking 41042 c for bonded, though no tale. hare , been made. as yet, ►bore 40e. The receipt. and shipments during the Monty thur hour. muting at noon to-day WWI u fallen.: illalpinents—to ilov York 815 bids Crude; Le Phila delphia, 100: bide Crude,! wad 529 bbl. Ulundi to ilialtimbna, =A bids Crude, and 15 Dbl. gained; Watt .IZ3 bbl. Bolined, and 10 bid. Credo_ lierelpts-3,XS bbla Crude. New York Petroleum Market. 'Special Dispatch ta the Pittsburgh Gazette. Han Tows, Dee. 22—Crude I. more active. and Arm With Wee on the spat at 336,32)0. Donned Is steady. and In fair din:Laud, with males of bonded at "SSW an the spot; SrOtac for January &nem, Wien optima, and larat9o, huyen option. Free oil la quiet and mazy be quoted at 6.l@b4Y,e. Some ono writing from Mb city to the New York honowaot drooltor idle* the followtog ••atortting db. train= Is handlod, .tend and insured hero. The writer say*, "already has a brio f familiarity with 'oil' deadened the fears of ow nom and raiding agnate; and this ingamtnablo staple, this primer of Incendiaries, I. .pokso of, aye and Itunted too, as ordinary. Aead:..l Parties talk of It a. Pintail:f log no mum hasaml.than pork and whisky, and It lo finding storage ro o m In every cannot tel. and warehouse In the city, permeating every hominess tonality, and underlying hundreds of ateeks organ& that are impend at ordinary B.pares." Awaiting of the •••rorks." the writer nye "A number of tants Padre the made petroleum, which 1 pumped op from huge. that briny It down the Allegheny In bulk, or It la rolled into ihe yard in barteic Thle cruder malarial ptitain. Puska, oil and reafthon, audio hifarneisabis twit. hlghod deproe. The heat of the ran genetates from It • gas, torh,eb takes to. Instantly upon the approach of Mute. "Prom linkage and the geneswi nutitly manner la which the filthy stuff is handled, the premises even become coked with It, and the mat grill! for instant conflagration le prepared for enme stray match, or lighted shaving or paper, to est off. • • • 'noncom of there place. aro neeesearily Worsted with oil • • • familiarity with these things, of course, blinds men to their dangers, and. iltscoal miner. and powder makers. they /align at any auggestion ofpril. Be, the eye of .[ranger and an uniferwr Aar sees at every idep,cneggeNtlen of has. Cava, and abundant material for mitt dlnster..• No.. COMPS e word or Inc likely to Oltenia?. New York Insurance men. "And It ts among )tut these establishment* that New York ocanpente.n.rd pitching le, at the meet extra, agont lis and acconstoodsting Wes. One company, and not am ore. WP one either, has WOE* on and In lb. •Aladdlie werls for twelve mouths, at few per cent. The Pacific has ifiruranne In New York. tour and fire per cent. If eypight worth anything, - the slek is Mr greater thee Opt far whinh some of our Pa:Poets pay elzteen or eighteen per pot. The Lucifer Is getting insurance In New York at fop and Or • per cent—e well built, bet 'pry Pinned wt tabllahment, and presenting KCIO fearful Iforlls to the underwrftew." While mate of thew oil watts are built with some regard to ranee and it any, we are told that "the gnat majority are compact sod of balbrior contr.- Mom Yet nu dilllmlty nes. to be experienced In placing V20,0L0 to 11100,000 to ?few York ekeea et sultan rat. for good and bad." Wine appears ewe remarkable {bat competitios for the burl es and conseepnot low flied are equally unneceseary, for "the 'entrance must be bad and will ho paid for, Itt the fullest figures, when not otherwise obtainable; and it LI • very alipsilleast loot that atoned ren bteren (tient, wilt cot sank thews rob at my moo of centrism: - Une mon extract sad so lean this elly subject. t`lt may be one or On years baton epldem lo breaks out, bed it oW caw, and sundry Her York °faces that en now eVa r i yhog 0) on the sly a manor. sly of ibis business, ho terribly roasted, and it will be realised that • prettily drawn Megrim and a paper description do r.,t always many the' real na ture of toe ern they represent." I)m.l.o.—Cotton—There Ira considerable inquiry tadtry, but at prices below the vim of holders. the kirmar offering Cgs for iltrkl tow middling or Liver• pert middllnq , and 09e for middling, while bare ly middling was held at 70e, and eeldillag at 7iik, and higher. The only de reported tram 10 balm strict middling, at ,oc, which cannot be regarded am a fair index of the market. Timm may have bean other tramactlons towards the clam. which ware not ea ported. There seasons etthrod at .action. ling.—The supply L. fair and In sumo. of the de mand, whkb le freely met at declining prices, today'. ealea embracing non jar* in forint. tote, taken for the was the norrn, .d on.scalation, at 10U910% to for felt telly fair, .411 o forchof ce new crop, and liViO!.Ge for common. 11031/3 , 58 for fair to folly fair, acta 11!ifetlic for prime to