1 • S - 9 - tl:l3‘ LXXVIII-i-isiO. 6 r bye gib =oh 04gtitt THE LATEST 'NEWS, BY TELEGRAM Official Wae Bulletin: SAVANNAH:UPI:IIIIBM soolortsaneivi itko 33,000 • - sato ot,coutm, 130 Zoe?: insolires and 190 oeirc-:,,, Allitibliii . llll OF THE RE/WARIIIT. • • , ; YARD BITRNEM -S MAN. Pairly , *Dn. tollgili: - :64Bt - - 81i144E M.11111111"1.; ''. 14it Eiji! r : •:It fParttd C aptured. . '' - . '' ". '• ' - . Vi - in DirAtTMEIT, p. - ' • -.-' ". :-- 3PASIIIs 0 91XA Die . - • - -IV 3t •- - - c a. trythe Prciddoni Unia~d Dix ' ' 4 r b tc h. MI been receiY ....°-- 11 / 4 4 evening,, Gm oral : Sherman n. lt . In . ii • tide at--.., ~ , • th i =I in4.,1P4 ,:k' - - A .„,, d likisuna; Ttiursaan- • I I -..-, -- .• 4 L i s oc c u pations of the city or Sciyau - , etcof one "tdnidra and !My ij 7 . 1a11, catt the:ceptnt i ' : 7 guns, plenty pr anunualtlon; and, miout - 25,000 ' .1 . halt; of 'Cotten: rNo Wier partleuleni arc given.. ,du offidal dlapateh bons deneral Foiter. I. Getteral.Grant, dated on the 33d• .last. at siicti # bele* P. tn:,states that the City , of Barannah 1 ~, -• ' was pled bft 1 on " . , 1 / 4..... oece g. viers Sherman the -Ist, Ittiyttil!fon 4,irecOrti ' aftertuuni '. and night, Hardee 1 , u . coe.kl with main body ' ofh4 ,l,l l .. , . Pdliglit'izi , therfr ble'rlag uP I helfonst l 4.. ....... tii oaTy iint.:‘lla - enintatatea as captured 800' , I lihintiento.6o gitl,l3o loiximotlyas Ix good or- , , :dte-,1110: Can, 1. large! lot ',or - ziatiitztaltion and friilSteliali 01 war :..- ' .-:':; Ski itte*lthiii ta 'otadaof ittopresiaipoaltion 0 Ilarled* torch ',Alit: - Lid-been , einimatell at . • • Thzillipatchee of (knoll Ghanian to Gene roger arc as fdlawse • • . Savannoh; Deo: 22.--Xln Parelleney, Preekleot Lincoln: 44 ponient you as i.Phrigta, • let)" of fialantiih, with one hundiwi Yad=fifty NWT/ Slaiii‘nil. P*4 ofontininiltioni' l 4kd du! imslit WIG wo , of .•• ; • tigialeal ; : w;;T: . a HdorGeaeral.. • 1 ,BystAxnat Coln= GITA- 13 4• 1 1 Deet - 1 3 °l/41m1 m. • Aroil.,Gs;'Gi v iit?W, aj. gen:/i4ia '; • I • jog rosewood G -o;OShermnix , ,o, IWonhiniriiii GJalinah. glitVgr ' of on]: tall, Iwo bearers of: 32.13 . 1potehes front Goa. .- . . teeming of theelst. Gen. Itardee escaped wlfiliblel main bat of Ids Infantry anaugat4i , 7 !_amer,Lats:pe'teeStlin'it crorshig 1 the river to Union, epposile - She eityl,Tho rebel leen Aqads were blown up . and the naty yard wee' • burned.' the rest of the eity-tali our hands, _ :nted'cintahis*,ood ehlterse;-well believe& The paptereslnchede MO 'prisoners, lIG 100- . toio‘ 113 900 good.i;Tillw - , 190 tail, a l arge , MO/ :of ainmunlllori and mate:id:hi of Ewer; three • - -eietd;Vent Lid iiiei•of cotton, iatelpiared . Acii, valuables, tie frtdAs oC an ilerist • -, 7- ~rebeen, Ilk ' u, fairly wadi opened communication - with the - city . with Soy steamers to-day, takltti ap What kr,_ ddevaretaald, aad • - iasahag- sifely,lreerr - ethers.' itrrangelnenta are made to clear the channel of " Tour's,Fre.; G. Yoram. TheßlchM;and pawns of yeateula7, slater alit • on the "d 34 twenty-0x !mut; of, the Willahagtoti . `•:.ci.peilltlati-bidrerirpearad. • • The. disiotdi of G 3 O-' l3 r;gg 13 Publiat'ad • ' the•Richmoad vsaperaosa “Inhainaton, Dee. 23.---TweatpaLl rnseht of the Federal: deet re7 ; ilPpeared thla morning. There, has. been no change since my last din- :Tlie'hbo're theliitesi:intelligsnps receised. ei,iss.assank the Wilmington ezpedstigsi vriicrin,4 l • litiritierei Vi0d.:...--Xlie Associated Press AettP'. lo Fil Fort Monroe,dMcd flee ‘p. m., Dec. , 'Nth; sayt t• Tllo . l3l4liSteiMet has arrieed. - ~..-6 teaeHrorii °Mar-Tr tain*d - I *it trloPilwr , • ,' to eiii — or fg&elitii.otikeiiiii Blehdiond, eecaped .' night befarelast,Anit.inieine, sii&iedod lei Ida: , _ ; ,14; ~114. 1 4 - V ia,fro,..i3 O t_ tiveleb9 . l reitets, made his way ireecessfully intoours 'Mei. — Ile WasMt t, . :,ArretrapoitTiegre examlistion billion:real Granti and aeld,4itt 131liliigeabl - ortb6 f oil of:Satan '" *0; 1 44* :f4P.iiiriiLr the 61i14 - i ol ,nefirl 3 .99F l . '.. ,_. irrnin:daT; tominrletibj•Orree.Ml'liiarde,liad •!" ; •:araCintkitleinxicani a; frorl:..kotirs l*ote h 6 made f atn. ..... - : l . Then ' arepera re/Alit at theitailie time I. l lo_, . , ,i' l''' Tilaar k tentraididiraf, therealm= tO v . : • = wutfai lisdaiso relica;thmngh a combined attack. , • Dialer's :and -.. Admiral Porter's .loreta,"brittidseould not bo traced Loamy reliable The albite 61'114 citizens ofMeimond, he de ' - elated, were. eery; iatich -depressed, and It was - • with diftienity that the inthorttice could exercise ; ~.zayillitsetire adulterer over _tlie press and the , etweits,*ich.lo4% ,thelt tactic tnatiliestatioras - , tir .orifitemptlorAfiE adloll Of tlie rebels. 2 :!„,. . ' • General ifirifilsili,apaseenger lir the Thomas '• ' Collier, and places the 'utmost confidenee In the' ~,, I f ---- . - ststoment• of Baker, and Ls ' et the opinion r°:' , ',r7tbittltitirepizrt et the capture 0f,.. Port Philter is '-', 44 'lnte l the ealtensite preparation m ade by (}crest ,- •..• , -, ;Bmilm' Ma-the isr.p,lnusaptlng ;tali early : , '' ' • NAIL ROB B ER PARDONED. .. _ .. . I- :- 1 Spilaillatritttetts will► Salt Prohibited SENTEMI 761 VIENTERPEITING, etc., ttei l • • • ••• • -''' .. .. - slirrif TOME, Wee. 24.,-Therrostdentbargrant '• -cd an inicondtarnial pardon to Wm. Tackerman, who,wasconvicted of robbinftlhernalls betw.mo -1. , . ...-•.- --New Tent I:twilit:4ton about eight years a,.,r0. Ho was sentenced for twat!. yiars. educe Ms tin prthoumetst hiacondaotls said to hare bica soch as to_gatst the sympathy of all connected :with 1 t• .- ...- --,..1tt Indblia loB, passed, the Dowd et-Aldermen , ptalbalt4 the eprinkltog oftcreots with. . r •''' mat for the purpose oftINI mel, the snow, sunhtz ;,.. PettelSl'.ahsit " - - .., i r, : - - , Wm. fltiiroi;st itstingelsiedlawgery hint .- -.' .... h*d ndsestartras perititto attgek. - : . , ~- - .....,_,The leader of the PartlerTia ganzof ceenfei.: 1 1 . -, ' • ,- rellensdras boas see •teneedtCt hard tablr in stsite- ... _ , , Nbor Tons, Dee: 24.1 7 Thel:Riehmend Whig int the 223 contains She pceerodingant tiho lionin . -. ~ _ , . „ . Gsrollna Gouge of tssingnons, hj ,srblehlt ore pram shit reolitiOna declaring that the litotes . .M their sovereign . 'gaper-lir have a: tight 'to decide the qtrattion‘rif peace , or war Tor ,thsml 'selves; were tabled 17 two majority. I . 1 . 2-TheintillayS l Several dap since a raidinl party~ amour/ Rem the Peningnia and mat the . chile assi(freat Northern at Yoßard's, , . ,. - 7 2 miles, " east; of ' Mobile, and - thsO; retired to XibOW.P.VVlUrdriliPal, fingi the Rebel Nen.' Gordonsville.._• • ' . . atisirOgegthrow Ar the Adminliatfistiodi - '; ' •:II wits reported yesterday that two divisions of Netioilit;24.—The Berardspy% edit . ): :She en cavalry had crossed ths Iliac Ridge I ittinTr.. Foote ' s recent .wltthdrawil . from the 4. .10.•Cheiter , Gap ant arrived at Madison Court god pelisse ond lits netyfinplinlitespetch bid,: 4 •Iletive,n ere rearing on Gordonsville, Wo ..eale_that. therebel admlalgtratfon . .la oboist:hi bill 'Maclean' st. the 'telegraph wires were tat ern. 'overthrown' and General Lee appointed Dictator. i "ruelldil night Pee= tulles nom GoedonsTule- It thirdcg.that, Dletatoplitp la ,a. abort blisd . to I _lLix"xtlinosed to be &Moot it-Yankeeapy.. No Paise,',and is Intended a nigh:- The Confetinr..4 apprehension Is felt for t.histbty of Gordon's. • *9.kciexenOnti aging eneountted never SO makeiT.'xin e . e_ _Ten iif iho.nboxe xelin4 le nor liXenily ex .' F 4 entli - bridge_ into existence a power that eAsi , ' aggeenteill. of there - UM imen,cmple time to coo , u , d.wiu mike ft. .....,. ~ .-; . . , ...., eentratOn &Coll nigviVtie ellßere- , ~. -i i .4 . 1,, ~,, - 4. ~„:„:', ..;'..;c ' .-'. t : .:.,..:. Cia".;;o4 . .- ~..„ ~, THE FROM. NEW ORLEANS. Arriva'of the Priie Steamer Julia. A GUNBOAT ,BLOWS UP AT 310 BILE IMMI Order Respecting Arms and Alumina tion-lia Possess:ton of tightens. Curio, Dec. 24.—The . ideamer Magma with dafta fiorablit,Ortennifto.libsaith, has arid red: 'rho Everdng Star from New York, ban SIM General Cromwell for :New York feft • • The prize Behooner dials of !Tessa, wlitann awned cargo,. wits eeptin&l off Brazos'river by s: . Uriltindtdates Ziemer Di - Dein:46er Zith,. and she hint arrlied sit Ne*TOdeein. Thoganboat Narellantr was blown; up In 310. 'bile bay 011 the 11th by ii taped°. • No lives were lost, hut several persons scaldvdd All - her material was saved. 'Tha boat probably• Will be' Cotton is In good• requesE at $1,11441.20; so ;gar and, molasses firmer and held at .^o®24 for thnfonner. Flour •re alpter . see mostly for for ... , • General Dana has ieeed that the arms, .immualtlon and tedlllary'pynriechnlcs of pit rate eltizens;byMMthy PermisMarlt tte tatillPed tieYlb of Cairo Prerlees.t.o. the; aril day of Jan uary. • Any person found multi of 'Cabo wittt„, such property or materials used for 'their mak- , fadure.will be arrested atuldmprisoncd. '• New Oriebis datei of the .17th. by, the altimallaili George :Cromwell, `ilay. that an ordei.lltitildtiort44:llhe sales of mans 'end erminmitiorn - sinillar to.GerteralGanel at • Memphis, has beanie:sued - and- beingrigidly en •foried. Orders 'retools° Isined on Shi 14th, pro ildlolthig all Persons endeavoring to bringln pro.' duets, without proper military permits, under a dew regulation.. ,• The followlng'particulais of the deitruction of the Natrlssus, have been received: Previous to. the occurrence, the Nitrelvsni4 had been stationed • near the obstrutalous'to watch: the tnemyli gun—. boat.- t 13be toned th:enee, half °5 milli down the baYs'imehoritie In-able' feet - Witte: ; dad after tuithorbig;a4orpedalesplodedi iindr•lier, which lifted her out of 'water, broke her, steam pipes and machinery, and filled her with, escaping steam.- She-began to 1111 -rapidly, hod, made Gavials of distress which were answered by the Octoroon- and Cowslip; .the latter came along side. ' 3hen, Mins, pOwder,proiiiionli andlither - stores were saved: 'three persons' 'wire scalded,. two seriously The host can.eaglibe raised. " • Nnw TOltR; - . Dec. 25,—The G. Orge Creetwell, from New Orleauit, aniratt last even lag, • - • • --•-• • The managers of . theLtulles' Association, bar ing objected to display the National lag, on tre •ground of its being abolidays - -Gen. , Murlitut scot a • mete, saying it was:thewool at the Conti: tution. under whose they are, and or dered it to be Immediately placed orer the prin cipal entrance of their hall, or the place be in stantly closed . The arrest of any one Insulting the flag was iso ordered. • lIQPEI,IGBNCB. Tur. REBELS S3LIBTING iincriEm TBE I 4 IIE V W . B.' . . rer.of.the Wit has indeditte7Vepois that the ,vel . 4 . preeltinsidge . had ongogotimits with Ihostiaiioiitd &nee int:ubtrAiFirbriiigw 'orgstone, isniastsj Areadaol4Xpnani near 'Glide Spririg,t &rah ohri,:tiojd defeated thany - . - and .compeihstAiman :to tatre4 maim, Lately towards EasaftcossiosasSe; • The rebel sult worts at Sattyllie wefe - reportest tol:e. - ailit JO:cc &mkt; #frs:sp_ileySd the lead works at Maris - snare destroyed: # The rebel Coltmel Scott an. order dated at Clinton, Louisiana, directs that ati.prfacinerscap-. .:Ittrtl.Thlde going hs- the; diraillonot the Union. lines, with cotton to sell to &a-Yankees, shall be pamisliedarlth one hundred lashes Cads: „Sherltleitfao . caltiffs;withing and sinirthieiridir the late stiesSestalon Of disasters totheinarmlos abase deb Davi& in - severe page, 0 ,... 4 4.bis meddling in =IMP,' matV:ii: -the e use The' Richmond &canal, of - the Wilt, says : •is reported that the Yankees have; evacuated- , m.O r.O utter army In _Tooneasee Jul; been terribly . misused and Inw augeredfffaid••trlidl7,..tdiitilmal be m itered to fall cfdeleney by the•hand:that did It alter NilatiOrtary:Rldolinson. ' The Rlehmond Era:miner of. the .Xth !says The Govemnienf,balfrecds'ed ofildal dispatches from Earannah; dated Den. - ;19, saying elf :was Nov Tonic, , Jec. Washingtondisinstellof the 24th says i Richtiond papers of 4hell-ith contain. ofitelal dispatches" from- Aligten of yesterday which say, to regard to the altnation at that place, that Opt noutempt had been made to attack the lortlkin caasegnenee of the storm. Itebel,-papers deo amide a rumor that Charleston, and:probably 'Savannah iid, 'been - et:melted: —•- • s • , • slataijlllunagton the.2oth, gays r 'The enemy's' fleet, thirty odd, appeared 'Wilke Inlet this morninx. .; , • The Xtictimatitif /Areestch . , "if the =I; soya : The _enemy keep up an incessant biimhardment on - cur lines, between the-Jerusalem Road, and the" Appomattox. '..The..foreclitent out under Palmer suppaged to bare gond. to operate egainst, The Richmond 4cantimer. of-the '224.lmrpthat •.Braiduridge bedbeaten Ourtildee'eraltlerenesie 'fflaile Springs:; --Ad itheflidall dispatch sap the daronie done the_bettl- works was •slight and is , being speedily replied: ,• : . .` , The • Richmond Y..Havaillegi of the ",4d - asp Official information was "received at CoMmbla that the enemy, rinfithering 5,000 men, wore on the Ohio. and Mobile road, north of •the 211.5515. IprirsUrdad. • • The Enoutner also.says it has no advieutrom llood, but Wars Le Is in a bad Lt.. -• ',JON* - recently elected !,Oeiertiot! of South Carolina.` "Sets in the .erunei - of:Ilfe and , My endued - With the pinta Tlilo4llothCD Bllscltool.orpoli- The ti7,l of the 994 bas an article on the dadk day of- the Comfedersey, „unit says that Hood tins been badly.defeeted, brit says he can learn& leiaan endurance front Reply, and if idedifeatproici &decent . from What it Is, it will , he HmtiratTinstance or the kind of the war. ,Late rebel papers' give 'additional accounts of VP. DaTideou's work from- Baton Rouge across lhe'Ssiailtern poitiong of four-or Ave Gulf States; among': caber ,work, portions.-of the Mobile & Great Northern Railrorti*ere digstrojed. ' The rcbelClty Marsludof Atlanta, recently re turned to that place, complains bitterly of. the . .condticeeif.the Georgians who have been there, carrying . off from fifty to three handsel loads day , dr- lion, furnlture, vragons; window blinds' door-locks ., books, limber. They mune fatal By. to one hundred - mile* in every direetion. Mum' of the rebel papers is occupied in !amen tatidniirover &gaiters fallen upon the rtrmsof,tho ,ConLderttej: _ ' The Richmond of 22d saya:' it last se- ' coints Savannah was closely Invested on the smith and west bybherinan. Thai - 11000 papers 'ante Amt. thelr'lrottelads are about to move up - the flier - toTrevent - ourfroops frath evacuating the place-If -they are so disposal. i The Ittclanoutl Baualmc'thus diddes onto • rially to :the -3111ratngton . expedition: Of all the mammoth armadas yet cent- forth by , tlie! r North, Porter - and Butler's - expedition - against iVilmin;ton Is perhaps themammothest. The CotMenicy, we appegliend,ls not to be deprived this • time of Itif:etilef. port.;_of entry for. -for eign, commerce; neither Is it our only one; for ' many- vessels -do - - crew now cuter many another harbor, which the enemy flatters himself he has. hiometkally sealed ago. - _ Theßlehmond Exanzimv of the 22d says they hire no Intelligence from Totmessee. , except, through Northern papers,. bat that if:half told is true, Hood, has suffered severely. It says . there lemeelt teasel' to hope ilia: the reported death AC:Fortes& .entrust; : .as. it comes from titaeralllositau- • , • - STATES `YIGIland=lt. i Contmon Connell—P. R. nnt; thigh 10:Neil,. Wm. Smith, E. F. A. Falhouber. . 1 " Alderman—J:B. Brown. - ' . Aosetwor--4.mCs.Gruhatm . • ' , - . . Se Directors-4LO. Loomls, Rota: Bole. ' dodges of Elections—J. C. Patterson, let prq einct;, Loots Mont, .d precinct. of -E.leetionS—Geq.ljumbert, l ll. B.' McGraw, Ist precinct; ,J. B.,filzigie, t W. :Muir ter. 2,1 precinct: 4 ' Return, Inspectont-rJ. J. Btephensini,- Benj. Kennedy; let" precinet; Was. Brown, dolph Wen, cd-precinct.- - . Conitable=Win. , -Tennyson Club Lecture Commitlee.:', By advertisement elsewhere. it will behper ceivattlat the. Tennyson ChM have resolved 'to season , , issue tickets for the remaining Leaturea antiXt*llt, "4theiro9orse very re ason ,:- able price of two dollar, Our readeta ere" fully-acquainted:with the net.. asimelation Which. has entered labatho, lecture arena, not t 'however, with any Idea of Pecuniary benefits, bat. for .the sole purpose ofelevating the literary elnuricbt . w int' tastes of our TOOPIe to a standard' mach higher. Manic Las ever attained. 'Under the earpiece of the Tenoysols Club three fiery neasptable literary. entertainments , have already . been , this swine:and a glance at Me engagenienUt for the Sremeiniunimt of theeourie minim all that their lecture - committee are determined to reirforia their white duty towards the intellectual cam- • trurnity. - . - With the splendid tonrie of Lecture!' • end Readings offered by the Mercantile Library. ..Asso, dation, and the . equally Opt mie ,of the Tennyson Club, these-can be no cause for aim -plaint of a scarcity of moral entertainment, thlii winter. We trust that' the effertaof botk Mao' , eiatlons to meet a public want will be appreciated and accosted by the encourageniont or 411-our citizens. ''Return of an Escaped' Pristaer. josepla _Allen, ..Sergoant. Major _of the 100th Pennsylvania regiment (Roundheads), arrived at , - hie father's residence, lu Elizabeth township, on Thursday 11;34 much to the surprise of his pa- - rents and the , neighbors; Mr. Allen wag cap tured, with oaten of hls.reginicnt, at the spring-. ing of the in front of Petersburg last summer, and taken to Danville, N.C. TherebeLs had - detailed .the most able-bodied •prison;ers to chop timber for their fortifications, whieb, the Yankee boys. did not :relish Very well,and con cluded to make a "strike , ' for libeity.! , One morning, as they were going out to the timberi, they overpowere d Mie n the guard and escaped.' len • says abort One read° the'attennt, but be cannot tell how many succeeded: NlueOthers came In with himi - ria - Knoxville. iffer. L'etasum, was 'among the number who made the attempt; but has not been , beard from since. . . Coltoweit's Isqtrisirr.:--Coroluir Clawson, was yesterday called upon to bold an Inquest an the body of a man named Robert Mason; a miner em hayed .In the workicif Kier, Foster & Kier, In Fenn township. It appears that deceased had gone, In company with soma friends,' to &torero somewhere in the Tidally; and That on his home,. 'about -tun ..cecioa - ; he lost his may end wandered -about. , simile In ihe wroug dirCetloN and when. aeur.Shado's ran; fall mar a priciplee some forty feet,'4.l4' height - and , broke bit neck He Was„about fortyfears of ago,lad leaved a wife ; and two.claldrea.. 'The Jury- pmtenttl a ”Ftlict of iteldeatid daatb. The New City flail, Allegheby. . . This tine building {sat last complete; and Oc cupied by the stycral city (fiteers. Wedeern the eyent of FlatdOLlL Impor t auee to note the and to congrainlate the flits am or Allegheny upon , their pnbl!e spirit - and good taste.' The building is loqited:it the corner of Fed eral and 9hio streets, - in the guoiraphieal centre of thd city, mad not far from the centre of popn kitten rit is , tne-stt;ried;hitilt of Pressd mid roofed with slate; tub outside finish is of ttie bnaemeld, wblcL fn weliventilatod and 14,1ded, are tho . CMLS FOR,II+ISONMI9, • Fire in !lumber, reached by a well-lighted corri dor, reaching from the pollee room, in the south west =neat* an apartment In the north-west angle, net :apart as a temporary lode ng for any unfortnnatopersons thrown nportehe hospital ties oft& honor, aftd guilty of no crime. Erich cell ht thoroughly lighted and ventilated, with a soil pipe in each,. purified by:a cousin' nentream of hydrant water.- The other pordonb of titehase mem- are occupied by the Superintendent of Water. Wdrits for storing tools, &c., coal vaults,_ water closets, etc. A private stair case leads from the pollee room aodeells to the , MATOU'a omen, eonslsting Or a public end private room, connect ing by' foldlow doom, located abate the police room and Celle, in the 011th-west centre. . The main entrance to the Iltayor'e Mee is by the Ohio street front.; there is also a private entrance from the main hall,. in the rear Of thibldne. Tins CITY rosioyfl. Is located in the South-east con3cryhaTint; a pub lic delivery on Ohio nnd Federal streets; 40 to 40 feet, approached by a flight - of four stone. steps,. and atlindlng ample room for the public accom modation, both present - aud prospective. The private boxes,.lso in number , with the box de livery and stamp window, are on the Federal street front, while the lock drawers, 185 in num ber, and outside letter box, is on the Ohio street front, with the general delivery window in the angle between the two fronts. The registry de partmeat and. Postmaster's private room is north. of the principal office, with apnblic entrunde from Federal street. Tirc CT T - SUEASIIIItEII'S omen Is located in the Mirth cud of the building, con -slating ofn spacious public room in the north east comer, reached by au outside door from the north, or through the main hall foam Federal street. A semicircular desk some forty feet in lengthy Is the chief feature of the Treasury, upon which the tax books of the several Wards are ar ranged, while the Treasurer and Ms assistants operate upon "Interior lines," transferring rein forcements from Ward toward with great fueill ty:as the taxpaying public, at certain seasons of .the fiscal year, make more or less serious demon strations upon 'his "shuttle." A neat. room! for the Treasurtrifprivate husiness connects with' the public office; containing attpacious ianit, tire and burglarproof, for the safe keeping of the qty. archives and funds. The Finance Cumntittee of Councils also hold their Stated mO3tings in this TUE WATER cow/am - rim ROOM. Is on the street front, near the centre of the building, et:lV:ince from Faleral street. Here the Superintendent of Water Works, or some of his oil/theta, may daily be found, to recelvaor ders regarding the Important public Inaction an, der hie cemtml. Hero, also, the Water CoMmlt.. tee meet-al:certain seasons; to hear appeabl froM thaVilaterasseealuents.., , , , • sittritteollmoo hrborivrott. lioS . suitable Occommodations Ina rocs ,In the re= of she Water. Committee, entered frees the .maln hati,with a spacious fireproof, for tke Safe keeplogof.theelty maps and 'arrays. •' . . • urn stars HALL. Approached from Federal street, or from the west front; gives 'semi to an th e - apartments Oß the main door. to the basement, and by an eaSy:and spacious flight of stairs, to the upper door. The heats it eatly UM In eueaustle tile. U,M•9 3 .M I c Are utagnidecnt rows, in the Xorth and South ends of the building, each lighted by eleven ;high . windows;Ate rooms are 3134 . 11, 51;4, cored &Au' ing, '25, feet clear An ' The chambers are conveniently and Minden) , furnished with per , " %anent desks;on a falsed platform, for the Mes. Meets,. elerts'and repertera of the preas,''and. chairs and duke for the useinberS, arranged In. ,64.1111-eirdel l / 2 in front; elle - Cady . earyeled.: In the rear, outside the Tail *bleb encloses the (achas, are tire rows of elevated seats for the necomnio dation of the public,'Whd may feel an laciest in thy legislation: In passing, we nay be mirdoned for2me!king alaord In neglord . to this; Is it not inturent progress 0 y . thclr chosen representatives the advantage of their Pretence t lyebath no doubt that the at tendance of a fith aridlence of citizens; at the Ita l.d. meetings. of Councils, would exert...a Tery saletery infleenee 'upon city legislation. We therefore refer 'with pleasure to the ample accom turAlatlons prosided - for this puypole ghtny. . • .726 COBIXITTEE ON STIMET6 Iran the room ou the second floor. The room P.r the rise of Conference Committers of CDllp cils, or. other' regular:standing committees, arc also on this floor, adjoining the - chambers, cud cacirseperetely accessible from the hall. -- A r. - ,am separating the '.connell Chambers,. and flouting Federal street, 40:430 feet, with a gal lop on three 6111115 Is adtairabli adapted for a SIERCAVITLE.I.IIIIIAIIt AND READING ROOM, Vfxr 2 have her:ire - Of a movement In Allegheny looking towards the establishment of sucb an as • rorlatlon. The "Anfleisbii LlhrarY." 110s!In the charge ofthe city, would be a eery brood nuetens for an aasoctation organizing with the 'clew of cnoting library worthy of the city. _._ .. ' Tun Dructoms..or , TIM 1.0611 Occupy one of two Ono rooms on the third floor, west eide of the building, where they, or a nTro smtatlya, are alwaje accessible in theTubtle. Theotherronm le atilerneant,but may be used by .. .. Oo,\ RD OF MDOCATIOF, 11 h ~.ta c co, as we. ave card su Than the tar ofticers are provided with suitable. accommodations; central •to the public, told tills tine building stands a monument of the ruterpriscand public spirit of the citizen; 0f.A.1- irgbeny. This new City 'Hall, terother with' the tqtacions Market HOUEC, on the adjoining square, ../ta Impressment of. which the citizens inay' welt feel proud; and all the more so, sleets these tine path, improvements have been erected with out the usual 'drawback in the shape of an In-, creosed city debt. AUctrheuy Las actually erect . en these fine bulldinguat sicost of some £o,ooo • with - out the Increase of only mill of tax, or ono dollar of debt, and with au Aetna( addition tO•the ,city kinetic, amounting teCabitut *lO,OOO per 'annum—resulting thin 'lneritased revenge from .maritcts and saving therents formerly paid :for city omeca aim impiovemenis are, trover, 'stilt Inconi- Vete. It Isthe.intentleKo the Cormassionerto to ineloadthe square, In the rear of theeitif ail' by it neat and suilltantial fence, and to Sod mid etherwleetteaMtfy - thenquareon the opposite side of Federal Street. • An extension to.the tine MUT ket: testae Is 'also Ice 't.rotiterapleilen, t.o,occapy thelksieral street ftont ofthesouth-west, Square We congratulate thepeople of our Sister:cily on the completion of their.Ane public beiblings.: • The uhrmhigham School: . • Tht Rhin ingliant• Public School closed yester . day for the usual Chriattrias Vacation; and it Wis . made Gat oeCaelort. of peculiarly irereeting, - extribition.- At nn early ticintin the:a cruder' large concourse , roteltirins assembled in' the' Grammar DePartinentlo witnesi the c'esinv• monies; which metered titer special ',lvapor twice, from the.tact that the accomplished :and devoted teachery Idisar - Harthri.Gbiss, vas about to retire from the school and from the profession in consequence, of declining health. • . . •-.After prayer by Rev:llr. Roth, an elocutiotia , ary.enterialnmeut was ratodded,.. Itt-Wideb. - the honor Wert • awarded to Masters - Jolt* McGonl.. - ni_e.tund James Flipp, 'Mika Agues Kerr; Mary Bare and J. Cross and N. Kline, Tiro Judges, • Professor Bruit, A. ,T. Douthett and 'Rev. Roth, having made the award; were called upon, "and severally addressed the audichee, and then followed the preventation by. the pupils to their beloved teacher of a valuable picture,' "The Ruins of Room. , To, a faithful worker It most ever.he d isonree of deepest gratification . to yeet that among those youpg hearth witli:'whiim and for whose weittre' they .itave daily Inhered their, efforts have been, appreciated.li Is some consolation to an 111-paid - profession to 631 that thelr.eintipeasition is not all a money one, and in ' , clew of this this. M. 'Glass has every. reason to feel well paid, for: a more earnest and deeply felt regard frotri all whom we could 0b.. - serve, has seldom , been shewn. It wilt ho cult to supply her place In the ..professlon and it is to be hoped that at some early day, she willre. turn: to it again with restored health and VIOL. Rcllgious Remainls. - . A ghanimurworkls_in priagrsssatWilkiristrtug, 'Quire orid.Nr.f.P: -Turner,: pastonp 81x hire' professed corarenden, and twelve have united with the church. --'A number of ponitints . are atiltiee.hingpeace.and . pardon. It, meeting, his been in progress fat some tiro° Iri Kittanning ander the 14.017 of lice'. A. IL:Thomas. Large congregations, actions andntlenOve. weir nightly on the ministry -of, till word.. Daring, .the peat weak the alter has' been erOwded . night by.ll%tht. with penitents; about twenty.five haie already united.with the church., The protracted "mectingt already, noticed as; progressing at. isatill going forward. Z.Uli to ,this oldieiberebirro, been'ehetliiitY OnYensionsvuld that many additions to the charth: . Tbo - Late 'Brdlrodd Accident-I.lst Of Killed and Wounded. Below will be found.a eotrect list of the killed end wounded in the late. accident on the Cleve land and Pittsburgh Railroad; en aecoutat of which hes already appeared in our taper: . Ktuam.—Oliver H. Perry,, Cleveland; Ste -0.16 Robinson; Akron;. John .Robinson and wife, Petershurgh, Mich.; Dr. D. H. Miller, Dilnerva, 0. Wormisn.--Geo.. Ponoyer, Massillon, 0., severe burns and bend cut, dangerouSt Mrs. F. M.. Hall, Akron, cut In the .facc; aiss &Lucia, Moodie, Ashland, 0., slightly ,bruise. ; William Thompson. Hudson, dangerously In) ; 31es: D.' W. Emmons, Philadelphia, he. d raised; Enoch Manley. Mlddleliery, 0. bea , cu i F..6: 1 ,„ ltoberbton' and wife, Shelby, 0, both bruised; airs. Gallagher, Plaildelphla, severe cue in the, head, dangerous; Mrs. Edward Shiltan, Inds- ' delplihr; slightlY injured: Mrs. Cromwell, Mans. . iidd, 0., bead cut: Julia Strong, Mansflehl, slightly cat in tho' face; 'Capt. W. W. King, 250.10., Winchester, Columbiana county. Ohio, . leg ,broken and other Injuries, dangerous; Captain- Charlea ;McClure, U. S. A., scalp 'wound: W. H. Cooper, Beading , l'a., brakes -arm and bruised; Miss W. H. Cooper, severe in ternal Injuries, , dangerous; E. T. Stevens, In; dlan Bureau, Washington, D.C., severe cats and bruises; Mrs. Frank . Thompson, Manstield,Ohlo, Seriously bruited; Benjamin Elite, Toledo, slight bruise; Mn. Caroline ' Hart, Clevele..d, slightly bruised; Sadie Mael, Cleveland, slightly bruised; Mrs..F. A. Baldwin, Harrisburg, Pi., bruised slightly; Edgar Reynolds, ',Jackson. Michigan, head Bruised; B. F. Graham, Williamsburg. Oldo arm arm collar bone broken; Charles Ken. wortily, Plilladephia, arm broken and cut In" the Awed; J.T. Hawley, .Deertleld, Portage calmly, 'berthed and cut In the Rice; Mrs. J. T. Hawley, fractured (aortal bone and skull; Mrs. Th Prichards, Chagrin Falls, brulsed,.in e back of the head and neck;Peter Ilartuemd, Cleveland, scalp most Off, bruised la back. and arms; „Miss Clara Mer win, Palmyra, Ohio, slight braise; Mr. Ilmstact ter, Cleveland, broken nose.and bruised general ly; Dr. William Bach, Pittsburgh, leg broken near itti hip; Patrick Gallagher, Ravenna 01110, head and ribs bruised; William Cham bers.; Sutwerp, Paulding county, bruised* on head and shoulders; Jno. McCarty, Detroit, ribs ,bruised.; E. Givens, Detroit, cat on head, track and legs; Miss Ellison, Al lance, chin and limbs brulsiiill; De:E. E. Barber, Hudson, bruised In wardly and need cutc-Ifiss Ellen Ideally, Solon, cut In:facemnd arm; Herbertlillmurr, Cleveland, Weal Shle. head cut badly and bruised rind bruised; Sidney Serang, 'Radian, Ohlb, face cut; Miss Grace Thompson, face bruised. . Mrs. IT. Andrews, Cleveland, ilightly injured; J. B. Elson, Wooster, slightly Injured; Win. Shifter, Wooster, slightly it:qui:ed.' Baldwin, Elmira, slightly Injured; A..; Baldwin, El mira, seriously; Miss Moody, Akron, aihrhf; Major A. D. IsieLyon, Erie, Injured.: — Five killed and lifty-one wounded. This hat Is prob ably TIM.' ; The repert of the seminary pupils beirig killed is untrue; One Pupil and one teacher were slinhtly Minted.' An'lron , Letter. SPq Gnd the annexed .tribute to the skill of Pittsburgh mechanics and manufacturers In the (ing land) • "By the last American mail we received a let ter Which Is remarkable both . as a documentary curiosity rind a kpeelmeit of. Manufacturing skill. It is written on Iron nailed so thin that the sheet is only twice the weight of a etwallarutzed'aheet of r.rnarinoto-papet. Oneletterls eighth:Leh& long bypre and a quarter bnandeand Its weight is two pennyvreights and twenty-onegrains. • The :weight of a sheet of ordinary note.paper of the Same size Is one pennyweight and elevengimins. The letter itself explaina why we received It. it is dated 'Soutltl'ittanuch, Penh.; Nov. Pith, isa-I,* and rune: To list riditor.of the Bir mingham Bir—ln the numberpf soar piper, dated Oct. Ist, IS&I, there 'la article setting forth that Joha,Bmwdes Co., of the At Ise works, - Shcfdeld, had 'succeeded: in rolling a . plate of Iron tldttect and it half inches thick.. I believe that tobc thh thickest ever railed. send ';' 4 o i r t ils ll , s l"irst m trg t h o ,. f l. l . en to n t7 ns ad e ti l e ti t tlko lrori .ever rolled in the world,up teals time, which iron challerigi: all . .'England to. stirpess for. , strength and Moult - v. This, I believe will bathe first ITIM lett& that ever Crossed theAtiantie oeMul, and, if you shouldthlrik lt Worthy of, no 'Uccle yotniwidely-cleehlited paper'please send me a copy.of the, same. l'onni, - /ke., dome C. EVANS.'' are. assured , by competunt author- Ity theiron npop which: this letter is written is of exceedingly.nne quality, and.that the skeet is by far the thinnest ever seen is this cuantry. -Some remarkable ,ancelmens of finery4olled iron :were shown In the 'lle-Wati Court In the Butdbition of VA°, but the - thlnnest of them:was mcieh'thialiesi I ' • , v. , vollnetion of such a ahect is Iliautitw Girt ,Walhily BeSton Among the interesting "happlnga" we were fortunate to witness these holiday times, was the . presentatiOn of an elegant :and costly silver ser vice to Dir. 6: Aleicander, by the Christ 31. E. SundaY..cltoel, on Christmas Ye, the . • • Chapel of that church. ; Notwithstanding very short notice : was. givco, . quite a large roimber of the school convened to witness the interesting ceremony. 'The "gift 'was presented by ',ha pas. ter, Rev. E. B:Bnytler;ln a got' but well 'chosen remarks, In which he gave prominence to the'. 'thought, that the ill'emust not be regarded as a remuneration:for3li. '..klexander's valuable Per ekes to the school In the Instruction of t rul . sic, but as a testimonial of their rec't4 - it for him as, a gentleman, friend and teacher. 3!r. Alexander expressed surprise at being sokiudly remembered, and asserts! the school of his attachment for them, and delight to labor for their improvement In . Total music, . The eel ieven and Is gotten up In superb style, and most ex- . quisitely chased. Accompanying if. ass a sliver cake basket for 31m. Alexander. The school is under the Saint superintendence of lteasra. Sam't 11. Kier and Joseph Herne, two of our princely ' henries! Inerehants,who arc nbtcd for being- Idea titled With Praiseworthy acts such its the fore going. Sale of Ceseel:Cectl tan& . . The Cannel Coal Trott of one hundred and . elr,hty7twoneres, lyirg about midway between, Jabustewn andEberosburg, and about threimilet . , ~ , . .. and a half from the nearest point on the Penn . . . , ,sylviudi Roamed,. has been sold by lie owner, .. Mr. Josenitliurkhart, to some New IYdrk gentle-'; man for a large n sat of money.' A portion of . the. purchase money lans'aireadjbeen Pall, The. purchasers, we uncuastand r propose to mine the. coal.upon their Lands and also to .Imre,for oil:' The coal vein is atrnt elem. feet thick, and, its - . richness has been fully tested. The presence of 'oil in cloSeirmtimity,,te the coal bed. Is, horreser, we Lamm, st Diatter 'of Conjecture, We. hear that thasperchosers hare.also :in centempLition . ' the constructicacof a railroad, connecting their lands.witb Mineral Point liketlon on the : Penn eyls nnia Battened . . D,l4#* : Prkwnem Eight teeming of . War "artired* at. Wheeling, Auld chaticatep,- %manta:county, on Friday act,. and Were committe d to the Athentotoh, The . lryell;gmefr ; Three of the _were recogideed..aa having' ,caceped froth the Athe-, imam here some months ago. They atonetime bebfigidA !lel:felon army but were sent here; to serve out senteTices . which had been passed spun them by the cenitechiatial by which they bad heeh tried fai - tertian offences. : They, sac ceed.A.ltt making:their escape - and returned to the lainawlia country, Where they melded before the war.- It .15• said that these men were operat-_. 4ng with the rebels : at the. time of their capture. If this shall prorotrue it will go bard with them, 'and, if 'they escape hanging ,they may consider themselvo Muck. „, , - . Mn. VAND6'lllO}7.—ThiS -gentlemen will givo . one of Me' lininitable _readings I.ayfayetto Melt, on Tuesday, evenhigiumt,, under the cue -pices of the Young ' sten% Mercantile Library Assoclptlon. , The entertainment will consist of , Selections from Shakespeare's Ifenry TV, and En woldslybiLogtild,:entitled "The Ragman'e Doz." Mr. Vanderhoffnetds nolntroduction to a. Acta t•orgb nudiencei as he hotalWaYs bems a ELTedit with the lectuets.goers of Aids cily liis. selec tions fur . Tvicidity crening_ato good,aud wo doubt. not thehoue wlll..be ~ • NEW, BOAT.—th'i; ,'!donotigthela' Steam Navi gation Company bare just completed a new boat -named the Fayette;whieh -Will be put In Com mission •soon after the Iliat'of January. -Four, boats wlllthenmake tljeir dolly trips tound from Pittsburgh to ,BroaneVille, and to Geneva, the bead of navigatlooptod the shipping plart of the Monongahela Gilllteous..-Sotno alteration will m p e made In tho titne, table, whichf whichour readers will bo duly, notified.. 4 . • Oro: . ..)Brorto 'Ocomtrocton.—On Friday night week dieting tionso of Ifni. Charlotte Ye •ger',.• 'in 'Chest - toinehip," Camtria. county, to .geihrowitti Its coriteits, was entirely destroyed, by fire, - -The' family succeeded In making their -escape, In-their night clothes, from the tames,' with.the entitle* 'cit.& Iltabl three years old,' who,. cad' to. relate, was' burned ;to ashes with the, bottling: The fire originated . from* . .defecilee stoTeplpe. . . - • •.' On..WEtharsit LIZAatTU.—a. company of . New York getialemthiastheided with Att, Bing, haro, of the Elisabeth Olrftennary, hkat same teirttorynn:Smith4Rtin on the: farai•of .Robert: Stidth, neer . Eliioheth, , a n d -proetod at once to fait down a test . iwelLt The .rtroptheas aro said to begood, and thliothipany is determk toed to give the reatSer,o thorough. trig. ( Opal , ations*llitamiarac,,Rokihaprst ESTAIILISHED IN: .1786. -: Christmas at .1 7 assavEnt , afinfirtrnry.. This noble charity was the scene of A very . pleasant reunion of the friends and patrons of 112 c • Institution on Sendai ereoldg. It la the custom of the, worthy gentlemaa and eminent pbthuithropisvwtto Mere ham labored in one Midst In the,cause of starSrigg humanity and who Inaugurated and has. for, many years condiacted this excellent Imilltotion.. to give ev ery person connected with the ~ establishment patients and employees-4n arptoiwiate eltrist nts*Presmat.. Accordingly; quite a number of the friends of the Institution a..ssernbled Its tbe main ball of Om. building, on 'Sunday to white's • and partake in the dleathotiots of these presents. = After the guests anti atlentst bad esseitpledifi the ball, divine service wastrel and the presentation of the gifts was proceeded with. Two long tables'were laid; at one of which the patients were seated, the other being 'eccuidel by the exalt; end outsets of the Insti tntion.., The patients trial their plebes at the ta ble In-the order. In 'which" the_y found their names fin the plates, on whiph was laid the present most suited to the laelvidttal Intended, being generally such articles us woidd most. benefit tbetrf and of - which - they stood most in 'heed,' accompanied also:with tiotne slight re freshments. All of the guestiNntletrs and CM plyyeeq. were likeirise the recipients of gifts and partook of refteslmients. The -bet-Alen was in deed a - phmsant one, and present enjoyed themselves In the.best mantter.l. - Nut we hare: yet to - speak of tbe'ntost interest torport Of the oceasten. This Vies the proton— Cation of a Elowitur 3fachisto to -Mr. Paesarant, for the use of the Infirmary,. This handsome Present witcYrurchased by the - employees of.the Novelty Works-and presentedas a testimonial of their appreciation fir Pussycat and a desire to Increase the usefulness oftite histitutiou. The • presentation speech was made byttcy. 11. W.._ Roth, the othglating clergyman of the Infimary, as follows: - . Heathen philosophers brought, their, gifts to the child Jesus, 'and shall ..wo ithhold our gifts when wamarr.emorate Ma birth 7 Here is one which has Laid the forest under tribute; here Is one which`lias Laid tho'metals °fide earlh lea. _ dm...tribute; here Is ono which his laid Its aibute upon the Bkill and ingenuity of roan; and hernia • one whieb,,still.,,higher and better, has laid the . love of- man under tribute. Such a, gift, permit me, my dear brother, to present to: you, as the representative of this thstitation, from. the em ployees of : the Pittsbnigh - . Novelty Worini, as a mark of their respect and • esteem, , arid of their appreciation of the: benefits denfermit by this' home of mercy. Mr.:-Pastiarant replied in a few beautiful and appropriate nunttiks, thankleg ;Ile , donors • an/ expressing his,determinalion toper-severe In the good work. as Cod gave hint opportunity. ' - The sewing machine d§ one of Grover Sii.Ba- • ker's best make, full casedand complete in every respect. A beautiful srlrerplate op the top has this inscription: "Presented to W.A. Pussavant, for the use of the 'Pittsburgh Inthinary, by the - employees of the Novelty Works.” Too much praise cannot he awarded thedonors of this timely and upprepridte gift, who, being in chiefly laboring men, awl not idbwed wilk much of this world's goods, hays thin practical ly testified their appreciation of a noble . and dis interested charity. • ' • ' Chlekering 9 s . P_laip . s as a 4 .I.c.c.,onpanymont for 'the Voice, . .; The folluwing flattering latter fient.the most eminent professor' f •olpir,lllg lb the country, will interest m a ny of oar readers ; who - arc debating whit make of piano to 'purchase ; ofeSON, Gentlemen : As a fanner of the voice for mauy.years, I have had occasion to compare the characters of the , various Piano-fortes' made' In'America, for tlpe. purpose of selecting -that 'one_ishieli was best adapted for that.purpose, from thefsiii-Osned rich nem and the invfeciptcriiyjc their :avg..' . '..Theititter quality is of t he highest Importanee. to teachers of staging- and their pipits, for the 'impure nitrations .which are found, in some IR, otrnments, lead the Voice. astray, and produce a. tendency to false intimation. • ' • I have oclexted your...Plan* not .for their other brilliant and : beautiful, qualities, but for • their perfect papa of tone;thatioeing the Most essen 7 'dal element. in , an Instrument used Tor vocal ac companiments. BAs a matter of course, that same excellence must also make, your rIAIIO6 or equal value to !Oro Performers, ai it confers that beant,Verniaging (111:111410 impor.:slit In the ex ,:pressive perforrnancomf an . 'I always vie, and alwayt :recommend your pianos to may pnptio and friend.% , • cure ;cerydrd9, . . . pansy:4 9, Mr. Mellor is the only agent in this ally for &ha Chlekering' Plittio. ,- aud has now at his ware. rooms,. NO. lit Wood. street, a smnit. ,splendid so : leition, Intended for: the. holidays... Persons de ofsiMrchasing rent* sceing"and hearing - 1 ,soine superb hiainicotts should not fail to vlsir.. popular Institution, located at 63 Fifth street, op posite Coneert Ilan, for the past week have bees tremendous, 'the assortment. of Books, Bibles and Albums-, still Inmates : full and complete. Large lots of elegem Booksaultable for resents, have PM' been received. - Among, them will be . found the`Cooper Rehires" "Waverly Gallery," "Women of Bseuty,';"Gallety of Famonsig “Sqedth of llcautf,".diltie,eitlaiii;,- of "Polloit'a Cool-o'ot Time," ' filso nanny Standard Booka in lino, binding*. u 'entire ' uew asiortment of 4 """ati , ""kalSti boon received. A large lot of' pocket Aitlitrah ranging in.price from ei to 1110 Lir sr In store. Family Bibles, Prayer., Books, Pkotograph.Attims and Port Folios of every • style and price: ' Nei' and beantlful • g ifts'which have bee" added to the show - cases render the "Metropolitan" mere attractive than ever. Over - 1,300 rich . and costly articles; such ae Gold retches; Silver "Watches: Sliver leo Pitchers. silTir 1 34111 . Botratan. (glass-llneda. Sugar Bowls, t'offee Urns, Butter Dishes, Cori Receivers, Gold-lined. Goblets; Claret Pitchers, seal of Silver Spoonsand,Forks, Calf-bells,Cups, , Sze, have' been"- distributed lo purchasers of Books during ibepast 'week., Some handsome present worth from "40 'conta to it accompanies .Cheap Pianos far Christmas. - For those who intend to purchase a piano for Christmap, but do not want to gn so a great =- reuse, end still desire's an Instrument that la of good tone and durable.construction, the stoek,tis e seen afMr..Meller's 'mule room offers. • spe cial Inducements. It 'embraces pianos of six different Makes, of cations 'styles of. fernitiro— plain and carved=and at such. prices as to be within the' nulls of almost - anybody's purse. They are Of sweet tone, - good touch; and strongly Ende r s° as to Inanrethele wearing well. Fullest &liking such , not DO to call at liteller's:Wartrooms, No. 81, Wood street, :and examine lila essortment., Pnweiatcruns wr Dtt.'CtctVs-ti!e hid tint .P 1 tame of listening Miliet .oTenint to a leettins delivered by Dr., A. Crane,: m. the 24 K. P. -Church,. Pa. Avenge.. 'The • Doctor has sees .tench of• the wolid, anti • is att interesting Ana itlEilletiTe igmaker.:. By'reknwit he will l ento ns amiln this evening at the satoo , place. We ad vise all who can to go and hear Besidea, to will make -examinations ~f -heads of-Individ uals Mind.folded,ros Is his' custom; and we keel tate not to say that the" intowledgct. he will ex. bibit of tie persons so eiamlncid, itni. excite ths . astonishment of all -Go muisee fojourselyea: .... , . . Tnitiraw.7-There will he two performances at. the Theatre.to-day, one at two o'clock, and tka other at Seven and a half. In 'the afternoon the great moral draminf."Untle Tondseabin" bcc performed, g -and , tba same play "Übe relente m d the evenin With the addition uto ee of the "House that Jack builto f the pl : , Tide last bas a rev,' familiar and somewhategulvocal but we essare those who have not seen it, that rare sport Is brought ent in Its prodnetlon.. Drams' Timi. Cnntsrmis Storm—The new Christmas-.story by Charles Dickens, entitled . Mrs. .I.irripper's •Legacy . 3". has juat been re. eciTed. and is for sale by Mr. J. P. Rant, Masonic sircit;" This is a churning story. written in the _ hest style of the great author mut abounding in pathos and humor. it is a continua. tlon or his last Christmas story, and. all who ' have enjoyed the pleasnre of reading that will be sure to obtain this. . ' . • Som.--The steamer -Bayard; plying betwea this city . and' ilizabeth Ann ,beett told to company who,latend to plate, her on - the Pittsburgh and Parkersburg trade: , here the officers and crew orthe Bayard Were careful and attentive In their efforts to at:commode/elle people, and we wish them sueceas - ott their new route. She Drought e 52,000 andswilD be put as - a n,wilar Pattortibtux packet, making two tOps Vat:Gann ffuorturr rod flus.=—E 'We direct special atteution to tho:adtertlsqutorit arll2ol/11- cing that Abe Darragh Mansion; No.• O Fourth strect, la offered for sale. , This is a due house, conitoodions and 'eligibly slraited,' and will be sold at a hcrplo. It is hi:did:tom that such fararableopportunity utplrOgsl , Yor pcoeUrinu a desirable rtsidence: JohnW:4llldr, Esit, will girt the necessary information tOthostiwisblng to purchase. E :t4 . NATIONAL Ilswx.—Nottei has boexitglvan that the etockholders of the Mondngattelka•Bantt of Brownsville, kayo voted ,to -become a, National Bank assoelatlon;? and that Its Directors here • procnied the autlioritinf the own= of more' than two-thlrds of the capital stook to make the ctrtifieate rrilutrtd . therefor Ity the laws of the accomodate persons who failed:to procura iboChrlstmen gifts :in Hoots, Shooantl•Dri Goods, ',ldTlealand , e 4-uction Horan, sr; . Eireet, benpra for a raw lionsth.l“hfoit Oaf). : t - - • . • .- (Additkaval Oily and thtLutituv on ibierth 1'041..1 r. .. 11=11111 111111L,_ • • e f i : . s , •• ,