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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.
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tollgili: - :64Bt - - 81i144E M.11111111"1.;
''. 14it Eiji! r : •:It fParttd C aptured.
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-IV 3t •- - - c a. trythe Prciddoni
Unia~d Dix
' ' 4 r b tc h. MI been receiY
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evening,, Gm oral : Sherman n. lt
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tide at--..,
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,: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
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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
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~, -• ' 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
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, . Pdliglit'izi , therfr ble'rlag uP I helfonst l 4..
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tii oaTy iint.:‘lla - enintatatea as captured 800' ,
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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
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I • jog rosewood G -o;OShermnix , ,o,
IWonhiniriiii GJalinah. glitVgr
' of on]: tall, Iwo bearers of: 32.13 . 1potehes front Goa.
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teeming of theelst. Gen. Itardee escaped
wlfiliblel main bat of Ids Infantry anaugat4i ,
7 !_amer,Lats:pe'teeStlin'it crorshig
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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
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-, 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
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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 ,
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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
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*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
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, tir .orifitemptlorAfiE adloll Of tlie rebels.
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• 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.
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Spilaillatritttetts will► Salt Prohibited
SENTEMI 761 VIENTERPEITING, etc., ttei
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- 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-
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Nbor Tons, Dee: 24.1 7 Thel:Riehmend Whig
int the 223 contains She pceerodingant tiho lionin . -.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.'
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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 `YIGI<T3 .RESOIETIONS 'TIIILEB.
iiaLon BFPoritld
DAILY
- PITTSBURGH. MONDAY. DECEMBER 26.. 1864.
O ME DAB 4AuR-FRom EUROPE.
Capitulatory Addrrag in Regard to. Mr. Lin
satriucAN AFFAIR'S TIEWED li7TIT THE
6NE-4TEST TEREST.
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Jon'sg, 11.1 4 .. Doe. ' 4 2-1 - ::: 1 The steamship
Basilan, from Liverpool on the 15th, via Lon
donderry, arrived off Cape Race: at throe &Chick
I.bss afternoon. She was boarded by the hews'
`hear Of the ASsuclated ' , YM , 's;?end a summary o
her news obtained; which is live dayi later than
that per the Africa ' at Boston.
The news by the Peruvian Isar no special im
portance; I •
The British emancipation' Secretary had pre
sented a congratulatory address to Mr-Adams,
the American minister, upon' Mr. Liacoin'a ro
_electiOn. ,
Tlfe Ateericazi advlces; in view of Blastula's
progresi in Georgia, and -Hood's operations In
"Tennessee, were received with the greatest
tercet.
The Mae says: ' Since the beginning of the!
war, there Wainever greater interestentitake: t •
The London . Thars urges the opening of nego
tiations in regard to the American winy;saylng
tbat it mnst_come t9this at last,: aratthesootter
ibillekes conk , the hen:or - It will be forlkiferied and
the world at large. - f
, The aaksofcotton ln theLtverpOoll market for
thilist three days Inatinni. to 15,000 bales and
the-market ` elating. ' illreadltitffs
steady. ~Pcoviskam harq a „downward tendency..
:Prolate' Marl:it - 1i • ftill. ' Consols' bll3-1,1(y6 - 1”‘
'The Bandon Timer eays that the *or, autos&
ended'hyabgetlatkn sad , -truntil compremuse,
mango on. until the B".mthda ,Madelnto a
&beets' aide No ptoitrated 'lin daily avid'
etwarneraisdly,thr.para... ; •• •
London Mosley Markrf.—Gold continued to
flow into the Bank of Etrgiand, hot ;there were
large wittftra*enflor expons. A further Mune
diate reductica in the bans rate of discount was
, trade.,, • ; • ;
/Ake! ZoNloaq erry-- Lire rival,' Dee. 16.
Cotton hilikces'ebtalars reports the sales of the:
week at' 42000 hales. The market is nasier, and
the authorized quotations are: New Orleans Fair
at el.; Ididdlhag, 261.id;-11oblie Pair :fill:A; Md.',
dling';2ll±44' - Ctlands, ffid,"Stitillttg, 2554%
Sales to-day:(SIMAF): of 6,00 d bales. Closed.
qrtiet and rmehabged. Stock in port is e.stimated. -
at 314,000 bilkhy of. Which 123,M0 are Maori.'
con. Breadstuffs quiet and steady. Provisions:,
quiet auk steadi,:mreilit tar - Arwldeh is : slightly
lower nod ltacoet NitallSlVitedi
Larn?.on; Dec. 16. - -Consoli Tor money, Slit®
Bullion. in the; Stutk.of Englabd hal in
creased L 149,2000. The :hank trilaimum rate of .
interatlias bcenredacedto Six per cent. •
Foreign-files by.. the steamship Africa bring
threedays later Veen free:Japan.
. The Prince , of Nagata:having , refased to pay
the stipulated war indempity, the Tyson ordered.
-bla-lialsetsi to Wdentrily.4'aeurthe torrents pat,
to death... Six hundred and thirty servants were
ciecnted, when 'Prince offered to. paY thei
stipnlatid sant Tand , asitett altforelgn reprosente ,
tiros to intercede for him.
lICE DEM FAIIRIGUTS ..PROND110:1;
rim APPLIC.MIS ion *LUSTER 20 PIUNCE.
Arbit;lllsclotOpEatldns MhJßst
Wilix4nitton.
vt:_4gL, r.z/Fgaz.t LEGMA TUREitEsor.E,TIONS
mini
I .ls bien nre w o etad roxv, ot tiec heri 2l e .1 e e beez e Admical niectiii r ry ko:
mini is: .411*40 ki:„Wasdatuguent to-morrow,
when his commission as Vi ce Admiral, and
the Congressional resolution of thanke' ' ,inscribed,..,
,
isikm`.parelinnentf wjabirpreeented to him.
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'• ‘The , itl;iN Waibington , 'special says : Tko
Picsidemt„lian . received - afmlifttions In &rem of
liftydiffamaa gentlemen for Ministeete France.
'Mb Her*Ofs . .-kikiclif %,ivayie:T-The! War , aad ,
:lacy Departmmts are engaged in fchtfidi oat'
the antherirlsT the contraband , Iw n *. eon
pluing kbp.. l 44ol9FiV Agaimt Lind'
:are datertninetW'whnM them sever y: It -ia'
feared these disclosures may cause niore ham of
I .- :1.. vltiv• - . Letlalentre of Mimi& last Tonally
i
us t.n.rus h2para •le pmee't 9 nn Od •0411111C11.
pledging Vlrenia ;to nitikasr ery ifacrlllecjpa**-
tle Tor shch that the tpoerer of making
peace Is w4ely entrusted • 111 the hands of the
' Government, and proporatleins 'of the CDL'Itl to
any Et atertotreat for /separate peace arc inaldinne
mat Inadmissible. .• ; •
gatrALIIMSIIIEiI RAID:
Louisiarfa, Mississippi. and Florida
LARGE QU.kIiTITIES OF REBEL SUE-.
ELIES DESTROYED.
guerrilla Operations on theMingiorippi
:-2.cciithmek
NEtr Tear; Doc. 24.—d en..o alidopn tut4llri
',lttielori of Union ravaky,- some *mots of
yoroexaldlog opera:, oAs., In loirer parts of
, LoitteleitritierrisOrae o reputitehed-from
rebel papers, hate arrived safely at Pascagoula,
Loultlana„ Scorn Baton Rouge v width Owe
they left :on 'Alto 2111 e of „November. iiit;
They moped through • the solitherriportion of
.I..cmislona, 311ssi5sippi and Alabama, and 'the
westmulxirtiortof Flarida, meeting with little
- oppereition,' and. destroYing large quantities, of
supplies, occuming a number of towns, tearing
up railroadi tracks, burning bridges. capturing a
Dumber of prisopers, and, two valuable mail,
and_ pgy . ling . kapterqe(l.lma,F,c genendly on Wit
These operations carised great consternation
among the rebels In the country through which
thej passed: —Their easitaltie..wera two killed;
eight Yroondedund forty captured.
The rebel guerrillr.s and bushwhackers con
flap, , their . drmredations on the plautatlons
along the Itliaidasippt river, above - New Orleans,
but they halm nearly ceased Eriag on unarmed
anion Rat 4 ntheNirgiuia anal.
-:TeilOesseOpillroiOL
cozi§iDptav,,tggliys, OF REBEL ,
STBRES DEbTxusTED.
Figl4lUimrfild s Apeoffer
,Forrnzforblossoi,.. Dec. 23.—Reirel papers
contain tho following:, • ,
• ,
. , Lynch4errg . ,,,re!. r Dec.,14.-7'assengprs by the
tittai traW:bromilit oreportof.a raid on the
Virginia and Tennessee. Railroad, at Bristol,
Tenn. Tile enemy are StlppOrad to 1)0 a portion.
of Zurhridges ,commtmr. Rerm,Alleat Station.
They advanced muddily and entered the town at
fire o'clock in the morning, and destroyed a con
siderable Mount .of Government. Mores, ion
caglnet.and tridrt:Ou_the.East, Tennessee and
Nirginlarßitlionad, arid an ea -ward-bound
on the Virginia - 4nd Tennessee Railroad, between
Bristol aud Abingdon•
piwitive-intellieenie of-theenmity's num
ber has been received, but they axe supposed to
have been live or shilhousand.
A body of the enemy; returningtowarrlsßeare's
station, encountered our forces at Zellicetrer, a
stetson onthe.EaatTennroec railroad, nine mike
w,.estlif Lstol„whate a tight was said' to be . pro
gressing it last-aCcountii.
,Vtotice,:liallway'-Speculattons, nu-
Nis Yontri liceernbe4 24..4ta11way sivetdri.
Akin was`morc. buoyant, Able Morning,: and there
teaks gencrallmprovenient. There was • . more
demand for stocks, partly on Wens from tint of
town; but after all, the market was steady, with
very few changes from the Doird quotations.
bdradildedtt : itereirailtis active - and decidedly
stronger. The Bub-Treasurer hoe received ;no
notificatirm .mmtril tha.lo4o loan;
sad fiataiMlpikical , oica hrtlie ' polite.:
The coal 6114. ailseellanions Bet was strtmger a but
:without apy.SPeal al featur e. ;
few- rarnors were I n circulation at tie
mold room. an adjaorticd'tifilll
'hulas) , morningi• Tim Market is weak.— There.
is .no session - of the evening -Tkiar - d ,
Money was misler.to4) , than yesterday,•holdera
I being deldronfi - Of seaming Mr - catra days'
- .
cat.
'Naar rong Dcc 4. - ald le wask andlower.
The adjoaromont„of
produces au indisfiosittire , torsirt, and tranium.,,
lions were nominal ar '41€0.31V. • • -
lattsrestang illsooyery bat gen tuadatttat
'some of the geldban transferred .1n sales have
been ta m pere d wltbland Instead of containing
geld; dm' coin him red - With stones.-,old. iron,
.neW-PPllAledipld bra", and attic take w4ltie.
••-e, - , • •-
REPORTED ATTACK• ON THE DE
FUSES OF WILIIIINGTON:
The Pirates Chiehtuaniga. Tallahassee and
A trAPAL ACTION EXPECTED
New Yons,,Dec. World thinks Par- .
ter's atteck on the Wilmington deferi;es took
.
place yesterday. It gives the names (If heavy'
i'esscli that are to Ile outside rind shell
. ,
er. They are the Colorado, Pputattab, Wabash,
Minnesota, Susquehanna, and l ew Irofsldes; In •
all mounting 201 guns of large caliber and long
range; and, callable of berg '&4 very rapidly.
It is thought a few.houis'bomba'rdnietit would
reduce the sufficiently to allow light-draught
vessels to enter. , A naval fight Is expected alter
the forts are passed. • The pirates Chickamauga
'andTalialntscd are repined-Inside, Mal several
blockade-rwmers have been armed. i
It to ramored thht the'rebele' lame srtnic Iron
, clads on the Cape Fearßiver, that - wal take part
la: the action. The habitant the rivet from its
month to Wilmington ate sipposid to be strouly.
fortified. . -;
The rebel force Is ettibiatixf nt.15 4 030, and It 13
rumtred thaLithas been reinforced febta
ton and Auktuita.
Many military andmaral men -think that the
capture of the forte and the closing of the 'river
is the 'only object of the expepition: t
The 7ribtme'a Washington speciit !lays: The
beefy gale experienced by ,Porter's iexpeditloa
• may cause delay, and possibly compel its return
to Fortress Monroe. Thence-ski:nese was very
eilutustivb to' the negro troops. ;
MORE OF THE ST. ALBAN RAP)
The Captures of Blockade Banners.
• I
Nnw Your.. Dee. '2s,—The DlMS says, edito
that our Government should Insist upon
the velum of the St. Albans menu foinad in pos
session of the raiders, without regard to the de
cision in the ease. The rahlers themselves say!
that the question raised was not on ;the feet of.
the tobblng, but on an entirely diffeiront point.
: A Montreal paper soya : It V.W,000 was Leo
lon from the di. Albans :Bank, by the raidcra,
$90,0011 wns'plundered from 'them ly persons
-who gave them shelter across the Cansdian bor
der.
• A London leiter saYm ,The recent eaptureA of
li"inerOUS blockade Minces hi seriously affecting
the parties engaged.: The mods lately viten.
Ai ere owned by the Alblolf,Btocli'CoMpany . end
Mb/ Companies. If these loom captious, the
companies will be railned.-„ - - ,
—Dr. Drown, Supetintenaeatiof
-dale Lunatic Asylnni, testided yesterthm that one
of the leading licw York dailies WM,
edited' by-Inmates of that asyluid:
Th-VE 16A11.
Timed Claims of Comisoierwe
Waimitorron, 'NOT. 25.—The - stibseriptiona to
.the 10 7 4010 an, for the weal., ending with Baur.
aineunted to 6,00,854,• End lb no 7-..7)
loan • $5,334,000... .
`'Three Wes of . coliselenee late releatly been
brought- to :the notlceof the Treasury Depart;
meat. An emcee In *York; beteg to doubt
43 to the propriet, or havin g drawnia - relpitadtl .
tiMa . f0t4125.00, has returned the Money, With'
the rtqfiest" that one half of It be considered la
the property' of the ilovernment and the other
hail' as ,Ids individual contribution to the canoe
of-Uncle 'finen3rOtatia .I:arre* ,
pondent returns /122.50, but desire* tkiptddiew.
turn of the fact ; • while the third, transmitting
a2„:;75, requests Its receipt to be anthowledged
_through a New York newspaper.
.
NAVIGATION ON TILE POTO)LkU EI VEIL
_
7 • :"
CASJOIAII TROUBLE PRO! ILT 'SBTTLED
Nhw Yomi,,,Dee. 94—The Commercial's Wash
ingl,em special says The 1r ea:Ler Is moelcrotiag
and Ike protertets arc that, navigation willsoon"
Lc rcliniedan Ile Potomac. % - '
The Posfs Washington .spectal says: Latest"
°dykes from Canada render It certain' that there"
nin be no trouble between our Gorman and
the authorities orthlit• Province.
. The receipts at.ttmernal itetllareat;
during; the tonthof petember, am utast.°
820;
090,1 , A)0.
The Commissioner of Intzinal Beirenue has
deeided that Scrap Irou,_heretofore tated, is not
totieet to lax undFr the Internal Revenue Law;
a tat upon It in Odom having already been paid.
1 isited.
SIIERIVFS BASE FULLY ESTOLISIBEI
Thy CITY PROBABLY ALREADY IN CUR HANDS,
i r ugusta likerman's .seit Field of Operations.
,
14nw Tons, Dee. N.—There is no later intelll.!
getre ,
from Gen. Sherman beyond that almidy
telegraphed. :34.1.11tary,men direct from Fort
Me-
Allister are confident the city Is already In our
.bantlak at least 'the garrison can.hald out but it
ri,V 114111: Sheiman's base la fully established
be Is recelrlng.everythlng he desire* In the way
of supplies and amnumltlon. A large mall was.
scut to-day by the Fulton.
A,private letter from an officer in Sherman's
army says: After the fall of Savannah, the army
will probably move, to Augusta and capture that
place, to hold as a new base of operations.
SAN FRANCIPCO,I Dee. "4.—Businessis at a
'rand still, owing td the roads being blockaded
mutl, and freight communication across the
nctra 'l's evades' Is presented. The overland mall
has arrisod with •St, Louts dates and stalls to
tioternber otti. The steamer Golden Age
:.alled today with alsmall number of passengers
Mut f 1.058,000 -treasare. of which only
Yr.? 3000 goes to New. York. The reenalmler is
f&e , tfigland imil" - ATeiico. The sailing of the
ne73 mall steamer iy postponed until the .fourth
- Janttnij, otarticaimatif tho holittays.
-
.'"IJOISVILLN; . Dee. 24.—General Lvoi's tifces„
ettimated at front tiro to five thousand cavalry,
with-itlx pieces of artillery, struck' the Louisville'
and. Nashville railroad at Elizabethtown, -de
stroyed a few nubtiportant spasm, e*r listen
creek, then turned north,ond are nowt threaten
lug the Important treetle works at 'ldrildrougtedi
Hill. Lagrange's brigade of McCook% division
Is close upon Loge rear,' and our military' au
thorities are prepared to give him a wake' recep
tion. .
The Rebel Geniral Preston'e Fanally le
•
-
• Barrow, Poc.`The wife, egn and daughter
'of the . rebel Gen. Itinmori, of Kentucky, came rul.
paseengere to Gm Mockler Africa.. °recta from
the War Peportmeht refueled them perrolealon
lend; and 'deo declined flair' request to' lame
by,,rall for Canada.' They. erefare remain on
the- steamerto be 'carried beck-.from - whence
the/ Fame ,
! .
Br. Loma Dec tat.—The forted opcollihesof
the Union Pacific railroad from Kansas City to
Lawrence, Hansaai took place on - 'Monday, and
on Wednesday lastla grand jollification watt had_
at each end , of the road. Daily trains, arc 'now
ninnLoghetween the points named.:
•
•G'+ 4 :it s ".aesOlK~ie~'s`f+`:LTaY3~tuu`~ifhl',ie'~Y'
PITTSBURGH' ..' ..G-AV4E-TTK
Several Iron Clids Inside.
Brought to Light
4,-..-ear 't
From son Frauchico.
A Rebel Raid.
Opettina of the ParUle RaUroad
from Kansas City to Lawrence.
PAtensive:lFlrc.in, New "Torii.
.
Haw Yon', 'Def. 24.—An extensile fire oc
curred on Beektnan street last Welt.' The lois Is
t150.000:..Tue; stitrerers - ere James •E. Ifel
se, Co., Ihrdwire Anatol:ice:1,110,000; .8:
Glenn .t Bro., Hardware,"ls,ooo; Foster dc Tow
er Hardware, 89.000. Resell A: Mace, Johns
4.:.)aeott Edward Hanle% & Co.'s' 105/41111 are in.
. .
WasSmaarrus, 24.=The. ?Federal GOTern"
meet Deport 'ropily wlll barb - sad on Monday In
order. to enable tha employeei alloy Christ:
enas holiday. Tbd main building of the Itslarmi
dinall Paillospltsd, wider Giivornutent control,
•.was this evening &strayed by fire,
noted Uut ,ChaOlala's Tho palicata
were allaaftlyreasored. - •
pamfb - otars .11U.Dlamber of Congress:
BOsiiM; Daa: Arai:Bll.. l ;s'ood, for
Maly member or Col from Miami alai
Oda morning at tbo Harm Homo from as at
!6elf fort]-9116,114,1,fidt•.
•
Again Reported
frora•Waitangton4 kff.R pareby sob; by a rt.,.
RoA tam Plmfaitatif: •••••-: •
. •
=UME
THE EXCHANGED UNION PRISONERS
Porter's Fleet Rumored Returning.
• • ~ _____
, . .
. . .
ArTALEIS THE POTOMAC ARMY:
.. _
.I , .:Lii• ,Yozr, ee. 25.—The !Amid's Washing-
ton special is : no total number of Union
.prlsonera reee fed by. Col. Mtlford from rubel,
prisons Is 10,* enlisted mennrul over 200 ofil,
eel's; Of this 'number over 000 hays Bed 'since
they were received at-the - point of &Eel:Mtge.
l'bote prisoners are !such as were declared by
rebel surgeons, as unfit for duty foisixty days. t
gives - gm o •
Tice - Needs Mercury's Washington Special
r f ,
r that Patter's deet Is strain;
to Fortress li end, On aneormt of the s pply of.
coal nue bele entliehmt for the eonte piatod
operations. - ..
A spepial from the Armyof the Paton:: e'ssys
'A separate burial ground has been assi el to
each division of the army. .:... . ,•.... '
Boards for the examination of ,Quartermaster;
And iCoinalisiries, mi . Vrialribed by Congen , s,
are in, seeslon atArmy Headquarters.; '
..
Tba' iinxentailcin 'of'lv - W..164134 bt Gas.
Gregg, teethe 2d Brliada of 2d Cavalry Dlvlsitn,
..Subscriptions have been started in the Army of
)ho James for erecting a monument to the maul
ory,or'Pen. Blrney.
1101 THE SHENANDOAH TALLEY.
Cavalry Fight Near llarrisonburg.
.SEERID.AITS FORCES ADVANCING
c , .. 7
.itialrYouz, Dec. 25.--Den. Custer, of Ste*
darisytavalry, last Thursday male an attack on
glee cavalry under Rimier, nine miles north
of-
_afttlionburg, In the Shenandoah 'alio'.
, _
, . , ,
The...ltlehmond nrontner of the au says:
Sheridan a Infautt7 tuts come np the valley to a
polfit ;between Harrisonburg and .New Market.
His advance, It Is summed, Is Intended as a dl
vertical irofavor of the early msvelnent on this
place. Early has marched out to meet him. The
Ineraded foree.wsleh :has crossed the mountains
it 4,000. They were yesterday In Madison
co V.
• Atritini at Mobile.
NEir You; Dec, 94.-1 gentleman who - left
Mobile says two4Mlrds of the people arc laming
for the capture of the city. Al',out aeren thou.'
sand3roops arc stationed at Mobile—all militia
execit one small brigade—and two irott:clado,,
'hotlkjitilclent In propelling powei. • •
Matebbetweett knee and Coburn Probable.
Naw TOlut, Der, 25.-,—Sportlng men' say :he r
Cobwit le expectingto make a match with Race'
as EOM as the latter arriTes. . The fight will prd
bly take place In Canada: • - •
(Try AND SUBURBAN.
lea Paper To-Marrow -Morning.
I:roster give our employees an opportalty ,
• .
or "'sowing In the Christmas feafisltses, eio;fs,
pet'. irlll be lamed on to-morrow .morning t Our
laiirescr , win vitae on Tweeds y
Mt,
_ it/ held
Ir . elections on 31444, for the poi;
poem uf'pliettrtn - candidatra', tor
Staritstaktrard officers: Belot will be `foittd
tile molt :
.. BieVinker. Robertson,
,76 - it _-,
1 14 i - do lat yet..."l 111
Si —.el :to
SS
IhEkdrr Id pet .1.,
41h1 do pct..; ••
sto a.
Fetal lot 659 ' " -
Dreyeison's majority OretiieVicker,loi near
10 t 2 • •• •.
- nninCtOn. or ram POOL
314,3?:mciry Ole - nor, of the Fourth Ward; was
n,Wited :without opposhlou, rheept tu" the
wham nTlliam Chambers /a
-- ••••• iota; and William Mordorli soreaty
_ • •
Coming* ommr .. on _ •
ler. Chas. W. Denney, Alexander Winne.
tkbool pßedors—k.amagl.liiditle Jbltp A.
Alderman—John Dyfs, sr. .
skssessar--S.Jmeon Bulfonl.
Judi:. of Elemloos—Einumel Tnotoßson,ln
Inert:rims' of Elections--abarlos k. Ingram,
Wm. g. BrOwn.
llttrink Insprolors--Jas. D. MeDIR, Wm. H.
Robinson. •
Constable--Sainuel Irwin.
EECOND WARD.
Sleet Commll—Rcese J. Thomas.
Common Connell—John Thontpenon, Jos. Sic-
Donnld, Robert Ashworth.
cclmel Dlrceto!n-:,lott Drown, 3r.,11. 31.Dtut•
lap.
Aszcstor—Jsmts Ramsey. .
Judgeof EleCtions--Oluistian Straight.i'
inspectors of Electlinut—leave Long,, Wm.
TiAte,
Return Inspectois-4. T; Stockdale
Alexander. .
Coustable 7 4osepltDcst.
' TJRltn WAIID.
. Select Connell—James Meßrier. .
Common Council—Fronts Torrence," John
gobb, A. D. English, George P. licilsteln.i
School' Metiers—C. C. Boyle, Dr. James
brown, James ThOrn.
Asscssor—Robert B. flay. .
Judge . , of Illectlems—John Holmes., Ist pre
cinct ; C. C. Smith, 2d precinct.
Inspectors of Elecflons—S. W. 51eGinn,
Mcniughter, let precinct ; Jeeob Schaffer,lunis
Schaffir . , gd_precirict.: -
Constable--Lnuis Schaffer.-
-
rennin WAD%
Brice?. Council —42. >land=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
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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.
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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
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astonishment of all -Go muisee fojourselyea:
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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
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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
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