• . ...-."...."-''' ~ ::-...i.......2. : - r ' '''.; 7": i'' ' . _. VOLUME LXXVIII---NO. 34. r , ''Ske Vitt,otttvgit 6az‘ite. VERY-LATEST NEWS TELEGiLPIL WPOR'IIIiT MN , -1.119.11111GT0N. Blair's , Visit Litccess u,, , 4." t t ~ 1- 8 118 Zlill6 411014. FOR , TRACE I -4 - 00 1 / 1 1 TERMS • 114.114FiCTORY, . •.; 4 humiliate iiipolotment of Peace C4ners'Prveqsod.. t :-idoc;-. • 460.4 • rudibleinfig, - Jan."37.=l'hei following is a eprOdilispateWtiorite.Evordisg Telepsiph - • WASHTSIGTOII, Ju definitely ,-.e.talned.that toßichmend has beta erowziedirlth complete ;linens. Mr. Diets Pledged hirriielk to ecnd fmmediately three gen- . ;tienesetia • Vistilsesin li eisnfer upon terms of pease: Mr: Davis siateit:d h elietly to Mr. Milt elinfire• 'wired: tended° per lie and Muni to:the Union upon terms that would be satbifeetor to Mc.-7dneche and Congreiii. - Mr. - Blair abio had en Interview whit Gen. Lee, who owned him oselfAlesittifinot ending 'the rebellion by laying .down arm i and returning to the Union. ;•p. ; •••• eonferredl with many' of the td eiCengretamen, 'who represented themseltes , as td favor of abandoning further hdstilitles There can b'e no doubt that in a day or two • at least Cominisahmers will reach Wailiniton to bring froisithe.repentin4 rebels allegiance, to the 'Union, the Constitution and the Laws. Mr. Blair 14eHcitneil the kindest 'Of treatment at IheAnnide the 'aidtiodries: It is reported that -Memo the reduction ;of Fort Fisher ; an entire-fe•tointion of public opinion has taken plies. The most extreme adrocides of fighting Wont to the bitter end' eow admit the hope . • Theriiiness of „their cense. The Urribabillty, of art early peace-was freely' discussed In serial end-pont,* Omits ,In Richmond. - A general' ' feeling 'of joined relief resulted from the rapid sdroularion 4 511beinfortnatleti• • ' liiioTßEft iints.lolit _....../re s . 1 , . - Flaw • •Yonat,-,jail. 27,—The • Tribune has ;the ~. . . .- •, following to-Idght front . Washisgtina Mr. Blair 'hail returned bore" Richmond unaccompanied ; .:11iriMaits 'id ins main, ins summarily: stated ' ;-by the ben -teemed to he, the aticertaispien .., .:of Jeff, Dayleheillingneet to negotiate for ih a . 1 ' . : batedt of thetas consul* lii had keen den '1 ;tio.itickinond to negotiate for the bonen of on ono . 1 -. - 111 fr: it isispamented teiltere divulged thane-, sults of his embassy, - He M tietil brings ,ifis said; rc.f . liealwetositlOne from Jeff, Marta' lin. "To ate° ,',,te,pettes'on" the 11 Isis of. Won, - tie ; - ' napalm toliatabliih'an , for niaety ya In which In talk &bola" segotlidliatuf and peace.. IL it said that ,tire Panama limited Mr: illar'a powers in thin mooed mii-sion. It Magid he eX .. 'seeded.' hit :powers on his first mission; that ( tendered' concesalont to the mica and bald but ~ proadaat which Mr. Lincoln disappmetrof When t he get' tarticind that -to lambed widget rid of c - .tittatetslifr:lllsir. Was fat torldehmeind a emnd" The Bleintiead ifini of the Flat says ; ' iTe --.kawr Mr. Blair has bed-one or two inserviars I/ - 'with the President; but beyond this That Uniting _,,,,,,„"ggitiTei ts.kuow_n gobikle of official circles:. fin ! _ !ilk :gala Sir. Blair Is this unofticial miedintUof i-,..; Clowastuedesilon between the two Presidents abd ,-- - that ha linking all the privileges of his position -,..... !ad alteltemteUgie -be may command to Indu , - mallows,' nimbi and Madan' to agree to Ore ; .1- lieutaidatoradjusanisam. • Rumor farther rem*. sa_ -etsidabm *al. - Litwin has Indicated thaniee . amditat t letibr" 0 - tractileable bad iiiticilbilary - •a, Wiglovi Alian:.wa would linve,giega, kW.: It 4 errl/4iiitk — it bentilliidleahort or she memcmattle i .fYd jodaporrottge,demands of the Eiciutbent p si ' 118.‘; 'Alttias Is vague' atuk vaisellabletory.. 2 , .. ifTerfltod,rajillacoatenr , to remain utieoll t... trial for the-preseal if the developments' bete diletobasiade shall give any assurance oti a „ )•%atieedyabd honorable ve!l n . , • ' • - I The Ameba, lays t t-•!All that is known isle bbat Blair: brongbt a idler • frumpLlncelep al- Medial to Seems Davie.: Detriments are mat V . meta asentisek but the - only object'of sena a, , Instate= is todisract attention from public se rene° and keep up the nmesense of demagog** about peace MOE. the Tanker armies are ha coo . , , MAiareovoar, Jaa:l7;--The bill reported e , Ality hf,',Senator, -Colluder, authorises . Post .. , ametera to deposit money. orders or other funds • en"their hands, in National Beaks, under the q di . latitiota of_tbe.F'ostatestar Genera/. and reuites . ':.lhOdellfery - 01 lOttenitfearrtero Mowery , city isf ;,,, ;ROOD ;Inhabitants. ,giviag - direction to ' the , ItatmasterGireeral to intend the canicrlystdm to other localities; andseduces the pottage t i n drop'. letters : Min - delivered b'y ' carriers,:... to o, e :c.". „On ' tinft hist; ihe lion ' s; poised antaoltttlOn i- • Inquietog whetter any isymesteltad been made 'to the Blues Central Rafiread Co. dace tie , _pump of . the resolution of March last, which , ispalred UM Foetetary et War-to , haeo refundSti to the Treasury 84b2,000 paid to that eontlistil for the elation of : troops and their prop - atty. - The if to-day replied that pay j, ;,7, mats bare , beat sande , aloes tkut data tee the aixissint' of 1.5b11,597, by' nakedly of the Frail . dead. -• :'''The members of the Contention of the Chris - ' nen - Commission paid, their respects to the -- President today.. George IL Stuart. Chalanal ;of the Commission, made the addressor intro . taction, and the PM ' eldent . responded Is a mat . 1 . and tharsearristie speech. ; - - : ; The meant of tie', counantatierai find re • ' ported by the Provost arshal General is ill,- 1.71.000, a portion of which has- been assigned for the payment of boneitke teethed by raisin 'sew trove. It is believed there will be sad . dent em pay the owners of slaves edited as veil- . :. ; asteerearstopensatloa already being allowed by an act of Ceegrets. lig ' Mame Jan. 27.—The Mauls of the- 'SW-slavery constitutional amendments. say the preispects of• It. passage by , the Maws brightens every day. The Vote on the Senate joint ram. lotion will betaken to-morrow. . ' The. ronse has net apart ' to-morrow to allow =member.. to delivellythelr long prepared on the subject. , ,- , No other business than speedsmaklng la to be Strer.Yonw, Jan. 94.—TheComwrotat Adair: Neer s alliabingtos special says e Mr. Blair had an Micelle* with the rreildent this morning*: fidntrkaule say. his mliston will .lad to poom, !NM gm noneasons for nein so. . • i • WhaetrierOly iii. 27.—11e5. Prrotels P. abide arrived In Washingtcm this ineirolag. - Soma gueralha made raid on the Oecoquaa *dew dlssandria, oil Tuesday sight, camping off everything of value to tho cabs= that they ciauld'olitala: ' I' ; ~ , :~: ~. ,` , 1 ~. di MVRTXST FROM< AIXANBAi. Ito Etbe 4ltemtit to Blptkide It- Revisal River. 11v. Lome, Jan. 20.--Adviees from Littleneck an the 17th, sly that the rebel General Shelby was blockading :Arkansas ricer at Dardville,, a:leapt:lye Miles abovelittle Rock, on Saihrday the 140, to prevent ieleehl passing to Fort Smith with nappies. A detachment of ; troops sent from Lewisburg; landed and attacked Sheiblovhen I sharp fight Wisued,during which the steamers passed on. The light was resumed on Sunday, but the ;vault was unknown, further than tbe ,report that we lost twenty-Ave killed on Saturday, and Shelby cycle ntied the place after another .stvere tight. _ Rditforennentewere sent from Little neck on • Monday. The telegraph' broke on Monday and Anther particulars conid not be obtained. • A dispatch from Cot. Livingston to General evils from . Fort Kearney, says he has been up Beilublien River nearly to ArickarePork,search - leg for Lndiana, and thence to where CoL Chdv. Inman had his tight— - ' Mar main trail hl westward alongthencpubil --, ..ean dyer. Over one hundred stnaUcr trails join lt. It isbellevalthat they mosaalPlatteriver twentv bra mina/Min Jalaburg, watching Livlngston's goovements. The - Weather, is very suera tmt the '7 tosses sad men are in One oondlUen. Livingston.. says overland stages should run and that he will Dfntect them . . . Crawford :County , Bask.fUscovery of au Ute Stolen &Midi eieept'its,ooo. Mastlrussr, the ' Eoade *Asa frow tba:/3sakof eepe 1129,000,. wen &said - lzf; -Ws lea : Oa /Wk. :.Thel3sak Is 6slag,tasslacas as anal: FROM FORT FISHER. fOIR BLOCILADE` CAPTURED, :The Belale Preparing to Contest Our ;TWO RECONNOISSANCES RT COL ORED TROOPS. The Enemy's Works Strong , Toftw,, Jan. 37.—The, Trawaes fort • Fleher correspondent nays The navy bas Made a magnificent haul. On WednesdapOit,i the ;;Iflthilltreobbockade rounere _were; captured on' Cape Feu Inlet by our fleet, anthuit,alght:lin ' 'other-one.. —Two of the steamers hue. Just Omo in and anchored under the guns of tho miry, opposite Battery Buchanan: They era iron - stymies; of. the , largest, and Masi of, blockade runners—very long and• sharp; Willi low house! forward and aft, scarcely higher than the roll. Like all the- rest they are palutiol a Aght Milo r, og BOA blue, They haii tlach two 'raking smoke pipes, and set far sii ; low paddle 7 boxes,witli.trheeltot atnalldtameter,ibut. Making up la pow's= br the applicailonwf patent' feathered floats. They are deeply loaded. - • - GeneralWkitlag'm wooed is in•the right leg, above and bear the knee. Colonel leamb'swotuad is in the hip, the , ball still remaining in - Nat. They have to b? sieved The exeibitutUons thee:fir made, show Wit the rebels have constructed a breaetwork natty from theoCeen telheriver,*abtile.out are evidently preparing as fast- as they can" to contest oar advance. - NEW Yints,'Jan. 21.—Tha has a Fort Fisher letter of the 23d, which says that there . hare !teen two recennolssattets in force since' wo • took possession •Or. the Peninsula, both of them by.the colored train of Gen. Paine, In command of Col. J. W. A met. On the second oecaslon they were" assisted Oen. 'Abiset'a brigade. The latter tobk the right ou ' the Beach nowt. We advanced about two miles through jangle, briefs and dense undergrowth. A portion orthis neu tral. territory is cypiws swamp, thickly tilled with swamp growth vines and stimuli trees; thee*, with race, make these placea ucp ;Detre hie Tor trodpe.- They found the whole of Etoke's ' strongly posted behind earthworks, ex tending across the Peninsula from Cap° Pear Iliver,toSele Water Lagoon, bordering [lir Ocean. OO the first day the ceremoales attending the reception of: a nag or trace delayed otteratiene until it was too late..to accomplish anything, end on the second day a pretty thorengh reconndis- Ilene° wasroade of the rebel position.' The nathre - of the ground prevented a continuous 'vie* of the line, but the conapitrison of Individual reports, tkowedthletthe ettemy'orotics wpm eenthattons and strong across our whole front. Abbott, captured slarka-fone the rebel prekets: Tha did not - make "much resistatice, tine of thellnicee edieetteolnathed from MIAOW primmer* the names of twelve regiments! la It kaelßibfon..., , • - Ott thstntilty itittainoten the came dtn and fired on _Apr pickets, bps 'failed to get n r enough to 'Ma' Annoy' dlscaVerlai as to the char . sitter oCoureituks ot-the streatihot We. fot*er _aisanlng Ottani. “BetW resessselsiuteees 'were made under the personal'supervision of Genetble, jetn.tll34_ I ?heliport 'tlott`ib r ui tloOiaie ruiners have', hem - ca untrue. - Only .two, the ;Nat end 4iiithes Pis bees esptatid. The, fitlig is /WO ea pilaw" Seasitos'and.wascoss 7 . mand:ed by a Ideuteeini:of the ltaglialvNaty.. lise'Chatiotte with her cargo Is reported: to be • long tattle Confighernism Ovventsseitt• ..Both BLOCKADE RUBBER FOUDDEKEL REMAMsrEltazim '47 &DISCO* EiCaPeil iiKllidenta Waskingkin; PASSPORT ORDER PROBABLY SOON TO BM AIifiIiCINDED. • CO/Ma el • North- Rfltort • RECSNWISSANCE THE SHENANDOAH HAIM. gleytel - leregf' are to .the Valle*. 9vrroiair, -27.--tbs Vockade rummer. Talestrisen,Trera liThxdnxton for Berninde. foun dered at sea on tbeLlitk of December. the crew were sated by ea - Americita steamer arid talipt to Bermuda. The Theraid's London letter says: The rebel agents have sold at new: blockadesuutior to railer funds for the January interest on the rebel loan.. The owner of the number of ,blockade= - runners ben Ordered his remelt to' be sold for *dr enty per cent. of their value. • Washington specials mentions the arrival ha' that city of Richardson And Brown, the Thbuite correspcmdenta, who escaped from Saulsbury, N. C. The, visit Wanbiagton to give their tes timony regarding the horrible suffering of , oar prisoners In the Smith, and to urge - the govern ment to adopt some measure for, retalimlou, otherwise for ikrakra Washington special says: .11 bre' • ported that In comminenceofthe readiness =S tated by the Canadian authorities to refurid the. money stolen by the St. Albans raiders, and their intention of taking efficient eIeSSITOS to prevent ench raideht future, the fleeeetary of State will. tbs passport order.. Coksel North, State agent of - New York, who was tried for frauds In the soldiers' vote, his been unconditionally released from arrest, by or der of the Secretary of War. • The iferateffs Washington correspondent gives an account or a cavalry reconnoissance up the Yeller - to Benyrille, and Berry's ford on the' Shenandoah river, which was found to be very' high and utterly Impracticable for creasing troops. The smaller 'lmams Cowing tato the Shenandoahwerealso • blgh,and the maul no p returned to camp via Milwoed - pad Winehester pike, without finding any enemy. A fragoMat of Breckhuidge's army, wbleh Ms. mind Stoneman sad Ihubridge, is at Lynch burg. --Yenta's cavalry command is divided sqd stationed at &mutton and Woodstock. Wick hem's brigade of Rower's division,*Mob' made the recent raidonßeralyooutt brm, retreated up Cheat Mountain Valley on Riffles river and crease:lithe' mountain through Big Run flap ti Staunton, from whence the prisoners were seat by, rail to Richmond. ' , lt. DlLawn ADonveatlon.-ylra ge. , Lovrs, Jan. ST.—The State Convention leas been engaged' in debating 'section 28 of the Bill of Bights !collie past three days = inallypmsested it gate the Legislature ed gon er Ito forfeit the estates of citirens bat was finalliadoptedin the following form "No person can be:tainted of trasson.or felony by the General Anamnbly ; - that there can be'no forfeit= woof.estatsfor any crime except tremor). that no countable. can work corruption of blond, and that the estate of such persons as may destroy thole , omn , Tivis shall descend IN 4lhe cue of natural death. NIEEi 2t That free Communication of thoughts and opinitina is one of the invaluable rights of man, and .crery person may freely speak with add print on any subject, briny responsible for the abase of that liberty; that in all proaceutiona for 'Mel the truth thereof may be given , to evidenio and the jury may determine the law and facts under the direction of the Court. - • Vs. No ez port /ado law, nor law Impairing obligation of 'contracts or restropectlon In Its operations, can be passed. , Imprisonment for debt cannot .exlst In this State, except for MICE or penalties 1,111)1..4 for vlolaticm oflaw. 30. All prbperty sul,Ject to taxation ought to be lazed In - proportion to Its Taloa 31. No title of nubility, hereditary attainment, rivilege or distinction, ran be granted. 32. That the military . Is, and in all Cane! and 'at all times ought •to be, in strict subordination to the cite. power; and that no soldier can, In lime ot peace, be quartered In any - house with out the cement of Cho minor, nur In time of mar, but In such a manner as may be prescribed bylaw; nor can any appropriation for the aim. port of an - army be made fors longer period . _ than two years. - . The manufacturing eatabllohment of Page & g ram , corner of &with and Round' 'tonne, was burned: tido morning, Loos on Mock, too ebtocry and the "buildln; 137,000. Insuranco, . • Gold Advanced—Ml*loa Negotiations.; • New. Tour, Jan. 21.—The. gold market has taken a etiong speclative tam: r and the price bu advanced froln 208% the opening figure; pi,1113 ' The emownried didamstaM'a.lfisitinitaii 'dia . patch says s It is believed that Mr: Bialr's an swer to • latter from Mr; &lewd Whim, which he carried to Richmond as quasi andel:Mali, will show. the cage bopelesansis of peace uogotiar zip it • 0u4 , 7 • DAILY PITTSBURGH GAZETTE. Two Thousand Rebels and their Artil lery Reported Captured. AID FOR THE SAVANNAH SUFFERERS. BRICGE 'CPI THE NrcEDON RAILROAD DESTROYED Jett' Pails Requested to •fppotn Peace Consusissioners. THE REBEL DEMONSTRATION ON THEIAMES RIVER. Semmes Commanding the Expedition RUMORED REMOVAL OE GEL MEADE Sheridan to be His Successor Nrw Tom San. ST.—Tito steamer United States, froth fiayannali,, , Gcorgiai brings a mime. that I ke national forces near rodotallge, South CaiiiUna; bad Captrired two thinisand rebels and their artillery. : . . The mew steamship Clyde, with her came of food, contributed by the people of this city for the - suit remof Savannah, had reached the latter "pinre, nod lite distribution of her Supplies had Nen, .commenced. 'Ttildayei• of savaimab, hi his speech accept ing the dooaticms, warmly thanked the people of Irte ,, North for Abele Per ditty ettd , tlald n high cointillment to ;Gen. Cleary, - .lnry Grivertioe of the elljcitid the 'officials and " 'men nyder his • command, for their wise and impartial adminis tration of affairs, and the good order they have 'preserved. - , The Herald's Newborn (N. C.) correapondent states- tlint • the Important bridge on the Wthinn- Nallreaul, Deer the Itoanoke Hiner, was elnipst eatlnly - irrept away hy Umtata freshet. Thit !Ai a, very serious Interference with the thsniperta• Lion of the rebetarm:r suppllee. It la said that M oine . will be required„to repair it. - • Large.numbers - of runaway - slave+ are con mantly arming Into the Union Hers in North enrollee, for the purpose of collating In the army. Ruelatiopa requesting Jell'. Bark to appoint commbsioners to negotiate with the Govern ment nt Washington for peace, were presented .in the rebel lipase orßepresentatires n few dare ago, and referred to the. Committee in Po - reign Eel:Mouthy an almost unininvies vote. - The Rcroltri correspondent In his account of the rebel demonstrations on the James, says that the pirate Betnmea is reported to balm nom mended the uspeditlon:" The rebels' believed hit our Icon chills were at Wilitington, and that ire -had only . st-tew . wooden male In the rivr. They Intended to force their way through and capture the large . amount , of supplies at City Point and Bermuda Iltindred. Thad is en doubt the rebels intended a co-op eration with their land „three as. extensive namemente have ,been observed ' in Lee's army 'wound Peteriburg.' -The fleet consisted of three Iron elsds, three inuodeernms, arid two smaller wooden veaae at The Richmond.ini,eof the - 94th, says:, Noth ing-has been .elTered the South for peace which If can accept, and theme: peace movements show that the . Yankee . goVernment already con vinced of Its IsabNty to - on, the We 1 .4 sareereftflisitie.' The 'rebld Mose tat preparat a sweepieg inesaare ou the subject of exemption. It repeals ,whet Is blown as the ”negroereteption clause."' limits the exemption of mallopetreetere, end te .lokeaall eteinptlons anddetalts heretoforemede by the President and .13earetary of Waroef Par sons tit for actlTei serr . lee sad =Vidalia ocetabs particulars. The 71.0retes Washiagtot at ave. thot notwitbstauding the deafal aurtbated toGenteial 3feade, he bat been removed hem the commaid felle Army of the Potomie.. is how under stood. -the two Andes .of the James aid Per rone have be commiliated, mad that Shetif* /16 teen 60.40 tO command thent, - eta be& asottit siotainead or new delta bave tot4a t signed to Meade. • '114.2%res lima it 'lasi eoeie to' the eOtieltist - that Abe laity limy Uinta:boat pesee 111 hard :fighting, wins the odd& fa one faejar. sad 'Phil. Redden - Li "pmt oa the Mirth ildee'lif the ring. Big bets • are qmde bare that tie win "Imoeit Lee otter timer faiths first mead. j Late:Richmond main are Oritlegemoh_peal,fike alltoatioklemaigitAgifiketS aiilrsniXow *twain:ma tat idatti.'" The otela • . are - &meowed sr ~beriatlng trooblesbete, and womea - aremtged to haws them down. 17aida and barmeoy -are dermaded, aiirthere haje bees sweats of t Urge ameba of .171oloyar . dt it son eoldleni In 111TIIIM CONGBIN.-UCOND Wasirsoicrrow, Jae. V. 1665. OENATZ. 'Mr. Wilson presented a petitions from dti z=!e.-.f Seeane.ab for enmrensation for bras atataldai by the deeirlietion Of ttiir ProPert7 ttaaistion troops. Referral. • Mr. Clark reported ; against seenral - p,sltleas for enistpeonsatlon to'lndleiduals for loam sui tablyd by the iceldeats of war. Mr. Alison presented the following, 'Weft wts obleeted toe-.' Raokid; That tke Committee on the Condaet of the.Wso: bo lustznetodZo Itmuire Into and re. Feel on the a,dien of Brevet 'Major Gummi Jef ferson O. Darts, halweeenting negroes who hal ploettibe array lo tta match . though Georgia, Owen creasing % creek"known as Ebenezer% Or,ek, near Savannah, by blaming the - Whip ales his troopirked crossed on tko night of the 8 h of December last; Mazy or these ptgroes hating been killed by the rebel nasally, or 4.-owned . In &Utilizing to cross the river on The shore was accompanied - by tut ontraet from a letter from so nfter In General Sher resn's.artny, setting forth lu detail the beta con nected with the circumstances alluded to In the reselatien. lir. Pomeroy offered a joint resolution, caking ins.'s the President to line his Tmzetamation that the State of Ark is no longer lb Insurrection • against the United States, and authorizing the resumption of commercial later entarse between that and other States; and also dularing that the &motors and Repreasatatires r.ixentl* elected In that State shall be recognized mad admitted to seats lb" Congress. k was laid ea the table and ordered let he printed. ldr. Commas ; pniseetrA a reaolution Instruct ing the Secretary of the Tronswy to:carom the regulations for the .urging of paseaugers be. Swan New York sad Su Francisco, op the At lantic side. Mr. Howard Ictroductid a tat to authorize this construction of the Northern ••Peelle Railroad ay= ns.eastward to Ontonagon, Mleh., and to provide for Ito comae:Dent eastward with the Ohio. Indiana, Michigadand Canadian &Idea of railroad to Port Hama, Detroit, Toledo, Fort Wayne and Dayton. I Referred to.tbe Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Harris' introduced a bill to amend an ads to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Cisima, and to provide for the payment of quartermas ters, atom and subsistence furnished to Mr armies of the Milted States. It also provides .that the ant 'section of the above act snail not =Antra salts pending la the Court of Claims on the 4th of July, 1864. Tito bill was referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. ler. Davis offered a rosoluttan calling on the Secretary of War foe InfOrMlitloll as to the syc. gregato number of men enlisted• In each State for the military' and naval service; the number of negroeit recruited la each State and in, each 'ltaly Of Kentucky. Mr. Sumner objected to the resolution and It Reposer. On the motion of Mr.' Clark, jibe Deficiency hill from the Dome Ira( to , ,ceu up: Ile moved to strike out the section airing extra compensa tion to employees of the Capitol framed to and the merlon was stricken out and time hill passed. 'I Le &matt: returned the consideration of the resolutren adt It rota lotion for the cm! t rent- Meet of liyion orinoners. Mr. Johann spoke In opposition to the ras p:oon, Mr. Nemo advocated the resolution. A lengthy deposition of an escaped soldier was rend, showing that the notion= treatment to our soldiers was' continued to the present time. Mr. Morrill proposed striking out the pro vignu to retaliate, by Inserting In lieu the words, "In conformity with the laws of nations." Meests.,TrutubuJi, Conness and Wrighi' w er e arfklAted. The eenate then adjourned. 1101;8E. The noun, today, was exclusively occupied In the consideration of private bills. •‘. Corn Busks for Printing Paper. . Yonx, Jan. 27.—Recent discoveries tuti fy the belief that many thousand tons of Intake of Indian corn will hereafter be consumed yearly In 'ibis country, In .. connecilow.With.tbe ranee facture of paper. The editors of the leading : daily journals of the cosuitry have summed the control of the new discorry„ fai,as the a applicable to tha' tneounteture ;of printing , paper, and they mapecitally Inflto proposals, fnrm ercsi tons, county and Stitteln'tne Unite.t Stara AT - suPPlPpgclean, sound. and well drenched busks, as tbi, same are to be stripped frowt ;ripe ,corn. The husks era to, be baled In one bnodnid 'pound*, and 'delivered'at ratlrotiot stations, addressed D. A. Brain , General Agen t •of the &maims Preta,:•lf York City'. 1 PITT`BUi GFI. S iniftDAY. ARMES FROM SAVANNAH. Gen. Sherman's South Carol ilk Campaign Begtin. REBEL PAPERS ON TIIE.SITUATIO?i Ifsie Tenn, Jan 27.—A Savannah , letter, 'dated the IBth, says: The South Carolir a caM• . poly' of General Sherman's has already bezel), though a month at - least must dame, between the present limo and the sttalnine v o clfl its . elect. The 'army. of the Tonnes! ~.wider , , General Reward, who has already made s Settle• ! meat In an [Moment sielglaborhood, . 'd other corps. are In, readiness-to start, or are ng for warded an another route of co-apex:di ' A Cbarlestod letter td the , Richmend ZlAlieitez, says Shermaa;bas commenced hi. tomcat againit Charleston and Beancindle. . he enemy ' ones dimly estibliehed on the railroad., either at 13ranehville or some point near Au&stir, the 'fall of; Charleston will become only , a question .of- tiMe,'end Sheet time at ibit. We mayeave It I. the rreadeitt and 'General' Lee trydeelde what affect each a movement would bites 11000. Richmond and the, army of Nerthernili'lleginiv, ilia failure to.reinforce the army la GeOrgm and Eolith Carollnitis producing livery bad eruct. „. The Richmond .... mentor, of the 24th, Oaks tic speedy return 'of 'Blair to that eityarlaed a feverish' anxietyfit yaitilagtmi; which might mesa anticipation of certain omorteitoies ahead very favorable to the Confederacy, against which it Is advisable for the Tickets to hedge as sees as possible. It le understood the terms brought by Blair were for peace on *the basis of abolt- Gen of slavery and general amnesty to all, and save the proposition weld never be considered ;lithe Corifvdeides, '- - '-- " _- , ._, ..,.,. The Whig has an editorial on the mild sub ject In a sitnilar strain . • . The .Yinthiel calls for the spring campaign, and says they are abundantly able to meet any - force the enemy can bring against them If they will gather stmngth In hand to apply thorn- . selves resolutely to work. - The Examiner sayalt le reported that, Getter - al lireekifirldge hes been assigned to the commend of the:tramp:Mississippi department._ TIM same paper,ln speaking of tke fall Ingold : says: A downward tendency of gold le cucoMa— ging. Private soles were made yestertay at. thirty-eight for one fall of mars than one lonadred per cent: In less Mans week the Con federate money and the fortunes of the Confed eracy will rise torethar. LATEST EROS EUROPE. MOPES!! JOURNALS 011AMERICIN dPFAIRN: giro., gibe. . • row/Lawn, Jan. W.—The steamer Illbernlan, front Liverpool on the 12th and Londonderrioi the 1 ehh, has attired. The news is utimportant. The mews of the fall of-Savannah caused in advance In American" securities - and :a &Gila rebel scrip of 4 per cent. but the news of th e Butler failure at Wilmington neutralised th e, r, affect of the victor, at , Salralulah• The Britteb press contain b Igh compile:4W of Elterman's skill as a General. The summer Wathingten, which mai to hure left Havre on the 17th inse.,,for New York, as detailed broketyckuseldnery. r Gazer Harrant.—The London Tenter bas in editorial on the proposition to admit mentherno the American Cabinet to seats In Congeal's, 44 bolds it es unwlsltid thinks thlttletAhMui eyL times and with afrit:fettle° so in:hien/maidens that In Aunica, it will fall to work out permanent Improvement which might other* to exieteted from k. -• • • • The4taerepublistost a long letter denonnet g - - the thatrnetiens of Mr. Benjamin to the rebel Secretary of the Navy as to the treatment neutral yesaels by.rebel cruisers, He hem that whalerer elsethose biatlictimes may aecompllab, they will ailesat secure this, that no Conrad • ate crulsent 641107er mpth: U&cm as Sat It is reported that the number of Alps to be :dltereitall anciindance with the • ordeis• set r, lt in the,ilvertlay's Financial rt, is 4k less than iblirty-threen , . • ' ; • , The Iftuterstr denim the rumors of intetedlld medllleathms In the administration of Alger*, and of dleseations between the Minister, of 594 , And Hut Hulce Haireida. • The paA. loans on the 11th Isis.wu Amt 04- lower, tete realm closing at 94. 914 • .ar4sisiataiak seam to az axed, at Cadiz on the 3d... 18110 had been In matelots with • British brig. The latter erns damaged, but nothing was said of damages SO • . lo the Senate, Calderon Wastes attacked the voinbary for the abandoument or Ban Doming*. Ntars Narrate replied Math was in the Intel , eat of bpaln the step vu proposed. LlAl4.—The Turin losmals, doll the state ment that at • meeting of the Italian parfait at liinma It had beta decided to instigate an trilta . ection, Wattle With the approril of the hal l*. government. , The report of the. Committee of Inquiry Into the September distutbance at Turin absolves the Minelsette cabinet from having violated the lawa, but charges It with a want of enemy and foresight, and with having deceived Italy an ICI the nature of Meta. The report had prueed eensideraltle seneation In Turin and Penedo. It Is stated the government will submit Dills to the Chambers fora further development - of the naval power of Prussia, aad for opening the ova/ to connect the Gerona ocean with Bahia. The India and Calcutta malls of December Rib, Meng Kong to December Ist, and Melbourne to :ltorember slab, badreached England. The diftenlty wills 'the Biteetans was expxted to be sailed without lunch difticulty. he governor of New Zealand he'd leaneda metal:nation offering an amnesty, hut without et et on !Cooties, who continued hostile. damesLanham k Co., proelolon tbetettanta In Loudon. have suspended, with liabilities to the atm.unt of gM10.01:9. Sultertlawsit'a Circular reports Important fluc tuations In Ainerican Securities during Sim week. On the receipt of the news of the 'irru ption of Saunas-6, there was a decided los pnremeto In Government Boras and Rail road Shares, and 5...82`s 'were taken at 46, and Illlnoia at 123.‘. ' Thermion of the Wimington etpalition hat a depressing effect—returning to last week'/ quetatlrms, and cars to 5415, the greatest do cline being la Erica which, after teac.blitg 3d, hare fallen is iiii,tgnga3.i. The following is a summary of the news taken oat by the Virginias The Storming Pest credits Sherman u one of the most daring and akinfal soldiers Of the pros cut day. and regards the oecepadon of Savannah as of vital Importance. The 7'ima editorially replies to the rumors from America that France and England eonterro plate an early recognition of Ike Confederate Stool, saying It does not believe that sock I mow to ea c has been entertained for one moment, sad thinks such a step would prove fatal to the gormentett. 1$ amp/mummy 4se« that it ever encouraged any Idea of intervention by Enema. A meeting of, Parliament was fixed for Fact ory 71k. Captain Graham, of the steamer Jura, woe acquitted of all blame fbr the loss of that veiseL The Empress of France In unwell. M. Fould bad presented a satisfactory statement to the Emperor. Be calculated on • surplus for ro rite, and promises a reduction of four million (ranee In the naval and military expenditures, and hopes for even more. Marshal Nanney bad WC* bill before the Spanish Congress for the abandonment at St. Domingo. Rumors of intended revolutionary action le Poland 'and:Venetia were 'current. The sutainary of news bythe Glaignw was an ticipatecL - lir. Seward,. In a letter to the'llition and Emancipation Society, returns afri. Ligeoln's, thanks for the congratulations oftbe Society and its devotion to the best Interests of America, but points out that the Haut declaration of his reelec tion is not yet made. Mr. Foster, M. P.. in addressing his constitu onto at Bradford, rejoiced over the Northern one. ceases and the evidenCe of the speedy destruction of slavery. He did uotdespir of au ultimate al liance of kindness and friendship hetterop Eng land and America, notwithstanding tho prevail ing bitterness of feeling. • The London Times explains the mode of °pct. talons on the Great Eastern for laylii4 the Atlan tic Coble, and says It will be ready for laying next Jane, and if successful, of which there Is no doubt, pieparatione will be at ones Made for laying a second cable by the sane rompany. Garibaldi will Visit Lflerpoot in the Bprieg simply as the guest cite' friend. Liverpool, Jon. l2.—Breadstnifs Wheat 2d lower. Flour quiet and steady. Coro very dull. Provision', generally nrm. Beef has an upward tendency. 'Pork firmer.. Bacon active. Butter firm. Lard firm at 55d for old. &mar inactive at a decline of 6d. Coffee Inactive. Pe. irolcum steady. Landon.—Breadstuffd steady. Sugar miry Colreo Aintet. Mulls and Dispatches From Fort Plater. ?Carriage Houma, Jan. 27.—A steamer ar rived -to-day from Fort Fisher, with rebel prison ersand the malls and dispatches from our forces In that vicinity. Nothing of Importance has vet , tratugdred. • heavy guns era Wok mounted at City Point, and other places to oppose the rebel fleet should attempt to pass than! paints. no Inonaldes and Atlanta were ordered up the James river last evening. `a: ~s.:c~ : i~:t ~~ ec ;;: s i „ .c~x~ ' a~.v~-i~ . b~r".5: "' a~''`xzoxs iurn ' s`~'~,w -- ~:h,w~.d~~~, i IN U A. it f RECENT REBEL• NEWS, IA (MOM, Jan. 91.—The Richmond Lnit • patrA of tbu 90th, sap: Thu city:vas fall of ru mors yesterday morning, to the elfeot that en armistice of niuety days bad been agreed Emma betwecn,the Confederate alai United !States, and Ebme went so far ni to state that white flap .were flying from the hostile linos below Rich mond. These stories were the offspring of Idle fancies. Solar from there being an armistice' between the belligerents, there was more of active war yes terday on tho lines below here than since last November. • Our rams and small wooden boats started 'down the dyer at an early hour with the design, It Is supposed, of damaging the Yankee pontoon bridges near Deep Bottom, their shipping, and, if fortune favored, their storo-houses at Ber muda Hundred and City Point. . . The unofficial reports which reach' us and which we believe are In the main correct, are 'meat unfaverable. ft seems that all went !smoothly with the expedition anal the °barer , lions were reached, which the enemy sunk in Trent's Reach last summer. In attempting to pass them the Drury, a very small boat, carrying . two guns, got aground, and was Opened upon by the 'enemy's batteries. • A hundred potted shot penetrated her magazine and blew her ap. filtrate rest of thateet the Fredtvicksburg alone :passed the obstruction', and she put. • back, it risang.thottgla unwise for her to proceed alone. We have not been able to learn whether the ex ' pedition was teen given up or whether the ai -1 tempt to carry it out was subsequently renewed. Constant cannonading - was beard In the direct lion of Dutch Gap during the rooming. It is said that we suffered no casualties at the :Mowing 'Mint the Drury, she, we preaume, har. In g bah abandrned before ehe watintruck. Mr. P. P. Blair was still In the city last even ing. lie arrived hero on Saturday evening, dirt : cd with the President on Sunday and has bad 'aercral Interviews with 1 4 03. Billee what has :transpired daring these Interviews Is positively not known, the President not haring even made' any totamunication to hie Cabinet on the sub ject, we must await the return of Mr. Blair to the North, and then scan the columns of the New York Tribune for the facts. WAIIIIINGTO?f, Jane VT.—The Richmond Fr )arnincr, of the 25th, rontalns the following We hearer no changes In the Cabinet. Mr. Seddon haw certainly and decisively resigned. His nee : (Meer, in not named. The President has signed 'a bill creating a General-in-Chief, but no up pointment has yet been made. The following Is from the Sentinel of the litlu • Both cannon and musketry were heard in the db ruction' of Battery Harrison on •ye•werday. It was reported on this streets that that battery had been re-captured front the 'Yankees. It is believed Blair has been authorised to offer any terms of settlement that could be accepted by the Confederate,. What consultations bare taken place between him and Jeff. Davis It Is presumed are only known to tinmaselvaw. The *bonen way for peace Is a vigorous war. The 'enemy will never make terms with us until They are convinced we will light till we achieve our independence. •NEW Toni, Jan. 27.—Tho Tribimt has the following entracte from Southern.papers: Te Richmond En varrr of the 25th denies the stories of disaffection In Georgia as untrue, and and says no Union ineeritrz has been held any- . where In the State. The Eageiree says "t The Yankee embargo up on the aboddv commerce of Wilmington will not trove prejudelOus to.the Southern came. The occupation, of vultmenthlockade-runners, as far as that port Is concerned; hi gone. They 'should notte permitted - to 'Mk their beakslnto 'King U COob at any other place. ' ' ' Onr - coratnercial monarch Is not a dead ear ease, as they suppose. lie Is only in a trance. fmutoshleh he will soon awaits If let alone. A Confederate embargo ought to be put upon the exportations of cotton at Galveston and other , places. The shipt engaged In that 'trade are reerearitile leeches, drawing, stray the commer cial blood of these States. General Beaurecard has made a demand upon 1 some of the counlJes at the Georgia Railroad fors Thousand earn to repair that Thad front, Greeasboroughto Atlanta. X" furlough of thirty days Vast Won granted to aR tte West Tummies, troops. Gen: D. 11. mu hss.reachaltingusta for - the purpose of ionizing command of tho troops thiThat wiettilry.„ ' ' ' • The Riehmond l Brainet, of 'WedneidaY, asp: 'The morn we talk about peace,the mOrderrainnt :the cam! becomes. -- Man who are continually erthilig 'about the war ' ohly' prolong' The War, as Th ey well know than s= be no pease but la. :two ways, anttlagatlon or Independence. Yott.Stock and Money Mieteirs.' wirer "razz, - 4ari.' - 11LA-Tne .Btoek , inattat, Was strong and active. The halt elitism organ bad on tlio largely-oversold co:ldioms of the market. rad kna sureeeded la running op the rind* Marta. Thenis' a•talr demand ftsr Government. ikeurlUot. Them is a atuirp rally in 5-2 Va. State Bonds quiet and firm. /disco'. • Isamu and Coal List strong and generally-bet, •• The sudden rise In Gold Is the 'result Of the bull combination, whose heavy operations hare joined to carry the price to P.:15 If possible. Bales wore made at 319 this morning. The combitus• the will probably break no to-morrow with a saddest and Leery faiL Money in good mitiply. Foreign Rxehango notated. Stocks were generally steady at the petroleum B. wd. The thattlStates rose 10. r. jeer share ol the report that another well had been 'truck. The tbiloslng"are the sales: Highgate, led; United &atm, 3500; Webster, MG: ItYnd Perm. d 93; President, 475; Buchanan Farm, 8 . 1 Gold to-nlgta Is 2 I BO 219. ttnirering and:,Wrastred Working enen—.Tbe President Waited Upon by a Committee. New Foul, Jan. M.—The regress's Wash inlet. Owls! says: A committee of ladles re presenting 14,000 working women of Pailadel plila, employsea of Government contreetore, waited on the Praident to-day to toil of their sufferings and wrongs.- Simon Cameron, :John W. Forney an I others, accompanied them. The Pnevident, deepl7 . impressed, sent for Acting quartennester General Thomas, and told the etarybobadjunadi and then said with fooling: "I ebail consider myself peesbnally obliged if you ran hereafter matage the supplies of con tract work for the Government made up by so melt, so as to give them remunerative wages for their labor." The General declared if it toold be done It should be. The New York Press on Mexican Affairs. New YORK, Jan. 27.—Nearly all the papers have editorials on the news from Northern Meg leo.. bloat of them consider Is a strong mei:t iming step against the United States Govern ment. The World thinks that intrigues will bo act en foot to add California to the new empire. The Tribune seed nothing very dangerous In GwYna'a movement, cud thinks the occupation of Mexico will be only fur a raw years. Tho Errata thinks that Gwynn's movement is not In the interest of Jeff. Davis, and says there ap pears to be &counter-movement on foot at Rich mond against. Maximilian, Napoleon and Dr. Gwynn, and in favor ore reunion of the North and the South on the beets of the Mogroa doe. trine, • I . Col.: PPArthur Placed Under Arrest. canto, Jae. 2d.—The steamer City of Mem phis, with 180 bales of cotton, for Bt. Louis, has arrived. Colonel WArthur, thnistandant 4 Columbus, Ky., bas been placed under, arrest by General Merdith, aid Colonel Hicks has boon 'saved to that post. The precbe charge against Colonel M'At tiler bus not been divulged, but his arrest was probably caused by his acting under General pen* Cabby's order, regarding' cotion,, Its and other matters through General Dabs , w attest!, to command: hat part of Kentucky Odra; which. Meredith denies. New Nork Merchants , Exceange WASTIINGTON Jan. 27.-- , -The President Iles ap proved; the joint rescption authorizing the &civilly of the Treasury. to givc notion to. the owners of the building' in New York city, known as the. Merchants' Exchange and occu pied as the Custom House,. or thelntention of the United States to purchase the same for ono 'Milieu dollars. in accordance with the terms stipulated in the existing lease of the proprie tors of the Goveromeht. • The Late Pirates to be Given Up. T 0807170, Jan. 27.—The Burley .eisa was de cided this 'nothing. Chief Justice Draper and three asiteelates were.unanimani in tho opinion that ate prisoners should be given up. Treasure from California. Ncw twin, Jan. 27.—Tho steamer North Star, from Asplnwall, arriTetl to-night with Cal— !Conlin malls of January ',3d, and p 511,1000 In treasure. No news received from tho isthmus buichle. Niter Ton; Jan. 27.—Henry W. of the firm ofitleaer. de Bros., Photographeis, com mitted suicide hero last night by taking lands- Cotton for Cincinnati. Came, Jan. 57.—The steamer Robert Borne, from Memphis, brings 408 balsa of cotton, mostly for Cincinnati. Tun health of Major General John E. WooL United States Army (retired.) is said to tie fast falling. This veteran officer Is new far advanced In years, and keeps well to his Olds! residence In Troy, eprndlng the most of his time in retire ment, In tho preparation of his memoirs and other mitings, the completion of which anter ior to bin dissolution gives hien the greatest pot , sible anxiety. 011 ANi) SIIBURBIN, western un‘venicr Prize Exhibit-0m The meal prize xhibltion by the Juniors and Soplirtneres of the Western University, was given yesterday evening. Notwithstanding the "intense void, the largo hail In the University building was crowded to Its utmost capacity by ladles and gentlemen. The exercises were opened by music and prayer, and were under the direction of Prof. Woods, President of the Fac ulty. These exhibitions are made the event of the season with the students, and every prepa ration to insure succees le perfected. The au dience, though very much crowded, maintained the moat perfect order and silence. After prayer the following programme was given : Our Country—select. W. B. Leeman. The Boaotiful—original ..G. W. Guthrie. United States and England—ofigiu.d.R. B. Regley The Angel's Story—.sleet G. B. Ligget. (Music.) Voyage of the Ship Union—seleet..T. D. Wilkins.( Heroes—original EL A. Neaten. The Diver—select T. B. Kerr. • • - • • GrowthL-Orlginal (Music.) L.l3lghs.a. Andress of Dr. ruff Stulf—mlecT... .0. U. Dickey. The rlesmue. of Memory--origlnal...R. Rodgers. (Mimic.) Reformers--oilgLeal hliioance. Spartaeus to the Roman Gladiators— select • James V. Long. Derision and Stability of Character —original Dallas Sanders. At the conclusion, the umpires, Rev. James .Allison, Rev. John D. Brown, D.D., and Rev. E. B. Snyder, awarded the prize far the best original may to Mr. Robert Rodgers, and that for the best declamation to ..Maeter F. B. Kerr. The Original essay of Mr. M. A. Prenoll, was very good, and would have reflected credit to authors of more extended pretensions. It wcs delivered In a manner that showed great care in Its preparation and. delivery. "The Diver" was rendered in a capital man ner by Master J. -B. Kerr, And during its rendi ties the most profmmd4iletitec prevailed through out the great crowd present. And though the exercises were generally of a "solid" character, the evening did not pass without a touch of "ludicrous" from Master Charles Dickey, as Dr. l'ulT Stuff. the Magician, and the audience ac knowledged themselves Indebted to him' for a hearty laugh, by 'rounds of applause. flood Music funds - bed variety to the exercises and on the whole the eutertelatfient wan a gooi one, and a soccer. In every particular, and re flected great credit to the Institution and all con cerned. 1M1131=2 Petroleum is now found in the Canadas, 016, Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, Indlain, min, California, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. Parties are engaged in boring for Petroleum on Smoke's Creek, about atx miles frorralutralo. The well has been stink about 2;500 feet, and the show Is rronounced most encouraging by experleend "01l Seekers," The Luther well, at Fairview, to reported to have touched bottom, at a depth of. four hun dred feet, and oil has been reached, though In what quantities we aro not able :to learn. The excitement is Intense, and land In Fairview has taken a stride upward such as would astonish the agriculturist of a lees favored region. ;The oil fever is • raging in St. Clair County, Michigan. Three wells are going dOwn at Lake port, and one about (min miles back of Port Moan: There are good. surface Indications. re sembling the„. Enniskillen wells. The Detroit .diteertimer save that a Chicago. firm has bought nearly a whole section, and another ' from Perm syliania, has effected a urehaea of 9,000 aerttit. Bi e l gt"llf., • .1 The roads could not be In better condition for alcighlegittan they were yesterday evening, aid Decias..Flutestild not alford•to hire livery, might fora time have reason to regret their financier citron:swam. Balla these days there is ustraliy more than ono means trywhich• to accomplish in end. An exchange hes hit upon a anbstltirte for a real aleigh•ride, which wewill give for the hen _Alit of those who are Inclined to avail themselves of Its convenience. It is next thing Ma reality,. and wohid pup:lean old stager, even; to distils-. Limb the difference. "Place& big rocking chair out In the snow,.with a dinner, bell tied hadet , acallu get Into.the chair, and place yoar feet m. ..*pail of. cold water; haven blacksmith's remit. - Pigged ap in front of ion to blow the chunks Of 'row and Ice lit_yoer face,andthen rook away. !' 'The il lusion to be perfect. Cold. Yor the past three or four days the weather has blets•instMatetw :adds sad has hada Widow tio cheek hulloes* and all •oubdoor exerehesi ex cept those that 'maid not be - postponed. msd as natural sequence tbe. city has been . veri.dull, Rom a reportorial pithit of view. Sta. cod tinned cold weather's, of course,aeretely ZalJ hy all whose duties require* !Um to expose then'. stirs* to its chilling Naas, and the oemplaints are almost without number. Yesterdsy, consid erable' snow fell, and the straits are sole In ed eellent cortitlen, but, the cold weather prevents those who are merrily disposed from eajoying the opportunity of Weighing'. Last oleic there were indications of the weather moderating, and we will sot be surprised to see the streets agath flooded with water on-Basday. Arrosted tlr Swindling A mao aimed Phillips, who until recently kopt a store for the sale of spectacles, etc., Oil street, was serrated In Chicago yesterday . , ~.ou a charge of swindling, preferred by . George E. flaw, the optician. It appears that Phillips Ise eiattve of Mr. Shaw, and was tarnished bir bits with a stock of goods for the purpose of Neinpetine With Mr. Diamond, who had loci dco the opposite of the rarest. Phillips, It is parted op about 13,000 worth of the goods, a few data ago, and ran away with theni. te,och was made for him all over the west, and be was finally discovered and arrested to Chica go. An officer has hero sent out to bring him to this shy. 011111r/ARD A? UUFT'S MISIICAINTILICousion, Firrvumum.--Stmon K. Bowe, West Freedom, Pa.; John Timony,pittaborgh; Lawrence Dunn, Plurpborgh;:Georwo W. Kistner. Cixbtres, Pa.; J. F. Id[nick, Allegheny city; 8. 11. Connell, 1.4. w, Alexandria, 0.; 8. W. Horner, Allegheny Todd. Wellsville, 0.; G. W. Harahan% Weal Fiefdom, Pa.; John E. Howe, West Free dom, Pa.; all of whom passed a creditable ex amination, and who will no doubt hereafter dia. Linguist; thrmselves by their superior attain= !runts In but•lneea. Each graduate was the Ivantllul Diploma of the collegn, which Is tit.vrr awarded by the institution So. any but thorvughly trained accountants. • laocuus' LECTUltll.—Thelectare deliver ed by Rev. John Douglas., D. .D., on Thursday ning, for the benefit of the Sabbath School conn.cted with the congregation of which he Is lector, was largely attended, and was listened to with absorbing Interest. The subject was "Ood In the Ilistory of the United Status." The 10.6' tare, whether cohabit-red In a literary or pace. alai y point of view, was one of the most sue cetsful (of a home character) - ever delivered hoe. The proceeds netted about twe , hundred end twenty-tire dollars, and (as the Doctor's aer vices were entirely gratuitous) the Sabbath School will be be,efited to the MI amount. . Cart x's Dint Limit Pstrott..—Our citizen. wir hat e on opportunity during the comlng.waek, to l'urelase Clark's Patent ladellible Pencil, for mail:fru linen and other fabrics. Tho party an tip aril it is 8. 11. Johnston, a-ono-email soldier behnclog to the 145th Pennsylvania Ileklment. The ysmtil, which costs but forty coots, wIII be suilleirat to. a rite your name hold libly upon a thousand articles, All those whO purchase a pencil will add to their own convent,- erre. ned at the name timb contribute to the sup. port of a disabled soldier. Tnr BANE ROBBER'S' AT /rEADTII.I.II.—NteeSrA. J. R. Patrick & Co.. of this city. yestendav ro. delved a dispatch from Sam'i P. °Meer, Caith of the Ciawford County Bank, stating that all except $29,000 of the bonds stolen had been re covered. The dispatelt published In yesterday's edition stated that $150,000 bad been stolen,. but Inter news foam the owners of the bank 'says •• we are all tight." and we may Infer that the stolen funds have nearly ell been recovered. Rm.—Dealers are now busily engaged In se curing their store of ice for the sultry days of Bummer that Is to come, and large quantities are Wing put up. The lee Is generally of a good quality, though not In large pleees.'and the many teams parsing along the atreets loaded with the solld Pled, remind one of the dog-days, and straws with mint Juleps at one end of them. Sommoter.--Au article that a at once a teeth pi ;server and breath purifier, and yet so pleasant ant, convenient to use its exceeding popularity does not surmise any one. Time has fully estab.;. lhhed the fact that the Sozodont possesses these . excellent qualities In an eminent degree. It has legitimately acquired the right too Position upon every toilet table. Bold by drugghns ovarywhere, Paarr's Saum.—Pratt has raopened lily great book sales at ittollwalue's Auction , Rooms, and . is selling large quantities of books and albums,' both at auction and private Dale, on the most reasonable terms. ' • TnE greateat bargains now offered In Fitts burgh are at Welalland's, 64 Flab street. MUS• lIDN Flannels. Prints. Casalinerea, Bads, Shoes and Gums. COG and baconvlneed. Emwrn Wanwc—The Eighth Ward Tidier `Committee will meet at the School house at three o'clock this (BatdidkOwfternolia...., '~~~ ~.:,..,.'+.~+a ..~'-:.~.s;:y`t'~M~4ie~ ...da~fr.~ ~r.Sw ~a~•~~^t ~ 1- =.~ m.. c :.. ~,~ :<'" I t'" ' ~.~.~~°'~'' r~ ..;• ._-. ~2r'iowY, ..-~ ~ - i.~~ , c:.a~.~rt..:+~-4~c~ +~£'R~» i7~&i. x~ct~~"~..~'.~k<a Library Lecture. The Lecture Committee of the Mercantile li brary Association announce that on Tuesday evening next the seventh lecture of the present winter course will be delivered by liev. dohri 8. C. Abbott, at Concert Hall. Mr. Abbott has earned a brilliant reputation as *popular author. Ills "Life of Napoleon" and "History of Coati nentalMonarchics" have each obtained a wide circulation. As a lecturer be Is fascinating and entertaining, and has acquired the faculty of disseminating truth In a vain attractive manner. Ills subject, " France and her Emperor," is one which, as a historian of great celebrity, he will not fail to handle skillfully. Librarian Re-Elected At a recent meeting of the . Board of Directors of "the Young Men's Mercantile Library and Mechanic's Institute," George E. Appleton, Esq., was re-eleeted Librarian. Mr. Appleton has discharged the ftnietion of ybrarlan faith fully, and with entire satisfaction to this Asseek talon and ita patrons, for several years, fits ripe scholarship, gentlemanly manners, and obliging, disposition eminently qualify him ;far the situation ; and in our opinion no better selec tion could be made. LOTAL LEAOTEL—ThIe flourishing society will bold Its regular meeting at three o'clock this afternoon in the upper room in, the City Ball. We admire loyal women. All mar-'. tied women espeelally,•should be loyal, first to their husbands, and secondly to their country.' Whether their vettimmts ate of foreign or domes tic fabric, howerer, is not of so much aonie oncnce. 'Uncle Sam, about these days, is seeine to it that foreign goods pay him as much tariff as they will bear. Tunrrwr..—Vestvall, the ''llagnitieent," ap pears as Angelo In the favorite p'ay of Bel toe. monk. ' to-night, and those who wish to witness it will have to go early. Last night the Theatre was packed to the utmost, and a crowd fittly!as large may be anticipated for to-night. The can thwi drama of "Ben the Boatswain" will be glyen as the afterpiece. On Monday night, "Gcmea ' " with Veatvali In her favorite charac ter, willbe given— . • Canada and the, utted Slat 6i—tient...lt Ad 11ce to the Canadians.. The London Times of the 25th says: The exploit of the St.- Albans raiders must not be repented. Technical questions of Mrisdle- Gen must not be atlowed'to Imperil the dearer interosts of British Amerlei. Not only are r ite Canadians bound as neighbors and friend:: to twevent the egress of ninederers and rob!, era from their territory, but a due regard for the fu ture of their own province and of that mreat confedetation which it is their purpose to form, ahould cause them to use every effort in keeping the peace. They mast always be closely con nected with the Federal States, whatever may tie the future policy of either nation. They have a large and Increasing trade with 'the Union, their reediest means of commnnication with Europe Is through Federal territory, and a mis understanding will at any time inflict upon them incalculable evila. As long as this war lasts it is the duty of the Canadian Government to see that the American territory is not violated frcim their frontier. They have sufficient men for the purpose, and they cannotuie them better than in preventing enteriwiscs which may at any time cause a rupture. It Is stated that the anthoritiea intend to send thirty companies of volunteers ht once to nosed the frontier. If they do this. and take measures for the restoration of the stolen property, they will only hale 'Perforated their duty, and shown the American. Government that, while resolute to maintain their, own Indio. vendetta, and honor. they know w hat. Is due to . a neighboring people. &Anna Pura.—The Paris correspande6 of the New York Times says the skating costumes this winter are very brilliant, and that In thnt cup "on Ice," Young America, as aerial, car ries off the palm. He addir: On the Imperial skating pond, that Is to say; the pond on which the Imperial family and their friends skate, and to which are invited the beat skaters from the other ponds, Mu P. Low, of Massachusetts, his lann the lioness, and Mn - Mandudl, bank,uoia engraver, the lion. Miss Lowe nuts: -her nante with cat' facility on the ice, Which is a great feat for i lady In this 'eonntfyraxid while de and Mr.- Marshall perform, their nadirs, the Imperial party form a circle and hack MI( admi ration. Mr. Cannes.; Mr. Rosa,' Mrs. 'Byer add ,many other American gentleman and ladles hate ,gotte up head" for supraimrakating, and bow admitted into the , ranks of the sclect.on the re-' , . Timsecond expediffon rif Adnairal Fetter wds piloted. by Mr. •Joseph Neff, - ofifichigaz M. Neff formerly carried on 'the cotnmlealon bast- - nag at Whmington, and- - when.the war broke oacwoitimiblegalete&oksecapat the= boldness be was doing therm' Although' against his will, he remained, and by the moat conning artifices succeeded In trading the eon sesiption, and ;about nix months ago escaped e blockade-runner and came home. During the time that he remained in Dixie he became tho °uglily nversant with the nature of the D tenses a co Wilmington, Including Ante Tflahe., Johnson and Caswell. He is also well acquaint ed with every foot of territory . from the above to the city of Wilmington. That - his in formation proved correct, the success of thecn gagenuet teatilles. Tins residence recently manual byrt cont. mines of gentlemen from £hiladolphli, ' and whirl has been gratuitously tendered to'General Grant and family as a permanent- home, la on the north side ot (lhcatnnt street, west of Twen tieth. The building occupies a front of 22 feet, extending back - to the distance of 108 feet with a thirty-foot street the rear— It is a four - story double front, with three story double issek build ings. It cost over . 110".?,000. . ' SPECIAL LOCAL wortues. Inman W. Paw, practical Slate Roofer, and Dealer in American Slate, of varione orders. OPlce at Alexander Laughlin'a, near the Widter Waits, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, Na. IS Pike street. Orders promptly attended too All wet* warranted water proof. Repadria g done at the shortest notice. No charge for repairs; provided the merle not atoned after (cis put on. A GMAT institution Is Pittock's News Depot, opposite the Post Office. There you can tie d Albems, Folios, anta Pens, Ac., Ac. • He sells at the lowest figures and thus gets alt the trade, hut be wants snore, so, our readers will not fall to drop in at his estab li shment, VETTTAILL—ThIa great artiste continues to draw large audiences at the Theatre, and Pittock continues to sell great quantities of card photo. graphs of her. He has a great variety left. Tm: Eatrimm Darmas.—Pittoek gets them rimnlarly, and there itgecerally fall reports from the armies. Ton should get them a i t i l i :ttock.e. Tux Pletorlala and Literary pa are all In for this week at Plttock's. Vrarrau.—Cards of this lady at Plttocra. Dunms for 1865 at Plttdeit's. Tammus Almanac at Plitt!ale- GO TO Pittock's for Pocket Books and Pocket Albums* Font hundred Card Photograps received yes terday at Pittock's. - On..—Maps of all "De" Districts at Pittoek'a. II At ran, Lady, Atlantic and all the February. monthlies at Plttock'e. Cam. end see Modes large Photographs and Antique frames. 110 W Goons yust received at toe Merchant 'Tailoring establishment of Graham & McCall& less, 73 Smithfield street: We would most ro pectrully Invite the attention of our friends and the public in general, to our new stock of fell and whiter goods. They contain all the very latest styles of English, French and American clothes, cisslmeres and yestings, all of the finest quality, and is selected with -the greatest Care Gentlemen desiring fashionable and well made clothing, would do well to give win call before . purchasing elsewhere. Every garment ti ranted ranted to give full satisfactloniu both prior end quaigy. ' Gasmen & McCarrnikss, • Merchant Tailors. No. 73, Sinithfield Med. Pracw.Ncrricp..—rhe attention of our read ers Is directed to the. brilliant assortment of Fall and Winter Goods jusrzrecelfed by our friend Mr. John Wcler, itio.lllo Federal street, All Ills stock conipriscs a great variety of Valley FrenckEnglish, Scotch and American Cassimeres and Cloths, and tine Silk-and Cass' mere Vestings all of which will be made up to order In the la test at lea and in the best manner. choice *election of Furnishing Goods - also en land and for sale, together with a fall stock of Ready Made Clothing, well and faakionably nade. Two or three ordes in succession will, with, many constitution., securely establish the seeds of consumption in the system, thus panvcrting, what was originally a simple, curabl3 affection, into one which. Is generally fatal. Ordinary pru dence, therefore, makes it the business of every , one to take care of a cold until It is got rid of, and Intelligent experience fortunately presents a remedy's Jayne'a Ilepivetorantthoroughly adapted' to remove speedily ell coughs and colis, and one equally effective In the primary . , st_,a , est of Con sumption, asthma and bronchitis. Bold by drug gists emery where. ' ' - REMXMBEn I—For good, cand , ce, fresh eannod frnha, new crop raisins, currants, 'Turkish pewits and French chestnuts, call at 112 Federal street, second door from the Ftret National Bank. See advestteement• GT33. BUTEN. Omicrons and carriage calls will tic taken at lb° omnibus ogle; No. 410, Penn street, day or night. All order's loft at the abuse place will be ptomptly attended to. All calls =at be paid bi advance. ESTIBLISHED IN 1783 important From Mexlco—The Ittintored CoedOtt to' France. The followlax , letter Was received •by die last mall from Mexico, by a distinguished gentlyiart in in . New York. It speaks of a scheme forobad owing the rum Ir ff 11, graphed from San Prancia co yesterday. CITY or Mintati, Doc, 26.1564.—1 kayo before Intimated to voettkat a cession of territory was probable. I irbeir , positively that negotiations arepending with Count Mantholon for the ces sion to' Prance of a strip of territory Stretching across fnnn the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, and embracing the Peninsala of Lower Califor nia, Sonora, on the right bank of the river Yaqui —that Is to say, the northern part of hug State— the greater portion of Chihuahua, the whole of Nuevo Leonny Coahuila, and the greater part of Tamaulipas. In tine, the line will be drawn from the month of the abort , ' mentioned elver, to the Panne° the limits of Mexico being reduced by the roarer of these two rivereto their source, and a line drawn from one to the other. ,This Idea of Napoleon, once attained, will enable him to say,. "This Is the most-glorious of my reiga ;" and eten l.ls enemigt will not be - able to: contra dict him. Maximilian; Dowel& qllstostod he 'May be with this arrangement, neither um nor dare op pose ft; for, besides protecting the empire against the attacks of the flUMusters; h wilt prod:leo the liquidation .of the claims of Frante,- add will. give tdm, It is.said, three hundred tnillhatuilvklt which to meet the rapidly inert...atlas, menses ,hla -government; and enable him'to- enter -itpcm thet.vast system of Itutulgrationirwhlsh la his, dominant dream. And; as upon. the-qther - hand; this strip 'of tenittry" has really . Wily belonged Mexico more than int name, 'domi— nated as it has been by three or four uncontrol lable men, and as Itlc any way, destined , to be lost either by being taken by the 'French dr by tho Yankee; thaadvantages of the arrangeistent console Maximilian for the great btow, in*lqta upon his pride. , lobe Fire In the Smithsonian institute. The fire in the Smithsonian Institute had.po - beets smold,lng for days In the loft tit the west end of the main The pipe 0,..1 core had been placed In a fine in the south with, and there was a Joist miming directly Into lids flue. lint four et five pictures were saved from this gallery. " The Dying Gladiator "{a' MY by John Gm l,) was utterly ruined,.crwshed to picas and burned to lime. The books and records In the Regent's room, over the' loth ' door of the building. Including the effects Of the minder of ltd. building, Noes Snalthseit, eon- isting slicer plate, the library, of Bishop' rhos, of Virginia, and the Beaufort, - South Car o Inn library, placed Iu the 111,11tettion by , the . Governor for safe keeping, were totally deStroyed, The sarcophagus brought from Syria by,Oom mcdote thiot, for President Jackson; - wit data. aged. the large collcetlen presented:o the' In atltute by Dr, Robert. blare,. of Philadolphlaoras mostly destroyed. Some 'that was got out ,was broken. and many of the pieces are missing.; In the Mikes over the north front' entrance; with hot, little exception, all thccorrespoodenceof,the Institution and n , largo number of hack reports iyere burned. - The east wing was - nbt; lathe least injured, although the staireaseleadingfrom the Professors', apartments to the apparatus room was several times In flames. The leeturtWona Is gutted completely. The towers on: Dm tadrth front appear to be cracked, and, some ,p,fithe walls are waq,ed. The !Ilyaa the; east r tind was uninjured' and much of hav ing been stored below Is also sawed. Thentwes no insurance on the building or,etTeets.. . Tan Win IN B. , Dolollroo.-The•Cafilil.• port, recently submitted to a Spanish Cannon aC shows that up to' the Lt of Oittolxia Lai the expedltlon'to St. Domingo had' eost seventy millions &apes, and that or:the thirty thousand men sent to. the Island oily tondos= Shousand now remrthr nyder arms and hardly tour thous and of them wens In a state-to carry notheatim. An odd cireamstaims• recently , happened to liandin, while singing at.idedrisL . .in-"getting tip" as a soldlerho omitted to remoia. Valsothierinp from his linger; and, when la the ,comae of the opera, ho waa melodiously hes. walling Die poverty, a voice from the kallery.in terropted him 'with the question, "Why don't you take your zings to. the pawubrokerisr • ha official visitors to the United States Natal AeadentOlda year do not make every flitterlag report of. that Institution. 'There greet ore leuness In selecting „candidate; the Mandan of scholarship 'very tow sad 'the ;aciiderainzad nnteekaii than twenty-fire menltiell A year at an expense of ilium. kr the. goaernmena fOrratch kradriate. Thom Is evidently abundant room, far reform. Tax Anottmoir mut *Web' Wail iraptnrat at Fort Fiyhor,. was tbe, ono Lb* wasprenatpd by the trutotifootoror; Sir Wig Thia Arington& to lee Milo:- Moldier tlinclibiail4 sayti . -8 is by art oddi briftineitztual e- Ing twist wroughtanti o ind.mozot -01 inr stagnlectin malioginy'antitO • BMmiesi • ow , sum Wiwo.-eA .letter 1. dated the 18th ia7 l ` -'The Vat anal which cm-opted tlds qty. 'after ' its capers!' 'bas *ldea* disappeared, and a ftntildible foteri of new troops ..his .lu - eked-to gsedeen the Teleran' of Eihermari, bare gone la clot wrapped In mystery here."--Trask Star.' AT a ballet Konigsberg, la reussia, reccat i ly, a yermg lady suddenly fainted, Ma It WAS aff.er wards asserted by the - deckle *who' irai'eiffed upon to render aid,. that her .bidispealtionweiwe from the prennee of arsenic Jo some greettoma meets le her hair, and in the - trimzehigs . or her dress, which were at the Saillefeole.' .• . . Onnsv..Panie Dima. • —Tbe Ricbmond . pa pem of Monday contain Indications of 'a general Parliq trirtLlO. The Charleston pressannomiee that Talffible.ptoperty to being removed to safer quench), and it le evident that the eVaettaticia,of ITharleston, Wilmingtsn and otlier-Itaport&t, points is antlelpated.•—• Walt. :14ep.. • 1 , Tme New York Dads) News . hisa been informed byllen. Dix that - the War Department forbids the further publication of comtannlcatlons- be. tween persona North and South, which, have ap peared In that paper under the head of "rate aonala.'!. : They are deemed. improper communi _cations .with the enemy... .. • . • , . . No Min Ix 'IOIODII Istritn.z . -114seitibr Smith, of Rhode Island, has Issued a praelsout- Una, announcing that the• quota of the . State under the last call has boon tilled by ♦oltuadar enlistments, and no draft will be made lo Rhode Island. A Totaco - lawyer recelyad a painted , iodate from Judge Putnam, in court, at Boaten,. other day, for aprotring there u °aimed *when lie was not In a fit condition to appear in the AO fence of any map,. _ IT appears from atatiaties lately pilitist i t that during the year 1853 the amnberor. bodies deposited at the Morgue of Paris we!** sixty-one, instead of from two to thaxikoiattif f as formerly the *see: ' •• - 1000 ' rieure. arcr•;.4icr.oesoOW.iitir BOOTS JUST REcrErrzo AT CONCERT HALL SITADPE 62 141 i Street. Of a vary suiperliw quallti,aad wamatel the fee l wenar. alis DRY. -L, MEIIIIIIN t ,, T• i - ii; .. ';J..4 1 . ,:.:t ,-, -,..u.',. 7 '1:,,..i:i . U:) k=-
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