HR WAB FOR THE UNION the WAB IN THE WEST. ’ St. Lons, Feb. I.—A special despatch from. jy>rt Smith to the Democrat, of this city, says : 'General Thayer has beeii assigned- to the command Of the District of the Frontier, here tofore commanded-by General McNeil. “Over forty thousand negroes have beep con centrated at various: towns in the interior of Texas, hundreds oi whom are now dying from disease and starvation.” , Thirty-eight Seminole Indians, who lately deserted from the rebels under Magruder, have reached Waldron, and represent that that. Ge neral was concentrating his army on .the border of Louisiana, ih anticipation of an attack from General Banks. A rumor is current t.o-day that theytown of Waldron was captured yesterday by Price’s forces. .Waldron is seventy mifes south of this city. ' - |THE WAR IH THE SOUTHWEST. Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 31.—1 have just ar-- drived from Chattanooga. Before I left there, Gen. Palmer had returner! from a reconnois sance to Ringgold and t) alt on.' The main force of the-enemy hadundoubt edly left,'and Gen. Palmer sapposed they had gone to reinforce Longstreet, with a purpose of invading Kentucky. : . Since arrivihg here 1 have obtained informa tion which satisfies me that Hardee has rein forced the enemy at Mobile, An attack was undoubtedly-made upon Mobile. Within the jast five days persons have solicited permis ' sion to go through the lines to affend their re latives, who they represented as being wound ed at Mobilev • Positive informatibhrmaay soon be expected" of an attack on that place and its probable fall. -v FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Feb. 1. —The Committee on the Conduct of the War had np to-day Major ' Mordecai, of the Ordnance Department, who has been several months .at Cna|leston. He gave a long account of the-brdnance in use there. General Totten.will be called to-morrow on the same subject. j - ‘ The President has sent for the record of the court-martial in the case of Captain Frank Gur ley, tried in Nashville, for the murder of Gene ral MCCook. Efforts aje being made to have Mm pardoned. . ■ v Senator Trumbull’s report from the Judi ciary Committee, of the facta connected with the release of James M. A. Hunt from the Old ■ Capitol prison, and the connection of Senator Hale therevvith, declares that the employment of the latter was purely professional, and that he violated ho law in accepting- a fee for the defense of Mr. Hunt before the court, either, i civil, or military, or even for endeavoring to procure his discharge from prison. It is hold, | in the report, to be improper for a Senator to accept;compensation for prosecuting claims,or obtaining contracts or offices, or transacting business of. the several departments of the Government, but not for accepting fees tor services in judicial bodies. A message from the President was trans mitted to-day, inclosing the correspondence relative to tfc'e -request that permission should - ■ be given to our military authorities to pursue the Sioux Indians into the Hudson’s Bay Ter ' ritpries.' in a note to Lord Lyons, dated the 21st nlt., Secretary Seward expresses the opin ion that those Indians should either be re strained from making hostile invasions into the United ’ States territory, or that the United States troops should be allowed to pursue them. * - ' 1 ' ;A report from General Pope to the War De • partment is included in the papers, which shows that ‘the English Government has no force in . the Red River region to control these Indians, ’and that the Hudson Bayi Company will give large quantities of provisions for their subsis tence if they will return to the United States. Lord Lyons, in a note dated January 22d, says he has referred-the matter to his Govern ment, by Whom, he says, it will not fail to be taken into consideration. The communication of the S ecretaiy of the Treasury, transmitted to. the House to-davj in - answer to a resolution of that body, contains - statements of the practical operations of the Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and the British; Provinces, from which it ap pears that the domestic products and manufac tures exported to Canada under that treaty, for --file fiscal year ending June, 1863, amounted to about $18,600,000. The imports from Canada for the same period have been $12,807,000. The exports of breadstuff's increased from - $216,000, in 1849, to $9,588,000. • Our exports of manufactures have been re duced from $4,186,000 in 1859, to $1,511,000 in 1863. The exports from Buffalo and east ward • ports, west, in 1863, was $9,083,000. The tonnage of transportation . by the Welland Canal was .15,000.' tons to Canadian ports, and . 172,000 tons to United States, ports, and by the St. Lawrence Canal 23,000 tons to United \ States ports. -i /■ The Secretary gives 'the numerous tabular. j statements. with reference to ' the Canadian Irade, -but makes no recommendation relative to the subject.; , The sum of seventy dollars was received at the Treasury Department to-day, in a letter dated in Boston. The writer states, that the money was for duty on an article not designed for sale, imported some years ago. The wri tr says that computed interest and the pre lum on gold have been added to the amount originally due. 1 At the sale of property for unpaid taxes to day, in Alexandria, fifteen Sales were made, auhounting to $22,837, being seventy-six per dent, of the State valuation of 1860. Mr. Pearson, a noted blockade-runner, wh© was Sometime" ago arrested and committed to the Old Capitol Prison, jmt who was released on the' representations of his friends; has been arrested abd’sent back to bis former prison. ‘ - LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. -" Ob-ange Court House, Jan. 28.—Captain Strother, of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry, cap tured twelve Yankees -near Jambs City, Mad : iion county, on Tuesday evening, together with their arms, equipments and horses. Two prisoners captured near Bristoe Station, have been received! There will he a review of the . . Yankee army near Culpepper Court House to morrow. Roads in fine condition. ‘ . Meridian, -Jan. 27.—Advices from Vicks burg, of the 20th, state that the enemy are making preparations to move out and reoccupy •Jackson. Pontoon bridges are being thrown across Big Black for that purpose. Sherman left Vicksburg on the 18th, on a gunboat; which went'down the river. : ' Russellville, Jan. 27.— The enemy evacu ated Tazewell yesterday morning, retreating u towards Cumberland Gap. Maj. Day occupied ■ the place the same day, capturing some stores and property. Our troops are being rapidly clothed. Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, has Madly offered G en. Longstreet enough clothing to supply his command. \ ?••• ; Mobile, Jan. 27,—A special despatch from Brookhaven, dated the 27th, says that on the 22d Geq,. Wirt Adaq*’s cavalry entered Selser - |Own, near Natchei^V'captured thirty-five-pri , Boners, sixty .wagon’s and teams, a lot of cotton x 'jgoiiig.to.Natchez, and about'eights negroes. \V Pascagoula, j an.- 27. — Nothing new to-day. The bass drums of ..the enemy were heard at : noon yesterday, at Horn island. Last night a - side-wheel gunboat passed to westward. ■ Pascagoula, Jan 24.—0 n the night of the sth instant, an outward bound sloop laden with turpentine, while attempting to escape from i- Pascagoula river, grounded' on the bar in . Middle Pas.s. To prevent her falling into the hands :of our pickets, she was a . fired ,by her i crew, who. succeeded in making tjieir escape in sipall boats. Tho vessel and cargo, with the .' / exception of two barrels of turpentine, picked np on the west side of the river, were wholly consumed. . On fho evening, of the 20tli a gun • boat came to under Round Island, 4ml took on board eight or ten negroes whe had fled from theinowners residing on the river, and carried them to Ship Isianuf Yesterday a new gun boat, not seen before in these waters, and three schooners, Cutter-rigged, were abreast of Horn Island, standing to westward last night. This morning several heavy guns were heard in the. direction of Chandleur Island. No gunboat visible to-day. ■ The Charleston Courier, of Monday, 25th, say 8 the enemy average ;aboitt one shot an hour thrown iuto-ribe city. It adds: The damage, as usual, has been, very small. During Saturday night a 100-ppunder Parrott struck a building, entering through the roof, and after shattering a bedstead on which the family, including three small children, were sleeping, passed through to the lower floor and exploded, causing some' destruction to the building, but injuring no one. The: escape of the occupants of the bed is regarded.as almost : miraculous, and the place has been visited by crowds of citizens, civil and military.' The Petersburg Register gives the following account of the destruction by Yankee marau- . ders of the following place on James river: “What we published in our last paper os rumor about the iron-clad raid on Lower Brandon has turned out, we are sorry to say, to bo sad re ality. In fact, for this time, reality .lias put rumor far in the background. There is no dcubt that all - the buildings, kitchens, negro houses, &c., -save the mansion, have been burned; that thp slaves but one, who secreted herself, have been earned , oft; that., a : thousand barrels of swim, all the long forage, together with a'large ‘quantity of -meat, .have been destroyed, and that all the mules have been carried off. In one word, we may say that this old estate has been deprived.of all but a house rendered valueless to i|s owner, and the ancestral acres on Which it has- long stood, and in which true refined Virginia hospitality was for so long, ■without stint, dispensed to all'who were worthy of it. It is estimated by competent judges that the loss sustained by the raid, on -Brandon will not fall short of $250,000 or $300,000. It is reported that Dr. Ritchie, the brother of Mrs. Harrison, the proprietress of the estate, was carried off by the bwgands.- 5 SOUTHERN NEWS VIA FOETEESS MONROE -Fobteess- Monroe, Jan. »31^— The flag of truce steamer New York, Capt. Chisholm, ar rived last evening from City Point, in charge of Major Mulford. Four Union officers—one colonel, and three captains—were Bent down on their parole. About twenty refugees from Richmond ar rived to-day via Yorktown. The English frigate'Kadi arrived and anchored in Hampton Roads this forenoon. The Richmond Enquirer , in an editorial, says: “The letter we published yesterday gave a sad but truthful picture-of the worthlessness of our. cavalry with ; the army of Longstreet. We ban imagine.nothing more distressing to a soldier like Longstreet than to have his plans thwarted by the stupidity of a subordinate, and Gen. Longstreet is cursed with just such sub ordinates. Reformation is sadly wanted. A man like Hampton is sadly needed.” The Richmond Enquirer, of Jan. 28th, says: “The Rev. Dr. Duncan calls the attention of onr people to the condition of the 2d Louisiana Regiment, who are now in the snows of -Vir ginia dcstituto-of almost every comfort, and the ; whole regiment can only muster forty pairs of ■shoes. In this condition the regiments walks nine miles to picket.” “R. E. Foster, of Confederate Treasury Noto Cutting Bureau, is arrested fpr abstracting SII,COO worth of Memminger’s promises to pay. At Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 1864, the thermometer was 12 degrees below zero, and on work on batteries; to be drawn from fifty counties. The call for this force has been made by the under a resolution of Congres.' LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE. Halifax, Feb. I. —The steamship Hibernia, from Galway on the 19th inst., arrived at this port to-day, bound to Boston. The- steamship Louisiana, from Liverpool, bound to New* Tork, put back to Queenstown on the 18th inst., having been disabled, and her decks swept away. Ten of the crew were washed ovoboard. The following‘is a.summary of the advices furnished' by the-Hibernia: ■ Denmark has rejected the Anstrio-Prnssian ultimatum, and the Austrian and Prussian Am bassadors are reported to have quitted Copen- hagen. ■ On the 18th the Emperor of Austria reviewed .20,000. troops, who were to -march immediately for Schleswig. '-•*'• The military preparations of the Prussian 1 government were p.rogressin g vigorously. The French. Chambers continued to debate the address of the Emperor. It is stated that the amendment in regard to Mexico will be mot by a Ministerial statement that, since the Ist ot January, all the expenses of the French troops have been borne by the Mexican gov ernment. ' ; : ; . • . The Archduke Maximilian wilhvisit Paris as a guc’st of the Emperor,,and with appropriate honors. . Garibaldi has; issued a proclamation for the formation of a committee to promote the Italian Union, and inviting all Italians to rally, around it. ' A new Spanish has been formed, with Lorenzo Ariozala as President. •* a "* • ■ -IHE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Lokdok, Jan. 19. —-The Duke of Cleveland died at Roby Castle yesterday afternoon.. The London Times’s city article says: “The summary notification sent to Denmark by Austria and Prussia for' the withdrawal of the obnoxious Constitution, on the pain of the immediate, occupation of-Schleswig, produced a further depression in all of the markets yes. . terday, which'was aggravated by the increasing intensity of the drain of gold from the Bank of France,' and the. probability that its action on this side may induce an early return of !the rate of discount to-8 per cent. The general discount demand was active at the Bank, but was not especially heavy. In foreign securi ties there was again extreme heaviness, and bonds experience!! a further fail of about 1? per cent. About £85,000 were taken from the Bank of England for France, and 4.8,000 sove reigns for Alexandria. About £20,000 held in private hands were also transmitted-to Paris.” The Daily Neivs city article says.' that Paris advices state that applications. for the new . French government loan of £12,000,000, the lists of which-were opened yesterday, are 'ex-' pectcd to reach the astounding total, according to the belief of some, of £160,000,000. The failure, is announced of P. Null, silk broker, of Old Broad street, with liabilities of about £60,000; a considerable portion of which, however, is secured. The-unsecured creditors, - it is stated, will get no dividends. >This stop page has also c'ausod that of ffm. Cbappel.fc Sons, off Coventry, whose diabilities are about ; £40,000. .'.lt is Ore 'he.unsecured creditors of this firm will idend of seven or eight the :. tfr- ~ ,'fussian r&- __ ,/liess quit Copenhagen, formally 'declared; but it is _ „ hoEtilifies may not instantly •limlowi dSealier Adstria nor Prussia can pbs -1 sibly'Wish for d-serioos- war with Denmark, and ■we sospect their present policy; however dan- tHB OMLY: EVUiIKG BULLETIN , 2 jPBIL. pursued from the sole desire, in‘con sequence’of their defeat In the Diet-, to become so far as regards other * Powers, masters of the present situation. Tho allied Powers of Prus sia and Austria on one side, and; Denmark on the oilier, would be belligerent parties; and the German complication, that is to say, the. minor German Powers, would no longer have a right to interfere. ■ “ v . •' : : v lb the pending dispute Austria-and Prussia would be the; sole arbiters of the condition on which they would be willing to conclude peace. A Danish telegram tothe Morning Herald, dated Flensburg, Monday night, Says the envoys of Prussia and -Austria'have presented an ultimatum calling on the Danish govecriment to withdraw the November constitution and that the Danish lias rejected the demand. The envoys at 2 o'clock in the afternoofijjaTSvpriyate. steamer. Lonuon. Jair. 19, 1 P. M.—Consols-for money 90J to 90§. The address of the Danish RJgsrad to the King ol‘Denmark says that they nave seen with much satisfaction his determination to maintain the liberty aDd independence of Denmark—a task fraught with difficulties and bloody sacri fices, but which will most willingly be borne by the people. It is believed that the Danish Government has rejected the. ultimatum of Prussia and Austria. The Finance Committee of the * Austrian Reichsraih has declared that it is the wish .of the Austrian Government to prevent an European war and to locolize; hos tilities. - v LrvriiFOOio Jan. 19.—Cotton—Sales , Monday only 2,190 very dull. Ereaustqfls firmer tinder the aspect of affairs. Wheat Ito 2d higher. Provisoes steady. Lard firm. Loxnoif,'.lan. 19.—Cou-oU closed at noon at 90 9-16 to b 0 >3-16foriiioiieyV Rebel loan 42 to 11. Arrived from Baltimore, Union, at Deal. : The Hibernia was detained four days in the .ice off Newfoundland. * SENATOR .‘WHITE’S' LETTER OF RESIGNATION. THE jf ENATE "WILL ORGANIZE AS A LOYAL ROOT. The following is a copy of a letter/rom Senator Harry White, delivered »«y Judge -White, .his father, to Senator .Turrell, deputed by Speaker Penny to act for : him iu hi's absence. This letter has never boon in'the bands of Governor Cnrtin, Judge White,in fatherly zeal for the release of the gallant Wajor, having retained the letter, as au thorized by hia son, until his qwn views of duty, to the writer and tliV country compelled him to hand the letter over. , Speaker Penney has been informed by telegraph, \ and the writ lor a new election is doubtless ere this in the Land# of the respective Sheriffs of Indiana and Aimstroiig counties. , r . ■■ Lui.itr Prison, Richmond, Ta. . Nov./Ts#! Hon. J. 1 \ Speaker of tho. Senate nf Penn sylvania—Bear Sir: Considerations I shall briefly, state make it prudent and proper‘for me to t*»ud>*r my resignation :is a member of the Senate of Penn sylvania. Af er the adjournment of our Legisla-. ture last spring, I lvjoired my regiment and re sumed my. military duties in the field. Upon the advance of Gen. Lee's army,'in June last,iuto. the -Sberiandoah Valley, on his Pennsylvania rcampais.n, . the * lorecs with' which’ I was connected were ordered Winchester, and in the battle at that plach\ I fell into the .hands' of the fnemy as a prisoner of war. With other Federal officers I was immediately sent to Richmond, and - since the 23d ot June have re mained as a prisoner in the Libby .-’V No general exlianpe of officers has taken place in the mean time,, nor does any appea- to me in early prospect. Shut cfl” for long months from friends and the outer world, I have yet not been entirely ignorant of passing events. The recent election in oar S’ate has, I. learn, altered somewhat from the las*, session >he political complexion of onr Senate. My alsence,- it seems, gives to each political party represented there .equal numerical strength. This will, in all ‘ probability, em barrass. organization, and delay necessarv legislation. I regret this: situation, and am un willing my present personal misfortune should in any way affect public interests, or interrup-, for a moment*that cordial co- perat:oa between our State and National Governments so necessarv ‘in this crisis. It i 6 true, some time must ye-. . elapse before my presence In Harrisburg isactually required, yet as I see no hopeof release by general exchange, the Richmond authorities will, i am convinced, retain me as long as possible* because I am a-Senator, and my vote important. Under the circumstances, .it bihooves me to do what lean to relieve the difficulty lik* ly to result from my continued imprisonment. lam sure yon will not doubt me v hen I comess it would be much more acceptable to'my tastes and feelings tb - spend the months of the coming winter in active legislation in cur.Sena*?* cbn.mber.thim to lauguish within the gloomy wolls qf a Southern prison.. IVIy present situation, places the less agreeable alternative in prospect and I see but one solution to the difficulty; other riid greater interests am in volved in this matter than my personal comfort and private inclination?. My health, my life, are nothing to the success of those great principles I. was e ected to represent. The good people of my district are chiefly eretted in this matter, and my duty to them in the premises has given me many an hour of anxious •- solicitude in this weary prison life. I cannot now n anv vat- consult with them: they should not, however, "at. this time, go unrepresented. Their generous confidence was but recently given me. and they will,, I trust, give the approval of th.*fr voice to the step I now take, a id select as my sue* tossdr one who will be as faithful to their inter fgtg and the great cause of onr country as I. at least, desiren to be. Bepleasril, therefore, toac cept iny resignation as Senator from the Twenty first Senatorial district, t Be kiud. enough to con \ey to my brother Senators assn ranees of respect and esteem. Tell them, “though cast down I am not dismayed,” though in bonds, I am full of hope. Tell them my prayer and trust is no word or deed may go out of ilie counsels of your Senate *• to weaken the arm or make Ui nt the heart’ ’ of tho c soldiers of the Union who are bearing in the field to a sure and triumphant success t he greatest struggle ofhistory. Accept, my dear sir, my kindest wishes fpr your good heaph ai d future prosperity. ' • . I am yours, truly, ■ IfARJtY WHITE. The Board of Trade held its anneal meeting last evening. A. B. Corley presided, and Lorin Blodget acted as,,Secretary. 1 ... The annual report was read. It enumerates' the operations of: the Board enterprises in tended tor the benefit of Philadelphia; its in tercourse with the. Departments; its correspon dence with : Congress,, 'thp State Legisla ture, etc. ' ,• . ' •* The report states that at no time has the supremacy or the coal and iron' .trade been so conspicuous. The excess delivered at Phila delphia over any former year has been 1,000,- 000 tons. The ' excess delivered to various' markets front Richmond, on the Delaware has •been nearly Soo,oo'o tons. The various lines of coal carriage to, the city have brought 1 300,- . 000 tons'more than in qny former year. The lines leading to all northern, and eastern mar kets have carried bntfabout GOO,OOO tons ex cess, only 309,030 tons of\ which were carried by routes north of the Lehigh; a dilftirence of .700,000 tons in ,ourfavor\y The estimated iron production shows that the field 0f381,000 tons of anthracite in eastern Pennsylvania in 18G2 was increased to 500 000 . tons in ISG3. The production of iron which ! has been immensely stimulated during the last 1 two years, has more than ever been° concen trated in Easteni Pennsylvania, pl'acin" it beyond all reach of competition from other ; lt is also a, noteworthy' act-that ; petroleum, the new staplp product ot the State, was exported -last‘year, to,the extent 0f492 000 harrelsj valued, at 5i0,604,379. ■/’. Si The report dwells upon the havoc committed , upon our sailing vessels, and the breaking up of our lines; of sailing ships by Confederate privateers.. Of these 158 have; been sold abroad. It is not likely that these lines wili ever be again , filled by satling vessels. The success of Europe in the estahlishment of ateaik lines is certainly within our reach. ’ The report takes . strong ground for the es tablishment of a navy-yard at League Island, and declares that the, Governpient has.no pro -visiouhof dock-yards for the vast navy it is toeatmfe.: The. country is amply prepared for chswtfmg her navy from wood to iron, and no .locality.upon-the continent offers equal advan tages with League island for a. naval depot. „ ■ The imports, for. the calender, year of 1803 for. the port of Philadelphia, were; as follows. Thero is a trifling, falling ofty owing tfije dimin- NOBLY PATRIOTIC VIEWS. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD QE TRADE, JDJELPHIA, TUESDAY, FeBRU ished attainable -quantity of some artiplea of. import,-such as cotfee, etc. _ v ' ouarter ending March 3L, 1863 ' , ' Free. Duty paying. Total. InAmerican Vessels, $33*324 $916, 5b$ $9-19-806 In foreign •: n , M.jDSS 417,0*23 . 431*713. Quarter ending June 30, 130 5: r In American vessels, 38,373 . 1 7 5,5134 1,391,407. In foreign “ : 68,526 774,696 843y22*3 Quarter ending Sept. 30. 1853: In American vessels, . '58.801 744,695 803,556 In foreign 58 637 • 600,661 659,348 Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1863: • jp AmpTican vessels.* 23*750 453,56 - 478,320 In foreign, vesse-5...-,..10y,7»»7 ' 751,979 855,686 imports in totals: ' .In Amer. In For. vessels, vessels.* Total. Firsfrouarter.......*,. 5881,713 5*,431,519 Second quarter ......1 39t?407 813,222 ; 2 2:14 629 1 hir'd quar er........ 703,556 - 659,5*48 1,462,934 Feuith quar.er “478 320 855,686 1,831,1 06 S 3, 623,089 S 2,. Q 39,%9 66,403,058 Exports in totals First quart-r..... . Second » “ Tnird “ Fduith “ ........ .82,130,357 $1,483, 439 53,613,796 1,305,908 1,777,(0)8 3.181,756 508.341 1,217,791 1,726,132 804,921 1,578,718 2,333 608 Grand t0ta1......... 4,749,537 6,057,585 10,907,172- In 1802 exports....Sll,£lB,97o—impoits, $7*962,893 In 1803 41 In; 807, 172 44 6,463,058 Decreate .$7ll, 793 v. $1,499,775 In expoits....Blo.399,277—imports, 57,80.1,183 In 1503 4 4 10,807,17- 44 6,463,058 Increase $007,897 Decrease. $346,430 The Teport will be printed as above stated. An election lor officers lor tho ensuing year re sulted thus: . President—Samuel C. Morton. Vide p/esidents—David S. Drown,.John Welsh, Samuel. W. Merrick. Secreiarv —William G: Ludwig. Treasurer —Richard Wood. gExeculive Cji ncil— Israel Morris, Joseph C. wrubb, Lummid. A Sonder, George L. Busby, Edward O. Biddle, Tromns S. Fernon, Samuel E. Stokes, Grorgf* N. Latham, Benjamin Mar shall, James *R tamnel W. De Conr- Fe.v.' James G. Hand. William G- Colton. ames. Milliken, Andrew Wheeler, Thomas B. Wattson, Eivv-rd Y Townsend, Horace J. Smith, Lemuel Collin, Win. H S. i* Hutchinson. SPECIAL MEETING OE CITY COUNCILS, A special meeting of Councils was held yester-. day Hiternoon for the purpose of electing directors of the North Pennsylvania ’and Philadelpnin and Erie Railroad Companies. After meeting in con v^ition— Mr Kerr inquired .under what authority the convention was couvened, his recollection being that no resolution Lad been passed by either body providing lor the assembling of the Convention. Mr. LyVd, President, replied that Mr. Harper and himself concurred in opinion that the Conven tion was proper without any joint resolution. Mr- Kerr dissented from this opinion and re quested that his colleagues would abstain from! voting. ’ The following gentlemen were then darted by the vote of the Republican members: For directors yf North Pennsylvania Railroad Co,—Robert P. Taylor and A C. Harmer. For the Philadelphia tnd Erie Raiiroac—H. D. Mooiv, O. A. Wo born 1 and A . J. Catbeiywood. Alter the Convention adjourned. Mr. Stokely in Common I'ouncil, presen ed the certificate of John Jt. . McCurdy, of the Twenty-fourth Ward, in place of Isaac Leech, whose seat w;is declared ''vacant at the meeting of Councils on Thursday Inst. * Mr! Lonphl n opposed the reception of the certi ficate, and stated that on Thursday next he would present a"proiest as to. the legality of the proceedings. ’ Mr. McCurdy was then sworn in as a member of Common Council. Mr. Evansoffered a resolution providing for the I renting of 500 copies o! the testimony and report .n the case of isaac Leechin pamphlet form. Atteralong discussion, the Chamber adjourned, without taking any Gnat action in the matt r. On the rc urn of the members ot Select Council o their Chamber, Mr. Miller ofiered the following: Bes'-lved, By the Select and Common Council of the city of Philadelphia, that we sincerely r: cognize ibe great seVvices .of Major General A. C. Pleas ontori ; bisY»kill and gallantry as an officer throughout khe war; and, to testify our graieiul sense of the importance of these services, we cor .dially welcome him to the city of Philadelphia, .Hud tender him the use of Independence Hall, f r she purpofe of receiving the thanks and congratu lat on of the citizens. 3 he resolution was adopted unanimously, and h>* Chamber adjourned. BUSINESS CARDS. I Ed. O. BTAMDBKUWX. gTAKDBgIBSE * CO-, BAILEES AND EXCH ANGEBROKEBS, No. 49 Sonth THIRD street, PBU.ADKI.PHIA. STOCKS AND BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. Uncurrent Bank Notes and City Warrants bough’, at the lowest rates of discount; ja2*‘2m CORN EXURAKUK November £kl, 1b63. At tne election held Stockholders •were duly •Corn Exchange Bank: Alexander G. Oattcll, John F. Gross, James Steel, Christian J. Hoffman, Robert Ervien, H. W. Catherwood, William P. Cox, Edmund A: Souder, Samuel T. Canby, Charles E. "Wilkins, Philip B. Mingle, David Yanderveer, Jonathan Knight. And at the meeting oi the Hoard this day ALEX G. CATTELL, Esq.. was unanimous]y re-elect ed President; and AIaEX. WHILLDIN. Esq.. Vice resident, and JOHN W. TORREY Cash ier. , . J. W. TORREY, no*2s-3mo “ Cashier. PEN NS\la V A N IA WOtiKS—on he DELA WARE River, below PHILADELPHIA, CHESTER. Delaware counts. Pa. KEANEY, SON & ARCHBOLD, Engineers and Iron Boat Builders, Manufacturers of All kinds. CONDENSING AND NON-CONDENSING ENGINES, Iron Vessels of all Boilers, Water- Tanks, Propellers, 4cc., Niagara Falls. Passengers*taking thetMarl Train at 8.00 A. M., and the Throbgh Express at 10.30 P. 31., go directli through without change of cais berween Phiiadelp'hia and Williamsport, For YORK, H.4NOVEK hud GETTYSBURG the-trair.s leaviug 8.00 A. M. t'h.nd’i. 31* P. M., con nect at Columbia with trains oh\the North Central ■Rfulroad. \ CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD. The Mail Trains and Through Express connec at Harrisburg with trains for GorUsle\Charabers burg and Hagerstown. \ TVAYNLsvBURG BRANCH RAILROAD. The Trams leaving at 800 A M. add 2 3(t P. 31., connecti.at Downinglowu with Trains on this road for Waynesbufg and all intermediate stations. \ FOR WESTCHESTER. * x Passengers for. Westchester taking the trains leaving at 800 A- M., 1 M». aud 4w» -P. M.', go directly through without change of cars. For further information, apply at the Passenger Station, S. E.. corner of Eleventh and Market streets. JAMES OOWIiEN, Ticket Agent. WESTERN EMIGRATION. An Emigrant Accommodation Train leaves No. 137 Dock f=ueet daily, (Sundays excepted,) atl.(K) P. M Tor full information, apply to FRANCIS FFNK, Emigrant Agent, No. 137 Rock street FREIGHTS. By this route freights ot all description can be forwarded to and from any point on the Railroads ofUhio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, or Missouri, by railroad/direct, or'to any port on the navigable* rivers oi the West, by steam ers from Pittsburgh. For freight contracts or shipping directions, ap> ply to S. B. KINGSTON, Jr , Philadelphia. ENOCH: LEWIS, jann General Superintendent, Altoona. Pa. JSOBU W EST CHESTER AND VIA THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAJLKOAD.- Passengers for West Chester leave the Repot, cor ner of ELEVENTH and MARKET street*, and go through without change of ears. .FROM PHILADELPHIA. Leave at 8.00 A. M.i arrive at West Chestes 9.50 A.M. Leave at 1.00 P. M., arrive at West Chester 3.00 P. M. - Leave at 4. COP; M., arrive'West Chester 5.*? P. M ~ FROM WEST CHESTER, Leave at 6.50 A. M., arrive West Phiiadeipiiiii 3.35 A. H. Leave at 10. 45 A. M., arrive West Philadelphia 12.26 P.M. Xjeave.at3.so-P. M., arrive West Philadelphia 5.20 P.M. passengers tot Western poinU from Chester, .connect at the Intersection with the Mail Train at 9.17 A. H., the Harrisburg Accommoda tion at 3.55 P. M., and the Lancaster Train at 5.25 P. M. Freights delivered at the Repot, corner THIR TEENTH and MARKET streets, previous ?c II 30 P.M., will be forwarded bv tbe Accom modation Train, and reach West' Chester at 3.06 P. M. : v , . For tickets and rurther Information, apply *o ' . ' .JAMES COWDEN, Ticket Agent, • ja2-ti Eleventh aud Market street* BBS. osK&BgSidD 1£63. • KE-GPKNEU. irtth. PHILADELPHIA, WIL MINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD. 5 HEIGHTS WESTWARD VIA.. BALTIMORE AND OHIO ROUTE. RECEIVING DEPOT, BROAD STREET .ABOVE CHERRY. Through Freight facilities between philadeipnia ud the western. States, have been .fully resumed by the above route, at lowest rates,:’ ... ,- > 1 Q.UICK TRANSIT BY FAST FREIGHT TRAINS without change of cars to the Ohio river,. This route is now considered entirely safe Iron: injury by rebel raids, in proof ol which the Baßi* more. and Ohio BatlToad Company guarantee owners against loss or damage by whilst in transit oh thw'line of~that road. We have no hesitation therefore .in respect! ull? thing the confidence and patronage of shippers.- JTor further information, apply to ■ COI.HOUN A OOWTON,' - General Freight Agent#. . - ' KILGORE tf WILSON, A*ents, ■-, / -Office, Sixth street, above Chestnut. Pgp.Ajgl.yHiA. .Tannary 6,'1683 ~ ac7-tfl Onn ftAA Feet Sprucei 3:tS,>x9, '3xlo, 3x12, _ ja2i-12tj • . Broad and Green streets. _ : TmiKunse Assortment ©f' , L()OKING GLi^SBS, fiPaiistiaga. First i'lass Engravings PORTRAIT 4KB picture frames, photograph frames, \ . PHOTOGRAPH AUBUH3,- ' ' . 'WINDOW CORNICES, TABLES, fcp.,tw, Barnes «, <§sSoh, • ' CHESTNUT ST. Materials for Mince Pies, Bunch, Layer and fnltana Baisini, Citron, CurrahtB|andj Spices, Cider, line's, Ac. ALBERT (J. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE ÜBOOEBIESj.' 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