SISffiJEAOOOI, .Editor. VQLbMb NVIJ., NO. 2(56 EVEMSfS BULLETIN PIACOCI. CHAMBERS & 00., PEOPEIETOBS., - -US SOUfE TEHD.STEEETs ■ PHILADELPHIA: TEiMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.’' Tie EtThI.MIH is ssrved to Subscribers ic th» Olty a* 1= cetrfß per week, payable to the carriers, or S 3 S 3 ptr annum. j ■ BA.*K3 OP ABVEiOTSIKO. Half Square, 1 Hmo.S S 3 1 Square, 3 weeks..B3 Sj ISquari, 1 iims..... s(i 1 Square, 1 month., s 06' l Square, S times.... 75 1 Square, a mouths. S Ofi l Square, I times..,. 1. 60 1 Square, 3 months. 11 0(- 1 Square, 1 wcek....l 75 1 Square, 6-months.2e o'. S& line* constitute-one square; three line, or tees heir & square. ■ ■H TPHOI*STEEY. UJ Promptness, Purity ofMaterials, ' Good Workmanship Low Charges. *. ■■ W. HENTtY PATTEN, 1408 Chestnut streetr ffIAEEIED. BICKLEY—MILLER—On the 17th instant, by Friends’ ceremony, in the presence of Mayor Henry, at the residence, of the bride’s fitter, Lloyd WhaTton Bickley, M. D., to Hannah Mil ler, daughter of Daniel L. Miller, Jr. * NORTHROP—TEfiCKER—At New York, Feb. 25th, by the Bev. ,Dr. McJilton, J. Frank Nor throp to Miss Anne P. Tucker. THACKARA —OHESEBROUGH— In Balti more,-TOth instant', by the Rev. Chas. J. Bowen, Wm. M. Thackara, rf this city,, to Sarah E. I’hesebrongh, daughter of Capt. B Robt. C. Cli«se- brongli. of former place. . * THORNTON—BEACON—On Wednesday, 17th of Feb., by the Rev. Be Witt Byllesby, at the re sidence of ihe bride’s father, Mountdtolly, N.J., Edward O. Thornton, of Philadelphia, to Addie, daughter of Benajah Deacon, Esq. [Richmond, Ta., papers please copy.] « * DIED. ADAMS—Un the. 17th inst., of congestion of the lungs, Mary P., daughter of Edward A. andHar liet A. Adams, aged iGmonths. „ AIKIN—In Wilmington. Del., 17th inst.. Jane, wife of Samuel Aikin, in the 83d year of her age. The friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral from the residence ot her husband, at the corner ef Third and French streets, on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, without further notice. .* DUNCAN—On Tuesday, 16th instant, General Wm. Duncan, intbe DSd year of his age. His relatives and friends are respectfully in vited to attend the funeral from his late resi dence, Southeast comer of- Seventh and Wood streets, afternoon, 19th instant, at two o’clock, without farther notice.: -To proceed to Woodlands Cemetery. * ELTON—On,Wednesday, 17th inst., of scarlet fever, Do Wut Moore, son of Anthony and Lydia Elton, aged 3 years and 6 months. The relatives and friends of the family are re s'pectfully invited to attend his funeral from- the residence of his parents, 8*23 Franklin street, on Saturday morning, 20th inst., at 9o’ clock. 2:; EYRE— On Tuesday, Feb. 16th, 1664, Jesse Eickerton Eyre, in the 71st year of his age. I The relatives and friends of the family are in vited to attend his funeral, without farther no\ tice, from the residence of .Rebecea P. Eyre,V Chester. Pa., on Friday afternoon, the 19th inst, At 2o’ clock. Interment in Chester Rural Ceme tery. ' * 3SYEE—On Wednesday morning, February 17, 1564, William Eyre, Jr , son of Joshua P. Eyre, and Martha S. Eyre, aged 5 months and 19 days. • • The relatives and frieiids of the family are in vited to attend, the; fnneral from-the residence of bis parents, at Chester, Pa., without farther no tice, on Saturday afternoon, the 20th instant, at 2 o’ clock. -. • * MILLHOLLAND—At Reading, Pa., Feb. 16,- Fanny Millholland, wife of Jab. MilliioUand. POTTS—On Tuesday, the 16th instant, Jane, wife of James Potts, in the sSth year 61 her age. The relatives and fiends of the famdy are re' spectfullv invited to attend the funeral from the residence"of her husband, No. 16U Race street, on Saturday morning,-, at 10 o’clock. Interment at Laurel Hill Uemetery. - ' ** TAYLOR—At New York, Feb. 16th, Ann Ms niganlt, wife of Dr. Taylor, of Grace (Jhurch, and daughter of the late Joseph Manigault, Esq., of Charleston, S. C. "WIILEY—At Florence, Italy, 20lh Jan., Rev. Frederick S. Wiley, formerly Rector,of Christ Chnrch, New York. NEW SPRING MOURNING GOODS daily opened by BESSON fc SON. Mourning Store, No. 918 CHESTNUT street. • N. B. Wholesale Rooms on second floor. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK [) g PBiLADELriiIA. February 17, 1861. At an election held February 16th, the following Stockholders, were duly elected Directors of the Fourth National Bank: Wm. P. Hamm, JohaFareira, James C. Kelclt, Wm. Brooks, A. C- Roberts, Wm. S'.okeley, David W. Bradley. At a meeting of the Board, held this day, WM. j>. HAMM, Esq-, was unanimously elected Presi dent*, and SAMUEL ,T. MacMULLAN, Esq , Cashier. SAMUEL J. MacMULLAN, fel7-12trp$ Cashier. ~=.TdE UNION BENEVOLENT A3SOUIA TION—The Boor and the Season.—On belialf of the' poor of the city the managers of the Union Benevolent Association are compelled to make a second appeal for the season for funds. It was hoped that the mildneslsof the winter and the activity of trade would hare made a Eecond appeal unnecessary •, bnt the enormously increased cost of every article of living and especially of fuel, has laid bnrdens upon the poor waich calls _for greater liberality towards. themand o ur treasury is empty. Notwithstanding the appa rent prosperity Abroad there is an under cuirent «f suffering which is our duty to touch •out Bnd relieve; The labor of working-men is well remunerated; bnt that ol poor sewing women is not, except in special cases. We know of those ■who, working late and early, earn bnt S 3 00 per wet k; who make common shirts lor Si 35, and •drawers for SI 00 per dozen. Iden control their wages by banding together and demanding an in crease or pay, bat there seems to be no redress for •W6men, who are wholly in the power oi their em ployers. When it is asserted, therefore, that labor is abundant, Ac., we point to this class of sufferers, and ask for them and those de pendent upon them the sympathies of the public. The public must be reminded, however, that it is mot for those who are able to labor that onr charity is intended, bnt for those who are incapacitated by reason of sickness or infirmities, and upon whom •the high prices work an immense amount of Buffer ing. This class ‘ ‘we have alway s .with ns, ’’ no matter bow mild the winter or favorable the times. They are mostly women, oiten with families of mnall children. It costs them from 93 to SHI lor a don ol coal, or rather sixteeil to twenty dollars, for they, are compelled to buy it by the basket, attflonble the common pri :e. ■ Our society has ona hundred and forty female visitors who'discover more of this kind oi suffering than they have means to relieve, and it is for them that this appeal is' made. Onr whole receipts in money per annum is mot over 310,000. (A similar society in Veto York receives S7»>,C(K).) More , than hair of this is ex pended for coal, leaving.less .than. £5, OOt) to be di vided among one hundred and forty ladies,miking the annual sum for distribution by each twenty live dollars, or two dollars per month. With ibis these ladies relieved last year 4,050 fami lies Ibeymatje 11,04Jvisits tp the poor; They found employment for 059 persons. They minis tered to'‘Jl sick; They sent to school 133 chil dren. They distributed i,4H tons of- coal, 1,477 garments,3oo stoves, and kept 30 women in sewing dor their store, besides a di-tribmion of iver SiSOO in money. This winter the demand is greater and the receipts tmaller. The Society lherefo-e makes this appeal, for farther aid, at the close of the .season, when suffering is always greatest;-The: ■collectors of the Society,- Messrs. Cooper and Evans will make an early call upon the citizens .and they are earnestly commended to the'attention of the charitable; or contribution; may be sent to the Treasurer, Edmund Wilcox, Esq., 404, -Chestnut street, or to the agent of the Society at the office, northwest corner Seventh nnd Sansom ■street;. SAMUEL H. VERKINS, President. JOHN H. ATWOOD, Secretary. 1,13 s. U1.5-.rpti HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND Bs 1530 LOMBARD Street, DISPENSARY DEPARTMENT. Medical, treatment and medl •Ihm fsrntihsd gratuitously to the poor. aul3r- SIXTH WARD AROTTSE—ONE MORE IL3 GRAND RALEY TO AVOID THE DRAFT. . ■ A iisf Meeting of the citizens of the Sixth Ward will l.e held at FRANKLIN HALL, Mxthetreer, below Arch, on FRIDAY EVENING at7j.< o'clock. EVERY CITIZEN in the Ward is invited to he v resent. ' a fnilstatemen of ihe doihgs of the Committee will he Trade. TMs will be Ihe I.AST APPEAL to citizens, AND WITH TRIM WILL REST THE RE SPONSIBILITY OF A DRAFT. The meetingfwill be addressed by the following -gentlemen:- • ’ ■. ■ THEO. ODYLFR, Esq., WM B. MANN, Esq.-, . ROBERT PALETHORP, Esq , WM. E. LEHMAN, Esq., ; - And others. : Aid. OHAS. WELDING, felB-2t{ Chairman Ward Assoc’n. ew=, NINTH WARD BOUNTY FUND COM lk_3 MITTEF.— An adjourned meeting of the Precinct Committees will be held THIS EVE NING. at IV- o'clock, at the Chnrch, SEVEN TEENTH and FILBERT streets Ponctoal attendance of the members is particn laily-requested, as business of vital importance will be brought before lhem.: DANIEL STEINMETZ, Chairman. Edwabd H. Obdex, Sec’y. fel7-lt§ LIFE AT JOHNSON’S ISLAND, [Correspondence of tte Phila,. Evening Bulletin.] U. S. FoeceSj Johnson’s Island, Feb; 13, 18G4.—When your, numerous readers ascer tained that the Ist Brigade 3d Division, Gth Corps was here, in the midst of civilization, within three miles of Sandusky, I dare say they were surprised. Our boys,when they first' heard of their place of destination,were amazed, and doubters plenty; but our Brigade is here in a!i its stem reality, guarding rebels on John son’s Island. The change from the soft red mud in Virginia to within sight of church spires, the smoke of factories aud the distant hum of the city is very pleasant and gratifying to us old soldiers. This Island contains about COO acres, heavily timbered, and seems as if Lake Erie in some singular mood had upheaved it of solid limestone. "Upon it are built the rebel prison, large and commodious barracks for the troops doinff garrison duty here, offi cers’ quarters, &c.j«cc. Life here is dull, and there is bnt-little to occupy the attention. I have vet to seoan ’excited individual on this Island. The Lake washing the shores, the immense sheet of ice- spreading in all its daz zling beauty between us and the main land, make a walk.to the wharf all the pastime we have here. We arrived upon January 15th, and to February 3d the ice was strong enough to hear the heaviest Government teams. For a", few days the Clinton and- Eastern made trips across, but, a cold snap ensued, and again we are ice-bound; but the ice.is not sufficiently strong fer traveling. General. Terry and staff have their headquarters at the St. Lawrence House, in Sandusky, while Brig adier-General Shaier, commanding our brigade, lias his on the Island, and remains here, per-, tonally superintending the comforts of all. His stafi consists of Captain. W. P. Roome, A. A. G-; Captain Samuel Truesdeli, Inspector- General; Captain G. W. Ford, Q. M.; Captain N. P. Elbnaker, Commissary of .Subsistence, and First Lieutenants John Johnson and F. Wooster as his personal Aids. All these offi cers are brave in the field, and polite and atten tive in the camps. Your correspondent rarely pays a Tisit to headquarters without seeing that useful adjunct, Isaac E. Osborn, who is Well posted in every matter: relating to the brigade. His smile and cordial welcome, are the same now as they we?e while a Conductor upon the Frankford and Southwajk Railroad some years ago’. "The officers of the brigade recently gave a ball to the ladies oj Sandusky, although, the invitations Tead as if the stall officers of the Division gave it. The affair came off in the large saloon of the “West House;” the elite of the city were present; the walls of the saloon were handsomely decorated with flags, including some of the war-worn ones of the brigade; fanciful devices containing the names of the battles in which wo had participated were tastefully arranged by Captain Harry a Mar chant, 23d P. V. Pardon me if Ido not give you the names, of the pretty ladies present; to select would he like picking the [handsomest flower of a hot-house, rambling from one- 1 to another, not knowing your choice one moment. Madam Rumor has it that the officers of the 65th Jfcw YoTk Volunteers intend giving a baUshortly to the ladies; if this is so, no one know* how belter than Colonel Joseph Hamlin, their commander; being a handsome man him self he does things handsomely.. When the af fair takes placo you shall have the particulars. Excuse me not giving you the number of our troops here or that or the rebel prisoners, the censor of the press might object. Suffice it to say. should English rebel sympathizers attempt any'raid they will have to confront the heroes of the heights .of Fredericksburg, and as the. blue cross of the Gth corps never failed or fal tered on the bloody fields of Virginia, trans planting it to Ohio, has but firmer nerved our hands to float it in triumph over the heads of English or rebel. Onr duty here is described in two lines of poetry, written by a rebel cap tain— 1 ‘Bright visions hover round my love at night, A Tank, with loaded gun, keeps nio in sight. ’ ’ The weather is moderate. Perhaps to-mor row may bring onr mail by steam. Yours, &.c., Tovee. FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR. Colonel Davis of the 104th Pennsylvania, thus writes to the Doylestown Democrat: Norms Island, S. C., Feb. 4,18G4. —Every few days we get reliable news from the other side, some of the most interesting of which however is contraband. TVe know pretty well the situation of things in Charleston, and the damage onr shells are doing. A few days ago a shell passed through a house into the cellar, hitting on its way down a chair that stood at the foot of a bed, oh which a man and his wife were sleeping. Another shell on its way to the cellar actually passed through the bed, and between a negro'and wife Bleeping in it. In either instance no injury was done to persons. All the necessaries of-life are almost at starva tion point. Think of flour selling at $l3O and $l5O per barrel! Common lace boots are $l5O per pair, and calf-skin high boots are $250 per pair. We have learned considerable about Sum ter of late. Since our last bombardment they have erected three strong bombproofs inside the. fort to protect theirinen. They are cov ered with sand and the debris from the walls. They have four brass guns mounted on the bombproofs, to fire down on an assailing party. On the Sullivan’s Island ,side, in the lower tier of. casements, they have mounted four heavy guns, which command the"channel.' • The garrison numbers three, or four hundred men, who are relieved by, others at stated in tervals. A number, of torpedoes have been sunk to anchors in the channel; PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1864.' and amopg other things are two old boilers filled with powder, one of which contains three thousand pounds. They are sunk- in deep water and it is arranged to explode them from the shore by means of a wire. They have con structed small .steamers,something like the one that made a former attempt, to come out and blow the iron-clads.. They 'are building four new iron- clads, one of which is two hundred feet long, and plated with four-inch iron. The other three are smaller and about the size of the two {hey already have afloat. A few days ago one of our shells exploded upon the deck of this large new iron-clad; but did no damage. There are no places of'bu siness open in the lower part of the city, ex cept two grog-shops. The big gun the rebels imported from-our neutral English friends is mounted in the city, and points down the har bor. The bore is thirteen inclij and the ball weighs seven hundred pounds. It is rifled. Its mate burst at the flrst.discharge. The steeple of St. Michael’s Church has been struck twice, but not much injured. This is the most beau tiful spire in the oity, and the plan is said to have been drawn by Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of St. Paul’s, London. The church was built considerably more than a hundred years ago. [THE ESCAPED UNION PRISONERS. The Tribune correspondent at Washington writes as follows: The lions of the day here are the gallant twenty-five officers who escaped from Libby Prison, on Tuesday of last week, and arrived here this evening from Fortress Monroe. They have more than, settled the accounts which John Morgan opened, and feel amply compen sated for their hardships in the hearty wel come they now receive. Their names are as follows: Cel. Win. R. McCreary, 2!st Michigan; Col. Wm. P. Kendrick, 3d West Tennessee Cavalry, Licut.-Col T. Si West, 2-Jth' Wisconsin: Lieut.- Col. Hobart, 21st Wisconsin; Lieut.-CoL 'Yon Miiz°l): Lieut.-Col. J. F. Boyd, Quartermaster, 2iith Army Corps, Lieut.-Col. Georgo S. Davis, 4th Maine; Major J. B. Collins, 29th Indiana; Major G. W. fiizsimmons, S9th Indiana: Major A, G. Hamilton, 12th Kentucky Cavalry; Capt. M: Boyd, 73d Indiana; Capt. J. Y. Johnston, 6th Kentucky; Capt. J. F. Gallagher, 3d Ohio: Capt. W. S. Randall, 3d Ohio; Capt. D. J. Jones, Ist Kintuckj; Capt. T.'Clatk, 78th Illinois: Capt.P. C. Rose, 4th Missouri Cavalry; Capt. N. Tower, 13th Massachusetts: Capt. N. Gallagher, 3d New Jtovey: Lieut. W. McKeene. 21st Illinois; Lient. J. M. Welles, Sth Michigan Cavalry; Lieut L.P. Williams, 73d Indiana: Lient.. Wm. Reynolds, 73d Indiana: J. C. Fitter, 7th Indiana Battery; Lieut. XL G, Bradlord, 3d West Tennessee Ca valry. They lock as if their escape involved much privation and snfferiog, and their different statements of the perils through which they passed sound like romance. Up to the lime escape (Tuesday night, the 9th), their ex perience was ; similar, and runs somewhat as iollows: Libby Prison is divided .into, three, grand divisions, known as the Eastern, Western and Central Rooms. About the middle of Decem ber, eight of the more hopeful of the officers commenced an excavation on the side of the basement of the middle apartment, which wks occupied'as a dining-room. This was continued carefully at intervals until sewer was encountered, when the at tempt was given up as a failure. They then removed some stones of the fireplace,and com menced digging down obliquely toward the eastern base of the buildiag, pushing the work by night, and replacing the stones carefully before daylight. They cut their way with hatchets through a wall five ieet thick of solid masonry, and then nua it directly outward under the street. They had -large wooden spittoons, which diggers heaped with dirt in the narrow passage, and others drew out with ropes and deposited carefully in obscure comers ot an unfrequented cellar. By this time many of the more ambi tions entered heartily into the plot, thus keep-, ing up tho work though all the safe hours of the night. At last, alter tunneling forty-five feet, they sought daylight. What was the dismay of the pioneer in the enterprise when at dusk he poked a hole through and found himself under the opposite walk, and within two feet of the heat ef the sentries who guard the prison. As the ground tell in, he heard one outside calling another’s attention to-the noise, and receive for his reply “Rats.”? The mistake was quickly corrected. The Captain quietly, kept his hole, and si pair of old pantaloons was filled with dirt and stones and lifted into the caTity. The direction, of the tunnel was how slightly changed, and carried twelve feet further, within the fence, and on feeling again, it was found to open under a shed iu the very place intended. ; ■' The first man left the tunnel at 8.30 Tuesday evening, and was followed as rapidly as possible by the others, and such lrlends as they might designate to have precedence. Many iu the prison did not wish to take the chance of escape with the accompanying perils. Only one man could be within the tunnel at a time-safely, it being necessary to admit Iresh air. The pass ing caused a great rumbling sound, which created constant apprehension of discovery. Escapes succeeded each other as closely as possible until daylight, when they stopped,and the officers within awaited the developments of roll-call. The sentries seemed utterly oblivious of everything, and to the fact that they were new recruits and recently put on duty is ascribed the complete success of the move ment. After leaving the subterranean passage the fugitives made their way through a wagon house and across an open space into Canal street. .The night was not very dark, and as they turned in different directions,in squads of three to six, they saw the sentries passing their heat. From Canal street, they struck out in all direc tions, radiating from Richmond north, south and. east. In planning and accomplishing the escape, they were assisted by no cooperation from "outside whatever. They all left the shed and the city in the. same hhic overcoats they had worn in prison, trusting in their own saga city and the cover of darkness for safety. It is believed that more than half of those who got out of the prison will reach our Rues. The officers who are now in were from five to (eight days in getting from Richmond to Wil liamsburg, and think that many more : will fol low- successfully down the Peninsula; that . some will escape via the Army of the -Potomac, and that others will eventually be heard from in North-Carolina. ' • * The narratives of their dangerous flight across the country, are various,.but somewhat similar to that of officers who have escaped before. Most of those- arrived struck north eastward, avoiding the Chickahominy swamp, hnd came down the peninsula via the White House. Many of them either encountered or saw and avoided rebel cavalry scouts, scouring the country in search of them. Some of Capt. Phelps’s party and others were pursued and fired upon. All of. them kept out of the sight of the whites,but trusted implicitly OUB SWHOL.E OOTINTRy; (he blacks, and never had their trust betrayed. After the first officers had discovered them selyes to the negroes and asked for food,on the Chickahommy, the negroes organized into re lief squads and searched the woods for the fu gitives, carrying them food from, their scanty rations, and helping them in every way in their power. Col. Walker, Capt. Phelps] Capt. Boyd, and Lieut. Reynolds, of the 73d Indiana, left Rich mond together, and proceeded safely to near the White House, when Col. W. was overcome by fatigue and unable to proceed. Capt. Phelps staid to help him; neither of them have been heard from. Lieut. James M. Wells,Bth Michigan Cavalry, was met on Sunday by the Ilth Pennsvlvania Cavalry, whom he joined in a scout toward Richmond, and nine others were picked up during the night. : To-morrow, all those who. shall have arrived will call in a body to pay their respects to the President and Secretary of War. . CITY BULLETIN. STATE C. F THE' THERMOMETER THIS DAY M W'l ft BULLETIN OFFICE. ' .®*> 12M-, 22= ,1U P. M.. 23 Minimum Temperature durine lest 24 noun, 1- We&ther clear—W ltd Southwest. Dssthcctivb Flee in the Fifth Ward—Six OI L Jr IGHT Ecildinos Desteoyed on Damaged. inis morning-, about three o’clock, afire broke in a four- storied brick building, occnpie'd by irJ- T J ,? s - Curby, oak cooper and gauger. No. 513 uarkin street {tonnerly Swanson street). The building extended through from Larkin street to Benn, and it was filled with very combustible ma terial. Too interior was in flames before the fire men could get water upon it, and the odjoin tng buildings on Penn street, soon took fire. * - ocoper shop was burned out entirely, and the roof and upper stories of a large foOT-storied tenement house on the south side of the shop, and fronting on Penn street, were burned. This building was occupied by a num b'.r of pcor families; they were turned out of doors in one of the most inclement nights of the season, and Ihty susta ned considerable loss by the hur ried removal of their goods. North of-Mr. Our by's premises, on Penn street; were two buildings occnpied as taverns. They were unroifed. The building- 5 frontingxm Larkin street, and adjoining the. Cooper shop, on either.side, were occupied as taverns. They were considerably damaged; nrin cipally by water. The fire burned .very stubbornly for several hours, and at about five o’clock sparks fromtho steamer of the Philadelphia Steam Fire Engine and Hose 1 ompany, No. 1, lodging on the bnild *ng No. 6CB South Front street, it was soon in tlamci. This was a large old-fashioned structure, occupied by Mr. Wm. H. Harris as a boarding house and shipping office. The roof and atbc were.destroyed, and the furniture in the building sustained considerable damage from water. The rcbf of No SCG Front street, adjoining, was aleo badiy damaged, snd the furniture was injured by water. The occupants of this house were absent from tbe city at the time of the fire. The Commercial Hotue, No S lo Sonth Delaware avenue, suffered somewhat, the roof being par- Itally burned. Owing, however, to the exertions of; the Weccacoe Engine, the Shinier Hose and the Moyamensing Hose, together with the efforts of Messrs J. R. I.yndall, J. McGregory and Aldermen McMullen, the home was saved. The firemen-were in service for six or seven, home, and they suffered greatly from the intense cold. Water froze ae it fell, and men, machinery, bonus, trees, telegraph wires, pavements, every object, in rbort,thai the water came in contact with with thick coals ofiee. After the fire was extinguished great difficulty was experienced in handling the hose, as u e water in it froze solid as soon ss it word to flow through. We saw hundreds of reel of hose that*were ss rigid aa a bar of iron. . Sals of Real Estate, Stocks, &c.— .Tames A Freeman, Auctioneer, sold yesterday at noon, at the Exchange, the following stocks, real estate, Ac. : 3 shares stock Bohemian Mining Company sold for *)3 a share. lo shares stock Steubenville and Indiana Bail read sold for s£a share. 30 shares stock Steubenville and Indiana Rail road I old for SS 26 a share. Business loca'ion, Main street, Uansynnk ¥1,001) Busiress location, Main street, 1 Jtanaynnk— SI,HU. J Business location, T bosses. Main street, Hana ynsk— *3,(5u. It redeemable Ground Tent of 850 per annum, on Ogden street 16 feet front by 30 feot deep —*B33 33 Valuable Property, No. 137 North Second street —56,200. Three-Story brick house, 133 Elfreth’e alley— si,sw. ■ Three-tiory brick dwelling. No. 122 Race street, and Istge lot adjoining on rear—*4 125 Three-ttory brick dwelling, No. 121 Race street —*2,'.SO. Stable. Lot and three Dwellings, Noe. 3, 5 and 7 Bunker’s alley. Stable and lot s.ld for 81,6110; house, No. 7, »old for fiH); No 5, *S3«, No. 3, S6!O. Old irredeemable Ground Rent of *l5O per an num, on Ridge avenue—*2,72u. Tbe sale of Peter Wager’s Estate was positioned until March 16, at the Exchange, when it will be sold without reserve. Sold at private sale since last report: 'Dwelling, No. 1329 Coates street, 17 feet 9 inches front by to feet deep, for ¥2,500. Four-sicry residence, No. 4 South Penn Square, 21 feet 7 inches by 85 feet, for ¥c,ooo. Jefferson Medical College.—The cata logued the Jefferson Medical College of this city, which has just beenissued, contains no lees than three hundred and Ilf y-one names, denoting a larger class ihan has attended that initiia’ion since the winter of ISCC-Gl. Of these one. hundred and MTehty-four were from Penns; lyama, fifteen from New Jeraey, atx from New York, fifteen from New England, fitly TTorn the Wcßiern States, sev enty. two from the Border States, thrfe lromVlr ginia, two from West Tlrginia. nine from foreign lands, four credited to the army, aid ol etotne navy. Of the Penusy'vanlans forty-two are from Philadelphia. Previous to the rebellion abontone half of the students at the Jefferson were generally from the South, the propdrtion in the winter of IK9-C0 being 359 to 291, and, including the Border Sane, 431 to 159. Now ont of a class of three hun dred and fifty one there are bu f seventy-seven rep resentatives of Southern or border commonwealths. Ibe demands of the service are more urgent and mcessltous than even the Medical Colleges can supply, and in the future we can anticipate an an nual increase ni the number of matriculants, not only at the institution te which we refer, bnt to each and all located in onr city. Philadelphia is the seat of medical learning and instruction, and, in war or peace, must attract to its colleges tho iai ge majority of the young men who desire to be come well-informed members of the profession of medicine, whether for fntnre service in the fltldor on the high seas, or in the bnt little less laborions undertaking incident to private praohee in the town or country. Bishop Stevens on tiie Union.— The fol fowing letter has been addressed to the ladies who are collecting the autographs of Bishops and dis tinguished divines : PBiLAnBLTHiA, December 39th. 1803.'— Madam : In reply to your note, received this evening, I beg leave to say that the occasional prayers in the Dio cese of Pennsylvania were all set forth by the ven erable Bishop, the Right Rev. A. Potter, D. D. In their sentiment and spirit I most cordially unite. Most earnestly Uo I pray that in God’s own time and way this Rebellion may be put down; that oppression, and slavery in all its foTms may be done away; that freedom of body and mind, political and religious, may everywhere, prevail;. that the emancipated .negroes, whom God in His providence is committing to our care, may he the objects ol our liberal and Christian re gard and instruction; that wav may soon cease throughout all our borders, and thatour now lace rated country may again be so united that from the Lakes on the North to the Gulf oh the South, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, there shall be bnt one Union, one Government, one flag, one Constitution, all converging to, and culminating jn, tbat higher glory which shall make this nation Emanuel’s land, a mountain of holiness and a dwelling place of righteonsne s. Very respectfully jours, IVM. B. STEVENS. : >e Obr Cotntrt’s Trochees.” —Tie readers of the Bulletin, who are familiar with the events occurring under onr own eyes, and immediately precedent to the war, will remember the sermon nprn the subject of our “Country's 3roubles, 11 tbat was preached by the Rev Dudley A. Tyngt la the. Church of the Epiphany BULLETIN BUILDING 112 SOUTH THIRD ST. in Jane*; 1856, and first published in the columns of the Eyenisg'EulLktin. A second sermon was also preached upon the same subject in 1857, by the same dirine, snd ihe language ut teied in both discourses appear like, prophecy tvhfn read by the light of 1861. Both sermons have just been published in pamphlet form oy Messrs, william S, & Alfred Martien, Ko, 606 Chestnut sirett. Thfy are well worthy of preservation as significant features of the history of the times. The Weather.— The-weather still continues exceedingly cold. The high and cutting i^ I v-^rrh re T^y ed dariD fT yesterday afternoon and Jw££s^ tthe extire night. The mercury in the betrween e tekt and eleven de s-itemoon and evening, bnt bymid it had _got down as low as five and later I ??h 7< -^ 0 5 ly onß degree above zero. the wind was not so high, and the s.weeiher has moderated somewhat. At ten o’ clock the mercury stood a r eleven degrees, and was then slowly going up. This “snap” is the coldest we have bad this year. People who can possibly avoid it do not go out of doors, and last night.all the pi aces of amusement had slim houses. Therailroads have also been materially affected bv the change. Dmirg yesterday and last night there was but one mail wh ch arrived at the Post-Office-at the time it was due. It was almo3t an impossibility to make steam,and in some untanceothe locomotive*; wei e completely frozen up The passenger trains on the Beading Bailroad were considerably de layed yt s’erday anemoon by tbe stoppage of some of th* coal trains in consequ c nce of the water freezing in the locomotives. • The New-York trains were also several 1 ours behind time last night. Murderous Assault Upon ajf Officer.— A yonng man named Andrew Toland was arrested last night upon, the charge of having committed an assault and baatery upon Officer Stephenson, of the IVmth District,'With an intent to kill. The affair happened on the night of Sunday, the 24thof Janu ary. The accused i* alleged to have struck the officer over the eye with a black-jack or some other blnnt Instrument, inflicting a gash abont two and a half inches in length, Mr. Stephenson has not been able to be on doty since tbe occurrence. To land had a hearing before Alderman Hntchinson ibis morning, and was held in 51,500 bail to an swer at Court. The RrvER3.-i-vThere was considerable float ing ice in the Delaware last night, and \his morn ing the ilver opposite the city was completely blockaded by the hnge cakes. The Camden Ferry hosts experienced great difflcnUy in makingtheir trips. Tbe City ice boat is at work to keep the channel open. The SrhuylkiU is tight both above ardbelow the dam. The high wind prevented the formation of ice dnr>rg fhe evening, bnt towards morning the gale ceased and the river wrs rapidly frozen. Skatixg. — The Skaters are now afforded another opporunity o! Indulging in their favonts »port. All thp ponds in tbe vicinity'of the ci»y, and, by the time this reaches the eye of «be reader, the ice on tb© Schuylkill will be of snffi uent thick ness to be ventured upon.* The Philadelphia Seating Paikon the west side of the SchuvlklU is in goed erudition, and the flag to notify people ihat It was reedy fer use, was floating at an ©arly hour this monnng. M urdoch 5 s § xcosD Bkadirg.— This, evening', at Musical Fund Hall, Mr. JamesE.Murdoch will read selections from Scripture, together with gems from tbe works of Shakespeare, Whittier, Byron, T. B. Bead, Boker and other poets. Notwith standing the severe weather, he will doubtless have a large and critical audience. On Saturday •Tening Mr. Murdoch gives the final reading of the eourse. Th* Ic* Crof.—The ice dealers who were beginning to think that the crop would again fall abort this year, now have a chance of securing an Addition to their slock. Many ofethem were fortu nate erongh to have their houses filled during the latter part of December, but others were-not so lucky. The present opportunity has already been taken advantage of, ana some of the cutters .were already at work on the Schuylkill this morning. Inspector or Street Clearing. — The Union members of City Councils held a caucus yesterday a*ternoontnd nominated llahlon H. Dickinson,of tbe Sixteenth ward, for Inspector of Street C*ean ing, under the ordinance passed at the meet ing. At the same time Charles B. Trego, Beq., was nominated lor Director of Girard College, for tbe nnexpixed term of Francis P. Mage-, deceased. Pabsisg or Troops. — A battalion of the Ist Massachusetts Cavalry, numbering 350 men, under command of Major D. >l. Sargent, passed through the city early this morning on tbe way to Washington. Themes, who are principally fom Boston, were aimed and equipned, and bad their hor* es with them. Flag Preservation.—A beautiful stand of colors was presented to the Ssth Regiment, P.Y., tbi« worning, by the Cooper Shoo Refreshment Ccmmiiue. The presentation took place at the Refreshment Saloon, in Otstgo street. Tte donors were represented on the occasion by Hon. James Pollock. w Fire in Montgomery County.—The ex tensive woolen mill of James Rees, located on Mill creek, in Montgomery county, was totally destroyed by fire lsu>t night. Tbe loss was not as certained. Selling Lottery Policies.—Walker Furer and HenTy Kline were before Alderman Beitler, this morning, upon the charge of selling lottery policies. Tbev were held to answer. * The Army and Navy Journal, of New York, has added General McClellan's Report to the list of Official Reports which have all cady ap peared in that paper. The Report is published entirely lu supplementary sheets, uniform with the Jturne/, in a form convet ient for preservation, and accompanied by an inties. The two double numbers containing the Report are for sale by Newsdealers, at 20 cents each; or will be s*»nt by mail bv the Publisher, W O. Church, 192 Broad way, on receipt of the price, forty centsf*rihe two numbers. ; Superior Quality of Flour,—Messrs. Davie A Richards, Arch and Tenth streets, have just received a new supply, of the finest quality of flour, fresh ground from the best wheat. Universal Clothes 'Wringer with “Cog. Whettey" warranted. 53,818 sold in 1803. Send for a descriptive etrculer to E. L. Burnham, 27 South Sixth street, Philadelphia. Li’xvsiors. — The army has brought into iarbion Ihe Briar-root, the Meerschaum and many other lancltul styles of Pipes, hnt no innovation can alter ihe admiration enterta* COURTS. bisi Pmus—Chief Justice Woodward.—Philio J. Miller ts. The Second and Third Streets Pas-'- senger Hallway Company. Before reported. Ter diet for plaintiff for Sa5U.. James Eldiidge vs. Andrew Cochran. A feigned iseue to try tt» validity of a certain judgment. Oa trial. , Scebeme Coukt— Jnsttces ThomDson, Strong. Bead and Agnew.—3 he Philadelphia Hst was re snmed this morning, and Sellers vs. Burk & Wil liams’s Appeal were argued. ' , Q.UABTEB Sessions— Judge Ludlow: —Nearly the whole morning was consumed with tne trial of a defendant charged with stealing two fence rails. Talced at twenty cents. AMUSEMENTS. Eleventh Stebbt Opera House. —Caracross and Dixey are still alive and stirring. They offer a most varied and attractive programme to-night, in which there is a choice mingling of grave and gay, in the way of songs, burlesques, dances, etc. Bet. H. W- Beechbe wilt lecture at the Academy of Music bn Monday, Feb. 29th, on “America's Message to Great Britain.’ ’ The Mourns Minstbels are still triumphant at Concert Hall, with their “Davenport” burlesque and their hundreds of other new features. The . Chestnut. —At last we see announced the final evening of “The Ticket-of-Leave Man.” It will he giTen. to-night, to be followed to-morrow ■igbt by the admirable corned, of. “The Fine Old English Gentleman. ’ with an excellent cast. On. Saturday afternoon there will be a matinee, with a new and attractive hill, as will be seen by thead vertisement. , Tin Wfirrr —Miss Western will appear in “Lucxetia Borgia’’ and “Don Cassar da Bazan” this evening. On Fatnrday night in these two plays she drew the largest bouse of the seas onand we think the entertainment deserved all the appre ciation it received, for we have rarely seen mere spirited acting from any lady. Ins Abch—Last evening the Bichings Opens Troupe brought out “Diadeste,” by Baife, to a lair bnl not large audience. The plot Is very slight, the main characters being a playful and at tractive wife (Miss Bichings), who quizzes .and cures her jealous husband (Mr. Hill), and at the tame time reforms a rakish cavalier (Mr. Segnin). The minor parts were Zamho, a black servant,a la Ethiopian Minstrels (Mr. Peakes), a Countess be trothed to the rakish cavalier, and a pretty waiting woman (Mrs. Hardy}.’ The singing of Miss Bich mge was all that one could demand, for grace and spirit, and occasionally Messrs. Hill and Segnin gave an air with great beauty, but as a whole the opera was not equal to the usual high standard of this admirable troupe, and it did not call forth, much applause. The atterpieee was “John .Wopps.’’ ihe best farce we have seen for. a long time. The east was aroost superb one,asfollows: .lohn Wopps, a Policeman “A 1,” Mr. Stnart Bobson; Sam Sung (Independent). Mr. Owen Marlowe; Chops (Journeyman Butcher). Mr. Fisher; Tom Chaffor (a Policeman), Mr. Little; Mrs. Wepps-Miss Josephine Henry; Mrs. Chops, ; Mrs. Owen Marlowe. This evening the “Bohe mian Girl,’’ one of the most popular English.; operas we have, will be repeated. Boeder Loyalty. —Under this caption th» Cbambersburg Repository thus refers to the loyalty and disloyalty of the residents of Franklin county: Franklin county, borders on - a Slave State, and the citizens of the border Southern States have mingled freely and often become citizens our section. Some such retained their Southern- views, and heartily sympathized with the rebels in their effort to overthrow the Government; while a few of our own people have gone. South, and in flated’ by the possible 'possession of a- negro at gome time of life, have generally made the meanest and most groveling Secession ists. But our people are not to be judged by'these exceptional cases. The two Lo gans were Marylanders when the war broke out, and from" kidnapping and voting the Democratic ticket when in our county, they naturally went with the traitors \ but they offered their lives in vindication of their con victions, and are entitled to the some comities conceded to the Trimbles, the Lows, the Johnsons, and others of the same State, who ereated the tide'of treason that swept the lesser lights over. Fitzhugh is a Marylander, and never had any other than a temporary residence in this county. When Longstreet was in Ha gerstown, in September, 1862, Fitzhugh ran off to join him; enlisted regularly in the rebel ser vice on Friday, was captured on Saturday, im prisoned in Chamhershurg on Sunday, and has ever since been an inmate of the Old Capitol Prison, in Washington. There are other’ former citizens of this county who are in the rebel army. One ex-member of the legislature (Colonel McAllister), a native, of Juniata, was a Colonel in the rebel ser- : vice, and was confronted by his brother,"Col. Robert McAllister, at the head of a Jersey regi ment; and Gen. Dunn, once one of onr Asso ciate Judges, and a standing Democratic can- - didate for Canal Commissioner, is also m the rebel army although over seventy years of age.',. For many years there has been a steady stream Of emigration from Southern Pennsylvania t» the worn-out lands of the slave-breeders ut. Virginia, and there are scorfes m our county ' still who would be rebels if they were not. , •greater cowards than traitors ; but they are i here, as elsewhere exceptions to the rule,' for - onr people ire, as a class, as earnestly loyal .’art.- the citizens; of’uny, other' section oft Pennsyl- V vatiia.’ ' ■ ; Cotton. —The receipts of this staple com modity are rapidly on the increase. The foL lowing parcels had.partiallv arrived at Cincin- ati, the remainder being in transitu above Cairo: Per Glendale, 500 bales; Commercial;'; 700; Tycoon, 1,200; Empress, 600;. Kldy.i Pike, 412; Prairie Rose,i 104;' making «. total-.of 3,5i6 bales.— Pittsburgh Commercial*