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VQLbMb NVIJ., NO. 2(56
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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<n-d by tasteful
smokers for Km-Ne-No-Ne-Aw, the famous To
baccouscdhy the North American Indiane,notonly
as a luxurious sedative, but also for its healthful
qualities. It eodtains,-besides fine tobacco, odor
ous roots, Ac., which assist in giving it a delicate
and delicious flavor. We consider it equal to the
finest • ‘Lynchburg’ ’ which conldhave been brought
from Virginia previous to ihe outbreak of the war,
and superior to “Scarfalatti,” or the redoubtable
Tnikish article. For sale by E. H. Hunt, 511
Chestnut street and by all enterprising tobacco
nists.
Fobs ! Fobs !! Fobs !!!
- Onr splendid Stock,
Of the mo3t Fashionable Styles, -
Selling off at Cost.
Oakfords’, Continental Hotel.
It will ho many days yet, before Fars will be
thrown aside for lighter articles of wear. Get a
set tf splendid ones-at the rednced prices, now sell
mgatby the Messrs. Oakfords, attheirstores under
the Continental Hotel.
Harried Infelicity.— During the year 1863,
one hundred and fifty, six applications were made
to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for
divorcee. All sorts of reasons were given for these
evidences of a desire to get rid of the matrimonial
y oke. Among Ihem was one offered by a lady who
desired to be separated from her husband because
of his want of personal tidiness. If this indi
yidnal had consulted prudence and.wiedom in the
past and procured-his wearing apparel at the
Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockbill & Wilson,
Nos. W 3 and Clio Chestnnt street above Sixth, - he
might have secured domestic peace andhappiness.
■ Fine Clothing.— Ready-made and made to
order. Having bought out Robert H. Adams’s
well-known establishment, the subscriber pro
poses to continue the Tailoring and Clothing busi
ness. conducting it on thesame principles ofhonest
and upright dealing that have gained for the house
he reputation it enjoys; He takes plea.-cre in
announcing that he has.sccured the services of tne
Le Jfa:‘o%e B ,
wsatesfeu «eth r S«^
at (Su^ss^obertWdalW)
S. E. corner Seyenth and Market streets,.
IP. I; FETHIBSTON, Publisher.
Publish In this issue the’ statement of
rrl JFvr icl f er ' 5 £. < * er Ufe Insurance Company, of
in
bSSrer^sraininl?i la ? to learn ,bat 41i » Knicker
fldehde m'the S Ti ™°Z e and “ore, 1 ' the coh
for the management of win eh it
found tie right man in Mr Guetavat P plnf wh/
by the by, is a lmrd pushmg business m?n ml*
cKtSf 08 15 Na 5 ° E ° l,th Ttod afreet,
Victoet— lce Cream and Water Ices at 1
40 cents per quart, Morse’s 23S S.. Eleventh street.
Bablow’3 -Indigo Blue— Dealers and Con- :
sum ers of the above will please take notice that the
labels have been changed to read*
’ . t ‘lndigo Blue,” ,
Imt up at Alfred -TTittberger’s Drug Store,
No; 233 North Second street,
Philadelphia.
thFs a da°r Bn9me ■* Ul ** le “ off boxes from
TLe new label does not require a stamp.
Best and 'Purest Coal in the city j none
better; please try it. Samuel W. Hess, Broad
street, above Hace, east side. ’ /“
Coens, Bunions, Inverted Kails, Enlarge*
Joints, and all Diseases of the Feet cured without
pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr
Zacbarie, finrgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut
street. Befers to Physicians and Surgeons of th*
De. Von Moschziskeb, Oculist and Aurist,
office 1027 1 "Walnut street, can be consulted OH
Deafness, Eye r Ear,- Throat Diseases, Catarrh./
Lent has come, and with it Hot Cross Buna,
at Morse’s, 238 South Eleventh street.
_ Beatness, Blindness, and all'diseases which
ttjtfeEarorEye is heir to, successfully treated by
B;.’ occnll st and Amist, VtZ
f B Bine street. Testimonials from the most is.
liable sources can be seen et his office. The medl
cinal faculty are invited to accompany
patients, as he has no secret in his mode of treat,
ment Artificial Eyes Inserted without pain. Ko
charges for examination. «*>*
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*