(HBSGN,. PEACOCK, Edit* r. VOLUME XVH., NO. 269 EYIMIMG BULLET® BBfflCK, CHAMBERS i 00. ? - PROPRIETORS,' lIS BOUTS THIRD STREET, yHH.ADEI.PHIA: _I?2*ESaS OF StIBSCEiPTIOS.! Tm Etnaaria is served to Subscribers in the f“W aVlOcente per week, payable to the carriers, or $8 ee ser trmnm. „ : V SSATSB OP ABTBETISIirS. S&USqnars, 1 time. 925 1 Square, 2 weeks. .s3 25 1 Square, l ame 60 1 Square, lmonth.. s ee | Square, S time 3.... 75 1 Square, 2months. b 06 i Square, 8 times....l 60 1 Square, 3 months. 11 00 * 1 vrsek....l 75 1 Square, 6 months. 26 00 oix tines constitute one square; three lines 0 ’ lass half f, square YTPHOLSTERY. Promptness* Purity ofMaterials, ? Good Workmanship Low Charges. W. HENRY PATTEN, 1408 Chestnut street MAIU&IED. SMETHUBST—SEED—On the morning of the Kingston Goddard, D. D., Mr. EhiUp Smethurst, of Greensprings, Ohio, to Miss Mary Seed, of Philadelphia. it DIED. °, n Friday, Feb. 19th, 1864, Mar garet, elder daughter of the late James Barclay The male relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral from her late residence, 301 Callowhill street, on ! Tuesday, the 23d instant, at lo o'clock, A. M. . -Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. CLAE.KSON—On Sunday, Feb. 21, 1861, Ge rardus Clarkson, late of Glenwood, lowa. Tie male friends and relatives of the family are invited to attend his funeral from the residence of 5‘ s Parents, No. 1601 Filbert street, 0 n Wednes rlay, 24th mst., at 2 o’ clock, P. M. * v^^?,, Y ,TP> n ,£ aturda^’- Feb - 2utb > Charles D. the 34th. year of his age. smti+r and friends of the family are re to atten d his funeral on Tues fhi’ i Fe , b ' 2 ? d > at 20 dock, P. M., from his mo s resl Jence, No. no South Eleventh 3t 2 A t TsT T , o vP ro . ceed to Cdd Fellows’ Cemetery. * ,KEAN— At her residence, near Harrogate, on of Qieflate 1 Joshua Mary ’ daagbter The funeral will take place from the residence •of her sister, No. 1806 Chestnut street, ou Third day morning, at 10 o’clock. To proceed to the Friends Southwestern Burial-gronnd. * HOFF—On-the 19th instant, M. Elizabeth Moff •daughter of Mrs. Abby Ann Hoff. ~r . ??e nds a “ d H l6 friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from her late resi dence, No. 2307 Green street, on Tuesday after! ° JEMISCN 3 a t w°° k ’ ?; U , hoat furtber notice. * MNew'orleans. 9laSt UurtJ ' ,sro years a instant, after a short Hni S S TaJI ® • Randolph, 6 wife of the late Wm. Eandolph, aged 53 years. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral from her !ate residence, No. 113 North Twenty-second st , on Tuesday afternoon, at 2o’ clock. Interment at Mount Monah Cemetery. SYNNOTT—AtGlassboro’, N. J., on "Sunday Synnotf’ Harriet Wbitne y> wife of Dr. Myles Funeral from his residence, on Wednesday, at II o’ clock. Trains leave Walnnt street Wharf at BA. M., for Glassboro*. * TyTEW SPRING MOURNING GOODS daily JLI opened by BESSON & SON. Mourning Store, No. 918 CHESTNUT street. N. B. Wholesale Rooms on second floor. 1 A A PIECES Solders’ Aid partansbnrg—l Society. , ttgrtfei Smis ; s l oS™ mitlM United States Commission!' 20130166 ’ lcaalt ' Christian ryden—l trunk; Ladles Aid Society ewYork-9 parcels; Committee United States I Christian Commission. Society^ 1 bW " and 1 ; Ladies’ Aid - MASSACHUSETTS. 1 keg, 1 bfel., spareeß; Army Committee Young Men’s Christian Association, j DELAWARE. iver—l package; Mrs. l. and Miss il. . RHODE ISLAND. Bap?istcburc P h. ckases SabbaQl SchoolOehtral s9ion. al i _5 Parccl3 >°Conunittee U. S. C. Com- tremely: urgent trom e T S r f L d eontumes It only have the regular iield!nt army n s work to be supplied in everv i?! 0 ?®"- itinually extending limits, to* which r iho nt tbe «■ .Mas. 10 ailj) (EUcuiirg faultin' |V==- t'ODETH NATIONAL BANK Lf-3 Philadelphia, February 17,1801. ■At an election held February 16th, the following Stockholders were duly elected Directors of the Fourth National Bank: Wm. P Hamm, John Fareira, James C. Kelch, Wm. Brooks, .A. O, Roberts, Wm. Stokeley, David W. Bradley. “ “opting of the Board, held this day, WM P. HAMM, Esq., was unanimously elected Presi dent,. and SAMUEL J. MaoMULLAN, Esq C fe?- e mtrns SAMUELS MACMULLAN, ’ . fel '-Igtrp» *A Cashier. rrr ol ?M E r& R Ktow OFFICERS.- gMISSION, No. 412MlYSeMuS? detached Certificates of master will not be received at ibis office. master will consolidate ft,2 ffice f an ? merits are requested to SS®* 8 tte Testilts cf two or three aays’ ope rations, on muster rolls legibly written, sneci SeMiriv ea .9 11 amn, the company P and reSYitffig offTce}- ™ l,sted > and name of the tim/ nf Tl h^ l JJ iiheTlI ‘ z t 0 tUs routine, the transac partiesf. b can bo mnc h fficllliated for all pJ'order of the Commission. SAMUEL C. DAWSON, Sec’y. QT* STS N WANl?l^s' C^b&^ I I T ON D 1307 CHESTNUT STREET CUHLMISSION, p^ I B Al>El Jr} i ' Feb - S 2d ’ IS6i The "Women’s Penn Branch United States Sanitary Coimnission ri!f.?J? ckno^le ? ges tbe receipt of the following report; oll * “ Hos P ital Supplies since the last L Dougalfsec mt * n K ° rth C 0" > 1 b °*> S. ST.. Mrs. Beniamin Griffith, 1 pkg. 20 bottles currant jelly. retoy, 2 A pYg't ety ’ I<*beUa Jines.Sec S to% Mul Il°len &^l S e nS 1 box, Rachel s. Price, L Treg;,^eie^T llle - BUCl “ C0 "> 1 *«. A " *• Jr ad ‘cs’Aid, Newark, Del., 1 box. Mrs. Bhea Barton, woolen socks. Mrs. Samuel Bispham, 1 pkg Clothing, Anon. P 6 3 °P airs carpet slippers. A Gran“ U Chnrcb ’ Torresdale, 1 pkg., Mrs. s. Misses Lewis, 1712 Spruce street, l pkg. “fll. D. fcwtol HaTen ’ ClmtoQ Co - lb °*’ Germantown Field HospitaJ Alao.. 2 pkgs- - La « De p irolc '"W. L. Johnsom Sec. Lunatic Asylum, Trenton, wool socks mitt, Kingston Hillside Aid, Miss L. M. Owen/sec 1 oarrel. * ’ fft“Ti«NE C S SI| : SSOOIATION FOR _ CASH RECEIPTS.. Joseph W. 8ate5....... Jane Thomas f ] ] J J" Reliance Insurance Company of Phila delphia. inn An Henry Seybert in™ Mrs. Wm. Harmar ' g. XX Mrs. E.H.Thomas XX XX Edward Grata .......1......".""."" 50 SS Wood, Marsh A Heyward ' so rm Charles E. Morgan 0? m George W. Reed A C 0.... ™ ™ J. M. Marls A Co i." XX™ SolomonGans.- rV H. M. Laing ...i.::”"" Armar Young, Brother ACo ' o, XX William Trucks & Co TX no James Daria XX XX JohnCarrow w Eran Randolph X? XX John Shaffer - xX XX Snowden & Brother T.W. Marfcler John Shaffner, Jr ‘ X? }X; Erans * Hassall ri ™ WashingtonL. Atlee, M.D.......’. of, XX Sheppard, Yan Harlingen A Arrison 25 00 Bullitt & Fairthorne Xn 5? A. A. Shumway A Co . if, XX John B. Ellison A Sons . ." .. . ix Sx Grandieee, Norris A Co XX ™ Woodward A C 0...,.,......:..” °° JohnH. Williams A C 0.... V* in 15, Mr. Heyl 10 oo Nick«son,HMris a Mowiy::::::::::v;:: $ $ b.' m. j:::::::::::::::;::: | ® t. p. a co •••; v cash.;:::::;::::: 500 Cash *’ * 5 00 Ca*h 20 00 Cash *** •«•*•»•.» 5 00 Ca5h....... 2^oo Cuh 10 0O w. a.'&oo.'.v.v:::::: • ?°w j. a. e. a co. •*; lS « Cash.. 10 00 cash.::::::: « Cash... . o 00 Cash. " 500 b.. ::::::::::: s<» Cash 5 00 William L. Fetter 5 00 W.K.B .... .. ••• 10 00 smuiiingAHaiman:::::::::::: ** ca5h...... s^o Howard a ci:::::::::::™”: it William O.' Ke'nt.'.V.'.V.V.V.V.V.'.'.V.V. James, Kent, Ssntee A Co XXX XX Farnham, Kirkham ACo " TXX Brooks Brother A Co Inn XX w. h. idmted* co S ™ Shipley, Hazard A Hutchinson ":::: 100 oo £&,*«&£ bertleB ™ 00 Meigs A Brother IX £ ° tonS lo^” 11^6 otrist ’» Church,’ Pot ts I 2125 t‘ Germantown ?n ™ feoflX e o y J rnmin eton,’Dii.":::::::: il “ Society, Ei'onimy,' pi" "verß' 50 00 Mutual Assurance cS5 e a“y Ce ’ 00 £enjaxaixxHorner ® y-e............. 25$ uo ' 25 00 j.ii.r..... 5 oo George f1ight.....,,."‘V***•••••••••...... 5 00. Miss He Xu Cooper..•..:"*'**********•••••• 50 Atwood, Balston&Co..::!****’"* 99 Mary li. Ellas * 100 00 ißank of Chester County...’. ,xi) !S S. W. Gray r? I 1? J. Mason... ? SS Barnadon A Brother... Z XX Shober ACo... m m Conoyer, U. S.'N ■ 2000 JSpfl'SSfX..”;. l : ■- US ««<■==» BAS. MEETING. —A meeting of the Bar UL3 >” relation to the death of George A. Ooffisr Lsq., District Attorney of the United States *orTii he keldinthe CoxxrtEo°m, °f the United States e J T . ,c \ V 0 ”* °. n TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, mst.) at 32 o’clock. jt# U) “ppeal again to the citizens of the cond Ward, mregaTdto the funds needed to fill by volunteers the quota of this Ward. There is re'p\ r ,X^ d ‘? oTlt Ss ’“°>' and with this amount Sj*‘"l l complement of men could he mustered be fore the close of another -week. To accomplish this a prompt and generous effort to wind upthfo ? ow be made > aud every citizen of Ivo ard ‘e ln,ere ste d in giving a helping hand and seeing that the quota ts at once made up. Anv money s inclosed to the Treasurer, or handed to any of the Precinct Committees will be ac knowledged in the public papers. Py order of the Central Committee. fe22-2t* JABEZ GIATES. Treasurer. • PHILADELPH Bn zleton Coal Company 09 t Gompanv * *■ kh) 00 Lehigh Luzerne Eailroad Company..,,***’ 100 00 Previously reported... so “seivsoK ?S:.r Fund Society. CITY BULLETIS. WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. GBAUD MILITARY TURNOUT. SPIRITED OBSERVANCE OP THE DAY, Tie one hundred and thirty- first anniversary of the birthday of Washington was celebrated to-day with great spirit. Before sunrise the patriotic fire | men. ushered in the day with the ringing of the [ hells upon their engine houses.' Salutes were fired at daybreak from various points in the city. As soon as there was sufficient light, flags were thrown Bom bandings' and private business establishments had flags P afof bunt" 18 ° f 016 £ tlsfal nf f”? has scarcely been equaled since Is The da y V™ observed as a sort though b^iness bn plMes we^Ln^u 0116 ’ al ' neighborhood the line oflho 111 the cesfion was forme" ° of ‘hemilitary pro . THE DISPLAT OP PLAGfI o „ l ,P, Edditi ° n to the display of bunting f-om staffs and lines, the Stars and Stripes were to be seen in fantastic and elegant forms. Manr of the ni S £»* ,t6lr uldrears Cornel ms of loyalty. Innumerable flags o,°„ if ;. on and a hont the bnilding, and the irontof iianneV" WaS eleganl)y &SS gJg-.'XMSK SS£E2& M ry goods merchant, at the corner ol Ninth and Sons “InieS’^ 0 Tery uons. American flags were abundantly disnlaved “ d WUO — or tub wan or 1812. preme T Cour't 6 r ? f 1612 met >“ the Sn preme court Boom this morning Thaw* Hav* E«n arf^ l . tn ?°P t ol w q V i? ent ’ was in the chair, and John to was athispost. Oapt. George Emenck, on behtlfof the Eicon tive presented the following Fesffiu- Btsoltcd, That among the heroes and patriots names adorn the pages of history. oKm Washington stands proudly prePendFe n ? nn ri triotism. * mr *’ '“hghtened/aSd dSeresteSpa-' T^ at e > * Portion of the surviving oannr me iast) of celebrating the anniTerurv th? h A ay °* thß onl y man » in all our history, whom the American people have deemed w unselfish patriotism of the immart&l •W ashrogton, as illustrated in ids whole HfTlSd emphaUcallv expressed in his wSr£ m?solran“? monition and warning, addressed to the American P‘? ple ' j“ st before the close of his official ?” d we therefore hail with pleasure tho ommra 110U8, that are being made, in aimost ererv* section eclat! 0 Celebra “ Plfa^ef’tj^orr made to relieve onr younger fellosr^citizens’tofm uwfl*i ty °{- a d . raft or oonscription, by means °/ hberal bounties to volunteers, thus preventing indescribable distress to-many families, and at the same time furnishing a mire efficient bodV of soldiers for the public ?errice.- Tna f 75 e a S* in invoke the prompt and acllon Congress in aid of tbe widows an< *. mothers of those gallant soldiers country* 6 * acnficet * lives on tne altar of their ' T -?» a *» in lbc option of this Association soldiers disabled by disease or otherwise in the present war should be promptly placed on the footing and bo entitled to theiameamonnt EerTice E y “ *’ granted t 0 soldiery wounded in Th« resolutions -were seconded by Col. John Thompson, and-wore unanimously adopted Captain George Emerick. in & f«» Gen mi W d m a r 'l»«Te to Oil SSS^f ® e “ d Jam " M ‘ Col Hobert Carr,' the oldest member, then read Washington’s ftrewell address. read m«ting l adjourned. U ° n of Eome oUl « bhainess, the itxag pKismuTios to in nnow inAon* ° n « of main features of to-day? crtrtmfton Pr "V ltaUoD 01 a splendid to the Union League, by the ladies tit p h >i«rtn,«w ■ “ The presentation called assemSwi ot loyal ladies, who filled «£s LSfS? a b.aae of beauty. Daniel Dougherty, the presentation speech in eloquent terms q «i? hi? remarks called forth the “““blage of members, and the most Tid “ css 01 *PP r °T*l from the throng of Pre " Bt - spoke £ ,r «CB OP JIB. HOCOHBBTT. of'??£>“'T.?.? ‘ F’‘i cn -trtVw-To wards the close Ibe legions pf - treason were frenzied we™?™™*. when coward traitors in onr midst flac* to safely raise the rebel :i£“S 's^SSSS I some thirty gentlemen met in a pnxate home in thiscifcy and T owed Tin So hSv I s^nfs»°a^ though the^Nom^it“ d be he inT"de“!?ih^ a fh t the Sf a £“““»=■■ ir, 1 * ■§£ Sl®y oia ld *>* ever faithful to the dear mh 110 S£»«*2ia’2.’!aySlf£t- Mtol to CalifoSilf!ralfv. d^l? n e io 1 n a^- -not oath-beunU, assemhiib? Un * on Leagues, and passwords, but in the broad S do°ii* ,!T illl Bl Sas and proudly proclaimiri gthat openly never fail whilethere iFonl dSSarTeft one arm strong enough to strike lelt * speild OT ho°u^L T a^ p^ how startling the chwrinv tw V F >t ~ The worse than barbarian hordes inrf summer last furiouslv rushed .»»»„ ° 111 eaTI T gloating m the hell-born hope o?bHrtH r n bord ? r d their tread the fair fields of Wit ? giving to pillage and flame our d were on the Held of Gettysburg struck 01 *Ji blow that sent them reetoarouted d^wie nfl S dismayed back into the far recuses aad holds, -where they are gathering mighty eflbrt, neJved with the S }i e J a3t Victory after yictory has followed rnfr ?,„^ es P air the people, at length conscious nf ea Xles, and issue, nave with enthusiasttcnS^m» rem ?, 1 ? dou!r the aid of the national authorities? raUled t 0 . The true women of our cfinntrv __ and anxious looks, have watched^tWa a e her, marching to £ s grave Th„^ e W P^sed {"elto s£™ “amea liotJr, btit are neither disheartened nor fch^tran ksFS“!i"“5 s s« w^ras; ass ontUpromise^To^eldafoo^^in B ! l ; oo *f* vengeance on ns. Oh may this Cain ou oS pSrtTttfnihr w!c4B name! This meotoul t sn l3h?° ble ? t most mo on eMth n„rt 77! b 08t £ lonous war over waged ia-te thir?? d v?»7‘ 8 f ro Jif P roBe cntion, though it r « l K 7 eaTB t *® the sleeping and wakine tTae B An^T^ US^ eSa ant M* P art of the ril7gfmo[ Ito-v breSt too^ m . eil ‘ fc . T^ e y wouid excite in ?n «TOToftV?hi? aor wlucl » glows in their own s;Hff ass'r.-jssa ihe“fahh?bat e to g"" d ««SSowS*? They 7 pS sSSssf^s fon blesVth 1 R, rovldethera with every com- Csht ,5 1116 march ' Pray for them in the hive ulSed 6 6 v? oke 01 tbo t»«le will dlirfv* thehospitafto miSrto m‘r t^hi l id. he fondness that a mother can lavish on ,J,!/°. U i“ e “ b » 8 ot Union League, the 5* Philadelphia present this flag. Touched hy n ° hireling hand, but shaped and brought into ptotecthm told 6 , T ladies wbo ’ boS°u S udU“S bie?tvrifh e ato?.to bope yetto see the day when, “‘i; B '„‘h. a lasting peace, it shall be hailed with of American'6oi]. 1 “ renel y floats oTar o rery inch repeated bursts of applause which ae. hlr DP nn, I f d i a^ d £ ollowed ‘he stirring address of Mr. Dougherty, had subsided, GeorSiH Boker Secretary of the Union Leagur came to£’ a * r ce P te .' i the beautiful gift in the fol lowing graceful, eloquent and patriotic terms: r J ahhRESS or OEOP.GB H. BOKBB, BSQ. the niton If seems to be your pleasure to make 5.® "1 ,0 5 every way your debtor You ade^te b^fn™ S h g m lor 'which we can make no remrn, but your orator aIBO presents it in words to which wo cai make no flutozrenlv Tt which 3 ! hn' aU ? red into yonrservice, *by Charms ta Te always confessed, without pretend to comprehend, the distinguished gentleman to mv 05 ®^ 6 you have just listoued, m&bPin C ® ?? tba d *'®gate of the League l «<£?»™b J ,Y sti £ a . , ° a tbeme for which my lupSll abilities but poorly aualifv me in the midst of this brunet 1 ? the stirring periods or your eloquent spokesman 7 but above all by the presence of that sacred svmbol ,isb ‘ 01 rrhich mspSfSi 1 with feelings which my sex expresses in cheers f Bd your* * n the silent rapture of tears, I mav be pardoned it my attempt to utter the thanks of^mv fear ““satisfactory to them m 5 fear it will be insufficient to you. Amongst the many presentations which I hare witnessed, it has seldom been my chance to be concerned in one where the right to bestow and the right to receive, are so nearly balanced, as on this occasion. I'need not say to you, ladies tbit from the day of its organization you ! have cheer * fully acknowledged the services which the Union League has done for the -reat na tional cause which engrosses our individual sympathise. We are proud of that acknowledz- O.Uf ° f Um chief sources of our strength )wJr, b «b n J n tba a PP !an *« which greets bur labors £ d b me ' Uc , c *r cl «- The home which sustaiM Ofhbf d2«iS S warW iy s!r uggles, whieh approves of his designs, which counsels him in his nerDlei b ‘"V^, ich , "juices in his triumphs? which So"; him gently in the line ol his public duties, which •ends him forth with words of cheer, which re whl?w“ m h. baC l i r ih WOrd> of c^lfoT^which r^ 1 or succeed, turns an is 9 B faca u P? n a >l fortunes—that home “ a happy one,-and that home is of woman’s v a The requirements of this Association ?b J»w Ca , 0 i td many of our numbers to forsake the cb f effui A reside, and to consume hears, once dedi ?e«* °h? al * wee ,‘ dotcc * Uc repose b?Wh“lh mtu wa * ud atrengtb, in the performance o duties that were new to most of us, and distasteful to many. But which of yon, gentlemen has ?«!**?’ n ”° rmur at your devotion to the ob jeets of the League! Whether wereach home eaTlr or late, whether our places at the table be ailed or vacant, whether the news has made us joyful or “ d daughters and sisters' 1 meet Is r,*, b * . e aPPfuytOK emlle. This tender con sidiration arises from he spirit to which your ac I??h P ilu.l d or i U,r allad * d t» his touching 7 picture sis»er who, coucealiug her own emotions be. neath a laugbiug lace, waves her handkerchief to graT# eliartlB * brother, as he marches forth to his Tkat I hate not misjudged you, my patriotic conn. a > “ i f°l ,n ‘ iD S feathers and born the brn?t of actnSi ter m6n whohave have entered the service Zfthe « new r6crai!B who part in the war for the Government to take be In the field and biavi?a t£e’£ nd wh ° wiu won ships of vigorous war: S “ datigerß and hard sented°n Ote ranks* 16 Tbere°4 Major Ledig. o??K B t? n,,lTama olnnteers, Major Oresson St«^lef* m “ JlT “‘ a Volnn,e9l ». Major J. S. Capuan M? j“Ma t ’ckey. ennSylTanla VoUntaers, _ .., Band. aSdta“ Corps - eol ' CiiarleB M - com ra° Il «io‘ s from 1116 varians hospitals, with banners ■Washington Greys, Lieut. Ralston. Band. 2tih Regiment, P.M. , Col. Wm. B Thomas. Birgfeld’s Band. Gray Keserrrs, Col. Ohas. S. Smith. - Philadelphia Band. Bine Reset res, Col. W. w. Tavlnr Company G, 3d regiments. 8., Ca pi G. Weet Blake. ? .Liberty Cornet Baud. Henry Guai-ds, Capt. John Spear. Minnte Men, Capt. John X) nr burro w. Band. U. ». Mint Guards, Capt. Bntler. Engineers irom Polytechnic College Saunders's Cadetß. Ecaendorff Cadets Arsenal Guards, Capt. Chas. Fair. Band. Provost Guard, commanded by Inmates of Cooper Shop”Soidiere’' Home, in Am . _ bulances. „ ec e r. al Haneock and Staff reviewed the sat^on BThe iimn through which the parade naased !"T , eo ™P le,el y lined with people. P J4any Souses TT< re Siuly deoor ated with flags, and'at corn,rß were hose carriages, thebells of parade ” tpnms dnriߣ thepassage ofthe iirninti^sw^ 11 T BB one 6t tbe larses* and mo«t some “ been witD€sfed in city for , COBBECT TIME. The State House clock was once regarded as a standard for time, and tmr citizens could haTe some satisfaction in comparing their watches on Konday at noon, knowing that Mr. Daniel Higgs, its regulator, was in the tower, with the correct time taken by transit observations. Then he would so arrange that the first strike on the beii would be at precisely the second of twelve o’ clock All our jewelers and citizens, interested in having correct time, would be on the watch to compare their time-keepers, tor this service Mr. Riggs rtln 1 ' 31 ' a small yearly compensation. When niT." 115 cnme IDto Power, this service wms allotted to some person who wound up the clock b ,';i, n< " r K r ) ? ,! ' rr whether it was right or urott although the clock was lighted with gas, so as ?o the city. 6 * >mß 31 nlght ’ a «®Miderable expense to Bjge* has for a number of years continued to take his transit observations and regulate the ”t° f a il 1 p® important railroads leading Cltr d but th ® State House Clock, whieh I 1 ®® 11 running in unison with the nnc» d^?>, tl S e!teepere ’ ha 3 *>o®“ ®o much at vari! ance with them as to become a nuisance, rather a Public convenience, as was designed. Mr. Higgs, at the request of our citizens, is now an applicant for the post of regulator of the State- House Clock; bnt we learn that the place is likely to be given to some hanger on to the power whS has the appointment, And the probabilities awk that the State House Clock itto “S. k public nuisance. Mr. Biggs is the only comne ' ’ regnik e t”° n iS “ applicantfOT situation 5f ■ tljiTim E-From Boston Advertiser*] A PORTB AITOFAPBKIDEKT—DEAWI7 BY WILLIAM H. PBESCOXT. In 1545, Pedro de la Gasca was sent by the government of Spain to Peru, to hold the office of President, and suppress a rebellion which threatened to rend the province away. A large part of the second volume of Prescott’s “Conquest of Peru” is occupied with the measures adopted by the President, and earned out to complete success; and the volume closes with a portrait of Gasca. No apology would be needed for giving to your readers a composition by our great historian, of so much beauty, now when Ticknor’s charming Life of Prese tt has brought him so freshly to onr re collection. I offer it, however, because it seems to me to have at this moment a peculiar value as a presentation of some traits of person and character of President Lincoln. Litera ture has few'instances in which a vivid and minute portraiture of a personage' emi nent in great events, presents so many paints of resemblance to another person in far distant scenes and ages. May Lincoln’s success be like Gasca’sj and then, if we do not look j upon this beautiful passage as one of those in which genius became prophetic, we may at least regard it, in its application to the one President and to the other, as illustrating the truth con stantly brought before the student of history, —that great exigencies in human affairs bring ont for their guidance, just those men whose exact adaptation to. their times and circum stances, compels the belief that it was a wiser Brngm . memoranda. (B 1 )' Grace, from U T en>oof ™«r., at New I^SKS®*^ 53 '»rth'£?'n orll a 08, eUB i from Liverpool 30th Dec. mv w “ t T lfeff lorli yesterday. Had rial ow^ e -v^i^ a^e . s ', Jaß M i lat 49 i lon S8 < in * ten* *i?!L v 7 *° ?W gale loßt new lower topsails, which were clown from the rope’, split fore topmast stay* sail ana main spencer, and shipped a heavy sea stove a quarter boat to pieces. Sohrs D & E Kelly, Kelly, from Boston, and Win I»oper, Bohinson, from Providence, both for thla port, at New York yesterday. _ Schr "Willard Sauisbury. of Milton, Del. 200 tons, built in 1837, has been sola to parties in Providence ■ forsU,oCo. Ship Troy(Br). parted her chains Dee. 10, in a heavy gale, outside Chinnae (Ningpo), and went on the rocks, becoming a total wreck in a -very abort time. . , . . - At New To* yerterday, barks Ocean-Home,’ Welden, from Matanzas; Columbia Brem), Gerdea from Bremenjbrigs Ha Cayenne (Br), Doherty, fra Aux Cayea; Expert (Br), Gillis, from Salt Cay.TT; schra S T Kins, Glendenmn, from Calais: M J Ml liott, Newcomb, from Provincetown; Joseph Heed. Blch, and Eion. Kane, from do; A Oha'l P Wikon from Boston; Trident, Snow, from do; J H Collins, Ollyer, from Wellfleet; Life Boat, Heed, from New’ ouryport; Marblehead, Craig, from Marblehead: Herald, Knight, from Newport for Baltimore. Be low—Br ship Queen, Mackay, from Liverpool. - _. . NOTICE TO MABINEBS. The Nantucket South Shoal Light Vessel, adrift, naving parted her moorings, was seen Feb.ls. 6U New 0t tie ShoaI ’ by & eia barlt GerdesVat P. I. PKEHEBSTOS, PnHlsh,,,. “Gasca was plain-in-person . . T> P «. teDance was far from coael! ff! d 1118 conn * and ill-proportioned; fM his long for his body_ S o that when W6 S O tcK> appeared to be much shorter tw V° d0 ’ ha was. His dress was humble d reaUy simple, and there was nothing presence. But, on a Wo Bng ln hu( sg§|£3S@s to hlvebeen^ffio^'^f 10101 ' may fee thought torTKy” ?± C,O ” t] y Portrayed in the his combination of qualities wWn 14 pre3ented * to neutralize each mher S Bo r™ in such proportionffa him J t Ch - Weremixe4 tional strength. °He 1 was 0 U addi ' by nature ye^ZeninlV* 3 the softer arts of policy. He Ji 0!y personal esnenditrure 0 was “USal m his when the public good retired it™ rt ( ? Unty with the”* andplaoable = yet could deaUtemly withthe nnpemtent offender: lowly in hia a fnU measure of respect which springs ftom conscious rectituda modest and unpretending, yet not shrinking from the most difficult entered fort‘"“S. greatly to others, yet, in theE£ rt“rw g mamly on himself, moving with dehberation-patiently waiting his timf-bat Ctane *' l f U » Promptlnd dS!"'* Gasca was not a man of genius, in the vnl F/jense of the term. Atteast, no one mtellecriiai powers seems to have received an extraordinary development, beyond what is found m others. He was not a greatw£te* . nor a great orator, nor a great general. Ha raf« n °fif- ffec4 i-f be either ’ He committed tha care ofhis military matters to military men ; -of fndiff^ StlC^ 510 cler B7i and his civil and ■S «. ■ , scetM5 cetM be reposed on the members IM? B *^^ 61106 ' r? e was not one of "those 6 m i n wbo “spire to do everything raWhS^ 63 ’ nnder „ tbe conviction thatnothffif can be done so well by others. . But the Presit dent was a keen judge of character. What ® be the office, he selected the best ri Ie m° re - He assuVwl himself ¥ eht y ° f his agents, presidSiat their delibmations; dictated a general line Mid thus infused a spirit of unity into item plans, which made all move in concert to the accomplishment of ;one grand result “A distifignishing feature ofhis mind was-hia common sense the best substitute for gS rlde r who has the destinies of his tellow men at his disrosal, and more indispensable than genius itself. In Gasca, the differerent qualities were blended’in such harmonv that there was no room for excess. They seemed toregnUte^chother. While his Empathy taught" him the nature of their, wants, his reason suggested to what extent these were capable of relief, as well as thTbSt mode of eflecting it. He did not waste hia Uluso iy schemes of benevolent like Las Casas, onthe one hand; nor did hn countenance the selfish policy of the colonists on the other. He aimed at the practicable-! ' the greatest good practicable. P b “In accomplishing his objects, he disclaimed force equafiy with fmud. He trusted for Tn^T cess to his power over the convictions of hia bea^® r 5; and tbe source of this power was tha Arnfrt e t DC n mspired tin his own integrity. Amidst all the calumnies of Taction, no in - tion was ever cast -oh the integrity of gS No wonder that a virtue so rare should high price m Peru. “*■ ■ “There are some men whose characters hava been so wonderfully adapted to the peculiar wblcb appeared,that they reemto %£} designed for it by Pro “ dence. Such was Washington in our oim country, and Gaßca in Peru. We can con ac,T 4 e ?1 individuals with higher qmffities at least with higher intellectual (fualittes, w longed to either of these great men. Bat it to™ wenderfui - conformity of their charac the exigencies of their situation, the p , fec ‘ ada P ta j J0 v n °* the means to the end. thatnonsbtnted the secret of their success, that enabled Gasca so glorious to crush revolution, and Washington still more gloriously to.achieva it*' 5 Scdm-n- Death or a Weli-ksowx hmsa - -Mr. Austin B. Williams, a hignly-respected printer of New York, died suddenly yesterday morning. Mr. personal appearance—(being, toest and heaviest man since timdavsof Mr! Holt, m that city, weighing some 420 pounds andreqmrmgno less than seventeen TOrds of t 0 e ° m P lete exterior outfit) paade hun an object of especial and peculiar interest to all associated with him. He was a native of Exeter, N. H., and in the 31st year of his age. About a week since he wag seized mornings “W"* -■ Tm Dbhbbbbubg. —The Nashua, N. H.» » makiug the armor plates for the celebrated iron-clad Duuderburg. They are four ai|d three-fourth inches thick, and have been subjected to a severe' test, at the vahort distance of fifty feet. FOBT OP PHILADELPHIA, FEBBUABY 22. See Marine Bulletin on laird PojjZ ro arrivals or clearances this forenoon.