(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 <JF £1 FANCY SILKS.
J.UU Bine, Ulac, and Brown Plaids.
Black'and White, Brown and White do.
India Plaid Silks, §1 oer yard.. .
EYRE k LA.NDELL,
Fonrth and Arch streets,
fe2o-tju3o
n*ca H. S. CHRIST lAN COMMISSION
Ug Cash Acknowledgments for the week endiner
I'ebrnary 19th, 1864: 6
Collection at Anni versary Meeting
in the House of Representatives at
Washington, D. C ...SlOO 00
Hon. Speaker Colfax 100 oo
Brig. Gen. J. G. Barnard ICO 00
M. C. Fahnstock.... 100 00
Senator Sherman 10 oo
F. Doro. 10 oo
General Collection 430 12
Collection in Haines Street JI. E,
Oknrch, G-ermantown
N. Mc1ntyre............
Samuel T. 80dine......
William -Adamson.....,;
C. Spencer....;..
D. Herstine
W. G-. Spencer, i,
B. Cope*
General C011ecti0n..;...,..
lOO 00
lOO 00
: 100 oo
lOO 00
5O 00
5O 00
24 00
166 00
Proceedi of the «‘Oratorio of the Crea
tion, ” at the Academy of Mnsic.. ’ I*9 3s
3. Milliken, Jr., New York, (add’l).... sow
Collection made, W. Russell, Lewis
town, Pa
1. Boyd Headley, collected by him at'a
prayer meeting at Morristown. N. J...
lore’s Mills Aid Society, Erie City,
Pa.,, per Mr. R. J. McCreary- 14 35
foung Ladies’ Aid Society, Kensington,
Pa., perH C. Wilbur.... 10 00
F., Chester County, Pa., , 400
• orty-ninth Pennsylvania v olunteers, 3 50
Contribution received at Agency at
Knoxville 7 7 50
L Presbyterian, Morgantown, W. Ya. 1 00
iabbath School, Village Creek, lowa, 325
labbaih .School, East
N. Y., per S. B. Dyckman
Julius
„ 81,661 27
lount previously acknowledged.... 255,570 Ofi
JOS. PATTERSON, TrelsroA 4 33
THE UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COM
nssiON beg lea-ye to acknowledge the receipt of
le following stores nip to Jleb. 19th-
FENNSSLVANIA.
hlladßlplua—io parcels; St. Join’s Lutheran
cnuren
ermantown—l package; Mre.Tßavard.
aumount-l box; Aid Society.
i 1^ lox '’ 68t "Vincent Aid Society.
1 barrel;Harris Tow^hip,
llentown—l box; Soldiers’ Aid Society.
Society 6 1 61 aEd 1 *<“> 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<inel,aillia c0 "’ lbbl "
Cb e *,Br c» > 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<Shv or S
houor—Washington, 'the ihtherol his
1
rebellion, or tbs machinations of Merit hP BII
«
bjlleTO that nothing is'better calculated tn
operate beneficially on ihe minds of “u? voun™?
feUow-citiiens, and revive the patriotism
‘hau<o place promineatly before thepnbUc-"at
every recurrence of tbisanniversary, UieevitoiMs
T£ t k*l mr ®> 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 <H CT if? 20
eMar^I?SI»FS
American Union is wratmed arannrt / .
their hearts. The traditions ?f°th^fl^? d T?, oted 111
injunctions of departed parents- OlO
memories, make W
OUR ::JVHOLB COUNTRY;
:A, FEBRUARY S 2. 1864,
q t n *h ble aboaf
mp oir rlghteo“ B “an s " nefitae6B °“-Kbemg
c SS ? SSS r f iS 3 ?^
waved a last adieu to her hrnth»^, < I.b d Joy 88 st >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 <o you those
which hate enabled you to endure so many sacri
flces of the most cherished ol your domestic rela.
» S ’ at b<a - Hllfal Hag most emphatically attests
Alter the League, through an satire year, haTta a
greater orless degree, deprived you of thecom
panionship of your husbands, your fetio ,Td
yonr brothers, you come to our doors, withvoSr
gentle company decorated by the glonous
before me, and reverently' bestow the
upon our institntlon. That flag is woman* s visible
.%o^i
man s nature, and nee It nngmdgtngly in our
conntry’eservice! Noble offering. Nobler m"
riflo*! iarasa moral attribute if above any
« arthly thin g however sacre d, so far is the erandeuV
of your action above the silken blazonry which
jour skilful hands have made for onr accentanco
I shall not dwell upon the worfs Ser'
formed by women during this lofg andTto us meT
somethnes disheartening stmg|le against thi
banded forces of treason. I have vet
to see lhe first true wom-tiT
has quailed heforo the ofthe
Southern army; even when its myriad felt were
\ P °"v OB .U, CTJEOU: whcn theboom of iUea™n
shook that promontory of loyal steel vt hich
juitcd out towards Gettysburg, and upon
which charge alter eharge, wave after
wave of rebel infantry broke, as the driving
billows break upon onr roeky coast. I have yet
to see the first true woman who has changed
color at the cowardly threats of the traitors who
crawl about onr streets, just within the limits of
too lenient laws, and whose menacing hiss is to'be
beard only in the honr of onr reverses. There are
many of ns who, in moments of despondency have
rekindled .our drooping epirits at the' flash,
ingeyes of the patriotic women who enrronnd
ns; for with yon, ladies, there has been
bo moment of -.despondency; no, not
even while the mangled forms of your
beloved heroes were breathing out their souls be
neath your gaze. Tour delicate natures have not
shrunk from services in the hospital and in the
camp. Tes; and lam now looking in the faees of
some who sought the very field of battle, while the
smoke of the dreadful fray was yet surging In
thick clouds above it; and there, like descended
angels, ministered to dying men, whose courage
these brave women rivaled in that act of mercy
I need give no praise to deeds that belong to the
historian. : That which you have performed for the
Widow and the fatherless, for those who have felt,
superadded to the widowhood and orphanage, the
pressing necessities of disease and want, my eyes
■Will not trust mytongue to detail. God only knows
how much good of this kind you have done in se.
oret, and God will remember it before His risen
saints.
I receive this flag from yonr handß, sir, in the
same spirit ill which it has been presented. Be
tween the fair donors and the Union League there
is a confluence and an affection which 1 shall not
atempt to strengthen r by Tain comment. They
who give, mid we who receive are upon snch
terms as bind together the members of one great
family. Onr tie of relationship is our loyalty; onr
common parent is onr country, ietns spread onr
influence in every direction, ana draw all
who call themselves Americans, more closely
around the household altar. The day is not far
distant-if one may read the horoscope hanging in
that silver constellation-when universal harmony
and universal freedom shall follow this bloody
f* 0 ™! and over all thd subsiding waters sh»n
dove'of'peac^ 1668 ages * 6 YpU?M
listened to^lmde^ i ?n g t^ t beaU H tifnl 141(11683 was
ai A*n repeated* rounds was:coucl uded
ladies .ttu?ilo C 3&% ^0^ 6
The wm~„ . THE Aakadb.
former irom almost all
pants in it wetTnot^ Zl,? d -\The partici
.‘carpet knlgimP” bravi he J b f d s ° ld lers, ■’. mere
finery. They were Ur,fol > 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<S 6 re P ro '
served successively under tv? 3 ™ , t , here who
Burnside, Hooker and Me-iei o^1 McClellan, Pope,
Potomac.’ Scafred ve£s wh„ ,hfi of
able wounds at Bull Run™??* m b r), re i- ei -,Y ed bon or-
Frederieksburg and t'u’anei} S Big Bethel,
aided in rolling back thi'fido 6 !, 1 -? 1 - 8 ™ lB ’ 811(1 wll o
IPS!®!
sgas as^, ws&w
and a]] tb? windowa and etens of thP htSS
■were occupied. T ha drug stoiS *? tiJTa “ oUBe f
Unes cock “d Staff
! 2??® e ®Jf' eraj times, and be was greeted with cheers
iby the iid°e 1 £ lers ’ ““ tte waving of Handkerchiefs
The procession commenced to move at a anarter
before one o’clock, in the following order
Mounted Police.
Squad of Policemen.
TT wlf™' °. s - Terry and Staff.
First ri'tvTr^° n^ nty in . the cit y- mounted
City Troop Comets. J.Bandall, com’a
n fc'HPeuna. Cavalry, Capt. Pi g 4tt, 6
Ccs. Band 1, 20th Penna Carairy, Capt. Sam.
„ L. Comfort,
Batfery i, Penna. Artilleiy, Capt. B J Ne™
University Light Artillery, Capt. Henry 1
~ ... Battalion of Heavy Artillery, *****
Soldiers of the War iSS and flag.
SSth Keg. p. V., tlol. John F. Balller,
KAn d.
S9th Regiment, p. y., C ol. A. S. Leidy.
Bandr J
29th Regiment, p. V., C ol. Wm. Rickards.
Band
seglmf,pt5 eglmf, pt- P- V.. Lieut.. Col. Flynn.
-ort\F tnnS^ lvai ? ia 7 rol,lnte * ra > 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.