jSIBSON PEACOCK, Editor. VOLUME X\II., NO. 273. EVENING BULLETIN PIACOd, CHAMBERS & CO,, PBOPBIETORS, : m iooil THIRD STREET, . PHILADELPHIA: ; i TESMS Of SUBSOBIPTIOM.J The BSLLBTQt 1* served to Subscribers in the MSty atlB cent* per vreefc,' payable to the carriers. * ier «8 M per annum. - BATBS uez, Egypt, on the.2oth January, 1864, Phoebe Caroline, "wife of tlie Rt. Bey. Wm. J 3. Boone, Missionary Bishop of the American 'Episcopal Church to China, and sister of the Et. Bev. Stephen .Elliott* of Georgia. . ** BOWERS—Suddenly, on the 25th inst., John Edmund, youngest son of Jacob E., and Catha -arine A. Bowers, aged 3 years, 3 months and 27 ;days. ' * BROOKS—On the 25th Feb.,.after a lingering illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, Mr- Alfred Brooks, in the 24th year of his age. His relatives and friends of the family, also the Police force of the Twenty-second Ward, are • respectfully invited to attend the funeral from his late residence. Linden street, Germantown,. on Sunday, the2Blhinst. 4 i at 2 o’clock, P. M., with out further notice, [New York papers please KE— On the 26th instant, at Chelfcen Hills, Catharine .Moorhead, yonngest daughter of Jay atod Bora GK Cooke, in the Qfh year of her age. ; Services at St. Paul’s, church, Cheltenham, at 10)$ o’, clock, on Monday- Bearing for Woodlands at eleven o’clock. ' ** Shanghai,«China, Nov. 24th, 1863, Catharine, daughter of the late Walter Jones, of Washington, D. C.% and Missionary of the Am. r-Epis. Church. . . ** lAYEZEY—On the 25th Feb., Elizabeth Live ly, wile of David H. Livezey, and “ daughter of Christopher Jungkurth. . . The relatives; and friends of the family are re. invited-to attend her funeral from her husband’s residence, Price street, Germantown, on Monday afternooa next, at 2 o’ clock, without furthernotice. ; •* PLEASANTS—On Wednesday, 24th instant, - Samuel- Pleasants, in the .50th year ofhisage. Hfs male relatives and friends are invited to at . tendhis funeral, without further notice, from his late residence, 1433 Walnut street, on Saturday, :27th inst., at 2 o’clock. * . . * ■VTEW SPRING* MOURNING GOODS daUy opened by- BESSON & SON. -7 Mourning Storey No. 918 CHESTNUT street. N. B. Wholesale Booms'on second door. 1 AA PIECES OF SI FANCY SICKS. JLUI/ Blne, Ulac, and Brown. Plaids. Black and White, Brown and White do. India Plaid Silks, SI per yard. T EYRE fc LANDELL, Fourth. and Arch, streets. fe2oiltfu3o » THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF UJg the 1 ‘Church Home for Children* * - will be held in St.Luke*s Church,Thirteenth above Pine, •on SUNDAY Evening next, the 28th inst., com mencing at7# o’clock; a Sermon will be preached vby the Rev- Alexander H. Vinton, D. D., of New -York, the annual reporL-read and a collection taken up in aid of the institutions The public are invited to be presegt. fe23-2t» fv—> LECTURE—LIFE INSURANCE—ITS ILs HISTORY PRESENT CONDITION, AND VARIOUS METHODS AND PLANS "WiU constitute the subject of a lecture by AMOS 'B. KEITH, Esq., before Bryant, Stratton & Ban nister’s Commercial College, Southeast corner ot SEVENTH and CHESTNUT streets, on THIS -{Friday) EVENING, at 7# o* clock. It* m=» PHILADELPHIA, FEB 26, 1861.—The T[ 5 first meeting of the CHEROKEE.MINING COMPANY, of Michigan, nn*er its Articles of .Association, ■will be held at 326 WALNUT street Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the filteenth day of 3d arch, ISGI. at IP. M. fe2G,tmhlso ISRAEL MORRIS, W. P. JENKS, Two of the'Associates of said Convention. me. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 26, 1664. fig The First Meeting of the OSAGE MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, nnder its Articles of Association, will be held at 326 WALNUT street, Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the 16th day of March, 1861, at 5 P. M. . • OHAS. W. TROTTER) GEORGE R. OAT, fe26tmhls{ Two Associates of said Corporation. nr=> AT A MEETING OF THE NINTH ILsf WARD BOUNTY FUND COMMITTEE, held on the 25th inst., it was • ‘Resolved, That in lien of a general newspaper publication bv the Treasurer, of the SUMS re ceived for the 'Bounty Fund, he be instructed to prepare a tabular list of the subscribers, and the amounts subscribed, by Preainct, the same to be Issued m a pamphlet form, for the general distri bution, before the day fixed for the draft. 11 DANIEL STEINMETZ, Chairman. EdwabdH. Ogden, Secretary. Y ltfl me» CITIZENS OF THE ELEVENTH UJ? WARD—ONE MORE RALLY AND THE I)AY IS OURS.—Let there be another tremendous outpouring TO-NIGHT similar to the one last Tuesday evening. Show by your presence that yon are determined the gallant Eleventh shall not be again disgraced by a draft. Bring your sub scriptions with you. The committee at large will be in attendance"to receive them. Those who hare mot subscribed, and those desirous of contributing againf can do so by caUing npon the Committee at aarge, or the Disbursing Committee, who sit daily, tfrom 3 to 6 P. M-, at the Hall, N. E. corner of SECOND and COATES streets, second story. Don’ t forget, let youT steps be directed to the N. (E. corner of SECOND and OOATE3 to-night. 'Remember THIS (Friday) EVENING at half-past seven o'flock- CONRAD B. ANDRESS, President. Attest— Chas. S. Austin, Sec’y. lt§ PHILADELPHIA AND BEADING Ballroad Company, Office 247 Sontli Fourth btreet. Philadbi,phia, September 3, 1803. DIVIDEND NOTICE The following* named persoiiß axe entitled to a Dividend on thecommon St'+k Company. The residence of several o ?S5 no * wn » an d it is therefore necessary on camngfortS t Di?fd!^d k prMented s. BBADFOBD, Treasurer. btocbholderf 1 daubs. Timothy O. Boyle, IHenrv'B Sharer IYSP- OFFICE Ok' THE OIT Y THEASIIUFT? Its —Philadelphia, Feb. SB, mi UKEK NOTICE.—HoIders of matuted City imam ■please present tlie same for payment at this offlrp interest ceasing from the date of maturity ’ Je2s-3ts HEipiY BPMM, City Treasurer. Mg> MAILS FOE KEY WEST~PENSA- Itf COLA, NEW OB LEANS and the GULF •SUUADRON, To be despatched per Steamer BERMUDA, will be closed at this office on -SATURDAY, 27th inst., at half past 10 o'clock, -A. M. O. A. WALBORN, jaas-2t{ Postmaster. fourth national bank HAS Philadelphia. February 17, 1861. At an election held February 16th, the following duly elected Directors of the (Fourth National Bank • Wm. P. Hamm, JohnFareira, James C Keich, Wm. Brooks, A. O. Roberts, Wm. Stokeley, David W. Bradley. At a meeting of the Board, held this day, WM. P. HAMM, Esq., was unanimously elected Presi dent and SAMUEL J. Mac MULL AN, Esq., o“hi e f- SAMUEL J. MaoMULLAN,' fe!7-12trp} Cashier. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AN It BSTISSS LOMBARD Strwtf DISPENSARY DEPARTMENT. Medical treatment an d midi r»ntf»h»t. Are you liable to the draft which takes place ou tbe tenth of March nest, under the prbclama-- tiou of the President of the United Stales calling for five hundred tbbnsaiidinen’t • 2d. Under the new conscription act, all persons betweeuthe ages of twenty and forty-live yeaisare liable, and two-thirds of exemptions for physical disability are cntoff. 1 ;• . 3d Do you want to enlist in the service of your' country, to sustain tWhestGovernment on earth? If so, go aton'-e, andyou, will receive all the libp ial bounties offered. II you are drafted, How ever. it will cost you s3o(‘, which will exempt you for one year. - • , 4tb. Previous to tbe last call, the First "Ward was deficient ?£2 men; the last (‘•all, probably, will increase it to SCOmen. The Collecting Committees have succeeded, wUh moneys collected in the V ard, In reducing the latter nuir ber seme 250.. ahd they unfit either have more pay Ward Bounty to the soldier who accredits himself to the First Ward, or stop anc await the Drait. - sih. In case you have been drafted before, what is your experience ? Dow much lime did you lose, at the Ptovost Marshal's Office? Bow much did-* yhu pay the hangers or to obtain a preferencein the line awaiting examination ? with. til the other e\ils attending a draft. Do you feel as though you would rather make any sacrifice than'go through such an ordeal again ? ■r HOW CAN YOU AVOID IT? - . Attend u Mass Meeting every night this week, 1 at KaterHii]], SOUTH Street, above'Fiiteenth, and bring yonr money with you to contribute gen erously to tbe general fund. , 525 in cash, will setuie the Ward all the soldiers required, between now and March Ist, at “which time the Government Bounty ceases, and of course, volunteering will cease, and the Draft will take place for any defi ciency in the Ward. The Hon. Wm. B. Mann, District Attorney, Theodore Cnyler, Esq., Morton McMichael, Professor Saunders, and other eminent speakers,' wily inakd stirring appeals for the re del of your Ward. The Committee authorized at a Ward 1 Meeting held February 15th, 1564, will receive in cash 525, guaranteeing the person paying it from the next draft, or if drafted, the money will be returned on the production of the receipt given. The plan has been carefully examined,' and in less than four hours one thousand should come forward and pay this cheap insurance against the draft. Come yourself, and bring your ntigbbor. - This appeal is made to every capitalist, me chanic. laboring man, father,: brother: aud citizen in the Ward, as we only hare a few days to get this learful number of men charged to our ex punged from the enrollment books. The Conscription act has been declared constitu tional by the Supreme Court of the State, and as the Government must be sustained at all hazards, it will be thoroughly enforced. | A Band of Music will be in attendance. ' ' By order of the Committee. Philadelphia, Feb. 25th, 1564. its Eli TH WABD BOUNTY, TWENTY- IkJJ FIVE DOLLARS. —The Treasurer is tiiU paying the above Bounty to all recruits properly accreditee to the Ward quota.. One hundred men wanted at once Office, 406 WALNLT street. EDWARD O. KNIGHT, Treasurer. fe26-3t* POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, WEST UkJj PENN SQUARE. —The Spring Course ot Lectures and Demonstrations will begin MABCH continue four months. Graduates of respectable Literary Colleges [are admitted on their Diplomas, and. non-graduates alter Examination, to the class of ’65 (Engineers). Those who desire to join the class of ’GG.wiU, if prepared, be admitted to the Scientific School in the order of application as fast as vacancies occur. Tickets to the' 1 ectnres on. Geology, Mlnefology -and Chemistry, and to the practical instruction in Chemistry and Design, may be obtained, separately if desired. ' - ; ALFRED L_ KENNEDY", M. D.,! fe26-3t* - : President of Facnlty. Siokob-Blitz. —This Prince of Conjurors closes his season at the Temple of Wonders with the pre sent week. Those who desire to see him have but two nights more. The Signor will give the little folks a special parting exhibition to-morrow after noon. The Asch A large andience was present at the repetitiontol 1 fThe Enchantress’ ’ at the Arch last evening. Thongh* laboring under a severe cold, Miss Etchings sang and acted with the spirit and grace which characterizes all her perform ances. “When this Enchantress I Behold,” by Mr. Hill, and “She Loves Him, "by Mr. Segnin, were well sung and encored; “Ever be Happy” was delightfully chaunted. Mr. Griffiths and M’lle d’Orme performed their sorceries and eub innary parts very creditably. This evening the complimentary benefit tent cred Miss Richings will be given. The bill comprises “The Dau(h ter of the Regiment,” with Miss Richings as Marie; “The Bonnie Fish Wife.” with Miss Richings as Hiss Thistledown and Maggy McFar land, and the grand < Tableau of Washington,” with Hr. Richings as Washington and Miss Rich ings as the Goddess of Liberty. The Chestxut.—This evening “The Ticket ol-Leave Man” will be given. To-morrow after noon there will be a grand matinee, at which “The Colleen Bawn” will be presented. Miss WxswEitit’B Benefit.—This evening at the Walnut, for tbe benefit and last night bat one of Lucille Western, “The French Spy” will be presented, with Mlbs W, in three characters!. An attractive farce closes the entertainment.. Of course there w ill he a splendid house. i The Eleventh Street Opesa House is thronged nigbt'y with admirers of fine ballad Binging, and of bnrlesqnes and good jokes The programme for this evening is a very good one. PERSONAL. Amongthe recent Naval appointments is that of Mr. John B. HcMullin of this city, as Pay master’s Clerk. This post is on board, the Stars and Stripes, one of tbe Gulf Squadron. He sails from New Y'ork on board the Union next week. ' On Tuedsay night, Mr. Gustave Adolph Panli died in Washington. Mr. Pauli was lately a clerk in the Treasury Department, and formerly a cap tain in the 6th New York Volunteer Regiment, in which regiment he served two years, gaining the reputation of a brave and gentlemanly officer. His * death was induced by the breaking of the ankle of his right leg, having slipped upon the ice on the sidewalk between Willard’s Hotel and .Mark ham’s, on Thursday preceding. Mr. Jacob Gideon died in Washington city on Wednesday last. Though bowed by the increasing infirmities of age, he was not regarded as in a dan gerous condition until Sunday last. Mr. Gideon has been aresident of Washington for sixty years, and dnring.this long period constantly and effi ciently identified himself with the interests and prosperity,of the city. For the past thirty years Mr. Gideon has been an active and prominent member and office-bearer in the Presbyterian Church. .. A Row in Ckubch. —At Saccarappa, Maine, last Sabbath afternoon, a man was seated in a pew Methodist Church, which he claimed to own, when a maiden lady, who also claimed the pew, attempted, to enter. He prevented this, when she went into an adjoining pew and climbed over the back jLnto the “disputed terri tory.” They had some words, and he finally seized her by the shoulder or collar with re marks more forcible than elegant, and told her to keep quiet. In tbe straggle, some of her garments were torn. Finally, qniet was re stored, and they occupied the seat in common ’during the afternoon service. The man-'has since - been fined one dollar and costs for as sault. . . .Fiue is GordonbvillN. —Ve regret to learn that the large warehouse belonging to the es tate of Capt. D. H. Lecbe, irr GordonsviUe, on me Pennsylvania Railroad, was destroyed by ?'i e J® s t night, with all its contents. It canght line West at 1.15. The lower Moor of the building was occupied by S. M. or “ ac W?ery, whose loss is about $600; the upper floor by Jacob Reese & Sons, for a tobacco house, whose loss is $BOO. The build ing was lately sold for $7OO. D. H. Lecbe’s estate loses about $600.- .Lancaster Express. A“ Mixed LAKGUAOE.”_The Legislature of Wisconsin has ordered the Governor’s mes sage to be printed in the German,- Norwegian, Welsh, Holland, French, and Bohemian lan guages. / PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1864. DESERTION OR GLOBAL DEE’S ORDERLY. Among the deserters' who came to our linfcs on Wednesday, was on.’ of General Lee’s orderlies, wh’o has.been on iiuty all winter with Lee. His statements are credited at ihe War Department, and he has been gijen his liberty and transportation northward. He sets down Lee’s present force at irom twenty to tweatv five thohsand men. ; Most of his army are now home recruiting. Lee has notified his officers that they;, must be- ready: in ; March to meet Yankees y, ho will he filling up their armies by volunteers. Job. Stuart's cavalry are about two miles from Lee’s, headquarters, and are completely used up. Horses have suffered during the winter for forage, and many have been sent south to winter. They do not anticipate any movement from Meade. The last movement which we made was. communicated to Lee the day before it was commenced by secesh citizens, and the next day additional evidences reached Lee that it was nothing but a feint, and Lee at. once com menced " sending troops by rail to Richmond to head off Gen. Butler before any of our men had crossed the Rapidan., He expects by March or .April-to have 60,000: men, with whom- he will hold in check-any advance of our army, of drive it backward to Washington and again invade Pennsylvania. FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. [Special to tlje New York Tribune. 1 Branby Station, Thursday, Feb. 25,1864. —There was excitement yesterday in the 3d Division of the 2d Corps, occasioned by Capt. Madison, Division' provost Marshal, closing the tent pf a sutler who had been selling liquor to soldiers. - Much discontent was manifested among the: men, and a lieutenant and guard were detailed to preserve order. At midnight three cavalrymen rode up to the guard before the sutler’s tent and inquired for the lieutenant. The guard replied that he was busy writing,and could not be disturbed. The cavalrymen fired two sbots'at the guard. The sentinel returned the ire when the rascals fled. - Privates Charles Audler, 108th New York, and, Joseph Baird, 72d Pennsylvania Volun teers, have been sentenced to be shot for de sertion upon the 11th of March. GENERAL BUTLER’S DEPARTMENT. THE ESCAPE OF COL. STBEIGHT. [Correspondence of the N. Y- Herald. ] Fortress Monroe, Feb. S 3, lSfll.—By news jUEt received from Plj mouth, N. 0., It is evident that our forces in that quarter are not inactive. A detachment sent up the Aligator river into Tyrol county, on hoard the gunboat Foster, 're turned on the iuth instant. In the expedition over thirty guerillas vrere captured. The capture was made at Fairfield. - The pickets did not nre a shovand the camp, where the rebel rangers were snugly stowed away in sleep, was taken wholly by surptise. A heavy snow storm, which Was prevailing at the time, facilitated our men in their atthek and surprise. The prisoners are the worst kind of guerillas, and their capture will beat tended with most beneficial results, and,- it is hoped, pnt an end to this mode of warfare In that region. On the lSth Inst, the little gunboat Bombshell., took a trip'iipThe river and brought in nearly fifty” conti abands, and as many refugees, all of whom enlisted in the Northern army. The slaves in that section seek every oppoAmity to get within our lines, and once under me protection of the Stars and Stripes are strongly anxious to fight under it and for it. Not long since a raid was made from Plymouth by the Chowan River to Coleraine, where thirty horses and mules-were taken, ana fifty thousand pounds of bacon destroyed. Closely following upon the heels of this raid'was another up the same river as far as Huntsville. Here a smart skirmish ensued, which resulted in the rebels being routed, capture of a number of norsrsand mules and some salt, and destruction of three hundred thousand pounds ot bacon. At Ply-mouth, Captain H. P. Hodges, Assistant Quartermaster,has established and is successfully running several sawmills, the I umber from which js much needed and appreciated by our Govern ment. j Fobtkxsb Monroe, Feb. 24.—Six more of the officers recently escaped firam Libby prison ar rived here to-day on tbe steamer from Yorktown. A long, weary a»d perilous pilgrimage has been tbelrs. Twelve days and nights of watching and anxiety, of cold and hnnger, of peril and hair breadth escapes, of threading thlcketsand marsh es, of crossing streams and shelterless sleep, ing on the ground, of lacerated feet and frostbitten hands, of alternating hope and despair, have been their varied and b.tter experiences. Bat it was liberty they sought, and they have gained it. Bravery, and energy, and perseverance, and the kindly moon and polar star and negro guide, brought ihem safe within outlines; and they merit ell they have won—lreedom, friends end the pro tectlng folds of the Stars and Stripes, and long may they enjoy them. The following are the names of the newly ar rived officers: Colonel Streight. Colonel Charles W. Tllden, 16th Maine. Major J. H. Hooper, 15th Massachusetts. Captain B. F. Fisher, Chief of Signal corps, Army of the Potomac. Captain H. B. Chamberlain, 97th New York. LicutenaLtßandolpb, stb U. S. artillery. The above list -makes filly-two of the one hun dred and nine officers who escaped from Libby prison that’ have thus far reported themselves at Fortress Monroe. Immediately on their arrival they were conducted to the headquarters of Major General Butler. With Colonel Streight I had the longest inter view. Prison life has worn considerably upon him, but not so much as I was prepared to exjpect. A strong constitntion has been his blessing and support: but, besides this, he has a will of iron that will succumb to nothing, a fierce restlessness of eye and nervous energy of speech attesting a resolution and invincibility of purpose capable of enduring all things. ! The premature announce ment ot his ornvaL at'Williamsburg,- it seems, arose from the mistake of one of our soouts in giving the information reported him of the names or those reaching onr lines In alluding to the subject to Gen. Bntler, and asking why the error had liotbeen cor rected, the General, he says, told him he knew that, having got ont of prison, he was safe, and by *not making the correction he would save the trou ble of a counter correction, which proved to be the fact He has suffered the worst in his feet, which are painfully swollen and soro from his protracted walking—a species of exercise to which he has never been accustomed, particularly in such large dotes. He iB now wearing a pair of cloth gaiters furnished him by an officer in the lortress, and promises to be soon on his legs again and ready to take the field against his rebel captors. In getting through the tunnel ihe Colonel had to back ont after getting half way through. He then took off his coat and vest, and, tying them to his legs, he managed to get through. He and the officere of his command—about a handled altogether—were put in what is called the upper west room of the prisen. Then the ■ prison was not running over with itB present num ber of inmatee. Onr officers captured at Chancel, . lorsville were the " only other prisoners, to which were shortly added those ofGeneratMilrby's com mand, taken at "Winchester. Plenty of room was afforded them. They occupied the whole of the upper west room underneath. As die prisoners peered in from Gettysburg and tie battle field of the west they were restricted to less room, and the num bers in the rooms augmented ■ till crowded to thsir present Inhuman and unwholesome excess. At the outset they had good white bread almost re- EElarly and soup, the last always, however, dis gustingly unsavory.. As the summer months grew on and ihe plethora of prisoners Increased,, the rations detefoiated in quantity and quality, till finally of bread less than half a pound and about a quarter of a pound of meat comprised a. daily ration. Incensed'atthis inauguration ofiniutnan ity, he wrote a letter to the Tebel Secretary of War complaining falling off in rations, the issue of t o vegetables, and unintennltted confinement to their rooms, with no outdoor exercise. Nothing came of this, however, ezcept-,as he detigstted it—“a hell of &- row’* among some of the officers against others, ene mies of his, "who had signed a certificate, drawn •op by the prison commissary, that<■ their rations were abundant and nearly as varied as a bill of fare at a first-class hotel. The row became so general and exciting that these officers stride* OUR IWHOLE COUNTRY. bLT l reitTeaeh!.n d » Omako ' way withtl ” certificate S fc re received from the North. P ln this SS? D rtrVh n ii oloD v :streigllt mfcDtl «Qed Mr. EtallS 0f York Btraldj and Messrs. R*eh of the New Y'o-k:.' TWfcun*, \v& o »!^ CB iv COnnUPtl l eamo rotmTWith kira, he B *y*'J> nt n P with the hardship* ani : privations imposed upon them with rmcomDhiind mp fortitude. Tbife room was one hundred and tm : ect Jong by forty -two wide, and one hnndre • ana fii&y tbe average number olinraatea.i Men, he says, have died of starvation, and hun dreds mere, he said, would have died bad it not been for boxes received from the North. But tbe day of# liberation irom prison approached lor Colonel Straight. He knew nothing of the digging. ® ll *nnel. until a few days before it was. He was the fifth to goont,.aud it was a light squeeze—the Colonel is somewhat alder- in figure—but he managed to ?get out. Dressed in citizen** clothes,, and his haversack well stuffed wiih dried beef, tongue and crackers, he essayed an adieu to rtbeldom. Pursuant to previous agreement that they should keep separated as much as pos *ible, he started in company with Capt. Chamber lain. It was about 9P. M. when he leit the pris on. Passing up Canal street twtr squires, they turned to the leu and went into Second street, thence going to the right and keeping on . the east Oi the town. At this eaTly hour in .ihe.evening it was impossible not to meet and piss a good many;' • but they rid sc without excitirg suspicion. Go ing by the fortifications, saw no one. Taking a northeasterly course they coi tinned their jour proceeding slow and cautiously, of course, until 4 A. M., when they halted in a dense wobd close by the Chickahoinicy swamps, and remained the next day. Several times during Uie day squads of rebels, sent in search of the missing piisoners, them, butbap pily without discovering their place of conceal ment. Atdark they started again op their jour bey, crossing the Chickahomiuv on tree, and, as good luck would haye encountering no pickets. They- got Into a terrible thickeU aud this night accomplish!: d only five miles. They lay In. this thicket all the second day, andfthe lrequeat firm of" guns about them materially dissipated whatever of’ poetical' enjoyment they might otherwise have derived from their wilderness lodge. Thus far they had slept bat Jllttle in the but nevertheless on the third freight they .made anosh*r.start, now striking for tie Pamunkey river. The detours they had to : mai e to keep themcolves undercover of the woods and swamps to traverse, made the journey slow, end day ight only found them midway between tbe Cnickahcmin yarn! Painupkey. The next day they passed in & swamp. K^belscouts were still prov ling about, but they lay low and quiet, and were rot discovered. T hey suffered greatly from cold. Next night they reached the Pamunkey, near Piper* s ferry, and some ten miles above _ the White House How to get across the J river—which here, although not very wide,is deep and dangerous, and tbe weather meantime had reached a degree of coldness making Bwimming it an impossibility—was now the question, and it was a difficult one to solve. Thus far they had abstained from coming In contact with any one, white or black. They were compelled to call in contraband assistance, and in accomplishing this were tourdays. At length they got a negro, and the negio gota boat, and in this way they got across the ri rer. And now good fortune smiled on them. This negro turned them over to another negro, who piloted them fifteen miles down the opposite bank of tie river. As many of the rebel bddiers, and particularly the cavalry living in this vicinity and Gloucester county, were home on furloughs, they still had to move with exceeding caution. But the kindness of the negroes saved them from capture. They were bronght down to York river and set across by a skiff at Bigelow's landing. From heie they went down the river, pissing West Point in daylight. Here, seeing no one save negro soldiers on picket, was the first positive assurance of reaching our linos. Alter the trying ordeal they had gone through, tt was deeply gratify ing to see the Stars and Stripes again at Wil liamsburg, which ther reached in twelve days and one hoar from the time of leaving Rich mond. They were kindly taken care of by Major Wheeling, Provost'Marshal. From here they were removed In ambulances. They tooktheir journey now to the camp of the First New York Mounted Rifies, where Lieutenant Colonel Patten and all the officers and men of his command Tied' in acts of kindness to them. They remained there from Monday noon until Tuesday evening, when they were bronght to Yorktown, and thence came, as stated, by steamer to this place. The stories of the remaining prisoners are iikte vrise full of thrilling interest, although in sub stance similar to that of Colonel Streight. Captain Fisher performed most of his journey alone and several times nairowly escaped being recap tured — CITY BULLETIM. STATE OF THE TBKRMOMETEB THIS DAI AT THE BULLETIN OFFIOB. «A. M., 43*. 13 M., 37° 1# P. M.. 37 Minimum Temperature during last *4 hour*, 37° Weather cloudy—Wind Northwest. The Coxtidexce Game. — No less, than three individuals were victimized yesterday in this city by means of the confidence game. The first one reported at the Central Station was a man from the interior of the State, who came to the city, and at the hotel w here he stopped he formed the acquain tance oi a man who pretended to beloug to a 'own but a few miles dist&n t form the home of the other. The new-made friend polite, and offered to t&ko the gentleman to Girard College and show him the sights about the city.« The two met yesterday at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Eleventh and Market streets, and walked together to a place in the neighborhood of Ninth and ChtstnuL street. There the sharper said he had to go in aud settle a bill. He asked his companion to to change him a 9100 bill. This the latter was unable to do, and the parties finally compromised by the country gentleman loaning the other 913. It is almost needless to state that he nerer saw or man or afterwards. The second case reported was that of a resident of Albany, N. Y., on his way home from Balti more. An individual struck up an. acquaintance with him on the cars, and at a restaurant on Third street, yesterday, solicited a loan of S4O from him for a few minutes. The money was promptly handed over by the Albanian, but he soon disco vered that he was the victim ol misplaced confi dence, for his acquaintance of a few hours did not turn up again. The next individual who was fleeced was from New York. IJe fell in with a smooth-tongued in dividual in that city and the two came to Philadel phia together.' ttt re they put up at the same Hotel and slept in the* same bed. The next morning the NeW York man found himself minus his com panion and also discovered that his purse was lighter by ft>o than when he retired on the previous night. First UVabd Meeting.— Another large meet, ing of the citizens of the First Ward was held at Eater Halt, South street above Fifteenth, last evening. A fine band of music was in attendance. Speeches were made by Prof. Saunders and Hon. nm. B. Maim. The remarks of Mr. Mann were eloquent and to the point; he appealed in the most forcible manner’to those who were able, to come forward aid sirve the poor workingman from the draft; and he.showedhow it i onld he dine by each citizen in Ihe ward contributing at once. He spoke for over an hoar, and in a strain that is char acteristic of lum, when his whole souL is enlisted in a cause. At the close of his remarks he opened the subscriptions with 824. Prof. Sarfnders made a like donation. A young man came forward and gave himself and his bounty to the "Ward, Meet ings Will be held every night. Money ia needed. If the draft occurs in this "Ward one man out of every six will be taken. Every citizen should at tend the meeting to-night. Charged with Robbert. —Henry Wilkins, "Wm, Jackson and John Hart were arraigned be fore Alderman Beitler yesterday afternoon. It appeared from the testimony that Samuel Rush ton and John Taggart were attacked and beaten by the defendants, after coming out of a.t&vern in Dock street. Taggart also had his watch stolen. The defendants also tried to raise a disturbance With Henry Shepherd, who was in this pnblic house, accnsing him ol having pushed them against a newly painted counter. After returning to the house from the attack on Rushton and Tag gart, Mr. -Shepherd saw the Btolen watch In the of the parties, and it has been reco vered. The Alderman held each ol the defendants in S 2, COO bail to answer. Attempted Escape at Fort Mifflin.— About two hundred prisoners confined in Fort Miffiin, made an attempt to escape on Wednesday night by cutting a large hole sear the bomb proof. Among the first to make , is appearance through the heleyras a man saw* Howe, who is u«r BULLETIN BUILDING 112 SOUTH J being triedby wlt&sfcu'.oting a tffaft commissioner, neo? Norristown, Ths'at tempt to v escape was discovered, and Captain Finnie, who has of the guavcT in the fort, ordered out his men and presented the escape of. of the prisoners. . : : ; f Mebcabtile business are among thesurastmeanwot secur ing success. AmoDgt3oSß whisfa every business man should have, is a ; knowledge of the best methods of beeping aceounts, a good business style of h.andwritiDg, qutekness sad accuracy io a £°°d knowledge of Mercantile I and cns,oin7 ’ For . asqairingr these Critt *-nden T »- Commercial-CoHege. £ corner Seventh and Chestnut unsurpassed. Each Student is taught a ? d preparation for business ■ gained tierehas already proved a fortune to many a younjhaanv . V ' . :M6viAIENX3 'OF SOLDIEE3 AND SaiLOBS.-L Filty-four men, belonging the 47th Regimen*; Pennsylvania Volunteers, undhr the command of Captain E. P. Rhodes, arrived yesterday from Key We&t, Florida. They hav3re-enlistedfortbe war, and were on their way home. Seyentj-sir stolons and a guaiad -of marines,-from tbe United' States frigate Niagara, now lying in New Y'ork' harbor, arnyed last evening, - on-their way to Washmrton. They were under the charee of Lient. O. H. Lackey, U. S. N. Murderous Assault. —Chas. Lewis,colored, wqs before Alderrr an White,thu morning, charged with having commi-ted an assault and battery upon a colored soldier, with intent to kill. It seems that the soldier Was attacked by the defendant and another man, early yesterday moraine, at Seventh ard St. Mary streets, and was struck upoxthe head with the butt end of au axe. The soldier was senously injured. It is aPo alleged that he was robbed of SK*O. The accmed was committed in default of 53,000 bail to answer at Court. Much Ado About Nothing.—A colored womra was found in a stupi 1 state last evening, in B»rclay street, and was taken to the Central Police Station. She said that a colored man hiid given her something which would either kill or cure, and she was supposed to h ave been dragged.* After remaining, at the Station House several hours, she recovered from lier stupefa tion, and look her departure. The police assert that ahe was only intoxicated. The City Debt. —ln Common Council, yes terday, Mr. Longhlin stated that, the city debt at the cc-mmencement of ISC4 was £24,292,376 62. To this are to be added loans of Nov. 2, iSftS and Dec. 31, IS®*, not sold, and loan passed Feb, 23, IS6I, to pay bounties to Volunteers which increase the amount to 526,467,376 62. Appropriations to pay bounties, loots report-d and floating debt, bring thegracd total toB3l, 90. A Lxctube on Life Insurances will be deliveifd by Amos B. Keitb, Esq., of the Equi table Lile Assurance Society, at the College room of Bryant, Stratton & Bannister, this evening. This is a subject of growing interest to our com munity, and we have no doubt but that much valuable information can be acquired by being present at Mr. Keith's lecture. Deaths in the Abny Hospitals. —The fol lowing deaths were reported yesterday:—Citizens’ Volunteer Hospital, Edward Steen, Co. H, lS3d Pennsylvania Volunteers; Convalescent Hospi tal, Roland Walker, Co. D, Bth Pennsylvania cavalry. v ■- More Property Identified. Diamond scarf pins, etc., valued at S47U, found upon the person of Marco Beieditte, crat his hare been identified as the property of Ball, Black & Co., Jewelers, in New York. Fatal Burning. —A colored woman named Ann Spencer, aged 6S years, residing at No. 245 Quince street, below Walnut, was burned to death between twelve aud one o’clock, this morning. • Fine Old Port.— Messrs. Davis A Richards, Arch and Tenth streets, have now in store a very superior article cf J\irt - Old Port IFine, imported by themselves, especially adapted for medicinal purposes. Send the Soldier a box of « Brown’s Bron chial Troches,’ ’ which will relieve the distressing affections of the Throat and Cough produced by Cold and Exposure. 9 Lent has cohe, and with it Hot Cross Buns, at Morse’s, 23S South Eleventh street. Maryland Hams! Maryland Hams!! Just received another lot of those choice Mary land Hams, warranted the best Home-cured in thiscounuw. Also, Dried Beef, without smoke, lor sale by Wm. Parvin, Jr., 1201 Chestnut st Eitjla Tamily Floub, from selected Wheat, in bairelF, ball barrels and bags. Ground ex pressly lor WM. PAEVIN, Jr., 1204 Chestnut street. FIBs at Cost at Oakfords’, Continent® Hotel. Best and Purest Coal in the city; none belter; please try it. Samuel W. Hess, Broad street, abort Eace, east side. Victory. —lce Cream and Water Ices, at 40 cents per quart, Morse’s 238 S. Eleventh street. Cobbs, Bunions, Inverted NailS, Enlarged Joints, and all Diseases ol the Feet cured without pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. zacharie. Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut street. Refers to Physicians and Surgeons ol tht city. An Ihpbovement. —The horrible expression ■ • Bully boy with a glass eye, ” is considered en durable when rendered, ■•Taurine youth with a vitreous optic.” Plain, simple, honest English is, however, considered to be sufficient in announ cing the fact that the most excellent and elegant suits tor soldiers or civilians, f or adults and youths, are those made at the Brown Stone Cloth ing Ball of Bockbill 3c Wilson. Nos. 603 3c 605 Chestnut street above Sixth. The weather continues cold, and it admon ishes the prudent to secure a splendid eetollars at-cost Irom Oafcford*’, Continental Hotel. Sable, Mink, Stone Martin and all the other varieties ol Furs at cost prices—Oailords’, Con tinental. FOEEIGN GLEANINGS. Daily service is now held in upwards of 83Cj churches and chapels in England. Between 3,000 and 4,000 ballet girls are now" actually engaged upon the London stage in the scenes of the Christmas pantomimes. i At Birmingham it is proposed to found a. library to contain all the editions of Shak speare’s works, and an ample collection of commentaries on them, both English ajnd foreign, together with any other works which may throw light on the great poet’s dramas^ A dividend meeting' under the bankruptcy: of Dion Boucicault wds held in London on the 2d. The accounts, which have previously been pub lished in detail, show a liability of £54,704 lls. 3d,, and a deficiency of £22,216 4s. 9d. From the official assignee's account it appears that £1.372 4s. 2d; is in his hands applicable to divi dend, and a further sum of about £1,500 is expected to be derived from the sale of certain pronerty at Brompton. Creditors to the amount of £9,900 proved their debts, and a dividend will shortly become payable. The estate is ex pected to from- 2s. to 2s.‘6d. in the pound. It. is asserted on good authority, that there are in London 16,000 children trained to crime, 15,000 men- living by low gambling, 50,000 by constant thieving, 5,0Q0 receivers. of stolen, goods, and 150,000 men and women subsisting by other disgraceful means. There are no less than 25,000 beggars. So that there are more than 250,000 persons in the London district, of all ages and sexes, who prey upon the honest and industrious part of the community. Among the prisoners in the Roman prisons are no fewer than forty Neapolitans, untried, although not uncondemned; and at the head of these is Pilone, the famous Calabrese bandit, who boasted of having had three hundred men under his orders, and very proud he seeped to be of his achievements. It may interest young ladies who dream of brigands in sujjar- F. L. FETHERSTON, Publis&^TN iijii m ~wi~ isi iivifi iiwiin T 'w'i' ~iwm * i iji...— «r ha ts and picturesque cknbwffeat Pilone is a tall, well-made man, alreut forty tiw S - of a £®’ or /* t may be a litfSe youngei; ; ; and jnat, may the transactions’ in* which he haff ; j taKen part he has shown an admirable coarbge,. coolness, and address. His audacity is natch less. At .the time when thousands of scudi were offered Cor him dead- or alive, he- went* l® I ** Naples, leaving his Band: at the foot of • Vesuvius, and took a bos at-the Sari Carlo; and .between the acts he got 1 - into 3 conversation, with the captain of thtr guard,, who informed that he was under orders next morning to command the corps' which>as to g» in search of Pilone. Qa leaving th&;t)iSa tre, when the guard was Pilone invited the officer to’ join him at'a cafe onftha road to Vesuvius. After a parsed together his leave, and:-exchanged : . cards with tbe captain, whose astonblj-mentmay joe imagined when he saw, writtea l in large’ letters, the name of the dreaded bandit. ** His ’ ; adventure with the director of the basik, Sig nor Avifabile, made a great sensation*-at-the' time. This important functionary war accus tomed to drive daily by the seaside. Is broad daylight one afternoon, while crowds wwre in the streets, Pilone entered the town w;tb one of his most trustworthy followers. Suddenly the lieutenant called to the coachman to stopband jumped on the box. In a'moment Pilot* let down'the steps, and was seated by M. A?ita hile. The coachman, under the threat of jSav ing his brains Wowed oat, drove oh. towards Vesuvius. In vain the poor director endaa vored'tb let down the windows to call for, as sistance; but he was held tight in Pilone’slron ■ grasp. Arrived at the mountain,: they were ’ met by a detachment of the band, the director placed on a horse, and in the face of the whole population carried off -to the mountains. A large iansom was demanded; one-half of which being paid, Avitabile was: permitted to return to his home; but here , comes the pith of the story. Pilone, seeing a state ment in the papers that he had received the full amount pf the ransom, which had-been re paid by the Government, sent a statement of the exact sum he had received to the papers, and the director stood charged with having pock eted the difference. Another anecdote before we leave this interesting hedb of the highway. On one occasion the government madearrange ments which it was thought could not fail to seize Pilone, at a time when he was known to visit Pompeii daily to meet a young lady to whom he was deeply attached. As he was leaving the trysting place, suddenly a corps of gendarmes appeared, but before they could fire, Pilone, armed with a rifle and a brace of revol vers, shot two of them, leaped, over a low wall, and was off like a deer; but atas,he ran into an other detachment, sent, round to meet him. There he was greeted with a volley which missed him, for he seemed to bear a charmed life; here, two more of his enemies fell, and, leaping over every obstacle, he mada for the sea, cutting away at his dress as he pro ceeded, so that when he arrived at the shore he waß in a fit state for a bath. In he juinped,and being a strong swimmer, he dived under" the waves when the volleys of musketry rang around him. Only one shot hit him in the ankle, but was not sufficient to impede his progress. Af ter a little time he was picked np by a fishing boat, and at nightfall was again at the head of bis band. ExCOrXTEB WITH A GIGANTIC 018 MAX KaN gaboo.—As young Thomas Patterson,of Sugar Loaf Flat, Tarlo, was proceeding on horseback through the bush in the vicinity of his resi dence some time ago, he was attracted by the yelpiDg of his dogs to a thick piece of brush wood, and. riding up, < he came upon them at tacking anjmmense old man kangaroo. ’ One of the dogs was already dead, rent asunder by the claws of the monster, ;and two others were also wounded, but still tackling it. No sooner did the kangaroo espy Patterson than it jumped at him, and threw its forepaws round the horse’s neck. Fortunately the youth had a loaded pistol with him, which he drew and. fired, the hall striking the kangaroo in the left shoulder, and passing out through its back. By this means one of the animal’s paws was disabled, but ( with the other it still -showed fight, and Patterson being unable to make any impression on his assailant with blows of the pistol, for he had not another charge, en deavored to get the stirrup out of the spring bar, so as to use it at the end of the leather as a weapon. While doing this the kangaroo, with its undisabled paw, slightly wounded his hand.' At length Patterson got the stirrup leather loose, and, hitting the animal on the temple with sill his force, he succeeded in stunning it. With several other well-directed blow, he managed to kill it. The kangaroo was of enormous size, measuring no less than 9 feet 6 inches from the tip of the tail to its ears. The tail itself measured inches round at the butt, and the skin and tail weighed 29« lbs. —GoMnrn Australia) Chronicle. A Painful Narbatiye. —The following is an extract from a letter written by a lady re siding at Seaton, near Axminster, England: There is a small fishing village near here that is literally plague-stricken with measles; the children are dying by dozens. The inhabitants are all sailors and fishermen, and at this time of the year always in want. The children do not die pf ’ the complaint, but of weakness and starvation afterwards. We are all at work boiling soup and doing what we can for the poor starved things. They come over the hill twenty at a time, and receive a blanket, sheet, 41bs. of bread, 2oz. of tea, and four yards of flannel. The bell is tolling constantly, and five or six children are brought over here in a cart to be buried daily. The Village alto gether is like & thing you dream of. The mo thers themselTeß look like hungry wolves,with out a feeling left for their dead children. X have only seen one woman crying, until I said a kind word, such as “The summer is coming, and better times, please God,” and they sob an if they would go into hysterics from weakness. In one den I visited, there were six children, lying before the fireplace, and I asked the woman if they were hungry. “No,” she said, “ thank God they, are not so hun gry as I am, for I have nothing to give them, I could eat the table board.” I can only give them my work and strength, and the dead children are the best off, poopthings. I have found a true-hearted fanner’s wife, wso lends me her kitchen and boils the soup them. These poor children die in tho dark, and, the mothers have to watch for daylight to see them, not having a candle in the house,. If is sad work, and I feel ashamed of myself eveiy night when I come home and sit down to, a good tea. I myself have spent three days, ip fieer, and I think the misery beats anything I ever beheld. In Icetcwn,. opposite St. Louis, which was bnilt on the frozen river during the “cold spell,” a barkeeper built Afire in his tent and sat before it on a three-legged stool warming his limbs, when the fire thawed a hole in the -ice and the man fell in Shi h£W not yet peared. .