jSIBSON PEACOCK, Editor.
VOLUME X\II., NO. 273.
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DIED.
BOONE—At£>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
<?ofc>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»<l gratuitously to th» poor. aal3r-‘
rv<==. ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF THE
LL3 FIRST WABD.—A FEW FACTS FOR
IuJU. i;
l>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
<i " 1 ■ - ■■> —
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 c<se?nme tG>knbwffeat
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. .