GIBSON - PEACOCK, g-iifoj. svMisra bulletin PSiCOOS, CHAMBERS » CO,. PROPRIETORS.! US MPXJTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA; _ i TBSUttS OF SUBSCRIPTION. i ' ■ The BcLUTIIt 1» serred to Subscriber* in ths G’.tj- at IX cant* psr t*eek, payable to tbe carrier*, or $3 60 yMGaraunm. - 0» ADVKETXhIaa. Saif Smut*, 1 t»n*.S 2511 Square, 2 weeit»..*3 2b 1 Sqnaia.ltline,.... soil Square, 1 month.. 5 66 1 Square, 1 tlni?r.V.. 75|1 Square, 3 months. 866 1 Square,’J tlines..;..! 66 1 Square, 3 mouth*. 11 66 1 Square, 1iree1;....! 75)1 Square, 6 months 36 66 Six line* constltuts one sauare; three line* or teas half a square ~ . UPHOESTEP.Y. : Promptness,' Purity of Materials, 7 Good Workmanship ; Lovr Charges. W. HEN BY PATTEN, 1403 Chestnut street MARRIED. FRALEY—KINZER— On ibe Ist instant, by the Rev. G. F. Krotel, Mr. John U. Fraley to Miss Laura V. Kinzer, daughter of the late Mr. •George W. Kinzer. [St, Louis papers please copy.]* MoLENEGAN McKNIGHT —ln Reading, Feb. 25th, by the Rev. Alexander G. O' John A. McLenegan to Mary A. , dar David McKnight, Esq., of that city. WALLSZZ—SCHNIDER—On Tnesdt ing, March Ist, 1661, at the residence bride’s parents, by the-Rev. Kingston Gc D.D., L. W. Wa'llazz to Miss Harriet, daughter of Wm. B. Schnider, Esq.; allot Philadelphia. WINANS—FULTON-On the 17th ult., by the Rev. B. C. Critchlow, Captain J. S. Winans, of the 9th Penna. Reserves, and Miss Lizzie E. Ful ton, New Biighton, Pa. v, DIED. COX—Feb. S9tbe ,at the residence of her son-in law, Daniel Negley, Esq., East Liberty, Alle-; gheny county, Pa.,-Mrs. jane Cox, in the Djth year of her age. . DOCK—At Harrisburg, on Monday, Feb. 29th, •of consumption, "William Deck', Jr.." in the 34th' year of his age. GEISSE —March Ist* IS6I,- Christian Henry -Geisse, infant son of Clementina and . George W.. Geisse, aged 22 months. * HART—On the Ist instant, William B. Hart, in the s2d year of his age. His relatives and male friends are respect, fniiy invited to attend his funeral. without fartfier notice, from :his late residence, No. 1717 Walnut street, on Friday, tbe 4th inst., at2P. M. f*# HENDERSON—On the 2d instant, after/a lin geringillness. Mrs. Nancy Henderson, infthe 72d year of her age. , t Her friends are invited to attend her funeral from her late'residence, Northwest corner of (Tenth and Arch, on Thursday afternoon, at 3 o’clock," with out further notice. * HORN—At her residence in Fiourtown, Mont gom,ry~connty, Pa., on the 28th Feb:, Mrs. Ann Horn, relict of the late Henry Horn," aged 74 years. . The relatives and friends of the family are particularly invited toattend the funeral from the "residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Franklin Ashby, No. 991 Marshall'sfreet, on Saturday next, at 10 o’clock; A. M. * HOUSTON—At 4 o’clock, FouTth day morn ing, Alexander Houston, after a short illness. Due notice will b&given of. the funeral. _. WINSLOW—On the morning of the Ist instant, Ella Lotlise, youngest daughter of Dr. Winslow. » "\r EW SPRING .MOURNING GOODS daily J.X opened by BESSON & SON. , Mourning Store, No. 918 CHESTNUT street. N. B. Wholesale Rooms on second floor. A A LYONS BLACK SILK VELVET Lyons dr cr Velvet 1,1,' yards wide; Magnificent Spring Silks; Stoutest Black Dress Silks; Richest Spring Organdies; Shawls of newest styles. EYRE * LANDELL, Fourth and Arch streets. fe2o-tje3o - NOTICE tnAeheetingof all those opnosed Tjo. to the proposed Act of Legislature, which compels our street Passenger Hallway Companies to run their cars on the SABBATH, will be held in the Second United Presbyterian Cbnreh, EACE street, below Sixteenth, on THURSDAY EVENING, March 3d, at o’clock. All Friends of the Sabbath are earnestly requested to be present. 'inhi-St^ ry*==» TREASURY DEPARTMENT.—Or jticb US or Cojiptkow.br er the Ooerkxct, WASBij-GTOiT, Feb. 2«th, 1664. Whrreat, By Satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that the Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylva nia, ha 9 been duly organized under and according -to the requirements of the act of Congress, entitled * an act'to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,” ap proved February 25tb, 1663, and has complied with all the provisions, of said act required to be complied with before commencing the business of Banking, - ! Now, therefore, I.Hujh McCulloch. Comptrol ler of the Currency,, do hereby certify that the FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADEL PHIA, county of Philadelphia, and State of Penn-; sylvania, is authorized to commence the business of Banting, under the act aforesaid. In testimony -whereof, witness my hand and seal of office, this twenty-sixth day.of-February, IS6I. HUGH MoCULLOOH, : Comptroller of the Currency. mh2-2m§ IfIEWAED BOUNTIES. meeting ol LkS the delegates from Jthe various Wards of the city was held last evening. March Ist, at the Board of,Trade Booms, Daniel Steinmetz, Presi dent, in the Chair. On motion of George N. Tatham i* was Resolved, That it is the sense of thiß, Convention that any payment whatever to recruiting officers, or others, beyond the sums heretofore recommended as a uniform bounty to be paid.by the Wards, is against the common interest and understanding or the Wards, and that this practice should he im mediately discontinued. Oh moTion of Sheriff John Thompson, each ward of the city is earnestly requested to furnish to the next meeting the following information: lirst —The quota of the ward. - * second—-The number of men still required to dll •the quota. , . T/i.rcZ—-The number of men who have been paid the ward bounty. the'ward™^^ e ‘' W^0^e amoimt of money received by war'd? if any 311101X11101 moiie y still required by the Saunders, a committee of the veterans se Eome Plan for the payment fMd“ i elemiT oft 0 fto t m C th? ibt,lons railroad companies and tmblio*iS Tari#lls “eetin g Wa3 dettmd for «“rftion m m?ne“*t NEXT, the Bth inßt. EVENING ■ DANIEESTEINMETZ, President John K. Valentine, Secretary. ° It} . ryiS=» MEDICAL BOARD—-HEADQUat? UJ? TEES PENNSYLVANIA JllCitia' HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT, Haebisbubg March Ist, 1864. ’ The State Medical Board of Pennsylvania Militia will meet in Philadelphia on THURSDAY, the 20th of March next -and continue in session at least eight days, to examine candidates for appoint ment as Assistant Surgeons in Pennsylvania Reg intents. The object is to provide for vrtcincies ,~. e Teornited regiments which may-feonire additional Assistant Surgeons. Physicians in good health, furnishing satisfac ii ° f i ir ind ustry, sobriety and will be admitted to the examination. The rooms in which the examination will take place will -be indicated in the city papers on the day of meeting. By order of theGoylnior, _ JAS. KING, Snrgeon QeneralPenna. mhl-2t}| II ATTENTION!—LAST CHANCE '—Vitrht m men wanted to'fill. Companies Gand'F leia ft* in giment to maximmn number. Recruits in the it above Companies will get the lMgesHou,tlas yet received. Apply at' once at Pennsvlvania Bank, SECOND above Walnut afreet. ! yya . Capt. Hi :W. GBAEFF, lt * : > , Capt. ALEX. CAMPBELE. rys= A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LL5t i PHILADELPHIA HOSE and STEAM HEE ENGINE CO. No. 1 will be held TO MORROW (Thursday) EVENING, atBo’clock. mh-2-2t* JOHNO. KELLY, Vice President. ”- rfxt CITIZENS’ BOUNTY Lk_3 - M3TTTEE —A special meeting 'of ' this' Committee will be held at the rooms of the Board of Trade on FRIDAY, March 4, at-12 M, pre cisely. Punctual attendance is requested.. - THOMAS WEBSTER, Vice Chairman. Lonih" Blodget, Secretary. mh2-2t§ HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND SSjge LOMBARD-Street, DISPENSAEy . DEPARTMENT. Medical treatment and medi rratnltn-pgiy to th» boat* anl3r IMPORTANT . -NEWS - FROM ,VIR GINIA. u. MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF 'THE- P 0 TOMAC. KILPATRICK; REPORTED .NEAR RICH MOND. - [Correspondencetofptoe N.tf. Tribune*}- 3 l, 18C4 “Beta” reports irom the Headquarters,of the.Aimy of the Potomac, under dated March 1 f It would seem that General Sedgwick was sent to tbe extreme left of the enemy to engage his at tention, and.diverthis yigilance from the Bapidan fords. Kilpatrick seizing advantage of this crosses the river and proceeds t 6 make a v rapid detour to the southwest of the enemy* a main positions, around Orange Court House and Gordonsville', while Custar. swings rapiidly around the extreme right of Sedgwick, via Madison Court House and Stanardsville. . . v ; . Cur latest information from. Kilpatrick was tip to 8o? clock yesterday morning, when he was re ported to be at Spottsylvahia, and on the trot. Of Custar, we nave positive knowledge that his long lines of cavalry dashed rapidly thxough Madison Conrt House before daylight yesterday morning. It is reasonably conjectured by a Tribune special ' /who left the Court House at noon, that Cas tar had engaged thexnemy at lo’ clock;/or a heavy cari- t nonading was heard at that hour in the direction, of Orange Court House, and it continued up to dark. V. ‘ ‘Beta’ ’ indulges in tho speculation that Kilpat-j rick’s movement has for its object the disseminate tion of the President’s Amnesty Proclamation. He says that there is no truth in the tumor that the whole army orany considerable portion has moved or is about to move.. Deserters and prisoners come * in freely, out of the movement. In onrdamps, on Ihe other hand, officers’ wives and children abound, and arrive as well as depart daily. ..- , Gray sends" news from Madison CourtHousei dated Monday noon, that Sedgwick’s corps at sunrise on Saturday, with four day’s ratiOHs, bivouacked at night-seven milee beyond Culpeper, - leached Russell’s Ford on Robinson River bn Sunday forenoon, where most of the corps bivouacked, and Sedgwick established his headquarters. Talbot’s brigade pushed on to Madison Couit House with cavalry under Captain Clsllin. A rebel picket lied from the town to ward grange Court-House. Three of the-pickets were captured. Nota singleable-bodied man was tound in the town; a 11 had been remorselessly conscripted. The Ist Division of the 3d Corps came up to the •euppert of thq 6th.on Sunday night." : > , ; At 1 o’clock oh Monday morning Cnstar’s ca valry, with hoise artillery, marched out of the town to the Rapidan, which; was' crossed near Barnett's Ford: - .. Mr.- Long adds that ctur troops marched for miles on the road to Madison Court House through a bine of fire an Asmoke, the brush and stnbblklu the fields on both sides and tlie rail fences being on fire, through accident.or design.-. -. . . . . Latest —-Tne-iateßt news from the front indi cates a battle this morning at Stanardsville,-be tween Custar’s cavalry and rebel infantry. Ru mors persistently place Kilpatrick at about twenty five miles from Rlcbmoud, give us Spottsyivama Court House aud Madison. Court House, and, as a a drawback, swell the waters or the Rapidan six feet over th- level oi yesterday. m [Correspondenceof the N. Y. Times.J L Wasuixotos, March I.—The laiestinformation received here from the Army of the Potomac is up to nine o’clock this morning. H.avy musketry, probably, carbine tiring was heardearly this morn ing off to the extreme Tight, iu the direction of Stanardsville, whero it is supposed that Ouster’s cavalry were engaging the rebels. Madison Court * house ae well as topottsylvania Court-house are in our possession. There is au evident disposition ‘On the past of Lee to a void a battle, by keeping behind his intrenchmems. Kilpatrick has been heard from. The report is favorable., Lee’ 8 com munications no longer remain unbroken. It was, reported to-day at Culpeper that Hampton’s Le gion had been badly whipped by Kilpatrick; with : a less of Fevcral hundred prisoners—Hampton himself amopgthe number: . ‘ ~ - trr, f »[Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald. ] Arjst op the Potomac, March 1, 1664 —A great -excitemenrwas started to-day at Brandy Station and throughout the army by the publication, in tbeNew-York rimes, of an announcement of the movements of a part of this army. Tbe result will be probably the expulsion oi that paper and its correspondents from the army. A large rebel mail was captured to-dav at Fair fax, which filled five large trunks. ' The whole was covered by a pass from tbe War Department, bnt tbe vigilance of Colonel Devereaux’s railroad" detectives circumvented tbe miscreants and led to. the arrest. The offender was a woman, who professed to be on a mission ofmercy to the Army of the Potomac. FBOH GENERAL BILL MORE’S DEPARTMENT The Hilton Head correspondent of the Herald writes as follows: On the-21st.u-lt:-an expedition 'consisting of the ESth Pennsylvania, a detachment of the 67th Ohio and the Ith New Hampshire regiment, Col. Bell, under the command of Col. ’ Howell, proceeded from'Hilton Head in the steamers Dictator, Capt. Blanheman, the Mary Burton, the Golden Gate, the -Mayflower (aimed), Captain Young, to Whitmarsh Island, to capture a fatigue party said to be at work - there- bail ding lntrenchments. The expedition reached Free man’ s Cnt late at night,and before daylight pnsbed up towards the scene Of their operations. Captain Hughes, with his company of the Soih Penn sylvania Volunteers, was first landed, and sur prised the rebel picket and put them to - flight, and - captured fifteen ont of the fifty men that consti tuted it. The rebels wailed only to give' our linen one volley, when they broke and ran, with our , men closely after them. Onr force, ora portion of it, was put ashore quite rapidly, considering the defective character ol the boats used on the occasion. Assoon as a sufficient number was ashore. Company B, 4th New Hampshire, Captain Greenleaf, was thrown out as skirmishers, and Ordered to feel the enemy ’ s position and strength. - He advanced nearly two miles, and found the enemy quite strong in the woods, andafter driving in the enemy’s skirmishers, he found himself in the presenceof a rebel force o! at least flfte en hundred men. As soon as this fact was developed, befell back and joined the command, closely followed by the enemy. "When the exact state of affairs was made, known to Colonel Howell, he determined to embark his command on the transports, and relin qr.ish the plan of operations, as with hisinferior - force .he eonld do but little and might possibly be captured. The eitkmy"pressed on our command; - as it’was slowly-embarking, and opened are,- wounding two of our officers and one man. Colonel Bell ordered companies F- and C, of the Fourth New Hampshire, to throw up a temporary rifle pit, and cover its : front with abattie; behind Which onr.: men were well protected. This was held until ourmen were safely on the vessels decks again.. The Mayflower was busy enough meanwhile in vigorously shell ing the rebels’ position, and preventing them from using their artillery as effectually as they may have desired. The rebels were kept at bay-’until TM> nt tit fo -L oe e°‘ away, and then, covering the a idnniV 1 !U I 1 5 y ? lowel, “Of off quietly away firing “ cO “P UmeDt t 0 rebels abSS?^ 011 “ ave a good effect on the their premie™ V* occasion a, change in Pennkvlvante*2ii I> Company D, 65th Lieutenant N B Sanded and tak£n prisoner, wounded in groin- Company H, Seriously wounded in the Company H, prisoner; all of tlie °e?»>f a i? ailey ! Co ? I P an y K t enemy’s loss was one kitied auTsiMeiStev. Th . e sonerp f rom the 54th Georgia PTi ~ THE TOSS OF THE HOUSAIONIC— TORPEDOItR. [From the N. Y. Sunday Mercury, ofFeb 2SthJ The most persistent experimenters with intern, machines are therebels, tod ira fwlS. they have been amply rewarded for their sST verance. The last act performed by them has bees the total, destruction- ol the. steam sloop-ot-wnr of thirteea gags. This vessel "breatfned with destruction a few week?* since,-and Id all; probability would have been sunk at tbat .time,, but from the fiict that the- torpedo-vessel filled wnh water and sunk before reaching her ■object On the night-of the lSth inst ,at about 9 o’clock, when at least one-half of tho crew • were ip. /their beds, the submarine devil,came down through Breach Inlet, 'andap proaihing the Housatonic, was discovered. The roaster's mate on the -lookout discovered her, and immediately alarmed the ship’s company, who enceavored to fireagun, but owing to some mishap ii wemo not go'off' '’The' rebel' quietly propelled j himself along until he reached the starboard side aud ruder the quarter, when he exploded his that portion of the vessel into ten thousand fragments. The Housatonic sank iu aboutfive minutes,and. flye lives were lost—two of being - officers. It‘is' rumored that her commander, Captain Pickering,-Is -so 6everelv wounded that he cannotrecover. * ~ ‘ '' The? Housatonic .is a second-class screw sloop, and was built iu Boston shortly after the.rebellion broke? out, and was considered one of the fiiest vessels in the Navy of her c;ass/ : Although a great misfortune to us, itmu6tproYoof great value to. -*us, &s| it clearly demonstrates ihe necessity of our " fihvab authorities taking immediate action in refe rence-to this meUiod of naval warfare. We are now planning to ;protect that portion of our ves-‘ eels which are supposed to be affected by shot abovft water-line, while these very rebels are to us that the bottom of a vessel is the most part of her; and consequently they will do their utmost to strike us where we are the weakest. Scientific men in this' country • apd in Europe have been and are now,doing much to develop this new art in naval warfare. In our own country, we-have one of the ablest engineers : ‘in the. naval service who is at work with one of the .most torpedo vesseis..yet devised: we c e .?, r ;t -S ch ief ; Engineer;"W". Vf. "Wood,. United States Navy His plans have been submitted* to a competent Board of skillful naval officers, who pronounce in its favor, in tb© highest • terms; and vra ventnie to prophesy that the day is:not far dibtant when the iron* clads as well as the wooden vessels way to the torpedo vessels? . mabner in. which this rebel torpedo ’vessel . Ims disposed of the Housatonic, leaves no doubt of the efficiency of that class of vessels; Men who, a few weeks ago, pointed to the failure of this tor- P ( “° T p ßsel to blow up the New Ironsides, and who •sun later, scouted at the idea of the rebels ever attempting to try the destruction of the Housato- ? lc .®6 a iu, are compelled now to own up that there -is more in this style, of naval warfare than they et er credited tolt. Theloss of the.Housatonic will do more to hasten the day when submarine vessels will be borne on the records ot the Navy Depart m< nt.than anything irhUh has happened in the last quarter of a century.’' Its teachings are of vast importance, and Europe will not bo backward in the hint, and renewing her experiments iu this quarter. It is generally conceded in progres sive circles.that submarine warfare, both in ves sels and in works located in harbors, will soon be as common a theme as any subject we discuss at the present day. - Seme of the- first men in our Army and-Navy, are deeply interested in the enb -iectandar© wcrkihtffor its adoption. This affair has created a profound sensation among scientific circles in this city, and wi»l create an impression throughout the naval circles or the world only equaled by the fight between the Merrimac and Monitor. THE SEIZURE OF THE TUSCALOOSA IN _. ' . SIMON’S BAY. TheCalcnlta.ftom. the tape of Good Hope, with dates to Jan. 6, reports; The Confederate cruiser Tvscaloosa was seized in Simon’s Bay on the *27th of December by Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, in accordance with special instruction* from the En gliih Government, the alleged grounds for doing to being that the was still—an uncondemned prize She is detained until she is claimed by her owners. Her ctmmsnder has made a protest-against the capture. .a. following summary is ftora Th 4 CaU Jtnut ox Jar. 6: . - ‘‘Since the departure af the mail steamer Cam ux OI December, the most" Interes tins •TCntths; ha* occurreA has been, the- seizure, be the O overnir.ent, nh.ier orders from home, of the Confederate cruiser Toecalooea, formerly the i bark Conrad The Tuscaloosa, which was in Simon s Bay rather more than three months ago, returned to that port on Saturday, Dec. CS. Lieut. Lowe, her commander, repor:ed that since hf-r last visit r .tbe Tuscalons* had- boon craising; between ilio espe and Brazil, nnd had spoken -tsrzTly ill) vessel*. Rut of that’number only one' happened, to he a Federal That one was the ship Livinp AKe, which having an English cargo o* board, was released on glTing a bond. “During her cruise the Tuscaloosa pat into one of theßrasilian ports for -water and supplies, but was refused both, in consequence of which her crew are said to have been placed npon short al lowance,' Lieut. Lowe hoped on this visit to Si mon’s Bay to get the bottom of his vessel re-cop psred; as well as to take m all the supplies he needed. Bnt hie hopes were doomed to be ditap. pointed, loronthe day after her arrival Admiral Mr Baldwin Walker despatched from the flagship a Lieutenant amt-a hoarding party of 23 men to take pocsescion of the Tnscaloosa in the Queen’s name; The officer promptly executed the erders of the Admiral, and the vessel was seized accord ingly." Lieut. Lowe lodged with the Admiral a lonnaj protest against the seizure, which will be transmitted to the Home Government. “The United States’ Consul, Mr. Graham, lodged a claim to the vessel on behalf of her farmer ownets, and has since been informed by the Gov ernment. that she will be detain&.until she can be hr over to them. The point upon-which the auihoiities at home differ in opinion from Mr: Denyssen, who was acting Attomey-General, and, as such, legal adviser of Ihe Government, when the Tuscaloosa formerly visited th* Cape, is as to the competency of Captain Semmes to con jemn pnzes without taking them to a 'regnlarly consti tuted prize court. Such court Captain Semmc's claims to constitute on board the Alabama by vir tne of authority from his Government: and the quest ion'at issue is, whether that coart, or pre t* nded court, is a cotart whose decisions' ag gnevea persons are bound to and otberjGoyeminents to acknowledge aixd accept. * • ‘la onr yiefv, the very idea of a court implies that the persons whose property is to be disposed of shall have the right of being present and the power of advocating their cans*. With these conditions it be said that the conrt held by Captain Semmes on board the Alabama complies. And his court, certainly, is not rucha court as the'other Powers of the world have established. It may be said that the .circumstances oi tbe Confederate States are eicepticnnl, and that the coast being. . blockaded by a superior naval Power, it would be iropossible ior Cdpt. Semmes to send his prizes for condetonatioa to a court own country But that, we take it, is an accident all the unpleasant consequences of which the Coitfettoutes must sub mit to; and if Cant. Semmeg’.s court be not such a court as independent Powersare bound to acknow ledge and respect, the condemnation was clearly illegal. “Upon thatpoint tbe whole case tntns. If the condemnation was illegal, the conversion of the • Conrsd into an arhaed cruiseT, and her commission ae such, were equally so, and she cannot claim in demnity from seizure as a man of-war. If, on the other band, it be held that tbe condemnation vnts sufficient, then is the Tuscaloosa entitled to all the privileges of a ship of-war, one of which is free dom irom arrest. , | • / AHHSEHENTsi ■" Th* Walitdt.—Though there was bnt a small hou6e:at the Walnut last evening, the personation of rancho* by Miea. Ettie Henderson, was even than upon the first night, and it re ceived warm applause from the audience. This evening Miss Henderson brings out apiece, new, we believe, iu this country, called l ‘The Flower Girl anfi the Convict Marquis. ” She takes the character of tbe ilower girl, and will, no doubt, make;a charming picture of’lt. Tho afterpieee is “The Laughing Hyena. ” The OHEstspT.—“The Ticket-of-Lcave Man’ ’ will be revived at the Chestnut to-night, with the -°“ t " No Play has beea performed inthis city,- within our recollection, ifl better, style than ihe “T. O." L. M.’* *t the Ohesi- H^fOTeth^pe^leT 61 *“ done w “ el y. Tbb Aboh.—••The Magic Marriage” and .•NmePointe of the Law” Vin be gl vento-night playst rs " John Brjw appearing inboth axe about twenty able ar tists in the company at the Eleventh Street Opera House, and they nightly present the most capital programmes. This evening’s hails excellent. ■ Tbb BiBLiCAn PABOBAMA at Concert Hail etlll attracts the attention of the lovers of striking paintings. It will be exhibited the alternoonand UK De Cobdova’s second ‘comic lectuxh will b® Biff“ ,o '“° r (Thursday) evening at Con cert HaU. His subject Is ••Chrtsthffie Dinner.” ' QOBDEMBEP Hoßaas—At the sale ef condemned Government horse*, at Trenton* on Mondkv the apimals brought from one to twentydollars’ •SCO,; OUB WHOLE CJOUNTHV. The Pension Agbscy in this Citt.—On the roll af the United States Pension Agency, iu this city, on the Ist of January. 1562, the number of pensioners was 554, nhd on the Ist day'of January, 1564, the number had increased to 3,417, and it is now thought they will number not less than ; 4,000,' with a steady increase of about - 100 per' month at least. These pensions run as low as $3O and as high as $6OO per annum. The number of the lowest and the highest class are both being reduced, as none are now pensioned at those rates, and the average of pensioners now placed on the roll is about $9B per annum. In 1563 the whole amount Prions at the Philadelphia Agency was );j2,279 57, while in the year 1561 there was paid the sumof $231,0(13 9c: being an increase in two years of $1.9,224 41. These pensions. are always up to a given time, the 4th of March or September to the army, and the Ist of January and July to the invy. . . ■ ■ ■ Arrests DCRisoFEBRUARX.-^The-police of tbe eily made 2,072 arrests during the month of February. The prisoners were divided among the several districts as follows: District.' Arrest. \ District. ... 203 J 2 391 13 951 Hi 218 15.. Clerks ofiMabkets.—The following ap pointments-have been'made :.by Mr. Fugb, the jiewly-elected Commissioner of" Markets: Office Clerk, Hr O. Pugh; Clerks of Markets—South Se cond street, Mahlon Webster; Wharton and Ship-/ pen, Geo. Schaffer: South Eleventh street,. Mal com Lincoln; NorthSecondstreet, :Wm,; Weyant: Fianklinand Farmers’, Thomas Lewis: Girard avenue, west of Sixth street, Geo. w. Metzger: Girard avenue from Sixth street to Frankford road, Lewis M. Green;’ from Frankford Toad- to-. Crown street, Richmond and York: avenne Mar kets, Win: Eager; Eastern Market,- Richard Bla ney; Frankford Market, A. S. Stokes. . New Buildings. —During the past month the' Building Inspectors issued permits as follows : Dwellings, 33 of three-stories;22 of two-storieg,and 4of one-story; 2 offices; l'faotory; 1 hotel; lstair way: ( stables; 4 sheds; 4stores; 2 shops; 2atore-’ houses; .2 market houses,-and 2 slaughter houses. Permit* were also granted for fifteen alterations andrepalrs. j- ' Not to Eiifb ros. Fires.—Mayor Henry yes terday issued an order that the State House boll shall not be rungfor fires hereafter. The hell will only Wrung iaswes of . Tfte flre CITY BULLETiar. gK. I SA- 35- Th'Pi Soo I IETI ' * oa Pbowjtiso Aobi ss-^tissaiisjnaaKx's; A P”cnitnrai Bureaunt Washington. tlle The 1 President also presented a copy of the cata log”®s ° f t * le Agricnßnral College of Pennsylvania Collefes PJ , aDS for organization of Agricultural ?L 4, Charles H.Rjbinn, Nathaniel Burt and freSdciety 613 were elect£d resident, members ot of Jam ®s Gowan, received at a • ttne ’. TOas accepted, and Mr. Gowan the Sdclety“ traalr els—sids. IIAI do. TJcion Mbtnal Ina Co. ,at Sl9-5!,900. lj do. Northwestern Railroad, *t Si 50—Stt. . . 13 do. do. do. at Si SU—SSS 30 60 do. Wen Chester and Philadelphia Rail read Co., prefetred, at Sl7 75-51.064. ' -- 1 share Philadelphia Librarr, SS6. 1 do. Menantile Eibrarr, paid op, sa I do. do do. - . S3J Irredeemable gfoond rent of 51*2 50, par Sd,Wl. 67. Sansom street, west ol Eighth street s'.! 550. Irredefn&ble ground met of Slid 50, par S 3, Ml 07—53,550. About '35 per cent above pur Irredeemable ground reutof Sind ajear—s’,92s. Irredeemable ground rentof *lOO a year—Sl, sMo. Four-story brick reeidence, No. 1330 Chestnut street, opposite the Hint, subject to restrictions as to building—£oo, ooo. she elegant brown done residence, No. 1332 Chestnut street, they withdrew, now hold It at private sale. Handsome modern residence,No.s2o Vine street, east ol Sixth street—s7,3oo. - Large and valuable residence, No. 207. South Fourth street, between Walnut and Spruce streets — SI4.CUI. Three-story brick hotel and dwelling. No. 1522 Bidge arenue—S3, SIO.! Four-story brick residence, No. i6S3 Filbert street, west of Eighteenth street—s9,sso. Private sales since our last report: The hand- Bome residence, cornsrof Arch and Twenty-first streets—sl7, no. . 'Warehouse No. 316,North Broad street, 53 feet irpnt— $30,500. Thls.is in the same square as' the S’:? at F ubll - sale 23d tulL, 9S feet front, for subject to a ground rent of $11,660, equal to $17,466, making $77,966 of property sold in that square last week. 3, ««« C..... so Reserve Corps 204 Harbor P01ice........ 28 Park Police ..... 8 Bay Sergeants,;,,,.. 16 Chestnut Hin,...,,,, 1 '3 72 ll9 l3B io€ companies will receive alarms by their telegraphic boxes and the bells upon the police Btatlcms will be rang as usual. ■ . .. w 1 TnE Water Department — Mr. Birkenbine, *s® Chief Engineer of the Water Department. made the ■ foUowing appointments yesterday: Permit riif ks^€a^ 8 Chnstopher, N". H. Purdy,A- O. R B *tpJiVPri Wewk U?’Sf°* “ llßr - Pnryeyoral-E. Henry Johnson and ftir,”' 1 , 0 ' 0 ' Inspectors—J Wymer, ■H. ffio. .Becfai.. Ml Wmf Jamefi' Eo- ww, eJ^ D 5 r ’ ' Twenty-fonrth Waid gerlw. Fairmount - ■**»?■ \eaiSlVn^‘’^7 T Z I ‘ r Massachusetts iS”F • With vesUfs off N. D c! . Soldiers Passing: Tnnouan. During the month of February the Union Volunteer Refresh, ment Saloon entertained 14,593 soldiers passing to and from the seat of war; fonnd' quarters for tha night, 3,452; admitted tohospital, 17; died, 2 -Postponed.-—The. resolution on smoking on the Passenger Railway Cars, was postponed to the next meeting of the -ißoard of President’, in consequence of a Ir re.qnornm being present at tb« meeting of the Board yesterday. A Grand Gymnastic Exhibition, at the Amencan Academy of Music, will take place on "S ; e Ycning, March Bth. Seats can -be t. 1 !. 1 , a i,Hillebrand k Lewis’s Gymnasium, corner of Ninth and Arch streets. On. Paintings. The attendance being «5, t. l ? couse< )uence of the storm last evening? vf icei , l , ailtl moBt valuable of the collection J*, 1 * *?“ told without reserve this evening at 8 S ? le ! Rooms of Scott 5c Stewart, “9- 622. Chestnut street, among which will be mnnd .objects py Atwood, Paul Ritter, Meade? Kippendorf and others. ’ Best Qdalitt Teas and Coffees Those of our reader* who are particular in the use of these i?iUwJ eTer Ji E * J ’ ehould buy tbeirTEASandCOF FEES at Davis A Richards’s, Arch and Tenth Streets, where the very finest and purest are al ways to be found. ■ For Throat Diseases and Conghs, use •LBrottn’« Bronchial Trochtt, ’ ’ which are sold bv all Druggists. J “Isaac,” said 3lrs. Partington to her nephew, “ when yon enter the state of alimony, choosa a voracious and .well-uniformed young woman. Then, my dear, your love will be infernal and y our posterity c« rtatn. ’ ’ Ike looked exceedingly solemn .--while Mrs. P. proceeded toorderaauDply of coal from the Central DepotofMr. A. T. Maik ley, southwest comer of Broad and Race. Tha old lady, it seems, knows where to get a good articlo. Thi Fiest Day of Sparse.—Messrs. C. Somer» 4c Sou, under Jayne’s Hall, arenowopen- Ing a magnificent Spring Stock at tneir popular Clothing Eatablißhmem, 6ss©hesujntstreet. Their importation* are the largest they hare ever made, and the taste displayed in the selection ol their ele gant spring fabrics we are sure will be universal j approved. JXpy are telling off the Valance of their TTmtfr Clothing at greatly reducei prices, A WoyDiBFrL Piece of Mechaxisk.—The popular Grover & Baker. Sewing Machines, sold at T3O Chestnut street, have the distinguishing no torieWLol having taken the first premium wherevlr they Ats been exhibited in comparison with other machines. This, with the fact that, among the thousands of families throughout this land who have the Grover fc Baker Machines in use,there is not to be found one who would substitute. any other in its stead, is no mean prooi that it posses ses more merits iban.any'riral machine. The most Tigid tests have demonstrated that for many rea sons the Grover & Baker Stitch is preferable to any other. The elegantly.embroidered garments dis played in the windows of their establishment in his city are a splendid card of what the Grover & Baker Machine can do, and thej attract much at tention. Victory —Ice Cream and Water Ices, at 40 cents per quart, Morse’s 238 S. Eleventh street. Extensive Clothjso Hocsb, Third am Chestnut. - & ' Winier Clothing. Winter Clothing. / _ Winter Clothing. Winter Clothing. Extensive Clothing Honse, Third and Chestnut, ©vercoate, Overcoats, S7toS32. . S7JOS32. Extensive Clothing House, Third and Chestnut i Frock Coats, Frock Coats, 813 to 891. 813 to 824. Extensive Clothing House; Third and Chestnut Business Coats, : Business Coats, S9tOsi6. $9 to $l6. Extensive Clothing House, Third and Chestnut Pants, Pants, $5 to $9. 9o to $9. Ex tenure Clothing House, Third and Chestnut Vesta, Vests, 99 to 98. S*2 to *B. Extensive Clothing House, Third and Chestnut. Thousands of Garments In store. Thousands of Ganae -is in store. , PERRY & CO. * S , Extensive Clothing House, Nos. 3G3and 305 Chestnut street 7 All a ifi-r-Dcfc. —£ reporter who had been looking at some body taking a drink, recently wrote the following item : •«Yesterday morning, at four o’ clock. P. SI;, a small man with a leg in the hole of his trowsers. committed arsenic by swallowing a dose of suicide. The verdict of the inquest returned a jury ihat the deceased came to the fact in accordance with his death.*’ We once bad a boozy compositor who informed our readers in type, that *» The bestßockhill & Wilsoos’ ex tant. were those worn by the Brown Stone Cloth ing Hall, where they were made by elegani suits!* > We had written that 4 * the moet elegant suits ex tant were those made at the Brown Sione Clothing Hall of Bockhill 4c Wilson, Nos. 6b3 and 605 Chest nut street,, above Sixth. . Deafness and Blindness J. Isaacs, M.D., Professor of the Eye and Ear, treats all diseased appertaining to the above members with the utmost success. Testimonials from’ the most re liable sources Id the city and country can be seen at his,Office, No. 511 Pme street. Artificial eye” Inserted without pitta.' No. charges made for ah examination.’ Olllce hon s from 8 to 11 A.M.;2 to CP. M., No. s!l*>inestreet. s Corns, Bunions, Inverted Nails, Enlarged Joints, and all Diseases ot the Feet cured without pain or Inconvenience to the patienf, by Dr. Zacharie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut street. Refers to Physicians and Surgeons of the city. Lest has come, and with it Hot Cross Bans, at Morse’s, 238 South Eleventh street. Best and, Purest Coax, in the city; none better; please try it. Samuel W. Hess, Broad street, above Race, east side. If anything was needed to give new evidence of the growth of musical taste in our community, it was afforded by the brilliant audience assembled at the Foyer of the Academy of Music last night, despite of the extreme inclemency of the weather. The character and quality of these choice expo sitions of classical music are now so well known that an extended notice cf last evening’s entertain ment is unnecessary. -3o t- fne.fiicet it rettifttnct were Spohr’ a great Quin tett”in G. Minor, and Mozart’s Quartett No, 3, which, were rendered with a finished precision and delicacy of expression ‘which attested the highest degree of appreciation of these great masters by the accomplished performers. The vocal part of the soiree was mine hands of Herr Babelman, the distinguished tenor of'the German Opera Troops, who sang the Wanderer by JFescaanda 1 ‘Yogelsang”by Abt,in magnificent, style.' He was greeted.with round after round'of well deserved applanse. )j ' ‘ ; Mr. Ahrend's 1 * Suisse,’* by Ser yais, was played with all the extraordinary brilli ancy and exquisite finish.which is so well known i to the countless admirers of this really gTeat artist, and lastly but not iJast, ; Mr. Jarvis gave, us an ’Etude, by Henselt, and a Polonaise, by Chopin, in his own best style) which has established for this young artist such an enviable reputation. : - The: Grand Pianos used on the occasion, were, as usual, of “Stack's’’ make, and under such hands] as those of Messrs. Cross and Jarvis, could hot fail to win now encomiums for that purity and brilliancy of tone that have won for them so hijjh; place in yublic.e*Utt»tf9B. m: . : . ; -i ■ CROSS ARD JARVIS’S SOIREE. F. L mtifflgTON, Pablism ■ ' PEKOirii. / bv tei G°venior and Prel S^»^as«sss»' Tlie Hev. Dr. HeGUntockwill soon return ♦- ' *ZVt mU &' He American Chapel, in Paris. and.after aflt leS will sail for America about the Sh, to^Torh. 3 —. W *»** „J^?i EaT- James/Woods McLane.whp died a day or tw6 since at WilUsmsburgh, Long Island,' wm in 'Charlotte, North Carolina, May 22, IBM Ch^h 116 wVv 611 1 631110 me First Presbyterian Church in WdlxamsbUrgh, where he remained as P"* o , l 1111111 Decembfl r, 1563, when, at his own re. quest, on account of failing heal*, he was re lieved of hm charge - He wls mSPa dipfcta:”! Society, and several years ago rendered ’C&luAble service in correcting and ore. £Jvv e v. t^ l e -J )re l. eilt sta »dardEdition of the Bible ‘. Se vas also Seareiafy toe PresbyteS S TUlt » t^le well-known English painter F.JSS'.'JISi.S" “““ '£ »r«"|Ss;s'S. both before and after Professor at -that instUntion. d.ed of consumption at Amhertt, Mass., on Sal tnrday morning, at the age of 70 Fortwo op h t s bealtb hasbe-ngradually failing. . « was bom in Old Deerfield, Mass,, May 2i, 1703. In IS2sb© accepted the''professor ship of natural history and chemistry in Amherst College. From ISIS to ISoi he was President of the College, at d also gave instruction in natural the ology and geology; and It was through his exer tions that a professorship of natural theology and geology was permanently founded, the chair or wnJcix he filled to the day of hi* death. Dr Hitch cock suggested,and executed the geological survey or Massachusetts, the first scientific survey of aa entire .-.tatsunder the authority of the government m the world. He was the first to scientifically ex amine and classify the fossil foot prints in the Con necticut VaUey,. and his ichnological cabinet at Amherst contains specimens of all those known, remains. He was the originator and the first Pre sent of the American Scientific Association, and. wj* Congress very properly named him as one of the fifty incorporators and members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. King K&mehameha* Y. has appointed E. C- Hams, Esq , formerly of Portsmouth, N. EL, to the office held by himself under the reign of his late brother, L e. to preside over, the Department of the Interior. Mr.-Charles A. Weed, of Stamford, Ct., has bought the estate of Secretary Benjamin, of the rebel Confederacy, on the Mississippi river, r>**r Baton Rouge, °for 8140,000. - Mr. Charles W. Mareb, a gentleman well-- known m literary circles, died at Alexandria*. Egypt, on the 24tn of January, aged 47 years. He was a native of Hew Hampshire, was at one engaged as an editorial writer on the New Yarte Trtbunf.axcV subsequently became a contributor’ to the Kew.Yoxk-Tiwei and a correspondent of tha Be sion Ctttrier. He published a joornal of his travels in Andalusia and Madeira, and also a vol ume entitled ‘•Eeminisceacesnf Congress,” the death of Daniel Webster, Me. March published, a series of interesting personal reminiscences. A WAK EAGLE IN THE WAR.. A correspondent of the Tirequa (Wis;) Timet. ■ gives The following interesting particulars Of tha eagle .-‘Old Ate,” of thebth Wisconsin Hee iment: .. / “ Old Abe is an intelligent bird, and understands himself. When at liberty to go where he pleases, the sutler’s lent is,his favorite resort. If any live chickens are to.be. found, lie is sure to pounce oik •ne, seizing it with one claw, and hobbling off oa the other, with the aid of his wings. Old Abe, we sre sorry to say is quite a thief. There is on« favorite dog m the regiment with which the ea»le keeps on good terms. They will both eat together at the beginning of the meal, but towards tha cloee, as provisions get scarce, the ea*le will pitch into the dog and drive him off. Ifaborser comes within reach. Hr. Eagle is eurebo exhibit his snpenority over the quadrupedal creation bv hopping