viii i CONORMS--Flltf3T SESSION. WASHINGTON, April, 1, 1864. SaNAT.E.—On-mation of lir—Grimes.it was resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate the names of all persons who have been sentenced by "eourt martial for frauds or - pecnlations against the government and pardoned by him, since the first of December, 1863, together with the sentences from_wlich his pardon relieved them ; and also the names of all persons like wise sentenced by court-martial for military offences othir than fraud or peculation, and similarly'pardoned ; . which was agreed to. • The Vice President laid before the Senate a• communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of Mr. Grimes, as to the number of men transferred from the military to the naval service, &c. It was referred to the Naval Committee, and ordered to be printed. ' Mr. Nesmith called up the bill to establish assay officers at Carson City, Nevada, and Dallas City, Oregon; and moved an amend ment establishing a branch mint at Portland, Oregon, instead of an assay office at Dallas Oity. Mr. Nesmith advocated his amendment at length, and complained that the Committee on Finance had infringed the common law of the Senate, after they had heard the report and resolutions of an Oregon delegation, who might be supposed to know about the - propriety of the measure, and referred the decision to the Secretary of the Treasury, who, having no in formation himself upon the subject, referred it to the director of the mint at Philadelphia, one James Pollock, who knew less than any other party consulted, and who sent here a commu nication suggesting that the proposed coinage establishment looked towards national disentre gation. After he had learned that his first bill to establish a branch mint at Portland had been committed, first to the casemates of the Treasury Department, and thence to the genius who presides over the present mint in the city of Brotherly Love, he was apprehensive that be should never again behold the fair propor tions of his cherished offspring. His worst fears had been realized, and his bill returned dilapidated and torn by the stupidity and igno rance of the company it has kept, and its man gled remains are now before the Senate with the hope of an accommodation bill for an assay office. When he should be called to an account by his people why a branch mint was not es tabliseed, he would have to say, with shame and confusion, that Mr. Pollock was opposed to it. It would be hard to convince his people thatlfr`. Pollock was a branch of this Govern ' Anent. . The Oregonians might have had a branch mint at their own door for She coinage of the precious metals", for which they so industriously labor, and of which they are daily being rob bed, either by speculators, or the risk, expense and delay in sending them thousands of miles away to be coined, but that the profound Pol lock had discovered that the component parts of branch mints were treason, secession, abro gation of constitutional compacts, disregard of oaths, denial. of ; Federal .authority, arson, murder, all of _which constitute the crime known as disintegration. Mints- and branch mints, notwithstanding Mr. Pollock are mere workshoPs or factories for the accommodation of the people, and should be located at points convenient to the raw material; and the men who desired to confine their operations to' an inconvenient point, might as well urge that iron foundries, brick yards, grist mills, blacksmith shops, B4o. neces sary to accommodate more than 20,000,000 of people should all be located in one village. We read in the Scriptures that Nebuchadnez zar fed on grass but never bedame fit for beef; and from analogy we may mfer that Pollock, though controlling an estab lishment which he regards as embodying all the attributes of national sovereignty, will hardly ever attain abcondition qualifying him for other ; functions. [Laughter.] Mr. Nesmith proceeded at length to 'give =exhibi tion of the vast mineral resources of the wide extent of country whose interests would be sub served by the measure advocated,• and he thought that the government, instead of pur suing a niggardly policy towards th.e hardy pion eers engaged in developing its rich mineral re sources, should extend to them all necessary facilities for the promotion of enterprises so fraught with the present and prospective inter ests of the nation. The subject then went over under the rules. Mr. Powell endeavored to obtain the floor to get np his resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information in regard to churches - and property of Christian denominations taken possessiori of by his own or orders of generals - in the army. - He desired the resolution passed, as he wished to obtain the information for the purpose of making it the basis of still which he was now preparing. Mr. Wilson moved to go into Executive ses sion, but several Senators desiring to get up other bills, Mr. Wilson withdrew his motion. Mr. Conness moved that when the Senate adjourn it be until Monday, which was adopted, _ Mr. Sherman revived the motion for an Ex ecutive session. Hale called attention to the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, presented this morn ing, and urged -that several important naval bills awaited action. He had refrained from -pressing important measures on account of the great number of military bills brought before the Senate, and he was afraid, if he did not urge his measures, he would be in the pre dicament of the countrynaan who stood on the Astor House steps waiting for the procession to go by, and the crowd became thicker and thicker the longer he hesitated. Mr. Powell moved to adjourn, which was - rejected. The ayes and nays were called upon Mr. Sherman'.s motion to go into Executive session, which was adopted—ayes 24, nays 16. The Senate, after a long executive session, adjourned. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Eliot (Mass.), from the Committee on Commerce, reported abill fixing the rules for preventing collisions on water by signals, fog bells, &c. He explained that its object was to contribute toward a uniform international code of rules. The importance of such a'code had Vora long time been felt by parties interested, but:ttp,to this time none had been established by this' government. A. year ago Lord Lyons' called the; attention of the State Department to 'the subject and enclosed a code of rules adopted by Great Britain, to go into force in June last, and suggested that it be adopted by our gov *Aliment. This code was submitted to the • _;-Navy-Department,'and. by _it referred to a board, which gave the code _it careful ex . andisation:- It had also been recommended by the Treasury Department. Copies of the bill now before .. .the House had been sent to different parts of the country, and the attention , of -persons interested in commerce called to it. -Great Britain andrranee had adopted the code, and it was believed all the maritime Powers ,would do . so, thus making it international. All the responsei to the Committee on Commerce express but one opinion, and that was in favor of the code. It was as pearly perfect as-it could be made. The bill - was then passed, and Mr. Eliot, from the Committee' on Commerce ' reported a bill regu lating thfiadmeiisnrementand tonnage of ships • and'ves. - eels of the United States. He said the effect of this bill would-be to contribute to a uniform - rule On this • subject. It was a sur prising fact that up to this time we were with -- out a mode'_ of. legally ascertaining what the - meaning of a ton_ is as applicable to vessels. This bill-was recommended by the Navy De partment and sanctioned by the Treasury De partmenf. It had' been submitted to persons interested, and had found general favor. The true way to determine the tonnage of vessels is ?RE DAILY EVENING BULLS T) PHIL kDIt LPHIL SATURDAY; APRIL 2, 1884 - TRIPLE SHEET. assnigsmummiummmumm... to ascertain by c orreetnei ontheirint na cubic eapaeity. Thiedi"edby one hu t dredgivesthenumberoft r smakingone hun dred cubic' feet a ton. This is provided by the bill, which vras passed..:: Mr. Eliot reported a bill,which was passed, providing that the collection district of Presque Isle be changed to the district of Erie. Also, a bill twippoint an appraiser and as sistant appraise7for Portland, Me. Mr. Dixon (R. I.), from the Committee on. Commerce, reported a bill,, which was passed, exempting from payment of tonnage duties, after the first of August next, canal boats, freight barges, scows and other craft without masts confined to tidewater, or within certain bounds. - - Mr. Elijah Ward (New York), from the Committee on Commerce, reported a joint resolution setting forth, among other things in' the preamble, that by the treaty made' by Pre sident Pierce September 11, 1854, for the purpose of extending reciprocal trade between the British and North American`Colonies and the United States, nearly, all ,the articles which Canada has to sell are admitted into the United States free of duty, while heavy duties are now imposed upon many of those articles which the people of the United Statei have to sell, with the intention of excluding them from Canadian markets, and that the Pre sident, during the Thirty-sixth Congress, caused to be submitted to the House an efficial report, setting forth the inequality and injustice existing in our present intercourse with Canada, subversive of the true' intent of the treaty, owing to subsequent legis lation of Canada; but it being desirable that friendly relations should be continued between the United States and the British North Ame rican province:4, and that commercial inter course should be hereafter carried on between them upon principles reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory to both parties; therefore Resolved, That the President be authorized and required to give notice to the British Go vernment that it is the wish or intention of the Government of the United States to terminate the treaty and end it twelve months from ite expiration of ten years from the date at which the treaty went into operation. Such notice to be given at the expiration of said term of ten years, to the end that the treaty may be abrogated as soon as can be done under the provisions thereof, unless a new convention shall before that time be concluded between the two Governments by which the provisions 'shall be abrogated and so modified as to be eventually satisfactory to both Governments, and that the President be and is hereby au thorized to appoint three commissioners, by and with the advice and consent.of the Senate, for the revision of said treaty, and to confer with other commissioners duly authorized therefor whenever it shall appear to be the wish of the Government of Great Britain to negotiate a new treaty between the two Go vernments and the people of both Govern ments, based upon the true principles of reci procity, and for the removal of existing diffi culties. : Mr. Morrill (Me.) said if Congress was to ad journ the last of May, as the House had indi cated, this would be utterly impossible, unless more progress be made in business. He, there fore, moved that all debate on the National Bank bill shall terminate one minute after the committee shall resume the consideration of this special order. They had yet to come before them several appropriation bills, including the Indian, Miscellaneous, Tax and Bankrupt bills. If gentlemen continue, making speeches it would be a considerable time before the Bank bill could be disposed of. Mr. Brooks objected to the motion. Mr. Morrill then modified his motion to make the cessation of debate apply to the thirty second section only. This was agreed to. The House then ,went into committee on the National Bank bill. The thirty-second section provides each association shall select, subject to the approval of the Controller of the Cur rency, an association in either of the cities named in the preceding section at which it will redeem its circulation notes at par. Mr. Davis (N. Y.) proposed to amend by adding ((or an association in the city of New York which shall redeem its circulation notes at a discount not exceeding one-fourth of one per cent." Mr. Hale suggested an amendment, to in clude Philadelphia and Boston, which Mr. Davis accepted. Mr. Davis's amendment, thus amended, was then rejected, by 47 votes against 50. Mr. Lane (Ind.) offered an amendment pro viding that all profits over eight per cent. shall be paid into the Treasnry, for the benefit of the Government pensioners. He had no faith in the bill, as the Secretary of the Treasury was now at liberty to issue notes ad libitum. The committee struck out, by a vote of fifty-four against thirty, the thirty-ninth section, which provided no association shall pay out or put in circulation the notes of any bank or banking association not authorized by this act. Mr. Tracy (Pa.) offered an amendment, that no provision contained in the bill authorizing the use of the Government bonds shall be so constructed as to prohibit any State from im posing such taxes on . the dividends of the several banking associations as shall to the Legislatures seem just and equitable. He ex pressed the hope that all these great interests would not be exempt from taxation, while the poor man's cow, Qx,, &c., were taxed for local and State purposes. Mr. Hooper (Mass.),thought the gentleman misunderstood the bill. It did not exclude the States from taking the personal property of in dividuals, but simply excluded the bonds them selves. Mr, Eldridge (Wig.) said the provisions of this bill were perfectly monstrous, as they re• moved from taxation all capital invested in these banks. Mr. Morrill (Vt.) said the capital of those banks' is to be entirely composed of Uni:ed States bonds, which could not be taxed by the State governments, but the circulation is to be fully taxed, as well as the income. Mr. James C. Allen (Ill.) entered his protest against this kind of legislation which created an odious distinction by enabling capitalists to escape State taxation by investing their wealth in these banks. Mr. Grinnell (Iowa) replied.to Mr. Eldridge; saying the latter was endeavoring to destroy the currency of the county, and that the bill' would save the people from a large amount of direct taxation. Mr. Washburne (Mass.) said that the true course was to tax, all banking capital as well as the circulation: - The people could not be satis fied in any other way. The banks furnishing the circulation should not alone be taxed. Mr. Stevens (Pa.) said the gentleman had not properly reflected upon the subject. These banks had no circulation excepting what was based on bonds, and when thebonds were taken it-was under the plighted faith of the Govern , : ment ; they should'not be taxed. Mr. Hotchkiss (N. Y.) offered an amendnient subjecting the bank capital to 'State' and muni cipal taxation. He said there would be an outcry against exempting it, and by such ex emption the friends of .the Administration who were endeavoring to give credit and character to the currency, were committing a great mis take. ' Mi. Hotchkiss's amendment was rejected by 42 votes against 54. - After further proceedings, Mr. Tracy's amendment was rejected by 23 votes, against 60. Mr. liasson offered an ' amendment, which Was adopted, that duties or taxes . imposed by Congress, from time to time, shall be in lieu of other taxes on such associations. The committee having reached the forty second section, without further proceedings rose, and the House at 4.30 P. M. adjourned. -- - rmrsyLvoru moxsuTtatE. OLOUE of .YESTERDAY' s ritcroxeroutes. Bale in Place.—Mr. Stehi, an act relative to the paynient of bounties Freemansburg. Bills Considered.—Mr. Connell called up supplement to the act regulating the sale of in toxicating liquors in Philadelphia. Passed. Mr. Clymer called up a supplement to the.act -to enable joint tenants, tenants in common, and owners of mineral lands to develop the same. Passed. - Mr. Hoge called up a supplement to the same act, which was passed. Mr. St. Clair moved t4:l reconsider the vote on the act to incorporate the Pittsburgh and Franklin Railroad. Company, which was agreed Mr. Hoge moved to postpone indefinitely. Mr. Graham moved to postpone for the pre sent, which was agreed to. Mr. Connell called up the bill reported by him, providing for the payment ,of interest on the State debt in the legal currency of the country, and proceeded to defend the State against the charge of repudiation, made by Senators Clymer and Wallace, and in a lengthy argument vindicated the financial policy of the Government, showing the safety of the Na tional loans and the ability,of the country to carry on the war indefinitely. He concluded as follows: "The channels of industry interrupted at the breaking out of the war are again fully occu pied. `te fact that our exports of domestic produce in the third year of the war were $73,476,( 00 greater than those of the second year, strongly significant of our recovery of its rst paralyzing effect. "I assume, then, as an assured fact, that we can go on as we are now progressing, if need be, for long years to come; as our debt in creases our wealth increases in still larger pro portion. If we add $600,000,000 to the debit side of the account this year, we shall have some twelve or fifteen hundred millions accu mulated profit to meet it; and so of the next year, and the next, indefinitely. Borrowing only from ourselves, the enormous annual ad ditions to the national wealth will enable the people to advance the. Government an the ne cessary means until the last armed traitor shall -be driven from the field and the rebel flag float no longer over one foot of soil within the terri tory of the nation. "Ours, Mr. Speaker, is a grand destiny to develop to the fullest extent the immeasurable resources of a continent—the future home, I trust, of the mightiest and freest nation of the earth. I have full and undoubting confidence that we shall accomplish that high and glorious mission, though the dark prospect of dismem berment has sometimes loomed up momenta rily before us. I _have set forth such reasons and such an array of indisputable facts as should satisfy the mere materialist that our success is certain and inevitable. But I have a still higher reason for my belief in our ulti mate triumph—a firm faith in those imperisha ble principles, truth and right, and justice— and in that Divine Providence so easily recog nized in every chapter of our history, every where and in all ages educing from evil the greatest and grandest results for our race, and guiding the slow, unchanging, onward course of civilization, liberty and law. -Let no man oppressed with fearful foreboding of the future sink in despondency, apprehensive that we may go backward, or that we shall halt in our bound less career. It is not in the nature of things, nor consistent with what we have seen and read. No ! Forward is the word. sip " Beneath this starry arch Nought resteth or is still, But all things hold their march As if by one great will. Moves one, moves all, Hark to the footfall ! On ! on ! Forever!" HOUSE OF REPRIfiIIITATIVES. The House met at 19 o'clock A. M. The House proceeded to the consideration of public bills. The folloviing were acted upon : An act relating to ground rents. Passed. Joint resolutions relating to the pay of pri vates and non-commissioned officers in the service of the United States. Mr. Cochrane (Phila.) offered an amendment to make the pay one hundred dollars per month, or such sum as Congress may determine,which was adopted. The resolutions, as amended, were passed finally; under call of previous question. Ad journed. THE AMUSEMENTS AT LIBBY PRISON. An officer of the regular army who has just returned from Richmond, has kindly furnished us with a programme of Lc The Libby Prison Minstrels," a musical organization composed of captive officers. The bill is neatly printed on dean - white paper, and reads as follows: THE LIBBY PRISON MINSTRELS. Manager LL G. W. Chandler. Treasurer, • Capt. H. W. Sawyer. Costumer, - -Lt. .1 P. Jones. Scenic Artist , - Lt. Fentress Captain of the Supers - Lt Bristow. TIIIIIISDAY EVENING, Pio. 24ru, 1E63. Pre/raw/ie.—Part First Overture—. 'Norma " Troupe. Opening Chorus—..Ernani" Troupe. Song—Who will care for Mother now.. Capt. Sahel Song—Grafted in the Army Llent. Kendall Song—When the Bloom is on the Rye. Adjt. Lombard Song—Barnyard Imitations Capt .Mass Song—Do they think of me at Home.. Adjt. Jones. Chorus-Phantom Tr Jape Part Second. Dnet—Violln and Flute—Serenade from ' , Lucia. Lients. Chandler and Rock web Song and Dance— 'Root Hog or Die" .. Capt. Mass. Hen jo Solo Lieut.. Thomas. Duet—Li Mg Girl's Last Request. Adjts. Lombard and J ones. Magic Violin .. Capts. MttEs, Chandler and Kendall. Fong—My Father's Crerom....Lleut. McCaolley. Clog Dance Lien!. Ryan. RIVAL LOVERS. Joe Skimmerhorn George Iverson Lt. Rimdolph E==l COUNTRYMAN IN Proprietor Capt. Mass Boy Lt Randolph Countryman Maj. Neiper MASQUERADE BALL. Manager Doorkeeper Ainsigian lilember of the Press Lt. Kyan. Mose Lt. Welsh. Rlack Swan . Lt. Moran, Broadway Swell Lt Bennett Richard 111 Capt. PacWilliams. Tne whole to conclude with a _ GRAND WALK-AROUND • 111 er Performance to commence at 63( o'ulollt. - Ell - Admission Free—Children in Arms Not Ad. witted. Adjt. R. 0. KNAOGS. Business Agent. HENRY WARD BEReamt.--Under the head of “Editorial changes,". the Evangelist of this week says : A week or two since we chronicled the re tirement of Mr. A. P. Cumminga from the NeW York Observer, with which he had been connected for nearly thirty years; and now we see it announced, and the fact is confirmed by private information, that Rev. Henry' Ward Beecher has retired . from the editorial chair of the Independent. His labors in this; poSition have not been very long nor very arduous. It is but little over two years since Drs. Bacon, Thompson and Storrs resigned, and Mr. Bee cher was called to the helm. But his editorial duties he has never taken very hard. Among, those familiar with the working of the office, it has been well understood that he was little more than the elegant figure-head of the con cern, while the real work was done by the ju nior partners. > One thing, however,- we must acknowledge—the better spirit he has given the Independent. He now resigns the control into the somewhat youthful hands of Mr. The odnre Tilton, his "beloved son Timothy,” who will see that Young America is duly repre sented. However, so long as - Dr. Leavitt is part of the 'establishment, be will keep a ba lance in the concern. M. Bessemer, the inventor of the process o, converting iron quickly into steel, • now says he can produce a block of it,tiventy tons in weight, from,flint cast iron, in twenty minutes. Several of Shakspeare'S plays have recently been translated into the Russian language. A light obtained Irom, magnesium is now produced by. the process of Sondstadt, and is beginning to be •used for photographic pur poses. A general Congress of Freemasons from all nations is sliortly.to be assembled at Leipsie. Capt. Mast A PHOTOGRAPH GAL ..Adjt. Jone. ...Capt. Mass ..Lt. Chandler. FOREIGN - GLEANINGS A new Greek church is to be erected in Liverpool. It is ascertained that the yield of gold in Australia for the last year will show a decrease of -.£760,000. The amount as stated for 1863' was really about .C 5,615,781, and of this a wri-, ter in Victoria says £1,300,000 went frona - the Australian backs. Fifty-eight life assurance offices are winding up their business in-England. The British army this year numbers 147,118 men.. _ . The number of illegitimate children — boru the English workhouses for three years is as follows; 1860, 7,077; 1861, 8,020; . 1862, 8,115. The Swiss are at last entering into the ice trade, and are exporting large quantities to Paris. The ice is carried over the Central Railway, some of the blocks weighing fifteen hundred pounds. There are in Ireland forty thousand cottlers, or one-acre tenants. A few months since a hundred persofts - Tut down at a festive celebration in the Hartz mountains, where pork in various forms was the principal food. Of these, eighty persons are in their graves, and of the remainder, the majority linger with a fearful malady. This strange event has led to the discovery that this ood was charged with flesh worms in all stages of development, or trichina/ 5 found in the mus cular tissues of the survivors and traced to the pork. These flesh worms are not killed by or dinary cooking, and multiply rapidly by thou sands. A great alarm'exists in Germany, and the eating of pork in many places is now en tirely abandoned. • ((The totarnumber ofhorses in the 89 depart ments of France," says the Nation, “is, in round numbers, 3,000,000, with 400,000 asses, and 330,000 mules; cattle 14,200,000 head, con sisting of 300,000 bulls, 2,000,000 bullocks, 5,800,000 cows, 2,100,000 heifers, and 4,000- 000 olthe present year's calves; the flocks con sist of 35,000,000 sheep of which 28,000,000 are mermoa or half-bred animals, and only 7.000,000 of the common kind; in addition to the above there are 1,400,000 goats, 1,400,000 pigs above a year old, and 3,900,000 below that age. France possesses, 12,750,000 acres of natural meadows, and 6,700,000 of artificial, and 16,500,000 acres of pasturage and lands." At a late sitting of the Academy of Sciences of Turin, Professor De Fillipi announced the first immigration in Italy of a bird called the syrrhapies parocioxus. This bird is a native of Tartary, where it is gregarious; but it is only of late that is has penetrated into Europe. In 1859 a few solitary specimens were killed rn Puland and in Norfolk; in 1860 one was taken in Wales and two in Holland; but last year they made their appearance in large flocks in Austria, . Moravia, Pomerania, Jutland, lielighland, and France. In Scotland, there are in the population 182,320 more marriageable women than men. Even, l therefore, though every man above fifteen years of age were to marry, 17.2 per cent. of all the marriageable women must re main unmarried. We find that in every 100 marriageable men in each country, 39 are bachelors in England, but 44 in Scotland, while 61 are or have been married in England, but only 56 in Scotland. In like manner, of every 100 marriageable women in each country, 37 are spinsters in England, bat 44 in Scotland, while 63 are or have been married in England, but only 56 in Scotland. On taking a seven years' average. 1855 to 1861, it appears that marriage is annually contracted in England at the rate of 828 marriages in every 700,000 per sons living. But in Scotland -the average of the nine years shotss that only 655 marriages are annually contracted in a like population. By the subventions contained in the French budget for the current year, it appears that the Grand Opera in Paris receives annually 820,- 000 f.; the Theatre Francais and the Comic Opera get 240,000 f. each; The Theatre Lyrique and the Odeon 100,000 f. each; the Paris Con -servalory and the branch establishments have 195,000 f.; the fund for artists and writers, 90,000 f.; and there is a further sum for the encouragement and furtherance of young au thors. and artists amounting _to 470,000 f. During 1863, the twenty-three Paris theatres paid in tanlicmcs to their anthers and compo sers about one million and a half. MYSTEXTES OF A FRIZNCII CLIASEAr.—The Echo de POisc states that when the legal autho rities removed the seals which were affixed to Chateau of Soupiseau near Compiegne, on the death of the Baron de Forestion, they found that the drawers and cupboards in certain rooms had not been opened for years, and that some of them were filled with linen half .de cayed, and everything thickly covered .with dust. There have been found in some drawers in the midst of papers and objects of no value, and in the pockets of the clothes of the baron a sum of 100,000 t. in gold and bank notes, a ch( quo for 50,000 f. on the Bank of France, payable to - bearer, and dated more than five 3 ears back, and also 60 bank shares, repre senting at the present price a value of 191,4001'. These are in the chateau rooms into which the servants had never entered. At a second door of a dressing-room which opened on a secret staircase was fixed on old flint-lock pistol,loaded, but all covered with rust, and rwires were at tached to the- trigger, so as to discharge the pistol if any attempt had been made to open the door. It was in one of these rooms that a quantity of objects of art and curiosity, con sisting principally of ancient and modern arms, was found. In a drawer of a secretary was found a will, in which .the deceased bequeathed all his property to his father, but, as the latter haS been dead for several years, the document is invalid.. BURNED TO DEATH.—John Young, a man about 60 years of age, residing on the Pen ning turnpike, near Trenton, and who was well known as :a dealer in chips, small wood, &c., was burned to death on Wednesday night. He was a widower, and kept house by himself in part of a house, the other part of which was occupied by Mr. Gunn and his family. At an early hour on Thursday morning Mrs. Gunn, awakened by the smell of smoke, ran to Mr. Young's room, which was full of smoke, and the bed on fire. She alarmed her Imsband,and from a hogshead of rain-water procured water, and soon extinguished the flames. The body of deceased was found on the floor, between the bed and the stove which stood about two feet from the bed. It was so charred and burned as not to 'be recognizable. It is sur mised that deceased had seated himself on the side of the bed to count his money, when by the upsetting of the light, or in. some other way, his clothing and the bed took fire, caus ing his death. . NEW ENGLAND Suomauxus..--Lieut. Col. Farnsworth, of the Ist Connecticut cavalry, in the course of a. speech made at Norwich, Conn., the other evening,narrating some of his experi ences in Richmond, stated that at one time there were 300 New England shoemakers on Belle Island, and that, although' at that time men were dying on the island from starvation at the rate of 40 a day, every one of them re fused, indignantly, all' offers of extra rations and other privileges if they would work for the Confederacy. Thew would stay there and starve before they would ever draw a stitcher drive a peg for the rebel. Confederacy. FOR SALE AND TO LET. _ FOR SA LE.—The desirable Brown Stone MDWELLING, IVo. 222 West Logan Square Apply at 103 Walnut st., up stairs. ma2.3-I:a* dir • f GERMANTOWN ROUSE. large and nicely Eafurnished, to let for six months, from let Nay. Stable attached. Address, with, name, for par tienlars, A. L., BIILLICTIIi Office. mh2o.6t* EtFOR SALE. —Dwelling No. 513 PINE street,.with back buildings, &c. CHARLES RHOADS, 36 South Seventh street. 321b29-111* FOB SALE —An elegant residence, on OHELTEN .3.IrENUE, near. Wayne 'street, ermartown. Address box. 2113 Post Office. ttROUSE 1805 LOMBARD STREET—FOR SALE. —STORE AND DWELLING. All the modern conveniences. Apply on the premises. FOE SALE—The three-story brick Dwel ki ling, with three-story .back buildings, No. 942 North FiETtle street. Apply to W. M. PARHAM, 51-North Third street. mb3o-6t* maTO RENT.—A desirable three. story bruit dwelling house, No. 1060 BEACH street. oe low Sbackamaion street, - with large side yard., Rent *3OO LUR - ENS & MONTGOMERY, ulh29-6t* 1035 Beach street. gia FOR SALE —THREE -STORY BRICK WADWELLING, No. 945 - North - .TWELFTH Street, lot IS by 120• feet; two fronts. Apply t 3 PHILIP E. COLEMAN, N. E. cor: Third and Buttonwood. mh2,9-GL* DaTO RENT. --A. handsomely furnished HOUSE in 'West WALNUT street, for six months or a year. Yossession immediately. Rent 5150 per month. For full particulars address with name,- ROUSE, Sub-Post Offiee, Eighteenth street. apt-at* No. 1502 LOCUST STREET—FOR.. SALE. —A handtome four-story brick dwelling, back buildings and 'lot of ground. No. 1502 LO CUST street. Tema accommodating. Apply to A. B. CARVER & CO., Southwest corner of NINTH and FILBERT streets. mb•29-ot* An FOR SALE.—One or eleven Three-story Ma_Houses, with two-story back buildings, uated in northwestern part of the city, with bath, gas, cold and hot water. Also, a desirable House in GREEN street, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. Apply to J. S. BEAM, tRa South FOURTH street. mh29-6t GEIIfdANTO WN PROPERTY FOR SALE.—A very desirable propery within 10 minutes walk of Wayne Station, Germantown Rail road. Large dwelling house with all the modern improvements, stable, spring -house, tee-house filled, and good garden, plenty of fruit and large shade trees. Apply to W. W. KNIGHT, at 509 COMMERCE street. mtntl-u MaFOR SALE.—The Property on School Rouse Lane, fronting eight hundred and eight (880) feet: on said Lane, and extending nearly one-third of a mile to the Wissahickon, with front on that stream. Containing thirty (30) acres, with numerous desirable sites for Country Seats, live minutes walkfromthe Railroad Depot, ana twenty minutes walk from the uity. Apply to CHARLES H. MUIRIIEID. No. 205 South SIXTH. st. 12a-61. 40 FOR SALE.—Two handsome COTTAGES. JES.Nos. Q 321 and 2= GREEN street, lot 25 feet front by 168 feet deep. Have large yards, with shrubbery, in front. Price A 5,000 each. Also, a well-built house. No. 1320 North THIR TEENTH street, three. story, with three-story back onildings. Possession of this can be had at once. 8-1,000. Apply to J. WEAVER. mh3l-3t* No. 275 Smith Third street. COUNTRY ° SEAT AND ?ARM FOR Oa SALF.—Containing fifty-flye acres, Zig handsomely situated in Cheltenham township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, about eigh: miles from the city and one and a-half from York Road Station, on the North Pennsylvania Rail road. The buildings are nearly new, substantial and well calculated Tor a winter or slimmer resi dence. Apply to 0. H. MTIIREEID, No. 2es South SIXTH street, Philadelphia. /ka A VALUABLE HOTEL PROPERTY. - Ila At Mount Airy, Twenty-second Ward, for sale, or would be exchanged for a farm. Tne main building contains 30 rooms. There is also two tenant houses, stables, sheds, shops. and out buildings of carious kinds; ice house &c., &e., with about two acres of ground in a high state of cultiTation plenty of grape vines, currants, rasp berries, strawberries,&c., c. The above is well calculated for a Boarding Houe or Hotel, and at present, has a good run of country or farmers' custom. For terms apply to ROBERT THOMAS, Conveyancer, Main street, near Walnut Lane. Gratsuarrowsr, March 17, 1864. mhl9 im* GERMANTOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.—A valuable Business Stand on Main street, near Armat street, very valuable lot corner of Main street and °bonen avenue, with build ings. Large house and one acre of ground, East Tulpehocken street, with gas, water, 10 acres of land, Main street, Mount Airy, (the best locations smith of Chestnut HilL ) Also two tracts of 40 acres each, near the same; two good houses, with grounds handsomely graded and pianist. with shrubbery, on Wister street, near the rail. road. Also a number of small dwellings. For sale cheap. Apply to ROBERT THOMAS, Convey ancer, Main street, near Walnut Lane. mhl9-im* AM ELEGANT COUNTRY SEAT FOR Ma SALE. —On the BRISTOL TURNPIKE near Holmesbarg, about eight miles from Philadelphia, very accessible by steamboat and railroad, con venient also to churches and schools. For healthiness and beauty of situation, as well as surrounding advantages, this property is unsur passed in the suburbs of Philadelphia_ The MANSION, of brown stone, commanding tine views of the Delaware River. built and fin ished in the most thorough manner, is spacious and replete with all the modern conveniences for both summer and winter. The grou-ds comprise about. 23 ACRES, beautifully laid out and orna mented with a great variety of old and young forest trees and shrubbery; a large garden with abundance of fruit, orchard &c. On the premises are also erected a gardener's cottage, Lodge. Orchard-house, Green-house Conservatory, gas house and extensive stabling, no expense having been spared to make this in all respects a first-class residence. •Appty to C. H. MUIRHEID, No. 03 South Sixth street. fc 29 —lot FOR SALE.—A large and valuab,e lot of ground, on BROAD street, below V , nod and Vine - streets, Apply to SIMON GRATZ, N. 502 WALNUT street. mh3l th sa,tn-5* TBE BEST COAL YARD IN THE CIT 1 FOR, SALE.—Lot nearly 100 feet square. In quire at 9.57 North NINTH Street, above Pop 10.1".- . 1111130- 4 t.* lOR SALE.—Large stock of ICE, and busi- Mess complete of an old establish-d Ice Company. It, is offered for sale on account of the eroprietor engaging In another business. In quire at the Office of the Home Live Insurance Company, corner of FOURTH and LIBRARY streets. ' mheB-6t* lOFTS TO LET.-IGO feet by 20. Well lighted. ...1 Also, a second-story room, with fine Counting. ones, Fire-proof, &c. Apply at 44 North FIFTH street. mhtl-tf§ MORNING LATHE and SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE, at ina LOMBA.RD st TU LET.—Large and small ROOMS. up stairs al2 and 614 ORESTNITT street fag- tf EDUCATION - E , IAPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN. —A deport ee meatfor.teaching Women Telegraphing has been commenced in the School of Design 1334 (RESTNUT Street. Ladies wishing, to learn may apply as above. Charge for instrnalaon, $2.5. mbS-imo§ ANNIE L. COLLADAY. INFANT'S RETREAT. MEOIA, DELAWARE CO., PA. MRS. SAMUEL EDWARDS, Principal. This institution, providing a refined home and the ten dereSt care and culture for Children from three to seven years of age, will be opened on Wednes day, APRIL 13. Media is 13 miles from Phila delphia by Railroad. For particulars apply to Rev. S. Edwards, Media, Pa. References : Bishop Potter, Bishop Stevens, and the Epis copal Clergy of the city ; also to Abraham Martin, Esq. fel7-3m,5 LEGAL NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL PHIA.—Trust Estate of ELIZABETH C. COL LINS. The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle and adjust the account of M. C. Cope, Trustee of ELIZABETH G COLLINS, under a certain deed of Trust, dated Feb. 2. 1845, recorded at:Philidelphia in Deed Book R L L, No. 33, pale 3:11, /cc., will meet the parties interested for the purposes of his appointment. on WED NESDAY. April 13th, 1864, at 4 o' clock, P. 111., at his Office No 250 North FIFTH street, in the city of Philadelphia: GEO. W. THORN, mh3l-th, s, tn, st* Ate:liter. FINANCIAL. S20:000 Sts, 000 $ l O,OOO and other sums TO . LOAN on first-class MORTGAGE ecnriiy at FIVE PER CENT for a term of years. S IClNG,swirv.zw u AY, mick3/"" • 43t Walnut street. :EDUCTION IN. THE PRICE OF COKE. it In accordar ce with a resolutionyof the Board oc Trustees, passed on the 25th inst. , the price of Coke from the Market Street and Spring Garden Gas Works, has been reduced to 10 cents per bushel, and front the Point. Breeze and Manayunk Works to 9 cents per bushel. JNO, C. CRESSON, Chief Engineer. P 1 1/4..rha. CRAB Woassi, March 25,1864. ut1129-114 WWE O LORE].) WOOL DELAINES, 170111 131 Ana on; choice shades,of extra-line quality, bik 13'zand ents Brack Wool Ilelatnes, froth: Auction, at 48, 60, 60, 62 ann 6. cents. . Double widt,h Blink Wool Delaines ' to $1 31. Fine Black Alpacas, 10, 62, 75, 00,,51 00, 8 1 . 31. Flack silks, of every.grade. from $1 50 to $3 50. Extra-11 e Black Bombazines, BA 50. Lla k and White Check Grenadines, 75 cents. Superfine. Mode Colored Alpacas, $1 00. A n ction lo , u. at MO:tail's, 50 cents, worth 63. A net on lots, neat Plaid Polls, 31 and 38 cents. Black and Waite Belmorals. Sur all ,tzes n oop Skirts, best quality. COOPER lc CONARD, mb3 t S. E. corner Ninth and Market street. II:il/23-12t* SPRING OASSIMER.ES. Harris Light.Ca