TINE FREEDMEN. REFIIGEIN, First Official Report of. Jtrajor-General Howard. WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND .ABANDONEDL LANDS, WASHINGTON, December 4, 1865.—H0n. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War—SlP.: I have the honor to submit, for the consideration of His Excellency the President of the United States, the folltrAng report, called for by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1865. In compliance with General Orders No. 91, current series, Adjutant General's Office, I relinquished command of the Army of the Tennessee, and assumed, as Commissioner, the direction and organizationof this Bureau. The act of Congress above referred to, charges me with " the supervision and man agement of all subjects relating to refagees and freedmenfrom rebel States, or from any district or territory embraced within the ()peril - ions of the army, under such regula uons as may be prescribed ,by the head of the Bureau, and approved by the President." TABULAR STATEMENT of Property in the possession of and Restored by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen; ac.: P4 B. :ISF , V - Eno gg 4 ,2,EtriEr a griat' , l t t.. P C , CI M -t, r = a Pa r. Ppl 0 , 6,4=0 nt2F-"EzU It:1E MUM! to s pv 13 g :5 1:3 V . 0 .......4 .m. .9. ....MN... . g.h,-. 1 . P,0ft45'.138 = *.Lindwd umol Ijo saaald yo Jaqmng •past Jo solos Jo Jaqumg •Stiadold usiN Jo saaildjuJaqtanzsi RECORDS OF LABOR By Circular No. 5, I empowered the As sistant Commissioner to do everything possible to "quicken and direct the indus try of the refugees and freedmen, that they and their communities may do all that can be done for the season, already so far ad vanced, to prevent starvation and suffer ing and - I ). omote good order and pros perity. * "Negroes must be free tuchoose their own employers, and to be paid for their labor. Agreements should be free, bona fide acts, and approv d. by proper officers, and their inviolabih enforcea on both parties. The old system of overseers, tending to compul sory, unpaid labor, and acts of cruelty and oppression, is prohibited." in consequence of the varied operations of our armies, detachments of troops mov ing over nearly every county of the insur rectionary States, carrying to the negroes the knowledge of their freedom, the whole SyLtuieru country, even in the interior, had its labor more or less deranged. I received letters from every part of the country urging me to try and settle this question, by fixing • prices and exercising power, in one way or atif(ittirr, over the laUorer, to the end that he might Ce forced to work. I aid not assent to tnese propositions, but gave in Circular No. 11, dated July 12, 1865, more specific regulations with regard to contracts. I did not compel these contracts, but advised them, hoping in that way to secure quiet and order, and the necessary sustenance. In this circular I cautioned my officers against any substitute whatever fur slavery; deprecated such public addresses as werecalculated to create discontent, but ' required them to make a careful summary of the principles, laws and regulations of the Bureau, to be publicly and privately read throughout their respective districts. As a general rule, the circulars and orders of the Assistant Commissioners were excel lent, and in full accordance with the princi ples I had enunciated. With regard to prices of labor, as I antici pated, experience has shown that ills better to leave them to be regulated by the de mand. Minimum rates might serve to protect the freedmen in many cases, but in scarcely any place could he have exceeded those rates after they were once established. By fixing prices for itie auto owned, it is impossible to discriminate sufficiently with regard to the differences of sail' and ability amongst that class. Finding the plantation negroes inclined to leave their homes and go to the cities, vil lages and military posts, with no good pros pect of work or support, I deemed it best to have the agents at those places adopt a system like the ordinary intelligence office, and use every effort in their power to pro cure good places where they could ffud sup port, in whole or in part, for those who then came together. Industrial schools, established by benevo lent associations, were encouraged to aid in the absorption of this class of refugees. Government farms, under charge of offi cers of the Bureau, and those farms that had been set apart or allotted, according to the laws, have subservedllie purpose of absorb ing the surplus population. Still, however, there were authentic com plaints of idleness, for which no rt - Mloll V seemed to exist. I directed that thevagrant laws of the respective States, so iar a., wey applied to whites, be extended to fre-dfll.-41; where this law authorized corporeal punish ment, it was modified by the Assistant Com missioner. The wording of the law establishinz this Bureau gave rise to the idea that the lands of disloyal owners would be divided. autx - .1; the freedmen. Soldiers, colored and white, and others,at one time spread, and doubtless magm, Led, the same report, till the belief becarty , q prevalent, in the interior of the Southern States, that the government intended, at Christmas or New Year, to effect this di vision. My impression is that many speculators, - who desired to cheapen the lands, helped on these stories. The freedmen., became sud denly very averse to making any contracts or agreement with the property holders for the coming year, even the correction of false reports does not always produce a willing ness to enter into contracts. My agents have striven to disabuse the minds of the freedmen of impressions so detrimental to their interests, urging them to secure places of support, and aiding them to get fair wages. My objection to the sys tem I have' been obliged to adopt has been its tendency to check individuality, not suf ficiently encouraging self-dependency ; but in process of time, as property shall change hands, and the larger estates be broken up, the necessity for so generally applying con tracts will be obviated. Meanwhile, edu cation unhindered, will work wonders to stimulate individual enterprise. The re sults of our present system of free labor will appear in my remarks upon each State, and pore fully in the reports of the respective Assistant Commissioners. ' Of Schoola.—l found many schools already in existence in those lmalities that had been for some time within the lines of our army. These were - established and , maintained, to ,a great extent, by benevolent associations of the North. There - ccere, however, inex tensive government schools several of the Southern States. Both classes have been encouraged and aided as far as it was possi ble, and a large number of self-supporting schools -established by, the °Dicers ,aitd agents of the Bureau. [Under the head, of "Organization," I gave the method of super intending the schoohi that was adopted by the Bureau. In many parts of the country the %hosti lity of the white people to the schools' has been undisguised, and every effort has been made to get the 'buildings used for school purposes away from the teachers. It is difficult to describe the odium with which the excellent self-denying school teachers are met; doubtless the treatment to which they are subjected arises in part from the feelings engendered by war but it is mostly due to prejudice against- educating the blacks, and the belief that the teachers are fostering social equality. , It is right, how ever, to say thap i there re many Southern mea who earnestly advocate the introduc tion of schools, and several churches have established them in connection with their organizations. Of Quartermaster's Supplies.—From Sect. 2 of the law establishing the Bureau, speci fic authority is derived for issuing certain quartermaster's stores, such as clothing and fuel, for the destitute; these were furnished upon my requisition by the orders of the Secretary of War. During the war many of the officers of the Quartermaster's Department were detach d as Superintendents of Freedmen, account ing through their Chief to the Quartermas er General. These officers were, many of them, transferred to me with the public property they had on hand. I deemed it best that the Quartermasters detailed should keep up a connection with their own departments, as is done in the Ordnance 'and Engineer Corps, but this system has not worked well at a distance from Washington. My officers and agents have complained everywhere of their ina bility to procure offices, fuel, quarters, stationery and other stores upon their re quisitions, without the special order of the Secretary of War. This embarrassment has arisen from the absolute dependence of this Bureau upon other btreaus of the War De partment, there being no appropriation of funds. TalgAllP3 paluellinou a paiglssulpaa *aleSazav I recommended the meeting of the wants of the destitute refugees and freedmen by the issue of such Quartermaster's stores as were on hand and could be spared, upon which request was based General Order No. 147, War Department, current series, con fining the clothing and equipage to those unfit for use to troops. This order will re lieve the assistant Commissioner of much difficulty, and atford a partial remedy for the great destitution without special cost. The great proportion of supplies to the desti tute have been furnished turough the Com missary and Medical Department. ConSolidtted Monthly Report of the number of rations issued to refugees and freedmen (dependent) in the different district.. and states, re,pectively, for the ' month ending eepte t ber 39, 1865: 2 ,cf . ~ . o: o zit 7:2 c; DISTRICTS. 1. - .,. i i .. . .il .'4 .1 .... -‘, 4, 5.; . 0.:14 07,•:, . •= -: 6. 6 , c . .y . 5, ca.,.— '4 North Carolina Z :1 lx 46..930 1x'7.3,0 Vir,glhie !I— 27u,f.67 273 537 Di trim of Columbia 217 3.,547 51,704 Texa. 35 35 Loulsinna _ 55,110 55.105 Missouri and .6 rkanmas.....W. ) , 56 191 765 472.221 Rehtuely and Tennessee- 66.75.1 ein,75.4 Misnssippi 11,706 _ 08,3'15 50.121 Gtor4. adt S. Larollna_._ 2.913 177.349 200 alt A/ab a 45,771 3t3,;N:i 07 MN Grand 1 otal 370.543 1 a50,t00 1,40J,01.3 In .order to systematize financial m itters, I placectitt'the head Ottilil3 division, Lieut.- Colonel George W. Ballocb, detailed from the Subsistence Department. In addition to bis duties .as chief financial agent, he had aided me in commissary matters. I take pleasure in embodying his clear and able re port in my own, as follows : Congress, when it created the Bureau, made no appropriation to defray the expen ses; it has, however, received funds from miscellaneous sources, as the following re port will show: In several of the States, Virginia, North and South 4atina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, T•xe nessee, Kentucky, Arkan sas, Missouri, id the District of %ioluinuia, the interests ofthe freedmen were under the control of military officers assigned by the War Department, previous to the organi zation of the Bureau. Their accounts be came naturally absorbed in the accounts of the Bureau, and the following report em braces all the receipts and expenditures in all, the States how under the control of the Bureau, since Jan. 1, 1865. Amount on hand January 1, 1865, and re ceived since, to October 31, 1865: From Freedmen's Fund, . From Retained Bounties, From Clothing, Fuel and Sub- sistence, . . . 7,704 21 From Farms, . . . 76,709 12 From Rents of Buildings, . 66,012 42 From Rents of Lands, . . 125,521 00 From Quarteruia; ; ter's I Depart ment. . . , . . 12,200 00 From Conscript Fund, • t . 13,49 S II From tichools (tax and tuition) 34,486 5~ Freedmen's Fund, . . . $8,009 14 Clothing, fuel and sybsistence, 75,504 05 Farms, 40,069 71 ti 0 1.,. eh ol d furniture, . . _,;)u I9u Rents of buildings . . . 11,470. 88 Labor by freedmen and other em- . ployes 237,097 62 Repairs of buildings, . 19,518 46 Contingent expenses, . . 46,328 07 Rents of lands, . . . . 390 00 Internal revenue , 1,378 85 Conscript fund, . . . 6,518 80 Transportation, . . . 1,445 51 Schools, . . . . . 27,819 60 Total amount received, Total amount expended, Balance on hand, Oct. 31, 1865, 429,033 11 Deduct the amount held as re tamed bounties, . . 115,236 49 Balance on hand Oct. 31, 1865, available to meet liabilities, 313,796 62 The term "Freedmen's Fund" embraces money received from tax on colored em ployes, tax on cotton fines inprovost courts, donations, &c. The amount held as retained bounties cannot properly be considered as fonds of the Bureau, as it is merely held in trust for colored soldiers or their families, in accord ance with General Order, No. 90, Depart ment Virginia atulNorth Carolina, Current Series, 1864. GEORGE W. BALLOCH, Brevet Colonel and C. S. V., Chief Account'g and Disbursing Officer. My regulations governing officers under accountability .are the same substantially as in the Quartermaster's Department. In Circular No. 5 Assistant Commissioners were instructed as follows : THE DAILY E YENING FINANCIAL AFT AIILS RECEIPTS Total received, . . EX P ENDITU RES Total expended, . . $478,363 17 RECAPITULATION. _ - The Burea being in the Watt Department, all rules and regulations governing officers under accountability for property, apply as set forth in the "Revised Regulations of the Army." All other persons in the service of the Bureau are also subject to military jurisdic tion. • The breaking up of the old Plantation system has necessarily left the sick with little or no medical provision, excepting that existing amorim i " the freedmen them selves. As soon as they earn money and become better versed than now i the or .13:131,LET1N : PHILApELPHIA, THVRSDAY, DECEMBER 21,11465.---TR g ' dirlary means of self support, they will doubtless secure the necessary aid. The medical officer , of thistßureau, at the best, eau afford but partial relief. • Of Justice—As all Matters relating to refugees and freedmen were committed to my seperVision - ind ma.nagerttent by the law, and as the oldcivil codes in the several insurrectionary States had 'becOme practi— cally null and void so far as they related t i to the' negro, it b came necessary to lay down some gener , rule for the officers of the Bureau, concer ing the administration of justice. At firs I confined. myself to the following instructs ns : - VI. Simple good faith, which we hope on all hands from those concerned in the pas sing away of slavery, will especially relieve the Asststant Co9missioners In the dis charge oT their duties towards the freed men, as well as to promote the general welfare. The Assistant Commissioners will everywhere declare and protect their free dom, as set forth in the proclamation of the President and the laws of Congress. VII. In all places where there 4 is an in terruption of civil law, or in which local courts, by reason of the.old codes, in viola tion of the freedom guaranteed by the pro clamation of the President and the laws of Congress, disregar4ed the negro's right to justice before the 1 ws in not allowing him to give testimony, the control of all subjects relating to refugees and ffeedmen being committed to this Bureau, the Assistant Commissioners will adjudicate, either them selves or through officers of their appoint ment, all difficulties arising between ne groes themselves, or between negroes and whites or Indians, except those in military service, so far as cognizable by military authority, and not taken cognizance 9r by other tribunals, civil or military, df the - United States. On the latter paragraph was based the reference of freedmen's eases to provost and freedmen's courts. The provost courts were established gene rally by the Department Commander, and cases passed through him for revision. In the great majority of instances that have come to my knowledge, these courts have decided fairly; but there are some excep tions,where officerscomposing tbeni,having the infectious prejudice against the negro, have discriminated very much against his interest, and meted out to those wno abuse him, either by extortion or violence, pun ishment in no way commensurate with the offences. The freedmen's courts have been consti tuted wholly or partially of officers of the Bureau. It was impossible to multiply such courts, on account of the Scarcity of oilicers. I therefore resorted to the practice of asso ciating civilians with these officers for the settlement of minor cases, arid with limited powers as to punishment, in no case exceed ing one hundred dollars tine, or thirty days int prison nien t, In Alabama the offer was extendeaby the Assistant Uotninissi,,ner to the Provisional Governor to Ihrthe of the civil Courts of his appointment fieedman's courts, provided the Judges would at,..ept such re,:ogintion. 'early all in the State did so. I approved of this action, belieVing it to be necess iry to test thecivil judges ;is to their disposition to do justice to the freedmen. The agents of the Bureau were required to act as fur as possible as the advueAtes of the freednaeu in these courts, and the right to withdraw recognition was in he hands of the Assis tant Condnissionbr Favorable reporti have come from nearly every quarter us the State, yet grave anuses have been eomplatiLed of from the courts in the northern 6ectioLis bordering upon Ten nessee and Georgia: By the means referred to, the freedmen have been allowed suits anti testimony in Alabama. A similar course was pursued in Mississippi, but with partial succors. In Louisiana suits and testimony were al ready allowed under the State government, and the civil courts have hem' tried to same extent in that State. Recently, civil magis trates have received recognition by We A - sistant Commissioner in tieorgia. with simi lar direLtions and restrictions to those in Alabama. In South Carolina the Military Division Commander, General Meade, took the matter out of my hands, making an ar rabgethent with toe Provisional iiiiveroor, that freedmen's cases should be brought before proVost courts. In Hp. other States action has been much . the scone as in Ala bama and ississippi, excepting in Vir ginia, where the State officials could not, under their State constitution, serve as United States officers. I would call your special attention to these courts in the several insurrectionary States, called into existence by the pressure of necessity, and easily transferable to State tribunals as soon as the States shall have met the requirements of the general govern ment, and become prepared to administer equal justice. It would seem just, however, to have some provitsion of law extending United States jurisdiction to the freedmen while they remain wards of the government. Freedmen's United States Courts, to exist for a term of years, would be a veryeffec tive instrument to relieve these people from the ;,justice incident to a forced etnaticipa tion; 1 Mean on the part of those who fought against emancipation, and are too full of prejudice and ignorance to believe in freedom. $46G,028 :35 115,236 49 I have interfered as little as possible with ex, L.a. cis like marriage, paupers,apprenti ship of orphan minors, etc., yet have directed the Assistant Commissioners to i-3, , tncl the State laws made tOr the white , , as far as practicable, to the freedmen. I u t, it Is the easiest and best way p to so've every troublesome problem ”r posed, relating •to negroes by the time honored rulesestablished by wise legislation for other people. Marriages have been carefully registered in every State, and quite a large number of orphans have been apprenticed in different parts of the United States to people of good , character, and under humane and liberal ,regulations. Should the care of all the paupers of freed men be thrown upon the general Govern ment, it will be necessary to use some of the public lands for relief farms, and to rent or purchase farms in the counties or districts inhabited by the freedmen. Eventually the freedmen themselves will be able to sustain this expense, but not now. Without doubt the property of the district, county, or town, should by some means be made to defray it. I urge attdn tion to this subject, especially as there is danger that during the coming winter a large number of dependents, old men, women, and children, may be left by former masters to shift for themselves, and, unless allowed to suffer, become a tax, to the general government. $907,396 28 . $907,396 28 . 478,363 17 - There are hospitals .- in Washington and Alexandria, and at Freedmen's Village, where all patients absolutely destitute are treated. Outdoor physicians attend those who can be partially bared for at their homes. Five intelligence offices are in operation, where unemployed freedmen are furnished situations. A great number have thus found employment. Many complaints have been received of abuses committed in Maryland. The ap prenticeship laws of that Suite allow many harsh proceedings, as the law does not ad mit colored testimony. that could be done has been done in these cases. The government farms in Maryltuid have been successfully managed. Thirteen hundred acres have been cultivated! Wheat, corn and tobacco comprise the principal crops. I do not feel that the difficul,t problems given me have been solved, hor do I hope fOr complete and satisfactory results in the work of this Bureau. Yet I, firmly believe that the same just God that conducted us to reedom will so continue to direct us that we shall be able to keep the pledge we have MISCELLANEOUS made, that that freedom shall be a substan tial reality.. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, • . 0. 0. HOWARD, Major-General, Commissioner. A RUNAWAY RAIMIOAD TBArx.—The first' instance that ever came to our knowledge of a train running away from its conductor occurred yesterday on the Erie road, at Avon. The morning (train from this city stopped at Avon to dine. While the con ductor, b . rakemen, and some eight or ten passengers were at the table, the engineer took his signal to start from the wrong per son, and went on his-Way towards Corning. As the train approached Livonia the signal was given to brake, but was not responded to and the train ran by the station. The engineer backed up and went back to see what was the matter. He found the train was without conductor or brakemen. He received a telegram from the conductor that he was following with an engine, and waited accordingly. Misfortunes do not come singly. The engine which the conductor bad procured at Avon to convey himself and passengers to Livonia broke down soon after starting, and the party bad to return and get a carriage, with which they drove to Livonia. The result of the mishap was that the train reached Corning nearly three hours behind time. One of the passengers who was left with the conductor eating his breakfast, hail $17,000 in a satchel which he had left in the car, and a lady had money and valuables to the amount of over $2,000 in her satchel. These passengers were extremely anxious to overtake the runaway train, and were much relieved from anxiety when they se cured their satchels all right. It was a mis hap that might not occur again in many years.—Rochester (N. Y.) Union. TITE sentence of Wilson, the murderer of Mrs. harshen, at Kingston, New York, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. BOARD OF TRADE , EDWD. C. BIDDLE. SA AIDE'. E. !STOKES, IbloNornmy Commirrna GEORGE IC TATR . _ PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per steamer Cumbria. from savannah—Sirs Ross Pastel!, Mrs Parnell, Miss Villa gain. From Wll - A 11 Walker and lady. IM PQ U'FAT I NS. Reported for the rtmatielphia Nvettlne Bnllettn. liOS'l'QN—:steanier Norman, Baker-7 n 5 Dabs J S Barry A: l't Mcs IL' Amory., Jr A e 'o: lis Shoes .Iritey A Shale: 2 balt2s I bag Atwood, Italslon A Co; 21 pkgs medings W A ..trnyld; 14 . 4 hale,: Bain-"S At Maxwell: I o bids cruel:ors I Ii Bossier A Co: 4 organ., J Itellak: 10 es shoes J Borden: - 2 ,st 5 bales I Barton AO3: caSLI.S. hats Barnes, 4 Psterhouse A Co; '2 bags wasto .1 illt.koly; carpet. G W Bialtuu: I cast, shots It I/ Brod Loath 22 Lets nails Buehler, Howard A. Co: 24 d 0 it A NV 1' :1:41.1h.; 4 hogs yarn I ilntinly A: s.ni; shot, Clittlili A C 0: '3l bales and 7 es B W 1 bal3 A 12 Carroll: 17 LIEN I>a per A Li I. 0 ,4 / 1 1Llsr tin A A Itomils: bbls rout \V Ii Cooper. 2.; du Lulls .1: h niodn: 1 t-a.st. shoes 4'onov3r : I , ord - A - . Or : 12,, halts 15 001 I:ii\ - t5,11,-s A: Bally,: s'. dyes Elliott. NN tte'o; 1 rue shoes Early A I tarns : 161 410 ,1 1.1 1'0: ves 11,1.44! 1 r0t1,1114/1“411 A 5 1 . - ,114; 1 - 1:1 -, 0!1 4 bale. Indio .N 11 Frui,• , ....1.; sutll /albtirn Cn. ormok .1 E (0.1.1,1. Its shoos t ; rad - ANk atkabs; lG b:,5 etitieul,l3 W s ;ran:: lu r, StlEot, ( • •.! du .3 11 Ibubl,n 5 hhd, thd4 tiaroing: abides J 11 3 .3.; 1111,No•r, 4a,1 nu.is 11 ea:on A ih-nc k'da blas cranborrlos N tiepins A Br.: s I.,:tte. ms / \S Junes: A. It o, e, rs Is,,ks J B lipyl:lcurt Ac 1, 1.1 ~T I' i 0.11.. II" .1 11 latogstroth; I es la-wts, I 4 :.adman ANI - 1:ar;.•11: 6.5 is liats 1.11;0nc,dt,13. tibia: '0: baief: rods,. Lank A Mamma,: - L., 01,15 oil 1. :5. Oa. a: e Nt; 1 ease slopes P. It vlel: k ete oasts , Imos Jlt Myttr , 71 rkz. 2 1 1 11 7-Z l 'Y turd 911 , 1:11,-; 3 ca-es paler o bandas 31a marg.. Ae 0; 40 bunditrs Wan, nth, Mot 'titan IM., rum Miller Brut.; 5 e-,utt , J J St trrtson: "du Kirke isun A Mosley: Newan. Fernly A: Cu: 20110 Perry A: NN ondell; 40 i.dls of Inn Win It' to Win. paper Power,. A NN :; an4l sl.: tpor !nark ley: 1: Cto b. 1. lb, le bales nat.: , Thttellllom-e Mills: 4 ea,tel sins~ A. A "Lana:way A Co: 3 bales carpet A scut? A au; 10 Stroup Co;el 1 ru,k..1.1',..-s ShniC.. Fannttdovls : balts 16 bat..., mdst- J 'l' 2ca ti book ittl,! 3! 10 clusks oil Shober A 4'u, 7 C. 3 2 ,, 1:•• :•••• IN.:lntr.:ood A CIIJ; 4 sues fritisl. 51 Shoemaker, bbl: t.ranberriers Stdser }tau: a 0003.5.9 11 \V 1 1 Smith: is balsa halt' C Stewal 1: 11 rs W 17.,110 A intien A: Cu; It do Co; 4 do Thayer o; enst-s tads; Ttiruer.east, and NV0114) A Ca: 4 casts boot. and shof. \Vest, Stannw,k - A Co; 3:1 bars yt Llow metal II \\lti.-or A Co: kit - , bars Iron Wood A Co; 23 ettist-s 15 bales 13 rolls ti Ltrewor A t_ o: ^ cla , ei 4 hugs 11 II Soule. Arrival arra Sal a -of 2coar, Steamero BEIPEI PllOll 703 Hultbas..---.......50uth..n,pum......NeW Virginia....._.....York C'lty of Laueric.,:_liverpool.-,..!%:ew York _....-. Cuba Ilverpool...ftuston biduu Li verbool..New York.... ...... soutbaulpton...New Edinburg. Liverpool... New Y0rk..... .t. ' Liverpool... New York.. Belgian. Liverpool... Portland A . .14 verbool....New i tort: . Liverpool... New York _... titkr of tha Luiou..N.l ork....New Orleart,. Canada Liverp , "! ....E0h:0 TO DEPART. Ptiontezuma.....—...N.;ew 1 ork._ll.ingston, Ja. ...Dec. :I'2 F.titet.. NeW Yora...tiavre .._ ..... .1./cl.-. ....t Proton Ili ..... New York...Harnburg Dec. 1t..; Hetventt New York... Liverpool I)cc.. ' - t .11.1unlinthui 'N. - .•w York._ 11 avant, ez, V c .... . Dec City of Boston..._New York...LJverpool Dec, 2.1 II ttvana..._ .. , .. ___.:New York...ltio Janeiro 1/e.:•._ 21- , Virginia _New York... Liverpool Dec. Ski Jas. ..iNti‘v York...Livrr, 0, , t t4,;..k0 C.n - sn,.._. ...... ..._ INew "i ork....NassauSila% ana...Jan. i A L1,41,18,1..1. New York...] I verpool. ....... _.....Jan. J Europe :Sew York...llavre Jan. 5 L 40.3.01111, New Yoric.._ll.amburg Jan. e kii'Lvtlttud New York...Liverpout J.... 1. t, MARINE BULLE'fL.N. PORT OF PHi i A IIELPHIA—DEc. 21 BuN.' 7,'2.5 I SUN SETS, 4 ET, I HIGH WATEB, 4 4. eRRIVED Y.E.TERDA Steamer Curt.uria, French, from n.sh. via Wll - n. :2 hours. with cotton, Sc. to A sa,tu., n.th inst. I'S miles E of ...AIM, stet,mcr St Sa!sit or, bound S. Dtrumer Cluymont, Allen. 40 hours from Ric ',mond with mthe to VC P Clyde S Cu. tetra wee Non - Mtn. 1:3 hoUrS from o•i:h pw.behgers to Henry Nlnsor J.: z..h.wher Vlrglula.Nuyrler. 4u hours Ilona filThaloud. With tise V, to Clyde Co. :Steamer Anthracite•, l;reeu, 21 hours liana N York. mdse to 'Wm SI Baird A: Co. Steamer Liberty. Pierce, 24 hours from New ..r with mdse to W P Clyde & Co. Steamer Bristol. Char les. 24 hours from New York with mdse to W P Clyde & Co. steamer A leztandriailatriek, 24 hours from N with mdse W P Clyde & Co. Ship N .tosber (Br), Anthony, front 13, with incise to John R Penrose. Towed tip by Loh steamtugliudSon. - . C.a... 1 .A... - ruaur (Br), Power, ft . .rn Pernarutillek; No: •2e with sugar and cotton to Alt:ler - L. Lamm, Lett brig John Crystal, Barnes. troy knd bark Anaconda, from New York, :dg Towed up by the steatutug America. Brig ltaska. Reed, from Boston, with rads. 1 , 1 LAI' - bury. W Mkt- rsham & Co. Eihr Olivia, Fox, I clay from Odessa, Del. with grain to Jas L Bewley & Co. CLEARED YESTERDAY. Steamer Saxon, Matthews. Boston, H Winaor it Co. Steamer Norfolk. Vance, Richmond, W P Clyde & Co. Steamer Chester. Warren, New York.W P Clyde it Co. Steamer Chesapeake, Alexander,Havre de Grace, do Steamer Valley City, bmithers, New York, do Steamer J Shriver. Dennis, Baltimore, A Groves, Jr. Bark .1 M Morales, McPhail, Liverpool, Baetjer it De VeJtu Brig Orozirnbo, Orcutt, Boston, Mershon & Cloud. Brig Webster Kelly, Haskell, Boston, Warren, taregg orrLs. Schr M E Smith, Smith, Trinidad, S & W Welah. - • • - _ Solar John Stroup, Lake, 'lrinidad, G C Carson & Co Be hr.C y, May, Galveston, 1) Stetaon 44. CO. hr May, Murray, St John, NB. C Van Horn. MEMORANDA Steamer Etna, Tibbetts, from Liverpool 9th inst. via Queen , town 10th, with 270 passengeas, at New York yesterday. Steamer City of Cork (Br), Bridgman, cleared at N e w York yesterday for Liverpool. Steamer Moro Castle, Adams, mom Havana leth inst. at New York yesterday. Steamer City of Dublin (Br), Enyon, for Liverpool, cleared at New York yesterday. Steamer Henry Chauncey, Gray,from Aspinwall 13th Inst. at New York yesterday. Steamer Mississippi, Sumner, from New Orleans 13th Dec. at New York yesterday. Steamer Ariel, Jonts,cleared at New York yesterday for New Orleans. steamer Santia de Cuba, Smith, cleared at N York yesterday for tireytown. Steamers Fairbanks, Powell, and Westchester, In graham, cleared at h ew York yesterday for Wiimng ton. Del. Steamer Mexico (Br), Dexter, from New York via Nassau. at Havana letb, last. • steamer Vera Cruz, Murray, at Havana 15th inst. from New York. Steamer Fang Shoop, Gough, cleared at New York yesterday for New Orleans. Steamer Evening Star, Wimpenny, at Havana 16th inst. from , New York. Ship Prima Donna, Harriman, cleared at New York yesterday for San FranOisco. Brig Hu (Br), Sprague, stilled from Havana 1311 irst. for this port. Brig Geo Burnham. Mountford, hence for Ports mouth, was spoken loth inst, off Cape May, out three days, with cargo shifted. - Brig Rosyln, Havener, sailed from Havana 13th inst. for this port. Brig BJ . Dillingham, Mudgett, sailed from Palermo 24th ult. for New York. Brig E H Fitter, Peacock, hence, below New Orleans 10th inst. with loss of ibretopmast head and topgallant mast. . . Schr Fannie, /dance, at New Orleans /oth Inst.. from ADY][JSEI,IENTS. fc+it: • I• A , .• •• • i . . CHOICE SEATS Too n please of santusement now be bad lip to et mb o'clock any evening. -TIROICE SPATS AND ADMISSION TIOIELTS 1.. J can be had at 'rill. PROGRAMME OFFICE, 431 CHESTNUT street, opposite the Post Office, for the ARCH, CHESTNUT. NCALNITT and AOADEMY OF .16.USIC, up, to 6 o'clock every evening. sent: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC GRAND ITALIAN OPERA Positively limited, by absulute engagemen . 4 to TWELVE NIG ELM LEONARD GROVER DIRECTOR. The Director has the honor to announce a brief season of the MARETZEK GRAND (Triple) ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY, FROM THE ACAT E 2' OF MEBIC, NEW 'YORK, with the entire Grand Chorus and Orchestra OPENING NIGHT-3101% DAY. January Ist, 1868. The season embraces the appearance or all the artists who have been presented in New York daring the past two months, and at once presents AN ENSE,IIIsLE TO BE NOWHERE EQUALED IN THE WORLD. Deliberate attention Is directed to a comparison of the mai ire strer gth and repute of the Artists, Chorus. Orchestra and repertoire announced for the Beason, with those of the grand Italian Operas of London, Paris and the Continent of Europe. Especial attention is directed to the following lists of grand artists to be presented during this brief season: M'me C. CAILOZZI ZUOCHI Miss CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, Signor B. MASSIMILTANI, Signor FERNANDO BELLINL Signor FR. NCESCO MEZZOLENL (r is second appearance in this city.) Signora ANTONETTA BRIGNOLL (First appearance in This city.) Miss ADELAIDE PHILLIPS, Signor ARDAVANLand Signor CARD°, (First appearance in this city.) SIGNORA ENRICHETTA BOSISIO, Prima Donna Soprano. from the principal theatres of Turin, Moan, and Florence. First appearance in this city. - SIGNORA BIKE DE ROSSI. first Contralto from the Italian Opera, Lima. First appearance In this city. SI 41'0R ETTORE IRFRE, principal Tenor from Barcelona, Naples, dm. First appearance in this city. SIGNOR G. B. ANTON - 130M, principal BaNbo from the Imperial Italian Opera,Paris. First appearance In this city. t E raga of the next importance will be rendered by M2l. FJCER, DUBREDIL. SIGNOR LORINI, and others. The secondary parts will be interpreted by MR. M. RtICJi A RDT. AIR. AESOP' A 14 D T and HERR MUELLER. Premier DanSeuse ..ralle KRUGER. THE CHORUS, by far the strongest ever hitherto presented at the New York Academy, embraces a mmabt r of voices directly imix.rteo from Eer Majesty's Grand Italian Opera. L- ndon. l'everal of the best voices of the very popular Grover German 01 era Chorus, and the principals of past seasons of Italian Opera. THE ORCHESTRA has ht en selected a to carte from the first Instrumen talists in the whole country, and embraces the orches tras success of the current season at the New York Academy. and wit! be under the direction of CARL BERG 51AN, t.t.t G.N OR TORBIANA. and AN SEARETZEK, I eadr rs Messrs. Appy and Noil. Stage Manager .Signor Duoreull. .1: Wire tie BM lett Romani. Ecenic A rust__ signor Lttlyo. THE REPERTORY embraces the prcductlon of nieyerbftr's Grand which has created a musical Aware In Paris. London, at.d New York, of the mcot remarkable character. All h« Costumes. Properties. an 4 Incidentals to the Sent of this wonderful opera, which were pre pared or ate r nOrnit.24 coat for Its prOdUCt lOU ibisseasou, at ibeAcademy of Music. New l'ork. v. - ill be brought to rids city. CRISPING() E LA COMARE, a Pon - antic Opera. In three acts. by the Brothers Bacot. Thls t pers., produced for the first time this season in New York. has met with the most distinguished sun- Cf-SO. The music is exceedingly brilliant. and the di emetic situations are in the highest degree Lutherans. FAUST. Ocuncd's caul d'alerre. probably the most popular Opera produced fur many years paar. lONE. Petrella's charming' Opera, TROVATORE, by Verdi. FRA DIAVOLO, with the new and popular recitations written by the author, for its production on toe Italian stage, and THE ENTIRE REPERI OIRE of the New York academy of Music. THE SF.ASOS SUBSCRIPTION SALE will commence at TRUMPLERI., (late Gould's) Binsic Store, corr.r of ISAVENTEI and CHRHTN LIT istreeta. THURSDAY .bio/01.1310, Dec. 21,15E6, at nine o'clock. The scheme embraces A secured seat for every A seeurt-d r•est for every alternate night, com mencing wlih Monday or Tuesday._....... 412 it, will be observed that the price named for the aeasen Is lower as per night than the hist season (per night) price in New York. Lee. 6 Dee_ n Dee I q lvf . L _ r! Pre! .NEWCIIE _SMUT STREET THEATRE, Chestnut street. above Twelfth. LEONARD GROVER and WM. E. SINN. Lesseeri and Managers. ----Resident Manager Wll. E. THIS (Thursday) EVENING. Dec. 2 1 , FOURTH NIGHT of the New Play, from the French, by B. E, Wolf, Leg.. styled Eli A NATION'S D.r..b/LNI A NATION'S DESTINY A NATION'S D.hb INY A NATION'S DEoTTNY OR, A GI.AFS nE WATER, GLASS OF WATER, GLASS OF WATER, GLAIR OF WATER, Which is nightly received with GENUINE DELIGHT AND EN THUSLAST.O APPLAUSE by audiences that throng the THEATRE IN EVERY PART. It will be presented with EVERY ATTENTION TO DETAIL and A CAST OF CHARACTERS ell. bracing the following popular names DiIES .lOSIE ORTON, MISS CORDELIA CA_PPELLE, MISS L. COOPER, MR. F. MORDAUNT, MR. G. H. CLARKE, ana others. Ihe evening's performance will conclude with the pi. 1 tiler Comedletta. SIMPSON & CO.. In m hich Mr. G H. Clarke, Mr. W. A. Chapman and onit,iny will appear. SA'I lIRDAY AFTERNOON. Dec. 23, SEVENTY-FOIIRTH GRAND Fa Itt 1 T y MATINEE, Vt hen the first daylight performance or A ...NATIUZeS D.hT/INY will be given ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT. will be given. for the first time, the gorgeous spec tacular burlesque, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, which has been In preparation for many months, and will be produced as an ENORMOUS OUTLAY, and with a degree of splendor unequaled in this city. THE bCENERY, COSTUMES, BEENG ENTIRELY NEW IXT.ALNUT STREET THEATRE, VT N. E. Car. NE NTH and WALNUT. Begins at 7%, LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF MR. JOHN BROUGHAM. THIS (Thursday) EVENING, Dec. 21, 1865, DO m - Tt wY fi S'lN. Captain Cuttle..... .Mr, John Brougham hf ajor Joe Bagstock _...Mr. Geo. H, Griffiths Miss Edith Granger__ Miss Annie Graham To commence with the labl NOTHlNGedietta of the GOOD FOR Nan, the Good For Nothing.. .Miss Effie Germon FRlDAY—Farewell Benefit of Mr. BROUGHAM, when will be presented, for the first time, POCAHONTAS and SERIOUS FAMILY. BROTHER aAM on Christmas Afternoon at 2 o'clock. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Dec. 2.5, /865, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Doctor Savage..... lifr. John Brougham MRS. JOHN DREW'S HEA NEWE. ARCH STREEI TTR FOURTH NIGHT OF MADAME PONISL THIS (Thursday) EVENING, Dec: 21, 1865, THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline Madame Ponisi Tame. Deschapelles Mrs. Thayer Claude Melnotte McKee Rankin Col. Dames--..F. O. Mackay To conclude with the roaring Farce of TURNING THE TABLES Jack Hum phries Stuart Robson Patty Larkin Mrs. C Eienrt FIIIDAY—BENEFAT OF MME. PONISL In active rehearsal. with new scenery, machinery, &c., for Christmas Holidays , LOST IN LONDON. Seats secured six days In advance. ASSEMBLY BITEGIMNGS-LARGE HALL ' - St NOR RLIT EVERY NIGHT THIS WEER, at 734 o'clock, EVERY NIGHT THIS WEER. at 7% o'clock,and Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons, at 3I o'clock. Introducing New Eroeriments, New Wonders, Comic Scenes in Ventriloquism, and the 'Learned Cana* Birds, dmission, 28 gents; Children, 15 cents Reserved front seats, 50 cents. dell 240 DENNSYLV.A.I 4 4L4 ACADEMY OF 7 1 ARTS. The Prize Exhibition ofthe PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUE P. la open from 9A. H. till 5 P. If., a n d from 7 tlll 31 in the Eveni. :dell I (1113111.4.N1A OBOHESTRA.—PubIic • A.. 1. every_Saturday afternoon at the Meal Hall, at half-past three o'clock. En • • by addressing GEORGE HASTERT, agent, erey street, between Baca and Vine.. BRIEF SEASON OF Opera, L'AF RICA EVE PROPERTIES and SIGNOR BLITZ, IP.14 , 1•00 DC.; The First Annual Prize Exhibition. OF AMERICAN ART, COLLECTED BY THE PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB, °PEN DAII.I‘ 7 , At the Penns. Academy of the Fine Arts, From 9 A. M to 5 P.M., and from 7to 10 P. M. Admittance .25 cents Season Tickets (destfn gl C 4arki SEVENTH WEEK, OPEN TO-NIGHT, AND EVERY .NiGHT THIS WEEK ? And on 'WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY .AFTER NOONS at 3 o'clock, as exhibited in London for Zile consecutive Nights, The . GREAT BEILTOBTLIN TABLEAUX OP P'A.ii,A3DISJE LOST, Completely illnstralang Milton's great Poem, and car rYing out his Idea HEA VEN, of 14 - PILL, CHAOS and PARADISE. TICKETS, TwENTY-ViV.c. CENTS. Ticket Mice open during the day CHILDREN, AFTERNOONS, FIFTEEN Exhibition commences Evenings at quarter to eight o'clock; Afternoons at three o'clock. F. LAWRENCE A B. MaRRISON, Mann . A - Put. ARTISTS' FUND SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. A FREE EXHIBITION of the PAINTINGS con tributed to the SECOND ANNUAL SALE, 113 NOW OPEN At the Rooms of the Society, No. 1334 Chestnut Street, FROM 9 A. M. TO 10 P. M. The Sale will take place on the Evening of THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2.1.9 L, W. I. RICHAI-iI, THOS. MORAN, W. H. WILLCOX. S. 3. FERRIS, F. A. R. RICILIRDS, GEO. C. LAMBDIN, Ex-officio. del6.9trp• Committee on Sale. ACADEMY OF MIMIC. FA.P...EWLLL CONCERTS OF BLIND TOM, THE PIANIST. WF 'VW ONLY. Commencing MONDAY ONE FT NOON, Dec. Mtb, DAS. and continue EVERY AFTAELIN 002 r .41. YD E YR.N.LNG DURING HO LID A I' WEEK. Admission Am ph it heatre Private .......... Igo extra cha ge for reserved seats. Continuable seats in amphitheatre for colored persons Tickets may be secured at the Box Office,Trumpler's Music Store, corner Seventh and Cr estnut. and at Risley's Book Stand, Continental Hotel, every day. TIACP Matinees commence Evening performances Dt,ors oeen 1 hour previous. The Stockholders are respectfully invited to attend the entertainments, atd will be admitted on their tickets. Blind . Tom's remarkable compositions are pub lished by J. Marsh, Itn9 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. dell-letS. C. J. THAYER, Agent- la.E.J'StsL ENG C S et GU. A.MSRICAN IRUS, HAM= STRh.asa , ABOVE Tw.r...LFTH. MIS (1 hursdaY) EVENING, Dec. 2 1, Fourth appearance of HR. FRANK CARPENTER, The gifted young Equestrian. Second Week of Miss ELIZA GARDNER. LEVI T. NORTH Tn bts irracelnl Scenes upon Horseback. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, GRAND FAMILY MATINEES. CHRISTMAS DAY THREE GRAND PERFORMANCES, When the Fairy Spectacle of OINDERFT LA. will be presented. NEw AMERICAN :THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL THEATRE, wALNITT street, above Eighth. EQUESTe.IAN SEASON. LARGEST AND REST TROUPE Of Daring Bidets, Acrobats. Contortionists, Clowns, Eqn I I tbr ism and Athletze ever brought together in one Institution. EVERY EVENING. 7SLATIN.K.E.b—NvEDNEA, DA y AND SATURDAY A_FTrwismONS. ICHIT11141& 195A.ILINN A L t.O.NS . , AUCTIONEERS, Nos. 139 and 141 South Fourth street. - - . CARD.• The residence No =5 south Twentieth street, adver tised to be sold on Friday, 22d inst . will be included in the sale of January 2. at the Philadelphia ./fachange, vd the furniture wilt be sold at the auction store; on Thursday. 25th Lust RVAT ESTATE SALE, JAN. 2. MODERN REsIDE.NCE. 20 cd. ST—The neat mo dern residence So. ..t . 5 south Twentieth st.._ near Wal nut. It is very conveniently arranged. Immediate possessicm. ode-n Three-etory BRICK DWELLING. No. 292 south Tlard st. north of Spruce; has gas, bath. etc. Three story BRICK DWELT LW, No 2te9 Girard avenue. Three story BRICK DWELT LNG, No 2010 College avenue. CAMDEN PROPERTY. Three-story BRIE X STORE and DWELLING, S. E. con er of Fourth and Pine sts, Camden, N. J. 2 Three-story BRICK DW wr,i.rNOS. Nos 404 and 416 Pthe st, Three sinry BRICK DWELLING, No SIO south Fourth st. Camden. N. J Three-story BRICK DWELLING and Two story ERICK STORE, Nos 612 and ski south Fonrth street, Camden, N. J. 2 Three-story BRICK DWELLINGS, Nos 8;5 and SO7 Locust st. Three-story BRICK DWELL.L'sHi, Holly st, south of Fitzwater. BY JOHN B. MYERf3 & CO., AUCTIONEERS , Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. corner of Ban 19A_ROE SPBCIAL SALE OF FIIIIS, LACE COL LARS SCARFS. (he. ON FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. At 10 o'clock, will be sold by catalogue °iv Rolm MONTHS' (MEDI?, a splendid line of Russian sable. and mink, Siberian squirrel, tacit. marten and ermine capes, half capes, victorines, collars, muffs, cuffs, embracing some very high cost grnids. LAOE COLLARS. - - - 1 case elegant lace collars for holiday presents, in, several hundred patterns. _ IZZE3OI A inn line breche and scarfli. rich designs tnd colors, for city retail trade, especially suit%bie for the present season. Also, silk ties, knit zephyr goods. &c. PHILIP FORD & CO., AIICITONEERS, Nos. U 5 MARKET and 522 COMMERCE streets. On account of Monday being Christmas. oar regular eale will be postponed until TUESDAY, the ssta Inst, LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE S 4 T 1 —1.500 CAIEES. BOOTr. 5E1014,-. BROGANS &c., ON TITMDAY MORNING. DEC. 26. commencing at ten o'clock, precisely , will be sold, by catalogue, 1500 cases men's, boys and youths' calf, kip, grain and thick boots sboes, brogans, balmorals, Congress gaiters, ,kr..; also, women's. misses ' and chil dren's mit; kid, kip, goat and morocco heeloo boots , shoes. balmorals, gaiters, slippers, &c., from first-elms city and I t astern manufacturers. By auzglyrr dr, 00.. AIICTIONEREB, Cash Auodon Hone No. WO Market street, corner , of street. Cub advanced on cznabrainenta Without extra war.. LARGE AN.O PERSKP MIRY SALE OF FALL AlsD WINTER DRY GOODS, COMPRISING SW MTB ON FRIDAY MORNING. DEO 22.. At 10 o'clock. viz—Cloths; cassis!) sees. satlo.ts, dress goo Cruwer ds. s , n hoslei7, . &c- Germontown goods, shirts and otions - Also, invoices clothing. boots. shoes. &c. DAvis dr, HARVEY, AUOTIONEER.z. sSS Ch streeteet. Bale No. 12lit north Fifteenth HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, TAPESTRY CAR PETS. &c. ON SATURDAY MORMON°. At 10 o'clock, at No 1222 nog ni Fifteepth at above. Girard avenue, the household tare, tapestry car pet. superior spring moires% &c. May be elaminKat 8 o'clock on morning of the INDIA RUBBER MACHINE BELTING STEAM PACKING, HOSE. dx_ .Vogneers and dealers will flawl a FULL - ASSORT. OF GOODYEAR'S PATENT VULCANIZED . RUBBER BELTING, PACKING, ROSE, Wu., at the Manufacturer's Headquarters. / GOODYEAR'S, - 808 Chestnut street, South s ide. N; B.—We have a NEW and, CHEAP ARTICLE ar HARDIER and PAVEMENT HQSE, very cheap. tor whi chthe attention of the pnbllc is called. , ..30 cents ..25 cents ......_..2 o'clock
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