7 Pennsylvania Legislattire.
HA.BRISBI]ItG, Jen. 15,
SENATE.—The Senate meC- at belf-pnst
eight.
Mr. Connell read a bill incorporatingrthe •
Sheridan Mining Company.
Mr. Randall. one organizing the detective
police force of Schuylkill county.
Mr. Bighorn, one adjusting the salaries of
the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
officers.
Mr. Schell, one incorporating the People's
Mining and Exploring Company.
Mr. Lowry, one to form a more perfect
-anion between Pennsylvania and her sister
States,
being a general railroad law.
Mr. Worthington, a supplement to an act
establishing the House of Refuge.
Also, one relative to prisons and , alms
houses.
Mr. Champneys, a supplement to the act
establishing the House of Refuge. Ad
journed.
HOusE.—The House met at half-past
*wen.
The following bills were presented:
By Mr. Kerns—lnflicting a penalty of $5O
for manufacturing fireworks in Philadel
phia.
By Mr.Sharpless—An act for the improve
ment of the condition of inmates of county
jails and almshouses.
Also, enact allowing shipments of flour to
foreign ports, without inspection by the
State officer.
Mr. Lee—An act incorporating the Hes
perian Mining Company.
Mr. ' Sterner—An act incorporating the
Territory Gold and Silver Mining Com
pany. m
• ,
.
Mr. De HaVen, an act corporatmg the
religions society of Progressive Spiritualists
of Philadelphia. .
Mr. Ituddiman, an act providing the
mode of pleading in appeals from Alder
men.
Mr. Freeman, an act to open polls at 7
Vclock, A. M., and close at 6 P. M.
Mr. Marks, an act paying the commis
sioners sent by the Governor to look after
the sick and wounded.
Mr. Allen, one connecting Warren county
with the 12th School District.
Mr. Welsh, one incorporating the Mo
nongahela Valley Railroad.
Mr. Cameron, one requiring . hucksters
bringing goods into Pennsylvania to obtain
a license.
Mr. MeKinly offered a resolution that
treason deserves the severest punishment,
and that its penalties should not be abated,
and that the people demand the speedy trial
and capital punishment of Jefferson Davis.
Referred to the Committee on Federal Rela
tions. Adjourned.
The Weaver-Given Contested Election
The examination of witnesses before Gen.
Charles H. T, Collis, the Examiner, was
continued yesterday. The following evi
dence was taken:
Samuel P. Hancock, sworn—l was Presi
dent of the Board of Return Judges of the
election held on the 10th of October last; we
met on the Friday following the election;
we met again at a subsequent meeting on the
third Friday after the election; I have with
me the consolidated return of the votes of
the different wards (return produced); wit
ness' attention being called to certain era
sures on the line of the Seventh ward, stated
that the votes were in the wrong column
and were transposed; that is, the fourth
division of the Seventh ward returned at the
first meeting for David P. Weaver 381 votes,
and for John Given 175 votes, which, by
examination of papers in court, and the
certificate of the seven judges of the eight
present from that ward, proved to be a
transposition of the vote of that division:
the vote should have been 381 for Given,
and 175 for Weaver, and the Court of Com
mon Pleas authorised us to make that cor
rection. [Witness here produced the whole
of the returns from the twenty-six wards of
the city]. The correction in the returns of
the Seventh ward was made at the adjourned
meeting at which the soldiers' vote was
counted.
Wm. C. Zane, sworn—He was one of the
clerks of the Board of Return Judges, and
corroborated all that the previous witness
had testified to.
Captain Bernard Mercer, sworn—He was
Captain of Battery E, 2d Regiment Veteran
Artillery; the company was recruited in
Philadelphia; he was with one part of the
company on the 10th of October last; the
company was divided into small detach
ments; he had a detachment on that day,
and was at Hicksford, Greenville county,
Virginia, about forty or forty-five miles
from Petersburg; there were about ten or
fifteen men in each detachment; a large pro
portion of them were in Petersburg, but in
different squads; to the best of his know
ledge he never had an enlisted man at
Burkesville; he knew all his men by name;
Charles Whitaker and James W. Carson
were never members of his company [the
alleged election returns shown]; this is not
Samuel Griffith's signature; Hamilton
Adams deserted in 1862. A long list of
names were shown witness, none of whom,
with one or two exceptions, were ever mem
bers of his company. Witness testified
there was no election held at all in his com
pany on the 10th of Octolaer last.
The Weather
CHICAGO, Jan.ls.—Rain and sleet all day,
with a mild, northwest wind.
MILWAUKEE. Jan. 15.—Heavy east wind
and storm all day. Reports from La Crosse,
. Pauls, Madison, Janesville, and other
places, speak of stormy weather. In Min
nesota the snow is from two to three feet
deep.
RICHMOND, Jan. 15.--Since 9 o'clock this
morning a fine hail and sleet has been fall
ing, and the ground is covered to the depth
of two inches. The thermometer to-night
is three degrees below the freezing point.
BLOOMIINTGTON, 111., Jan. 15.—Snowing all
day.
RACINE, Jan. 15.—Much snow to-day.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 15.—The weather
is cloudy and cold.
BUFFALO, Jan. 15.—1 t is snowing, and the
weather this evening is moderating.
From Baltiroore
BALTIMORE, Jan. 15.—Quite an exciting,
election was held to-day by the Corn and
Flour Exchange, for a Board of Directors.
The rcgular ticket, composed exclusively of
Union men, was defeated, and the opposi
tion ticket, made up of gentlemen of oppo
site sympathies,:wm elected by a large ma
• •
jority.
A snow storm commenced here at 3 P.' M.,
and still Continues.
The Maryland Institute was crowded this
afternoon, by a vast audience drawn to at
tend the anniversary exercises of the-Metho
dist Missionary Society. There was an im
mense gathering of Sunday School chil
dren, and many were unable to gain admit
tance.
MILITARY. —By direction of Maj.-Gen.
Hancock, the Military District of Western
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, East
ern Shore and the District of Western Vir
ginia have been [discontinued. Harper's
Ferry will be maintained as an independent
post. Maj.-Gen. J. H. Wilson, United States
Volunteers, has been assigne temporarily
to the command of the Department, of Geor
gia. Col. P. P.Brown, 7th regiment - Veteran
Volunteers, ; has been ordered to 'assume
command of the post of Philadelphia,and the
detachments iinmediately adjacent thereto.
• SHOCKING DEATH.—George Wills,of Ash,-
tabula county, Ohio, on Tuesday, 2d inst.,
while drawing a hog on a platform for the
purpose of scalding it, slippedand fell back
wards into a large tub of hot-water; and his
body, except his head, breast and lower part
of his legs,was submerged. He was instantly
drawn out, and plunged into cold water.
Medical assistance was of no avail, and he
died in a few hours, after enduring great
agony..
The last of the. Plnehneys,' , 'of a tiottilt:
•• Carolina.,
War and death .have Played sad havoc
with the old families' of the South; and
though for the greater period of the late; res
hellion: South Carolina was free from inva
sion that State has suffered fully as much
in this respect as any other State of , the
South. The rebellion carried off the last
survivingmale members - of one or two of
the most distinguished, and impoverished
not a few of the wealthiest families. The
last news from Charleston brings us intelli
gence of The death of Mrs. Rebecca Doyley
Pinckney, who was, we believe, the last
person who bore that famous name.
-- A short time since the famous old Pinch
ney mansion; 'which the founder of the
family in this country had built in 1687, and
which had become one of the , landmarks
and relics of Charleston, was destroyed by
fire, and Mrs. Pinckney was forced to retire
to Walterboro, South Carolina, where ishe
owned a family residence. From the ;ex
posure incident to this change, very severe
on a lady of her advanced age and infirmi
ties, she caught cold, and died on last Christa
mas day, aged nearly ninety years.
She outlived all of the friends of her youth
—had been for thirty-two years a widow,
and of seven children who arrived at ma
ture years, she survived all but two, both
of whom were females. She had lost !her
sight almost entirely, and her hearing was
muchimpaired. She retained her intellect
ual faculties in great measureto the last.
The family which has thus become extinct
was among the most famous in eur history.
,Thomas Pinckney, its founder,' emigrated
from Lincolnshire, England, in 1687, and
settled at Charleston. He was the father of
three sonsa each of whom attained some
local celebrity. His first child, Thomas
Pinckney, was an ensign in the 17th regi
ment Royal Americans, of the Colonial
army organization. His second son was
Charles, better known in history as Chief
Justice Pinckney, having been made Chief
Justice and King's Councillor in the pro
vince of South Carolina in 1752. His wife
was the "original rice planter," having been
the first person to attempt the cultivation of
that important staple in this country. Chief
Justice Pinckney died in 1759. The third
son of Thos. Pinckney was William, was at
one time Royal Master in Chancery and
Commissary General of the province. The
first son died childless; Charles had two
sons and William one. This latter is un
known to fame, but the sons of Charles
both becamelfamous and are now known as
"the Pinckneys of Revolutionary fame."
The first of these was Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, who was born in 1746 and died
in 1825. He was educated at Christ Church
College, Oxford, studied law in the Middle
Temple, London, and military tactics in the
Royal Military Academy of France at Caen.
He returned to America a few years before
the breaking out of the Revolutionary war.
He was a member of the first Provincial
Congress of South Carolina; was made a
captain in the first regiment of "rebels"
raised in 1775, and subsequntly rose to be
its colonel. He served at the capture of
Fort Johnson in Charleston harbor; and
was present at the defeat of the British at
Fort Moultrie. He was an aid-ue- camp e
George Washington at Brandywine and
Germantown. He subsequently figured in
the South again: was in the unsuccessful
expedition into Florida in 1778;fonght uuder
Moultrie against the British General Pro
vost at Charleston and in the disastrous
assault on Savannah in 1779. [The accented
historical account of this latter battle is from
his pen.] He held Fort Moultrie during the
siege of Charleston; was captured and re•
mained a prisoner until the close of the
war. During the war he was for a single
session President of the South Carolina
Senate. After its close he was made a
member of the convention which framed
the constitution of the United States, and
also of the convention of his State which
ratified it. He was also a member of the
State Constitutional Convention of 1790. He
declined a seat on the Supreme Bench and a
place in the Cabinet, both offered him by
Washington. He was a Minister to France
in 1796, and was the one who was dismissed
by the republican powers of that country in
1797. Pinckney afterwards returned with
Marshal and Gerry to arrange the diffi
culties with France, and re
ceived notice from Talleyrand, then at
the head of the unstable French republic,
that America must settle the difficulties by
paying a certain sum of money or go to
war. It was this Pinckney who replied in
the phrase now historical—" Millions for
defence, not a cent for tribute." The three
ministers returned and preparations were
made for war. Washington was created
lieutenant general and commander-in-chief
(the title being afterwards changed to gene
ral), and Pickney was appointed (July 1,
1798,) major general. War with France did
not, however, ensue. Talleyrand went
down; Bonaparte turned up as first Consul
and changed the policy as well as the destiny
of :France. No necessity for volunteer-.
arose. Washington died before he could
accept the rank created for him and for him
only, and Pinckney was mustered out of
service because not wanted in the capacity
of a general. Ih the same year (18001 he
became the federal candidate for the Vice
Presidency with John Adams, but was un
successful, receiving only sixty-four votes
against seventy-three for Burr. This was
the occasion of the famous election when
the Electoral College vote was a tie on Jef
ferson and Burr, and the duty of electing a
President devolved for the first and only
time on the House of Representatives. The
balloting for President began on the 11th of
February, 1801. and lasted until the 17th,
the House remaining in session during the
whole time. Beds were provided for the
members, and one of them became so ex
hausted that his wife had to be admitted to
the floor to take care of him. On the thirty
sixth ballot Jefferson was elected Presi
dent, and Burr, his competitor, having re
ceived the next highest vote, was declared
Vice PreSident. In 1804 Mr. Pinckney was
a candidate for the Presidency, but was
badly beaten by Jefferson, receiving only
the votes of Connecticut and Delaware., In
181 1 8 he was defeated for the same office by
James Madison, and never afterwards' fig
ured in national politics,
Thomas Pinckney, the second sou of the
Chief Justice and brother of the last men
tioned, has also a Revolutionary fame. He
was a lieutenant in his brother's regiment,
but afterwards served as an aid on the staff
of General Lincoln; was in the battle of the
Steno and in the assault on Savannah,
where he acted as aid to the Count d'Estanas
and lead a forlorn hope. He was wounded
at the battle of Crunden. N. 0., and saved
from being bayoneted by an old college
chum, who was an officer in the British
army. He was sent to Philadelphia, and
was released at the end of the war. He was
Governor of Sonth Carolina in 1789, Minister
to Great Britain in 1792, and to Spain a few
years later. It was he who effected the
treaty of Ildefonso, by Which the free navi
gation of the Mississippi river was secured,
He was,in Congress from 1799 to 1891. He
was appointed , Major General, March 27,
1812, _and as commander of the Southern
Military Department during the. war of
1812a15, prosecuted .and closed the cam
paigns against the Creek and Seminole In
dians which Andrew -Jackson had begun.
His last battle was that of Horse Shoe Bend,
Alabama, March 27, 1814, which resulted
in the almost total destruction of the-Creek
Indians as a tribe. He was disbanded in
1815;. retired to private life; and died in
1828.
The son of. William Pinckney who did not
become distinguished lad a soni who did.
His name was Charles. He, too, figured in
the Revolutionarv•war, being captured at
Charleston and kept, like his two grand
uncles, a prisoner until the end 'of the war.
He was a member of the Provincial Congress
of 1785; delegate to the Constitutional Con
vention of the States in 178 S, and President
VENING BULLETIN : PHILA.
":TAE DAILY
the Sofith Carolina Convention which
ratified the Constitution of the United State's;
was Governor of the State in 1791, 1795, and
again in 1806; a Senator in:Congress in 1798;
was Minister to Spainin 1802,atid negotiated
a release froth Spain of all right or title - to
the Louisiana and other territories pur
chased by the United States ft-6m France.
His last appearance in public life was in
opp6sition to the tvricßouriComnromise bill;
as a Representative in Congress from the
Charleston district.
Henry Laurens Pinckney, his son,has also
a national reputation. He was in the State
Legislature from 1816 to 1832; was editor of
the Charleston - Mercury in 1819; Mayor of
Charleston during the nullification excite
ment, and in 1833 represented that district
in Congress. He was re-elected in'lB3s. In
1839 and '4O he was again elected Mayor of
Charleston. His literary reputation chiefly
depends , on his editorial career, though he
published memoirs of General Jackson,
Robert Y. Hayne (who was his brother-in
law) and of Jonathan Maxey. He was
prominent as a rebel, and died at Charleston
in 1863.'
The husband of the lady whose decease
has served as the text for the revival of these
old reminiscences was William Cotesworth
Pinckney, who had the misfortune to be a
valetudinarian, and whose Success in prac
tical life was not at all commensurate with
his abilities. The world was not his oyster,
and be wielded no sword to open it, but pre
ferred the privacy of his library, and was
better skilled with his pen than sword. He
was for a time Speaker of the Smith Carolina
House of Representatives, and it is related
of him that his love of the elassics and "old
forgotten lore" was so great that it was diffi
cult to get him to talk sufficient English to
be intelligible to ordinary hearers. His
exact relation to the famous members of the
family is not known, though he was de
scended from the CharlesCotesworth branch
of the Pinckney family.
The English Pinckneys, the original stock
of the American family, are still extant in
Lincoinshire, members of one branch of
toe family, still retaining the name with the
same orthography which the Soath Carolina
family used, and now carrying on a slate
and timber business at Petersborough,Eng
land. The head of this branch of the family
died about a year or two ago. Two of his
sons emigrated to Australia, leaving others
to continue the business of their father at
Petersborough.—N. Y. Herald.
About three weeks ago, it will be remem
bered, a man named Thos. J. Burns was
complained of for striking Joshua Hobart,
saloon keeper, on Court street, with a sabre
on Forefathers' Day. At that time it was
stated that he did it to punish Hobart for
saying "Jeff. Davis ought to be the next
President" Yesterday afternoon, Burns
was brought before Judge Russell, in the
Superior Criminal Court, when he pleaded
guilty to assault and battery, under instruc
tions from his Counsel, Mr. Sennott, who,
in mitigation of sentence, put in such a
record of services rendered to the country
as can seldom fall to the lot of a private sol
dier. From the testimony offered it ap
geared that Burns had served his country
for fourteen months as a scout ; that
he had been five times incarcerated in relit , '
prisons, that he had worked on the rebel
ram Albermarle, citing her all the damagt
he could, and then escaped, joining in tb"
famous torpedo attack of Lieutenant
Cushing, which resulted in the sinking of
the ram. It also appeared that he had been
actually hung up by the neck on suspicion
of being a spy, and was cut down just in
season to save his life,when the rebels found
it impossible to extort anything from him.
and that finally he had returned here with
one of the best furloughs Mr. Mudge, the
Superintendent of the Sanitary Commission,
had seen among 55,000 examined by him.
His character as a soldier and a man was
complimented, it appears, both by the-
Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of
War.
Mr. Sennott said that to such a record as
that he could pretend to add nothing what
ever; that from it he did not think the Dis
trict Attorney would wish to take anything
away, and that he felt the best thing he
could possibly do for his client was to leave
the matter of sentence entirely in the hands
of the court, without any further suggestion
or intimation.
Judge Russell, without comment or hesi
tation, sentenced Burus to pay a tine of on , -
cent without costs. Burns seemed to be very
much elated at the prospect of a speedy re
lease from custody, and gave expression to
his joy by the remark that he hoped he
should "live long enough to cut off every
Copperhead's head," which remark occa
sioned much mirth in the court room.
THE PROPOSED Ex 11-2NSION OF BOVIITIE , .
—lt appears from an official statement that
the total number of men who have received
respectively s4Oo,•yioo or 5100 bounty during
the war was 1.730,:t41, amounting in the ag
gregate to 6:101,500,000. The total' enlist
it:lents during the war were 2,461,000, of
whom upwards of 731,1100 received no
bounty.
In answer to an inquiry by Gen.Schenck,
Chairman of the Military Committee, re
specting a proposed law equalizing the
bounties of all soldiers who served during
the war to suppress the rebellion, the Pay
master General says the sum required to
pay each soldier or representative, to bring
up his bounty to 4400, the largest sum paid,
is nearly 5C53,000,000, and the sum required
to pay each soldier such higher bounty in
proportion to the time of service is $550,-
000.000.
The Paymaster-General sass the sums
estimated as necessary to accomplish the
end proposed, if even reduced bY one-half,
give an amount so enormous and startling
in its proportions, as to awaken the gravest
consideration as to the expediency of the
measure, if indeed it can be regarded as at
all practicable at the present crisis without
entailing financial ruin. In further argu
ment against the measure, he adds: It is
certain that to a greater extent than is now
apprehended, such legislation will inure to
the benefit of speculating adventurers ad
over ' , the land, who have been buying
soldiers', discharges with a view to such au
anticipated legislation, and who ! are flow
doubtless covertly pressing its • consumma
tion. The large bounty allowance thus far
given, in spite of the careful vigilance and
scrutiny of the officers of this department,
have led to frauds incalculable. It cannot
he doubted that such extension of tiles,
allowances as is proposed, will give new
impetus and opportunity to evildoers in
that line beyond anything known to the
past.
ROBBERIES AT NEW CASTLE; PA.—On
Saturday night last the bar-room of the
American Bouse,at New Castle,was broken
into by thieves, and some fifty dollars in
money, besides a quantity of liquors carried
off. The thieves entered the wholesale
liquor establishment of 'Tray Cook, the same
night, and secured about five dollars in
money and some liqtiors. From this place
they went to the merchant tailoring estab•
lishment of Mr. H. W. Boyles, and after
considerable trouble effected an entrance.
Here they secured $250 worth of clothing,
with which they., decamped. On Sunday
morning, a suspicious looking individual
was seen lounging about the !American
House, and it was suspected that he was
implicated in the robberies. While arrange
ments were being made lor his arrest he
disappeared, and although officers were im
mediately sent in search, he eluded arrest.
Adventures of•a Union Scout.
[From the Boston Herald
LOSSES BY AMY PAYMASTERS.--The in•
ere Sting statement is made, derived from
n official source, that during the Mexican
war the loss by paymasters inl the army
was , s7,ooo, while during the war with Great
Britain, when as much more was expended
s in the Mexican war, the loss through
TUESDAY,'` ,- -JAN - Q
paymasters,was $2,00 ;000, and dun.ng the
war of the rebellion, although the disburse
ments amounted to .$1,028,000,000, the less
will be, aboirt $300,004; or less than half a'
million of r •
EXPLOSION OF A Bourn.—A. correspon
dent of the Pithole Becbrd says that on Sun
day afternoon the boiler of an engine on
Harry. Derouse"s lot,Lon McClin
tock's farin, exploded, tearing the engine
house to atoms, then, whirled around and
went out sideways, cutting off the sampson
post and going through the derick, knock
ing it down, and then 'landing bottoni side
up in . ft ditchrforty feetlbeyond. Strange to
say, no one' was hurt. The driller had gone
into the engine, house to warm, and was
standing on one side of the boiler and the
engineer on the 'other. It was caused by
want of water. • The engine had put down
a well over at- Plumer, and had just been
moved to where it stood. A pair of horses
, became frightened and; ran down the hill to
Centre. One of them slipped and fell,
breaking his leg, and his owner shot him.
A tank belonging to Mr.- Depay's well, on
the edge of. Dalzell farm, bask of Dr. Eg
bert's house, collapsed, causing a heavy
loss to the owners, as it was half full of oil.
HOLIDAY GOODS
II.01.41.13A:1 7
AT THE
New House Finishing Store,
No. 49 NORTH NINTH STREET,
NEAR ARCH,
Embracing Silver Plated,
Japanned, Plaidslied, Tin, Wood and
Willow Ware, Table Cutlery,
Baskets, etc. I
411 . 80,t013 63211,DREN,
Spring and Hocking Horses, Sleighs,
Velocipedes,Toy Gigs, Tables &c.,
dl6lml
Or. S. YOSP.
INSTRANCE STATEMENTS.? IP
OFT:ICE OF THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE
D.ILPANT, PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY L 5,
18E6.
STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THIS COM
PANY O DECEMBER. Bu, 1865.
CAPITAL.
Authorized
Paid up in lull
ASSETS.
Bonds and Mortgages. all first liens on real
estate in the city of Philadelplua. —....42.61.300 00
Ground Rents on property in city of Philada. sAneo oo
n It ed states securities 47,t25 u 0
itadelpli la City 6 per et. loan cisu (5.
city 6 p
-411rard N - ational Bank Stool: 1 . 1 .,111 I,
Heal F.state. °Bice Buildings arta Furniture. 14m.: ;4 71
Cash tn Bank and on hand....._ 1,1:".. 6*.!
Due by Agent; 11,3111 4,1
Interi-st on InvrstmeLls any Ilea Out
not due
Due and unpr4d..._ ........
gr=
Premiums on Fire Itisks P. 21 lii2o (4
Interest 11t,113 71
l'ellry !AL Transfer Nt . "
Ear/A i/$5 on CaLeeiled . 57 41
PA Y NTS IN I se;r,
Dividends Januar> laLd Ju1y_......... . ...
.....
s.r - nited .:re. and Cry 4
ltKurn nud I,e-t/csurance.-.4. .... 11,m, 71
Find S 1 r ili. Oftiev, tal-i other umpeu,,, 7.14.4c77
F. RA TCIIFo 1 STARR. J. L.. ERRING ER,
NALBI,O' ,GEO. W. ' , ALIN I:..TOCK
.1(H1N 31. ATWOoD. L (.1..(.110RN.
11.1_,:.1. T. Th! , DICli, W3l. O. BOULT.N.
1;}O. B. :tat ART. , CII.IRLFS WHEELER.
J 01.1:•: 1 - 1. BB' ( , W.N. I . r. H. 31ONTGO NiEll V.
t'ECF( .1:1 , 1':. ideal
TN, 111)Nrow , rEP.T. Vice Pres't.
JACOB E. I'ETERsO.N.Sec'y pr. ten:. 4,5-40
PROPOSALS.
ANTHRACITE COAL FOR TUE NA VI
l';A , 1" DEPARTMENT, B L' om Ely L: 11'311.7.NT AND
E Ertl FITIN December aith,
SEAL, 1) PROPOSALS fur furnishing Anthracite
Ceal for the Navy. to be aelivered during the balance
of the fiscal year er.ding :11th June, ISOe. will be re
eeived at this bureau until to A. M. 2.5 th January.
I.l3ese proposals must be endorsed "Proposals for
Anthracite Coal fur Steamers, - that .they may be db.
Utf_.7l.l/SLICCI from other business letters.
The caer nmst be for the delivery of 6.0)3 tons, of
2,k40 potions.
The coal must he of the bell Euck llonaLthi or Black
Beath .orof a kind equal to them in ad re,pecti for
the purpose intended, whith equality will be deter
in turd by a Board appointed by she Secreta....y of the
NM') alter the reccl. cum In the bids.
..11 he name the coal proposed to be farn.khed must
be Miro In the otier
It is to be delivered to linups of suitable size for nava!
steamers. cleat., of untf.,rtniqualny, bet. ete.7 Ircse Cron.),
impurities. ounozed. cf whieo the contractor shall be
requi ed to turn's.. such eviidence as will be sa
tory and be subject to such Inspection as to quality
sue quantity as tin Deportment may direct. The c.to,
roust, bli respects, be satisfactory to tne Inspector
or tobt.ecters to be bppoiniett by the bureau, who
Las e the tight el peromptory rejection.
lite coal is to he deity eret, i on Doard vessels, at such
place in the port of New York as may be designate,' Sy
the Bureau. and In such qdadititles and at such times
as. In tLe opinion of toe Bureau, the exigencies of the
service may require; cx nunencing tvhen the vessel Is
reported ready,. to receive ' car 1:e: ft: rn Isht on. if d,
mended, not less than I 001 , tons per Day, to no distri:
tufted to eanit X•essel, as may Uetltrected, antiLthe luau.
tug is completed.
In the case of failure to deliver the coal in proper
quantity. of the proper mud 'fy, and at I il(.. proper time
and place the Bureau a ill r set ca
i
ill th, confrsct the
right to purchase forthwith. a the vont rurtor's rts Ir and
expense, that which may seem necessary to supply the
deLciency.
day demurrage or other charges to whir' , the racy
Departm put may he subjected from delay in the
pi delivery of the cues by the contractors wilt 00
deducted from anti' bills.
The price roust, be for the' coal delivered on board
vessels, on the terms and conditions above stated, at
the :on tractor's risk and expense, and wit: UM ex
charge of any kind.
The otter, es required by law, must be accompanied
by a written guarantee, s igned by one or wore respon
;Able prreous, to the effect that they undertake Lila
the bic tier or bidders will l,if is or their bid be accepted
enter into obligations. at such time as may be pre
scribed by the bureau, with igood and sufficient stew
rides, to furnish the supplies propo-ed.
No proposition will be cousioered unless accompanied
by Stith guarantee; and the I Department reserves
right to reject i on the ,fiers.i if considered to be to tile
interest of the service to do so.
Two or more sureties each in a sum equal to the
amount tpecilied to be paid.!will he required to sign the
contract, and heir responsibility will be ceNdtied by,.
United mates District Jur ge. United states District At
torney. Collector, or Navy Agent.
As laCtlitiOLlEti and collateral security, twenty per
cent. will be withheld troth the amount of all pay.
meats. which reservation la not to he paid except ny
authority or the faecretary of the :Navy, until the coa
tract shall have been fu all respects complied with
aid the remaining eighty per cent. or other am at.
that may. be due .upon each bill, will. when a proper
certificate is farntsbed by Lhe inspector, mid the Mt;
approvtd by the Bureau, be paid oy soca navy agent,
en the contractor may name, within ten days atter tile
arrants for the Fame shall have been passed by rho
ataxy Ul the Treat,t,r, !
It w be stipulated to the' contract that Ilderault t 2
made in the oelivery of the Coal—in the quantity or in,
qt.ality. and at the place and time directed by th,
[tat:- then and lit that cane, toe . a ittracHri, d iii a
5.11,t1es will forfeit and pay to the United .tates.
•otticiaterl dada ages it stint iot money net exceed,t.g
t ice the contract price, w Male may be recovered trout
runs- 11. I hat' lICIA,diI/g to the net, or acts of Con,;"re,s
is Ins• cLee pro v hied.
.kidders, v. nose proposals shall he accepted, and none
other, will be notif.ed and. las early as ur atticablo. a
contra. t will he t. am mitt ell to the a. w` pail chary all;
be equired to execute withili tea ciaysafto • its receipt
ai the post calice or navy tic ucy hawed by them.
Tile form of offer, gun, antee, and certiEn.ite is here
w ich given.
FORVE OF 'OFFER.
I (or we) 01 —, State , liere.ny agree to furnish
and deliver thousand tops of aethracite coal
or steamers' use, at —, at the rate of— per ton of
2 240 pounds, amounting to dollars, the whoie in
conformity with the provisions end terms of Inc ail!
verttsement of the 20th day of December, 1445, from the
Navy Department, and hereunto appended.
Should my for our) offer be accepted, I (or we) re
quest to be in formed at-4 and that the contract
may be forwarded to ,
signatures and certifi
cates.
(Place.) A.:B.
(Date.)
FORM OF GUARANTEE.
We, the undersigned, residents of —, iu the State
of —, al . d of in the state of aerebe
jointly and severally covenant with the [Tutted :mates.
and guarantee that in case the foregoing bid of
be accepted, will, wit.' in ten days alter the re
cPipt of the contract at execute the same, with
good and sufficient sureties ffir the delivery of the an
thracite coal proposed, in compliance with the terms
of the advertisement of the 26t0 December, 1806. hereto
appended: and under which{ it MIS mode: and in case
the said—shall fail to, enter into the contract
aforesaid, we guarantee to make goad the difference
between the offer of the Said and tnat which
may be accepted.
Witness, • [Signedd
(Place)
(Dale)
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the above nathed. guarantors. —and
are good and sufficient
[Signed,) 6...'i.
To be signed by the United States District Judge,
United States District Attorney, Collector, - , or Navy
Agent. de26-laWiti
Y 16, 1866.
RETAIL DRY GOODS
pt to--m. well : i _zitekll BM kifzitliVil al 3ri 4
E. M. .Id` LE
APPROVED STYLES OF
Lace and Linen Collars,
SETS;
UNDERSLEEVES, &c.
EnibrOideries and White Goods,
Handkerchiefs, Veils,
Neck-Ties, &c.
tIART)4IIII,S. J..fINI.,LEMHO -T7OO
QPECIAL NOTIOE.--GEORGRI D. WISHAM, No;
ii 7 North Eighth street, Is now offering his entire
sock of Dry- Goods at a reduction a 30 per cent. from
former prices, to be closed out before taking stock,
French Merinoes, all reduced.
Plain Poplins, one yard wide, only Hsc.
Bright Magenta Poplins, only $l.
Dotted Poplins,'mark - ed down low.
Silk and Wool Poplins, reduced.
Beautiful Br??
Plain .Poplins, a bargain.
Striped Bilk and Wool Popllns,cheap.
3,(4)(1 yards I
SICIRT ~% ya ds r wide
SKIR TS English Merino, only TOO.
; SKLBTS.
Wool Top, full Ladles' size. only 25, worth $5.
Square and Long Blanket and Thibet Shawls.
FLANNELS, FLANNELS, FLANNELS..
Heavy Plush Canton Flannels, only ac.
The good Old Pembertons, only 35e.
Hamilton and other makes, low.
CALL AND GET BARGAINS. oc24.trittu=
IADDIS' CLOAK CLOTHS AND FANCY CASK
. 21KBES.—Justt received, a large and choice assort.
In
metpart & ofof Goods, adapted for Ladles ' wear, consisting
Colored Chinchilla Beavers.
Velvet Beavers, all colors and prices.
Frosted and Eatinimaux Aeavers.
New etvlea of Velours very cheap.
r.daCCY CASSEICEME.
Check and Striped Cassimeres, new design.j
French Fanc4 , Cessimeres, elegant styles.
New styles of Light Fancy Caselmeree.
Cassimeres for Business Suite.
- New styles Tared Cassimeres.
bilk Mixtures, of every grade.
For sale, very low, by the piece or retail, by
JAMES & LEE,
No.;11 North Second street. Sign of the Golden Lam
C)9 CENT CALICOES.
2.5 cent best American Prints.
merrimachs, bright new colorings.
New Lancaster Ginghams.
New Dark Detainee, 31 toes cents.
Wide Printed Cashmeres, cheap, at 90 cents.
81 cent plain colors Twilled Cashmeres.
t-4 50 Bieck and White Skating Skirts
Muslin, wholesale prices by the plere.
Ey the yard, one and two cents higher,
Linen', under present market prices.
Table Damasks, under price.
COOPER & COIsIABD,
S. E. corner Ninth and Market.
.VOO.OOO 00
ULWIN HALL 42 CO.. 26 South Secono street. would
12) invite the attention of the Ladies to their stock of
SI LES, and recommend them purchasing now, as we
have no doubt of their haing to pay a much advanced
pace for them next month and the coming spring.
Colored Moire Ar.tiqu,
Black Moire Antiques,
Colored Cordes Silks,
Colored Point de Soles,
Black Corded sults,
Black Gros (ironies,
B:31C17. Taffetas,
• Biack Gros de
R— A fine stock of Evening sliks on hand.
4 r -
M?7P GLACE.
4-1 W1.11.P Alpacas.
White Irish Poplins,
White W , ...01 I'onlina,
Pearl Color Irish Poplins,
White Opera 'l‘.,llls,
White Clotas, with Spots.
Scarlet C'lot's.
EDWIN HALL & CO.. t 6 South second st.
fil , 4,1,
pi I('L9 THAT .31.1.KE THIDI GO,
troths and Cas,tmeres reduced.
erl.llVi'S and Popl 112 S. sellitle off.
Ladles' Dress Crc..c41.9, all red oc- , fl
Blankets and at trgures.
f titer Goods, !narked down.
Large stock or P.u.ssia Diaper,
Itroiret and Plain Poplins. rn per cant. off.
Th,-y are Cl' Worth PLTIL , . int :lg. at
JOILN ii. STOHE.S e 2 Arch street.
EYRE & LANDELL open to-day new style
14FRRIMAC
SPLENDID DK.LA LN ES.
Very suitable presents for helps of the horse.
ETRE & LANDELL have opened for Christmas.
Cambric Hdkf.s., for .16 to 1.2.-.. cents. Real Point
Lace Collars, &.c
EYRE & LAti ,'ELL are offering for Christmas Pre
sents, Lyons Velvets, Splendid "SlUm, tiay Plaids.
Fine Poplins. &c.
ELODEON COVERS, PLANO COVERS and Table
CoTen, splendidly embroidered, Just opened for
Christmas. EY RE cE LAINDELL.
VYRE fi LANDELL Fourth and Arch, have the
L Ftnest and Lamest blankets for town Trade.
EYRE LANDELL beep the Finest-Red Borders
Linen Towels, Napkins. ate.
EIRE 4 L...)+D.ELL are effertug, their Expensive
Lang Stmw Is low, for Christmas Presents.
VYRE I...V:.:DELL keep the best Slack Ellin
12.4 known in the Dry gr OAR Trace.
. 7 '
DIAMOND DEA.LER & ,FEWELER,
11 /MIES. k SILVER 11 IRE.
WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRE:.
____Bo2 Chestnut
Has always on hand. a beautiful assortment of DIA
MONDS, FINGER RINGS, EAR RINGS, BREAST
PINS. SIT Ds and DLOIOND SETS, all of which
will be sold at less than usual p:ices, Diamonds
mounted to order in the latest styles and most sub
stantial manner.
WATCHES.
JEWELRY AND
PLAIN RINO:-I—A large assortment always on
And. Ei and Wedding Rings made to
oraer.
SILVER WARE—For Bridal Presents—ail styles.
WATCHES Repaired In the best manner and guar
anteed.
P. S.—Dhunonds and all precious Stones: also old
cold and Silver bought for cash or taken In exchange
jalltt
&RI:6GS & BRoTalth
CHRONOMETER, CLOCK,
WATCHMAKERS,
Have constantly on hand a complete assortment of
CLOCKS, , for Railroads. Banks and Counting
Houses. which they offer at reasonable rates.
N. B. Parthmlar attention paid to the repairing of
tine Watches and Clocks. jai -um
ELECTito-6.ILVEit PLATED WARE.
Campbell & Davidheiser,
No. 1317 Chestnut Street.
Present for sale, a fine stock of EXTRA FINE PEA.
TED WARES, consisting of TEA SET,, ICE PIT
°RIMS, CASTORS (with Fine Clint Cut Bottles,)
WAITERS, GOBLETS, CUPS, CAKE and FRUIT
BASKETS, &c., Sc., with Extra Fine quality of
TEA, TABLE AND DESSERT aPOONS, FORK.I3
AND KNIVES,
Of tkoir own workmanship and warranted full weigh
of Silver and to give satisfaction. they being prattles
workmen. Sold wholesale and retail at manufacturing
prices. de7-tf
S'IVATIONER'Si
WEDDING CARDS.
New Styles, Ezquisite Workmanship
Prompt Delivery.
All articles of Wedding Stationery of
SUPERIOR QTTAIATF
14LA.2.0 - 1,3 & c 0.9
ENGV.A.VF,RS ANN O STATIO,S,
.907 Ohes;tnut Street.
nois-zmi
si — EVY - MAT.Y.
SILVER WARE,
1 (;BEAT VARIETI
No. 244 South FRONT Street,
rF TNCIAL.
We This Day Raablish a
Branch. Banking House
NO. 3 NASSAU STREET.
NEW YORE.
SMITH, RANDOLPH itt CO.
January Ist, 11366
PHTT:AD LPHI&
..., ,00. 1 so jN 300 ic kt ,
c y SOUTH THIRD ST., , \ # gs4
BANKERS & BROKERS,
GOLD,
STOCKS _ AND BONA
GOVERNMENT SEOURITIM
BOUGHT AND BOLD.
REMOVAL
'lO
NEW OFFICE;
On MONDAY, Bth Instant, we shall remove fro=
our temporary office, Ed CHESTNUT Street, to our
old location,
114 .South Third Street,
With greatly enlarged facilities for the
PURCHASE AND SALE OH
Goverment and Other Securities,
And the transaction of a general Ranking business,
JAY COOKE & CO.
PHILADELPHIA, January I. 1866.
COPAIITNIRSHIP NOTICE.
From this date, HENRY D. COOKE, HARRIS
FAHNEt_ , TOCK, PITT COOKE. JOHN W. SEX
TON and GEORGE C. THOMAS, are partners with
us in the firm of JAY COWIE & CO.. Philadelphia.
JAY COOKE,
• W3l. G. MOORHE AT)
PIIII.ADF_LPHIA. January 1,15E6. last!
7 3-10's
W
DE HAVEN & BR®,
40 SOUTH THMD ST.
Compound Interest Notes of 1864-.
Wanted,
-1 1 / 4
. ` 4ll
121.-
, wll
STOOK & NOTE
BROKERS,
2181-2 WALNUT STREET.
STOCKS and LOANS bought and sold on commis.
MOIL Trust Funds invested in City, State or Govern
meat Loans.
GEO. A. WAII.DER
W'AL. R. BACON. fna.,n-aliril
WORK, M'COUCH
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
NO. 36 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
GOVERNMENT SECuEITIES Bought and Sold.
STOCKS Bought and Sold on. Commission.
:INTEREST allowed on Depoil6. de -lm
F ;LI lit to'
.1? - v1rs I Furs Y.Y.• F'urS lII'
HENRY RASKE & CO.,
Importers and litanufacturera,
.517 • • 517
ARCH STREET,OF • ARCH STREET ? .
•
•
OF ALL .D.ESORWIION.§ :ii'Oß* LADLES ADD
We have now open for inspection to our customern
and the public in general, a most complete assortmeat
;Jf Ladles and Calla reo's Furs of all deScriptlons.
which , for variety of quality , and superiority of finish;
cannot be excelled in the United States.
rlease call and examine our stock and priest before.
purrs ' , sing elsewhere.
It.E . DfinfliEfft -
HENRY RASKE fit.
oc2l-8m No. 517 ARCH STREET.
- - •
RfIIOVAL.
13, .El4l- 0V.A.1-4.
The undersigned, WHOLESALE GROCERS ARD,
TEA DEALERS, have removed from their old stand.
Igo North THIRD Street, to
116 South Front Street.'
Below Chestnut, west side,
Where they hope to see their fqmer * Patrons.
REIFF, HOWELL & HAAVEY,
January sth, )866. • , •
GEORGE PLOWMAN
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
232 CARTE4ks Sri`REET6
And 141 DOCIT
I...Cacbinn IVlcitt and 4.lll ; ntladanz prandlrthe - ftt7
ended to.
7,000 bushels Canada Barley, in store and
by E. A. 6017DE8 dr CO., Dock street.,
DAR LEY.
I) for Isale
Wharf.