Bomwl Slo'tK&jfa Reply to Generals Fnl lertea and steedman. .. iFrom the Press.! WASsnfOtroN, Deo. 16,1866.—The follow* lug is the reply of General O, O. Howard to T Generals Fullerton and Steedman,who made a tour of the South recently, arid re ported-against the continuance of the Freed* men’s Bureau: -! ; J SBTTKR BEFEBBED TO BY OOMMISSIONEB IN" ' CONCLUDING BEMABKS OFBEPOKT. __WasBDepabtment, Bubeau Refugees, Fbeebmen and Abandoned Lands, Wask »BTeN, D. 0., August 23, 1866.— i Sin The ■allowing statements are reapeofully sub mitted for your consideration; The last report of Generals Steedman and Fullerton of an inspection of the bureau un der nay charge OonltaJns ho many statements •differingfrom those I have received' from other inspecting officers and., assistant com-' missioned jand 'fufpishes’d’eductiona so 'widely varyingfrom those I have formed and offered, tbat I deem it my duty to re vview the Detain. Jhija.report; and ’more especially'is for me’tbat T have; been assigned' 'tti duty joy yourself, and fakve administered the bdreau in tractions, verbal and written, keeping constantly in' view a' thorongh andpraotioai execution of the law by t which my officers and myself have been ttonnd.' ■ The ostensible object of the inspection is to detect an.d cornet abuses of administra tion and ffimishyonrselftwith infopdiatioh of the actual state Of thing C.. Had the in-: specters made a thorough examination and report to yourself of to the Secretary Of War, in accordance with their written instruc tions,' so that I could have corrected the wrong-doings of Individual agents, of modi fied any policy that was: faulty, I would not complain, but ■ be. ; grateful fof ■ the aid and encouragement thus afforded. This method 1 of inspection and report is.theone that has always heen pursued in the departments of the; service with which I have been con- ■ The' inspectors have pursued au extraor- ' dinaiy course. I understood they took ah clerke seVeral newspaper reporters; whd gave to <the press the substance of their re ports, -and sometimes the reports them-' Belyee, before, yqu, had. time to give them consideration. The effect of this course has beai to. concentrate the attention of the pubUo uppn certain individual acts of offi cers and agents, or accusations against them carelessly drawn, in such a way as to keep the faults commuted, and not thegood done, piominentlyln view. ■ Some filings they have held up as crimi nal which are not so in reality. Erroneous conclusions have been drawn from a state of affairs now existing in many places, for which the bureau is not responsible; e; g., they oharge to the account of the bureau all the ’evils of the' labor system they find, while they attribute to the State govern ments'and citizens, in great part," the good accomplished. Certainly this is the im pression received from reeding the reports. In whatl have ta say I have no desire to ' screen any officer from just charges, in fact. pave taken instant measures to bring to trial any officer against which there seemed to be an j well-founded accusation. It is a fact well worth considering here, that of thirteen assistant commissioners there has "been but one whom the inspectors were ableto condemn,viz: the assistant commis sioiEsr of North Carolina; and he, though held up to the country as a liar and a dis- : honest-speculator, has: been; I believe, ac quitted by the decision of a fair and honora ble court, so far as the charges were con- ! ceraed. Again, in the departments of yirginia and North Carolina, of over two hundred agents accusations were* brought against ten only seven officers and three civilians. The ma jority .of themhave been honorably acquit ted of the charges preferred against them The-Rev, Mr.iMtz, of such terrible noto riety,.who was having his case investigated onthearrivalofthe inspectors,proves to be nota reverend, but a young man of eighteen years, a quartermaster’s clerk during the war, and personally,guilttesaof the ornelties imputed to his charge. All these cases will soon;he officially reported. I need not refer to (feem. farther. I ; may say, however, that the charge against an officer of putting men in a chain gang had no foundation in fact, but in another part of the-same State an Officer specially selected by the inspectors for un qualified commendation had issued an order to place delinquents as vagrants in-a chain ey gpe the number of officers in each Stata without command. I wouldsay that I have-made great efforts to rednce thennm ber-af;military officers. I; was,par Hally influenced by this motive when l advocated the consolidation of the offices of assistant oommissioner and military commander deeming it worth* a trial, as the -business could, bs easily conducted by one head, pro vided the right kind of man could be placed m charge. The inspectors have endorsed this plan andjjiven their testimony to the beneht-denved from its operation. Their final objection is to citizen agents and imorder to reduce expenses, they re commend that all such agents be diseharged m tfoe following language—“A great reduc tion m the expenses of the bureau, and a render it far less objeo rionablethanit is now, would be effected by the discontinuance of aU paid employes not in the military seryioe of the Government.” I eesent to , ihis principle, though the in spectors do not seem to do so,' as they have gf vex unqualified praise to the administra tion of the bureau in Georgia, where the s?hiber of citizen, agents are em ployed.'- Could I obtain details from the anny certainlydp so, but thesmaU DMecrfthe miUtwyforce in,most ©fthe States,has rendered it impossible. Tfieyaiastspeak of Georgia saying.“that tte amended latvs of the State are fully as hberal as those of any Northern State, and place the negro in all respects_on a perfect With the white mah.asto his civil nghts,” (sonyeyipg the impression that the freedmen are thoroughly protected under the execution of,these laws. General Tilson, who is highly comm&nded by the inspectors, and is known to be a man or integrity and good judgment, in a late re ltQ joesays: ’ ‘There are many instances' nflioei.of the people,, ,of the magistrates, the freedmen are denied the protection of ’ the d h' rho s e , th ® interference of the bn wi, U oesential to secure j üßtioe. Wben.this iEfluence has been wisely di rected, and the authority of the bureau people, so as to prevent the reearrenceof «stenf ipjostice and oppression. Thecon _ nance and agency of the bureau is stiU a necessity.”, , Theirasenaf jnaiadministration of Captain Ixmis J, Lambert is the only one mentioned .among two hundred and Seventy-three 12731 t g ! :D i E L.,? I,tewlll *»" thoroughly investi- Sated by General Tillson. lam thankfol for -so great purity of administration in Geor say nere with reference' toi legal justice, that tiie policy pursued - constantly transfer jurfidiction to civil tft r™^’l« ;v ? enev “' there was a prospect of its exercise under just laws; in feet it has . been, the- practice: in most- bureau n n the State laws when no dte ®jistB on account of color. thM a W V?* oUnd Wlth - Alabama/ except K*S fflcerS Ke f^ orted “ engaged . mean that these bffi : some of their privSe funds m planting, All I can say is that W all-tbe officers of the Government have invested thoii. funde implahting orso'mething;elsef Tfftehy have not prostitmsd thelr official position tor ;l«mnot. complain, though ;jti if THBJAILT EVENING BUIXETIN.-PHILADEI.PHIA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. IRfiR —TPTPT.t. SHEET. I have lately forbidden such investments | 'Within the limita of, official/ jurisdiction, in \ orderto avoideventhe appearance of evil.' , General Wood, aesistant'commiaaloner of MiSßißßippi,. ia oon&mendpd for improving . upon the, administration ofColonel/Saintuel ■; Thomas, Thepolicybf thelatter/is declared] not cahmiated to produoe harmony bet Ween 1 the races. •’’/] ;/■/ ■ l /./ •I® statement the inspectors have doubtless been misinformed, for I haves testimony from General Wood and fromld speetora that the policy pursued by Colonel Thomas has not been changed. They next admit a state of affairs in Mls . sissippi that demands some other remedy then the rembval.of the military force—that üB, if freed men and peaceable citizens are to be protected. The murder of a United States the (firing: uponethers without causeure admitted, and there is evidently a reign of terror In portions of the State. The agent at Columbus, Major Smith, cannotbe defended for telling large storiea tp the inspector; v-JUsi-fs v.*.?;: J Tbecase of Chaplain Livermore -is cited’ bnt the fact that’be was relieved and placed under arrest for his crimes as long ago as ljist February is creditable to the adminis tration‘Of the assistant ooinmissiqhef; - . i The agents at Columbus, long ago dis cbarged,' mre suspected by the inspectors of robbing. _Tf they had taken pains to’send men, single receipt from any ’man who had paid feesor fines, I could tell them-at’ once . whether these gentlemen were robbed or not. 1 ■ LOUISIANA. | Theftinspeotors complain of expenses, and recommend reduction. They allege thatthe main part of the money has been! expended for Echools.- Hatf they inqnired of Generai Baird he would have told them that 1 as soon ,as the taxes were suspended by your order, the schools were closed; or continued as pri vate enterprises, or fey employers of freed men under their contract stipulations. system of education in .New Orleans was established by military commanders long prior to the existence of the bureau. No facts have been presented’ to me to prove the statement that the money under Mr. Conway, the - late assistant com missioner, was squandered, as charged. The corruption of a few officers under his administration may possibly be true; but •whether so or not, it does not affect the pre sent administration of the bureau in that State. . It is a little singular that the officers long ago relieved from duty should be chosen as exponents of the present managementof the Freedmen’s Bureau. ' The report with reference to Texas rather commends than censures the administration in that State. - One officer, Captain Sloan, is ccndemned for perjury and for his conduct in office. A subsequent examination of his case has furnished a more favorable report. The case will have a thorough investigation. Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee were not vlßited by the inspectors, and it is fair to suppose that the administration of the bureau in those States is as it has been re presented by the assistant commissioners and other officers and reliable citizens. It should . be noticed with regard to ex penses, that aside from commissary, quar termaster and medical issues, the entire ex penses of the Freedmen’s Bureau have been defrayed from its organization up to July last, without an appropriation, and without incurring a debt.' The quartermaster, com nuraary and medical issues were being mede by the army proper when I took charge of the bureau and have been reduced 88 ™ : uc “ 88 possible, consistent with the Ifiacks necess^es the people, whites and I now come to by far the most important part of what the inspectors have to sav the summing up of their conclusions after four months’ inspection of the bureau in which they assert that “there is an entire “SS!?, 0 ® °,f s^ em or uniformity i n its con stitution.” They have never asked me for a word of information with reference to re cords, reports and orders. They have made no examination of my office, and asked no reason for any action taken. The records or .information they desired that could not be founffin the offices of the South may be here. What would be the result if they should make a general in spection of the quarter-master, commissary or other departments in* the same way? Those officers who had been . relieved, or were beyond their reach, are supposed to have made improper dispositions of all records or papers connected with their onxces. There is not a bureau in'Washlngton with a more complete set of reports, books and records, &c., than can be prod need ’ at this office for inspection at any time. : They at tempt to prove their assertion by the state ment thatin one State its officers exercised judicial powers; in one adjoining all cases “® referred to civil .authorities, while in a third State bureau officers collect the cases and.turn them over to military courts.. Their owe inspection reports will refute this. In theStatesof Kentucky, Tennessee,. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia. ’Florida and North Carolina, bureau agents do not exercise judicial powers of any kind, . andin theother States the.powers exercised by the officers of the bureau 1 are modified by. thefeelmgs and conductor the people to-’ war< ? the freed men. They admit there is great difference in this feeling of whites, to ward the. blacks. What-other Principle more uniform isitpossible to adop'tthan’to regnlatethe power of agents of the bureau by the disposition and conduct of the people javonng them as they approximate equal «? " m be ?e en . by referring to the regain **°?* s . this bureau* Circular 5, series 65. approved bv yourself, that agradual trans fer of jurisdiction was implied, arid just as soon as praoticabie ■. we have, make trial of the civil courts in every State, I have sought the. provost Courts as well as the civil, to relieve me oft the exercise of jn dloial powers. ’ J Bureau officers have never attempted to regulate wages, and. no order, eror existed making any regnlationa pn the subject. Demand and supply controlled this matter. twages, manner of/ payment, and all. the questions entering into the labor subject differed widely throughout the South, and, from the nature of things,cdnld not pe, oniform. ’ ■ „ ■Aitbonghimpoftaned from all parts of the Sonthto take some action about wages, I steadily refused. The folio wing has been the standing order for all the Scate&j “No fixed rate of wages will be prescribed for a district; bat, in order to regulate fair wages in individual oases, agents should have m mind minimhm rates for their own guidance.” " , Assistantoemmissioners are required to' rarnish me with copies of all orders and circulars issued by them, and a dose-ex amination of all they have written on the eutpect fails to produce any attempt then J£fj‘ r J )art '5 to regulate wages or contracts. The freedmen;. and employer: have beea left to manage tfie matter for themselves. . ™®y s “y that schools in Louisiana have been supported by the Government J Their SU’ZSgit" 1 * ““ l 0““”: say that agents Interfere in an arbi-' HmSi favo S of treedmensome- Umes, mid at others m favor of the planters. This, iseimply a mime according to barman regulations, and the inspectors shouldhave P*f£ e ™^?S. 1 i? e 8 ® gainB t these officers, that -dheymught'-have been' tried and punished. .It is truethat the expenses of the bureau are not the same in ail the. States; as it is a plain proposition that the expenses must be regulated by the work to be done. As the necessity for bureau’ agencies differs accord ing to the temper of the people, it'is not Biugularthacexpensesshouldbeapportioned accordingly. , I am not aware that the bn reati in any State was supported by fuhds < from Uw» United States treasury till after the iate appropriation. In fact no funds bad e S t * i qrawn directly for the purpose of B«pporuiig-the bureau organization till that was a -J ?Bey,say that it was impb&ible tdexarfc' ine the acconnts of bureau quartermastera, SSrlb® were oompeileddii take pMo nl Matements, Ac., yet admit:, toaFtoeyexato lnedthe,accounts of General H. M.Vwhlfi . tleseyv Mississippi, and. found them all correct and complete. Ofbourse his prede cessor-was entitled to bis retalned papers, and one complete set Is on file in this office. They can find out how much money was collected from every legitimate and proper source in Mississippi by calling on me and asking for such information. . They say this system of receiving and dis bureing-money is loose. The same blanks, lorms, reports and regulations: as used in • the quartermaster’s department, have been i adopted by this bureau as Ikr <as possible, ana are as complete a check upon bureau officers in the discharge OF their duties as : is unpoaed.upon officers of the quartermaster’s department .who,-originate mid disburse rands, • . . ! They next refer to the case of Cob Reno’s report of the deficit of $7,000, in Louisiana, and Lieutenant Foster, who is said to be a de/aulter. It cannot be possible that Gene ral Fullerton, who, as one of the borean officers, assisted in bringing this matter to lighb can fall to remember that this'subject has been undergoing an investigation for the laßt six months. The whole matter ori ginated hefore the bureau was-in existence' and has been brought to light and proße cUted by the assistant, commissioner,: in order to fix the guilt ppon the proper per sons and secure their punishment* : It is, not j uslice; to theofficers of the bnreau to charge them .with crimes that were com mitted against the freedmen in time prior t 0 Ito organization, and‘ to suppress dates Mffitoe location of grave charges so as to shift-the. responsibility upon those not grnlty. :■; L- ~.j,....... , The inspectors next.admit the necessity of the bnreau last year, and acknowledge that it did much good for all classes., If this be true, it is bad logic to condemn the work ings Of the bureau for mistakes and errors that were committed last year, and more particularly for the year before its organi zation. 'Nearly every charge made against officers in this final report is for acts of last year, and upon which these officers have already been called to account by the bureau or the War Department. I cannot agree with the inspectors alto gether as to a complete revolution in the sentiment of the Southern people, which, in sures protection sufficient to the freedmen, when United'States officers and freedmen are murdered, and the freedmen abused and mutilated, as is reported, by the inspectors themselves. . . They say the good feelings of the whites towards the blacks.are owing to their inter est in securing their labor; This I regard as Insufficient security when trusted to abso lutely, without some other principle, e. a. the guarantee of equal laws. For years slaveholders have deemed compulsory mea sures the best security of labor. The inspectors declare that “the bureau has been in the aggregate productive of more harm than good,” and give as their reasons, substantially, the reliance upon it of the negroes, and their, consequent dis trust of the property-holders,and the provo cation of espionage creating mutual susDi cion and bitterness. . H I deny toe whole statement It 1b not founded upon fact but upon theories con stantly put forth by toe enemies of good order. A few-bad agents have been sent, and have doubtless done much harm yet this bureau agency has been mediatorial and pacific as a whole. It has relieved this vmy suspicion and bitterness that existed when it was -first organized. Riots, mur ders, and wicked deeds liave recently sprung up, buttheae are in no way initiated or r<£ cognized by the officers of the-Gpvernment. . The inspectors charge the bureau wltn being responsible for the low wages paid freedmen under contracts and on plantations I shall refer to contracts again, but will take up wages first. This bureau never re gulated wages, but did urge all freedmen to labor on plantations and elsewhere, in order to relieve the Government of their support and to demonstrate to toe country that thev were not to become a shiftless, dependent race.. The people, North and South, as well as an evident necessity demanded that the freedmen should go to work at the begin ning of the year. My officers entered toe -field and urged the freedmen to take this ca-rae-prwlding for toemselvee. You are awake that at this time planters in different parts of the South formed combiha tionsagainst high wages, some counties fix ing as low a rate as five dollars per month tor toe able-bodied. The bureau officers nrged that toe standard be placed as high as possible, yet they oould not -compel a higher-compensation. What were the Seed men to do? If they failed to contraot they incurred the odium of being a “lazy, idle and worthless race,” besides running the risk of starving. They went to work on plantations at toe highest wages they-conld get. As soon-as planters began to find that labor would be scarce; that the freedmen were going to work, they saw that their in terrat waß toseoure laborers for their cotton fields before it was too late, and offered higher rates. Nothingponld he more natu ral* Yet it is not difficult to see that the planters of the South, who represented- the capital were associated against labor, and compelled low wages,; Bureau offioersdid ““ their cower to get the highest waees possible forth© freedmen; bat as the Georgia railroads -and Mississippi steamboats woujd not ; and could not - give £1 .50 day for all Ihe plantation laborers l oB * January, and February, when they were compelled to seek employment, the freedmen, were forced to go to work at the planters rates* . Yet wefind these inspectors complaining about the present wages, and advising a transfer of the interests of la borers tothemen who.byfirmly resistinrun advance, kept wages where they now are. They says “in all the large towns of Missis sippi planters were offering one dollar ner day to May and June, while under toe sanc tion of the government thousands of freed tocawers working for $lO per month.” Ido jKrt doubt this. Yet the. planters and the other-employers, not the officers of the bn- responsible for compelling laborers to aooeptthe ten-dollar terms last January orstarve. Now that the planters’ crop ia near gathering, and the cotton fields need severe and unremitting labor, no doubt they are wUltog to give one dollar per diem for a" few laborers to finish Up the work. Thev say their contracts were sanctioned by bu reau officers; This may be so.; Bureau officers could not have done otherwise. If they had they would have been acoused of defeating toe objects of the bureau law, and would have introduced a‘ principle which impairs, the very nature of a contract. All the argnmente of the Inspectors fall to the ground, unless, they can prove that toe freed men could have obtained from property holders witoout compulsion $i 50 per day last; January, when necessity compelled them to go to work. ■ -The principles that apply to , wages- in duced the present contraot system. I would havebeen glad to have’adopted precisely toe, same methods of regulating labor as obtained in’ the Northern States, bat neither the planters nor toe freedmen were yet nre. pared-for this. ’ * ■ planters complained that freedmen.under afreesystemof labor, would/not work-till the.crop was saved, but would remain only tiUithey.obtained money -to keep them for &short time, and then desert the crops at a p eriod., Nearly every South ern'State has provided laws by whioh the freejdmen are to.belcontracted with? for.one y ea *- Pishters refused, to employ fibedmen at all unless they would agreeto remain one year,* Of coursefreedmen were driven Into u * '• \ ‘ 1 ‘ those obligations ;by the same force that conjpelled them to work for low wages/ on ® who will remember the current the day, as reported during tha mrapisof;laBt Jannary and .February, will.. ' that all the-- power' that capital' 5^& exer< t B ,?;’?®?,kroiight to? bear upon the" of the South p .to make them con • iAcieim, and thefhotswill prove it, that the bureau nas labored successfully to ele vate wages, and defended the interests of the iieedmen in their contracts; being constantly resisted by the inertia of the peculiar opiu 10ns of Southern property-holders, The evils in thecon tracts will disappear just as soon as.free labor-shall have a permanent foothold under its necessary protection of equal laws properly executed. - - - . hyena the course pursued by the inspec t?.*B.l. suspect the objeot.of the Inspection; 88 »h®y understood it, was to bring the : Jfreedmen’s Bureau into contempt before Ure country, and, to-do, this, they have en deavorea to prove mal-administration. ‘ . On the contrary, Igm., prepared. to, prove to yourself sor any other candid mind that I have fulfilled the trust you committed to me with care, conscientiousness and faith fulness; I have obeyed your orders and - in structions, making no other objections than those I have made to yourself and the Secre tary of War; that my system has been a thorough one, and as complete and uniform as was possible In an institution intended to be : temporary and to? meet a 1 transient ne l cesfiity. Gould th© Froodzuen’s Bureau b© now administered with your full and hearty sanction, and - with the co-opera- of the other • branches ,■ of the Government,'it would fulfil the objects of Its creation in a short time, and be made, while it existed, to conduce to indus-- try. enlightenment and -justice for all classes of the people. The work committed to it may doubtless be done by the army, without a bureau, but not with much less _ expense, • Yet, if the Government Would- keep good faith with its new made citizens, some sort of a United States agency must be maintained in the Southern States until society ghall have bocomhmore settled than it now is. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, i , _ . ■ O. O. Howard, Major General, Commissioner. His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Presi dent of the United States. Wab Department, Bureau or Refu gees, 'Freedken and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Sept. 28, 1866.— Sir— Haying received a copy of Governor Pattons letter to the President dated September 13, 1866 soliciting a suspension -of Circular No. 10 from this bureau, and representing that the actual sufferers in Alabama, from the want of food, are from "seventy to eighty thou sand, the larger portion of whom ate widows and orphans," and that "three-fanrths of this nnmberare absolutely dependent upon Government or charitable contributions for subsistence,” and representing, farther, a depleted State treasury and an embarrassed credit, and having in addition to these rep resentations received several earnest recom mendations from Major-General SWayne, assistant commissioner, to the same effect, f recommend that special relief be furnished from the appropriation for that purpose, not to exceed forty thousand dollars per month, for the period of three months. It is proper to notice that in Alabama, ac cording to the last report, there were more than two whites aided with rations to one colored person. Very respectfully, O. O. Howabd, _ Major General, Commissioner. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Setfy of War. Wab Depabtment, Sept 28, 1566.—1 n the foregoing statements the order of 23d August, stopping the issue of sup plies, is modified, so as to allow the issue of corn and bacon, as requested by Governor Patton, for the period and quantities above mentioned, in the State of Alabama. Edwes M. Stanton, Secretary of War. • bblsmolMiea D S Stetson*Co; 571 bato cS£?,Tr Patten on * Co; 43 do H Sloan * eons 6o keg m rtS V AJervu: 2£oobbla floor Hoffman <4: Kennedf? mdse A Arrival ana Balling ofOoean Steamers chu* vsom warn .. n gfe=^s3a2as?sa=S Clty ot Dublin—.Liverpool —New York„_l.Z dm! l Java™ Liverpool-NewYork!ZZ —dS - » Attlanta. „.—.. J J ondoD...Uew York. dS s -Liverpool-New York .—.."Dee! l! 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AABmti mjiAigrnß, POST OJ PHXLABILt'aiA |y t Bpit Bism, 7161 Mrtr Bars, 483 | High Water. iq~h ' ARRIVED ON HATTTBnav Steunpr E C Riddle, }i cCae, 24 hourn fmm woo, York. with mdse to W t Clyde <6 Co noara rrom New _Steamex Rnggtee. Chase, 24 hoars' from New with mdse to w P Clyde & 00. ■ “ " 6W * °*> StemnMßeTerly, Pierce, 24 hotus from N York wio, mdse to W P Clyde <t Co. “ 1 ora,With * uamea ' CgiKAHKD OK SATURDAY. '“tKSMttmAoS; FalS °’ Chul< * t ° a - iattbory, S to£> t *'<£° eWl Evidence, 81. Bathbb#; BteamerClayiront Alisa. Bichmrind eteamer Diamond State BtogStaltiXe B gg* > ot, ° (Brem) ’ “«rer. tSciirGeo Fftlee, Nickerson, Providenoß. t it tm,u« Helen Ito. Nlcker.oiK^a^U^on Seta MJnnle Klnnlei Parana, Providence, Preston T cljde U^: C,Urr,Wlth 4b6reeafi * Baltimore. W P J wv WEMOBAUDA. ‘ toSpwt! rmaD,orQWen,oleare<l Beaton loth Inst. ,ro “ i 6ol Tort : i&T 111 ' “ n 0W ’ ftom New orleaD ß «th Inat. '.raa? t Po^ , Steamer Morning Stair, Nelson: Gen Grant. Breaten, cleared at New •lost JbrNew.Orleans. - ", " w ,15th • I? 1 ? Indus, Campbell, from Liverpoolfor thin whfcfi went ashore at Wexford, Ireland on 6mlth ' w “ n » “ Ist lnst.fbr «**'*>tb, was 'liSg&SS&S**? l Bra< ** at Boston l«h •Bark Susan Jane, Webb, from New v«rt w™ Zealand, arrived at Pemambnco ioth nu SL3KS supplies and proceeded. ut “ wt - received sark Sierra Nevada. • Dicker.'from i»vn-> fr'm Buenos Ayres 28lh Sept forCallaoYork, sailed .r^^MSid at P~buco 6th nit ir^^amlßßKm? 6 ’ X “' at N ewbnryport Btb instant. Bcbr J M Qillan, Scofield, hence at New Haven nth lßßtant* . • ' v v, 6ehr Hannibal, Oez, from Boatbn for .this port, rutiled from Newport 13th Inst. -i , > ,„Bchr W E Alexander, Bowdltch, henoe at 'Portland - * lotbrjQß l. , 1 ~ . . "~N 1 Schr W M Wilson, Brtownrhence At Salem ISthlnsk ■ Bchr HP Simmons, Corson; hence at Gloucester: iathtid|t. • * BchrT T Tasker, Allen,' cleared'at New York 15th-- - lust, for this port. ! ;VS ; Li • Bcby Bio Grande. Bennett*ftom Calais for this atHolmes’Hole 18lh lost.v '** . - Bchr Hannah Blackman; Gandy* sailed from Provl* fdotce nth lnet. for this port , ffhas Moore, iDgersoll* Bailed from Pawtucket 18tb inet. for this poit - . Bchrß Problem. Owers and Cornelius, Noys, hence, below Bicbznond mb Inst rchr Chllo. Henderson, from Portland for this port. &aUed-frnxxs Bolmea* Hole Htb inst.< • - . M h Banns. Haley; 3 J Vaogbn, Vaughn, and G Twibill, Hiller, hence at Richmond 14th Inst* MARINE MISCELLANY, No tidingsJiaye been heaidfrom, tbe .brlg.S Thors-. Frederick-Clark- which sailed from Sears-- . port Oct 11 for New London, Conn, with a ca*go ot ? She leitln company with brig Isaac Carver. plain a Sbute, and both vessels parted at night, off Capt Clark being-some distance ahead, rISSFISPP 013 bis quarter deck - and- waved hia hand to oP<T« n !S j£ hey t?« art€d company, -and-tblawas the 2£b|m or |9' vessel * • CaptHhutestates tb*t J rinnS filSn increasod- to a gale; and he has no «Srf T u U £ sto £- wenfcolI ‘ to tbe Nahtucket Shoal, and ell hands were lost Cantam shnte escaped the same faie.' He lost- his fflledwlth w°at^ 6 VeMelt P rnp g a leak,and was nearly ItEAI ESTATJb ■ FOR RENT,, The Fourth Storrßaek Boom, . OS' TB* ' ' HEW BULLETIN BUILDIET®, Wiihentianoe by a spacious Hall on Ohestnutßfcreet. and also an entrance on Jayne afreet, -Ear Author particulars apply at the -*- “Xtyr Bulletin Building, _ : 607 Cheatnat Strati TO RENT. , . The Secosd Story Back Boom of Ho. 607 Cheatnat Street, APPLY TO MANDERSON A wnnmn.r., OHTHB wmumm Handsome Offices IN HBW MAHBZiB BUILDING (PENN BUILDING), WALNUT BELOW FIFTH. Apply to S. K. IPCAY, 129 WALNUT. TO LET, THE FIRST FLOOR AND UEt.T.sw, 312 CHESTNUT STREET. Apply to PRICE & PARRISH, delicti Second floor 312 CHESTNUT Street. m FOR SALE, S^s«fs^t. B gSe&SS raG - N °' MaTJLK, BROTHER <£ CO , dei-im* 2500 SOUTH Street. H FOR SALE, - 9 VALUABLE PEACH FARMS JrrTronSS 1 Jn Kent County,Delaware. On by the Or£tofe Court! o°fthe e p ~y: baU<llDE ' ta *!* -b®* 1» A Paid, with - tenements fnearlv new) in S^n^Sr2nT ed ‘ c° Qnt y* on tbe road from Xtover e i tT v l^J :o s^? iEl '’ g 243 acrcs of land. inclnfllng ditkm* otchald of sa acres of young trees In goodcou ■ A Farm, with tenements (nearly new), adjoln- IDE the above, and containing 160 acres of the ii»ve. Barm ° f 31 acres > wiUl tenements, adjoining p«ty l ' AT&xm 0180 acres > adjacent to the same pn>- fir?s^ rt 7.i 3 DOt “massed for peach culture by any In the country, no disease ever bavlngattacked the . ,y- 1116 f a rms »re susceptible of a d .lSS. e^,‘T&. prove ?.i nt t? 1115116 within two miles MT^2S ,^?£?2 Ter i? Dd tt*® "etatcareßanroad. Ten SS S. *.v e Poiebase money to be paid on the day liSf accord lug to the conditions ie qnlred by the Orphans l Court ’ ■ “ tatß °. f the late RODNEY b^todinDelate. »™ of “ta For Information apply to E. robins; No. U S. THIRD street, or to SAUL H, HARRINGTON, dels 2t* Trustee, Wilmington,DeL » METER’S PEREMPTORY BAIE OF VAL' JABLERKAIt ESTATE.—THOMAS & SON BT*»D. THKKK-Irbß^lEllCKßailSraG’^ i?t Rt£, t ?J ra K? tD B *»et*t*«*ween Walnut and Chfflt-' nut&trtetzu—lmpursuance of a Decree of the District Court of Uie Cny and County of Philadelphia’ In Andrew B. Wcil3.va Samuel Watraerand Wagner, Executora, *a. etal. Jane Term iSiS'«? o'*' 0 '*' Oa _2VEXDAV, January Bth, 1857. R o’dotk, noon, wlUbe sold at PublleSaie? trilAoutr* uftt tbree-stozy bride messuage and lot oferannri couraes tberein. QUn<l adjolnln * the same, and of wale?, . *3-:The Usororejoeottfon the&bova ftra'&ihMtw no"^f le b di!a dl o D il’cS lh thre^Btor y bicltbmUta^, »«OTssS£sir? ■*?* ? aoa ot ■ CHAEIEB a PANCOAST, Master. M 108 BAMS.■ ■ ■ ~ Premises No. IeiSBAOE street. !■ Ko. 1625 WALNUT street. Ho. 30H WALNUT Street! i. . do iwot 1 ; 'No.&^a^sugs^t. doable pointed STONJE BE&tbENUR stone stable and carriage noase,and acres ground, situate on Wayne street, near WalnntrS,„ Germantown, and within tejKnlnStei?vrtUkSiefthJ J ' “■ gummey&SONS.^'VS, 6 if gSSS Jr Every convenience, and In ferecVontS^TiiiSilri 1 ® 8 thewestsldeofTwenUelhs^vbeSS^^^ 0 " deep -: J - mm, .IwfSfFS^PS' tha'pr* < ijj-- ■ • • de!6»B^* HKBHIg Apply ;*°' coppucK AjoaS^; SI andSto!t l B L ErOomSTenth‘ta§ t0 C^t W^ nB po.M» Jones's Allay . wuiTOiJimH, NEWS KZOSUtBeV i| QECOIOB BEATS BistorL ;5 Deborah. Ristori. S^»S«ITH§? , EL t khe THIS EVENING EIfcTORI in the beautiful Play, LEAH, THE FOBSAKEIT. TICKET OFFICE 630 CHESTNUf EEMEHBBR THE LITTLEOSFEB, The Destitute and Orphan Children COUNTRY’S DEFENDERS. Grand Fay- and Presents lion Festival ln '“®*"Schodl--for:tli©- Maintenance and Eflncatlon of tne Children of oar Boi« dfers atict Sailors." An Appeal to the American People. W6jth6 OffiC6lB and..Wftr»tpflHi nf |ir FVit> TTm«. m Scbool;”'for the Education and peamate Children ofoor BoldiersaSd^iJra ®®®Oy solicit the Byropathy and cooperation- in nm^ ££i? ll ,S ,lu^._<Jes,re wlth °* see ‘-The Home an 3: : jaifflsgss^ssiisasg^S: ISHIfI^Wv/ee^S! 31116^ dlvid : rs *WM.BjHIItLYjEB Cor.Secretaay. 2frs. HEBvey fi.LAW. Manager. J< J« _ VAN DAXjSEM. Manager.' ! GBAND PKESKNTATION FESTIVAI, “ TO EK HrLB AT . . 1 COGEra INBTII DTE, NEW YOBK. LiiDAY - EVENING, December 23d, THfVMAH l ii-.i Slll o C^.v,.' i i r6cUon ° r THMDOBE; aCOmmlttee WUI SIOQ,OOQ IN PRESENTS, aetermtoa For ; 2w ' coo tickets AT One bollab each 200,000 PBESENTS BEIgUIONB TO EACH TICKET’' _ LI6T OF PBESENTS To'BE AWABDPn ol^??ii^jP n it*dStatee sio 000-1 1 Splendid Country Bealeence In Westcbes- " ’ . _ ,er county, near New York City.._ r> 000 1 C °£ e it H Y DSD ana Jamaica, ATenne 1 House aSS , •• ln Brooklyn, N. Y..._. a’ron 1 Carriage,Horses and Harness (Complete! AS'HI ,1 0»no Plano (Steinway ’a) ?S£ ?if. ta } n T? arlel^ lCity<rfli - Y -li.sooeacE,‘ csoo -1 6 HnV D!amol ' dS (Eine ‘ and 1 a , n 5000 I Ellis b Pattnt Hot-Water-Apparatos,” for Mealing .Dwellings*.... • * ■. OU Painting of General 8. Gran'kZ"."" 1 '250 ll ?adto °f s< ?. <l Watcher @ m.... 3,S£ 1 Premium “Emplr®' f tlwtag 1,875 ,20 Pl a ted’Tea Setts"@"t7i!!l""Z‘“'r"'"’ ,™ 100 Celebrated “Empire” Sewing Machines ?t c^T» on fit their Warerooms, _ 616 Broad way . * 1000 Copies (2 Vola. each) beieg a complete U~ ■ „ History of the War...!. 250 PencUa ’ Sleeve Buttons, 500 Ta ® e^ a “ii'SrapSn'Bispj; 1,500 1000 Callß eiis*an*d"nlatS’FruiT Hm' s'™ T , ? >nli3! of ,be following rniclS; S '“° viz. Musical instruments, Parlor and Office T?irwai!iS2^n.v* n ® Casa.ladiea Work Boxes, Klo Gloves,Photograph AlbomSvßreasc Pins :g n F e £ §J®4 9 * Gents Fob Chains. .Ladies Gold SlSriL Glasses, Black Walnut gentlemen’s fashionable 611 k Hats, ladies Newest Style Dress Hats -American Emblem Cards for Parlor A mnqrv ac< * Card Photographs of ladies and Gents "ihin? Whips, Bnflaio Robes, ladies Mink T*22i < j£? t ®iJF ar CoUarH a nd Gloves. Music Boxes. <fcG.. Ac., 34 000 M vatap® i? tiß - “ssreewe 203.000 Presents. ftS? lEi? 1 E i? •^^.“* si 2 S *® S: “'soasi'sbSiSonT f2S* & T€ffitl£red letter at our risk with {jr r*tora postage. Earjrer amounts should be sent in drafts or by Express, at the following oQia oe : _ . CLUB KATES- s Tickets to one - 10 « « 20 '* SO M 40 ..4450 „ ~ • 9 00- II r 17 50 .. ~J2S2S- 50 h •« u 00 100 “ “ •< ." “ 50 4SSJS?» Eai “dors ana coinmnjscatta£sts~ —•“ 00 . Wtv , SPECIAL 6^^^^^ 'g&M^f k . Maohlna com Addressaliorfes «ia commtmloatloEato <l°4lL WM - T ‘ Wu1oI? - “ochesant^^ia. . _ _ _ noso-i9t* R iSTORL— LAST WEEK IN PHI L/ATJTCT.'pttr a— ' ACAIXEEMT OF MUSIC SSector J QR^TT MADAME adtet.attvr rtrtvyrt In Kosentnai’s celebrated Tragedy as SMARY" B B.t ! » g^sss o £jasgg™“- for i m BATUKDAY AETJS3INQUN. giURWI.T. tlt. at 1 o clork.Cooxs open at 1231. ATX . kuzabkth, ouekn op England Admission lor.the MATINEE to a!lnari«'r.f Sense «1. Beservsd EeatJ/^nts^t^sSL sea&B for the Matinee commences to-morrow Saie ** Reserved Beats, $2, Pamirs rnr-s s££•7®®* 50c. Seals for Monday, Toesdav anri 1 3S£??A a , y> f* 11 *? ol >£> iroms fXL *%££}£&& &£™ggg* ** aiS&SL T , 1 ■__ • ANOTHKR GRANIJ BOtJBIiK*RTTT ? MONDAY; TUESDAY Alfirw^K^mAV’ L OUE AMERICA'S COUSIN AT HOMR 7 ’' **£±A*±r r i\~ thb tooihjS aoMB DHHDREASY.SAMstKr WAJJTOT BTBKBT THEATRE m&THAPdWAXJjTOTSIii. •*?£ Fon.^UxNigtomoP^gmedta, CT AUTT?'f 1 . RKEJaiNGr ' BAt,3> MABHIED. . i - JHIS; (Monday) EVBNOj’G. iJec. 17 ‘ Bucksktne’a fine Comedy of * ’ lS6e * ’ pkterpikeet.^.^ l - 1^ Toconclnde withßuekitotitfa cinSfdy of OLABES ' WhowUl appear of ■ Pe^w|»S r ,h D e P^ B to “ f 11M , WEDN3 tw A F V F^fI§gT D£X: - ,Stt * BT J§S I P£iP IIGBC ’ ' , THELOKQ STRIKE., • .y- . MON DAY. December 24th <MB. AMD MBS. BAJSNEY WILLIAMS. NEW AMERICAN THMTOia ~ ! In compliance with the the:g n m a maglc£l?S ]^ AND ! . : •• THK BL4CK CROOK - will be performed one week mote.. ~.. del 7 6t- GEMS.-—These beantlfal IltUeOlD ™„£f J £ ,TINGS , *>y STOGIES, of New: York ££ constantly growing In favor with all lovers of the artistic and DeamUnl They constitnte a most charm* togand unique HOLIDAY GIPT. lovers of art who wWh to purchase something eiqnlslte are politely in. sjfcd;to?eiamine;thts charming collection atStJF* jgraDASHMICAD’3 (late Ashmead dt Evans), 721 CHESTNUT street, ; , delMOti /GERMANIA ORCHESTRA.—PubIic Rehearsals JJevery Saturday afternoon, at the MXTBIOAI FUND i’ gAll.- commencing at half-past three o’clock. Engagements made by addressing GEORGE BAKT- ■' EKT.■aeenvmi MONTEREY atfeet. betweenßaee and: vine, . r nos tf TKBNNSYIVANIA ACADEMY OF BTNE ARTB, I i ' CHESTNUT, above TENTH. . OpenfrsmSA.M. tosp. M. • • Beniamin West’s great,Picture ot. CHRIST BIN JKOTEDstfII on exhibition. te£l' G Y M N A. S I U- M BOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND‘CHILDREN Til Ni E. corner of NINTH and ARCHibreeS. ' :,Openiprjaubscribersevery-dayandevenings. . deitfitl,, Profa. HIILEBRa~wt}^ LEWIS - CUSOWNit RRAND -LAYER KAISINd.-'Whnlen ' halves,.and .quarter.boxes of this splendid fraK ■ landing and for sale by JOS. B,,BUaSEER<fc oo„l«s. Sonth Delaware avenue, w - trrr, "/VY 1 '
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