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. •
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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!
Cityofßoston _Llverpool...New York... n£T }A
England ......LiverpSol_.New YorkZ 'tw h
s^i?Sf ,u *”"" Sontha S p “ n -" New fork. iS H
_ ITO DOPAST. 19
Kanmnxw.—.New York. ..Liverpool .Dec. 19
Wm Penn Jfew York.. London „
Aala —Boeton.. .Liverpool .~!!d(£‘ 19
York—Ljverooon rw f;
de fork...GreywwS Jo
Tfflgl6..H.M....ww..»l<ewYorlr-TruTantt v>..
Hlßing Star.. York.~A»plnwair~*~“**~* rvS?' ??
SS “ ? ew Yor sr- N York...Llven»oir I“'.'“' —Dec! U
BritAnnla.....„.._Naw York„.Qlasgm£ ~pg~ g
Moravian;. Bortiand-LiverpooTL Hi? »
S?AIS?t an<1 ®— pl 'U»delplila..JiavaoES2 l ZZT'DecI «
Virginia New York...Llvarpool Z —Dec §
Bavaria.. .New York...Hnmburjr Sr„
Golding Star_._Kew York...Rlo Jarollro ~~'rSr g
&S^c^l*»SS^SsSszzr~ : Sg , i
Jjew York.a.l/mdon R!s £ ,
York..9Nasa&D^_.RnY* a ...Pofe. zi j
lAHIB I'H&UJt. ■
BBMONiFa 3 flnnnfcg }-MOnxtu.T ComtiTrai.
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 '