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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1861
ENTRAcT FROM THE LAST SPRELII OF
STEPHEN A . DOUGLAS.-- 4 . The conspiracy
to break up the Union is n fact now known to
ali. Armies are being raked, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the eontroversT. At 'ety man must be on the
E.ide of the United Stal es or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none lint Mtielots anti traitors."
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417 Onratnut street, Philadelphia.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
A despatch, received at a late hour last night,
Iron Cairo ; states that a battle took place yesterday
at Paducah, Ky., but the military authorities would
not permit any particulars of the engagement to be
forwarded. It has heretofore been reported that
Paducah was strongly fortified by the Union
troops ; and the despatch indicates that an attack
has been made upon them by a tarp rchol force_
Paducah is situated on the Ohio river, 340 miles
treiovr Lou-1,4116_
It iS reported that another battle between the
Pansylygolip. Reserves and the rebels may soon be
expeeted. A large force of the enemy are now
stationed near Dranesville, and the Reserves have
drown cern days - rations. ft is supposed that they
will be ordered to make an advance movement _
the direetion of Leesburg.
An important bill was introduced into the 1101190
of Representatives yesterday, by Ron. Thaddeus
Stevens, of this State. It provides for the repeal
of all laws creating and establishing ports of entry
in the rebellions States, and declares that all yes
gels attempting to enter the Secession ports !shall
be forfeited, with their cargoes. It renders the
ships used in this way liable to capture anywhere
on the sea, or in any port ititv which they mil.
enter.
The example of the Nem York and Philade'',
phia banks, in suspending specie payments, has
been generally followed throughout the country,
Their action is almost universally approved, and
in business circles there is a great sense of relief.
It has not yet been definitely announced whoa
Idasoa and Slidell are to be released, and in what
Ship they are to sail for England, but it is supposes.:
they will be put on board the steamer Piltzgara.
Its regular sailing day is the Bth of January. The
action of the Admirrisfration in anicenderiem therms
warmly approved by the journals which have
remind us, and the Util= in 'which Secretary
Seward has conducted the diplomatic correspond-
Mee relating to the Treat affair ishighly eulogized.
It is generally conceded that, while an abundance
of British precedents could be found to amply jus
tify Captain Wilkes, the rights of neutrale, foe
which our Government has always warmly con
tended against British opposition, are entitled to
our deep respect ; and that Captain Wilkes having,
through his leniency and generous regard for the
interest Of the owners of the Treat and the passen.
gers on hoard of her, failed to comply with what
might be deemed an important technical requisite
of international law , lt wue proper, undor all the
circumstances, to comply with the demands of the
English ministry.
A. alight .., - 11rruloh has recently oe.eurred in Adair
county, Kentucky, in which the rebel loss was
five killed, and no Union soldiers were injaredi
It is reported that Humphrey Marshall is fortify
ing .Preetenhtirg, with 6540 troops, and that Gen.
Buell has sent a brigade to attack him. If he
does net retreat, a battle is expected soon.
An official report of the °pram of the stone
fleet in the harbor of Charleston has beeiii received
by the Navy Department, which indicates that the
purpose or the expedition has ;nevi &lir
pu shed.
The Navy Department has also received from
Port. Royal an interesting official report from Cap
tain Drayton of the incidents of his late expedition
to the North Edisto, which will be found in our
telegraphic columns. It corroborates the state
ments contained in the interlSing letter of our
special correspondent at Port Royal which we pub
lished yesterday.
WA learn from the Pula Pram (by tic Ni
agara) that Jefferson Davis is engaged a in pre
paring a memorandum to be addressed to all
Europe. This document treats of the question of
the secession. declares that the war undertaken by
the Northern States will not lead to any result,
and that tfie separation is already a legal fact.
WWI s -view, however, 14 fait 4.11 And to a much.
lamented contest, and prevent great raisforttmeg,
the memorandum will propose an amicable separa
tion or basis to be decided in common—the South
ern States being ready to agree to any arrange
ment compatible with the dignity of all parties."
This project is another indication of the despe
rate straits to which the leaders of the Itebellion
are being reduced. They evidently feel that if
there is no intervention on the part of foreign na
tions to sustain them, their mfamous schemes will
prove unsuccessful. All refugees from the South
agree in the statement that the people of the rebel
lious States are subjected to terrible emberressotente
and sufferings, and that the planters will be hope
lessly ruined if the present condition of affairs is not
peon ehangeL
Dlr. Dana, formerly of Pennsylvania, who re
cently arrived in Indiana, from New Orleans,
Rua that "the blockade is depriving the people of
many of the necessaries of life; their currenoy
is in the most wretched condition, and daily
growing worse, while the mar and cotton, plant
ers /arc already mortgaged their plantations so.
order to raise means of subszstence for their fa
milies and slaves, and gold and silver have ttimost
entirely disappeared—the former not to be had
at thirty-five per cent. premium, and the latter not
in the market at any price. A system of printed
tiokets has been resorted to. Omnibus lines, bar
rooms, shaving saloons, and even the merchants,
lone tickets, varying in value from five to 'fifty
cents, which pass as money wherever the parties
issuing them are known. Everywhere else they
Are trarthlen_ The bills of the Louisiana banks
have been cut into halves and quarters to supply
the place of change, and thus mutilated, of course,
many of them aro lest. The banks have mused
issuing any money of their own, transacting all
their business in Confederate scrip. They have
systematically called in and cancelled davit - oat
atanding circulation, thus increasing the stringency
of the money market. All that have the ability
are buying gold, even at the enormous proud...,
and concealing it for future use. This causes the
premium to steadily advance, and adds to the ge-
neral perplexity rind glotnn.”
General linger has announced to General Wool
that he is ready to send 240 of the Union prisoners
down the James river from Richmond, whenever
they will be received. General Wool will probably
send for them on Thursday or Friday. No list of
their names has yet been furnished. The friends
of the prisoners who are not to be released by this
arrangement will be rejoiced to learn, by, the state
ment of Congressman Ely, that the clothing sent to
them by our Government has been received at
Richmond, and that it Will probably be promptly
given to them.
Relief for the Crew of the Transport
steamer iTUIQUI
Captain John J. Garvin, and the crew of the
transport steamer Union, which was wrecked on
the North Carolina coast, while accompanying Com
utedero Dupont's expedition to Port Royal. are now
lying in the jail at Saulsbury, North Carolina,
whither they were taken after their rescue from
tint wreck of the vessel. As Capt. Garvin and a
portion of his crew are Thiladelpblana s we under
stand that a number of their friends in this city
desire to send them money and clothing to Idle vittie their sufferings, and to provide for their com
fort. We understand that Secretary Cameron in
formed Judge Kelley, who has taken a lively in
terest in the matter, that all such supplies should
be directed to tteneroX John E. Wool, etnumaucting
at Fortress Monroe, through whom they will, it is
hoped, reach their destination.
Siouon 13u i appears this evening at the Tem.
ple of Wonders, in a novel and attractive enter
tainment, comprising all the mysteries of magic,
..11h highly humorous scenes in ventrilegUidin, and
the learned canary birds. 4't• 0 . 1
.—gnor is popular
with everybody. His performances take place af
ternoons and evenings during the holidays, and on
New Year's day he gives three exhibitions.
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE—Large in
-voice of ta.i.e glntutware, ladieB' clOth cloaks, table
cutlery, dc., 914 Chestnut street. Will IA Mid
the above named articles at 10 o'clock, precisely.
Aloe, Ot 72 o'clock will be sold a new $5OO rose
?
wood !dm-forte, made by Vest, Thom i.s Bleck
Son, auctioneers.
Ilatinas PAESENTS...-L E. (if OuLD, Seventh
and Chestnut streets, is selling his elegant rialtos
and Melodeons at greatly reduced prices. Such
inducements were never before offered to pur-
Chaseni.
The Suspension of Specie Payments
ng o_ coati-
The action of the leadi P
try yesterday morning in suspending specie
payments, while it excited Some surprise, is
almost universally - commended as a sagacious
and necessary measure. Instead of producing a
panic, it has evidently had the opposite effect,
and will rather increase than diminish public
eonfldenee in the successful management of
the financial affairs of our country. The chief
regret expressed is that this step was not
adopted at an earlier day, before such large
amounts of specie had been drained from the
coffers of our banks. During the last two
weeks nearly two millions have been with
drawn from the Philadelphia and nearly
ten million dollars from the New York
banks, or about one fourth or the whole
amOnnt in their possession on the 14th of Be.
ember_ There were several causes for this
extraordinary demand. The mere fact that
a meeting of the representatives of the New
York Institutions, held several weeks ago, dis
cuosed the propriety of suspending specie
payments, although the decision arrived et
was averse to a suspension, excited alarm,
and induced many to withdraw deposits
and to ask for a redemption of their
notes. The threatening character of our
relations with Great Britain, and the sup
posed danger of a Witt with that country,
not only made some of our own citizens
fearful of a dearth of specie, but set the agents
of British capitalists busily at work in eirorts
to realise gold for American securities owned
abroad, It is also &Reed that the money used
to pay the expenses of the existing struggle
with the rebellion has been dr4wn chiefly from
the cities, and a very large portion of it ex•
pended in the country, where the specie has
been taken, and, for the present, held in the
vaults of country banks or in the hands of in
dividuals, instead of speedily returning ; as
usual, to the great commercial centres. Until
a general system pf taxation is put in opera
tion, which will enable the Government to
pbtaifi a liberal revenue from all loyal sections,
it is contended that this anomalous condition
of things will not be checked, and one effect
of the nuipemi9n, it I. suppda6d, will be to
hasten the adoption of some general financial
system which will operate equally and fairly
upon all the industrial and monetary interests
of the nation.
That the suspension is not the result of any
actual scarcity of specie is clearly evident.
Our national stook of the precious Metals
was never so large as at present. During
the past year, instead of diminishing, it
has constantly increased. Notwithstanding
the large withdrawals from the banks to which
we have referred, their supply of specie is
even now considerably larger than the amount
usually in their possession. From January 1,
1861, to the present date, the exports of specie
were only $-1,018,000, or V 15,054,000 less than
d ur i ng the same period last year. Our receipts
of gold from abroad and from California for
the same period have been about $70,000,000,
or $'‘)4,06e,000 more than during 1860, so that
we have doubly gained—in the excess of our
receipts of gold and in the decrease of our
exports. Our imports at New York of foreign
merchandise have been $102,000,000 less than
during last year, and our exports from New
York have esteeaded in value by nearly
000,060 those of last year, in consequence of
our unusually large exportation of domestic
produce.
There is, therefore, nothing in the condition
of our foreign trade, or our supply orspecie,
to alarm, but many things 15 6110611. Page, 11S It
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is scarcely probable that the suspension will
produce any serious inconrenienee, for gold
and silver are so abundant that any real want
cun icadlly be supplied.
THERE CAN BE NO HIGHER EVIDENCE of the
temper and justice of the American people
Ilan that we see exhibited to-day. The eap.
Lure of 31.tsox and SLIDELL was an c±trernely
popular act, and the applause bestowed upon
Captain WILIZEg was heartfelt and universal,
The country looked upon them in the light of
traitors, eminent, unscrupulous, powerful, and
bold. The justice of the case was for the time
forgotten. With the enemies of the country
in the easemates of a Northern fort, there was
little disposition to examine the law and equity
governing the ease,
A casual observer would have said, in the
month of November, that a war would ensue
before the release of the rebel emissaries.
Mr. Ressmm, of the Times, a keen observer,
confidently predicted that any attempt to re
mand these men into the keeping of the English
flag, would be followed by the dissolution of
the Administration—that there was so much
ignoranee and prejudiee among the people
that they would not permit the Government
even to consider the case, except, perhaps, to
order the ambassadors to immediate execu
tion. The first burst of passion was followed
by calm reflection—the whole matter was
rested in the hands of the President and the
Cabinet—England stated her position—the
law of the case was ermined—the precedents
in American history governing it were con
sidered, and, finding that wisdom and justice
dictated the release of the emissaries, they
were released,
And the country sustains the action of the
President. We are a law-abiding people, and
in our rulers we have the most unbounded
confidence. They have the honor ut ctUr
tion as much at heart as we, and they will de
fend its honor with candor, justice, and mag
nanimity.
THE NOBLE COlldllet of Asnazw .Towtsox, of
Tennessee, cannot provoke a greater measure
of praise and admiration than it deserve&
That of the indomitable BaowsLow and his
gallant comrades stamps them as genuine
patriots. These men are types of a class in
the Border States; but it must not be supposed
that this class is either very large or very
powerful, save in a moral sense. They are
representative men ; but investigation would
doubtless disclose the fact that their eon
summit-10 arc small. Prolific as those times
are in displays of moral heroism, such men
are not too plenty in the Border States. It
bhoUld be borne its mind that very many IN
fluential men in those States still hope for some
accommodation between the contending par
ties, by which things, as - nearly as may he 7
shall be placed in stain quo ante bellum.
A just regard for truth requires that the
m i n d s o f this clops Le disabused of their error_
Such struggles do nothing by halve& This is
a purgative war, both in design and effect.
All that is morbid, all that is incompatible with
the spread of right views, and the maintenance
of right relations between individuals and
eiasses—theSo must Do purged away. It is
not an cc unnatural war," as sonic have mis
takenly declared. It is natural; as legitimate
a consequence of the governmental and social
operations of the past twenty-five year& as
fever is a consequence of malaria. It is time
we began to call things by their right names.
The object of the Government in prosecu
ting this war is, as it should be, the mainte
nance of its integrity. But in doing this the
Government cannot pause to meddle with
legitimate results. If, in the struggle, the
idols of popular adoration be overthrown and
destroyed, there they T nust lie. Since good
is indestructible,< we can afford to do our
whole duty and abide the issue. If there be
any who an idol better than country, lot
them stand where they belong, with the open
enemies of the country. The champions of
freedom must be moved by broader views
and less selfish considerations., They Will not
construct quibbles in this time of trouble.
The progrcss of national destiny cannot be
stayed by fine-spun arguments. Away with
fossils ; give its living, breathing forms.
Away with hypotheses ; give us indisputable
facts. Awity with temporizias sive us cou
rage to look history and current facts in the
face. •
It- We wont tie modern 'unix, to essay the
propagation of wrong and right, side by side.
We want no timid counsellors. Give us men,
who, like Jomxsox, bless the age by their ex
amples of sell-abnegation.
A Naw Yonic. NEWSPAPER intimates that the
resolution thanking Captain WHALEs for his
conduct in arresting Messrs. MasoN and Sm-
DELL will either be withdrawn or defeated.
We hope not. CaptainizsE3, in arresting
these men, simply did his duty as a brave,
bold, and conscientious officer. The error
Wftg not lits=—as we could hardly expect to find
him a lawyer as well as a mariner. He did his
duty in arresting these men--the Administra
tion did a higher dlity in releasing, them. The
country thanks the Administration for its jus
tice and wisdom—let Congress thank Captain
WILKES for his courage and integrity-.
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LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL."
WASIIIICOTON, Dec. 80, 1801.
It is only necessary calmly to recount the
unnumbered evils that would have minted to
our country, in the event of a war With Eng
land, properly to estimate the happy termi
nation of the dispute between the British
Government and our own. I have just read a
copy of the London Times, received by the
america, containing the last letter of the
special correspondent, Mr. Russell, extracts
from American newspapers, and several
very able editorials, all prepared and se
lected for the purpose of keeping up the ex
timeia.sm and animosity of the British peerie
in favor of hostilities with the United States.
By the same mail a number of private letters
have been received by prominent men from
Americans in London and Paris, repre
senting that nothing can prevent an im
mediate attack upon our Northern coast
towns but a surrender of the persons of
Mason and Slidell. Mr. Russell is entitled to
the credit of showing increased hostility to the
cause of eivilieed liberty on these shores, in
proportion as that cause seemed to be in
danger. With all his opportunities to ascer
tain the sincere desire of American statesmen
to keep the peace with Great Britain, he has
proceeded upon the .expectation that Mason
and Slidell would not be released, and has
industriously fanned the flame so as to keep
up the bitter sentiment that at bet accounts
controlled the British people. The London
Times, doubtless under the inspiration of
its special correspondent, acting upon his
hints, and following out his programme,
eedulouely torteoets such editorial reflec-
tions as will familiarize the British pub
lie with all the horrors of a war with America,
Mr. Russell has rare advantages in this our
goodly city of Washington. He is a polished
gentleman, possesses fine social characteristics,
a keen sense of the ridiculous, a ready humor,
an observing eye and a retentive memory, and
he is sought after by men of all opinions, en.
tering with equal facility the palatial residences
of our Washington Seeeesionists and the
bemes of those mest nearly related to the
Federal Administration, No correspondent
has ever enjoyed such opportunities. His role
liar, heretofore, been to prepare the hearts of
his home readers for war. He has not believed
that Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet would darn to
release Mason and Slidell. Now that he
has seen this act of grace performed,
will be, in the spirit of a frank and generous
man, do justice to those whose independence
he distrusted ? He told the London Times
that if the arch-traitorn to the freest govern.
ment on earth were released, "that govern
ment would be 'When np," and, in a tone
which is to be regretted, said that if the lower
orders of the people are so ignorant of every
thing except their polities and passions, so sus
turated with pride and vanity, that any hono
rable concession, even in this hour of ex
tremity, would prove fatal to its authors."
Well, Mr. Russell has seen that not only has
Mr. Lincoln retained his Presidency, but that
the Government is not "broken up" in conse
quence of this release. The "lower orders"
yield, with reluctant grace, to the act of Mr.
Lincoln, and so far front the Administration
being destroyed by its acquiescence in the
demand of Earl Russell, it has been greatly
strengthened in the popular favor. If Mr.
Russell is not the came* eymPathizer with
Beceseion, and the relentless enemy of this
Government, he will accept the last of the
many opportunities he has had to do justice
to a people whose motives, I am charitable
enough to believe, he has perseveringly nate.
Understood. I have repeatedly admitted, in
this correspondence, the hard necessities of
our condition, am! freely concede that, Wider
different circumstances, we might have inex
orably pursued the British example, and held
on to Messrs, Mason and Slidell. All Ameri
cans admit that, if through misguided passion
and unjust prejudice, we had been driven into a
war with England, the Ara Mews would Lace
fallen with crushing effect upon their country ;
but there is another and a very broad side to
this question, and our English cousins map as
well understand it now. If we yielded to
them beetillBo of our internal troubles, we
know right well that they were ready to strike
at us on account of these troubles. Is it not
possible, however, that as we have overesti
mated our own weakness we have undereati
mated their strength? The Southern traitors,
desperate, reckless, and degraded as they are,
have undoubtedly made a stubborn stand
against the government that his nourished
them. If war had resulted as a con
sequence of the arrest and imprison
ment of Slidell and Mason, and as a scVel of
the industrious newspaper rhetoric of Mr.
Russell and the London Times, it is, I con
ceive, at least possible, that a people not de
meralieed like the Southern traitors, by a sense
of their own ingratitude, and not corroded to
the heart by a lack of every essential of good
government, and the ordinary necessities of
life, could have made such a stand against
England as would have revived, on a grander
scale, the somewhat unpleasant memories
of the Revolution, and the second war
for independence. But it is to be hoped
that the settlement between Mr. Seward
and Lord Lyons may be perpetual.
No good can come of eritnination and re
crimination. It is a very silly thing to pre_
diet that the faith between the two nations is
to become a Punic faith; that the new treaty
is a hollow truce, and that each side is simply
preparing for a new struggle, in which au old
quarrel is to be renewed, and recent griefs to
be avenged_ Roth England and America will
henceforward increase their military and ma
ritime establishments. As to the first, there .
need be no doubt, for her arrangements have
extended through many years ; and as to our
own country, our domestic enemies would
compel such a policy, even if England were
our good friend. From this time forward, no
Administration can stand that does not act
upon the sentiment of being prepared at all
points, for en attack from any quarter. The
United States, the moment rebellion was a
fact, the moment the threats of the traitors in
Congress were made practical by an 24 , 1114V4
attack upon the Government, became a mili
tary MIN, and from this day forth that will
be her character among the Powers of the M.
vilized world. OCCASIONAL.
Wit regret to announce, on the authority - of
late advices from Nassau, N. P., that our esti
mable fellow-citizen, Joan RICHARDSON, Esq.,
died at that place a few dap ago. Mr.
RicitAnDsoN, whose health had been feeble
for some years, sought the more genial clime
of the V i ef..-t Indies Pao relaxation and repose
but his disease was too deep-seated to be re
moved. Mr. RICHARDSON was a native of
11Toreehter county, Maryland, and removed
from that State to Philadelphia about forty
four years ago. He was a member of the old
firm of Won/tr.:a. ? Pretunnsom, k Co. Ho
was subsequently chosen President of the
Bank of North America, in which capacity he
won and received the confidence of all classes.
His financial ability, his moral courage, and
his entire unselfishness, carried the bank
through every crisis, protected it from all
temptations, and made it a model for other in
stitutions.
Mr. IlicuAanson's only daughter was united
in marriage, a few montha ago g - with hcr 13A
tannic Majesty's consul at this port, Mr.
KORTEIGHT.
AMONG the most vociferous assailants of tho
Administration for releasing SLIDELL and MA
arm, are the very Secession aympathizcro who
were so indignant because these superfine twin
patriots were captured and imprisoned. Com
111Clit rlO llllliccessarY•
The Bank of Pittsburg.
Pirrsnvito, Deo. 30.—The old Bank of Pittsburg
Continues to pay spook) on all its 11abIlltles, oa It
has done through past suspensions.
Pirrsnrau, Dec. 30.--The news of the sugpension of
!Drip payments by 11w g f igern banks was not wholly
unegpseted here, and created tam; or no
banks have not generally suspended. Three of them, it
is understood, have suspended ,• but four are still paying
specie, namely the old Bank of Pittsburg, the Me
chanics' Bfkuk, the Citizens' Bank, and the Iron. City
Bang.
Suspension of Specie Payments in Boston.
BOSTON, Dee, 30,-Our banks halm suspended
specie payments.
Suspension of the Albany Banks.
.Atniir, Deo. 30.—The bloke of this City no
pendecl specie payin4nitS.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Banks.
Dec: 30--All the beam of thin city see
Fended npeCio payment to-116.9.
The Cincinnati Money Market.
Claciatteri, Dec. 30.—The surrender of. Macon
and Slidell, and the suspension of specie payments
by, the New York banks, has produced a feeling of
relief in business circles.
THE PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON,
AIT unronTANT SILL IN ItIELATION TO TKR
BLOCKADE.
A Reconnoissance Towards
Charleston.
OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM COM
MANDER DRAYTON:
THE SINKING OF THE STONE FLEET.
The following deaths of Pennsylvanians have
taken place in the hospitals and camps sines the
last report; Daniel Dosliig, company C, Sixth
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, died from wounds
Mend in battle at Dranesville, at Camp Pier
pont ; Corporal John Miller, company E, Twenty
third Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Camp Graham;
Robert W. Bell, Cellipan7 C, Fifty - seventh Penn
sylvania Volunteers, at camp ; Dennis rows, com
pany D, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, at
camp; Milo Miller, company 11, Fitly - Seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, at camp Corporal
William Boyd, company A, sixty-second Penn
sylvania 'Volunteers, at camp CoitMil Dun
can G. Campbell, company A, Fifth Penn
sylvania Reserve Corps, at Camp Piorpont; g,
Barber, company C, Cameron Dragoons, at Co.
lumbian Hospital ; and. Robert Foster, company E,
Sixty-second Pennaylvania Volunteers, at camp.
Charles E. Item of the First Now Jersey Cavalry,
died at Camp Custis.
The Foregn Correspondence and Mr.
bauld have boon better managed than
the twiner in - which Mr, nswinn retained the
mord of hie t/gttimnent with Lord Lroxs on the
Tome question, and the manner he refused - iv givo
copies of the correspondence to any of the persons
eneged on the different New Yells mere in this
city. He quietly made the old bdelliArenee.s his
organ, and thus placed all the rival newspapers
elsewhere on a common footing.
Secretary Cameron and Governor Curtin.
The Seeretary of War gave a splendid dinner
at his residence, corner of Fifteenth and I streets,
this evening, to Governor CURTIN, of Pennsylva
nia, Alperig the guests present were the Vice
President, several members of the, Cabinet, As
sistant Secretary of War SCOTT, Assistant Secretary
of State iiEwARD, Lion, TitAPPEtrs STzTENs I Mr.
Speaker Onow, and others.
Most of the fire compactos of tilt city have been,
for more than a year past, sympathizers with Se
ess.gion, and it is BOW staked that the President has
directed the employment of the st -am fire engines a
Philadelphia and New York, or of some constructed
on the ,ei . ita plan_ Wallington is 110Vf almost n
Northern city, and thousands of young men from
the free States would soon take the place of the fire
men of this municipality.
Congreas on Thursday.
Both Houses will assemble on-Thursday, accord
ing to adjournment, but it is not believed a quorum
will be present in either body. Au adjournment
Will, therefore, be effected until Monday, when
the business of the Mtn begin in earnest.
Shall Caleb Cushing be a Brigadier
General.
The indignation generally expressed against the
mere idea of appointing CALEB CITSHIN4 a brigadier
genorgl {quounts to nothing. He will hardly . be
honored with that high position by President Lvi-
COLN.
The suspension of specie payments by the banks
of Philadelphia and New York will greatly relieve
the operations of the Treasury' it is 49140 in Cer
tain quarters that the English capitalists were with
drawing their special deposits from our great cities.
It is charged that the different country banks, hay
ing accumulated a large amount of city notes, sent
these back upon the city banks, and drew the spe
cie, in circler to keep their own paper currency in
circulation.
In reply to the resolution of the 130U110 of Re
presentatives, requesting the Secretary of War to
furnish all the general orders issued with reference
to the transportation or troops and sattattima u£
war by railroad, and also all orders designating the
amount to be paid for such purpose, the Secretary
submits a seport from Quartermaster General
Mews, in which it is stated that the Quartermaster
General has issued no general orders on the sub
ject.
Accompanying the report is a copy of a letter
from the War Department, dated July 12,1851,
cotalAlbhl. ls a tar=& 6P prism for the transportation
of troops and stores, and directions to alt quarter
masters and others engaged in providing transporta
tion, to rend the troops and Stores by the most di
rect route. The following is a general basis of
prices : Each passenger, per mile, two cents for the
distance moved ; and for equipments, munitions,
and supplies, accompanying tbs. regiments, at first
class local rates, which will average about as fol
lows : thirty miles or less 10 cents per pound, there
beings cm-responding reduction for greater die.
tances, so that far 350 or 400 miles the amount
would not exceed 90 cents per 100 pounds.
As to the transportation of horses, fullear-loads of
thirteen or fourteen horses were usuaii7 chardea tut
18,000 pounds. All other supplies forwarded by
freight trains are charged local rates according to
the shosifiention of property, which will Wildly
average on provisions and heavy freight 2 or 3
cents per ton of 2,000 lbs. a mile. Dry goods,
clothing, or light goods, will average 3a5 cents per
ton of 2,000 11x, per mile.
Expected Battle.-
A battle k Momentarily looked for on the wing
of the army with which the Nnnzylva.z.l..
is connected. From careful reconnoissances mode
yesterday and the day before, it is estimated that
the rebels have a force of between thirty 'lnd fifty
thousand in the vicinity of Drammenle, the scene of
the last fight. The men in lien. hfcCALL's divi
sion were yesterday ordered to draw seven days'
rations, This is thought to hei equivalent to an
order to move on Leesburg.
Flag Presentation.
MM. Danis O. DIVKINsorr, wko arridA ixemb 61:1
Saturday evening. will to-morrow present a ataxia
of colors to the Eighty-ninth New York volunteers,
(Dickinson Guards,) at their camp, near the city.
The colors will be received by Hon. R. R. DtTELL,
M. C. from Mr. DI arasox's district, on behalf of
the regiment,
From the Lower Potomac.
The rebel batteries on the Potomac are again be
coming very vigilant, They We planted a new
battery on Hallotray's ROM, about Seven miles be.
low Mount Vernon. It almost completely com
mands the channel, as light vessels have to run
within about three hundred yards of it. The camp
fires of the rebels are seen in the vicinity of it
every night. The little steamer Telegraph was
fired at on Saturday night, as she was entering
MattawoMan's meek. The shot fell short, but it is
very evident that the rebels are determined to stop
communication by water with General ,Hoomin's
and Cleidtrel gtotzt.cal brigades.
The rebel geld-battery, which was planted oppo
site Boyd's Hole, has been withdrawn, and two
large siege guns have taken its place, How 10 415
the rebels will be able to maintain the positions
which they have • gained along the Virginia banks
of the Potomac is a question to be settled bare.
after. Every jecticl wbieh attempts to run the
blockade is in danger of being captured. One thing
is evidea, the rebels are very saving of their am
munition.
There is considerable bustle on the other side to
day, but all the movements appear to be nothing
more than the usual reconnoitring parties 6 f0r0...
One of the brigade quartermasters stated this morn
ing that it was no use of hunting for forage this
gide of the enemy's lines, as it had all been oap
tared, either by the rebels themselves or our forces.
There is scarcely an ear of corn or sheaf of wheat
or oats to be found in any direction this side of
rairfuw or Centreville. The &witty has boon
completely cleaned out.
Timm is a report in circulation that Gon. HAL.
Ll;t•h will soon be ordered to take command of the
army of the Potomac.
Tho course pursued by Gen. BLENKER is the
cause of much remark. The whole matter, it is
stated, will ho brought before the Benet%
The hospitale at Alexandria are rapidly filling up
with fever oases. sow, if any of them, are of a
serious type.
It i 8 stated that the ElRglidt Owe - eminent deslie.
that Captain WILKES, of the San Jacinto, should
be reprimanded for overhauling the Trent.
The suspension of the Philadelphia and New
York banks caused some little excitement here to•
day in monetary circles. It was, however, antici
pated by private despatches received here on
Thursday last.
It has now been officially ascertained that 224
horses were burnt in the recent fire ; out of the
1,500 horses let loose ort the occasion, they hare
all been recovered, except one hundred and fifty.
OCCretory VHASE, with the Finance Committee of
the Senate and Itouge of Representatives, is holding
conferences on the aspect of financial matters.
Governor Courts, who is now here, intends per
bonitily to inapeot the PenneyLeonia troops outside
of bicCALL's Division, he having already inspected
the" Reserves" under command of that general.
BY TELEGRAPH.
OFFICIAL !LWOW OP 'PIM AFFAIR
Special Despatches to . 6 The Press."
ASHINT/TON, member 30
Deaths of relilltylvanut Soldiers.
Seward.
A New Fire System
gu*pangion of Spotie Pavilients.
The Transportation of Troops
Washington New and Gomm.
Miscellaneous
Despatches
from Port Royal
The following despatches have been received at
the Navy Department :
U. S. STEAmEN PAWNEE,
PORT Roy Av., December 21, ledt.
Dian Sin r In Obeiliellee to your orders of the
14th roan., I left this harbor et daylight of the ieth,
accompanied by the gunboat .senera, Lieut. Com,
Daniel Amman, and the coast-survey steamer
Vixen, Copt, Q. 0. Boutelle, but at the bar found
that the heavy northeaster which was Mowing
had raised such a sea as to reader it out of the
to I therefore returned to my
d q i U r e e ti c i t l e O d n
e a x tt a e m el ir p ie t . entering the rivers which I was
anchorage, which I left a second time, however, on
the following morning, and reached the Norte
Edisto at 2 o'clock.
libortly after t crossed the bar with the Seneca,
piloted in by Captain Denten°, in the 1 7 2 . 2`en, which
vessel, however, he left when we were inside- for
thLe i f; a s i e n e in f e ay tr ifi te c T a n tio O n f a u a s imEj At ,
thisfi t h c i o s u Y ld g6 p n l a l
on Edisto Island, distant a mile and a half. As it
was minted to me that they were filled with men,
I commenced firing slowly from my howl
as did the 'Seneca, but receiving no answer
we soon ceased, and, running by the batte
rim anchored in the North Mike. river.
On landing I found the fort, which was
entirely deserted, to consist of two redoubts
for five guns each, connected by a long curtain,
and protected in the veer by it double fence of think
plank, with earth between, and loop-holed. The
me ,. , a tui to t w h a e
i, n 3 e g g e re h e ft : i i a l t o o r n m so e m d
emweteehkagd
back,
kbcorilyhriete
/ war making this examination, Lieut. Cone. Am•
men had, proceeded up the river for about five
miles, the effect of which was immediately apparefit
in the firing of oottomhouses and 014 - 411i1411 51 g8, as
during the night some negroes came on board
and informed us that at the small town of
Rockville, which was in full eight, there
was a large encampment of soldiers, at least L 110;
and Captain Boutelle offering to go up the creek
on which it was, I determined to make them a visit
in the ViYsst, and at daylight on the 17th wont on
koard of that wag for the purpose, taking with
me the boats and marines of the Pawnee and Se
neca, under charge Of Acting Master Buell. Owing
to our running ashore, we Out not reach the town
until near 0 o'clock, a little above which was a
sloop laden with cotton and provisions, which I took
possession of, and towed alongside. There hang
still no signs of life on shore, I landed without the
men to reconneltre, and was soon satisfied that the
troops . had left, The eratthi
Ps seen Wan tit e ne4roes
pillaging a building in which there was a large quan
tity orcommissary stores, consisting of rico, sugar,
bacon, core, A's. This I stopped at once, and had
what remained removed to the Vixen. Being then
informed that the camp, which was a mile from the
water, was entirely deserted, I went there • but,
although as far as I could learn the troops had left
at daylight, (it was then only a little after eight,)
the pogrom!, nem I foetid as busy as bees bad re
moved the most Valuable part of meat had been
left, which was nearly everything except their
at m, • The encampment was a large one, and
had been occupied for many months, and its
late tenants had evidently been in the pos
eession of every comfort. I removed to the
boats forty Sibley end four ordinary tents,
a. quantity of articles of no particular value,
which were lying about and found at a neighboring
house, which seemed to have been used as head.
quarters. Having pretty well cleared the ground
of what was worth removing, and being desirous of
examining above_, I left at 2 o'clock and proceeded
up the river with the IF men, not liking to trust the
Pawnee in so narrow a channel, and came on the
Seneca, which had started at 9 o'clock to explore,
fast on a mud-bank. We remained by her until 9
o'clock, but found it impossible to pull her otr, owing
to the night tide not being as high as the morning
elm. While lying here, however, I sent the beige
and burned a sleep, which had been run ashore
come distance beyond, while attempting to escape
from the Seneca, and which could not have been
floated off. The Vim/ afterwards returned for the
night to the neighborhood of the Pawnee, but went
back at daylight the following morning with a
party of Imo end boats from this vessel, to lighten
the Seneca,, which vessel was
. got off al high tide.
While the Vixen was running up the river, she
mate 'on a small sloop laden with cotton, from
which two white men were tan, whom I now
have on board as prisoners. As, in the meantime,
nearly one hundred and fifty negroes, all in a
great state of alarm, had collected on board
the different vessels, 1" determined to land them
on the Point, and called in the United States steamer
Penguin, which was cruising off the port, and to
leave Lieutenant Commander Budd in charge of
the river, after my departure, until he could hoar
from you. Captain Battelle was kind enough to
go out in the Vizen and pilot the Penguin into her
anchorage or OW Fort, where she now is.
On the morning of the 19th, i ran down to the
North Edisto, and,leaving the Pawnee and Seneca
at the bar, went in with the Vixen. I found the
fortifications, which are on Edisto Island, entirely
deserted, and partially destroyed. They consisted
of two redoubts, which mounted, as far as I could
judge, four guns each, but the guns had been re
moved. The Da' being in sight. across Otter
Island, in the Asheixio, I made signal, and Lieut.
Com. TruatOn over with four l'eette Us
-
repoita everything quiet in the neighborhood of
his anchorage, and that the fort on Otter Island
was rapidly being placed in a state of defence.
Up to the present time, although they had been in
sight, of the South Edisto forts, whore we Were
lying, they had not yet landed there.
Having finished my examination of the South
Edisto, I returned to the Peewee and stood north
with the ieteutioe of lying dr Stave fa, the night,
but as the weather looked threatening, and the
Viso? was almost out of coal, I went into the
North Edisto again for the night, in order to have
en opportunity of eupplgieg her with game.
Lieutenant Commanding Rudd reported every
thing as when I left, but on the following morning
negroes came in and stated that rebel troops, who
bad left the encampment at Rockville, being large
ly reinforced, showed a disposition to reoccupy that
piece, as the weather was too threatening to per
mit of my making a careful vemnination of the
Stow, as I intended, I determined now to return
at once to this place and report to you the state of
ateeire at North Edirne. This I have done, reach
ing my anchorage here at th..ee o'clock today-
Very respectfully. your obedient servant,
P. DRAYTON, Commanidn g.
pig Meer S, r, prnm, Commanding South
Atlantis Squadron.
Diplomatic Dinners.
It is rumored that, aim the orrcepetiPmee be
tween Mr. Snw•Ann and Lard LYONS, several very
harmonious dinners have taken place. There is
nothing like a good dinner to adjust great differ
ence. bolweeit public men_
Resignations in the Pennsylvania Sixth.
It is reported this morning that, on account of
Centiuuml ill health ) C01y..1 11.CRMTTS bus redidned
his commission as colonel of the Sixth. Pennsyl
vania, and that Lieutenant Colonel Pasnosa has
also revisned. The gl..th eet'sred itself with glory
in the Dranesville affair.
THE SINKING OF THE STONE FLEET,
OFFICIAL REPORT.
WAsninomoti, December 30.—The official report
of Goma/Wore Dupont, 6 relation to the mialting Of
the stone fleet, has been received at the Navy De
partment.
The substantial part of the document Onside eg
the report of Captain Charioa Henry D a vi s , w h o
had command of the fleet.
In this report, Captain Davie says
" In iii this work I have Leen 4.14# assisted by
Commanders Gordon and Goldsborough, and by
Lieutenants Commanding Stevens and Batch, and
have derived much valuable information and im
portant aid from the skill, local knowledge, and
zeal of Acting Masters G. H. Bradbury and Mr.
Godfrey, who acted as pilots, both of whom are
worthy of your highest confidence."
Also, In relation to the active part of the expedi
tion, Captain Davis says : "On the night of my
arrival off Charleston the light-house was blown up,
by which occurrence the patofie of Say Vidt was
essentially promoted. After the bar had been
sounded out, two ships were sunk, one on the
=item and one on the western limit of the channel,
which served to limit the Auld or operation&
After all the ships which were -to be sunk, atateen
in number, had been brought here, and in a posi
tion to be easily moved, they were towed in by the
pi l mfi cr giciumers and plated Jima and Mai& the
bar in a checkered or indented form, lying as
much as possible across the direction of the channel
in several lines, some anemic apart, and they are
made so nearly to overlie each Other that it would
be difficult to draw a line through them, in the di
rection of the channel, which would not be inter
cepted by one of the vessels."
commander Davis states that he was guided by
several principles in owing the piece, and In tl,a
manner for sinking the vessels, viz : First. The
bar was selected because it is the principal and cul
minating point of the natural deposit in this line.
by-adding the mateCie.l eentained in the hulks to
those already placed there by nature, it may be-ex
pected that the natural forces which aggregate
the latter will tend to keep_ the former in their
assignedgecoiita- 11.,y putting down the
Vessels in an indented form, it was intended to
create a material obstruction to the channel, with
out seriously impeding the flow of the water.
If It woes po ssible to build a wall across the
channel, the river, which must flow to the sea,
would undoubtedly take another and similar path.
But if, on the contrary, the blockading of the na
tural clime! is only partial, the water may retain
part of its old course and require the =.lalilou
only of a new channel of small capacity. Third.
The mode of sinking the vessels is intended to
establish a combination of artificial interruptions
and resetuhling, on a small scale, those
of Hell-gate, or Holmes' Hole, and producing like
them eddies, whirlpools, and counter currents, such
as render the navigation of an otherwise difficult
channel hazardous and Uncertain.
A Bill to Blockade the Southern Ports..
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The following are the
provirions et the 1,11 l letee.lueed today in the
House by Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania:
First. That all laws, or parts of laws, creating
and establislaing ports of entry or delivery in any
State now in rebelllee, b., ~al the same are here.
by, repealed.
Second. No vessels, either foreign or domestio,
except such as belong to or aro employed by the
Government of the United States, 011141 91$er or
leave any of the said ports unless driven there by
stress of weather.
Third. If any vessel shall violate, or attempt to
violate, the provisions of this act, the said vessel,
Cargo, and everything appertaining- &Loreto, shall
bo forfeited, the one-hall to go to the captors, and
the other half to the United States; and every
person is hereby authorized to make such seizure,
and Cis captain or eoinmander of Buell Mod shall
be fined not exceeding 5tllL
Fourth. The said vessel and cargo may be seized
at any place at sea, or in any port, and the goods
rnsiy be taken wherever found, on land or Water-
Fifth. The proeeeda shall be divided among the
captors, according to the law now regulatin g prizes.
Sixth. The ship and cargo may be tried, as well
as the officers, in any court of the United States
into whose jurisdiction the 5141130 ulay ha Wren.
Seventh. The States now in rebellion are Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ueorgitt, Alabama,
Florida. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,_ Tennessee,
and Arkabrae. If any ether States should hue,
after become rebellious the President shall pro ,
claim the filet, and the provisions of this act shall
then apply to such State or States.
Eighth. The President shall have power to de.
dare any harbor or harbors ports of entry when,
in his judgment ; it shall be expedient,
IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.
BATTLE AT PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.
CJIWIt&V, Din. M.—The telegeara operator fit
Cairo says :
" A fight is golug on at Paducah, Ky., to-41ay ;
but the aqatent general rerueee to allow reports
of it to be sent to-night. We shall probably
have something to- send to-nrofferlf for publica.
tion.''
CAIRO, 111., Doc. 30.—The charges of swindling
in lumber contracts at this point hugs been Inres.
tigatod by Captain liillyer, and substantiated. An
immense quantity' of lumber purchased at $9.50
per 1,000 feet was charge/I, Ia this bill, at 811150
Other charges of fraud are undergoing ineestiga-
From Mkasonn
Sr. Louis, Doc. Mt.—Twenty-four hundred and
sixty cavalry, under Col. Carr ; with Moen days'
rations, left Rolla yesterday, destined, it is sup
posed, for Springfield, but by a circuitous-route.
Mason, SHoen, and the Niagara
BOSTON, Dec 20.—The agents of the Cunard
line have ordered the isr?agars to be in readiness
to sail on Tuesday, at noon, aoldtfrd hare been
received from Lord L.yons about Mason and Slidell,
but they probably expect orders to that effect by
mail to-xn9Frovr•
liEw YORK Dec. 30.—Mr. Cunard denies that
the steamer IViagara. will eat' before her regular
da7,,shich is on the Bth proximo.
XXXVIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SUM,
wesruNoTox, Dec. ao,
SENATE
The Chaplain, in his opening Prayort truutoa tp.4
ProvidkneA would attatain the nation fur the moment when
it WWI forced to succumb under the plastic forms of Deft
dipionaftcy.
aIiaDTER. of Ifaaaaelkuseltß, Presented A patitlan
of the eitotens of Reuben county, New York, praying
far the mange of a law for the abolition of alum' in
all the Staten.
Mr. FOSTER, of Connecticut, promoted a similar
petition.
Mr. SUMNER elan presented petitions from cltizone of
Mannehuget tg and Pennsylvania praying for the emenci
nation of slaved under the war power.
A communication was received from the Secretary of
War, hi reply to a resolution from the Semite, Stating
that it was incompatible with the public interest to fur
nish the correspondence which hes pteeoti between Gen
Scott and tits pnttereon.
"Mr, Gritlltird ) of lowa, introduced a ($ll 6o aequiro
titles in the District of Columbia.
Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, introduced a hill dont:lrina
carittln varsona anal nua+r{as, and for entoisaatiug pro•
party tor the hoo.ft+ of loyal nOrtlAtir. Ref/Troll.
The Senate then adjourned till Thursday nest.
tibMr. or ItEIiTtIMPSTATIVER
Mr. POTTER, of Wisconpto, reported the follolving
resolution, %Watt was adopted:
_Received. That the Secretary of the Treneury be re
oteated to furniah, without unnecessary delay, to the
select committee appointed to inquire into the alleged
disloyalty of the Government employees, the information
arcked for by the letter of the Oil ineteut, %%Weeded by
the chairman of the committee to the Secretary or the
Treasury.
Mr. POTTER also reported a resolution calling on - the
Secretary of the Interior to similarly respond. is said
it wee ...ceeeary that the select committee should hare
this information, in order to make their report.
Mr. WICKLIFFE, of Kentucky, not caring to vote
blindly on this question, inquired what was the character
or tbe far,
Mr. PUTTER explained that in Jiily lent the heatle of
Departments were requested to furnish lists of their re.
spertive clerks, which thee did, and the last request,
which the Secretaries of the - Tees_aney and Interior We
not complied with, was to furnish the committee with the
name of such clerks mentioned in their first commtmica
unit, 11U hnt iiilIGF keep removed ? designating such t
name. It was necessary for the 00111initiee to have the
information, in order to ascertain whether the Depart
ments have removed those who have been reported to
thmit au diaitgrai, to far as Ilia committee 00111(1 learn NI
tact front the evidence before them, If such persona
have not been removed, the Departments, by this call.
would have an opportunity to furnish the reasons.
Mr. 'WICKLIFFE said he did not feel himself
called upon to defend the Departments named i hot he
did not understand hew far this Mime has the right to
assume the executive tioweig of this Government. If 110
understood the merits of the pending question, it was an
Wittig why the heads of Departments had not removed
certain persons.
Mr. OLIN I of New York, said the persong who hail
been charged with disloyalty ought to have an opportu
nity of refuting 11)1tK4tipxy 5 , which, ho had learned acci
dental/T, had not been afforded them.
• .
Alt WICKLIFFE, resuming, Bald that It WO have
heads of Departments who are Lot competent to judge of
the qualifications or loyalty of their subordinates, we
should strike f4t Any remove them. We should airn at
higher game than mere clerks.
Mr. MALLORY, of lingua:St objected to tho intro
duction of the reeolution, calling OR Secretary of the
inii.FietY far information.
Mr. POTTER. mid t?.'.o remarks of the gentleman front
N.,,,,tucky (Mr, Wickliffe) would be proper if the filln•
non en the appointment of the committee—bat the
COMMittee has aireiii4 been :typo:elect
The very object of eending to the Departments the le:-
tint/my affecting the disloyalty of the clerks wee to affonl
an opportunity for vindication. The committee hive not
derided On any matter, They linteilm* taken testi
mony, and submitted it to the heads of the Departments
for their consideration and action. HO would inform the
gentleman from Kentucky that there were to-day in the
employment of the Government ATI , htill4red clerks who
are disloyal to the Union. Theta err aim toco to rho
Departments who have never uttered one word or sympa
thy for the Government, notwithstanding the perils which
surround it. The Departments have not, in thin respect,
there duty_ In a greet many NUM where
clerks have been charged with disloyalty, parties hare
come before the committee and called on God to witness
that they were loyal men, while others brought letters
from &Haien and numbers of the House declaring them
to be loyal men. In many instances the persona 86 corn
-Bed to an loyal men have left this District and are now
to be feting ill the ranks of the enemy. Every man em
ployed should have the opportnnity to give etldevaa of
his loyalty, and thin wan the object of the committee.
The resolution, being objected top was not received for
consideration
Mr. STEITENti, of Penneylrani% from the Committee
of Ways and DleallS, reported a bill repealing -cereala
laws creating ports of entry, the consideration of which
was postponed till the second Tuesday of February, after
Du, ktil - fro had briefly expressed his ss,ying,
among other things, that the blockade was a §tlaet AA
mission of the nationality of those whose ports are
blockaded, and that it was not a correct principle far a
nation to blockade its own ports, Incidentally alluding
to the n-e.l affair. ha odd that the conduet Of Franca
was impertinent, as she wits not invited to intervene in
the affair ; but when we shall have settled our domestic
troubles, we must look into the Ifoly Alliance of those
Powers, and see how far they shall be permitted to con
tral our conduct
Mr. SPAULDING-, of Now York, introduced a bill
authorizing the issue of treasury notes payable on de
mand. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Adjourned till Thursday.
From New Mexico.
AAli"is Cm, Dec. 30.—The Santa Fe mail with dates
to the 14th instant has arrived,
The reported massacre of twenty turn by the Todlaoe,
near Fort Stanton, proves to have been incorrect.
Memorials have been passed by the Territorial Legis
lature, petitioning Congress to enact laws and make such
appropriations as will authorize the Indian Department
to select suitable topes ror Indian .Hers-AMA
.. Also,
that New Mexico be relieved of the payment of the
amount of tax assessed to her by the late lawof uongre-a.
The law for the protection of slave property in New
Mexico wad repealed la On !llama unanimous vote in
both houses,
The steamer Europa Outward tbund.
VSFi pO t 3q.—Kne R. M. steamship Europa,
paned here on Outlay, at half past I P. M., kilt au inn
to the heavy sea and high easterly gale, - tt was impostlile
for the news yacht to place the latest despatch.; (inclu
ding the POWS of the surrender of Mason and Slidell)
aboard of her.
From California
SAN rItANCISCO, Dec. 23.—The Steamer &mom sailed
on the 21st inst. for Panama, with 20 cabin paseengers,
"Jah—, emi 01.170,000 in treasure, of which $.2100
OW are intended for England.
SAN FRANCISCO,Dec. 28.—Another severe rain has
renewed the freshts in the interior of the State, an' the
city of Sacramento is again partially overflowed, but
withent much damage; the central and buflineSS portion
of the city not being affected.
A Philadelphia Vessel Spoken.
20.—The Rammer R G, Whitiden,
of Philadelphia, for Bermuda, waa epoken.(no (Mu) in
lat. 37 deg., long. 73 deg., short of previsiess. She was
supplied.
• The l'44llcia Leaf."
The dry and dead leaf, that quivers down and
settles in your path, as you rush along in a !realty
9 £ business, beneath the stripped branches of some
poor tree, which leads a sickly life among the grim
atones of the street, will not, in all likelihood, ar
rest your pertliniler littention. Yea have other
things to think about darling investments, col
lapsing corporations, stooks sliding to ciphers, re
morseless creditors, and a medley of misery.
Money hoe been, is now, and is to be 4 the guiding
star of your life. You have followed it faithfully
by day you have run a crazy race for riches ;
by night your dreams have been of the glittering
goal. Long ago, by 50112 n abrewd friend or ad_
riser, you were given distinctly to understand
that to get rich was the chief end of your life.
You have diligently heeded the advice, Winking
like a bee through wasting years, working your
form into deformity, your hair off your head, and
your face into premature seams and wrinkles. By
this time you have probably Ceased to have faith
in yourself as a thinking creature, with a soul, and
an eternity to make ready for, and are quite satis
fied that )-ou have come to be an imeurate ealcula.
ting machine, and that you are accounted a most
sagacious man of business, and magical maker
pf money. Work, worm, is the word for you.
The world is a great mine; you must help INA it,
and must work hard too, if you want the miner's
recompense. Well, good friend, you are a wit-
RIM of the woe this money new and then
pours upon a people. You see what a phantom is
wealth; more unreal than the dancing fires of the
bog, and as inconstant as the flirt who has fooled a
hundred beetle, You Add it slipping away, like
the mist from the mountain, from its most ardent
devotees, and it may possibly occur to you, that,
after all, it is not worth toiling. sweating, dying
fur. At least, do not trample under feettida
thing, rustling and sere, and give it no thought at
all. Its lessons should go to your heart, as the
thrilling writing on the well of BalebtriVT's ban
quet-room went to the inmost souls of the giddy
monarch and his surrounding revelers. It whis
pers, it wails in your ear, that you are passing
away: you are yonos, pe;Lot.s t and strong, and
hale—vitality incarnate. So was this leaf awhile
ago. Very lately it met the breeze, a bright,
green, blooming thing. Birds—if birds loved the
city—would have sought its softness then. Yea
see, here it is—llearl
Yes, passing away ! Before tunny days have
r otted by, your vigor will decline, your facilities
will fail, your eyes will glare, and year body will
lie cold and still under the ground. People will
walk over you as yen now walk over this fallen
leaf; and when you reflect that to dlo is os tucTl4,4-
ble as to live forever beyond the grave, does it nee
really seem as if you ought to, be doing something
batter 41.. a aliening risked, at the fearful sacri4c#
of sensibility, honor, and contentment? This faded
leaf has done its duty—lived and perished. You
are immortal, and not perishable. It is not ulokly
m a ti i pcoLdity, lealieve. which snatches a solemn
lesson from every sailed heittgo, new U. rave, or
autumnal leaf returning to earth in its decsy and.
dissolution.
iThe Wll9 written by the late Henry Neill,
eomo two your shwa.]
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
AMERICAN AOADENT Or Memo—Broad and 1.0...4
Ntrerts—Cubes Nett.
WELLTLEY'fiI CONTINENTAL TUZATRI—Wohint atm*
Vighth.—LL gouthern rebellion DI arii end
Lan.l"— ,, The Vorty '11110TOg."
ANON.STREIST Taniongs—Arch street, above Rdsth.—
, L Love'n Labor Loot."
BARMILIeIi TEMPLE; 01'.1dTin WONEmts-100 nest.
but street, above Tenth,
WALNOT.STRZET Tnsains—Alntb and Walnut *a—
cs Petal 11M1"—" Th 9 990 for Nothing.'
TEMPLE OE WONDERS—N. Z. comer Tara and Mot.
nut sOreota.-131gnor rntertainment.
NAA'AI. MATTERS ANOTHER liori-cLAD
STvem se. TO . 3IR BUlLT.—Orderit for bulkily!: an iron.
clad etc:rifler by contract, at the nany yard, have been re.
calved. The epectacatione arc at 73e yard for parties-to
txast.4l.e who with to make a bid'. Aa MOOR at she cnn.
tract is given out fhe work will kw• maned forward'witll
all ggemitde despatoh. .
A *apex, the same class as the %Marti, built at Mr
dentownt will be brought to this po,t In a fsw days, for
the purpose of recti - ring bet esulpinents and arinametit.
It is thought probable that the Junitzta:. will be launched
'bent the first of theyear. Two more - vessels like heraro
to be constructed immedlutelii.
Yesterday, the gunboat James Chambers was at the -
Fort taking in her powder. The following additional!
officers have reported themselves for this vessel;
acting meter, and George W. Crawl, wagon
Yesterday, the gunboat Joseph L. Davit also reosived'
orders to repair to the Fort and take in her royder.
Minn , Coward, acting and Augustus J. Lyon,
acting master's mate, reported yesterday for alio vetirtei..
The Tahoma, now at Chester, and the Chamt.crs and
Davis, are all under orders for immediate service.
Yesterday, the following officers reported themselves at
the yard fur dirty : For the Mud &otos sloop /frirtfvr' f .
Charles T. Conner, third assistant engineer; Edward B.
Latch, second assistant anaineer ; and Chas. N; Bombard,
third assistant engineer. For the Miami, William W.
Mason, tinting flouter, and David Kindiebergar, acting:
.11rgpon.
The .S'i. Louix is being got ready for tea, and Will aOOll
leave.
1%5 OOP leo Beet it now at SilltDloll & Nein yard
iindtfgottig repairs. Slie will ha awl the praaent au•
ter in keeping the river free of ice. The dry•doetat this
yard ia being separated and prepared for the cold aea--
nurir,b fkb tribtat. no MINIM Will La placed
upon it.
By a reference to the pay-roll at the. yard yoaterdev,
it waa aficrrtivnea that the number of workmen in. 2,721
bo large a force at thin ought to by 44 to - tutu cut much-
Work in a abort tnne.
The demand ter able-bodied seamen for the United:
tates navy rsntimies, and many are shipped every week
at the rendezvous, Vrotit and Litilan streets. Seamen;
ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, are taken—nit e of
the latter for every ten seamen. The number shipped at
this Fort has nct been auftletent to mon the vessels fitted•
rot at rhe navy yard, and large drotte. have been. made
upon other stations. The crew* of the sloop-of-wan
Brooklyn wag made up of seamen from the Washington
navy yard i and since the salllnd of lireaLittnik. about
two hundred seamen have arrived hare from other eta•
Gone.
The Itritigh Rhio Admiral, 8 prim ITNINI leached this
tert, and WriC anchored orr the. navy pH - 4 refftem.r.
She was laden with salt and Iron. and was raptured off
itilyannalt on the 19th instant, while attempting to. run
the Ideshogr, The birlp Lelortga
PROCEEDINGS OP ME GRANT) LODGE OF
riszowiLyANTA A. 1. 0rti.2.1 C i dikUlllllll.62-
IfOri.—St. John the Evangefisee bay, Philadelphia, Dec.
2T, A. D. 1861, A. L.. 5880. The following named
t.rether., having bean re=elected December 2. MI, for
the ensroug Masonic year, were this tiny !Mulled; Bro
ther John Thompron, Bight Worshipful fraud Master;
Brother David C. .Skerrrt, Bight Worshipful Dep. G.
liisstspr Brother Lucius U Scott, That IForship[lti S,
Warden; Brother John L. Goddard, flight Worship
ful J. G. Warden; Brother Peter Witlitunion,
Right
Worshipful G. Treasurer; Brother William TI. Adams,
Eight Worshipful G. Secretary.
Lretheen were also emoted on the 211 in.
FARM :
TrIIPEI PS of Girard Ilermast—Brothora Samuel H. Par-
Jarnes Hutchinson, A. Bouruoncille, David Boyd,
Ond David itry.e.
Truattomi of Mmumto Loan—Tiro:l. Willi= El - L(l2er,
William Emilit.h, P. It. Howard, Jan Shields, Fre
'prick Lennig, in connection with the Elective Grand
Vino-re.
Trustees Grand Lodge Charity Pauil—Brog. Joint Wil
son, ,Sr., Joseph S. Riley, Slim. St Black, Win. Engliiih,
Anktts IC Macau/am. "
Among other business. the It, W. drawl Maater
yam pleated to announce the following appointments for
the year
Ckt.philrie-31.nr. Bros: John Chrunertil Wifil Eft
Oder.heimer, Peter Russell, Wm. Sinklards, Daniel Yfask
burn, W. 11. Reese T. S. Johnson, IL W. Dneachet, Wm.
Cooper, .Tolm G. Fury.
S. G. Deacon—Brother Samuel C. Perkins.
J. G. Deacon—Brother George H. Ashton.
Grand 6trwurcls--D roi hepa Adam Maw and Janlfai
Ferguson.
Grand Marshal—Brother .T Lontionglager.
Vrava Sword.bearer—Brother James Simpson.
Growl Puronivanr—brother Charle3 31. Provost.
Grand T) ler—Brother Wm. R. Schnider.
Committee on Vinanee—Brothers Wm. Whitney, John
fiodijord, Nichilel. Nisbet, R. Clark, and John W. Lee.
committee or Correspon d ence—liroilmes Illehld VAIN-
George Griscum, Rdivtipt Robbins„
E. T. Chase,
Coinmittee on Landmarks—Brothers Josiah Randall,
William Barger, Peter Williamanm with the W. Grand
31as:ter and It. W. Detinty Grand ➢Master,
Committee on Appeal.—Brothers JUMPS Page, Charles
Cornmanc Henry M. Phillips, Wm. Curtis, and Joshua
Rperirg.
Committee on By-Laws—Brothers Wm. H. Adams,
Robert Frazer, A., Bournonville, Samuel C. Perkins, and
3, Henry Browns
Committee on Printing and Puidishing—trothers
S. Riley, Win. C. Stevenson, George Thomson, Charles
Frisbmutb, and James Dykes.
Ball Committee Brothers James Mitchinson, U.
Itieharda Neekle4 Theodora Gullodnif ibithll P°ll7 and
R. a Nowell.
Stewards of the Stephen Girard Bconest,—Brothers
N. B. Mosely, Lodge No. 2; George Thomson, No. 3;
Jatnag Kelly, No, 9; J. Murphy, Zig, IP; Id. Bouvier,
No. 51; J. Ferguson, No, or, J. DI, PeTenport, tto- 15 ;
J. Wagner, No. 67; E. B. Schnider, No, 11 j Abraham
West, No. 72; R. B. Connelly, No. 91; Wns. P. Namur,
No. 114 ; J. Beenken No. 115; R. H. Campbell, No. 121;
B_ Juekson. No; 126 iF. P.
Leecure, No. 130; N. B. Pantoet, No. 131' Alex. blur.
pity, No. 134; John Martin, No. 155; T. T. Wills, No.
158; G. P. Little, No. 186 ; W. C. Parsons, No. 187 ; M.
Cart..,451.4, Na. 211 M. C. Graeffe, No, 239 ; il, T.
No. 248; A. Ileinstein, No. 211; J. W. Horner,
No. 274; G. Phillip*, No. 289; W. E. Hamm, No. 295,
Alinniern Grs9d Lodge_ Charity Fund—Brothers Ed
ward Wiler, Lodge No, No. SE .1.4.;i169
Palmer, No. 9; W. 11. Nicole, No. 19; Stirling Bell,
51; John Wilson, Sr., No. 52; Georgo Taylor, No 59;
H. Baugh, No. 67; W. G Bambrey, No. 71 ; A. R. Pot.
ter, No. 72; George B. Intim , NO, 81i W, gtokoly,
NO. 114 ; J. Q. Adams, No, 115; A. B. Firring,l 7 o3.l.2i
P. Ke.terlinue, No. 12.5; . L. N. Bell, No, 126; J. G.
Young, No 130; G. Anton. No. 181 ; R. P. Xing, No.
134; 1. B. Windburn N.. 155; D. Weatherly, Jr., No.
156 J, lf. Boswell, Xv. 196; T. L. Simpson, No. 197;
J. Dollen, No. 241 ; D. Brittain,Nn. 220; G. K. Randall,
No. 246; J. F. Neal, No. 271; S. P. Ped, ick, No. 914;
E. B. Davis, No. 289; H. B. Sleeken, No. 295.
The it. V.'. Grand S eelaey appointed Brother Jaunt]
L. Taylor Deputy Grand .geotetani.
District Deputy Grand Masters—No. 1, Brother Charles
IST.. Howell, of Lancaster, for the counties or Lancaster,
York. and Lebanon, and Lodge No. 509, at Downing-
No. 2. Droller 'toter& A. Lumberton, of Harrisburg'
for the counties of Dauphin, Franklin, Comborlanci,
Adams, Juniata, and Perry. . .
No. 3. Erpther s. E. Ancona, of Reading, for Berke
comity and Lodge roe 254, m Ledge No.
310, at Perkionien Bridge.
No. 4 Brother George H. McCabe, of Tamaqua, for
Wlllirkm L. Stewart, of HanieYl for
No, thempton, Monroe, Wayne, and Pike counties,
No. 6. Brother William, Lilly, of Mauch Chunk, for
Carbon, Lehigh, and Lodge No. 327, at 'Hazleton.
No. S. Brother Sharpe D. Lewis, of Willicsbarre, for
No. S. Brother Chi le. F. Knapp, of Bloomnnurg, for
NAthumberlaml, Columbia, Montour, Union, and Snyder
counties.
No. 9. Brother Harrison T. Beardsley, of Lock Haven,
Centre, Ind Potter,
NO 10. Brother John Hemmen, of Itollitiansturg,
kr Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Main, Bedford, and
Fulton comities
No. 31. Brother William A. Porter, of Wayneebnrg,
for War,4Anaton, GCOMtO, farettei gad Sorotgatt corn-
No. 11 Brother Pollock, of Pittsburg, for Alle
gheny and Weetrnoreland contieg.
. .
No, la, B ro th er ,S,anit, 111.11rhard, of Mercer, tor flea.
vet, Pit %Tepee, 11110 Mercer
No. 14. Brother Anna Bond, of Conneanirfilo, for
tile, C, awford, Warren, and Venango countiea.
riO. 16. Brother Charles L. Lamberton, of Clarion, for
Armstrong, jenistroon i Viaripp, puller, Clearfield, and In
dian,' entintieL
No- 16. Brother B. C. Simpson, of Wellaboro, for trod
ford and Tioga counties.
F 0.17. Brother B. Richardson, of Brooklyn, for Suii
truohanna and W/PiiiiPS couuties.
THE NEXT CITY DIRECTORY.—'With each
MICCeBBITC year, our city directories have been increasing
in size, and improving in typovarbical appearance.
The issue for 15b8 eontaincil the name. ofo,l-25 ea ml_
dente. In 1860, the number bad risen to 161,166-, ant
for the present year, it stands 165,650. This number,
multiplied by live, has generally been considered to rea
gent a fair estimate of the city's population. Mr. McEi
rev, however, states that, to minima Ms popuialle. of a
city or State on the basis of the number of lines published
in a directory, is simply
_absurd. No correct data are
thereby afforded, and, consequently, no correct result
Can follow.
We are of opinion that it is no less alisuisi to attempt
to estimate the increase or decrease of our population
from the increased or decreased vote polled at a muni
cipal election, rrio the," reasons; it will be impossible
tiro _
to calculate, from
e /eo; ihe zAiiiitite of men
who have left Philadelphia for the war. A laite
centage them have been young men without a ,4 1ocal
habitation." We may state, nevertheless, that the work
will be qpniewhat diminished in size. Canvassing will be
commented Oster the ttt4 of Jaaaatov. forty menus being
thus employed. So systematized are their oporatiOna,
that the whole city will be traversed in four weeks.
Each canrateer is furnished with a small memorandum
book, Ingo up of slips of foolscap paper (eyeletted
Togo/m.o,l, mn d rb ,,,, 8 1, tee tte of one noose and
residence. The hook - , when rettrld to the
office, theeyeiet removed, and the names upon the gips
alphabetically arranged.
The collection NA PP)Per arrangement of so large a
number of named require on amount of oisweer", labor,
and skill, telly to be appreciated by those actually en
gaged in the work. For is it alone with the large num
ber of names printed that trouble is experienced; proba
bly n,era ibiwn, dont& the actual amount tiro nil
the canvassers. This mass, from all parts of the con
solidated city, meet all bet assorted, alphabetically ar
ranged. read carefully, removing the duplicates and trt
plicates, having, at the same time, strict regard to the
proper .pectin s of 0.. ,Aest difficult of all spollitiVsniat ,
of proper
After the names have time been arranged, they are
placed in the hands of the printer, where they will re
main for two months The directory will be issued on or
aLeut ths first of Matfett_ The delay this year has boon
occasioned by the thinness of the times and the griserol
prostration of mercantile interests.
The insurance companies have been foremost to sus
tain publications of this character. All of them have
it. either by inlyerthiemonte or fillhsPOPtiniNt
and in mist years Sante bale taken as many as noir a
dozen copies.
The price of MOClrey's Directory for 1862 will be as
heretofore, Si.so per single envy, although it will contain
sate valuable features not before introduced in di m: "
4'e may mentions as one of ti,,n,
farce. the MII,IOIOII of the aims of residents of each la
cale,,as Baker, Itedtord,and Spatihrd streets, Itlackiterry,
Applying., mill Currant narys, etc., as -tenth, of:
tht.m halt their days in prisons or 614ti*"-h°‘°'°''
TITE NEW P rmcmr.—A circular has been.
Foot to the collectors of the various; ports by the Treasu—
ry Martinelli at Waahington, containing a copy of the
recent act inc.-ea:Aug the duties upon certain articles.
The circular ohm contains the following to the coliectors
"Dsovsnmt. 1881.—The act of Congress entitled
Au set to ;,,crease the duties on tea, coffee, and sugar,'
approved December 24 4 .1E41, is herewith tranamitted'for
/ft, jr,r , ormat.i . ftb3- gavavrattont of olioereol 0111{0In3
and others concerned_
.Thisact applies to all importations of thoartielea
emmaqatted, whether in warehouse ur imported:on:or at—
ter the 25th instant,.on. which day the act took affect.
.9. P: CefitHi
u Secretary of the Treasury."
7ho portion of the law upon which this, decision is
male is as follows :-
"From and after titc•dato of tlio patoago of Lida act,
In lira. of Ler.toforo Inittood 'tip bunt on arts.
rros lirreiaarter naratkmed, there shall be.lattletr.„
rd, and paid, on the good., wares, and ineroliandiAo
heroin maintorated and provided for, innmrked from
fords - ft caintrier, the feIIOWIN quties and• rata of dittY t
that is to sttY
There as not a very heavy stock of the goods enume
rated in wand/onto in this city at the Unto of tho pro
mulgation of the order, but theV owners ot t iect vers
etrOnSIY tO the CollatrltrtiOli Put upon the taw, which
they claim is e.e post facto. Due tints,took
quantity of molasses and sugaront of London Saturday,
nail' the increased ditties under protest, at they tic'slg
eoutrAirs the law upon the gronnd of its unconstittt
tiOnalitY,
MILITARY FUNERAL.—This afternoon, the
funprol of Michael Morgan, a member of Company* I,
Twentr•Fixth Regiment, V, Y., will take pinca from hie
•
late residence, at Fruitful,
BOARD Or GrARDIANS.—The regular meet
ing of the Board of Onardiann wag heLt yesterday after-
MOP, Trexidont Marin in the chair.
The steward reported that it 1014.13 had been collected
daring the pant two weeke. The total an/omit of Uinta°
receipts for the year 11161 won ag,931,14.
The tiesuoirer of the Matti reporten having paid Into
the city traininry niece hid lag report the following eurm
of eioNey
Poe HU koept eaptql
tt PrnigrAtA 131. X
110 1 / b e recolptg
2,504 44
The e.-.lk.et.!‘e rey.erftsl that he had IMH tho BUM of
Ineein into the city treasury.
Tlu How* seent retorted' thr census of the House for
fhn wook ending Saturday, Dec. 213:
Number in the Huns°
Same time List year.
Drcrenir
iamittitl during thi hist twe narks
Tkirthi
Death
Therharged TZ
Pii‘tted
rumilier et Dereouit granted loduiuge 317
ti it , i meal', . 235
The Committee ou Out IVards reported' that they hal
pun:balm-I a hand mill at a 6444 /If gig: Ott mtithsti, it
wie ordered - to ho placed k charge alto. ' , toward.
The Corrrneitteo on Account.) reported. vairibna Mpg.
Warrant', WP/P ordered to be drawn tb.ply tile tmomute.
Tlie ...leo. 4 the Children% kWh= marl', thi Mow.
kg report:
Admitted during the past year .... .... ...... 2901
Ininthairgvil 204,
Er6o( 41
•,..t.:+44,/il/1 - at i
Dentin( 47,
amments tr.anrrracturnd for tso of children during
111 C TfTrrtirt r.l .., . , .......... ....... 2.,./80
Mcifjpp r knit for mo.
of childrt-n ... urln 'the 7 .4 r.. 4 2 :14-
7ltnrY C. haw wise elected police pincer for the en
suing year, rcroiving nine votes.
The committee appointed in April last to remora the
old and erect a new• clinic min, reportv4 thqt that datT
bad been performed at an expenee nr V 32015,02; leaving
an unexpended balance of *1,234.95 oat of the amount
appropriated.
tie mottos of Mr. Frety ; it wag
Reloleed, That each Visitor be dire/P(110 furniSh to ,
this Board, at its next gated meeting, the number of
Fulfills. and children relieved in his district for the year
"MIL
goniE, (MA onmispsnt in the iligailiodon of miloofi among-
DIPTAR k a bill consolidating , the laws for the government
of the Ilonvf, which will be promoted to trio rieghlaturry.
COL. AN4W.EO7II'S HEAVY ARTILLEZY.—This
at Cittnil4e, will. it la- extittetedt.
I , oof4Ve ten of iteir , :noon to-day. VIA path will s oon
lane for the peat of war. The following ie.% Het of the
-
Biald Oftherm- , Colonel f Charles AntforoM i• liffiltenaat
c010ae1,../01121 R. °bartender ; major, Wm. Gandhian.
Staff Oflieers—Adjutant, Chas. G. Zimmerman; sur
geon, Dr. E. Griswold namintimt enrgenni,Di B.:Wiren
Quartermaster, Aaron P. Dilyen i sergeant major, taut
L. Biggins ; butler, Wm. E. Woods.
Line Oincer&—Cimmeny A—Captain, Charles Auer;
firkt lieutenant, sr,. Trout; fire llentensnti jr„
Ratifier; second lieutenant, Otto Laws.
Company ll—Captain, Jamb Scheenleber -first lieu
tenaat? Pr, Alex. Jiest first lietttenant,jr.,
hftltoaJren
re i soft. iletalemtvi 3 Ohnile3 n64:18104_
VOlOpeari C—taptain, Joaepit La4Pb Iles+ lltutanant.
sr., Chas. Zeits.
tatmlitiny D=Cmptain, David 'Sadler; first Ilvittimont>
sp.. Chemise Boino first lieutenant.loholnd Sam
second lieutenant, E. Longmoyer.
Company N—Captain, Edw. S. Nowand first lime
teliallt. sr.. John 11. 0 bertouffer, Jr, t first ilefftenftrit,ins
l'inteliee W. (Inman enema] lielitenuitt, G Trichism.
Company. F—Capfnin, Wm. McClure; first lieutenant.
in, Ciin jjdus, Jr. i first li. utenant, Straw
bridge ; second lieutenant, Moore, Wilson.
Company - o—Captain, James L.. Anderson ; first lieu
tenant, sr., Charles N. Cadwallader; first lieutenant, jr.,
piniton Goundie secon I lieutenant, Abbey.
Company it—Captain, Thoo. Wilt,ely. i• Riot liantimiant,
Sr., J. S. jar; first lieutenant, jr., &ter. Ile C. Loud;
second lieutenant, J. H. Hamilton.
Company I—Captain GrartarnA Iv Braun. first lien
tenant, or., Cbm Angfivi4, is. first lieutenant, jr.,
Arnold S. Angerotn i setotat lieutenant, Moor litelsoy.
Company li—Captain A. S. Fuller; second lieutenant,
Max N. Heine.
FIRE lESTERDAY
quarter past four o'elotk yesterday afternoon a fire
broke out in an old two.and.a-half•story frame building.
ak No- 79.0 Solilk Elmo& abut, owned and occupied kr
Edwa,d Cro..-en a 4 a tavern and dwelling. The flamed
extended to a eim.l,l.ar building, No. 722, ittiofnitig on the
9Wflt4 aid occupies bi'he same person, who was
about fitting it up for eimiler purpose.. frhi, tw -oLolt t_
logs COMMumirating, the flame. also extended north to
No. 71.8. another beading or the mac description, owue,t
by William flonagani and GOCtliiiest 111 All4Tew Mc
(Hensel as a tailor alloy and dwelling, The roofn ana
attics of the three buildings were destroyed, and the
places deluged with water. The total damage amounts
to about six hundred dollars, which is fully covered by
insurance in the Fire Aracciation.
M. Crofton ey.timat4Y Mg normal or movable pro
perly, datmigtlng of bar fictureg, limtor, furniture, clo.
Wog, &c., at two thorn and dolly e, the principal portion
or which was rescued in a more or lag damagud condi.
tion. Upon this itiors , to h ifißttl.lttlta. Mr. Meilimiter
eacest the greater portion of his lionsotiOlil golottg. The
flames were first seen on the roof between Mr. Crane.leg
Pilfj 14Fqien5ers houses, but their origin iA not yet
known, 'rile sprsc #e ttring inve.tigMQ Ly tkg flra
rumba',
DARING THlEVES.—Yesterday morning two
colored thle;iise impf4. eteethei far railing the
clothing store of tto4,l‘llt & R itean. One of the man
stood upon the outside while the other went into the
establiehruent end purChneed i MOB buttons. The latter
managed to conceal three or four pairs of One black
pants, but wag detected before he hail left the place, and.
handed over to one of the Iteaerro officers, Ilis este-
Vallien, Ass n eha.ea of germl fidliereh wet effebled
tdegraph operators Cullen and Illaasey, The pri toners
were both committed to prhon by Alderman Benton
Brioc h mig AccipENT FROM FM:ln.—About
half ling ten o'clock, on Sunday eight, aTrir,htful BCOI/0
occurred at a home on Coates street, below &cnnd, A
Ow lame, containing burning fluid, was accidentally
knorkpd from a tattle and broken tQ 9tPmer The scatter
ing Marl ignited{ and the flomre commanioared t •d‘a
*lathing of Mm. Hannah Bromley i that hair wise ee
verely burned about the hands and face. The room hay
ing taken rfire, Mrs. Bromley leaped from the second
st,l,,,dow I.,te the drool She wee followed by her
daughters, a couple of young Mee. who were somewhat
injured by the fall.
DEOTIVVVTIO4 or CoAa.-00.
terdny morning, about six o'clork, the coal-oil works of
Mr. C. F. A. Simon], situated at No. 98Z Beach street,
6 tte 91,.6.611‘ tinted, were totally dela - rayed hr tire.
The buildings were frame sheds, and were not of much
value The total loss Is estimated at .9500. The lire ori
ginated accidentally, and le supposed to have been
eaueo y one of the workmen, who entered the es•
Ilfh)jamtprpt with a lamp. The Barak, WM.% MA burned
Out last summer.
Cifiigrigp Wtrif ROBBERY.—A. man, while in
saloon at Seventh and Wa;nnt streets, on ilatorday
tight, was robbed or his pocket-book, containing oueom"'"'l
hundred and eighty dollars and a number of valuable pa-.
pets. A young woman named Mary Carrigan. aliag ; •
11#1.4104. MR Mai
charge of having committed the rohheil, end eras Man- ,
titled by the man. The pocket-book and five dollars or
the money were found upon the person of the accused.
the papers, she says, were destroyed.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A wiroLE rA.MILY FROM
DRATlL—Patriek, Morgan, his wife, and a eon nine years
of age, were, on Sunday morning, found at taeir rest-
Th aud William streets, ZastNe 'ark,
suffocated frc m the effects of gag, treated by burning
"slack" coal in their room through the night. When
found it was stippowl they were all quite dead t on fresh
air being admitted, however, the normal Showed slight
signs of returning animattrin s but the bor t whew been
brought into the room of the parents to sleep in conse
quence of previous illness, was quite deati. Dre. Darcy,
Ward, and Fish, used every means to reanimate Mr. and
Morgan, and there are cow hopes of their ultimate
recovery,
SUSPENDED SPECIE Paymnrrs.—ln conse
quence of the MISIOM3iOII of specie payments by the
banks of the city of Now York,llw 'bora pf Presieent3
of the Philadelphia banks met mien - tor moraine; betbeo
ten o'clock, and unanimously rotolyed to suspend the
'etyma of specie. No specie, COnSeilleUtlit wag P B l4
Yeaterden eAcept in the way of change. The suspension
caused as eacitemont, and hilt little einhArrikliftlaellt will
be eretieneett by' the liminess community in cow
,,uence. The banks of the city were never in better con
dition, and most of them have en abundance of gold and
01 - Nur in their vaults.
TIIE VEnDlCT.—V'esterdar fltd coroner's
jury rendered a verdict in the case of Patrick McLaugh
lin, who was run over 1.1 , the care at itread and Gee.
nmatown railroad a few Op since. The evidence
Sheen that flit deceased was a hrtrit-itriracinu n o, 4 1, 4
he had been seen several times lying on the track while
intoxicated, and that he was tinder the effects of liquor
when run over. The jury exonerated the engineer of
iho tram from all maw, no rendered a verdict in ac
cordance With the facto panto,
"ATTEMPTED Bt*RGLARY.—AII attempt Wad
ntado on iStutdaY Mat IP rob the dry goods store of Mr.
Sterling, Tenet atm% otroyv 7v - 4mA. 'rho 6 ererier ,,
entered the cellar through tbegratina, aud thou Rut int*
the dwelling portion of the house While attempting to
force the door leading into the store, the rascals weredie-
Inched by Mr, Sterling, 'ate tiftd been. considerably an
noted br eat, end had got out 01 tied to eject it Thu
thieves departed .stuidenly through the front door without
any plunder,
SICATiNfi ON VIE Scitls:Pii•E--176§MrttlY
morning anti afternoon bundreda of persons enjoyed the
snort of 'Rating on the western side of the Schuylkill .
Among the skaters were a number of ladle., whose hoops,
ap,alnitrip With tha Ntrorut north DIPPV'I served tho pur
pose of Alit. A nffinber of members of the rtdttAttitthitt
Skating Club were also on hand, and executed numerous
roameuvres with grace and skill.
A Forgaum—Yesterday morning a mats
child, about one month old, wan found in an niter at se
cond and Race streets The MIN oho was taken to tho
Sixth-ward station•honee, where it was named after one
of the telegraph operators at that Wave.
A SAD CASE OF lIVICSING.—YOfifOrdfIF morn
lug a imam named Stoinnsger, aged 60 tears, was
shockingly burned by her clothes taking fire from a fur
nace, whilo washing ClOffifei She it not expected to TU .
rover.. A mall named Drown wee e•tee• ba.lfy htteeit4
about the hands, while attempting to extinguish the.
Moues. -Dont of the unfortunates reside back of No. 7titt
Front street.
ANOTHER Lox.—Four more of the largo
thirteen-inch mortars, from the Fort Pitt Iron Werke,
et Pittaburg, were lying yeaterdag at the foot of Hoek
street, itwaititis titipnivilt to New York. There instill
nimbi of death and deetructieu
tention.
SLIGHT FIRE.—An alarm of tire was caused
agootiooti,hy tho burning Of fl 10 of ribbibitak in
a tuonpa At No. nnrt Booth Third streotp ti nna 5,..-
unguibhed by the Franklin Engine and /Ungar. Hone
Compitti[es.
The Iltitedttlea Against WIMP,
ADDRESS OF TOE VOX:WU ADMII:AL. TO , Mt MP% O
DFrom the Paris Petrie, Dec. 11.]
A priyets corre.zr...34. 7 ttei. Gant Tentriffo,. which wo
hake just rt ceived, has iirnsight no thane llttertßttalQ.dO
tsiln. The steamaltip-or.the.line. .11nospia, from Mau
bail ran anchor then% on it,. o f the of
!mutter. On the following day the Remo Miami. Cent
ntinnicr-itt-ettl4 the tottowloAtordtv of the da
to the squadron':
SAILORS AND SOLDIERS: Vie go. to Mexico ; wo hay,
not only to continnlN like the valiant s. uadrou, of Mild
o m i l ie of you formed a part, the reparation of uutuerou:
mon rev' RiILIVO On think& t
claim more seriorm guarantees titan have hitherto bee
offered to us for respect to our flag, the mutely dolt
commerce, and the existence of our tompatriote.. We d.
not entertain any animosity again 4 tte Ittnxictut Deo pie
NY c hnow what we. tand:t esineet iltnm that noble Rai
genernua race it tt.coulit pot in eta to. lta internal
cords, but Governments, powtaltrea to.tnalutain. pear •
home, will always, whatever their banner, badly pro
the eddy of .trangers. Our real enemy ire Mind,.
not trite or that, polat,A fahtlam-a la 0110hallY ener
he an enemy with whom lila uselmsrto.treat.
Bsimms AND SOLDISRS : In the new campaign you
about to commence, you have the.sympathetie optnior
your country as the judge or your goo.) rights, the C
rittt amiatranoo of the wid° ciyilirrni world,
you wilt Mtlico. (trail s Cu? goo&
all honest men. Understand, then, the duflea which
position, imposes upon you. Oka De oxuniple of of
and tilltripPlio to tho populations. Teach them. to. hot
mule of ourglnpl4Nfrrniotcy PV , 541114 ,
and peace which we enemy—and YOU May then repeat W
legitimate pride those words wllkh, a few tu3ntlio ni
our 'Emperor oddroustit to you t "Wherever the 11
?Dunie CiteAltyciA, ek just cause premien it, ft grim! •
pie follows it,"
Junict Ds L.t Gnat - tone Rear Admire
n,
Ccmmande in-Chief of the French ExPeilltionary Vo
1t the Gulf of Mexico.
ON Beene TIM KIIISSISNA•
Bows of Trorriff
The MaJAEfla Mined from Tenrritfe on the Rath et
vember, to route for La Martinique, where the 14
gindron is to assemble before proceeding to the li•
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