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Itimustok k 'iwiir,, towns zuntrinD, ) '"ltitiii**; 1 "' 'wimp o_!:wir ii,'`tiiyabis "to' ILs. SIAS fo eaissilieni oat of tickliiti at Sts %MAU Vas assirs, roam Doaana pox Ewer °nig". Tull MaltiailPal - Wilifalfiiii 7 bmii44 Ithial . la fat rinflOg, • Sala is iisbairitiara oat of the 010 Tana Salo "UMW AFOU* adviiicli• • :111L741L ilftt , GOODS. GREAT BARGAINS ~FINE CLOAKS; TOOLOSE.OUT THE STOOK PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK, • AND _FUR EMPORIUM. TOS CHESTNUT STEW! paleviOUS 20 REMOVAL. SYNOPSIS OP lINDUOTIoNS. 7,IIOATID Ssayss CLO 1113 - , 'From S2B to s2o—From ja to SIT. TIOSTRO B ()Lamm From 818 to sl4—Fromlllo to $7.60 t3sowit $!ALBvt ort - EiAtiCe CLOTH _CLOAKS, Trout $lB to $l4-IProai $l6 to $l2. ISLAMIC SIALFIHN OA OTTIA MOTH CLOAKS, From $lB to $14 7 -From $lB to $l2. VILTIT CLOTH OLJAICEI, /From $3O to s22—From 835 to 826. ?MI BLACK DRAVIM OLOArki, 'From VA to 835.:—Frtm$35 to *26. Visa .BLICK BUSER CLOAKS, Afront 826 t0.519.58._yr0m 820 to SN. YIN" -BLlei BiATlnt 00/.161, 'From SU 'to Sl2-Prom SU to V. FAN OT BEAVOR OLOAL4I, '- , Trom $4O to $l5O-Protik MO to S2L. TANGY COLORID BNAVIIX 'Froth $24 to $l4-,-Trom $12,t0 $13.14 Botts )14..vrt 114 int Me to Is6s—rtotn.67o to Ob. OUR 19311:1APARVIIIENT, , Wbbilt firepbtte with seal desirahle style and &atria. tion;irin be open to' inspection at prices omen* to the panted redaction particularization, among=, an infinity of qualities; being, if not impoanble. at all events, =satisfactory. de3l-1m FLANEELI3.-A LARGE ASSORT ZEST OF, BallardvaleFUNNELS, all widths, BtachelUe and Saxony FLANNELS, —Shakes and Welsh 11:110TIVILS, et yen low velem • . ' • ' GREAT BARGAINS IN BLANKETS. We are dosing out outunttre stock of Tine all Wool BLANKETS, tine 80-ululate BLANKETS, Heavy Cumberland BLANKETS, Cradle and Crib BLANKETS, at last winter's Mum. AMBEWAN, FRENLII, AND SuOTOG DLAIIKST SHAWLS—aII grades, at lair prices. Heim Mart Moire Antiques at fa cents, yam* SI. Super Black Molt* Araluttea 62g, cents, worth 111.25 WINTER DRESS GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY 11. STEEL a SUN, jal Ito. 712 noterIENTB• Street. Aura Coates. COWPERTHWAIT & CO., Have now on band A LABOZ STOOK • artrsmNs. Which will IA told at prim ' LOWER THAN THE MARKET Stern. Ale*, GREAT BARGAIN.) IN, PrIINTG, 2,000 yards of which will be sold very ZOlll. Is4-6m HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Delathes, at 18N cent.; Calicoes, .12)i cents. Black and fancy Silk Handkerchiefs. Neck-Ties, Gloves, Genii' Shawls. Mime' and LadOs' Shawls in • itioty. Nice assortment of Dress Goods. Balmoral Skirta Lwyreat variety, at . d. H. STOKES', 701 ABM Street. hand,4ack•str - avra and Solitaires, made by and sold for an invalid. They. are nice games as well ma presents, and any ono would confer a favor by purchaa log the same. del2.4f HEAVY CLOAKINGS. Brown and Black Sealskin, 75c to 81.50. Cheap bean Coatiugs and Cloaking. Fine Black Clang and Beavers. Good stock Cassimeres at old prices. COOPER ai OONABD, dela 8. B nor. NINTH and ardlitBlllT. Vir OUSE -FURNISHING} DRY -GOODS.-SIIEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, a ABBISON, Importers - and Dealers in Limon, and Homo Varnishing Dry Goods, etc. Have now on band a full aseortment of Linen Sheeting, 'Table Clothe, Fapkine, Table - Diaper Towelling, eta., etc., imported under the old tariff, or bought a great sae- N.D.—Five per cent. allowed on purchases u above, If paid for on delivery. - no27tf COMMISSION .HOUSES. QMPLEY, HAZAItD, & • 1 - 1 _ HUTCHTNBON Ito. 111.11 ORIBTROT STREIT, UQ6IMISBI-on 11E &CHANTS la - UM BALI O - • pHILADFt•PHIA-MADE GOODS. OW . : AND DANTILEAN ..... fILOAKS T . Un72111 - bl - ICLUAK3T - , lJ WATER PROOF CLOTH OLOAHIL In endless variety LIGHT AND DARR •OLOTH °LOAM% of °Very uhudo; BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS, of every quality; BLACK BILK-VELXET 'CLOAKS. EVERT NEW STYLI, EVERY, NEW MATERIAL; THE LARGEST STOOK .t2ln THE HOST REASONABLE S, PRIORS IN THE CITY IVEN eon • N 0.20 Sbutti NINTH Street. G REAT BARGAINS LAMS' CLOAKS, , ' To chin out, " At the AROR.STREET OLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE, N. W. corner TENTH end AROH ets. aulti-em • JACOB HORSFALL. 1 .- 1140AKS . , •11,_/ gaud sorm artylos of wollsousde, eervloeable gar ments. The boat =We, the best Mime, sod the beet materials for the prim. A large etOck ft om which to select. - COOPER se CONARD s dad B. E.-cor. NltiTil and PLUINST. CILOAK 8! V The Lergest, Cheapest, and Beet-assorted stock In the oitl. . HOUGH & 00., No. 25 South TENTH Street, °Waite Franklin Market DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER CO, frordnnsit Coiner YOUBTEI and MOE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRIJOISTS, IMPORTERD AND DEALERS I °REIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. XAXI7FACTIIIIIRES Or %ULU LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, PVITY, La Aaiun 701 7111 oILIIIATAD FRENCH ZINC .PA.INTI3. Dealers End cotumineri supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CARR. oen-ain , JUST RECEIVED, per " /balk Kim ball,", frost Liverpool,-hander, Weaver, /11 Man. tires preparations : • 26 Es Extract Aoetdti, In 1 lb isms. la lbe Extract Hyoscryami, In 1 lb Ere. 60 be Extract Belladonna, In 1 Sian. 100 Es Extract Taraxati, In 1 is jars. 60 be Yin Rai Coloblol, In 1 lb bottles. 100 lbs 01. &mini Bent, In 1 1 / 1 bottles. 600 Eir Calomel, in 1 El bottles. • 600 So 111 rirArm, 111 k Ars. WITUREILL * BROTHEL a and so worth exam) etre& UNITED STATES : ARMY AND NAVY SUPPLY AGENCY AND CAMP EX PRESS. • .-, • TO MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS, and IN VENTORS, and those wishing to forward Packages to the Camre Of the Army, or Naval Stations of the Coast or Ocdt: Having recerel especial privileges for visiting all the departments both of the Army and Navy, and all the camps of the' redone nillitery , stattens, and - the navel poets of the Coast and Gulf, for the purpose of introducing ' and selling to the Departments, Military Storekeepers, Commissaries, Quartermasters, Butlers, Officers and Sol diets, and also to Naval Agents and Paymasters of the Nary, all articles required for the use, convenience, com fort, and 'necessity, both of the Army and Navy, we One, organized the abovesenfitled AGESOY AND CAMP EXPRESS, with its headquarters In the city of Wash ington. a Under this arrangement--entlrely complete, and extending through all the departments both of the Army and Eavy.,-4-we can offer unequalled facilities to Mer chants, Hanutacturers, and Inventors, in readiness of sale, saying of time, and the many expenses unavoidable through the usual tedious channels of sale to the DO. partmerits; Camps, mud Naval Stations. Those wishing to avallibemsstverof the benefits of this thorough and extensively-orgabired system of agency, can do so by forwarding' samples- of their geode to our address by express, „sad prices ,and explanation', by' letter. All packages for, camp delivery marked to oar address, Washingtori, JD. C. All goods, Inv entions , , wares, or taerehandhle, 'cit whatever nature, ordered by thie Agency; will be paid for on delivery. Letters of Inquiry will facet *lib prompt *Newton. Agentaftrell referred, Inith, small means, can find pro fitable eutaloyfitent In this organization. A few are ' wanted. , {Mee No. 211 PENNSYLVANIA. Avenue, op- Neoite Wilissaks Wig, Washington, D. C. --‘ sgraesemme: :Diesels LAW, E.,w York,. ENAB2IIS COMUNO Albany. IL - Mosta Gatammo,“ - NOWYIi A °Lusa, Planed., SEUFLIII ilk IWO; • , ilit' -•J. N. Tioqine, If A/MOWN* ralan# ','" - • Utz. Norutrio n ,' I , ' Hon. lillitali WlLliegitiassashureitt. ' ' ' Blocs 4 Dibißlingaga, Waghthgbni, Mo., jai -if_ ".., ~, .4Q112180N, SWEETLAND. 1 00. • f10T0N.1414- - ,411011,-;1161 OAN IIIJ trAttookttusaboroolotAtoodit:. ' LIMN Dna o Atm* Twat At olt dooltokalo, for fan% A ea thooolkomic Aloo,,tmer, . , Driot Yotio," *on Ito 1 whim 0 110040114____ , Bwl is Outor:W. 11ItiYi t OO. orot*lO. , i • • Xmas " PRINTING,pAMPIEGET - 'AND eir7 ,0 4 101- dekatidos at Plinth*, of the ma* *amidst oda*, ak the mat rasarraabla rate* at MG. WALT * D Strait! 111011r1, 'Drakes Billidillf, South ME \ ( 1 1 ,„, 1 .t.vr • : , \ (-• --,.. s s \,\ • i i ,/, ,•,., ~.. . . .„. ... .. . , ''' 4 , ''''. ,-: . --,.. -. ;; i '. sA\ki 1 1//,'_;ol-- --,, f' , -s-- • -.::.';'.....- .- - • vr - • .• . . . , --:',.--- ed.r. ' Alrr - '' r- '''''- 7-7-'-- - -. 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CRAB-APPLE CIDER, OLD CURRANT WINE, OUP. USUAL SUPPLY, JUST RECEIVED ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINIf GROCERIES, a&tf• Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Ste MILITARY' GLASSES OFFICERS' GLASSES. FIELD MARINE. A full supply of the above Glasses havebeen this day received from Paris. They are of very great power, having GRADUATED BIGHTS, ACISOMATIC, And 20 Lines. For elate by BAILEY & CO., jall.6t Sin CHESTNUT STREET CABINET FURNITURE. riABINET #IIRNITURE AND BIL NJ MAIM van*" 1100,11:11 A"- CAMPION, No. kn South SWORD Street, ta oortzfeetion' with their extensive eabinet Badness Sr. war manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, fad, tom now on hard it full supply, finished with the KOMI k CAMPION'S lIIIPBOVND (11JSBIONS, which are pronounced, by all who hive used them, to be l to attirthers. ir the Aualitv and knish of these Tables the menu kgurses refer to their numerous Parma throughout ths Onion, vim are LaMar with the eharsobtr of their work. saki-ft HOLIDAY GOODS HANGING - VASES. Ornamental Flower Pots. Parlor Vises for Crowing Flower'. Baskets for Jardiniere. Pedestals with Vase for Flowers. Antique Vases for Mantels. Vasesßeoallsence for Parlor. Rustic and Terra Cotta Yuan. Lava Flower Pote and Vases. Garden Vases and Pedestals. Brachets'for Busth and Figures. With a great variety of "articles suitable for Christ mas presents, for sale retailand to the trade. ' Warerootna 1010 0113{STNUT Atreet, Philadelphia. - dellß. A. HARRISON. . . WINES AND LIQUORS. platE PORT WINE. DII(MTE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED IN PORTUGAL IN:1821t. Pkytdclane arid invalids In ;vent of • reliable article of sure Port Wine can be nettled by inquiring for the Wore wine at OANTWELE t KEPIPEWS, &Wiese; corner GEBMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. HENNESSY, - VINE-YARD PRO arletors, Menu% Trisoche & Co., Mardi, Plnet, and other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for sale, to bond and from afore, by CANTWELL & KEEPER, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WHIR,- SY. Buchanan's Coal Bs Whisky, Old Tom Gho Old London Gin, London Conllal Gin, Bohlen's Gin, In bond and store. CANTWELL 6 KEEPER, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. ZOUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new brand—an excellent article.- Imported and for eale at a price to snit the tbnee, by CANTWELL tHEF FEB, 'mahout corner of GLERMANTOWN Avelino and dfABTZI3. Street. RUDESHEIMPR-BERG, LAUBEN HEINER, and HOCKIIEIMER WINE, In oases of one down battles each•, warranted pare. Imported and for ante low by CANTWELL dz KEEVER, eouth• east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Shod. r/DISIALE RMAN 'S DRY CATAWBA WINE.—Thle approved brand of Cincinnati wine, the beet article out for "cobblers," for sale pure, bot tled and In caeca, by CANTWELL & HEFEI:ft, sontb seat corner 13/1311dA.NFOWN Avenue sad MASTillt Street, .n24-flip BUSINESS NOTICES JAMES T. MoCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELKTON, Maryland, will attend to the Collection and Securing of Claims in Cecil, Rarford, and the counties of the Eastern Shore. de2s•lm. OPPENEEIAIER, AGENT AND Manufacturer of AEMY GOODS. Oontracts tilted ler' other parties. Tema liberal. Room No, 2, upstairs, N.'E. corner FIFTH and OTIESTNUT Sta. ja9•lul rrnifii-424 l)1813 1118011 ER in all briarbea of trade, and manufacturer of every (inscription of Army Gouda, tin. 48 South TillED Street, went aide, second etorY i Phita deiphia. dell it WIN WELSH, Practical SLATE u ROOTER, THIRD Street end GERMANTOWN Bead, to prepered to put on any amount of BOOTING, an the met MODERATE TERMS. Will gnaranty to sake every Building perfectly Water-tight. ISP" Orders promptly attended to. ate-ly STE.A3I-SCOURING AND TM - DOR- N MG done at the shortest notice. HENRY B. BASCOM, 137 SEVENTH Street, above Walnut. H. BASCOM'S elan for the times to to recommend Gents to bring their old Clothing to bun, and have them made new. Also, their Cloths, and have them fashion ably made up. delo4v EVAN'S dr, WATSON'S OALARANDEEBATES. WORE, 16 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. A t►rp varfet7 of YIBM-PBOOF SAFES alwarf al band. LEGAL. PTHE ORPHANS' COURT FOR TITE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. Eetate of ELIZA SEIANKLAND, deceased The auditor appointed by the Court to audit, mottle, and adjust the first account of JOHN II ÐAN, ad ministrator of said estate, and teport distribution of the balance in thehanda of the said admmlatrator, mil meet the Parties interested, for the purposes of his appoint ment, on'DIONDAY, January 27th, 2862, at 4 P. M., at his office, No. 512 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, jal3•tnwfst WILLIAM ERNST, Audtto•. LETTERS OF ADMINISTR ANION on the Estate of ROBERT WRIGHT, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned by the Register of Wills for the City and County of Pidlndelphia, all per sons indebted to said Estate will please make payment, and those having claims against said Estate will present them to ELIZABETH WRIGHT. Adunnlstratrlx, No. 41. 1 3 South TWELFTH Street. Or tuber Attorney, WM. 13 HOOD, ileVMOt 20 South FOURTH Street. TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PUILADZL FRIA. Estate of BALTUS 0. SYLVESTER, deceased. The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account of FREDERICK SYLVESTER and BARBARA SYLVESTER, Administrators of the Estate of BALTUS 0. SYLVESTEiI, deceased. and to report distribution of the balance in the bands of the ac countants, will meet the parties interested, for the pur poses of bls appointment, on MONDAY, January 20, 1862, at 4 o'clock P. M., at bin office, No. 416 WALNUT Street, in the fifty of Philadelphia. jail anwf.fit CHARLES S. PANCOA ST, Auditor. TN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR JL THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. AUGUST C. MILLER vs. DANIEL T. WOLF and THEODORE W. WOLF. Sept. Term, 1861. No. 876, Lev. Fe. The Auditor appointed by the Court to distribute the proceeds of the Sheriff's sale, under the above writ, of alt that certain lot or piece of ground and improvements thereon erected, situate on the northeast corncrof Girard avenue and Seventh arrest, in the said city of Phil t delybia, containing in front on sail Girard avenue twen ty feet, and in length or depth extending thence north ward between parallel lines, on the west lino thereof, along the east line of said Seventh street ono hundred and eighteen feet four Inches and a half, anti on the east line thereof ono hundred and sixteen feet three inches and a half; bounded northward by ground now or late of Pollard McCormick, eastward by other ground of the Geld Jacob Willig, westward by said Seventh street, and southward by Girard avenue aforesaid; (being the same pretniaes which William H. Kern, Esq., High Sheriff, etc., by deed poll bearing even date herewith, duly acknow ledged in open District Court, and entered among the records thereof, granted and convoyed unto the said Daniel T. Wolf and Theodore W. Wolf, in tee, subject to to a yearly ground rent of ono hundred dollars, payable half yearly on the first days of January and July In every yearl—will attend to the duties of his appoint ment on TUESDAY, January 21st, 1862, at 3 o'ofick P. M., at his Oillce, No. 508 WAI,NUI Street, Phila delphia, when and where all persons interested are re quired to present their claime, or be debarred from coming in upon said fund. ialo-fmuipt2l ISAAC HAZLEHURST, Auditor. VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY . . The subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con stantly receiving NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING , aTORE, No. 814 ORESTNUT STREET, ja9-tt, Four doors below the Continental. A NTI -FRICTION METAL, Superior qualith For tale by JAMES YOOOM, DRINKER'S ALLEY, 343.2m* Bet. Front and Second, Baca and Arch sir G„HORGE HALFMAN, SHOVEL AND SPADE 111AXIR, 'coßnrte BERM) ANDIPACTORS QUARRY STRBSTS, jalB.llnr* Bot. Arch and Race, and Second and Third. BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS, IN NVERY VABIRTY,,AND Or TN BEST STOOK, BELLING AT LOW PEIVE.B. Ntry St the ManuteetetY. W. O. PERRY, BLAN%•BOO& MARC FACTURE% d0204m B. W. Cornor FOURTH and RACE BOOS BINDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER, „ AT VERY LOW PRIOES, At W. G. PERRY'S, - BOOKBINDER, de2o Im S. W. Corner FOUDTH and RACE. Eljt 14-11rtss. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1862. Significant Symptoms. There have been about thirty Parliamentary elections in Great Britain and Ireland since the return of Lord PALBIERSTON and his friends to office, in June 1859. In every instance, ex cept two, anti-ministerial candidates have been elected: The last cases are curious enough. The Ministry passed a bill giving an additional member to South Lancashire and creating Birkenhead (the Camden of Liverpool) into a Parliamentary borough. They anticipated, of course, that the cottonocracy of Lancashire would be able to return an out-and-out liberal. On the contrary, Mr. CHARLES TURNER, a de cided tory, was elected by a large majority. At Birkenhead, in like manner, Mr. LAIRD was elected—he being. avowedly anti-Palmer ston in his principles. So, too, at Not tingham, Where there Was an election in Christmas week. The town of Nottingham is principally owned by the Duke of NEWCASTLE, DIODIber of PALMERSTON'S Cabinet, who be lieved that his influenCe as proprietor was suffi cient to enable him to have the Earl of Ltsr cots, his eldest son, elected as member for the town: The young gentleman, profes.ing to bo a Ministerialist, was opposed by Sir ROBERT CLIFTON, holding strong liberal prin cities. When the votes were counted up, it appeared that CLIFTON had obtained 2,546 out of B,69o—giving him a majority of. 1,402. These political incidents go to show, what we have strongly asserted, that PALMERSTON'S strength in Parliament is gradually vanishing, and that, early in the Spring, the liberal party will probably succeed in turning him out of office, unless he grant a much greater measure of Reform than he has yet acceded to. His hope, no doubt, was to prevent this political agitation, by plunging his country into an un justifiable war with this country. THESE ARE DAIS of stern trial. The lines dividing right from wrong are now so dis tinctly drawn, that no man, who wishes the country well, can ignore them and plead either ignorance, the relative, or the temporal in apology. The statesman mind of DOUGLAS reached forward and seized upon this fact, when, in his last speech, he said that hence forth, and until the national equilibrium should be restored, there could be but two parties in this country—the friends and the enemies of the Republic. Tho propositions of wrong abound in " ifs " and huts ;" the propo sitions of right aro arbitrary and without con dition. Our greatest danger does not threaten from the south shore of the Potomac. The insidi ous plotters of schism, the basely-ambitious and malignant creators of cliques in our midst —these are more to be watched and feared than the men who avowedly plot the overthrow of the Government. The men who cravenly creep under the governmental wing, and ask, and 'receive protection, only that they may the more Certainly strike the Government in a vital part; who partake of its hospitalities while they meditate its destruction ; who seek to gain the popular ear only to till it with lies and apologies for lies, and the popular heart only to arouse it to the turbulence of unrea soning prejudice and passion—these are the most dangerous enemies with whom we of the loyal States have to deal. And, if in com munities wa hold in supremest contempt and scorn, the man who seeks confidence only to betray, is it possible that any considerable number of the people will listen to the coun sels of men whose perfidy is a thousand times 'deeper, inasmuch as it strikes at the well being and life of a nation 1 God forbid t- - It is no longer a secret that these subtle agents of JEFFERSON DAVIS hope to force the nation to conclude a disgraceful peace with the traitors in arms. They hope to do this Amu& a Congress revolutionized and con, structedififilike. thems accomplish this, they - are - cautiously fanning the expiring embers of party. Old grudges, born of partisan distemper, but long ago wreaked out and dead, are sought to tie re surrected, and made the stone of stumbling over which the nation is to fall into the mire of humiliation. If they fail to inflict this pre meditated lie upon the people, they fail alto gether. And they must fail. The plotters of this treason must swing upon the gallows they aro erecting. But the responsibility rests with the people themselves. The road to success is not an uutrodden road. The patriot masses of Ohio and of New York opened up that road last autumn. When they proved them selves superior to party, treason hung its head, and its apologists were dismayed to si lence. There was a moral grandeur about these popular uprisings which awed for the moment the men who are seeking to put their hands to the throat of this spirit of unselfish ness. Their success would be national dis honor, to which every true patriot would pre fer national death. The time is come when the loyal professions of Republicans and Democrats must be coined into united and loyal action. We hove had our fill of words ; give us now the DEEDS. Loyal Democrats and Republicans, forgetful of dead feuds, and fraternized, can avert the danger and smite this meditated treason full in the face. To do this, they must face the present and take hold of the future. Their hearts must be brought together in ono great, fraternizing throb. The duty of self-forgetfulness and reconciliation is paramount. Away with apologies for doing right, lest they degenerate Into excuses for doing wrong by indirection. If there be a single loyal freeman who does not feel that his example may save or damn the nation, he fails, how wretchedly, to compre hend the ono great and overwhelming evil of these times—times which demand a moral WASDINGTON under _every loyal roof, to so cleanse them that they may not appear in a foul blot on the historic page. If the loyal Democrats and Republicans— for we turn to the past for names—of Penn sylvania prove equal to the temper of these times, the election returns of next autumn will convey a most crushing rebuke to treason. The Republicans of the north and west counties have won the proud privilege of taking the initiative in the work of fraternization. From the victors of so many well-contested fields the decree of emancipation from the bonds of party may properly come. It is not asked as an act of magnanimity, but of duty, of justice, and of patriotism. To this spirit throughout the State we are indebted for such an organi zation.of the Legislature as saves us from the blush of shame ; and through this spirit we may conquer an enduring peace, and leave behind us a record of which our children shall not be ashamed. Foreign Literature The Christian Church and Society in 1801, (L'Egitse et La Socati Chretiennes en 1801,) is the last publication of M. Guizot, formerly Primo Minister of France, and leader of the Doctrinaire party there. Last April, while presiding at the public , meeting of the Society for the Encouragement of Elementary Education among the Protestants of France, M. Guizot spoke of the great and gene ral Christian" Church, which the Catholics took to themselVea as praise, while the Protestants inter preted It as censure upon themselves. Three months earlier, when acting as President of the French Academy, M. Guizot had to receive Father Lem daire into that learned assembly, and his allusion to events in Italy drew upon him a letter from M. Buoncompagni, in which ho censured his admis sions. These circumstances induced M. Guizot to state his views in extento, respecting Christian Churches in general, but particularly in France and Italy—especially with respect to their political relations. He sees many dangers threatening Christian Society, especially in Italy, but is hopeful of the passing away of the shadows, We have the work in the original, (from Mr. F. Loypoldt, fo reign bookseller, 1323 Chestnut street,) and no translation has yet appeared in this country. It is ably written, as might be anticipated from Di. Guizot. From the announcements of MM. Levy, the Paris publishers, we learn that a fifth volume of Guizot's personal memoirs is in the press, as also four volumes of his parliamentary speeches, and that another work of his (Trois Role, Trois Peoples, et Trois Sieoles) is nearly ready; also, that Mamie- PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1862. tions of Motloy'o History of the Netherlands, Lord Stanhope's Lifo of William Pitt, and Luurenoo Oliphant's China and Japan, have also boon pro duced by these Paris publishers. Tennyson's New Lyric The London papers notice the "Victoria Regis," (Emily Faithful! and C 0.,) a joint stock volume, in which Tennyson, Thackeray, Tom Taylor, Mrs. Groto, Lord Carlisle, Monck ton Milnes, John Forster, Coventry Patmoro, Matthew Arnold, Anthony Trollopo, and others, have taken shares. The editor is Miss Procter, and the volume is "printed and published by Emily Faithful! and Co., Victo ria Press (for the employment of women)." It is said that the gem of this volume is Mr. Tennyson's poem, as follows : THE SAILOR BOY. Bo rose at dawn, and flushed with hope Shot o'er the seething harbor bar, And reached the ship and caught the rope, And whistled to the morniuggtor. And white on deck he whistled loud, Bo heard a tierce mermaiden cry, "Boy, though thou art young and proud, I ace the place where thou wilt lie. " The sands and yeasty surges mix In C 111,09 about tho dreary bay ; And on thy ribs the limpet sticks, And on thy heart the scrawl shall play." tt Fool!" be answered, "Death is aura To those that stay and those that roam But I wilt never mot e endure To sit nhth empty hands at home. My mother clings about my neck ; My slaters clamor 'Stay, for elmmer My Esther raves of death end wreck— They are all to blame, they are all to blame. " God, help me! save I take my pat Of dauger on the rotting sea, A devil rises Iu my heart Far worst, then any death to me." The Confiscation Bill A Bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of robots. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of Amertecr, zit Congress assembled, That the property, real and personal, of every kind whatsoever, and where soever situated, within the limits of the United States, belonging to any person or persona beyond the jurisdiction of the same, or to any person or persona in any State or district within the United States, now in a state of insurrection and rebellion against the authority thereof, so that in either ease the ordinary process of law cannot bo served upon them, who shall, during the present rebellion, be found in arms against the United States, or giving aid and comfort to said rebellion, shall be forfeited and confiscated to the United States; and such. forfeiture shall take immediate effect upon the commission of the act of forfiiiture, and all right, title, and claim of the person committing such pet, together with tbo right or power to dispose of or alienate his property, of any and every description,. shall instantly cease and determine, and the same shall at once vest in the United States. SECTION 2. And deitPirtherrnarted, That every person having claim to the service of labor of any other person in any State under the lawn thereof, who, during the present rebellion, shall tako up , arms against the United States, or in any manner give aid and comfort to said rebellion, shall thereby forthwith forfeit all claim to sueh service or labor, and the persons from whom it is claimed to be due, commonly called slaves, shall, ipso facto, on the cr DlllliEFierl of the act of forfeiture by the party having claim to the service or labor as aforesaid, be diseharged therefrom, and become forever there after free persons, any law of any State, or of the United States, to the contrary notwithstanding; and whenever any person claiming to be entitled to the soivice or labor of any other person declared to he discharged from such labor or service under the provision of this act shall seek to enforce such claim, he shall, in the first instance, and before any order for the surrender of the person whose service is claimed, Establish not only his title to snob, ser vice, as EOW provided by law, but also that he is, and has been during the existing rebellion, loyal to the Government of the United States; anti no per son engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of tho claim of any person to Clio maims or labor of any other per son, or to surrender up any suoh person to the claimant. SEC. 3. And Le it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President of the United States to make provision for the transportation, colonization, and settlement in some tropical country, beyond the limits of the United States, of such persons of the African race made free by the provisions of this act as may be willing to emigrate, having first ob tained the consent of the Government of said coun try to their protection and settlement within the same, with all the rights rind privileges of freemen. SEC. 4. And be it fat titer enacted. That it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, as often es in his opinion the 'military necessities of the army, or the safety, interest, and welfare of the United States in regard to the suppression of the rebellion, shell require, to order the seizure and rep prom laden, by such officers, military or civil, as he way designate for the purpose, of any and all ptopetty, confiscated and forfeited under and by virtue of this act, situated and being in any dis trict of the United States beyond the renott eafcivil preeess in the ordinary course of judicial pro '. embwi c iammap of such rebellion, and the sal _ t l aorta deem ste.X,lrr' 4 s* " f-DITLC “ SEC. 5. And be it lartOr enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officers so designated to make to the President full reports of their proceedings under such orders, which report shall be filed in the office of the becretary of the Treasury ; and all moneys received on the sale of the confiscated property of any person as aforesaid, shall bo do pestied in the United States Treasury. SEC. 13. And be it farther enacted, That for the purpose of enforcing the forfeiture. specified in the first section of this act, of property situate and being in loyal States and districts in which the or dinary course of judicial proceedings is not ob structed by the rebellion, proceedings in rent may be instituted in the name of the United States in tny District Court of the United States, within which the estate or property so forfeited, or any port thereof. may be found; which proceedings shall conform, as nearly as may be, to proceedings in prize cases, or to eases of forfeiture arising under the revenue laws ; and Wall cases the property con demned, whether real or personal, shall be sold, and the proceeds deposited as provided in the fifth eeetion of this act. See. 7. And be st farther enacted, That the se veral Distriot Courts of the United Courts are hereby invested with power to issue all process, whether IffeknO or final, including garnishee and process, as in oases of foreign attachment, and to do every other matter and thing necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this act. The Whale Fishery in 1861. The Marksmen's Skipping List, of Now Bed ford, in its issue of the 7th inst., presents statistics of the whale fishery for the last year, from which we gather some valuable information. The year has been ono of unprecedented pecu niary hardships ; very few having realized any gate from it. Tho ships have returned with light cargoes, which have been bold at low rates. The low prices of whale oils having boon caused, in a great degree, by the introduction of petroleum. The whalemen who expected large success in Cumberland Inlet, Davis' Straits, and Iludson's Bay, have returned disappointed; the severity of the winter having been an obstacle to success. The reports from the North Pacific fleet, received by the last Sandwich Islands mall, are more favora ble than had been anticipated, the average catch, as beard from, being 7ao barrels whale oil and 0,600 pounds bone the season. The quantity of oil taken has, however, boon much less than in former seasons, owing to the di minution of the number of vends engaged in the business. Sperm oil has ruled lower in prico the past year than in 1860, as will be seen in our statistics. Wei note a largo improvement in prices within a few weeks, quickened by the anticipated trouble with England. Sperm oil is really worth 150 cents per gallon—a prico which consumers can afford to 'Ay, while it cannot be caught at a lees prico with profit to the ship owner. Thu importations of oil and bone. fall short of 1860, 4 776 barrels sperm, 6,228 barrels whale oil, and 220,200 pounds bone. The exports largely exceed those of 1860, par ticularly of whale oil. The excess is 4,755 barrels sperm, 36;662 barrels whale oil, and 233,787 pounds bone. The number of vessels employed in the whaling businets let January, 1802, IS less than tho number at the corresponding ditto of 1800 by 91, with an aggregate of 31,281 tons. The fleet will be further reduced the current year, as there are many ebipa now in port that will never be fitted again for whaling, and of those to arrive a considerable number will also bo with- drawn until the business finds its level, when it will, without doubt, be prosecuted with economy and profit by those who engage in it. The Art of Advertising DOW IT IS CULTIVATED-ITS PECULIARITIES A London weekly journal discourses of the art of advertising in England ns fellows : The art of advertising has reached to that grade of perfection that it has a right to a place in any Industrial Exhibition. As a special product and ornament of the nineteenth century, it deserves honor at the hands of a liberal and progressive Government. Two generations ago the art was in its infancy. It was confined to a few bald, prosaic announcements in the scanty newspapers of the time. They were conceived without genius, and executed without ingenuity. In the brief period that bee since elapsed the art appears to have ad vanced with rapid strides and almost reached its Augustan age. It will be difficult for future ages to mimes the ingenuity of a Tweivetrees, or the enterprise of a Holloway. The balance-sheet of a defaulting company which bas recently been pub lished betrays the astonishing fact that the charge for advertisements alone was considerably more than the whole capital subscribed. Surely, an in dustry to which our countrymen devote themselves so passionately deserves a place in the exhibition. 14 1t it The first and most rudimentary object of an ad vertisement is to procure the attention of possible customers. And in this hurrying, bustling ago even this limited success is no alight achiovement. After having scoured your victim's attention, the next step is, if possiblo, to fix yourself in his memo ry. The most approved =do of proceeding for this objoot is to shape your advertisement in some quaint and fanciful form, which shall amuse him for a moment, and so escape being forgotten. What a world of simple pathos was there in the distich with which Moses was wont to close his Price List of Mourning : Five minutes time le all we ask To execute the mournful task," But, after all, the great object of advertising is not only to attract the victim's attention, or to obtain apiece in his memory, but to seem° his con fidence as well. The days for more assertion have passed away. The public, warned by many mis haps, insist upon evidence. It is of no use simply to asseverate, with many additional superlatives, that your article is the finest in the world, or that it is creating en extraordinary excitement among all classes of Ear Majesty's subjects. The public re quire testimonials to the foot. And the mere testi monials from mythical Browns lind Robinsons, or suffering Mrs. Burins, which are dated vaguely " Manchester," no longer carry the weight they possessed of old. The - blue ribbon of the adver tising world is, of course, some connection, how ever indirect, with royalty. The palace groom or the palace laundress is more valuable, oven than a dyspeptic) earl or a corn-afflicted viscount. Even the testimonials of that mythical department which calls itself the Board of Green Cloth, and appears to have survived the wreck of ages for no other end than to puff West-end tradesmen, are proudly displayed as vouohers of eommerolal caste." THE REBELLION. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. AFFAIRS IN PADUCAH PROGRESS OF THE FORWARD MOVEMENT DOW COLUMBUS CAN BE TAKEN NEOM FORTRESS MONROE. A '' o r w ar d Movement Expected ALL OF BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION NOT YET STARTED, GOVERNOR SPRAGUE'S ADDRESS TO THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS A SEETeIeOF GF.N. JAMES 11. LANE. &C., &C. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. Letter from Paducah GREAT MILITARY MOVEMENTS —THEIR SIGNIFI CANCE— HOW COLUMBES CAN BE TAKEN, AND ITS CARSON DAOGED—REVIVAL ON LOYALTY IN TENNESSEE—. IMPORTANT POINTS " INVASION OF TENNESSEE. [Corresnotalenco of the Cincinnati Times.] PADUCAH, Jan. 12,1862. When I wrote you on the 10th, and made men tion of the expedition then apparently about setting out, I was scarcely as well posted as your roadera as to what was passing. Our mail-boat was detained by the fog. and no intelligence had been brought us of things going on about Cairo. I think now I urderstand the movement, but to enter into expla nations would be contraband, and I forbear. The troops have not yet left this part, but aro under orders to be ready at an hour's notice, and the preparations look to a movement, probably to fetus a junction with the main body, whioh has moved item Cairo, Bird's Point, and Fort bolt, in the direction of Columbus. The force thus formed will he very formidable, with a good accompani ment of artillery and cavalry: There can be little doubt that the rebels have lately boon weakening their forces greatly at Co lumbus. Indeed, such an army as oan be quickly concentrated against that post could now success fully invest it on the land side, and cut off the gar rison from nil supplies or reinforcements, except by the river. It would not take many days to erect such a bat tery below Columbus, on the river, as would blockade it there, too. Then comes the work of reducing the place by regular siege approaches, erecting batteries on the oppos to shore, to prevent ingress or egress by that direction. Hero wo have the very best chances to gain a material victory over the rebels. which will be worth something. I take it, that if the garrison of Columbus shall wait to be attacked, they will find no opportunity of running away on the Hilton Head plan. The forces there must leave in time, or be sur rounded by forces occupying entrenched positions against them; and then, after everything shall bo reedy to keep the ins in, and outside robots out, our gunboats and bomb-barges will bo ready to rain down upon them a storm of iron hail ; and the batteries on the outside will contribute to the en tertainment. In fact, I regard Columbus as a rebel weakness, instead of the "great Manassas of the West," which they imagine it is to turn out. If the Colnmbuelnns don't get out of that in time, why, the result will be wo shall have to provide winter quarters for some twenty-five or thirty thousand prisoners of war. I hope they will stay and see it through. The news from Tennessee indicates a groat in crease of the Union feeling there. It should be borne in mind that the people of Tennessee have been for the Union all the time ; but many gave way utoier the impression that the Government Aould not be able to restore its protecting power, mil elate lett "term's possitah with ildir usurping. oppressors. There has been some ground for such en apprehension ; but now that the power of the Government is beginning to bo felt in Tennessee, as manifested by the terrible fear and quaking of the rebel leaders, the people aro looking up in bright anticipation that the day of their redemption draws nigh. The refugees frequently arriving from that State represent the expectation of the people there as extremely eager. In many sections the Union men have been recently almost completely triumphant in their resistance to tyranny. In the town of Humboldt, West Tennessee, a gentleman recently made a Union speech, and had not been arrested at last mounts. This town and county has boon strongly Secession. In Weekly county, one &cos -13101116t was killed and another wounded, in their attempt to outrage Union men, which has had a very quieting effect on the intolerant ruling fac tion. MONTERET. [From the Louisville Journal.) Wherever the rebel armies march, bridges, looks and dams, railroads, all the aids to commerce and navigation, and all the accumulations of toil and in dustry disappear before them. Behind them nothing is seen but ruin and desolation. They seem emu lous of the infamy of the Visigoth, whose boast it was, that where his horse's hoofs trod the grass never grow again. The Naahoille Patriot id affected almost to tears when it reflects upon the humiliation of the United States involved in the surrender of Mason and Sli. doll. It, however, continues to bear bravely up under its own humiliation in having surrendered self. respect, consistency, honesty, and loyalty to the termer mercy of Jeff Davis and his star•eham. bar Congress. Thousands of the persons drafted in Tennessee are offering large prices for substitutes. The sup ply of substitutes, however, is nut half equal to the demand, and the market price is going up daily. The surrender of kinson and Slidell wad more destructive to the hopes of the rebels than the utter defeat of their army on the Potomac would have been. Jeff Davis' message, at tho opening of his Con gress, WAS not half so much addressed to that body or to the Souinurn Confederacy as it was to Europe. The Secession Farce. At our theatre, when they have a grand melo drama to perform, ending in fire and smoke, blood and thunder, they sometimes commence the per formances with a farce, so that the audience may net be suffocated with tho smoke before they can got out. The land of Dixie seems to have adopted the same expedient, and, before the groat battle piece, a broad farce is playing there, the actors of which are the editors and the political notabilities, and the stage upon which they display themselves is the newspaper prom. True it is that the Confede rates have not as yet been able to establish a Vanity Fair or P linCll, but their papers are never theless very laughable affairs. They have un doubtedly more Secession pepper than attic salt in them, but still they enable us to enjoy many spells of machination Thus the Nashville Courier speaks of "B. Magoffin, Berl., the late Governor of Ken tucky," and the Memphis Avalanche says "Gov. G. IV. Johnson, by whom he has been superseded, is a man of Roman firmness and virtue, the Cato of Kentucky. whit will receive in his office of Execu tive the hearty allegiance of all true Kentuckians." Then Blanton Duncan publishes "A Card " in the Courier, " paid for as an advertisement," the edi tors take good mire to tell their readers, in which he attempte to - vindicate himself from the charges of neglecting and inhumanely treating his com mend in Virginia, and brings forward certificates of character, which, by special pleading, ho strives to make available for his whitewashing process. This is a matter, however, for him to settle with those who, he says, embarked in his six companies "as they would have done in some grand frolic." He says that nearly $200,000 is virtually lost to him in Louisville, which the success of (the South ern arms alone can restore, and that his life is doubly forfeited to the State and Federal Govern ment if he should ever be taken. Blanton tells a long story of his troubles, and then despairingly ejaculates : "I labored, day and night until my own body and brain seemed fairly wearied out. God linens I had a bard time of it." But it scams to have been "poor preaoh, poor pay " with him, for ho has obtained more rebuffs than coppers from his Confederate associates. Blanton mistook his vocation ; he should not have attempted to raise a brigade which ho was authorized to do early in March, but which he was unable to effect. He should have gone as a trumpeter, for ho blows his own trumpet wills great clangor. "In order to silence the -whispered slanders which to some extent pervade the camp in Bowling Green," as he tells uS, he resorts to the " dodge " of Richard the Third, and orders "a flourish of trumpets!" to drown the exulawations. Ile brays out that he was " the first to lend of in Kentucky for the Southern mum," and " inaugurated many of the cora• ponies now serving in other regiments." Nor is this all. lie asserts that be was the humble instrument to whom the admission of Kentucky in to the Southern Confederacy is duo. The Conven tion at Russellville was abandoned, but ho °But to it with pertinacity and determination, and lo ! it was eventually held. How he boasts of his treason to the nation and his base treachery to his State ! He glorifies himself because early in Juuo last he begged Jeff Davis to lot him come back to Ken tucky with ten thousand stand of arms to aid the war against the Federal Government by distracting the attention of its friends. Most mon who have had their ears nailed to a pillory, or who have been branded for crime, use some ingenious mode to conceal the aural defect or the " scarlet letter," but Duncan fairly revels in his shame, and flaunts his lossof honor as impudently ns a painted courte san paradee the streets. He thinks himself self satisfied, when he is only self-stultified. lie ima gines ho has been a lender, when ho has been "led by the nose as easily as noses tire;" but enough of him for the present. His card will convince no one.—Louisville Journal. MISCESLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Frortr,rorrreerr !Monroe. Ponrnnes litoirtor; Tan. 15; via Biltimere.—ithe' storm still oonthness, with high wienliand rain. The remainder et 4en. liarnsida's expedition' detained until the weather moderate's: Company D, Capt. Mclntosh, or tho llnion•Obrue' Guard, has been ordored to:the 11. ffi frigate Obtr. naa. Semi) intelligence imrelition to the operations of Gen. Burnside's expedition is expected , to reach• hero to-morrow. Arrival of the Samna With Arnie Haw Yonx, Jan. 16.—The steamer Saztinirc lies arrived from Hamburg. She sailed on the 30th ult., but did not touoh at Southampton. She brings two complete batteries and a large supply of small arms. She also brings six hundred and sovenir five bales of cotton. Dio• Additional Changes- in the Cabinet; WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—After , the most careful inquiry it cannot be ascertained that there is any , truth in the current reports relative to additional changes in the Cabinet. Running the Blockade. WASHINGTON, Jon. H.—Yesterday the rebel batteries on the Potomac fired 26 shots at as oyster pungy, but did not hit it. A ileet , of similar ressels subsequently run the blookade without being greeted with such salutes, and arrived Gately , at Washington. An Incident of thelVori Amongst the prisoners lately, returned. from , Richmond, we have beard of ono • whose 'rapture was attended bv circumstances of more than.ordi , nary interest. - IYo allude to Captain Ralph Hint; of the First Kentucky Regiment. This gentleman: is of Ohio, and resides near Springfield, Clark '- county. In September last, his regiment formed n 1 part of the force under General Cox,. encamped near "Gauley Bridge," in Western Virginia. The enemy were desirous of dislodging-the General, and, about the 3d of September, attempted a re connoissance in some force. Our pickets were driven in, and Captain Hunt was ordered out with • his company to make observations of the forma anti movements of tho enemy, and report thereon. The whole country thereabouts is thickly covered with scrubby pine and cedar, so that a man may escape notice at a few yards distance. Pushing his way threugh the bushes and scrubby trees until he obtained a position commanding the road by which the rebels must advance, the Cap tain halted his men, where they were well con cealed from observation, and ordered them to lie quiet and await orders. A few men had been sent in advance as scouts, but It seems that these wore bewildered amidst the dwarf pines and bushes, and, in making their way beck, unfortunately got into the Captain's rear. The Captain, after posting his men, bad gone forward a few yards, accompanied by two of his mon, (ono of whom, Corporal Samuel Duff, is amongst the prisoners lately released,) and, bearing an advance upon the road, stepped forward a few paces, in expectation of seeing his returning scouts, but the party advancing along the road turned out to be the leading files of the advanced guard of the rebel forces. With these was a fine-looking officer ' named Loughborough, who had been sent out to drill the Confederate troops in that region. This (Emir was marching some distance in advance of his men, and, 'catching sight of Capt. Hunt, poured forth a rrent of imprecations, exclaiming, "Come out, you Yankee son of a—, and be shot!" at the same time raising to his shoulder his Mississippi rifle. The captain had a musket with him (the ordinary smooth bole) which ho instantly levelled at his ad versary. The combatants wore about fifty yards apart; each fired at the same instant; the adju tant's ball whistled close by the captain's oar, but the adjutant himself, with a curse upon his lips, fell dead with a bullet through his brain; so instan taneous was the death that not a limb stirred after the body touched the earth. Not less than seven shots were instantly tired at Captain Runt, none of them, fortunately, taking effect. The enemy, en raged at the loss of a favorite officer, were at first inclined to be revengeful, but the gallantry he bad just displayed, and the coolness with which . he bore himself when in their power, finally won their respect. The men of Captain Hunt's company supposed their leader to be killed, and made good their escape to„ camp. Hunt and the two men with him were so surrounded that es cape wee impossible. Refusing to give his parole, Captain Hunt was ironed, and, after visiting with his guard several of the towns of Virginia, at length was confined in a "tobacco factory" at Richmond. Hero be found Mr. Ely and a crowd of fellow.prisoners captured at Bull Run. Amongst them was Lieutenant Morrill, of the Engineers. After some weeks passed in close confinement, . Captain Hunt, Lieutenant Morrill, and another of the prisoners formed a plan of escape, but the. O night appointed for their escape found le Captain too ill end weak to make the attempt; but, after a delay of three weeks, finding that his health was. becoming still worse,Captain Hunt urged his friends to make the atempt, without him. Unfor tunately, after travelling, some twenty-five miles. film Richmond, Lieutenant Morrill and his friend, were retaken. Since then he is treated with mere harshness his friends. believe that he will not be. selected by the rebels for exchange, and that-he will be apt to remain a prisoner for a long purl* unless the Government gives special attention, to Since bin roleaeo, Captain - Hunt's health rejoin inn regiMenT.7" he will soon, bo able. to General dames 11. "Lane. The Cincinnati Times publishes the following interesting sketch from the pen of Goo. I!: Duell : General Lane is the eon of the late 1.1.0 n. Amos Lane, of Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, one of the most accomplished lawyers over in the State. General Lane's mother was a woman of extraordinary at tainments. Long years ago, when President Jack son was assailed through the public press, Mrs. Lane came forward, and, over her own name, defended him. She lived and died.a true Christian —a member of the Methodist Church; and we could hardly forget her as the woman that gave us the first weal we ever received in the State of In diana. John Lane, the brother of the General, was a graduate of West Point, and lost his life in the Flo rida war. James 11. Lane was ono of the most activeDamo erotic politicians in Indiana He was colonel of the Third Indiana Regiment at Buena Vista, which, really, on, two or three occasions, on the eventful day, turned the scale of battle. Jefferson Davie, who did all in his power to injure the Hoosier State, could not deny, in the portion of the report of the battle of Buena Vista which ho dictated, that tho Third Indiana had fought nobly. Colonel Lane, after the Mexican war, was sleeted Lieutenant Governor of his State. Ho was then sent from the Lawrenceburgh district to Congress, where he voted, on the 24th of May, 1854, fur the Kansas-Nebraska bill; ho was Senatorial Elector, and voted for Franklin Pierce. The passage of the famous " Nebraska Bill" was the signal for one of the grandest revolutions of which the historians have preserved any record ,• it inaugurated an important era in the progress of the world; for the first time, those terrible elements which had been sleeping in the quiet womb of metaphysics collided, and the lexicon of common sense began to be searched for the true meaning of such terms as Republican and Democrat. Kansas was the natural theatre upon which to test the revised code of American polities. The storm broke forth with unprecedented fury; bold and desperate men from the North and from the South sought the new seem of action; and the question at once arose in regard to the true meaning of the Congressional act organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. One class claimed that the Constitution of the United States, without re gard to external agencies, protected slavery in the Territories; another class claimed that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, enjoy the right to regulate the question of domestic slavery accord into their own wishes. To the latter class Lane belonged, and he repaired to Kansas for the purposes of practicalizing his views. Ills career in that Territory partakes of the character of tragedy and romance. The names of Lane and Stringfellow—Abe early leaders of the Kansas quarrels—will live, like the memories of Scottish chieftains, and increase in lustre by lapse of time ; for oven crime itself, as ages pass away, is gradually invested wills that peculiar halo of glory which humanity oven in its higher developments, is not unwilling to accept as something more than the direct opposite of virtue. We shall not inquire into the private motives which prompted tho actions of these men • it is our busi ness to judge them solely by the ' fruits of their conduct. Stringfellow and his associates labored in behalf of an idea which, Within the on'ire sphere of its practiealization, proved an injury to the human race; Lane lifted the curtain, and did more than any other man weat of the Mississippi river to sun der those worse than feudal chains which the cor rupt and fossilized politicians of Washington at tempted, in broad daylight—in the face of the world—in the high noon of human progress—in de fiance of religion, civilization, and common sense, to fasten upon the virgin soil of Kansas. We observe that Lime has been appointed to the most important command in the West. His move• merits will not be retarded, like those of some of our officers, by a delay in the transmission dam ex press wagon laden with quinine; he will not employ more than a week in court-martialing a man de tected in using one ounce more cotton than wool in the manufacture of a hundred shirts for the army; ho will not check ton thousand Federal troops in their march for the purpose of praying over a dead rebel; he will not order his men to select a particu lar snot on each rebel soldier's body, that they may kill him without hurting him ; he will not allow a soldier to desert more than seventeen times without beginning to suspect his loyalty; ho will not enter into any lengthy legal and metaphysical inquisition in pursuit of a reason why all such property in the South as is directly employed in aid of the rebellion should be confiscated. General Lane is what would have been called, in any country, and in any ago, ‘' a fast man ;" with many a fault, he combines many a virtue; ho is exactly the opposite of those fancy young officers, only nineteen years old," who require mittens before the first frost in September, otter-gloves and beaver overcoats in October, and all the musks and counts of Thibet and "Araby the blest" at a fanoy ball. Lane believes that government was made for man, and not man for government. He believes that human government is simply the temporary prison-house to which man was committed imme diately upon his expulsion from Paradise; he believes a day will come when the dreadful hypocrisy and orime of human " authority " will be known no more; he believes that men in re bellion against a great and glorious nation like ours ought topap the expenses of' war ; and wo predict that the visit he is about to make to Arkansas and Texas will bo as vividly pictured upon the memo ries of the descendants of the -inhabitants of those regions, as are the marches of certain Gothic) war riors upon the recollections of those whose fathers dwelt, thirteen hundred years ago, upon the banks of Lake Como and the Tibor. It is difficult not to indulge something like a feel ing of admiration for treason when, like that of John C. Calhoun, it becomes .spitnitid. The Italian TWO CENTS. • maidens ; duriCk the Punic wars, were as patriotic es the eartnagenJana, and almost found their bro thels and latent, into the field; but they sinialta usetsgy a d m ired the fierce soldiers of it annittal, and hated the few \ltalian cowards that refused to assist ita driving the ho back to kfriee. But there iv a clam of men whose appropriate habitation it-dint lereeer infamy avoided and de. apleed by bothdevihr hnd angels—a Awe of men who, witlieutthe genkacto conceive, or the courage to exeoute, alma, enottnity, consent to serve as secret abetters, - inlbsseetV., galley-slaves, in et footing the general aueoldt—the mean btpark. that bide during the battik& atom, but creep I/prthusly, waft equentedmmintais paths, - after the olosver the day, by the lighter the rtio4on, to the field elf car nage, and ritiethe,the TnelengllA to be hung-in the air by the . ..heels, and kept nitre on Mead and' Amgen wotilf the carrion-vu throe could disaggregoterthe Melly ;portion of their arm talito, and leave their phaetons' to be ground and! distributed as nurritecut for the famished eartdt Werhave a host of this•deacription of traitors lit , both the North and Satrth; Wer like earnest mow-- men who are not afraid to utter theta' SenthinenhSen"-*: where, and at all times-=men wHoquicpt an °pinkie , and adlti , relo it—men who are , nob influenced br the circumstances temporarily racrounding them— men whose ideas of Government saaralpt based upon the relative prospects - of defeat mad success—men e ho aro wilhag te•fight, if/neeeassey,• against tho popular current, against thwfaselnationa of fashion; against pecuniary bribery- and. calmer- ambition, and, in the pursuit of aril eternal tstatli, to walk alone, even down through , tlitr valley and the shadow of death."' - - • A Btatitsher -PlusteTedi Met. Oolonel Rankin, recommend-el. to. the President u a wonderful British carairretneer, who wanted to.raise a regiment.of yeterans - wrOanadtt.and who was authorized to do so in Detroit, and trie r * turned hisbacirow his squads so soon. nu the , Mitten and Mason.case blew•up, was on Wednesday mweterod out of aerfice, with all his tavaliT. Their equip ments are retained:Tor Government Mt: Tri; Obangevxtr the WfirDEparthiest. The Washingtomeorrespondent of the New York Trafine says: Themomination of Secret arySteeton was confirmed by the Senate•by the gratifying. rote of 38:to 2—one of the dissentants; a itimublican, Toting against bint , simplrhecausele did netrper sonally know hunt and could not, therefOre;•cou soientiously record himself in his fever. The only Senator • who enjoys intimate relations with , Seeretary Stanton is Mr. Sumner, whb moved his unanimous confirmation the day his• name reached tho Capitol. The relations between film and. Secretary Chase are equally intimate. Them twomames should be sufficient endorsement of the noir Secretary, who, it may. be added, is -fully ay.: ceptable also to such , men. as Senators Wide and; Fesseuden. The truth is, that in.the last days of ,, Bnohanan'el Administration, it was -Edwin Jlfo Stanton, even, more than General Dia or Mt. Holt, who did what could , be done to save what could be saved °Nita nation. Then it was that he formed the intima cies with the more advanced members of the Re- - - publican party, which.he hoe fostered since his -re tirement to private life, and , adopted opinions in unison with those which , wilt certainly guide -his official conduct. General Anderson and“the • Flag of- Vert Sumpter: The Boston Traveller says: The time is rapidly approaching when an expedi. Con spec ally fitted, will, in.eo-operation probably with land forces at Port Royal, advance upon, and, in•the words of President Lincoln's first proclama tion last April, "retake possession" of the Govern ment forte and property tn the harbor . and city of Charleston. We understand that General Ander. eon has carefully preserved the Union flag which was lowered from Fort Sumpter last spring, and he cherishes the hope that ho may be enabled to so company the expedition and again wave the beloved ensign over the place now disgraced by the flaunting of the rebel standard. A Forward Movement from Fortress Mon, roe Expected—The Approaches to Nor folk. The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Now Felrlt Herald, in a letter dated January 13, says A rumor is rife to-day that we are to have a for ward movement very shortly. In anticipation of.. coming events our troops are brushing up thee' arms and getting ready for any emergenoy. Several straggling vessels of the Burnside Expo dition have arrived this morning, and will leave as . soon as the prevailing galeabates. The officers in command of the troops on board tho bolated crafts . were instructed to report to. Major General Wool for further orders. From "Dixie" I have received a piece of impori tarn 'intelligence, which may prove interesting in , connection with the Burnside expedition, amid the force comprising the fleet be destined to operate inside of the capes. As has already been published, the entrance to Elizabeth river is greatly obstructed. First, the batteries of Cranny Island, Tanner's Creek, and. Sewell's Point command the entrance. Second, the, channel is obstructed by heavy ships' cables, leaving only a narrow passage in the centre for the passage,. of vessels. A line of entrenchments has been corn, pleled, commencing a quarter of a mile below the Naval fleapits], running three.quarters of a mile back of Portsmouth, and terminating about one mile above the navy yard. At the point where the railroad from Weldon to Portsmouth passes through this en trenchment, the rebels have mounted three 32.pomnd rifle guns, and on theline °Rinse entrenahmentseight other pieces of °raceme's of inferior calibre are is position. This line extends several miles. At the point where the railroad creases, and where the three guns are nuanibeat; a regiment of North Caro lina volunteers am stationed. At Suffolk, on the aisamteraa6-Ataie , taaon_Piort&_ Winter quarters have been erected on the fair ground end Ward's farm, about one and a half miles back of Norfolk. The number of troops between Suffolk and Cape Henry, (a distance of thirty-four miles,) including those at Norfolk, Portsmouth, Craney Island, and the river batteries, amounts to, about 19 ; 000 men. If the opinions of the entire. population in this district are taken, whether armed or unarmed, one-half will be found to be good Union-loving people, and are only wait ing an opportunity of manifesting„it. The greatest distress prevails among the poor and working classes. They are in arms against their will. A. number of troops arrived at Norfolk from Roanoke. Island inn very distressed condition. Ralf clothed,. nearly starved, sick, and exhausted, these poor fel lows aro forced to undergo the hardships of a win ter campaign; and is it to be wondered at that dis satisfaction exists among them while engaged in so unholy a Cause? The evacuation of Roanoke Island is thus con doned ; but the rebels will not allow so important a strategic point to remain unoccupied a long time. Address to the Rhode Island Soldiers in Burnside's Expedition Governor Sprague has issued the following ad dreis to the Rhode Island soldiers in Burnside's expedition : To the Rhode Island Soldiers in General Barn- • sule'3 ErytiLitton: SOLIGERR : Rhode Island regards with deep in terest her patriotic representatives in the groat army of the nation. She is proud of the valor they have already displayed, and of the good name which everywhere attaches to them. She points to them as a thing proof of her devotion and constancy in the cause of the country ; as a fitting illustration of her own integrity and patriotism. To you, who are selected to Ireton important part in events now soon to transpire, she sends her hearty " what cheer" and her brief word of encouragement. Wo are pleased that you are so soon to enter upon the more active life for which you have yearned, and that ore many days have passed away you will have an opportu nity of winning renown for yourselves and glory for your Commonwealth. Wo are pleased that so many who wore neighbors and friends here are to be as sociated in this enterprise. Let your purpose be to cheer each other's hearts, and care for each other's interests, and strengthen each other's good resolu tions in the hour of prosperity as well as in the hour of trial. Cling to your country's cause as "the shipwrecked mariner clings to the last plank when night and tempest gather about,him." Have faith in a merciful Providence, faith in a good purpose, faith in the leader of your enterprise, and faith in each other. I regret that I cannot accompany you in the new work to which you are called; but I am assured that you will be,cared for, and I can safely assure you that you will be remembered. Tho heart of the State will go with you, and many prayers will ascend for your triumph in every stens gle, and your safe return to your hearthstones. In whatever situation you may be placed, Rhode Island will do all in her power to promote your well being. Sho sends you with this her cheerful goodby and earnest Godspeed. Wir. SPRAGUE. The Situation of the South Carolina Seaboard The Charleston correspondent of the Richmond Examiner, writing under date of January 5, gives the following as "the situation of the seaboard :" All accounts seem to agree as to the feet that the Yankee gunboats are admirably managed. They range at will up and down the little bayous of the coast, and their rifled guns are always served with groat precision. It was probably the consideration of this great advantage which the enemy possesses that has induced General Lee to fall bask from the shore line of the main, and to choose his position for a final stand about throe miles from the Coosa river. The position of the hostile forces at this time may be briefly stated as follows: Tho enemy, by means of his gunboats, holds command of Broad river and St. Helena sound, with all the intervening islands. Ills troops also occupy the main land just opposite to Port Royal ferry, and can now possess themselves, when ever they please, of the rest of the shore opposite to Port Royal Island, making, in all, a tract of about six miles long and half a mile wide, immedi ately bordering on the Coosa river. This tract has been abandoned altogether by the Confederate forces, which have receded about three miles to ward the railroad, leaving a strip of rico lands, averaging two miles in width, separating them from the positions yielded to the enemy, These rice fields have all been "flowed" or inundated, by mi litary authority, so that there aro now only a few narrow roads by which the Yankees can push for ward toward the interior. Should they advance, of course they must abandon the support of the gunboats, and trust to their own strength upon the load.'' REktu or Moe Rims CROSWELL ANOTHER Ramo GottE.—On - Tuesday morning last, Mrs Ruth Croswell, the widow of the late Dr. Thomas OIL Croswell, breathed her last, at the residence of Mrs. Way, in this village, aged ninety-eight years. And thus has passed away another relied' the Revolution. Mrs. Croswell's maiden name was Ruth Pierce; she was a sister of John Pierce, who was paymaster general in the Revolution. Mrs. Croswell was married to the late Dr. Cros well in 178 S, and came to Catskill in the year 1192, where she hos resided ever since She remembered General Washington perfectly well, having attended parties and danced with him. She retained all her facultiesiu a remarkable degree, and on the evening preceding her death retired to rest in her usual health. In the course of the night she was heard to groan slightly. and the family arose, and in a short Limo she appeared well again, and one of those in attendance remained with her. In about an hour afterwards Mrs. Woy went to her bedside, and then discovered that she was dead, having died without a struggle.—Cuts , till Herald. SHE WAR, , PRESS... -7 rza Was IP!izse will be sent to embeedbere tri man oar mu= In sluice) at $2.00 •ree Copies " " . 0.00 Pie 44 u a CO. Ten 44 46 a 12.00 Larger Ohba will be charged ft the same, rate, thill Mertes will cost ts 24; act aaitha dill cost $110; sad 109 ern*" $l2O. Tors Mb of Twootpoue or Inert Ito irm sena ai liths copy to the getter-op of the Club. Pootmaatars are requested to set at Ands ti( Tta Was nue. .Tymeeechnol of Cny councils , - • ba regaraio stated meeting of both Eiranoll` rinoils was Xeld yetftiday afternoon:" 8RVB(11 BRANCH Tine. inihn chair. The following pelitionsand communications were receitted'and referred; From the residentrof thetPirst ward, asking the extension of a culvert at per eseeenth and Carpenter streets. From the Ccoper Shop Volunteer Refresh meat Belson -eatendift'an invitation to Councils to visit the est ablishment thieaftenioon. The invita tion was sontspted. • A contrentioation was mid from/ Geo. W. Mitchel, asking for damages sustained by lbe City Ice Boat running nitre vessel belonging to . lam. The arianall report of Me chief engineer of the Water' Departeet was presented. A oannnunind n ien was received , Nom the City Treuurerzentenitt,inghis appeihizatatitioreoafems- Eroth the Cent*/ler& of Salle Scheele, request • fetthe passage ef'an ordinanstrfer $41,400 for the pigment of salariss: earnanwtss 4- presented , whit/ piehibitieg, the sprinkling of silt on the straw - by any of the - rossenger railway zees paniers..yeedat' ei:peselty ten' dollars fcr ever pare On WaNthe aims nosy , -- be strewed. It sholitis the distY Tern police OS. oers to promptly tetnik sunk °Binders_ 135 this -radials has been found condos/1 - re' tyhact /moat. Wd ow the table for theepieseat. • from Peut.:: aiNk i wvallemesim* twTheadiath ward, - es Meg far teller, received alloreferied.- • . Mt' : ffax,En offered at' resolution 6 a joint spinitil committee of nix ba'appoiated tb take into consideration the enlarge-Aent of the ravy" yard. .Agromito. , Iffni - Dirnstiot offered a violation 'fon eXtee. E6Oll cf-Ithe culvert at Bevettfeenth and Cespnntar streets! 'lieferred 111 r. IrETRUIRILL offered I:Ventilation requaftingi the op!ffitn of the City Soßtildeas to whether prdpertyltatnere are liable to potyinent' for wait= pipe, walla connecting mice. - Agteed to. ' Mr. WzOivalte also offerecratesoisttlien Mg the Chief Finghleer of thoi Inter Warta' to• =spend Cs+ work of ecmneetimg-water compliance Willi' a resolution parsed - lieptembet 1.7 1 ;•• 1861, until otherwise ordered by Ocistncffs."Agreedl to. Mi. AnatErlowir 'presented tt rad:dation request- , - ing the Chief Commies - loner of Hilsiiisys to inforti. Councils of the number of con Arta fot paving: during the year•lBl3L. Mr. hltoenv - daid Ise offered a si.6llar on the 12th of Dhoettalter last, but 'AM not yet re-- ceived any reply: The resolution-was- adopted. Mr. Ausisruotte: afro offered a resolution re- • Ruiring the Chief. Cetemissioner of Ilighwaya to • inform Councils oftthe numberof ocrts employed' t in the removal of aches; and the compensation paid for the same. Agreed ta. The ell Ant announced that dating the , past week the commission for the Relief of the FainilieS of Volunteers bad expended the sum •of $14,11.5J32, -- making the total amount disbursed upto the pre , sent time $388,812.07. It was- also stated that the committee had stricken from the rolls the mauves • of all those volunteers who -had only one- person • depending on them for support. Some 2,020 niutres were thus struck off. The president now announced the following standing committees ; Finance—Messrs. For, Ditkeon, Catherwoodi Wetherill, Riley, and Cassia. Water—Messrs. Magary, chairman; Dieksory MeMakin, Mclntyre, Davis, and , Dougherty. Railroads—Messrs. MoMakin, chairman; Bing, eatherwood, Craig, Wetheritt, and Weaver. City Property—Messrs. Fox, ollairman •, Casein, Dougherty, Ginnodo, Armstrong, -and Mclntyre. Girard Estates—Messrs. Dickson, chairman; Davis, MeMakin, Ring. Craig, and Barron. Schools—Messrs. Mclntyre, chairman; Wallace, Weaver, Lynd, Fox, and Armstrong. Printing—Messrs. Dougherty, chairman; Mc- Intyre, Gumodo, Catherwood, Ormin, and Weaver, Law—Messrs. Casein, chairman ; For, 'Barren, Dolman, Lynd, and Ingham. blighways--lilessrs. MoMakin, Dickson, Ford, Baird, Dougherty, and Armstrong. To Venfy Cash Accounts of City Treasurer— Messrs. Dickson, chairman, and Wetherill. Trusts—Messrs. Dougherty, Craig; -Ingham, Ma node, Weaver, and Barron. Pollee—Messre. Oatherwood, Wetherilli Barren, King, and Weaver. -. • . Surveys—keens. Fox, Davis, Magary, Wetherill. Ingham and Ca.sain. Port Wardens—Messrs. Mohiakha, Catherwood, Casein, Uhler, Dolman, and Riley. Poor—Messrs. Armstrong, chairman ; Wallace, Ford, Magary, Uhler, and Dolman. Pilsona—Measra. Ford, Baird, Magary, Ginned°, and Dolman. Health—Messrs. Baird, Uhler, Wallace, Lynd, Ginnodo, and Barron. Mims—Memo. King, Davie, For, Ingham, Ri ley, and Weaver. Gaa—Messra. King, Barron, Diller, Dolman, Lynd, and Weaver. A resolution, requesting the clerk to prepare an. estimate of the expanses of his department for the present year, was agreed to. An exciting discussion now took place as to whether the ex•members of Councils composing the Commission for the Relief of the _Families of the Volunteers were still entitled es be niembors of said commission. Mr. OITYLER, chairman of the committee, thought. that there should be no change In the committee, even if some of t)lcm wore not now members of Councils. They were appointed to disburse a cer tain sum of money, which work the committee had not yet accomplished, and should therefore be con tinned. A number of the other matatere-took-odillarent and who composed this commission, should be re moved. The money was entrusted to the care of Councils, and not to outside parties. Air. Form finally offered a resolution that the Commission for the Relief of theffsmiliesof Polon- - teen; as first created be continued. Referred to the Committee on Law. A bill from Common Council to prevent the salt ing of railroad tracks was taken up Mr GINNODO moved to refer the bill to the Com mittee on Railroads. The motion to refer was voted down. Mr. Beane offered as an amendment "that the rule shall apply only to the paved streets." Mr. WETIIEBILL was opposed to all amendment. He thought that it should apply to all districts, The companies were bound to remove the snow, and the passage of this bill would pre work to many needy people. The amendment was agreed. to. Mr. Pox moved to postpone the subject until next meeting, which was lust. A motion to refer to a special committee of five, to report at the next meeting, was -agreed to. Messrs Lynd, Wetherill, Davis, Cassia, and Fox. were appointed on the oommittee. Mr. Wrrinnim. offered a resolution requesting the Committee on the Relief of the Families of Volunteers to report whether, there is any neoes• city for continuing the same, and if so, how long. Agreed to. - The bill from Common Council authorizing the Mayor to offer a reward of s6oo.for the murderer of John Conley, was concurred in. The Chamber then adjourned. COMMON COUNCIL The Chamber assembled, and was called to order at the Ul3lllll hour. A petition for the extension of a culvert on Se venteenth street, from Carpenter to Fitzwater streets, was uresented and roterrod. Also, a communication from Board of School Con-' trol, asking the passage of an ordinance providing for the payment of teachers' salaries and , other ex penses of the Board, for which the appropriation was sufficient. Referred. The report of the Water Department for 1881 was presented by Mr. CRESSWELL. The Chair presented the annual report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. Vire have already published its leading features. Two hun dred copies of the document were ordered to be printed for the use of the Chief Engineer. Mr. BARGER read in plane an ordinance referring to the salting of passenger railway tracks. Section first provides that it shall not be lawful for any passenger railway company to lay salt upon its tracks for any purpose whatever. Section second provides thatall persons violating the provisions of this ordinance shall incur a penalty of $5O for each offence, to be recovered in the usual manner. Mr. HARPER presented an ordinance differing only in the particular that it fixed the penalty at, $lOO for each offence. Mr. GATES thought the subject should be acted upon at once. Mr. Bititann's ordinance came up, when a motion to refer it to the Committee on Railways was lost. ,L-. LEIGH offered an amendment also prohibit ing railway companiosfrom removing the snow from the centre of the streets to eittterside. The amend ment was withdrawn. Mr. CATTELL opposed the ordinance. It {Minot clearly proven that the use of sat in the manner complained of was deleterious to health. Mr. CRESSWELL opposed the ordinance at some length. Which was the greatest inconvenience, to have the streets salted, or to have the travelling public continually delayed and subjected to loss of time? Dr. Suss said the argument of the gentleman from the Tenth was forcible so far as the merchant is concerned; but how is the poor mechanic to reach his place of business? He must bo subjected too wet feet, and sickness, and annoyance. The disease of diptheria was entirely unknown previous-to the year 1857, when this custom of salting was com menced Again, the good, old-fashioned merry making of the sleigh-ride has thus bees broken up. True, sOrne gentlemen of the medical profession had declared that the salt was not injurious to the pub lic health; but we could not expect them to state the truth, for such a statement would bring about reform, and thus interfere with their own business. Mr. Hamann thought that, if railway companies could afford to declare dividends of thirty per cent. every year, they could also afford to cart away the snow, as any other obstacle to travel is removed from our highways. Mr. linen stated upon the authority of a pas senger railway treasurer, that the time occupied i and the expense incurred n removing the scow and ice by horses and earls, was not greater than when the salt oar was employed. The Seas and nava were called on the first section of Mr. Barger's ordinance, with the following re sult: yeas 28, nays 13 The second section passed without dissent. On motion the consideration of en ordinance from the Highway Departmens, providing for the cleans ing of the inlets, was proceeded with. It was finally passed. An ordinance from Select Council providing for the appointment el a Committee of .Defence and Protection was called up by Mr. Luton, and agreed. to. Mr. BOWES', oaered a resolution empowering the Meyer to offer a 'reward of five hundred dollars for the detection of the murderer of John Connelly. . . . An ordinance making an appropriation to the Department of City Property was presented by Mr. Etrrenn, but was rejected. Me. LEtun submitted an ordinance making pro for lighting the streets of the city during 1862. The ordinance was subsequently withdrawn. A communication from the Cooper-Shop Volun teer Refreshment Committee inviting Common Council to visit the saloon this (Friday) evening was read and accepted. On motion, adjourned.