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"BAG"
MANUFACTORY.
113tIRLAPBAGS, OF ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONEDUST, &c.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAQS,
pr standard 'wakes, ALL SIZES, for stale cheap: for net
Cftflll on delivery
GEO. GRIGG_
No• 219 CHURCH ALLEY
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
2 , 20 CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer for sale, by the Paekap3--
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS
OHIRTINGS.
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS."
COTTONADES, CORSET JEANS.
SILESIAS, NANKEENS, • ,
COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS.
BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES.
UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEYS.
KENTUCKY JEANS.
ALSO,
SKY-I3LIJE NERSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY FLANNELS. 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, &c., 3a,
ded-mal3m
c,EA.M.LESS BAGS.
2,000 CANADA A, alt Cotton, 17 minces.
3,000 OZARK'S,
600 KELLY'S, " "
1,000 AbIOSKEAG_C.,
3,000 HAMPDEN 5„ half Cotton,
For sale low by
GRIGG & HARMSTEAD,
MERCIIANDIZE BROKERS,
tialL3ra No, 21 STRAWBERRY Street
COTTON YARN.
STPERIOR COTTON YARN, NO. 10,
FOR SALE Br
ROTHINGHAM & WELLS
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
I , T c. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION . MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
40345 m
ATLANTIC COTTON MILLS.
t 9HEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
CHARLES AMORY„ JR., ee CO.,
205 CHURCH ALLEY,
Plitif.klll-3,NTIA
CLOTHES-WRINGERS.
YARNALL,
DEALER ,IN lIOUSE.FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET,
Agent for the sale of HALEY, MORSE, Sr BOYDEN'S
PATENT SELF;ADJUSTING
.0 140 THE s'-:\Nr R:IN GER,
Believed to be the best CLOTHES-WRINGER in use
It will wring the largest Bed Quilt or Emalleet Hand
kerchief drier than can possibly be done by hand, in
'Tery much less time.
N. B.—A liberal discount will be made to dealers.
noB-8m
CABINET FURNITURE.
rIABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street,
tae connection with their extensive Cabinet BrutusEl, are
mow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
tare pronounced by all who have used them to be enpe•
'Mout° all others,
For the Quality and finish of these Tables the mann
'lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
Ike Unica, who are familiar with the character of their
"work. au2l-am
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
OBERT SHOEMAKER & 00.,
Northesat Coraw Ponsth and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
NANIIF*OTURERS OF
WHITE LF AI) AID ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, dm
AUNTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
'FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
'Dealers and consumers supplied at
"VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH
n027-.lln
A. OPPENIMIMER,
No. 231 CHURCH Alley, Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND 'MANUFACTURER OF
ARMY, CLOTHING
Of Every Description,
ALSO,
—Errxs.
HAVERSACKS,
PONCHOS,
CA3IP BLANKETS,
KNAPSACKS,and
BED TICKIDIOS FOR HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS.
All goods made will be guarantied regulation in size
Iflnd make.
B, Orders of any sire tilted with despatch. la7-tf
517 ARCH STREET.
C. A. VANKIRK & CO.
Heave on hand a fine assortment of
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain.
etna Mica Shades, and & variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Please call and examine goods. deal)"
6 OASES 30-Lti OH BLAOKSTONE
UMBRELL A CLOTHS.
For gale by MWrINEW BINNEY'S SONS,
Aar BOSTON, Mass.
CAUTION.,
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
gas induced the makers of Imperfect balances to offer
Ithem as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have
k.hereby, in many instances, been subjected to fraud and
Imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
the original inventors, E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and
are adapted to every branch of the business, where a
lolled and durable Scales is desired,
FAIRBANKS ez EWING,
General Agents,
MASONIC CALL. 715 CHESTNUT ST.
ICE EVANS & WATSON'S
STORE SALAMANDER SABI
18 SOUTH FoURT , H STREET,
PHILADELPHIA PA.
A large variety of FIRE-PBOQF SAFES always on
1 .- TIODES S: . ,'WILLIAIMS, 107 SOUTH
' A-1 ' WATER Street, have in atom and offerfor sale—
Layer Raillns—wiele, half, and quarter boxes.
R, •
Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel.
Currants, Dried APPIN.
Dried Peaches, new, helves
White Beans, Canaria Whole and Split Peas,
'Turkish and Malaga Figs •
Olive Oil, quarts and pints.
liemp and Cal ary Seed.
Princess, Bordeaux, and Sicily Almonds,
French Mustard, English Pickles, dm
'Turkish and French Prone,.
Fresh Peaches, Black her ries, Cherries,
Fresh Tomatoes,Corn, Pees, Sm.
II ermically-seaed Meats, Soups, Sic.
Sardines, halves and qua neva
" TERRA COTTA •.WARE.
Fancy, Flower Pots.
Hanging Vai+ea.
Pern.Vases, with Plante.
Orange Pots,
Ivy Vasea, with Plants.
Oassoletts Renaissance,
Lava Vases Antique.
Consols and Cariatades.l
Marble Busts and Pedestals.
Bracket all
of
With a large assortment of other FANCY GOODS,
unitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, most of which are
Manufactured and imported for onr own sales, and will
lot be found at any other establishment.
B. A. ARRISON,
des 101 0 Street.
'MA OKERE L, HERRING, SHAD,
atc, dtc,
2,600 Bbls Mass. Nos, 1,3, and 8 Mackerel, late-naught
litt Ash, in assortedpeckagas•
2,000 - Bbls. Hew Eastport, Fortune Bay, and Halifax'
Herring.
2,601) Boxes Lubec, Scaled, and No. 1 Herring.
160 Bbls. new Mess Shad.
2‘lo Boxes Herkimer County Cheese, &a
In store and for sale by .
. MURPHY & KOONS.
lal4-tf N. 1148 North WHARITSS.
CARD PRINTING, NEAT AND
ChNie. at RINGWAIT & .13310 WIT'S, 111 South
VOURT:a West, below Cheetnu.t. Lod
VOL. 6.-NO. 139.
IT'P STAIRS DEPARTMENT.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
LADIES' CLOAKS,
READS MADE OR MADE TO ORDER
COOPER & CONARD,
315-tfel E. E. COIL NINTH and MARKET Stu.
A_MES R. CAMPBELL k CO.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Have in'itr received, and are now offering, magnificent
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON
nol-3m -
E. M. NEEDLES.
_ .
LINENS, WHITE GOODS, LACES,
AND
.
EMBROIDERIES.
- .
A hill assortment alWays on hand at LOW
!PRICES.
I 'Just received, laco-irimmed Embroidered and
Morning Muslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the
ikouse and street. Also, all-linen Hemstitched
'Handkerchiefs. at 15 cents.. .
~
Also, all descriptions 61 Linen Handkerchiefs,
for Ladies, Gents, and Children, at
WHOLESALE PRICES. jaS.tf
LANK ET S TWILLED WAN
NETS $1.75 per pair.
Extra heavy large warm do., $3.50 per pair.
Y.xtra tine do.", per pair.
Very large do., $6.59.
Very superior do., *AO.
Also, Blankets at $9, $l.O, $l2, and $l5 per pair.
Gray Blankets at $3 per pair. .
Cradle and Crib Blankets,
Good heavy Comfortables, $5.50 each.
•Persons in want or these goods will do well to exa
mine, as we are determined to sell them at less than they
can be bought. , R. D. &W. H. PENNELL, ,
jal2-3t 1021 MARKET, below Eleventh.
ATUST4NS AND CANTON :FLAN ,
NELS.—My stock of these Goods is still very large'
and of every kind, Good Bleached Muslin at 16 and IS;
real firat-rate at 20 and 22,' fall yard-wide at 23; several
cases of Wamsutta, Torrosdale's, House
keeper's, and New York at prices lower than
others are, selling them ; good Bleached Sheeting, 2g
raids wide, at 50; heavy Utica, at 62;4; that rate Pillow
taaing, wide, at Si; Unbleached Mastitis in every
quality, from 16 cents up to the very best; good Un
bleached Canton Flannel, at 22; finer do.. at 25; and
the heaviest, at 314"; 2 eases nearly yard wide, and very
heavy; Bleached do., at 25; loavy,Hamilton at 31,4,
worth in the market 3711 ; one lot heavy colored at Si;
the cheapest asset taloa of Flannels in the city, for Aid
Societies and others; White, at 28; alt-wool, at 35; and
very heavy, at 3734. -
Shakerl la noel, unshrinkable, and fall yard wide.
Plain Gray, at
Plain Red, 35, 373 : 1, and 40.
Red Twilled, at 37!‘, 40, 45, and 50,
Gray.Pwilletl, at 45 and 50.
These goods are remarkably low, being considerably
less than the wholesale prices.
inn-et
AGENTS,
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
Cassimeres for Busiaess Suits.
Cassimeres for Dress Snits. •
Cassimeres for Boys' wear. "
Cloths adapted to o very use.
Boys' Clothing, ready made.
Men's and. Boys' Snits made to order.
BLANKETS.
A tip fop lot at $5.
Damaged Gray Blankets at $250 and $3.50.
Horse Blankets—Army Blankets.
Domestic Goods at lowest prices.
TABLE LINENS.
Fine Table Damasks and. Cloths.
The famous power-loom Table Linens.
Bargains in Napkins, &0., Stc.
DRESS GOODS. • -
2,631 yards newest styles Delaines at 25c.
Blue Reps, Blue Poplins, Blue Paramattas.
Brown Reps, Brown Poplins, Brown Coburgs.
Balmorals at $2.75, $3, $3.25, and $3.50.
COOPER & CuriARD,
S. B. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
26 South SECOND Street,
Have reduced the prices:of
Fancy
Rich Printed Dress Goods,
Choice Shades of Dierinoes,
Beautiful Colors of Reps or - Poplins,
All-Wool Dc Laines,
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Fine Long Broche Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawla,
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls,
4-4 Lyons Silk velvets. pure. Silk,
I)RY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Rep. popuna,
French Merinos,
Colored Mousselines,
Penh De Soles, •
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Delaines,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannels,
Broohe Shawls,
Fine Blankets,
Crib Blankets.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
pir STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE
A.-•-• assortment of DRESS GOODS, suitable for HO
LIDAY PRESENTS.
Rich Fancy Silks PlaiMSllks, choice colors.
Plain and Figured Black Silks. -
Plain and Figured Rep Poplins.
Plain and Figured Merinoes.
Plain Solfenuo Cashmeres, at 3730, worth 62.
WINTER SHAWLS, in great variety,
DIERINO SCARFS; BROCRE BORDERS.
CLOAKS—Of. New and Fashionable Styles, made of
Black Beaver, Frosted Beaver, and Black Cloth.
Call and examine our stock. We guaranty to give sa
tisfaction, as we sell nothing but good articles, and at
lower prices than they can be bought elsewhere.
del3 Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street.
CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKTiITS.
Large Crib Blankets.
Fine Cradle Blankets.
jal. EYRE et LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH
I.ERE & LAN DELL, FOURTH AND
ARGIL have a fine stock of
GOODS FOB FAMILY CUSTOM.
GootbLaxg t e Blankets.
Good Linen Shootings.
Good Muslin by thepliece.
Geed liuslirinking Flannels.
Good Fast Colored Prints.
Good Table Linen and Towels.
Good Quality Black Silks.
Good Assortment Colored Silks. jar
GENTS , FURNISHING GQODS."
HOLIDAY PRESENTS..
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH - SIXTH STREET.
JOHN C. ARRISON,
Has now in store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, &c.,
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ---OPENINGS
a splendid assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
suitable Presents for Gentlemen.
J. W. SCOTT,
No. Sl4 CHESTNUT Street,
dell-if, Pour doors below tbe Continental.
-PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Sm.
JAMES S. EAB,LE & SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and'
PHOTOGRAPH
PHOTOGRAPH PRAIIIES,
'PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
de3l-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
AMERICAN
STEAM FLOUR MILLS,
Nos. 77, 70, AND Si LAUREL STREET,
ne undersigned, having commenced the Milling bust
mess at this well-known old stand, are prepared to fur
nish
GROCERS, DEALERS, AND FAMILIES
With the very beet article of Wheat Flour, e.t the lowest
rates.
Give us a trial, and we will guarantee entire eatiBtax...
tion. Mill Feed constantly on band.
no27.we2nr. BARNES BROOKE.
VIIA.S. S. & JAS. CARSTAIRS, NOS.
a 6 WAL;;UT and 21 GRANITE Streets,
Offer for sale the following goods in bond of their own
importation, viz:
Cognac and Rochelle Brandies, in half pipes, quarters,
and octaves.
Burgundy Ports, in quarters and octaves.
Oporto Ports, in octaves.
Triple-Anchor Gin, in pipes and three-tinarter
Jamaica Rum, in puncheons.
Bay Ruin, in puncheons and barrels. r -
Claret, in casks and cases.
Also ~the following, for which we are the sole a.gentit :
C.HAMPAGNE.—`IIto celebrated brands of "Gold Lao"
and "Gloria."
Purrey & Ririe& Imperial Frp.ach Mustard.
Olives.
Capers.
" Carstairs'" pure Salad Oil.
Also for sale, to 180 casks Marseilles'Madeira.
200 baskets Olive Oil.
120 cases French Mustard.
609 cases Claret.
117 quarter casks Burgundy Port.- ]al-tf
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
of all numbers and brands.
Raven's Duck Awning Twills, of all descriptions for
Tents, AMR:IIIIVA, Trunk., and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper - Manufacturers' Drier Felts, from Ito feet
wide. Tarpaulin, Beitingdlail Tvrinedsc.
JONI"( W. EVER/RAN Sr CO.,
. I.OX JONES' Alley.
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727 CHESTNUT STREET,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
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GRANVTI.LB B. HIsTES,
1013 MARKET Street; above Tenth.
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,)
in Great Variety.
Below Front, Philadelphia.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1803.
Encyclopedic Works.
It would be easy enough, for any 'one
who lied the materials and possessed time
and ability for the task, to write an in
structive article upon the antiquity, origin,
history, purpose, and differenti.yarieties of
the books of reference generally :called En
cycloptedia. - The` 'name :derived from
two : Greek words, (enkyklio, circular or
general; and parkin, discipline 'or in
' struction,) and the word gyelopmclia, (from
'Ai/Nos, a circle, and piiideia, instruction,)
haS a similar meaning, but it is lesS generally
Used. There is no evidence that : either,
Greeks or Ronians used either coinpottud to
designate a book; but it is declared that
Cyclopcedia has still less 'classical authority
than Encyclopedia, At present; v and for a
long time past; an Encyclopredia is regarded,
as a Dictionary Of universal knoWledge.
The. first : French Encyclopaedia appeared
in Paris one hundred and ninety years ago,
(it was Lotus Morreri's Dictian,o7T
Histortgue et Critique ) next collie Peter
Boyle's, - in four volumes, also written in
French, but published at :Rotterdam,. in,
1607.. Corneille' s Dictiohnaire des Arts el des
Sciences appeared in Paris in 1694. In Ger 7
many, the Lexieoh, Iln erselle, in two vo
lumes, was publiShed in 1677, 'and ] ProbablT
suggested the lervico?l, Technicuni, of Dr.
HarriS, in two volumes folio; published in:
London in 1710—the first English work of,
that character. .In: 1728, , :Ephritini Qharn
bera produced, in two very large folio vOr,
Imries, n. GyelOptedia which eXcelled its pre- .
deeessors in fullness and variety.. - Hoffman's'
hoOki already -mentiened,- was succeeded in
Germany by Zedler's UniverSal Le,ideon,' in
64 volurrieS, ,iLeipsic,,l7B2-175'1, a work un
usually full, which is said' to have given Di
derot and DlAlembert the idea of their great
French Encyplopedie Of 34.voltimes, in
eluding .supplement, and :index, which * 7 .
Puffed at Paris betiveen 1751 and 1780, and;
from its very free thoughts on religion and
government, his been charged with: having
prepared the popular mind: for - the first
French RevolUtion. - '
In 1771, the Encyclopedia Britannida,
(which had been preceded, 1751-1763, by
two publications of inferior execution,) apt
peared; in three volumes, as a DictiOnary
of Arts and Sciences. The second edition,
extending to ten volumes, also included
historical and biographical articles, and was
completed in 1783 ; the third edition was in
18 volumes, the fotirth in 20 ; the fifth and
sixth, with six: SuppleMentary volumes, be
tween 1815 and 1824; the seventh, edited
by Professor Macvey Napier, in 21 volumes,
between 1830 and. 1842; and the eighth,
edited by ProfeSsor J. S. Trani, who died
last year, in '2l ! volumes, between 1852 and
1860. This work, deservedly. in high te
pute, .Was published 'in Scotland frOM the .
first; .and, in the last half Century, some of
the ablest men of :letters and science in the,
British: Empire have contributed to it :
Scott, Jeffrey, Macintosh, Haydon, Macau
lay, Hazlitt, Herschel ;in :Oct, hoSt..of
great : writers,' some of Whom contributed ;
separate dissertations and treatises, which
have been since published as separate works. ,
Mr. Everett was among the American con
tributors, and wrote the Life of Washington
for, the recent edition of this Encyclopmdia.
In candor, we must complain that D.l.
Traill, the laSt editor, did his work very
carelesSly.' The smaller and .minor. articles
Were often left as , they had appeared fifty
years ago, nor is, the number of subjects at
all equal to the great extent ofthe work. ; It
was simultanebasly, published, by A.
Black, Edinburgh, and Little, ; ;Brown,
Co., Boston:
There:is a, work of this description in 201-
volumes, commenCed!in 1781, and not Coin-
Pletcd until 1832, called the, , Encyclopedic
Afetlodictue par Ordre et illatieres,:in- whiCh
each subject is treated in one or -thore : *6-
Itrines. In 1918, Professers' , Ersch and Gl.*
i)Or commenced the great Allgemeine Envy
elopadie der Wisgenselayt and: Ka hBte, . in
three sections of the:alphabet; of 'Which, in
1861; as many as 1.25 volitineS had appear
ed : it is yet in progress, In 1819 Dr. 'Rees
completed, in 45 volumes, an extension of
Ephraim: Chambers' CyclopaWia, to: which
many eminent writers ; and , practical men
contributed.: ,Sir David Brewster, now the
'venerable Principal of Edinburgh Univer
sity, commenced his Edin&iayh Enejdri.::
pa-did in : 1810, which was completed in 18
volum4 in 1830, but was too much given to
physical science to suit the prevailing lite
rary taste of the country.
There was completed,: in .1810, by. F. A.
Brockliaus, founder of the great publishing,
house at Leipsic, the famous!' Ger Man Con-'
veAatiow-Lexicon commenced in 1796; to
which he added two Supplements. In 1812,
he began a new, remodelled, and improVed
edition, entirely Supervised : by himself,
which obtained - - great popularity,
life-time it ran through six editions. The
last issue, being the tenth, extends to 15
volumes, and appeared between ).851 :and
1855. It has been:translated in nearly all
'the civilized journals of Europe, and its
raugement and -.matter have been- largely
adopted. The hottse, of Brockliaus added
three eompanlon:Works to the aboVe:.
The Encyclopedia illet : ropolitana, a Len-:
don publication, in3o velumes; - 1818-4845,,
was projected by S. - T. Coleridge, but .as
,Brewster's '*as :too • scientific, this was too
philosophical for the public. 1 : The Peiiny.
Gyclopadia, in 28 Volitmes, begun: in 1833,
and COmpleted in 1843, was published : by the
Society for, the - Diffusion of Useful KnoW-,
ledge, and. its excellent execution as Well as
AS, low price has made it, at' once popular
and Useful. , „
The English Cyclopmdia, l edited by
Charles Knight, publisher of both works, and
founded: on the copyright of the Penny . cy,
clopoxlia,-was commenced in 1858, and com
pleted in 1861, in twenty4wo volumes. It
is divided into four distinct divisions, each
arranged ,alphabeticallytamely;: Geogra,
phy, Natural History,Eiography, and Arts :
and Sciences. We Might swell out this arti,
cle with:names 'of 'other Ericyclepfedias
pub
lished:: in England, Scotland; Germany ;
Spain, Pied Mont, :Denmark, 'Russia, Hal
land Belgium, Sweden,: :Hungary, &c.;
and, if we included works of this : cIaSS de
Voted to especial subjects,' such:as - Dr.
bone's Dictionary of British and :American
Anatol.; Smith Honians' Gryclocl,ia, :of.
Commerce, Lippincott's Pronouncing Ga.-s.•et
teer of the Wo).ld,:l36tivier's Law.Dielionary,
we could fill a column with titles and descrip ,
tious of the works. A list of the principal
English and AmericanEncycloinediaS, since
the commencement of the present century;
is : given in the New AMeriCan Cyclop&lia;
Vol. VI. ; - under the head,
Dr. Francis Lieber, i]t 182 D-4818, pub ,
lisped a translation of the famous Concersa,. i
lions'-Lexicon, (7th edition;) with additions
adapting the work to American readerS.
'rile hook was :laboriously 4ecuted. Tt
consisted of thirteen voluthes,: to which,. in
1:.347 was added a: supplement, edited by
Vethake. Between 1831 and 1841, Messrs.
Blackie, of Glasgow, brought but; in seven
Volumes imperial' Svo, "The ,Popular *En
'eyclopredia,": also Intsed 'up% BrockluMS':
ConrerscetiOA 8' ~ L exicov . This was 'beauti:
iftilly printed, finelyillustrated,
Dissertations upon Classical and''English
Literature; Science, &c., were supplied by
Sir Daniel K.: : Sanford, Allan CunninghaM;'
and other Popular writerS.
Early in 180 appeared at - New York,
published by D. Appleton & Company, the
tirst :volume of the 'Nett' A*iettn : : Gyelopce;
diri,coiod by George Ripley; and , :Charles
.:Dana.: ,the :plan of the emotion-3'
PHILADELPHIA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1861
Lxicon, was adopted here, but every line of
the work was written for it, and it is so, far
original. The 'first writers in this country
are among its contributors, as well as many
foreign authors, and American subjects have
been treated with a fulness which, especially
to those in Europe who have to consult-the
work, must be very satisfactory. Fifteen.
volumes, which bring it down to the close
of articles under the letter U, have appeared,
'and the last, which will complete the work,'
including an Appendix,.is :now in the press,
and may be expected in a few Weeks. The
price, ($3 per volUme of 864 pages imperial
octavo,) will be raised to $3.50, when the
set is completed.
In 1861 was commenced, by. Messrs. W.
and B. Chambers, the well-known Edin- •
burgh publishers, " -Chambers's Encyclo-,
ptedia : a Dictionary of Universal Know
ledge for the People, on the basis of the
latest edition of the German Conversations-
Lexicon." It is illustrated with maps 'and
numerous wOod-engrayings, and is isSuetf
in monthly parts of 64 -pages royal Bvo.,
price 20 cents—thirteen, such parts making
a volume of 832 pages, neatly bound in cloth,
at $3.50. In future, two parts per month
will be issued, thus acceldmting the advance
of the work. The fourth volume has just
been issued, bringing the work down to
" Gonsalvo," and covering about one-half
the entire work. The type is clear, the pa
per good, and the cmgrayings excellent. The
work follows the plan of its German prede
cessor,ltut makes use of its valuable matter
only so far as it is found suitable. We have
tested its' accuracy in various ways, and have
detected only , a single error in Vol. IV., viz :
where it enumerates the tragedy of "The Iron
Chest" among the writingS of Wm. Godwin, :
whereas it was written by George Colman.
upon Godwin's novel of " Caleb Williams."
Climbers' Encyclopiedid, contains, under'
each letter, a much larger number of artiCles
than is to be found in any other work of its
class. The editor's aim :evidently has been
that for every object, person, and, thing,
natural, political, and social, 'likely to be
inquired after, there should 'be, in its alpha
betical place, a representative article fitted
to give informiition ; and, in working Out .
this idea, it Will be found that there are
many heads of a conversational character
never before admitted into Works of the
same class, but all.of them interesting and
'important: It has been. several - yearS'in'
preparation, and Messrs. Chambers • raft it
forth as their crowning contribution to Ge
neral Literature. It is published here by'J.
B. Lippincott & Co., nip. 22 and 24 North
Fourth street. .
Let us add, as an example of the utility of
works of this clasS;tliat this article, enu
merating the principal, owes most of its de
tails to the Eneyeloyedia 13ritannica, Ap
pleton's New American Cycloyedia, and
Chambers' E'ncyclop'edia. It ib to be hoped
that our amiable Candor will be appreciated,:
if not admired and followed . . • •
AMERICAN IRON-CLADS,
Safety of the " Montauk fr And "Passitie"—.
Perilous Passage in a Terrible Storni—
They . are Entirely Seaworthy—Last Met
inents of the Monitor—Whereabouts of our
Lron-easeit Fleet—Trial Trip of the : Wee
hawken.
PASSAIC AND itIONTADIC SAM
WAsnixoTox, Monday-5 P. M.—The .Passaic
and Montauk are at Beaufort, all . well. The forther
was not disabled. She went safely ' through one of
the most terrific gales recently experienced off Kat
teras. An officer of the vessel, writing to a ftiend
here, says that.the superstitiohs of the sailors, 'and
of some of the officers, was one of the greatest Ml
culties to be overcome. Some of them gave up all
for lost at every dash of the sea, and, the deck being
almost constantly- immersed, . the appearance of
things in a measure justified their fears. Profes
sional men, however, are highly pleased with the sea
going qualities.of the new Monitorsoind see nothing
to be improved - upon save a further strengthening of
the sections.
Capt. Worden, of the Montauk, has reported his
arrival at his destination to the Navy Department.
The Passaic was in port, all well, and nobly braved
a terrific storm off Cape Hatteras, the same which'
wrecked the Monitor. Capt. Drayton ; ofthe- Pas
saic, hasiy.sittenAo New 'York for the only thing
need* his vessel—a velvet..Qushion • and coin •
glasettfrairsi.< , '
THE OFFICIAL TRIAL TRIP OF THE WEE-
The ironclad battery Weehawken, Capt. Rodgers,
left the navy yard on Saturday to make her official
trial trip, under the auspices of the Government.
She steamed up the river as far as the Palisades,
making over seven knots on the way. When she
arrived at the berth from which the ordnance ex
periments of the Passaic and Montauk were made,
the engines were stopped and the guns loaddd. Nine
shots were fired, which demonstrated the entire suc
cess of the entire arrangements—a success which is
said to be the most gratifying yet experienced. A
new addition has been made to the gun apparatus,
which enables the men to work it with still greater
facility. Through the negligence of a subordinate,
in not oiling an iron clasp of some kind, belonging
to the machinery, a few pipes or. rods broke, which
'compelled Captain Rodgers to remain below until
Sunday forenoon, when he brought his vessel again
to the navy yard. She will sail this evening or to
morrow morning , in company with the Nahant and
convoys, to join the other portion of the fleet.
LAST MOMENTS OF THE MONITOR—STATE
MENT OF MR. D. RODNEY BROWN PrIAS.
TER'S MATE OF THE GUNBOAT RHODE
ISLAND.
BEAU FORT, N. C., Jan.- 6.—On thd afternoon of
the 29th December the Rhode Island, Captain S. D.
Trenchard, left Fortress Monroe, having the iron
clad steamer Moniter, Captain I3ankhead, in tow.
The weather - at starting was fair and everything
favorable. On the 30th it began to breeze up until
late in the afternoon, when the gate freshened, wind
blowing south-southwest. At ten o'clock at
night it began to blow heavily. The Rhode
Island and her tow were then a little to the
southward of Hatteras. At eleven P. M. the
Monitor signalized in distress, as her hawsers (two
twelve inch) had parted. All hands were called
on board the Rhode Island, and three boats were
lowered to render assistance. The sea was running
very heavy in every direction, and wind varying.
The launch of the Rhode I eland reached the Moni
tor, and succeeded, Mr. Brown sup:poses, in saving
about twenty. The first cutter, in charge of Mr.
Brown, then boarded the Monitor, and succeeded in
saving the captain and". most of the officers. Mr.
Brown saw one man washed overboard, but he was
afterwards picked Ai. About twelve officers and
men got into Mr. Brown's boat, when those on
board the Monitor held on to her, and Mr. Brown.'
vas obliged to cut adrift, In order to save those he
already had taken on board. After transferring the
men to the Rhode Island Me: Brown returned again
toward the Monitor. Got to within a 'quarter of a
mile of her when her signal light went out.'Pulled up
to where it was extinguished;.and could see no signs
of Vessel or crew. Then started for his own ship.
Came on thick and cloudy, with rain, and wind
shifting. Last saw the Rhode Island about three
quarters of a mile off, burning a blue light. The
steamer appeared to steer away from Mr. Brown ;
at any rate, he could not keep up with her. Lost
sight of her entirely about two A. M., 31st. Then
pulled in toward the land, and at daylight saw a
steamer about fourmiles off; In an easterly direc
tion. Pulled for her, making a signal with a coat
upon a flagstaff; but the steamerdid not notice him.
Soon after seeing the steamer saw a ship dead to
windward, and pulled near enough toward her to
see the captain on deck smoking a cigar. It was
then about eight o'clock A. Di..No notice was taken
of him. Mr. B. pulled in again toward the land,
- which was then supposed to be at least fifty miles
oft Ten minutes afterward saw a schooner dead to
leewerd. Got up coats and made sail, with oars
and boathooks, for masts. The schooner saw
him, bellied close on the wind, and Mr. B. cable
up. with her and boarded her at eleven o'clock
A. M. She proved to be the schooner A. Colby,
of Bucksport, Maine, Captain H. D. Harriman,
from Portland, bound to Fernandina, Fla. Captain
B. took Mr. B. and crew of seven on 'board, and
treated him and them in the kindest manlier. Mr.
13i own speaks In the warmest terms of the humane
treatment received at the hands of Captain H. Mr.
Brown then ordered the schooner to Beaufort, N.
U., where he expected to meet his ship. Captain
H. cheerfully consented to change his course, and on
the same afternoon, at half past four o'clock, struck
on Outer Diamond, off Cape Hatteras. The Colby
commenced leaking 'at the rate of iwo thousand
strokes. On the afternoon of the Bit of January
hauled 'up abreast of Hatteras Inlet, and anchored.
Bere found the gunboat Miami, Captain Tolman, to
whom Mr. Brown reported. Captain Tolman sent
off twelve men to the assistance of the Colby. On
the afternoon of the 2d got under way, and • in the
evening the Miami came out, overhauled the Colby,
and took her in tow for Beaufort, where she arrived
at eight o'clock on the morning of the 3d.
Mr. Brown and crew suffered much for want of
water and food. Mr. B.'s cutter was without rudder,
compass, or anything to bail with, and but half a
crew, so hurried was the departure to the assistance
of the Monitor.
'While on board his boat Mr. Brown remarked to
Captain Bankhead that he supposed there was no
danger of his vessel sinking. The captain replied
that he was afraid that , it would prove otherwise,
as the water WAS up to the furnaces when he left
her.
The following is a list of the names of the crew in
111 r. B'rown's cutter :—Morris Wagg, quartermaster;
Chas. H. Smith, coxswain ,• Lewis A. Horton,sea
man; Luke M. Griswold, Hugh M. Logan, John
Jones, and George Moore, °Winery seamen. All the
above, including Mr. Erown, were reported lost;
and, indeed, their preservation is almost mi
raculous. Mr. Brown wishes to return his
thanks to Captain Tolman for the assis
tance he offered, and for kindly towing the
Colby down to Beaufort. The Rhode Island •is
xpr eted to return immediately to Beaufort tore
join the fleet, and Mr. B. will here await orders.
THE IRON-CLAD PASSAIC,
lies at anchor in Beaufort Roads. I learn that she
suffered considerably on her passage down, in
tow of the State of Georgia, and at one time was on
the point of being abandoned. The water was then
making rapid headway upon her, and all hope of
keeping it from the fires was given up, when one of
the officers, reported to me to be the engineer, urged
another rally at the pumps. All hands, officers and
crew, went to work, and finally succeeded in keep
ing her free until the storm abated.
THE TRANSPORT MONTEBELLO,
having on board the 6Gth New :York Volunteers,
(Colonel Van Wyck's regiment,) left in tow of the
steamer Cahawba, Captain Baker, 'and got along'
smoothly until Wednesday last, the 31st ult. Du
ring the gale on Mit' day the hawsers parted, and,
the running out of others being attended with great
danger and difficulty, the transport continued her
voyage under sail. lioth the• Monitor and Passaic
could be seen from the Montebello during the gale.
They were then pitching heavily,. and were fre
quently so deeply submerged that.but part of their .
‘ urrets could .be seen. The h.lontebello arrived
'afely with her troops, all well,
EEEMEI
THE IRON-CLAD MONTAUK ON SHACKEL
FORD SHOALS, AND OFF AGAIN ALLSAFE
AND SOUND.
Brun FORT, N. C., Jan. 6.—The iron-clad Montauk,
.Captain Worden, from New York via Fortress Mon
roe, attempted to enter the harbor yesterday mOrning
in charge of a coast pilot, and struck on. Shacicelford
Shoals.. The accident was occasioned by the
mia
placement of a buoy. The Montauk remained fast
until six o'clock in the evening when, by the assist
ance of the tugboats John P. freeborn, Capt. Aimy,
John P. Levy, Capt. Rogers, and.•uriboat
In
she was got afloat, and towed to the harbor,
anchoring abreast of Port Macon. She was entirely
uninjured. gartermaster Bowen, of this post, is
entitled to great credit. for, the promptness and efii
ciency with which lie discharged his duties in render
ing-assistance to the Montauk. lie was personally
,thanked by Captain Worden for his timely aid. - The
;wind was freshening with a .heavy sea, and: every
:,prospect of a gale, when the Montauk was so happily
,'delivered from the bank of sand in which she was
;embedded.
':/The Montauk left Fortress Monroe on the 2d inst.,
about 3 in tow of-the gunboat .Tames Adger.
,The, sea was _smooth and weather calm. .0n Satur ,
gay, the 3d, about BA. M., the hawser partedoind
she Was' left adrift: The weather continuing favor.
Able, with every prospect of its continuance, Capt.
Worden concluded to work into Beaufort without
the aid of the Adger. Subsequently was made fast
again to the Adger; lint on Sunday morning, abotit
.Blo'cleck, the hawser again parted; and, beingAhen
itiaide of - Cape Lookout, Captain Worden, for; the
Second time, determined to enter the harbor Without
the aid of R. tow which he would have succeeded in
doing had not the misplacement of the buoy deceived
the pilot. ;She went on'the point of the shoal, only
about the distance atter own width from deep Wfl
tei„filmut an, hour after she.parted from the Adger.
Before getting off, she had to transfer her shot and
shell to the tugs. Her heaviest anchor was Slipped,
but will be' recovered to-day.. The Montauk is un
stralined, and ready*for immediate service.
Offiders and crew of lhe,Montaolt all well.
STATES IN HELLION.
Je>Rbrson Davis on his Last Grand Bounds—
. lialith of General Duncan—Foreigners - in
ROnond Stuart's Raid Bridges in
N Cnrolina Repaired—Affairs in Vir
ginia—Raid on the White House—From
Tennessee, Mississippi, &e.—The Capture
of- the Harriet Lane—News from Rich
, ninnd Papers of Monday.
SPEECH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AT MOBILE.
CFigOn the Mobile advertiser and Register, Jan. Ll
The notes of the serenade last night were the sig
naffor the assemblage of the Citizens, who gathered
: in a'dense crowd before the Battle House, and after
the band had played a few spirited airs, called loudly
forßresident Davis, who soon made his appearance
upon .the balcony, and was introduced to his fellow
cl tiiena by his Honor the Mayor; the clear moonlight
affbrding a distinct view of his well-known features.
ALABAMA IN THE STATE OF MOBILE.
Addressing his fellow-citizens—fellow-soldiers he
might rather call them, since nearl3r• every man in
the Corifederacyjs now a soldier—he alluded to the
ties which bound him almost equally to Alabama and
Mississippi, for they together formed the territory
in which his earlier years were passed; as together
they, had confronted the foe, and emulated each
•other's _deeds on many a recent battle-field. To
gether; too; they had espoused those doctrines which,
'it they had been sooner adopted by the entire
• country, would have averted this horrid war.
'• WE WOULD NOT LET THEM ALONE:
He then adverted to the prOgress of events from
the time when argument was used with the- people
of the North, to induce them to respect- the consti- '
lutional compact of our fathers; but they would
not : ,to our proposal that, like Abraham and Lot,'
. of old, since we could not agree together, we should
pea*fully depart to the right and to the left. But
even this proposition, in the :immemorial spirit of
yankee propagandism, was rejected, and they erre
-gently assumed the authority to exercise dominion
over men who were born to be their masters.
"NUMBERS AIN'T NOTHIN'—BLOOD 'LL
TELL."
Relying upon their - minibera, upon their seventy
years of preparation, upon their possession of arms,
and ships, and fortresses, .and manufactories, pro
vided by the taxes they had imposed upon us, they
confidently expected to put down the 'rebellion,"
as they termed it, in sixty days. We accepted the
pledge of battle, and without arms, with no steel
clad.navy, entered upon the con test trusting to the
protection of a just God ;•and by His favor we had
won battles when by all calculations we had been
• bound to sufferdeferit. We are now stronger than
we were a year ago, and we are destined to achieve
our independence as sure as the sun rises and seta.
- THE STRONG POINT.
• The President spoke of our army, which he styled
an army of heroes. in it were boys with the down
still upon their checks, who were toiling like vete
rans On the weary march, and in the deadly strife
were Putting forth energies unsurpassed by men in
any age; and even when bleeding and dying were
seeking only to kill another ;Yankee 'ere the last
vital drop forsook their heart. Could such a people .
-be conquered,
•
GHOSTS OF 1'776 INVOKED.
• He 'knew there were occasional feelings of de
spondency when clouds overspread our sky, but he
cited .us to the long struggle of our forefathers
against more causes of discouragement than assail
us. Theie was also despondency at the thought
that there aie those among us unfaithful to our
cause;:and at the spectacle of hordes of extortioners
who . are preying upon our necessities. But the'
Tories of the. Revolution were immensely. more nu
merouillaan the disaffected among us. There was
much (.IVision Of sentiment among the people of
,the
colonieiiovhile we are a united people. As for ex
tortioqrs, they are the dregs and refuse of the land.
They appear more. numerous beasuse the' people
are absent in the . field ; it is only nn insignificant
few who linger at home engrossed in their vile
Schemes of trade. Let them be left to the contempt
and execration Which awaits them hereafter in-the
presence of those who are now toiling and struggling
in this Woody contest.
THE TWO GREAT RIVERS.
Of hifrvi6it to this point, the purpose was to ob
: 'serve othiglyjenit,ea,to,see,what,...had been done, and.
what reatained - , to be done, fat' our protection; so
that hereafter, when he should hear from us, he
might knots; exactly what we needed. The Missis
sippi and the Alabama rivers are the two great arte
ries of the-Southwest; they must he defended; and
he felt, as he looked upon the masses before him, - he
could confidently say they shall be defended.
INDEPENDENCE AT ANY COST.
He exhorted the people to second with all their'
Power the efforts of the brave soldier and able com
mander to whom their defence has been confided,
and to encourage them by their approval, without
cavilling at the errors which must almost necessa
rily be committed. Even if they do wrong, sustain
them 7 better that our independence be achieved, no
matter by what measures, than submit to the demi
nation of the Yankees, who are seeking to enchain
us in the same degrading servitude withAhemselves,
with a baboon for a king.
PERORATION AND REPORTER'S VALEDIC
TORY.
He thanked the people for the compliment they.
had tendered him in inviting him to address them;
and trusted they would look generously upon what
they might believe to be errors in the administration
of affairs, assuring them that the welfare of the
people was the sole motive which actuated him, and
to the furtherance of that welfare he was pledged to the
utmost of his energies and to the end of his life.
This is a very imperfect sketch of the President's
remarks, hastily written oat front recollection of a
few leading expressions; as we were not prepared to
take notes. Ile was listened to with deep attention,
and responded to—we cannot say interrupted—by re
peated and hearty applause.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
(From the 'Richmond Whig. Dec. 27.)
We notice the arrival in Richmond of the Marquis
of Harlington, (son of the Duke of Devonshire, and
member of the British Parliament for North Lanca
shire,) and Col. William Leslie, .M. P.
When William H. Seward was in England he
visited the Duke of Devonshire, and the Marquis,
on his recent visit to Washington, called upon Se
ward in return to pay his respects. He was courte
ously received, and an invitation to visit the Presi
dent
was unhesitatingly accepted. At the appointed
time the nobleman was conducted into the presence
of Lincoln and permitted to look for the first time
upon the Chief Magistrate of the American Repub
lic. Lincoln received him awkwardly, and, not pre
cisely understanding the title of his visitor, asked,
What name did you say'!" "The Marquis of
Harlington," was the response. Lincoln seemed
suddenly struck with a bright idea, and, while a
grin of joy overspread has features, exclaimed,
"Why, Hartington rhymes with Mrs. Partinc,ton!"
This is a literal fact, and the story is told with
, great gusto at the North. Probably never before
was such a reception given to nobility by an Ameri
can _President. In one respect the incident may
prove"of some service, for the English gentlemen
will now have an opportunity of contrasting the
dignified manners of Southerners with the coarse
.
vulgarity of the Exebutive head 'of the Northern
„Stet es.
STUART'S RECENT. CAVALRY RAID.
From theßichmoud Whig, Jan. 9.) -
The last scout of General Stuart, although little
has been said about. it, except in the Northern pa
pers, was very fruitlbl in its results. He succeeded
an capturing or destroying is large amount of proper
ty, stores, Sc., and in giving the Yankees " big
scare." The whole force between Manassas and
Washington was called under arms, and several
thousand men were sent out to catch him. The ob
ject of Stuart's expedition was to gain information
of the position and movements of the enemy, and by
going with his usual daring and audacity within
their lines and around their army, he was eminently
successful, and the results are considered very im
portant. The only thing regretted is the loss of
Capt. John.W. Bullock, of the sth Cavalry, one of
the best and bravest olUcers in the service. He was
, wounded at Dumfries, while in command of the
'Sharpshooters and gallantly charging a regiment of
Yankee infantry While his friends were bearin,, ,,
him from the field he was again hit in two places and
Mortally wounded,
After scattering the enemy at Dumfries General
Stuart went on to the Occoquan; but 'word having
been sent out of his approach, he found all the fords
guarded. He determined, however, to cross at
Selectmen's Ford, in the face of the enemy. The ad
vance was led by Colonel T. L. Rosser, of the Fifth
cavalry, who dashed into the stream, followed by Col.
Drake, of the First, and sonic fifteen or twenty men.
The enemy had dismounted, and were drawn up in
line of battle. Colonel Rosser, placing himself at
the head of the few men near him, led the charge up
• in the face of a heavy fire, by file, over a narrow and
rocky fold. The Yankees broke and were pursued,
several being captured. General Stuart regards thi.s as
the most gallant thing done by the cavalry since the war
commenced. Colonel R. afterwards charged into their
camp and captured nine sutler wagons; loaded with
the best of liquor, clothing, boots, and luxuries of
various kinds, and burned their tents, and army
stores.
General Stuart then went towards Aldie, accom
plishing many of his characteristic feats, which have
always been so galling to the Yankees. He is the
evil genius of all the Abolition generals, and, next
to Jackson, their greatest bugbear. At Aldie,oolo-
nel Roseer was sent on a scout into the Valey of
Virginia to ascertain the state of.-things there.
Taking with him only fifteen men, he succeeded in
going around the most of Milroy's army, and passed •
nearly ninety miles in front of General Jones.
Although the country- was full of bands, trying to
capture him, Colonel R. eluded them all, and after
remaining in the enemy's lines as long as he pleased,
started to return. At the Shenandoah, lie encoun
tered the pickets of the enemy, posted to catch him,
but, by a peculiar stratagem, he captured them all,
passed by their army at night, ? and returned safely to
camp, bringing along with him all the Yankee seriti
nels on the route.
This is a hue statement of the Fatah*, omitting
some interesting incidents in the telegraph line al
ready published. It completely shows up the falsity
of the Yankee accounts, and places our gallant fel
lows right on the record before the world.
THE BRIDGES DESTROYED BY GENERAL
. • FOSTER REPAIRED.
OFFICE OF ENGINEER ANT) SUPERINTENDENT,
W...e.isn W. R. li., January 8, 1863.
The bridges over the Neuse river, recently de
stroyed by the enemy, having been rebuilt, the regu
lar trains will pass . over the entire, line without
change, on and after Thursday, Bth January, carry
ing passengers; mails, and freights as formerly,
milking the same time between Weldon and Kings
ville as heretofore, and twelve hours ahead of any
other line. . ••• • . •
ESCAPE OF THE YANKEES FROM EAST
TENNESSEE.
We learn that the Yankees who recently invaded
East Tennessee aucceeded in making their escape
through Mocasin Gap without ow -troops getting
within striking distance. It is said General Mar.
shall did not move with the celerity demanded by
the occasion. Large bodies move slowly.
Passengers are now conveyed in stages between
the Holston and Watauga rivers, the points at
which the railroad bridges were destroyed, and a
delay of only , a fewhourals incurred.
The railroad bridges are in course of rapid recoil-
Struction . .-12fchmond Examiner, 71k.
CAPTURE OF YANKEES AND HORSES
On • Monday hist, Capt. John. H. McNeill, of Ira
boden)s Rangers, made a dash upon the Yankees in
Hardy county, and succeeded in killing one, and in
capturing 33 men, 61 horses, 9 sets of harness, sad
dles and bridles, 14 revolvers, 14 Burnside rifles,- and
20 sabres. This was accomplished after the Confe
derate' forces, under Gen. Jones, had retired from
the county. The party under McNeill consisted of
60 men. They also captured several wagons,
which, in their haste to retire, on
,account of the
nearness of the enemy, they, set fire to.--Richmond
Dispatch, Tan. 10.
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Our Raleigh exchanges state that there were in
the Neuse river, near Newbern, on Wednesday last,
no less than 63 Yankee transports. The forces at
that, point include the commands of three major ge
nerals, usually in: the Yankee army 15,000 each,
which gives the full force of 46,000 to 60,000 men.
This intelligence is regarded as trustworthy.--Rich
mond Dispatch, Jan. 10.
FROM THE TALLEY
A gentleman who arrived in this city yesterday
evening from the Valley informs us that a body of
Yankee cavalry came up the Valley as far as Wood
kook on Wednesday last. On Saturday last they,
were at Strasburg, where they remained until Sun
day, levying contributions upon the citizens for ba
con, flour, corn, and other supplies, and of those.
who had nothing;of the
,kind they demanded money.
The contributions were collected at the point of the
bayonet, and the citizens were compelled to submit
not only to the levy, but to every species of insult
and . ', indignity which the mercenary hirelings chose
tolleali upon them.—Richmond Dispatch,. Jan. 10.
REFUSAL OF THE YANKEES TO RECEIVE
THEIR PRISONERS.
.AnansTA, Jan. 9.---The Atlanta Intdligencer says
that the 'Yankee prisoners taken at Murfreesboro
were returned to the Yankee authorities, who re
fused to receive them unless 'accompanied by the
'officers: Seventy-three Yankee officers are in At
Wife. • •
GEN. ROSEORANS REPORTED RETREAT
ING--GEN BRAGG'S POSITION.
.C.ErArrANooos. i . Jan. B.—There is a rumor to-day
that General. Rosecrans' army has retreated to
Nashville, leaving a small garrison at Murfreesboro.
General .Bragg's beadquarters are at Winchester.
He Wilbmake his line of defence bet Ween Winches
ter and Shelbyville.
It is probable that the Abolition array, will not be
ready for'offbnsive operations under month.
Our expedb ions in West Tennesiee and Kentucky
ha - ve been most successful, and will bring good
Our troops, as a general thing, approve General
Bragg's course in falling back. His troops were too
much ehausted to remain longer in the field. •
PURCHASE OF AN ESTATE
. The. Hon. John Minor Botts haa recently pur
chased, in Orange county, - Virginia, an estate of
2,800 acres, for the sum of $104,600, and has left the
city to take possession of the same, with the inten
tion of devoting the remainder of his years to agri
cultural pursuits.—Richmond - Examiner.
THE YANKEE RAID ON THE WHITE HOUSE
ECOrrespondence of The .1; ichnlothl Dispatch.]
Wrirrn lions; Jan. 9.—About 500 United States
Caralry and a like number of infantry, landed at
West Point at 12 o'clock Wednesday night. The
cavalry came to the White House. Ten crossed the
river, burnt the depot, two sloops, 1,000 bushels of
grain, one old Yankee barge, two pontoons, set lire
to the little steamer, Which soon sank, but will be
raised to-morrow. She is about one-horse power.
They also burnt Mr. Taylor's shanty, with a quan
tity of goods and some liquor; a house of Gen.
Lee's, occupied by Capt. Kimble as an eatbeig house ;
set fire to the wharf, which was soon put out by Mr.
Taylor; stole several articles, waited (hid behind
the bank) for the cars to arrive, which they would
also have taken but for Galba Malden, engineer of
the little steamer, and Oapt. Gage, who went up the
railroad
met the cars and stopped them, about
three miles from the White House ' thus saving the
engine we had taken from the Yankees, and cars
worth $25,000. They had three pieces of artillery
with them, but did not use them, only tiring their
srnalharrns.
Two gunboats and one tug came up the Pamunkey
within about four miles of the White House the
same night, and returned next morning, tiring as
they went down. One shell fell in the New Kent
Court-House yard, burst, and knocked out part of
the brick in the clerk's office. Several others fell
near. The Court-House,is about two miles from
the river.
A shell also fell near Capt. Sparrow's house. The
gunboats had two masts each, and carried six guns
I on a side; the tug had one gun. The Yankees—gun
-1 boats, cavalry, and infantry—all left West Point last
i
night at twelve o'clock. In passing through King
1 William county they stole all Mr. Win. Johnson's
horses, carried off one of his men, and made all the
i darkies they met go with them. Several made out
to get away from them at West Point, and returned
to their masters. The whole of the troops nearly
'were drunk, else the slaves would not have gotten
away. They stole several geese from Wm. New, at
; the Point, one gallant officer killing two at a lick
I with his sword. And now, strange to say, we had
I no pickets on the Pamunkey, nor have we had for
several weeks, to my knowledge, as I have been all
the way down the river in the night to within four
miles of West Point, and also twice in the daytime,
and I never saw or heard of a picket. If there is one
river in this State easily delended, it is the Pamun
. key. In several places the banks are 70 feet per
pendicular .above the river, and a steamer is com
pelled to go within MO feet of these banks. Whose
fault is it that a trade of a half a million bushels of
grain is not protected? The Yankees said when they
came up, ,that they intended to put a stop to the
grain trade. ACCOMAC.
CAPTURE OP THE HARRIET LANE.
HY TELEGRAPH FROM HEADQUARTEP.S, OALVI2TON,
VIA NATCHEZ.
To Major Heisler:
This morning, the Ist of January, at three o'clock,
I attacked the enemy's fleet and garrison at this
place and captured the latter and the steamer Hap
rierLain. and 'two barges'and a schooner of the for- .
mer. The rest, some four or five, escaped ignomini
ously under care of a flag of truce.
I have about six hundred prisoners and a large
ijuaistitY of valuable stores. arms, &c.
The Harriet Lane is very little injured ; she was
carried by boarding from two high-pressure cotton
steamers, manned by Texas cavalry and artillery.
The line troops were gallantly commanded.by Col.
Green, of Sibley's brigade, and the ship!, and artil
lery by Major Leon Smith, to whose indomitable
energy - and heroic bearing the country Is indebted
for the successful execution of a plan which I had
considered for the destruction of the enemy's fleet.
Col. Bagliy, of Sibley's brigade, also commanded the
volunteers from his regiment for the naval expedi
tion, in which every officer and every man won for
Minkel' imperishable renown.
J. BANKREAD MAGRUDER,
Major General.
LATEST NEWS FROM SOUTHERN
PAPERS.
HEADQUARTECS OF THE AWMY OF TRH POTOMAC,
Jan. 12.—A copy of the Enquirer of to-day has been
received. It contains the following items of news
THE FEDERAL EVACUATION OF VICKS
BURG-.
VICICSIIt 110, B.—To lion. Jonx A. SEDDON
Prom the latest information 1 am satisfied that the
enemy's transports have gone up the river. There
are only seven gunboats between the mouth of the
Yazoo and Milliken's Bend.
Vicksburg is daily growing stronger. We intend
to hold it. J. C. PEMBERTON,
' Lieutenant General Commanding.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE—RESULTS OF
MORGAN AND FOR REST'S RAID THE
CAPTURES AT MURFREESBORO,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 9.—The Rebel pub
lisned the foll Owing from an official source, dated
Winchester, Tennessee :
"Gen. Morgan's report of his expedition shows a
result of two thousand paroled prisoners, several
hundred of the enemy killed and wounded, and an
immense quantity of arms and property destroyed.
"Forrest's report shows fifteen hundred prisoners,
one thousand of the enemy killed and wounded, and
an immense quantity of arms, ammunition, anti
stores destroyed, and his whole command, splendidly
equipped from the captures. •
" Uur operations at Murfreesborey including the
capture of five thousand prisoners, besides to thou-w
sa,.d captured at Hartsville and around Nashville,
sum up ten thousand in less than a month.
" We have also captured and sentto the rear thirty
cannon, six thousand small arms and two thousand
more in the hands of our troops, and destroyed fif
teen hundred wagons, the mules' and harness being
secured.
"The. enemy's loss in• killed and wounded is esti
mated at 20,000, including seven generals."
OCCUPATION OF MATAMOROS BY THE
FRENCH.
CHARLESTON, January 11.—Late advices from
San Antonio, Texas, state that an express from
Brownsville had brought information that 4,000
Trench troops had landed at Matamoros, and taken
possession of the city.
THE WE.LDON AND WILMINGTON RAIL
ROAD.
The railroad bridge over the• Neuse river, on the
Weldon and Wilmington Railroad, had been rebuilt.
SUFFERINGS OF THE VIRGINIA TROOPS.
The Virginia . soldiers, in the hospitals are suffer
ing for clothing and blankets, while those from other
States are supplied by the State .agents, and the
Richmond Enquirer calls on the men and women of
Virginia to furnish the necessary articles.
RELIEF TO THE CITIZENS OF FREOE
RICKSBURG.
General Fitzhugh 'Lees Cavalry Brigade had sub
scribed and forwarded $5,400 for the relief of the
citizens of Fredericksburg. _
EXCIIA_NGE NOTICE, No. 4.
The following officers and men have been duly ex
changed, and are hereby so declared :
All officers and men captured in Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida,
and South Carolina, up to December 10th, 1862.,
All officers and men captured in Missouri, Kansas,
New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana,
Up to January Ist, 1863.
The two foregoing sections apply not only. to
officers and men of the Confederate service, but
also to all persons captured by the United States,
whatever may have been the character of the mili
tary organizations to which they were attached,
and whatever may have been the terms of the pa
roles giVen by them. If any are in Federal prisons,
they•ftre to be immediately released and delivered to
the Confederate authorities.
. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered at City Point up to January 6th, 1863.
All Confederate prikonera and men who have been
delivered at Vicksburg. up to December 23d, 1862,
and including the said date.
'All Confederate officers and men receipted for at
Vicksburg up to December 23d, 1862, and including
the said date.
All Confederate °lndere and men captured and pa
roled at Fredericksburg, Va., in December, 1862.
All Confederate officers and men captured and pa
roled at Goldsboro'. N. C., in December, 1862.
Other miscellaneous and minor exchanges, of
which the appropriate officers will be informed.
ROOT. OULD,
Adjutant of Exchanges.
Captain S.•B. Bell.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin : In the long list of those who died upon the
bloody field of Murfreesboro, appears the name of
Captain S. Bowman Bell, of the 18th United States
Intently. A telegram just received from Nashville
announces that his body had reached that place.
Captain Bell was the son of the Hon. Samuel Bell,
of Betiding, Pa., and, at the time of his decease, was
in the 38th year of his age. He studied law with the
Hon. David F. • Gordon, of Reading and after
several year's practice, relinquished' his pro
fession, and devoted himself to mercantile pur
suits. He was a delegate to the Chicago
Convention that nominated Mr. Lincoln, and
took a very active part in the canvass in Pennsylva
nia. At the first breaking out of the rebellion, he
offered his services to the Secretary of War, and was
at once appointed and confirmed as captain in the
18th U. S..lnfantry. He was immediately put upon
-duty, being detailed as mustering officer at Erie, and
afterwards in this city; but desiring more active ser
vice he was, at his own request, in October, 1861,
ordered to join his regiment in Kentuoky--since
which time he has been actively engaged in the
field. At Shiloh he was in the thickest of the fight,
and at Murfreesboro he fell whilsrgallantly lead
ing his men: He was • deservedly one of the most
popular and efficient officers in' the service, and, in
him the country has lost a devoted, gallant, and ae
complished
THREE CENTS.
Meeting of the Little Schuylkill Naviga
tion Railroad and Coal Company.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Little Schuyl
kill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company was
held on Monday, at twelve o'clock, at the rooms of
the company, Walnut street, above Fourth. Mr.
Jos. Janei occupied the chair; Wm. Wain, Jr., se
cretary. .
The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing
the reports of the Board of Managers and Treasurer
read, and for the election of officers for the ensuing
year.
The following is the report of the Board of Mana
gars':
Report to the stockholders of the Little Schuyl
kill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company, Phila
delphia, Jan. 12, 1863.
At the date of the last annual report of the Board
of Managers, the affairs of your company were in a
critical condition.
The general business of the company had fallen off'
to such an extent as to cause much concern as to
the ability of your company to pay its expenses and
the interest on the mortgage debt, and, besides, the
first mortgage had been permitted to mature with
out proper provision for its payment, and certain
holders threatened to commence suit for the recove
ry of the amount due them. Added to this, a suit
by bill in equity of one of the stockholders had been
commenced, the nature of which was not fully un
derstood by the majority of the stockholders, and
which seemed to them, for the time being, to impe
ril the whole corporation.
This suit was settled by a decree of the Supreme
Court—first amicably agreed upon by the parties
thereto—in favor of the company, which gave to
this corporation one hundred thousand dollars in
cash, at short-date payments, one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars in mortgage interest
warrants, surrendered for stock at par, and re
leased one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars in the stock of this company, which had been
cancelled. The importance of this relief to the com
pany cannot be over estimated. It restored confi
dence both to the board and to the public, enabled
the company to pay off, with the bonds of the seven
per-cent. mortgage The over-due six-per -cent. mort
gage (which has. been satisfied of record) and very
generally'retiyed . the credit of the company.
For the favorable results attending the settlement
too much credit cannot be awarded to the commer
cial house of Messrs. Morrison Sc. Sons, and their re
presentatives in thin.city, Messrs. S. Pc WT Welsh,
and to the'reprefentatives of the late Charles Henry
Fisher, Esq., all of whom, when apprised of the full
bearing of the benefit that would result from an ami
cable settlement, acceded to the propositions made
•
by the plaintiff in the suit.
While the conclusion of this matter appears at
first sight to have been only for the benefit of the
company, it is proper to add that the parties making
the payments are all benefited by the greatly-im
proved value of the bonds and stock still held by
them, and it is believed they will sustain no loss
whatever.
By the settlement thus briefly alluded to, the com
pany was placed in a position to arrange or the im
mediate development of its valuable coal property,
which, under the pressure of its financial embarrass
ments, and a general and long continued prostration
of the Coal trade, could not previously be SI.CCOM,
plished, and to commence a series of improvements
by which it is confidently anticipated the yield of
coal from its lands will soon again be brought up to
the maximum of the most prosperous period.
A part of these improvements have already been
commenced, and others of a still more important
character are projected and will be put in operation
so soon as their proper location can be determined by
careful and accurate surveys. Your company was
thus also enabled to institute a more vigorous prose
cution of the work upon the East .Mahanoy Rail
road, and the managers have the satisfaction to an
nounce the opening of that important feeder which
leads into the heart of the Mahanoy coal field, and
connects with extensive collieries already prepared
to supply a very heavy traffic. Your managers have
concluded a lease with the East Mahanoy Railroad
Company for their railroad for the full term of ninety-.
nine years. guaranteeing to pay as a rental for the
same, six per cent. per annum on the capital stock
of the said company.
Raving made arrangements to conclude the fore
going lease, your managers received a proposition
from the Phladelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany to lease the railroad of your company, and slim
to lease or work the East Mahanoy Railroad, for the
full term of fourteen years, which proposition was
in terms so favorable to the interests of both com
panies, each deriving advantages from the arrange
ment, (which, singly, neither could have acquired,)
that your
.Board have unanimously accepted the
same. By this arrangement, the Reading Railroad
Company purchase all the rolling stock and railroad
equipments belonging to your company, at a cash
valuation, and, as a consideratiaer for the rental of
the two roads, pay a specified tonnage upon all the
coal passing over the same ; and, in addition thereto,
pay one-half the gross receipts upon all freight (other
than coal), passenger, mail, and express traffic. The
Reading Railroad Company also guaranties to this
company a certain annual tonnage of coal, the re
ceipts from which will cover the interest of the
funded debt of this company, pay its current ex
penses, and leave a surplus sufficient, when added
to the receipts for coal rents, to insure hereafter
regular semi-annual dividends upon the shares of
the capital stock. '
The coal tonnage over your road during the past
year amounted to 243,129 tons, which shows a gain of
17,096 tons over the previous year. The quantity
taken from the company's land (included in the fore
going tonnage) is 104,809 tons.
The financial business of the company for the year
ending the 30th November, 1562, is presented in the
statement of the treasurer.
The report was adopted and accepted.
Mr. Tames Milliken then made a clear and coneise
statement of the condition of the company and the
operations of the Board of Managers for the past
year.. It was shown that the affairs of the company
were in a remarkably prosperous condition, and the
endetivors of the Board of Managers to enhance the
interests of the stockholders hare been crowned with
success.
Mr. Ed. H. Trotter then offered the following pre
amble and resolutions, prefacing the same with the
remarks given below:
Mu. Pits:SIDENT : I hold in my hand a preamble
and resolntion.which I desire to present for the con
sideration 'of this meeting; but, before doing so, I
will state the object -I have in view. It is that the
stockholders may do iustice to a gentleman to whose
intelligence, courage, and perseverance we are in a
great, measure, indebted for its present enviable po
sition ; a position; I know, not attained save by
days of constant labor and nights of disturbed re
pose. When first associated with Mr. Milliken, in
looking into the affairs of this company, we differed
very widely as to the proper course to be pursued to
extricate it from its embarrassment, but frequent in
tercourse with him convinced me of the correctness
of his views, anti the integrity of his purposes,
which
were to resuscitate this company to its former
value and credit in this community. With what
success, and how well and faithfully he has served
your interests, I need 'not comment upon ; the pre
sent value of your investment and the credit of the
company speak for themselves.
The stocicholders of this company have
learned to their great satisfaction that, after a lapse
of many years, during whichlime its affairs were in
a very embarrassing condition, its credit depreciated,
and its business paralyzed, this company is now en
tirely relieved fromlevery embarrassment, and is
once more upon a footing which affords assurance
that henceforth regular dividends may be expected
from its earnings.
And Whereas, This gratifying change in its affairs
.is in a great measure due to the indefatigable perse
verance, energy and financial ability of Mr. James
Milliken, one of the•members of the board: there
fore,
Resolved, That as a testimonial of our high appre
ciation of the important services which Mr. .Milli
ken has tendered to us as well as to the bond
holders of the company, and as a well-merited offer
ing of our respect for his talents, a committee of
three stockholders be appointed, whose duty it shall
be to procure a suitable testimonial, not exceeCing
in value the sum of five thousand dollars, and also
to have made out in his name a certificate of one
hundred shares of the stock now held by the com
pany, and to present the same to him, in the name
of the stockholders.
Resolved, That in order to carry the foregoing reso
lution into effect, the board be instructed to appro
priate for the purposes of the committee the sum
of $5,000, and to deliver to them a certiticale of one
hundred shares of the company's stock, in the name
of Mr. James Milliken.
Mr. William' Welsh, in seconding the resolutions,
spoke as follows :
In seconding the preamble and resolutions just
offered by the representative of a large stock inte
rest, he would frankly confess that the precise form
of the proposed testimonial was not agreeable to his
taste; blurt if adopted, and if it was equally distaste
ful to Mr. Milliken, he could decline it in whole or
in part. The services rendered by Mr. Milliken to
the company were .so valuable, and the principle
that he had contended for and successfully main
tained was of such vital importance, that he was
prepared to advocate the highest form of testimonial
that the stockholders were likely to present.
Mr. Milliken had not charged the directors of the
Little Schuylkill Company with an intentional
wrong to the stockholders, when in 1857, they gave
mortgage bonds for a large Amount of their own stock
and the Boating debt of the company, without notice
to other stockholders. He did charge them with a
wrong in equity, and as hejudged in law also.. He
tried, through the help of a committee, to obtain
redress for the alleged wrong, but he was beaten
back in every effort by the most powerful combina
tion of influential men that was ever arrayed against
a citizen situated as Mr. hlilliken was.
The members of his committee having less clear
ness of perception, or less firmness, withdrew from.
the contest, and then he felt bound to resort to a bill
of inquiry in the (Jourt of Nisi Prius—Mr. Milliken
all the time averring his readiness for an equitable
compromise, stating explicitly that he believed no.
loss would ensue to any one, and that the company
could thus alone be lifted from its almost bankrupt
condition. The company had current indebtedness.
that it could notpay, and the holders of the first mort
gage bonds, then overdue, could by the terms of their
mortgage, enter upon possession of the road.
In this apparently insolvent condition of the cor
poration, no one could feel sure of its continuance ;
therefore mines would not he opened or worked with.
vigor, and other corporations seemed more.likely to.
crush than to make any equitable contract.with the.
Poor Little Schuylkill. When Mr. Millikents.firm
ness was tested to the utmost, and the bill imequity
had been filed and the answers prepared, he• was
asked if he still desired a compromise, Mr: Welsh,
asked it, not fearing the illegality of the act, but
the certain ruin to the corporation if the suit was al
lowed to run the usual length of such controversies..
Mr. ]Milliken said that he had keptthe bill in his.
own name, so as to be free from entangling alliances;:
therefore, he was not only willing, but also, able• to.
examine the equities of the case, and adjust the mat
ter without loss to any party who was wilting to.
hold the stock long enough to allow its truovalue to.
be developed. The compromise was made, resulting,
in the extinguishment of the first mortgage and all
other obligations, except 'one, on which the time.
was extended, leaving a large current working capi
tal, and the prospect of good dividends tothe stock
holders. As this result was in no small degree owing.
to Mr. Milliken's clearness of perception, mental
force, and unflinching firmness of purpose, he is en
titled to. and Mr. Welsh felt sure that he would re
ceive, the cordial thanks of the stockholders.
Mr. Welsh said that his deep interest in this sub
ject did not arise from its mere pecuniary aspect, but
because it developed a most important principle that
had been too long dormant. It convinced Boards of
Directors that they could no longer injure stock
holders' rights, even unintentionally, if a bill in
equity could bring to light and rebuke the wrong.
If this manly course had been pursued in other cor
porations, where directors went beyond their au
thority, did not declare it openly at a meeting of
stockholders for their approval, millions of money
would have been saved, and our city kept free from
the lasting disgrace brought upon her from the abuse
by. directors of banks and other institutions of the
rights of stockholders. In financial struggles most
men are so much excited that they go beyond the
hounds of right., even in their own business; there
fore, the watchful care of the stockholders is special
ty necessary.
Dir. 'Welsh said that when the charges were first
made by Mr. Milliken against the diiectors of the
Little Schuylkill Company he was disposed to cen
tore him, for it looked as if the accused had held
hack to see if it would result in profit • but he was
relieved from that charge, as he did object to the ru
mored arrangement, and the directors had not made
a full report of the transaction.
Mr. Welsh contended that shareholders are part
ners in the corporation, and therefore that they are
morall.y bound to search out all alleged wrongs by
their directors, whether against the laws of the taut!,
by obtaining,. fraudulenty, advantageous charters,
or deviating in any way from their prescribed duties
without reporting it fully to their stockholders. Mr.
Milliken had shown them that no other influence is
needed than a clear sense of right; therefore, he
merits approbation beyond the shareholders in this
corporation..
Morton McMichael favored the passage of the
resolutions, and spoke as follows:
Mr. Morton McMichael said. that the few words he
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intended to add to what had been so well expressed
by the gentleman who had preceded him were to be
considered, not so much as coming from a stock
holder of the company as from one whose business
it had been for many years to watch and note the
progress of public improvements in Pennsylvania,
and partictdarly in Philadelphia. As was known to
all who heard him, during a large part of his mature
life it had been both his duty and his pleasure to sus
tain whatever works were designed to promote the
interests of the community; and it was in this
character he was present to-day. With the contro
versies which had formerly existed respecting the
affairs of this company, he 'had had nothing to do,
and he desired tecotter no opinion in regard to them.
Certainly nothing was farther from his purpose
than to impute censure to any one. With all the
parties to those controversies his relations had been
kindly, and with some of them intimate. And as
the name of Mr. Charles Henry Fisher had been
specially mentioned, for whom, during his life, he
had entertained the highest regard, and for whose
memory he cherished the warmest respect, he gladly
availed himself of this 'opportunity to say that he
had always looked upon him as pre-eminently - en
titled to the good will of his fellow-citizens, as a
large- minded, liberal-handed, and efficient co-worker
in all movements designed for the common benefit,
while at the same time it had been his good fortune
to know him as a genersua and free-hearted gentle
man.
Mr. McMichael approved the resolution which
had just been submitted, because, in his judgment,
it was a fitting tribute •to the services which Mr.
Milliken had rendered the company in so directing
its policy as to make it, while promotive of the in
.terests of the stockholders, contributive also to the
interests of the city. As a link in the great chain of
communication bet Ween the metropolis and the coal
region, the Little Schuylkill Road was most im
portant, and the arrangements which had today
been announced showed that it would henceforth be
operated to'the largest advantage both of the owners
and the public.
To the owners, these arrangements were of incal
culable worth. The paperewhich had been' read left
no doubt that hereafter the stock would have a per
manekt value beyond what, a• few months since, the
most sanguine could have anticipated, and that the
holders would receive ample remuneration for their
investment. To the public these arrangements were
_scarcely less considerable in consequences. By
assisting to develop new and extensive coal fields,
end by blending together in harmonious. actioti all
the parts of a great railway system, a vast additional
supply of our great staple W/18 secured constantly
for our market.
For the.agency he had exercised in securing these
grand results; for the perseverance and energy he
had brought to the aid of his clear intellect and far
reaching sagacity, Mr. McMichael felt that Mr. Milli
ken had richly merited the recognition now proposed
for him, and he should vote for the resolution with
great satisfaction as a stockholder, and half its pass
age with pleasure as a citizen.
The resolutions were then carried unanimously,
when Mr. Milliken arose and spoke as follows :
GENTLEMEN : When I was apprises of your inten
tioh to tender me on this occasion a testimonial of
your appreciation of the result of my labors in behalf
of your corporation, and when : at the same time, as
sured that you could not, or that you.would not, be
dissuaded from. your purpose, I felt that I might
have something to say in return for your thought
fulness and kindness, but the eloquent manner in
which those who have spoken for you have seen fit
to allude to my efforts has left me somewhat em
barrassed.
It is exceedingly gratifying that, at the end of two
years' constant care, my labors shouldseem so pro
mising of good results, and it is equally gratifying to
have your apProval of my course and your thanks
for the benefits that you will derive therefrom.
There were many difficulties to overcome in the
discharge of what I conceived to- be my duty, and
many times it seemed that the language of the poet
would be realized—
"And a' your views may come to nought,
When every nerve is strained;t'
but I was not discouraged, for what my hand found
to do I did with my might, and I have in the success,
and in your recognition of it, a full reward.
Butt would not. have you think.that I could have
accomplished so much alone. I have been nobly
aided by the present President of this Company, and
by every member of the Board of Managers ; by the
friends of the late Mr. Fisher, and by no one more
than by my friend, Mr. William Welsh—but, above
all, by the smiles of a kind Providence, who • wisely
disposes of all that man proposes.
In all my labor I had not thought orally costly or
magnificent testimonial from you. such as you are
'kind enough now to tender meTitild* while it wilL
be a source of pride and pleasure to me to accept
your testimonial, which will ever remain to reran I
us all of the mutual pleasure of this occasion, you
will pardon me for declining that which is not
needed to assure me of your great consideration,
and which, from its nature, can have but a changing
and undistinguishable form, and would , too soon be
lost to memory—the stock. •
Deeply-sensible of your personal regard; and of
the honor you have done me, permit me to thank
you, one and all, and .most especially those who ,
have spoken so flatteringly in-your behalf.
An election for officers , for the ensuing year
was then held, with the• following result, after
which the meeting adjourned
President—Daniel R. Bennett.
Managers—A. J. Derbyshire, H. Duhring, Jame
Milliken, A. E. Boriei U. W. Trotter, D. U.
Wharton.
Treasurer and Secretary—Wm. Wixln, Jr
PERSONAL.
'--General Curtis is confined to his bed by sickness
at St. Louis.
—Mr. Rankin R. McMullen, whci was the first
white child born in Oswego, New York, died on Sun
day last, aged sixty-three years.
— . Charles Ward, of Salem, in a letter to alloston
piper, recommends apprenticing the contrabands
now within the army lines to the corporate bodies
who are authorized to build a Pacific railroad.
Colonel Moses Wisner, of the 22d Michigan In
fantry, who . died at Lexington, Kentucky, on the
4th instant, was Governor of Michigan during the
years 1659 and 1860.
—Major General Banks .has given to the library
of the Rumford Institute, at Waltham, litassachit
setts, his place of residence, one hundred and sixty
two volumes of valuable hooks.
—lt is noticed as a mark of special condescension
that Baroness de Rothschild, although she has not
been presented at Court, was allowed to do the
honors of her own table on the occasion of the Em
perm's visit at Ferrieres.
General Mouravieff, well known for the part he
played at Ears r in the Crimean war, has been dis
missed from his 'post of Minister of the Imperial
Domains of Russia. What his offence is is not
hinted at.
• • Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, travelling under
the name of the Count d'Audechs, and the Infanta
his wife, have embarked at Marseilles on board the
Spanish corvette Lepanto for Spain, where they in
tend to pass the winter.
—M. Leverrier, the astronomer, has at last ob
tained the permission which he solicited to esta
blish in different parts of France astronomical sta
tions dependent upon the Paris Observatory. He
hag left Paris to examine some of the localities of
the south most favorably situated for the stations.
Two French authors, MM. Silas and Theophile
Gautier, Jr., having written to the Archduke Ferdi
nand Maximilian of Austria, to request permission
to translate into French the text of the " Voyage of
the Novara round the World," the Austrian Govern
ment has not only granted the favor solicited, but
has also offered to supply them, at cost price, with
stereotyped plates of the wood engravings contained
in the work.
MISCELLANEOUS,
WINTER IN RUSSIA..—The present winter is
terribly severe in Russia. A. letter from St. Peters
burg says : " In the memory of man there has not
been such a winter asthis at St. Petersburg—twenty
degrees of cold; the.river and .the sea locked in ice
for a long time past,- and not a flake of snow ! Owing
to the glassy frost ; horses and pedestrians cannot
keep a footing upon either the road or the pave
ments. The air:is extremely dry; we breathe it with
difficulty. Nervous people are particularly. affected
by it; accordingly,no one stirs out except upon bu
siness; and . of:carriages and promenaders there are
literally none, even at the Nevskia perspective, be
tween two and four in the afternoon, where there is
ordinarily a-great crowd."
PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY.—A feat of arms is
thus reported in the Priors Conslitulionnel : "A. de
tachment of fourteen French marines in Senegal,
under the command of a sergeant named Burg, who
were entrenched in the post of Raolakh, kept in
awes for. fourteen hours, and tinnily- rcpulacd,
body of five thouiand natives, under the orders of
two desperate chiefs, named Maba and Macodou.
When the enemy retired before such an heroic re
sistance, there were found lying round the post the
bodies of two hundred and fifty men and.seventy
horses. The remainder of the army had Red in disor
der aoross the Saloum."
AN ICE.PALACP.--A magnificent skating lake
is about to tie opened at Montreal. When lighted
up and crowded with skaters it will be one of the
most beautiful sights in the city. Edward Hassel,
a Berlin architect, who constructed many,of the far
famed ice palaces of St. Petersburg, proposes con
structing an ice palace on the river opposite the city.
The building will be forty feet high,,une hundred
and forty-four feet long, and fifty-stx.feet deep, and
will,be surrounded by a colonnade and: topped with
a dome, all, with the exception of the.windows and
doors,.to be built of ice.
STARR KING'S :YEW CHURDIS..—The new
church of Rev. T. Starr King, in San, lerancisco, the
corner-stone of which was laid Recember 3d, 1862,
will be 65 feet front by 12D feet in depth ' with a vestry
adjoining on the east side 44 by 48feet. The church
will be VIM entirely of brick : ic s ,the Gothic style of
architecture, with eight pinnacles, the-highest point
of which will be B 2 feet from the stre6t - grade. There
will be six rows of pews on the min scor, surround
ed with a gallery . . The totai:cf.;st. of the church and
vestry-edifice adjoining is estimated : at fifty thousand
dollars.
LARGE DIVIDENDS. _.The Boston Traveller
says: "The Everting Gatelie has mentioned that one
capitalist •of Boston c.ollected dividends on New
Year's day amounting to nearly one hundred thou
sand dollars. We st/anect there must have been
others who did as welly if. not better. We know of
one gentleman who piceiveil.mdividend from a single
Company in which beimi,stockholder, amounting to
seventy-eight thotimuti dollars, and the same gen
tleman is doubtless., a.l4rge stockholder in many
other companif
FEMALES AT A: PA EMIUM.—Good accounts
have eached England fros the female emigrants
who were sent out' to, Brit:%h Columbia. TLS Lord
Bishop of that colony, writes that all the WOMen
who have arrived fciond satuttions immediattly, and
both he and Arendeacon.Wright are as clamorous as
Oliver' TwW• for "mope." Females are, at a pre
mium in that region..
PACIT)IC BAI4BOAD. The Leavenworth
(Kansas) Sunday last says thatalarge num
ber of railroad laborers had just arriveClin that city,
aid would commence the work of breaking ground
on tbe Pacific railroad, thence west, 'n, the day fol
lowing. 'rho wqrk is to be pushed tiit. the .utmost
vicar.
SHARP I''RACTIOE.—At the. poor house, in
Pittsford, lilassaohusetts, two pozvers, respectil ely
sixty-Seven and efty-four years (vine, were recently
marriVd. The reason given bythe.overseer of the
poor for this proceeding is thab he was crowded for
room, and gained the use of, ank apartmen,t by the
marriage.
NAPOLEON'S ASHF.S.-.=A. religious service,
commemorative of the arAyal in Pada of the ashes
of Napoleon 1.. was celob..rated last month at the
Chapel of the Inva'idea in, Paris. It was twenty
two years that day di:teethe coflin oa the Emperor
arrived from St. Helena.
NOTRE DA.DIE STATIJES.,,Workraen are noir
engaged In placing in the Gothic arcades of the granti
I ront of Notre Dame, in Paris, the eight remaining
statues to complete the twenty-eight which stood
there previously to 1793, representing the Kings es
France frOin CtoYiki GQw to rinl4l2