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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863
The Election of Senator.
It would not be proper for us to 'permit
the recent election for Senatei to pass with
out making a word of reference to the scenes
attendant upon the canvass. The Demo
-cratic leaders have played many desperate
and. unscrupulous ventures, but none can
exceed the fist. It seems that there was an
indication on the part of many members of
their party to lie select in their choice of a
candidate for the office of Senator. , Many
of the candidateS were obnoxious to them
by reason of their extreme devotion to. the
South, and as loyal men they could not sup
port their election. This difference Of opi
nion came to the ears of the DeMocratic
State Central Committee, and, as Mr.
HUODES had some hopes of being
nominated himself, he took energetic
and prompt means to prevent the threat
ened defection. Trains were chartered,
tickets sold at a, nominal rate, and large
bodies of men taken to Harrisburg. - There
they roamed around . the town, slept on
chairs and benches, and gave their time
to dissipation and revelry. They threatened
and swore and terrified peaceable men. Mr.
RANDALL, our next Representative from the
First district, harangued them at a midnight
assembly in words that can only be con
strued as an invitation to violence, while
others, not quite as bold as Mr. RANDALL,
were far more malignant and bitter. The
result was, that the House and Senate met
surrounded by a mob, and legislated under
the knives and pistols of lawless men.
This is the plain story about the election
in Harrisburg yesterday. The circumstances
surrounding that act of high and solemn
legislation are shameful We see men in
the interest of a party not only defying the
law, but' deliberately contemplating the
commission of violence and, perhaps, nuu•-
dor. These are the. same men who, a few
months ago, were so generous in their party
discipline. Mr. RANDALL and his friends
distinguished themselves in 1860 by op
posing the regular nomination of the Demo
cracy, and were bold and open schis
matics: ...When the ruin of the Democratic
party served the cause of the South and
Slavery, they assisted in its ruin. Now,
when its success is desired by treason and
slavery, they assist in restoring it, and make
death the penalty of a refusal to obey the
mandates of its caucus. We . are anxious to
know when such men as Mr` RANDALL and
his Harrisburg friends became so earnestly
attached to party sentiments, . and whether
they remember how they made themselves
conspicuous by their advocacy of a minority
candidate against Mr. DOUGLAS. As it is,'
we have a right to suspect their loyalty to
the party which, before, they abused, but
which now they sustain by appealing to the
worst passions of our nature.
Charles 11. Buckalew.
The Hon. CHARLES R. BUCKALEW Was
yesterday elected to the Senate of the United
States from this State as the successor of the
Hon. DAVID WILMOT, whose term expires
with the present Congress.. Mr. BUCKALEW
was chosen on the first ballot, his opponent
being the Hon. SDION CAMERON. The ele
vation of Mr. BUCKALEW to this high posi
tion is a fine compliment to one of our ablest
public Men. He has not taken an tictive
part in politics since his return from Ecuador,
although his synipathies have been with the
Democratic party. Mr. BucKALEw is, we
should judge, about forty-five years of age.
He_has , been a close student all his . life,
and is' a gentleman of erudition and
experience: For six years he was in the
State Senate as a representative from
Columbia county, and made a fine reputa
tion as a clear-headed, sagacious, and well
informed gentleman. When Mr. WILMOT
ran for Governor against Mr. PACKER, Mr.
BUOKALEW acted as chairman of the Demo
cratic State . Central Committee, and managed
Governor PACKER'S campaign with adroit
ness and energy. Mr. BUCKALEW isjsaid to
entertain extreme Democratic sentiments,
and ISquoted . as a warm believer in the doc
trine of State Rights. This, we trust, is not
the case. We did not support Mr. BUOKA
LEW'S election—we should have rejoiced
over the return of Mr. WriztoT or Mr.
CAMERON, but this does not prevent us from
hoping that Mr. BUOKALEW, in his new and
exalted position, will ride above party and
place and take such a course as will endear
him to the true and loyal friends • of the
Union and the Administration.
The Manchester Union Gathering.
Then e is intelligence from Europe - to the
2d of this Month. One item is too positive
in fact and too pregnant in suggestion to
be hastily passed over. It is a brief notice of
a public meeting held at Manchester, where
" Cotton is King," under the presidency of
the Mayor, himself a manufacturer. The
meeting was composed—not of millionaires,
not of cotton-lords, not of cotton-brokers,
not of cotton-speculators, but of the horny
handed, long-suffering, deeply:feeling work
ing men of Manchester,. assembled on the
last day of the year, in Free-Trade Hall, the
arena where, seventeen- years before, had.
been got up that expression of public
opinion, that. " pressure from without,''
- which broke down the landowners' mo
nopoly in the supply of food, at monopoly
prices and profits, and compelled Sir ROBERT
PEEL to allow cheap bread to the working
millions of England.
As yet, we have notice of this great gathe
ring and its action only from the news-sum
mary brought over by the Jura, and tele
graphed for the Associated Press from Cape
Race. Here we must express a doubt as to
the propriety • of having such summaries
written by perfectly impartial news agents.
They are prepared, we believe, on the other
side of the water, and no partisan feeling, no
exaggeration or misrepresentation, ought to
appear in them. The summary-writer cannot
have spoken the truth, and did not, when he
announced that resolutions were " passed ex
pressing sympathy with the attempt of Presi
dent LucCor,'s and his colleagues to coerce
the South, and high satisfaction at the pro
clamation of emancipation, and other mea
sures tending at once to give freedom to the
slave and restore peace to the American na
tion." This-is an untruthful as well as of
fensive way of putting it. In a few days we
shall have English papers with details of the
meeting, including copies of. the resolutions
adopted, and we are confident that in them
the words " attempt to coerce the South"
will not be found. The writer of. the sum
mary either sympathizes with the South, and
considers an attempt to put down TreaSon
as an attempt to coerce the South,.or he has
carelessly used words which convey an erro
rieous expression, and could not have been
used. The Associated Press are unfairly
dealt with in either case.
The Manchester workingmen nobly closed
the year 1562, by passing resolutions sup
porting the Union cause, and by agreeing
on an Address to President LiNcoLti? We
have, as yet,, scanty details as to speakers,
but it appears that JXIIES STUART MILL,
champion of the principle of "the greatest
happiness to the greatest number of per
sons," wrote a letter in which he warmly
approved of the demonstration as a just re
buke to the mean. feeling of the great por
tion of the people, and as a source of un
qualified happiness 'to those whose hopes
and fears, in the 'intereSts of humanity; are
bound up in the prospect of the working
classes.
The Address to Mr. Lmcorakr, we are
told, congratulates him on his humane and:
righteous policy of emancipation, and be
:smiles him, while yet his enthusiasm-is a
Tame, and the tide of events runs high,:to
finish the *work effectually. - What the It.tn .
•chester•men then preyed for, Mr. Lutcotzt
:had anticipated. At the moment when the
'earnest men of labor, the true humani
talons of _Lancashire, were praying the
President to do, thereby . putting the seal
'upon his righteous policy, he had even then;
'completed: The Proclamation of &Up-,
cipation lay upOn his table, nt that nromeht;
an accomplished fact, waiting but his sig
nature to make it. the most effective and
memorable public document of the nation
since the. Declaration of Independence was
signed. •
In what Manchester has thus done, we per
ceive the action of the people, which is very
different from that of the aristocrats and
9n ovey-lvrds. In " the Old country," as it
used to be called, there is a double aristo
cracyon one side, the pride of title,
lineage, and hereditary estates ; on the other,
the pride of great - wealth, with bizarre ostenta
tion, and great"hoasting at having risen from
the ranks. When Dreams's, in. " Hard
Times," sketched the character or3osiah
Bounderby, who bragged that he had been
cradled in an egg box, nursed In the streets,
and had successively ran through the stages
of vagabond, errand-boy, laborer, Potter,
clerk, chief-manager, small partner, and sole
head of a vast manufactory, he had occasion
not to invent but to obierve. There are thou
sail& of such men in. Lancashire—hundreds
of them in Manchester. They have risen
from the people, and they crush the people
with their iron heel. Manchester out-of
work laborers must have been rendered
careless or fearlesS by despair, before they
ventured to act so entirely against their
9nitArs' will as to meet and expresssympa
thy with President Lthreorz.; and the Union. •
They have done it, and unmistakably, too.
The wealth of Manchester may sympathize
with Treason and Slavery, but the labor of
Manchester sympathizes with Freedom and
the -Union.
Let us candidly admit that laboring Man.;
chester has generally sided with the right
principle, •wherever asserted. For Parlia
mentary Reform, for the removal of all re
strictions upon liberty of conscience, for un
taxed food, for the abolition of slavery in all
parts of the British Empire. The great - men- .
sure whereby, on the first day of August,
1834, as many as 800,000 slaves in British
thrritory were unconditionally emancipated,
at a cost to the nation of $100,000,000, had
the warmest support in Manchester. Many
hard-working men who spoke in favor of it.
at public meetings, thirty years ago, are now
at the top of the tree, as millionaires,• and—
such is human inconsistency!—are . strenu
ously supporting the treason of the , South
ern States, whose chief.
_bond of union
in their conspiracy is the maintenance of
Slavery as a perpetual institution The
want of cotton, the possession of vast
wealth, and the accumulated desire of aug
menting it, have frozen up human sympa
thies in the hearts of these men. For our
part we prefer, as honester and truer, the'
disinterested, spontaneous, and earnest sym
pathy of the working classes, hitherto their
serfs, with the patribtippoliey of President
LINCOLN, and the good cause of that Union
which, with God's • good help, built us up
one of the greatest among the nations of the
earth.
The Senatorixl Canvass.
(Special Correspondence of The Press.)
HARnisntntn, Jan. 13, 1/363
It was nearly midnight when the Democratic
caucus adjourned. The members spent the greater
part of the evening in miscellaneous debate, and
reached a ballot about ten. The result of the first
ballot made the nomination of Mr. Buckalew a cer
tainty, and the other ballots were merely taken to
enable the friends of the different candidates to cast
complimentary votes for their favorites. There
was an: earnest effort made by the friends of
Mr. Hughes to have him nominated, while
Mr. Poster remained in the field until the
last moment, hoping against hope. When all
hopes of a spontaneous nomination faded, •the
friends of Mr. Foster rallied around Mr. Bucka
lew, and nominated him. Glancy Jones had retired
in the afternoon, finding the members of the conven
tion indisposed to recognize his ponderous states
manship. Judge Campbell had a warm host of
friends; including all the leading politicians of your
city, and the full delegation from Philadelphia.
The habitation of the Judge ruined him, for it is get
ting to be a historical fact that the men of the town
must be sacrificed to the men of the country, in dis
pcnSing the highest offices of the State. When the
nomination of Mr. Buckalew was finally-made, there
was great excitement among the Democracy, an
mensenumber of whom were'in town, as T wrote to
you yesterday. They crowded around his rooms in
Buehler's Hotel, and in one of the parlors extempo
rized a convivial mass meeting, around a table co
vered with whisky bottles. Here they prolonged
the services until two o'clock in the morning, and
as many of the auditors were houseless and home
less, they were disposed to remain until daylight.
The absence of speakers and the .disappearance of
the whisky, however, prevekted this wild intention
from being adopted. . The speeches were rare and
racy. Col. Hopkins,'the hero of the Buckshot War,
was facetious, And told an extremely long story,
which would scarcely beer publication. A gentleman
named Staley was very bitter upon the Administra
tion, and commenced his speech by quoting the rebel
song, "There's life in the old land yet." A gentle
man-by the name of Jenkins thanked God for nu
merous things, and particularly for the- nomination
of Mr. Buckalew. A very fierce-looking piung man,
named Lamberton, who seemed disposed to be
highly tragic, and addressed the meeting as " sirs,"
told marvellous stories about large sums being
offered to bribe the unterrifled Democracy. J.
Laurence Getz was very happy, while Mr. Cas
sidy returned a few courteous words of thanks
for the kindness shown to Judge Campbell by the
Democracy of the State. J. Glancy Jones made
a speech about the. Democracy of Berks and the
necessity of union, and seemed quite glad that he
had not been nominated. Henry D. Foster was also
so extremely delighted at the result that it is a mat
ter of surprise that he became a candidate. Samuel
J. Pandall, of your city, was intensely earnest on
the question. of sustaining the nomination, saying
that the Democracy of Philadelphia had come to
Harrisburg to have the matter done properly, and
that if any Democratic member dared to vote against
the Democratic nominee they would "reckon him
among the things of the past." This bloody threatwas
loudly cheered.
The Republican caucus assembled again this
morning at eight o'clock, and remained in session
until eleven. The proceedings were secret, but I
understand that the main part of the debate was
an effort to harmonize the friends of Cameron and
Wilmot. The resolution of Mr. Lowry was also
discussed. Many of our friends were in favor of
adopting it, but other counsels prevailed. It was
evident that intimidation existed—that many of the
worst and most desperate men of Philadelphia were
in the city, with the avowed purpose of murdering
the Democrat who dared to disown the caucus
or manifest any desire to be independent. Violent
threats were made against General Cameron, and it
was generally threatened that in the event of his
election they would pay him a visit. The General
remained in town at the residence of his son, and
walked around with his ebony cane as usual. It
was further said that if the Governor did not take
measures to protect the Legislature, its members
would not be justified in avoiding an executive re
sponsibility by a legislative act. They further con
tended that the canvass was Democratic, and that
if the party saw fit to surround their own members
with rowdies for the purpose of Overawing them, it
would be unjust to interfere. They expressed a de
cided partiality for Mr. Wilmot, and had the caucus
had controlling influence in the election he would
have been the candidate. Gen. Cameron, however.
had been made the object of the Democratic con
tumely and malignity. The main fight was made
against him, and accepting the issue, they placed
him in nomination.
At ten o'clock the Senate assembled, but the Re
publican - members were absent, and no organization
was effected. At eleven the House assembled, but
the Republican members were also absent, and, al
though there was a quorum without them, no busi
ness- was transacted, and a recess was granted to
await their return. In the meantime the hall was
crowded to suffocation, many of the most notorious
gentlemen of your city occupying prominent places
on the floor. The windoiv sills, desks, railings,
every available and, we might say, every unavaila
ble foot of space was covered. The Senate chamber,
the rotunda, the stairs, and the pavement outside,
were also crowded, and, as the hour of twelve air
proaehed, the exeitemeht became intense. It was
generally thought that the Senate would refuse to
enter into a Convention, and the miscellaneous
crowd was quite exasperated. Finally the Senate
organized, and a rush was made to the lobby. Mr:.
Hamersley, the clerk, read a tedious journal to an
impatient audience, when Mr. Lowry called up his
resolutien which had been passed to a second
reading. After a little conversation it was put upon
the final passage, and, to the general surprise of the
outside assembly, rejected. Shortly afterwards a
commititc came front the House, and asked the
.
Senate to enter With it into a joint convention.
Presently the hour of twelve approached, the Sena
tors crossed over to the House, Mr. Lawrence took
the chair, and after a formal motion or two, the tel-.
lers took the places assigned them, and the clerk
began to call the roll. The name of Mr. Boughter
was lint called, and as he voted "General Simon
Cameron" there was a round of applause, this being
the first indication that he was the nominee of the
party. The ballot proceeded. When Mr.'Laporte's
.name was called he voted for "William D. Kelley," •
amid a murmur of astonishment. When the name
of the pure anal incorruptible Albert R. Schofield was
called, he arose, and was about to give his experience
as a legislator, and more particularly how he refused
to accept a hundred thousand dollars for his vote,
but the House being evidently incredulous refused
to hear his story, and he voted for Mr. l3uckalew.
As the ballot drew to a close the excitement. became
almost painful, the silence being unnatural and
subdusd. When the last vote was announced there
was a hurried comparison' of tallies, and a pre
monitory cheer. Thecrowd was evidently astonish
ed at the result, there being suell a terror about the
name of Cameron that they evidently expected
another gunpowder plot, or something in the nature
Of wholesale assassination. Presently the chair
man announced the result formally, and the Multi
, tude gave vent to its enthusiasm in prolonged and
excited cheers. Many of the respectable members
of the crowd *eat home in the:afternoon, while the
remained called upon Mr. Buckalew shouted,'
screamed, and turned Harrisburg into a saturnalia.
Thus has ended this great.canvass, and with it
one of the most humiliating and shameful scenes
that it-was ever the lot of a Pennsylvanian to see.
' The capital of the State in the hands of a mob . ; a
mob holding the floor of. the House; an armed detr.i ; I
perate mob watching each member as he spoke,
j and ready, in the words of Mr. Randall, if he did not
speak the bidding of the caucus, "to reekont '
lamong the things of the past." 11 - Mr. Buckatew;
hail not been elected there would have been a Scene'
of blood or. death: . This was avowed on! the'
' streets, and those. who, know the men who went
HairiString; as well' is - you know them in Phila
delphia, need not be told that they would have per
formed their threat. lam glad it is over; and lam
glad, tor the honor of my State, that none of these
anticipated results have taken place.
RUSSELL.
The Pennsylvania Iteserve—Special Mes—
sage of Governor Curtin.
• Governor Curtin sent 'to the Legislature, on. the
12th inst., a special message, relating to the Reserve-
Got ps of our State. In the beginning of this message,
he says, "that iu accordance with the State and Con
gressional enactments, the officers of the Reserve
Corps, at its organization, were elected and duly.
commissioned. After they had gone into the field,
upon vacancies occurring, certificates of ' election
were forwarded and commissions issued thereon un
til some time in July last, when an order was is
'sued from the Division Headquarteisi directing that
thereafter elections should not be held. The reason
assigned for this, as I understand it, was that it de
moralized • the corps, and prevented, in some in
stances, the deserved promotion of those, who had
won, by their gallantry in the field, such distinc
tion. Lists of promotions made by the noionels of
regiments, With the approval of the commanding ge
nerals, verO forwarded to me, and feeling anxious
that those who had been promoted should be com
missioned at once, I asked the advice of the Attor
ney General, who, after examination, expressed his
opinion (in which I. concurred) that the officers
could not be commissioned under the existing laws
with Out elections having been held. It was there
fore illegal for me to issue the commissions. .
"Matters remained in this condition until the 10th
of October, when, after the battles of • Bull Run,
South Mountain, and Antietam, a list of promotions,
rendered necessary by the casualties of those actions,
was forwarded to me from the headquarters of the
division, through the commanding generals and the
War. Department."
.. • Accompanying this list of promotions were two let
ters, from Generals Meade and McClellan—the
former disctissing the method of appointing officers
to fill the vacancies, and the latter urging the im
portance of the appointments being made immedi
ately. On the Ist of December, the Governor re
ceived another letterfrom General Meade, with the
endorsements of the commanding generals and the
"War Department, all reterring to the same 'subject—
namely, the appointment of officers. The Governor
replied as follows :
"Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
" Silt : 1 acknowledge the receipt of a letter front
Brigadier General Geo. G. Meade, who commands
the division of Pennsylvania troops, known as the
Reserve Corps,' calling the attention of the general
commanding to the anomalous condition • of affairs
in his division, and pointing out the difficulties likely
to result' from the election of, officers, if continued,
or rather front the present state of matters, elections
not being held, and commissionsto fill vacancies not
having been issued for want of them., forwarded by
Brigadier General John F. Reynolds, who com
mands the First Army Corps, and endorsed by Major
General Burnside, specially requesting that 'the
Governor of Pennsylvania invite again the Legisla
ture of the State to amend the present condition of
alfairs in the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, by such
legislation as may be appropriate;' and further, that
the present condition of ailbirs threatens the exist
ence of the corps; and a further endorsement from
the War Department, calling my attention to the
'remarks of General Burnside.
"At the last session of the Legislattire a bill was
•
introduced repealing the section of the act of May
16, 1661, under which the Reserve Corps was organ
ized, requiring that the officers should be elected. It
passed the Rouse of Representatives, but failed in
the Senate, and, while I feel great delicacy In again
appealing to the Legislature for powers which are
to vest in me, the wants of the service seem so im
perative, and the recommendations come from
sources so distinguished, that I will, at the earliest
moment; again call the attention of the Legislature
~,to the subject, and earnestly recommend it to their
early and favorable notice.
"No one deplores more than I db the condition of
affhirslin the Reserve Corps. Owing to it, gallant
and meritorious, officers have been deprived ssf the
•promotion which their brilliant achievements had
so fully entitled them to; but I trust it will be re
membered that this is no fault of mine, and that I
have always entertained and expressed a just pride
in the name they have won for themselves and the
State. Very respectfully; your obedient servant,
"A. G. CURTIN."
. The Governor continues : "In accordance with
the statements contained in the foregoing letter, I
commend the subject to your earliest attention, and,
although I would gladly escape further responsibili
ty in the selection and appointment of military
officers, it is apparent that the.recommendations, of
gentlemen who have had experience should not be
disregarded, and that such legislation' should at
once be had is will relieve this gallant corps from
further embarrassment, and place it under like ex
act ments and regulations as those which control the
other volunteer regiments from Pennsylvania."
With reference to the recruitment of the regi
ments from Pennsylvania now in the field, the ordi
nary means of securing recruits having languished
and been partially withdrawn, and constant appli
cations being made to him by officers in the field to
fill their regiments, the Governor addressed the Pre
sident, by letter, on the subject on the 30th of Sep
tember last.
In this letter he suggested that the corps should
be returned to this State, and placed in the camp at
the Capitol, hoping that by this means they would
soon recruit their thinned ranks, and, by their pre
sence, stimulate enlistments in other regiments. To
this letter he received no reply.
On the 9th of October, he addressed a similar letter
to Major General . George B. McClellan, then com
manding the Army of the Potomac, which letter
was delivered to him some days afterwards. Gene
ral McClellan thought favorably of the plan pro
posed ; but, having immediate use for the troops,
could not retire them at that time. Thus the matter
remained until the Ist of January, 1863, when the
Governor received a letter from Colonel H. G.
Sickels, who now commands the' Pennsylvania Re
serve Corps.
General Sickels urges the adoption of the Go
vernor's plan, and says that "a period of three
months in Pennsylvania would see our ranks filled
again to the maximum number presented by law;
and I am confident that the Reserve Corps would re
enter the field with as much vigor and efficiency as
when they first left the State."
General Meade, also, has written a letter to the
Governor, dated December 25th, 1862.
.11e coincides
with General Sickels' views, and, hopes that the
Reserves may be allowed to come home to recruit.
Agreeably to the suggestions in these letters, And
in accordance with his previous ideas on the, subject,
the Governor, on the 2d instant,. wrote to the War
Department, urging the adoption of his oft -expressed
plan. He has received a verbal answer to the effect
that the Department would consider the subject and
give an answer in a few days.
Public Entertainments.
GERMAN OPERA.—The decided success of Flotow , s
opera of "Martha," performed at our Academy of
Music lastnight, as the commencement of the sea
son, gives sufficient assurance that we have under
the management of Carl Anschutz, one of the best
operatic troupes that have been heard here for a long
time. "Martha" was judiciously selected tel open
with. Well known, but not hacknied, it has a plea
sant and familiar subject, in which are blended a
good deal of sentiment, some sa Incas, a dash of
extravagant love-passion, and considerable fun. It
is a serio-comic opera—the mirth preponderating.
The orchestra is composed. of fine musicians, well .
lett,- who may be said to play as one. The choruses'
are very good, also—the female singers, for a won.;
der, being a trifle better than the male. The opera
has few solos, several quartettes, and a great
many choruses. The market-chorus was given
with great effect. The beer chorus, at the open
ing of the third act, might have been more ge
nial—the singers, we are afraid, had dieted on a
thinner potation than the liquor they lauded—
we suspect on water. Madame "dotter; who person
ated the heroine, Is a youngish lady, with a very
pretty toot and hand, a nice figure, features rather
expressive than handsome, and a soprano voice,
which, for the first five minutes, seemed a little
shrill, but speedily recovered, and sounded full and
sweet—it is deficientin power. The manner in which
Madame R. sang the lovely solo, which Fiotow has
wedded to the exquisite Irish melody, "The Last
Rose of .Sununer," deserved but did not obtain an
encore, and assured every one who heard it that it
was delivered by a fine artist with a fine voice. The
Nancy was Madame Zimmerman, a capacious repre
sentative, who may be called the very Amodio of
female singers. Her pinguidity has not affected her
voice, which is expressive and sweet, with the
advantage of being " clear as a bell." In
an incredibly short, time she
_established. a decided
feeling in her favor among the audience.' 13oth
ladles, let us add, aet. admirably, with true comic
power. Herr Weinlich was the Ptumkett—less loud,
less demonstrative than Carl Formes was, but
scarcely less effective. 'Herr Lotte, a tenor with as
perfect a voice and as delicate a management of it
as we would desire to hear in a month of holidays,
was encored in the charming solo that occurs in
the third act. He can act, and, in him there is a
tenor who knows how to walk the stage. This eve
ning "Der Freyschutz" will be played, Agatha by
Madame Johannsen, and Anna by Madame Rot ter.
WALNTJT-STREET THEATILE.—The second appear
ance of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, last night,
when "The Fairy Circle" and other pieces were
performed, was quite as successful as on Monday
evening. He is in "the best of spirita,".and of
health, and so is "the lady who owns him." Their
engagement is limited to eleven nights, as they play
in Washington on the -26th.
The theatres are having fine times. Caroline
%things is playing comedy and singing songs to very
full houses at.the Arch, and Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Williams are even more successful at the Walnut.:
This afternoon, at Musical Fund Hall, Mr. and
biro. E. L. Davenport give their first course of drA
matie Anti poetic readings. To-morrow evening
Mr. Weston gives his second instrumental and vocal
concert at the Academy of Music, and Master James
William, a youth of fourteen, who is . said to be a
wonderful pianist, gives a Concert, at Musical Fund
Hall, which will probably be a decided success, as
his performances are reported to be of the highest
order of merit, as regards execution and expression.
'A BATCH FROM UrßAM's.—We have received 'the
Illustrated London News and the Illustrated News of the
Wor.'d, both of December 27th, from S. C. Upham,
403 Chestnut street, and also the popular London
magazines, the Cornhill and Temple Bar,. for January.
The pictorials, as usual, give the illustrated history.
of the week. The Cornhill gives a Roundabout Pa
per, by Thackeray, the conclusion of the Story of
Elizabeth, by his daughter, and further portions of
Itomola, by Miss Evans, and of The Small House at
Allingham, by Anthony Trollope. There are other
papets, among which may be noticed Richniontl. and
Washington during the war, and Mcdern Taxi
dermy. In Temple Bar, Mr; Salei gives his Round
about Paper, here entitled Breakfast in Bed, and
spins out two new chapters of Captain Dangerous'
Adventures. John Marchmont's Legacy, by Miss
M. A. Braddon, is continued, and Aurora Floyd, by
the same lady, is happily concluded. There are se
veral other readable articles, chief among which are
The Good Old Times of Thieving (very . scientitically
explained and illustrated), and a chapter of . home
travel, entitled Off - the Rails. We, may add that
Miss.Braddon's remarkable romance of real life, en
titled "Aurora Floyd," which is completed in the
January number of Temple Bar, will be published in
bubk•form, 10-morrow, by T. B. Peterson Sr. Bro - -
there.
SALE OP VALUABLE PRIVATE •L/DIR.kEY,-7The
sale of the library of the late John RI. Ctries will be
held this afterriiion at 3 o'clock, at the auction attire
sz..Son, 914. Chestnut street. It cout
:;firins . splendid illustrated works on architecture
nirthe fin c arts.'• ' •
S.Senatoyfrom Massachusetts.
..13osTot , t, Jan. 13.—Thursday next has been assign
ed by the Legislature for the election of a truite.t
States Senator.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, 'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863.
WA-sHZNGTON.
_
Special Despatches" to;" Tife'Press.”
. _
WASHIN crrozr, - Jalnutly 13;" 1863.
A Statement or our Financial Difficulties.
Secretary CHASE, in answering kresolution of the._
House, says the soldiers have not been paid because
he is not auth'oilied to raise the means by practica
ble methods under thdexisting laWs, and that the five
twenty bonds have not been sold beeau - se they could
not be under the restrictions imposed by Congress. -
He says the arrears of the army pay amount to
treble the sum he can raise by the existing acts, ex
clusive of that providing for the flve-twenties. The
original act providing for their issue provided also
for conversions into them of any multiples of fifty.
dollars of United States notes at the pleasure of the
holders, and permitted sales onlr at 'market rates,
ascertained from daily qu6tations of New York
sales. Had the supplemental act passed, omitting
the. conyrsion and market-rate chiuses, he thinks
that. the difficulty would have been avoided, as it is
acting in accordance with the letter and spirit of the
law that he has made no Bales excepting to the
amount of twenty-four and a half millions in that
mode. Had imr.expenditures been leas or Military
success greater more might have been sold: There
has been obtained since July Ist, from all Sources,
$288,304,618, exclusive of the receipts from customs,
&c., making the total $325,000,000 in round numbers.
There has been pald'to troops $70,825,683.77; to the
Quartermaster's Department, $110,482,486.27; to the
Commissary Department, $30,617,402.83; to miscel
laneous accounts, $31,836,20.22. Total, $243,761,-
671.99.
The Medical' Depart*eiii.
The following despatch from this city appeared in
the New York Times of yesterday :
Some startling developments will shortly be made
public in relation to transactions in the Medical De
partment of the army. In this connection the name
of Inspector General PERLEY, who went recently to
Philadelphia to investigate chargea against
Coormt : appears in an unenviable light.
The Abolition of Slavery in the District.
The commissioners under the act for the abOlition
of slavery in the District of Columbia having con
eluded their labors, will make their report to the
Secretary of the Treasury to-morrow. The number
of applicants for the benefit of the act Was aboutone
thousand, • for nearly three thousand slave's, who
were duly examined and valued by a slave dealer of
Baltimore. The law appropriates $1,000,000, but
only $900,000 of this sum will be paid, the autho
rized,average for each slave being $309. Some of
them werejudged to be worth nothing, such as' in
fants, the; aged, and invalids; so the amounts with
held for them have been added to those estimated of
higher value than $3OO. •
Dismissed from the Army.
A special order from the War Department reads
as follows; Colonel J. C. RATILBONE and Major
GRottor. C. TRIMBLE, of the llth._Virginia Volun
teers, are, by direction. of the President of the
United States, .dismissed from the service for
cowardly conduct in.-surrendering, their command,
at Spencer Court House, Va., on the 2d.of Septem
ber, 1862.
Letters Marque.
.
A number of prominent gentlemen have been dis
cussing the propriety of urging the authorization of
letters of marque and reprisal, in view of the belief
that arrangements Vave been made, especially in
British quarters, to run .the blockade, and to prey
upon the commerce of the United States.. They ex
press the opinion that some action of this kind is
absolutely necessary to prevent,,the destruction of
our marine interests from these sources.
Tile Proposed Military and Post Road.
Dinars. FENTON, KELLOGG, of Illinois, WADS
WORTH, SARGEANT, and ENGLISH, MT the com
mittee on the kropoeed New York and li i- ashington
military and post road. They manifest much
earnestness, and will at once call before them the
moat eminent railroad men and capitalists of
. the
country.
McDowell Court of Inquiry.
General Pope to-day testified in relation to the
battle of Cedar Mountain and matters in connection;
with that campaign. He gate with particularity
the disposition of his troops on the 6th of August,
.and subsequently. It appears that he reached Cul
peper Court House early in the morning, S o'clock--
his whole force numbering about thirty thou
sand. it having been considered by the autho
rities in Washington not judicious to remove
General King's division from -Fredericksburg,
his instructions required him to be very care
ful not to allow the enemy to interpose between him
self and Fredericksburg, to which point the forces
from the peninsula were to be brought. Accord
ingly, he says, I sent orders to General Banks to
move forward to Culpeper Court House, and to Gen.
Sigel to move forward to the same place, with all
speed. Gen. Banks arrived at Culpeper in due sea
son, but to my surprise I received a'note from Gen.
Sigel, dated at Sperryville, at about 1M P. M., ac
knowledging the receipt of my order, and asking me
by what road he should come to Culpeper. As there
was only one road, and that a broad stone pike,
that led directly from Sperryville to Culpeper, I
was at a loss to know how Gen. Sigel could enter
tain any doubt on the subject. This delayed Gen..
Sigel's corps in its arrivia at Culpeper some hours.
When the reports began to come in:from General
Bayard that the enemy was advancing on him, and
that his cavalry was forced to retire, I advanced
Crawford's brigade, of Bank& corps, to observe the
enemy and support Bayard in holding the enemy in
check, and to determine his force and movements
as far as possible. Ricketts' division was on the.
same day moved to a point
. wo and a half
to three miles south of Culpeper, and near the
plaCe where the road from Madison Court House
to Culpeper comes into therjoidfAoi3arrett's Ford
to Culpeper. EArly on the mornliag of the 9th I
received information fromGen.liVord at Piladison
Couit Rollie that the enemy was oh his right and left,
and partly in his rear, and he was retreating towards
Sperryville.• On the morning of the ninth I pushed.
General Banks forward with his corps to join a
brigade which had gone forward the day.previous.
General Banks was instructed by.,meto - tnove'his
corps to the position occupied by that brigade, and
to take a strong position there to check the enemy's
advance. It was in a personal interview at my
headquarters, at Culpeper, that Ito% 13anks that if
the enemy advanced to attack, fiethen should push
hit skirmishers well to the front, - and notify me im
mediately, it being my wish to gain all the time
possible to concentrate our forces at Culpeper. Gen.
Banks' corps at that time, from his consolidated re
port, was twelve thousand infantry and artillery ; fit
for duty, and this I understood to be the strength 'of
his corps when he was puShed to the front. ' Three
milestin rear of the position I expected to -oc
cupy was R ick etts , division. Desultory artillery firing
was kept up all day on the 9th, during which time I
received a number of reports from Gen. Banks, in.
'none of which did he consider that the enemy was in
any great force in front of him. In one of his notes,
dated 3 o'clock, lie mentioned that the enemy was
displaying his cavalry ostentatiously, but he had seen
no force of. infantry, and did not believe they meant
to attack. Thelast note I received from Gen.. Banks
was dated about 6P. M. He spoke then of the skir
mishers approaching each other, but did not indicate
that he expected an engagement, or ask for assistance.
Before I received this note the artillery firing had
become so rapid and continuous, that I feared a gene
tat engagement was going on., or might be brought
on at any moment. I therefore instructed Mellow.;
ell to push forward Ricketts' division' as rapidly. as
possible to the field, and went forwaril myself .with
it, leaving behind me, in Culpeper, the whole corps
of Sigel, with orders to push forward as soon as Pets
slide to the field. Gen. McDowell was, in nowise
responsible for being thus connected with these
movements, but in all respects carried out "my in
structions faithfully and zealously. :
Gen. Pope stated that Gen. McDowell was 'under
. his immediate observation near the conclusion of the
battle, when he put his troops into action on Banks'
right. Hii conduct throughout was gallant 'and' ef
ficient. Gen. McDowell did all he ought to have
done in regard to Gen. Sigel at Waterloo.
Gen. Butler's Reception at: Boston.
.
BOSTON, .TAn. l3.—Gen. Butler had' a" great and
most enthusiastic reception to-day. The route of the
procession was lined with multitudes of people, and
Faneuil Hall was overflowing. He spoke with great
feeling and emotion. He announced his readiness
to go wherever his duty called him. In his judg
ment we had extfausted conciliation, and there
should be no peace till the rebels were content to re
ceive it as part of the Union. His plan for paying
the war debt was the introduction of free labor at
the South, whereby labor would become honorable,
and by which more abundant crops of cotton could
be raised with profit, at less cost than by slave labor.
Cotton could be raised with profit at less than ten
cents per pound. We are now paying fifty to sixty
cents per pound for it. Put a tax often cents per
pound upon cotton, thus bringing the:market price
at twenty cents, and• we have an internal revenue
from that source alone enough to pay.; the interest
on a war debt twice as large as ,that we noW have.
Besides, England and • Pranee, who hafe done so
much to prolong this war, would thus be obliged to
pay a large proportion of the'clebt.
' Gen. Butler, - in concluding, presented the city of
Boston with an elegant Confederate flag, taken frezu
the city of New Orleans, not as a trophy,.hut as a
memento of fhe evils of Secession. -
The - cheering at the'close was most entlipsiastie.
A public dinner was tendered him, which he declined,
as well as A serenade to be given this evening, and
he left in a special train for Lowell.
DEPARTMENT OP VIRGINIA.
Rebel Report of an Engagement near Sitf
folk—Gen. Pryor
• Intereepts one of Gen.
Foster's Brigades—Escape of the Federal
Troops.
. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC', January 13, 1863. -
The Richmond Whig and Enquirer of this date con
tains the following:
PETERSBURG, Jan. 12.—Gen. Pryor encountered
Dodge's Mounted Riflemen, five miles from'Suffolk,
with two companies of cavalry, and routed them,
inflicting considerable loss. Pryor remained in line
of battle until Sunday, but the enemy Would not
come out of their stronghold. _Learning that 8,600
Yankees were at Doraville, Pryor pushed across to
intercept them. They fled on our approach, escaping
through Gates county, North Carolina.
The prisoners taken say that "Corcoran commands
at Suftbik. •
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Destruction of the Stegimer
° Charter—
Wheeler's- Cavalry Ncnr Nashville'.
IslAsnvir.x.E; Jan. 13.—The rebels have destroyed
the steamer Oharter, 16 miles down the river. The
boat was loaded with commissary and emartermas
ter's stores. The rebels also captured 18 men.
Five hundred of Wheeler's cavalry are encamped
on the Hardin pike, 12 miles from Nashville : Gen.
Mitchell has ordered Gen. Stanly to pursue them.
There has been skirmishing with the rebels all day,
and they arc retreating toward'Harpeth shoals: .
An Important. Capture off,GMwlestO2G
We are favored with the following •ektroct fiom
private later: . ' ' , •
' • - "l3r.rik.kru*o'SqtrNiliCoN i 4 , 11
CIIMMI:STON, DM. - 4; 1863.
'" We captured a boat, which went out 'uf Charles
ton last' night, containing a rebel major with
despatches for Europe. The - capture is said to he an
important one, but no one knows save the captain.”
DEPARTMENT OF PiORTH CIROLINI.
Arrival of •Trpope—A New Naval Depart
.
znent for the Rivers and Sounds of North
Carolina.
FORTRESS Mo'snot:, Jan. l2.—Brinadier General
Dwight is at Fortress Monroe. He is attached to
GiniCr—alDinkakDivision.
• NEwnEnw, N. C., Jan. 9, via- Fortress Monroe,
Monday, Jan. 12.--=Troops are rapidly pouring in,
and important movements are impending. •
It is proposed to. establish an independent Naval
Department, embracing the inland waters of:North
Carolina, for Captain Alexander Murray; senior offi
cer commanding the naval forces in the sounds of
North Carolina. Captain Murx:4)N command is at
present attached to the North-Atlantic Blockading
Squadron. .
The proposed change is strongly recommended by
Major General Foster.
It will relieve Rear Admiral Lee of much responsi
bility, and tend to greater' activity in naval opera
tions in this department. Captain Murray is an ex
perieneed naval officer, whose administration here
has been exceedingly efficient and successful.
ARMY OF THIS: MISSISSIPPI.
Geneyal MeClernandhr Expedition Gone up
Ili t e White River-General Grant at Igenr.
phis7-Dcstrnetlink of Holly Springs. •
Omit°, Jan. El.—Passengers from Memphis report
Coin. Porter's squadron arrived kt the mouth of the
White river. Part of it had commenced to ascend
the river, accompanied by a heavy land force, under
Gen. McClernand.
General Grant and staff had arrived at Memphis.
Holly Springs was reported almost entirely con
stimed. The. railroad there has been torn up and
the rails brought to Memphis.
[White river enters the Mississippi nearly one
hundied miles below Memphis, and takes its tortuous
course northWestwardly through Arkansas. It is
not probable that any great end will be gained by
this movement, as there is no: enemy in force north
of •the Arkansas river. Gen. Mcelernand's forces
will probably rendezvous at Arkansas Post prepa
rittoiy to another attack upon
,Vicksburg.—Eo.
Pnitss.]
STATES IN REBELLION.
Yesterday's Richmond News—More of Mur
freesboro—The Militia of Virginia Coiled
Out to Repel the Invasion of Gen. Foster—
The Murfreesboro Prisoners, &C.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoTomAo,
JANUARY 13—night.
The Richmond Enquirer of to-day still contends
that the battles at Murfreesboro were victories for
the South. It says this victory is by far the most
complete won by our arms in the Southwest. We
do not regard the falling back of Bragg as detracting
in the least from the glory of our arms, or the im
portance of our victory. All the boastful despatches
that Rosecrans may write can never recapture the
prisoners, arms, and artillery carried off by Bragg,
nor rebuild the wagons burned by Morgan and
Wheeler.
DEFENCEIOF NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Letcher, in response to the requisition
of President Davis, has by proclamation called out
all the militia in all the counties bordering on the
North Carolina line, to aid in repelling any inva
sion of the enemy in that direction. They are to
rendezvous at Petersburg. The counties named are
Greenville, Dinwiddie, Petersburg city, Brunswick,
Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Pitt-
Sylvania, Henry, Patrick, ' Franklin, Nottoway,
Prince Edward, Campbell, and Lynchburtcity. A
camp of instruction is to be formed at Petersburg.
THE, TREDEGAR IRON WORKS.
The Tredegar Iron Works advertise for five hun
dred negroes for the ensuing year, to he employed
in the blast furnaces in Botetourt county, and at
the coal mines on the :Tames river.
THE MURFREESBORO PRISONERS.
The Whig says the Murfreesboro prisoners are to
be 'sent to Richmond, the Yankee Government
having refused to receive them unless their officers
are also paroled. The latter, some 200 in number,
will be held in confinement until Butler shall have
been deliVered up for punishment, and the men re
tained until the Abolition magnatei consent to take
them on, our own terms.
RICHMOND MARKETS.
Molasses is $ll per gallon by the barrel ; gold is
selling at $2@2.10 ; sterling exchange $2.05@2,128.
EUROPE.
CoMmercial Rights in Russia Extended—
The Manchester Meeting—Rebel Steamer
Sumpter Sold at Auction—The English
Journals on the Battle' of Fredericksburg
M. Fonla's French Financial [Budget—
Invasion of Mexico, &c.
PORTLAND, Jan. 13.—The steamer Jura arrived
this evening from Liverpool.
She passed the Europa on the evening of the 10th,
eighty miles east of Cape Race. On the 12th she
passed the Anglo Saxon.
_ Among the speakers at the Manchester meeting
sues the negro Jackson, Jell' Davis , escaped coach
man.
The latest. despatches deny that Calderon
Mutes has resigned the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
A Russian Imperial ukase extends the privilege of
drawing bills ols exchange to persons not following
commercial pursuits.
Late advices from Japan. state that the. country
was in a regular state of revolution. Important re
forms sic being inaugurated, and changes made
which will affect the interests of foreign countries.
It is reported that the Regent has been murdered.
The City of Baltimore left Liverpool on the 30th
ult. • • .
The rebel steamer Sumpterlas been sold at auc
tion for $19,6e0, and she will henceforth be in the
Liverpool and Mediterranean trade.
The battle of Fredericksburg was the theme of
universal comment in the English journals. Some
regard it as most disastrous for the North, but
others speak in a more qualified tone. All admit the
gallantry of , the Northern • troops. The 'News says
they fought with bravery rarely equalled or sur
passed, and although failing in their object, they re
mained at the end of the fight a great powerful host.
It casts blame.on the incapacity of the Federal
leaders. The Times thinks it confirmatory of the
almost universal belief that the Confederates are
full able to maintain their independence.
T e Star admits a repulse, but no decided victory,
and looks for no material change in the contest.
Other journals suggest that the battle may he
.made the key-note for mediation and compromise.
La France says that after the battle President Lin
coln had a long conference with the minister from
France, and thepeace party consider that this be
tokens a desire for conciliation.
The Times has another article in denunciation of
Gen. Butler, and demands his removal.
Mr. Gladstone in a speech on the Lancashire dis
tress expressed the hope that the crisis had passed,
and that by March a decided improvement in the
trade may be expected.
M. Fould made a financial statement in which he
states the French deficit to be 35,000,000, the Mexi
can invasion expenses 3,000,000, and the estimated
surplus for 1863 will be 110,000,000 francs.
It is rumored that Prussia has sent a despatch to
Austria, threatening to withdraw from the Confede
ration if the Prussian proposals are rejected.
A plot for a rising in Poland in January has been
discovered.'
Rio Janeiro advices of December 9thquote coffee
at GPI:AWN. The stock on hand is 65,000 bags.
. Mexican advices state that Gen. Forey will com
mence operations in January.
Gen. Dunn, and another officer who served under
.Qraribaldi in Sicily, have been arrested at Nice, by
order of_the French Governnient.
The appointment of General IViltsen as Russian
Ambassador at Turin, is very otibrisive, as before
the Radetslry campaign he obtained permission to
inspect the Piedmont fortress, and was found acting
on Rftdetsky's stair, when the catastrophe at No-
V 8 rrooccurred.-.
The Ministerial journals positively deny that M.
Sartiges has requested the Italian Government to
restore the private property of the King of Naples,
seized by Garibaldi.
It is reported that a conference of the represen
tatives of the protesting Powers will shortly be held
in London to settle the question of the cession of
the lonian Islands.
From California.
SAN Di:Axe:ism, Jan. 13.—Arrived, ship 'Flying
Eagle, from Hong Kong; ship Avon, from Manilla,
the latter encountered a severe hurricane on the 6th
of November and - 20th of December. which necessi
tated the throwing overboard a considerable por
tion of her cargo.
The markets are dull and unchanged. Legal
-tender notes sold to-day at '7B.
The Senatorial caucus comes off to-night at Sa
cramento. .The friends of Phelps are sanguine of
success.
Hong Kong' advices to the 20th November report
black teas unchanged. Sugar and rice lower. _Ster
ling exchange, £4 Bs. Tonnage dull, many vessels
having left icor Singapore and Calcutta. At the close
of the market, freights were advancing.
MANILLA, Nov. B.—The ship Francis Palmer and
bark Alert, are loading with sugar for San Fran
cisco. •
The. cholera is raging severely among the British
troops who recently captured Kohding, renderinrits
recapture by the Taepings.probable.
NEW YORK CITY.
CSrecial Correspondence of The Prees.]
Nair Yorr, January 13, 1863
gt OH, UPRIGHT JUDGE,
how I do, luinor thee!" was the thought of more
than one person who heard Judge MeOunn's short
and manly charge to the Grand Jury, in the Court
of General Session's yesterday. "In these times of
trouble and of heated political passions," said this
honest magistrate, "you should be cautious and
thotoughly impartial in your investigations touch
ing any acts of public men ; and I would remind you
that you can only indict publie officers fo - r offences
which are alleged to have been committed within
the limits of the jurisdiction of this court. If the
offence has not been committed here, then no,
iudict
7nent can be found. It is a most serious affair to
indict any man, but particularly one who has been
PNdninently known to us, either as a respectable
citizen or as a public officer, and to place him upon
his trial before a pettyjury."
This passage of the judge's speech was a most
telling . blow to the hopes of those Secession plot..
tern, this city, who hope to annoy and embarrass
the Government by instigating released prisoners of
State to seek indictments against members of the
Administration.for what they are pleased to term
their" false imprisonment."
TAMMANY AND MOZART,
the rival branches of the city Democracy, are all
ready for consolidation into one sinterritled " ma
chine," and only await the election of Speaker, in
the Legislature, at Albany, to join hands for good.
Said election hangs fire most provokingly, and, after
about half a hundred ballotings, the Solons can still
get no nearer to decisive results than a 4; tie." It is
outrageous that anything mundane should delay the
beatific Epectacle of Tammany and Mozart falling
into each other's arms in a fine frenzy of fraternal fe
licity. There is really some doubt of Fernando
Wood's exclusive ownership of several wards while
the beautiful consummation is inlffimanly deferred.
TOM TB U.IIIIPS MARRIAGE
to little Lavinia 'Warren, as invented, ordered, pre
scribed, and engineered by the all-pervading Barnum,
is oflicially announced to take place on the 10th of
next month, at a fashionable up-town church.
Gorgeous cards of invitation will be issued to local
aristocracy and to the friends and relatives of the
parties, admitting l them to the sanctuary, and also
to the subsequent "reception" of the happy pair. at
one of the 'hotels. After the reception, the bridal
party will start for Philadelphia ; there to rest them
selves until they shall be ready for Baltimore and
Washington. To make the "sensation" particu
larly striking, the ceremonies will be conducted with
all the pomp and circumstance of a full-grown
"diamond wedding," especial Jenkiuses being em
ployed lo extol the beauty of the bride's complexion,
dress, and ornaments, the,magnitleence of the bride
groom, and the superlillive -aristocracy of the
equipages attendant.
TliE "EARLY-CLOSING MOVEMENT,"
inaugurated by the dry-goods clerks of this city, was
put into practice last evening by all our retail met.
chaists, save' two or three: One merchant'in the
Bowery, who kept open beyond the appointed hour,
-found a boy promenading before his door:with a
huge placard, on which WKS'printe(l,:“ All reSnecta
ble dry-goods stores close at 7 o'clock." Later in the
evening, a large stone,' thrown by some ttnseen
hand, broke a large and valuable pane of glass in
the obdurate tape-seller's show window.
STUYVESANT.
XXXVIIth CONGREW—Third Session.
WASHINGTON, -January 13,' 1883
SENATE.
Annual Report.
The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate
the annual report of the Secretary of the Senate.
Ordered to be printed.
Revenue LAIVR.
Mr. BAYARD (Dem.), of Delaware, presented the
memorial of twelve hundred citizens of Delaware,
asking for a modification of the revenue laws.
Wyandotte Ind ians.
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of lilansae, presented the
petition of .the chief, of the Wyandotte Indiana for
rebnbuisement for their losses by the rebels. .
Mediation.
Mr. 'SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported back
the petition of W. C. Jewett for mediation by S wit
• zerland, with' a recommendation that it be 'indefi
nitely postponed.' The report was agreed to.
Kittery Playy Yard.
Mr. HALE (Rep.) 'of New Hampshire, said there
was a law passed at the last session for the purchase
of some land near the Kittery Navy Yard, which
law had not been executed. He had addressed a
letter to the Secretary of the Navy on the subject,
and had received a letter written by the Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, containing, what he
(Mr. Hale) thought, a charge against Congress of
legislating from personal motives. He offered the
following resolution •
Whereas, The Secretary of the Navy, on the 12th
of January, addressed a letter to• John P. Hale, a
member a this body, enclosing a communication.
from Joseph Smith; Chief of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks, in reference to the neglect to execute a
law of this Congress to purchase the land near the
.Rittery Navy Yard, of which the following is an
extract: "if so, and Congress thought proper to
make a purchase unsolicited by the Department,
with personal instead of public considerations,
the object only be maintained by making the
phraseology of the law so explicit as to leave
the Department without any responsibility or
judgMent."
And whereas, The foregoing• statement contains a
charge of corruption against Congress :
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be
instructed to inquire into the truth of the same, and
what personal consideration affected Congress, and
who were interested thereby.
Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, objected to
the consideration of the resolution. He said that,
unless he was very much mistaken, what was writ
ten by Mr. Smith, when taken in connection with
the whole letter, would not fairly admit of any such
construction as the resolution implies.
Consolidation of. Regiments.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, intro
duced a bill to consolidate the regiments and com
panies now in the field. Referred to the Military
Committee.
Dlr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa,loffered a resolution
requesting the President to communicate to the
Senate the full communications between the State
Department and the representative of her Britannic
Msjestp , s Government in relation to the capture of
British vessels, sailing from one point to another,
having on board articles contraband of Ivar, and in
tended for use of the so-called Confederate States.
Adopted.
French Supplies. •
Mr.I.McDOUGALL (Dem.), of California, offered a
resolution requesting the President to communicate
to the Senate any correspondence in his possession,
or in the State Department, between the Govern
ment and the Mexican Minister at Washington, re
lating to the exportation from ports of the United
States of articles contraband of war, for the use of
the French' army in Mexico. Also, a reported order
to prevent the Mexican Government from availing
itself of the same privilege. Adopted.
West Poirit Appropriations.
Mr. FESSENDEN; (Rep. ), from the Committee on
Finance,reported back the bill making appropriations
for the support of the Military Academy, with
amendments. . -
The Death of SertatOr Dearee.
Mr. KENNEDY (D.), of Maryland, announced
the death of his colleague, James Alfred Pearce,
who died on the 21st of. December, aged 58. He was
born at Alexandria, Va., at the house of his grand
father. But his parents livedin Maryland. He was
admitted to Princeton College, and graduated at the
early age of 17, with the highest honors of his class.
He was admitted to the bar in 1824, elected to the
Maryland House of Delegates in 1831; to the House
of Representatives in 1835, and to the Senate of the
United States, in 1841 In which office he continued
until his death. Mr. Kennedy paid a high tribute to
the moral worth, character, and true patriotism of
the deceased Senator, and ofibred the customary re
solutions.
Messrs. BAYARD and FESSENDEN also deliv
ered brief eulogies, when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Military and Post Roads.
The SPEAKER announced Messrs. Fenton of New
York, Kellogg of Illinois, Wadsworth of Kentucky,
Sergeant of California, and English of Connecticut,
as a special committee:to inquire into the expedi
ency and necessity of establishing military and post
roads from the city of New York to the city of
Washington,
in order to facilitate the transportation
of mails and arras, troops, and munitions of war.
•
The Appropriation Bill.
The House went into Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union, and resumed the considera
tion of the bill to provide ways and means for the
support of the Government.
Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, said the ex
traoidinary figures in this bill are transcended only
by the object intended to be accomplished. Nine
hundred millions of dollars in paper are called for
by this measure. If the war be prolonged to July,
1864, the entire amount will be needed; but great as
these figures seem, the price is not too much for
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and
inseparable ;" and he was constrained to vote for
this bill because he knew of no other mode to re
lieve the immediate necessities of the treasury. He
did not, however, abate one jot from his former de
clared opposition to making gilt-edged paper a mea
sure of solvent for gold and silver. But the patient
had been so long accustomed to opiates that the
dose could not be withheld without peril. He inci
dentally remarked that our best financiers are our
generals and soldiers in the field. Upon their suc
cess depends that of our best devised financial
schemes. Europe has no disposition to loan us
money, nor is she thus inclined to aid us in pro
serving .the Union. We must, therefore, rely upon
ourselves, having more resources than all Europe
combined.
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said he
would ask a vote on the bill to-morrow.
On his motion the committee rose.
. Death of Senator Pearce.
A message -was received from the Senate, an
nouncing the death of Senator Pearce, of Maryland.
• Mr. CRISFIELD (U.), -of Maryland eulogized
the private and public character of the late Senator
Pearce.
Mr. CTITTENDEN (U.), of Kentucky, paid a
tribute to a friend with whom he had long served-iu
the Senate.
Messrs. McPherson, of Pennsylvania ,• May, of
Maryland ; Riddle; of Ohio, and Morrell, of Ver
mont, also delivered remarks. ~
The usual resolutions of respect were adopted, and
the House adjourned.
PENNMYINIA LEGISLATURE.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 13, 1863.
SENATE
The Senatp was called to order at twenty minutes
Past 11 o'clock by the Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Mitchell. •
Election of 'United States Senator.
Mr. LOWRY moved that the Senate proceed to
the consideration of the preamble and resolution
offered by him yesterday, prcirldinv fur the adjourn
ment of the Senate until Wednesday in consequence
of the threats made to intimidate members and pre
vent the exercise of a free choice in the election of
Senator. Mr. Lowry at the same time stated that
he would ask the Senate to vote down the resolu
tion.
Mr. FULLER said that the Senator (Lowry) had
a right to vote-as he pleased, butjother Senators
might not be prepared to vote the revolution down.
Mr. DONOY.AN protested against the imputation
cast upon'the citizens of Philadelphia in the pream
ble, and thought. that Mr. Lowry should not judge
Philadelphians by the, standard of his own constitu
ents. He suggested that the preamble should be so
amended as to. set forth that the Democratic party,
having a majority of one on joint ballot, and the
Republicans having failed to corrupt some member.
[Mr. Donovan was interrupted, and called to order.
by the Speaker.) • -
Mr. LOWRY replied that the Senator was en
tirely mistaken. • He intended to vote against the
resolutions, theyhaving accomplished the object he
designed in offering then,. Large numbers of per
sons, who came here from Philadelphia, doubtless
from curiosity, were returned last night to that city.
If his resolution had been instrumental in producing
this result, heivas entirely satisfied. He should now
vote against the resolution. The law made it the
imperatiVe duty to go into the other branch, and lie
dare not disobey It.
The vote was then taken on the adoption of the
resolution, and it was unanimously negatived. .
Bills Introduced.
Mr. KINSEY, a supplement to the act of 1854, re
lative to the sale and conveyance of real estate.
Mr. CONNELL, a hill to regulate the places of
public amusement in Philadelphia ; also, a supple
ment to the act incorporating the city of Philadel
phia, relative to water-pipe ' • also, a supplement to
the same act, relating to certain officers ; also, an act
to fill vacanciae in the Councils of Philadelphia;
also, a bill relating to the Philadelphia, German
town. and Norristown Railroad Company ; also, a
bill to annul the marriage contract between Henry
Nellie and wife ;•also, a bill to fund the railroad
bonds of the city of Pittsburg; also, a bill to fund the
accrued interest on the railroad bonds of the county
of _Allegheny; also, a supplement to the act incorpo
rating-the Woodland Cemetery. •
Mr. BUCHER, a supplement to the Mifflin County
Bank.
At 12 M. a committee of the House of Representa
tives being. introduced, invited the Speaker and
- members of the Senate to the hall of the House of
Representatives, for the purpose of electing a 'United
, States Senator.
After some time the Senate returned, when Mr.
Penney, Teller on the part of the Senate, reported
the result of the election (see House proceedings).
On motion, the Senate then adjourned.
Standing Committees.
The following are the committees of the Pennsyl
vania Senate: •
Federal Rclations.-I‘lessrli. Lowry, Penney, Clymer,
Johnson, La mberton. .
Finance.—Messrs. Connell, Fuller, Mott, Bound,
Serrill.
Judiciary.—Mes.srs. P. nney, Bound, Clymer,
Bougfiter, Johnson.
Account s.—Messrs. S.errill, Hamilton, Lambcrton,
Wilson, Donovan.
Estates and Escheats.—Messrs. Robinson, McCand
less, Lamberton, White, Wallace.
Pensions.—. Messrs. Jonson, McCandless, Donovan,
Stutzman; McSherry.'
Cenpora tram. —Messrs. Hiestand, Nichols, Reilly,
Boughter, Ridgway. .
Banks.—Messrs. Fuller, Connell, Stein, Robinson,
Hamilton.
Canals.—Messrs. Hamilton, Torten, Wallace, Mc-
Clindlesi;, Inughter.
ilailroads.- - illesars. Nichols, Lowry, Glatz, Hies
tam', liidgway.
Election. Dislrids—Messrs. McCandless. Stillman,
McSherry;l3ough ter, Reilly.
Reim in—Messrs. Ridgway, . Lowry, McSberry,
Graham, Mott.
Education—Messrs. Turrell, Graham, Kinsey,
White, Stein.
Agrtcullure—Messrs. Reilly, Nichols, Bucher, Kin
sey, Smith.
ikliii/ory—Messrs. White, Donovan, Lowry, Glatz,
Penney.
Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Stutzman, Bucher, Ser.
rill,. Hamilton, Stark.
Vice—Messrs. Graham, Bucher, Turrell, Stein,
Serrill.
Mints—Messrs. Wilson, Stutzinan, Donovan,
Starke, White.
DO/try—Messrs. Bound, 'Wallace, Robinson.
Printing—Weis, s. Robinson, Fuller, Bucher,
Boughter, McSherry.
Non Counties—Weems. Clymer, McCandless, Wil
'son, Glatz,.Turreil.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at 11 o'clock, and
prayer was otflaed byßev. Dr. De Witt. The lob
bies were densely crowded, and the body of the hall
was thronged with those whn were privileged to
enter upon the nom. Among these were numerous
ex-members. The Seats of the Republican members
of the }louse were•all vacant.
The roll having been called, lifty-four members an
swered to their names (all Democrats). The Speaker
announced that a quorum was present, and the clerk
read the journal of Monday.
The reading 'of the journal having been concluded;
it was announced that the reading of bills Was in
order. None were offered : . however.
Pir. HOPKINS (Washington) moved .that the
House take a recess for fifteen minutes, in order to
allowiltime for absent members to resume their
seat&
,The motion was withdrawn
An iminerwe crowd in the doorway of the Hall
.swayed to• and fro, and indulged in loud converse=
tion, thereby almost preventing the. Speaker from
being heard. The confusion increased ralheOlimi
diminished, and the.business of the House was sus - -
Fended for about ten minutes, the Speaker insisting
that order should he restored.
Mr. McCULLOUGH moved that a committee of
two he appointed to invite the Speaker and mein.
bers of the Senate to participate in the election of a
United States Senator at twelve o'clock. Agreed
to, and the committee chosen consisted of McCul
lough and Rhoads.
A long interval ensued, during which no business
was transacted. The Republican members, how
ever, entered and took their seats. There appeared
to be an understanding that nothing was to be done
until the hour arrived (noon) for the Senatorial
election.
Another call of the House developed the fact that
every member was in attendance.
At five minutes before twelve o'clock the Speaker
and members of the Senate entered the House.
Every available foot of room was occupied.
The United. States Senatorial Convention,
Mr. Lawrence, Speaker of the Senate, assumed
the of presiding officer. On his left was
Mr. Cessna, Speaker of the House. The gavel was
constantly brought into requisition to preserve or
der.
Mr. LAMBERTON offered a resolution adopting
the rules of the House of Representatives for the
government of the Convention. The resolution was
agreed to.
The SPEAKER announced the Convention or
ganized and ready to proceed to business.
• Mr. Penney was teller on the part of the Senate,
and Mr. Jackson on the part of the House.
Entire quietness having been restored, the ballot
ing commenced for United States Senator.
The result was :
For Charles R. Buckalew 67 votes.
For Simon Cameron 65 lc
• For Wm. D. Kelley I cc
The one vote for Wm. D. Kelley was given by Mr.
Laporte, of Bradford county.
The remainder of the vote was strictly partisan,
every Democrat supporting Charles R. Buckalew,
and every Republican Simon Cameron. No member
of either house was absent.
When the name of Mr. Schofield was called, he
commenced to address the Speaker, saying that "A
hundred thousand dollars is nothing."
He was called to order, and the balloting pro
ceeded. There was some applause in the lobbies.
Mr. BOUGHTER, who gave the first vote for
Simon Cameron, was applauded front the floor of the
House.
When the result had been determined, the gal
!erica presented a scene of confusion seldom wit
nessed. The crowd cheered, shouted, and threw up
their hate. This continued for several minutes, and
was repeated when the Speaker announced the vote.
The applause was deafening.
Finally, the Convention adjoufned; the Senate re
tired, and Mr. Jacli son, teller of the House, made a
report.
On motion,. the House then adjourned until Wed
nesday morning.
The 'New Jersey Legislature.
Tuxivrobr, Jan. I3.:—The Legislature meets to
day. In the DemoCratic caucus, which has just
been held, the Democrats have selected the follow
ing officers for the Senate : Anthony Reckless, Mon
mouth, President; M. R. Hamilton, of Camden,
Secretary ; and for the House, James T. Crowell, of
Middlesex Speaker; Levi Scobey, of Monmouth,
Clerk; A. bI. Johnston, of Mercer, Assistant Clerk;
Errickson, of Ocean, Doorkeeper, and William
A. Carr, of Passaic, Engrossing Clerk.
The Republicans have nominated John P. Jack
son, Jr. of Essex, for Speaker.
TeDemocrats resolved to hold a caucus this
evening, for the nomination of a 'United States
Senator for the short term, to fill the vacancy
caused by John R. Thomson's death m now filled by
the Governor's appointment, by R. S. Field.
Among"those prominently mentioned are James
W. Wall, General William Cook, and Hon. ,Charles
Skelton. The chances are favorable to Mr. Wall's
nomination.
General McClellan arrived in this city last eve
ning, and some folks are talking of him for the
position of Senator for the short term. It is ru
mored here that IL S. Field, United States Senator
by the Governor's appointment has resigned, and
that he has been appointed United States District
Judge.
TICENTON, Jan. 13.—Both Houses organized with
out difficulty this afternoon. A committee was ap
pointed to wait on the Governor. His message will
be delivered to-morrow. It is a plain State paper,
giving a very full account of the state of affairs.
In the Senate, Mr. Holman of Bergen offered a
series of Peace resolutions, after the spirit of those
offered by Mr. Brooks, of New York, at the Demo
cratic meeting in New York. They propose an ar
mistic of six months at once. On the second Mon
day in the third month after the commencement of
the armistice, the people of each Congressional dis
trict will elect one delegate to meet at Lexington,
Kentucky, on the second Monday of the ensuing
month, to arrange terms of an amicable adjustment
of all difficulties.
Pdr. liolsman moved that these resolutions be
made the special order for the 22d of January, at 11
o'clock A. M. lie said he had not shown them to
members because he wanted to assume the whole
responsibility himself.
The resolutions, which are lengthy and enter into
a discussion of the subject, were disposed of accord
ing to Mr. Holsman's motion.
Adjutant General Stockton gave General McClel
lan a levee this evening, on which occasion the
members of both Houses of the Legislature paid
their respects to General McClellan.
COL. WALL NOMINATED NOR SENATOR.
ThEwrON, Jan. 13—The Democratic caucus has just
nominated Col. Jas. W. Wall, of Burlington, for the
United States Senate, for the short term, by a vote
of 36 to 19.
The New York Legislature.
ALBANY, Jan. 13.--Thirteen ballots were taken in
the House this morning for Speaker, but without
result.
Departure of the Relief Ship for England.
NEW YORE, Jan. 13.—The ship George Griswold,
laden with food for the poor of Lancashire, sailed
from this port this morning.
Terrible Calamity—Twenty-Seven Per-
sons Drowned while Skating.
BINGEAMPTON, Conn., Jan. I3.—A party, consist
ing of. thirty-seven ladies and gentlemen, while
skating on a pond near Harpersville, Conn., broke
Through the ice, and all but ten of them were
drimned.
Gen. Butler at Lowell, Mass.
Bosiox, Jan. 12.—General Butler had a public re
ception at Lowell, yesterday, in which the city go
vernment and citizens generally participated.
The WiSconsin Rioters.
141.kraiox, Wis., Jan. I3.—The Supreme Court of
the State has decided to sustain the writ of habeas
corpus issued in behalf of the Orzarokee rioters, ar
rested for resisting the draft, thus denying the right
of the President to suspend the writ in such cases.
Democratic Rejoicings.
NortnisTowff, Pa., Jan. 13.—There is great re-
Hicing among the Demccrats at the election of the
on. Charles R. Buckalew to the United States Se
nate. A salute of 100 guns is.being fired this eve
ning in his honor.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIYORE, Jnn. 13.—Flour active and advancing;
Ohio extra57.31@7.37%. Wheat buoyant ; Western
white $1.80@1.85, Southern $1.80@1.90, red ,51.521,
$1.55. Corn advanced 3c; white b'VSBc, yellow
85Et86c. Oats steady. Whisky firm at 4434@45c.
ciiziorxxxm, Jan. 13.—Flour unsettled; sales at
$5.3015.30 ; Whisky 39 ; Hogs steady at $4/04.75.
Receipts for the past week 73,000; for the season
562,000. Western Mess Pork has an advancing ten
dency.
514 News.
NEW Yonfr, Jan. 13.—Arrired—Ship City of New
Yorki from Vera Cruz; bark John Curtis from New
Orleans; brig A. C. IVlerriman, from Philadelphia;
schooner New Orleans.
Bovrox, Jan. 13.—Arrived, bark General Burn
side, from Pensacola; bark Waltham, from Cadiz;
bark Massasoit, from Matanzas; brig Numer 'Levee,
from Malaga; brig Ella Maud, from London.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
THE MONEY MARKET.
JANrARY 13, ISG3
Then is no abatement in the speculative movement in
gold. and stocks, and •we have to note a farther advance
in almost everything, except Government securities,
which are declinAg.. Circumstances beyond the control
of Secretary Chase govern the credit of the country.
Mismanagement in military matters has upset the calcu
lations regarding public finances, and at a critical pe
riod of the war the Government is absolutely without
money, and without hope of negotiating a loan—at least.
so it is said. A nation like ours ought to be able to go
awhile on credit. With . success in the field ilie people
won'tl have taken loans freely, and a market could per
haps have been discovered in Europe, - Lacking victory,
we are lacking motley- This is the bare truth, and people
in such times prefer to hoard their means rather than
risk it in a doubtful cause. Legal-tenders will provide
ready mom y, and, alit ough the effect will be disastrous
on the prices of commodities, they may last until a sub
stantial victory is gained and the way opened for sub
set to a specified loan. In the meantime. certain
Parties will grow rich on the advance while the mass
will antler; but this is the chance of all great wars, and
cannot be avoided. Gold rose to 143 for fair lots, with an
advance on this figure
: for special demands, cloSing firm
at the figure imbed. Old demands rose 'to elosing
steady-. Money is easy, and rates are unchanged.
The reports presented at the meetings of the stock
holders of the various railroad companies, connecting
Stith Philadelphia, arc having a marked influence on
the price of their stock. All those which we have seen
show a largely-increasing business, and would warrant
a rise in the market value of shams at any time, and in
dependent of any speculative movement. The la . rge
amount of Government supplies needing transportation
has very malerially increased the business of railroads,
and as this source of revenue is likely to continue for
some time no diminution of receipts is looked for.
The amount of business transacted at the Stock Board
was unusually large, and at better prices getter:ldb - than
yesterday: Governments were weak; State fives closed
at list:/%, an ad vanceof 1.3‘; new city sixes rose to 110; the
old rose %; Reading sixes (ISS6) were steady; Pennsyl
vania Railroad mortgages were also steady; Camden
and Amboy sixes (1553) b: ought 105; Elmira .chattel
t. its were active at OH; tike sevens rose g; North
Pennsylvania sixes sold at 91; Schuylkill Navigation
sixe;isold op to 71; Ridge Avenue, sevens sold at par;
Reading from 45 to 453', eosing at 4.5%; Little Schuylkill
closed at 45;E; Catawissa sold up to the preferred tut::
Vanced to 253.1, with a large demand; Long Island rose
to 26; North Pennsylvania to 1.25 g; Machin sold st ;
Philadelphia and Erie at 41,4; Elmira rose 1, the pre
l'erred ; Pennsylvania rose to 0, closing firm, Norris
town to 67: Harrisburg sold at 60; linntingion and
Broad Top Railroad was active at 15. Passenger rail
ways were rather stationary. Fifth. and Sixth sold at
53 ; virard College at 20; Arch-street at '26' ; Tenth and
Eleventh at 34; Spruce and Pine at raf, ; Thirteenth and
Fift e e n th at 26k ; Green and Coates sold tip to 37%;
Chestuut a ad Walnut at 50; SeVenteenth and Nineteenth
at 11%. Lehigh Navigation was steady; Schuylkill
Navigation rose;_, the preferred 14; Delaware Division
sold at 4134. Delaware Mutual Insurance sold' at 90. •
Neel aides' Blink sold at 25%: Union at 344; Manatee
tarers' at 23; Commercial at 50. The. market closed
rung — fi9s,ooo in bonds and 5,3:05 shares changing hands.
Drexel & Company quote:
United States Bcinds,lsBl 95)%G.. 96•;
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.. 9t; (45) !X; Fi
United States 7 3-10 Notes .102 (a'la's ;
Quin tenoastei or Voinlier.s
Orders , for CortificateA of hot
Demand
Jay Cooke & Co. quote . Government securities, &c., as
follows;
'United :'rotes • •
Diced States 7 3-10 :Notes • •
Certificates of Indebted n
Quartermasters' Vouchers...
Deina nil Nvtes , • •
Gold
mesr.n , .. M. Schulze st Co., No: hi South Third street,
quote fiireigit exchange fur the steamer Asia,' from New
York as follow,. "
London, 60 days' sight... .. . .... 563;0 5S
Do. 3 days 57 0 5334
Paris, GO days - sight ' 3f 57%03f 60
Do. 43 days 31.55 0g)3(573
A ntwerp. GU days' sight 31 . 60
Bremen, to da ys' sight 11 - 2!;@1.13
11111abing, 50 days' sight ' 5241 53. •
• •
Colgpe. DJ days" sight 10t p
Leilsor, GO days' sight , ' 105, . 0
Berlin, Glidays' sight ltD 0 ---.
Amsterdam, GO days' sight M3i . o
Frankfort:6o days ' sight' 503ig• 60
grlte Lehighfialle . i. Railroad Company have declared
dividend of 2) per cent., free of all taxes, pays -
Lie on end after the bifh iugt.
The Minehill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad CompatrY
announce a seta i•4l nnual•tli Mend of four INN - cent.,
able on and after the "_oth inst.
The Insitranc'e Company of North Amsrica announces
it semi-annual dividend of six per cent.. exclusive of
taxes. payable on demand. , •
'!. •!ierages or the banks in the city of Ifitikr7
;the week' ending Saturday lact..Tan.
:present in the ;.ggr e gat e the following changes tam the:
Previous weekly statement of Jar . 3: -
Increase of Loam:. 32,0%001
Incrert.se of Specie -
Decrease of Circulation 203.71:F2
Increase of Undran•u Deposits.. 3,715. M
I Including the exchanga,. hetw eett p.,
.. o.on to
the Clearing House, and including also th e s I ,. r trs-, 0, -
statement of Saturday :ifternoon, the foll...4trioe
....1‘.41
general comparison with the previous we e ' hii." Ili
and also with the mjao:vB,3..ef.:l3.er:7o:t:of thjiaallitlt..i:nut.e,..6;:t y....,.".4.317.541,.
Capital s69,ailhOoo edo,p*oo4 'fin. la, .r. l
Loans 13208, int 171.910.04 .;&",al4
Specie
Circulation
Gross Deposits 131.4%1.061 pc,,7,:z.:Yil ..,;'..4111..
Exchanged 17,601, 5 02 :r.".41?_,.. , r .
',4Z11..1;
!indrawn 113,ffb1,762 11911i;mi ,diat-
In Sub-Treasury... 3.71;3.487 111,•e>.1.53.5 r• ic i.S4
The New York Evening Post of today hor s , . 14.. . rd
The stock market is lecs excited to-day. t og ie. ..
its firm appearance, Mr -sympathy with the ceniPblitiat
ward tendency in gold. The transact 1011% hi th,..: 441 .4
spectilative shares were not very heavy this , '.'at 3 t
and prices, on the who.° , are fatly as - asno, , ,
Among, the strongest of the railways s u t ra s ie r4s Y'alat .
s outhern. Ilarlem, Illinois Cent m i . gr 04.44 . i i , i.44 ,
Island. Compared with the best prics o t i .41 r i d,
these stocks show an advance of liex "e c , mt rtnqii•
Cleveland and Pittsburg, Prairie D uCbien, t o ~..
and Chicago, and ICe.w I ork Central, tell og terft .7.th,
from yesterday's prices. -.rt.! a t ,... ;
• Speculation seems to .rtin strongest on ths 1. '
shares and bonds. Canton rose I percent. Ti;! a lki l
in this stock is due in a great measure ts th,, e la.ini 4
Washington this morning that Governmsotka+froe
ti ng with the Canton Company for the pach:no, kliiiik
tract of their land in Baltimore as aii ordinoel.-Aaen
- and. as the company is obiiged to bay ;no, ...oe.
stock with the proceeds of its land sale, tht....',11r0;i.;
effected, will retire a large AMOUtd of 0t„.. 4 ..ii e3
market.
K fr,
Goveents continue_ dull and hmt. T. (~, ' 4 !
18g1 veinot at 96coino.la registe ed.!•iileniel• (
thirties, 10'2,;i@ilett.14; . certificates of indeht;j.:'N.
OW.
money is easy at 5@:13 per cent. on call. Ti,,,
generally require larger margins on stock. ; 0 ,‘ 43 1.. t .
prices This complied with, there is no issoh',.l:.o
r ow i n . g . money, The same &eel:az or m', e.,481, 1 ,
observable after every rapid rise during tbs t o ,,'" ht
There is great excitement again to.d or j e
..I , :u.
market, with a further rise ot 2 per cent. 1.1.. , ‘4 l
sales before the board were at 141 agaio.. t i t , i "Dst 4t
ning. This reaction, however, was Inn pat4,"tto.
price immediately returning to 142 ths o 104,
finally 143 . i.; NV" POd' - it il l
The speculation in demand notes keels , Aller., ul ., .
Ad ranee in gold. The first.sates the d or „ ea ts , 4,
r?sl.:,', but at the close 139,1 i. iir_.
_the ono gtathAl. '44
Exchange on London hi 214 - ntr,cnt. hiaii , r. 1 r
class bankers' arc quoted 157(i_i•lar,.. Fran c , ~... a.
in the day at 360, but drawers ay. , now ..1: . i '•
early-
.....
sit ft.
. PhLla. Stock Exch.
[Reported by B. E. SLAYMAR
FIRST
05 Little Schu R 4535
101 do b 5 4514
as do lots 4534
56 do lots 4114
119 do 4.1%
14 Delaware Div 413 2 '
120 do lots 4111
]OO Rend R....b.5-Bint 45
-%..5 do lots 45
100 do cash 4534
80 do 45X
550 do lots 4511
150 do. ... 4.5:4
100 do b3O 4-53.4
200 do: ..stwn-Sziut 4511
274 NPenn R. lots 1231.
do
100
b 5 124
12
25 Man a ?deals Bk- • 21
10500 Reading G5...„'56 .102
5000 d0..66 7 b5.5:111 t .102
1000 'do '44.109
14 Norristown 11 57
55 Lehiirli Nar 56
10000 U S 7-30 T N blank •102 g
1000 Pittsrt W&C 2(lnt-110
• RETWS—EI.
5000t1 mirk. R ;la 02%
19 Cataw R pref.. 24h
40 do Pref.. 24%
650 U S 7-30 T N end.. • .101%
ICOReading R. 455
15 I.3th & 14th St It ..• • 26 11
45e0 Pena b: C&P.. ... . . 100
101Arehlst R... ... • ... 51%
. • SECOND'
40 Mirtebill R 50%
175 Cat MViSSO R..lots • i
EDO do ....... b 5
100 do
1000 CRY So ..... • • •new- 10 04
1500 do. ...... ...ne NT •Mji;
4.503 do new-loos:HO
81 Spruce & Pine It.• • • 17%
100 Reading ;It 4.5%
50 do....slown.ctfa 4 , %
65 do 4311
100 do 45641
GO Littler Seim P .451
100 Scbu Nov pref- • .b 5 15%
2500 IT S 68 'Bl ! 1 63c
400 U S 7-30 T I 0 blank".lo2%
550 Cataw R....pref.bs 24%
124 do .... pref. • • 34%
17 . do pref... 24%
300 do Pref. •• 25
24 d 0... ..... pref..• 2534
100 do pref. ••2V ii
25 Green & Coates 10.. 3734
AFTER
100 Long Island 11-2dTs 28
72 Cataw 11 pref. 251.,
CLOSING
Bid. deka.
SBe cpns 96% 6634
S 7-30 D blk. • —102% 10234
American Gold. :143 144
Phila 6s • 106
Do new 110
Alleg co 6s R ..... 53 61
l'enna Os .10036 101
Reading R.. . . 4 . 554 45%
Do bds '80...109 112
Do bds 10-166% 107
Do bds '86...102% 103
Penna R 63 G 33-1
Do Ist in 65..113 114
Do 2d m 65...110 112
Morris Canal.... 67 67%
Do prfdlOs-.131 134
Do 6s .
Do 2d mtg., • • • • I
Soso Canal • • I
Do Bs, ..... . .
Schnyl Nay i% 6
Doprfd 1531 L 5%
ELmira
fis 11 5
71%
R 33 3
Do prfd ..... .44 45
Do 7s Ist ni..10334 '
Do 105........60 ..
-
Penna R ... 12 , 1 12..4
Do 6s 9031 91
Do lOs .. , . ...107 110
Phils. Ger & Nor. -
Lehigh Val R... 70 • •
Lehigh Val bde..llo
lISSs '74..
II S 51, '71..
IT S6l '6l coup...
II S 6s regist. ..... . ei1..."
II S6s6 Tr coup— 95 95i1
II Sass yr reg... .. .. )
Demand Notes,. Jal 1.39
Tree Notes, 6Ve96 96: 7 ;.
Tres. Notes, 7.30.. 10131
Gold 1433;143%
Tennessee 6”,1, 61.)i
Virginia
North Carolina.... ..
Missouri St S
California 7s.
Canton Company 26 26
Del & find
Penn Coal C 0.... ..
Cunib' and C Co. 2.3 234'
Pacific Mail 136 /.56%
Marktt on-settled.
Semi-weekly Review of the Phtlftdelp
Markets..
prices are unchanged. Flour and G min aro , C
and Iron are unchanged. Cotton i very du Ir.,
more active, and prices on the advance.
1104 era of Flour are firm in their view, jf..m
more doing in the way of ,ntles trammel!
about 5,0(X) bbls, at $7.123i€1 , 7.t5 for gmai
family, including 2,11.10 bbls City Mill; on Prael•
ate; the eaten to the retailer' and hatter , tur4-
Kt . /76.25 for superfine, i 4 6.5(g.7 for exta, t.^ 7.7.!
family, and i 8.60 7 e. bbl for fancy brand...m-4r
quality. Rye Plour is steady; small ssiosst
Corn Meal is. firm Penna selliutt at ~5 3.7; 4 ' .
Brandywine Real sold at $4.951' bbi.
reaching about 35,0 W bus., mostly Kos:why
ISC@ISSc. the latter for prime, haltßitat
Pensylvania red, at 1-11-I:itle, and Delaww. r.l?
Rye is more active, with macs of 2,4inillar , I'rllll,f
at DSc. Corn is firmer, anti PAO 'MI 4,1
printe old yellow; 75c for mixed.and 7.1.5!;:c
Oats continue dull, with *sties of tow hap at 4.4•• Le
reunsy I vania me:tamed,• Including friar. Ern
Island, on terms k ept private:
61.NSEN G_ —Th
ere is but. little offerin.aaleng!
clarified ate wanted.
111 DES arc dull; and the'recent Ler:
and Porto Cabello rentitv' unsold ; a Anal:
Dinged Lagituyra sold at Vic, , ach.
1101'S are ip_a way, at -
tir,t,surt Eastern and \\-",terit
LEATIIEII, of prime quality. is very scarce. as r
maids full rates ; but inferior descriptions ;tot irszio:
Ta:MßEll. — The trade, as usual ;it thi- 5e5.....1.
3 ear, is small. Yellow Pine Ilaanls sell at #1.7.5r
feet, Pickets nt s6@7 and Laths at , F. , 1.2.4 1 21 -
3IOLASzES is held with much firmness; hunt'
mane is extremely limited; the only sales rePoloi
' sonic Cuba Muscovado at Sic, and leo idols do. a: al'
not Iliad° public.
:NAVAL STORES are rem - quiet. Salesof coalmen
1 Rosin at $15.51q , 20 t bin. Prices of Tar aid
remain nominally unehanged. Spirits Turaentine tti
a limited inquiry, and price- are lower. Sales at Ile
. 2.50 gallon. cash.
011:S.—There is more doing in Liffsoolt pros
firmer; sales at cash. in Fl4l tiils there is aso
trade at previous rates_ l'eltelettai ceutitiw...
what unsettled; sale; of waned at 4l€,:alc. and 19a 1
"crude at n price not made public, Weattote 'CO !-`
at I£o2l`c It gallon.
PLA:i'fl3ll.—There is but little offering. W.) ttr,
sort sold, to arrive, at f•Ni.tiart;l, which is 11112 , 1C 3 M 4 '.
RICE.—The stock is very light; sales Of INat." 2
lots-at
SEEDS.—There is an active dettiaud (.0 ( 3 "" t.
and prices are better; sales fif:l,iyabasheis fairmi 5
at ilia @il-76 - •a bushel Timothy at tiL7Ficyrr) r
and Flaxseed at $2.90 bushel.
St:GAM—The advance noticed inoitriaqreNtt l •;
. inaintained • sales of SUIT It hfls Cuba at 9. 7 ..ifih , 1ic.%! 11
.
bhds New 011eans at 10@ldlicont
Sl'll2lTS.—Tli ere is nu change in Brandy or 0!--,
Rum sells at 5Se '6 gallon. Whisky is firstly i,••••
ot Pennsylvania and Ohio bids it 43Ce44e, '.s•
drudge 41e Y. gallon.
.TALLow.—Thera is very little doing, vtiti . :
city-rendered at lo,"; : 010.3.fr, and COMIC ) - at
'1 ORACCO.—The stuck very light of legit LeJ:
Manufact tired, and prices rule very high.
WOOL.—There is agood demand t'or st fan S.
sales of 1L1),000 lbs at 11•fe1.67c 'Et lb cash. mostly be'
PRovisiolvs.—There is a firm feeling' in efe
anti a fair ii quiry for most kinds, v
Western Mess Fork at Di 4 for old, and
new. lleceipts of dressed Bogs are lame. and 0,1.
at Kike 6 100 his, cash. Bitcou.—Thete vvrr:.
tit mane. but prices are unchanged; sales ofs.4:s
&Ley canvassed Ea rn s at Sig)lW4c; S ale-at fink , „• ae•
..bouldersf.@:334e, ca'li and sixty days. Oren 11 7 1 '
receipts are light, with sales of liatfo‘ lo
pickle at 7N.CLS3;_c; sides at sc, and Shoat der—ge.V:
to.Lard.—The receipts and stick contiuit•
saes of tcs and bhls at 9Xg‘.9)ie, and keg: at Mt :
cash. Butter is in moileiate demand. and ntir'';'"'"
sal er of 110 bids Roll at 17®.23c, and All pktr.- ,ol Pir
at 14@17c, cash. Cheese is IVOrti/ le@llC F.' ru•
tte 24c 1 tluz.
E'f ALS =There is a fin feeling iu the' Itaa nth
with sales of IX) tons at 1 , 1 , 332, cad!, for SO I .lath...
and irlS.5O for bard. Bar and Boiler Iron are iu a . •
demand. Lead.—A Sale of 1,500 pigs Galena trsl• •
arrive . at S%c, cash. Cupper.—Nothing Awing La sat
lug.. Yellow Metal sells at 27e,
BARK.— The demand for Quercitron has fatimi
ofltNo.latl''cia P ton. Tail uers: Bark I , seam':
of Spat:dill Is reported at cord.• re i
CANDLES are in better request. and Iff'•l' a t
sales of city -uuttle Adamantine at 1.5.1@•2 00, lt a "
at 1.91A7rc T. lb. cash.
COAL continues ann. Few cargoes ant Via , ' , I• ,'
owing to the scarcity of vessels aad the high P"
freight. •Home demand has also decreased•awt
dr
are limited. t.
COFFEE.—There is verylittle stria: in d - 0.:
operate in and the market is dull: sales of ttl
eluding Rio: at 28.41@i:iic. and Lagasynt at
COTTON is better, and the ady nee ttorttl ar,'";
civil), tamed; sales a bout .22n bales nil% ling COPP."' ,
middling at 6e@7oc vil), and 50c for a b. 4 b..nlia •
rican.
FEATHERS are rather scarce, and IS
sfic, as it wiality.
as F ulsoa.l— a T h t e h r i e s
a se r a e vonof f ewe
Myaecke. r T hooup -
.i„
rtenicly limited. Sales from stow at , i , V.34•1 3 t
1; KG2 for No. 2; and E.4.;irafi..2.5 for lw , h:
1:11.4i.'1Vo: I. Prices or pickled Herring. sh.a.ti -
.
3!!
and Codfish remain as last quoted, with sunlit
Ai ter at 4.?1:6-13ic ? lb. • tir es 4 • 31
I , lll7lT.—There Is but little foreign here in .
and the sales ere confined to a fen ' ()mime, and it . :7
ut 62.2..".e2.5011 box. hi domestic Fruit ther,•
trade doing. Green Apples range froin Sl.
'
bbl. There are but few Peaches coating i11.t 1 ,1,1
pared are warned. Cranberries sell at . 4 a t
In qintiitY. VLI
.!The following are the receipts of dour aud
A
port to.dity:
Flour '
Wheat
Corn
Oats -••
53i@6;.1 dii.
(
• 43 @44 prin
.11.) @.lor-•
gn prin
f 4346, 96.15,
192
• 96 96
913Miit, 94,r •
140 • 6141
143 6144
. . . .
New York Markets of Yesterday .
Asti Es.—Pots are selling at 65.37;4@;:..1) for art' .
spection. Pearls rota in ne nominal.
BRItMIFITVF:,.—The market for State anti V''''
Flour I.'. :7El.ltic higher, bar there is our nate; dop
the advance. ~,;
The - ttaies areSe7Oo Idris at $6.20 4 3 6 .rk for.ol *r ""u` i
%.6.:07 for extra State: tt.A...k.5(7351 for stiperfiut• ••••
ann. I ndianpz 'own:Ohio. Sm.: $6.70.$ oi for eVf.'
• including satnping brands of round -hoop Ohi , D!
2tl, :tad trade brands. of do at *7.?•.iiiizi. lo .
Southern Flour hr it shade firmer :tad in nualenti:
ntle , t ; , ealt. - "LatXl bbh: at $70765 for suPertio '
more. and s7.tatatlfor extra du.
i
- Canadian Flour s it little hither, but the marnA oL
edit' , i sale+ 510 bids at 1t6.147 for common to tt
"67,,,1if'55..5 for extra brands.
ii.YO Flour is quiet and lirin at iil.foF li fLu• Mt , r
-V
of flue bud superfine. :.,..•
Corn "Meal is turn. with a :i
-moderato lettn7.l.,
quote Jersey . at $3.9t;64; Brandywine €4. X ". '.'
theont. Wheats • .Wheat is altaiti..lG-2 cents better. With a fiat . d ( r,1 43 0 ,
the sales are SONO bushels ?a •";.29,41.37. fof . _; .
Spring: *t.I.SSCatI.44 fur Alliwankft Club; n1..141,:•.„,
hainhot 'lowa. the latter ril l for choice; id • 4 . r 1 it'
• "Wiutei'red Western; i1.ti1e.56 fur amber Mict.ufns.
fly is quiet, ail nowt:sal, at frlctfniqlbr R"'
Bailey IS scarce, and fillet, Iti 41 1-111 e
at
ii ,
liars are firmer, anti in fair dennuto. at ,-..i1. •
midis!), Wekern, and State. ••
Corn is firmer. and in moderate tvotted ?• "'!': T.•
bushels to RR .Sic for sound Western mired: 6..•
for. U a t-ound tlp.•
tinge Sales, dart
ER, Philadelp h ia • Cl '
BOARD. Ete zu
iIOOU ?chit Nay
MOO ....
37 ..
.....
11:1, .. ••• ....
31100 Cain ..............
4 sth & Oth
10 Girarri
10(X) City ....•I""
afi du. ........
140) d 0...... "•3114%;.
95 Atch-st ...... 4111.11'
d„ ....... s
20( G i R .
WA IO
ea talc ez
o". i
4 ,P . 1•••
9101 h 6:11t1,.''7112.1
210 Schn XIV; ....
1100 NM/.
7 Netliatit.:* . .. 2 .
M 4 ".•
S PAila Et; .......
2.1 Long Mum( R -
1000 R
NS Spidge ruce Pib e .. 16 „
182 linntingif
3 union Bank - •
BOARDS. ....
50 Little Sel:. P
37 do.. . ..... 115
ICC City 6. ..............
20(10 Sch . IR JS
72 Lehigh Nay.
10 Harrisburg
SO Man & B•••
803 Norti4own
ARD. • "•••
ocutt
'RUIN pp"
.in.....
f, '' '''''''''''
4- • wet. '''''
4 innmerciat
:Xico ittad Gj'iia. •
31
101 Sch Nay png
Ift/Cata & AIP
1630 '''
1400 an. ........
57 Minegill ..........
26 IC Neu
........ 1
537 Del 3iumi Yr; ' ; '''
18 Me Thank.: Bu s .'
16 W P4oin I`,sl
MMUS sill
shr A .
Phila & Eltititi nt
10 LeLigh Nhv ' .
15090 Elmira Ch
OARDS
lino° u S 72 . ) )1.N , r.4 I
1000 a , ..........
PRICES. "*.'
Cattilylasa R.....
Do prfd ..... T.;
Beaver Mead P... 51
Minehill R. .... .r 4
Harrlsbarg R,. .. g)
Wilmington Pt....
Lehigh Nay
Do shares... 2X
IDo scrip.... -4
C= dr Arab I
Phila St Erie 6.1..1 . 4.1"
Snn .St Erie 75....
Llsland R......,.>;
Do bond..„
Delaware Div.—.
Do bonds., ..
Spruce-street 1t....
Chestnut-5i
Arch-street R......
Race-street R......
Tenth-street R....,
Thirteenth-st R....
W Phila R...... ...
Do bonds--
Green-street
Do bonds.... ..
Second-street 1t...
Do bonds.....
Fifth-street
Do b0nd5......
Girard College R
Seventeenth -g
Little Schuyl ..
New York Stoe;
Closing Quotatif
Rid. Asked.
:ks, January 13.
sons at 3 o'clock.
I 8i1..1
)N T Cen RR.....1164
Erie c0mm0n ..... 7.1 h
Erie Pre! 14th
Hudson Riv 93
Harlem R R :W.;
Harlem R R Pre( Al
Reading R R of
.Michigan. Cen ... 91
Michigan South. 51.
Do. Guar .97
`Panama
. . .. ..
111 Central SI(
Cleve & Pitt,.... 6311
Galena, & Clif QJ
IClev & Toledo... FA:
Chi & Rock Dl—. %X
Terre Haute G 0....
i Chi Bur &Q lel'.
{Mil& Pr Du CCe 44
111 Gen Con bds.. ..
64 643
• JANtIGT ii
There is more eetivity in the Breekisttut.
Gl?Allc.—Wheat centinnes firth Anti the •.

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