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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1863
THE WAR.
General Grant has placed his Army of the Ten
nessee upon transports at Memphis, and is now, in
all probability, engaging the enemy about Vicks
burg. The third siege of this stronghold is now in
progress, and there is but little doubt that it will
fall. Our arrangements for complete and over
whelming victories in the Southwest are certainly
more perfect than ever before, and the glorious news
from Arkansas Post will inspirit our brave Western
troops to new deeds of valor. The capture of Vicks
burg will be a tremendous blow to the rebellion;
It will place the entire Southwest once more in the
Union, and open the Mississippi to trade forever.
Gen. r. C. Pemberton, who commands the rebel
troops at Vicksburg . , is a man noted for his haugh
tiness and feigned accomplishments. He is from the
State of New York, is well known in Philadelphia,
and has some relatives residing here. It is said that
what he lacks in genius he makes up in energy and
Industry. Vicksburg is said to be very strongly
fortified. Forts, breastworks, and batteries outside
the city, rifle-pits and entrenchments in the streets.
The line of defence is twenty-odd miles in length—
from Warrenton, below, to Haines' Bluff, above, on
the Yazoo. Thirty thousand men, it is thought,
are required to garrison these defences so as to make
them entirely Impregnable front a simultaneous at
tack by land and water.
CONGRESS.
SKNATE.—Several changes were made and vacan
cies filled in committees by the Vice President. The
bill for publishing the annual reports of banks in
the 'United States was called, finally considered, and
Passed. Resolutions were offered and adopted, in
structing the Committee on ;Military Afthirs to in
quire whether our sick and wounded soldiers
at Camp Convalescent received proper medical
care and treatment, asking whether any more major
or brigadier generals had been appointed than was
authorized by law,.asking what amount of revenue
had accrued to the Government'from the imposts
and duties on paper, asking information concerning
the recent actions of Gen. Burnside and his gene
rals, which was laid over. Communications were
received transmitting a list of generals in the ser
vice, and the correspondence relative to the fur
nishing of arms, ammunition, and stores for the use
of the French in Mexico. The bill to provide
greater comfort for our sick and wounded soldiers
was then taken up, and after a lengthy discussion,
Was passed. The bill to provide for an increase of
clerical force in the quartermaster's Department
was taken up, and pending its *consideration the
Senate adjourned.
Houss.—The 2louac , oq being called to order, went
into Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, having under consideration the bill to pro-
Vide ways and means for the support of the Govern
ment. The clause authorizing the taxation of
banks was considered specially at great length.
The subject of the employment of contrabands in
the service of the Government created a warm dis
cussion. Mr. Hooper's substitute for the section
authorizing the taxation of banks was rejected, as
Ives Mr. Lovejoy's new section. Pending the con
sideration of the bill, the committee rose and the
House adjourned until Monday.
LETTER FROM =4.OOCASIONAL."
VASIIINGTON, 23, 1863
Public opinion in the United States often
baffles the logician and donfuses' the pa
triot. At times it allows itself to be lashed
into a tempest for apparently instifficient
causes ; at other' times it is placid and emo
tionless under wrongs that ought to stir the
echoes of its profoundest deeps. It is the
cold and constant Sneer of the monarchist
that there : is no reliance upon pUblic or ra
ther popular opinion; that its jndgthents are
harsh, its praises temporary, its friendships
fleeting promises, and its patriotism a fable.
One of :this school gathers huge satisfac
tion from present indicatiOns :of popular
opinion, as he says : " Oh, friend of : your
country, look at your people now. As I ob
serve theM to-day and remember what
they were a year ago, they seem
like' two different races. You tell me that
you confide in them, Give me the reason
for thy faith. po they not see the traitors
of the Senth murdering their brothers and
their friends, - and hear them denouncing all,
the ISreith as -inferiors And e(enctille- 7 7and,
also, do not these same people see the syin-;
pathizers in the treason, not only exulting
over the victories of tile rebels at, Your own
:doors, but threatening the lives of the eham 7
pions.of your: boasted Republic ? And are
they, the people, not cold, silent, and appa
rently indifferent, under this double pro-
vocation ? If they had the conscience
of the fight, as you call it ; if : they
felt as they felt,
,or seemed feel,
one year ago, would these things be ?"
Those who have given up the idea of self
government,
and regard it as a failure, daily
Write and speak in this fashion. Possessing,
I hope, a larger faith inmy : countrymen, I
am content to labor and to wait. I will
not deny, that that which must encourage
the adversaries of liberty in other lands,
since:this great struggle for civil and reli
gious freedom began, has made a poWerful
impression on my mind. It is an anomaly,
for instance, to see so many adopted. citi
zens, particularly of Irish birth, voting for
candidates whose election not only gives
joy to the English persecutors of, the
Irish, but, to the slave-holders, who have
always,held the adopted citizen in contempt.
It is curious to hear decent men coolly and
deliberately asserting, and henest men be
lieving; the foul falsehood that the slave
holders :did, not begin this war. It is de-'
pressing to contrast the bitterness of the
Democratic leaders against their own Go
vernment and its ministers and agents, with
their almost open avowal of affection for the,
rebel enemies of that::GovernMent. And
nothing is so well calaulated to make the
:patriot despond as the , manifestations of
anarchy in the' great cities. in -response
to the efforts of the men who are alone
responsible for this bloody internal strife,
But I believe that the sequel will,
elate .the faith and : confidence still re- ,
posed by good Men :in the patriotism of
the American:people. It would be 'a sight
to make angels weep if this people haVe be
come so lost to their own honor as to allow
the armed traitors on the one hand, and the
industrious syMpathizers on the other, to
drive and delude them into disgraceful': sub;.
mission.: From my heart I pray for peace ;
and lican hilly:sympathize with those who
have lost relatives and friends ", in battle,
and , who still, have relatives and friends
in the field. But we must contemplate
our 'duty: from a loftier stand-point:than the
stand-point of our individual sufferings and
losSes. We must first ask ourselves whether
we are responsible for this war ? That
'cuestion answered, as it would be,' and will
'be by the. Great Judge of - nations and of .
men,to our own honor and glory, we must
next ascertain whether we were guilty in
defending our country i - tgainst those' who
sought to assassinate her.? Whether, if we
had not defended her, we 'should not
have beeothe objects of hatred to ourselves
and to all the nations ? And whether
any peace with those who will ac
cept peace only: on conditions 'that Must
humilia te r : aand - `destroy free':
Statea, l . Cart , :evertVO' : Conattinmated.? ' The .
memory 'of our departed heroes can only
be ,disgraoca by a peace like this; which
proclaims that they fonght and fell in a dis
honorable cause, and those who expect that
such a peace Will save further sacrifices of
life 'have not calculated the certain and
bloody horrors that must attend upon it.
Every argument made against the
War and against the ,policy :upon which"
,
it is conducted, is made, I sincerely `be -T
lieve, with : the knowledge, l- if not the
hope, that peace would be the perpetual
degradation of the North and the beginning
of a war that would extend throngh many
years. I saw a letter from a distinguished
,general officer, now in the Southwest, writ
ten Within:two weeks, in which he said:
" I see the signs of division in the free
, States, and the symptoms of that, anarchy
so: deeply desired by the Democratic
leaderS, With gi'eat alarm. Year :peeple
should be 'admonished in season; for :I tell
yonthat ,when these evidences of popular
dissatiSfaction .with the war and the Go-
Ternment: in Ilie free States are made to
-seem real to the:rebels, they zeal upOit
:you at your own- Twines, in your own cities,
-end pou:roer aU yoitir borders." If those
Who are directlY interested in keeping the
Union together choose :to surrender it
to' .the slaVepower, they: - can do so ;
but :I firmly believe that the American.
masses are:only Waiting :to. be satiaged of
the:ObjectS of tlieDethoeratic:leaders andcif
,
the practical : danger : olnd threaten to_engulf,
all general and lndi Vid nal; 'liberty, to previa
that they,have not yet given up their beloved
country. • OccAstortAl4.
WASI-liNGrOCOM:
Special Despatches to gc The Press:,
WASH iNnros, January 23, 1863
Army Intelligence.
The Secretary of War, in answer to the call for
information, reports to the 'House, with accompany
ing letters from his subordinates.
The Adjutant General says that a statement of the
men in the service would involve the examination
of a ditzeit different muster-rolls of about a thousand
regiments. That work is now dragging heavily,
but the publication of such a statement would not
be compatible, in his view, with the public interests.
The Paymaster General says that since the report
of Deoember 11th the office has been engaged in
paying the sick and discharged soldiers and officers,
and the hoops around Washington, the Army of the
Potomac, and troops in North Carolina. On the
19th inst., requisitions amounting to , $24,150,000
were passed. This money will bring up the pay
ments to October 31st. Many of the paymasters
have started for the field, and the remainder will
leave Ina day or two. The funds for the West and
•South are already on the way. It is thought the
army will be paid to that date by about the Ist of
February.
The Commissary General reports that appropria
tions have been applied as follows : pay of em
ployees of subsistence department, building ovens,
fee., for the preparation and Matting of subsistence
stores, and fur subsistence to soldiers anti persons in
the army entitled to rations; also, to contrabands,
prisoners of war, and in some cases to the suffering
poor.
Our enerals.
Secretary STANTON to-day communicated to the
Senate the names of all the generals in the service,
amounting to 51 major generals and 240 brigadiers.
The following are not at present Resigned to com
mands, viz : Major Generals—George B. McClel
lan, J. C. Fremont, Irvin McDowell, D. 0. Buell,
Fitz John Porter, and C. M. Clay. Brigadier Gene
rals—Andrew Porter, W. J. Harvey, C. P. Stone,
George A. McCall, Lewis Blenlcer, James Shields,
B. B. Marcy, T. T. Crittenden, J. B. Turchin, S. W.
Crawford, L. P. Graham, Z. B. Tbwer, D. J. Ogles
by, W. B. Campbell, T. C. Barlow, J. H. H. Ward,
and H. J. Briggs.
Our Foreign Relations. •
The Arabia's mails contradict fully anil emphati
cally the reports from Paris and London of move
ments or speeches of the French Emperor in regard
to the American civil war.
The three assassins of the American missionary,
Mr. Mimi:TAN, have been executed. Great praise
Is accorded by Mr. Monnis i the American minister,
to the Sultan of Turkey for his firmness on the
occasion.
The Supplies for_ the French Army in
Mexico.
The President to-day sent a message to the Senate
in answer to a resolution of the 13th instant, accom
panied by the very voluminous correspondence be
tween the Secretary of State and Mexican Charg6
Affaires, relative to the exportation of artibles
contraband of war, for the use of the French army
in Mexico. The Mexican minister, Senor ROMERO,
in the first letter, asks the Government to prevent
contraband shipments, purchased by the emissaries
of the commander of the French expedition, from
leaving the ports of the United States. Mr. Srn•-
ARD replies, referring the minister to a letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury, from which it appears
That no intervention with the mission of the French
officers is contemplated by the Treasury Department,
a decision in conformity with precedents and with
the rules of international law governing the case.
Citations to such authorities as HAMILTON, WEIS
STEIt, and the Executive documents are given.
Senor Pox RIZ o expresses pain and surprise at such
a decision acquiesced in by the Secretary of State.
He quotes Vattel, not to teach the Government of
the United States, but tp give his opinion of the im
propriety of allowing either belligerent to provide
itself with means of warfare in a neutral nation, and
reviews the cases cited by Mr. SEWAILD. He refers
to the alleged shipping of provisions by merchants
of New York to the French army near Vera Cruz,
and to calling the attention of Mr. }7,IVAIID to these
facts, who replied that the United States did not re
cognize a state of war existing between Mexico and
the allies, as there had been no declaration of
war, and therefore the United States could not
be governed in their conduct by the rules of
neutrals. He further stated that subsequently he
made application to the Secretary of the Treasury,
for a permit to ship some arms purchased in New
Yoik for the use of the Mexicans to a Mexican
blockaded port; that the Secretary at first appeared
ready to grant it, but, on learning that the number
was 36,000, he thought the number too great, and re
ferred the matter to the Secretaries of War and the
Navy; that the Secretary of the Navy made no objec
tion, but that the Secretary of War refused to relax
the order previously issued, forbidding the exporta
tion of arms.• In vain he shoWed that they were
Prussian muskets, flint locks altered to • percussion,
which the United States would not use,"and he was
compelled to believe that his ill success was occa
sioned by a desire on the part of the United States
to avoid complications with France, and was after
wards astonished, when wagons and mules were
bought here for the Prench army, to find that what
was denied to Mexico was freely permitted to
France.
Sliwano replies .that the prohibition of the
shipment of arms was general, applying to all na
tions, on the ground of the military necessity of the
United States, but that there. was no such inhibi
tion of the shipment of wagons, either for France or
Mexico. A long correspondence on the same points
occurs, which Mr. SEWARD finally and gracefully
winds up as follows :
"The undersigned, while seeing no cause further
to expatiate upon the reasons heretofore offered in
explanation of that measure, avails himself of this
occasion to offer to Mr. Romero the assttrance of
his high consideration."
The Railroad Lines to New York.
The President sent to;the••Benate to-day a mes
sage, accompanyindtheresOhitions of the corporate
authorities of Washington, with a memorial rela
tive to the metropolitan railroad lines, asking atten
tion to the subject as a matter of importance.
Postmaster General BLAIR says, in answer to a
call from the House, that the annual cost of mail
transportation to New York is $93,050, of which
$13,500 is paid to the New Jersey Railroad and
Transportation Company; $20,250 to the Philadel
phia and Trenton Railroad Company; $37,500 to the
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad
Company ; $12,000 to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, and $9,500 to the Camden and Am
boy Railroad Company. In addition, $6,973 is given
to the local agents and messengers and $7,200 for
the rode agents.
The Finance Bill.
It is not certain that the finance bill will pass as
amended by the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union. The substitute of Mr. STE
vv.:xs, as essentially modified, has many friends. It
authorizes the secretary of the Treasury to borrow
$900,000,000, and to issue for any part-of the amount
legal-tender notes, hearing interest payable semi
annually in coin at the rate ofa cent per day, re
deemable at the pleasure of the Government in sums
not lesS than $lO, such notes to be receivable for all
dueli excepting duties on imports and interest on
bonds. The amount of non-interest-bearing legal
tender notes as soon as practicable to he reduced,
and the maximum not to exceed $800,000,000.
Internal Revenue Decision.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de
cided that whenever a manufacturer of agriculturgl
implements affords, or authorizes, an agent or
agents to sell such implements at wholesale, at
places other than the place
. 9f manufacture, such
agent or agents will not be required, as authority for
such sales,. to take licenses as dealers or pedlers.
If, however, such agent or agents shall sell such im
plements at retail, license will be required under
section 64, article 5, or article 27.
Tile Emancipation Awards.
The paymen . 4 of awards matle by the Emancipa
tion Commission for the District of Columbia, will
be commenced at the office of the United States
Treakurer on Monday next.
The Outstanding Demand Notes.
The following letter has been received by se bank
ing house in this city, from the Treasurer of the
United States :
"OFFICE TEF.ASUEY U. S.,WA.SHINGTON, JAM 2.1.
Sins : In reply to your note of the 21st of Janu
ary, I have to state that the reports to which you
allude had no official origin. The amount of demand
notes'in circulation is between $11,000,000 and $12,-
000,000. The average daily receipts of these notes at
the principal ports in the past ten days of . January
were $1.50,000, and the present. receipt of them-at the
port of New York, alone, exceeds that sum.
Yours respectfully, F. E. SPINNER,
Treaeurer United States.',
.It appears from the records of the Treasury De
partment that there are still outstanding $2,750,000
of the two-year six-per -cent, treasury notes receiva
ble for customs, making a total of between $11,000,-
000 and $15,000,000 of treasUlT notes now outstand
ing receivable fur customs.
The McDowell Court of Inquiry.
Lieutenant Colonel ALEXAIiDER, "United States
Engineers, was examined in reference to the alleged
conversation between himself and Gen. McDowELL.
Be testified that the latter had not, in conversation
With him, evinced nn indisposition to have his corps
join and co-operate with the army of General 111 -
CLELLANT on the Peninsula.
Gen. MARTINDALE was examined in reference to
the time that the division of Gen. McCALL joined
Gen. MECLELLAN on the Peninsula.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Skirmish and:Dashing Reconnoissance Be
yond Will WI) sinarg—The sth Pennsylva
nia Cavalry, &c.
[Special CorreFpontlence of The Pri...F. , s.]
WILLIAMSF3URG, January 20, 1503.
It having been reported that General Wise WU •
marching on this place in force for the purpose of
capturing and holding Williamsburg and the fortifi
cations across the Peninsula,.and enforcing the late
conscription act, a detachment from the sth Penn
sylvania Cavalry, under Major McCandless, started
out yesterday morning to ascertain the truthfulness
of the report. On arriving at the Six-mile Ordinary;
the advance guard, under command of Lieutenant
Vezin, Company K, came in sight of their pickets,
and gave chase for three miles. On nearing Twelire
mile Ordinary, the rebels were strongly reinforced,
and coming In the rear of four of our men, who
were alicad r captured them. Their force now con
sisted of about 100 men, yet the gallant advance
guard charged, and though they numbered but
twenty, drove them to. within five miles of their
camp, capturing four men and retaking three of the
four mantle prisoners. Having ascertained that a
force of one regiment of cavalry and one of infantry,
were encamped at Disasceurid bridge, while General
Wise lay at the White House, the expedition re
turned with their prisoners, having lost one man
prisoner and one slightly wounded. GEORGE.
FORTREBSNnot:, .Tan. .2.—Ten men were ar
rested to-day on James river, among whom were
two rebel officers—Corp. Wm. Canvey, and Smith,
nt whose house they were attested. Five hundred
..worth of contraband. : goods. was .found in
their possession.
The storm is continuing quite severe. The Balti
more mail host, due here at 7A. M., did not arrive
yesterday till three o'clock; and to-day at half past
two. rtYpy of the schooners which left here yeater
day have put back again for a shelter. Four rebel
prisoners were brought down from Yorktown yes
terday eve.
- ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Movement Frustrated by the Storm—
• Bonds Getting' Better—Praying ow the
Troops.
111-:ADQUARTEMS AMMV OF TRH POTOMAC, JAM. 23.
—The tempestuous weather since Tuesday, and the
consequent impassable state of the roads, have ren
dered any advance of the Army of the Potomac be
yond the Rappahannock a matter of utter impossi 7
bility. -The Same causes so delayed the transporta
tion of the pontoons and heavy artillery to the de
signated points as to prevent a surprise of the ene
my at the points where the crossing was to have
been attempted.
This afternoon the clouds broke away, and the
influence of the sun is telling favorably upon the
soil.
Several paymasters have already arrived; bringing
joy to the soldiers, and relief for their families at
home. A delay in the payment of those actively
employed may occur.
CAMPAIGN ON THE PENINSULA.
The PEOCerillinglt of the McDowell Court
Martial—lmportant Letter from General
Ditelseoek—The Plans and Orders of the •
President Neglected by General McClel
lan, Asc.
(Prom the Washington Chronicle, .Tan.
We have hitherto entirely avoided any allusion,
either covert or open, to the animated contest which
has - been and still is going on, as to the responsibili
ty for the failure Of the Peninsula campaign. When
General McClellan was removed we announced the
fact, but have not since alluded to him, except in con
nection with the news of the day. Our columns are
devoted i o other uses than those of personal abuse or
defence. We acquiesced in his removal because it was
the act of the Government, and we should have done
so had we not approved of it. We have taken no part
in the discussion of the subject, partly because:it is
stale, but principally because we believe that it is
worse than useless to keep alive a question which
has taken so exclusively a partisan and personal
turn. The opposition papers have chosen to take
issue with the Government on the fitness or unfitness
of General McClellan to command the Army of the
Potomac, and so long as they merely make his re
moval the ground of angry declamation and per
sonal abuse of the President and his Cabinet, we
have nothing to say; though their course is ob
viously intended to demoralize the army, divide
the people, and weaken the Administration. But
when they go so far as to pervert testimony, or rens
der it falsely, we think endurance ceases to be a
virtue, and are willing to contribute our mite to
wards stamping their falsehoods as they deserve.
The following letter Dem Gen. Hitchcock explains
our reason for giving so large a portion of our
space this morning to that officer's testimony before
the McDowell Court of Inquiry. We are unwilling
to believe that the mistake in the Times was inten
tional; hut it. is a mistake, and should be corrected.
Some other journals have made the same mistake.
and others still have commented very unfairly on
the testimony :
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., Jan. 21, 1863.
To the Editor of the Daily Chronicle:
Sin: The New York Times of yesterday contains
what was designed to be received by the public as a
report of my testimony before the •McDowell court,
• now in session in this city, but it is 'so full of errors
and inaccuracies of all sorts, misplacements of
whole passages, and in one material particular di
rectly reversing my statement, that I beg to request
, that you will afford space in your columns for an
accurate publication of that testimony, together
with the documents exhibited. with it, which can;
doubtless, be had at the court-room.
lf my testimony was worth publishing at all, it
ought to have been published as I gave it. It was
the duty of the court to determine the questions I
should be called upon to answer, and mine only to
state the truth, as wenn to do. The court asked my
opinion touching the responsibilities in case of a
disobedience of orders by Gen. McClellan, in 'not
leaving for the security of *Washington the force de
signated by the four commanders of the four army
corps composing the Army of the. Potomac.
In answering this question, I placed the responsi
bility where military law and army usage has al
ways placed it s --with the officer who, as was assumed
in the question, had disobeyed the order—to wit,
with General' McClellan, and not with the Presi
dent, who, in making good his original order, by the
detention. of a part of McDowell's corps in front of
Washington, merely took a necessary step to re
pair a, mischief committed by General McClellan
himself, in not attending to the order of the Bth
of March, which was reiterated through the Se
cretary of War on the 13th of the same month.
In the Times' report of my testimony this - portion
of it is inverted, and I am put forward—l am
bound to suppose by accident—as placing the re
sponsibility with the President, and not with Gen.
/McClellan.
My opinion was, and was so 'stated to the court,
that General McClellan, in disobeying the orders of
the President, took upon himself the responsibility
for all the consequences that might follow such diso
bedience. This is a plain military principle, which
every soldier understands.
1 will add here that General McClellan's proper
course,.under the orders of the President, was first to
obey the orders punctually and precisely, and then to
consider whether he had sufficient force left for
the execution of his plan of going to Richmond
via Yorktown and the Peninsula. If not, he
should have reported to the President before
starting on his expedition. lf, in that case,
the President had required him to proceed in the
execution of his plans, all the world would have
placed the responsibility at the door of the Presi
dent. General McClellan did not do this. He com
menced his expedition "neglecting" the point so
'explicitly" ordered by the President, and put a
large part of his force in motion for the Isthmus be
fore the President knew of that "neglect," and thtis
took upon himself the entire responsibility for all
that followed.
A brilliant success Itas often protected an officer
from the penalty alibied by law—see the 9th Article
of War—to disobedience of orders ; but it will be a
new feature in military - history when failure, result
ing from a departure of plans and orders, shall be
visited upon the superior, whose plan was. not fol
lowed, and whose orders were "neglected."
Respectfully, etc.,
E. A. HITCHCOCK.
The point raised on this testimony, which we have
copied verbatim from the records of the ,court, is
this : Did General McClellan comply with the
orders of the President of the Bth of March, and re
peated substantially on the - 13t1Cof the same month?
Those orders required , General McClellan, in
taking up any new base of operations, to leave
troops for the defence of the capital sufficient for
its entire security, not merely in his own opinion,
but in that of all of the four commanders of the
four army corps into which the Army of the
Potomac had been then recently divided. The
express terms of the order contemplate an opinion
by the four commanders, who were McDowell,
Reyes, Beintzelman, and Sumner. These commands
ers met in council, and expressed an opinion on the
13th of March, five days after the order of the Bth,
above referred to. The three first officers just
named were of opinion that Washington would be
secure if all of the forts south of the Potomac were
"fully garrisoned," and those north of the Potomac
"occupied," with a "covering army of twenty-five.
thousand men." One of the four commanders (Sum
ner) gave the opinion that forty thousand men
would secure the city.
The opinion of the council, thus reported, is mani
festly a part of the order of the Bth of March, so far
as General McClellan was concerned, and the ques
tion is, did he comply with itl
To answer this question, it is necessary to consider
to what the council refers in that part of the opinion
which requires a covering army of twenty-five thou
sand men. The expression used, a covering army, - is
technical, and refers to a unit of force, having
and a capability of being used independently of
the garrisons and guards elsewhere. It manifestly in
this case did not include the garrisons at Baltimore
or 'Harper's Ferryoor the force indispensable for
the defence or the Shenandoah Valley ; and still less
did it include the scattered guards along the railroad
between Washington and Baltimore, or those rue
cessary for similar purposes elsewhere. The ex
pression, a "covering army," means, if it means
anything at all, an independent movable force over
and above the troops occupying the forts around
Washington,•and over and above the guards scat
tered around Washington or in the city itself.
Where now was this twenty-five thousand men?
In General McClellan's letter of the Ist of April
he estimates over this number as at Manassas ;
but he includes the division of . Bleaker, which
was then under orders, or about to be. for the
Mountain Department; and, as the President
avers in his letter of the 9th of April, this change
of position was known to General McClellan, who
had "reluctantly" assented to it. General McClel
lan also refers to Banks' division as at Manassas,
when he must have known that his presence in
' the Shenandoah Valley had become necessary be
cause of the attack by Jackson upon. Shields-at
Winchester, which occurred on the 24th of March,
several days belore the letter of the Ist of April
om General McClellan. So that, in point of fact,
the only troops in front of Washington, • inde
pendently of the forts, were the .two advanced
guards under Abercrombie and Geary, stated to be
7,180 men. Here, then, we are to see - the covering
corny of twenty-live thousand men.
Independently of this, theme were but about ten
thousand men in the forts themselves, with about
flve thousand men necessary as guards within the
city. There were. in fact, but about twelve: thou
sand men in all, in the city and in the forts ; for,
according to the report of . General Wadsworth, his
force of about nineteen-.thousand men was.to be
reduced, first, by four regiments, detached alto
gether by General McClellan, amounting to (say)
three thousand men ; and then further, by four
thousand men to be sent to Manassas, leaving but
about twelve thousand men under his . command
for the city and the forts. The four thonsand men
were to be Relit to Manassas, evidently a mere out
post, like the stations under Abercrombie and
Geary. Add these four thousand men to those un
der Abercrombie and Geary, and we would have, in
all, less than twelve thousand troops in advance of
the forts,' to be called a " covering army," which,
with the twelve thousand remaining
i under the or
ders of Wadsworth, would make, n all, twenty
four thousand men as the maximum left for the
defence of Washington, 'when Sumner's estimate
of the force necessary for that purpose was forty
thousand men, while a much larger force was
necessary in the opinion of the three other com
manders. The lowest estimate of men necessary for
garrisoning the forts has been seventeen thousand ;
the highest has been thirty-five .thousand. Let it
he seventeenthousand, and the force left in the
forte would fall short of it by about seven thousand
amen. This with the deficiency in the covering
ainty, would make about nineteen thousand men,
sheet equal to the two diviiiions of McDowell's
Fumy corps, after deducting Franklin's division,
which was sent to General McClellan on his appli
cation specifically for that division.
It is plain from this showing that the President,
by the detention of the two divisions of McDowell's
corps, merely made good his original orders of the
Sth of March, and this had become necessary because
McClellan had "neglected" to obey the ' very ex
plicit" orders of the President on this point, as re
'erred to in his letter of the 9th of April.
The facts, its above stated, are indisputable, and
while the President's language, imputing to General'
McClellan a " neglect" ot his very explicit orders,"
is respectful to General McClellan, and is character
istic of the known urbanity of the President, mili
tary men must give to his conduct another and a
harsher mune, and will call it disobedience of orders.
When General McClellan found that by leaving
behind the force required by the President and
the council he would weaken himself too much to
carry out hia plan, he might have asked for more
troops, or he might ruin the risk of trying his
plan with such as he had, but he had no right
to disobey orders. Had he tried and succeeded,
he would have been the hero of the war. Even
after disobeying orders, by taking more troops
than he was entitled to, and setting up his judg
ment against that of the President and his military
advimeiH, if he had taken Richmond, all might have
been overlooked. But he neither obeyed orders nor
succeeded. lie neither allowed the President's plan
to be tried, nor succeeded in his own. Hy . what
mysterious- process of logic this , is called inter
fering with General McClellan," i '• ve are unable.to
divine. Nor can we see how any one with an
ounce of brains can insist, that under these circum
stance, the President is responsible " for the failure
of the Peninsula campaign.
From San Francisco.
SAN Fuxxcisco, Jan. 23.—The markets are very
dull to-day. Liquors unsettled. • Alcohol 70c. Pure
Spirits 40c. One thousand tons Anthracite Coal
have been sold at $ 15.
Arrived, ship Viki from New York.
The custom house officers have seized 150 cases of
Havana cigars, charging a violation of the revenue
by under valuation, causing a commotion among
the tobacco dealers.
The California Senator.
SAN FiraworecO, Jan. 22.—Six ballots were taken
in the Legislature for. Senator to-night. Mr. Phelps
received 43 votes at onetime, but only 37 on the last
The New .York •Legislatuse..
B
ALANY, Jan. 23.—Several ballots were taken for
Speaker in the Assembly this morning, without re
sulting in a choice.
TilE PRESS.--PITILAPELPHIA, SATUEDAY, JANUARY 24. 1863.
XXXII/th CONGRESS—Third Session.
WAS7EINGTCIN, January 23, 1863.
SENATE.
Excused.
Mr. FOOT (Rep.), of Vermont, asked to be, and
WAS, excused from further service on the Committee
on Naval Affairs, on the ground that his duties else
where occupied a great portion of his titne, espe
cially in attending to the sick and wounded soldiers.
Vacancies Filled.'
On motion, the Vice President filled the vacancies
in the several committees as follows Mr. Hicks, of
Maryland, on the Committee on Foreign Relations;
Kir. Arnold, of Rhode Island, on the Committee on
Naval Affairs ;,Mr. Turpie, of Indiana, on the. Co
mmittee on Public Lands and Claims.
Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, asked to be ex
cused from further service on the Committee on
Naval Affairs, on the ground that his duties on other
committees required all . his time. •
Mr. HALE (Rep.) of New Hampshire, hoped the
Senator would not insist on being excused. There
was no man on whom the committee relied more,
and to lose two such men as the Senator from Ver
mont and the Senator from lowa in one day, would
look too much like going into bankruptcy.
Mr. FOOT said the Senate had better excuse the
Senator on all other committees than that on Naval
Affairs.
The Senate refused to excuse Mr. Grimes.
Messrs. HOWARD and HARRIS presented peti
tions in favor of a general bankipt act.
Reports to be Publtshcd.
Mr. ANTHONY called up the bill from the Ifouse,
te provide for the printing of the annual reports of
the banks of the United States. Passed.
Eiidence of Claims.
Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, introduced
a bill to provide the means and mode of taking evi
dence to support claims in certain cases against the
United States. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
The Convalescent. Can4p.
Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New jersey, offered a
resolution instructing the Military Committee to in
quire whether the' sick and invalid soldiers, in - the
Convalescent. Camp, near • Alexandria, receive
proper medical care and attention, and whether any
portion of them are -compelled to remain in tents, ,
without fire and without sufficient protection from,
wet and cold, and forced to lie on the ground, with
out beds and blankets; and whether any examina
tion has been made by the surgeons, that such as
may be incapacitated from further service may be
discharged; and to ascertain under whose control the
medical department of the said camp is placed.
Adopted.
General Ofliceis.
Mr. RICE (Dem.), of Minnesota, offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, directing the Secretary of
War to inform the Senate whether any more major
and brigadier generals have been- appointed and.
paid than authorized by law;. if so, how many,
giving the names, date of appointment s and amount
paid to each.
- Revenue Tax on Paper. .
Mr. ARNOLD (U.), of Rhode Island, ofThred a
res.olution, which was adopted, requesting the Secre
tary of the Treasury to communicate to the Senate
the amount of revenue, if any, that has accrued to
the Government of the United States, since the pas
sage of the act of March 2d, 1561, § from duty on print
ing paper, and whether, in his opinion, the reduction
of duty on printing paper would tend to increase the
public revenue.
The Plans of General Burnside.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered
a resolution instructing the Committee . on the Con
duct of the War to inquire whether Major General
A. E. Burnside has, since the 'battle of Fredericks
burg, formed plans for the movement of the Arniy
of the Potomac, or any portion of the same ; and if
so, whether any subordinate generals of the said
army have written to or visited Washington to op
pose or interfere with the'execution of such a move
ment, and whether such proposed movements have
been arrested or interfered with; and if so, by what
authority. Laid over, on motion of Mr.. Wilson.
The Stolen Drafts.
Mr. HALE (Rep.) called up the joint resolution for
the relief of the present owners of drafts drawn by
Russell, Majors, and Waddell, and accepted by John
B. Floyd, authorizing them to bring 8)114 in courts
of the 'United States. . , • ''
A fter some discussion on the resolution, the morn
ing hour expired. • •
List of Generals.
A communication was received front the Secre
tary of War, transmitting a list of — mojor and
brigadier generals in the service. Ordered to be
printed.
_
The French in Mexico.
Also, a communication from the President, trans
mitting report and correspondence concerning, the
exportation of arms for the use of the French Rimy
in Mexico. Ordered to be printed.
Railroads.
Also, a communication from the President, trans
mitting a joint resolution and the. Memorial of the
authorities of the city of Washington, relating to
the construction of certain railroads, and asking•the
attention of Congress to the same. Ordered to be
printed.
Sick and Wounded Soldiers.
The bill to provide for the greater comfort of the
sick and wounded soldiers, and to promote the effi
ciency of the medical department, was takdn up.
On motion of Mr. :WILKINSON (Rep.), of Min
nesota, the section giving increased rank to the chief
medical director and senior surgeon in the Surgeon
General's office was stricken out—yeas 26, nays 13.
On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN (R.), the sections
providing for the addition of one assistant surgeon
general, two medical inspectors general, twenty sur
geons, and forty assistant surgeons, in the regular
army, was stricken out.
On motion of Mr. COLLA.MER (Rep.), of Ver
mont, the provision for increasing the commutation
of rations was stricken out, and a section substituted,
authorizing the Surgeon General to procure such ar
ticles as may be necessary for the proper diet of sick
and wounded soldiers.
After considerable discussion the bill, as amended,
was passed.
Increase of Clerical Force. ''
On motion of Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massa
chusetts, the bill to provide for an increase in the
clerical force in the Quartermaster General's office,
and for the appointment of three auditors and one
solicitor in the Quartermaster's Department, was
taken up.
Mr. HALE moved to strike out the section pro
viding for auditors and one solicitor. He was will
ing to give all the force needeg, but : not to make
more auditors in the Department:,
Mr. WILSON hoped the Senate would to thei
section, as it was utterly impossible to do the,hl2l- .
ness of the Department with the present force.
Many of the auditors were months behind In iettling•
the accounts in their charge. The Paymasteels De
partment also was very much behind because they
have not force enough. -
Alter some discussion, the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPBESENTATIvt,S.;
Finance Bill.
The House went into Committee of the Whide on
the state of the Union on the bill to Pros - kW:kir the
support of the Government. •
The Taxation of Banks. ".; •
The consideration of the section taxing . , Winks,
&c., was resumed.
Alr. LOW (U.), of California, moved to strike out
the ninth section, amendatory of the independent
treasury law, so as to allow any money obtamed
from loans or internal revenue to be deposited in
solvent hanks, &c. Disagreed to by one majority....
Mr. WHITE (Dem.), of Ohio, offered a %new
section: "That none of the money ralied under
this act shall be drawn from the treasury except in
pursuance of specific appropriations madi by law,
nor expended in the purchase of negro slaves, or. as
a compensation for slaves emancipated by any State,
nor for the arming, equipping, and supporting of
fugitive slaves)) .
Mr. WHITE (Dem.), of Ohio, called upoli the
gentlemen to put their finger on any statute 'ait
thorizing the revenue to be devoted to any
purposes. Fugitive negroes were now maintained
at laige at the public expense. • Was the 11rilted
States to be converted into an eleemosynary asylum
for fugitive negroes, and white men taxed for,their
support'?
Mr. OLIN (Rep.), of New York, said it ought to
be known here and rebuked that the statement of
the gentleman has not the slightest foundatibri iu
fact. The rant and fustian about the revenue of the
Government being devoted to maintaining negroes
freed by the proclamation is totally unteriable. - .-The
revenue has not been expended for any suchtpur
poses. When the official report shall be received it
will be seen thatthese outcasts and outlaws, instead
of being a charge on the treasury, have been a source
of profit. He would avoid, on all occasions, anyre
marks which, while it was the duty of all to do
everything to maintain the Constitution 14 its
death•struggle, would be seized upon to embittoithe
South still more, and discourage the hopes otthe
North, and to encourage such mortifying seencii ae
are enacting at the capital of New York State..ilin
would not add fuel to the flame, and wolaWyteld
almost everything for conciliation and harmony...
Mr. STEVENS (Rep), of Pennsylvania, read for
Mr. White's benefit the provision of the Constitii
lion which provides that no money 'shall'be driwn
from the treasury but in consequence of appropfia
bons made by law. -
WlGgi‘ IFFE (Union), of Kentucky, sahrlt
would he remembered that he heretofore offered a
resolution calling upon the War Department'to
state the expenses incurred for taking care of•the
negroes, and from what source the money had ,been
drawn for that purpose. He believed that Mr: Ste-
wens and his friends objected to and defeated that
resolution. if he had power to send for persontfand
papers he could show that the money appropriated
to cm& on the war has been applied to clothing and
maintaining negroes captured or seduced from their
own ere.
Dlr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, said the factit in
the case were represented ten times as bad as;thdy
really were. He himself had introduced a resolution.
calling for information. He • understood from..an:
officer of the Government that the employment_ of
contrabands, instead of being_ a loss, had been jv ,
Retiree of revenue. The gentleman from Kentlicliy
(Dlr. Wickliffe), in a recent speech at - Indianapolis,
stated that money had been misappropriated fotthe
support of such persons. If this were so, we shOuld
promptly make the correction, for the Governthent
has no right to expend money in such a manna.
Be did not believe there had been a misapplicition
of the money. Speeches of the character of those
made to.day were calculated to poison the minds`,Of •
the people, and distract them toward the Govern-.
ment.. .•;,.
•
AIL NOBLE (De* ' Oh!
ult. Dm,— (Dem.), of aio, remarked thatqh .
President, in reply to the Chicago Committee,: said
that some division commanders were issuing more
rations to the negroes than to soldiers. ,
Dlr. DUNN replied that such rations might have
been issued, but paid for, under the law authorizing
the employment of central:ends fortiflca-
Mr: NOBLE naked whether the gentleman - denied
the truth of what he had'atiserted: - '
Mr. DUNN remarked that'a resolution heretofore
offered by himself would bring out the factiC4f
there had been such Misapplication of money
charged, it should be 'rebuked. Heespecially
1111X1011$ for an answer, because the public mind had
been abused and poisoned on the subject.
Mr. NOBLE inquired whether the gentleman had
visited Green's Row. •
Mr. DUNN replied that he was .not bfrequenter
of that place. • • •—• ,
Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, did not understand Mi.
Dunn to say that the payments had been made ac
cording to law.
Mr. DUNN replied that if the negroes were em.
ployed by the Government, they were entitled to be
compensated like white laborers. The Government
could not vote money to them in charity.
Mr. COX said that if his friend from Xentucky,
as charged by Mr. Dunn, had uttered such words as
poisoned the minds of the people, it vas owing .to
the persistent and consistent acts of the Republicans
in voting down resolutions designed to get at the
truth.
Mr. DUNN. I did not.
Mr. COX knew that he did not, but - resolutions.
- for the ascertainment of facts were voted (town;
but when a Republican (meaning Mr. Dunn) sub ,
witted one with a similar view,
it was passed nem.
con. He had heretofore stated that sixty negroes is
the department of South Carolina had cost the Go
vernment $3,600 a month. While the gentleman
from' Indiana-talked about poisoning .the public
mind, and the gentlerfian from New York (Mr. Olin),
about rant and fustian, why not let the facts come
out? He did not - believe .the latter's statement
would prove correct. On the contrary; the moat ex--
travagant'expenditures had been made without law.
and against the Constitution, which contained no
warrant for; a tax on ,white men for the benefit
of the negroes. . . •
Mr. MCPHERSON (Rep.), of PennsylVania, re
ferred to the law of July 17th, 1862, which provides
that the services of, negroes may be engaged for the
camp, fortifications, and naval service; and maybe
enrolled and s organized under such regulations 'Rai
,may not be inconsistent with the Conatitutio . a and ,
laws, and . which the President may prescribe:t
Another section also"provides.for paying them. •
Mr. WICKLIFFE inquired whether the old negro
women and children brought hither were •entaged
on the fortifications.? .
Mr. 11Itri - LERSON.teplied that was a class with
whom he was-not at all familiar: He did not know
how many negroea had been freed from rebel masters.,.
Something must
_be done with thooe who, escape. -
You cannot drive them into the ocean: • .•
The amendment was rejected—yeas Zl; nays
The t ornmitteetheri took up Mr. Hooper's substi- •
tute for the original ' .
Mr: HOOPE (Rep.), of Maas., caused a letter
froth the-SeTretary: of the Treaaury, dated December23d, to be read, accompanying a bill embracing the
latter's views, and commending to the most favora
ble consideration of the committee the provision for
banking organizations. The Secretary had requested
to be authorized to borrow nine hundred millions on
such terms as the exigencies of the public service
might require, and said he should certainly prefer a
much more limited authority ; and it would be gra
tifying and more acceptable. if Congress would de
signate what proportion of the aggregate amount
she uld be obtained in each of the modes euggested.
The bill upon which they had acted was not perfect
without giving power for the issue of legal-tender
notes equal to the power of conversion to the notes
issued on time. His bill was mainly that prepared
by the Secretary, with modifications. He did not
believe the financial affairs of the Government could
be successfully administered by that upon which the
committee had acted.
• .
Mr. HORTON (Rep.), of Ohio, replied, opposing
Mr. Hooper's bill, and saying that the latter had
brought in its support the sanction of the Secretary
of the Treasury, with the momentous authority of
the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means,
the gentleman from New York, (Mr. Spaulding),
and a very eminent New York financier. So it was
a bantling of many fathers, and, like Joseph's coat,
was of many colors.
Mr. Hooper's substitute was rejected—yeas at,
nave 67.
llr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, offered a new
section taxing the bank circulation 4 per centum
per annum.
Mr. WASHBITRINTE (Rep.) thought they should
not shirk a fair vote on the subject; but take the
question by yeas and nays in the House.
Other members debated the question.
Mr. Lovejoy's section was rejected—yeas 29,
nays 79.
Mr. Stevens' substitute was next considered. He
briefly explained its object.
Dlr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, opposed it.
Mr. STRATTON (Rep.) spoke in favor of the
bill, and moved that the committee order the seve
ral bills to be printed, and allow further tithe for
members to examine them.
_ .
The committee then rose, and the House ad
journed till Monday.
The Revenue RM.
The following are the Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th sec
tions of the revenue bill, as finally acted upon in
the House, yesterday, which, connected with the
sections already published, make the bill complete :
Sac. 8. And be it further enacted, That all banks,
:associations, corporations, or individuals, issuing
notes or bills for circulation as currency shall be
subject to and pay a duty of one per centum each
half year, from and after April Ist, 1863, upon the
average amount of the aggregate of the deposits
and circulation of notes or bills as currency,
issued beyond the amount hereinafter named—
th at is to say: Banks, associations, corporations, or
individuals, having a capital of not over one hun
dred thousand dollars, ninety per centum thereof;
over one hundred thousand and not over two hun
dred thousand dollars, eighty per centum thereof;
over two hundred thousand and not overthree hun
dred thousand dollars,. seventy per centum thereof;
over three hundred thousand and not over five hund
red thousand dollars, sixty Per cent. thereof; over five'
hundred thousand, and not over one million of dol
lars, fifty per centum thereof; over one million, and
not over one million and a half of dollars, forty per
centurii thereof• over one million and a half, end not
over [ two millions of dollars, thirty per centum
thereof;_over two millions of dollars twenty-five
per centum thereof. In the case of banks with
branches, the duties herein provided for shall be im
posed upon the circulation of the notes or bills of
such branches, severally, and not upoa the aggre
gate circulation of all; and the amount of capital of
each bank shall be the amount allotted to or used
by such branch, provided that all banks, asso
ciations or corporations, and individuals issuing
or reissuing such notes or bills for . circulation
as currency, after April let, 1863, in sums re
presenting any fractional part.of eildollar. shall
be subject to and pay duty five per centum each half
year thereafter, upon the amount of such fractional
notes or bills so issued, and a list or return shall be
made and rendered within thirty (30) days after the
first day of October, sixty-three, and each six months
thereafter, to Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
which shall contain a true and faithful amount
of duty accrued upon the full amount of the
fractional note circulation, and upon the ave
rage amount of all other circulation for the
next six months preceding, or which should ac
crue from time to time, as aforesaid, during the
time when such duties remain unaccounted -for;
and there shall be annexed to every such.list or re
turn a declaration, under oath or affirmation, to be
made in form and manner as shall be prescribed by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, pf the pre
sident or some other proper officer of said bank, as
sociation, corporation, or individual, respectively,
that the same contains a.true and faithful account
of the duties which have accrued, or which 'should
accrue, and not accounted for; and for any de
fault in the delivery of such list or return, with
such declaration annexed, the bank, associa
tion, corporation, or individual making such de
fault, shall forfeit, as a penalty, the sum of five
hundred dollars. And such bank, association,
corporation, or individual, shall, upon rendering the
list or return as aforesaid, pay to the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue the amount of the duties
due on such list or return, and in default thereof
shall forfeit, as a penalty; the sum of five hundred
dollars • and in case of neglect or refusal to make
such lish, or return, as aforesaid, or to pay the duties,
as aforesaid, for the space of thirty days after the
time when said list should have been made or ren
dered, or when said duties shall have become due
and payable, the assessment and collection shall be
made according to the general provisions prescribed
in an act entitled "An act to provide internal
revenue to support the Government and to pay in
terest on the public debt," approved .I'uly 1, 1862.
Sac. 9. And be it farther enacted, That the provi
sions of the act entitled "An-act to provide for the
better organization of the treasury, and for the col
lection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of
the public revenues," approved August six, eighteen
hundred and forty.six, be, and the same is hereby,
so far modified as to authorize
the Secretary of the
Treasury, at his discretion, to allow any money ob
tained from loans or internal revenue to 41e de
posited in solvent banks, to the credit of the Trea
surer of the United States. upon depositing, by
said banks, with the Treasurer an amount of United
States bonds or treasury notes not less than such
deposits, respectively, as security for the payment
thereof; and from time to time the Secretary of the
Treasury may use such deposits, by draft or check,
to pay any of the creditors of the Government, or
for transfer to the treasury or authorized deposi
tories.
SEc. 10. And be it farther enacted, That in order to
prevent and punish counterfeiting and fraudulent
alterations of the bonds, notes, and fractional cur
rency authorized to be issued by this act, all the
provisions. of the sixth and seventh sections of the
act _entitled "An act to authorize the issue of
.United States notes, and for the redemption or
ftinding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of
the United States,? approved February • twenty
fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall, so far
as applicable, apply to the bonds, notes, and frac
tional currency hereby authorized to be issued. in
like manner as if the said sixth and seventh sections
were herebyndopted as additional sections of this
act. ' And the sum of one million dollars is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to carry this act into effect.
SEC. 11 extends the penalties to officers in the
Treasury Department, and to those engaged in
printing and preparing the notes. ,
.
Tnar. AZIDERSON Tnoor.—Last evening,
a very spirited meeting was held of the relatives cod
friends of the Anderson Troop, at the rooms of the
Young Men's Christian Association. The room was
completely filled, and the proceedings were of a
somewhat excited character. Mr. Wm. H. Maurice
occupied the chair. The meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Field.
Mr. Maurice then made a brief address. Hesaid
that the - object of the present meeting was to take
meastues for the effective relief of those brave
boys of the Anderson Troop who were suf.
fcring under a terrible military necessity. The
officers wore their stars on their shoulders, and
- , the men carried them in their hearth. He ex
pressed his determination to devote all his ener
gies, and expend his last dollar, until these " boys"
would receive justice. A. fund , should be raised to
secure proper counsel for the defence of these noble
men, whdarenow,suliering as no humane man would
see his dogs suffer. Let these boys receive the sym
pathy they deserve, and let an effort be made to re
lieve them from a terrible military despotism. The
speaker announced that he would subscribe $5O him
self.
Rev. Mr. Field desired to know what effect Capt.
Palmer's recently published letter would have upon
any future proceedings.
Mr. Maurice said that Captain Palmer's letter
fully admitted the reasons for the Troop's refusal to
go into the fight.
The secretary then read a list of the members .of
the Troop who were sick at Nashville.: The follow
ing list of paroled prisoners was also announced
Corp. Ches. L.Hayden, G. Sgt. Francis P. Drinker,l.
Geo. S. Yocum, G. Ed. E. Lynch; I.
Sergt. Wm. Conrad, E. Abram Horn, I.
A. J. - BuChanan, E. Wm. F. Jameson; K.
W. Beverly Chase, E. Chas. E. Schelde, L.
Richard Pancoast, E. Benj.-Bartrain, L.
'William Tarr, E. ' Saml. T. Curtis, L.
Chas. T. Wilson, L.
Corp. R. W. Brownlee, F. W. Watt, L.
Robert R. Taylor, F. • John G. Marshall, L.
D. B. Bigler, I. Johnson Hubble, L
Jeremiah Warg. John G. Eckey, L.
Samuel Trimble. ]Harry Jacobs, L.
Alderman Thomas .requested that the reporters
present be kind enough to report the proceedings of
the meeting in such a manner as to cast no reflection
upon anybody. Ile reminded them that there were
many things said in an excited moment that should
not see the light in the newspapers.
Mr. Maurice assured the speaker that the re
porterswere gentlemen of discretion, and nothing
but thetruth would be reported. He then gave the
gentlemen of the press quite a complimentary notice
on theirgood looks and amiability, and quieted the
fen is of the previous speaker.
Alderman Thomas then attacked the letter writ
ten by Captain Palmer, and stated that the captain's
arguments and excuses were lame. The ,speaker
could prove, by the original papers authorizing the
formation of the Troop, that they were intended as
a body guard. The authorities at Harrisburg have
similar papers, but they cannot now he found. The
committee having this matter in charge will make
:every inquiry necessary to secure justice to the suf
fering men of the Troop.
• Mr. Theis. T. Mason did not know the object of
the meeting, but he would suggest that the corn
"mittee of six be divided so that three should go to
Washington and three to Nashville to look after the
.interests of the regiment. There was no use in
talking about the sufferings of the boys. Let us do
something to aid them.
Mr. :Maurice next requested that those present
'Would not lose sight of the primary object of the
meeting, and that was the collection of a sum suffi
cient to pay the expenses of procuring counsel to aid
the men iu their defence.
A number of subscriptions were received, ranging
from ss"up to $5O.
• .Bev. Mr. Cummings next addressed the meeting.
. He stated that he had visited Nashville with the
.committee appointed lot that purpose, and his heart
• Was saddened when he found the punishment in
flicted on the recusant members of the Anderson
Cavalry. He had conversed with Gen. Rosecrans,
who was of the opinion that while there were some
'circumstances which did modify their olfbnae, yet
the conduct of the greater portion of the regiment
was inexcusable. The committee had also spoken
'.to Gen. Negley, who said that he was proud of the
'Anderson Cavalry, and never doubted their .patriot.
'ism or valor, and thought that, had they been with
hint, he could have managed them satisfactorily.
Gen. Rosecrans wrote a despatch informing, those
of the Troop that did not go into the fight that if
they would consent to go again into the line of duty
he would assign . them to his headquarters. Mr.
Cummings carried the despatch to the men and read
it. 380 of them, who were confined in the " smoke
house," at once refused. The despatch was accepted
by 97 who were in jail, and there is no doubt that
they are now released from confinement.
Mr. Sullivan, a member of another special com
mittee, here stated that the men in jail had spoken
to him about the matter, anti had all determined to
stand out with their 390 fellow-members.
liar: Maurice continued to rocoive subscriptions.
A gentleman inquired hoW much would be re
quired to employ counsel to go to Nashville'? The
reply was that $l,OOO might be necessary.
The meeting soon after adjourned.
Departure of Troops----The Pacific Railroad.
Ninv Yong, lan. 23.—The 49th MassaChusetts
Regiment, the last of the troops for Gcn. Banks,
will leave to-morrow in the steamer Illinois. •
A Washington despatch says' that the President
has directed that the gauge of the Pacific Railroad
shall be 5 feet.
•
Fire at Binghamton, N. Y.
BINUIWITON, San. 23.—The Odd Fellows , Hall
was burned this morning including several stores in
the building. Partially insured.
PUBLICATIONS PECEIVED.—"INo Name," Wilkie
Collins , new novel, illustrated' byMcLenan. pub
lished by Harper & Brothers, received from J. - B.
Lippincott & Co., and from T. B. Peterson & Bro
thers. Also, the second edition of " AurOra Floyd,"
published by Petersons; " Verner's Pride," in two
volumes, by Mrs. Wood, also published by Peter
sons, from advance sheets; and the Atlantic Monthly
for February,—all from Petersons.
Xxovisil PICTOUTAL .P . ArEns.—We have' them,
dated the 10th inst., from S. C. Upham, 403 Chestnut
street—namely . , the Illustrated. London News, with
many engrailngs of the American War, and the B
lush-Med News of the World, with its usual portrait
srilplement,
CITY ITIOACS...
A POPULAR PHYLADELPILIA 11 , 113TITl7TION.
—There are few men who, by faithful service to the
public, have rendered themselves more indispensa
ble to the comfort and happiness of our citizens than
Mr. J. W. Price, the efficient and enterprising pro
prietor of the popular dining-saloon, southwest cor
ner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. A delicious
meal, with wines or any other desirable beverage,
can be had at his saloon at any hour, at the shortest
notice, and hundreds of gentle Men visiting the city,
with a view to leaving on the same day, now. go to
Price's instead of stopping at a hotel, whilst scores
of merchants and professional men habitually dine
there, for the simple reason that there is more zest
about his dishes, and homelike comfort at his tables,
than at any other restaurant in the city. His de
licious chicken salads, terrapins, and oysters in every
style, are unrivalled, and a large part of his busi
ness now consists in furnishing families and parties
with these sumptuously-prepared articles.
GUTERISI93T'B CARD PICTURES .OF GEN.
MeCr.r.r.t.Aic.—The iniperior photographic pictures
of General McClellan recently executed by Mr. F.
Gutekunet, at his galleries, Nos. 704 and 7Cia Arch
Street, are having a great sale. Orders are flowing
in for them from New York,, Chicago, Baltimore,
and other places. The card containing the General
and his lady, in the same picture, it has been impos
sible hitherto to furnish as fast as called for, al
though we learn that a supply of them will be ready,
at his counters, this morning. Orders arc also being
received for the life and intermediate sizes of these
pictures, which, by the way, are regarded by the Ge
neral's immediate family as decidedly the best that
have ever been made of him.
_A magnificent life-size
crayon is now completed, And will be on exhibition
at the gallery for a few days. Mr. Gutekunst has
also just published capital emits of the patriarchal
pastor of the Arch-street Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. Dr. Plumy; the late lley. Samuel R. Gayley,
of Media, and Major Frank Ward, of the Anderson
Troop.
lINF,ERXENTED BREAD—In another part
of the paper today we publish the announcement of
at copartnership, formed between Messrs. George C.
Bower, Thomas Potter ; & William E. Camp, for the
purpose of manufacturing Patent Unfermented
Bread. All of these gentlemen are wealthy, inthr
ential merchants of this city, and, under their ma
nagement, we have no doubt that the Unfermented
Bread—an article which, for sanitary and economi
cal reasons, ought to be universally introduced—
will very soon come into general use.
PURE, RICH, WHOLESOME, CONFEC
TIONERY, at moderate prices, our readers will find,
in greatest variety and excellence, at Messrs. E. G.
Whitman & Co.'s, Chestnut street, below Fourth,
next door to Adams & Co.'s Express. These gentle
men have left no experiment untried in order to
produce the best confections in the United States,
and their inlmense success is a deserved compliment
to their enterprise. In all kinds of fine mixtures,
•sugar-plums, roasted almonds, chocolate drops,
secrets, and fine candies, their stock is unequalled,
and their prices are unusually reasonable.
TDB FOHWABD MOVEMENT.—There iS
no longer a doubt that our grand army is once more
raising its mighty arm to give the rebels their
quietus. " Success to their enterprise !" say we,
even as all good men say about W. W. Alter, pro
prietor of the large Coal Yard, Ninth street, above
Poplar, for having introduced a number of desirable
reforms in this branch of business. Let all who de.;
sire the beat coal, and to receive the largest value
for their money, order their coal from Alter.
USEFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS FOR
GENTr.munx.—Mr...T. C. Arrison, proprietor of the
popular old G-intlemen's Furnishing Store, Nos.
and 3 North Sixth street, first door above Market
(formerly J. Burr Moore's), offers a magnificent
stock of choice and desirable articles in hie line,
among which his admirably-fitting Shirts, extra
quality Flannel Shirts and Drawers, Cassimere
Overshirts, superb and tasteful articles for the neck,
and his elegant stock of Gentlemen's Dressing
Growns, are especially worthy of mention. Gentle
men, who prefer to wear the best articles in this
line, will please make a note.
MILITARY GOODfi.—Officers of the Army
and Navy will find the most tasteful stock of the
various articles embraced in their . decorative outfit
'at Messrs. Oakford & Son's, under the Continental
Hotel. '
SUPERIOR BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.—MT. C.
H. Mattson, dealer in fine family Groceries, Arch
and Tenth streets, has now in store a fresh supply
of his celebrated "Silver Flint" Buckwheat Flour,
the best Buckwheat for baking purposes in the mar
ket ; also, all the best brands of Wheat Flour, fresh
ground, from the best quality wheat. .
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
"Your Troches are too well and favorably known
to need commendation."
lion. CHAS. A. PHELPS, Pres. Mass. Senate
"My communication with the world has been
very much enlarged by the Lozenges, which I now
carry always in my pocket; that trouble in my
Throat (for which the Troches are a specific),
having made me often a mere whisperer."
"I have never changed my mind respecting them
from the first, excepting to think yet better of that
which I began thinking well of."
Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
"Great service in subduing Hoarseness."
Rev. DANIEL WISE, New York.
"The Troches are a staff of life to me."
• Prof. EDWARD NORTH,
Pres.-Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
“ A simple and elegant combination fo; Coughs,
a z.c. » / Dr. G. P. BIGELOW, Boston.
"I recommend their use to Public Speakers.”
Rev. E. H. CHAPIN.
"With me the use of the Troches is an absolute
necessity, and I cannot understand how any officer
who is called upon by hie position to use his voice
in command, can succeed without them."
EDWARD F. JONES, Colonel Mass. 26th.
"They have suited my ease exactly, relieving my
throat and clearing the voice so that I could sing
With ease." T. IYUCII/112ME,
Chorister French Parish Church, Montreal.
OBSERVE.-A€ there are imitations be sure to ob
tain only "Brown's Bronchial Troches," which, by
long experience have proved their value, having re
ceived :the sanction of physicians generally, and
testimonials from eminent men throughout the
country.
Sold by all Dealers hi Medicines, at 25 cents per
Box. !Military Officers and Soldiers should hate them,
as they can be carried in the pocket and taken as occasion
requires.
DR. Weil,F, the New York specialist for
Chionic Diseases, will be on Saturday, 24th instant
at the Continental Hotel, where he can be consulted
—morning before 10, and from 2to6P. M. 22-3 t
COULDN'T SWALLOW AnisTOTLE.—Many
years ago, a member of (bieen , a College, Oxford,
wandered into a forest, having a copy of Aristotle
in Greek in his hand, which he intently read. A
wild hoar, of great size, and fierce ith hunger, wet
tacked him with open mouth, intending to take the
Scholar at a mouthful. The latter thrust his copy
of Aristotle down the throat of the beast, which
thereupon fell dead at once, killed by the dose. Some
modern literature is about as hard to swallow and
digest; but there is no difficulty experienced in
taking in a daily modicum of notices of the elegant
garments for gentlemen and youths, such (the gar
ments) as are gotten up at the Brown-Stone Cloth,
ing Hall of Rochhill & Wilson, Nos, 603 and 605
Chestnut street, above Sixth.
THE MANCILESTER GUAIIDIAN'S LONDON
CORM:SPONDENT.—The Lon s don correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian says that all he can learn
in regard to the recent plots against the life or the
Emperor is the certain fact of numerous arrests
having been made, and a report, not authenticated,
of the discovery of some kind of explosive missile,
or infernal machine, under a heap of rubbish in the
line of procession. lint, from the same source, he
hears murmurs from the populace against the Em
press—cries of "A bas les crinolines." "A Las la
Espagnols!" The Parisian populace do not like the
Mexican expedition, and they believe that the Em
press is at the bottom of it—egged on partly by
church influences, partly by old Spanish feelings.
The Parisian 'populace dress in the model of gar
ments procured at the One-Price Clothing Estab
lishment of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia.
ADVANTAGES OF BEING A WOMAN.—A
woman says what she chooses, without being
knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after
dinner, while her husband goes to work. She can
go into the street without being asked to " stand
treat" at every saloon. She can stay at home in
time of war, and get married again if her husband
be killed. She can wear corsets if too thick, and—
other fixins if too thin. She can get divorced from
her husband whenever she sees one she likes better.
She can get her husband in debt all over, until he
warns the public not to trust her on his account.
But all these advantages are balanced by the great
fact that she cannot buy her clothes ready-made at
an establishment like Charles Stokes Fz Co.'s, under
the Continental.
To HUSBANDS—
Oh ! look upon your wife's pale face,
. And hear her long-drawn sigh,
As wearily she folds her work
And lays her thimble by ;
For she has sewed from morn till night,
And yet so little done;
She really almost thinks her task
Has scarcely been begun.
And little ones, you know, must have
-Their complement of clothes,
Whether for summer's burning heat
Or winter's frosts and snows.
And she, the idol of your heart,
Must sit and stitch and stitch,
Because, forsooth, the seamstresses
, Are for the proud and rich.
But listen, and I'll soon explain :
You need no seamstress hire ;
• Sewing-machines can work as fast .
As lightning through a wire.
Grover & Baker's shuttle-stitch
Is highly recommended,
As having every requisite
For strength and beauty blended.
And then they have another kind,
For lighter use alone,
On which all sorts of family work
Can easily be done. -
Grover & Baker's--don't forget—
The finest and the best,
As all their patrons willingly
Conic forward and attest.
Buy your• Sewing Machine from those who sell
machines making both the Grover & Baker stitch
and the ahuttle-stitch, that you may test both and
select the best. At 730 Chestnut street, you can take
your choice of either stitch, with the privilege Of
exchanging for the other.
GEORGE
Steckls
. Inimitable
Plano
'
• jGould, •
Seventh aidOliestnut. ijals-thatlm
OUR CPiTEENS ARE NOT AWARE that we
httve.in our midst the best provided school for boys
in America. For twenty-one years Professor Ennis
has been engaged in mailing a collection of philoso
phical instruments, and museums of natural histo
ry, and now, after so many years of labor and a
very large expenditure of money, his arrangements
for boys are complete. Boys here learn all that can
be learned at other schools, as the primary English
branches, the languages, ancient and modern; and in
addition to all these, just before the close of the
school every day, the boys listen to an easy conver
sational lecture, and witness some brilliant and
beautiful exhibitions in the natural sciences. In
two years they thus hear four hundred different lec
tures, and behold four hundred different illustra
tions of science. This is one of the highest possible
advantages for the young. It enlivens and encou
rages them in all their other studies, and imparts a
world of the most interesting and useful informa
tion.
MESSRS. OKKFORD &Soli', under the Con
tinental Hotel, are now selling off' their superb
stock of ladies' furs at greatly reduced prices, in
anticipation of the close of the season.
S. W. WARFEL, Photograph Colorist,
has returned, and will be happy to meet his friends
and customers at 701 Chestnut st-icet.
PROLE BUTTER AND CllEESE.—lfouse
keepers wishing to purchase choice butter and su
perior cheese, selected with care from the best dai
ries in the coun try, will do well to call at the stand
of Mr. Slocumb, in the Eastern Market, corner of
Fifth and Merchant streets. He also offers a supe
rior article of pure cider vinegar, which may be re
lied on for its genuineness.
FINANCIAL• AND COMMERCIAL.
Matters on Third street were quiet to-day, and Prices
generally are those of yesterday; 147@147X was paid for
Gold; and 1440144 X for old Demand notes. Government
securities are firmer. Money is easy.
The Stock market was again fluctuating and excited ;
State fives fell to par, recovering to 101 before the close,
New City sixes rose to 115, an advance of 2; the old were
steady at 108. Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages
rose X; second do were active at ll2X—an advance of X.
Reading bonds were firm. Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal sixes sold at 96. Schuylkill Navigation were
steady at (19X Union Canal bonds sold at 23. Camden
and Amboy sixes,lB7o, brought 196 X. North Pennsylva
nia sixes 913 t. Wilmington Railroad sixes 1.223{,. Cam
den and Atlantic, first mortgages sold at par. Elmira
sevens rose 1. iThirris Canal shares rose 1. Locust Moun
tain Coal brought 29X. New Creek X. • Hazleton 55. Le
high Zinc 45. North American Insurance 20. Lehigh Na
vigation sold X lower. Reading Railroad shares opened
at a decline of X, and closed X lower than yesterday.
Camden and Amboy sold at 155. Minehill at 55, a decline
of 1. Philadelphia and Erie sold at • 37X. Cate
wissa declined X, the - preferred 1, Camden and At
lantic sold at 8, the preferred at 13-the latter an
n d vance of 1. Norristown at 58, a falling off of X eh_
tl e Schuylkill was active at a slight advance. North
Pennsylvania sold at 11; Elmira preferred rose 1; Beaver
Meadow, ; Peunsylvauia, 34.. PasSenger railways
were more in demand. West Philadelphia sold at 58;
Second and Third streets at 77k—au advance of 1. Gi
rard College at 26X—an advance of X. Spruce and Pine
at 163 —an advance of X. Race and Vine at 10. Chest
nut and Walnut at 55—an advance of IX. Green and
Coates at 40X. Tenth and Eleventh streets improved 154.
Philadelphia. Bank sold at nt?..i botaniercial at 49. The
market closed steady. $67.000:in bonds and 6,400 shares
changing hands at the regular board.
Drexel & Co. quote:
Dulled States Bonds. 1881 951 96X
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.... 95g 96
United States 73-10 Notes lo2,4
Quartermasters' Vouchers 655 Mils.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness...... __ :IX 1 die.
Gold 47 01735 p.
Demand Notes 41 (415 p.
The inspections of flour and meal in Philadelphia du
ring the week ending. January 2,1363, were as follows
Ball Barrels of Superfine..
Barrels of Superfine.
Do. Fine
Do. - Middlings.
Do. Rye
Do. Corn Meal
The following is the amount of coal transported on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during the week
ending Thursday, January °2,1963
From Port Carbon
" Pottsville.
Schuylkill Raven
" Auburn '
" Port Clinton
" Harrisburg and Dauphin
Total Anthracite coal for - the week 40,053 04
From Harrisburg, total Bituminous coal for w'k 4,755 11
Total of all kinds for the week
Previously this year
Total
To same time last year
The following is the amount of coal shipped over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, for the
week, ending Wednesday, January 21, 1563, and since
January 1:
Increase
Decrease
- N. P. WILLIS
Phila. Stock Exalt
['Reported b 7 8. E. SLATMAN T
FIRS
1000 Green Monnt...lots 634
50 do
220 Penne R lots 65%
1.0" Cam &Allan Ist m.lOO
600 Newifeek %
51 Lehi Zinc. ... 95
. 100 Phi. •Brie-R 88_
14 Ph Ca Bank 118
60 Cata R Pref 243,
200 do Pref.... 24g
70 do Pref ?43
100 do Pref. • bficvn 24%
10 Beay Meadow. 6853
200
d , City 8s new...-. .... 1 1 13%
P/3
6000
4000 6ch Nay 6s 'B 9 (21%
100 Cat.wissa N 736
80 R Pref 51
100 Cam&Atlan Pref.... 13
80f0 Pen naR 2d in : , 5wn.112.34
5000 do do 55wn. 1 12%
2000 Ponna R lst m 116%
1000 UnCslßds scrip on. Ni
12 N Anier In. 20"
BETWKE
200 Race-street R..... . 10
180 CatawissaßPref.ls 21%
100 Green Moun L. in... 5
4500 11 S Conn Gi 96
4000 Wilm Ii &4.• • s3w n 12236
6 Baal eton:Coal 65
50 Lehigh Zinc 45
SECOND
1000 Sch Nay 6s 'B2. • • 6356
16 Lit Schuylkill R. • • 4 4 %
t 3•2 do 44X
50 do 44X
40E0 Chas & Del Gs 115
10 Norristown R
25.5 Cain & Allan Pref ..13
1'4.'0 Cam & Allan It S
S d 0... . .... 8
50 Girard dol lee 11.• • 2131,
50 Cala R Prof 24%
100 do Pre! b 5 24.%
100 do Pre! b3O 21%
Catawissa .11 751
13 d 0...
~.. 73c
ICO Locust ,Mountain 2..qX
AFTER
14 Lit Sch 8... lots 14 41
12..5 do 45
CLOSING FRI
Bid. A sked.l
II SSa ono 9 / 1 %, 96
S 7-SOD b1k....10174 102
American Gold. 147 148
Phil 6e old..ex in. 106 109
Do new.ox in. 115 31.53;
Alleg co 6a R 55 58
Penna. 5s 300 1513 i
Reading R 4535 45X
Do bda
Do bd '70...RS 300
Do bds '86...1515
Penns R MN CS
Do Ist m 65..1164 117
Do 2d m 65...112 11231
Morris Canal.... 661 66
Do prfd 105..133 136
Do 62 '76....
Do 2d mtg... • .
Snsei Cana1....... ..
Do 68.. .. ... •
Schayl Na.d 43.1<. .44
Dc prfd ..... 13% 14
Do 64 '82.... 69 70
'Elmira B. 40 41
Do prfd...... 50 61
Do 7s Ist m.. 100 ..
Do 10a. .. . ... , 6514
N Penna. R 11 11%
Do 6a.. ..... . .91.5 g 91%
Do 10a .. —ll6 111
Phila. Ger Sc Nor.. 68 E 5,14;
Lehigh 'Val R... 70 -
Lehigh. Val b.:18..111
II 851074
II S6s '7l. . .. .
II S 6e 'Bl resist. 9514
SRN coup 96X 96
II S 6s 5 yr cOup—
S 6s 5 Yr reg••• 1;
Demand Notes :.14435 1-1-13
i
Trea Notes, 6 4C 99% 96
Trea Notes, 7.m...100g 102
Gold ....... 14S
Tennessee 61% - 62.35'
Virginia
North Carolina..
Missouri St 65.. 66 66g.
California 75..... •
Canton Company
Del & Ilud 120 ..
Tenn Coal C 0....
Cumb' and C Co. 22 . 22%
Pacific Mail 173% 174
t Ex-dividend •
Weekly Review of Philadelphia Markets.
JANUARY' "A-1863.
Business has been less active during the past week,
without any material change to note in any of .the lead
ing articles. The demand for Quercitron Bark is good.
Breadoduffs are less active. Coal is dull and prices ra
ther lower. Coffee is in good request, and prices ire
looking up. Sugar and Molasses are firm. There is
more doing in Drugs and Dyes. Fish, as usual at this
season, are quiet. There is a fair business doing in
foreign and domestic Fruit, at full prices. Hemp and
Hides are unchanged. In Iron there is'a good demand,
but most makers decline contracting for future delivery.
Lumber is quiet. Naval Stores continue very scarce.
Spirits Turpentine has advanced. Linseed 011 is active
at better prices. Prices of Petroleum are unsettled.
Provisions are in better request. No change in Rip).
Slat is firmer. Cloverseed is in good request, and micas
unchanged. Wool is firmer. lu Dry Goods there is
snore activity, and the market fur Cotton Goods excited
and on the advance.
•
The Flour market is not so active this week under the
less favorable news from abroad ; but holders are very
fine in their demands. and only some 110112,000 bbls
found buyers at flat 2!e0.373.4 f o r superfine ' eadeCn7 for
extras. and *6.57p.:7.t0 fur spring spring Wheat and good Ohio
extra family, at .which rates holders are free sellers ; the
sales to the retailers and bakers lunge as above fin sump.-
flnentid extras. anti $E (U)9 lad for Cluny brands. as in,
finality. Rye Flour is lower, anti offered at , S 3
1.1)1. Corn Meal is scarce, and held at Cur Pennsyl
vania and s4.fill bbl for Bra uttywine.
GRAlY—Wheat—The offetir ;pi are light, and the de
mand good at. a further advance, with sales of 60,1X10bushels good id whim Pennsylvania and Western rod'
at 15201157 c bushel, the latter fur amber . ; white ranges
from Ifif,Crlge, the latter for prime h.tutneky. Rye
comes in slowly, and Pennsylvania. comtnands 9409(k)
bushel. Corn is scarce end itt demand, with sates of
20,01X1 bushels at Sl©Sie for new yellow, stud &10391.1 c for.
old. Oats are steady, with Sitir'S . of 25,000 bushels Penn•
sylvanite at equal to 64.; for t'.2 lbs. Barley"4,o.o bushels
prime sold on terms not made public.'
PROVISIONS.—The• market is firmer, and prices. of
Pork are better, with sales of Western Mess at .i.f1.?..563
16... 9 :S for old and new. Mess Bea IS fair demand, with
further Pales of city-parked at. sl't' 15, and Western at
f 4 .1::@12.001 4 1.1.1, mud.. 600 bids
. Beer Ilams sold at bl 6 pl
bbl. Dressed flogs continue to arrive freely; nail sell at
$.5.5e taie "f 100 lbs.
For Bacon there Ls more . ingniry;
sales of plain and fancy Hams at 9011 c; Sides at 707 N c;
Shoulders at OgOkc:eash and short' u n to. Lard—The
stock is light, and firmly hold, with sales of 590 bids and
tree at I(Dt@lo)c4cash and short time, and kegs 11@)11Xo
7 0 lb. SOO Pkgs country sold at 01403;c. cash. Satter —
There is a good demand for Roll, with Stiles Of 159 bbIS tat
3F@Ve . and 200 pkgs 'solid-peeked at .14(2)17c. Eggs aro
lower and sell burn t EVA& "f dozen.
ME' .:VS.—There -is ti firm feeling in the Iron market,
and all active inquiry, but makers generally decline sell
ing at present rates; sales of 1,000 tons white at s:t4, four
nionths,l,ooo tons forge at Nu d to till/ cash, and 600 tons
Fe. 1 Anthracite at.*r.tkni ton, cash and thee. Small
sales of Scotch F ig at "s:.t4. Bar and Roller Iron is un
changed. Lead is held higher, and there is little or no
stock here; we quote at tW7fkgiel ice lbs. Copper is also
firm, and (in the advance, but the demand is limited.
BAlli.—Onercitron comes forward slowly, with sales
of lilt& at $34 50 11 ton. Tuitions' Bark sells slowly
at $1f.(0116 cord.
CANDLES arc in steady demand at 18 a(4t4oc, it;;
Nap, for city-rondo adamantine: Western Candles arc
salve, and tall owand sperm are without change.
COAL.—The orders from the East have fallenAdf, the
scarcity of vessels and high rates of freight limiting
shipments. The,Government being about the only pur
chaser. prices arc' nominally unchanged, and the' mar
ket generally dull.
COFFER—The stock here is very light, and the de-
TILE MONEY MARKET.
PITILADELPITIA. Jan. 23.18
Week. Previously. TotaL
Tons. . Tons. Tons.
5..534 11.531 16.915
se Salem, Jan. 23.
Ba. Philadelphia Exchange.]
BOARD.
310 N Penn mor scrip.. £0
10 Commercial Bank. .9
30N Peuna H • .. 11
5300 Penn r. N C&P.lois 100
5000 do opg&int 1003 i
3 Hazleton Coal 65
72 —do 2dys 53
Llt Eich.R
73 do ....eat — ,4
7 Lehigh Nay. 505
100 Gresn-strect R 40i;
10 Pecond-street R.... 173 i
200011 S One-year Certi. 5531
lOU 7.30 l l rea N cud .101
13S Sch Nay Prof ....b5 13
1000 Uuiou 6,5 coup. • .23
2000 Un as scrp o .12ds 223,1
200 Reading R 45%
6 W Phila R 53
- 50 Chest.. nt-at R....b5 55
1003 U S 6s 1331 4 16
5 Ca m & Amb R 15.5
7 Cam& Atlau R S
BOARDS
MOO N Penns 65.. 913 i
100 Spruce-st R 1) 16).4
50 do 1034
100 New Creek 3.‘
1000 U S 7.3oTrea. N Blklo2.
2000 Cam Sc Amb 66 '70..106'/,
BOARD
-
CO Read'g R..opgatint 453,
14 do .45
50 Phil St Erie R 37
403 City as 103
5700 do new. —.2klys 115
1000 IT 5 as '3l 96
50 Green Mount.. . • • 5
462 do lut;b3 5
15 Dlin9hill R ' lots 55
12 Second-st R._•-2dys 77%
]0 West ?Mix R 53
34 Cam & Amb R 155
17 do ?alts 1i
75 Morris Canal 56
2000 Penult :is C&P 101
1 2000 US 7.30 TreasNßlk .102
OARDS.
I 200 Soh Nay 6.5 '72...... OS
15000 Cites & Del fis 96
CBS—STEADY.
Bid. Asked.
Catawissa R..... 731 73i
Do prfd 2131 24%
Beaver Mead R.. 6931 • •
Minehtll R . 5.5 55%
Harrisburg R....-61
Wilmington 61 ..
'Lehigh Nav 65 ..
Do shares... 69 69%
Do scrip •••• 3331 35
Cam & Amb R... 155 157
Phila & Brie 65-106 109
San & Erie 75.... •
L Island R 2631 243(
Do b0nd5....101 .•
Delaware Div.... 41 4231
Do bonds....
Spruce-street R.. 16% 18
Chestnut-st R.... 53 65
Arch-street R.... 27 273 f
Race-street R.... 103( 11
Tenth-street R... 9631 39
Thirteen th-st R.. 25 26
W Phila R....... 6731 38
Do bonds-- ,
Green-street R... 41 4031
Do bonds.... .
Second-street .R... 77% 78
Do bonds...
Fifth-street 13 03
Do bonds.—
Girard College R 2634 26%
SeveuteAntb-st It 10 10X
Little Schuyl R.. 44% 453 E
New York Stoe
Closing Rnotatio
Bid. Asked.]
ks, January 23.
as at 33:2' o'clock.
Bid. Asked
N Y Cen RR. .... nog 1193]
Eri common:• •• 76311 7634
Erie Pref 103,11 101
Hudson,Riv 90 93)e -
Harlem R R 38 3SIS'
/Harlem R R Pref 70 751
'Reading R.R 19114" 913
Michigan Can—. 96 963 a
:Michigan South. 60% 61
Do. Guar .1023 . . i 1.02.31 i
Panama
11l Central 921 99
,Clove & Pitts.... 69 • Mg
'Galena & Chi-- 92.3( 93
Clay & Toledo... 90% 9031
Chi & Rock 1a... 93 93.3 i
Terre Haute Co.. • •
Chi Bar & Q 107 109
Diil &PrDu C Co 433 b 44,14
11l Cent Con bds• • • • • •
man ( ) limited, but prirss continue:A.4. fi rm
MOO bags, ineluding Ric. at 29(0)11c; I.aarra.7.,,'
and Jamaica at 31c, cash and four months. - .." •
corroN.—There Is a better demand, and ,„.;
2en3c le Ili better, with sales of 300 bales uplaar'•
7:k.. cask for middlings.
Lik
DRUGS AND DYES —For (
sales kids of for ien
are tendinrc upward, and the of eh '''". n ,
and prices better.enne aL , ),
FlSlL—There is very little doing in Mackend
priceryastesdy. Fates in lots from 'Ai:meat gp..*. — ,..
NO.l, 9 for No. 2, $3®5.2.5 for medlnm , att i '''
large o. 3. Codfish sells in lots as want e d a ; 'Sz
100 fb_s and Pickled Herring at 6 1 50 VI bid, '' l.7 .
FRULT.—A cargo of Sicily Oranges and Ulan,
arrived.. and been partly disposed of from th e Wit :
Privateterms. Raisons have advanced. G, -—'
aro hold at s2®3 it bbl. Dried Apples sep ,a ,7l/
leaches are rather more abundant •Sales r. 07 r „' , ,
quarters and halves at 63iigil0c. Pared v f ' ,- ''
scarce V
and wanted. Cranberries range fr. ' ".
bbl.'• • n it.
FREIGHTF.—Atnong the engagement, to lay
we notice I,G/0 bbls flour at 2s 611 . p bb l , „... tiu rv 7
led'e. bushel, and bark at dfis l'.'ton. A hut T.'
ing with Petroleurri at Rs. West India frei al' Li ars .;,..
A vessel was taken to Havana and return attic
and $3.60? -t for molasses. and it schooner (Cr -..- •.'
mini. Cos 'freights are 'unsettled A carg o (4 4 re
.taken to Hew Orleans at *7, and one to X ' 4l
86.50 f ton. .er 'At..
GINSENG is scarce. and no sales ( Weld*, e rld
alarilled•have been reported.
•.*
' GUANO le, Unchanged. Sales of Peruv i an at i
ton, cash. .
HOPS are held finnli, but the sales aro c r )
Eastern and Western first sort at 96(3,ti a I t a, rids.
O HIDES are firmer, but the want of stocks g a ,;.
HIDES
o. or
HAT is in steady demand, at 90@,se e th a IE4 Its'
LUBIBER.—There is but little doing in a ns .. ;...
usual at this season of the,year, and no cha ta ,42... 1 . 1 1.
v n i s e a w a
l C l v r o o c n r7 ; :
. 7 2 :1 a l
i l r: b e di r : 3" , 11 ::::;:m i l l i e i N : 4 71
bet,
lO D L n A d F G@ SES. 7OO .- I T o l l i d e s r . o .
ai&X')..., on time. 4.60 Itbls old crop New firl‘.;e'..
lasses sold at 36@d0c
- ..e.
on time.
NAVAL STORES—Common RONIII has ad nim
is selling in a small way att et& cne
coat. Tar and pa r !'
i i
main us last quoted. Spirits Turpentine I. „,.,.1 ...
with small Hales at $2.65._..2 IF ' E' gallon. ''" 3 .•
OILS.—The market, for Linseed is excited, and
have again advanced, Sales in a small war , 0 ,;,,
In maw - held higher. l'rices of Lard eta .:,'
Sales of. inter at 964g490c, cash. The Petroleum • L ',„
is unsettled, and supnlies continue to arrive irr,,,,.'
Sales of refined at 370 45 . cash. No cbanqe i n } I A go.
PLASTER.—TIiere is but little coining au. S a l es 0 7. 1
at ezt 0.44 -per ton.
RICE is quiet, there being but very little !leo:. $ t
sales at 7,&73de. cash
_,SALT.—'niere has been a further arrival, and .. 4 0 . „
Turk's Ward. The market is ilium.
SEEDS.---There is a good demand for Clorm,„„i. ,
prices are steadily maintained. Sales of ro m 1 ,.,
fair and prime at 1-3.76(ga.12X 'lli 64 tbs. A lot of TitS4
sold at e 2 25. The market is bare of Flaxseed 4.4.
wanted at eggli3.lo per bus.liel • s i:
SUGAR—The ma o rk r e le t a is ns fi: st in t firm, a n ti ;1;14.701
blids. mostly New
boxes Havana Sugar sold at I.o;ic, lt, - - r i , i r r ii , bb l ic,
at 10,laC 'fl 116.
BPI NITS is firth lint quiet, and mall safe; of lira, and Gin .. New, England Rum is better and n.,,- .; ,,
Whisky is in demand •a t an advance; sales of p,.7„"
vania and obit' bbls at 461550 c, and drinice at 44 4 14" .
• TALLOW is unchanged : sales of rendered at lON-.
cash. and country at 104010:4e. 3
doing. EA
TS remain without change and a small bus
TOBACCO manufactured of fine quality is settee
Sigh, but Leaf is dull.
WlNES.—There havo been no sale , worth ra t „. 4
and the market very firm.
WOOL.—There is it fair demand for the medium
fine grades, and the tendency is upward ; s a t" 0 -
%silt 66 lap to 70e, east,.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, Tan. 23.—Flour active; Ohio ex,
$7.60 Wheat active ; white steady. Con) ady,
12c ; yellow active; new 8747)84c, old 85%
Whisky steady, but quiet, at 60@50, , ,fc.
dull. Provisions active.
TRIP, TUE TRAVELUR
BY THE BARD OF TOWER BALL.
Of all the travellers I have known,
Tim TAP, to cousin of my own),
The highest praise has won:
For lie, on observation bent,
Ms many a hag of dollar:3 spent,
All with the laudable intent
To see each isle and continent
Illumined by the sun.
O'er Asiatic plains he passed,
And o'er Sahara's desert vast,
And met SiroCco's fiery blast,
Upon that sea of sand ...
To Norway's stormy coast he sailed,
Nor e'en. at Norws.y's vortex (mailed
Though mortal eyes no sight have hailed
More fearful or more grand.
The straits of Behring has he croswd
To regions of eternal frost,` -
Then, southward steering, scanned the pitre
Of Patagonia-s giant race.
lie saw the towers of Notre Dante,
St. Peter's, too, '(stupendous frame 9
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, too,
And StraslMurg's Miracle did view ;
. And yet he prizes more lb au all
- An insicleview of TOWER HALT..
All in need of-any article of Clothing shoal.] vi,, ,- . ;
es.tablishrnent—no effort shall be spared oa oa r pi
make the visit apleasant and profitable one to w'a)
favors us with a call.
TOWER HALL, .110. 51.3 MARKET Strrat, P hil „
phis. . BENNETT & Gl,, , .
..
44 • 838 1 ' ) HANY A YouCOITrEt ?
318.305 1.7 . . ' • - ' •
Tons. Cwt.
.. 14,844 OS
.. 32A 06
18,649 03
408 09
.. 5,353 09
.. 467 09
Use JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT gat once: it mri
you from Consumption. It will certainly cure LI:.
inveterate Coughs and Colds.
, HAVE YOU BRONCHITIS ?
Innen by JAYNE'S EMBECTORANT. It will -lin
the intimation, relieve the cough, pain, and ditiien:;l
breathing, and produce a speedy cure.
HAVE YOU _ASTHMA ?
363.147 12
3:1.393 14
JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT will orevonne
die contraction of the wind titben or air V....1N. ,
cause the ejection wh i ch t them the mucus •
_ _
10,0 g 15,715
HAVE YOU PLEURISY?
Ity taking two or throe largo doses' of JAYNES
PECTORANT in quick nlCCe%Sit>ll, and coPriat;
warmly in bed, the tihicaso will lie subdued at them
HAVE YOU CONSUMPTION? .
JAYNE'S EXPECTOItAIii will give you 1111 m."I.
relief. It el eanses the . litims fltom all irritatinst
while it heals and invigorates them. Thou..an.b w
have been given up by their physicians have lam
keyed to health by itu we.
••• wHoorixo-couu it, GEOUP, and all diseases of ;I
limp: or breast, ure effectually and speedily curt.; b
JAYNES EXPECTOIteNT. It is no new remedy.
thirty year. it has been before the public, the demar
for it constantly increasing, and the evidence of its ery
enrntive powers accumulating. In our Lauds. Why
give it a trial ?
Prepared only at 242 CIIESTNUT Strm,
K:s R -zt S
•
FURNISHING CHINA AND GLASS ESTABLISHM
• ' CHINA HALL, 529 CFIESTNITI STREET,
ThrectlY.OPPosite Independence Hall. Ph iladelplds.
Tratels; restaurants, and shipping sunPliel. Chia/
glaSs packed in • a proper manlier, and warranid it
Weal:age, to all parts of the United SI:1106.
N. D.—China decorated to order; ah 4, ildefi •
crests elegantly engraved on table glass. ji.144.21
S--T-1861- X.
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTLIS.
They purify, strengthen, and invigorate.
They create a healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to change of water and dist
They overcome effects of dissipation and late horzt
They strengthen the system and enliven the mild.
They Prevent miasmatic and intermittent favors.
They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach.
They cure Dyspepsia sad Constipation.
They cure Diarrhosha, Cholera, and Cholera Horlau
They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous HP.l , lB.Che.
They are the best BITTERS in the world. They mal
the weak man strong, and are exhausted nature's no
restorer. They are made of pure St. Croix Rum, there'
orated Caltsaya Bark, roots and herbs, and are taken w
the pleasure of a beverage, without regard to ages: tit
of day. Particularly recommended to delicate Pete)
requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold by all Grocer•, Pr
eds. Hotels, and Saloons. P. H. DRAKE di
BROADWAY, New York. aellan
ONE-PRICE CLOTIIING, OF THE LW'
arn..w, made in the Best Manner. expreKly for AV
SALES. LOWEST Selling Prices marked in Plea .
tares. All Goode made to Order warranted satidartorp
Oar ONE-Psis SysTEN is strictly adhered to. All
thereby treated alike.
delPely JONES Sc CO.. 604 BAREST Sired.
BATCHELOR'S Hint DYE!
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR'S celebrated Hair .
Produces a color not to be distinguished from Rawl
warranted not to injUre • the hair in the least; resit
the ill effects of bad dyes, and invigorates the Hair f
life. GRAY, RED, or RUSTY HAIR instantly
splendid Black or Brown, leaving the Hair soft
ss
beautiful, Sold by all Druggists, ..4c.
Air- The Genuine is signed WILLIAM A. RATf
FOR, on the four aides of each box.
FACTORY, No. SIBARCLAY Strett,
(Late Z3B Broadway and 16 Bond sired./
,Jos Tort
mv2S-Iv
MARP ED_
BEYDRICK—CAnNON. — In Bridgeville, Sn ws 01 2 '
t Del., on Thursday evening January ltth y, , by tilt
Thomas .1. Plummer, of the' Philadelphia Co
nk o c:„'
Charles' Heyd rick. formerly of Bridesburc.
phia, and Sallie P., daughter of Wm. Cuuuec.
Governor of the State of Delaware.
VAIVIIORN—V.AIIIIORN.- - On the 2:d lustant.ll;l:..
Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D. D., Robert Vanhora
Frances, daughter of the late William L. Vint'?
Surgeon U. S._. - Navy, all of this eity.
CRAWFORD—FRITZ.—On tho 15th imuun. in-
G. Wilson, V. B. M., Mr. Wm. M. Crawfiml
to 3L:
lurgaret Fritz, both of this city.
3=3-EFaD.
HII3BS.—On the 2:31 instant, Hannab A., NrifEc' ll3*.'
31. Hibbs. • •
Funeral from No.MX) Wallace street, on 3101.1,
lust., at .•, o'clock A. 31., to which the relativesa tat trie.;:.
•of• the family are Invited. Interment at Bristol, Va.
ENOLE.—On the 22d instant, Amelia Provest, 3tta4th
of Charies'l3. and Amelia J. Eagle.
The relatives and friends of the family are Or:
full .y invited to attend the funeral, from the resarl t ..
of her father, 3iain street, Germantown, on Meadan:,
Atlt instant, at 2 o'clock.• c ~,,h lb
HARM STEA D.—On the 2.3 d instant, Misr , ':••••
stes.l,.iu the Oth year of her age.„„,•:'
she relatives mid friends; of the family are rese--
invited to attend the timerul, from her late resiaeuee,
bomb Twentieth street, on M m
onday oruiug,,a , /" 1-1 ' 6 ••
without further notice. . . • d'
AIiDENBIEJL—On 21. st instant, suddenly. 01 . 1 ;
of the loom, 311.6. Jane 31. Audeuried, relict 0: •
udenried, of.Schitylitill county, in the
year' of her ago. f UT' h
Her friends and those of the family are resiPem ; h 33
v red to at tend her funeral, on Monday next,2 o `hi„3
at 2 0 clock P. 31 , from her late residence, 611
; , 1
Eleventh stre.er, without further notice. To ihcw.t.
Lanrellfill. •
HOWELL—On the Mkt inst., Airs. Frances Eo`rr!l is
the Slit year of her age. .s.„sflith
her friends and those of the family manr- ;411
invited' to attend her funeral,
o'clock 3l. from the residence of her A' 44 %).... !
Hod. Homer, 204 West Logan Square, 10111 , 11t 1,. .
notice. - E‘V”
to-day. (rdry..!
• NOBIN'SON.—day morning, Januar)" r•l ' •1
'H., daughter of - Jo n - N. and Mary A. itoninv 2 '
4t'll h v e
c lipr age.
immediatef
lay i!
relativea and friends of the • - 4 ,„
invited to attend the funeral, without furt!ler.
firm the residence of her parents, corner of rlor
and Market streets, this (Saturday) 'afternoon,lost'
•th TAY LOIL—On e lltuse at S o 'cluck.
the evening all ••• at Vit.!
be K 11
rh H. Taylor, wife of Mahlon
.° t 2,1 wl,.
Tarter, to tlu
year-of herage. •
The relatives and friends of the family ate rest -1 110 1!
invited to attend the funeral, from the resiar. ° s . l4o
ltushand; Taporsville, Bucks county, oh 1, 3 n
morning. the 2Oth lust— at 11. o'clock. The (rata .
Walnut-street wharf at 6 o'clock A. H.
'BREVOCHT.-4t Brooklyn, N. y., on ....Wl n i o ,ct
January 21st, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Capt. •3•
U. S. 31. C• in the Gist ye Franco,r age• • 1 434'
MUNEIg.—At Mend VII, JMlllary•
Waltun Morris, son of the late Cot. Lowv X . "' •
Morrisunia. in the 92,1 year of hi, age. 41.1
.130 0 . . c.
TIIONBUR.N —ln , New Haven, Conn., -
Grant Therburn, in the Mb year of his age
bier ` s
RAWLEY.—On the 21st 111, , 1311t.L.
Samuel H. and Letitia P. Hawley, ag.o /`
months, and 9 days.
BLACK Sllii S.--13ESSON S: SO •
3lonruing Store,. No. 918 CIIESTNUT -Stre tt ' lII'
opened a new :duck of
- BLACK' SILKS, r' -'g ,
Including. a ll the desirable makes and stYl ,
to tS'al a yard..
Black Alinniai t - % . lo Of•L . .
_: = cents. . '
Black
ttlossy..,Nloitirs, LO cents to sil.
Black aLi VOOl Moussidines 35 to 50 cents. -•
DO - do ' do dodde Widths, 75 tete ,. r'' 7
. Do English and French Itombazines.
~.Du !impress Cloths:, Baratbeas and Turin , -
•• • :DO Thiliet Lon:: and Square Sim win. •tc•
YRYBE k LANDELL, FOURTII
ARCH, have u fiu- assortment of
Good C :-•y Black Silks.
i alo 4 • Widows' Silks without gloss.
PriIE LANDELL, FOURTH
-ARCH. always keep a fine stock of
• • . • Staple Ileneelield (loads. -
Best )InAins, Linens, and Flitnneli.
IRE - di LANDELL, FOURTH A_
AItCH. aiways keeps tun lbw of
Mourning 811:Lile.
jalo FnAhiona Sho WIS.
SPEpiAr., NOTICES.