4 1 11 rt'ss.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1863
sir- We can take no notice of anonymous comMu
nioations. We do not return rejected manuscripts. •
Mr Voluntary correspondence solicited from all
parts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When,used, it will
be paid for.
The Case of. General Porter.
We have, no feelingin - reference to the
Case of General FITZ JOHN PORTER beyond
a regret that such a' ttitil has been necessary,
nor have we
,expressed any opinions upon
the merits of the case, because we had no
wish lo do' any injustice to one who has
shown hiMself a gallant soldier. We had a
hope that General PORTER would have pass
ed the ordeal unscathed, and that it wotild
• be shown in the verdict of the court that he
had been not only a gallant, soldier, but a
good general. The review of Judge Advo
cate HOLT dissipates that hope. ' This able
and searching analysis is conclusive as to
the guilt of General PORTER, and the sen
tence of the President was a just and severe•
example. Much of the odium that fell upOn
General - .l l orE is removed by this de
cision, for it shows that, while 'he was
laboring to attain a victory, the negligence
and apathy of General PORTER made his ef
forts fruitless and barren. The -case - of
General PORTER will have a beneficial ef
fect upon the discipline of the army. His
fault was not fully comprehended at the time
—it is, perhaps, not fully comprehended
now. Our war ants taken at times suck a
personal aspect, so many parties have be6n
formed out of it, that we had begun to look
upon the capacity or incapacity, the folly or.•
judgment, the valor or cowardice of military
men, only as they believed in certain politi
cal parties or principles. When General
PORTER was first charged with misbehavior,
one class of men looked upon him as a vic
tim—others as a traitor. He was neither.
He.simply represented a certain army inte-•
rest, and was one among others who re
garded that interest with a veneration that
should have been .given to the country. It
alone should gain victories, or retrieve de"-
feats. If it could have saved the country
and crushed the rebellion, it.would no doubt
have done so, but the country and the cause
were made secondary to personal prefe
rences and ambitions. In this : way General
PORTER sinned.
The judgment of this military •court will
put an end to this spirit of insubordination,
jealousy, and unjust ambition. Hereafter,
the soldier who has any other aim than his
country's welfare will be degraded and dis
missed. Hereafter, the army officer must
place his duty above all personal or party
conflicts—it must be his honor and his life.
The soldier 1011 see the grand and holy
cause' in which he is engaged as' something
too sublime to be trifled away in resent
ments and jealousies. There arc others, no
doubt, who have sinned as deeply as Fen
Jois . Ponmnat. They did so thoughtlessly - ,
and it may be because the standard of
military honor has been demoralized.
The fate of this officer will be an admo
nition to them. We do not think his faults
were those - of deliberate treachery, and we
have no doubt he will regard his own con
duct now, when the• excitement and the mo;
lives that lead to it in the beginning no
longer exist, as something terrible and sad.
When General PORTER allowed his heart
to follow•personal friendships %enmities—
when he permitted himself to criticise where
he should have obeyed, and to resent de
crees 'That .did not affect him—when, in
short, he . looked upon victory as something
to be accomplished in a certain way and by
a certain army, he fell, and by the decree of
a body of soldiers, who are his peers and
companions, he is stricken from the rolls of
the army. We arc pained to think that
such a stern example has been necessary,
and that one who has in other times shown
bravery and devotion, and who possesses
many excellent qualities, should go into his
tory with CONWAY, GATES, and GROUCHY.
The Address of Mr. Hughes—Treasin in
Pennsylvania.
The familiar story of the " Old Man of the
Sea," with the sorrowful plight Of poor
Sinbad, the sailor, when' he r uaertook to
carry him on his back, suggests to us a very.
proper idea of the present position of Mr.
F. W. HUGHES and the Democratic party.
Mr. HUGHEs was adopted, out of charity,
by a tender-hearted convention, as the
Chairman of its Central
.Committee, because •
Lis previous neglect by a party he had
served with so much patiente and assiduity,
was likely to lead to scandal, and produce
demoralization among the faithful. He had
gone around the mill-path so patiently on
kind words and short allowance, that it would
not do to send him out to the commons,
along with such unforttirtate war-horses as
Mr. GLAN cY - JONES, HENRY D. FOSTER,
Judge CAMPBELL, GEORGE SANDERSON,
Judge BLACX, who having served their
party and theme elves for the best part of a •
century, are dismissed to the cold comfort of •
the meadow and the heavens. Mr. HUGHES_
had given indications of being such a siM-
ple-hearted and kind gentleman, that he
was made the chairman of 'the Democratic
State Central Committee, very much as the
village statesman is placed in the chair at a
tavern gathering, to keep him quiet and
amuse his vanity. The progress of the
campaign, however, very soon convinced
the kind-hearted Democracy of the mistake
they had made. HUGHES was on its back,
and determined to remain there. He per
formed the most fantastic and unaccountable
exploits. He • wrote long letters, and' ad
dresses, and proclamations, and advised the'
Democracy to get up a riot, and begged Se- ,
cretau SEWARD for a certificate of loyalty, -
and called for two hundred thousand De- •
mocrats to overthrow STUART, and be
seeched .the Democratic papers to publish ,
his lucubrations asadvertisements, with
out taking the trouble to - see the confiding
journalists remunerated, and did many other
amusing and extraordinary things. As the
Republicans could not very well stay at
home and vote; and at the same time re
main in Virginia, Tennessee, and Carolina
and - fight, the party of Mr. HuorrEs carried
the State. This. was ecstasy to the Old .
Man.. He twisted his limbs tighter and
tighter about the unfortunate Party, 'and de
termined it• should take him to the Senate
chamber, even if it perished on the way.
When it got as far as Harrisburg it found
the mistake it had made. In vain the am
bitious Old Man was implored to dismount,
and be satisfied with the honors he had re
ceived ; in vain he was reminded of origi
nal conditions ; in vain he was delicately
charged with4isloy9y, and the absence of
every trait that Pennsylvania needed in a
Senator. The gladsome Old Man was not
. to be wheedled, admonished, or compelled.
He only twined his limbs closer, spurred
his unfortunate victim into a faster pace,
and to leave no blotches in his work, sent
for a deputation of Philadelphia Democrats
to aid him in his journey.
Those who know, the history of the
Sena
torial canvass need not be told how very
nearly the Old Man succeeded.- The tri
umph of Mr. BucKALEw' was a great effort,.
and was' looked upon, with joy by tha
oppressed party. "Now," said the over-.
driven Sinbad, " I have at last thrown the
Old Man and am free' once more, and if I,
ever give my shoulders to another decrepit
wayfarer may I be strangled." He was
-mistaken, for the gay old patriarch still has
the use of his limbs, and is more rampant
:than ever. He is evidently excited and
:angry about the Senatorship, and has made
up his mind to finish the party for the
'wretched trick it played hiM. He, has taken
to writing, and publishes another addres4: -
'This is the worst prOof of his malignancy.
Ills address is - brief, 'which is a remark:
able: circumstance, but is "bitter, and fool-,
ish, and vain, and treasonable, which is
not remarkable.. No other man but F. W.•
'HUGHES could write 'Bach a document. He ,
Is' determined to make Lay in the sunshine,
or, to return to our illustration, to keep
Sinbad running'while his strength lasts: • It
seems, according to this characteristic effort;.
tha this defeat has reduded the DeMocracy
of the State into a condition of lamentation
and despair. So he pacifies them, " Let
lie assure you," he Says pathetically, "that
yOu have but little 'Occasion for any. .regret.
I have had comparatively little other feeling,
or anxiety on the Subject of my election,
than that, perchance, I might,- in the posi
tion sought, he.,the humble instrument tin
der Providence," and so on. With this ex
pression of regret that Providence found
an humble instrument without troublhig
hhn, he giveus his further opinions about
the country.: It will be iemembered that
in the. last campaign a series /of sup
presSed resolutions, contemplating the se
"cession of Pennsylvania •along . .ivith South
Carolina, 'were published. lir. HUGFEES
avowed their authorship, but begged pardon
and • denied that such a 'thought' had 'ever
been seriously entertained' by him. Then
the sly Old plan was disposed"to be cau
tious and conciliatory, for there was a va
cant seat in the Senate. Chamber, and au
open door that seemed to beckon him. So,
as we have said, he denied all treasonable
intentions, implored forgiveness, and pro
mised to sin no more. . •
The opened door has closed—the seat is
filled, and Mr. Ilnosms is out in:the cold'
among the
.Tills of Pottsville. He, there ,
fore, disregards his recantation, , and now
avows his previous sentiments to be still
strong within him. • He not only publishes
his own shameless treason, but - basely en
deavors to cover Mr. ByprazEw with its
odium. Here is. his declaration : " While
our national glory would be best promsted
by the preServation of 'our present political
relations with the New England States, yet if
they will insist upon the destruction of the
:Uniott- by the subjugation of the Southern
States,, or by their separation from-them, Icon'
ready to yield to the latter i'ather than to the
former of such alternatives." Again, we
are told that the New England States " are
our rivals in commerce and manufactures, and
the sacrifice of submitting to. their separation
from the great South and TV:est.!' And, fur
ther, after publishing . ..his .treasou, and aP•
pealing to the cupidity - of our :commercial
and Manufacturing citizens for an endorse : -
ment, he endeaVois to makellr. BocKALEW
a representative of the same sentiments. We
do not know what the views of Mr: BucxA
LEW. may be, nbr are we particularly anxious
about them, but.we must implore his friends
to be careful, or lie will be crushedin the gene
ral ruin which this pertinacious Old Mau is
busily plotting. It becomes the DemoCratia
party to di - sewn Mr: HucarEs . ; to - denounce
his treasonable sympathy' with 'the disloyal
Sonth, and "his . hostility to the loyal East ;
to spurn the cowardly counsellor who went
upon his knees before an election and beg
ged forgiveness, only to rise again when the
election was over and all hope of personal
advancement had passed 'and repeat his sin,
or it must submit to the disgrace that such
sentiments entail. It must throw the Old Man
from its back or die. For ourselves, we look
with horror upon the accepted leader of a
great party making such a shameless avowal
of disloyalty. We know the masses of that
party are honest. We believe they detest
treason with the warm impnlse of the hiyal
heart. We have warned them before, but
they heeded us not. They now see an addi ,
tional and the most damning evidence of
the complicity of Democratic leaders in
Pennsylvania with the traitors in the South,:
and we again implore them to cast these
men aside as enemies of the cause and
unite with the loyal millions. of their fel
low-citizens in our mighty effort to crush
rebellion, restore the Union ; and end the
war.
Atlantic Telegraph.
There are strong grounds for believing that
the submarine . cable which it is now pro
posed to laybetween the Okl.Worldsand the
New, will secure effective telegraphic corn;
munication. The defects which made the
attempt of 1858 a failure can all be remedied
by improved manufacturing skill and more
wisely-directed scientific processei. It is
calculated that the profits will pay handSouie
dividends to the shareholders and alSo leave
a surplus for the construction of a new line
every two or three years. But there is one
defect in the plan which ought to prevent
American capital from being engaged in
this project—both termini are to be on Bri
tish soil, one in Ireland and
. the other in
Newfoundland. One terminus of the new
Atlantic Telegraph ought to be in the United
States r -say at Portland or Boston. In other
words, let England control one terminus,
let Atherica control the • other, and then,
whatever betide, fair play may be expected.
Otherwise, in case of political trouble be,
twe,en Beth_ PowerS, the United States
would be suddenly and completely cut off
from tdpgraphic communication with. the
Old World, whereas England would retain
telegraphic connection with her British North
American possessions. It can 'scarcely be
expected that American capital will be em
ployed to build up an exclusively British
line of Atlantic Telegraph, such as that must
be which has both termini on British soil.
It would take very little additional cable to
carry it on to Portland, which is also a
more central and accessible terminus than
Newfoundland.. Give Americans eqUal
possession with Englishmen of the line, and,
even in our present monetary difficulties,
the American share of the capital' will be
forthcoming, but, we venture to affirm-7244
otherwise.
T. JEFFERSON BOY6I, a member of the
Legislature of this State ,from
_Clearfield
county, has consented to play a part for
the benefit of the Democratic leaders; in
which he has forfeited his own self-respect
and the respect of otherS. He charges in an
elaborate published card that Gen. CAMEROR,
deliberately offered him a bribe, in the sum
of $20,000, if he (Boy En) would throw his
vote for him (CANrEnorr)for Senator in Con
gress. With the fact fresh in the general
mind that the Democratic leaders, and among
them many who exulted over the manner
in which General CAMERON reversed a De
mocratic majority in the Legislature in 1857,
when he defeated a Democrat for United
States Senator, had arranged for the punish
ment, if not the murder, of any one of their
party who . . would dare to vote for a friend of
the Goveinment and the war in this -crisis,
their presentation Of T, AFFBltson
BOY7ER's indictment against Gen. CAmEnOist
only proves that, in order to gratify their
hatred of their country, they arc ready to de
stroy the reputation of their own friends, and
to endorse the most atrocious personal calum
nies against a distinguished citizen of their•
own State. No loyal man will be for a mo
ment affected by an accusation, the malig
nity, not to say the absurdity, of which com
pletely destroys it. We understand, how
ever, that General CAMERON will not hesi
tate to meet this new attempt of his enemies
whenever the proper opportunity is present
ed, and we predict that the parties to the
whole. proceeding will regret their participa
tion in it, even more than the unfortunate
Mr. BOYER himself.
HON. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, the late 'Sena
tor from Indiana, who was appointed 0-suc
ceed Mr. BRIGHT, and whose term expired
with the- election of Mr. TURPIE, is now in
this city, on his way to the West. We wel
come Senator WRIGHT as one who has done
great service to the country. He is a repre
sentative man. Attached to the old .Demo
cratic party, and high in its confidence, when
den gerbegan.to overshadow the Union. he
Spurned all affiliation - with it, and declared
himself to be for his country, and • nothing
but his country. This was his record
when he entered the Senate, and this is
the record that he leaves behind hiin.
He has been in the councils of the nation
for an exciting and important year; he has
taken part in many grave and momentous
questions. , And he has so borne himself
that, without committing his name to party
or party creed, he gave the cause earnest
and unselfish support..: Mr. WRIGHT is one
of the few remaining Democrats that re- -
Mind us of the party as we knew and loved
it in better days, and •he returns to Indiana
with the esteem and gratitude of all loyal
men.
. TRH BURNS ASSOOTATION.—This evening, at the
Handel and Haydn Hail, this Association, establish
ed four years ago, will celebrate the 164th anniver
-li/try of the birthday of Robert Burns, when Daniel
Mclntyre, Esq., will act as Chairman, with Thomas
Duncan, Jr., and Davld Winebrenner,, Esq., as
Vice Presidents. The`supper will be supplied by a
reliable caterer, Mr. S. A-la-Barth. < •.
LETTER FROM " 000AS/0/VAL*"
WAiiiirioivw,,Jap. 24, 1803
..When the aristocracy of thOorith took up
arias against the .Govennierit, : theY did so,
counting, as their extended preparations
proved, all the terrible hazards of the experi
ment. It was only in the loyal States that their
sincerity was doubted. Our *devotion to the
Republic was so earnest ; • it had covered
the whole land with so many blessings ; had
been so rich a benefaction to all the races of
men ; had so amazed and maddened the ty
• rants of the earth ; so equirlized the poor 'and
the wealthy; had so fostered. religion :and
religious toleration, that we did_ not believe,
however the slaveholders might bluster, that
they, or any other class, would dare to lay
their rude bands upon an altar so sanctified
•by all the : sacrifices of .the past and all the
advantages
. of the present. Had the same
movement been really made against the
Christian faith, we could not. have been
more surprised, than when, at last; the
melancholy truth burst upon.thc world, that
these men, Americans, were rash' and bad
. . .
enough to seek the life of the Union of these
States. And in proportion as this awaken
•ing from a too flattering illusion was sud
den; so was the resolve that decreed the
punishment of treason solemn and un
changeable. - The rebellion soon proved
itself to be formidable. Its scope was broad
and sweeping. Its purpose inexorable and
bloody. It began.in the , one great crime Of
treachery to a good Government; and as it
has progressed, new crimes have added new
horror and disgrace to its record. Is it,
therefore,. to be suPposed that the fiends,
who cast.from their hearts all loVe for the
Government that had fostered and. strength
ened them, and all sympathy for;those who
have been and still are bound to them byties
of blood and family, should'.be spared* the
Federal authorities? They did • not expect
it; for, as I said; they counted. all the cost..
Why, then, should these . authorities be held
back by the whining sycophants and sympa- -
thiiera with. treason in the free Starter? The
traitors give quarter to no Northern interest.
They glory when they hear that our industry
is paralyzed, - our commerce .. cut off, our
brothers murdered, and our cities threat
ened with :anarchy; and, as they feed and
fatten upon slatery, they also glory. in the
fact, that as the. Government seeks to weaken
them in that, they have - backers in all
our cities and towns, who, blind to
their havoc upon the whites of the free
States, and deaf to the cries of the wounded
and the mourners over the dead, are only
'agonized when the slaves of the South are
sought to be • released from a condition
which makes their the granary, the al
miner, and the' fortress of the rebellion.'
No I Slavery must suffer in this great con
flict. A.sin before the war, it is a tenfold
sin now. Of course, as the heart is reached,
there will be many cries of. agony, much
terror, and more desperation. But this,Wa4
to have been expected.. We should be
nation of dotards and idiots if we: did not
protect our Government at every hazard
and at every sacrifice. I cannot better Con
clude this letter than by giving you the.
following splendid passage from Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, , in his great book, "The
Autocrat of the. Breakfast Table"—a work
so full of poetical sense and sound philoso
phy, that it should be in every library and
on every Centre-table in the land. The ap
plication is alike eloquent and striking : ' ,
"Did you never, in walking in the fleidi, come
across a large, flat stone, which had been, nobody
knows how long, just where you found it, with'the
grass forming a little hedge, as it were, all around it,
close to its edgeal and have you not, in obedience to
a kind of feeling that told you it had been lying there
long enough, insinuated your stick, or your foot, or
your fingers, under its edge, and turned it over as a
liouseWife turns a cake, when she says to herself,
TVs done brown enough by this time.' What an odd
revelation, and what an unforeseen and unpleasant
surprise to a small community—the very existence
of which you had not suspected, until the sudden
dismay and scattering among its members produced
by your turning the old stone over ! Blades of grass
flattened down, colorless, matted together, as if they
had been bleached and ironed; hideous crawling
creatures, some of them coleopterous, or horny
shelled turtle-bugs, one wants to call them; some of
them softer, but cunningly spread out, and corn.-
presged like Lcpine watches, black, glossy crickets,
with their long filaments sticking out like the
whips of four-horse stage coaches ; motionless,
slug-like creatures, Oung larvae, perhaps more
horrible in their pulpy stillness, than even in the
infernal wriggle of maturity! But no sooner is
the stone turned and the wholesome light of day
let upon this compressed and blinded community of
creeping things, than all of them which enjoy the,
luxury of legs—and some of them have a good
many—rush round wildly, butting each other - and.
everything In their way, and end in a general Stam
pede for under-ground retreats from the region
Poisoned by sunshine. Nest year you will find the
grass growing tall and gieen where the stone lay;
the ground-bird builds her nest where the beetle had'
his hole ; the dandelion and the butter-cup are
growing there, and the broad fans of insect-angels
open and shut over their golden disks, as the
rhythmed waves of blissful consciousness pulsate
through their glorified being. • • • • 311 '
" There is meaning in each of those images—the
butterfly as well as the others. The stone is ancient
error. The grass is human nature borne down and
bleached of alt its color by it. The . shapes Which are
found beneath are the crafty beings that thrive in dark
ness, and the weaker organisms kept helpless by it.
who turns the stone over, is whosoever• puts the staff of
truth to the old lying incubus, no matter whether he do
it with a serious face or'a laughing one. The next
year stands for the coming lime. Then shall the nature
which had lain blanched and broken rise in its full
stature and native hues in the sunshine. Then shall God's
minstrels build their nests in the hearts of a new-born
humanity. Then shall beauty---Divirdty taking new
lines and color—light upon the souls of men as the
butterfly, image of the beatified spirit, rising from
the dust, soars from the shell that held a poor grub,
which would never have found wings had not the stone
been lifted. You never need think you can turn over any
old falsehood without a terrible squirming and scattering
of the horrid little population that dwells under it."
• OCCASIONAL.
DEPARTMENT. OF VIRGINIA,
Important Capture—Execution of a Crimi
nal—A. Remarkable Editorial from the
Richmond Exfunhaer—" The South will
he Conquered in Another Year, ,, dL•c.
FORTRESS 11Ioinon, Jan 23.—Commander Morris
captured one schooner and ten sloops last night at
the mouth of the Currytuck creek, near the James
river. The schooner's cargo was purchased in Nor
folk, the bills amounting to $5,900, and consisted Of
gum shellac, quinine, and boots and shoes.
Frederick Letz, a German, warlumg at 1 o'clock
to-day at Fort Wool, on the Rip Raps, in conformity
With the decision of the court martial recently held
at Fort _Maine and the approval of the President.
Letz formerly Riled in Baltimore, but had beeft em=
ployed as a teamster in the army while on the
Peninsula. He shot a negro, With whom he had
some controversy, about three months ago, in .the
town of Hampton, Va.
AN' IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Xiichinond Exaniini7 Qf the 2 0 th has a remark
able editorial, in which it makes the following sin-•
gular admissions:
"It is not altogether an empty boast on the part
of the Yankees that they hold all they, ever held,
and that another year of such progress as they have
already made will find them masters.of the Southern
Confederacy. They who think independence is to be
achieved by brilliant but inconsequential victories,
would do well to look with the natural eye at the
magnitude of, Yankee possessions in our country.
Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri are claimed' as
constituent parts of the Confederation. They are as
much in the power of. Lincoln as Maine and Minna
ot a. The pledge, once deemed foolish by the South,
that 'he would "hold, occupy, and possess" all, the
forte belonging to the United States Government;
has been redeemed almost to the letter by Lincoln.
Forts Sumpts r and Morgan we still retain, but, with
those exceptions, all the strongholds on the sea
board, from Fortress Monroe to the Itio.Grande, are
in the hands of the enemy. •
"Very consoling and very easy to say that it was
impossible to prevent 'all this, and the occupation
of the outer edge of the Republic amounts to nothing.
Drewry's Bluff and Vicksburg give the lie to the
first assertion, and the onward movement of Rose
crans towards Alabama, the presence of Grant in
North Mississippi, and of Curtis in Middle Ar-.
kansas, to say nothing of Banks at New Orleans
and Baton Rouge, set at rest the silly dream that a
thin strip of sea-coast only is in the pOssession of our
foes. The truth is, the Yankees, are in the very
heart of the Confederacy ; they swarm on all our
borders; they threaten every important city yet be-,
longing to us, and nearly two hundred thousand of
them are within two days' march of the Confede
rate capital. This is no fiction. It is a fact so posi
tive that none can deny it.
"Nor is this all. The President tells us, in his
message, that the troubles with the Indian tribes
have been removed, and no further difficulty is anti
cipated. The intelligence we obtain from private.
and trustworthy sources does not confirm the Presi
dent's sanguine assertions."
Th'e Examiner goes on to say that the condition•of
affairs is "distressing" for the Confederates,• ithat
New Mexico and Arizona are; for the time being,
lost to them, and that "the state of disaffection in
Tennessee and Mississippi. (growing out of the ap
pointment of incompetent officers and the fancied
neglect of that country by the Confederate Govern
ment—not from any lack of fervor in the cause),
which President Davis' visit was intended to heal,
is likely to revive under the depressing influence of
Bragg's retreat and his continuance ineommand—•
add all this to the foregoing, and it will be seen
that the Yankees have much to encourage them in
the prosecution of the war, and we not a little to ex
cite serious apprehensions as to the future.
The Examiner concludes its Jeremiad by urging
the further !enforcement of; the conscription, and
says: If within the next two months we do not add seventy-
Jive or a hundred thausand nun to our, forces in Me South.
west we shag come to
ForernEss Mormon, Tan: 24.—The steamer Van
derbilt sails from here to-morrow, to tow the iron
clad steamer WeehaWken South. . The Vanderbilt
has a full supply.of coal for a cruise , after the Ala
bama,•after performing the alboveduty., •
Fall, ottlie Market House ,at
. .
Ottio—Lo — si."Of ;Life.
CINCINNATI, Jan.. 24.Thel markets house at
Zanesville 'fell this morning, killing seven persons
and wounding many others; 'The • building was
Crowded with people at the time. I Theneeldent' was
caused by:the -weight' of ' the:Snow- on the•roof. , • -
PRESS.- - YITILA.DELPEEIA.,, MONDAY, . JANUARY 26. 1863.
Gen. BURNSIDE watt in the city to-ctsy, and had
an interview with the President, • Bearettify.:l3iAli-
Tow, and General Iliaratcx.
It js generally believed here that all reports that
only a 'portion of the Army of the Potomac has re
cently crossed the Rappahannock are without foun
dation in fact. A telegram from the headquarters
of the. Army of. the Potomac, received to-night,
states that' there is nothing of interest to commu
nicate. .
The voyage ofjthe ironclad Weehawken to For
tress Monroe has re-ezdablished conftderice in the
seaworthiness of the. MOnitors of the improved
build. Captain RODOERB telegrsphs • the history of
the voyage to the Navy Department. When of
Delaware Breakwater r the tug which had the Wee
hawken in . tow, frightened by the coming gale, put
im,.but Captain BoDoxns Stood on his course, say
ing he wanted to see what stuff his vessel - was made
of. The storm of Tuesday night was &hurricane.
The waves ran thirty feet, and rolled over the deck.
A little *titer leaked in at some of the port-holes,
and there was a slight leakage forward, but no da
mage was done, and no repairs are required..
A ContradiCtion.
General BUTLER telegraphs here that Mr. Ben
ue:Teo reported •statement before the Committee
of Elections, that he
.(the General) interfered in the
Congressional elections in. New Orleans, requesting
BOULIONY, as a candidate, not to run, is entirely
false. The statement was not credited here when it
was first'made public in a New York paper.
The President favors a plan proposed by some of
the NorthWeittern members, to enlist done of the
loyal Indians in the western part of Minnesota and
Daeotah, to protect the white settlers and repel the
in+Oion of those Indians who are still in arms, and
disposed to make more trouble,
•
•
Much inquiry is made as to the cause of the ar
rest of Mr. DJMINO, late Associated Press corre
spondent with the , Army of the Potoniac.' We do
not understand that Mr. Dzarrrro _committed.any
criminal or other offence than that, afterhe ceased
to represent the Associated Press,:•he entered the
lines of the army in his old capacity as corre
spondent, and engaged in trade, whieh was a viola
tion of the regulations..
. ,
Arrivals at the Soldier's Rest.' .
,
The following have arrived at Soldier's Rest
per train : 230 recruits for the 7th Blaine regiment.
Colonel Mason, (which was lately sent to Maine to
have its ranks filled,) and also a few.recrulis for the
25th Newlork regiment.
A Reception.
Mrs. LINCOLN'S Saturday afternoon reception was
largely attended yesterday, and from I to 3 P . . 11. there
was a steady procession of carriages lettingklown
and taking up at the White House portico. -The
representation of diplomats and familipa - W'ai
ceedingly brilliant, and the gathering, 'in fact, in.
.oluded a large portion of the people of note now in
Washington.
Secretary 011A81: gave a dinner yesterday to a num
ber. of Senators and Representatives. Among the
number present were George Bancroft, General
•Cameron, Collector Barney, of New York, John
Jay, of New York, Senator Collamer, and Hons. J
T. Nixon, of New Jersey, Shellabarger, Bitter,
Thomas, Edwards, and a number of others. ,
Bill for the Admission ot• Utah.
In a few days the House, Committee on Twill*.
ries will report a bill for the admission of Utah into
the Union as a State. "
The bill provides for the abolition of polygamy,
and, unless the delegate from 'Utah sliouid 'give his
assent to this provision being inshrted, the bill will
not be reported.
A bill will shortly be reported in the House for
the erection of Shona Territory, which will include
Within . its limits that portion of the territory
formerly belonging :to Oregon and occupied by the
Shoshone Indians, and all of Nebraska west of the
27th degree from Washington, and that portion of
Dacotah Territory lying south of the 46th parallel
of latitude.
The Postmaster General, in answer to a House
resolution, reports the cost of mail transportation at
$93,060 annually: $13,600 to the Newlersey Rail
road and Transportation Compfiriy, $20,250 to the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company, $37,-
600 to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad .Company, $12,000 to the Baltimbre and
Ohio Railroad Company, and $9,800 to the Camden
and Amboy Railroad Company. These companies
have been paid to• January of the present year. In
addition, $6,873• has been paid to messengers and .
local agents, and $7,200 annually to route agents.
Legal Adviser for the Quarteimastees
Ilepartnient.
The Senate yesterday palmed a bill providing for
the appointment, by the President, of one officer of
legal attainments and abill,ty, at.an annual salary of
$2,600, who shall advise the Quartermaster General
of all legal 'questions arising in his departthent,
three fourth•claffit clerks, nine clerks 'b cla4 one,
and thirty copyists.
The Senate Finance Committee reduce the House.
appropriation to sixty thousand dollariin the,(isfrk,
cultural Department, on the plea thatit is necessary
to retrench at all points. . e - - . •
General Officers Nominated foi Prom:titian.
'by the President. •
In addition to the promotions of MajOrgenerals
SVBINtIt, HooKan:and HEINTZEIMAIC, already, an
nounced in The Pres.!, the following list:of 7nomina
tions for major and brigadier generals htii, been lent
to the Senate by the President ".z. •• r.
. ,
Brigadier. General Silas Casey, Of theVnited States
volunteer& MAY 3 4 1862, •_"
Brigadier General Charles S. namilton or the
United States volunteers t September 19,1862. • •
'Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss,•of the
'United States volunteers, November 29, 1862:,
:Brigadier General John F. Reynolds, of the United
States volunteers, November 29, 1862.
Bilgadler General Oliver 0. Howard, of the United
States volunteers, November 290862.•. .
•Brigadier General Daniel E. Sickles, of the United
States volunteers, November 29, 1862. , • • _
- Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield, of the Unitee
States volunteers, November 29,•1862.
Brigadier General • Winfield S. Hancock, Qf. the
United States volunteers,Noveznber 29, 1862.
, Brigadier General George Sykes,
of the United .
States volunteers, November 29, 1882. . • • •
• Brigadier General William H. French, of the Uni
ted States volunteers, November 29, 1862. • .
Brigadier General James .S. N. Negley, of the
United States volunteers, November 29, 1862.
-Brigadier General John M. Schofield; of the Uni
ted States , volunteers November 29, 1862.
. Brigadier General John M. Palmer, of the United
States volunteers, November 29, 1862. .
Brigadier General Napoleon J. T. Dana, of the
United States volunteers, November 29,• 1862.
-Brigadier General liiram G. Berry, of the United
States volunteers, November 29 1862.
Brigadier General James G. Blunt, of the United
States volunteers, November 29,4862. •
.Brigadier General. Napoleon B. Buford, of the
United States volunteers, November 29,1862.
Rrigadier General Carl Schurz, of the. United
States volunteers, November 29, 1862. . v. • .•
.Brigadier General Ffancis J. 'Herron, of thelinited.
States volunteers, November 29 1862. •
• Brigadiet,General Joseph J.Reynolds of the Uni
ted States volunteers ;: November 29, 186 i
- Colonel John V. Dußois, additional aid-de-camp,
United States army. 1 -
Major Israel Vogdes, of the Ist Regiment United
States - artillery.
• Colonel Thomas H. Neill, of the 23d Pennsylvania
volunteers (captain sth United States infantry.)
Captain Thomas G. Pitcher, of the Bth Regiment
United-States infant •
Colonel Thomas W. :Sweeney . , of. the 52d Illinois
volunteerit,. (captain 2d United States infantry.)
f i f
• Colonel Charles R. Woods, of th 6th Ohio volun
teers, (captain 9th United States i antry.)
-ColonelWilliam W. Lowe, of the th lowa cavalry,
(captain-6th United States cavalrA)'
•Colonel John S. Mason, of thereith Ohio volun
teers, (captain 11th United ibfantry.)
Colonel. David McM. Gregg, of the Bth Pennbyl
vania cavalry, (captain 6th United States Cavalry.)
Colonel Alfred T. H. Torbert of the third . ..few Jer
sey volunteers, (captain 6th United States infantry.)
Colonel William H. Lytle, of the 10th Ohio volun
teers.
Colonel Gilman Marston, of the 2d New Hamp
shire volunteers. - '
Colonel Michael K. Lawler, of the 18th{ llinoie
volunteers. - .
.
Colonel N. H. Williams ; of the lid lowa. hifantey.
Colonel Halbert E: Paine; of the 4th Wiiconsizt
volunteers. ,
'Colonel Lysander Cutler, of the 6th WiSoOnsin vo
lunteers.
Colithel Joseph''. %nipe, bf thin 46th Pentaylvi.-
nia voNnteers.
Colonel I.E. W. Wilke, of the 19th afassachueetin
volugeeie.
'Colonel James R. Barns,,of the 18th Massaohueett t s
volunteers.' ."'
Colonel Cyrus Hussy, of the 3d lowa cavalry. •
Colonel. Alexander Schimmlpfennig, of the '74th
Penntlylvania volunteers.
Colonel' Edward Harland, of the Bth Connecticut
volunteers.
. Colonel Charles K. Graham, of the 74th Naiv York
volunteers. . .
Colonel W. Krzyanoivski, of the 68th dew
York
volunteers.
Col. John Beatty, of the 19th Ohto volunteers. •
Col. John M. Harlan, of the 10th Kentucky volun
.
teers.
Col. Hugh B. Reed, of the 44th Indlatuyvoluil
teers.
Col: Benj. C. Grider, of the 9th Kentucky volun
. ,
Col. James Gavin, of the 7th Indiana volunteers.
Col. John B. Sanborn, of the 4th . Minnesota vo
lunteers. '
Col. F. D. Baldwin, of the 57th Illinois volunteers.
001. John Logan of the 23d Illinois voulnteens. •
Col. Frank S. Nickerson, of the 14th Maine vo
lunteera.
Col. Edward H. Hobson, cif the 13th Kentucky
volunteers. •
Col. William Harrow, of the 14thimlian t a volun
teers.
Col. Thomas G. Allen, of the 80th illinols volun
teers.
Colonel Roy Stone, of the 149th Pennsylvania
volunteers.
Colonel Thomas H. Ruger t of the sci Wisconsin
volunteers.
Colonel Benjamin F. Smith, of the 126th Ohro
volunteers.
Colonel John Coburn, of the 33d Indiana voluri
teere.
Lieutenant Colonel Elias S—Dennis,..of the 30th
Illinois volunteers.
Stephen G. Champlin, of Michigan.
Colonel John W. Fuller, of the 27th Ohio voluti
t.eers..
ColozgAlbert L. Lee, of the '7th Kansas cavalry.
• Colonel Thothas A. Rowley, of the 102 d Pennsyl
vanla'volunteera.
: COlohelAdon Guitar, of the 9th Missouri militia.
Mi-D. , Leggett, of Ohio.
R. P. Rucklandi of Rhode Island.
•
J. 11. Mower.
J.P. C: Shanks, of Indiana. •
Wrif.4l. French, of New York. •
David M. Dunn, of Indiana.
i Colonel•J.-M..Chithigton, of the lat•Golorado vci;
lutiteera. • ' - • , •
Colonel George P. McGinnis, of the 11th Indiana
olunteers. - . - • -
Colonel John F. Hartranft, of the Mat PennayiVa
ilk volunteers. • - • •
Colonel 0. C: Marsh, of the 20th Illinois volun.;
•
teers.
Colonel•Willhun Birney, of the 4th NeFr.Jersey,
volunteers.
Heotor Tyndale of Pennsylvania. •
Colonel thailes:O.podge, - the' Ist New York
mounted rifles. • ...• • :
Colonel J. P: Pielter;_of• the 6th Pennsylvania re
serve ;xiglT; : ;
iti;risom, of the tith vo
lunteerSl
Colonel M. Dl. l Croollter; of the 13th 'lonrit volun
teers. - . . • ,
I Colonel WilliautllCOttoti, of the 94th Illinois INI•
-? • •,-,r • ,
w*RrithaTOlNl.
SpeOlbtfbilailiteneS to The Press.lr
WASHINGTON. Jormary 25, 1568.
Army of the PotoMat. '
The Weehawken.
The .Loyal Indipas.
Arrest_ of Mr. Deming.
Public Dinner.
Erection of a New Territory.
Coit of Mail Tranniortation.
Agriciltural Department.
TO - BE NUJOR
.0-EMMt4%MS
TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS
TO RA:SX PROM 1.TOV13:4111t11. 29, 1862.
DEPARTIVENerseIIii - etLk,
'Gunboat Winona ,13unk at Port Hudson.
GENERAL ' " tTONEWACL" JACKSON ' AT VICKSBURG.
THE NOTORIOUS" FORTYMNIOTISXNti;"
• New Form, Jan. 25.—New Orleans adviceir-to the .
gni Inst. say that a report hat) been received that the
Winona, one of oar gunboats, had been sunk by the
sonth battery at Port Hudson. Also, that Stonewall
Jackson, with 40,000 Oleg, had reinforced the rebel
garrison at Ificksinugi . •
' Nothing had been received from Galveston up.to.
the afternoon of the tith inst.
NEW Yoix, San. 26.—The U. S. gunboat Saxon
has arrived, from New Orleans on the 10th and Ke7
West on the 17th.
•
The New Orleans papers received contain no,
11019 s.
It was reported at Key West on the 17th that the
pirate Alabama was off Havana and had Seat a boat
ashore..`
lt,The ateamer Merrimac was at Key West, with' her
propeller broken, but would be ready to Bail agalnL
in four days, •
The United States steam frigate San Jacinto ar
rived at Key West on the 9th hist
ARM OF- THE FOTOMA.C,
The Rebel Lhies Ilnehaiiketl—.observance
of the Szahba.ih.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, Jan.
26.—The Sabbath has been well observed through
out the entire camp. No business, except that of
the most necessary character, has been transacted.
Nothing of an unusual character has been ob
served In the rebel lines across the river withiuthe
past few days. ' • •
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Another Rebel Raid—Attack on the Rail
road Bridge at Franklin—The Enemy
Repulsed.
NAsaviLlt, Jan. W.—The rebels Ferree, StO
*ens, and Wheeler were at Franklin yesterdity with
6,000 cavalry.
The rebels attacked the bridge guards on the Chat
tanooga road, ten miles from this city, to-day and
were repulsed, two being killed and several
woundett One of our men was killed.
A fleet of twentrtwo boats la•at Ciarksville"with
three gunboats, and a large mail on board.
The lain fell all day yesterday and last night.
The river has risen six inches.
TUE ISTHMUS.
Safety of the " Ariel" with $400,000 in Bpe:'
cie—The Civil War in New Granada Ended
—Decline of American Gold—The French"
Fleet.
Nov Yonx, Jan.-26.—The steamer Ariel; from Air
pinwall, with dates to the 16th, airived this morn- .
• ing, with $00,06) in specie. . She waa 'cc.tivoyed
the steamer Connecticut. •
• Panama dates of the 15thiontain the following :
The Steamer Herman sailed .on the 13th for San
Francisco, with the passengers by the America.
The Idyll war in New Granada 'Wended, Canales
having given in his adherence to the.piberala,
The Convention has passed a law taxing tobacco
"and spirits.
No move had been taken yet toward rebuilding
'the portion of Aspinwall destroyed by the late tire.
American gold has declined at Panama to py„
per cent.
The French fleet was at Acapulco on the Bth inst.,
also the steamer Saranac.
NASSIIT, N. P.
The Capture of Commodore Wilkes Autho
rized by the British Government—Arrival
• of Vessels to Run the Blockade—Depar;
tures for Charleaton—Axrival of Rebel
Cotton.
'lVaNv YORK, Jan. 25.—The steamer British Queen
liaa arrived, with Havana dates to the 17th and
Nassau dates to the 20th. •
The Bahama' Herald of the 17th announces the
arrival of the. British war steamers Galatea, from
Bermuda, and Spiteful from Havana, and Bays - it is
reported from a" highly creditable" source that the
commander of the Galatea has received positive or
ders to take Admiral Wilkes when and wherever
found and convey him to BerMuda, where he is to Its:
detained until further orders from England.
• The '
.British". ship . Vesuvius took $1,500,000 in
specie from Mobile for 'England. -
The steamers Annie Childs and 'Flora arrived 'at
Nassau froM England, probably to run the . blockade.
• The steamers
• Dou glass, Thistle, and Antonia had
Sailed for Charleston.
The at&iniire•DOuro anioalipso were still in port
on the 19th." . •• •
• ,The steamer Nina had aijivled ;ham Georgetown
with cotton. • '
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Legislature of Washington Territory—
Late News from Mexico—Murder of the
American Consul at Guaymas -The French
at Puebla, and Ready to Advance.
San FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.—The recieid. reports' of
the underwriters show the amount or losses to the
shipping of this port engaged in coastwise or foreign•
trade during the - past - year to havol.,been six and a
for millions, an extraordinary excel's -. over - romier
years.
The opposition steamer Moses Taylor is advertised
to sail for Panama on March-lith.
The Legislature of Washington Territory
,has
passed an act punishing persons refusing to receive
legal-tender notes at par, by imposing a fine of from
$6OO to $l,OOO, and six months' imprisonment.
Telegraph poles have been set frolic the northern
border of Vancouver, Washington Territory, 'and
wires will be placed on the poles in leis than three:
months.
Trade is depressed: Sales of 1,000 tons of Cum
berland coal, here and on the way, at a decline from
the laSt quotations.' Candles.—Sales of 1,000 boxes
at 18%@19 cents.
SexTuarcemoo .Tan.23.—Advices from Mazatlan
to the, 3d instant slate.that Wm. L. Baker, the Ame
rican consul at Guaymas, was murdered about the
20th of December, while visiting the Apache silver
Mines; by the Apache Indians.
'A 'courier arrived at Mazatlan on the 3d, with late
dates from -
the City of . Mexico, where a rumor pre
vailed that French had encamped at Puebla, and
made a disposition of their forces preparatoiy to at
-tacking the city.
TUE FRENCH IN MEXICO. •
The Successful and Embarrassing Opera
tions of the Mexican Guerilla Bands—The
Communication between Orizaba and
Vera Crnz cut off again— G en. Berthier's
Vanguard Surprised and Captured—Bad
Prospects for the Advance of the French
• Army, dr.c.
NEW Yonic, Jan. 23.—8 y the steamship Sheldrake
we have Havana dates of the 16th inst.
The news from Mexico is interesting and exciting.
The communication of the French army, between
Vera Cruz and Orizaba has been completely cut off
by the Mexican guerillas, and can only be re
established and kept up by the French posting
strong guards all along the route.
The Mexican guerillas are in strong force all along
the road, and worry the French troops unceasingly.
It is reported that the French army has been again
repulsed and driven back from before Puebla, with
great loss.
.0 en. Berthier's vanguard, four thousand strong,
was completely surprised by eight thousand Mexi
can cavalry, and about two thousand of the French
were killed and wounded. Several French officers
were taken by the lasso and dragged off.
The prospects of the French look exceedingly bad.
They cannot get supplies from the country, and they
are _surrounded !w a determined eilemy, who watch
every opportunity to take adVaiitingeof thtn: - No
French soldier can stray from the camp without
being lassoed and dragged otr by some Mexican gue
rilla, who is on the watch for him.
-The small-pox, in its most malignant form, has
broken out among the French troops in Vera Cruz.
A lazaretto is being built for this class of patients.
The'sugar crop is beginning to make its appearanoe
in the Havana market, and the crop promises to be a
large one. Themarkets at Ha vana
, are - glutted with
Northern- produce, and sales can only be made at
ruinous prices. ,
Expedition against the Indians.
SALT LAXI: CITY: Jan. 25.—An expedition of
cavalry and infantry, with two howitzers, under
command of Colonel Cannon, started north to-day
to chastise the Indians. Six hundred Snakes are
entrenched at Bear river, with rifle-pits, two hun
dred miles to the northward. They recently became
`outrageous, murdering the Beaver Head miners
and bidding defiance to the soldiers.
The Trouble in the Legislature of NeW
ALBANY, Jan. 24.—The Assembly chamber pre
sented another scene , of confusion this morning.
Immediately after the opening of the proceedings
Mr. Fields took the floor, and opened the fight with
one of his characteristic speeches.. He claimed the
right to speak on a question of privilege, in reference
to an editorial article, entitled "The Indignant
Fields," which appeared In the New York Evenheg
Post of yesterday. • .
.The Assembly then proceeded to ballot, fat' the
ninety-first time, for a Speaker, and for the itinety
first time there was a tie.
'The ninety-second ballot was then taken,
When Mr. Field's name was called he asked to be
excused from voting, and proceeded, to deliver an
other speech.
Messrs. Sherwood and Davis rose to points of
order.
Xi... Fields refused to stop, and great noise and
confusion prevailed- all over the • House. The gal
leries were in a terrible 'Uproar, all the efforts of the
officers to restore order failing to produce the slight
est effect upon the obstreperous ruffians who
congregated 'there to 'listen to , their file-leader on
the floor.
The turmoil having finally become unendurable;
and the transaction of business impossible, Mr.
Moulton (Dem.), of Montgomery county, moved the
appOintment of a committee of three members to
wait upon Governor Seymour and 'ask his protection"
lot the Assembly.
This motion was carried, and Messrs. Sherwood,
Davis, and • Brand were appointed as such com
mittee. They withdrew immediately to seek an in
terview with the Governor.
--After the departure of the committee confusion
was worse confounded in the chamber, and Fields'
voice was loudeit• in the fray.,lle renewed his
threats, and wound up by declarig that no election
should take place until Sunday..
Up to the hour of closing this despatch no report
has been received from .the special committee, and
the excitementgroWs more intense.
Mr.. Fields continued his speech until he, came to
a discussion- of the acts. of General .Butler, when
Mr—Church raised a point of order on the ground
that Mr. , Fields' remarks were irrelevant.
The clerk of the Assembly decided that the point
of order wee well take; whereupon another scene
of 'confusion occurred.
The clerk, having occasion to leave the room,
p_laced hie deputy in the desk, and Mr. Murphy, of
Erie county, seized the oPportunity to nominate Mr.
Saxton Smith as chairman pro tens:
Miiiphy put this motion and declared it carried.
Dir. Smith, however, was not present, and Judge
Dean -Was nominated: This nomination was de-,
dared to have been carried• in the same way; but
Ddan proved not to.be present, and Mr. Murphy was
then nominated and also declared elected.
Mr. Murphy took the Speaker's 'chair amid a tre
mendous hubbub, and at that moment Smith and
Dean reappeared in the House, and attempted to'
restore Order.
, Thd Republicans refused to come to order until
Murphy had left the chair. '
,SECOND DESPATCH.
:ALBANY, Jan. 24, 3.45 P. M.—. The House s is now
more quiet.. The clerk is sustained. Murphy speaks
further... 7.• • • •
. . • ,
Sherwood, of Oneida, says he nominated lYfurphy
fol . fear of tumult and bloodshed. •
Dir. Fields again takes the floor.
There is an evident r intention.to sit the thing out.
.7.The Weither,
; Jan. 26.-- . -Rain has been 'falling alt
day, and contlialekthis - ,evening, ro
with a parieot of
a wet Thermometer ; ' Thermoeter; 63; , tifieoraeter, 29 66,
xxxvilth CONGRESS—Third Session.
WASHINGTON, January;24,. lBB3.
SENATE.
Petition.
Mr. WILSON (lUP.), of Magaachuoottei egent
eil the memorial of Dr. W. T. G. Mortogi r as king for
compensatioafor the use of ether In the army and
navy.
Crime hi the District.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rept); of Illinois, otTered
joint reeohation supplementary to the act to , provide
for the imprisonment olpersontreonvicted of crime
in the District of Columbia , . Plsesed.
"United States Courts.
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Minnie,. introduced - bill
relating to juries in the coartauf the United States.
Referred to the-Judiciary , Committee.
Register of Deeds for the District.
Dlr. GRIMES (Iteri.), of rows; introduced a Hill
to ,establish the:office of Register of Deeds for the
r District of Cohdrabia. Referred% to the Committee
on the District of Columbia.
',engine Island Marcy: Yard.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, called up the
resolution directing the Secretary - of the Navy not
to accept the title to League Is.and•uoless Congress
shall further direct.
The resolution was discussed' at' some length by
Weans. Cowan, Foster, and Gritriesi
The resolution was adopted.
Cleridol Force of the jt;yintartiernusster Gene—
rat's 0 ,
The bill providing an increase of 'the clerical force
in the Quartermaster General's oftitte was amended
and passed.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
Newspaper Pub Ushers to• be Taxed as
Dealers.
TIINASURT DEI.ARTMENT,
OFFICE OF INTER AL Raw.Nur.,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 1863.
Srit: your letter of the 21st instant, covering
dommunication front D. C. FORNEY, Esq., in regard
to the liability of newspaper publishers, has been
received. - •
In answer, I have to say that there can be no
doubt but that newspaper publishers are liable to
license as dealers ; whether wholesale or retail is a.
question for the assessor to determine.
Yours respectfully,
GEO. S. BOUTWELL, Commissioner.
S. J. BOWEN, Esq., ColleOtor -D. C., Washington.
Accident on the Hoboken and Newark
Railroad.
NEW Wier:, Jan. 2.4.—The engine, tender, and
smoking car on the train of the new Hoboken Rail
road, which left Newark at six o'clock this morn
ing ran off the draw of the Hackensack bridge,',by:
which the engineer and three prs..eugons, whb were.
in the smoking oar, were drowned.
The train consisted of the locomotive, tender;
smoking car, and one passenger car. The pasaenger
car ran off the bridge about ten feet, when, fortu—
nately, it was , stopped, and " thus a greater loss of
life was prevented.
• The conductor of the train, Nfr."Havenet, was in
the smoking car when it went down; but managed to
crawl out of a window and swim ashore. The
names of .those drowned have not yet been ascer
tained. .
Full particulars cannot yet be ascertained, but it
is stated that the draw is left open all night for the
paSsage of vessels, and that the man in charge was
not on hand to close it at the usual time. ' •
It is also stated that the signal was up, but that
for some reason it was not been by the engineer.
• Men are now employed in.raising the car and en
,glne, and, when the bodies are found, the inquest
Will bring. out the facts. . •
The train to which the accident .occurred wan the
'first that was despatched from Newark in the morn
ing, and•consisted only of two ears, and the engine
and tender. Leas than twenty persons in all were
on board. •
The distance from Newark to Hickensaok Bridge
was run in the usual time—about twelve minutes—
and on arriving at the bridge; from causes not yet
wholly explained, it was found that the connection
with the ends of the bridge was not in its place, And
the train could not be stopped in time to prevent
running into the river.
The killed wereJaeob Woodruff, engineer, Patrick
Gallagher, John V. Vinson,"and a soldier, name uri
known. - . •
The Vicksburg Canal—The Mississippi
Flowing Through an Artificial Channel.
Niw Yona, Jan. 2.s.—The Herald's special Wash
ington despatch states that information has been re
eeived that ,the rise in the Mississippi river has
caused the water to flow through the canal cut by
General Butler opposite Vicksburg.
New York Militia.
NEW Yonrr Jan. 24.—Gen. Wool has ordered all
the State militia to report to him, it is said, under
authority of the Federal G overnment . All the
.regipt
ments of the Second division have reported, but
some of the regiments of the First division have
refused to do so, on the ground that Governor Sey
mour was legally commander of the forces of the
State. Gen. Hall tai protested to Gen. Wool against
his action.
Thq New York Legislature.
"Atniarv, Jan. 24.—The Assembly adjourned this
evening without electi►nngg a Speaker.
A resolution was adopted to take a vote at eleven
o'clock on Monday morning.
Fire. #u Buifido.
BUFFALO, Jan. 24.—A fire this morning destroyed
a portion of the City Hall, including the Council
chamber. The books and papers were saved. The.
amount of the loss is not yet ascertained.
Departure of the Steamer City of DaRI-
DiKw Yonic, San. 24.—The steamer City of Baal.'
more sailed to-day for Liverpool, with lifty-eight
passengers and $616,000 in specie.
. Sailing of the Teutonia. •
. NEW Your:, Jan. 24.—The steamer Teutonia sailed
at noon, with 63 passengers.)
Shit) News.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Arrived—Sbips Fawn .and
Daniel Webster from London ; ithips Oynosure, ;
IsTentßne, Harvest Queen, John J. Bbyd, Kim
ball, Young - Sam --- teu
from Liverpool ;.bark Fortitude from Point-Peke.
Below—ship Harry of the West from. Liverpool.
Returned—ship Belle of the Sea for San Francisco ;•
leaky and fore-top mast sprung.
."
. The bark Fortitude rescued the crew 'of the brig
Iceni of Greenock, from Pernambuco for Liverpool,
burned at sea.
NEW YORK CITY.
. .
Nnw Yoss, January 24, 1863
CSpeCial Correspondence of The press.)
- POLITICAL AFFINITIES,
whether between two opposite parties, " for the sake
of the Union," or between two rival factions of the
same party, for the•sake of the spoils, are intrinsi
cally shams and unworthy to be trusted. There can
be no genuine affiliation between unconditional
Union men and those neutral patriots who choose to
call themselves Conservatives, since the political
interests of The two parties are too diverbe to per
mit any lengthened fusion of-the twain without an
early loss of Hs-political individuality by one of
them. When the sham Democracy pretended to
unite with the Republicans after the fall of Sump
ter _for a common defence of the National Union,
their sole idea-was to adopt the appearance of for
getting party lines until the first military misfor
tune experienced by the Administration, they had
bitterly hated from the first, should afford them an
opportunity to' throw off their sham Unionism and •
show themselves as the incorriagible disciples of
political partisanship they really are. They would •
prefer to see the National Government overthrown
by the rebels, rather than witness its triumph under
Republican auspices. They feel, - that if the rebellion
is • eitbctually crushed while Abraham - Lincoln (a
Republisan ) is President, the Democratic party
would be as much. of a collapsed institution as the
Southern Confederacy; and hence, by urging all •
their traditional party animosities and sectional pre
judices into full play at the' most critical moment of
the nation's struggle for its life, they hope to save
that party, even at the expense of the Repub
lic's existence. Now -that thie hostile orgardza. •
tion is uninasked, that its Union affinities" are.
thoroughly
_exploded, and that it is virtually
ranged with the 'avowed enemies " of the Union,
it is a great pity , - that the true . Union men
and patriots of 'the country cannot preserve .
sufficient unanimity among themselves to realize„
the regnant ,pOwer necessary to keep these co.
vert rebels at least within the bounds of the law..
It is some conifort, however, to know that a c00n...
terbalancing " split " is gradually opening in the
camp of the foe, and theloyal men of New York are.:
not overpowered with regret as , they mark the un.;,
reality and rickety tenure of the patched-up fusion
of the Mozart and Tammany factions of the sham-
Democracy. These factions had a grand consolida
tion, amidst much glorification, for the sake of the
spoils in the last charter election ; but, already, the
rival clansmen are coming to swords' points again, -
and Fernando Wood and his quondam Cleve, Re-:
corder Barnard, have declared war! This lastbreach
has had its wholesome effect at Albany, too, where
the Democratic Assemblymen, suddenly grown dis- •
trustful of each other, have apparently corieludal67
fornake their original plan of engineering the
Speakership ,by mob -law, ala Harrisburg. There is
some' hope left 'for - loyal men, when Jeff Davis'
Northern allies thus' squabble among themselves. It
only needs steadfast unanimity amongst the friends .
of the Government and the Union to make all the '
harm these political harleqiihis can work, prove a
harm done mortally to
' THE FASHIONABLE EVENT
of the season is unqiiestionably the affiancing of
Torn Thumb and his Lilliputian bride. Only a city .
pOssessing a Barnum can appreciate the stir such an
elaborate burlesque is capable of creating; for.there
can be no doubt that it is all the work of the great
showman, and one of those immense sensations
• which he so Inimitably works up, for hls own great
profit, about once in every five years. It is already
telling imUnificently . 'at his - museum, where the
throng to see the little'bride•to-be never abates from
ten o'clock in the morning until the Same hour at
night. By this first half of his, dwarf enterprise,
Mr. Barnum can hardly fail to clear at least one
hundred thousand dollars, and when it comes to
exhibiting Gederal Tom and his bride as a married
pair, the covp d' argent will be complete. Last eve
ning, the happy ThuMb arfd his intended, escorted
by the equally-abbreviated Commodore Nutt, were
guests at the princely Fifth-avenue residence of
Mrs. Auguste Belmont. Miss Warren's whole out
fit of bridal apparel, revealing in miniature the
entire mystery of the feminine wardrobe, is °sten
. tatiously displayed in one of the gieat windows Of
Ldrd .&
Taylor's establishment, on Broad way, at(
tracting constant crowds of observers; her bridal
jeWelry is also a great . attraction at Ball, Black, &
Co.'s, and a large Eastern picture, intended for pre
sentation to the happy pair; finds profitable exhi
bition in another locality. The General was greatly
disgusted yesterday to learn that Trinity Chapel •
could not be the scene of his marriage, as the-admis
sion of a congregation by tickets, and under the re:
stiiction of full dress, is directly against the rules •
of 'the Episcopal Church. Another sanctuary, how
ever, will be at once selected, and the ceremony will
be'performed with all possible pomp. Upon leavidg
the the whole wedding party will adjourn to
; the Metropolitan Hotel, the whole lower or first
floor of wlllch is to be adapted to the uses of a grand
reception.. The anti* is the talk of the whole town,
ridiculous as it must appear to outsiders, and seems
to be a topic fraught with intense enjoyment for-the
old as well as the young. Barnum is fairly eclipsing
himself, and can -afford to be proud of this Kiel last
success in the " art of money making."
- A ONCE-NOTED ACTRESS,
knoivn in.the paliny days of the old Park Theatre as
Mrs. Eliza Sharpe, and a sister-in-law of liackett,
the SlikkeiMarean comedian, died at her reaidence in
Brooklyn on Thursday. ThotAlt it is more than
twenty years ago since 14rs. Sharpe played her last
scene, she is Ivell remembered by the older theatre..
goers of the preseat ; ila3Qui a brilliant member of
; that adridrable dramatic constellation which was
briiht with the liantes:of.Mrs: Wheattley,•Mrs.
• bott, KW : WI Dirt. Vernon;liild'other
fair favorites-of the old Knickerbockers. Her last
appearance on the stage, I believe, WWI at the old
Chestnut-street Theatre of your city, during the sea
son of 1839-40. Soon after retiring from the boards,
Atm. Sharpe was married to Captain Brevoort, of the
U. S. Bi. C., who survives her.
FRESH DISTURBANCES AT ALP.ADTY
are being reported by telegraph to thfacity an Ic
and it would appear that the Demoerstiemembers of
the Assembly have resumed the bullyfer and Lobo
.-
erotic attitude at first assumed by them. The , pre-
sent prbspect is, that a disgraceful riot Wilt ensue
before the question of the Speakership is &sided, as
the speeches made to-day by Thomas C. Flelds and
other legislative rioters', point directly to that in
famous culmination.. Governor Seymour's sefusal
to call out the militia to riaintain law and' order
has evidently encouraged the ruffians to inake'stiod'
their early threats.
lIARMR DEFENCE
is beginning to attract the speonal attention of our
military authorities. To-day, Generat Wool is in
consultation with the Governor an the - subject, and
there is &possibility that New York• harbor-will yet
be formidable enough in defences to. prevent any
fear of the city's capture by rebel schooners.. - -
The week now endingliasbeenauch an exceedingly
dull one, that 1 can find nothing else to•geesip about;
and so—au morn
A NEW EXCITEMENT.
Since General Wool's Departure for Ailimy, this
afternoon, it has leaked out that his milibrry depart
ment, representing the United States Government,
and the military authorities of the State, are upon
the point .of a serious collision. It seems•, that on
Wednesday General Wool, quietly served notices
upon the commandants of the. militia divisions in
this city, ordering them to report forthwith to him,
and intimating that he gave such orders bythe,au
thority of the United States. The Second division
promptly reported, but portions of the-First diVision
boldly refused to do so,- affirming that Governor
Seymour alone had the right to. order them out.'
General Hall, who commands the militia -on the
part of the State, immediately had an interview
with General Wool, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and
angrily protested against the action of the National
GovernMent, in usurping a military jurisdiction be
longing exclusively to . the State. General Wool
stated that he was obeying the orders of the Govern
ment of the United States ; and so the interview
ended. Militia officers and privates about the city
are greatly excited over the matter to-night, and it
is likely to breed future trouble.
STUYVESA.NT.
The NegrOes in the South.
In Quartermaster General.-3!deige able and in
teresting report, as lately printed, we find the fol
lowing statements in reference to the neernes of the
. _
South and the military' operations of our army
Much difficulty has been feared in dealing with, the
colored population in the Southern States. Thus
far, this department has not been oppressed with
them. In the field operations in Virginia,the supply
of able 7 bodied negro labor has not exceeded the de
mand. It has rather been difficult to fill the requi
sitions for such labor.
Upon fortifications. as drivers of teams and ambu
lances, as hostlers, as laborers in the quartermaster's
department, repairing railroads and military roads,
all who have offered have found ready employment.
The labor of able-bodied men, with that of women
able to wash for the hospitals; has supported all who
have come directly under charge of this department
upon the Potomao.
At Harrison's Landing, a body of a. thousand ne
groes, organized by Colonel Ingalls into gangs, were
most effective in landing stores from the transports,
bearing fatigue and exposure in that unhealthy cli
mate much longer than the, white soldiers and
laborers, who soon broke down alongside of them.
Their assistance was there of the greatest value to
the army.
On the southeastern coast, large numbers of them
were employed by the quartermaster's department
in the necessary labor of the posts. This left the
more costly soldier to his purely military duties.
With all the people of the Southern States as
united, through choice or military compulsion, as
the whites are asserted to be, it might be well doubt
ed whether so great a rebellion, extending over so
vast a territory could be put down. But, as in the
great rebellion in India, the people are of more than
one race, and the task before the country, if proper
use is made here as there of the aid of all who are
loyal, all who are willing to contend on our side,
will be lightened by their divisions.
The rebellion does not cover a wider territory, is
not more barbarous and ferocious, is not supported
by stronger prejudices of race and caste, does not
embrade a greater or more united population, is not
better supplied with arms or fortified by climate,
and had not at its commencement a' larger body of
trained soldiers than that which only a few years
since our cousins of Great Britain put down, though
separated from their chief seat of power by two
continents and half the ocean. This lies at our
doors, assailable along a frontier by sea and by land
of three thousand miles, everywhere under our con
trol.
Great Britain looked not at the color of the recruit;
she acceptedthe aid of every offered arm, and was
successful. Courage, resolution, and wisdom will
accomplish in the West what they did in the' East.
Our people are being slowly schooled to arms, and
the war, thus far singularly free from the outrage
wlubh in other countries has attended civil commo
tions, begins atlength r by its inevitable destruction
of property and life, to , bear upon, the territory we
occupy with a portion of the fearful weight neces-
Beryl° crush rebellion.
The labor of the colored man supports the rebel
soldier, enables him to leave his plantation to meet
our armies, builds his fortifications, cooks his food,
and sometimes aids him on picket by rare skill with
the rifle.
In all these modes it is available to assist our army,
and it is probable that there will be less outrage,
less loss of life by freeing these people, if put under
strict military control, than •if left to learn slowly
that war has removed the white men who have here
tofore held them in check, and to yield at last to'the
temptation to insurrection and massacre.
. _
=Had the Governmmit been prepared to meet
promptly, with the • overwhelming force which the
loyal States could have supplied, the first rebel ar
mies, the rebellion might have been cruehed withbut,
along and desolating war and without disturbance
efieTsztm Tacgn the South.
That time is past ; the destruction of t the renal - xi ,—
tnies, and the gradual occupation of the country by
fortifying and garrisoning its chief strategic and
commercial points ) are the only conclusion to the
war. •
In this work the loyal inhabitants of the country,
white or black, must be compelled to assist; and it
is impossible to cast aside - the millions of recruits
who will offer themselves for the work, accustomed
to the climate, inured to labor, acquainted with the
country and animated by the strong desire not
merely !or political, but for personal, liberty.
Respectfully submitted N. 0. MEIGS,
• . Quartermaster General.
Pato;lc: Entertainments.
. THE NEW CHESTNUT-STREET THEATRE.—The
opening of Mr. 'Wheatley's new theatre is the great
dramatic event of the present generation. It is one
of the moat remarkable evidences of our advancing
civilization; that in a portion of the city, for almost
a century dedicated to quiet mansions, churches,
sedate and retired homes, a theatre should rise, sur
rounded by stores and market-houses, and places of
business. The Butler mansion, at Eighth and Chest
nut, and the Bird mansion, at Ninth and Chestnut,
were for a long time landmarks of thepast—disfigur
ing the busy present; or, if we may be allowed the
expression, lingering patriarchs, who remained be
hind in stolid and, quaint wonder to see the old
pass away, and the new crowd so rudely around
them. These mansions have gone—other old man
sions have been given up to boarding-house keepers
and dealers—the hotels have crept as far as Eleventh
street—the showmen are making merry under vene
rable walls—the. Union League has taken • its club
house in the fine old mansion belOw Twelfth street
—while the club which 'is not Union, and which
wears an air of mystery, assembles in one of the spa
cious buildings on Girard Row. These are evi
dences of life, of busy, active„tnoney-making, selfish
life, and it is well that Mr. Wheatley has raised his -
flag in the midst, and thrown open his doors. We
are disposed to like the new theatre—we suppose,
principally because it•ia new. It has a light, airy,
anug appearance, and the statues in the niches afford
abundant food for Meditation. We like the parquet
—we like the dress circle—we like - the bodes. The
chandelier has a glittering effect, and the frescoing
is very fine. The ornamental wood work is crude
and gaudy, and suggests a first-class restaurant,
with oysters, chicken-salad, and " Clear out No. '7.”
The upper tier,is steep and . dizzy, and can only be
scaled, we think, by persons of courage and skill.
We tried to imagine the sensations of tripping on
the first •upper step, and found them dreadful. To
an intoxicated gentleman we suppose they would be
sublime. The scenery is plain and good, arthough
we must confess we were not particularly impressed
with any of the scenes. A representation of Rome
was the best, but the houses were so much crowded
together that it became, very improbable, especially
one house with•pillarte which ne effort of the imagi
nation could reconcile to its dangerous and 'unne
cessary position. In the foreground there was
sketched a statue of a wolf with Romulus and
Remus refreshing themselves in an artless man- I
ner. Under this was a Latin inscription which we 1
havefornotten. We have no doubt-that when the
little theatre geiti
dies away, it will be one of the moat delightful
places in the city. •
It is fitting that Philadelphia's new theatre should
be opened by Philadelphia's cherished son and the
world's most illustrious tragedian. Edwin Forrest
will perform a long engagentent, oftening this even
ing with the great Roman part of Virginias. He, of
course, needs no other word than this simple men
tion, for he will be welcomed with the welcome that •
belongs to this Roscius of this later age. He brings
with him Mr. Whentley's fine New_ :York- company, -
including Mr.McCullough and Mr. Shewell, who
are old favorites; Mrs. Allen, who sustained Mr,
Forrest in New Y6rk, and Madame Ponisi, who be
came quite popular at the Arch a few years ago, and
Who is a careful and reliable actress.
WALYGT-STICRUT T. 13. Roberts,
a Philadelphian, and quite popular with our citi
zens, appears this evening as Belphegor, a character
which he sustains with ability. Those of our readers
Who remember his personation of illephi stophiks, in
"Faust and Marguerite," will doubtless receive
with pleasure any announcement of its repetition.
Anon-sTnsirr EATIM.—This evening, and every
evening during the week, except Saturday; " The
Enchantress” will be performed, with Mr. and Miss
Bichings in the prominint parts. On Saturday eve
ning, the splendid operatic romance of " Satanilla,"
which has created elsewhere such a favorable im
pression, will be produced.
Tux GLASS BLOWERS.—This novel and interest
ing troupe still continue tci•attraci the public. Their
curious operations with glass, rendering this brittle
substance so pliable that they can form out of it the
most fanciful productions, are nistructive and amus
ing. As an extra inducement; they distribute many
of their articles gratuitously to visitors.
SIGNOR. BLlTZ.—Genial and funny as ever, this
excellent magician and ventriloquist presides over
the magic Karen at the Assembly Buildings. Bobby,
never quiet, always witty, astonishes old and new
friends by his quick replies: and observations, while,
the Canary birds are an object of wonder and id- -
miration to all whohev:e the good fortkine to see
them.. .
IteLLEnts gentleman, who came=
among us with a high reputation both ass magician
and pianist, hes fully , sustained it. His sleight-of
hand performances are excellent, as also the mys—
teries of the " second-sight." As a pianist, Mr:
Heller is "a superior artist, and enlivens his soirees
With music.of the highest order. •
THE WHALING VOYAGE.--Captaill Williams is
the. only lecturer who can vividly present to his
hearers a true and interesting description of a
whaling voyage. :T boat and crew, harpoon, ropes,-;
and everything, except the whale, is on the stege." l .
But even the greafleviatharf seems to come to vie*"
as , the Captain holds the harpoon forthe fatatthruat;'.
and we feel that he, is limiter of the situation"
ii.like,a good harpoonist does he appear.
Onrntus Musical. ASsoctATlON.—The second
grand concert of this asspotatialtia be given on
Tuesday; evening, Februari4ll.opiportunity is
now afro (Led for new subaoliptielta.
T I-I V. C
FOR ADDIT/OITAL CITY PEWS
PERSONAL.—Rev.
pod rebel spy," reeorded his
nion name
evening at the States U, and is now
The principal object of his visit, webelk
'sone' interview with Capt. Patier, tr,
thought will not only clear Mr. S. ot !wapi t i
lotion to the Captain's absence, but Abu:phe w
benefit to the latter in his efforts to save the A k
beon bavalry from ruin. It is not fizAtitie..,
ast. Palmer was actively engaged, witi.- ap t ; t.
his command, at the battle of Antietam, and a ,
or tw o . afterwards was found "rnissiegvi
Stine was' well known to have been inn* ; i f '
tlie Captain and in his confidmee, ba n d O
r tt
last - wh6 had seen ; and within eight or ter..diE
alter the battle he was arrested taliarrisbnit
well known, on charge of having betrayed p a i tl . l2
into rebel captivity. ence or
et ' ing against him, he was the neitt C drzy, o n apoeiies.
Gov. Curtin, unconditfonally released. Net
afterwards he was again arrested on the same che dg
ap;
with others annexed, and confined in Pal w awa _
as "a supposed rebel spyil for about two nt itth 7
A few weeks ago he was released on his "Parole
honor," to appear in person at the instance „
re
Secretary or We?, to answer The' chargee prereitm
ag m.
The safe retUrn of Captain Palmer will no de itht
clear up this unpleasant business satisfactcrily.
It
has been, as his most intimate friends kn ew, tile
cause of much unnecessary suffering to Alr. sth e
and his farnily. But he has suffered un thtimain.
iagly, refusing to offer any public vindicttion
'himself, and giving as his reason his belief that
of
more demonstration was made the morethethe
tain's life would be endangered, expressing hi s fixti
assurance that, if only the matter were kept o u t ot
the hands of the rebels; Captain P. would be able to
make his escape, and declaring that he preferred
waiting for the personal telpoony of the Captain t. )
vindicate him rather than endanger the. life that
would otherwise be comparatively saf e .
We understand that it is. now ATr. Stine's de o .
ruination to have the matter concerning
entirely settled, and the church and family he re p ,.
seats prevented from disgrace on his account, since,
by Captain Palmer's return, the cause for that prt.
dence which has hitherto kept him quiet is removed.
111 Ass MEETUTG - 11v Aro OF PPFE
• • D.M'El t ,
—A meeting of the friends of the freed E l le n of tit
South took place last night, in the I•tlevecth /lef
tist Church, Twelfth street, above Race. The at
tendance was good. The meeting was open e d b y
the reading of the Scriptures by Rev. Dr. Griz ik
after which the choir sang an appropriate hymn,
when Dr. Griffith gave a short statement in refer.
ence to the object of4he. meeting. It was stated
that at a meeting of clergymen, held on a recent 00.
easion, it was resolved to hold a series of meetia,p,
in the diffierent churches to raise funds to send mia•
sionaries among the freed men of the South. After
the remarks of this gentleman, the meeting 'Wig m.
dressed by the Rev. Mr. Simmons, pastor ot
the Vifth Baptist Church, in which he alluded
to the great number of the recently enslaved but
now free men, who claim the protection of all god
citizens, and who stand in grealneed of the Gospel
light. The reverend gentleman was formerly to.
Cited in.gouth Carolina, as a pastor. His remarks
were strongly condemnatory of the institution of
slavery. He was followed by the Rev. Drs. Malcom
and jeffreya, is eloquentaddresses, at the conclusion
of which a collection was taken up. The pastor of
the church being absent from the city, in New York,
was not able to attend the meeting.
•
APPOINTIWKST.—Lieut. James W. Latta,
of CoL Ellmaker's regiment, has been appointed
Division Judge Advocate of General liowe's divi
sion, Franklin's corps, Army of the Potomac,
Lieut. Latta has well deserved, by his strict atten
tion to duty and the bravery which he has exhibited,
this apprWatlcin'af his services . : Being a member
of the bar orals city, he will; no doubt, acquit him
self weil.l hianew sphere. w
BURNED IIS• A IaNBICILN.—A. boy nan
Sterling was found dead, yesterday morning, in a
limekiln at Twenty-third.and Wood streets. It is
supposed that he fell into the-kiln accidentally, ant
no one being . in the neighborhood at the time, wad
gradually burned almost literally to a crisp,
DIED PEON 2#2. INJulLlES.—Francis liar
vey_who on Friday wee caught in the machinery at
the' Mint, died from his inAries on Saturday at the
Pennsylvania Hospital.
BmGrer. Fiar,;-:Yesterday !lumina: a
alight fire occurred h the .establishment of L evine
CO., 235 Race street . It was extinguished w ith o ut
much Carnage: • • • . ,
ROBBERY. —On Saturday Eight, the home
of the Skating Club was liroken into, at Fairmount
and robbed of an axe, musket,- hatchet, and other
articles. The thief escaped., , .
Poler.---Yeiterday there were in port
10 allipaMloarke, 17 brigs, and 90 schooners.
CITY ITEMS.
Joint T. `BAILER 6 .. Co.'s BAG MANU
FACTOIIT.—We had on Saturday last an opportu
nity of witnessing the extensive manufacturing
operations of, Messrs. John T. Bailey & Co., manu
facturers of end dealers in bags and bagging, No.
113 North Front street. This firm has been for
several years past engaged in this important depart
ment of our industrial interests, and their Bags, of
every, description, have a reputation for superior ex
ihi‘,oenout the Union. The amount of
materials, both domestic and foreign, used by them
annually to supply the demands of the merchants in
this - city, Cincinnati, Chicago, and the Western
States generally, is enormous, as may be imagined
from the fact that they are prepared to furnish or
ders ranging from 5;000 to 20,000 bags any time, at a
week's notice. The large manufacturing forte,
which they employconstantly, renders their facilities
for rapid proauction equal, if not superior,
to any other Bee \ e stablishment in this
country, and' the acknowledged superiority of
their workmanehip, the chariketer of materials em
ployed, and the prices at which'tbey sell, hare siren
a special prominence to their house. Nor i 3 it
among the least of their acknowledged advantages
that they use only the large Grover & BikerSetrig
Machines in manufacturing, which, by VA way,
have been found to be the only machines cap‘ble. of
doing heavy Bag work in a reliable and durable MI.
ner. It may not be generally known that the Oro
vet & Baker Sewing Machines are now used for the
manufacture of heavy bags in all parts of the word,
and there are sinele manufactories in our own coun
try in which no less than two hundred of these cele
brated instruments are kept running on Bag work
alone. This importint characteristic of the Grover
& Baker instrument, we may add, has rendered it al
most impossible—great as are the facilitie3 of iti
prinpriebire for making them—to supply the demand.
In addition to their extensive stock of ready-made
and seamless bags, Messrs. Bailey & Co. hare also
constantly on hand a full stock of burlaps and other
bagging materials, sewing twine, and all other arti
cles connected with this branch of trade.
THE REGITLAR IIONTTILT 3ILETENO OF
THE YOUNG MEY'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Will
be held at their ROoms, No. 1009 and lon Chestnut
street, on this (Monday) evening, at 7)4 o'clock.
The usual essay on the occasion will be read by the
Rev. F. L. Robbins, pastor of the Green Hill Pres
byterian Church, his subject to be *elf Soverci;a•
ty.t)
A ( 1 11
FOR TIIE
Charles Oakford -ts. Son, under the Continental Ho.
tel, are now selling off their splendid stock of rich
furs at greatly reduced prices. Ladies making their
selections shoUld bear this feet in mind.
F.n , E 31.riama1:y TitArrENGs.
Charles Oakford Sr. Son, under the Continental
Hotel, have now in store a superb assortment of
Military Furnishing Goods suitable for officers in
the army and navy. • •• .•
PORE LIQUORS FOR ' MEDICINAL Pat
rosics.—Mr. C. H. Mattson, dealer in fine family
Groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, has now in store
a supply of all the finest and purest liquors, V:-
pressly adapted for mediCinal purposes. His rare
old Madeira of the celebrated - Bust" brand, rich
old Port, superior. Sherry, Anisette Cordial, pure
old Whisky, and best quality Champagnes, are all of
the highest standard, and can be recommended with
confidence for the use' of invalids. The stock of
Groceries, both foreign and domestic, offered by tbls
old and respectable house, is not equalled DS' Dar
FINE PORTRAITS.—We had 'recently an
opportunity . of examining a number of magnitleo
imperial-and life-size Photographic portraits ese
cutcd by Mr. - Ripple, at his ground-floor
No. 620 Arch street, and More exquisite works of
art we have never seen. The public are liter.dif
rushing to his rooms for pictures.
.
BROW R . A
17 4 S B ONC T L TRocrits. fur
Coughs,eitolds, and Irritated Throats, are oder&
with the fullest confidence in their efficacy. Titer
hare been thoroughly tested, and maintain the OA
reputation they have justly acquired. As there are
imitations, be sure ta onTAlN'the genuine.
E)rolcon BLITZ'S' ventriloquism at the
sernbly. Building, Tenth and Chestnut, is very re"
rsarkable ;he .pe rsonates every *variety of characterand leaves yowl!) won . * with delight at the myetec
of the humsui voice. l'His:necromfintic illusions ie
magic and the Canary Birds' performances are 313°
exbellent anil'arriurfing. ' His entertainments take
place every evening, and Wednesday and SatuTiffi
al ternoons.
--- -
!RETENTIVE R0)1 1 .EIt OF SOlLS. — M ilell
be
has lately 'Sidi: in
t _irien: regard to the retention Of
certain manual dentate of soil. The assertion et
Liebig has , been often quoted, that potash and other
saline inanures "cannot be washed out of the soil."
Pr,ofessor Voelcker, in_ a late lecture, alluded to
this, - and 'stated that, even with water containint
ammonia; potrish; &c., he extracted potash from Me
soil; although this was not his intention: It is not
difficult to extract potash to:6 tee soil; but it
difficult to PrOcure satisfactory attire elsewhere
than ,at the One-Price Clothing Establishment of
Granville Stokes, No.. 609 Chestnut street, fit.
delphia. " • " ' ' •
•DitEss.—jt. has often been noticed that in
women•thetets som ething.positively intellectual fe
the style of their dress. It is . true that a woman o f
a "highly:gifted mind may be an ungainly slattern;
it is no less true that a woman et very ordinary lire
derstaxiding may dress herself with peat elegan ce '
but in the case of the slattern, though she pesse 3ge3 ,.
a strong and cultivated - understanding, Ow Will 1 101
have a refined the opposite sex it i 3 se
unmistakable eviderice of good taste and refineme nt
where a gentleman procures his wearing apPme t
at
the Brown-Stone Clothing Hall of Rockliiii & Wit*
son, Nos. 603 and 606 Chestnut street, above Sigth•
tiliittiFEEßENcE- is atm SmAri., AVriltt
ALL."-41. certain judge was 'once obliged to steel'
with an:lrishman in a crowded hotel, when the
fol
lowing conversation ensued: "Pat, you would hive
remained a long time in the old country before
no lrr t ,
could have slept with a ,judge , would you t!
" Yes, yer honor," said Pat ; " and I think le..
honor would hare been a longtime in the mild 0;:
thry before ye'd been a judge." And Pat And o e,
judge, on the street, might be hail fellows, t
appearances, if Pat would buy his clothes at Chir
Stokes ps
,Co.?s ono-price, under the Onntineatit.
within the /reach of all.