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MONDAY, EEBRUARY 2, 1803
Loyalty in the Democratic Club.
We have a little institution in the city of
Philadelphia known as the Democratic
Club. It must not be confounded with the
Democratic Club that meets in the Girard
Row, for it is altogether a different concern.
The Girard-Row Club is a social arrange
ment, and indulges in champagne and gos
sip, and genteel compliments to the South,
intermingled with dignified denunciations
of the Union. It makes some pretensions
to dignity and social standing, and, so far
as the phrase goes, is extremely respecta
ble. Tift, other Club, hoWever, is in a hall
on Walnut street. Here the working Mem
bers of the party assemble to shout and
listen to speeches from their chosen leaders.
Thus far their Meetings have been very
quiet and confidential. They have a strange
horror of publicity, and a natural love of
mystery and darkness, and : accordingly
their meetings are - '. never
all notice of them is suPpressed, and
a newspaper reporter is looked -upon
with as much horror as an tumOndition 7
al friend of 41te AdminiStration. :It :is
'very probable that this retiring and modest
club would have lived and died unknown,
but that one of its ambitious members ;has
written a letter to the New York World de
scribing a recent Meeting. We. take: the
liberty' of reprodiming this letter in anothet
.•
part of tp : day's paper,. for 'the purl)* of
giving our readers all idea of the.. ddc 7
trines now proclaimed - in the city of.
Philadelphia by the enemies of the Ad
ministration. In the 'first place, .accord
ing to this correspondent, the meeting was
Intensely respectable. " A more respectable
meeting," he writes, as: to the talent,
moral character, social position, and genu
ine patriotism of those in attendance,',has
never assembled in this city since the. sea
of the Constitutional Convention and ,
the National :Conffress were held here:"
This coMprehensive compliment will no
tioubt have its effect iii New York, but eau
not fail to be appreciated in 'Philadelphia;
where their "high social position" and
4 ' Moraleharacter'' is so well known. Chief
among them, was Mr. :WttmE, who is said
Io be an sPirant for the 'Gubernatorial chair.
Ile is said. to have been - particularly bitter in
his condemnation of the Government, and.
suggested the impeachment of :Governor
C u len N, which sentiment, we are told, "
received' with it perfect luniicane of ap
plause."
Mr. WITTE having represented the
moral character" of this august .asspm
bly, was . followed by Mr. G. M. WTIAR
'TON, who represented " social position."
The report of this gentleman's remarks is
- very brief, but we are assured that he de
nounced the Government in such terms as
became "a Christian and a patriot." PETER
MCCALL, Who `represOuted the "genuine
patriotism" of the meeting, was afraid that
the lawlessness of the Administration would
lead to lawlessness among the people, and
.at the same time hoped that the Democracy
wohld be able to prevent any violence.
This jesuitical invitation to a riot was not
-appreciated, perhaps, on account of the
snow storm. Mr. BIDDLE'S address was
very much in the style of an advertising
agent. He Complimented the deceased
Journal in such an extravagant manner
that we are . disposed to credit thaltiniors
that, in connecticin.lsith gr. WILLIA ' 3I B.
REED • and Mr. WILLTAM BA..kEn, he
held the position of an assistant editor of
that .remarkable , newspaper. According to
3lr. BIDDLE, it was "too good, too candid,
and too able " to be tolerated, and hence its
.supiiression.
,
The gretk orator of the occasion , —the
:gentleman Who, seems . to. have combined'" talent, moral character; social position, and
genuine and , w , ho, from manyit
tuna' evidenceSove suspect to be the anti)*
of this eon'esponilence- . —WaS a Person by the
name Of BULLITT ? : BIALITT reports his own
speech at great length, and inserts the ap
plaus" with the skill of an ;accOmplished
repoiter--and puts the striking sentences in
tmphasized letters. Our only redollection
of BULLITT is that he wrote a very ledious
and stupid pamphlet on the habeas corpus
some- time ago, in which he attacked the
Government, and which remained on the
shelves of the publisher until the high
price of paper made the rapid sale of
the edition something of an object. The
sentiments of Braun , seem to have made
a greater impression upon his hearers than
upon his readers. According to his account,
Mr. WITTE, Mr. WHARTON, Mr. McCALL,
and Mr. BIDDLE must have been in an
alarming condition. "He had noticed," he
said, "what efforts had been made by the
gentlemen who preceded him to choke
clown their indignation, in order that they
might speak calmly and soberly." In ad
dition to these choking sensations, which
were at least suggestive, "their hearts
were ready to burst with pent-up emo
tions of anger and disgust." After de
tailing these alarming symptoms, Mr. Bun-
LITT went on to say that if the Government
had arrested a seditious editor in New York
4 ' it would lead to civil war in the North."
Then came this remarkable episode, -which
we repeat : "Here some one said (accord
ing to a flying rumor) that `the editor of the
New York World had been arrested.'
` Then,' said Mr. BuriArr, ` that act inaw
gurates a revolution in the North'' [At this
point the excitement was most intense, and
the applause was terrific and continued
several minutes.] Ur•. BULLITT, though in
favor of law and order so long as they
were assured to us, advised the conscrv . a
jive lizen of Philadelphia to prepare for
the worst, .(when there was another
storm of applause and shouts of approval.)"
After this, Mr. BULLITT is compare'd to
T'Arnrcx Thilmix, and the Administration is
. told that his speech is the "key-note of
public feeling in Philadelphia, .and should
be heeded of a terrible wrath to come.' •,"
And the correspondent, whom we have no
doubt is Mr. BULLITT himself, thus conti
nues : " The *fire that has long been smo
thered beneath a wet blanket has well-nigh
dried its covering, and is liable to break
forth in a blaze nt any moment. Give us
liberty, or give us death,' may, ere long, be
seen in white letters on red flags, borne by
men wrought up to desperation by their base
betrayers in officer One "extreme b egets
another'—especially the extrenie of tyranny,
• the parent of anarchy."
• We beg leave to call the attention of our
readers to these audacious and inflammatory
'Words. We ask them to remember that in
• the city of Philadelphia, at a meeting of citi
zens over which Mr. INGERSOLL presided;
and at which MT. WHARTON and Mr. BID-•
. •
• two distinguished citizens,- arid Mr.•
....Wayrn, the probable nominee of the Menlo
-untie party for Governor, were present, a
citizen of this city openly counselled.
bloodshed and anarchy.. ,If any :one
doubts that these demagognes are-despe
rate in their • schemes; that they are • or
ganizing into associations to violently
oppose the „.14w..;... pat : . they : eontemPlate
violent nr:eif;to' . .,oyerthrow . thiStGovern : .
Ment; the account - of this
meeting, as printed hi a leading Denwerntie
newspaper. We need add no . comment
our own. When the enemies of the ,Go-
vernment arc hold enough to make these
threats, the time for speaking has passed.
James E. Murdoch.
Mr. JAMES E: MURDOCH has announced
on next Thursday eve
ifit of the sick and
Mr. lquaDocres ' ap-
Oda is in pursuance of
toes him infinite honor.
country by giving his
be most useful, he has
tries of readings, in the
cities of the country,
:o be, given to the sick
irs. Mr. MURDOCH re
ing his own expenses,:
receipts to the canye.t.
to great talents of 111 r.
popularity as im clo
the munificence of his
charity. lie has already read in Washing
ton to the most distinguished audiences,
and we trust that his reception in Phila
delphia, on nest Thursday evening, will
show our high appreciation of his ability
and patriotism. -
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, February 1, 1868
I think the Army of the Potomac Is on
the eye of fulfilling the hopes of its warmest
and most patient friends. This army has
,had a most singular fintune. When it, or
ganized it was the trust and dependence of
every loyal mail. Inaction weakened that
trust, and disaster demoralized its own
lenders. It became a political army. Gene
rals found : themselves adding strength to
factions ; the love which a soldier gives to,
his commander, and the sentiment` - of :if;
feetion and obedience which patriot - lan and
good discipline create, Were made to serve
the interests of ambitieus public men.
They began to trifle with the great power
entrusted to then. ,Their ambition was not
to gain victories; but to : : gain them in a cer
tain way ; and so far had this demoralila
tion extended that we actually beheld one
general imploring another by the Memory
of personal friendshipsto do his duty,. The
history of, the cainpaigns that ended with
Antietam, and More partieularly the whirl
wind that swallowed up General Pope,
abundantly shows the strength:of these feel
ings, The President was but haughtily
obeyed ; and instead of:that kind and con
fiding obedience that the true soldier gives,
orderswere Only respected in the letter, and
not 'in the spirit - . Discipline became cor
roded, and. gradually the whole fabric began .
to crumble.: -- ,
The chivalrous and noble,heartedGeneral
.
Burn Side, did Minch-to effect a - refrain. But
.
the evil had gone - so far that it Melt - tired it
stronger hand to check,it. General-- Pini
side' is one "of those aluiracters that the
World:Sees too rarely. He appeals'to the
hearts of men.- . --to their, love and sympathy
-and if he had taken the Army of the Po
tomac in the beginning, <we cannot-, doubt
that he Would have • fashioned it . into a
magnificent legion and led it to triumphant
battle-fields. Above party+abovelhe gross
ambition that sees nothing but personal ag
grandizement,.. he has moved from victory
to victory amid the:applaiise of men, • and he
has been from the beginning nothing but a
soldier: -- fle is a sOldier still, and in .a - Very
short time a ill be again in active 'service.
Abandoning .the Army of the Potomac be
cause he felt that the very qualities that
Iris endeared Jiro to the hearts of his cows
trynmn unfitted him to command demera
..lized-hattalions, den. Burnside is succeeded
by a new man and a new policY. Fitz John
Porter is an example and a•• Warning, and,
-as the Government has dealt.with Irani, so
Zcill it deal with all who exhibitlassithde or.
apathy, end, above all, with those ''Nrim,
draw the sword under protest and permit
private and perSonal griefs to weaken their
zeal in the good cause. - . The duty of a sol
dier is to 'obey and not to criticise, and: this
duty enforced upon the highest anti
the; 'lowest ; for, after. 'ill, the diSaffection
that is - ascribed to . the army exists only
among Ambitious and discontented officers.
The soldier§ in the - rank are true and faith
ful. ..We have had thesame scenes in Vir
giuia that Were seen in the war of the Revo
lution; and,' indeed, in': every War thatis re
c'orded—bravery at the camp-Are—jeal
ousy in the tent-4 restless, uneasy, - moon
trollable longing for distinction. . The - causeT.
was nothing. We - have had the spirit of
Arnold,Lee, Gates, and Con Way. in many.
of our recent. eimpaigns.. That spirit did
not affect the nor in the end injure .
the - Revolutionary cause of LibertY. It will
not Nitre the cause of Liberty -now.
Tiie effect of tite new and vigor:it - I.S Policy
which the appointment of General Hooker
inaugurates is already seen in - the iinprnVed
condition :of the 'army. The men are in
gOod health and good spirits,: with plenty of
food, and, clothing, : and plenty of money.
The Government has provided for all-,their
wants, and at the same time enabled them
to _Provide foithe: Wants of their- families.
They' baVe " a commander whose''ieortrage
and genius they have seen on many fields,
and geUerals will be 'placed over them who
have ShoWn a ,capacity to command: - and.
who have the conscience of this fight deeply'
seated in their souls.. The winter is rapidly
pitssing over: us,; the mud: on the RaPpa
hemlock will soon be hardenedinte a
inili-
Lary condition ; the daYs are beCoMing more
genial ;: the Predericksburg Misfortune has
been repaired; and in; the Sentb. and West
large armies are Moving on:the rebellion to
distract its attention and destroy its power.
It, seems .' . probable that fhe Ariny of the
Potomac will end thiS rebellion, and.close
its varied and extraordinary history by:a
Series of triuniphs that will bring honor and
peace to the nation. .OccAstoNAL.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatc,hes to gc The Preaa.”
WASHINGTON, February 1, 1883
Army of the Potomac.
There is no news to•day of any importance or in
terest from the Army of the Potomac. The men are
in fine spirits and anxious to be led • against the
enemy.
Terrible Explosion at the Arsenal.
About half past two o'clock yesterday afternoon
an explosion took place in one of the large store
houses of the Washington arsenal, by which one
men was killed outright and several others severely
injured—two of whom cannot possibly recover.
it appears that a lot of spherical case ammunition
had been sent to the Arsenal from the Army of the
Potomac, they havingbeen found useless, on account
of defective fuses, and a number of workmen were
engaged in removing the fuses preparatory to
the Insertion of new ones of a better quality.
To facilitate the work, two benches had been
put up about the centre of the building, hay"-
ing holes cut in them in which the ammu
nition was placed, and the fuses were then removed
by wrench. One of the workmen, having worn the
fuse on which he was operating down so that the
-wrench would not talce,hold, attempted to cut it out
with a "cold chisel," which, Striking fire, ignited
the fuse, and the shell exploded, and seven or eight
other shells lying near—some being in the hands of
the workmen—caught from it, and exploded also,
with a terrific crash, the pieces and balls flying in
all directions.
Mr. }funny BKR.NANN was struck in the head with
a piece of shell, and killed instantly, several balls
and pieces of shell entering his body.
joux Mooxv.v was struck in the head, and a por
tion of his skull carried away. This morning he
was removed to his residence in a dying condition,
and probably by this time has breathed his last.
CHARLES J. Winces., son Of Mr. Gro. Watairr,
one of the overseers at the Arsenal, was badly burned
about the Mee and hands, the latter being terribly
lacerated. He is thought to be internally injured,
and lies in a critical condition..
HENRI Simms had a portion of his foot taken
off, and it is supposed that one leg and arm are,
broken. He lies in a critical condition, there being
but little hopes of his recovery. • .
Several others were in the building at • the time,
some of whom were slightly. injured, but most - of
them are at work this morning.
The pieces of shell and balls flew in all directions,
Many of them ping through *the floor above, and
the force of the explosion , lifted a portion of the same
:floor: The walls—the end ones in particular—were
thrown considerably out of plumb ; a portion of the
north gable end being thrown down. Several of
the doors were forced out, and every pane of glass
in the building broken. To-day the ammunition is
being removed, and preparations are being made pi
pat the building in order at once.
The tow packing and some of the boxes contain
ing ammunition took fire, but fortunately was ex
tinguiahed before the ammunition itself caught.
Colonel ItAmszy, the commandant of the post, was
immediately on the ground, and by his heroic con.
duct prevented a more serious disaster. The ord
nance men, workmen, and volunteers, (Company .F.„
rith Pennsylvania) were also promptly at the build
ing, and rendered signal service in extinguishing the
tire.
The building is known as Store-house No. 2, and
ls the large building just south of the " Kodel Arse
nal," In the north end of the grounds, and at the
time of the explosion contained 36,600 • rounds of
6,600,000 do. of small-arm, • and about 380,0e0
rounds of pistol ammunition r which, bad it exploded,
would have shaken the whole city, and probably
killed several hundred people.
The Pirates Dixie amt Retribution.
The following deeariptione of the rebel privateers
men Dixie and Retribution have been forwarded to
the Secretary of the Navy by the commander of the
San Jacinto :
• "The Dixie is a small black schooner of about one
hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty tons.
"The Retribution Is a small black schooner of one
hundred and - ftfty tone; was formerly a steamer;
masts set far apart; the sails old, and quite dark
colored ; straight stem, rather inclining inboard, as
In the case with our tugboats. The wood tilling up
the apace which the propeller formerly occupied can
easily be discerned. She carries
.a jib from the
Inalghthead.l,
The Charges against Mr. Holloway.
Representatives SREDYIELD, IfIOD of Maine, No-
BLAWEBgTER, and TROWBRIDGE havebeen appoint
ed by Speaker OlioN . v a select committee to examine
into the charges extensively circulated in paniphiet
form by Mr. R. Ilicrys against Commissioner of Pa
tents HoLLOWAY.
Governor Hamilton and General Butler.
Gen. A..T.FIAMILTON Of Texas,las arrived here
direct from New Orleans.
Gen. BUTLER 1 stilt here, Hems on the floor of
the Senate yesterday morning.
Emancipation Claims.
Upwards of five hundred claims, amounting to
nearly six hundred thousand dollars, have been paid
at the Treasury during the present week, under the
late emancipation act. - Upwards of three hundred
clabris, amounting to over four hundred thousand
dollars, yet remain_ to be paid.
Arrival of. Contraband Goods.•
Thegunboat Reliance arrived at the Navy Yard
on Friday night, bringing up fourteen prisoners and
a large lot - of contraband goods, captured by the Our
'Ruck near the mouth of Piankatank river. A boat
from thwOurrituck, while in pursuit of a sloop
which had run into Indian creek on the .33d instant,
Was fired into by a number of iebel cavalry, and one
of the officers slightly wounded. The sloop, how.
ever, was captured, and the gunboat, running up to
a point within shelling distance, soon dispersed the
enemy.
The French Minister.
Full and satisfactory explanations have passed
between the French Minister and the State Depart
ment in regard to the recent alleged efforts to induce
M. Maimertin to t from a just and friendly
course of proceeding respecting our national affairs.
licla.tions with Spain.
Conversations have been held between the State
.Department and the Spanish Minister, on the sub
ject of the recent naval occurrences at Havana.
The League Island Navy yard.
The Committee on Naval Affairs have before them
the communication from the Secretary of the Navy,
recommending an appropriation of $250,000 for the
preparation of. League Island as a naval station.
The Secretary suggests the acceptance of that dona.
tion from the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose
of an iron navy yard, not to conflict with the esta.
blishment of a navy yard at New London.
The Banks Transports.
Acting Lieutenant E. L. CAVENDY, commanding
the 'United States gunboat Gemsbok, writing from
Turtle Harbor, East Florida, on the 10th instant,
informs the Navy Department of the grounding on
the 7th instant, a short distance north of Beacon
of the Lucinda, from Hampton Roads, one of the
Banks Expedition. She was loaded with a com
pany of troops and a battery;with horses, forage,
&c.
Lieutenant CAVENDY kedged her ofr the reef, and
she awaited better weather to pursue her voyage.
He also reports that the ship Sparkling Sea, from
same place, another of the Banks . Expedition tran
sports, got on a reef about the same time and place,
and will prove a *reek.
The 'United States steamer Sagamore subsequent
ly towed the Lucinda out of danger. The Spark
ling Sea bad on board a battery, with horses and
forage, which will probably prove a total loss.
General Hospital in New York.
Hoch interest has recently been manifested in re
gard to establishment of a General Hospital in
Western New York, and Surgeon General nAM
KOND, at the request of the Hon. Arommo Er,v and
a majority of his Congressional colleagues, has de
cided to locate one at Rochester, owing to its favo
rite locality and the many advantages which that
rich section of the State atrords.
Gen. Campbell.
The resignation of Gen. CAMPBELL, formerly Go
vernor of Tennessee, is announced.
General Burnside offered a Command.
A letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated the
Bath, says that General Bunneron is offered the
command of a new department, embracing North
and South l)arolina, and thirty day& time la allowed
for him to decide whether he will accept it or not
Tile Franklin Court Martial.
It is said that Generals Caowar.monn, Karim-
DALE, and VAN Ar.r.NN are to compose the Court of
luT3iry in the case of General FICANICLIN,• Lieut.
PELnozn will probably be Judge Advocate.
'-,Promotions.
Major. GEORGE C. nvnono, of General BUTLER'S
stall; is appointed brigadm: general,
Brigadier General PRATT, -- Of the Sixth Army
Corps, is appointed to command a division,
The Gunboat Canal.
The friends of the Michigan, Illinois, and New
Yinit Canal bill ate sanguine of its passage through
Congress.
Tile Release or Mr.
[Special _Despatch to The Press.]
BALTIMOItE, Feb. 1, 1863.—D1r. A. D. Boileau, of
the Evening Journal, has been released from his con
finement in Fort McHenry. He has given his parole
that, in future, he will not publish any matter of a
treasonable or inflammatory. character.
BALTIMORE, Jan. D. Boileau, of the Phi
ladelphia Evening Journal, still continues in Fort
McHenry.
Several Philadelphia and Baltimore friends visit
ed him to-day at
. the fort, and found him well,
but very• anxious to get out. They have, by per
mission of General Schenck and General Morris,
had a long interview in the °face of the latter, in
his presence.
Mr. Boileau has written a letter which is repre
tented to be loyal and conservative .to. General
Schenck, disavowing his knowledge of the objec
tionable editorial being in the „Martial until after
its publication, and .also editorially disaPproving of
the editorial which referred to Jeff Davis and Lin
- coin's messages.
Sle denied any`design against the Government, and
claims being for.the Union and for crushing, the
rebellion.' The letters will be handed to General
Schenck to-morrow by strong Union men, who
will, no doubt, endeavor to effect his speedy re
lease. Mr. Boileau is well, and hopes to be re
leased soon. -
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Continued Efforts of the Rebels to Capture
and Burn our Storeships on the River—
Forrest Out for AUother Raid at Harpeth
NaenvlLLE, Tam 31.—One thousand cavalry, un
der Forrest, with a battery of Tour pieces of artil
lery, have gone to Harpeth Shoals to await the pas
sage of the fleet of steamboats to this point. He
left from the vicinity of Franklin, Tennessee, for
that place last night. A stupendous effort for cap
turing the boats on the Cumberland river has been
determined on by the rebels. The river is at a stand,
but the rain is again falling this evening.
The Latest.
The Rebel Morgan Crossing the Cumber-
LoorsvlLLE, Feb. I.—Morgan, with a considera
ble force, Is reported as crossing the
,Cumberland
river, above and below Rowena, either to destroy
the railroad, or to obtain possession of certain points
in Northern or Central Kentucky.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Advance of the Rcbcls—ffidlrortd Accident—
The Vicksburg Cut-off.
Cmxto, Feb. I.—The guerillas continue active in
the vicinity of Memphis. A detachment of the 4th
Illinois Cavalry, on Tuesday, encountered a squad
of rebels. Our loss was seven killed, wounded, and
captured.
IC The Bulletin says that the rebels are advancing as
fast as the condition of the roads will allow, their
object evidently being to get possession of the Cum
berland and Tennessee rivers.
A railroad accident occurred near nfoScow on
Tuesday. Four freight cars were precipitated down
an embankment, and nine soldiers.
From Vicksburg we learn that the water is run
ning through the cut from two to four feet deep, but
there are no signs yet of the channel widening.
A considerable force has crossed the Bend, and are
now encamped opposite,Tarrenton, in order more
readily to communicate with the force below when
it arrives.
Death of Colonel Stewart.
CAIRO, 111., Jan. 31.—Colonel, Stewart, chief of
General NeClernandia staff, was killed opposite
Vicksburg on the 24th inst. He was deatsoying the
rebel ferry-boats, and was shot by the enemy.
DEPARTMENT. OF THE SOUTH,
An Engagement off Charleston—Rebel Re
port of the Surrender of the Gunboat J.
P. Smith In Stono River—Another Gun
boat Crippled.
Acting Rear Admiral Lee has sent the following
telegram to the Secretary or the Navy :
Nv.ivroivr NEws, Jan. 31, via Fort Monroe, Feb.
1-8 A. Pd.—The Richmond Examiner of Saturday
contains the following despatch:
"CHARLESTON, Jan. 30.—The Federal gunboat
J. P. Smith, carrying 11 guns and f.'3o men, surren
dered unconditionally to our forces this afternoon,
after a sharp engagement at Stono river. The
enemy's loss is heavy. Only one man was wounded
'on our side. Another gunboat escaped in a crippled
condition. Our forces were under the command of
Lieut. Col. Gates."
General 'Burnside in Providence.
Pnovinitecr, It 1., Jan. 31:—Gen. Bu rn side ar
rived here this morn ing. He declined a ptiblic re
ception, but thousands thronged the railway:station
and the square near it to greet him. He made a few
brief remarks in response to Mayor Knight's wel
come. 'His many friends will call on him at his resi
dence to-day.
The Norwegian at Portland.
Ponmartn, -Feb. I.—The steamer Norwegian,
from Liverpool, arrived at 9 o'clock this evening.
She was a day and a half in the ice, and spoke the
Jura in the ice on Wednesday.
Her advises have been anticipated.'
From California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.—The Senatorial caucus
has adjourned till Tuesday night to obtain witnesses
on the charges of corruption.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31.—The steamer Sonora
sailed toglap . wlth ninety 7 six passengers and $lll,OOO
in treasure for England, and $280,000 for New York.
Sax. FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 .— Arrived, ship Agria
from Boaton.
Suicide of a Wealthy Man.
New Youx, Feb. I.—John Fitzgerald, the eon-in•.
law of Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, and himself
a wealthy banker of that State, committed attioide
at the St. Nicholas Hotel, yesterday, with a pistol.
He leaves property amounting to $400,000. . '
The High Price of Pallier.
BOSTON, San. al.—ln the Rouse of , Assembly to
day a resolution was introduced and adopted, re
questing the Senatori and Itemesentativea of Mas
sachusetts in Congress to use their Influence in favor
of the measures for the reduction of the price of
paper..
Railroad Depot. Burned.
31.13TMRSON CITY, Mo., :Tan. M.—The Pacific
Railroad depot, telegraph office, and engine house,
were burned this afternoon with a small amount
of Government stores. The total loss is about
*lO,OOO. •
Markets by Telegraph.
CINCINNATI, Jan. al.—The Flour market is un
settled; holders ask $6.1014 bbl. Wheat active and
advanced 2c. Whisky active at 60c and holders de
mand a further. advance. -Pork 'buoyant at 14c.
Lard buoyant at 93462300. The money market is
excited. Gold is quoted at 158: , Demand notes 63 111
cent. premium.
Bar.Tmone,.Jan. 31.—Flour steady. Wheat firm ;
Western white, $1188@1.95 Southern, $1.20@2;
red, $1.68.@1.68. Groceries firm, and tendency up
ward.
VIE PRESS. - PHILA.DELPIRA, MONDAY,. FEBRUARY 2, 1863.
BRILLIANT AFFAIR NEAR OARSVILLE.
GENERAL CORCDRAN DEFEATS GENERAL ;MR,
GALLANT BAYONET CHARGE
REBELS DRIVEN FROM THEIR POSITION
Colonel Knoderer Seriously Wounded.
Ni w Youic, Feb. I.—The New York ffrrald has
the details of the tight near the Blackwater, Gen.
Pryor crossed the lilackwater on the night of the
28th, with three regiments of rebel infantry, four de
tached battalions of infantry, nine hundred *miry,
and fouiteen pieces of artillery. The next night
Gen. cMrcoran, under the orders of Gen Pick, ad
vanced his troops to meet them.
The rebels were found ten miles from Suffolk, and
a cannonading was commenced which, after lasting
two hours and a half, caused the enemy to retreat.
Gcn. Corcoran advanced all his force. Ills infan
try, with fixed bayonets, drove the rebels rrarfy - a
mile, they leaving their killed and wounded behind.
Gen. Corcoran continued to follow them um and
the rebels took another position two miles from'the
first battlefield.
At the latest information by mail Gen. Corcoran
was moving to flank them.
The light occurred by moonlight
The telegram of yesterday indicates that the rebels
were again driven from the last named position,
and were still being pursued. Our loss was 24 killed
and 80 wounded. ..
Col . Knoderer, 162 th Pennsylvania, is dangerously
wounded in the hip by a piece of shell.
Capt. Taylor, 119th New York, killed.
Gem Corcoran had a narrow escape, and Captain.
Blodgett, of his star, was slightly wounded. ", .
Captain Kelly, 60th New York, wounded 11 AM,
and amputation, it is thought, will bememislialy.
Among the officers wounded are Captain; Leach,
113th New York, arm,.allghtly ; Adjutant prittan,
same regiment, slightly; Lieutenant Batley , , 11th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, leg, slightly; Adjutaut Al
lin, 6th Massachusetts ; Lieutenants Wood and
Marshall ditto. Lieutenant Sawtelle, Gth.:4ll.asaa
chusetts, was killed. L
Hebei sources state that Colonel Page, r th 'Vir
ginia, was killed.
Among the rebel regiments engaged weretthe 54th,
63d, Nth, and 29th Virginia. The rebels received
reinforcements during the fight.
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. 31.—The fighting is all
over, and the rebels have been driven beAdd the
Blackwater. ! . A nn.
Thet following are the casualties in the' y -
rants regiments: 17— ,
~,. 1.. 11T11 PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY.— KiIIed -tr Frede
rick Heart, Co. E. ll'ounded—Lieut. W. D ailey,
B, leg, slightly ; Ed. D. G. Morton, A, - leg ;' Joseph
H. Holloway, A. foot; Albert D. Hodge, 114 leg am
putated; David Tyler, A, arm amputated ;Thomas
Tully, A, face arm, and aide ; James A.. Beach, A,
bowels, mortally; Harry Woodhall, D, paralyzed in
left side; William Dugan, D, right foot ilhornas
King, D, left. knee i Sylvester Wildey . , D, left foot;
Josee It. Sailer, L. leg_ . ; Henry Gleaner, ..t.; back;
M. 'wily, E, head; Wm. H. Lampiere, hand;
John O'Brien, F, arm ; John Robinson, I, ri. titleg;
Henry Llama, I, back.
15621 r Bramsyr.valciA.—Wounded—Johnolders,
Co. A, concussion from a shell ; William P le, left
arm ; Adam Spidle, struck by a shell, slightl .
167TI1IPMINSYLVANIA.-001. ,
seriously wounded in the hip by a shell ; David
chultz, Co. B, hand, gunshot wound;
Wei s ner. Co. G, shoulder, by a shell ; John Shoel
der, Co. R, hit in the head hy ashen; Daniel Sohull,
Co. I, hip, wound by a shell; Adam Demer, Do. H,
hip, by a shell • Nathan Heiser, Co. I, hea4,^by a
shell ; Moses Reebrist, Co. D, leg, by a shelf.'
The following is the official atatenient of fitakilled
and wounded in the action of Friday:
IIFIADQUARTEAS SUMSOLK, V . A., 1
MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S ' OFFICE, Jan. 341803.
I have the honor to report that, in. the aotlin4es
terday near Camille, our loss was asfollowit:
Killed. W dad.
Sixth Massachusetts 3-. t 9
Thirteenth Indiana 0 12
112th New York 0 I
Thirteenth New York 6 19
Sixty-ninth New York 6 ', 8
11th Penn'a Cavalry 3
167th Penn's Militia 1
166th Penn's Militia 0 .1 1-
7th Mass. Battalion, Co. CI 2
7th U. S. Artillery, Co. D - 4
_• L •
Total. - - :li
•-
The Iron -clad steamer Patapsco left Hampton
Roads last event. ‘g at 7 o'clock, and w;t • to sea
under convoy of the 11. S. gunboat Pawn .
The Rhode Island, which has been h e. several
days taking in coal, sailed hence at 9.13' lock this
forenoon. •
The flag-of-truce steamboat New York, keaves (or
City Point to-night, and expects to bring 'down
several hundred Uaion prisoners, now in \ltich
mond.
The Bombardment of Galt - est , at Cont
meneed—The Drooklyn, New London, anti
Seiota Engaged A Rebel F)n k, shot
Down—The Fleet Relnforeed—Ralveston
'Doomed,.
The following extract of a letter writtin by Acting
Assistant Paymaster Frederick R. Thouipson, of the
D. S. steamer Neer London, ElOkiling sofselheidents
Of the bombardment of Gelveiton, has be*. for
warded to theSeCretary of the Nary , • ~••
SATURDAYTERING, Jan. le, 1863.—We arrived
off Galveston a out noon to-day, and as soon ea the
'captain reported to the flag-offlcer, the signal went
up from the flag•ship to prepare for action, and get
under weigh. The Brooklyn stopped about two
miles from the fort, while the New London and
tsciota went close in, to draw, if possible, the foe of
any batteries which the rebels may have erected.
Surrounding the fort could be seen the tents of the
troops, and towards them our fire was directed.
The ball was opened by the Brooklyn. She was
lying about a mile and a half from us. We saw a
puff of smoke at her bow, and then heard the deep
booming of her gun, while in the air we could hear
the howling of her shell as they passed over us.
The Sciota followed with her 11-Inch and Parrott
guns at one extremity of the town, while we wore
along the front to the other extremity. •We opened
fire with one Parrott and a Sawyer gen, but elicited
no reply. We then went within a mile and a half of
the fort, and opened fire upon the encampment. The
Sciota came after us, while the Brooklyn, with the
tremendous range of her gun, planted her shell
nearly at the distance of three miles. , We were roll
ing tremendously, and had to fire as ism were rising.
Our starboard thirty-pounder was fired and we
watched in the direction of the range. The shell
exploded in the fort and soon down came the rebel
flag, the halyards being cut, so that the credit be
longs to the New Loudon. After firing severalgood
Shots the signal was sent uli from the flag-ship to
cease action. We came about, and as we returned a
fieldpiece battery was opened on ua,but it fell short,
though near enough for us to hear and see the shot
as it struck about twenty rods from us. We gave
them a broadside, and the Scioto three it-inch shells,
all of which struck and exploded in the battery, the
effect of which must have been trpmendous, judging
from what we could see through the glass.
We could see the meets of the lia#let Lane over
the town, which is situated on a narrow strip of
land.
To-night our squadron has been reinforced by two
more gunboats, carrying 16 guns. To-morrow, be
ing Sunday, nothing will be done, but when the
bombardment is renewed it will be tremendous.
Galveston is a doomed city. The disgrace attend;
ing the capture of the Harriet Lane must be wiped
out, and vengeance upon its butchers and captors
will be awful.
On Monday we shall attempt to piss the torte at
the mouth of the harbor.
AFFAIRS IN NEW ORLEANS RUMORS
ABOUT TILE PIRATE FLORIDA—GENE
RALS BANKS AND WEITELT, AT NEW
ORLEANS—THE ATTACK ON I PORT HUD
SON—THE BANKS AND UNITED STATES
TREASURY NOTES.
• NEW Yonx, Feb. I.—The steamer Columbla, from
New ()demi on the 25th and Havana on the 28th,
arrived this evening. -. 4
The steamer Creole from New York arilvea at
Havana on the 28th ult.
Our Havana letter of 28th states that rumors place
the pirate Florida at Grand Inagua, at the Baha
mas, oft Able°, while other rumors state that she
had a fight with a Federal gunboat, was on tire off'
Abaco, and was being chased off the Bahama banks*
by a war, steamer painted black. Sze.
The steamer B. B. Ouyler got ashore near Cien
fuegos, but was got oft again, met the gunboat San
tiago de Cuba, and sailed on a cruise.. •
The gunboats Sonoma and Tloga have sailed from
Havana on,a erotic.
The San Jacinto paaaed Mayaguez on the 12th.
One of the 'vessels burned by the pirate . Florida
was at anchor at the mouth of the harbor of Car
denas.
Venezuela dates of the 6th ultimo state that the
blockade of Maracaibo continues. Gen. alarajas
had been eaii.tiqed.
New Crleant; advices of the 25th ult. represent
all quiet in the city.
General Banks returned from Baton Rouge on
the 22d. Nearly all the old troops formerly under
General Butler nre at Baton Rouge.
Brigadier General Bowen has been appointed
provost marshal general of the department.
Colonel Dwight has been appointed provost mar
shal of Louisiana, vice Colonel French.
Colonel Deming is about to resign the mayoralty
of New Orleans.
General Weitzel had returned from Berwick's bay,
and will soon go to Baton It ouge with his forces, to
nsisist in the 'attack on Port Hudson. The. rebels
have been strengthening the works there, and our
gunboats, it is thought, cannot assist much •in the
attack, but the mortar fleet will operate more ad
vantageously.
The Brooklyn, Selota, and otheinrar Vesiels, were
still off Galveston. ;
It is rumored that the Harriet Lane escaped from
Galveston immediately after her capture, but this is
not believed.
The Alabama has not been heard from since sink
ing the Hatteras. A. number of vessels are cruising
for her in the Gulf.
The banks of New Orleans have been remonstia.
ted with by Gen. Banks for refusing to take U. S.
treasury notes on deposit, and they finally agreed to
take them on special deposit.
-Rebel notes are in demand, and the rebels seem to
be more happy than usual. .
The New. Orleans Della says that Colonel Thorpe
stated, at a publics meeting on the 2.3 d, that the
levees abOve the city were in a very 'dilapidated con
dition, large holes having been cut to enable the
to fire at the passing boats. Thewater in
the river has risen fifteen leek within a month; and
was still rising rapidly, and unless the levees were
speedily repaired, not only Louisiana, but large
portion■ of Arkansas and Mississipplovould be
submerged. :
The ship B. P. Carver, with a cargo of from
Searsport, was ashore below the Passes.
. The British steamer Antona, captured otT-Isobile,
had,airived at New Orleans. She has' a valuable
cargo of, merchandise. ;
The bark Brilliant and aelionuer R. W. Fall ar.
lived at New Orleans on the 24th Irorn Philadelphia.
ARNIT OF TILE RIACkWATER.
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES,
&c., &c., &c.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
XXXVIIth CONGRESS—Third Sesiiou.
WARRINGTON, January 31, 1883.
SENATE.
+hooks to Commander Word en and
Others.
Mr. HALE (Rep), of New Hampshire, from tho
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported back the joint
resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Uom
mender John L. Worden, distinguished for his good
conduct in the conflict between the Monitor and the
IVlerrimac. Passed.
Alive from the same committee, ajoint resolution
tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodores
James L. Ludon, Charles H. Davis, J. 11. Dahl
gren Stephen O. 'Rowan, David E. Porter, and S.
H. SA:lngham, with an amendment.
Mr. HALE said the committee bad stricken
out the name of .T. L. Lardner, not from anything
derogatory to him, and that he was not worthy, but
because they had established a rule to give no thanks
except to one in command of an expedition, or of
separate service, like the Monitor. He had a list of
all the votes of thanks tendered by Congress up to
the present war, and there had only been seven,
and none of. them to any persona except com
manders of expeditions". But now we have recom
mendations and votes of thanks to the number of
forty or fifty, and the committee thousht it best to
make some rule as a limit. These votes of thanks
also render an officer eligible to inereased rank, and
keep him on the active fist ten years longer. This
the committee think unwise, and a bill will soon be
presented to repeal that law.
The !Intendment was adopted and the resolution
agreed to.
Encouragement of Enlistments
Mr. WILSON(Rep.),of Massaciliusctta, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the
bill to encourage enlistments, enrollment and draft.
Log of militia.
Salaries of .Chief Clerks.
Mr. KING (Rep.), of New York, called up the hill
to increase the compensation of the chief clerk of
the Paymaster's Department to $2,500 per annum.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, said he
should not oppose the bill, but he wanted to enter
his protest against this being made a precedent for
the increase of the pay of all other chief clerks.
Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, wanted the
Senate to understand what to expect if this bill was
passed. The result will be that we shall have all
the other chief clerks asking fora like advance. He
thought this was not the time to increase salaries.
Mr. SHERMA_N (Rep.), of Ohio, and Mr.
GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, also opposed the pas
sage of the bill, and it was disagreed to—yeas 15,
nays 21.
Exportntion of Arms.
Mr. McDOUGALL (Derr.), of Oalifornia,called up
thexesolution'reiluesting the President to transmit
tc e ithe Senate orders or papers relative to the expor
tation of arms, &c., to Mexico, for the use of the
French. Adopted.
Diploma tic Appropriations.
PESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, called up
the consular and diplomatic, appropriation bill,
and it was passed,
Appropriation Bill.
The legislative, executive, and judicial appropria
tion bill was taken up.
An amendment, striking out the provision reduc
ing the mileage to ten cents, was adopted—yeas 30;
nays, Messrs. Chandler, - primes, King, Lane, of In
diana,Sherman, Wade, and Wilaon of Maesachu
sette7,
• . Department of. Agriculture.
The COmmittee on Finance offered an amendment
to reduce the appropriation for the D4partment of
Agriculture from $130,000 to $66,000.
FESSENDEN (Rep.) said that it was simply
a question whether the Senate would • increase-this
Agricultural Department into a great department of
the Government at this time.
Mr. FOOT (pep.), of Vermont, said that no act of
Congrees, except those pertaining to the suppression
of the rebellion, had been received by the country
with greater satisfaction than the recognition by the
Government of the great interest of agriculture—the
great underlying and sustaining interest of the, coun
try; and nothing would be received with greater
dissatisfaction than an act to out down this depart
ment.
HAIMAN (Rep.), of lowa, thought that this
department had been a success. lie exhibited nu
merous specimens of sugar made from sorghum, and
cloth, thread, and paper made from corn husk. He
said, that though all these experiments had not been
conducted In the Agricultural Department, yet that
department bad °effected the facts and . called atten
tion to and created nn interest in the matter.
The discussion was continued at considerable
length.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The 'Negro-Soldier Bill.
The House resumed the consideration of the negro
soldier bill.
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said
that within a few months the term of enlistment of
several hundred thouicand of volunteers will expire;
hence the necessit of the provision of the bill.
Mr. THOMAS (U.) replied, that the bill reported,
and as prepared a the War Department, contains no.
such provision. If negro soldiers are to be employed
for fi e years to put clown the rebellion, the term is
too long; if to exterminate or subjugate the South,
this term is too short. Not one of those house boys
or pages, matched prematurely from his mother's
.era le. will live to see the end of such a wiir.
The civilization of the age will prevent it. He
further opposed the bill, suggesting that this po
licy, besides involving so much additional expense,
might fail. He deprecated conducting the war on a
party basis, wishing to have all patriotic men en
gaged in the suppression of the rebellion. The ques
tion of separation was not to be discussed. God
bless the old Union 1 All he asked was that gentle
men should uphold the Constitution which they had
sworn to support, .the oath being registered in
heaven. If we save this Union, future generations'
will bless us. If we lose it, they will curse us. He
believed that we will come out of the contest pu
rified.
Arr. TRII(rBLE (U.), of Ohio, said the policy to
employ negroes, already adopted by the House, in
such way as the President might deem useful, was
sufficient. He thought the House had legislated too
much on the subject, and_atill believed that if the
President bed laid down n policy at the beginning of
the contest, and compelled an adherence to it, we
would have been far better offi Ile declined to inti
mate what that policy should have been. It was un
fortunate that the President should not have esta
blished one. The employMent of black men did not
rest on their capacity anti efficiency as soldiers, but as
laborers. Slaves, he maintained, constituted the ele
ment of strength and power of the rebels. If such
persons had, from the beginning, been employed in
digging entrenchments and other labor, the lives of
many valuable white men would have been saved.
If he had been in the command of troops, he iVould
have eent out and gathered in all the negrees- he
could find for the , performance of such labor. He
.said that in Northern States there would be compa
ratively few enlistments.
In reply to Mr. Wright, who spoke yesterday, ha
said that members could no chore compromise, as
was suggested, than we could compromise with
rebels in arms. They, as the South, would scout
and scorn it.
Mr. WRIGHT (D.), of Pennsylvania, wished to
know what reason there was why there could not
be an honorable compromise among members here'?
What obstacle was there, if all were honestly in
favor of sustaining and perpetuating the 'Union?
Mr. TRIMBLE replied, that fortunately or
fortunately, God has so constituted men that th
will differ in opinion, and he hail no idea that e
gentlemen on the other side would ' yield th *r
opinions as t o the conduct of the war. He deolarill
himself in favor of the Constitution as it is, and e,3-
pressed a hope that the institution of slavery . I
never be permitted to extend its powers beyom to
present limits.
In reply to Mr. Cox, who yeaterday said th te
groes were to be employed, like " fiends of he to
consummate what was inaugurated by the Nor in
a spirit of hate," he remarked that this was a n
just imputation on the North, whose object w to
prosecute the war for the preservation of th o
vernment, If he could, he would unchain h col
leagues fiends of hell, and not recall them no the
last rebel fratricide was swept away: but be
lieved the people of the North were abu ntly
able to protect the heritage bequeathed b heir
fathers, and to continue this contest until e na
tional flag floated again over all parts of thee ntry.
Mr. BIDDLE (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, reply
to a portion of the remarks of Mr. Trimbl mused
to be rend the following extract from a er of
General "McClellan to Senator Harris, da July
12th 18C2:
"I perceive, by the newspaper report f Co
gressionar proceedings, that there has n c
siderable discussion on the subject of qui
military commanders to receive 'negro se.
protection in their camps, and to emplo
suitable labor connected with the mitt.
It may be well enough for the fact to be m
that all negroes, male and female, who
into the co tilln of the Army of the Poto
Peninsula, have been protected and set
wages, in performing offices which othe ;
have devolved upon our soldiers. Th ••
there operatives has thus far been ins'
our wants."
Dir. PENDLETON (D.), of Ohio,
bill and pending amendments ail had
.namely, the employment of negro soldie
as introduced by blr.' Stevens, was e
mole respect because it was open and
efforts to enroll suchltroopa had prove(
evidenced at Hilton Head and recent
The advocates of the bill had failed to
such negro soldiers were to be used, w
junction with the whites, or as an lode
What was to be done with these
they returned ft om . the service ? W!
restored to 'their present social and
dation, or elevated to all the rights a
the whitest The answer will come a
have returned. The reverse to the a
eiation of currency, are owing to the
impression prevailing that the Ad:
Republican party are tired of m;
"Onion as it was and the uonstitut
was the influence here which pro
rebults. . .
iNfr. DAWES (Rep.), of Maseru.. Ws, wished to
know why it waethat an army'of . o hundred and
thirty-eight thousand men was h ;rig on the Vir
ginia shore for forty days, under gentleman's l
fa
vorite general, and failed to mak I attack against
the Quaker guns; and again, why ey did not move
till commanded by the President.
AIL PENDLETON, in the co of his reply,
said. that it was better for th Iny to stop as it
did, than it was to cross the Ippahannock un
der another commander. A faing was gaining
3
ground in the Northwest th the people had
been tricked into service by appeal to - their
patriotism, under the prete that the object
was to protect the Constitu and the Union,
when it was for the aboliti of slavery; Un
less this impression bea lit will become
j)
universal,and when it takes ho i s thepublic mind,
it will be beyond your power ier to get another
man or dollar to carry on the 1. He was opposed
to the bill in any form, becausqtwill produce a re
volution in every slaveholdiaßorder State, and
disband the white armies; bee eit would render a
re-union impossible. He co not vote for it, be
cause he had sworn to sup t the Constitution,
which this bill strikes down.
Mr. DAVIS (Rep.), of P 7 .
one thing will have to be '
promise may be patched up, ,
jugate the South, or the ul
this spirit he had entered II
the country. if the re
them enjoy their success,
it. 'We have drawn th i
have said that they shall 1
gated him to his rule, he A
If he submitted, It wou
his children should draw
battle out. He hated eve .
to his country, and expect d
wanted fair 'day. If a bl
side, climbed the rampart (
a rebel officer, or captur
did, the honor should r
cowards if we do not RC
can tear down the rebel I
Capitol of Richmond
would give him honor gr
made the attempt and far
the African was far info
.aylvania, said that
jletl, (whatever corn
anely, we must sub
utijugate us. With
is war, and so has.
subjugate us, let
they will deserve
vord, however, and
St. If a man subju
wved to be a slave.
De in the hope that
sword and fight the.
Lan who was an enemy
ds hate in return. lie
man, standing by his
Ld seized the sword of
. rebel flag before he
13g to him. We are
We. If a black hand
er, and place over the
stars and stripes, he
;r any general Who has
I. If, as had been said,
r to the white man, why
in
rpriweent for a higher
ad been under a black
ad the latter was one of
ith this African he passed
e men shrunk and turned
roan set a laudable exam
,anions. Dravery,ivas
thout regard to color or
not encourage him to
destiny He (ILr. Da
officer of a ship's
the bravest. Side by sid
through dangers when 'e
pale with fear. That hl..
pie of bravery to his c
part of man's nature,
race.
Mr. OLIN o i w York, sald that It this
bill had been quietly ..mitted to the Clovernittea
ou Military Altairs, a:. had suggested, for: exami
nation and report; it Id not have provoked the
least division or exci ent,,and the disorderly and
disgraceful proccedi r which every 116Nort in the
lloure (with thc'exc . on of perhaps two or three
xuernbers), would ha :en avoided. The bill did
'not come before the use in a legttiniate way,
but in the manner o • • entleman tioniterhere wl •
a pocket full of re •tions who desired to see
their names in prin d who set Up: ft contest. as
Idle u the east win le referred to the acts el.
ready exist log le sh Ist the President has Plenary
Power to enlist pe a of African descent 'in the
army and navy, a n icer them as he OCAS proper..
Be asked. gentlem retieot how little • *maxim
there was for th is ti e, and the exhibition of feel
ing, and the seen Inch had recently disgraced
this House. lie fly reviewed the '•,, pi:mating
amendments. rein g th at the very filet of re
ceiving such pert° ICI the service, as already pro
vided; carries wit h the necessary proteation. It
was idle and hall s, therefore, to say 'that the
hill changed (96641111m.y. lie id not 'think the
I ,
mete employment tfrioabe should be seized upon
for the assertion that it would create disaffection iti
the North, or that it would be an admission that the
whites are inadequate to the suiroreaslim of the re
bellion. They ought to avail themselves of all
means to accomplish the great purpoee.
Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, said it was
now mete than two years since the secession of
South Carolina—years of gloom to the country and
horrible darkness to the South. lie remembered a
remark made to hint by a member of Congress in
7qateli,lB6l, that secession was nothing but the ef
fect of a monstrous system of lying which had been
inaugurated. Much of the falsehood should be im
puted to the ignorance of the leaders. Among other
things, they talked ofelorthern men as cowards. be
lieving that one Southern man is equal in a light to
five Yankees. The oligarchy was insolent and base,
and in the social eireio their rule was inexorable and
their tyranny absolute. After glancing - at the facts
connected with the commencement of the rebellion,
he said that the Southern tyrants swayed their power
with the bayonets of soldiers, who would turn them
against their masters, if they could. The rebel
leaders are warring for empire and the establish
ment of tyranny over white men. They know
that, if the Constitution is maintained, they will be
driven into obscurity and disgrace, and hence they
scorn the idea of living under our Government.
The South will be redeemed and disenthralled front
the despotism which now overshadows her, and re
sume her place under the old Rag. But woe be to
those who have betrayed the people by their baseness
and corruptions! Their power In this Union has pass
ed away forever, and better men will succeed to
their places. They will descend lower than ever
plummet Bounded, with their guilty Bympathizers
clinging to their skirts. There was a large Union
element in the South, which would develop
itself when it was found that the Government Is
able to afford them protection. The Union men of
the South were now obliged to submit to a despotic
power from which they cannot escape. In view of
all the circumstances Involved in the question, he
showed-the necessity of a concert of action on our
part, the sooner the better, to restore obedience to
the Conetitutlon by the suppression of the rebelliOn,
and presented an array of facts for the encourage
meni of the cause of the Union.
- .
R - Without taking any tuition on the question, the
Rouse adjourned.
Arrival of the Australasian—Object of Na.
pol ecnitslilex i can Cam paign—A
Crists In Spam—The "Times'? on the Ala,
'Mnn—Rights of Belligerents—Sympathy
with the Anti-Slavery Policy of our Go..
• vermnent.
NEw YOYtiC, Feb. I.—The steamer Australasian,
from Liverpool, with dates to the 17th ult., and to
the 18th via Queenstown, arrived this evening at - 7
o'clock.
Napoleon confesses that hia Mexican campaign
wall designed to prevent the extension of American
influences sou thward.
There is a Miniaterial crisis in Spain, and O'Don
nell is forming a new Ministry.
The London correspondent of the Manchester
Gvardian, writing on President Lincoln's emancipa;
tion proclamation says that he hears a very general
expression of opinion that the first black outrage
will be the signal for European intervention in the
interests of humanity.
The London Times again replies to the New York
Chamber of Commerce touching the Alabama, and
admits that the resentment of the North is very na
tural, and the ease, as seen from a Federal point of
view, claims a certain degree of sympathy ; but con
tends, however, that the complaints against the
British Government really amount, to very hale,
and adduces arguments against them.
Among the French diplomatic correspondence just
published is a letter from Napoleon to Gan. Pony,
in which it is confessed that the motive for -the
French policy.in Mexico is a desire to prevent the
United States from extending their authority
southward over the American continent
•
Messrs. Bright mid Scholefleld have again been
speaking in Birmingham in reference mainly to bel
ligerent rights, Ice. Mr. Bright did not think any
change could be made in the determination of the
Paris comrrma. He questioned whether commer
cial men desired peace in America. It would bring
ruin to many. He complained of Russell and Glad
stone, and bitterly denounced the Times for mislead
ing the public on the American question.
Movements arc on foot in Liverpool to test the
public opinion by a meeting to consider the Ameni•
can. war and emancipation question. A similar
movement is to take place in Manchester, where a
branch of the Emancipation Society ie being formed.
Ir.. The steamers Great Eastern and Europa arrived
at Liverpool on the 15th.
All the Spanish Ministry hare resigned, and
O'ppnnelt was forming a new Cabinet. It is re
ported that I'osado will succeed Collantes as Foreign
Minister.
A new Spanish ministry has been formed, with
Gen. O'Donnell as President.
_ .
There is a talk of the Duke of Sake Coburg for
King of Greece, but it is reported that he has de
clined.
It is rumored that Turkey is making warlike
..preparations.l
THE LATEST.
An influential deputation from the Emancipation
Society waited on Minister Adams, on the 16th, to
present a copy of a resolution, expressing sympathy
with the anti-slavery policy of President Lincoln's
Government. The Rev. Baptist Noel, Jacob
liright, sod others, addressed appropriate observa
tions to Mr. Adams, who, in reply, expressed grati
fication ;at the proofs leh were being afforded
of the friendliness of public opinion towards the
United States Government. He said he felt sure
that the, representations which he should make
on the :subject .would tend to remove the
irritation' which might have been felt among the
people odhis country. Ho then explained and de
fended the acts and policy of the United States, and
pointed oid that the legally established Government
which the:slave conspirators had assailed was really
fighting hi self-defence, and in behalf of liberty and
human progress.
The Army and Nary Gazelle says :• End to the war,
except LA mutual ruin, we can see none. Those who
speak of reducing the South to the elate of St. Do
mingo little realize the miseries and horrors which
must hefalithe South ere her bleeding carcass lies
unresistingly at the foot of the armed Abolitionists.
Commercial Intelligence.
LONDO/IjJanuary 15.—Coueols for money 9.244@
92%. The Idecrease ol bullion In the Bank of Eng
land is .£533,000. Illinois Central shares 40939,ii
discount.
tl THE LATEST.
The steamer John Bell put into Queenstown on
the.iSth with propeller lost.
Livenrobt, January 11.—The sales of Cotton to
day were *OO bales, including 1,500 to speculators
and exporter ' s. The market closed unchanged.
Breadatuics quiet and steady.
Yrovhtioxo dull.. - •
LONDOIc, rnuary 17.—Consols 923,1@.12y;', Erie
Railroad 95, @ , 19, Illinois Central 40,f3oniS discount.
üblie Entertainments.
THE NID CHESTNUT-STET:ET TREAT EE—WIR.
EDWIN Fon T.--Mr. Forrest has given his first
week to th great Roman part of Firginfus. The
great point of this performance, as Mr. Forrest
renders it, is the triumph of the actor over the
dramatist. "Virginius," as Mr. Knowles composed
it, is a very „indifferent tragedy, and the last act
especially, whkre Virginius strangles Appius
Claudi
us, always impressed us as being a violation of
taste as well (as of the truth of history. Then,
again, there are no supporting characters like those
we see in Shakspeare to give prominence and truth
to the great central part. Thus, " Hamlet " would
be imperfect Without Envies and Horatio, and
"Richard" without his Buckingham. They are
contrasts, and serve to give life and body to the
main figure. to " Virginius" there are no such
characters. kilius and Denialus are both failures,
while Appius Claudius is a brutal caricature,
and very unnatural. Yet the charaCter of
Firginina, so ungracious and monotonous, in the
hands of Mr. Forrest becomes a great part. Like
Jack Cade, Sparlacus, and Damon, he not merely cre
ates but recreates. Where the dramatist fails, he
supplies; and speeches which read, as most of Mr.
Knowles' rhetoric reads, forced and unnatural, be
come eloquent when delivered with the force and
feeling which are so particularly the attributes of
the great tragedian.
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pose of welcoming "Cardinal Richelieu." While
Bulwer does not particularly excel Knowles in the
dramatic construction of hie plays,hislaeguage is sur
passingly beautiful. "Richelieu" is a playthat may
• be said to play itself—that is to say, it is so full of good
Points, striking situations, and eloquent speeches,.
that the poorest actor could not fail to make an ins
pressien. This is the other extreme of " Virginius,"
and the manner in which Mr. Forrest performs the
Cardinal exhibits a great proof of his remarkable
genius. This popular part, which any actor could
play and be applauded, in the hands of Mr. FOrrest
becomes one of the greatest conceptions on the
stage. We do not give our own opinion alone,
but that of every writer Who presumes to
speak with any authority or dramatic criticism,
when we say that as Itichelieu, Mr. Forrest lias no
equal living, and that his performance of the part is
a most wonderful achievement. lie gives •us the
Cardinal-Duke; the Minister who controlled Ca
bineM and kingdoms, as well as the priest who con
trolled a church. This remarkable combination of
attributes that appear to be almost antagonistic is
accomplished by Mr. Forrest with exquisite fidelity:
In addition to the great genius of Mr. Forrest, we
shall have the play put upon the stage in the most
attractive manner. We will say for Mr. Wheatley,
that his management thus far has been marked with
characteristic taste and liberality. In " Virginias"
there were many scenes painted for that play alone.
"Richelieu" Will be placed upon the stage in the seine
manner. Many scenes have been painted expressly
for it; and in all the appointments, the costumes
and furniture, strict regard will be paid to •the cue:
toms of the times the play represents. By this means
a play is not merely a source of amusement, but a
historical study; and we do not have merely fantas
tic figures, oddly caparisoned, but men and women
sa they lived at the time.
THE ARCH-STREET THEATHE:z-The remarkable
success which has attended the present engagement
of Miss Caroline Richings and her father is a very
gratifying thing. They are Philadelphians, and the
high appreciation in which they are held shows that,
In their case at least; the prophet receives honor in
his own country. We are glad it is so. Miss Pickings
is a very accomplished actress and a very estimable
lady. Her voice has been highly cultivated, and she
sings very sweetly and correctly. As an actress she
is graceful and correct, and exhibits more feeling
than when she was with us before. We are glad to
record the success these artists have attained, and
we regret their engagement will so speedily termi
nate. This evening Mrs:Drew produces the new
operatic drama entitled " Satanella, or The Power
of Love. ), Miss Richings appears as Satanelld ; the
Spirit of Beauty, end Julian, the Demon Page. Tge
scenery is said to be very line, and the piece is inter
spersed with dancing, singing, and instrumental mu
sic. Miss Richings sings in eight pieces, and Mr.
Birch, whose voice is very good, sings a Gambling
Song. The music of Satanella is by Balfe.
Tun NVALIVI:TTREET THEATRE.—Mr. Setchell
isa bold man, and, we trust, will show himself to be
a good actor. There are few men who would come
to a new audience and claim to be the pupil of Mr.
Burton and "resembling him in everyprirticular."
We remember the great comedian as Captain ?tittle,
and there :ire few recollections more pathetic and
'pleasant. If •Mr. Setchell can give us one-half the.
grace, the wit, the humor, the pathos, the exquisite
mimicry and feeling that characterized Mr. Burton,
we shall be satisfied, and look upon hint as a great
actor. He appeals this evening as Callen Cattle, in
the play of "Dombey and Son,' and as Madame Van
deivonts, in the farce " Wanted-1,000 Milliners."
ORPREXIS Mrsrear.• Assmer.vriox.—The second
grand concert •of this association will take place
to-morrow evening. Those who had the pleasure
of bearing the first concert will be sure to attend
tkia, which promises to be a superior entertainment.
An orchestra of forty of the best musicians in our
city, under the leadership of Carl Smits, will be as.
slated by Miss Josephine O'Connell, who will sing
several sweet solos.
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ASSEMBLY Bumnizios.---Signor Blitz and the Glass'
Blowers continue to give their varied exhibitions
With success. The former, by his maivellounmagic,
excites wonder, while the latter please the moat
curious.,
CoNextvr Helier, a superior magiadan
end piaoist, attraota large audieneoil to witness hill
feats of magi°, the varied phases Of "double atgqt,?
end the beautiful music with Which ho intotspereal
his excelleutperformanec.
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THE. DEDIOCRATIC CLUB AND TTIZATtIiEST
or ATn. BoiLEAu.—The " Democratic (hub," which,
a few days ago, inaugurated a new hall, on Walnut
street, above Fifth, continues to hold regular social
meetings every evening, where the interests of the
country are thoroughly discussed, and many touch
ing Allusions made to this dreadful war, which has
brought so much distress on our Northern industry
and so much suffering to , our Southern brethren.
Occasionally, the club obtains anew idea, and once.
in a while an event occurs which gives a zest and,
an interestito their proceedings. They feel disposed
to make the most of every turn of affairs which will
bring grist to the Democratic mill and inure to the
advantage of the rebellion or thminjury of the Ad
ministration. They have found. a new subject in
the arrest of Mr. Boileau. Since that arrest was
made, the sympathizers have rejoiced nightly at the
Democratic Club-mom. On Thursday evening, they
had one of these social and festive scenes, which
the correspondent of the New York World thus
discusses:
"The lately organized Democratic Club of this city
had an excited and highly interesting meeting last
I evening. Charlesingersoll,Esq.,p,caidod. Speeches
were made by Hon. William H. Witte, George M.
'Wharton ' Peter McCall, George W. Biddle, and
John C. Bullitt, Esqs., of this city, and by Hon.
William H. Miller, member elect of Congress nom
the Harrisburg district. A more respectable meet
ing as to the talent, moral character, social posi
tion, rind genuine patrlotiain of those in attendance,
has never assembled in this city since the aesalons
of the Constitutional Convention and the National
Congress were held here. The speech of Mr. Witte
was bitter m its condemnation of the late outrageous
net of the Federal power. He denounced it as an
outrage upon rights and privileges acquired for us
by the blood of the Revolution—rig. hts which were
secured to us before the Federal Government was
organized, and which, when it was formed, were not
surrendered, but reserved to the States respectively,
and to the people thereof, as indefeasible, inde
structible rights, and as independent of the Federal
power, especially of the military power, as of the
Government of Great Britain or Russia.
" He said he had understood that resolutions had
been offered in the Legislature, ceiling upon the
Governor to protest against this insult to the sove
reign dignity of the State of Pennsylvania. If he
had been a.member of that body, he would have in
troduced articles of impeachment against a man
who, having been chosen by the people of the State
to repreeent its sovereignty and to execute its laws,
had permitted similar outrages to lie committed
under his very nose, without his protest or °Weep
lion. He considered that Governor Curtin had
been a quiescent spectator of unpardonable outrages
upon the honor and dignity of his State and people,
which he is sworn and bound in honor to protect,
and therefore he ought to be impeached. [This sen
timent WAS received with a period hurricane of ap
plause.]
"Mr. Wharton followed in a calm, temperate, and
able speech, in which he said that he had hoped that
this business of arbitrary arrests was about to be—if
it had not already been—abandoned ; but this arrest
of Mr. Boileau was a startling proof that he was
mistaken. }tether' proceeded to speak of its unlaw
fulness, and to denounce it in such terms as became
a Christian gentleman and patriot.
"Mr. McCall made a stirring speech, in the course
of which he expressed the fear that the lawless
course of the Administration would provoke lawless
ness on the part of the people. If they could not be
Protected under and by the law, it was natural that
they should seek redress outside the law; but he
hoped that the friends of law and order would be
able to prevent any violence.
" Mr. Biddle followed in a similar strain and said
that the Journal as too good, too candid, and too able
a paper to pleat.° the .Administration ; that it hsd
exposed the wickedness of the Federal authorities
so searchingly and truthfully as to provoke the
fears of the Administration ; hence its suppression,
and the imprisonment of its publisher and proprie
tor. Mr. 13. denounced these acts of the Administra
don in just, though severe terms.
"Mr. Bullitt made a most exciting and telling
speech. He said that he had noticed what elforta
had been made by the gentlemen who preceded him
to choke down their indignation, in order that they
might speak soberly and calmly upon the exciting
'tome of the hour ; their hearts were ready to burst
with pent-up emotions of anger and disgust; yet
they had managed to speak as became conservators
of the public peace and good order.
"Mr. Bullitt said that the Administration was
trampling upon the rights andprtvileges which have
been acquired by the blood and struggles of two
centuries—which belonged to the American people
even before the formation of the Constitution. He
said there was a point beyond which human en
durance could not be expected to extend. That our
people had endured much—they had given their
money, and their relatives, and friends to be sacri
ficed; they had seen their most sacred rights tram
pled upon, and their peaceable fellow-citizens out
raged, and it seemed they were called upon to en
dure more; but he warned all concerned that this
could not be much longer. He asked who would de
sire to preserve his life, if he must live without
liberty 'I He thought an act like this arrest of Mr.
Boileau, if committed in New York, would lead to
civil war in the North. Here some one said (ac
cording to a flying rumor) that " the editor
of the New York World had been arrest
ed.' Then,' said Mr. Thalia, 'Thal act
inaugurates a revefidion in the Korth P [At
this point the excitement was most intense,
and the applause was terrific and continued
several minutes.] Mr. Bullitt, though in favor of
law and order so long as they were assured to us,
advised the conservative men of Philadelphia to
prepare for the worst (when there was another
storm of applause and shouts of approval). I can
not pretend from memory, to give even a just out
line of Mr. A B's speech, (nor, indeed, of any of the
speeches,) but you may be assured that it stirred
the hitherto sluggish blood of his auditors and re
awakened their long slumbering manhood. It re
called the scene that Wirt has painted in Patrick
Henry's career. I report these things in simple
fidelity for the Administration at Washington
should 'know that Mr. B.'s speech is the key-note
Of public feeling in . Philadelphia, and should. be
heeded ns a warning of a terrible ' wrath to come,'
if these infamous outrages are continued. The fire
that has long been smothered beneath a wet blanket
has well-nigh dried its covering and is liable to
break forth in a blaze at any moment. .Givis us
LIDJULTY, OR OIVTI L's DEATH,' may, ere long, be
seen in white letters on red flags borne by men
wrought u ` p to desperation by then' base betrayers
in office. One extreme begets another'—especially
the extreme of tyranny, the parent of anarchy.
" The speech of General Miller (of Harrisburg),svas
very good, and was well received. He said he had
been for the war before Congress had shown that it
was insincere when it passed the Crittenden resolu
tion. Ile now considered it evident that the war
had been perverted from its original (professed) pur
pose, and changed to a negro war. General ill's
strictures upon the Administration were sharp as
they werejust. He animadverted upon the arrest of
Mr. Boileau in fitting terms, and resumed his seat
amid cries of ' go on' and applause."
AN INTERESTING OCcASrON—PRESENTA
TION OP SERVICE OP PLATE.-011e of those interest
ing events in our reportorial experiences, which
convinces us that this world has other characteris
tics than its sellishires, occurred on Saturday after
noon, in the busy and thriving little town of Con
shohocken. How the place came to be thus named we
have failed to learn, and we think that the harmony
of its mills and factories, the peaceful hum of its in
dustry, and general beauty of nature's impress on
its rocks and streams, entitleit to a more euphonious
cognOmen. Yet there is a plausible reason why it
should be named so oddly. The extraordinary
growth of the town is odd : the extent and value of
the fabrics which it sends to our market is odd ; and
the success of the manufacturers in the wealth of
their own money, and the wealth of the good regard
of others, is really wonderful. The well known
manufacturing firm of Messrs. Bullock & Bros.,
whose mills, located in various parts of the suburbs,
and which employ in the aggregate about eight
thousand men, have a. first-class factory at Consho
hocken, to which Mr. George Bullock is more par
ticularly partial and attached to. l'cor are the lab°.
rem there less devotedly attached to him.
It is not a common spectacle to witness so close a
harmony as exists here between employer and em
ployees. The rarity of such an occurrence is the
snore honorable to those concerned. A few weelm
ago, a suggestion was made by one of the " hands"
that they shouldget up some kind of testimonial for
their "boss ." The suggestion was eagerly acted
upon, and soon assumed shape in a handsome ser
vice of silver, which they yesterday presented Mr.
Bullock in his own mill. He had not. seen the affair
till it was presented him on this occasion.
The plate, contained in a box of black walnut,
French polished, was made of the purest silver—
Mexican dollars .melted down—weighs over 400
ounces, and cost $l,OOO. It consisted of an oval
salver, twenty-two inches long ,• a ftrge water
pitcher, (which, on a pinch, might do duty as a
claretLcup,) four goblets, each capable of holding a
pint and a half, and large fruit-bowl with a lid.
The stein of each goblet represented the trunk of a
tree, encircled by a grape vine in fruitage, and this
idea, of leaves, acorns, and vine leaves, was carried
through the whole set. This service, one of the
richest and handsomest made for some time by Wil
liam 'Wilson and Son, corner of Fifth anti Cherry
streets, is unusually massive. Its possession will
involve Mr. Bullock, under the Internal Revenue
bill, in a yearly payment of ell to the public trea
sury. The inscription on the salver was as follows:
"To George Bullock, by the Operatives of the Con
shohocken Mills January : 3i, 1363." As wehavo
already mentioned, it is one of the best and richest
services of plate ever turned Mit by Messrs. 'Wilson
Ec Son.
Mr. Bullock reached 'Conshohocken about three'
o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by a large
number of geloilemen from the city. The gift occu
pied a conspicuous place on a table, which stretched
the entire. length of the room, and was loaded
with a sumptuous dinner, embracing all the delica
cies of the season. Three other tables were spread
out in equally attractive style, with room sufficient
to accommodate every employee in the establish
ment. This feast was the return of kindness re
ceived. The plate was presented by Mr. Boyd, of
NorristoWn, who, in the course of his address, said
that, the. good people of the mill had assembled on
this, occasion to honor theie employer, and in such
a way that he must ever appreciate and never
forget. The speaker was bidden to remember that
good old man who laid broad and deep the
foundations of this hones upon the rock of
integrity. and it was n happy reflection that he
bequeathed his good name to suns worthy of so
noble a sire, and, from his knowledge of all those
sons, he felt sure that it would remain without spot
or blemish. Accept, then, sir, said Mr. Boyd, this
beautiful service as a token of the high appreciation
of these good people, not only for your uniform
goodness and kindness to
,them upon all occasions,
but - that of every member of your house, for they
appreciate you all alike. Take it, sir, as typical of
the purity of your house. Preserve it, as lam sure
you will, for nil time, ns an evidence of the gratitude
of your employees—gratitude engendered by your_
uniform' kindness towards them—and accept their
heartfelt wishes for your continued prosperity:and
success through life.
Dr. B. Shelton Mackenzie replied in behalf of Mr.
Bullock, because ;Ir. 8., said the speaker, was a
ipso of deeds, not words, actions rather than speech.
Those had been and are still the characteristics of
his house. The speaker was authorized to. return
the thanks of his friend, not only for the kindness
now shown to himself, but to every member- of the
house to which he was attached. Ile then alluiledto
the emotions which such a scene as this tended to
inspire. It reminded him more than-ever of that
greatly hackneyed, and sometimes much niisundor
stood.phritee which speaks of the dignity of labor.
Here such a sentiment could be realized , to the full
extent of its meaning. Here the interests of the em
ployer and employee do not jar. Everything works
harmoniously and well. Alt—men, women, and
children—ere willing to work beyond allotted hours,
if by so doing they advance their employer's inter
ests. In cosclusion, Dr. Mackenzie extended the'
thanks of Air. Bullock to those asse-raded, and in
vitedthena to join with hScii in the festivities of the
occasion.
A gay and lively bait came ofl at the Forrest
Mouse ia the evening, at which most of the young
female hands of the mill attended. The festivities
were prolonged to a Late hour.
The banquet at the presentation and the refresh
ments at the ball were supplied anti served by
Augustine.
The band, wind and instrtunental, was Johnson's,
SUPPLIES FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
The Committee on Supplies of the Public Schools
have received and opened the proposals for furnish•
ing supplies of hooks, slates, paper, pens, &0., to the
public schools for the year tees. The committee
deem the prices of the lowest bidders entirely too
high:. A proposition is now before them either to
decrease the quantity of supplieLto be purchased or,
to reissue advertisements for proposals, so that the
amount asked frr in the bills will nut exoeed tit
annual appropriation,
THE ASSOCIATION PZIE THE PHOMOTIO
or CtintanA:wry Ammo TUE JEWS.—The fifti
annual religious services connoted with the P. E
Association, for the promotion of Ohristianit,
among the Jews, was celebrated last ensuing at hall
past seven o'clock, in St. Peter's Myrrh, at
corner of Third and Pine streets. Rev. Dr.
Rev. Dr. Newton, and others of the prominest clergy
were present. After the regular religious cervices,
the fifth annual report of the Association we; read.
After a few introductory remarks, in which reference
was made to the progress of the work, and its pro.
wising aspect at present, it stated that in Philadel
phia there were thirteen thousand Jew, to whom the
Messiah wes to be preached. The Jewish captivity
of seventy years was nothing to the eighteen hvn
dred years of darkness in which the eyes of that na
tion had been wrapped. Their spiritual lmprov
ment, the cinployment of every effort to convince
Mason and persuade the affections, was of MAW
importance. An interesting little story was rely
The missionary of the Association, whilst in a sto
encountered a youth whom, from feature and ex
pression, he knew to be a Hebrew. He at once urg
upon the boy the necessity of attending some place
of worship. The lad answered that he did attend
the synagogue, but that he could not attend a
Christian church where Mrs Clods were worshipped.
The missionary asked him to translate the word
Shechtea, which means the Spirit of Holiness. As the
boy complied, conviction flashed upon his soul, and
he rushed from the place, Some years after, the
youth,. now become a man, met the missionary once
more, and acquainted him with the fact that after
reflection had led him to embrace Christianity, that
he was leaving for the war, that he could not reveal
his name or his kindred, ft would cause them Vise
deepest distress to learn of his desertion of the
Jewish faith. They parted, but the young man
promised the missionary that if he returned he
would then acquaint him with all he must then coo
ceal ; if he never returned he would find means to
forward the desired intelligence. The report then
alluded to the religious history of the Jews. There
were many of them as much below the standard of
their system as the masses of Chriatlans are below
the standard of Christianity. The duty of the
missionary was to give and receive visits, to
perform all those exercises of love and of duty
calculated to win souls to Christ. During the last
year 800 visits had been paid and 169 received. The
interpretation of the Prophets, the translation of
divers portions, and the claims of Jesus, had basl. -
the work of the workers in the cause. Their work,
however, had been mostly among the poorer classes.
The treasurer's report showed that the balance of
last year remaining amounted to $393.83; the re- .
ceipts $1,606.;8; the expenditures $ 1,262.19; the
balance remaining consequently 82.14.59, which,
added to the balance of last year brought forward,
made the sum of $638.42. The services of the Phila..
tieljihia Bible Society and of the Female Tract so
ciety, ill the distribution of Bibles, Testaments, and
tracts. was likewise acknowledged. The reading of
the re Port was followed by the singing of the beauti
ful selection from the 137th Psalm. The annual
sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Leeds. The text
was the 40th chapter of Isaiah, first and second verses.
It alluded very appropriately to the present and lutt,
condition of the Jews and pointedly marked the
course of their calamities, and their hope for fu
ture prosperity.
EZ==ll
BIEBTINGOF TILE FALUMOITNT (RACE AND.
Viau STREETS) PASS ENGER RAILWAY CIONE r ANY.—
An adjourned meeting of the Fairmount (Race anti
Vine Streets) Passenger Railway Company was
held. Saturday last, at a quarter to one o'clock, In
room No. 30 of the Merchants' Exchange. John
Thompson, Esq., was in the chair, and Joshua
Spering, Esq., Secretary. The committee appointed -
at the previous meeting, to examine into the Irregu
larity of the recent election for officers of the road,
made a report, signed by two of the committee, enu
merating certain irregularities. A minority report,
signed by the remaining member of the committee,
was read, showing that, after allowing for all irregu
larities or errors. the present Board have a majority
of five hundred and eighty votes. ,
Mr. Malta offered a resolution, which contem
plated a reference of the points of dispute to counsek'
and binding the parties to abide by the opinion or
counsel, which resolution, after some discussion,
was withdrawn by the mover. The report of the
majority of the committee on the subject of the elec-
tion was accepted. A preamble and resolutions,
offered at the previous meeting, after striking out
certain parts of them which reflected upon the pre
sent management, were passed, requesting the pre
sent officers to resign, so that a new election might
be held. The preamble and resolutions are as fol.,
lows:
Whereas, At fhe late election for President and Dl
rectors of the Fairmount Passenger Railway Com
pany, many bona fide owners of the stock of the said
company were, 41 consequence of the inability to
procure_ proxies from the parties in whose names
their stock stood upon the books of the company,
deprived of the right to vote at said election ; IV7iere
as,-proxies were procured from parties who had long
since clipposed of their stock, and said proxies were
voted in defiance of the wishes of the present bona
fide owners thereof; Whereas, a number of proxies
were voted in violation of the instruction that se-
cornpanied them, in consequence of which the opi
nion and wishes of the real holders of the stock of
the road were not expressedpri the election of officers: -
therefor
Itcaolve,, That, in the opinion of a majOrity of the
stockholders present at this meeting, the recent-'
election held on the 12th inst. was not legally con
ducted; that the returns thereof are not a faithful
expression of the will of the bona tide stockholders,
and that the parties returned by the judges of said
election as president and directors of said company
be. and they are hereby, requested to resign their
said respective offices, so that a new election may
he held in accordance with law and right of the just
owners of the stock of the said company without
forcing them to a legal resort.
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Yesterday
morning, a boy four years old, named James Kelley,
wils burned to death. The accident occurred in
Fawn street aboTe Oxford, Twentieth ward—cause
not known.
On Saturday morning a grindstorie at Savery's
foundry, at Front and Reed streets, exploded while
it was revolving, and one of the fragments striking ,
a workman named Robert Smith, he was killed.
The deceased lived in the rear of Front street, above
Reed. Coroner Conrad held an inquest in the case.
A lad six years of age, a son of Charles Chapman,
was run over by a milk wagon, on Twelfth street
near Wood, on Saturday morning, and had one of
his legs broken in two places. He was conveyed to
the residence of his parents in the neighborhood of
the apot where the accident occurred. -•
-
A boy named Gallagher, eight years of age, war
badly scalded on Saturday, by the upsetting of a
boiler filled with hot water, at the residence of his
parents, in Spring Garden near Fifteenth.
ORDINATION.—The ordination of Profes
nor Cameron, of Princeton — Seminary, as an Evan
gelist, took place in the Penn Square Presbyterian
Church, Broad street, above Chestnut, last evening.
The attendance, notwithstanding the inclement
weather, was very good. The opening exercises
consisted in the singing of the 100th Psalm, " Before
Jehovah's Awful Throne?' After the singing, the
pastor of the church, Rev. James Crowell, read from
the Psalms, and led in prayer fora blessing to attend
the services of the evening. In the absence of the
Rev. Dr. Boardman, who was detained by sickness,
the sermon was preached by Rev. Wm. P. Breed.
Rev. Dir. Greer propounded the questions to the
candidate. The ordination then took place. The
charge to the candidate was delivered by Rev. Mr.
Crowell. The congregation was then dismissed by
the newly•ordained Evangelist.
FIRES.—About half past ten o'clock, on
Saturday night, a large stone barn on Chilton ave
nue, in Germantown, was destroyed by fire. About
three tons of hay and a carriage were also consumed.
The property destroyed belonged to Jesse Large.
The loss is estimated at $7OO.
Between and 5 o'clock, on Saturday Afternoon,
an alarm was caused by the burning ora bed at a
dwelling in Gatchell's place, near Twelfth and Pop.
lar streets. The lire was caused by a child Flaring
with matches.
The mill of Mr. Smart, at Rock mu, Montgomery
county, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday
afternoon.
ME. BOILEAU RELEASED.—Mr. A. D.
Boileau, of the Erening Journal, was yesterday re
leased from Fort Illellenry, on parole that he would
not in the future publish any matter of a treason
able or inflammatory character. Gen. Montgomery
last evening relieved the provost guard from duty in
the Journal building. The paper, It is presumed,
will be published this afternoon, and it is to be
hoped, in a manner which will give Mr, Boileau's
friends reason to believe that be has profited by his
experience.
PHRSONA7.-- Gov. Curtin, Bit. Gen.
Porter, and a number of the members of the Legit"-
lature'occupied one of the proscenium boxes of the
Academy of Music on Saturday night, on the occa
sion of the performance of the German Opera troupe
in aid of the.Citirens , Volunteer HospitaL
(Before Lir. Alderman Dougherty.]
Caught to the Act.
On Saturday a ehaiseman was arraigned before
Alderman Dougherty on a general charge of breach
o ordinance. The evidence developed the following
facts: ltlr. L. O. Hurlburt, a member. of. a New
Hampshire regiment, having been wounded in one
or two battles, had convalesced sufficiently to re
turn home: He was also weak from fever. Having ,
received a thirty.daya' furlough, he arrived at one
o'clock on Saturday morning, at the Baltimore
depot, on his way home. Being a perfect stranger,
he could not tell exactly what cars to•enter in order
to reach the New York depot, at Kensington. He
*as accosted by several cab drivers, and finally was -
hurried into one by the accused, who said he would
take defendant to the depot for the sum of twenty
five cents :. there was no time to be lost.
The soldier got into the cab, and away he waa„ ..
driven, at a pretty good speed. Upon arriving at
Fri:l2:th and Arch streets, the cal' woe stopped, :end
the sohlier. supposing the depot was . reaelied, made
an effort to get out. The driver, it le-alleged, told
him that he could go no, further without he would
-pay him live dollars. The soldier was anxious to
reach the ears in time, but demurred to the charge,
because he considered it exorbitant.
He finally agreed to give three dollars.. It so hap
pened that police officer Hutchinson was near by.
He quietly stood in the ahatte, and overheard the
dialogue between the cabman and the soldier. - "-
Just as the cab was about to be driven ahead, the
officer stepped-from his hiding place, nod took the
driver into custody, and conveyed hint. 'xi the lock
up in Cherry street. At the hearing ft was divulged
that the cab was not registered in accordance with
law. • .
The alderman asked the defendant what explana
tion he had . to make? •
lie replied : "Do you suppose. that I would put
my horses at the top of tbeiocized,„fzqr...,2thing I"
" That's not my question," replied the
"You have not only attempted to swindle this sol
dier, but you have prosecuted. your business in.,
violation of two sections of law. You are fined for
not having your cab registered, and also fined for
attempting to extort passengeofare beyond the re...
quirements of law." The amountof penalty in thla,
case will reach about $l2.
We might state in this connection, that men are- -
employed at the depot, whosobusiness it is to direct
the arriving passengers to the proper care. "This.
way to the New York care—this way to the New
York cars," nuts - be heard at every step inside the do
pot. The care, however,
are station on Oarnenter
areal, near Fifteenth, but before the passengers
reach that point they are beset by a host of drivers
and whippers in. At times, some become so..towil-.
dered that they fall an easy prey to the sharpers.
The police will probably drive the cabinfek, away
from Fifteenth and Carpenter, as they hat*.already
done at the depot.
Edward Buellleg was arraigned befue Alden. Am.
Batter, at the Central Station, on SatitrdAy eve
ning, on the chargetf committing 411,FOSAII and;
battery on 183.3 C. S /app, of the provost guand,,at
the office of the Everting Journal, on Saturday after
noon. The ovideneehefore the Ina...oe' ttate
the office is. Ito the eustody . of th.e.provoet plant,
On Saturday afternoon the defer ant madn.appli,
cation to enter the:office, but WAS, orderedi Away,
He became obstinate, used insultingtutd. inflamer:La
tory language, &an it was neeensury to renipae him
to prevent a more. serious demonstration- In re
sisting ooe. onf.the men of the. provost gold, the
latter was ordered to bring hia.• bayoneh to, a charge,
and only awaited the order to. Plungektilato the in
dividual..
The et:nisi - landing officer ordered two.oaters of the
guard to Arrest the individual. ThiawAs done. Just
at the same moment two, of the Beser.ve police came
up, and with the help of the militAry officers con,
ducted the prisoner tc, the barracks. After the
ottement had subsided, the ResereeottleersproceeW,
to the barracks—the prisoner was given at once into,
their custotly,and by them taken to the lockup.at
the Central station. Alter a hearing he watt or ,
dered to enter Dail in the sum of $2,000 to arocver at
court..- 'Buckley stated that he did not I,tenw the,
Journo/ office was in charge of the ruilitarT,
(Ilstitlee W. Brook, and the return elution judges
of the Fifth ward, charged with ecumpiraoy,. &c.
'were ordered to enter ball iu the sum of $l3OO each, ,
by. Alderman Beltler, to answer at court. This or
der was made on Friday evening, The parties, how
ever, have not yet entered ball betide the alderman.
THE POLICE.
(Before Mr. .Alderman
Riotous Conduct.
Ordered to find Ball.