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Vrtss. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3; . 1868 DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. The Recent Movements on the Mississippi, Yazoo, White, and Arkansas Rivers—Be havior of our Troops—Our Captures and Nistaices, ilcc. AIIEANSAS POST, Arkansas, Jan. 17,1883. To thc Edilor of The Press: Sin : Believing that the readers of your widely circulated paper would like to know how things are progressing in this military department, I send the following items The present campaign was opened with a grand move on the rebels, stationed on the Tallahatchie river, near Ilolly Springs, Mississippi. Our regi ment, the 55th Illinois, was at that time stationed in Memphis, Tennessee. A force ,of about 50,000 of us, under command of Major General W. T. Sherman, left Memphis on the 26th of November, and made n rapid march of sixty miles to the Talla hatchie river, where we expected to have a fight with the enemy, but, " lo and behold," he hail flown. Our division was then marched back to Memphis, and another corps was organized by General Sher man, and immediately put aboard of transports and moved down the Mississippi river. This force, num bering about 40,000, was destined for Vicksburg. We landed on the banks, or rather bottoms, of the Yai.oo river, about eight miles above its mouth, on the 26th of December. The next day, we moved for •vmd skirmlslitne .beean about noon, and eon tinned till night. The rebels Tell back bifore our skirmishers to their fortifications, Balloted on .the bluffb, and Just across a deep bayou or slough about seventy-five yords.wide. The next day (Sunday) our artillery opened oaths rebels across the bayou, and was soon followed up by the infantry. The (Meg, continued heavy allday; without any important results or serious loss on our side. This bayou extended for miles, and the rebels had fortifications the whole length of it. Just over the bayou the enemy's sharpshooters were stationed in rifle-pits, who did fearful execution with our. of ficers. On Monday, the orders were to charge across the bayou, which wan done at several places along the line ; but at every point we were repulsed with heavy loss. At some places the banks on the oppot site side were so steep that our :boys could not get up. There was but little fighting done after Mon day. We remained in our position three days longer. and built some breastworks. During all this time the rebels were fortifying and hourly receiving rein-. foremen's. We could hear trains of cars coming into Vicksburg continually. Our position was only four or live miles from the city. On Thursday night we evacuated, and went aboard of our. boats, and the next day we were moving up the Mississippi river. The gunboats rendered us no assistance whatever. The weather was very pleasant during the engage ment, but It commenced raining as soon as we got aboard of boats, and rained hard for two dayL if we had remained in thb swamps,• we would have been drowned out. Our loss, as near as 1 could learn, was about 1,000, all told. About one half of the number were prisoners. ' I have no comment to make on the affair. In. feet, I am not well enough posted in matters to jus tify me in saying anything that would tend to hurt the reputation of our generals. Some say that we operated without orders; others that it -was only meant as a reconnoissance. About the time that we darted up thelllisalssippi river, Major General John A. blielernand took coot mond of the fleet. The fleet, I believe, numbers over ICO boats. It gives me pleasure now.to give you-some of the particulars of a victory, and a very important one, too—one of the moat brilliant altars of the whole. {var. We captured this place kilt Sunday, the lith, taking the whole rebel force, numbering 7,000 men, prisoners. On Saturday morning we landed two miles below the fort, and our columns were soon moving up for battle. Our skirmishers drove the enemy into the fort without much resistance. Late in the evening the gunboats got into position, and commenced shelling the fort ; some of our batteries opened lire also. The enemy returned the fire warmly, which lasted about an hour, and .then ceased for the night. Next morning (Sunday), all was quiet, except the noise that the enemy made in repairing damages done the evening before ; but it was not long before the whole army was moving into position. About noon the column moved forward at a ". double quick.,l The fighting opened now in earnest. Our heavy infantry and artillery force in front, and the gunboats on their flank, the firing was nearly equal to that at Shiloh. After three hours' fighting, having dismounted or silenced nearly every one of the enemy's guns, and our gunboats having passed above the fort, they could stand it no longer, and accordingly hoisted the white Hag, surrendering un donditionally. We tOok — gbriut 2,000, prisoners, the of small ariireemad 20 plaice of ivy. Only six of the guns were in condition to be hauled off the field. Four of the cannons were heavy siege guns. Their small arms were generally Infe rior, many of them being shot guns and old flint looks. • The gunboats did fearful execution with thefort. After silencing the guns, they let their shells. ny into the enemy's ranks with great destruction. The rebels hoisted the white nag just in time to save. themselves from utter annihilation, for we were just on the pi:Ant of making a grand charge on their breastworks, which would have swept themfrom the field. Their breastworks were very inferior, most of them having been built during the night before. The fort was small, but well constructed. Our loss is about [five • hundred in killed and wounded, and the enemy's about the same. The enemy's forces were all Texas and Arkansas tro.Pe, and commanded by General Churchill. 'may are generally very independent and saucy, and pretty well clothed' for rebels. The lengagement was wen planned and con ducted. Great credit is due our commander, Gen. AlcOlernand, for this victory. We arc all on board the boats again, and ready for another fight. This place - will not be garrisoned. Where our next move will be, I am not able to say. It is generally believed, however, that we will soon go to 'Vicksburg again. I do not believe that we will attack it again until a force comes up from below to cooperate with us. It has been raining heavily for the last twenty-fou.r hours, and prospects for more are plenty. The more rain we have the better it will be for our tleet The prieoners are on board the boats with us. They will be exchanged as soon as possible. I have the honor to be, sir, &e., TBE PIRATE ORETO. Important 'Report from Iluvona—The Greto '• Said to be Sunk by our Gunboats—A Con. Ifirmatiou by the Gunboat Cayuga. :From passengers who arrived by the Columbia, at New York, on Sunday, we have very Important re. Porte concerning our naval fleet and the privateer Oreto, In Ilavana waters—reports which we hope will be confirmed. The Columbia left New Orleans on the 25th ult., and arrived at Havana on the 27th. While remain ing tit Havana, the passengers learned from the in habitants that heavy firing had been heard. at a sup posed distance of sixty miles from that Waite. It is positively asserted by some who appeared to be well informed in the matter, that several of our gun boats had attacked the rebel Oreto, and sunk her. The report was generally believed in Havana, and was the all-absorbing theme of conversation. The Columbia left Havana for New York at 1 P. DI. on the 28th. Just prior to her departure the Creole, from New York, arrived bringing the intelli gence that she had been hailed by the United States gunboat Cayuga on the day previous, and was in formed by her captain that a number of the National gunboats and the Oreto had had a sharp engagement, during which the Oreto seas struck by a shell and sank. As but half an hour elapsed between the arrival of the Creole and the sailing of the Columbia, it was impossible for the passengers of the latter vessel to gather the particulars. Taking into consideration, however, the confidence of the people at Havana in the truth of the report, and the subsequent confirma tion by the oil:Mere of the Creole, the passengers are fully convinced that the piratical craft, Oreto, lies at last met her well-deserved fate. Three days previous to the arrival of the Colum bia at !levant ' the Oreto was chased into that port by the United States gunboat Cuyler. On the fol lowing day the Cuyler disappeared, evidently for the purpose of drawing out the Oreto from her place of refuse. It would appear that the stratagem was admirably and successfully executed. The passengers are elated beyond measure at the highly encouraging and satisfactory news of which they are the bearers. The scene at the Aatcir House, Where n number of them are stopping, was truly ex alting. Each one WE3 the nucleus of a large circle of eager listeners, who did not fail to catch every word AS it fell from the lips of the narrators. French 'Mediation. Dlr. Jewett has written a letter to the New York Beraid, which concludes as follows: ..lt is now understood the mediation invitation will be extended at an early day by France alone, or in connection with 'European Powers. It has already received the hearty approval of the distinguished leader of the Republican party, Hon. Horace Greeley, with favor in high quarters, and with the people. "Count Mercier, in an interview, thinks that you and all the distinguished men in the country should, without regard to party, give the subject prompt, se dons attention, stating that France cialinedno right to interfere In the internal relations of the country, nor would not, but as a friend to the American na tion, she could not be silent when duty called, in be half 6f humanity, and nations, and our interests, to offer her friendly aid in anyway best calculated to restore harmony and peace; that Napoleon deemed time war as leading to greater obsta. Iles in the way of peace than now exists, and hoped we would view, in the conciliatory spirit offered, his desire to contrilmte to a restoration of the relations between the States upon the most conveniently agreed-upon bags ; that Napoleon had no hostile in tentlon in mediation or Mexico; that as to the latter, he did not deem his position a violation of any rlsht of the American people or nations. " 711 r. Vallandigham expresses his hope that you and all the otherLemocratic statesmen of the coun try will give this subject the serious attention and action which it deserves, and in connection with which refers you to his late speech, asking you, in your decision, to be governed by prayer rather than man.,) Gold and Irredeemable Paper. To the Editor of The Press: Sul : A slip of thopen in copying, or a mistake of the press (most probably the former), makes non sense of a sentence of the letter published in your paper of the 2d Inst. It should read "But if there be in England a small amount of money .or such merchandise belonging to our people, there will he few sellers of exchange on England, and Buell ex change will rise." very respectfully yours, W. D. NEW YORK CITY. Maw YORK, JAM al, 186 a [Special Correspondnrce of The Pim] THE SIZZATOTUAL CONTEST, soon to culminate In •the Legislature, is exciting the usual amount of loud talk amongst the politi cians, but shows no .present prospect of making much stir with the general public. The lion. Ed win D. Morgan, our late Governor, seems to stand the beet chance just now, mr he is sure of at least forty Republican votes, while no other aspirant can count more than a dozen, and but Oily-five are re quired... Mr. Morgan not only represents the most stable principles of his party, but also• a high social Class of the community not often found mixing in politics. Without being rampantly ambitious, be Is properly willing to accept any public post of dignity, and would serve as a fine type of New. York re spectability in the Senate chamber. THE SOOILL SYSTEM in this city has most unque,stionably , sabred' a do cided revolution from the war, and no one who• watches the constant changes on Fifth avenue can very long doubt that the aristocracy of peace is fast giving way.to the aristocracy of war. The bankers. alone; of all the old regime, remain at their posts in a' body, and for the reason, probably, that their moue taly relations with the Government forbid them to retire fronithe field. They hold unquestioned pre dedence in fashionable society, now that so many of the former ton have gone. to Europe, and the Bel monts arc the rulers 01 the avenue. Of those who have in many cases purchased the residences, and are aspiring to the social positions of the families departed for Europe and elsewhere, there is little to say In ad miration. Some of them are "Union refugees" from the South, with bank accounts hardly in keep ing with the moat pathetic theory of loyal martyr dom ; others are the families of high officers in the volunteer service ; and still others present no other definite rotvird.t.hon th. nm3nvniving. very ouddon_ rise to affluence and arrogance. Nearly all the newspaper stories about twenty-thousand-dollar en tertainments on the avenue this winter have been sheer fabrication, and I can assure you that the season thus far has been a rather dialrait and lugu brious one for that brown-stone faubourg. The bank ers herd jealously by themselves, and the new aristo crats have such unpleasant suspicions of each other's antecedents, and such nervous disinclination to have their own criticized, that congeniality is at a discount. The best company that can be got to gether there now of an evening, is a motley crush of "fast" uniforms and "refugees," who are remarka ble for talking in any key but that low, sweet one, which old Lear pronounces to be "a moat excellent thing in woman." Grace Church Brown was abso lutely growing yellow with utter desolation and disgust, before the announcement of Tom Thumb's marriage rescued him from the horrible fear that his occupation was entirely gone. Trusting that what is left of the genuine aristocracy will rouse from its' lethargy to honor the connubial event, Brown Is sorting white kids for his "eligible young men" again, and—l scarcely need add what the bare name of Brown will at once suggest to your musical sense—" his soul is marching on." - THE MAJOR GENERALS. • Pope and Wool were honored with banquets by their admirers hero on Thursday and Friday eve nings, and each made a neat little speech on the no vel theme of a soldier's duty to his country and gra titude to those who discovered merits in him which his own modesty bashfully refused to recognize. A dinner was also plotted, against Bunedde, but that sensible son of Rhode Island was warned in time, and fled for Providence, with his lady and staff at four o'clock this afternoon. I violate no pledge of privacy when I say, that the plates'are laid for an attack upon Gen. Joe 'Hooker who is ex pected to reach here amidst a tempest of ehthusi nem as soon as" thegrim old Heintzelman," or some other terror to the rebels, Is ready to take his turn at the Army of the Potomac. Furthermore, "the beast Butler" will be dined as soon as he can be brought to consent to pass through New . York again. The impression prevails here, that . major generals must necessarily be sufibring pitiably for food, and to pause in this city is to find public appreciation represented by a dish for each battle they have lost. A STRANGE MURDER waecommitted at the "Sailor's Snug Rarbor, ,, on Staten Island; this morning. The Rev. Mr. Quinn, a most estimable clergyman who has for many years officiated as pastor of the Mariners , church there, was in the net of coining out of that edifice, when he was met by one of the inmates of the in stitution, who accused him (Mr. Quinn) of having insulted him. Before the pastor could demand an explanation, the sailor drew a pistol from his bosom and deliberately shot the minister through the heart, killing him instantly ! The terrible deed has create!' the utmost excitement on 'the and various causes are assigned for it. One of the stories is, that the assassin committed a murder at sea some time ago, and that the slain pastor was the only person living who could bear witness against him far it. The real fact appears to be, that the sailor is insane. " CAPTAIN" REID SANDERS, arm of the notntiouo and festivapwge N. Sanders, and the arrested' bearer of rebeldespatches for Eu rope, is a prisoner . at the Rouse of Detention, awaiting orders. from Washington. Your corre• spondent was once a schoolmate with the youthful. Reid, and can say from recollection that ho has hardly the intellectual calibre to do much mischief to the Union, if set at large. He was a quiet, girlish sort of boy, and can hardly make much figure in the world at any time, save by some such accident as an arrest. THE RISE IN GOLD is the talk of the atreet this afternoon. It now quotes at $i.59, and will touch $1.75 before another Saturday if the vicious and concerted ..*tacks - of the disloyal press upon tba.ational - credit are permitted to go - pc." Everything saleable is incrensingtnp.iov oo paper money deteriorates;and provisions are already so dear that the hotel-keepers have determined to raise their rates of board fifty cents a day on Monday. When the national currency is the paper money now chiefly in circulation, and Democratic prints reiterate from day to day that said money will be repudiated, it is not strange that gold . should be worth fifty-nine per cent. premium. • PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS are all prospering as well as the execrable walking and weather will permit, but present no new fea tures worthy of gossip. Miss Bateman is still play ing Leah, at Niblo's, with' ood success. Mrs. John Wood brings out the elder Walcot's adaptation of Planche's extravaganza, the "Fair One with the Golden Locke," on Monday evening, at Miss Keene's Theatre. At the New Bowery Theatre, they are playing the " Colleen Ewa" in very good style, the character of Myles of the Ponies being sus tained by Mr. E. Eddy, the tragedian. The revival of Morton's tine old comedy of "Secrets worth Knowing" has proved the event of the season at Wallack's Theatre, and is the best comedy perform ance seen in this city for years. Mr. Couldock and Madame Cubas remain at the Winter Garden for another week. Mr. Grau gives us one week of Italian opera, commencing with "Martha," on Monday, and then starts for Boston. heartily thankful that this dullest of weeks is ended at last, I remain STU VESANT. J. G. B. Emancipation in Missouri. JXFPIatSO2: CITY Mo., Jan. 31. — At the emanci pation meeting held recently, Senator Gilistrop presented for consideration a bill for the emanci pation of slaves in Missouri. Section four accepts the President's proclamation to Congrese for com pensated. emancipation. Sections second and third create a fund for emancipation, consisting of the Congressional-appropriation, with such provisions as the State may make, and a 2 per cent. tax on slaves. Sections fifth and sixth provide that those loyal owners who consent to emancipate their slaves, shall file their consent with the county clerk on or before the 4th of July, 1663; that after the proper returns nre made to the State office, warrants shall •be issued for the full value, that value being fixed by the appralsement of a commissioner appointed for that purpose. Sec tion eighth provides that the commissioner shall make out, after the 4th of July, 1864, a list of the slave-owners who have not filed their consent to emancipation, and that warrants shall be issued forthwith, and the slaves shall thereafter be free. Section ninth provides for the freedom of the sinvea as fast as the warrants shell be hissed for them. Sections fourteen and fifteen provide for the ap prenticeship of the freed Slaves, year by year, by their former owners, as far as practicable. All slavery to terminate in 1861, and the Inducement is great to abolish slavery in 1863. The bill does not provide Jor any freedom without Compensation except those of owners who have for feited their claims, under the confiscation act or may be convicted of treason. Considerable discussion ensued, but the substan tial features of the bill met with general approval. Senator Van Horn submitted a proposition that we will emancipate at all events, and in respect to value we will cut according to our cloth, and If Con. - greet' makes no appropriation we will devise some scheme to kill slavery in time. _ Alleged Defalcation hi Chicago. THR IVLARENIL fANK DEPRAMDED OUT 'OF $600,000. (From the Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2). The most intense excitement was created upon 'Change yesterday, among our leading heavy mer chants, and especially in banking circles, by an ex po.V of the affairs and condition of the Marine Bank of Chicago, as the foundation of the late financial difficulties of the institution, which reveals a most startling defalcation upon the part of certain parties connected with.the bank, amounting in the aprregate to some $600,000. The matter was first broached to the stockholders at a meeting held on Monday night, by the president of the institution, J. Young Scam mon, Esq. The result of the meeting partially leaked out, or sufficient to form a basis for the most exag gerated rumors relative to the amount of the deficit, and the uses to which it had been applied. To ar rive at the real statement of the condition of the bank or the true merits of the alleged defalca tion is now almost impossible, and we should not allude to the matter at all, until NOM reliable nar ration of the details could be ascertained, were it not for the fact that the general result is already public property, and that the other papers of the city In tend publication this morning. The adjourned nieet-: leg of the stockholders, which will be shortly held, will undoubtedly furnish some tangible result setting forth the affair In its true light. _ • The general recta of this financial imbroglio are that a defalcation of $600,000 occurred in 1800, while the president of the bank was In Theorie s $517000 of which is traced to aparty high In official position in the bank, and one who had the most ample means of knowing the exact financial resources of the in stitution, in fact, the ostensible manager of it. About $OO,OOO rests on the shoulders of another party connected with the bank in a responsible but subordinate position, and some $16,000 went off with a teller, who imitated his superiors in a measure proportionate to his station. As the alleged defalcation occurred in 1860, the statute of limitation bars any peooeeding which might be otherwise instituted in the court against the parties, and for the same reason will probably prevent all the details of this, the heaviest bank defalcation known in the history of the West, from rising to the surface. In what manner so immense, an amount was sunken would seem a mystery, hut is probably to Charged to feat living r an i d wild speculations, PHILADEL ERA.. - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 186 EUROPE. What France Intends to Do in ArActi ric*— Confes.dion of the Emperor—The Pro9peots of the Cotton Supply—Letter Cross the Archbishop of Dublin to Mrs. Stowe-Re ception of the Emancipation Prooitenta- lion—Speech of Minister Adorns— Ono Eisekade and Pirates. THE OPERATIONS OF FRANCE IN ANTI- Among the documents In the "yellow boob,'✓ just communicated to the French Chamber, is A let ter from the Etepersfr Napoleon to General Forey, commando's of the French troops in Mexico, in which we read: There win not be wanting people who will ask you why we go Co - lavish men and money for the estab lishment of a *miler government in Mexico. In the present state of the' cieltiratlon of the world, the prosperity of America le wet a matter of indifference to Europe, for it is - she why feeds our manufactories and gives life to our commerce.. We have an interest in Iltto,that the Ileyublie of the United Stales be powolul and prosperous; but , lee haus none in this—th at she should seize possession of all the blevican Gulf, domi nate from thence the .4htsllcs, as well as South America, and be the sole dispenser of the produtcr of the New World. We see now by sad experience how precari ous is the fate of na industry which is reduced to seeking its chief raw material ins one market alone, to all the vicissitudes of which it 'has to sub mit. If, on the other hand Mexico' pre eerves its independence, and maintains the • in tegrity of its territory, !tastable Government is eon etitnted with the assistance of Fiance, we shall have restored to the Latin-race on the other side of the ocean its strength and prestige ; . lOC shall have established our beneficent influence i ts the centre of Aremdeta, and this influence ' by prmenlinpimmente open ings for cur commerce, will procure us the materials in dirpcnothle to our industry. Mexico,. tilos regenera ted, will always be favorable to us; not only front gratitude, but also because her intereeta will be in harmony with ours, and she will find! a powerful support' in her good relations with the European Powers. To-day, then, our pledged military honor, the exigency or our policy, the - Interests- or our. in dustry antrof our commerce, all!make it a duty to march upon Mexico, and boldly plant thereour flag; to establisht either a monhrehy, if it is net incom patible with the national sennment - ortne - uu.ntry, or, at all events, &Government which'promises aome stability. . . ME. LAING ON TIIE INDIANcOOTTOW MaM In n letter to the Times, on the cOtion supply,. Mr. ex-Ohnucellor of the Exchequer for Icuits, says: I quite agree with Sir O. Wood that thb cneetten is one of price, and that if, for instance, .America were sunk under the ocean, and the price of !Indian , cotton in consequenie permanently raised to , la per Pound, India would ultimately supply ne.wrth 4,000 i. 000 bales. But the practical question Is, not what' India might do under hypothetical circumstances in , five or six years, but what India is , really.likely: to do in the next year or two. Both the quality and the quantity, per acre, of Indian cotton • will doubtless inereese. But it would be a mistake to suppose that under any circumstances .the .averaire produce per acre will approach that of America.' Mr. Russell tells us how the cultivation has been there conducted., Irish labor was employed . to save the more valuable negro,and take the rough edge off the work, in clearing the jungle and draining the feverish swamp. Then gangs of negroes, working in brigades like those of a regular army, were brought - into play, with all the resources of capitel:and machinery.- to cultivate vast tracts of the richest virgin soli. No thing of the sort can take place in India. European planters will always prefer the cultivation °flea - and coffee, which are much more profitable than :cotton, and are grown at altitudes above the sea much more favorable for European constitutions. Even if it were otherwise, the command of•organ ized labor of the description used in America does not ekist. The great bulk of the Indian supply of cotton will, therefore, always, as at preterit, be . grown by the ryots as a rotation crop. The acreable produce will therefore, always be far less than in' America. But, although this is so, a vast quantity will still be produced by the cultivation olan acre here and an acre there, on the email holdings of the peasant proprietors of a population of 180;000,000, who are mainly agricultural. This is purely a question of price. Let cotton sell on the spot to the ryot at a price which makes it his best payin. , rota tion crop, and there is scarcely any limeto the quantity which may ultimately be grown.. Now to apply those data to the practical state of things' with which we have to deal. In September last, warned the people of Manchester that, to the best of my judgment, they would not get, a the outside, above 1,500,000 bales of cotton from India for the next twelve months. There seems no reason- to alter that opinion. To produce an extra supply of 1,000,000 bales at the existing rate of production-- and any increase on it is prospective—would require at least 4,000,000 acres extra to be sown with cotton, and as the cotton crop can only be grown after a ro- • tattoo of three or four years, this implies that the . cultivators of 12,000,000 acres of existing arable ground, who have not hithirto grown cotton as •a rotation crop, shall begin to do so. Lancashire may be kept on half rations, and saved from abso- • lute starvation, during the next two years by Indian . cotton, but effectual and speedy relief can only come from America. I rim convinced, also, that it is for the interest of India that the war in Ameri ca should soon terminate, so that it may be seen' to what normal price cotton would permanently settle down. If America can again produce 4,000,000 bales of cotton, at sd. to ed. per lb, and so drive the price of Indian cotton down to4d., other crops will pay better in India ; cotton will cease to be grown largely for exportation ; and a large amount of capital, which can ill be spared, will have been lost, after being diverted from other pursuits by the temporary et.imp tus given by high prices. But if, as I think more probable, America, when the war ceases, cannot re sume her former production, India will un doubtedly supply the deficiency. It is hazardous to venture on an estimate in such matters, • but I see no reason to alter that which I gave four months ago, at Manchester, viz : 1. That for the next twelve months India might furnish from 1,250,000 to 1,600,000 bales, but not more. 2. That .permanently, after time to extend the cultivatiott< and get over the fluctuations at the termination of the war, India might supply somewhere about 2,000,- 000 bales, with a permanent average price of Bd. per pound for Indian cotton in Liverpool;- and 1,000,000 bales, more or lees, for each Id per pound, more or leas, the price of the article. I believe that if the war in America could be terminated to-morrow by the joint recognition of ,the South by the Great Powers or otherwise, the result at which we should probably arrive in two or three years, after severe fluctuations, would be something like the following: Cotton consumption of the world, 5,000,000 bales. Supply—America, 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 bales, at 6d. to Id. per pound ; India, 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 bales, at 6d. to 6d. per pound ; the rest of the world, 500,000 to 1,000,000 bales. LETTER FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF 808- ~ -. -~ - PaLace, Duntax,Tuesday, Jan. 6,1863. Dx.anitian Azi • In acknowledgi „-e ng vout letter Atul pamphiet, farce - me - opuurie..x..i...,4,h a fore you what I collect to be the prevailing sentiments here on American affairs, Of course, there is a great variety of opinion, as may be expected in a country like ours. Some few sympathize with the North erns, and some with the Southerns, bat for the greater portion sympathize with neither completely, but lament that each party should be making so much greater an expenditure of life•ancl property than can be compensated for by any advantage they can dream of obtaining. Those who are the least favorable to the North erns are not so from any approbation of slavery, but front not understanding that the war is waged in the cause of Abolition. It was waged, they say, osten sibly, for the restoration of the Union, and, in at testation of this, they refer to the proclamation which announced the confiscation of slaves that were the property of Secessionists, while those who adhered to the Federal cause should be exempt from such confiscation ; which, they say, did not savor much of zeal for Abolition. Many, who have a great dislike to slavery, yet hold that the Southerns had at least as much right to secede as the Americans had originally to revolt from Great Britain. And there are many who think that, considering the dreadful distress we have suf fered from the cotton famine, we have shown great forbearance in withstanding the temptation to re cognize the Southern States and break the block ade. Then, again, there are some who are provoked at the incessant railing at England and threats of au Invasion of Canada which are poured forth in some of the American papers. There are many, also, who consider that the pre sent state of things cannot continue much longer if the Confederates continue to hold their own as they have done hitherto, and that a people who shall have maintained their independence for two .or three years will be recognized by the principal European Powers. Such appears to have been the procedure of the European Powers in all similar cases—such as the revolt of the Anglo-American nod Spanish- American colonies, of the Haytiens and the Bel gians. In these, and other like cases, the rule prac tically adopted seems to' have been to recognize the revolters, not at once, but after a reasonable time had been allowed to see whether they could main tain their independence, and this without being un derstood to have pronounced any decision either way as to thejusttce of the cause. Moreover, there are many who say that the ne groes or people of color are far from being kindly or Justly treated in the Northern States. An emendpated slave, at any rate, has not received good train ing. for earning his bread by the Wages of labor; and if, in addition to this 'and his being treated as an outcast, he is excluded, as it is said, from many em ployments, by the refusal of the white laborers to work along with him, he will have gained little, by taking refuge in the IN orthern States. I have now laid before you the views which I con-. ceive to be the most prevalent among us, and for which I am not myself responsible. For the safe and effectual emancipation ot slaves, I myself con sider there is no plan eo good as the gradual one, which was long ago suggested by Bishop Jiieds. What he recommended was an ad valorem tax upon slaves, the value to be fixed by the owner, with an option to Government to purchase at that price. Thus the slaves would be a burden to the master, and those the most so who should be the most intel ligent and steady, and, therefore, the best qualified for freedom ; and it would be his interest to.train his slaves to be free laborers, and.to emancipate them, one by one, as speedily as he could with safety. I fear, however, that the time has gone by for trying this experiment in America, With best wishes for the new year, I remain, dear madam, yours faithfully. 111). WHATELY. DEPUTATION TO THE AMERICAN MINIS-. ,TEIL A deputation from • the executive committee of the Emancipation Society waited on his Excellency the American minister, at the embassy, In Port land place, for the purpose of presenting him with. a resolution, agreed upon at a special meeting of, the committee, approving of President Lincoln's. proclamation. Mr. Evans introducedthe deputation, after which Mr. Mermen read the resolution. Mr. Taylor, M. P. in expressingthe pleasure. he felt at the course the American Government had: lately taken in regard to slavery, said he believed the proclamation would not only tend to the. entire._ abolition of slavery, and the continuanen,of the. - Union but that it would greatly COD line° tth Sine Hug. peace itetwrcn England and America. -- lion. and Bev. Baptist Noel said he cordially ap proved of Mr. Lincoln's policy. He hadobserved Mr. Lincoln's honest intention to maintain the Constitution on the one hand, and to do.what the 'Constitution allowed on the other for the liberation of the slave. The President had used the war power which had been put into his hands, and he (Mr. Noel) hoped that, under God's blessing, it might be the means of bringing the rebellion to a • close. In abstaining from .taking the•same course in the Border loyal States, he. recognized the Presi dent's submission to the Constitution. But he (Mr. Noel) hoped and trusted the loyal States 'would ac cept the liberal offer which the Government had made, and that ere long America would be free from the stain of slavery. [Applause.] - • Bev. Newman Hall said the opinion of this country on the American struggle had been greatly misrepresented. The leading newspapers, which were supposed to represent public opinion, really did not represent the feelings of the masses. He would just give - one illustration of the inconsistency of those who misrepresented publlo opinion... In the Times of the day before there hail been a leading arti cle in the first paragraph of whioh the President had been condemned on the high ground of philan- thropy, for not issuing the proclamation while in the next paragraph he had been condemned for what he had done, on the ground that he had invaded the Constitution. Now, when one paragraph in a leading journal contradicted another, he did not think there was pinch danger that .the great body of the people Would fall into error on the question. [Hear.) Mr. Jacob Bright concurred in all that had been said. Adams then replied in the following terms : Gentlemen, I receive this expression of the seal melds of eo respeotable a body with great pleasure I.atiS spent satisfaction. I need not say how eti4 coneaging such nesnifeetationn will be to theee perreae in my country reprebented by the Yee: aident of the United States, who have been' . driven into the necessity of maintaining such st , paintel struggle as has been carried on by them fa , America', in devotion to great pribciples of public: law and Retitle order. lam very 'Mich encouraged by the circumstance that there hi _growing here, and in Europe generally, a better conception than has heretofore prevailed or the principle involved in' the struggle. The elation of Mr. Lincoln was' a great declaration of the ma jority of the fipple of the United States in, favor of the principle' of human freedom. The signifies ; ton of it was that the persons then elected to places of responsibility should be so far imbued`with that principle as t hat, :Mille they carried on the' Govern ment in the spirit of freedom, they should at the same time avoid the necessity of a strugeleUf physi std• force. It was theclanviction on the part of the 000 dents of that poliiry that the result wadi& be ne certain by that process,. though perhanli much. slow er, that drove him into. the desperate incarnate' of stopping it at the threshold by violence. Theeense•- quence was that the Gcvernment was attacked' at its very foundations. The struggle to preserve' it has Linen going on from that time to this; lf, therefore, there has been what might otherwise' be thought extraordinary ]taste and precipitate en ergy do apy of the measures which have been taken' by the Government, it bas net been owing so much: to any will.of their own as to the fact that the View' lence of ere resistance has awned the necessity for" them: fMnit the idea which it is desirable to pro.' sent distinctly he this—that the struggle has been one' of self defen hO against the aggressive system that was threatening destruction to the whole edifice of go vernment fle ft:stood, for the reason that it was too favorable to freedom. And with regard to this Proclamation,: the desire on the part of the Preekteht of the- United States - has been, as I coneclentiorily believe, not to hasten the neaeuic of emancipation any faster than popii ler sentiment in; the ,plave States would demand, nor any faster than the emergency should am tate—or, in othet , words, simply to so net as to prevent those verTeenvuteions which war is too apt to precipitate. Thi‘refore i in all matters incidental to the maintenance . of his policy, regard has been stetolly and to the possible avoidance of those den gels of servile war which necessarily must have been foreseen by all'thoughtful persons during the contest. Therefore, whilst always keeping in view the ultimate consequences of this most remarkable, find, I may say, unprecedented etrugele , I trust that the great results which we all hope to arrive at will be eventually reached—mot, perhaps, immediately, not, perhaps, to.day, or to-morrow, or the next day, but Ultimately by a steady perseverance in one course, which may force the consent of all parties, and yet avert the dreadful consequences which we might naturally apprehend , . I ens extremely gra titled in the assurances which have been given by eeveral gentlemen with respect to the ' state of popular feeling in England on this subjeek I bare myself had occasion to•notice the fact that, although some of the exponents of the public senti ment have appeared to beat times exceedingly harsh linen the United States, yet than, when opportunity ! ofitred for an milieu] to the people themselves, the sentiment has uniformly respmided to the policy which the United States Government have mound- , ted. I am, therefore, encouraged to hope that the closes which have heretofore gathered, and, at times, somewhat portentously, over the amicable relations of the two countries, have now more and more the appearance of vanishing 'from the sky. I feel - sanguine that the expression of sympathy • from here, which I have been lately the medium of repeatedly communicating to my countrymen, will have the effect of clearing away many impressions that may have been received by rending the attacks of hostile journals, and taking them too much as the true expression of the sentiment of the people. I think, by under standing distinctly—which they will-now have the opportunity of doing—that the policy of Great Bei tain;is not retrograde on the subject of slavery, wherever it may yet exist, and that it is true to the former pledges it so nobly gave to the world of its devotion to the principles of human freedom—the growing conviction of that fact will have the effect in America of restoring those amicable relations and reviving those warm sentiments which ought to be entertained between the two kindred peoples at all times. Gentlemen, I shall not longer detain you. will just any that ' I shall have pleasure in commu nicating to my Government a knowledge of the sen timents which have been expressed here by you to da s • he deputation then thanked his Excellency for the ceurtety with which he had received them, and withdrew. i r,ITE QUESTION OF EaTANCIPATION. The following circular has been issued in Man chester : ENANMEATION SOCIETY, MANCHESTER. BRANCH, Monday, Jan. 6, 1863. DEAR Sir.: We respectfully invite your co-opera bon in the formation of a branch emancipation so defy in this city, to second the efforts of the associa tion Is London, whose address we enclose you. Theicommittee of that society have of to send a deputation to address public meetings throughout the tiinnUfneturing districts, provided the local ar rangements for such meetings be undertaken by a. brarldi organization, such as the one to which we ask jour adhesion. • • Recent events have unmistakably demonstrated that, Amongst workingmen especially, true views on the American question generally prevail, and that there .% in Lancashire a much stronger sympathyfor the Anti-Slavery Administration of the Isjorth.than was inticipated. Tbd visit of a deputation from the London Eman cipatbn Society would not only eive a valuable op portusity for the expression of those opinions, but WOUlVause the important issue of Freedom vs. Slave involved in the American war, to be better underttood. At tie close of the labors of the London Deputa tion-id is proposed to hold an influential meeting in Manchester, at which some of the leading liberal members of Parliament and representative paid clanOf Laneaehireare expected to attend. As it is of importance that the work in hand ahotild be comnrenced at once. we venture to hope forfeit early and favorable reply. We are,dear sir, t mks tery truly, - • • • THOMAS B. I'OTTER Olvarmftn- ' ED. OWEN GREENING, Hon. Sec. !ANOTHER PSIWATZER , STEAMER EFonI the London Captain Blyth, of the.dnip Oregon of Newcastle, St. , e discharging at London, re vertsop_ the 16th ult., in lat. 43 north, p here that, long. 60 west, hr saw a large steamer, hark-rigged and under cavVaa. The weather was then thick, and the stsdlner did not appear to notice the Ore gon ; but at half past eleven P. M. the weather. cleared up, and the steamer bore down under steam, came close alongside, flying the American nag at her -countryd easing steam, demanded to know to what ne belonged. Captain Blyth immediately I hoisted the English ensign, whereupon the steamer h a wed down the American flag and hoisted the Con federate flag, dipped-it thrice, and bore awy in an o pposite direction. Captain Myth then hoisted signals indicating that his ship was the Oregon of Newcastle ; - but the steamer did not hoist her num ber in reply. Captain Blyth reports she was heavily armed and manned, and supposed her to be the re nowned Alabama. THE BLOCKADE AND SEAMEN'S WAGES. (From the Manchester Guardian.) In order to meet the difficulties which have arisen of late, in consequence of the capture by Federal cruisers, and the loss of time sustained by sailors when taken in attempts to • run the blockade, a clause has been of late inserted in the articles of ves sels, to the effect that the sailors ship for a voyage to unblockaded ports only, and when they arc taken to blockaded porta against their will and are captured, they are entitled to compensation from the owners of -the ships. In several canes of this deseirption, which have of late been tried in Liverpool, the sail ors have established claims. Should a sailor become aware that a vessel upbn which he has shipped on "the understanding that she was bound to an un blockaded port, Is actually intended for a blockaded port, he can at once desert and claim compensation. GALLANT CONDUCT OF AAIERICAN SAILORS. A BRIO. SAVED BY THE CREW-QF. THE SHIP AXE- (From the Manchester Guardian, Jan. I. Yesterday, there entered the port of Liverpool a brig whose voyage across the Atlantic, from Prince Edward's Island, has gained for the chief ()Meer and eight of the crew of the American ship American Union a character for perseverance and bravery. seldom recorded. From the statement of Mr. blcStoker, the chief officer of the American Union, it appears that on the 29th of December last he sig nalized the brig James, of 300, tons, bound from I'rince•lYlward's Island to Liverpool, in lat. 43 W. len. 44 W. The brig was disabled, being leaky, her —cargo shifted, and pumps choked. The captain: of the brig asked to be taken, with his crew, on board the American Union, stating that his vessel was in a sinking condition ; and un navigable. The American captain gladly a.,:ceded to the British captain's request, and, after a great deal of trouble.and danger, the crew of the blg were rescued. Mr. McStoker, the chief mate of the American. Union, volunteered, however, to board the brig• and take her to the- neareat port, and with eight of -his American crewproceeded on :aer peril effs.adventure. The weather was very stormy, and six.hours after the American Union left the brig the only boat on board the latter vessel war carried sway ) . and with it nearly. all the provisions on board. Mr. McStoker and his crew, however, bravely held out• upon a very scanty allowance of bread and Water for about seventeen days, their de privntions being augmented by fearfully bad wea ther, work at the pumps and want of water. Yes terday their sufferings were rewarded by the safe arrival of the James in the Mersey. Mr. leleStoker epoke no vessels after he left his own ship. The American Union, we may add, was outward bound at the time•she rescued the crew of the James. DEATH OF AN OLD ANGT..O-PARISIAN STIRGEON.—AImoat all the old English residents in Paris, and very many friends in Eng.and, will learn with deep regret that " Dr. Gunning" is dead. 1 call him Dr. Gunning because that was the appel lation by whieh he was best known, but he always repudiated the title. He was the oldest member of the College of Surgeons, but haul not a physician's degree. The sad event occurred at 9 o'clock on Sun day morning, at his house, No. 52 Rue du Colisee. John Gunning, C. 8., who has just been removed from this world after attaining the great age of 00, was a distinguished army surgeon. He was on the star. as long ago as 1792, and his name must be familiar to the ear of many an old soldier. At Wa terloo hr held the rank of deputy inspector general of hospitals, cud on that battle-field it fell to his lot to cut oft Lord Raglen's arm. He came to Paris with the Duke of Wellington's army and has resided here ever since, universally beloved and respected: His [home was a joyous rendezvous for hie own countrymen, at which he delighted to mix with young people and promote their amusement. There was..searcely anything of the old man about-him. His- slght„ hearing, memory—all his faculties, in-_ deed—were perfect to the last, and his friendsconli dently predicted that he would live to a hundred. On New Year's day he had a dinner party : and cards for one of those little friendly dances which ho loved to see wore issued so lately as last week. An attack of bronchitis prevented him from-receiving his friends on the day expected. His medical at tendant, Dr. Davison, thought it serious -.but it got better !and within the last two or three days he was. considered to be out of danger. On Sunday morn-. log, however, he expired in his arm-chair without pain; and Ivith scarcely any previous_ symptoms to. denote an approaching end. His daughter, Kra. Bagshnwe (the wife of the Queen's :counsel), and two of his grand-daughters were with him at the time of hie death.—London GREAT ENGLISH SURGEONS.—Sydenham. and -Cooper, Arbuthnot and .Abernethy, Mead. and Sir Everard Home—Brodle's master—all succumbed. to diseases which they had thousands of times: sub. dued In the cases of patientuaa aged, but less, die-. tinguiebed than themselves. Yet to most of these eminent physicians and surgeons was accorded a length of days beyond the. allotted span spoken of by the inspired writer. bleed died at 81, Abernethy atnearly 70, Cooper at 12,110 me at MI, and Brodie. in his 80th year. Of all British physicians or sir geone of whom we read in English history, the professional life a Sir 'Benjamin Brodie was the longest and Use moat • eminently successful.. The career of John 'Hunter,' ia London. practice, scarcely amounted to 27 years ; Abernethy enjoyed a successful practice of ilve-and-thirty years; Sir .Astley Oooper ef, fully 40 t . Si? Everard Home of 38 ; while Mr. and Sir Benjamin BrotliVs successful pro. fessional career. exceeded, without a season's inter ruption, hall a century. During tea years of this period, 'from 1808 to 1818, he enjoyed considerable and constantly increasing practice; during another decade—i,e., from 1818 to. 1828—ho enjoyed a very large and lucrative practice ; and in the thirty years between 1828 and 1888, when by defeetive sight lie. was forced to retire from the more aetive pursuit of his calling, he enjoyed a larger And more lucrative business than any of his contempora - Aes, though Cline, Home, Abernethy, Cooper, Pierson, and Vance, ail greatly his senior,, could be olessed among, Trim CITY. The Thermometer. irEBEUARI." 2 lea& FEARCANT 2;188x. lirA. 1/ 2 111...r..4.2 . P. M. 6A. P. 11. 32 40. WIND. • WIND. N i rti . W..S l i r by puvirtly wby N. iffsw. • . 4 _, THE YENNSYLVANTA RAILROAD--4NI/11Are lLiterrixo Or VIE Sl , cicornownsuk.. , --;Yesterday morning( the stookhols . of the Penneylvania Railkbad Company held their annual meeting,• at Sandobl-street Hail. 111a0r , Henry presidat;•and there Wks' Viers/ fuH attendadce:. Kr, Edwin Dmith acted aelatcretru y. The anntial report of the stothholders was then: read by Bid' secretary. A special i•epott of the Board oc Dittxstors was not - read. It watim'replfto &report byl Mr. James Page, at the last annuakneeting. The ITport says: "In obedience to yttut instructions, however, the Board will, as briefly as-possible, reply to math* portions of the minority reprAt! ftß , appears to treat'of practical subjects." The first part of: the . report is 'chictlY , clevoted to questioning the b.grit7 of the majority`ofthe com mittee composed Otte/airmen who, in thie.Commu nity, need no defenders.. ;A also states, is , the same spirit, that it was imPoseib?c to obtain thrnbcoosary 'information for the difiCCPl3 and books of the' com pany,. when it was well• known to the corantittee that any informatioudesired , by it. or any of its mem hers was and would have,:to any reasonable extent; been freely given. . A fterithestepreliminary mimicke r the minority report profited" to comment upon • the enedition of the finance/rot the•company. As thheis fully shown in the last andapresent annual report's of the Board, it is hardly nmektetery to refer to it here, exeMit to assure the shareholders that the financial' cot Aden of the company is Wry satisfactory. The report then analyses - the construction Re/ count'end attempts to detiliMstfete that the originak estimate of the engineer fot the completion of thet railroad between Harrisburg And-Pittsburg—which: made provisions only for a trzotfe-that was expected to meet' the line when 'opened , for use—have been largely . exceeded. This business , amounted in 1854, the year the road was opened throughout, to but 250,- 000 tons oil freight, although the company had previ ously been itenung a profitable through business for the line by the aid of the Allegheny Portage Railroad and the western division of the Pennsylvania Cabal. This tonnage has steadily' increased, until it has reached, in MIS, only eight years from the opening of the entire route, to the enormous amount of 2,223,001 tons.. This large increase was fully jus tified, and explains the increased outlays upon the road and the enlarged Outfit purshaselto accommo date it. The expenditures for these objects have been judiciously and economically made, but not before they were required by the wants of the 'com pany for the prosperity of the cities at the termini and the region traversed by the company% road. The terms of the lease of the Harnsburgand Lan caster Railroad' are next objected to. This lease was a substitute for an existing contract or lease between the two companies, which would have terminated in ISM. • In regard to the general policy of the company spoken of in' the minority report, the directors any : To reply in detail' to all the theories and assump tiona advanced would consume too much of your time, and would lead to no practical advantages to the company. • We will content ourselves with simply answering the specifications concluding the repot t. These are : First. That the real estate, equipment, and con struction account, should be closed. second. That dividends should be suspended until the track and outfit was restored to undoubted etn ciency, and that your Board should be instructed Lot to make any dividends in future, unless earned. ' Third. That the Board be directed to consider hereafter Philadelphia and Pittsburg the termini of their road, and that they shall not cripple the local travel of the road, tre. Fourth. A committee of, investigation should - be appointed to examine , Midi the /weirs of the com pauy,in the manneradopted by the committee of the New York Central 'Company, by passing over the whole track on a hand car, examine the condition• of the locomotives, cars &ci By the adoption of these recommendations it is stated that the company and its road can be "re deemed from its present condition," and made to pay dividends, &o:, The first proposition supposes that the road has attained its lull capacity, and nothing is required hut to finish its double traek to render it complete. In this limited view of the future operations of the line, the Board do not concur, and to provide for the enlargement of the business of the road, have made and are making large additions to their accommoda tions at Pittsburg, as well as Philadelphia. It will be observed, however, by a careful examination of the afecounts of the company for several years past, that these expenditures have been met from the profits of the road, lifter paying dividends, without materially augmenting the debts of the company. The other propositions arc replied to in an appro priate manner. This report was ordered to be printed with the annual report. Air. Lewis Elkin offered the following Resolved, That the thanks of the stockholders are eminently due, and they are hereby tendered, to the president and directors of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company for the able and efficient manner in which they have discharged their duties during the past year. Mr. Page. I regret exceedingly that this resolu tion has been offered. I think, to say the least, that It is in bad taste to offer such a resolution, and I do not wish to be thought factious in opposing it. Now, when it is admitted in •the report of the Board of Di rectors that the extraordinary success; of the rail road is to be attributed to the present condition of the country, it seems to me to be an act UnCailed for to attribute this prosperity to the activity of the ma, 'lagers of the railway. The whole report admits that but for the continuance of the present.disastrous war, the business: of the Pennsylvania Railroad would not be what it was during the past year. In the report which I had the honor to present to the Board of Directors, :I anticipated this very condi tion of things, and spok of it in the strongest terms that .I could.. . been prosperous as a 4 .4 tw ,a otir nterest, in .the shape ' has i nt_ late -- been ms. 6, a o yforce ikk. E .T'eare.°f. _tyito which they had no control. It has been the istiMie quence of this unfortunate, disastrous and treasona . ble war. Where would the Pennsylvania Railroad have been if the mouth of the Mississippi had been open to the trade of-the West, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had been in full operation Z Where it would have been at this time, with the burden of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad upon it, would have been impossible for me to tell. Under the pressure of the circumstances which have forced business upon the road,' forus to say that the directors are entitled to thanks, is actually to deny the truth of what they themselves have said. .While our Ludi vidual interest as stockholders has been advanced by this state of affairs, there is not a man here whose business has not suffered in consequence. - It is a shortsighted view of the ease. I may say that it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good ; so the war, while it has ruined and prostrated the country in various directions, has helped the Pennsylvania Railroad, and their directors' report says so, and yet we are about to assume that it is the Board of Ma nagement. For that reason I shall vote againstit. I do not wish to be considered as wanting an respect to these gentlemen. But I cannot permit myself to vote to supportthat which I am inclined personally to deny. The Board of ,Threctors have had no hand in bringing this business to the road. All that they had to do was to arrange it as it came. Mr. Lewis Elkin said that the . Business of the. road had been extraordinary in carrying hundreds and thousands of troops and large quantities of Gir vernment stores, with entire freedom from accident, and for that alone, if for nothing else, the thanks or the stockholders to the directors were eminently due. The then president of the road was in daily communication with the Secretary of War, and every requisition of the latter was promptly met and satisfactorily carried out. While other roads have met with serious accidents, we have been en tirely free. Now, he asked,- are not the directors of the company eminently entitled to the thanks of the stockholders l Mr. Page. If the gentleman will modify his reso lution so as to thank the directors for the speedy passage of the troops, and the freedom from acci dents in passing them over the road, I will vote for the resolution. [Laughter.] Mr. Alexander Schofield advocated the passage of the resolution. He slid not like to see personal feel ings against the managers of the road. He was perfectly willing to vote for the resolution of thanks. Mr. Page disclaimed all charges of personal feel ing. 'Whatever motives prompted him to the course he had taken, they were not personal. The gentle man (Mr. Schofield) might not understand him as he understood Mr. S. [Here the chair called Mr. Page , to order.] Mr. Page. Now thevery statement this gentleman has made is begging the question to the same extent as the first resolution offered. He has given as an instance of the extraordinary management of the road, that the stock which could be bought for 32 and 33 is now held at 65 and 67. He forgets to tell the difference between paper and specie, and ifyou subtract that difference you get the true value of the stock. The true value of the stock is calculated upon the specie value of the dollar. The stock has run up on the hands of the holders and in the market, and it could not be, stopped. People who have made money out of the war :scarcely know how to invest it, and they have at once purchased every kind of fancy stocks' they could find. The stock may soon go up toX hundred, butdon't tell me that it is worth all that, for it,ia being runup by. speculators. The management are. not entitled to any thanks for it. Mr. Darlington, of West Chester, supposed that there was as much management in railways as in . the affairs of war. The directors are as well en titicd.to the thanks of stockholders as the successful.. generals of the.army to the, thanks of Congress or the people. The question is-raised • that:this road has been;prosperous in spite .of the management, In that tine l . Does, it require no talents. to take - advantage. of the. extraordinary circumstances of,: the country ea as to make. them tell? Is it true that it requires no. foresight, no care, to .provide for the.equipment of the road, and the vast work which : these circumstances have thrown .upon .1U Would the road have. been successful if the directors .had • not provided everything_ to, meet the demand? Is it true that.this,roind would have.been.well-managed in spite of .the directors? Suppose-the directorshad neglected to.provide the necessary. transportation. The currency may have had something to 410 with it, but we are not here to dismiss that. It- seems to . me that the directors are eminently entitled. to the thanks ; of, the company. To rgject.such aresolution. would,, in tact, be paiming a vote•of.censure-upole, them. Mr. P,age, said that the resolution had: been.latro, duced SA bad taste, and it Would be- in,barit taste.to, pass it.. Ife did not think that the.vote of: thanks, was to be predicated upon.the fact that they-have done really more than their duty.. WheretheYhatte only done their duty the}; do not deserve.a.note•of thanks. It is. only when : - they have. gone beyond their duty; and done somethingwhich.comatandi the respect and gratitude of the stockholders, thatr&vote of thanks was due. In some cases seeeleeseEsiimsr plate have accanspanied the vote of thanks, but very often the shareholders hove to foot the bLtl, andeecne times the recipient himself, is at tilke.bOtiOnl of the intitue that produces it. The resolution was finally adopted, there being but three dissenting votes. Mr. Darlington mooted that the report of the directors, with the accompanying papers, together with the special report just submitted, bo salopteg as entirely satisfactory to the stockholders. Air. Page dissented. tie was not at all , satisfied. Re wanted to examine the report. Tate resolution . might pass, but it would nob alter the ra , sts. Dlr. Darlington did not suppose tte resolution would be satisfactory to all 110 thCraght, howevet‘ that it would be 'satiskaotory to thezmajority, and A' there were but one or two dissentinr; voices it might be considered as expressing the vie*. s of the meeting. ' Mr. John DI. Kennedy offered a substitute for the resolution, , 815 follows ReSONed feat the general sop orts of the directors, with the accompan PAN , ' es, together with the f special report just sut in m ttek'oe printed forth° gene- ral information of member*. Adopted. A motion was then made to adjoufn, which was agreed to, and the meet-trig adjourned. PERSONAL — n'e understand that Celolon Asher S. Leidy, oV,he 99th Pennsylvania Regiment, has sufficiently ;'_covered from his wounds, received atFredericksby'sg, to be able to rejoin his regiment, and left yeettreday morning foi Washington, for that purpose. IT.e has been twenty-one months in the service evil is a faithful, able, and courageous of lice; die, is well worthy of promotion. We hope, when t>":,e consolidation of the regiments takes place, he w 3 :11 be assigned to the situation to the field he d.es:res, end that is in the front. THREE CENTS. EXAMINATIONS OF CAIIrDWATES AT Ti Hiatt anti Nonnam Sonoors.- , 4the examination of candidates for admission into the Boys' Central High School f commenced yeaterday r will be continued every day until Friday. The numer of applicants is one hundred arid iditytwo. They were examined yesterday in orthography (esibracing: punctuating and spelling) and mensuration. The sentence given for punctuatieor Is as folloWs : On the' seventh. of April, he apt/candle the House of Lordo r rejoicing that, though with more than one foot in the grave, tie had been able to rise from bed, and to bekr testi mony against it. 'ex rejoice" said he, "that' the grate has not closed on'ine ;. fled I am still alivelo• rift up my voice against the dkonembermentof this* ancient and most noldemonarelvy. Shall this great /f)ngdoie f thatkaa aulTiVellithe Danish depredationc;• the Scottish inroads, sad' the ,Norman conquest: that has atos4l the threate.tedinvasiba of the Spanish' Arranda', now fall prostrate before the house of Henri:Mut If peace cannot nepresarved with honor, Why in not war conimenivad• without hesitationl Let Ulf et least make one effort and'ie we meat fall, let'ue faklikemen." srimr.mc Aesigmbeitt. brethren, eiretitestantird, dila* date; ellgiNt; (actions, genAni, - hysteria*, in genuotis; Jatuneye, kennel, landianiirm. malign, neither, operation, professor, rbapsostr f . aepa ration, tyranny, undoubted, vehrele ; .wren ter, yeo man, zephyr, across , basin, eatletiism, keinoue, .merettielbus, parliament, sulphur,: imam!, R unwieldy,' vengsance, apps.hanno4Natclitteches, Xenia, Carlible; AlockPenburg. Iril:F31111ATION 1. Describe . he didhrent kindi of angler: 2. Define a'Wedge, a prismoid, and arrnegula." . 3. Give tirarule' fol finding the area ciaifirreg*; far, right-litiedligure of any number oribleh. 4. State the rule for' obtaining the scildlty 01' cylindric ring: 5. If the (hiving wheels of a locomotivette litra! feet in diameter; how many revolutions de: they make fn a mlairternihen'drawing a train at ihdrate of forty miles an.hopr ' 6. The greater chord' of a circular zone is fOrtp . eight feet, the less' chord Mirty-six feet, and their' perpendicular distantasik feet What is the'trea' ' of the zone in yards' ' 7. How many cuble - yards of earth must be tacerP antis digging a well feet in diameter and stay. feet deep 8. Required the whble surface of a trianguLsr pyramid, each side of whose base is three and a has yards. and its slant height thirty-three feet. 9. What is the solidity; in feet, of a stick of tim ber. whore ends' are respectiVel thirty by twenty seven inches, and twenty-four' by eighteen inches, and whose length is fifty feet T • 10!' The diameter of a sphericatmment is twenty inches, and the height eke Inches. How many gal lonst.dry measure, will it The exercises in orthography were prefaced by Professor J. A. Kirlipatricii; the questions in men suration by Professor James McClure. The examination of candidates for admiasion into the Girls , High School also commenced yesterday. They number one hundred and sixty-one. It is pro bable that sixty-five only can be admitted. The ex amination will close on Thursday. ' The day of ad mission will be the ensuing Wednesday. The ex amination questions of yesterday . were in the Con stitution and theoretical arithmeti c : 1. Can a suit be brought wing oStateby a private eitizent eamote the Constitution' to support your answer. • r. 2. In what way must the Presideckt be chosen so as lo give Delaware the same influence as Pennsyl venial 3. If Congress wished to erect a navy yard in Phila.- delobia. what would be necessary before so doing? 4. Deli oe veto power; in what important particu lars may it be useful 6. What is the only condition upon which search warrants can issuet 0. 'Why are the State officers required to take the oath of allegiance to the United StatesT 7. Write the clause relating to State records. S. To how many electors is each State entitledl Who arc disqualified from being electors t 9. Which five States have the greatest number of representatfveat 10. Give the term of office of the officers of the dif• terent departments of Government. 1. Give an example of each of the following kinds of numbers: composite number; prime number : ab stract number, concrete numer, and• compound number. 2. Give an example showing the difference between the last common multiple and greatest comuton mea sure of numbers. 3. How would you perform an example in com pound division? 4. How do you change an improper fraction, &c., a whole or mixed number? Why 1 • 6. What is the shortest method of multiplying a decimal by 10, 100, 1,000 &c : 1 Give the reason for the method you pursued. 6. How do you find the interest for months when the rate is 6 per cent- per annum ? Why? 1. Do banks, in discounting, deduct more or less than legal Interest? 8. patine involution and power of a quantity, and prepare the number 21 for the extraction of the cube root. 9. How do you perform an example in the single rule of threel 10. How do you find the lose or gain per cent. on any article? ANNUAL DIEBTINO OF TICE BOARD OF Tnann.—The annual meeting of the membens of the association of the Board of Trade took place yesterday evening, at their rooms, at half past seven o'clock ; Samuel alegargee, Esq., was in the chair, and Dlr. Boldin, secretary. The reading of the report of the executive council, which had been prepared by Secretary Blodget, and which comprises everything connected with the business of society and the State, • was the first business of the evening. When printed it will correspond in volume and quality with last year's report. It is the fifth report of the board as made by Secretary Blodget, and is unequalled in its value, both for the precision and the extent of the topics bandied. Each year's reports have, by request, been forwarded to the Treasury Department, form ing a collection which will .o...ferred to as final' thlifelliiitTALt.tienty-sitieti heads west 1.13 usiness of previous ear ecTiiiallirta.-- 2. National linances an taxation. • 3. Proposed retrograde legislation ; the tonnage tax and usury laws. 4. Coal oil ; petroleum ; the new commercial staple. . 6. Resurvey of the Delaware ; new channel at Pea Patch Mane. G. The bankrupt bills. 7. Transportation eastward. 8. Amended shipping act of Great Britain and general average reforms. 9. honors to John Bright. 10. Proposed removal of the Mint. 11. Transportation on the Pennsylvania Railroad. 12. Trade with the Southwest. 13. The Steubenville Bridge. 14. The tariff of 1862; iron. 15. Enlargement of the Illinois and Erie Canals. 16. Commerce of Philadelphia ; want of vessels. 17. The new iron navy yard. 18. Resurvey of the Delaware. 19. Immigration. 20. Defences of the Delaware. 21. Bureau of statistics. 22. General business. • 23. BlanUfactures. 24. Improvement of means of transportation and shipment. 25. Internal revenue. 26. Condition of the Association. 27. Commercial statistics. l'he report having been rend by Secretary Blodget a resolution was oflbred and carried to print one thousand copies. The next business being the election officers, the Chair appointed Messrs. Cooley and Buzby as tel lers. A recess of fifteen minutes then ensued, atthe expiration of which time the following officers were announced as elected : President—Samuel C. Morton. Vice Presidents—David S. Brown, John Welsh, Samuel V. Herrick. Secretary of Association—William C. Ludwig Treasurer—Richard Wood. Eau - Witt. Council—Thomas Kimber, , Jr., Israel Morris, Joseph C. Grubb, Edmund A. bonder, Geo. L. Buzby, Edward C. Biddle, John E. Addicks, Thomas S. 'Amon, Samuel E. Stokes, George K. Tatham, William L. Behn, Benjamin Marshall, James Campbell, Samuel W. De Coursey, James 0. Hand, Algernon S. Roberts, John B. Penrose, I. S. Waterman, Charles Wheeler, Wm. G. Bonito]; and James Milliken. • " • e.serflr.• aIORTIN AMONG THE MERCHANTS. —Gov. Curtin yesterday morning visited the hall of the Corn Exchange Association, and, after exchang ing courtesies with his personal friends there pre sent, was announced publioly to the Association by Ilfr. Getty, president. The . Governor addressed the merchants in an appropriate and felicitous manlier. He expressed his thanks at having an opportunity of meeting the Association. He knew much of the loyalty, patriotism, and benevolence of the mer chants of Philadelphia, as well as of its citizens gene rally. He felt the force and influence of this organi- . ration when the soil of Pennsylvania had been eon, tamprated by the unholy trend of the rebels, and, when he was compelled to call upon the militia to expel them from the soil of our State. When-the great struggle of the rebellion grew still fiercer, he,. again heard of the Corn Exchange Association send ing to the seat of war one of the finest regiments ever enlisted. He was near when so many of the gallant regiment fell in the first great conflict in which the regiment was engaged. He had watched the course of the people of Penn sylvania, and whatever intriguing men and derriar . gogues might assume, yet he was certain that the people of this State were loyal to the heart. The , great heart of Pennsylvania is truly loyal. He took* it for granted that every man here had carefully cal culated the value of this Government to himself and his posterity; if they had not he would ask them to do it this day; especially at this dark houris it the duty of every loyal man to support the Government, and swear that he will suppress this rebellion. The weak and the timid may derma.% but the righteous, never despair when they knom:,that, they have the . right on their side. When this rebellion is sup:. pressed this Government will be the controlling rower of the world, and th*.labor:ing classes of, the Ghl World will, by our e:iample, be raised, to the , condition of a happy and wiisperous. people.. The Governor referred to. proposition made . by some scheming politicians for a diiiaion of the,. North—Pennsylvania 7.411 , th her loyal three millions, has declared that she - all! not permit this. Peen-, sylvania with her great railroad and water cornmu-, nicatiom, cannot AV, will not have her enetaiste „ around or above laer, neither North, West, nor. South. Her eitizeas. have always , cultiyated peace-. ful relations with, the country at large. Two hun dred thousand scidiers now in the field ,attectpenn sylvania's courage and loyalty, and shall we give it up nowl Let act the eravembeartell show : his.face. The,blomkof Unedslaughtered soldiersdomands that we should stand . for the great principlea,for which we fight. These principles involve ell! our hopes. The I uture la big with a orlr expectotione. Great opplause greet 441 the Close OtheGovensx's address. Sena or Lowry wan suhsequent.iy introdneed, and made a few remarks, emurnewhatery of the... Gove rnor's views. He then evoke o.t his then being on the way to Washinzton to induce theerovecament to aejept League Island as a navy yard. THE D ttr (I The annual meeting of the Drug Exchange Association was held yesterday afternoon, at their rooms on Third Street, below Market. The report of the asso ciation for the past year was read, giving a grati fying account of the prosperous condition of the institution. The expenses of the year amounted to $562.73 ; the balance le the hands of the treasurer Is $221.84 ; the receipts amounted to $1,153.39; of which there were received in annual subscriptions, 61885 ,• entrance fees, $lOO ; desk privileges, $6O; donation from hi - emirs. Roaengarten, $l2O ; discounts, etc., $8.39. A board of directors for the ensuing year was elected ; R. H. Zeigler, treasurer, and Harrison Smith, secretary. The president will be elected by the board of directors. REMANDED.—CoI. Buchanan Cross, who recently escaped from the Penitentiary, by procuring a pardon from Governor Curtin, through forgery, and who went into court to sustain his claims for freedom, on the ground that the pardon was valid, was remanded to prison yesterday, the court having -decided against his claim, Col. Cross's career has been one of the most romantic and checkered of all the devotees of crime whom this community have yet been made acquainted with. • THE WAR PRE S. (1713LIBRED PrEFILLt.) ilat Win PRI I / 2 1 WM be sett to 'tuba - mat-16er, by., mail (per annum th advance) at st.oe Five " 9.00 Ten gg 04 17.0 s Twenty Copies" 32.09 . . Larger Clubs than Itrent) , 'Will be charged at tha same rate, SLEW per copy. The money must always egarofhpany the, order, and fn no fragrance can these term be eieviated from, &Wulf diford very Was more than the coif of the paper. .41Cir Postmasters are requested to tat aa 4.eutu for Tan Wes Pam. Jam?' To the getter-up oZ a Club of ten or twenty. 11 . 4 extra copy of the Payer will be given. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OTOCKHOLD EMS OA TOE ATIIEN.2 tria.—Th6 fOrt y-eighth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia' Wait held at the Hall yesterday morn ing. On motion of Mr. Edward Law, Mr. Thomas P. HoOpeevratf called to the chair, and Mr. George Grisconn appOintdd secretary. The annual report or the directdrs, pe-Siented is secordaiti with the pro. vialone of the chaiier to the stockholders, was read by Mr. Edviard LaVr. The treasurer's account for the past year, Irma' Jan. 2D, 1862, to Jan. 19, 1863, states the receipts" to be $4,221.47; payments, s3,999.42—leaving a With= of $229,05. The board, however, also hold a warrant for $22610r a quarter's rent from the controlleitt of the public schools, v)hich will raise the balm& in thitreitsurer'a hands to $441..06. Fourteen Mini:lied and sixty volumes have been added to the Ifbrahr, Of theseitwo hun dred and ten were purchened; fifty presented,' and the remaining twelve hundred bequeath s& to the Insti tution by its late president; Siiinnel - Bieck, Esq. Arrangements are now beinpritide to plane the last, named books in the library, no that they canto used by the stockholders. Ron: W. E. Lehman, Hon. Olutriea J. Biddle: Hon. 'Wm. A. Kelley, Hon. Alexander,' Ile.ary, etc.', have also presented hooks to the lierfry. Documents and papers have been receiVed front the:United States Goernitent, New York Xiegi - Oature, Smith sonian. Inaiitute, and the State c. PennsYlirsela• Thirteen hundred and fifty volumes have been taken froni the library during the past year,showing a greatly increased interest in this feature of the insti tution. The death of Samuel Brlick, Esq., since 1842 the president of the corporation, , and one of the earliest stockholders, is learned by' them . wlth sin cere regret. The report being u4sitinously ap proved and accepted, on motion of rdr: 'Law, the meeting the, proceeded to the clecticn.4 'fifteen di rectors, to serve for the ensuing year. On motion, Messrs. J. J. Woodward and George Washington Smith were appointed 'tellers of, Use election. On motion, the meeting then adjourned =tit' live in the afternoon. In the afternoon meeting . the tellers , report showed the election to have resulted irPfavor of the followir.g.named directors: Quintin Campbell, Samuel Norris, J. Francis Fisher, Dr. William. Shippen, James Dundee, Edward E. Law, Richard Montgomery, Alexander Henry, Arthur G. Catlin, P. Pemberton Morris, Charles H. Hutch inson, William G. Thomas, 'Henry Helmuth,. Dr. Charles Willing, Charles T. Stille. FIOWTRE DIFFICULTY IN COUNCILS MAT IJoan TO rnis CITY' ELICOEN Eihentiun DOLLA/ro. At the last meeting of tkeOltytounails of 1862, an ordinance WAS passed through both branches, making an appropriation of $4lOO- to pay the clerics and Messer:igen for "extra services." There was no op position Made to the bill by the Republican mem bers, out of a kind feeling, nadoubt, towards the of ficerathen.present. Opposition to the bill they knew would.be made by the Mayors.who keeps a watchful eye• overate the extra" appropriations of Councils. The Mayor-true to his record returned the ordi nance, unsigned, m the fonowing communication, whicWwatraddressed to the president and members of Common Council, in which chamber the bill ori ginated.: "I return. V& the Councill in , which it originated the accompany bill, 'entitled as ordinance to pay the clerks and messengers of Councils for extra ser vices for-the year lacy without - my approvaL The grants of extraordinary sums to officials, made at the close °film legislative term, are to be regarded with moreihannsual scrutiny from the peculiar in fluences under watch they are generally adopted. The acceptent.° of an office with aflxeil salary is an implied undertaking to perform all the duties per taining thereto, whether few or messy, without ex pectation of other remuneration from the public treasury. Thu, e may be peculiar cases in which an unlooked-for change of functions may give equitable claim to mie-cialadditional allowance, but such plea cannot be put forth in the present instance." The above messngewasj presented to Mr. Trego, whom the Mayor onlciaily recognized as the presi dent of Common Council. Of course, the Democratic members ignored: the fact of such a message having , been received, as it was not presented to the presi dent whom they alone recognized. They now argue that, the time within. which the Mayon has authority to exercise the veto power having elapsed, the ordi nance is consequently a law. • The warrants for the amount have been drawn, though not yet countersigned by tbe City Controller. This officer has received. an emphatic letter from the Mayor, In which he is. instructed not to countersign the warrants. If the money should be obtained out of the City Treasury, the Mayor, we understand, will instruct the City Solicitor to enter suit for the recovery of the money. It was, perhaps, unfortu nate that the Mayor did not send a copy of the veto to both presidents. lie would have certainly gained his point, whatever might be the decision of the court before whom the Council difficulty was then pending for settlethent WILL LEAVE FOR THE SEAT OF WAR.— The second battalion of Colonel Hermann Sega. berth's Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery will leave the'camp.ground at Cooper's creek, N. J., to morrow morning, for "Boerne Monroe, in the fol lowing order: Battery 1", Captain J. A. Blake ; Bat tery &, Captain :fames. Martin; Battery Ii:, Lieut. 0. lloepfner, commanding. Battery H, Captain W. D. Rank,now at Fort Delaware, under command of Lieut. al. Stevenson,_ will also leave for Fortress Monroe. Battery L, Captain Joseph Sanderson, will also leave in a few days for the same destina tion. Flattery hl, Captain. Richards, will also for• ward march. All the above batteries will be under the command of Major Windsbecker, one of the gal lant heroes of the great battle of Pea Ridge. Major W. has seen nine years of active military service. A RAILROAD A.CtIDENT.—A man named Nicholas Adams, forty-two years old, was, on Sun day last, admitted into the Pennsylvania Hospital. At the time he was not conscious, having received injury about the head. In attempting to cross the Germantown Railroad track, at the corner of Ger mantown road and Broad, he was knocked down by an approaching engine. Yesterday, however, he was improving. He gives his residence as Fifth and Master streets. Tuz Howe= HosPITAL—The following , 2rt of the limpid: Hospital and Infirmary for January, 1883, shows: No. patients registered since Narch 1, 18 6:. 5,039 111 if " during January 610 . 1 11 prescribed for " 11 1,309 " Prescriptions furnished 11 1,198 DIED or• MS ilk.7JlTKlES.—Yestercl o sty morn ing, John Kramer, who was stabbed in a lager beer saloon on Coates street, last week, died from his injuries. The coroner will hold an inquest this morning. This homicide is the second which 00. curred in this city during the month of January. FOUND DROWNED.—The body of Wm. Eastwood has been found in the Schuylkill, at Wal nut-street wharf. The deceased has been missing since the early part of - December last. Re was 62 years of age, and resided at No. 2234 Oallowhill street. THE POLICE. (Before Mr. Alderman Bottler.] The] Burglary and Robbery at Schmidt's' Store. We mentioned yesterday the circumstance of the arrest of a party, charged with robbing the shoe store of Mr. Gunther Schmidt, on'Sunday morning. The police were' busy in their endeavors to ferret out the parties, and succeeded to some extent by ac cident, as the following details will show. It being generally understood, from the publication of the preliminaries, as made in The Press yesterday morn ing, that the hearing would take place at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Central Station was crowded to an unusual extent at this hour, by persons who seemed to be anxious to witness the proceedings. At the hour appointed for the hearing the magis trate took his seat. The.,parties were arraigned as follows. Some of them gave assumed names. John Miller, alias Nelson, alias Donnelly, Daniel Wayne, Edgar Morton, Harris Sayers, Thomas Kelly, James MoCiffrey, James Keynes, John Mc- Carty, John Fentcin:,-Edward Pendleton, Mary Smith, and Annie jones..... Gunther Schmidt testified that his store and dwelling is at .344 South. Third street; between 12. and 4 o'clock, on Sunday morning, the store was en tered forcibly, and two dozen calf skins; worth $ll2, and from thirty-five to forty pairs of hoots, valued at $3OO, were stolen therefrom. A pair, of boots, found on the person of one of the prisoners, Was identified by the owner. The calf skins were also identified. Win. Lacy, police officer Third • district, heard of the robbery at Schmidt's store.; sent ante party of men as scouts ; heard that OMcer Lawrence bad made an arrest of a man.wilh a bundle Of skins, and bad taken him to the station hoyse ; brought Hr. Schmidt to the station house, where he identified . the skive. - Officer Lawre.nce i .Third,distriqt,.on Sunday morn, ing met this man ?Miller) at Fourth and Smith streets ; he had a bundle of skins ; he paid he found them leaning against a tree box at Fourth and bons'. bard streets; said ~he wanted to taite them to a sta tion house; I told.him to come along, and leave them at the station in Union street; be did so. Officer Lindsay, Segond distriet.-Zhere was a tight 'between . two of the prisoners, at ,a house in. Pine alley, early on ,Sunday morning; it took pls:ce in the house; the men who were lighting came out; we dial not arrest.thim then ; I looke'd.over the fence of the yard attached to ,the house_of Mary Smith saw R side of leather and about twenty-flve * boots there • we. then went after the two.reen who had been flghting,nnal . arrested ,there at Flont:th and Geskill streets ;: these parties are flenion afials Sayers. and „McCarty; we also arrested Xellt : who ru was half drunk ;: we ,took , them to the Soiit warn. Hall, and. loCked them up; the , lieutyme.t4erfi . orders that it anybody should come to mature after them to, get them out, that wg must lock up the, inquirer also.; 'Keynes and Wayne,dszte,:i6 f i les Eitle• lion, and we looked them up, - Ofh,cer I f yons, Second district. —A. man came run ning along Shk,men street, and reereited lrlys ;. he said tw,q men bad, been beating biln4n aVotise in • Fine, allay; ooe,had a knifei weat era* to the house, and. in jumping over the ...Fencetell on a pile of boats; this was „in. the , yardlol,; MatY Shilth's house.. corelnkr l 7. - 4,4 2 ...0ffieer Hender con we aroasted hlorton,'Fentan,.andsnether of the priscine.rs, whow tv,e know, as Isong,end . ran them in yesterday afternoon ; one ofitlie, guards at the tiir raeks. on Third street, beloW., rinf, identified ,this nan man . Whenn, he saw,,passing h with' load of. boots on his , ann; ths.noldler ; he is sick toatitY, and can n ot o bek.present at nee Veering ; last ..might; from certain indications, Officer Header- Boa, Lioot. GOidey, and.; toys:ell; proceeded to' i'ine alley ; saw. Sweeney, Tabora we were after, go 1140 A house; he tried to, getout,. but we interfered With , hint. The prisoner !tem./eased the alderman .whether he might not ask the odieer seine questions. The alderman replied yes. ' Prisoner, to Desteam garkin,"- D 9 SOnFq.l;trled to escaper' Detective. '! Nee, you did." Prisoner. "Cliuldn't you have untitled, me bat ni ht I" P etective. "Certainly we could." Lieutenaopoldey testified. that 'when. he, Car lin, and Henderson entered the house on Pine alley, Sweeny tided to go out; he put kilo hand in his bosom. as though be was going to draw, a. pfstol ; he then ran to the fireplace to get a. poker,,s.nd swore he'd go out ; we prevented him. The evidence here closed for the present.. Wayne, Kelly, Pendleton, and Fent% were dlsolouged. The remainder of the party were committed to await another hearing. It does not appear by the evidence that Maynea was implicated in the robbery; but the pollee and the military have a decidedly strong attachmeht for him. He stands charged with robbing qute a number of the soldiers of the Second regiment of Pennsylvania Rcserres" of considerable sums of moner, and also deserting that regiment. He will be put under mi litary guard, and forwarded to the regiment as speedily as possible. neartug Postponed. The Cage of the Commonwealth ca. Philip Lowy and certain of the return,itulges of the Twenty- fourth ward was to have come up for s. final hearing yester day afternoon, but it was postponed until Arednea. day afternoon of next week. Arrests for the Mouth. The police of the oats made 2,613 arrests during the part month, to wit : First district, 214 ; Se cond, .447; Third, 300 ; Fourth, 207 • ' Fifth, 246 ; Sixth, 166 ; Seventh, 86 ; Eighth, 78; Ninth, 98 ; Tenth 123 ; Eleventh, 113; Twelfth ,72; Thirteenth, 69 ; Fourteenth, 16 ; Fifteenth, 20 ; Sixteenth, 92 ; reserve corps, 160 ;harbor corps, 18 total, 2,613.
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