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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.
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lirA. 1/ 2 111...r..4.2 . P. M. 6A. P. 11.
32 40.
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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.
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fn no fragrance can these term be eieviated from, &Wulf
diford very Was more than the coif of the paper.
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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.