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VEDNEBDA I Y, FEBRUARY 11, 1883
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Milner Gibson on the Rebellion.
Any thing like a fair opinion upon Amer--
Can affairs from the lips of an English states
man, particularly if he have an official dia
meter, is.so novel that we are compelled tr
draw attention to it. Several members of
the Palmerston Ministry have spoken, in
and out of. Parliament, with marked hostili-:
ty to the cause of Union and Liberty in' this
•country. Earl RUSSELL, it is true, has not
-said much, but has dove a great deal. He
it was, in conjunction with PALMERSTON,
'who, for three weeks, cushioned Mr, SE- •
`WARD'S despatch to Mr. Aims's, (intimat-
Ing that the action of Captain WILKES in
the affair of the Trent would not be justified
by the American Government,) denied that
any such despatch had been received, and
let this denial, which was a lie, pass current'
in England for three weeks, during which,
though it was then certain that the necessi
ty for hostile preparations had - vanished,
arms, ammunition, and soldiers
. continued
to be sent to Canada. RUSSELL it was,
who, had lie enforced the British law, might
have Prevented " No. 290," alias " The Ala
bama," front 'going to sea, but adroitly kept
back the prohibition until after that vessel
Lad steamed out of the Mersey. RUSSELL it
Was who declared that the contest was "for
empire on the part of the North, and for in
dependence on the part•of the South." Not
even GLADSTONE himself, in his Newaaitle
post-prandial oration, when he bragged
that JEFFERSON DA 'ls had made the South
into a great nation, has spoken more against
the American Unionists than Lord RUSSELL.
The only other Minister who contradicted
Buss LL and GLADSTONE, who declared
that rebellion had not given independence .
and nationality to the South, was Sir GEORGE
LEWIS, Secretary of War, a heavy man, fa
znous for writing ponderous histories, but 'a
good lawyer. It may here be remarked, as •
curious, . that the two Conseriative leaders
in the House of Commons, DISRAELi and
WaLpoLs, have' not yet spoken. or pub
lished a word on this American question.
In the Palmerston Cabinet, which con
sists of fifteen gentlemen, are only two of
extreme liberal principles. Mr. C. P. ITH.-
MIMS, next brother to the Earl of Claren
don, was 'the champion of Free Trade, in
the House of Commons, long before COBDEN
and BRIGHT got up the Anti-Corti Law
League,in Manchester. He is now presi
dent of the Poor Law Board. Mr. THOMAS
'MILNER GIkSON, now president of the
Board of Trade, is also of the ultra-liberal
school of Manchester. He is now fifty-six
'years old ; a smart, lithe, active man, over- •
flowing with bonhomie, a neat speaker, and
poisessed of such a large share of the
- world's goods as would give him weight in
England, politically and socially. Mr.
kirnsort took a wrangler's degree at 'Cam
bridge, in 1820. Seven years later he en
tered Parliament as member for Ipswich—
'the capital of Suffolk, in which his estates
are chiefly situated., Re took his seat as a
Conservative, but in two years changed his
opinions, and went over •to the Liberal
party. He resigned his seat, and, after a
hard contest, was defeated by Sir T. 3'.
'COCHRANE, a decided Tory.. Soon after,
he was unsuccessful in his attempt to be
elected for. Citinbridger - --At.-tho_gene ra l .
election, in. 1841, he was elected by the
beirough -- of -- Manchester, and retained his
seat until April, 1851, when he was 'de
feated. 'ln the seine year he was elected for
Ashton, which he has represented ever
since. For two years (1846-'4B) he held high
resigned it wlietThfoTilinat - lia - 6M
relations„ were expected to control his opi
nions. . He has ever shown much indepen
dence as a public man, strongly opposing
the Russian war, and keartiltobjecting to
the war with China. He it was who framed
the now famous amendment 'on the Conspi
racy Bill, which broke up the Palmerston
Admintstration. • In. 1959, when PaLitin
sTON again became head of the croverimaent,
lie 'placed MILNER Grnsort 'in the office he
still holds, with a 'seat in the Cabinet. On
the 20th January Mr. GrasoNmet his consti
tuents at Ashton, and speaking on the com
mercial condition and prospects of England,
said that the importation of food during
1862 bad been unusually large, (thirty-three
per cent. above that of 18610 and that one
third of it' came from the 'United States. He
added :
4 ' Now, these large importations of foreign wheat
and flour and other provisions into this country
(England) must, to some extent, have tended to
mitigate the distress and have enabled many to pro
vide for the wants of others out of their own sur
plus means. But supposing that the Government of
this country had been induced, as they were urged
frequently, to involve themselves in interference in
the affairs of .the United States—supposing by some
rash and precipitate recognition of those who are
conducting hostilities• against the United States,
called the Confederate States of America—we had
brought ourselves into collisiOn with the United
States, where would have been this flour and ham,
and bacon and eggs I I suppose if we had been
compelled to take up arms against the United States
by any .unfortunate policy, blockading would have
been resorted to, and we should have been obliged
to establish a . blockade: of the coast of America for
the very purpose of keeping, out of this country all
this wheat, flour, and eggs which have gone to miti
gate the distress of the cotton industry, in the pre.
sent alarming state of affairs."
Theie are the remarks of a sensible man.
Mr. Ginsow adds, that "notwithstanding
the Morrill tariff, the general requirements
of the' United States have necessitated an
increase of exports from England in 1802."
This is the fact, which accounts for the
ecarcity of gold. Had our demand for
foreign luxuries been small, in 1802,, our
exports, to Europe would have brought in
an immense quantity of gold. Europe can
not exist without our grain and other pep
-
dune, but surely we could dispense with
European silks and satins, porcelain, articles
of virtu, brandy, wine, and a variety of
other luxuries !
Mr. GIBSON, who' is, a very plain-spoken
. , .
and fearless man, not caring.how RUSSELL
and GLADSTONE may snub him or frown on
him in the Council-chamber, concluded by
slating what, in his opinion, was the cause
and origin of the Rebellion, and what is
necessary to be settled in order to secure a
lasting peace. Secession took place, he cor
rectly states, "not that President lirNcois
had been elected contrary to the forms 'of
law ; that there had been any violation of
the Constitution, but it Was that he 72eId
opinions hostile to slavery." • He adds :
"They have stated that it was on account of slav7i,
and nothing else. In fact, out of the four gentlemen
who were nominated to the office of Preeideat, three
held opinions favorable to slavery extension, and to
the policy of the fugitive-slave law ; but Mr. Lincoln
was distinguished from the restby holding that Con
gress had a right to prohibit the extension of slavery
into new States, and was opposed to the policy of the
fugitive , slave law. These were the' opinions on
which he was elected, and I must contest; they ap
pear to me ; to be very reasonable opinions, The South
seceded in consequence of believing that slavery
would not be safe under Mr. Lincoln's executive,
and that the carrying out of the fugitive-slave law
was not likely to be permitted. If Mr. Breckinridge
had been elected there would have been no Seces
sion, as he was the candidate of the South, in favor
of the fugitive-slave law, and of opinion that Con
gress had no right to prohibit the extension of
slavery. Secession had taken place, and the con
sequent war for the purpose of perpetuating, cherish
ing,' and extending slavery. I don't believe that an
empire having aliivery as its basis can be a prosperous,
Isappy,'and enduring empire, and, therefore, cannot
desire to' Bee one established in any part of the
world. The bishops of the Episcopal Church of the
, Confederate Siktes have said that the abolition of
slavery is hateful, infidel, and pestilent. I, on the
contrary, believe that slavery is hateful, infidel, and
,pestilent."
Upon the futm as well as upon the pre
:sent statue of the INlrth, this English truth
rtallhag is Iqually ex pli c it. H e
: "Looking at the .nap, which I did
rto-day, it appears to me thai the geographi
.cal position of the North, so tur as territory
is concerned, is stronger than it utts twelve.
months ago. They have suffered groat de
feats, and they have had some successes .:,
bnt I. find that the:North are now possessed
of larger territork:than• they were twelve
months ago. ".1410oitti,- which was then
debaieable grotm4flrynow possess ; also
'Cantu* antrWCiiiTirginiti,' and a portion
of Louisiana. It, -therefore, appears that
the territory which the North possessed at
the beginning of last year has not been
lessened, but increased in extent." Finally,
lie declared that the true British policy was
non-interference. "If," he said,." w - c Were
invited by the proper parties to take part in
any negotiations for peace, then we might
do so ; but if we undertook that office with
out being , asked, and before the proper time,
would not tend to the promotion of our
amicable relations with America."
The independent position and high per
sonal :character of Mr. Miumn GIBBON
give weight, in England, to his opinions
upon the American or any other public
question. Some of the .English journals de
clare that, as a Cabinet Minister, he should
not have delivered himself to the public as
he did. These journals, however, did not
condemn RUSSELL .and GLADSTONE. when
they spoke on the other side—so their cen
sure evidently is merely partisan and not
justified. It remains to be seenahow . Lord
PALMERSTON will take this anti:siavert de
monstration by one of his own colleagues.
Mr . crlaSON would become a very poplar
martyr if lie were turned out of office for
speaking the truth about America.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Feb. Al, 1863
The visitors to the army of the Potomac
include numbers who desire to add to the
comfort of their relatives and frielids in the
service of the country. Among the latter
are citizens of intelligence and position. , I
am always interested by the reports they
bring from their sons, and brothers, and
friends in the field, and glad to hear their
own expressions of opinion. And lam
gratified to add that I have. yet to hear one
word that savored either of doubt as to the
issue, or of hope that a discreditable peace
might be consummated. The indignation
of these good citizens and loyal men is ever
manifested against the politicians who re
ward theialor that protects them in. their safe
and luxurious homes by throwing every ob
stacle in the way of the Government, and
hence of the army itself On Monday even
ing I met a gentleman who had left his resi
dence in one of 'the large towns of inte
rior New York, to return from Washington
•with the_corpse of his gifted and handsoMe
, yoUng brother, who died of wounds received
in the battle of Fredericksburg. It was a
grievous loss, and grievously was it, remem
bered. But in the sorrow of the surviving
brother there was no thought that reflected
upon the cause that had been served 4 so
great a Price. .The sacrifice, while it made
the soldier a sacred recollection, :brought
the nation still closer to the heart of the civi
lian. "Yes," lie said to me, "poor Charley,
IS gone, but he died as a brave man should
desire to die—for the best Government and
the best cause in the world. I will go home
to a stricken fireside, but there will
be none to regret the manner of his
death, and no one to pray for an ignominious
peace in consequence of it.." He then told
of an aged father at home,' of his intense
devotiOnlo the flag, and of his love for the
young fellow who was then stretched in
his coffin. "His death will be a terrible blow
to my father, but it will not quench his spirit
Or his patriotism." Yesterday I met two
Philadelphians—merchants of great promi
nence—the one who came to see his son
in the Independent Batteiy, now serving
miles away, the other to visit his in
valid brother. They had just got in
from the lines. They found the • army
full of hope and high spirits. They saw
none of the " dethoralization " so much
talked about. Delicate young men, who
had left luxurious homes, had grown hardy
and athletic, and had not only become
- accustomed te_the_grivationk of the camp,
the field, and the march, but were
the • excitement and perils of , their
situation. "I found my son," said one of
my merchant: friends, "happy i. his rough
and rugged life, proud of his humble rank
in the troop, and still prouder that he is
the Union. wo — ulTiiiif,Trlillmiffrie ?lima
of tltis, gallant. son,. "have missed this
Poitunity to see 'what have seen, for five
hUndred dollars." Such.. experiences as
these are worth a thousand times more than .
the.safe and yet dangerous utterances of par
tisans, who .haN'e no heart - in 'the struggle
for human freedom, and only hope to see
the Republic destroyed. OCCASTONAL.
NEW YORK CITY.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
Nsw YORK, February 9,1863
THE NEWS FROM CHARLESTON, •
contradicting the reported raising of the blockade
there, and the later brief intelligence of the com
mencement of the long-anticipated attack upon that
cradle•city of treason, inspire the community with
more cheerful anticipations' than it has known for. a
fortnight past. If General Foster and Commodore
Dupont can either capture or burn Charleston, they
will not only deal the rebellion a heavier, more
keenly-felt blow than the capture of Richmond even ..
would be, but also impart wholesome strength to the
now-threatened cause of loyalty in the North, and,
at least, temporirily end the sinister revolutionary
influence of the traitor-worked gold market. Every-
body here feels that, however shamelessly the
rebels have exaggerated their exploit with the
Charleston blockaders, the idea that they had vit.-
tually done all they pretended has been peraiitted to
• reach Europe through one of our own papers, and
still assuredly involve us in critical complications
with inimical Foreign Powers, if the blockade ques
tion is not at once settled by the immediate capture
of Charleston. Such a consummation would be
worth more to the Governmentinst now than would
the defeat of Lee and the reduction of Vicksburg
put together. It would paralyze the revolutionists
for a time, and restore the confidence and courage of
the loyal, and settle the bugbear of foreign interven
tion, which, together with the artful doubts of ulti
mate Federal success continually put forth by the
treasonable press, is now badgering the whole nation
I into bankruptcy. Gold is king now. . .
- • A PUBLIC MEETING
in aid of the United States Commission, whose ob
ject it is to,improve the soldiers' conditiontempo
rally as well as morally, was held at the Academy of
Music last night, and very largely attended. Lieut.
Gen. Winfield Scott presided. Major Gen. Burn
side made an arnest and christianly little speech,
and Col. McKeen, and Revs. Dr. Tyng, Alexander
Bust, T. T. Duryea, and Dr. Gause, delivered ap
propriate addresses.---
A PATRIOT. CLERGYMEN,
the Reverend A. C. Coxe, who resigned the pastor
ship of Grace Church, in Baltimore, because a dis•
loyal congregation found fault with his outspoken
loyalty, preached at Calvary'. Church, Twentyfirst
street, yesterday, to a congregation thronging the
entire edifice. He said that he came to preach the
Word of God only, and should not aim to make the
house of worship a place of amusement. Many
were disappointed that the reverend gentleman did
not more definitely "define his position ;" but there
was a spirit of dignified honesty in what he did say
which sufficiently attested his affiliation with the
lovers of their country. No man can be honest and
a traitor.
THE TOM THUMB WEDDING
will undoubtedly take place at noon to-morrow,
and the rush of busybodies to intrude upon the pri•
vary of the happy Miss Warren, at her hotel, to-day,
is only to be paralleled by the recent scramble to see
Gen. McClellan in Boston. The leading reporters
I of the various papers ate in a fever of excitement
about how one journal's report of the affair is to be
made superior to all the others, as the event is a
capital theme for such sharp rivalry; several book
publishers are in pursuit of noted rhymaters to make
a "Diamond Weddings poem about the marriage,
for immediate publication and sensational sale ; and
over ten thousand applications have been made for
tickets of admissionito the church. Bennett shows
that his long-standing grudge against Barnum is-not
forgotten yet, by coming out at the eleventh hour
with a column of intense indignation in the /farad,
regretfully dwelling upon the great showman's many
humbugs at the expense of public credulity, and de
! elating all the eelat of the Lillputian nuptials to be a
gross violation of decorum and delicacy. " There
will be a crowd to see the little People married,"
says the Herald, "and certainly there would be a
greater crowd to see them encouched, as the m g ",
and princesses of France were exhibited during 041
monarchical times."
I Among the splendid presents already . made to the
• sensational little bride-elect, are—first, from the
happy dwarf, Tom Thumb : a diamond brooch, ear
rings and necklace ; one pair of diamond bracelets
and diamond hair-pins to match; two diamond rings,
one crowned with a cluster and one having a single
stone ; a green enameled watch, set with diamonds,
and having a chain of the daintiest and costliest
make. Accompanying this are also a set of coral
and emerald, consisting of brooch and ear-rings, and
bluennamcled set, with rose. diamonds, consisting
of brooch; earrings and sleeve buttons. The cost of
these jewels , will be about ten, 'dollars.
Secondly, from P. T. Barnum, a superb and curious
tortoise-shell casket, upon touching a spring In
which the cover flies open,
and a beautiful little
bird springs Into view, and at once bursts into song;
worth about six hundred dollar!. Thirdly, a vela-%
able set of charms, ..from: the banker, Belmont," ;
Fourthly, a set of furs, worth $6OO, from •a procai•
nent furrier. Fifthly, a superb little sewing-machine,.
set with pearls, &c., frorii Wheeler Sr. Wilson, and so
on. Seldom has a bride been so fortunate fa the,.
libeiality of her friends; though . it may be added that
few hymeneal proceedings have offered such splendid
facilities for sensational advertising of wares.: , •
The suite of Wedding rooms at the Metropolitan
.
is luxuriously furnished with Idlipatian furniture,
.
gotten up regardless: of expense. The bed hi the
bridal-chamber is a very rich little concern, the
THE PRESS. - PHILADELF'HIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1863.
headboard being an elaborate carving repn3 ri ting
the babes in the Wood. • • -
`Your correspondent hopes to appoitit, himself a
committee or one special Jenkins to witness the
microscopic marriage, and truthfully celebrate the
same in the columns of Tau Paula.
NNW 'lronic, Feb. 10.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE DWARFS
is consummated at last, and the courtly, intelligent,
and refined public of the metropolis have witnessed
the culmination of the latest of those delicate "sen
eations" which serve so admirably to preserve this
finely -nerved city from the corroding horrors of ennui.
'Marriage is such a venerable institution, and has so
long given license to incompatibilities and incon
gruities of eveiy description, that it might fairly be
deemed impossible to pervert it to any purpose not
tiresomely familiar to the whole human race.- But
when Barnum becomes the prime ministerof Hymen,
even the closest familiars of that indlecriMinate god
ate instinctively impelled to ask, like novices,
"What Is IV" and the mortal mind aoknowledges
that the time-honored and thoroughly-ventilated,
universal scheme of matrimony must still be capable
of an Entirely new revelation.
General Tont Thumb, the happy bridegroom of to
day, and Miss Lavinia Warren, the equally blissful
bride, may almost he regarded as Barnum's crea
tions. Cast by capricious nature in moulds so
small as scarcely to realize bodily entities, they
Were the most unconsidered commas in the grand
Sentient sentence of the human creation, until the
great showman deftly picked them from their poets
of momentary pauses in the common prosaic line of
humanity, and erected them as fanciful exclamation
points at its end. As a printer can turn the sub
limest sentence of an author into the silliest by an
artful use of punctuation malice, so Barnum perverts
the most dignified line of popular common sense by
ever and anon dashing into it an arbitrary point of
exclamation in the shape of a "great curiosity,"
which makes common sense seem s° entirely puerile
and ridiculous to its very self, that from sheer self
contempt it recklessly breaks into golden fragments
against any object with which he may audaciously
interrupt its logical continuity.
Dwarfs are not novelties; they were playthings
with kings and nobles in all lande as far back as his
tory reaches, and from the early days of Bartholo
mew Fair they hav,e been common objects of exhibi
tion before audiences speaking our language. Still
had dwarfdom an exclamatory opportunity for the
Midge of the museum, and he has improved that op
portunity by exhibiting a Marriage of dwarfs. ,
This morning's papers announced that the cere
mony would be performed at Grace Church, and
although the appointed time was twelve o'clock,
the crowd commenced to collect around the church,
at the windows, and on the roofs of all the buildings
adjacent, and in the streets leading thereto, as early
as nine o'clock. An hour Later, when Captain Caf
frey arrived apon the ground with his fifty police
men, he found at least five thousand men, women,
and juveniles, investing the sacred edilloe at all as
sailable points. Still the throng kept increasing as
the time for the great arrivals drew nigh, and was
fully ten thousand strong when the first carriageful
of guests reached the church. An additional force
of "Metropolitans" was required to keep the car
riagepath anything like passable; but the mob took
the backward pressure and club charges very good
naturedly, comforting themselves with divers jokes,
more unctuous than refined.
Among the guests invited to be present at the
ceremony were nearly all the notabilities in the
country, from President Lincoln and his Cabinet
dtticn to the politicians . of the Sixth ward ; but your
correspondent found scarcely anything more exalted
then a New York politician in the whol e assemblage.
There were clouds of ladies in full dress, their heads
glittering with bandoline, and their fair arms and
'necks glaring with jewelry. In fact, all the
distinction present seemed to be with the ladles,
their masculine escorts looking like young cousins
and othef nobodies, with here and there a husband
who had failed to find a substitute.
The crowd good•naturedly cheered, and freely
criticised each carriage -load as it arrived ; but the
Overwhelming rush and cheering were reserved until
the bridal chariot drove dashingly up before the
church door, and there descended the illustrious
General Tom Thumb; the blushing Miss Lavinia
Warren, the infinitesimal Commodore Nutt,
(groomsman,) and the ruffle Miss Minnie Warren.
Surely ouch a quartet were never seen before, and
their:passage into the church, followed by a long
train of ladies and cavaliers in gallant array.
.The bride was attired in a dress of the most ex
pensive white satin, cut low in the neck, with waist.
pointed in front and behind, and laced at the back.
The bertha was trimmed, heavily with point applique.
The skirt, bearing one lioUnce of the same elegant
material, was boti-plaited, and elongated behind
into a very graceful trail.. The little lady's hair was
becoMingly dressed a /a Grec, with bridal wreath,
and a sumptuous veil of point lace descended from
it to her feet. The latter were incased in tiny
white satin slippers, trimmed with lace rosettes and
pearl.buckles, and the infantile hands gave charm
ing effect to the smallest of white kids fringed with
lace.
The bridegroom was a miniature of all other
fashionable bridegrooms in every item of costume
and bearing, and the dwarf groomsman and brides
.maid - were equally morupulous in their fidelity to
full•grown models. •
The strictest decorum prevailed amongst the
guests while the Rev. Junius M. Willing, of St.
John's Church, Bridgeport, performed the ceremony
of marriage; but there was that in the peculiar
expression of all faces visible Which denoted Merri
to do so, on the ground that there was too much
notoriety about the affair to be compatible with the
official dignity of:a bishop.'
' 'After the ceremony the happy pair and •their
,gtiests returned to the carriages again; amid the
cheering of the vast crowd outside, and proceeded
directly to the suite of rooms prepared for them at
the Metropolitan Hotel, where they are holding a
royal reception this afternoon.
Tke apartments, as I have stated in previous let
ters, are magnificently furnished in Liliputlan pro
portions, In the centre of the main parlor is a long
table, on which are tastefully spread out the nu
merous expensive gifts presented to the bride by her
friends. I need scarcely add, that there is no room
for more boarders in that hotel at present; every
apartment, from basement to attic, was secured at
least a week ago, in anticipation of to-day's sensa
tion, and "all goes merry as a marriage bell." You
will have the party with you in Philadelphia before
the week is over.
CUSTOM-HOUSE PERMITS,
according to a notice served upon merchants, fix
pressmen, and railway directors, by the Collector of
the Port to-day, will be required for the transporta
tion of any and all goods to . Loiriavill e, St. Louis,
Quincy, Cairo, and—Cincinnati! What - meaning
such a novel and sudden rule may have, I leave you
to judge for yourself. Is 01-chianti again threaten
ed by the rebelsl
A SAD DISASTER •
occurred off Sandy Hook last night, the Govern
ment transport North Star coming into collision
with the Havana steamer Ella Warley, causing the
latter to sink in twenty minutes. The first as
sistant engineer, three firemen, and three coal
passers of the unfortunate steamer were lost. The
crew and passengers escaped in boats. The Ella
Warley was formerly the rebel " Isabel," and was
captured by one of our vessels while attempting to
ran the blockade at Charleston.
Edwin Forrest as Othello.
Mr. Forrest appeared as Othello for the second time
last evening in the New Chestnut-street Theatre.
There was an overflowing audience in attendance,
and his rendition of the character was received with
loud applause. The beauty of Mr. Forrest's acting
is its progressive character. He improves with
years, and adds to each performance the results of a
constant, ceaseless,and perpetual study. His Lear,
his Richard, and his Macbeth are evidences of this,
and especially his Othello. It seems to have been
written for. Mr. Forrest. A bold, fiery, brave, con
fiding, affectionate disposition; a form that com
bined vigor and valor; a demeanor that became one
who came from royal sires—this is the Othello of
Shakspeare. Who, of all the men upon the stage,
is a more splendid embodiment of such qualities
than Mr. Forresti He satisfies the conception that
the mind receives; he is the Othello of judgment and
tradition. The play is full of striking situations,
bold ideas, a philosophy that is painful but fasci
nating, and a majesty of diction that Shakspeare
himself does not, in any other play, excel. Ifis the
sublimity of agonizing passion—passion that gnaws
the heart and drains the sources of all happiness,
and overflows with bitterness and death. The third
act of "Othello" is, in these respects, one of the
grandest epics that genius has ever created. It
is the magnificence of madness, the rising and the
falling of the wild sea of passion, troubled, and rest-
less, and contending, hut ever sweeping and surging
against the rock. We have something more to ley
of this performance, and more of Mr. Forrest's man
ner of acting it, and we therefore content 'ourselves
with the presint allusion. The play is put upenthe
stage in a complete manner, and with a splendor of
detail thoroughly in keeping with the requirements
of the history and 'the customs of the time. Mr.
Wheatley, as Canto, was at home, this unfor
tunate and volatile character being one of his
best parts. Mr. McCullough, as logo, played
one of the most difficult Shakspearian parts
with great judgment and ability. We are hap
py to see in Mr. McCullough great Industry and
'ability. He has a fine voice, a pleasing manner, a
thorough command of stage business, and a perfect
devotion to hie text. We did not expectto see the
logo of Mr. McCullough as great a conception as
many others that we have seen, but he played it
better than we expected to see, and in a manner
that does him infinite credit. Mr. McCullough
shows that he is improving hie time, and profiting by
the splendid opportunity the counsel and patronage
of Mr. Forrest althrd him.
Mrs. Allen, wan pretty graceful and correct as Des
deiiiona, while Madame POrdsl In the small part of
Emilia was very effective. Madame Ponisi Is a
good net; esa t -although as yet she has not been per
mitted to exhibit her•pow.et...,
A Supposed Pirate off tlie•Balize.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.—0 n the evening of the
Zd a steamer, rigged as a hark, with'. a rakish ap•
pearance, came in sight' of the'i:outhwest. Pass.
She had nothing above' the topmasts , and Moved
slowly by the Pass, apparently watching for Signals
or expecting some. A number of the Pass pilots are
now under arrest for communicating with a strange
Vessel some days since, and it is supposed fOrther at,
tempts will be made preparatory to a raid on the
river.
The schooner captured oft* the Sabine Pass by the
rebels was the transport Velocity. At the time * of
the capture a de . ad calm prevailed.•
• •
A . Sinator from California Elected .
•
..,._l3.6N•Fitiacteco, Feb. 9:—On the tint ballot for
United Staten Senator, to-night, by the Legislature.
it Sacramento, the vote stood—Conners 69, SArgent
32; Phelps I, and Brown 6. Mr. Donnas will then
deelared unanimously elected, - •
— The , Vargo of the Steamer, ElYaNWarley.
Feb:•lo..L-The:eargo of steamer
Ella! Watley, dunk' by . m 31118161 2 -, with 'the steamer
-North Star, Icyaluedsl 75 000,•beektes which; the
Adams Express Company had $5,000, and a passen
ger $B,OOO, in gold, on boa rd,
Specbd: apatchee tUcitihe.Pteee.r•
Col. Barcen, chief of the United States Govern
ment Detective Bureau, arrested Mr. T. J. BROOKE,
of Virginia, to-day, charged with having purchased
the following articles for the rebels, vlz : Twelve
hundred ounces of quinine, (worth $6,030), thirty
pounds of opium, twenty-live pounds of morphine,
and twenty-one pounds .of nitrate of silver. Mr.
Sown CRA MBA uoii, a well-known citizen of George
town, had these articles secreted at his residence.
A young lady housekeeper resisted the detectives
when they attempted to search the premises, using
the most violent language that is ever known to es
cape a woman's lips. She was sent to prison as a
slit token of Govertnental appreciation of vulgar
invective.
Capture of Contraband Goods.
A portion of Colonel BAKER'S detective corps,
last night, seized one hundred and sixty-eight cases
of boots and shoes in transitu across the Potomac
from Leonardstown, Md., destined for the South.
The goods and smugglers were sent to Washington
under guard. The usual contraband trade is Still
carried on, there is no doubt, notwithstanding the
frequent arrests of parties engaged.
The Attack on Fort .McAllister. •
From what is said here in well-informed circles,
Captain Wonnett'a object in proceeding to Fort Mc
'Allieter with the .Montauk, was not with a view to
reduce that work, but merely to test the effect of
shot upon the turret of his vessel, and upon which
the rebel steel-pointed projectiles had no injurious
eftect whatsoever. This proceeding in that quarter
in nearly demolishing the rebel , parapet, &n, was
not specified in the original programme.
The Sale of Condemned Vessels:
The Secretary of the Treasury has, in response to
inquiry, transmitted a statement from the collector
of New York of the sales of vessels condemned
under the act, of July. 13, 1862; They are the
schooners Geneva, Mary C. Hopkins, W. H. Rat-l
ien. Claremont, Sunny . South, Mobile, and Vir
ginia; the bark Bounding Billow; brigs Mary Me
llen; General Bailey, and Fanny; and sloops John
Cattle, Liberty, and Sebastian Cabot; The amount
of sales was $7,410, of which the United States re
ceived $1,754.
The. Senate Military Committee, in the bill re
ported for that purpose, recommend thirty major
generals and 'seventy brigadiers in addition to the
present number in the army;
The Douse Committee on Agriculture have pre
pared a bill more particularly to define the duties
and g, ade of omoers of the Agricultural Department:
It authorizes the appointment, in addition !to- the
chief clerk, of a botanist, chemist, and entomologist,
at $2,000 salary each; a disbursing clerk and chief
of statistics, at $l,BOO each; a translator' and
draughtsman, at $1,400 each, and six clerks, at
$1,200 each.
Lieutenant Commander Enknors IL Ban.nn has
been ordered' to temporary duty on board the re
ceiving ship Princeton.
DEPARTMENT - OF VIRGINIA,
A ReeolllloiSartilee and Blunder—Two Com
panies of Pennsylvania CatvalryA entrap
ped by Gen. Mast.— Thirty. Killed. Wound
ed, and-MissingThe Rebels Advance to
wards Williamsburg, &c.
YORKTOWN, Feb. 9, 1683.—During last week a
number of rebels have been taken prisoners, and
others have deserted, and come within our lines at
this place. Last Saturday five rebel deserters came
in, and reported sixteen others awaiting an opportu
nity to come in. major Rlinz ordered out Cap
tain Faith. Co. lii, Fifth, Pennsylvania Cavalry,
and Captain Hagermaster, Co. L, - Lieut.
Williams, and Lieut. Geo. Smith, volunteered, and
accompanied the equadron. They reached the Mx
mile ordinary without opposition, or discovering the
'sixteen rebels desirous of joining them. .The ene
my's pickets stationed there retired before them,
and Captain Faith, without orders, pushed forward
after them. Just this side of the nine-mile Ordinary,
he, with his command, was drawn into an ambus
cade, and fired upon. He was brought off supposed
mortally wounded. Capt. Hagermaster, upon whom
the command devolved, fought like a hero. He
charged upon, and broke through the enemy's line,
but got separated from his men; and taken prisoner.
Lieuta. Williams, Smith, and Little, were taken
prisoners, and Lieut. Rhinemiller was seen'to fall
from his horse, supposed killed. Our entireloss was
thirty killed, wounded, and missing. The enemy's
loss is unknown. The enemy is reported in some
force at Burnt Ordinary, twelve miles from Wil
liamsburg.
GENERAL Onoxits, No. s.—The Commanding
General desires to express his warmest thanks to
Brigadier General Corcoran and the troops assigned
to his command for their good conduct and gallant
bearing__ln the ebgagement of Jan. 30, 1863. at De
serted House, and which resulted in driving the
Confederate forces to the Bleckwater. Most of the
regiments were under lire for the first time, and fur
nished those so unfortunate as not to have part in
the expedition with examples of,patriotism worthy
of imitation. . . . . .
. . .
The misconduct of some of. the troops has been
brought to his notice but he forbears to specify
-.Atr t ,h.,gmke,iA t q4lat!those conscious of deserving
I Special cominendatioxi - rs — da2Mq4:
.heir bravery,on the field, and.fOr their patience
under Buffering. They. are cared for by,the Mud and
skilful officers bf the medical department, under the
able superintendence of Surgeon Hann.
The families and friends of the dead have the sym
pathies of till patriots, and the precious recollection
that they fell in the sacred cause of Constitutional
liberty. • .
By command of Major General Peck.
BENJ. B. POSTER,
Major and Assn Adj't Gen.
CHAS. R. STuurso, Aid.de•Camp.
ARMY OF THE -CUMBERLAND.
Advance - of our Troops-The Town of
Lebanon Occupied—Capture of n Regl
ment of Rebels—The Railroad Perfect to
Lavergne—Condition of the River, ike.
Nasatvir.LE, - Feb. 10.—Our forces entered Le
banon, Tennessee, on the Bth. They captured some
six hundred rebels, most of them being men of Mor
gan's command. Many field officers were taken.
Among the prisoners is Paul Anderson, a violent
member of the State Legislature of 1860 and 1862.
He ,was an original Secessionist, and one of the
earliest advocates of the Southern Confederacy.
Over one hundred wounded. reached here by the
cars from Murfreesboro to-night.
• A number of paymasters left for the front this
morning.
The first train for Murfreesboro will leave here
to-morrow. .
The river is six feet on the shoals and falling. The
rain is now filling heavily.
DEPARTMENT OF THE MK
Arrival of the North Star with Later
News—She Rums into the "Ella - Marley"
and. Sinks . Ha—General Banks' Plans—
The BaOks of New Orleans want " More
.Butler,"
Nsw YORE, Feb. 10.—The North Star has arrived.
with New Orleans dates to the 30th, and Key West
to the 4th inst.
STUYVESANT
At nine o'clock last evening, off the Woodlands,
she came in collision with the steamer Ella Warley,
striking her forward of the wheel on the starboard
side, crushing in her boilers. She - sank in twenty
minutei.
The first assistant - engineer, three firemen, and
three coal•heavers were lost, supposed 'to be scalded
to death.. The rest of the crew and passengers were
saved and brought to the city on the North. Star.":
The Ella Warley sailed hence at four o'clock yes
terday afternoon, with cargo and passengers for
Havana.
Among the passengers by the North Star is Col•
Deming, of the 12th Connecticut Regiment.
Of the military movements near New Orleans
nothing can be niade'public. .
General Banks is still busy planning. The troops
at Baton Bongo are being thoroughly drilled. ,
Colonel N.
,Dow is at New Orleans expecting 4
command in the advance. He has been cited to ap
pear before the District Court, to answer a charge
of stealing silver ware, sugar, &c., valued at VAC°,
belonging to citizens of New York.
The . rebels at Pont Hudson are continually
strensthening.thelr winks, and say that If theyde.
feat the 'Yankees, they wlll shoot all the'Yankees In
New Orleans.
The robber Noy, who was sentenced to prison for•
twenty years, has been released by the War Depart
ment.
The theta of the capture of the ship Morning Light,
cft Sabine Pass, have been received at New Orleans.
It 15 not known that the vessel was defended. Assiat
anee•was sent from our fleet, and the rebels, seeing
our gunboats coming, set fire to the ship and burned
her.
It is reported that the local banks have combined
against the Union currency, and greenbacks are at
2 per cent. discount.
THE SINKING OF THE ELLA .WARLEY,
We are indebted to the purser, Mr. McHenry, of
the North Star, for the following account of She tatal
collision between the steamships North Star and the
Ella Warley: • . -- e.. . .
Last evening, between eight and nine o'clock,
when the steamship North Star, inward bound; was
about ten miles from the lighthouse, off', the 'High'.
lands, the light of a steamer' was scent sonw two 1
miles ahead. . Both vessels - were steering" at the.
time so as to clear each other by considerable die-;
tance; but as they neared, and came within four'
hundred yards of each other, the steamer , which/
proved to be the Ella Warley, bound outward fog
Havana, put her helm starboard and ran directl y
across the bows of the North Star. Oapt. Le Fevre]
of the latter vessel, was on deck at the' time, an d,
discovering this singular and dangerous imovemen
of the Ella Warley, immediately reversed the wheel
and backed his ship. But the vessels were too neat
to avoid a collision, and, though he continued Intel
log strongly, his bow struck the Ella Warley amid
ships, doing fearful damage. .
Capt. •Le Fevre instantly lowered anibmanned
boats, which he sent to the assistance of the paseen4
gets and crew, and continued to lay by the, sinking
vessel until, it is believed, all were saved, except +l
four. firemen and an engineer, who probably were
killedor scalded to death at the moment of the col- j
lision: The women and children were first rescued.
All were taken on board the North Star, and oom.
foriably provided for until their arrival in port.
As many of the women escaped with nothing but
their night clothes, a subscription was taken up mg
board the North Star for their benefit, which wa s]
liberally responded to.
1
The Ella Warley sank within twenty-five
minntes after the collision. . i • .
Among the passengers on board the North Star
were Captain T. H. Walsh and first officer of the
clipper ship Sparkling Sea, recently wrecked on tbe
Bahamas; also Captains Cabe and Dennison, of the
United States Navy; and the chief officer: of the
'steamer 'New Brunswick, and all agree in thd
opinion that there could have been'no watch od
board the Ella Warley, as her movement - was one
that could not have been made by daylight without
certain destruction to one or both of the steamers,
while .no accident. could possibly have resulted, if
she bad not thus suddenly changed her course. •
,
G
'ene Pope's Department. -•
• .'G
en.
Feb. 10.-43 en. Pope's hesdquarters
for the Department of the Northwest has been re
moved to this'olty. '. • • -
• Ogdensburg. Election.
• Coossanono, N.Feb. 10 .-:--The Dome
matte ticket was electe Y., d
to-day, by en average me.
jority, of 76.
Si.
WASHINGTON. February . 10, 'tea&
Contrabandist Arrested.
Ailditional Volunteer Generals.
The Agricultural Department.
Naval Order.
THANKS TO GIFN. COROORA.N..
HEADQUAIITEIIS,BI7II7OLI; VB., Feb.s
STATES
,N REBELLION.
UNIONISTS O GEORGIA IN ARMS.
• •
lbw they Treat leoasernitivat" in the . South.
" II ebelliori Trltliin nob ellto rt. "
A Battle Fouglit—,The Federalists Tri-
umphaut.
itunamennanono, Tenn., Feb. 8.
There is a speci, ofwar.in the Southern dominions
in quite an unexleeted place. A. number of people
in northern Geoi;la and southwest North Carolina
have openly revalted against the rebel oligarchy,
and have only teen partially suppresed, after con
, siderable fightiig and bloodshed. Col. G. W. Lee,
of the rebel rally, commanding in. the diSaffected
districts, issued an order which filled the Atlanta
amfalcracy of i'anuary St, decrying the ineurrec
tionary movemint, warning the malcontents of its
hopelessness,' end offering them a free pardon if
they would lailow,n their arms. From the terms
of the proclamation, it seems that the insurrection
lets look upori the rebel cause as lost, and expect
speedy assistgice from the triumph of the Union
army. Here :it a passage from this remarkable do
cument :
"It will be fruitless attempt to war against the
Government;`' and must result in disastrous defeat to
all who nmy l le-so deluded as to attempt it. The
late 'victories in Virginia; Tennessee. and Missis
sippi have tiumphantly established tha fact that
the arms of the Southern Confederacy will be
crowned will success."
From the suse paper of February 3d it seeing the
disaffected inhabitants refused to obey the colonel's
prociamathil, and he proceeded against them with
an armed form. The result is stated in the following
letters by aliOrrespondent of the Atlanta Confede ,
racy:
"FRUTPOLOITEL LEE'S EXPEDITION.
• I MILADQUARTILP.9, DMILONEDA, GA.,
"January 30, P. K.
4, To the Edipra of the Confederacy:
I em happy to say that the expedition to North
east Georgia is a success. The colonel commanding
brings to this duty, as well as all others, discretion
and greataitivity. He is thoroughly supported by
hie command and the citizens generally. The Safety
Committeenf this village is entitled to great credit
for their vigilance and perseverance in ferreting out
and arresting many of the disorganizers. The safety
of Dahlonega is due to the courage and determina
tion of its citizens, a large number of insurgents
having started from the mountains to it, from mo
tives of revenge, and with the hope of rescuing their
friends In jail, but finding the place strongly gar
risoned, they became small by degrees, until it ar
rived within one mile of the town, and retreated in
disorder to the motsotains. • About one hundred de
aerters have come in end been forwarded to their re.
giments' '
and as many are getting ready-to go. A
peg of wretched cut-throats went to Atlanta in
irons, Tuesday, and a similar crowd will leave in a
day or two. A detail 'from the infantry battalion,
mounted, under command of Captain Jenkins, is
just in, with nine prisoners, some of whom were
taken with guns in hand, and their scouting parties,
both infantry and cavalry, are still out. Col. Lee
has assured the loyal people here that he will scour
the whole country and arrest every disloyal man in
a few days. This beautiful mountain country will
resume its accustomed tranquillity.
Advices from some refugees'who have heard of
these troubles,
and had to leave, statethat theabove
does not contain the whole, and that other disturb
ances have broken out of a most alarming nature.
Rebel Reports from Tennessee.
WAsummosr, Feb. 9.—The following despatch
appears in the Richmond papers of the 7th inst :
AUGUSTA, Feb. 6.—A despatch to . the Augusta
Press from McMinnville, Tenn., dated sth inst.,
says:
Information from Kentucky states that an Ohio and
Kentucky Federal regiment had fought each other
for an hour and a half, resulting as follows :
OMoiens killed, seventeen wounded ; five Kentucki
ans killed, eleven wounded.
General Reynolds' Yankee division -moved to
Alexandria, Tenn., yesterday, destroying flouring
mills. A portion of Morgan's cavalry fought them
several hours, but owing to the enemy's force had
to fall back. The enemy's loss was eleven killed,
thirty-seven wounded and. twenty-eight prisoners.
Our loss was one wounded.
DEPAItTIIIENT OF THE EIST•
By the following it will be seen that New jersey
has been added to the States comprising the Depart
ment of the East :
GENERAL ORDERS—No.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OE THE EAST,
NEW row; Feb. 8, 1863.
The Department of the. East will hereafter, in
accordance with the bellowing orders from the War
Department, consist of the New England States,
the State of New York, and, the State of New
Jersey.
GENERAL ORDERS—No. 33.
WAR DErARTMENT.ADJ. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1863.
The State of New Jersey is hereby added to the
Department of the East, created in General Orders,
'No. 2, of January 3, 1363. Br order of the
SECRETARY OF WAR.
L.. THOMAS, Adjutant General. •
By command of Major General WOOL.
O. T. CHRISTENSEN, major and aid-de-camp, eating
assistant adjutant general.
XiXVIIth CONGRESS—Third Session.
WestrxxoTow, Februaly 10, 1883
SENATE.
Itcorgenizaticqrt of the Post Office Depar
Mr. COLLAMER • (Rep.), of 'Vermont, called - up
the bill reorgarif zing the Post Office Department,
- • -
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of massacriusetts, fronalie
Military comMittee, reported ft bill to authorize ,an
increase of major and brigadier generals in the 'Mr
lunteer service.
Opposed to Colonization.
Dir. SIJIENER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, present
ed a, petition from the colored citizens of Aew Jer
sey, protesting against any appropriation for cola
nization.
Mediation.
Dir. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, offered a re
solution, which was adopted, requesting the Presi
dent of the United. States, if not incompatible with
the public interests, to lay before the Senate any
correspondence which has taken place between this
Government and the Government of France on the
subject of ' mediation, arbitration, or other. mea
sures looking to a termination of the existing civil
war.
National Currency.,
The National Currency bill was then taken up.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, said that, this
measure was proposed at the last session, but met
with little attention. Since then it has received the
• most careful consideration from persons in all por
tions of the country, and especially the committees
of the House and Senate. We are now in a condi
tion when something,must be done to sustain the
finances of the country. We are in the midst of
NVar, and gold is at so high a premium that it is vir
tually driven out of circulation, while the necessi
ties of the Government require a large amount of
I money already. Congress, at the last session, find
ing the Government without any money, authorized
the issue of Government notes. But there were
great ' oldections to the continued and" increased
issue. of this paper money. It . produces an
excessive inflation of the currency, and de preciates
greatly the value of paper money. There is a great
objection on account of the facility for excessive ex
pansion, a danger of lavish and corrupt expendi
ture, a danger of fraud in the management and
supervision, and the impossibility of providing it in
sufficient amount for the wants of the people when
the: expenditures are reduced to an equality with
the revenue. At the time when a bill was offered
in the House to increase the issue of this
• paper money, gold was at 136 X. The next day it
roaeto 138, and within three days to 141, and in six
daSl to 148 M and never suffered a decline until there
waia disposition evinced in' the Senate to check
thiiover-issue. That simple disposition to check
thi4increased issue caused gold to fall three or four
perf ent. Another objection to this uaper money is,
tha it is not redeemable or convertible—thus lack
ing the elements of a sound national currency.
These notes are also made the basis ,of bank issues,
and an increase of this locar bank circulation is in
Uretisely the same rate of increase of that of
nited States note.. Something ought to be
done to check this excessive issue of bank
paper. He had a curious statement in a com
pliant of a proposed two per.cent. tax, sent to him
am a bank in Pennsylvania. It shows that the
o italstock was two hundred thousand dollars,
w ile its.circulation is $589,600. The whole insets
w re not enough to pay,their depositors and current
d ta, thus leaving the whole circulation secured by
to s and. discounts • and he feared that many banks
o the country were in the same state. - He thought
li could-prove that in time of war these localbanks,
w h their paper issues, wore inimical to the coun
t : A privilege to issue this money in times of the
. a pension• of specie payments is the same as a
p vilegoo coin money—a privilege which, in times
' 0 • war, especially, should only be. exercised by the
S te itself, and not by any private corporation. The
, reft
t danger of this paper currency is from an over
' thine. All bistoryhas shown this. French insignias
we at first good,but by over-issue became worthless.
A - shim papermoney, by over-issue, became so de
li stetted that one thousand dollars was worth
rl
o y one in gold. The Continental money fell to
ilbout the same discount. If it had been restrained
i ithin - its proper limits, it might have continued
. od. This country will stand the issue of about
. '', bur hundred millions of dollars cf paper.money, and
no more. The moment yeu go over that, you begin
to bring ruin upon thecountry, and produce an lin
*lime inflation and wild speculation. The plan of
ti t irrency will be safe, far-safer, than any other pa
r-money. It will have the credit of the United
' ;tato', a deposit of one-fourth the circulation, and
liability of stockholders to a certain extent. These
bills will be convertible at any time into lawful money
' 1 the United States, and the currency will be uni
. orm all over the country; BO that a bill Issued in
lacne will be taken in California; banks will be or
ganized all over the country, and a demand will be
pads for bonds 01 the Government, and a great
'market for bonds established. There is no lack of
capital. There Is capital enough to carry on all the
bUsiness of the country begging for investment.
Pohere. is a lack of confidence and system. This
etem will furnish a convenient mode for the
llection of taxes all over the country, these
notes being receivable for taxes , everywhere.
Bes believed it would be beneficial , to the banks.
~ I t would tend greatly to orevent counterfeiting.
I The notes at 0ver.1,200 banks have been counter
' felted or altered. There are 3,000 altered, 1,700 spu
rious notes , and 460 varieties of institutions. The
i number of banks In 1862 was estimated at 1,500.
The notes of all were counterfeited except 253. The
number of kinds of Imitations is 1,8813 the alterations
3,039, . and the spurious bills 1,69,1. This syatem
would tend to prevent all this. The blanks will have
the benefit of being depositors of the Government.
This system will also tend to promote nationality
by- nationalizing the currency of the country, and'
binding together the whole country. He referred to
the cases of the Banks of England and France, and"
claimed that it was necessary for a Government,
in order to borrow large amounts from the people,
to have some agency of this kind. The banks re
ferred to have always been the support of the Go.
vernment in times of war and - trouble. If we- ~
place our finances in a healthy and sound condition,
we may be able to carry on the war, and to provide - -.
for the paymint• of the public debt but if we •
continue this over-issue of paper money without
any limit, the result cannot but be universal linen.' •
cial ruin. lie did not take eo gloomy a view of our -
financial affairs as many did. Indeed, as compared -
With other modern nations, carrying on large wars, I '
our finanoialcondition was wonderfully good. Even •.
..at the very commencement of the war between Eng
land and France, English three•per cents fell to 51,
and then to 45, and ruin seemed to be staring every
one in the. face ; a' state of things far worse than we
have seen ; but the people did not stop but per
severed to the -end. And French securities at one
time 'were actually worthnothing. Yet that great .
people went on till the genius of Napoleon and the
Sun of Austerlitz restored the finances of the Go
vernment. He wished above all things to establish .
a sound financial system. The prominent means of
preserving our nationality, and one great means of ;
preserving our national life, is the establishment of .
a Sound national currency.
Mr.FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, by consent, I
froth the Committee on Finance, reported back the
bill to prevent and punish frauds on the revenue, 1
with amendments. • •
lie all o introduced a bill to allow the United States
to prosecute appeals, 'in courts of error; without
giving security. ' • • ' 1
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the
currency bill . question, being on Mr. Powell's
amendment requiring, the banka teAreep,specie in •-
their- ,
vaults to the amount of one-fourth of their
circulation, which was rejected—yeas 14, naps 4. I
Mr. POWELL (Derr,), of Kentucky, moved to
strike out the provision excluding these notes from.
beiug received in Payment of imports. He claimed .
that the Government should receive the same notes
which it forces the people to take. Rejected :
YEAS—Mei:sem Bayard, Davie, Dixon, Foot, Ken
nedy, Powell, Richardson, Turpie, and Wall-9.
ila ig.'S
Mr. OWARD(ReP.), of Michigan, moved to
amend so as to require that thirty per cent. capital
stock shall be paid in gold or silver coin. Rejected—
yeas 19 nays 21.
Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky, offered an amend
ment, requiring the assent of the mates to the or
ganization of these banks. Rejected.
Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Michigan, offered an
amendment increasing the amount of capital stock
of these banks. He feared' the establishment of a
large number of small banks located in an innocent
ble.place. lie was willing to do all he could to aid
the Government. He was willing even' to vote for
measures he might consider of doubtful will/Btu
tonality, but he thought the future would show the
necessity, of this amendment. It was rejected—
yeas IS, nays 31. The Senate then adjourned.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Excise Law.
On motion of Mr. ARNOLD (Rep.), of Illinois,
the Committee of Ways and Means were instructed
to examine into and report the practicable opera
tion of the excise law upon the interests of manu
facturers of limited means.
• Naval Contracts.
The House resumed the consideration of the joint
resolution for the adjustment of the equitable claims
of contractors for naval supplies, and to regulate
contracts for the Navy Department.
/t refers to those who, during the year ending with
June, 1862, have furnished more than 60 per centum
above the quantities epeeltled in their contracts, and
without default therein.
Atter a debate the resolution was reaommitted to
the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The House resumed the consideration of the re
port of the Committee on Elections in favor of the
admission of Messrs. Flanders and Halm as Repro-
sentatives from Louisiana.
Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, said that if
the Union was restored, he hail no doubt it would
be through theinstrurnentality of the Union men in
the Southern States, men who maintain their alle
giance under the most discouraging and distressing
circumstances, tat guishing In prisons because they
refuse to support the rebel authorities, while others
are deserting by thousands, taking reidge within
our lines, and who 'are true to their oath of alle
giance which they have taken. Hewes surprised at
the legal position taken yesterday by Mr. Voorhees,
which would deprive the people of their right to be
represented in the law-making body, and subject
them to the control of a satrap, and to the rigors of
military rule.
The forms of election were strictly observed, and
the contest fairly conducted. Of this there seemed
to be no controversy. They could not go behind
the election and inquire by what tenure Gen. Shep
ley holds hie coin mtesion as military Governor.
Flanders and Hahn come here astiepresentatives of
the people, and this was the only question to be de
termined. He asked the gentlemen to consider the
meaning of the Constitution, that the United States
shall guarantee to every State a republican form of
government. In other words, no State shall be de
prived of it by domestic insurrection
I foreign inva
sion, or action of our own people. t was guaran
teed that no State shall set up a government anti
republican in form and antagonistic to the United
States. There was a mutual guarantee to every
State of a republican government. Upon this prin
ciple he justified the appointment of military gover
nors, and the power of the President to organize the
necessary machinery for the purpose of representa
tion—the characteristic of a republican government.
Mr. PORTER (Rep.), of Indiana, said that no
more appeals to our sympathies ought to divert gen
tlemen from the provisions 'of the Constitution. If
there was anything , against which the framers of
that instrument guarded it was executive encroach
ment. Copying from the British Constitution, it
was provided in our own that the time, places, and
manner of holding elections for Senators or Repre
sentatives In the States shall be prescribed by the
States or Legislatures thereof, but Congress may
make or alter the law. He was unwilling for any
trifling advantage to throw away the Previsions of
the Constitution. The only way, under the present
circumstances, that Louisiana couidsend Represent
atives here was by net of Congress fixing the time,
places, and manner of holding elections. The
military commandant, dubbed with the name
Governor, deriving no authority under the
Constitution of Louisiana, and, by virtue of his
office merely apart of the Executive authority *of
the United States, had no right to issue his procla
mation for the election, the Constitution and laws
of that State remaining in force, but with no power
to execute them. Although it was said that this
was a free election, he thought he could detect
in it the fame of coercion. The proclamation of
Gen. Shepley expressly mentioned, as an induce
client to an election, the enjoyment of the benefits
secured by the proclamation of the President. At
that time, too, the iron band of military authority
was felt in that State where the United States had
jurisdiction.
Mr. ELIOT (Rep.), of Massachusetts, had no
doubt that the election was fair and free, and the
gentlemen coming here were worthy and true Repre
sentatives of loyal men; but there wan a question
beyond this. On the day of the election there was
no authority under the State of Louisiana to give
vitality to the election of Representatives. The
power of the Military Governor must be limited, and
his appointment justified by necessity. The restora
tion of the civil Government must precede the time
when the election was held ; for no Military GO
vernor appointed by Executive authority , has the
power, under theConatitution, to issue writs of elec
tion.
Mr. DWELL (U.), of Missouri, said our army
was sent to Louisiana to restore the national autho
rity, and its relations to the General Government.
There was no more proper way to produce this re
sult than to introduce on this floor Representatives
from that State. He justified the proclamation of
General Shepley in the premises.
Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, was not willing
to concede that the Constitution in time of war was
not sufficient for the common defence, and the sup
port of all the rights of all the people in every, sec
tion of the Union. He differed from the conclusions
of the Committee on Elections, and contended that
no Representatives could be elected excepting by
the. State. or. Federal legislation, basing his argu
ment on constitutional law. He hoped the Com
mittee on Elections would report a bill specially
providing for the election of Representatives in cases
such as were pending. This would deprive this
question of its embarrassment.
Without taking any action on the question, the
House adjourned.
-PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
EtutiusiFibrnary 10, 18ea.
~\ V
The Senate met at It o'clock, and was openedwith
prayer by Rev. Mr. Johneon.
Petitions.
Mr. SMITH, a petition from Montgomery county
for a law to prevent blacks and mulattoes from en
tering the State.
Mr. STEIN, a petition from the assessors of Phi
ladelphia for the passage of a law providing pay
ment for making the military enrollment for the
draft.
Also, a petition from Northampton county pray
ing the Ler,ia'attire to take measures for the assem
bling of a National Convention to arrest discord and
heal political divisions.
Also, a petition from Lehigh county for the re
charter of the Allentown Bank.
Also, four remonstrances from Northampton codn
ty levying a tax to raise money to pay boun
ties to volunteers.
lllr. REILLY, a petition for the recharter of the
Farmers' Bank of Schuylkill 'county, and one for
the recharter of the Inners) Bank.
Bins Introduced.
Mr. RIDGWAY, a bill to incorporate the Phila
delphia Dental College.
Mr. RELLLY, a bill to authorize the Schuylkill
Valley Railroad Company to extend their road to
connect with the Little Schuylkill Railroad at
Tamaqua.
Resolution.
The Senate adopted the resolution offered yester
day by Mr. Hinny, calling upon the State Treasu
rer for information as to the amount of specie certi
ficates issued to the banks under the act for the pay
ment of the State interest, the names of the banks
that offered to exchange, and those to whom certifi
cates were issued.
Bills Considered.
The bill extending the time for the completion of
the Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad came
up in order on third reading, and passed finally.
' Mr. PULLER, on leave given, offered a resolu
tion requesting the Auditor General to inform the
Senate of the amount of taxes, if any, - paid by the
Atlantic-and Ohio Telegraph Company in the peat
ten years. Laid on the table until to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. SERRILL, the bill giving cer
tain rights to associations for the detection If horse
thieves, in the counties of Chester and DOaware,
was considered and passed.
The bill extending the provisions of the general
'manufacturing law of 1849 to oil companies, &c., was
passed finally.
On motion of Mr. WALLACE, the joint resolu
tion from the. Rouse providing for the purchase of a
flag to be presented to the 54th Regiment of Volun
teers was passed finally.
On motion of Mr. RIDGWAY, the bill to exempt
the Philadelphia City Institute from taxation was
passed finally.
Cn motion of. Mr. RIESTAND, the supplemeni
to the Blenheim, Petersburg, and Lancaster Turn
pike and Plank Road Campany, was considered 'and
passed finally. .
The bill relative to writs of estressment Wee con•
sidered and passed finally.. Adjourned.
ROUSE
The House was called to order .at half past tea
o'clock A. X., Mr. Hopkins, of. Washington, in the
chair.. .
The Clerk r ead the journal of yesterday, after
which the calendar of private bills was taken up.
Intimidating rt Member.
Er. REX asked leave to make a statement, which
being granted, he submitted a preamble and resolu
tion, setting forth that among the citizens of Mont
gomery there was a feeling against legalizing the
action of their commissioners, in granting bounties
to volunteers and • relief , to their families, and that
one Anderson, a lawyer of Norristown, had come
to Harrisburg for the purpose of "boring" for the
passage of an act ratifying the said . action of the
commissioners • and the Bald Anderson had attempted
to'intimidate h im relative to his action in the House
in this matter, contrary to rules : therefore, rewired,
that the doorkeeper be directed to refuse the said.
Andergon • admittance to this hall. The resolution
was considered and passed.
ObJeetion to Ellis.
The reading of a large number of private bills wmi
proceeded with, objections to a second reading being
made to a few only, among which was the "act to
erect part of Luzerne county into a separate county,
to be called Lack awanna"--objected to by Mr. Lud
low, of Philadelphia ; "an act to incorporate the
Valley Forge Railroad Company"—objected to by
Mr. McClellan, of Cheater; "an act authorizing the
Harmony Fire Company, of Philadelphia, to dia
poem of their right, title, and interest, in the Fire
Association of said cityn—objected to by Mr. Kern,
of Philadelphia.
On motion, the House proceeded to the third read
ing and final passage of such bills as were not ob
jected to. ,
After the final consideration of the bills on the
private calendar, which consumed the time until one
o'clock, the House adjourned until lOg o'clock to
morrow morning.
From Monrovia.
Nxw Yonx, Feb. ie.—Arrived, bark Greyhound,
from Monrovia. She brings $20,000 in gold. The
Ail, Caroline Stevens arrived out on the "sth of
December.
. .
- .Murder Trial at Trenton.
:• MENTON, Feb. 10.—The trial of Charles Lewis
for the murder of James Rowand, of Princeton, is
progressing.' The prisoner is ably defended by
'Edward James and Thomas Danphy, of New York,
sold Mr. Banghart, of Jersey City. The defence re
lies principally on the cross-examination, which is
Conducted with great adroitness. The case is one of.
'the most difficult character, the evidence being en
tirely circumstantial, endpoints strongly to the pri
boner.' Much reliance is placed on the ability of
counsel to save him. Eight witnesses have been
examined.
Slap News.
NEW Youx, Feb. 10,—Arrived, steamer City of
Manchester, from Liverpool, with dates to the filet
ult.
Below, bark Anna Arming, from Trieste; brig J.
R. Nevins, from Trinidad. •
BOSTON, Feb. 10.—Arrived, bark May Queen, from
Africa; bark John Aviles, from Matanzas; bark
Andrew Currey, from Smyrna ; brig Chatham; from
Palermo; brig Times, from St. Moro.
Below—Brigs P. Rokevers, from Trinidad; Porto
Plata, from Port au Platt.
Markets by Telegraph*
BALTIMOISII Feb. 10.—Flour active ; Ohio extra,
$7.76@7.87X. Wheat quiet ; white, $1.90@2; red,
*L66I/31.68. Corn heavy at 924§2930; yellow, 89@900.
Sugars—Sales 400; bbl, of New Orleans, at 11%0.
°Whisky dull at 64g0.
Otters/lien, Feb. 10.—The advice' from New
York caused a decline ut Flour, and all grades ate
lower.' Salem at $6.96; Wheat is 60 lower,. Whisky,
62@66; Provisions quiet; Exchange on New York
Arm at par.
Fioin San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—John CORROBS WAS
finally elected Senator, receiving ninety-eight out of
a hundied and fourteen votes. He was formerly a
Douglas' Democrat, and latterly a member of the
Union party. The unrelenting feud between the
friends of Congressman Phelps and Mr. Sargent pre
vented the election of a Senator of Republican an
tecedents; in accordance with the political bias of a
large majority of the Legislature.
A fire occurred In Virginia City, Washoe county,
to-day. Loss $30,000.
The money market is easy. Atlantic currency
and exchange, 45 VI cent. discount ; gold, 3@6 pre
mium ; sterling exchange, 47E047,4: premium ; legal
tenders, 64@65 discount.
The general market is slightly better, with an
increased demand for c an di es, coffee, butter, and
sugar.
The ship Golden Fleece has been chartered for a
cargo of wheat to LiverpooL
EFFECTS OF THE CORSET.—Whatever me
chanical contrivance is so applied to the chest as
to shut out from the lungs s a part of the air they are
capable of receiving, causes a degeneration of the
blood, increases the liability to disease, and be.
comes the groundwork of premature decay and
death. Dr. Herbert, by actual experiment made on
young men who wore the Russian belt or corset,
ascertained that when belted they inhaled, at their
deepest inspiration, from one-fourth to one-third
leis air than when the belt was removed and the
chest left free from constraint.
THE C ITY.
Volt ADDITIONALOITY NeWS BNB YOZIECTE PAM!.
BROAD STREET AND WASHINGTON AVE
NUE wits the scene of considerable commotion yes
terday afternoon. The cause was the arrival of
number of sick and wounded from Washington and
Point Lookout. They were received at that excel
lent institution, the Citizens' Volunteer Hospital,
and to-day they will be seat to another hospital.
The following are the Pennsylvanians among the
number:
James Delavau, 0, 91st.
I3lazure Fritz,G 129th.
Henry Gibson, B, 142 d.
James H. King, B', 139th.
J. 0. Martin, F, 11th.
/slum Arndt, I, 48th.
P. A. Keeler, A, 112th.
G. A. Rogers, I, 141st.
A. J. Elliott, A, Bth Bee.
P. Marlin, I, 112th.
E. 0.41111 a, 13, 111th.
M. ',tittle, B, 111th.
Peter Mee, B, 112th.
W. J. Cook, M; 9th.
G. Berler, A, 112th.
P. M. Gaul, 2d U. S. Cay.
s. H. Imal, 2d U. S. Cay.
C. C. Baker, 0, 81st.
Peter Hettinger, I, 81st.
J. G. Axtle, H, 148th
SALE OP REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, &C.—M..
Thomas & Sons sold at the Exchange, yesterday
noon, the following stocks and real estate
6 shares Academy of Music, $177.50.
I oh are Point Breeze Park Association, s9l. •
$lOO loan, Billiard Room, Philadelphia Club, $B5.
8 shares Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company,
$58.600—5408.
Pew No. 87, Grace Church, $5O.
I share Academy . of Fine Arts, $17.15.
100 shares Amygdaloid Mining Co., slB—sl,Boo.
60 - do do. do $17.25—58M.50.
Three-story brick store and dwelling, S. W. cor
ner of Eighth and Coates streets, $3,650.
Stone and frame dwellings, N. W. corner Frank
ford road and Columbia avenue, Nineteenth ward,
$45.60.
A NATURAL CURIOSITY.—A large white
fawn is sojourning at the present time at Logad
Square. The animal is about five feet high, and is
gentle and attractive. Great numbers of persons
have visited the square within the last few days for
the purpose of seeing this great curiosity. Persons
living in the' southern pan of the city have availed
themselves of the. Arch, and Race and Vine-street
cars, which pass the neighborhood.
DISTRIBUTION ON SOLDIERS' MONEY.—
The members of CoL.Murphy's (29th) regiment have
transmitted $19,000 to their friends in this city. Mr.
H. Calverley, who was entrusted with the ,funds,
reached the city, and will distribute the money from
his residence, No. 1349 Coates street.
CITY ITEDES.
NEW CARTER DE VISITE BY GITTEKIINST.
—blr. F. Gutel[unst, the popular Photographer, Nos.
704 and 706 Arch street, has just published, and has
now for sole at his counter, admirable cartes de vi
site, for the album, of Col. Richard Rash, of Rush's
Lancers, and Capt. Palmer, of the Anderson Troop.
His pictures of Gen. McClellan, in various styles
and sizes, are also still in great demand. A magnifi
cent imperial of the General, finished in colors, is
now on exhibition in Mr. CL'a window.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN THE STOCK MAR
KET.—One of the chief causes of the recent feverish
and excited state of the money market is,dOubtless,
found in the fact that men are undechloi in what
they can Invest their money with the greatest safety,
and we here take the liberty to, suggest, for the be
nefit of our readers, that in no way can money be
more sensibly or more safely invested at this time,
or any other time, than by purchasing all the coal,
from W. W. Alter, that they are likely to need for
use between this and the end of the war. Send your
orders to hie yard, Ninth street, above Poplar, at
once.
Fon Frztn LADIES' FORS, at moderate
prices, go to Oalcfcird & Son's, under the Continental
Hotel.
FRENCH' .A_Nro AmERICAN CONFECTIONS,
and fine foreign and domestic fruits, can be had in
greatest variety and best style at Mr. A. L. Van
sent's, Ninth and •Chestnut streets. He uses only
the purest loaf sugari in manufacturing, and reple
nishes his trays with delicious fresh goods every
morning. His fine French and American Mixtures
—Wali t alled by any i n _th eav „ia_ .
-VTR PICTURE TAENN.
—ln these times, when hcitoffrachers everywhere
are`otriving for the mastery in their profession, we
know of no establishment where our readers will be
more certain to obtain really splendid and artistic
pictures than at Mr. Ripple's ground-floor gallery,
No. MO Arch street.
PURE OLD PORT WINE FOR MEDICINAL
Pulteosr.s.—Mr. C. H. Mattson, dealer in fine
family groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, has long
had the reputation of keeping the purest and moat
reliable liquors for medicinal purposes in this city.
We would to-day invite attention to his splendid
quality of Old Port, an article which has been re
peatedly recommended for invalids by some of the
first physicians in Philadelphia.
TRAPPINGS 'FOR MILITARY AND NAVAL
OFFICERS can be had in magnificent profusion, and
in superb style, at Oakford & Son's, under the Con
tinental Hotel.
SONG OF THE MISANTUROPE.—
I'm weary, and sick, and disgusted
With the city's mechanical din,
Where I'm much too well known to be trusted,
And plagully pestered for tin;
I'm sick of these battles horritlic,
With their gunboats, and Parrotte, and shells,
So MY where the golden Pacific
On the shores of Mexico swells.
There the earth can rejoice in her blossoms,
# Unsullied by vapor or soot,
And there the guerillas and oppoesums
Shall playfully pelt me with fruit;
They'll never torment me with "adverts"
About Ohne. Stokes & Co., and "one price;"
'heath the Continental he may still flourish,
But I'm for the land of boiled rice. •
TDB DIRECTORY FOR 1863.—The Phila
delphia. Directory for 1363 contains one hundred
more, pages than usual, and over 10,500 additional
names, showing the rapid increase of the popula
tion of the; city, despite the war. The Smiths loom
up the most largely of any name; the Browns, the
Joneses, and the Johnsona are by no means scarce ;
while there is but one firm of Rockhill & Wilton;
and the are the proprietors of the famous Brown
Stone Clothing Hall, Nos. 603 and 505 Chestnut
street, above Sixth. This splendid establishment
stands a head and shoulders above all compditors.
, .
INVENTION OF STAYS.—Trallitioll asserts
that corsets were first invented by a brutal butcher
of the thirteenth Century, as a punishment for his
wife. She was' very loquacious, and, finding no
thing would cure her, he put a pair of stays on her,
in order to take away her breath, and so
.prevent
her, as he thought, from talking. This cruel punish
ment was inflicted by other heartless husbands, till
at last there was hardly a wife in all London who
was not condemned to a like affliction. The punish
ment became so universal, at last, that the ladies,
in their defence, made a fashion of it, and so it has
continued to the present day. Gentlemen's fashions
of every style may be found in great profusion at
the One-Price Clothing Emporium of Granville
Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street, where prices are
fixed to suit the times.
FINANCIAL AND
THE HONEY T .
'PIiILADEILTRIA,..rabrUary 10, Ism.
Gold 'was ;weaker to-day, the speculative demand
being considerably lighter. It opened at 05 and Hold
down to big, and rapidly recovering closed at MC
Stocks were more active, and prices better than they
bare been for some days. The demand for Government .
securities was good, and the market advanced to 3534.
The money market continues with ont material change;
The first-dens borrower is supplied at 6@t6 per cent., but
the less favored classes continue to pay according
to the strength of the party and the security offered.
Sitimq..triksa. —ln reply to nunietonicquestions as re
gards the saleable value of this species of currency, we
.would say take no corporation or individual shinplas
ters, as they are now nearly all s@ln per cent. dbleenut.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company has declared a semi
annual dividend of three and a half per apt. Mableon
the 16th inst..
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds. 1613 1 9631 Mg
United States Certificates of Indebtedness—. 93., 911
United States 7S-11/Notes Ica lat.,X
Quartermasters' Vouchers 6 Midis.
Gold'Orders for COZtifiCatOS of indebtedness ..... 3 Adis.
'Penland Notes ' 61 096:11isre•
•
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The stock market •Is decidedly lower to -day on the
speculative Bat, het very strong on Governments and
most of the border State bonds. The isles to realize.
were very large on Erie and Cleveland and Pittsburg at
a declir aof lg@2 V cent. New' York Central also fell
eV ]3t Vi't 'cent... Michigan Southern A. Toledo 3a, M
nets Central l. ,
The topic of the street , to-Aar b‘ the heaviness d`
sales making at one time as low KS 15235. a decline of
cent. on the price or 144 owe. iig. On the call at the
board the quotatipn sten., 153Y0gi151, but immediately
afterwards sellers 1...i1k...1 tee price demi to 1621161.52%,
from which there to s recovorr to 163 M.. the price cur
rent as we go to pre • .
The list el re i frond bonds shows no important changes.
First-clam, mortgages are firmly held at full prices. Chi
cago and Northwestern bonds are steady, the earnings
of the V.llll in January being regarded as very satisfac
tory- Cie eland and PlM:berm are hold higher. The
thirds are quoted at 1013igildig. . ,
• The firmest of the Border Sl ate lid is Missouri sixes.
demand Is.good for investment, in view of the
speedy extinction of slavery In the State. The sales
were at eckkagmi, closing pith buyers at the outside
Governments are attracting more attention and we
quote an advance of per cont, on the coupons of
LW, the Certificates and Seven-thirties. The demand
is portly speculative, but the inquiry for Investment
through the commission houses lies taken a decided
gall within a few days.
as
demand notes are lower; but do not fluctuate
as wldelY aa gold. The sales at the Board this morning
were chiefly at 152, and this is the price aat one and a half
o'clock..
Silver Is dull, and large lots cannot be sold unless a
mom/onion of 21?,13 per cont. in made. Small parcels have
been takeW at IW@ISO.
•' Money in easy at 61010711 cent., with more to be •Ted • at
;6 than on Friday mid Saturday. The rate is about I's
cent. lower when compared with lant'week.
'Exchange -on• London is heavy 'and' lower, and. rates'
are so unsettled by the decline of 2..ti,V1 cent. in gold that
the businosa for to.merrow's ate/weer will be very light.
Remitters are dispesed to defer their purehesep till the
next steamer.' lint-clue bills are Quoted ai jegviatN.
B. Horton, C, 141st.
J. J. Murphy, I, 29th.
B. Stover, 1), 146th.
Aaron Garretson, G, 88th
R. Creamer, Sgt., H, 116th
Joseph Scull, I, 118th.
Chas. Creamer, 11, 118th.
Thos. Miller, B, 118th.
W. B. Ramsay, K, 166th.
W. E. Bummer, A, 155th
Thomas Steele, G, 72d.
IW. MeDermot, H, 12d.
Jeff: Davis, Sgt., E, 133 d.
Geo. Fisher, H, 134th.
C. B. Calborn, E, 133 d.
J. Reader, B, 131st.
Peter Long, E, 133 d.
Jefferson Bird, E, 133 d.
George Hoag, B, 131st.
•
• LETTER BAGS
AT THE XERCHANTIP EXCHANGE, PHILADELPHIA,
Ship Shateinue, Oxnard Liverpool, soon
Ship RPIle of the Ocean, need Liverpool. noon
Bark Edwin,Peterson Liverpool, 800
Dark Savan nah, l
Stinizon ' ' Liverpool, soon
Bark Emerald leie, Hooter Barbadoes. soon
Schr Lion, Creighton. ' Havana. soon
• ' •
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11, 13153:
atm RISES"...
HIGH WATER
eto. •
Bark Roanoke, (Br) aR H
r Ea m ling, from Lagnayra, via,
Porto Cabello and Kingston,' Ja 17th ult. u ballast to
Ilenry & Son. Left at Kingston,. Ja. ISth.nit,
sehr Sir Colin Campbell, from Philadelphia, diachg.
The echr George and Arthur, Hubbard , trailed from
Kingston, Ja, 16th tilt. for Philadelphia., Feb let St
SO, long'7l , spoke echr Northern Light. from Port Royal
for Philadelphia. The republic of Venezuela con
tinued in a very disturbed state. A severe battle W . J.13
lately fungi) t near Corona, where the Government troops
under Gen Bublen wore routed; and should the latter be
captured, the war will terminate in favor of the rebels.
Brig Samuel Welsh, Cunningham; 15 dorm from New
Orleans. with sugar, molasses, &o, to Henry Simone.
Schr Kate Brigham, (3 masted) Moser, 3 days from
York, with mdse to Peter Wright & Sons.
Schr Susan H Gibson, Bartley, 6 days from Boston,
mdo to captain.
Srhr T P .McColley, Carter, Iday from Camden. NIL
with corn to Jas Barrett& Son.
Schr Andrew Manship, !Collins. 1 day from • Little
Creek I ending with corn to Jae Barrett & Son. • •
Schr Three Sisters, Gray. 2 days front St Martins. Md,
with corn to 3L Bewley '‘U Co.-
hchr
W 0 Bartlett,_Connelly, days from Fortress
Monroe, in ballast to Hunter, Norton & Co.
ci ty fee Bost. Schellenger. 5 hours from the Buoy on
the Middle, having towed thereto the sh Sp Crescent CWT.
for San Francisco, where she anchored at noon on Moo
ds,. Reports that the new iron-clad steamer..9angamon
left Chester at six o'clock on Monday eventng tor the
Southern blocltitde, In tow of tug America.
Brig Delhi, Darnahy, Demerari4 T Watteau at Sons.
Brig Gem, (Sr) Shorring. Barbadoes "_.. • do
Brig John Pierce, Norton, Cardenas. 'S & WWelsh.
Behr Wm G Bartlett, Connelly, Beaufort, Hunter. Mor
on & Co.
Scb r R 0 Porter, Smith, Piney Paint, do-
Str Philadelphia, Neal, Alexandria, Tyler. Stone &Co.
Steamer B Willing, Bade, Baltimore, A Groves. Jr.
•
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.)
LEWES. Del, Feb 9.
The hark Comet, from Philadelphia for New Orleans:
schooners Jae L Bewley and John Ponder, with corn for
New York, and Ave others, loaded with coal and bay,
B
are at the reakwater this morning.
Yours, &c. AARON MARSHALL.
MEMBRAIIDA.
Ststauship Saxon, Matthews, hence, arrived. at Boston
9th lost.
Bri g f J
W Lovett, Crosby, hence. arrived at Liverpool
?3d nit.
. .
Brig Nathaniel Stevens, Haskell, at Boston Rh inst,
f tom Wilmington, Del.
Schr Edwin Reed, Goodspeed, cleared at Boston 9th
inst. for Philadelphia.
Schr Charlotte Shaw. Shaw, sailed from Providence
9th inst. for Philadelphia.
Schr Thomas Borden. Wrightinitton, sailed from Fla
River 7th inst. for Philadelphia.
Seta's John Crockford, Steelman, from Fall River;
:Polly Price, Townsend, from New London; AnteloPe.
Jones, Oriole, Freeman, and Peerless. Rigging. Dent
'
Bunton all for Philadelphia, at New York 9th Hutt
San: Richard Hill, and steamer Jersey Blue.
Jackaway, hence, at New York 9th inst.
Behr Matanzas, Blake; from Portland for Philadelphia,
at Gloucester 6th inst.
Sara Calais Packet. Batch, and Helen Mar. Nicker
son, hence, at Boston 9th inst.
Bark Juniata. from Baltimore for Rio de . Janeiro, be
fore reported at Bermuda in distress, put In with one
pump broben and useless, and the other constantly
going. She had 'encountered two very severe gales, Hi
the first of.which she was disabled.
Brig Billow,
w as. which arrived at Portland 6th inßt.
from Cardenas, was completely encased in a nd and.waa
obliged to start her dock load to prevent her komanwsavr
log. The crew were badly front •bltlea.
Phila. Stock Each
[Reported bi S. B. Eltairmaz
uge Sales. Feb. 10.
B. Philadelphia Exchange.;
: OAED.
18 C.atawiasa R. .... TM
71 Cam & Allan R... .
11
'
, 103 50 d do o
1$ sTO is
1 Beaver Meadow ...f66
200 11 Penns ft....esah
011 do
10PennaR .*— •
5000 American Gold M.
5000 do s3o.llra
25 Morris Canal Pref.lA
11 do in
14 do 131
6 Corn Ex 8ank..... 21
300 New Creek
5006th Nay front 7 6
20 Morris Canal
100 Reading R 4 56 5 A.
' 50 L Island R, still 283 i
85 Minehil I It 5111
1010th & 11th 3016
230 Girard College ..b5 26
4000 Nowt 5s MIK
4000
100 U 85. year option .. GI
do 97K
BOARDS.
112 Phila &Erie • .lts 38
5503 N Penns fis 91
100 City 6s 108 X
6700 do KSO
400 ew 115 do N
2D Arch St R 27g
100 Emirs. B Pref lots. 51
1000Susq Canal bonds...lBX
50 Cm SzAtin.prf bswn 2055
6
100 do do. ..... 20
2DX X
'
100 do 21
55 Little Sch ..... 44X
12000 U S6s 'Bl 65
1509 do St5X
1 Elmira it soi
3934
401 d
d o o 115 40
1700 Selk Nay 6s 'Ed 7056
301 do 4dys 7055
46 Oirxrd Bank...lots 41
00 Calawisba 11 7,3 , 4
I.;orristoorn 10 60
10 do 60Y,
BETWE
40li) U SGa Regis .... 94
11 Minehil I R.
..... MAC
ICam&4mß bit
20 Elmira R 15540
125Catawia3a R 734
4000 EBrandywine 7s r 5 704
300 Reading H. 46 31
ND
141nint &UTE SECO 2I%
7000 U S fis 'Bl 9631
6000 do 1)1005,4
4 Delaware Div 40%
20 Green & Coates R.. 42
600 0S7.30Feb&Augb10 34
100 Resoling It 4.5(
1600Rond5up6s 1513....145
2000 do 1810....113
1000 do 1344.-116
1000 Elmira R 7s ....b5 112
10 Corn Ex Bank 2.)
4000 Penne. Coupon 06-115
2 Norristown 14 cog .
serEit
--- --
BOARD.
711'onna R ea
1000 Ponna 5s 109 X
26 Coneondation Bnk 27
2.5 Lehigh Nay..s.iwn 57X
1in8.28 Am Gold ....ctf 153
4.Phila Bank 119
B Gam St Allan ..aiwo 13
50 Lehigh scrip 31
2030 Penna R 24 morn ..115
50 Union Bank ..... 31
28 Minehlil R 6IX
50 Gataxvissa R Pref.. 204
60 Camden & Am R... 161
BOARDS.
'2OO Reading R
CLOSING Pltll
Bid. 4.004.
US Be epne 131.... 615% 96%
U 8 7-3010 10814
American G01d..1723( 153%
PhSI Se old..ex in.11383G 109
Do new.ex in. 115% 118
Alleg co fle 6.9 62
Penns 6e 103 ICD%
Reading R 45% 46 31
Do We vo...nri 116%
Do bde '70...110% 112
Do bde 736-.106 106
Penne. R 8736 88%
Do Ist w 6e..118 120
Do 2d m 8e...115 115%
Norris Canal—. 46% 67
Do wine-131 132
Do 5e76....
Do 2d mtg...
kineo Canal
Do tie
ISchnyl Nay 6 6%
Dc prfd 1436 14
Do es '82.... 70Y. 70%
Elmira 11 99) 40%
Do prfd...... 61 61%
Do 78 Lit m-111% 112,4
Do I.oe. .70 71
N D P oß enns e
91 91 R. 11% 11%
31.
D01D,........110 ll2
PhDa Ger ec Nor. 60 61
Lehigh Val It— 76 ..
Lehigh Val bd5..116
45
Bf et
Catawissa 73 Ask
7%
Do p rfd
_ 23%
Beaver Mead B.
NinehlN R .51 541 f
Harriaborglt.... ea%
Wilmington 8.....
Lehigh Nay 66.. ..
Do aharee... 6714 51
Do scrip 3114 34
Caro & Arab R... 153 15t
Phila & Erie 6e.... 11114
Sun & Erie 7e....
L Inland B . 25%
Do bonds....
Delaware Div.— 49% 41%
Do b0nd5...104
Spracontruot 8.. 16 1614 .
Chestnut-et R.... SS 66
Arch-street 8.... 27% 27%
Race-street 8.... 10 11
Tenth-street R... 23% 49
Thirteenth-et 8.. 26.14
W Phi R Si Si
GES-STEADi
_• Do, bonds—. "
oreen:strest
Do bonds .._
_ R
Encond.streot ... n 60
Do bonds
Fillb-strget B .
Do bonds-
Girard College:8. 2576 26%
RAvolutaenth-at B U 11%
Little &shuyl. B. 41% 44.*
New 'York Stool
• Closing Quotatico
Bid.'
G S 6s 'Bl regtst. 94 95
II S6B 'Bl coup.. 85M 96
Tree Notes, 7,M1.19234 102 M
IT S 1 yr 6p o ear 95M 96
Demand Notas...lslk 1.52
Gold 15234 ' L 5234
Tennessee
62 62%
Virginia
72
Missouri St 65.... 6.5 R; -.
Canton Company 26g 2.535 ,
California 75....
Del & H0d.....
Penn Coal
Cumbland C Co. 1 . 9 M 79%
Pacific Mail 1(11),C
Y Gen 1 H.... 1183 118%
Erie common.-- 7931 7.1%.
kii v . Febriuiry 10
ne at :Di o'clock.
Bid. Asked.
Aria Pref 99 99g
Radon Riy 94 941(
Harlem R. R 3iu, *lll.
Harlem R R Pre( 683 i et ,
Reading R R..... 90 91
Michigan Sou th. • 96 • 646 rt
Michigan 57% 58
Do. - Guar .101 106
Panama. ...... DR) 165
111 Central.- .... 90M 91
Cleve & Pitte.... 7135 1
Galena & Ch 1.... 92% 9
Clew & Toledo.- Mg 61
Chi & Rock le— 91R 9)
Bnr & Q 108
MII &PrDaC • - • 39% 40%
Fort Wayne ..... -
1N 'l3O
Seml-weekly Review of the Phtladelphist
Markets.
The produce markets are more steady, and prices of
Breadstuffs arerather easier. The Iron market con
tinues very firm. Cotton continues. very firm. and
prices are well maintained. There is a fair business
doing' in Provisions, at full prices. Naval stores are
very scarce, and prices of Spirits, of Turpentine have
again advanced. There is less demand for Cleyerseed,
and prices have declined. Whiskyls firm.
• FLOC IL—There is very little demand either for export
or home use, but prices ere unchanged; sales comprise
about:3,oW bbls at $6.505246.75 for superfine; trts7. Se for
extras; $7.7)6.25 for family: and M3.60@9.60 bbl for
fancy brands, according to quality. The sales to the
retailers and bakers are moderate, within the above
range of prices. Rye Flour—There is very little inquiry;
sales are making in a small way at *4. 77.43 bbi. Corn
Meal is tlrm, and Penna. sells at RI B bbl. Brandywine
Is held at $4.75 bbl.
G RAIN. —The oftbrings of Wheat are light, and prices
are barely maintained, with' sales of 25,0 W bus fair to
prime Pennsylvania red at 170@i173e has, and white at
IS.eleic; the latter for Kentucky. Pennsylvania Itys
in in demand at 970013 c? bus. Corn Is in felt demand,
with sales of 20,00 u bus new yellow at KigSSe, including
6,000 bus Western mixed at 112c.V bits. Oats are In steady
demand . , with sales of 15000 bus heavy Penusylvaula sit
6&764cc tor 32 lbs. Light Oats are selling at 37040 c hue.
• YROVlSlOlid.—There has been a fair inquiry, and
sales of Westean and city-packed .less Pork at 615.10@10
for new, and $14,51014: 75 for old; city-packmi Mes 4 Beef
• sells in lots at SW4IS. cash, and country at $1.2(4.15.80.
Dressed Hogs are arrivit g freely; and selling at 1.5056 (g) ,
6 NOW. Bacon—The demand is fair and priess weedy.
with sales of 401 casks, including Hams, at 9®lll‘c for
plain and 'fancy cured Sides at 6@6,44c for old, and
new Shoulders at 63, 6)lc, cash and a) days. Lard—
The demand is good and prices are better; sales of 1,21)
bbls and tcs ; BM kegs at line; and 200 coun
try pit gs at AY.OIuIS. Butter—There is a fair demand
for prime Roll, with sales at IS@. 22c 'B lb, and solid
packed at 14(417c. *jigs are worth 16017 e. "ti dozen.
METALS. —There is a gond demand for Pig Iron ; sales of
1,000 tons Anthracite at 3:4OSi for No.l, and 3':C012, cash
and four months ler forge. Scotch Pig is also held
higher, betwe hear of no sales to any extent. Bar and.
Boiler from—There is a steady inquiry, and prices are
well maintained. Lead—There is rather more inquiry;
holders are Arm at cash. Copper a
is nnty held at
the late advance; sales of Yellow Metal at 30c '0 lb.
BARK —Quercitron continues scarce and prices are
better; small sales of first No. 1 at sii per too; Tanners'
Bark is unchanged.
BEESWAX is held highs:, with small sales of yellow
at 4tg42c,_cash.
CANDLES.—Prices of all kinds are very firm, with
sales of City-made Adamantine at 155021 c 5l lb, cash.
COAL.—Trade continues dull and unsettled; the open
ing prices have not yet been fully established. There
are very few orders coming in front the East; colliera
continue very scarce, and the rates of frdght rule high.
COFFEE. —The only arrival since our last report has
been a small invoice of Laguayra. The market continues
very firm, and • prices well maintained; sales of 400
bags, Including Rio, at 2.0€133c; Jamaica at 31c, and La
gnayra at 3i(33:4c, cash and 4 mos.
COTTON. —The market is vex firm sale; Maxine
. about WO bales at &VOW for middling Uplands, ca.
_ FISII.—We hear of uo sales of Mackerel from the
ting
large No. 2, at s6@o; PIO. at elLime.so; the latter are
scarce. Codfish .ell at 4jfgeie. Pickled Herring rause '
at $2.50(g)5 bbl.
FRUIT. cargo of Sicily Oranges and Lemons has ar
rived, null part been sold, (coin the wharf; at $W2.50
box. Raisins ale scarce, aud held higher. In domestic
Fruit there 13 amoderato business doing Green Apples
range at s2@ffß bid. Dried Apples at 61§6c, and Peaches
EOM for nnpared, and 16(01Se for pared. Cranberries
rue ge at front $0(1)14'f bbl.
iNhENG is scarce, with small sales of crude 'at Wi'B
90c
lIABO is out of season, and there is nothing doing in
description.
.11EMP is quiet, ti ere being no stock here to operate in.
AIDE; are firmer Ind dot!, and no further salmi have
come under nnr notice. Sales of • green salted domestic
at By ,®lo;6c 'f
IMPS continue firm, at 2r4:02% for Eastern and West.
- RAT is better, and sells at 75€300c 7100115;.
LUMBER. —The tnuisactions in all descriptions, as
usual at this season, are small, and without change in
prices.
MOLASSES.—Supplies come In slowly.but the demand
is moderate, and prices without change; sales of?, 0 hlide
cloyed Cuba at 3.30:.; some 3litscovado at :ISgilic ; Porto
Rico (new crop) at doc, and 3013 bbls old-crop New Or
learsat4dc, all 4 mouths.
NAVAL STOdisS.—The market is nearly bare of most
kinds; small tales of common Rosin at $2•3. and No. 'lac
tics.9gl24. No change in Tar or Pitch. Spirits Turpentine
is unsettled, and selling in a small way at LlSgr
cash which prices are now refused.
OlLS.—Linseed Oil continues to have an npwartl ten
dency, with sales at eL4Cygn.42, cosh, but the crushers
refsse to contract fur large tots at these figures. Lard
Oil is better, and sells at 91Q900 for winter. Fish Oils
are held higher. There is a fair store deutand. ter Petro
leum, and prices continuo irregular; sales of WO bbls
relined at -WCIWIc. free, and ...3,g97c. in bond.
PLASTER is scarce, and soft is worth dip 1 ton.
RICE Continues to sell in a small way at V.iiginie for
Rangoon. Thera is no Carolina here.
SALT.—Supplies are coming forward more freely, and
mires are nuchnneell. Tice ..argues Turks island aud
one of St. Kitts sold on private terms.
SEEDS.—There is a falling off in the demand for Clo
ven:red. Sales 1, Wu bus common and prime quality at
%6.61:@7.2d. Timothy sells at *2.`2..ligab IA bas Flax
theft is scares, and wanted by the crashers at *1.23.
SUGAR.—The market is firm, and the demand to
go.ol, both front the trade and the refiners:, Sales SO
libels Cuba at 93.fgillc; lea Mid. 24NW Orleans at
1134 c, and Havana at 103s@ill-Ke, on the usual credit.
SPIRITS continue firm, itnd in the advance, with but
little doing iu Brandy, Gin or Rum.
WHISKY k fi rm; sales of Penns. and Ohio bids at Mc;
drudge at irtigitilc; and hi n ts at fiSgielc ei gallon.
TALLOW Is held firmly; the last ss let of city-render
ed at 113 s 'Igill34c, and country at 10351311 c.
TOBACCO.—The market for Leaf and manufactured is
excited; holders are demanding nigher arises for Seed
LCIIS. Of the finer descriptions of manufactured the
market is nearly bare..
WOOL isoniet, but firm; al.'s 4100,000 Ms at 7:5€03)c
for fine; 723P074c for malium; and Altilgic fur coarse.
The following are the receipts of Hour and Grain at
this part to-day:
Flour..
'Wheat
Corn
Oats.
PHrLADELPEBA BOARD OF TELDR.
THOS, S. /TENON,
GAUL. E. sTOKES. Corourrra or Tax /Lox=
GEORGE It TATHAM. •
mmrNe. •IDPWELILIGENCE.
669-80 N SETS
BELOW..
Bark Lelaid, from New York, in the bay, coming up.
FiBRUARTIO—EVeMiIIg
2,850 bbls.
.8,700 Inn.
.9,000 hue.
.7.1.00 has.