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THE • REBEIALIM
• , .Gellerul Hunter Assumes Command of Gen:
Poster's' Expeditionary Forces — Prix.;
Mon of Treasonable Papery tsilaitssoori
Improved Morals or the Arrny•otthe:po..
Comae—What Gen. Roseerans
The United States Reyenue mid' •
:DEPARTMENT OF THE SOLITHGEN. HUN
TER'S REINFORCEMENTS. •
We have advice' from 'Hilton Head down to the
11th inat. It appearif tlud" when Gen. Foster left to .
• come North he turn 4 over his commend to Gen.
Naglee. Atter•litEdeparture tne following order wear
lamed hy Gen. Minter, but whether in consultation.
with Gen, Foster or not we cannot' say, but, pre.
:sums thitt It was done with , the full' knowledge;
.and consent of the latter, es he manifested, when
here, no feeling. of 'dissatisfaction towards Gen.
Hunter :
lissoquartrens DEPARTMENT OY TAB SOUTH.
HILTON ILIAD, Port Royal, S. 0., :
February it, UM.' •
• The undersigned hereby assumes command of Beni .
'.reinforcements recently arrived in this departmentl
%from North Carolina; such troops on their arrival;
here, having become a 'portion of the Tenth army'
°Ci ligiadier Generals Henry. Naglee and Orris S. •
Ferry, commanding divisions, will cause the various •
.staff ofticeri of their eommandi to report and make.
.due returns and reports to these headquarters. They
will also'. Gaulle the chief quartermasters of their
division:l'lo turn over all , marine transportation
brought down with them to Lteut. Col. J. J. Elwell,
objet quartermaster of this depitrtment.
Thes.divisious commanded by Brigadier Generals
Henry rd. Naglee and Orris' S. Ferry will remain
inlact as at,present organized—General Naglee, , as
Senior officer, assuming the command - of all the .
•llrdted Statee tortes on St. Helena Island, with the
exception of those stationed at Bay Point, who will
.-continue to-report to Post Headquarters, Hilton
Head Island, until further orders.
D. HUNTER, Major Gen. Commanding.
General Hunter's order suspending the land sales
has not, it seems, had the intended effect, for oa the'
11th inst..!--the day advertised for the sale, of Beau- ,
Sort parish, Port' Royal Island, &e., to commence---
'the tax commissioners convened, before a curious
Multitude and bid off a town lot. . The price. paid is
• Atated to have-been six -dollars,-'lt was-generally ;
.considered cheap, and the multitude were in favor: .
of continuing the auction; but the commissioners :
• adjourned the sale until, the next day.
DISLOYAL N.EWSPAPERS,SUPPRESS.ED. '
HNADQUARTERB,ST. LOUIS DISTRICT,
OFFIO.II.OP.FROVOST MARSHAL,
. .. ST. Louis, Feb. 14,1883:
I. The following extract, from general order, No.
Headquarters, Department of the Missouri, Octo
ber 100862, is republished "or the information of
those to whom it may be applicable : • .
"I. -No public trade or , commercial
business shall be carried on within this department,
except by persons strictly loyal. No license , shall be'
given to disloyal persons, and any license or autho
rity to suoh persons, whic has been or may be given
.by any officer, civil or military, within this com
mand, is reminded and void."
11. Pursuant to the above, it is ordered that per
sons in this district found engaged in selling or dis
tributing disloyal papers, speeches, or other dom.*
anent,, or permitting their places of business or trade
to be used for such sale or distribution, will be there.
atter debarred from carrying on such business or •
trade.' No man can be strzclly loyal, whatever he
may to be, who, during a rebellion like this,
engages for* gain in such a course as to encourage
among the people opposition to the Government in
Its efforts to suppress it.
• 'By order of Brigadier General E. A. Carr, com
manding. GEO. E. LEIGHTON,
Major and Provost Marshal, St. Louis District.
ABMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The following letter, from a private in the Army ,
of the Potomac to Hon. W. W. Windom, of Minne
sota, is full of interest: • •
FEBRUARY 13,—1 arrived in Falmouth in due
time, and• wept immediately ' to the regiment, as
I had a number of things for the Goya. I found
all the boys in good health, .and . , I am glad to
say. in much better spirits than- I saw them when
I was with them a week before.' They begin to
think that General Hooker is the man, after all.
Here is an expression of one of the "Sixty-ninth,"
which I , heard when passing, through the regi
ment yesterday. - A jolly Irishman was disposing of
a goodly-plate of beans and potatoes, and enjoying
for the first time the luxury of -a •plece of ."sott
broad." "Bedad," says he, and ;if Gen. Hooker
Willbuftight as he feeds, we will soon 'clean out the
rebe.'' ' It is often spoken of by. theM. that since
Hooka has . had command, -they have had more
"grub.!', It Is very pleasing. to-me -to notice how
.rapidly General Hooker ,is gaining the • confidence
and respect of the troops; and another thing, I have,
on many Oficludone, during the' do, heard the wish
expteseed that they might loon be led on against the •
enemy. This I believe to be the Wirth of the whole, :
or at least most, ,
GEN. ROSECRANS,AND Hia - Bormenexto...L_
• M llntßßaauouo, Feb. 18, 18,83.,t
On Thursday Col. James Monroe, of the 1234
Illinois Gen. J. J. Reynolds' division, took with.
him 230 ' men of his own regiment, and 20 of Stokes'
Tennesamicaralry, and started out to nreak up the '
quarters of the enemy in the dmectioa of Cainvilie.
Four miles from the town he encountered a body of
rebel cavalry, beim:ging to Morgan's command; 500 .
,strong. -After a sharp conflict he completely routed
them, killing twenty, wounding a large number, and
-taking six prisoners. He also captured fifty horses,
. anddestroyed nearly 300 stand of arms.
Colonel Monroe returned late last night. During
the action three of his men were -wounded. The.
loyal address by the Ohio officers still continues to
meet with the heartiest approval • of the troops, and ;
I have not yet heard of a single man who refused to
'sanction it. ,
•
General Roseerans gave It his wannest approval.
The Pennsylvania boys have been serenading Gene
rale Rosecrans and Negley;with patriotic songs of
their own composing.
The lettere of the commanding general to' the
'Ohio Legislature and City Council of Cincinnati ,
arc pasied about from man to man, Increasing the I
admiration which, thl, 'soldiers entertain for their
Imo. TqfOUgbhuti . nTettly thereis aneneouraging
of enthusiasmand goodwill.
The weather continues horrible, raining one day
and sunshine the next.
. It is definitely 'ascertained that John MOrgan's •
command, 8,000 strong, are near Cainville.
THE REVENUE TAX—WHERE THE INTER
EST ON OUR DEBT COMES FROM.
Total amounts remitted to the office of the Coin
saissioner of Internal Revenue, on account of inter
nist revenue tax, by the collectors of the several
States, to January mows: . •
:Maine $139,053 05
'New Hampshire ; 76,000 00
t tit cult. 41101Moialilltemetestut:tur: . ttiir.r.
-zur.ea.
.6onmcatiout
New York •
:New Jersey
..Pesmsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Clolumbia....
Virginia
..11entuoky
Jtlliwouri
!Ohio •
Indiana
'lllinois
• Michigan
Wisconsin
lowa '
Minnesota
.oalifornia
'Total $9,087,638 77
The above are exclusive of receipts from corpora
tions, from salaries, end from stamps.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Progress of the Work of Reorganization
of the Army—hhissagement'of Courts Ilinr
tini—Diantisstal of Incompetenta—Oeclers
• Relative to Subsisting the Troops. &C.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Monday, Feb. 16, 1863.
Nearly every day brings a new order from the new
commander relative to the discipline or morak of the
army. The following is the latest issued :
COURTS MARTIAL—OAPTS. BERRY AND
SEYMOUR, SECOND NEW YORK CAVAL
RY, DISPaISSED.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Oanrr Neale FALMOUTH, Va., Feb. 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 11.
1. The general commanding has been informed
that General Orders Nos. 164 and IC, of 1862, from
the War Department, authorizing the enlistment of
volunteers into the regular service, have been re
scinded.
2. The proceedings of general courts martial in e
cases of commissioned officers, where the sentence
extends to dismissal from the service, having in
aeveral instances been forwarded by division and
separate brigade commanders to the War Depart
ment instead of these headquarters, the act of Con
gress of Dee. 24,1861, relative to courts martial in the
army, in republished for general information.
An act relative to courts martial in the army :
Be it muted by Me Senate and House of Repreeenta
time cif Me United Slates of America in Congress Quern
bled, That in time of war the commander of a divi
sion or separate brigade may appoint general courts
martial, and confirm execute, pardon and mitigate
their sentences, as alloweri.and restrained in the
sixty-fifth and eighty-ninth"articles of war to com
manders of armies and departments : Provided, That
sentences of such courts, extending to loss of the,
or dismission of a commissioned officer, shall re
'quire the confirmation of the general eommending
the army in the field to which the division or brigade
belongs : And provided further, That when the divi
sion or brigade commander shall be the' accuser or
vinecutor, the court shall be appointed by the next
hest commander. •
Approved Dec. 24, Mt.
Qin 101011llit tot is tap nwellOgbv oeifflonii of
Bin 081 01 lit Intl MI ill ISOM tank nil 80117,
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aseseAdtall hese peep approved by the rreeddeßt,
a. Time attention of officers Concerned Is direct.-
id to paragraphs 891 and 898, General Regulations,
which are as follows :
"Paragraph 891, Every court-martial shall keep a
complete and accurate record of its profile:lingo, to
he authenticated by the signatures of the president
and judge advocate ; who shall also certify, in like
manner, the sentence pronounced by the court in
.each case, _he record must, show that the court
WAS OM !• 171 . ' as the law requires; that the court
and„lnd ' edVocate were duly sworn in the presence
of the prisoner; that he was previously asked whe
ther he had any objection to any member, and hie
answer thereto. A copy of the order appointing the
court will be entered on the record in each case.” •
"Paragraph are. The judge adVooAte shall trans
mit the proceedings, without delay, to the officer
having the authority to confirm the sentence, who
shall state, at the end of the proceedings in each
case, hia decision and orders thenc:LP
4. Subsistence stores may be sold and issued to
citizens residing within the limits of this army by
commissaries of subsistence, under the following re
strictions :
1. A certificate, under oath of the purchaser, that
be is without the means of subsistence, and that he
in unable to sustain life without being permitted to
make such purchases. The certificate to be ap
proved by the corps commander, to whom applhia
. tion is made, who may thereupon direct the sales.
Such sales shall not at one time exceed the quantl
- ty necessary to sustain the applicant and the mem
bers of his family five days.
2. Issues to destitute citizens may be made under
the same restrictions,. upon retutns approVed by
the Provost Marshal General of the Army of the
Potomac.
The parties in all cases Will be required to take the
oath of allegiance before sales or issues are made to
them.
3. Captains Benjamin C. Berry and Allen M. Sey- .
mous, 211 regiment, New York cavalry, having
• detected the regiment while on a march to meet the
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enemy, Jan, 210863, and having left this army
without proper authority, and • continued absent up
to the present time;'are dishono rabiy dismissed from
the Inilitaryservice of,thelJnited States, subject to
the approval ofthe President.
By command of Major General HOOKER.
• S. WiLits:Ans,,Aintietant Adjutant General.
General 'Honker' is infusing a fresh vigor and life
into the army. The impression which prevails to
some extent through the country, that the Army of
the. Potomac has become demoralized, is without
foundation. Political prejudices, and dlversiti Of
opinion as to the merits of different generals, mai
have led to considerable discussion on the part of
the troops, but
,this is all.. Officer and private alike
have never wavered In their patriotism and devotion
for the old flag, which they enlisted to defend.
New and stringent regulations for preventing•do:
section should have long since been• adopted. ix
should not be surprised were the number of deserters
frOm the armies in the East to amount to fully ono
hundred thousand. •
The . wcotboc •sontlnues very changeable; yester:
day mild and beautiful, toklay blustering and stormy.
, , M ISSISSIPPI,
'ARMY PF
The'f4kueeli of the West" off Again—At-:
' "ask uPou Steamers—Union Man Hung— i
Great Mississippi Canal Another
• Casill--Condition of the Army—Guerrilla'
•tlipsriations
GEN. ELLET. ON ANOTHER RUN.
;list:pars, Feb. le, 10 P. .111.--:Advices from Vicks
'burg to Friday say the Queen of the West has been
supplied with coal, and had gone on another expedl
tidn down the river.; •
It is believed that a •
grand movement is to
be commenced shortly which will put Vicksburg In
our possession. The movement Is so formidable in
character that it is certain of success. It is feared
the enemy may evacuate before it is fully brought
to bear. -The nature of the movement is contra.'
band.
GUERILLA ATTAOK-UPON STEAMERS.
The steamers Ed. Walsh and Empress were firedi
upon by the enemy at Bolivar Landing on. Sato- ,
day. The rebels fired fifty-three rounds of shell and
solid shot, of which six took effect. Wm. Burk,
deck hand on the Ed. Walsh, was killed. Both the
Walsh and the Empress were injured, but not fled
ously. The gunboat Bragg left Batavia only two
hours before. There were no signs of the enemy
there. The Conestoga was sent to look after them. •
The enemy is supposed to be Stark's regiment. The'
usages of warfare were entirely disregarded in this
instance—no summons was made to surrender, and
no blank shot was tired. The officers commanding.
the boats behaved gallantly, steaming through the
raining missiles, and nabbing here with little da
mage. Burk - leaves a wife and family at St. Louis.
'A 'UNION 'MAN' HUNG.
. .
Roney Hutchinson, from Danville, Kentucky, was
arrested by the Confederates at Hernando, Meals,
sippi, laetweek, • with a belt around his body Coll-.
thirties $26,000 in counterfeit Confederate note..
He was tied up and hanged till dead.
.THE MISSISSIPPI CANAL.
the work en the canal ie still improgress, and the:
' hope is indulged that it will be deepened and cutout'
no as to be made of practical utility. Large dredges
from Louisville were soon expected there to assist.
in the digging. Another'inlet or mouth is being cut
directly in a line with the current of the river, and
the whole canal widened and 'deepened. Active'
operations are not likely to be commenced for some
time. It is supposed that the object I. to make the
canal of sufficient depth to allow .of the passage of
the gunboats and transports through, when the • bet
lery at Vicksburg commanding the mouth of the
canal will be silenced, and the whole fleet proceed to
co-operate with Banks in the attack upon Port Hud
son, which it is believed can be easily carried by an
attack front the north; The combined forces will,
then attack 'Vicksburg landing the troops at a point
south of the city, cutting off their communication
withlackson, and attacking them in nearly an op
posite direction from that made by General Sherman.
READY TO RUN THE GAUNTLET AGAIN.
The ram'Queen of the West was still at the foot
of the canal. It will be recollected' - that the queen
failed to make the attempt to go past Port . Hudson
only because she was afraid her fuel Would give out.
Since then our forces have succeeded in running
down a barge of coaPpast the batteries, which. will
enable the Queen to mOve.wherever she pleases.'
_CONDITION OF THE 'ARMY:
The sickness of the troops was principally 'con
fined to those who were in the former ey.peditlen.up •
the Yazoo. Their health is much improved, and al
together affairs are wearing a more flattering aspect.
The fleet of transports is still at Young's Point.
A corps of experienced engineers is engaged in
operations looking to the opening of a canal from
Lake Providence, via. Tenses, Red tiver, , • and. the
Ifiississippl, but nothing is now, definitely known in
reference to this projected entererlse. • . •
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. -
001. /Millen's. sappers Titid"..ininere left Memphis,
for Vicksburg, on the 12th. •J . -
Last Wednesdayots the raueFulton,,with a barge
.loaded with coal, was proceeding to Vicksburg, it
Was fired into by . the rebels at Cypress Bend, from
12.ponnit...fierd.leeces.Two steam pipes were;
'broke*, which rendered-tnem...A.i...-..v_mudess. One
negro was killed, and another so frightened that ire:-
, ,luiliped overheard and.as drqwned. The boat and
barge 'were hit' In" twenty-four.pieces. Before .the,
*enemy could make the capture, the rams Rattler and
Wilson came up from below, and scattered them by
throwing shells. It to not known that any of the
rebels were killed. The Fulton was towed down to
the neareatix,rt.
The work of cutting an entrance for boats into
Lake Providence from the river is proceeding with t
spirit. Ready access is expected to the Black
Oliachita and Red 'rivers. General Gorman is pur-:
suing with energy the work of clearing out, the. old
'passage, so as to make it navigable to the Black-.
water. There is depth of water enough ; . but stumps,
trees, and vegetation choke up thepaasage. If the
pass is cleared; it gives admission to the Black
water; thence to the Tallahatchle• whence the boats
can reach the rear of Vicksburg via the Yazoo river.
General Gorman has a Oro* picket force half a
mile ahead of the working party, which has had
several skirmishes with the enemy. Some were
killed on both sides. The enemy are planting can
non at the important spot where the pass enters the
Blackwater, and accumulating a force there. *They
are engaged in filling the channel with trees, to delay
the work of the Federals . On Wednesday the clear
ing had advanced to within two miles of the point
ofjunction with the Blackwater.
On Wednesday a scouting party * came up with a
body of the enemy, five miles back of Lake Provi
dence. The engagement yvae ii warns One. The -
- Federtae lost ft few Alen; .but many rebels were kilt
ed, and thirty-two prisoners taken, among whom
were the colonel and major. More than ninety
horses were captured.
CONDITION OF THE GREAT OUT-OFF,
[From the Memphis Bulletin, Feb. 15,7 ' ••••
We learn from persons up from the fleet; that no
movement is going on. There is no appearance of
immediate attack on Vicksburg. If any plan has
been matured, and now in the course of operation,
It it **rtlxll lint, kV 4111 rat 110 11110 Will '
Inv liin or lit naturof ilimunt Illti it EI 11101
mm7iliiiilllllllls . WI if
events, without any idea or directins them.
The important event we name we will try and
make understood by a little explanation. Much has
been thought of the,canal that has been nuule across
the bendl—almost in the form of a horse-shoe—oppo
site Vicksburg. We may as well proclaim it at once
—this so-called canal is a humbug. It was made by
theoreticians, and the Mississippi river is the last
place in the world for a mere theorist to deal with.
We have lived on its banks for some years, and we
must say—and we have the deepest regard for science,
• its 'speculations and its results—that -it detiesiall
calculation and all speculation—only those who are
practically acquainted with it are able to pronounce
an opinion of it, or of anything concerning it. The
army engineers planned the canal, and planned it
very well—for anything we know—on their theory,
but, their planning was as erroneous as if it had
been the suggeation of a child. The "ditch"—for
it is no more nor less—was dug in a blue loam,
still; and little likely to give way to any influence of
lea immediate character. The shape was almost that
of the letter V, with the angle at the bottom. The
consequence was that any additional speed of current
gained by therising of the watera was provided for by
the increased width of the canal. Any mathematician
knows that if, in a stream of water, the area be ex
tended as the velocity increases, that the result will
be X—X or nothing. The " big ditch" is, therefore, a
failure, from a mathematical fault of construction.
What a humiliation it is to think that men in the
army, standing in the position of "topographical
engineers," either did not knowbetter, or knowing,
did 'not do better than this. It is time proper con
tumely was poured hot and heavy on such stupidity.
This was not all. A worse error was committed. The
worse error, however, the theoreticians are not
to be held exactly accountable for. It was one.ari.
sing from their want of knowledge of the peculiari
ties of the Mississippi river. If the mathematical
gentlemen had condescended to ascertain the condi
tions of the problem they had to solve from men ac
quainted with the river, the, climate, and the soil
they might have been able to "state the question" ] I
they had to work intelligently. •But of course they
knew better than steamboat captains and mates, and
they commenced their canal at a point where the
river makes an eddy. That is to say, they began the
entrance to their canal •at a point where the water
having struck the bank above, recoils, or starts
back towards the centre of the stream, setting
out not towards, but from the bank. The conse
quence is, the water in- the present ."ditch" is
filled, not as if with the impetus of a stream
poured from the pitcher into the basin, but
with the listless, idle flow of the contents of the
basin itself, when the water has been poured in in
excess .and overflows. Unless the present canal is
so changed as to receive its stream from the point
where the main current of the Miesiseippi strikes the
bank, it must be useless, for the attrition necessary
'to undermine and wear awaythe bank cannot be ob.
tamed except from the direct flow of the current.
There have been assertions of work being in progress
to compensate for the ' original stupid conception of
the canal by making a new entrance to it just where
the stream of the river strikes the bank. Whether
this scheme is In practical operation ,or not we are
unable to tell. All who come here on the boats seem'
to be in ignorance on this iffiportant point. It seethe
that the original projectors of the canal had nei
ther attainments nor skill to meet the conditions of
the problem presented to them, and it ,also appears
very probable that not one of hose having the mat
ter in hand since the "ditch" was dug. has been
able to advance beyond the imbecility of their pre
decessors. •
'We have thus given an idea of the past and pre
sent of the ditch that Is by compliance called " the
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PIANO DY lute gene]; bin amicalllishuag MOO) 011JC001
.on It lA‘Wil Weer scheme, and with cunisequeneet
much more decisive than the proposed canal :even
proposed to do.
Our latest advises inform us that a foroeli:nt'
work &tile present time cutting a way for thellbs
siaajppi to enter Lake Providence, a body of .water
which. lies, beyond the town of Lake Providence.
This canal, if successfully executed, will make an
exit from Lake Providence to Jacque bayou,. trainee
to Bayou liceuf, Bayou Macon, Bayou Tensouh,Owie
Chita (or Washita) river,' thence to Black river,..
.•
thence to Red river and from that river by Atehela.
Gulf.
laya bayou to the • .
The principal object in view le, of course, to obtain.
communication w i th Red river, and , thus to get be-'
tween Vicksburg and Port Hudson, interrupting
communication between the two, an important
piece of warlike strategy. It is the opinion of
" old salts ", on the Mississippi, that; if this
intrusion into the domain of lakes and
bayous of, the South is carried too , far, the
stream . of 'the Mississippi sent' through' Lake
Providence will go on stretching, widening, and
.extending until it . enters the Red river with such
force as to carry that river entirely through the
Bayou, at Diafoioya and along' the course of that
river to the Gulf of Mexico.. An examination of
Colton's Atlas, or any good map, will show the pos
sibility of this consummation. What adds to the
force of this speculation, is that some twenty-flue
years ago it was found necessary to raise levees to
prevent the. , Red raver from flowing into the Bayou
Atchaflaya and by th course ding itstel way to
the oce a an, the Gulf of at
Mexico. fin The intelligent
reader will not fail to perceive that if any material
portion of the Mississippi stream is allowed to flow
into Lake Providence,, and from, that to Jacque
bayou, Bmuf river, Bayou • Macon, Bayou Tensaa,
Ouachita river, Black river, and Red river, that
there is a danger of the mein stream of the Mississip
pi being sent to the Gulf of-Mexico by the course of
the Atchafalaya. river. This would leave. New Or
leans two 'hundred miles: south of the mouth of the ;
Mississippi river. '
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THAT OTHER CANAL
STATES : IN . REBELLION.
Rebel Rumors 'Of •VniOn Mivi•einents—Vo:
reign .Relations of the Confederacy in' n
Bad Condition—Second Bombardment of
Galveston—Bilancholi Tone of the Rich:
mond Press—The • Blockade of Charles
ton, dcc: •
• . -NEWS . FROM CHARLESTON.
(Telegram to Richmond Enquirer of Feb:l4.l ...
_, ~•
' • - ' • - • ' .oiiannieTorf, S. 0., Feb. 13, toes.
. :The .French war-steamer , „ Milan passed onr;:bar,
yesterday, from Baltimore,
_bound to Tort , RayaL. -
I%l' he ia expected ; _here this week., The .frigate Pon:,
aides inaintainsher'poaition permanetitlysimoi*.tka
blockading equadron off Charleston. ', '-; .;
.” • 1
A:Yankee picketiwal captured Wedneliday-Sven;
ing by our scouts, on Hilton Head Island..! 'He con
trms the 'intelligence of-an Anipending.litiaek, on
Charleston, and thinks ,it:yvilk,be made in about .a
fortnight
. . .
GEOR — CITA.
. , ,
The' Columbus (Georgia) Tinier says : '
We have been somewhat 'reminded of a former
period by the appearance of our streets within the.
.lastfew,days. ~Drays loaded.with cotton have been •
,perambulating Randolph streetrayoute to Musoogee;
depot,.With alfrcr, piencip unknown , sines ~ t heJbegln-i
ningiot,the war-and - men zare,seen;Walking' about}
with more haste and .eagerness thammethave Wit- 1
neseed in many.a day. -.The cotton- platform of the•
Muscogee ,road is crowded•withf balesirev' thotighi
some people were disposed' to regard the opinion
Chancellor Kent on the 'question of "blockade'. as,
authority. The staple is freely , selling at twenty,
cents, and this is about .the only thing that balks!
the reminiscence of former times. •
The Savannah Newt of the eth bast. says: , .
4, We are authorized to apprehend an attack from
the Yankees on Savannah at almost any moment.
It Is idle for us to spftulate on the subject. We feel .
confident that our military authorities are on the;
alert, and that they need no prompting from the ,
press. When the enemy comes he will find us ready!
and resolute. We do not feel that there is any ground
for apprehension of the result. Let everyone prompt-,
ly and courageously perform hie duty,and the van
dals will recoil from their long-threatened attack on
our city; as they have done, from attempts on Rich..
mond and Vicksburg. They will learn .to their cost
that there are no more cities to be surrendered to
their Infamous rule: ,
The Rome Souffierner says the wheat crop is very '
promising. An unusual quantity of land has been
sown, and unless it should be visited by some ca
lamity hereafter the crop in this region will be im
mense.
The Natchez (Miss.) Courier of-the 27th ult.. says
that on last Thursday the Federala, in pushing out
their cavalry force, came in contact with the Texas
'cavalry, on Roundaway,bayou. A short akirmish
ensued, in which - an Abolition colonel (then acting
brigadier general) waa killed, and on hisperson were
found important papers. Others were suppoied
be killed and wounded. . . • •
TEE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT AND
FOREIGN POWERS.
Nr. Foote, of Tennessee, has offered the following
resolutions in the House .of Representative" to the
Confederate Congress: They he over for-the pro.
sent :
Resolved, That it be respectfully but earnestly re
commended by the President that he do, on or be
fore the let day of May next, withdraw our present
diplomatic agents from every foreign capital, the
Government of which did not have at that time
agreed to recognize our independence; and that,
after said brat day of May, no foreign consul, now
acting as such within the limits of said Confederate
States, shall be longer allowed to exercise consular
power among us, except upon an exequatur asked
for at the hands of; the Government of said Con
.federate States, and granted by the same.
Resolved, That the conduct of the Emperor of
France in proposing, as he has recently done, to the
several European Powers that they should unite
with him in an Rant peaceful and amicable interven
tion in the contest now in progress between the Go
vernments of the United States and that of the Con
federate States of America, has been highly gratify
ing both to the Government and people of the Con
federate States, and the hope is indulged that .thls
wise and magnanimous movement of the Emperor
of France—so fully in harmony as it is with the
principles which he has heretofore emphatically
avowed, in well knownpublished writings, and
upon which he has uniformly acted since his eleva
tion to the imperial throne—may Boon eventuate in
the establishment of relations between his govern
ment and that of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca of close commercial amity and enduring concord.
GALVESTON BOMBARDED
.:The Galveston (Texas) News, of the 12th ult., soya:
"On Saturday last Galveston was bombarded from
the Gulf. shore by five Federal steamers, from three
to half-past four P. M. The whole numberi of shells
thrown was one 'hundred and sixty-seven. One
struck Mr. Sylveatees house, near. Tremont street,
and another a house of Mrs. Dr. Hurlbut, and we
hear that a goat was killed. This, we believe, is an
the damage. Some of the shells are: said to have
been thirteen inches in diameter. The Brooklyn is
one of the steamers, and the Selota another.) ,
THANKSGIVING 'IN TEXAS.
The Governor of Texas has appointed the 4th day
of February aa a day ThankagivOlg throughout the
State, for the successes that have attended the Con
federate arms. •
AFFAIRS AT RICHMOND
o . letter from Richmond says :
(An Mitchell, Mr. Hall, of the Baltimore Er.
ton rtiirn, a tt . 13 Zr i lV u ifi l atir ' 71; 1 1 - 11$1af r rrll i gtl 7
olty_as soon as •arrangementinah be made.
Wm. P. Giles, of Maryland, late . Consul General
to Switzerland ,, and Mr. Hill, late of California,
brother of General D. H. Hill, have arrived in Rich
' mond.
Capt. Orne, a British officer, now in the Confede
rate service lost a leg in the second battle of Ma
name, midis now in Richmond. Captain Gordon,
Another British officer, on .General A. P. Hint
-staff.
THE LATE *AMRWHEAT.
The funeral of Majorl,Thiat; 'of the Louisiana
battalion, who fell in the battle of Gaines' Mills,
took place at Memphis on the 30th ult. from Monu
mental church. The cortege proceeded to Holly
wood Cemetery, where the remains were deposited.
The funeral was largely attended by soldiers and
citizens.
NEW YORK CITY,
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
NEW lonic, Feb. 18,.1963
TODAY
being Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent,
a full choral service was given at old Trinity at 11.
o'clock this morning, the music attracting a large
attendance of critics and amateurs in addition to•
the regular congregation of worshippers. After
to-day, and until Passion Week, there will be regu
lar services in the churches at nine and three
o'clock daily.
• THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING-,
last night, convened to hear an address from Sena-
Int Gavial vi 'UV-ft InncMa L tp.Stilli
ill lav clam Yi 11111:"
Fffse Yi ttliflS'elS is 44116111 , h -
By whistling, shuttling, and swearing, however, the
assembled ornaments of their country fully main
tained their party character until the president of
the "lecture" association introduced the Hon.. Eli
P. Norton to speak a piece. Mr. Norton dipped
into the Constitution, expressed his admiration for
Washington's Farewell Address, and mentioned
other startling novelties with great approbation.
Observing that three persons and a small boy were
'listening to him, Mr. Norton waxed intellectual,
and announced that " Jeff Davis has equal talents
with Abraham Lincoln." He characterized the
President as " the Springfield lawyer, the late
practitioner before courts of justices of the peace, the
retailer of coarse, vulgar jokes." A Rev. Mr.
Benedict, from Buffalo, then entertained the con
gregation with some comments upon his recent
arrest for treason in Erie county. Then came
another " prisoner,” the redoubtable D. A. Mahony,
the notorious rebel editor of Dubuque, lowa, who'
said that " if Secretary Stanton and those men who
have causeleselydepiived American (sic) citizens of
their liberty should die upon their beds a natural
death, it will be owing to the forbearance of the
American people." 'The meeting then adjourned,
and the liquor-shops in the neighborhood ex
perienced flush times.
"COLORADO JEWETT," •
as the poor, crazy, self-elected envoy to Europe
from Colorado is called, occupies nearly two co
lumns of to-day's Herald, with a characteristic ram
bling letter of advice to President Lincoln, showing_
what a tremendous mistake the proclamation of
freedom was, and directing the immediate forma;
Lion of a new cabinet, with Commodore Vanderbilt
for Secretary of State, Hon. Edward Study for At
torney General, General Scott for Secretary of War,
Hon. R. J. Walker for the Treasury, 11on. Joseph
Holt for the Navy, Orville H. Browning for the In
terior, and Edward Everett for Postmaster General.
Of course the Herald only admits the poor fellow's
nonsense to its pages in order to ridicule him.
PREMIUM ON PENNIES
'being eighteen per cent., the: small tradesmen are
again issuing shin-plasters, and at the ferries, in
'Omnibuses and cars, they give you tickets good for
so many trips. At the Jersey ferry, over which the
fare is three cents,they have , tried the experiment
of returning a tree.cent piiige (genuine S. to the
presenter of a five-cent stamp,- believing that his
ecstasy at once more beholding: at precious coin
would induce him to give a penny in return, forget
ful that the premium on the latter was greater than
on silver. But'after the novelty of the silver were
off, the passengers began to refuse the required pen
. ny, and now the change is made in ferry-tickets.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM . ,
as dreamed by young Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson,
two matrimonial elopers 'to this city from Bridge
port, Connecticut; was rudely ended yesterday by an
eclaireissentint in the' Thirteenth' precinct station :
house. Upon reaching this city, a day Or two ago,
they want to: Doan! . at a Min In gintan olooop
1611®11/10& 91110119/111.ntroms 6D /19119810iE uhf IY/1111 .
of funds that ha appropriated Itloll9. of a fellow.
boarder. Mr. Pearson was arrested therefor, and as,
a part of the missing property was found upon him,.
be has been induced to board for the present at a .
public institution. •
COLUMBIA COLLEGE EXHIBITION.
at Wallack's theatre, has passed otr to the satisfac
tion of the faculty, students, and the friends of, the
latter, though there came near being an offensive
tumult in one portion of the exercises. A student
named Ferguson took occasion to refer, in the course
of his essay on ." Eloquence," to the' emancipation
proclaMation, and volunteered a " God bless Abra
ham Lincoln." In >an instant almost half the
crowded audience commenced hissing vociferously,
and were opposed by the other halt with equally vi
gorous cheering, the combined uproar lasting about
five minutes, and gre . atly terrifying the ladies pre
sent. .
ANEW PICTURE,
of striking merit, by the celebrated artist Weir • is
on public exhibition to-day, for the first time, at the
IntentationalGallery. It is styled "The Consecra
tion of a Nun," and represents a majestic chapel in
terior, with a venerable Bishop in full canonicals
blessing a beautiful religcuse kneeling at his feet, be
fore the high altar; whilst.an acolyte swinging a
censor and two assisting priests are the. other prin
cipal figures. The congregation,andchoir are dimly,
seen in the body of the church. The benignant ex
pression of the Bishop's countenance, the beautiful
attitude of the nun,;and the admirable management
Of light and color, make the picture more impressive
than any modern work I 'have ,looked •at in some
time. Its exhibition at this religious season fa hap.
I pity appropriate, ..:STUYVESANT.
PI : - 11 4*PETWAIAIK FRIPAYtrVP#VWC 2 0. :103.
PE :.:LEGISLATERL
Heniiisitaco, February 19;1808.
SENATE. •
Tho. Senate met at 11` o'clock and wall "isiinned .
Prayer.
Petitiortik. I
Mr. SMITH, the petition of one build . red and third -;
.ninwoitizens of Montgomery county. In favor - of legal—
izing the act of the commissioners appropriating $23.0 . 03
for bounty purposes,
Mr. CLYMER; six petitions from Montgomery county,
of like imrt- . .
Mr. KINS po EY. ,wo petitions in favor of the recharter of:
the Farmers' Bank of Hocks county. :
Mr. bTBIN pretented the petition of eighty-fire• eh
rens of Northampton county; Mr. REILLY•the petition
.of bilker) of Schuylkill county, and life: WALLACE
.one from Indiana county in [lvor of a National. Convon-
Bon; *to arrest domestic discord, Arc. . .
Mr. STEIN, a petition in favor of thcieChiiiii, of 'the:
Allentown Rank.
. Mr. 'CHILLY, the petition of 191 citizens
county, asking for the recharter of trio Mitiersf.MtnkSt
Pottsvi Ile. ,
Mr. (MATZ, the petitibn of IA9 citizens of. York county .
for a law to exclude' negrom and mulattoes from MP
State, • . .•
.. • ..
Bills Introduced.
- -
Mr, McSEIRRY, joint resolutions to compensato, citi
zens ot•tbie• Commonwealth for lonsoil suatalaed bye the
rebel laid'onlhelOth anifllth. of Cictoberlast.
to:incorkio,rece tieii-Cricon. Tale
loaf If CompadY to tonal/Vet etalligrabh line betpreen
Philadelphia and Pitteburif. Thefallewltitid'effie - liath‘a
of the aorporatora.: Theodoro.AdamsTiWur.4l:lBverson,
J.,Heriin Fdster,..f. M. W. Geist, J.-R., Flanigan, W.W.
H. Brown; M.. Kline, Jas. 'L: Reynolp,
Gibbs, and Wni. • • ; -
Mr. NICHOLS, a bill to exempt from tanation. the
Moramentring Institute of Philadelphia.
• Taxea•)Paid by Telegraph Comilla let&
Mr.. BOUGIITED. offered •it resolution;. , which' * wits
adopted, requesting the Auditor General..toirtform..tho
benate - what moons of taxes, If any, have' been patd
Into the Treasury for tho last ten years by each of the
telegraph companies incorporated by laws of this Mute,
stating particularly what companies Lave not. reported
and paid taxes. ' .. •
Rills Considered
The supplecrient to tie.act revising tho charter of the
city of Reading wile up in order on tilled reading, and
passed finally.
On •motion of Mr. McSHERRY, the •TOmnilttee . on
Federal Rotations was discharged from the considera
tion of the joint resolution to compensate citizens of this
State for louses sustained by the rebel raid; and it was
read.andltalopted,. AThe resolution requosts our RePre
tentative. and Pertatord in Congress to procure the Pas
sage of a law ranking such compensation . ,
• •Otr motion orntr..DONOVAII,- the- suppleMent to the
act of ISM, relative lo the Fire Insurance Company of
the county of Philadelphia. repealing so much of, said
' act as requires it to be located north of Vine street, was
considered and pawedfinally
•-
On motion of Mr., JOIINEIO . It, the supplement. to. the
' Jersey Shore, Pine Creek, and'State Line ita . lioad Com
. pany, was taken up and passed , • • • :
Mr. 711RltELI, ca , led up tho bill to incorporate the
Towanda Railtoad Company on third reacting, which
,was amended and passed , • •
Mr. EICROLS called up the bill to exempt from taxa
tion the liloyamensing Institute, which passed finally.
Mr: COR7IELL cal ledrup the bill to exempt from taxa
tion the American Mechanic's Balt Association, which
passed finally. . . . . .
' 74r, CLYMER called ritithe hill auth Miring the Courts
of Common Pleas Co compel:he recording of deeds, can
. veyances.t and 'other instruments of writing, which
passed rosily ..
Mr. Jollll,eoli offered ajoint resolution, granting com
pensation tafileorge Bubb, a retiring officer at the last
s*sion of the Senate, and now a lieutenant in the
army, which was considered and passed second read•
frig—yeas 17; nays 11. It was then postponed. Ad
jon.rned. .
JIOUSE.
The House tray railed to orae; at 10..ki A. M. by Speaker
Cresurt.
. „
„ Rate and Vino Street Railway.
The following is "a copy of an act introdneed by M.
KERNS. relative to the Fairmount (Race u nit Vine
street) Railway.
licit enacted, etc., That the - htli section of said scL(of
incorporation) be so construed as to permit. the said
Fairmount Passenger Rallway.Compsny at its annual
election to elect a president and twelve directors, and in
case it shall he expedient to increase the present nturiber
of directors of said company before the period of another
minuet election shall strive, the present board of di
rectors may appoint such now directors, who shall have
the nine powers an if duly elected at the test annual
election prior to said appointment. •
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.
Mr, VIIICENT, of Erie, introduced an act to reduce the
par valve Of shares of stock of the Philadelphia and Brie
Railroad, also an act to authorize the county of Erie to
issue new bonds:for the redemption of the bOnds of said
county, issued to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Com
pany.
•
•
Atlantic anti Ohio Telegraph. •
•
The SPEAKER laid before the House a comm anima:Ai
from the Auditor Geneml,ln answer to a resointloti from
the House, inquiring whether the Atlantic and Ohio Te
legraph dompuny had compiled with the provisiona of
the! r charter requiring 'them 'to makeannual statements
of their receipts, expenses, capital stock, and dividends,
ete.
• The Auditor Geneml replied that the company,
tween 1£6.11 and November bit, ISG), had made no such
returns. In M. au act was_ passe releasing the com
pany from taxation during 183 S, 3269, and 15601 but as no
• annual returns•had *been made,. the Auditor General
cannot say what amount of taxes were thus lost to the
State. The telegraph, company. has charged the Com
. montrealth fall rates, withont'any reduction, since July
-.lot, 3662. The Auditor General, upon au examination of
the papers in his office, finds that the said company has
not made regularannual reports, setting - forth the facts
required, under. oath, by the tenth section •of their
. charter.
Roporbs of Conkinittein
'Ai - act to incorporate the 'Philtulelphia Military Col
lege was reported affirmatively. .
An act to change the venire in a certain murder case
from Beaver to Fayette county *as' considered and
passed. >
The Rebel Raid into . Pennsylvania.
Alr. MYERS, of Adams County, Presonteil the follow
ing petition:
— The unden'tgued;:nikigens_of-Rrnouti,i-...i Adams
- .:countles..wonid:ftspactraiixtupresoutThatcovo. r w.
and - 1111t - enrya -of --October; - lbedity L 9OO
cavalry under , the command of the rebel Genet:tie Stu
art and Hampton, made a raid into Pennsylvania, lam
ing through theconnties aforesaid, stealing and carry
• lug away a large -number of horses, estimated at SCO:
- also, a large. quantity of :merchandise, wagons, and
other:property, amounting in value to more than $lOO,OOO.
' They would further repro...Shot Char they are unable to
bear this loss, in many Instances nal pruportytaken con
stituting the onlyproperty of the owners thereof. They,
therefore pray the • Legislature to compensate them
A National Climvoution.
- PERSHING, of Cambria, offered the following
petition :
Whereas, The unhappy condition of tile' conntry at
this time ia due.to causes . which, in the opinion .of pa
triotic men, require for their. correction certain amend
ments to the existing Constitution or the United states,
for the effecting of .which: when deemeil..proper the
Constitution itself makes ample and legal provisions;
and whereas, several such amendments have been r3gu
tarty proposed before the Congres.s of t',e United states,
by nu eminent statesman tvithont lending to any defi
nite action on the part of diet honorable body, therefore
we earnestly desire and request that; in the interest of
peace and harmony,•the Legislature of Pennsylvania do
now enact a constitutions/ call for the holding of a Na
tional Convention of the people of the' United Staten, to
conaiderand.offect such measures of pacification and re-'
union as may arrest and heal thopohtiratl wounds which'
now divide and are rapidly , ruining our conntiy.
• : , The Contested Girard' Estate.
Mr, MAINE, of Payette, offered the Adiowingpstition
from Augustus Girard, Jr.:. , , • . ,
The petition of the undersigned respectruP y renreeents •
that he is one of the heirs of the late Stephen Girard, ,
deceased, and chat himself and co-heirs haven!), ect
ment brought within twenty-one years from the death
of the said. Stephen Girard pending in the Nisi Pnott
Court, at the city of Philadelphia against the said city,
for the recovery of the real estate in the city and county
of Philadelphia, of which the said . decaised Was the
owner at the time of hie death. mitt the undersigned
and his co-heirs claim i hat . the same descended to the
heirs-at-law or the late Stephen Girard, and that the
,ieenerme,A dove under widen the ottyelatres the same,
•'-
uniaialik in flitall ran:
Il Wain
T it For
petiuWatcruntsiarion or capital. hat me quest ens
involved have never been raised in any of the litigation
heretofore had between the parties except iu a Common
Pleas Court out of Said- city; and where the 'Ltd
glen was in favor of ,your petitioner and his co
heirs, and . against the validity of the pretended
devise- Set up by said city: That -Immediately
upon the rendition of said decision • the. newspaper
press of Philtuielphia, in series of articleS written - bY
parties who are in the employment of what is called the
Girard Trust. in said city, have undertaken to. discuss -
the rights of your pCtitioner • and co-heirs, and have
therein grossly misrepresented and misstated the po
sitions and claims of your-petitioner and co-heirs ItS
afore Said, and have greatly misled and abused the public
mind in regard thereto. That in consequence thereof,
as well as trom the fact that the amount is considerable,.
being the entbe real estate in the city and county ci
Philacjelphia which belonged to said deceased at the
time er his death, and that the-said city claims to own
the same, most unjustly, as your petitioner verily be
lieves your petitioner and his po=heirsletunot have a fair
and impartial trial before a Jury selected in the usual
tray, in said city. Tour petitioner therefore respect
fully.prays your honorable bodies for the Passage of a
law changing the venue 'of the trial of said action of
eJectment, and for the removal of the same to the county
'of Allegheny, and he 'will ever pray, &c.
. • - — AIItiIISTUS GIRARD, Jr.
Ninth and , Twellthratreet Railway.
Mr. PANCOAST mem ntod three ietikkan from citizens
of Philadelphia against laying passenger railway imcks
on Franklin, Ninth, and Tlvelfth.streets, in Philadel
phia. •
Lehigh Navigation Company.
On motion of Mr. CRAIG, the' House grin:ceded to the
-.consideration of an act allowing:the Lehigh - Navlgatton
to extend their railroad from . White Haven to Manch
Chunk. •
The bill was not finally disposed of during the morn
ing (Mission.
School of Illeolgn for Woinen.
. .
flumdroui petitions ware presented by Philadelphia
members in favor of the appropriation of 130,000 to the
Philadelphia School of Design for Women. .
Society of Ilicksite Friends. ,
Mr. LEE, of Philadelphia, presented 'the 'following
petition: . • ~.. • •
•To TEE% GOVERFOR.. SENATE AND /10U8S OF REPRESEN
' • •• TATIVEB Or THE STATE OP YPENSTLVAXIA: •
Th . e . Memorial of the Repreaentative Committee orlifeet
inyor Safertans of the Redigtetia Socletype prima,
• llf afehowtrania,,h - eivJeraey, Delaware, and adja
mne part. of Maryland, respect/ ally Bhotoeth,lhat
r - Thu religiouspocieti which we represent his' been in
existence more Than two hundred years..
lu all that time its members have been conspicuo us for
their - fidelity to every government nuder which they
have lived, for their love of order, anti strict observance
of all laws that did nut directly conflict isith their reli
gions
scruples.
•They have always .auPPorted their ownpoor, - at the
seine paying their equitable, share of taxes tor the sup
port of the indigent pnblie; generally educated their owa
children, and maintained a strict moral discipline
amongst themselves, without aid from the public autho
rities. '
. .
During this time, notwithstanding there have been
numerous cases of individual unfaithfulness, no a body
they have maintained a uniform testimony against war,
believing that allegiance to their Divine Master and Holy
Pattenrforbade their uniting with any in warlike mea
sures, either offensive or,defensive. ,
For this testimony ' hem time to time,lhey have suf
' feted distraint of their property and imprisonment. But
the penalties of the law, however severe and grievous to
he borne, have never caused them to abandon their tes
timony', or • even weaken their devotion to it; so that
these laws have only gained to those who executed them
a Pllll4l,pecuniary return in exchange for the_ large
amonfo of distress anc suffering they have indicted.
weagieve•that oar neighboring States of Now York
and Migyland have enacted , laws entirely screening
" those IMO conscientiously scruple to bear arms " from
that aertviee, or paying any equivalent therefer,
-In view, of,these facts, we ask the Legislature to con
sider whether true wisdom will not justify them in re
lieving from fines and penaltieteall those 'who for cot,
im b epr" - u'rt :
I tr rutY tut
Igo sitilloluni In 110 11 un
ITeldtif direcnun hut' PA leaf
. Dons 1 1 . Cleric.
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• ' The House then adjourne d until 3 o'clock.P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
.The House re-aasembled at three O'clock.
• •
Washisigtchtes Farewell Address. •
'Mr. FOSTERLolPhiladeinbis. submitted a resolithin
directing that Washington's Farewell Address be read
in the House on the 20th hut at eleven o'clock A. M..
and inviting the Governor and &toads of Demo tments to
be present on the occasion. • •• • •
• The resolution was untended, to read Monday evening
et 735 o'clock, abtl wits then passed unanimously.
The bill relative to the 'Lehigh kavigittion' and Rail.
„road Company. was . again tukon up. • •
A lenr,,, discussion ensued. and Mien "the bill was
Payment, of the State Mil!Atm.:
ThejointTmolutions from the Senate relative to the re•
Intmenalon of thgg. militia of the. Commonwealth, for
services rendered during the raid of the rebels into this
State In Octoberlast; were takdn up.and coneurnki in.
• -
&Divorce Granted. •,. • •
•• Mr. QUIGLEY, mated npaie Mil relative to the !fe
line divorce cage.
The papers were readi ' Thi:dlvoree la' baked 'for by
the husband on. the ground that he was intoxicated
,When he wag married- It b also, allotted - that he .4as
- w
never lived with theoman 'claiming to be - his wife.- It
is further Fluted that when the marriage ceremony , was
being performed. the, petitioner , stuck out, his tongue,
thus showlog thab he wiut - intotPable'of appreartting tho
Important step be was taking- -
The bill was put upon •Its amil passage and the Wag
Were4o,:and the nays.2o.'. :80 timbill passed. y
A number of report% of committees were read.
The House then adjourned.: .• Jr
. _
•• • •
• PRESENTATION' OF •,A
some sword wasyesterday presented to Dr.-Burpeep
,by the officers and. patients of the Race•atreet hos
„ pita', National .Guards' Hall. The sword was pre
sented'by'Dt:'Wells,. The' presentatim speech. was
most appropriate, and the reply very neat 'and he
., coming:l.v . • ;
,wlri I':.,t3:LT. Ir..
The Thersinimuter.
FEBRUARY 19; - FEBRUARY *wet
X "12 X 3P. M. 6A., P. X.
8 3 K 39 39 40x.....x...48x
WIND, WIND.
NNW:,..NNE ..NE NNE.......NE % NNE
..Tnr, ArNIATA.—The United State s Affloop-
Ot-wir.lttniata has made four trial trips down the
Delaware. She returned from the last of these on
' Wedneldly afternoon, and now Ilea at anchor oft'
,
• the nary yard. The cause of her failure iti the same
this Vine' as before, vii: the 'cutting of her main
'alidevalires . . The circumstances of the case, how
ever, make her present failure much !kora dia.'
eoura g. _
' On the return of the Juniata trim her former trip,
• her. valves were taken out, refaced, and carefully
-fitted al:tin to their sesta. •, -her engines were-run for
:twelve ours,,disconnected from ,the shaft, in order
'to give- imoothness to the working of. the valves.
riAfterthrds these were carefully examined, andlound
ito - .be nninjured. Every precaution, we may sup.
pose, was taken to provide against the second' oc
dourrenee of-this unfortunate accident. What was
the retilit'l
The-Juniata gets up anchor. She runs ten hours
.:st &moderate speed, and stops at the breakwater.
ill:err/hives are examined, and found to be cut worse ,
,41.1111 before. Nothing remains.but, to get up anchor
,and return to Philadelphia again for repairs. Plain
min, who have given but little time to the study of
ith'e steam engine, and still less attention to the dia
niutes.phich agitate the engineering world, will be.
le:danger of thinking that an, engine which meets
'with as many breakdowns, and costa as much for
tis ' -
reps ra the Juniata a cannot be any great success.
!NE USE OF RYE COFFEE.—Considerable
anxiety is felt•aniong those who use rye coffee, as it
.is supposed that the article in some instances con
' tains a poisonous substance: A Dr. Bauer, of New
• York; Was • called to attend a family that had been
• Ik:dimmed, and finally concluded that the poisonous
'substance was contained in ground rye coffee, which
• the faintly hid purchased eta • grocery, and which
•.nontained a sUbstance atiWn as the:ergot of rye.
.;Now, this ergot of rye.iireasily detected, and when
:persona use the ungrourid . rye coffee it is not likely
they. will get any of it. Rye in itself is a harmless.
substitute for coffee, and when - not adulterated can..
were Fri injury to the` persons uaing'it. The Soten
tific American says that Dr. Bauer has left this ques
, ODD in•an,unsabisJactory.condition, accord:ng to his.
..published, report r for he has not positively asserted
'that 'he found'any apeciflo poison in the rye coffee
which he examined, and his conclusions are just as ,
legitimate4gainst the use of rye for• bread as they
, are against:Se:nap for coffee. .
HEili sw., OBT, ORRICK. —The. new post
. .
oce l ,wip : Ae inaugurated , next Monday at three
o'clock in the afternoon. The affair will be cele
brated. Birgfeld's band will be in attendance, and
a number of prominent citizens will make speeches.
A number of Government officers will likewise par
take of a banquet at either the Continental or
Gi
rard • House: .The general committee of..arrange
menf is as follows :A. G. Oattell , chairman • G.
W;Childs,* E. G. James, Samuel L. Ward Christ°.
'pher Hoffman, Charles Magaree, P. B. Mingle,
Thomas •W. 'Price, Thomas O'Neil, James Steel,
Chas. Knecht, James E. Caldwell. G. A. McKinstry,
Geo. L. Buzby, 0.. T. Peterson, Henry Budd, Robt.. P.
Xing, George Cookinan L. G. Myth:lgor, Samuel
71...Witmer, Thigh Craig, L. A. Godey, Joseph W.
Miller, Josiah Brian, Thomas Allman ; W. Duke
Murphy; Lorin Biala, secretary. Committees
on .Invitation, reception, banquet, toasts, music,
finance., etc., have also been appointed.
•
A - NEI - VAL OF SICK AND WOITIsIDED SOT,
immits.-Yeeterday afternoon a' number of sick and
wounded soldiers arrived from Washington at the
'Citizens' Volunteer Hospital, Broad and Prime
streets, and were kindly oared for. They will be sent
this morning to Turner's Lane Hospital.' Among
the'number are the following from
' ' ' •PENNSTLTANIA REGIMENTS.
1
Cyrus Tdann,H, 46 ' Wm Griffith, K 116
Jnol'orter,"K 45 ' Jno Karanah,. 496
Jobn. nlallinlir, B, 46 Jno McDonald, ~ 90.
Geo A Seabol , E 61 Jno Brennani E 1.10
Andrew'J Gray, a, 160 Lewis Martin, K, 40. -
Nathan Tick, D,'160 • Jacob Stark; A, 60
Jacob.F. IsTelson,E, 150 ' Tobias RichardG, 60 .
Sergt J Stannert, D, 150 J R Blowrey, Si, 93
Peter Rementer, F_, 150 " Jno Smith E, 110
MartinErayman, D, 150 J Leary, B ' , 23
Jno A Pearson, D, 136 , J H Doyle, 14 90 .
Henry. Morris, A_,_lso , . C W Burdick, K, 145.
Hugh Dunning, K, 116 " Robert McOlme, E,139
The tollowing.belonged to
. . ,
REGITCHNTS.
Seth Meade, E, 1
Thomas Mack, F,
NNW JERSEY
A Skidmore, r, 26
Peter Vanansdale, F,16 I
I .Albert Horton, 11, 25
A STATED 30tETING of the Franklin.lnsti
..,
-tute was held last evening, at their hall, in. Seventh
•
:I Street, above Chestnut. -After the usual preliminary.,
%boldness, an. Improved stereoscopic case, invented.!
!by Col. E. G. Chorman, was exhibited. The , lenses
are secured in frames of metal, or other suitable ,
”‘Atmial d hing,ed, a. detached-block, which
slides Tv n do3ise ; •A common card case may be
used for this perpose, freifFlVTiewnot roquirea - for use
the lenlres frame, and its block maybe pushed•in, and.'
the case dosed, so that the - ,whole may be readily
carried in the pocket. If it is desired, the lenses-may
'be entirely removed; and the case used only for'
cards. •
Several glass tubes (from Thomas Shaw) were ex
hibited, as showing a peculiarity in , the manner of
fracture, arising fromthenner in which they are
ma .
formed.
•
Au WI RRE IT, Is D.SE.RVED.—The
Sol
diers' Central Aid Society, meeting at Grace Church,
corner of Twelfth and Cherry streets, are much.in
need of material and funds to continue their patri
otic work of: supplying such needed comforts to the
sick and wounded soldiers as the army hospitals do
110nd:ford...This society has been in existence for
more than a year, we believe, and has furnished two
of the hospitals steadily with such .things as. were
most required. It Is admirably managed,. and our
readers will be entirely safe in Bending contributions
of anything that can be made' available by the BO*
clety. It meets. every Friday morning, at Twelfth
and Cherry ats.
, •
CONTRACTS AwAnnE D.--Yesterctay•
,
he
following awards were made 'at the office of Ann'y
Clothing and Equipage, in this city : James'Toll,
• New York, cavalry standards, at $2O each; Klemm
• & Bro., Philadelphia, cavalry trumpets, $2.225/, each;
Klemm & Bro.,Fldladelphia, infantry bugles, $2.4
' each; Morgan & Wellbank, Philadelplua, drum
heads snare; 37.34 c each; Fitler, Weaver, & •
Phi
ladelphia, drum'ands, 200 each; Stote Sr. Woodman,
New York "reginientaLlmdex books, $l.lO each
. Stote .& Woodateni New York, rcental general
. order, books,.s2 ; 2fa.each; Henry ling, Philadel-
At jai! , VULIgi fS7
- 7 - Tv - TV • •
'' .
A 11.4.2. Poiriii...lliqm.ars:Tlis
of an unknown man was, on Wednesday, morning,
diseovered opposite Filbert street, floating in the
The deceased is supposed to have corn
mitte d suicide. ' His pockets were' found filled with
c0a1.., Upon his person were two papers, one con
taining the words "Chsa..H. Crandall, Patent Office
Hospital, Washington 1). C.," and the other" Mrs.
hillier, No. 821 North t tiftli street." • He was taken -
to the gas works and e coroner sent for to.hold an
inquest. . ,
SAVED FRO3I DROWNING.—On Aredne
day evening at eight o'clock, at Spruce-sireetwharf,
Officer Perry, of the-harbor police, heard a splash
in the Delaware .. Repairing to the spot, he found
a man, sixty years of age, in the water.. He was
much bruised about the face and head by the fall,
and was so much exhausted that' he was unable to
give his name or residence. He was well attended
to at the Union station-house. '
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A boy named
William'Mahan, only thirteen years old, was on
Thursday morning, caught in the machinery at the
rolling-mill at the foot of Landing avenue, situated
in the Fifteenth ward. Be was dragged between
two of the rollers, and ground completely up. Merl
deth street, near Twenty-fourth, was the residence
of the boy.
A BoY Rtric . - Ovra.—On Wednesday; a
horse and wagon was driven rapidly across Eleventh
and Spring Garden streets. A boy, named William
Funier, was knocked down and run over. One of
the legs of the boy ~was badly injured. Frederick
Keyser, the driver, was arrested and held in four'
hundred dollars • bail, by Alderman Massey, to
answer the charge of fast driving, and assault and
battery.
,
THE DEATH OF A CLEROYMAN:—., The:
former rector'of St. Peter's Church, of Charlestown,
Rev. Mr. Wm. R. Barnwell, died at Germantown
on Wednesday.. The funeral services of the deceased
will lake place at noon on Saturday, at the Church
of the Epiphany ? , • .
•
INTERNAL REVENUE.—Mr. Cowell, col
lector of the Fifth district, cautions all persons
against neglecting to pay their taxes or take out
their licensesbeforethetwenty.drst of this month, as
by this neglect therwill incur the penalties imposed
PRICE FrxED..7—The • lager-beer. dealers.
~et this city havcagreedthat the price of, beer shell.
be four cents per glass in specie, or five cents in post
...age currency. , On the' lit of March the price of
beer will be advanced toeight dollars per cask.'
' .
.61,
, ,
bAD CcIDENT.--:816 . 1)1111Megl ship-yard,.
on Wednesday 'afternoon; Peter' S wLthirty years.
of age, had one othis thighs broken. 'Re was taken.
to his residence In Bishop street.
THE following 'are
articles exported from th
the week ending February
Cloierseed, '1t.:608 162,5871Ta110w, 11i's-167,656 $16,307
Hants, lbs•• • •.76,786 4,177 Wheat, bn.• 23,0111' 40,.476
-Lard;.: lb& .1.266;147, 27.276 Flout, hhls— 5,873 42,202
,coal .011, crude 1
' 'Goal OH, refined . .
.• ganans..::l3.9, 873 . 100,2110 ' gallons-- 4.003 $1•441
' • BRITISH WEST I:4niza."' '.'
rzt. igt Jag aim 1M131224. 11)
injug, m t . 4 ...te•
.9lt Parlf, 283 i:8.02 -
4w., - ,2 1 8 Shoals • 1,111 Tramp;.mr , . ... ° Z. 761 Tobliccoloid; bbls, 171 1,274
Ind Corn.. 1.2131,181 910
Ind-104, Wigs,: 2 7 3' .
,1,295 Flour. 15431
Lard.
• BRITISH POSIIRSSIONS , nir • A:FRICA. •
Bikcuite, bbla...: ' ' IFlbur, bb1a..:.,„P0U5'3.900
Candles, Sts••••4,110 : 157130 Iron,(all•othar) 414,497
Wet, 1 bL„ 17 . 240 Lard,ths 51,558 0,108
Boards;„:. ..... 5,000 • 125 Mt ot w00d.... 900.
Cheese; tbs.;,.. 429 • 66 Shooks • 0:4115'
Coal 011, gals.. 900. ,477 Soap, Ms 085 ,• 423
IlamS, , tbs ... ... 13,9130 1,482 Tallow, Ms:.-17,735' . 2,119
Ind Corn,'bus..l;97s 2,111 Other articles. • - 84
fltW GRANADA.
232 $l,lBOl
Cos];. tons
The follotring are some of, the rirlaclparaithiles Im
ported into , this port for the week ending Pelelfl.11013:
FOR comirmi7rozc. "- • 1 .
Sur,bble • 429
,742 Brinnstone,foin-3
Ace. .. ... :11 - *23 .
tars9loo.:s3 221
bitoa t ees. hh . thl. 60 SOutnc,hage:..:.l; . oBo ' 3,573
• • Ice 12 ' 1,22:3 Walnuts andrll-- • .
bble.. 12 harts, . „
Sods aelLeunke.s44 16,038 Oranges and Le-
B. pow'd, pkgs. ' 9 IN mons, boxes..4;B l o : 6,085
•:Itidee - 2 US' 7,248 ItaaA, , balem. 201 3,638
Old Iron,pktre.. 37 922 Corkted,cantars SS. • • 51
Chemicals, eke. 51 1.558 Coaljone 4.11 . 042
Files, racks . 8 1,691 Bay Rum, demij'n 1 • . 9
Stvitl, bats 153 • ltaw cotton. eke 20 .
„canoe 7,959 Worsted cottons,
StOth Ammonia. • • eae . e . e IN 24,999
S pkgs•... 20 772 Cord cotton, 60 114339
Chl Potaeb,bble .449 Bleneb'd and un
i'llachinery. to.- 29 , 1.960 Lisa do, cease 104 .34,885
Outurk binge bale Spool 416 , 20 /5,422
/rware, pkgs. - 4n 11.619 Cot'n velvets ," tri4
.drop. tone. 940 4}.66e .W 5 ,44! bales'...., • - 442
.. . ,220 4fo
•
287 •
;io •$8,6801
• ' •
Stikarg, Ithas... •on $1,117
,cks !*34, 10,514
22,521
The Committee on Water reported It resolution in favor
of laying water-pipe in Fitzwater,. between Twentieth
and Twenty-firit streets.:
On the motion to enepend the rvilesi..2dir. BRIGHTLY' oh
.tectod on the ground that he had. not an opportunity to
inquire into the bill.
The Committee on Finance reported a series of mein
lions to enter satisfaction upon the. lien of certain Judg
ments against the sureties ofpublic officers.
• The same ccunnittee also reported that they bad con
sidered the ordinance referred to them, creating a loan
of slO(t WOfor , the relief of the families of the volunteers,
and submitted a resolution creating.the loan.
Mr. CRERAWELI.I7IIB perfectly willing to have the ordi
mince passed, provided the fund beset aside solely for the
families of the volunteers. He understood that the bill
provided that some of the money.uright be spent for the
• defence of the city.
Mr. HARPER also was of the opinion that the two ob
iects contemplated in the title of the bill should be ills
connect.d. • -
Mr. Tattoo said that every appropriation for the falai
, lies of the volunteers . was included , in ordinances en
' titled ordinances " for the defence Sad protection of the
city and other purposes,.
' Ihe resolution was agreed to.
A supplemental ordinance creating the 'Department of
Law was adopted,anthorialucthe City Solicitor to enter -
-satisfaction upoti any Mortgage Upon which be has re
ceived the principal and the interest accrued thereon.
The annual appropriation bill to the
,Superintondent
.of... Trusts was pa s sed. • • -
: Also. t lie ordlinanewarprotings7,oo2.s7 for 1110 sun
tport of Wills Hospital for )iiOl. ,
. A New, Stearin;lap Line.
Mr. BARRER, from the joint committee to whom was
relened the (mil:lance providing for aid by the aity to
urer& the Philadelphia and European Steamship Com
pany.reported in favor of the scheme in a long document,
setting forth the advaniages accruing from the existence
of such a company. It was ordered to be printed.
A resolution was submitted by the Committee on Fi
nance to enter satisfaction upon the otllciar bond of
Charles Frank, collector of the outstanding taxes.
Much objection was offered to its paksage, and a tedious
debate ensued, in which the delinquencies of defrauding
collectors were severely animadverted upon, The Chair
stated that he knew Mr. Frank to be au honorable gen
tleman. The resolution was finally adopted.
Ifeadtrof Departments. '
Mr. LOUGHLIN offered a resolution. that Select Connell
be invited to meet Common Connell in Joint convention s
at 53 ( o'clock this evening.. . "-
Mr. lexsrxtN moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Not agreed to; the membens voting according to their
I:4l);';er:gaetitill'is then agreed to..
A Resolution of, Inquiry.
BI3IPaON offered a resolution that aioint commit
tee of three' be appointed to ascertain What amont of
money has been collected by tax collectors and not ag
counted for.. Agreed to.
The Chair appointed 'Messrs. SitOPWII, and
Painter.
. . • . .
e tom. t.ll.lL—t —J.
11;.
TV IIIKI.IOI Enntnituntend ruinny late (It, let Etna
sinter or the Water works for the constraeClOtt 91 nine
to Alas wheels al Fnlrmuuat has been Ltithfully carried
.after an extended explanation by 'Air. ,Moose, the re
solution was referred to the Committee on Water.
Mr. QUIN' offered an ordinance authorizing struction of a sewer on Christian street,.from Twenty
third street to the Schuylkill; Agreed to.
All the reeolutions and ordinances adopted in Select
Council were concurred in, and the Chamber adjourned.
, The ordinances which governed the Jate districts at
the time of consolidation are for the most mut yet obit
segatory within - their former limits, and their efficient
administration is frequeutly . embarrassed by want of
uniformity. The draft of a revised municipal code,
'which vas authorized in IVA, and reported by the com
.mtestoners charged with , its preparation: after a delay
. of two years received the. approval of the late Select
Council, but, with tke exception of three comparatively
unimportant sections,: failed to obtain the concurrent
action of the ther chamber. The manifest impropriety
of imposing'unlike restrictions and moque! penalties
,iipon citizens of a common jurisdiction has been 1110P8
than once noticed e in previous messages, bat .is again
adverted to as au injustice , which deserves prompt
remedy.
The receipts of the • treaenry during 130.2 were $4,003,-
, 472. flt from usual revenue,53,356,344.36 from sale ot loan,
and $322,017.06 .from micellaneous sources, including
credits to the several. sinking funds. ainountang to
560,361.31, which, with a balance of $436,612. 03 from the
preceding Year, made $7,360,376.37 total assets.
The paymentb of all kinds by the Treasurer within the
same period were 64,362,67E15, leaving x 51.063,701.19. to
the credit of the city.. The nupaidvarrants of 'Sal and
prior dates amounted to $115.3,562.01;0f which' $1; Ka, -
341). 32 have been liquidated : the remaining $lO2, il. T 2,
.with $647,410.4 dun in 1662. still lea Te. $749,032.08 as a
floating debt. • .
The outstanding warrants drawn before 1862 were pro
' vided for in a louu designed t, make up the deficiencies
'or revenue. The resort to such means of defray - hut the
FRB UAW ranyol wig Of fq
;a•-•
Poal _aa _ . - 4-taao o.ona Cr v. aro.. natual,cos co
taiwalidatlon of the eity. to &wee lillanmat blue.
Perk 'or to avoid the assessment of proper taxation;
The credit of the city has been (ally - maintained with
the holders of its loans, but those having claims for ser•
vices• or suppliee have too often boon denied . payment:
• and obliged to dispose of their warrants for , whatever
rate . the market , offered. Such just, reuse of complaint
has been of annual recurrence, and is inevitable under a
.11nanclablsystam.which.supplies the treasury with ado
.. quatejunds.. during only a, portion of each . Year. The
payment, in the mouth of January, of the semi-annual
. interest -, nperi the funded debt withdraws from the trea
..4nry whatevenbalance lute accrued from the year pre
viols, and lea'ree it coniparatively without means until
'it can 'be replenished from • the collection of the
.water Xenia :./1/101 taxes.' Tho' larger part of these
period. the demands for
two resources .ttre paid within the earlier . h a lf. of
the year, an d ( wi ng that
•current • expenses can umiatlY be .met• promptly.
. The receipts. of revenue diminish in the latter six mouths,
but the expenditures of the several departmenta'are no
: cemarily unabated. 'and thus' their -payment soon be
,ctunes impracticable large past there has been the
•. annual' Statement of a' amount of postponed war
rants,. and of an approximating- amount of uncollected
rages: or; in other words, tbe•expenses of the eity.go
vernment, always Payable 'within the year , are. based
' upon estimates of revenue which can never be. wholly
.collected during such period. . -• • .
To
remedy ea evil which must fall chiefly upon those
Who 'con least afford a discount upon their warrants. , it
i s suggested that the Treasurer might•lssne certificales of
deposit far such same as may he tendered bearing legal
interest, and payable at any stipulated time within six
months after date, to , be secured by a pledge of the tax
levy of the current year, as well ae by the faith of the
corporation. These ceitillcates would offer desirable
means of temporary investment, and whoa thehi nature
became .4enerally,. known.s would readily produce sap
.pliss for the proznpt.payment of all claims, .Their.whole
.euts'elfould be limited to a reasonable per centage of the
atemeiedlax, and the dates of repayment beregniated by
the probable eggregate receipts. from auccessiv. periods.
The interest which would accrue, npon three dept
Weald riot exceed the amount nowendorsed , nzion•
standing, warrantr.mid,charged . for temporary. Mane:but,
but, whatever tha . cost,. it .14 lust tbat the city.sitttld
provide for the prompt and full Payment °fits indebted
. ores, 'and that Its creditors shenid not'- be Vie ;Sittftwera
from its inefficient urraugantents...T.a. other
some of the pTinOpili
port to foreign pirts, for
1 ,1 nes:
M ETING OF COUNCILS.
Select Cotittlell Stfli Refuses to Meet. Ccmt
- mon In Jo!xtt Cons , ention to Itloot needs
of Departments — Pay - mentor the %Almada
Tax on Gas to be made "Under Ptotodr 2 ^
The Tnerbineldnbeela at Fairmount.
Both bntnehee of Councils; held their regent stattidi
meeting yeelerday afternoon, •
SELECT BRANCH.
President Li in the
Petitions and Communications,
For the opening of Tioga , street, to the Twenty-first
and Twenty -fifth wards.
Tram J. C. lielehr Receiver of Taxes, asking feria- .
ores sed facilities fur the transtrouon of the business•of
the Department.
From the teachers of the public schools, asking that
Councils‘may adopt some plan by which the city war.-
rants nay be more promptly.paid.
• For the construction of a bridge war the Wiseahiskow
creek, near Megargee's mill.
• The Iltlit annual message'of the Mayor was transmitted'
and rfad.
From the City Solicitor,etating that the Second and:
Third streets Passenger Railway Company were obliged'
to keep their road in thorough repair.
Reports - of Ciornmittees.
. . .
Mr. DAVIS expb.Ged the necessity of the bill passing.
11S it was in a portion of the city becoming thickly popu
lated.
The bill passed Snell y. •
The Committee on schools reported. in favor 'of es
tabl !siting a secondary school at the house of the South
Penn Bose Company •
The bill making the annual appropriation to the De
partment of City Commissioners. passed by Commoul
Council, was reported to the chamber._ .: • •
Mr. Zs sr. moved an item of 51,000 to the Penn Widows' I
Asylum.
Zs
Dir. ZsNI , made a rtiong appeal in behalf of this insti..
tenor. which he raid was located in the Eighteenth
ward, aad was mainly suppoited by the citizens of that
ward,• although its occupants came from all parts of the
cit t .
T y lie intendment was Objected to by Bfesra.WwrgEntm.
and Darts. and it was voted down.
The whole hill then pissed.
The annual- appropriation to Aho Departmentpf Sur
veys was next considered, and passed finally, Without
amendment; •
The Committee on Police reported a number of police
appointments for confirmation.
Mr. BRIGIITIX moved thepeaponement for one week,
as those appointed were not knownto the members, nei
ther had bp any confidence in the Mayor.
The moti o n to postpone was not agreed to, and the ap
pointments wore confirmed. • •
ThiSecaild and Third -lamas Railroad.
Mr. • CATnnawoon presorted a resolution directing the
Chief Commissioner. of .11.ighways to notify the Second
and Third-et eets Passenger Railway Company to make
the necessary repairs to their road on Richmond street,
Twenty:fifth ward ~.and in default of doing so. Abe work
to.be done by the Chief Commiesionerand charged to the'
company.. Agreed to.;
• • -Election of floods of rkiierinients.
Dr. KAMERLY offered a'resolution that Select Council
meet Common Council this day at half past dye o'clock,
for the purpose of electing heads of departments.
The yeas and nays were called, and the resolution lost.
by a' vote ofll to Id.
Mr.,Wirrneaten.offered n recolutiou instructing the
Committee on City Property to inquire into the ex
pediency of,heating the public buildings along 'the
row" by Pteinn, In order to Maid nghinq fire.
Dills from CoMmon Council.
The bill from Common Council relative to a further
suPidement to au ordinance establisLing a Law Depart
ment, was concurred iu. . .
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Also, the bill molting an appropriation to pay the lie-
Montt tax on the sale oleos:
Also, the ordinance makim an oppropilation to the
.Board of Managers of Wills Hospital for 1863,
Also, the resolution granting the use of Commissioners'
Hall, West Philadelphia, to a committee of ladlee who
intend holding a soldiers' fair, therein. 'Adjourned.
.003111110 N BRANCH.
Mr. Gitottos W. AREGOOT, member elect from the First
ward, VMS prwent, and his credentials being handed in,
he was sworn in under the rules.
Petitions.
Mr. Hearne presented a petition. asking for the con
struction of a bridge over the Wissahickon creek.
Mr. PAINTNII, one from the Olobe Fire Company, ask
ing to be located as &steam lire engine.
Also, a comma nnication from a large number of school
teachers, requesting that Councils adopt some system
whereby they maynow when they' can hare their war
rants rushed. They suggest the propriety of setting aside
the Stale appropriation for school purposes, for the pur
pose of paying school-teachers' warrants. Referred to
the Finance Comniittee..
Mr. LEECH. a potitiOn to grade Forty-second street,
West Philadelphm.
Reports of Committees.
Tite.Tax ‘pn . pas.
-t vi....it.staTiki : •eintiriniu.ColtaitNe on Gas. : reported
Alt OrMllellee .n.n th orizing the pave - gat:of the atm of
8211,027.na1s the national tax on the grin eou s em e d ip, th e
public. am:lgor-the. city A'provLso is affixed to the
ordinance that tlio•Citit.ty./ et at *directed to. pay the
amount under protest; aril take the.neeesAry Masi to
teat the lawfuluesipf the tax... Adopted. . .
Mori Petitions.
• Mr.• Qum, on leave. preeinted a petition from the
Franklin Engine Company, asking to be located as a
steam fire engine company.
Also, one from the City Commissioners, asking for an
additional nppropriation to pay deficiencies. -
Tai Collectors.
A New Sewer,
. The AlsjPor , a Fifth Annual Message
To the Select and Common. Councils
of the City of Philfidedvlda:
In comzsrinicating a statement of the Go yen meat and
attairs of Philadelphia for the past year, as required by
the Act of Consolidation, there is reason to acithowleilge
the continued favor of almighty God towards this city.
in preserving it frimn tumult, in sparing it from pesti
lence, and in bountifully rewarding the industry of its
people.
• The experience of almost nine years has shown' the
existing municipal system well adapted iu its main
features to promote the interests of a numerous commn
nilYi and to regulate a district of large extent. Its
executive and legislative functions, modelled after those
of the State Government,: have' been carefully adjusted,
to prevent or stay Inconsiderate and unwarranted enact
ments; but the radical and obvious defect of its scheme
is the lack' of exclusive control over matters of purely
local concern. • The. theory of' reprevutatisegovern
ment to that of a common interest between the law
maker and those for whomlielegislates, and it'presup
.peseli an intelligent judgment in the exercise of delegated
, .
The laws tithiCh affect the general rights of poraon or
PP./Party. and the projects which relate to the common
welfare, with those special decrees which can emanate
alone from the supreme power of 'a State, may each and
all receive the proper consideration of its legislators; but
It cannot be presumed that enactments of- inerely.local
application will obtain, like care, or that the knowledge
which is needed for their comprehension can be had by
those who are the representatives of remote places. Tho
grant of municipal privileges to a community is a reCog
union of, superior fitness for the management of cis own
littnies; and when such privileges have been conferred,
they should be secure from all encroachment or interfere
ence. The State Legislature, in the exercise of Its sove
reignty, niay at -will modify the frame of city govern
ment,.and eadargefliminfsh its sphere:. :.but the open
-11.7^ of streets;Ute building of bridges, and similar subjects
of * lotal interest, have been made the peculiar province
of the City Councils, its the immediate representatives of
those who are concerned, and they should be loft solely
to their determination.
EMS=
thirds of anticipating 011ie revenue differing but slightly
from that hero suggested have 7o been advantageously
Peactieed,. The powers vested In Councils may notelet
lice for the adoption of attar plan, but tire needful leirie
he iou would ho granted'by the State antlicoritiee in favor
01 "7 ludicieeli system ' that would obviate the• dee
eredllit to which the treasury is daily subjected.
The funds of the Girard , Trust deposited with the
Treasurer were 8181,978:46, amointing.slth the balance
from 1861, of 8 , 47.,811!77. to the sum of tr-4 , .2at ze, of
which 820,420.07 were disbursed , leaving ilffiftreli.Bs to
the emelt of..that Recount. The several miner trade had:
an aggregiite balance of $4.682. fib- which anti Festive
incomes iucrmised . $26,487.84e and of which 292.21
Lave been expended in tarrying out their inten •
The certilledee of loan }}'gaged bythe Treasurer during
Diffe amounted to $2:400.100. beside* Briffi,2oodellvered to
the trustees of the 13as Works. The uegotletiowor theiwr
securitiee,e made from time to• time,. ate their proceeds
were required, varied' in price with the• fluctuations of
the moneymarket—a_portion having beerediepemopee ee
a diecoUnt of 18413:ffid.51, while the remainder yielded, a
premium of 144=12 which Was passedito toe :mere
• priate sinking funds.
Of the matured debt,.5184;142.39 have beenlealletelbr
and redeemed, and 775,100.00' have been cancelled by
special direction of Councils. The tnie increase of the•
municipal , debt him thine been 82,427.817.Gti,theiargee r
part whereof wise created and expended for bounties to•
volunteers and support of their families. or torearele pre
parations for the defence of the city.
The entire funded debt of Philadelphia on the Ist of
Jr-weary, P363,.amounted to e84,354,341.e1". of which there
were $9.112054.80•11ve• per cent., and ffite,241.00.02
percent. loans ,• of the• former. 8914,.441.78, and of the
atter, sllo.l4e.:4Bprevionslrmatured o bat had not been.
presented for paylnent,:iolthough• ample provistocPwas -
made , forthat purpose.
The twenty-one separate einkingefunds, for the re , •
demotion or the loans to which they respectively belong.
as the same shall mature, held, at the close of the year, .
8720,765.56 of the six per cent„ and $10.1 0 8:30 of the fire
i7r cent. city securities aenermanent inveetments, with
5,791.38t0 be Converted Into the funded debt whenever'
eiteible: • The unloosed certificates of the eaveral•loans
amounted to lielled,ool.l,. which, when disposed of; will en--
large, the debt•to, *26,000,000; and to this. mini must be"
added a further loan', to replace the advance, from the
usual resonroes of the treasury made for the relief of the
families of volunteers, or for other purposes; and. which
have been expressly predicated"upen such measure •
The unusual number of warzants•drawieduring the
past year greatly increasedethe labors of the Treasury
department and•thoee of the City Controller, mote espe-
Wally of the latter, in whose department the services of
four Additional clerks were for a time indispensable.
The act' of consolidation requiem the controller to pith
lieh annually a full statement of the receipts and expen
ditures•of the city. and of all its decal concerns; but
through different methods of etatingthe accounts, there
are occasional .discrepancies between, some of the de
tails of such statement and the •returuir made to the
Mayor from the departments; in all instances, however,
Alicia' ere snseeptibleof ready explanation, and do not
discredit the general result. -
The tar es assessed for ISeft, were $9,r97,661:08 in ag
gregate amount, meld ich after allowances for discounts
and deductiene of rural. property, 02,ffi4: 252.48 have.
been received, leaving fieffifi.49l.l.lea• uncollected. ,The re
petered taxes of the seven preceding years yielded
.474.78, and paymentawere made to the receiver. of $161,-
441.17, for the leey.of the Mate. - The total' receipts of
city . tax- were teall;4lM.o2. excess of there' collected
donne the previous year. It, has been folly" demon
strated that the allowance of• one , per cent, each month
from the time of payment to the ette of the• - year, dues
not operate with most citizens as a sufficient inducement
for the prompt settlement of their tax% and it is wor
thy of consideration whether a scale of memo-spine penal- -
ties.. to be imposed on all delinquents after ; the first 01
July, would notresult more satisfactorily.
In a former message, commentwes made upon the ma
nifold absurdities and defects of the existing mode of us
sesement, which through inherent cause. is insufficient
and inequitable. The remedy. of this system does not
pertain to Councils, but the Legislature,. nonein session,
will be tusked to provide a more impartial and judicious
method of distributing the burdens of taxation. ,
The Department of Law, In the performance of its espe
cial duty, has collected 832,420.07 for municipal claims,
interest, and coats, besides $84,941.15 from other trans
actions, in whichlts services have been required. •
Tile report of the late City Solicitor, which is herewith
communicated, offers many valuable and practical mug
geetioue, well worthy of consideration , es they ' mbody
the intelligent experience of one whose official power
was exerted vigorously for the public good. The reforms
which are therein propo,ied, particularly those relating
to assessments, public printing, municipal notices, and
the number of eupervisers, are indictee. and ecoLa
mieal.
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. The Department of : Snrveys has been engaged with its
appropriace duties in the outer districts, and sixteen
Plans. of revision or new regulation were completed.
which accomplish all that will probably he required fur
many years in the. Twenty-second. Twenty-third, and
Twenty-fourth wards.
There were no constructions or extensions of main cul
verts during the years but ordinary e ewers 9,980 feet in
length were laid, of which only 2,o74feet were at private
cost. The recent valuable improvements nu. South
Brood street claim au early provision for the systematic
drainage of that section of the city. The open clumnel
of the Cohockstnk creek, between Montgomery and Ox
ford streets, interferes with the progress of building,
and for that reason, its well as through sanitary precau
tion, should beproperly covered.. The duties of the De
partment have been much merges. d by the necessary
superviaion of the repair of damages to road bridges,
from the extraordinary freshet which took place on the
Pith (11September, and of which a full account is given
by the Chief Engineer to hisannexed report.
The Penrose-ferry bridge was purchased for the city
in December lest, at a cost of figio,ooo, but large additions
are needed to insure Its sat. ty and durability,
. The condition of the Market-street bridge demands in
creased care for its preservation, and both the Wire
bridge and thecae at Girard avenue require partial re
newal.
. The work on the new bridge over the Schuylkill at
Chestnut street, has been delayed by the insufficient
snppliee of material and labor, but its structure is slow
ly progressing, and when completed will be unexce/ied
in symmetry and 'strength. The expenditures by the
Department were 1121,271, being $1,837 lees than the sum
ap llil l jl i turi d e r ole i r t :isron i c e r e. of Highways reports the re;-
celpts of the Bighwa_y_ Department to have been VS.-
201.9, of which fiffi.:filO were derived from the licensee
of passenger railway cars, and but brill from ozs g y_
blues. The power to. license hacks, aad to designate
their, stands, remains with .this Department, although
both matters pertain solely to police regulation. The
most important items of expenditure were for repairing
streets, $0e5061.57, for mewling roads, 990,288.15, tbr re
building and repairing bridges, 168,992.18, and for clean
lug the city , eae,810,25, makitig . ._with other disburee
immu,-the• gajgregute 81101 of ene52,072.9e, . and exhibi
ting au increase of 08,614.900ter the expenses of the pre
ceding year. Of this additional cost at least 44-10,00 e
were couaequent upon the damage to bridges, front the
unprecedented" freshet of September, and Moo were
due to the change in the mode of cleaning streets: , .
The anungemeats introduced last year, and still In
openttion, for removing ashes, garbage, and other re
fine, it is asserted by those who conduct them, have
not been sufficiently. tried, as the original contract for
six months did not lustily the purchase of the entire atp
rEt3rmattpeisciLe.didottddeareosonstrgiett f
plrtoicirret.
Wads open the inefficiency or neglect of its performance
can be truly economical to the community. The
thorough cleansing orrice streets, in a city so extensive
as Philadelphia, cannot be accomplished by private en
tertaige.. The inadequate remuneration afforded, 'anti
the uncertain renewal of the contract when its year
has terminated, do not warrant the investment of capi
tal, or oiler inducement for thedevelopment of a proper
system.. If the present aarangement shall not prove
more beneficial than those heretofore. attempted, the
public health and comfort will demand that the
cleansing of streets shall be entrusted• to a special de
partment of the city government, or that It may be
assigned to the Board of Health, under whose super
vision it appropriately belongs. -
In a special message of September last, attention was
called to the propriety of defining the powers of the
Chief Comm iseloner, and of vesting in him the general
control of cite department:
His title and the usual phraseology of ordinances re
lating to highs aye evince the intended uperiority of
his functionr over those of the oilier commissioners, but
it is desirable that all controversy on this point should
be prevented by explicit enactment. The numberof sti-
Pervisore now authorized by law is much greater than
the public interest requires. The city might be advan
tat eously apportioned into districts for ten supervisors,
and such of should hold their appointment directly
from the Commissioners of Highways, and not, as at
present, by selection of the Mayor from the nominees of
the department:
Permission was granted to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, in July, 33)1. to relay the city railroad on
Market street, west of Eleventh. and to deduct the ex
pense thus ineured from the tolls with .which it should
be chargeable. By au account rendered in September
last, the cost of these repairs amounted to 391113.44. of
which ~*1.5.381.36 remain due to the coronatlY. The trades
loo=Mt • 11=1,11:11,41 ••• - •
lOui 11T unott mut or min iamb' if
cvzorany 11,so Axle to .1.30.11 muct al.Louta
tmt . tstic;• .-111..1 1 1 1 6., LEL SR
were *lkea 112, being& reduction of 43,2 N di from the
receipts of tb e preceding year, and newel by diverting
tnumportatiou from the eastern part of the road. The
repairs upon tke . Broad-street section cost 83,000, bac
bavo not sufficed to put the track in good order, nor can
It be accomplished without au entire. change of its
structure.
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The expenditures by the Commissioner of City Pro
peity wcre *5,749.75, and the revenue of that depart
ment (amounted to $17,60.74, snowing a diminution of
its annual income, due partly to the occupancy' of pub
lic property Jur .railitary hospitals, without-charge to
the Federal authorities, and partly to the extinguish
ment of the ground rent of 4615,000, previously paid by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The. public
squares and parks have been' maintained in creditable
order,. at a moderate expense. The four, watchmen of
-the buildings on Independence Square, and the three
bell-ringers of the Stare Rouse steeple are no lon.ger
needed, and tneir offices should be abolished. The
charge of the State Rouse bell should pertain exeln
sivtly to the Police Department, as the quiet of the city
depends moon the good Judgment with which It :is used.
Under the present system of ascertaining, the locality
of a gre, and conunneicating the intelligence institute
netualy to the engine companies of the proper districts.
through the municipal telegraph, there can eeldom 'be
any neceasity for striking an alarm bell, which invaria
bly attracts a concourse of people, by whom the efforts
of the firemen are, impeded, the public peace disturbed,
and no possible assistance rendered. • '
• The total receipts of the Department. of Markets,
Wharves, and Landings were , 9 1 " 6 7 . in excess of
those collected dnring the previous year. The rental of
markets produced 8.2,6. „it and that of whereas, cite.,
$12,114.93, which, with WO from miscellaneous sources,
composed the revenue ofthis department. The property •
under its charge is in good repair, and its income would
he increased by enactment of the ordinance for its better
regulation, which has been embraced in the proposed
code.• • •
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The permits issued in 1562, by the Building Inspectors,
numbered 1,Z17, in accordance wherewith 2,154 dwelling
houses, 90 stores or R h ops 5S factories or places of labor,
and lib other attaching, including public edifices, were
erected within this city.
The dwellings were 618 more in number than those pat
up in 1561, and. the increase of other edifices .was in
greater proportion.
Philadelphia contains at the present tinte upwards of
91,000 dwelling-houses, of which there 'are probably
less than three per cent. unoccupied.
.. The Oily Ire-boat, after being employed in 1.361 for
seven months by the Federal authorities, was thorough
ly repaired at their charge, and commenced its appro
priate service cm. the Delaware 1u January of the past
year. When the advance of the spring precluded any
further danger of obstructions from me, the boat, in the
absence of the regular steamtugs, was engaged to towing
vessels to the port, by which it earned 910,061. in before
the close of the season..
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' The expenditures by its trustees for the neeemetry re
pairs were trilling, and, with wages . and fuel, amounted
to 4.1,616.99 as its coat for the whole year.
The water. roots of 1561 yielded M,175.63, which.
with arrears and penalties, 616.427.91, and returns from
pipes and incidentals, $0,190.15, made the entire .rove
rime of the' department $545,736.07, of which amount
5177,093.C6 were expended for the ordinary management
of the works and r their repairs.
•
The length of pipes used in the distribution of water
throurhout the city exceeds three hundred nod forty
'six miles, of which nine have been added within•the
past year. The four separate, water works known as
the Fairmount, Spring Garden, Kensington, and Twee
ty-fourth-wara works, are in good condition, bat tbe
three former require additional capacity of 'emending
mains and other minor improvements for their tbn
efficiency; and the latter is unprovlded with a re-servedr;'
and can, therefore. afford but, a limited supply to thole •
.who arc dependent upon its service. .
The Maker farther alludes to tho expediency of ielis.
•
ettishing the Kensington Works. as the-}rater supplied
thereby is. unwholesome. The reports of the Girard:
Estate. Guardians of the Poor, Board of Realth,.Chiet
Fmgineer of the Fire Department , (already published) o
• are next touched upon..; The Police Department receives
considerable attention at the halide of the Mayer..
Ito chaos, liaM taken .
_p , lace Su the organization of the.
171M . 11)1611(318111 1111011 Niro Tailbirn arm aci,
tHilio a pjatzs,mr,i .114 rw-it.w/T 4'•r1 1 6169;
y more onerous than at any form.
'period. Tim inane force. as originally et. l / 4 nAttuted:
numbered 916 officers; but during the mayoralty of the.
Into Robert T. Conrad was decreased to 710, and leis
eine° re,eived accession of only twenty-one men, fee'
special, duty in the battier and park. The subsequent;
introduction of the muuicipal telegraph, whilst it aV
forded facilities for - the immediate concentration ; of
the POlire in any part of the city. diminished the so-.
trot by the necessary detail of thirty-four officers as
ith operators. . .
. .
Theprementpolice is fay adequate to gee!! ' tiny riot
'or outbreak of lawless violence; but it is sufficiently
oannerotts to afford safeguards to the widely 7 extended.
• impress : moats which claim Its protection ; more esteotallY
In the rural districts. •
::,The Mayor refers to the defeuces of the city; and touches
upon the League Island project. Ile says that the Feile
rrat Government, although repeatedly called' upon.
:hes . neglected •to ,increase.the very luadestecate de
fences of the .Delaware: At the present moment,. when
no apprehension .113 entertained of a possible naval,
attack, a wise policy demands that measures should be
taken for the better security of the city. The Governor
or. Pennsylvania recently directed the .prepanition of
:Plana for. the, mtinible fortitication.of the rivet Those
plaits demonstrate that Philadelphia ntaytho effectual!y
guarded by. ta o. revolving iron toweiv,. with' heave ar
mament, properly located..in,the chew:gel, with finer
. yelling rafts.' Tie expenses of Ouch means of Knell pro
. tection would not be terse; and . wou/d; be fully warrant
ed,. although the city be happily:mated-from any nett,
tnoll of future alarm.. I. . .
In the xeonth'of Julie teat, at the-instance of the Acids
Secretary •of the= Navy thelltatior suggested; itt
..special.meesne, the. ex letter f tendering a. gllt of
, League !eland to the Uni d States ' for a naval station and
depot:Which wee favorably responded to on' the.part of
Actetncideentilljneeesettry„ :AdePa Were_taken, to. ohtein. its
acceptance- bot . R. ' Je=l...l* and interests have hitherto
hindered the centrum , of the project. but. it is be
- Roved that the Wand. wiR -be selected at moil:le dolt,
l s 'sl ,l 4l h ir e r i A ff teresite ;;itell sv i'll ir '3 .l 7t hli tl i l e r b e et ava Meg .
',sage relate.to the.. ilemedie te gbad op the burtbere•
Aare others of .paramogr.t., coneens to its allating Mel
, Wt.., The contest that for !treaty-two months )tae.need
&frit!) OA 'With - Akan • slat have. tetiell§fa Brava, the
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•Federal power le yet undetermiised. During twi t
tiori.-Fhtlluielptila has sent forth nearly During each
t, th-"
sNitil of Its citizens to otter health and life in behalf of
the PerPanity of our Units), and in thus doing has
rna,sifested its hearty and steadfast devotion to. that
fts people may entertain among thenva. diversity
of vie We upon the measures hest fitted' tette overthrow
of re b n ition, but there is a coannon'tturpose; which no
reverses will weaken and no artifices may deitroY, that
the cover rignty of the Union shall' he testorea in t i n its
bitearity. •
_ There can be no other atm consistent' With safety,
prosperity, .end honor. The bitterness of fictitious men
will fled hero no popular approval of their seeming db
affection, and' the taint-heartednew of - perfidy
. will look
in vain for ace.srd with its craven•ery for , b-ace. erne'
adherence to every jot and title• of tlit Constitution
under which owz land has , prospered , hrthe era
to Which it must ,vwe its renown in thelisture, and On
earnest, unhesitating support of tho , Federal Gdveria,
'merit in all measures needed to its full vindication ana
supremacy,' are manifestly demanded" by ev ery con
sideration of self-Interest or lore of country, and,' with
the blessing of Providence, will yet be potent' twinkle-.
taro our uattatralanitrand . hooor. .
TISE
4Befare•bir. Alderitiars.BeitlerA
Burglar/ Caught ln. the Act.
'There was Rootlet "gay - ibd happy" oceue at' the , -
GentraL,Statien• yesterday Aeri/on • on•tho ocessibliof'
the arrest of two hteglaiv, uslo; nen? caught in the act
of forcing their way into the 'ieweleystore of Me.'
Gerlack, on Fifth street above Girarchavenue;
oneand two o'clock yeiterdarrmorninta Galata maul--
benof ypoolice lieutenants were present, sn order to.bot—
:cont. familiar wwitb , die faces of. the crscinest;! . t• who- '
mew , to. abound!in• oar city at, Use preeset-tigte:•• '
police; however , are. pure than , inually active; ' Ttie -
parties erzaiguarappeer to be our to threidest detect- '
IVOR. Then , aive the nWZYS of Berate Walter andtlaud: •
D. Erman. Vies' wore arrested br_gessns. Geo. Gardi
ner, Robert licCleev,arri Joseph Thompson, of Lieut.
Johu Spear's division. The otlicaresened•the instrn- '
meats used by the btu - glare. They consisted of a brace '
and bits,a couple ot °blasts, a box half full of matchee.
a coupler aspens. and./ knife.
. .
• Officer Gardiner sworts.--Between otwatid two o'clock
this mornin*,Jok(zonaninpOitlcer Thompson, perhaps„)
went down •bixtn street: went down Girard avenue;
saw two men in front of a little dry -goods place, in the
market house;the merr..after seeing me. went down to
the end of - the' market,. and, I did not see any more et
them; I infot mei' a conple of pollee ofSieera of my sus
.pictorip Officer hicCrees 'went tbi an. alley. and I met the
'sergeant and hurried. hun.nri;l alter little we went to
'W. back part orbit.. OctlackZa store, and filandshese
prisoners at the chatter; I lonn4 Walters with the tools
in his hands; it was darkt-ho - held on to the tools. and.
tried to get away..
Officer 11IcOlees sworn.-1 OX mined the shutter, at the •
-rear of Mr. Gerlack.'s blare; it.had been forced abont half
'open; the bolt was bent; there appeared to be the marks
.01 chisels on the edge of the shutter*: I grubbed this man
(Erman), and. Gardiner took thwet her,
. .
DerlackAwork.—Dly store 19 North Fifth street;
it was properlv. fastened when I.alotted it last night; the
'bolt Ds bent ; ram-with my tam in the house. .'
Walters to OfficeY Gardiner. --Qnestion. " Did ion see
me at the abutter when you arrested me?"
Answer. • When I arrested you. you were behind the
gate.' I had gum 'shoes on, and ksw you when you did
nut know •
NlMMa==l
-
Alderman to both ricri.oners "You are required to
,enter bail in the sumef. three thousand dollars each to
answer at court."
• The prisonei a weretalten
A Singular. Alleged Laze/stay Case..
Carl Ming and George Ross—the latter the keeper of a
public house •IA the corner:of Bread street and • Fetter
lane—were arraigned. oa the charge of the larceny of a
hunting-case silver watch.-valued at. $2.1. and of a sant
of money, betweenlieTi and SGS, the property of Charles
Plumley, who resides at 211 Race street. Mr. Plumley
testified as follows: It mast- hare‘been .on last Monday
week when 1 went to the place of Mr. - Ross: I don't
know how I got there; .how.loeg, 1 was there, or how
got Trap; here the first thing Iknew was when I. found
myself in acre of Dr. Harper; I went to •Mr. Ross, and
he said Mr. Hoag had.my watch: he gave me an order
fur the watch;l went to Mr. and. he said there
wonld be trouble about thiethe die came down with
mete Mr, Ross, and neither - et them-could tell anyt Mug
about It.
Chars Massey sworn—l am: attached- to the Police
Telegraph. On last Friday.utornlng a bout rderen o'clock,
this man (Mr. Ross) came to the station house and de
.sired to see the Lieutenant, as he had some =Meg he
wished to deposit with him. The Lieutenant not being'
there lie deposited a watch. and. some • money with me,
four ten-dollar notes, as he did not want to be arrested
on the charge of larceny.. lathe afternoon. he • came to
the station house in company wt oeg ; tue money sad
'watch were handed.back whim,.and here is the receipt
for the same. Mr. Ross mad there wee a man at
-his house that accused him -of stealing. the watch and
money. There was some conversation after this is
whibh Mr. Ploag said he had the watch in the• yard, but
somebody bad stolen it..
Mr. Hoag said he desired to make a statement. The
prosecutor mime to the house- of. Mr. Ross ;.he was very
drunk; he called all hands upto take a drink, and asked
for a lunch and got it; he. stopped at the house until
Friday, running up a bill to tilt, which he paid; he gave
- Mrs. Moss elle for extra trouble he had giyen• her; maid
John $6; be spent all his money except 840, which Mr.
_Ross deposited at the station. house; Mr. Plumley in
sisted on my taking his watch.; :1 hid it in the yard: a.
Mr.• Redding came and searched for it, and when I
-went to look after ft the watch was gone; this is brialy
the whole story of the case; 3lx Plumley makes a mis
•take in regard to the time; he came there on Wednesday
aud remained until Friday evating, -and was imbeds:nest
of the time..
• • -
The case here closed. and the defendants were re
.quired to enter bail in the sum of al, WO each to answer..
, • A Soldier Charged with•Lareeny..
•
Marles S. Mks. a soldier;.belongingto• the provost
guard, was arraigned on the charge of tae larceny of
the sum of $15.60, the property of Louisa. Matilda Hearn
'a German woman, residing at No. 431• Coates street. ft .
,seems that the husband of the prosecntrix. was • a de
serter; and at seven o'clock on last Monday even ing.the
provost guard came to the • house to arrest him.. As the
'soldiers came in the husband got out on aahed-roof and
;tried to escape.: The Prosecutrixsalleges that the •money
was lying ou a table, and that she saw. the defendants
pick it up... When the soldiers •atme in she - blew. the-
candle out, and it was by the light of the stove that she
saw the accused 'take the money. She was muudioned
very minutely ou this point, aud. to explain. how she
could's:3e him take the money after the candle was blown
ont,'replied that the stove abed light enough for that.
At this ' stage of Alio' precaediags a. German , woman
standing along side the accused interrupted the Proceed
ings, as follows:
'lachnre lie no stheaL, Met mouer—" . .
Go 'iit - down," said the alderman.
''"No, sir, the sholders did sit down; she knew he uO
stbeal the money."
• '' Go sit down:" reiterated the.aldermin. At this im
portant crisis, an officer accompanied the lady to.a beeit
neat.
The sergeant of the guard—an intelligent, plain, for man—gave an - account of the whole affair.
He stated that the provost guard went to the house•and
arrested the woman's husband as a deserter; tn. ser
geant was in the room when the light was h:ownont hp
the prosecutrix ; she told her husband to got out the
window:- he did so; she then told himlejump off.the
roof and he could get clear; I told him to stop or I would
shoot him; he surrendered; while all this was going on
the defendant. Dlr. Dints, was standing on ditty at the'
front door, where I had stationed him.
The case went over for another hearing, to. take place
this afternoon. •
,•
[Before Mr:oildernian Bfaseega.
Fast Driving—Boy Run Over.
Frederick geyser was arrested near New Market and_
Coates street, and taken belore Mr—Alderman. Massey
yesterday. on - the charge of drivini a horse and.wagort
at an Immoderate speed, is the viclptv of Eleventh and
Spring GardenUtreets. A lad, named Wm. Pinner wata-....
knocked down by the horse and run over,.by.whieioner7..
or his legs was very bidly injured. The little an erer
was- taken to his home In the vicinity, and piaced;under
medical treatigent. The defendant was ordtreddo pay
tine for fast driving, and required to -enter bait in.the. ,
sum of gild to answer 'the charge of assault and:batter*
on the boy.
[Before 31r. , Alderman We
More Arrests..
Two more badly-inclined litile.glrls wereerrested:y
•terday, by Officers Adams and Tate,.and, taken before--
Aldernnut Welding. The developmeuti iu thLs cab° are
too shocking for publication. Frye old men,,oceopying
responsible; latices. in Fourth streetand street---
one the keeper of a lager-bee saloon, another the
sk in
• L.-1.
04%. to mar:
...111:126; e.
or rogreet for riaem ctLe amu s e. or Lae. fr . - hatred-min
• nen" are withheld_ Officers idania an Tate have done: -
the cause of znomllty much der vice In bringing: the per- .
; ties to exposure.- •
LEGAL. INTELLIGENCE.
Supreme Court otPennsyltriinla,ChierJus---
tice Lowrie, and•. Justices .Woodevard i i......,
Thompson, Strong, antLiisisut.
The following decisions were rendered: this morning.=--.7,‘'
Ev Lemur., C. J.--Fiold:Ns..3„Earr,_ and neld'rs.
Salem. Emir to Commonness oi Bucks. Judgment.
attuned.
Hoed in Upper Hanover township and*. road. in Fran-
Conic; township. • Certiorari to Quart.ir Sessions of Mont
gomery county, In this case the question raised•ln
argument ofit was whether the notice of views of rumba,
should be published in newspapers printed in. the Eng-
,laugnago, or whether the requiremenU of' the--
'statute that notice shall begmblished• imtwo newspapers..
of the county are satisfied by.pablicatiou in two
.11OLVII- .
papers printed in the 'German , language. The cenrti de;.
• hidde that notice most be given:in the ordinary language...
of the county whichAs usedln iudielal proceedings. Pro•-
r•ceedings quashed. ' •
Benner.; vs. Duane, Errorto District Court. of mina_
&Aphis. Judgment atrimuid. _
Corson vs, cifee. Error to - Common Pleas of Mont.
defendants
county. Judgmentreversed..and. judgment .for, -
defendants in the pleadings. • . .
Br Woonwnau. J.—litatiteton •vs:• Ellen. Error to- -
District Court of Pniladoiphiit. Judgment affirmed:,
• BEAD. J.—Fairmount Passenger Railway COM-
PaUY vw, Quicksall. • Error to District Court., Tridgmeut.
alfirmed.
Ralston ca. Wain. ..10VonLlitsiPrins., Decree alirmed:-
•
in Art and reversed in part.
The Philadelphia • list was :then • taken .
calling, and in the following, cases judgments-of non.
pros., previously,entered r .were taken off.
Commonwealth. ve..llittonhouse; Schwartrenbeeg
Railroad Company; and De. Barry vs. Withers.. • • .
The following cases were argued:.
De Barry vs. IVitlers. .-..irgfied by 1.7: SharedesB.lsSsli
for plaintiff. The Court declined to hearli 13:..T4rewstaiti
for.defendant In omen
. . .
Hew' Appeal. Prom Orphinat Cond._ Argued : 337 ; X
C. Brewster, , for appoilant, and X., •Johnsaost.
•Esq., for appellee.. . - 1 • • . • :
Parker's Appeal. Appeal:from decnseettho Registers'
Court: Argued By Wit. Varriner,Bag,, foramen/ult. ,
and Charles .T. Boman and: C. b o x, EMS.. for aP , -
pollee.
Appeal of the Bank of Commerce. From District Cont.
Argued Lyy S. C. andfl. 11.[Perkine..,fieqs., for appellant,
and by P. Denzherty 'raid MeDlurtrler. he e,.tbr
aP -
inllee. •
. The Distric!.. Courts have completed their lista. fogrthre
third period of the December Term and adjuurnsia. •
Jury trialawill note ommence again•untilAprit,
"Teatioamoa -ad_
_Court otOyer_ amet
Sosolona,Judge
13NIX2dsT erissENTME.lrd HT. - Triii:ug,ixp 44Kr .
Yesterday, the Grand.Jury,came,:intoeourt. zest nude
the folio eJnir important pretentumitt hi re fereueeto the
necessity of they eitf,autborities: providing Liftable
build' lig as a Smaß-pox hospital. it in as follows: ,
In the (Surf of Oge otter: end. eier.eral
DeLtogry and Quarter „Sessions
.of theYetv4 of ,the •
Otis and Cour.4lferPhifttaelythia, Febrtear,s'Ssesimca,
The Gratidlaspiiest.of the egimanon‘Wealthof.Pennsyl
vaniajnquiring for the city-and county of Philtsgelphla,
upon their respective crgths and nflirmationa.dti.present—.
That upon the heariutpotsaitnesseis avowal:4l of in-,
dictusent sent in by the District 'Attorney.. it has come to.
their knowlodge, that" there is'mot now ,the city.oC
Philadelphia an hospital for therecervionor,stuall-p
paelents, or ion porgams stiffening. nder couglione '
eases. Thra in souse ces.persouptAlicted.w h
Pea are taleen.te tha Bloakelinghonsc, but t e Gnats,
Mane of the Poor refuse to. receive thettiapr the reasom.,
that they fear that the Coatagion might spremlatnetug;
the dense population_ under their charge. _ • • , •
Th :m aue he: nuen islinaton lane fer stroll ' , talent%
tyinufaittAt i glll.MlßlVlWllilla MALI
ITTeeity Ntrit , Duatill Ell 6rtliBanee
gum a gam for no erestion. or a hospital exclusiroly for
perroms haying contagion:. diseases, at some time; cougt
necessarily elapse helbre.such van be erected.
and ready for use. •
lu the meantime,, the preservation of the publiellealth
and the promptiugs of hurrimitytrequtre, that a tempo....
rory building sbOirbb be prov Wed.: where email:ay, pg.,
fleets should be ta.2en and recreive ! protter treaLluma
The Grand Inquest beheve that, the at:wpm-to provide
such a place:reels with BoaTd of thallth of bite city of
Philadelphia, and thatlkis their . statylo mills,..cattoli tem-,
portiry provisisrm , ; . • . 4.
i rlielcon-performance or thin duti nt4Y cornea , Postt
lence to pervade our ally: •• Titts duty as negientedz;- alba !
the Grand Inquest, tulmated esttir-elyvy a ole Etre : to:pro,
test the community ter the preservation, of the_piablic
health, are constrained to make preaeutation. of. thaw
facto to the Court,,wAtterr A Ir.r...R4AMTS.
t Foreman.
Judge 2,11150 u said: The subject tit- wkaCh. Yon call the.
attention.of the municipal •suthoritietkor Ws city. is one .
of great and urgent hurtannet * 6, 4134dt:ea% forpro
.an d efficient action on pot ot , tliosewhosedutYl i tt
to gourd the health and thulium or the members of this
• community a gsiust.the sPrenA:of-infiticito us - disease.
That immediate action '&n11;111[44 is moat evident, if
• the 'facts which have cometo`yourknowledge ropreeent
truly:the condition of things! existing in a eeromunity
hall a million of persona. '' igoectinatax- questioned that
. those upon whom tbo Ole rosp•nusible duty of
making pro Vision against the 'spread. or malig
nant disease aro - responsible abr the proper performance
of such duties, and a nualect s or fFillure le do whatever. is
thus Iv gutted, of thtm, rendus thomaiablo to indictment,
and. If convicted, to punishment. • •
Humanity and duty alike•require that- the health and.
surety of the citizens or•Philadolpnia should ho property
protected, and that no time.belost in providinga remedy
for the evil to which you refer. '• • •
Tour Presentment will be filed: and suck actloutaken
thereon as may bolproper under the circumstances , and•
which may be demanded by its importance.
'The following sentences were imposed: : -
John Davis, convicted, of cazrYtareconnealett pl i Oncijy ,
weapons, witerequired to enter bat In tho.stun of 5300.,
to appear when , called for:
George Phillips, convicted Oklitroetty s ' sent*need.to ty,
reins in the . County.Trlistn.. • ,