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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1868
FORNEY'S WAR PRESS
For SATURDAY, February 28th, has just been pub
lished, and is for bale at the counter of The Press. The
following aro some of its principal contents :
ENGRATING.—AItack on the United States Gunboat
Meseedita, of Charleston Barber, by the Rebel Ram
Palmetto State.
ORIGINAL STORY. —Gloom and Glare.
POETRY.—Song of the American Girl; The Famous
French Laughing Song.
EDITORIALS. —The Past and the Present; The Alle
gheny Bonds; The Situation; - The Ice Breaking; The
New Pcet Office; Our Ocean Militia; English Opinions
on America; The Debate in Parliament; Cotton; French
• Invasion of England. -
LETTERS FROM OCCASIONAL.—AII the Letters of
"Occasional," during the past week, appear in The
War Press.
FROM WASHINGTON. —SPeCial Despatches for The
Press.
4 " , - . K.EW YORE' CITY LETTERS.
BILL FOR ENROLLING AND CALLING OUT THE
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
STATES IN REBELLION.
THE NORTHWEST DEPARTMENT.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
LATEST INTELLIGEr CE FROM OUR DIFFERENT
ARIMES AND EqUABB.ONQ.
Br TETE lIISiON LEAGUE
WIT AND 1111111012
AGEICHLTURAL.--Relleriug Choked Cattle; Ago of
Poultry; Caution about Brine; Apple Solon; Cuing
Hams; Dairy Products.
THE MOVEY, PHILADELPHIA, AND CATTLE
rhe War Press cannot be too highly estimated as a
good readable paper for the camp and soldier. It con
tains all the news of the past week, and has, besides, an
abundance of choice reading.
Copies, ready for mailing, can be obtained at the coun
ter of „The Press for five cents.
The War.
The news from the Southwest in reference
to the fiffror -- ficawburgivig lint ;L~aeit n,
firmed, and we are hardly prepared to credit
IL Vicksburg is not a place to be taken in
a day, by a sudden assault, or by a general
strategic battle. It is a fortification, and has
been prepared with laborious and uraemit
ting care. Vicksburg has been selected
after careful deltheration, and its possession
involves the navigation of the Mississippi
river, the unmolested occupation of New
Orleans, and the fall of the Confederate power
in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. So long
as the rebels remain at Vicksburg they have
complete control:of the Southwest; and the
mouth of the Mississippi is as distant from
its large cities and its free territories as the
mouth of the Danube. JEFFERSON DAVIS
himself saw this during his visit to the fortifi
cation, and he has been straining every nerve
to make it impregnable. All the resources
of the. Southwest have been poured into
Vicksburg. Its armies have been strength
ened by the unrelenting conscription that
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goutkern &ales - the ne.-roes ixave been
placed in its ditches, and the engineering
skill of the Southern army has been devoted
to make the hills around it impregnable.
On the part of the rebels, everything has
been done in the defensive ; on the part of
the Federal army, everything in the offen
sive. We are massing large armies and
great fleets around the doomed city; and,
in the spirit of the old Persian conqueror,
we are attempting to change the cur
rent of a mighty river, and make it
subservient to the necessity of war
Whether our troops will succeed or not in
the effort to turn the current of the Missis
sippi does not appear. That plan, however,
is a mere incident of the siege, and we hardly
think that the final operations will depend
upon its'success. Gen. GRANT has a vast
army, and all the indications point to speedy
and active hostilities. A year ago, and the
name of Gen. GRANT was ringing through
the country as the hero of Tennessee. The
anniversary is auspicious , and suggestive,
and we trust not many, days will pass be
fore it Is again renowned as the hero of
The rebels are very much ashamed of
themselves, for having allowed themselves
to be duped by BEAUREGARD and INGRA
HAM, in reference to the recent affair at
Unarieston. Jo,
was no fight of any consequence—that
not a Union vessel was injured, and that as
soon as our iron-clads made their appear
ance, the rebel iron-clads returned home.
If we may judge from what we read in the
Southern newspapers, the city of Charles
ton is about to be the scene of a fearful con
tesL We of course say nothing in refer
ence to the movements and plans of the
Federal army and navy, but they are of a
character to fill the Southerners with con
cern and dismay. BEATY - REGARD has issued
a proclamation dooming Charleston and
Savannah to destruction, rather than allow
the Federal forces to occupy them; and we
have no doubt that it will require a fierce
fight to accomplish the overthrow of these
two cities. The fall of Charleston will
be an important event, and in possess
ing South Carolina, we will possess the
heart of the Cotton States. In Virginia,
our army is quietly, steadily, and ra
pidly gathering strength. There are stories
in the Southern papers to the effect that
tiom iloorara army 11 being bran 1111
awl Algoma iii ROMP flanitalitiants, lilt ttiß
hear nothing of this from reliable resources.
In the West there is a cloud of war covering
Kentucky. Our friends in Louisville seem
to dread a repetition of BEA.uo's invasion,
but we can see no reason to anticipate any
such contingency. Gen. RosncnANs is mas
ter of the situation in the West, and Ken
tacky is under his guardian care.
Putting the Question Plainly.
The New York Trabrous thus plainly and
frankly puts the question of peace :
"Do you wish to encourage the rebels to protract
and embitter this contest? If you do, vote •for the
candidates whom they regard as at least partially
their friends arid prefer to see elected. If you do
not, 'vote for those who will render all possible sup
port to the Government in its efforts to put down
the rebellion. All other issues sink into nothing
ness when compared with this. If you really mean
to save the Union, elect no more Seymours as Go
vernors. The rebels have had aid and comfort
enough from that source already.”
This is the true platform. Loyal men
have but one duty. They must obey one
master. They cannot serve God and Mam
mon. Peace now means treason, and all
efforts to, make a premature peace can only
proceed from a sympathy with treason.
The Trial vf ay Matßuling
10.11fiatittocARA elps, grant migl
nality of thought, and great powers of ex
pression, combine to render this book, from
the pen of our fellow-townsman, Mr. SID
NEY G. FISHER, one of the most interesting
that have ever appeared on so difficult a
subject as constitutional law. Mr. FISHER
has been long known, under the sig
nature of " Cecil," as an able and impartial
writer on the position of the African
race in • this country, and the relation
which it should hold to our own. His
views, equally remote from the, fanati
cism which would elevate the negro to a
social equality with the white mau, and
the barbarism which would reduce him to a
level with the beast, or treat him as a chat
tel, have had a marked and healthy in
fluence upon public opinion, not only In
this city, but in many other parts of the
country where they have been collected
and republished. To him it is, at least,
part due, that Philadelphia, without adopt
ing the errors of the Abolitionists; is begin
ning to understand that emancipation in
some form is essential to the effectual pre
servation of the Union, the elevation of the
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nation.
Mr. Fisttnit has now entered upon an
other field of research, in which he shows
himself equally a master. From slavery,
the transition was natural and almost inevi
table to the Union and Constitution, which
slavery has assailed, and the war which we
are waging for their preservation. The na
tion Is passing through a great crisis. Is
the Constitution, hi which resides our na
tional life, adequate to the emergency ?
Will it survive the ordeal to which it is
ex
posed ? From these inquiries, which must
have forced themselves on every thoughtful.
mind during the last few years, Mr. limn-
En's work derives its title, The Trial of the
Constitution. All the great questions of the
day—the Union, Slavery, Emancipation, the
power of the President to Suspend the Ha
beas Corpus-r-are passed in review hi the
course of the investigation, and derive new
interest from the way in which they arc
treated. Mr. FISHER writes in a calm and
philosophic spirit, which looks to truth and
the welfare of the future rather than the pas
sions of the hour, but with the heart of a
patriot regards the good of the country as the
great object for which Constitutions were
made and Governments created. The ex
tracts elsewhere printed will afford a better
idea of Mr. FISHER'S views, and the merit
of his argument, than any abstract which
could-be given within. the compass of this
article, and we refer the reader to them and
the work itself, in the full assurance that the
time will not be lost which is given to their
perusal..
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.,
WASMIMTON, February 25, 1363
What can be done to satisfy the dis
affected and denunciatory partisans who
clamor for peace, and against War, and who
rave at everybody connected with the prose
cution of the war, except alone the armed
traitors themselves ? At last we have an
answer to this universally-asked- question.
Ho t §t Sl QQA - otf Qlll% ycaVrtitly {Attu
-110011. all idltln¢tlt7n Nfllloll 8011111 g to
he the remedy of his school of
and which, acceded to, would, it is intima
ted, make them good friends of the Govern
inent. It is equally brief and explicit. Bays
Mr. Cox
"Repeal the confiscation act, the emancipation
proclamation, and other unconstitutional measures
—withdraw the negro entirely—and a conscription
bill would not be necessary to reinvigorate the coup
try.,,
It is well to bear in mind that the gentle-
man making this proposition is one of the
most determined of the adversaries of the
Administration, and an energeticleader of his
party:.Lct - rtertheroforeri---look : wt-hie,
Supposing the confiscation act is repealed.
Who is to be benefited by this surrender?
Of course, traitors alone. The partial ope
ration of that measure has not affected a
single dollar of loyal property. In the
hands of Andrew Johnson, General Hal
leek, and General Butler, it has been
a just punishment of the open enemies of
the Government. The men who forced on
and still favor the rebellion are made to pay
the expenses of the Southern families whom
their treason has assisted to bring to ruin.
The confiscation act is not so much a relief
to the General. Government (indeed, it is no
relief .whatever to the people of the free
States v,-ho have lost nothing by the confis
cating or sequestrating acts of the rebellion)
as it is to the loyal people of Kentucky, Mis
souri, Tennessee, and Louisiana. From
these brave men you hear no clamor for its
repeal. And yet this great measure is to be
repealed to propitiate the Democratic lead-
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loation Vito oiatuaciptution prooltt.
maimn is to be repealed. Be careful
to note, in regard to this additional
demand, that it is also made only by those
who are not engaged in the war, and that
that proclamation has been endorsed by
thousands of Democrats who are in the war.
Let us suppose that the proclamation had
never been issued, and that no regulations
had been made for the protection and care of
the negroes who would have been suddenly
released during the progress of the war. Can
any one who has observed the unscru
pulous character of the opposition to the
Government believe that the Administra
tion would not have been assailed for
neglecting these poor and forsaken peo
ple ? Is it not notorious that before the
proclamation was decided upon, Demo
cratic politicians ridiculed . the Republi
cans because they had not yet dared to at
tack slavery ? The early rebel envoys
themselves, in a formal appeal to Eu
rope ,at the beginning of the war, at
tempted to propitiate the foreign anti
slavery element by declaring that Mr.
Lincoln's Administration had not do
creed, and would not decree, the libera
tion of the slaves, and in this they proved
that if we desired to secure the support' of
this element, a measure like the proclama-
Mr'? •
coin did as to Southern slavery no Demo
cratic Administration could have refused to
do.._ It was only when slavery 'was found to
be Vie granary of the rebellion, that , Go
vernment had to defend itself by an attack
on slavery. The slaves would have been
made free, it is contended, without the
proclamation, by the act of war. If so ; if
this was inevitable, why deprive.. ourselves
of the credit of assisting that result, and of
providing ways and means for the main
tenance of the disfranchised slaves ? Are
we sure that Mr. Cox and his friends would
not have opposed the acts of our military
commanders, who might, for military
reasons, have declared •the slaves of their
departments free men ? Their harih cen
sures of Generals Phelps and Hunter are
well known. They have not only, there
fore, resisted the emancipation of the slaves
by law, by proclamation, or by the work
of war. Ana where does this fact leave
them? Simply in the attitude of preserv
ing slavery, the great reservoir and feeder
of this o inllitn . Pam all haw irlia
r.•=d It: tl 71i1,2=11 < - ,1 1 IL; p - ;:.3.-
mation on the ground of encouraging en
listments would, like the repeal of the don
tiscation act, only operate to aid the public
.enemy, and to dishearten the loyal people.
But it is something to know that leaders like
Mr. Cox have at last given us a remedy to
" invigorate " the people, and have stated
the ground upon which they will- support
the war. And if their programme is
not the best and, most practicable, let
. us
be thankful that it has been frankly . an . -
nounced. OCCASIONAL.
Literature.
A new work by Hans Christian Andersen, well
translated, must be acceptable to persons of all ages.
His stories are amongthe household treasures of the
world. His latest work, consisting of four tales,
(The Ice-Maiden, The Butterfly, The Psyche, and
The Snail and The Rose Tree), has just been so wel
translated into English, by Miss Fanny . Fuller, a
young lady of this city, that it reads as if it had
originally been written in our language. The first
story, which is the longest, has its scene in Switzer
land, and is imaginative and fan c ful,with a sorrowful
conclusion. The "Butter-ay" is a charming sketch
of only a few pages. " The Psyche," located in Rome,
is the story of a sculptor's fancy, and "The Snail and
the Rose-Tree," in Andersen's own natural, best
style, is a delightful little apologue. Altogether, the
book has its author's loading characteristics—inven
tion, grace, and sustained Interest. It is illustrated
talth n uhntnrttaph fnr ita fanntiminna. in mantlY
Minton. nn Ann tillagifillihnllnil. Ha
publisher is Mr. F. Leypoldt, foreign bookseller,
Chestnut street, who proposes to produce a series of
the treasures of - European literature. The next
volume in this series will be Liszt's Life of Frederic
Chopin, the Polish pianist and composer, who died
in 1849, translated from the French, by Mrs. Martha
Walker Cook, (wife'of Major General Cook, of New
Jersey), and this will be followed by a reprint of
Lady Wallace's translation of Felix Mendelssohn's
Letters from Italy and Switzerland, a book which
has been unusually popular in Europe. The original,
of course, is in German. 'Whenever he can, Mr.
Leypoldt will preferentially secure American trans
lotions, to give the Works a more national interest.
We have hitherto "conveyed" too freely from Eng
land.
EVOLIaIi PERIODIOALS.—We have the Illustrated
London News of February 7, Mid Illustrated News of
the World of the same date, from S. 0. 'Upham, news
paper and periodical agent, 403 Chestnut street. The
former (with a double supplement) has a full-page
portrait of Prince Alfred ; the latter gives the
Prince of Wales in the hunting-field, and a portrait,
on steel, of - Viscountess, a fair Canadian.
CONTIiizaTAL MONIFILY.—bIr. George W. Childs
has handed us the March number, which Is of more
thaw average merit. The best general article is
" The Century of Inventions," by C. G. Leland, and
the best political paper is "The Union," by the Hon.
Robert 3. Walker. Miss Eleanor C. Donnelly, of
Philadelphia, contributes a fine and thoughtful
poem, "The Vision of the Monk Gabriel."
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iIEA MN ONMENT o o.Bllloll—
telegraphic despatch, received at a late hour last
evening, requested us to announce that the oration
on Garibaldi, which Mr. Mason Jones was to tie
'liver this evening at Musical Fund Hall, is post
poned through circumstances which Mr. Jones has
no power to control. As it will be impossible for
him to leave Washington in Wine to be here to.
night, the oration is deferred until Saturday eve
ning.
The private sale of tickets for Mr. Hartmann's con
cert for the soldiers has met with such unprecedented
"encouragement, that the ladies have been stimula
ted, by success, to make a larger Issue of them than
was at first proposed, and a limited number are now
lon sale at the music stores, as will be seen in the Oily
Items. The purpose of the concert appeals to the
t hearts of all patriotic citizens, whilst its artistic
merits must attract every lover of good music.
AUCTION NOTIOZ—SALE OH BOOTS AND SHOES.—
; The attention of buyers Is, called im the large and
attractive sale of 1,000 CRECB boots, shoes, brogans,
! /co., to be sold by catalogue this morning, by Philip
j Ford k Co., auctioneers, at their store, 626 Market
itt4d 522 Climuuetoe greet.
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THE PRESS. -- PHILADELPHIA THURS DA.Y. FEBRUARY 2G, 1863.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to « The PreEKVP
WA6lirlierrow, February 25, Ma.
Committee on the Conduct of the War.
It is probable that the Committee on the Conduct
of the War will report •to Congress on important
matters before the close of the session. ,
Gen. McGraitLart will be examined before the
committee to-morrow.
Peonage in New Mexico.
A resolution of, the Legislature of New alexico
was presented to the Senate to-day, asking that
compensation be made to the owners of the six hun
dred Indian captives about to be liberated by the
courts, and the passage of a law to return them to
their several tribes
French Invasion of Sonora.
Judge WATTS, delegate from New Mexico, re
ceived advices to-day from El PASO, in Chihuahua,
stating that a French regiment, 8,000 strong,
,have
captured Guaymas, and were marching on Hermo
sillo, the capital of the Mexican State of Sonora.
The reason for the invasion is stated to be in conse
quence of the action of Governor Pesquiera condo
eating the goods of Frenchmen and banishing them
from Sonora.
Confirmation.
The Senate to-day, in executive session, confirmed
the nomination of War. P. BLODGETT as naval offi
cer at Providence, B. 1., in place of Ftsgan, re
signed.
MY OF TIE
dilYance of Wheeler's Rebel
Pressing 'Negroes and Whites into the
Ranks—The JPederal Troops Prepared for
Atlaek—The River Rising Rapidly.
Naenvu,La, Feb. 25.—General Wheeler's rebel
force, consisting of four brigades of cavalry, are this
side of Columbia, Tenn., and are reported to be
carrying off all the able-bodied contrabands, and
taking them South. A portion of them were within
four miles of Franklin last night.
There is a large force of United States troops at
Franklin, under General. Gilbert, and no fears are
apprehended of an attack.
The rebels report that their guerilla leaaer Forrest
is dead, but it is not believed here.
The railroad runs to Harpeth river one mile this
aids
.
A heavy rain has fallen all day - c - aiiii;tlieTriVer is
rising rapidly, and will probably overflow the banks.
ARMY OP THE MISSISSIPPI*
Reinforeentents for General 'Grant- The
Late Providence Canal - Opened—One or
Our Gunboats Enters the Lake.
CAIIIO, Feb. 25.—A large fleet of boats left Mem
phis, on Sunday, for below.
One of our gunboats passed into Lake Providence
and dispersed the rebels and negroes there, who
were felling trees to obstruct their progress.
Officers of the army arriving here state that the
health of the troops was improving.
Attempted Assassination of Gen. Banks—
Death of. Hiss Emma Taylor.
NEW Yuan - , Feb. W.—The steamer Continental,
at this port from New Orleans, brings up papers to
the 13th. The only item ot importance is the an
-nouncement, in the Picayune of that date, of an
attempt to shoot Major General Banks as he was
about entering his carriage, at the ladies' entrance
of the City Hotel, about a quarter past 7 o'clock on
the evening of the 12th. The weapon used was an
air-gun, and the bullet, after passing near where the
gualtal Stool Wall multi Ott MU Dehnlita Innatusa
The email 11110 IMMO the AUTON; it is stated; filo
apeman et ono% aunt at last accounts the online
had not been succeasful in tracing out his identity.
DEATH OF MISS EMMA. TAYLOR
It is sad to have to record the death of one whom
we have been in the habit of seeing so young, so
gay, so animated, so full of life as pretty Emma
Taylor, who, as one of Laura Keene's company of
late, and formerly of other theatres in this city, had
for some years been BO well known here. She was
playing with Miss Keene last week at Hartford,
and received some accidental internal injury, by
coming in contact with a scene, that brought on suc
cessive convulsions which could not be counteracted.
Miss Taylor was greatly esteemed, both profession=
ally and in private life. She was the young sister
of that favorite actress, Miss Mary Taylor.
XXXVIIIh' CONGRESS—Third Session.
WASEINGTOII, February 23, 1863.
§ENATE.
The Brevet Rank.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Indiana, called up the bill
authorizing the President to confer the brevet rank.
It was passed.
The Duty on Paper.
Mr. HOWE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, presented the
memorial of the
.Legislature of Wisconsin, asking
for a reduction of the duty on paper.
A. Bridge Over the Ohio.
Mr. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky, introduced a bill
to authorize the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge
Company to build a bridge across the Ohio river, at
a height of- not less than a hundred, feet above the
low-water mark.' Referred to the Committee on
the PM Office and Post Roads;
Kentucky Tolls.
Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, presented
the resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky con
cernibg the tolls due to the State of Kentucky from
the United States. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr. • " txuihrainituaects7cattecrup—
the bill to promote the health, comfort, and Olden
cy of the army.
Mr. SIMMER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, moved
to strike out the.provision authorizing the Com
missary to furnish tobacco to the soldiers at cost.
Rejected—yeas 3, nays' 33:
'The bill was then passed.
Taking of Depositions.
- - - -
hlr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, from the .1-u
-dietary Committee, reported back the bill to facili
tate the taking of depositions in the United btates to
be used in other countries.
The Pacific Railroad Bill.
The bill amendatory to the Pacific Railroad bill
was taken up.
adr. IVIODOUGALL (Dem.), of California, offered
an amendment providing that the retention of 'a
certain per tentage of the -bonds in the treasury till
the road is completed shall only apply to that por
tion of the road on either slope of the Rocky Moan
taini. Adopted.
Mr/SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, offered an amend
ment, which was adopted, that, at the discretion of
the President, he may pay to any of the companies
mentioned in the act, in lieu of the bonds of the
United States, an equal amount in the lawful money
of the United States.
Indian Appropriation 8111.
The bill was then passed, and the Indian appropri
ation bill was taken up.
A large number of amendments were acted upon,
and the bill was then passed.
Peonage la New Mexico.
_ _
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kansas, presented the
resolutions of the Legislature of New Mexico,
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that, Tcr - rhorb owl who will ue Folgtolg lu Vie act
of Congress passed June 19 7 1869..
Case of Commander minter.
' Mr. ARNOLD (U.), of Rhode Island, offered a
resolution, which was adopted, requesting the Presi
dentio communicate to the Senate the proceedings
of the court martial in , the case of Commander
Charles Hunter.
Pay for Irregular Troops.
Mr. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky, introduced a bill
for the payment of officers and soldiers who actually
rendered service _in the army without. being regu
larly enrolled.
Canton:dol. Land Cases.
Mr. RICE (Dem.), of Minnesota, introduced a bill
to secure the right of trial by jury in land cases in
California.
The Benate then went into executive session, and
subsequently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The National Militia Bill.
The House resumed the consideration of the Se
nate bill to organize the national forces, and for other
purposes.
Mr. THOMAS (U.), of Massachusetts, said the
bill was comprehensive in its power, and therefore
required at the hands of the Government a large
and onerous duty and he suggested another ques
tion. It was obvious that the country had found
itself in a terrible exigency, but he thought the time
of the [conscription proposed was too long; nor
should thebill include thejudgea of the State courts,
ministers of the Gospel, and members of Congress..
Nor 'Mould civilians be arrested by the military
power: But this measure was both within the scope
clothe Constitution,
and an absolute necessity.
There was no provision which restricted the power
to raise and support armies; and when the life of the
Government was at stake it was not a question of
policy, but of necessity, of life or death. The con
fiscation bills and emancipation proclamation had
proven failures. We were in the exact position we
meat Itellisnalat Tao attleto must Its aut)o9l
and.
ORITTENDFN of Kentucky, said he
made no profession of his patriotism. The measure
now proposed was the natural result of the course
of policy pursued from the beginning. Ifighteen
months - ago it was here declared the sole oteect of
the war was to restore our country, and not subvert
the institutions of any State. This declaration,
everywhere North and West, united tbe people ; but
it was the departure from it which had caused distrust
and disasters, and lost their hearts, which had been
turned away by violations of the Constitution in
the passage of the confiscation measures, and issuing
of the emancipation proclamation. The Abolition
elements had created the mischief; the people will
not volunteer to free the slaves, and hence a resort
must be had to coercion, as is contemplated by this
bill. The only remedy was to retrace our steps, and
make this a national, not a sectional war. Then we
would not want drafts and conscriptions. We must
no longer be Democrats and Abolitionists, but pa
triots, if we would save our, country. He argued
as to the negro troops that they are a source
of weakness instead of power. White men will not
fight in their company.
The time of debate having expired by limitation,
the House proceeded to vote on the amendments,
and adopted one contlniog the term of service to the
present rebellion, not, however, exceeding three
years.
An ineffectual motion was made by Mr. COLFAX
(It.), of Indiana, to reduce the time to two years.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Olin, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, was adopted, pro
viding that all persons in time of war or rebellion
found lurking or acting as spies about fortifications
and camps of the army, shall be tried by a general
court-rnarttal or military commission, and on con
viction, shall suffer death.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Ohio, offered
an tuuendmentom that instead of summary arrests
by provost marshals of persons resisting or coun
gellino resistance to tlic gait' tkity IMPmade 0 .. n
tl iyerrant lasuml DJ orrivcrs 91 GYM., mating
competent rlssitv u
ko, on a co
m rat.
eetttng forth
the ofFence charged, etc. Rejected— 'l
against 10.
Dir. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to confine the
conscription
STEVENSptiltOlVhite citizens, ejected.
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offered
an amendment exe (R m e p p ti ) 4l ° L . Pm en t lislali4
the draft
conscientiously scrupulous against bearing arms,
end who shall deolNre on oath or affirmation that
such has been their religious principle for three
years. Rejected.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (Dem.), of Kentucky, offered
an amendment that the men thus called into service
shall be, by the Governors of the States, organized
into companies and regiments, and the officers to
command them appointed by the authority of each
State, according to the provisions of the Constitu
tion and laws thereof and the Constitution of the
United States. The amendment was rejected—yeas
56, nays 104.
The one bour devoted to offering of amendments
having expired (thus excluding many others which
gentlemen were prepared to submit), the Rouse pro
ceeded to dispose of the vending motion of Mr. llol
man, of Indiana, to strike out the thirteenth section
in relation to substitutes, the neglect to do which
subjecting the delinquent to arrest and trial as a de
serter. The motion was disagreed to—yeas 66,
nays 88.
Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.) offered a substitute for the
bill, declaring all able-bodied white male citizens
between the ages of• eighteen and forty-five years,
with exceptions, which ate mentioned, to constitute
the militia of the United States, to be called out by
the President, in the manner authorized by law ; the
force to he dieided into two clasnea, each to serve
one year, unless sooner discharge(' ; to be enrolled
and officered by the State authorities elect.
The substitute was rejected—yeas 44, nays 150. •
The Rouse then passed the Senate bill for enrol
ling add calling out the National force(' with the
above noted amendments made by the House, to
gether with striking out from the duties of provost
marshals that to inquire into and report to the pro
vost marshal general, all treasonable practices. The
vote on the passage (yeas 115, uays49) is as follows
YEAS.
Flanders (R. )
Fish.r (R.)
Fr:tracig (R.)
Frank (it.)
Gooch (R.)
Goodwin cro
Granger (RI
Gurley (11.)
Hahn (U.)
Haight (R.)
Hale (R.)
H ItITISOGI (U.)
Hickman (R.)
Hoopur (R.)
Horton (R.)
Hutchins (R.)
Julian (R.)
Kelley (R.)
Kellogg(R.) Mich.
Kellogg (R. ) Ills.
I Killinger (Tt.)
Lan ea sing (D.)
Lry ( U.)
Loomis (R.)
iLovejoy(R,)
:Low (l.)
'Mciudoecit.)
:McKean( j
McKnight (K.)
McPherson (R.)
Marston (R
Maynard (U.)
Mitchell (it.)
Moorhead (It.) -
Marrilt
(1)
Nint Ell.l
Olin
Patton (R.)
NAYS,
Harding (D.)
liolman (D.)
Johnson (D,)
Kerrigan (D.) .
Knapp (D.)
Law (D.)
Larear (D:)
Mallory (IL )
May (D.)
Menzies (DJ
Morris (D.)
Noble (D.)
[Norton (D.)
Nugin.)
Pendle ( ton (D.)
Perry (D.)
Aldrich (IL )
Alley (RI
Aeliley (R.)
Arnold (R. )
Babbitt (R.)
Bally (D.)
Baker (R.)
Baxter (R.)
Beaman (It.)
Bingham (R.)
Blair (U.) Vs.
Blair (It ), Pa.
Blake (IL)
Brawn (U.)
Budinton (R.)
Calvert (U.)
Camphall(R.)
Casey (U.)
Chamberlain (IL)
Clark (R. )
Colfax (R.)
ConklingF.A. (B.)
Conkling R. (R.)
Coyodel(R.)
Criatleld (U.)
Cutler (R.)
DAVIS (IL)
Dawes (R.)
Delano (R.)
Diver (R.l
Dunn (IL )
Edgeiton (R )
Edwards (IL)
Eliot R.)
MY WO
FasaigML
remaining), T, A, D.
(Rep.)
Allen (D.) Ohio
Allen (D. ) llinois
Ancona (D.)
Diddle (D.)
Clements (II.)
Conway (IL)
Corning (Dom.)
Cox (D.)
Cravens (D.)
Crittenden (11. )
Delaplaine (D.)
Dunlap (D.)
English. (D.)
Foulso (D. )
Grider (U.)
Hall (D)
Emancipation in Maryland.
Mr. WHITE (Rep.), of Indiana, from the select
committee on emancipation, reported a bill to aid
Maryland in the abolition of slavery, and providing
ten millions of bonds for the purpose, to be delivered
when the President is satisfied of the passage by the
Legislature of aLood and valid act within two years
from January Is Int.
Mr. ORMTEI D (U.), of Maryland, raised a
point that the bill must receive its first considera
tion in Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, as it appropriated the proceeds for the sale
and confiscation of rebel property.
The SPEAKER sustained the objection.
Mr. WHITE moved that the bill be recommitted
to the Select Committee.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, moved
to refer it to the Committee of the Whole on the
State of the Union.
Mr. White's motion was agreed to. Yeas, 76 ;
nait o'clock, the House took a recess till 7
o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
•Emancipation in Missouri.
Mr. 'WHITE (Rep.) of Indiana, from the Select
Committee on Emancipation, reported a bill appro
priating fifteen millions for the abolishment of
slave • In Missouri.
Mr. TALL (Dem.), of Missouri, and VALLAN
DIGHAM (Dem.) severally raised questions of order,
the latter insisting that the committee could not re.
port a new bill, but only that which was referred to
them as amended by the Senate.
The SPEAKER overruled the point.
Mr. HALL appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
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was 8 Cell Of the ROMP.
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* i aShburne's - motion was then agreed •
yeas 79, nap 37.
Case of Mr. Bridges.
Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, rising to a
question of privilege, stated that George IV. Bridges,
elected member from the Third district of Tennessee,
bad arrived here. He moved that the gentleman be
admitted to a lent in the House. Mr. Bridges was
elected at the same time he (Mr. Maynard) was, and
under a law passed long previous to the rebellion.
Mr. DAWES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, briefly ad
vocated the admission of Mr. Bridges, stating that
while on his way to Washington from Tennessee he
was arrested and taken back. to East Tennessee. He
had but recently been released from rebel custody.
Mr. MAYNARD remarked. that . .. Ur. Bridges'
district was still within the Federal lines.
Kr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, said that if
Mr. Brides had come hither by the underground
railway he was bound to vote for hie admission.
[Laughter]. How would it be with Nelson, who
was elected at the same time, and had since taken
the oath to support the rebel Government, were lie
to appear here asking for a seat?
Mr. DA'WES replied that he had fallen from grace.
The gentleman himself would understand that.
[Laughter.]
Mr. LOVEJOY. Yes, we have had illustrations
Of it this winter.
Mr. MAYNARD said Mr. Bridges had never taken
the oath to support the rebel Constitution, but was
now here to swear support to that of the United
States.
After refuslmg, by a large vote, to refer the creden
tials of Mr. Bridges to the Committee on Elections,
that gentleman was then sworn in as a member.
The bill to amend the internal revenue act was
then taken up in Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union.
Amendments to the Internal Revenue Bill.
The following are the amendments to the tax bill
as far as acted upon.by the Rouse in Committee of
they Thole
: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
lives of the United Slates of America, in Congress assem
bled, That an act entitled "an act to provide inter
nal.revenue to support tithe Government and-wrs in
litrrhe same WarirtiffiMb a rglcillifbirefiej be?
forth, namely : • ""
That whenever any written notice or other in
strument in writing is required, the same shall be
lawful if written or partly written and printed,
That section 11 be, and hereby is, amended so as
to authorize the assistant assessors to perform any
duties therein imposed upon assessors.
That section•l9. be so amended that the deputy col
lector, as well as the collector, may perform all the
duties required of the said collector in the said sec
tion ; and any notice required by said section to per
sone who neglect to pay their taxes may be Bent by
mail to the dwellings or usual places of business of
such persons, if any they have, written or printed,
and said notice shall state the amount of duty or tax
for which such persons are liable, including the ten
per centum additional, as provided for in said sectibn,
demanding payment of the same ; and with moppet
to all such duties or taxes as are not included in the
annual lists, as provided for in said section, and all
taxes and duties the collection of which is not other
wise provided for in said act, it shall be the duty of
each collector, in person or by deputy t to demand
payment-therefor '
in the manner provided, within
ten days from and after the expiration of the time,
and any copy of distraint shall be left at the dwelling
or usual place of business of the owner or possessor
of property diatrained.
That section 28 be, and hereby is, amended by
striking out the words " forfeit and pay the Bum of
$600," and inserting in lieu thereof, upon convic
tion thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction,
forfeit and pay the sum of $6OO, or be imprisoned for
a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of
the court" Provided, that the Gommiegioner of
Internal Revenue is authorized to make regulations
allowing for leaking of spirits in transportation.
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any taut or pauXage nB mused, for the purpose vr
selling spirits of a quality different from that so in
apected, shall be subject to a like penalty for each
cask or package so used,"j and• inserting in lieu
thereof, "and any person who shall fraudulently
use any cask or package so marked for the purpose
of selling any other spirits than that so inspected, or
for selling spirits of a quality or quantity different
from that so inspected, shall be subject to a like
Penalty, as provided, for each cask or package so
used.
That section 44 be, and hereby is, amended by
striving out the words "to be contiguous to such
distillery."
That section 64 be, and hereby is, amended so that
no license shall be required of an attorney having
taken out a license as such in consequence of being
employed to purchase, rent, or sell real estate, or to
collect rent thereon for others in the ordinary course
of business ; in paragraph number 16, by inserting
after the word taverns," or "eating houses," by
adding to paragraph number 28 the following words :
"Nor shall apothecaries who have taken out a li
cense as such be required to take out a license as
retail dealers in liquors in consequence of selling
alcohol ;" and in paragraph number 29, by inserting
after the word "merchandise," "or who shall menu
facture by hand or machinery, for any other person
or persons, goods, wares, or merchandise."
That section sixty-four be, and hereby is, further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following
paragraphs:
34. Architects and civil engineers shall pay ten
dollars for each license. Every person whose busi
ness it is to plan, design, or superintend the con
struction of buildings, or ships, or of roads, or
.bridges, or canals,or railroads shall be regarded as
an architect and civil engineer under this act.
36. Builders and contractors shall pay twenty-five
dollars for each license. Every person whose busi
ness it is to construct buildings, or ships, or bridgea,
or canals, or railroads, by contract, shall be regarded
as a builder and contractor under this act: Provided,
That no license shall be required from any person
whore building contracts do not exceed $5OO in any
ono year.
Aia
Jig Man with nun, I ill! 111110
or ajaelfaeg for the Use Of mares, requiring or re.
ceineg bray therefor, shall be required to tate out
a license under this act, which shall contain a brief
description of the animal, its age, and place or places
where used or to be used : Provided, That all ac
counts, notes, or demands, for the use of any such
horse orjack without a license, as aforesaid, shall
be invalid and of no force in any court of law or
equity.
39. Lottery-ticket dealers shall pay $l,OOO for each
license., Every person who sells or offers to sell
lottery tickets or fractional parts thereof, or token,
certificate, or any device representing, or intended
to represent, a lottery ticket, or any fractional part
thereof, shall be deemed a lottery-ticket dealer under
this act.
40. Insurance agents shall pay Islo for each
license. Any person who shall ant as agent of any
fire, marine, life, mutual, or other insurance com
pany or companies, (shall be regarded as an insu
rance agent under this act: Provided, That no 11
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sense shall be required of any insurance agent,
whose receipts as such agent or broker, are leas
than the sum of $6OO in any one year.
41. Butchers shall pay ten dollars for each license.
Every person who shall sell butchers' meat at retail
shall be regarded as a butcher under this act. Pro
rided, furlher, That butchers who retail butchers'
meat exclusively, from a cart or wagon, by them
selves or agents, except those whose annual sales do
not exceed one thousand dollars, shall be required to
pay five dollars for each license, anything in this act
to the contrary notwithstanding, and, having taken
out a license therefor, shall not be required to take
out a license as a pedler for retailing butchers' meat
as aforesaid.
At this point of the proceedings the committee
found itself without a (lumina, and at it% o'clock
the Rouse adjourned.
Mutiny of a Negso Crew In New-York
ci r
bor.
Pub. .swz; i 4.; ad,
Luoy Thompson mutinied As the ship was about to
sail. A sharp struggle occurred, in which the mate,
Tar, Blacketock, was knocked down and struck with
a belaying pin. Captain Crocker, seeing his danger,
fired his pistol and wounded one of the mutineers,
when the whole gang were driven forward. The
harbor police then arrested the mutineers, sixteen
in number.
Connecticut Politics.
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 25.—The Democratic Con.
vention of the First district to-day nominated A. P.
Hyde as candidate for Congresa.
NEW Ilavarr, Feb. 25.—The Democratic Maven.
tion of the Second district today unanimously no•
minated James E. English for Congress.
Another Rebel Pirate Ready to Leave
England.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.5.—A despatch received per the
steamer Glasgow says a new steamer, "the 296,"
was lying in the Mersey, on the 6th inst., and ex
pected to sail in a few days for a rebel re.ndezvoun.
Burning at a Grain Elevatfir.
'roLigiv, Ohio, Feb. 26.—The . elevator of the
Michigan Southern Railroad, with 120 000 bushels
of grain, end 2,000 barrels of flour, was burned
morning. The lose amount' to about $200,000.
PENNSTL
rum', 25, lalle, .
The Senate m 4 aid was. opened
with prayer by - trrisbung.
Messrs. DOM 'AY presented
remonstrances : ;Must the con•
struotion of a FR, t.
Mr. CONNEI emonetranae of
Edwin Forrest, . if Philadelphia, •
owning property !„531,000, against
any law authori on of a railway
on Broad street.
Mr. STEIN, I recharter of the
Allentown Ban/,
Mr. REILLY, from Schuylkill
county against tl
..uthorizing cot ,
porations to hob., ..... ~....rii of land for mining
purposes ; also. a petitionin favor of the passage of
a law prohibiting the pay ent of laborers, miners,
etc., in store orders.
Mr. STUTZ MAN, a pe tion in favor of amending
the marriage laws so as o require a license in all
cases.
Bills rodneed.
Mr. REILLY, a supptment to the aot Incorpo
rating the borough of Abhland, Schuylkill county,
dividing it into wards.
Mr. CONNELL, a suiplement to the act incorpo
ratingea the city of Phil I
elphla, relative to water-
Mr. STEIN, a bill to incorporate the Moravian
Seminary for young ladle, at Bethlehem.
Adjournment.
Mr. McCANDLESS nifered a resolution, which
was adopted, providin • that when the Senate ad
journs to morrow it w adjourn until Monday eve
ningi at '1 o'clock.
Phelps (D,) Oat.
Pike (R.)
Pomeroy o (R.)
Rrter
ice (R. ) Rase
Rica (R.) Mo.
Riddle (R. )
Rollins (R.), N. R
Sargeaut (R.)
Sedgwick (R.)
%gar )
Shanks (RI
Sheffield
rgor )
Shollaba (R.)
Sherman (11..)
Sloan (H.)
Spaulding (R.)
Stevens (R.)
Stratton (R.
Thomas (11. )Mass
Thom ) Rd
Train (R )
Trimble (U.)
Trowbridge (R. )
Vandever (R.)
Van Horn (R.)
Verroe (R. )
Walker (R *
)
Wall (R.)
Wallace (R.)
Walton (R. )
Wfulhburne (R)
WebAkar (R...)
Wheeler (D.
Wil)P ,s q, ).Ind.
tfi.
Worcester ( i(.)
Th Draft.
Mr. LA M BERTYN RI9Y9 f 4 Wit Pci prig
tc. lacau ...... nnat ',eh et' , mket
SMISWIAP. ac,varaor t.. Inqulrft
the proper nuthOrllleB ,1311 inform the Senate what
States other than Perasylvania have had the late
draft enforced; what pates have been relieved
from said draft, and theyeaaon therefor.
Mr. PENNEY wantid to know why the Senator
from Clarion (Mr. Laliberton) proposed to impose
this duty upon the Governor.
Mr. LAMBL'ILTOMstated that the Governor,
being in constant communication with the authori
ties at Washington, could more readily obtain this
information than any ; private citizen. Ho wished
to ascertain the factiq , as the impression prevailed in
some portions of thi ta tate that favoritism had been
exercised towards in . States that had not en
forced the draft, and was desirable, if this was not
the case, to diaabusS the public mind and allay a
state of feeling that ,hight produce a conflict with
the Federal authorities.
Mr. WILSON Nought that this information
could be mistily obtained without imposing the duty
upon the Governor, and the passage of the resolu
tion was entirely tuMecessary.
On motion of Mr. HIESTAND, it was postponed
for the present-4mm to, nays 11.
Bills censidered, Ste.
Senate bill No. tas,'relative to partition in pro
ceedinp in equity, came up in order on third read
ing and passed finally.
Mr. KINSEY called up the bill to incorporate the
Line Lexington Fire Insurance Company of the
counties of Bucks and Montgomery, which passed
finally.
Mr. CONNELL called up the bill relative to the
Union Mutual Insurance Company of Philadelphia,
which passed finally%
On motion of Mr. CONNELL, the joint resolu
tion appropriating $204 to pay the expenses of fit
ting up a folding room in the House, was considered,
and adopted.
• Mr. RIDGWAY called up the supplement to the
act incorporating the Pennsylvania Company for
insurance on liver), and granting annuities, which
passed finally.
Mr. HIF.STAND called up the bill relative to the
Columbia School District, in the county of Lancas
ter, which passed finally.
Mr. SMITH called up House bill 246, to lay out a
State road in Chester and Montgomery counties,
which passed finally. Adjourned.
Price (D.)
Robinson (D.)
Rollins (U.) Mo.
Shiel
Steele (D.) N. V.
Steele (I).) N. J,
(-tiles (D.)
Vallana (ahem, 1)
Voorhees
Wadsworth (D.)
Ward (D.)
Whale(D. )
White DJ Ohio.
Wickliffe (D. )
Woodruff (It.)
1 amen (Dem.)
The House met at 10% A. M., and was called to
order by Speaker Cessna.
Re-Imposition of the Tonnage Tax.
Mr. MOPMINS of Waehinton celled=p the act
'
Yinurnaff mot Imniartiplita ae! of
mutation of tonnage guile..
it was agreed to proceed to the considetition Of
the act by a vote of 49 ayes to 42 noes. •
Mr. HOPKINS, of Washington, then moved a
substitute for the bill—the substitute being an exact
copy of a bill on the same subject which was passed
by the House in 1881.
Messrs. VINCENT, LUDLOW, BENEDICT,
and others, contended that the substitute should be
printed and placed upon the desks of members. A.
rambling discussion ensued, which did not involve
the merits of the proposed legislation.
Finally Mr. BENEDICT moved to postpone the
whole subject for the present.
Mr. HOPKINS, of • Washington county, asked
leave to withdraw his substitute, and leave the
House to•act upon the original bill.
The SPEAKER decided that this could not be
done until the Motion to postpone was disposed of.
This motion was then amended so as to make the
postponement until Wednesday next. On this the
ayes and noes were required, and the House refused
to postpone until Wednesday next, by 49 noes to 46
ayes. The motion to postpone for the present was
also lost, and the House proceeded to the considera
tion of the bill of Dir. Hopkins, as follows :
Be it mailed, That the act entitled "an act for the
commutation of tonnage duties," approved the 7th
day of .March, anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, be and the same is hereby
re - sled.
_ _
in*. NOYES, of Clinton county, offered the follow
ing amendment:
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by thC:,Cenale and Howe of Re
presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it it hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same, That all railroad companies, canal
companies, steamboat or other navigation com
panies, shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use
of the Commonwealth, a tax upon all tonnage car
ried upon or over their respective lines of transporta
tion, to be graduated as follows, viz :
First. Upon the products of mines, for each ton of
two thousand pounds, two cents.
Second. Upon the product of the forest, Upon ani
mals, vegetable food, and all other agricultural pro
ducts; three cents.
Third. Upon merchandise, manufactures, and all
other articles, five cents.
SEc. 2. That in all cases where the same_ freight
is transported ~Over butditferent, nvt,i. b
continuous
same
ousl m in e ; es
of transportation; then thMu n kerehy intpond shall
the State Treasuier &Tag, a
thorized to collect the said tax from the iriailiariiUs
transporting the - freight:.Provided, That. the ear.
liege of all freight shipped through and over one or
several lines of transportation ahall be chargeable'
with but one tax as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. That corporations, whose lines of im
provement are used by others for the transportation
of freight, are hereby authorized to add the tax
hereby Imposed, and to collect the same for the
benefit of the State of Pennsylvania. •
SEO. 4r That all revenue derived from tonnage
duties shall be, and it Whereby, appropriated to the
sinking fund for the reduction of the State debt, and
shall not be used or appropriated for any other pur
pose whatsoever. -
Mr. KAINE denied that the act of 1961, commu
ting the tonnage tax, contained any contract which
could be violated by the law ag proposed. The en
actment of 1861 had been Infringed by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, which had taken securi
ties, (mortgages, atii.,) from different lateral roads,
which by the terms of that law should have received
pecuniary aid without rendering any such securi
ties. He believed that the Pennsylvania Railroad,
in their last annual statement, had not returned a
full account of their receipts by at least two millions
of dollars. .It was certainly not the intention of the
State to give such immense controlling power to
any one corporation. Re hoped the liberties of the
people would never be overawed by this company.
If this check was not placed upon their powers
great difficulties might ensue.
Air. HOPKINS, of Washington, moved to post
pone the further consideration of the subject until
Wednesday next. Agreed to.
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dowment of agricultural colleges, but made no final
disposition of the bill.
During the discussion of the application of Philip
R. Press for a divorce from his wife, Eliza Frees,
which took place on Tuesday afternoon, a number
of interesting facts were elicited. The original ap
plication set forth that Mrs. Press was hopelessly in
sane, and wall in an asylum, and that a daughter was
also partially deranged. The husband sought the
divorce in order that he might re-enter society, and
in some measure regain the health Which for nine
years he bad sacrificed.
It became evident at an early stage of the discus
sion in the House that the application would not be
successful. The first opposition was that of the
member from Montgomery (Mr. Rex), who desired
that the petitioner should be required to invest
.$12,000, (instead of $6 000, as hail been proposed,)
for the support of his insane wife. But the discus
sion soon took a wider range, and the opposition
(Mr. Johnson) contended that it was not right to
put aside a wife because she had been mentally un
fortunate—the law recognizing the power only to
put her aside for some crime. Mr:Smith, of Phila
delphia, urged that to retain a man in the marriage
relation with a woman who was insane was like
carrying out the customs of India, where the living
body was interred with the dead corpse. Mr. Mo
'Cullough held that the Divine law acknowledged no
such reason as • insanityi for a divorce ; and Mr.
Shannon, in a lengthy speech, said that the applies-.
tion if granted would be a precedent for any hus
band whose wife was slowly dying with consump
tion to apply for a divorce, and marry again while the
woman whom he had first sworn to love, cherish,
and protect, through fortune or misfortune, was in
sore need of his care. Mr; Wakefield quoted the
Bible in support of his position that such a divorce
would be against the law of God. Mr. Bowman
should conscientiously vote in favor of the applica
tion. The amendment of AV: Rex was then agreed
to, and the application was indefinitely postponed
by a vote of. yews 63, nays 26. Adjourned.
Nzw,Yont, Feb. 25.—The steamer Star of the
South; from Key West on the 18th instant, arrived
at this port at noon to-day. She has as passengers
Commander Wake and other °Sneers of the Hatteras
(destroyed by the Alabama near Galveston), and one
hundred and two of the crew.
The bark Sallie Bonsai' had arrived safely at Key
West, with Government stores which were saved
from the wreck of the ship Planter.. This is the
vessel which was reported to have been captured by
the rebel pirates. The officers and crew of'the Hat
teras arrived at Key West on the 16th instant, in the
ship Borodino.
Arrest of Smugglers and Spies.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 26.—Colonel Schley, of the 6th
Maryland Regiment, stationed at the Point of
Rocks, has captured ten smugglers, who were on
their way from Richmond, with the proceeds of their
unlawful trade, in Southern money, amounting in
the aggregate to over 8 20 , 000 . II
Meredith Gilmore; of Baltimore county, a brother
of Captain Harry Gilmore, of the' rebel army, who
was arrested near this • city during the invasion of.
Maryland last September, playing the part of a spy,
was also caught while attempting to go South. He
admits that he has been in the rebel service for four
teen months.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb.2s.—The report of the Com
mittee on Federal Relations, recommending com
missioners to be appointed to propose a settlement
of difficulties with the South, was discussed to-day
In the Senate. The whole day was occupied.
Messrs. Randolph, of Hudson, Ludlam, of Cumber
land, Chandler, of Morris
and Buckley of Passed*,
have spoken on the subject ; Messrs. Ludlam and
Buckley opposing it. The discussion will be re
sumed to-morrow.
A ligthiniatip couggp in being held this evening
the nommatien era iiiiihiß r - V411 1 :4'
to iv7v
IV/Pr • MAW yenrs.
Arrival or Steamers at New York
Nnw Win:, Feb. 26.—The steamers Borusida and
City of Washington arrived at this port tonight.
Their advices have been anticipated.
•
. Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 2.5.—F10ur advancing; Ohio ex
tra $B. Wheat advancing; red $1.8001.81. Corn
advancing ; white sl©l.oa; yellow 94093 c. Whin
icy firm at 59@59 ;,' c. Mess Pork $l6.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 2.5.—F10ur dull and freely of
at $6@13.10. Whisky dull at BlriPto. IProvi•
alons are held higher, but there was not much done
in the market to-day. Gold is quoted at 68(69 per
cent. premium, and demand notes at 66g/67 per cent.
premium. Exchange on New York par.
LARGE PRICETIRTORY SALE OR DRY Goons,
CLOTHING, Ex.—The early 'attention of purchasers
113 requested to the latge and general assortment of
British, Fresteh, German, and American dry goods,
c)othing, feathers, ace., embracing 1,000 packages
and lots of staple and limy articles in cottons, liaens,
woolens, worsted, andailks, to be peremutority sold,
, by catalogue, on four. months' credit, come - mooing
this morning at 10 o'clock, to be continued oil day
and part of the evening; by . John B. Myers fc G 0 .%
auotioneera, Nog. 282 and 214 Market attest..
LATURI.
HOUSE.
The Freon Divorce Case
LZM=I
New Jersey Legislature.
P.URItIVIC EXPLOSION.
A Gunpowder Patting Rouse Blown 11p.
FOURTEEN MEN KILLED.
A NUMBER OF PERSONS WOUNDED.
List of the Vasuaitim,
Wir.minaTon, Feb. 25.—The packing house of
Depont's powder works exploded at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, killing fourteen persons and wounding
There was not a great deal of damage done to the
other works
SEOOIIO D/LBPATOK
DUPONT'S MILLS, WILMINOTON, Del. , Fat Z.—
An explostozrof oneof the upper Mills of the Iftley
yard, at Erupont's mils, took place at 2 o'clock Ws
afternoon, whereby thirteen lives were lost.
The following are the names of the killed :
James McKenna, Fergus Noone,
Samuel Fisher, Samuel Fisher, Jr.,
Edward Devlin, Hugh Devlin,
Richard McLaughlin, John Quirk,
John P. Dehan, John Higgerton,
'Thomas Clark/ de, Thomas Dougherty,
James Credan,
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
TIM CITY OF PHILADELPHIA FiItAKEN
/haul a
.P ad.' pki were shakon, some
more violently than others, as though an earth
quake had occurred, or a powder mill exploded. In
the western part of the city the excitement
among the people was of an alarming character.
Numbers of the residents of the houses ran Into the
streets, thinking the roofs and walls were about to
crush in upon them: , Quite a number of persona
hastened to the Central Telegraph Station, and
made anxious inquiries as to the cause of the shock.
Despatches came In from all parts of the city an
nouncing the shock.
Agentleman informed us that he was seated in a
parlor of a house on Arch street, near Ninth. The
house trembled, or rather vibrated, so much as to
cause the glass drops of a four-light chandelier to
jingle quite merrily. Another gentleman says that
at Nineteenth and Arch streets a bundle of brooms
was thrown down from a grocer's door. The at
tendants came running out, exclaiming "what's
the matter'!" v. .
Some people had an idea that the State magazine,
in the First ward, had blown up. We had an inter
view with air. Davenport, the keeper of that place.
He described the shock as follows : He was about to
get into his wagon, to come to town. His wife was
standing in the doorway of the house. In a mo
ment the door was slammed against the jamb with
considerable violence, and a large waiter on' the
sideboard was thrown down. In a few seconds of
time a low, heavy sound, was heard, like the rolling
of distant thunder.
A gentleman who was in the Twenty-fourth ward
felt the earth shake. The accompanying sound
seemed like that made by a snow•slide or avalanche,
a sort of deep grumbling and rushing. The effects
werefelt in all parts of the city. The Town Halt at
Germantown shook to its foundation. The depots
of several of the passenger railroads, as we are in
formed by the conductors, were shaken, some with
considerable violence. It seemed, so far as our in
quiries extended, there was a universal rattling of
window sashes and glass doors. Those exposed to
the south and west were shaken much more than
others. •
At the time of the shock, the City hall, at Fifth
and Chestnut streets, was shaken; the windows
rattled pretty hard for several seconds, as though
some person was shaking them. People generally,
in the quiet or retired parts of the city, came into
the streets from their houses, while those already in
the street stood almost motionless, gazing on va
cancy, as if trying to fathom -the depth of space--
WOniltniil What wile all about! It inuanoni
1.51.1cr0d ‘ll.l. Immo coo or r.ao pry cr six • Oa 4
COnvirsid With pi4liort who
_passed on a frele.6l
train through Wilmington about 6 o'clock, but he
could not give us any information. A despatch was
sent by telegraph from the railroad ddpOt at Broad
and Prime streets to Wilmington, which elicited an
answer to the effect that a slight shock had been felt
there about 2 o'clock, probably caused by the explo
sion of a powder mill.
The different eftbcts of the shock were very re
markable in many places throughout the city. In
sonic parts, people thought from the crashing sound
of the noise, that some house had fallen in their im
mediate neighborhood. A gentleman from New Jer-
Bey informs us the shock was very sensibly felt there.
Even at White Horse and Haddonfield, some of the
houses were shaken. The prime cause was the ex
plosion of the packing house at the powder works of
the Messrs. Dupont, near Wilmington, Delaware, an
account.of which will be found in another column.
EUROPE.
The Steamer "Jura" at Portland, with
Advice, to the 15th instant—The Rebel
Ministerial Agent, Mr. Mason, at the Lord
Mayor's Banquet Emperor Napoleon's
Address not yet Disposed of—The Mexican
Expedition Denounced—Progress of the
Polish 'Rebellion—News from Australia,
India, China, Africa, &c.
PORTLAND, Feb. 26.—The steamship Jura, from
Liverpool, at half past 3 o'clock, on the afternoon of
the 12th, via Londonderry at 6 o'clock on the after
noon of the 13th inst., arrived here at half past 10
o'clock this morning.
The Jura has 171 passengers and a full freight.
Purser Taylor reports; The Jura experienced
heavy westerly gales throughout the passage. On
the 22d instant, in lat. 42, 66,- long. 63,16, passed ship
Julia radmer bound east. On the same, at SP. M.,
passed a steamer bound east, supposed to be the .
Europa*
The dates per the Jura are live days later than
those per the Canada, at Boston: _ -
The steamship Hibernian, from Portland; arrived
at Liverpool at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the
11th instant.
The steamship - Kangaroo, from New York, ar
rived at Queenstown at noon on the 12th inst. -
ienkc .4icatnehips Africa and Kedar were both to
quence of ale filar tititlifirig,..the -China, in come-
The steamship China, from Ne3N"orE,--tififraTtt
' Liverpool on the 12th inst. During the passage she
broke one of her shafts, and had to complete the
passage with the use of one engine and her sails.
Her lengthy passage had begun to excite alarm for
ber safety, which was happily dispelled by her safe
'arrival.
GREAT. BRITAIN
Mr. Mason, the rebel commissioner, was present
on the i2th inst., at the banquet given by the Lord
Mayor of London, and hie name was mentioned to.
connection with the following toast: "To our Vt.
altos."
The Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast, said, that .
although he could not greet Mr. Mason as the re-,
cognized plenipotentiary of the Confederate States,
he was perfectly justified in offering him as a gentle
man who came to' London on important business;
and therefore bid him a hearty Welcome to the Man
sion House. He deplored the disastrous civil war
raging In America, and hoped soon for its satisfac
tory termination.
Mr. Mason, in responding to an earnest invitation
to speak, was received with loud and enthusiastic
cheers.
Mr. Mason, after alluding to his difficult position
from the non-recognition of the Confederate Slates
by England, said he felt, in consequence a hesitation
in assuming to speak. lie then continued as fol
lows
"I am a stranger in London, or rather I was a
stranger ; but 1 have learned since I came to Lon
-91:1 ?PM P 9,24? of F M .n 6 tish blood from m T own South-
r ttai •
L;:1, It; ;11.;',1
circle in'England, and by every elan of eoeiety, aliTt
welcome and honored guest. The day will come—it
is not far off—when the relationship between my
Government, which is now in its infant fortune, and
yours will be one of close and intimate alliance. I
say this more especially as regards the city of Lon
don, which is the great market of the world. My
country is the unrivalled producer of the great
staples of the world, and I say that the relations
commercial, and doubtless politisal, and certainly
social, between my honored countrymen and the
people of London, will, before long, be of the most
intimate character."
hir.Masonli remarks at several points were re
ceived with much cheering.
The United States gunboat Tuscarora left Madeira
on the 2d of February for Cadiz.
The proceedings in the British Parliament on the
11th inst. were quite unimportant.
Mr. Gladstone gave notice that, on the 13th inst.,
he would move for a reduction of the duty on cigars
from 9s. 6d. to Bs. per pound.
A somewhat stormy meeting had been held upon
the slavery question at. Everton. The Liverpool
Mends of the Secessions mustered in considerable
force, but the resolutions sympathizing with the
North and emancipation were finally passed by a
vote of two to one.
FRANCE
The Chamber of Deputies continued to debate the
address to the Emperor.
Billanet explained the French policy towards
Italy. The Emperor's great desire was to reconcile
Italy and the Pope, and to maintain tranquility, and
he would labor perseveringly to this end.
. .
The Paris.Bourse closed on the 11th instant at 70f.
60c for the Renter.
The British revenue returns for 1862 show an ex
cess of revenue over the ordinary expenditure.
In the French Corps Legislatif the paragraphs 11l
the address to the Emperor relative to Mexico,Ame
ries, and Italy were passed but the Opposition
strongly denounced the Mexican war and the con
tinued occupation of Rome.
The .Parts Bourse closed on the loth inst. at 70f.
V& Mr the POIIIDR_
Ut anti JAIIIIII MU TIM iliV ITEM
jnc core aptueo, 2.10xx.0 ) tartan trams Gruterruna.
sources.
ITALY.
In the Italian Chamber of Deputies a discussion
had taken place in regard to the state of affairs in
Poland.
Considerable sympathy was evinced for the Poles,
but the ministers urged prudence in the discussion
of foreign questions. Finally a resolution was
adopted, declaring that the present time was inop
portune for the consideration of the matter.
The question was put to the Ministry with regard
to the cession of the island of Elba to• France.
. .
The Minister for Foreign Affairs positively denied
the truth of the rumor.
It was reported that orders had been sent to
Vienna for the reduction by 20,000 men of the
Austrian army in Northern Italy.
The sittings of the Cortex bad been suspended.
The event caused a great sensation in Madrid t where
an impression prevailed that a dissolution of the
Congrets would .follow.' It was thought, however,
that as the budget had not been voted, Buena disso
lution was riot likely to take place.
The resignation of the Minister of Justine had
been accepted.
POLAND
Efforts were being made by the friends of Poland
to' get France to exercise some pressure onJ the
Russian Government, and similar movements were
being made in London.
The following telegrams. indicate the progress a
the insurrection :
. . _ .
WAREAW, Feb. 7.—The news of the great battle
near Wonceeozk, and the defeat of the insurgents
with great loss, is confirmed, . although. no. official
report of the battle hasyet been received.
The Russians set fireto the town of Woncesozh.
The Poles are said to have numbered 6;000 men. -
Linsinuno, Feb. .9.—The insurrection at Alkuscht
.
Th VOl a
Thu is are undu metal
neaelluratirawd,
. .
LanV . ecelcs la 141914 ting tto attack Oyenstoclum.
The oleo have promised the railway achainiatra-
Hon not to destroy the Uncoil, condition that all
trains shall bo stopped upon their being to
do 80.
In order of the Emperor of Austria lins been put.
decreeing the prorogation.of the.Greedan Diet
until the 2d 06' March.
This order is supposed tolutve beet promulgated
in consequence of Prince Sapieha having announced
his intentinn of proposing , that the Dist should vote
en address to the Emperor of Austria requesting his
diplomatic , intercession in favor of Poland.
t'‘A rumor is current that the hlarquis
has been assassinated by the Poles.
Nu vsLowiTz, Feb, B.—The Poles are in posses..
Sion of all the places between Centoehow and the
Prussian frontier.
The Russian troops who had fled into Pxyasian
territory have been escorted to Beirvetz.
Railway colatuunication between Breslau and
WRTBRIN has been re-eatablished.
• Some hundreds of Pei%Banta, suitable for military
service, have talcen refuge, with their goods, in
Prussian territory, near Brescia.
BEnrorr, Feb. 9.—The Nord Deutche Xeilung or thia
everting says:
• übiewe of an alarming charaoler has been received
from the Polish provinces. Up to the present time,
the agitation prevailing in Russian Poland has not
crossed our frontier, but a great exottemeat . is Goat.
menctng in some distriCts, and chiefly' in that of
Kuhn, amongst the Polish landed proprietors. It is
believed that the serious intervention of the Go
vernment will become necessary."
The new Preussiche Kheuse Zeits!ng Bays:
"The extension of the Polish insurrection has M
e/eased, and the whole of the Ist and 6th Prussian
army corps, and a division of the 24 corps, are to be
Concentrated on the frontier."
. .
The Russian Ambassadors have formally com
plained of the conduct of Austria, in allowing en
/istmente for the Polish insurgents to take place in
Galicia and other towns on the Austrodlusalan
frontiers.
Catlav
It is formally announced thatthe Duke of Sotto
Coburg has positively declined the throne of Greece.
The Greek National Assembly have resolved that
the powers of the members of the Provisional Go
vernment shall be maintained, and that they shall
have the right of appointing a council of minietera.
INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA.
•
The Chinn, Australia, and Calcutta mails will
reach London in season kr the American portion of
them to be forwarded by the steamship Jura.
CALCOTTA, Jan. 25.—There is a better demand for
cotton goads, and higher prices are obtained.
Freights to London £5.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
Lormow, Feb. I.7.—The Times, in referring to Mr
Mason's presence at the Lord Mayor's banquet, as
sures the Americans os both sides of the Potomac
that what was said or done by the Lord Mayor was
considered in iLondos not exactly insigniffeant or
indifferent but as really beginning and ending in the
Mansion House. •
The Timm , "city article" says :
"The Engliah• funds opened yesterday at a frac
tional improvement, and were, subsequently,. rather
firm, in consequence of the easier state of the dia.
count market.
"The Back of Holland ha reduced Ur =tee
from four to throe and a half per ,
vitir r! - ITatittnoinh
The following. Jo a nummary of the /deem=
Of Weehingtonle nown,.whieh, wiled from L iverpool
at ',o'clock on the afternoon of the filth
It in stated that the Galway steamers will start
from Southampton,. to. secure a portion of the con
tinental traffic.
Lord Palmerston had announced: the reetoratiom
of the Galway subsidy, subject, however to the re
port of the Admiralty upon the condition of the ,
steamers.
h late Confederate rivateer. Sumpter particulars
bad been learned in regard to her departure.
The reply of President Lincoln to the Manchester
address, had been published. It deplores the suffer
ings occasioned by the cotton famine ;: rejoices that
the efforts to create sympathy for the Secessionists.
fail ; eulogiwi the utterances of the. Manchester
meeting as slime heroism, and expresses an earn
est desire for perpetual peace between' the two na
tions.
A great meeting, held at Bolton, expressed warm
sympathy for the North.
Tile ship George Griswold arrived atLiverpool
on the 9th instant. She attracted much. attention
on entering the Pderacy, and was received with a
salute of cannon from the North Fort and the dip
ping of colors from the Brighton Fort. The public
demonstration had not yet taken place.
The Paris Monileur, in noticing the correspondence
in the intercepted Confederate despittches, - says:
"That the so-called consul of France in Texas is
not even a paid consular agent of France. At Gal
veston he acted as a kind of deputy to the consul at
New Orleans. The only instructions he received
from France were to maintain the grcatestreaerve,
and carefully abstain from every kind of political in
terference in the affairs of the country. The French
man alluded to, at Richmond, was simply a chan
cellor of the consulate of France."
Mr. W. S. Linsey, M. P. invites the London
Daily News to give a contradiction to certain rumors
it started in regard to his connection with the Con
federate States, and says that he is not the holder
of Confederate bonds of any kind, and that neither
himself nor any member of his firm have in any way
entered into any contracts with the Government of
the Confederate States for the construction of war
steamers or any other kind of ships. He adds that,
having some knowledge of America, he considered
from the first that the attempt•on the part of the
North to subjugate the South was hopeless.”
Mr. Fortescue, in the House of Commons, said
that the Government refused to give direct aid to
the inter-colonial railway, but would lend its impe
rial credit in raining a loan.
DitAlcf or LAIN 01 0 TCDOltitifili EMI
..-e,
Dhow n BLlAii Isatittali e
in iivai of the fulitiarawal
of the French vtoopa from Rome.
POLAND
Collisions and hostilities continued, but the con
flicts were generally reported to be in favor of the
Russians.
At Balmow, however, it was said that the Rus
sians had been defeated by the Poles.
It was reported that the peasants were seizing
isolated insurgents and putting them to death.
The London Times reiterates its belief that the
rising of the Poles is a thoroughly national affair,
and is beaded by the Catholic) priests. It says that
the insurgents appear to be increasing, and keeping
a hold on whole provinces of the country.
GREECE.
Rumors had been current that Prince Louis of
Reese was proposed for King of Greece, but the
London Morning Post denies the story, and says there
is no prospect of that Prince becoming a candidate.
Additional telegrams had been received, giving the
following intelligence: •
BOMBAY, Jan. 28.—Exchange 2e ld; Freights ad
vanced 16a; Imports and Exports brisk and advanc
ing.
CIALoorrA, Jan. 27.—Exchange 28 Xd; Freights
higher.
WEST COAST OF AFRICA. •
The January mails from the west coast of Africa
had been received.
The Ring of nape Coma Was dead.
Great fires had occurred at Lagos. Two hundred
houses were destroyed.
LONDON MONEY MAILICET.—In the London
money market the funds were dull and drooping.
The demand for discount was moderate and the
market easy.
Commercial Intolllgence
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. —The sales of Cotton
.-•••- • • -
for four days were 20,000 bales, including 10,603 bales
to speculators and exporters. The market opened heavy
and lower, but the advises per Hibernian canoed all ad
vonce of 16@ild.
TRADEREPORT.—Theltanchester market is inactive,
and prices of goods andyarns are nominal.
LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—The Bread
stuffs market is dull, but steady. Ititbardson, Spence.
& Co. Wakefield, Nash, & Co. - and Gordon, Bruce, &
Co.. report Flour very dull at 22@275. Wheat inactive;
red Western 9@9s 2d; red Southern 9e 10.1411108; white
Western 10(4118; white Southern 110128. Corn dull;
mixed 24e ed; white SligT/a.
LIVERPOOL PROVIuiON 31A1tlEET.—The Liverpool
Provision market is generally quiet and steady. Bt
land Athya, & Co. report Beef quiet and steady; Pork
-steady but quiet; Bacomniet, with a declining ten-
LlVERTVoliadyat 408; Tallow declining.
Coffee inactive. Itice — dM ,vnliet—
and and pearls. Linseed Oil firmer at 41s 13d6ji43s Bd. Rosin
quiet and steady. Spirits Turpentine nominal. Petro
leum dull.
LONDON MARKETS. --Breadittuffe dip. Sugar firm.
"Coffee buoyant. Tea quiet. Rice active and steady.
Tallow steady at 44s 3d. Linseed Oil firm at 445.
Loitixis, Feb. it —Consols closed to-day at 9e.3;a9234
for money.
AMERICAN STOCKS. —Sales of Erie Railroad at 440
44.4: Illinois Central Railroad 41 din.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
Corroa—Sales of the week, 25,003 bales,lncludings,2oo
bales to speculators, and 0,000 to exporters. The market
opened very dull, with considerable decline; but the ad
vices received from America and India caused some
reaction, though not sufficient • to recover the full de
cline, the market closing with a decline on. the week of
d on American, but no material alterations in Burets.
The sales to-day, Friday, are 5,000 bales, including 2,500
to speculators and exporters, the market closing Arm at
the following authorized quotations:
Fair.
Orleans. Tgi Mi d
2dling:2%d
Mobiles2iga
Uplands 2.18. 2l3gd
Stack iu port SHAW bales; Inclusive of fei,oo3 of Ame
rican.
BREADSTUFF'S. —The Breadstuffe market le dull. Floor
somewhat easier.
i'aei;JmeNs.:—Tite Provision market is flat and down-
- - • • -
ward.
Loynoy, Saturday Evening.—Consols closed to-day at
923a92X for money. The Bank' returns show an In
crease in bollion of .E 375,000.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—Tbe latest sales wore Illinois
IL 1 .1. J 1 Al— .1. ILI. 1/01--1. 1 1 1811
irfacu froF s itlfitzlek• 111111111: 111!
151tangbael 7 eeeera anti Re ...a, ac letbourne.
The sittp Palmyra, from Clongow for Renton, put into
Islay, with the lose of two men, bulwarks &e.
n
• Too steamer Fire- Cracker Is ashore near andsow.
Shipping Intelligence
Arrived from New York, - Feb. t, Ganges. Eliza, and
B. H. Waterman. at Cadiz; 7th. Sir Robert Peel, at Port
land; Somersetahlre, in the Clyde; Ladoga, at Deal;
lath, Darnstadterbauk, at do._; George Griswold and
Pallas, at Liverpool; 11th, F. B. Cutting, at do.'; Maria
Adelaide. at Belfast; Dorothea, at Queenstown.
Arrived from Philadelphia, Feb. 9. Juniata, at Liver
pool ; llth, Angeline, at Belfast.
Airived from New Orleans, Feb. 1, Durtied Tettn, at
Arrived from Portland, Feb. 11, Winona, at Liver
pool.
Sailed for New York, Feb. 6, Win. Libby, from Car
diff; Susan, from Falmouth.
Board of Refenne Commissioners.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 25, 1863
The Board of Revenue Commissioners reassem
bled this morning, after an adjournment of one
week.
The Chair presented iiiabular statement of value
Lions,
assessments, &e., in the different counties
from the year 1857 to 1862 inclusive ; alsoi a state
meat showing the amount due for tax on real and
personal property from the various counties of the
State at the date of the last settlement, with the
amount paid up to February 25, 1863, as follows :
Settlement. Due Co. Due Coniwth.
Mame Jan. 27, 1663, 11
Allegheny n $16,179 '7B
Armstrong n
.... 4,030 66
Beilver It 2 , 684 80
Bedford
Berk.
Blait:... . .
Bradford.
Books.—
Butler ...
Cambria..
Carbon it
Chester
MlTlrrittetett "
. .
.1..:14 41•Jai: __ . _ A,SI-3 .1.1
Clear Held ...... .. . .- gi ...... 2,919. B
Columbia... —.. '.- " .... • , , . 20 01
Crawford ..a
..,. , 3,624 04
Cumberland 14
n .
Dauphin .....
, 8 92
Delaware ic ' 626
Erie " 17 52 •
Fayette ..
Franklin.
Fulton .....
ERE
Forret ..
Greene.
.
n 8,79 96
6 873 16
Huntingdon
Indiana....
Jefferson
,
Juniata .... ..... I,
.... 4,997 83
Lancaster 44
....
Lawrence January acy .... 388 69
Lebanon ‘c
....
Lehigh - . ~, .... 2,137 99
Luzerne 44 25,544 02
Lycoming ...... .... 16,679 84
Dieters. st.
.... 496 83
McKean February 4 .... 1,723 03
Mifflin "- .... 6,71413
Monroe.... Si • • • • 8.261 as
Montgomery Montgomery.... St
.... 8,037 69
.M0nt0ur.......'. sg .... 813 13
Northampton... es
.... ....
Northumberland " 6 .... 7,90647
Perry - " 6
..,„ 3,056 32
Philadelphia .... " - .... 278,696 73
Pike it
..... 06
Potter .... ii
.... 1,676 79
Schuylkill . " • ...... 25,959 19
Snyder • • ....
Somerset 11 7 ~. , 2,2&:. 61
Sullivan ..: " ••• • 2579 67
Suequebanna..... " • • • - 478 23
Tioga • "3,025 83
•• • •
11
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:
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117asszga. .....,..___ ....
448 (I
Wnhingion u .....
Wayne..., . . " .... 1 1 139 47
Weatruoreleuid A' ". ""..
Wyomilg . ' "- • • • • 2,219 38
York.... 4/ , 106 86 • • • •
T0t54. 06 $597 3 882 . 91
. RAID smc strrmumscrr.
Allegheny' : ... $10,090 00
Denver ... ... 59 'lO
Carbon 5,532 56
,
Clem field 661 99
Qrawford ..... ......... ........ 2,096 37
t'll: 300 00
Foreat SS 82
Fayette • 1,5.% 25
'
Lawrence, (in full) 303 70
Luzerno .. .. 9,163 84
Tioga . 231 90
Venango . 1,954 62
$31,069 76
Idr. Pomeroy here announced the death of Mixon
M. Park, memberof the Board from the Eighteenth
judicial district, who died at, Pittsburg on Monday,
the 16th inst.
Remarks befitting the - occasion were mode by
Messrs. Pomeroy, Bigham, and Hoover, and the
Usual resolutions of respect and condolenoti having
been paned in consideration 0( the i h ea announce..
ment, the Board ail,jouxned,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The nuttnatisys in the gold market continue without
cessation. Opera:lg at 170, gold rose to 171, MU to Mk
rose again to 171, sa'd closed strong, with an upward ten
dency. Old demands: cloied at 170. Government loans
continued to improve, although we cannot see why they
will advance Much mow, while the subscription list is
open to the six per cent. Vve-twenty loan at par. Mosey
is still very easy at six pet cent,
The stock market wan also excited, and prices are well
sustained. United States arinces, 1881, sold up to 10IX;
the seven-thirties advanced _X. Five-twenties sold at
the.,conpon eines sold at 115.
101. ate fives rose to 103;
New City nixes advanced to 110%,; the old rose IK. N eu _
sylvania Railroad first and setreila mortgagee rose :‘•
Beading sixesllllBS, rote N. Loblirh Valley sixes rose
X. North Pennsylvania sixes adt'd at 80X. the tens
were steady at 101. Elmira save** at 111. the chattel
tens rose 2„Si per cent. PhiladelpAO and Erie sixes
roes 3S: Long Inland sixes sold up to Ife, I West Chester
sevens at 106. Schuylkill Navigation A. 'rot rose to 72.
flUinaaehanna sixes to aog. l'ittsirerrg. F4 , t. t Wayne, and
Ch Joao° second mortgages were steadyaWno. Camden and
Amboy sixes, IEB3, rose X. Reading jra. road shares
rose X.
Camara and Atlantic rose X; 01121WIFAS WSI. steady at
; the preferred ruse X:: Long Island roar k.k,:.kiine
hill Norristown sold tit 60; North Pennsylvnia la rose
X; Little Schuylkill 1; Phlladelph fsair Eriesetd at 38;
Pennsylvania fell X. Prsm , ved •
o
oger railways laws •
Seventeenth and Nineteenth rose X: Chestnut sag 'Val'
nut 134; ThirSeenth and Fifteenth was stead' at 27;
Arch-street rose X; Green and Coates Bold at 4334; %re it
Philadelphia egi' Spruce aniPPPne at 16: Tenth and Mee •
vent& at 40; Sehtiviki.l Navigation common roes• Sts.
tsrafandill! 52, 1..,1.1.1.
71; 1118 Mill Woo 01.1 y
/Tim Greek Coal sold up to . 35,•, - qtma Motintaim ill 3.
roan ldiningat 13fi vßeliance lasnrance brought
Corn Exchange Bay k sold at 38 COmmerciat rosarXr.
Girard brought 41; City, 47; Philadelphia, 1211.
The market closed stroug;sls',s;ooo imbonds.and nearly
-10,000 shares changing hands.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds. 1881.... icavancroc
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.... 973.1 gni
United States 73-10 Notes NU 10534
Quartermasters' Vouchers 4 d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ...... .. 2 2.l‘d.
Gold 703 i 7131 p:
Demand Notes • 70. (d1713,p:.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government secnritlee. &c., so
°Howe:
United States Sixes.lBBl...
United States 7 3-10 Notes ..
Certificates of Indebtedness
Quartermasters' Vouchers.
Demand Notes
Gold
_ .
The following is the coal tonnage on the Shamokin
Valley and Pottsville Railroad Company:
Week.
ons.o
For week ending Feb. 21. T .
4,871 08
Same thee lea year 2.203 13
Tau,
Tons.CWt.
,27.0:14 01 ,
12,614 02
Increase 2,07167 "T 5 1'4.698 02
The-following is a report of the amount of coal trans
ported over the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Weston/
Railroad for the week ending Saturday; February 2l
compared with sometime in 1262:
EIMPPed North
Shipped South.
Total 21,701 06
For the corresponding time lest year
Shipped North
Shipped South
Total ITU% 1.6.
Decrease 17.323 it
The last Bank of England statement shows the follow
ing variations as compstred with the previous week:
Increase. Decrease.
£931.714
Public deposits
Other deposits
Notes in circulation
Beet
Ou the other Bide of the amount
Ooverament eecurities 3.7%
9112119Thni9011111111111111IIIIIi1111
flu Nirdit
NAM neneelspai 1111.119 e
Tbe New Yolk Neenfne Poet. of t 0.4117, oesPo
The market opened strong on Governments, for which
there le an increasing inquiry, feebly responded to by an.
inadequate supply.
United States eines 1867 are 'in demand at par, and
Coupons 15e3 at 1024; also. United States fives 1865, cou
pons, at 96; United' Staten fives 1571, coupons, at 93; and
fives, coupons 1874, at 9574.
Pacific Mall exhibits a slightly diminished activity,
and though some important transactions are said to have
taken place at yesterday's inside rates, the closing pricec
are about 'MN lower than last eveni.
On the speculative list the marke ts
heavy. prices
being scarcely sustained, and the business done in seve
ral descriptions being extremely limited. Erie and
Michigan Southern are the strongest on the list.
In Harlem a few transactions took place at 37gOng,
in Reading at 92g, in Pittsburg at 6934@h - 14—whic h
q u otations are slightly below the highest rates of yes
terday. An advance was, however, obtained for Toledo.
which was inquired for at 957 @95%, and for Fort
Wayne, which sold at 67X @ 68,4, the improvement being
ascribed to the continued agitation of the amalgamation
scheme, the negotiations respecting which, as we stated
a few days ago, are at present in progress.
The bond list is steady. Illinois war loan was offered
at mg, and at MIX for large bonds. Ohio State sixes
were inquired for at 102, North Carolina sixes at 78. Mis
souri sixes at EiGN. New York Centre'. sevens 1876 at 121,
Erie fourth at 1111 f, Erie fifth at le"., Hudson River first
atM. Toledo first at 106g7
Fort Wayne second at 1115,31.
Fort Wayne third at 56(§97%.
Gold was selling at an early hour this morning at
173 g. Prior to the commencement of the first session,
however, symptoms of recession sot in, which affected
the operations of the Board, and after sundry spasmodic
movements the temporary resting point registers at
17215', or about the same as the closing prices of last eve
ning.
it is, however, almost impossible, even were It con
ducive to any purpose of public ntility, to chronicle the
movements of gold, which are at present so erratic and
irrational that some of the more respectable operators in
the street are almost disposed to retire from the field,
leaving it in the undisputed possession of the more
speculative class, some of whom, we observe, have
been hitherto almost unknown in the vicinity. of Wall
street.
The following are the closing prices at 3.30 P. M.. as
compared with the latest prices current on previous
days:
Feb. 25. 24. 21. 21. 20. 19. 14.
11. E. 6.,1551,re1001% me 934 99 9 9 3 96 96%
11.8. 6 , , 1£81,c0u16134 10034 101 19 97% 97% 97
D. S. 7-30 p. c... 133% 1014 1604 161 103% MK 1113 X
U. S. 1 rr. cert..- 97_4 96% 96% 0634 96 96
American gold ... 171% 17034 16434 162 161% un 155%
Demand notes.. .170% 170% 161 1.61% 161 162% 171%
Tennessee 6e 63% 60% 623 ' VW 63% e 4% 6.
.
Missouri 6s 65% 65% 65% 65 64% 65 63%
Pacific Mail 169 19334 16511 162% 161% 154 165
N.Y. Central 119% 119% 1134 118% 119 1195 i 1. 9 .73 i
Bele 79% 79% 78% 7614 77% 76,4 74 . 3 S
Erie preferred....lo2 1024 102% 101% 101% 102 99,a
4
Hudson River-- 97 9sg, ) 4 7 , ;:i 9 3, 714 .4 96 ... 9634 96%
Harlem,- $7% 37% 27 30. 96 35 al%
Micb. Centeni„... - 97" - GsAr -- , '-44,... 30%
Mich. Southern •.6234
1 63 62K 61, 61 60% 59
Mich. So. irnar. -106 106 106 1004 106i4 IDS 10534 -
Illinois Central.. 9434 ' 93% 92 9.3.14 . 93 91
Pittsburg ..... .... 69% 70% 70 70 71% 71 OK
Galena ... 94.% 9434 94 9 9 34 93% 9334 9211
Toledo 9534 96 96% 9434 93 5054 Bock Island .... • • 94% 94% 94k 93 94.4 93 93%
For Government and State securities the following bids
have been made to-day: _
11. S. sixes, 1067 100 Kentucky sixes,lo6B.. 101
Oregon war l'n 'Ol 96 Illinois sixes, 1862. .. • • 1003(
five; ' con lO6
.• et - ' '7l 92 " " 1879 IG3
'74 96 Indiana war .101
" 7-80'5,1,000. 105 Michigan sixes, 1078... 107
N.Y. sev ens, 1864 112 Georgia sixes S 1
" ' 1870 120 Worth Carolina sixes.. 7034.
" sixes, 1968 1151 Louisiana sixes . 76
" lives, 1574 ..... .... mI California sevens 135
Ohio fives, 1865 . 1001
Exchange is dull, and 187 is the asking rate, though
some business has been done at slightly lower figures.
The loan market is kept tolerably active by the specu
lative excitement which is raging at present. The rates
are kept fairly up to our former quotations.
At the Clearing House to-day the exchanges were-
549,208,102. 42, and the balancess2,73l, M.BO.
Philk. Stock Bic
Reported by B. H BLA
FIRST
MOOD S 7.90 Tr N—bllc.loi •
d 0,- .0,1111.01.111
...........
• 6l Green St keg. Its 1334
i 5 Anh-si 23
23 nth &.
ilth-sts 8... 4a
2 Pen do ns. B
6694 6634
6
6000 do let m....1163‘
5000 Cam & Atl It.. cash 1.1)(
00 6f4 Schi Nay Prof Pref 163 t
3 do
460 do. • lote.bs 17
500 do 17
100
00 Penn do
Mining blO 17
1 141
100 Schnyl Nay
PPS Little Bahl R 46
233
Lehigh • IoM 4651
Mk Val t35..b6-11634
WOO do
na am
2000 do b 5 Sati
14 Lehigh 60m
5000 City 6e NewaLS
NM do New. 116%
Susq Canal 66.....b5 40
I IDS 6-year 65.. 101
45 do.. 102
2000 Cam & Am 6s'S3-. .1063
200 Catawtssa R . 7-3 -X
BETWEEN
2000 1:1 S 6s '6l reg 101
2500 N Penns 68—.1)6 0034
900 City 6s New. iISM
200Selil Nay Prf.hswn 17
SCO State s
10IX)UtS fis 6 coup 1013 f
SECOND
100 Eabl Nay Prof 17
191 Little Bahl 11...10ts 47
60 do.. L 9047
t 350 American 001d....171
20 Delaware TAT 43
2000 Elmira Chat 105.b6 SO
. • . .. .
GO Sus Canal 7Y
00 do 7
HO N Fauna R 1234
2000 Swig Canal Gs 4034
300 Corn Sr. AG Pref.... 19
9000 U S fe , reg 'GI 101)4
8000 U S Coup 6511 10135
2 Norristown R...... 80
264
0 C
Blltinehily Bk l
R 4 4
6 7
CLOSING
14738 59
92,69.4 41
3,116 81
28,530 16
4,812 80
7,618 60
8,7 , 11 80
3,653 60
•!!!1 a)94i
161
or san Qum.. 5'2 Inn
Phil Gs old ---.-.-105 Id 4
Do oew 115 11534
klleg co fre R• • • 60 65
Penns 03 ...... 103,44
Reading 11 40% 46
Do bde 'BO-114 115
• Do Ude 10...100 110
Do bde 136...105K 106
P.nun 2 6734 673(
Do tat m 66..11232 11S%
Do 2d in 66...1143] 115
Horns Canal... 80 64
Do mid 106..122 134
Do 66 '76.••• • •
Do 2d mtg...
13,368 39
3,536 23
162 84
1,603 43
ins( Caiir ••
Do 6e
actatyl Nes • ••• • • 67( . 7 XI
Do • prfd 17 , 17X:
Do 66 "&.•••• 713( 72
Blmira 393 i '4O
Do prfd 6211 81
Do 7s '73—.311 112
Do 10s. ..... 78 60
N Penne 11. rot 12,1
Do fis 81 roil
Do 100.........111 11235
PhDs Glsr & Nor. 60 60g.
Lehigh Val R...
Lehigh via bag..noi ••
••
•
There is n better freling in the Flour market to-daY ;
and more activity in the demand, bath for export arttit
home MT. Sales of about 8,000 Ws, mostly extra Wok,
n t t iztSigiS.V.i. the latter for selected brands, including ;
I,OLXI bids straight extra on private terms; LOCO MILL
limey Ohio at EV; 300 bids superfine at $6.25@6.60i and;
11)) bids middlings on private terms. Tho gales: to ,the,
retailers and bakers are within the same range of Arices...
and high grade fancies at $9.50 per bbl. Eye Piour
firm at SS per bbl. Cora Meal is scarce and wanted; at
Infer rentleTliattlh and 14.75 per bbl for
Vq(AYI7-I(iial in tiii‘in 9 . 4 Strityrt tuna
&AL.. aft. mltiao . floo 1_
v9niN so rePraled. at IPArifa, matt% at a latter
rale which vrice in vow generally refuseAN,hltn ranges
nt itdprc I, s. Rye is it rm. Pon aryl nsuinasiting at 99
Wale lam Corn is very active, andaltout TdOM bus
new yellow sold at 6645t50c, which is an 'advance. Oats
are Print heavy Pennsylvania in dersttsid: 61e for n
lbs: light Oats are selling at 37@i0e Ali a,. measure.
Baltli.v-There is no change to Qtuarratroa; Ist No. I is,
wanted at SSG tou.
COTTOE. --The market is firmer,_with very little °Next.
lug or selling: prices range at 91613e1d111 met, for rahlt.
GROCSRISS. --The market Is. tree, tee sales mutual,.
confined to Sugar and Molasses- by auction, including
act libds Sew Orleans Su gus by auction at 901„%r ce;; ura
bias do at vot@istrot 04 brie do (damagetl) at Stkc 73,5
bbis Taw Orleans Molsteras atts2.4attaiSs'e VS mar t in; and
27 hb de do at 6 , 2%c Vi 011meg-oat 3.50 lihdi Culls Sugars
sold at lol@tues lb: and.l2o.hlids New Orldins choice
at lU' 0412 c 11 , 1 lb.
PROVI OHS.—Them
,Ar:ltet is more active; mess
Pork is held at sie.rsaem bbl. Tierce 'Lard is better;
prime is scarce and wardkid. nt 113ic lb, d sale of llama
in salt was made at 7.%*e.?and. Shoulders at Sc 2 1 lb. But
ter is scarce at 2fg.24c VYID for roll. •
SEEDS are quit t• Ciover is selling slowly at $6. 50@it
Timothy at Kt. 71503, and Flaxseed in demand at, $l5O
but
WHISKS , Is unsettled. and .lovrort bliLs selling at V®
69c. are drudge at 6etils7ef
Thc. following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
tbl., part to-day :
flour 3 400 bbia.
, %Vheat 600 - hue.
om 6 MO bus.
elate 7 300 bus,
TfEE MONEY XIEM•MET.
PHIL ADIMPMA, FObtILMT 1663.
Week. Year.
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt
:
6.339 16 27.914 (I.t
15,361 10 74,939 I&
Week. Year.
Tons. Cwt. Tone. Cwt.
.. 8.733 10 31141 12
. 9,838 17 89,117 Cff
• 13,570 07
1,66t,495
83.083
23,40.1
Es Sales, Feb. :45.
. Philadelphia Exchange.)
CARD.
50 Ca tawi s my. ..... • . 7X
1 W iV. .lil injti
-li.• •
U atOw• Icaere,
&0D do eastr.l6l .
dO 101
1000 West Chaster le ...106
10017th & 16th R.. ! .b3 11
MO New Creek—lots.bs 34.
MO do lots g
in 4 S 6e rag SI
7 Commercial 8k..... 1 2
12 Corn Ex Bk
6000 Penne E. 2d m 113
SOO Need R ..sswn&int 46g
32 do 46
2000 Reeding 66 '43 b 5
114)4
131 11 Penult R
100 do b3O
1 Philo & Erie R 33
60 Long Island It 4031,
5000 do 65...101
SS ruce&Plnelt
Phila it us 65
DI American G01d....172
. .
I Reliance Ins 57
4000 Elmira Chat LO6. .b 5 80 •
Nth) Lob igh Scrip.. . .. 383(
WOO Penna Coup 6s a 5.115
8 Minehill R 54
3'..M Gronn Mountain... S.
BOARDS.
1001 V i'enna R 1.236,
62 Little Schi Et
2000 Penna. COUP Sti EIS
6000 Reading es '66 106
1 3000 & Erie 6e....1105fi
120(1 Nino. 5s 10t5.103
750 d 0........ 3et Es. ung
1;i0 Green St Coates 11...
200 Long island 11 41.
100 do.. bl 5 lOC
260 New Creek
MOO N Penne 6s b 5 4036:
25 Arch-et R
.35 Phila Bk 120
. •
55 Lehigh War b 5. 61
10 13th & 15th R.envn 27
2CO Reading R h 3 46
1000 US".6. 10136
50 Cataw R Pref....slo SHF..
20 Cheat & Wt 1 IL—, 55
• 5000 U S o , rear option-101:
PRIORS.
Met mad;
DVAY lig
er alanit .1(.• 010,11 tl_ Mit a
•
Sfinehill D., ... . 6954 61.
Harrisburg 8.,. 62•
119i/mingScni 8...
' Lehigh r s 65..
Do shares... 6.1; 613(
Do scrip .
Cam & Amb IS)
Phils - & Brie 135..110 111
Sun & Erie 75....
• • .
L Leland R 41 4134
Do bonds..-103 101
Delaware
Do bonds— • .
Spruce - street K.. 13X 16
Cheetnntat R.... 64 66
Arch-etreet R.... 27X 3816
Race-street 11.... 10 103(
Tenthretreet R.— 40 41
Thirteenth-et .11” • 20X 27
W Phlla R....... 65 65
Do bonds—. ••
Green-atreet 11—. 43 4.33
Do bonds....
Serond-etreat 8... BO 82
Do bonds —ll2 113
.... 60 6
Do bonds....
Girard College lit 26 264
Dit2rat h il e o ,234
Philadelphia Markets.
FEBMVA.RY 25—Evening.
1(91)1023‘
./024 11)23t
• 973 s 98
.96. a £634
—179 8171
.3713‘41417231
11}2.821 OIL