r Clfe Vrtss. SATURDAY, 31ARCH 7, 1863 THF. WAR. The return of siring brings new hope to the country. A healthier condition of our armies is every wht re cr 'dent, and the spirit of our soldiers Is elevated almost to enthusiasm in the cause of liberty once more. The tide of opposition to our Government and I's constitutional executive Agents is turning, arch with the Inising of the "mud em bargo" we me activity in every department. In the Department of the Gulf, Gen. Banks is ready to Co. operate with other forces above in permanently opening 'the Mississippi, or move upon Mobile, at the pleasure of the Government. Beset by traitors, and thus far unforturate at 'Vicksburg, we find Generale Grant, Sherman, and MeClernand, rigor ously pushing on against the rebel stronghold, as indomitable as we could wish them to be. General Grant is understood to have informed the authori ties at Washington that the canal opposite Vicks burg is completed, and that may be Accepted as. a signal for attack. The canal enables the gunboat and transport fleet to pan below Vickeburg,. where the troops can be landed and the siege of that strong hold pushed from n point most likely to insure suc cess. The latest intelligence from Yazoo Pass repre sents that the Carondelot and five other gunboats iii 9.111P11011 1110 TOThillitoliio MOT! Thom tiff hats tits Yx s ßx liming , r3/um, ,03ere the imprisonej trnoarorhs or the insurgents have taken refuge. Intelligence of the same date represents the operations at LakePro videnee as progressing favorably ; and, inasmuch as the distance is shorter, and the obstructions to the labor less formidable, we may infer that the cornmu-. mention from Lalce Providence westward has been completed. This gives Gen. Grant three avenues of attack. The assault in front is the ono referred to, probably, by the Petersburg Express of the 213th ult., which announces that "a great battle has been fought at• Vicksburg, with • heavy lows on both sideti, but Witlieut 'any decided succees." On the 20th instant a formidable array of gunboats and transports left the fleet at Vicksburg for the ex pedition to Hance' Bluff, via Yazoo Pass. There the attack was intended to be a combined naval and military aseault, and the plans were so well laid that a brilliant victory was anticipated. Tile point, it will 'be remembered, is a little to the east of the point of debarkation of - General Sherman's forces, when he made his attack on Vicksburg. When Haines' Bluff falls, that portion of our army in the Yazoo will doubtless seek to win new laurels by advancing upon the rear of Vicksburg MOP ma 101 too become ni DO6OIIIIIIII Mae AZ 1.7.11 MAR at anima Olunt l l Tones is- intended to operate, primarily, la cul ling OftcOmmonlention to the west of Vicksburg, and secondarily, in clanking Port Hudson. Should our movements at this theatre of war he rapid and successful, the capture of the Indianola and Queen .of the West will be of but little importance to the rebels. The Army of the Frontier is preparing for another incursion into Arkansas as soon as the weather will permit of the • movement. This army now consists of three divisions of the very best troops in the Western country, and will' shortly be reinforced by another division of troops, hitherto at- : tending to the guerillas in Southwestern Missouri. These will be replaced by the enrolled militia of that State. This army will move with a view of • assisting the forces of Generals Grant and Banks in ending up the war in the Southwest. Gen. Rose mans is advancing. A state of affairs exists in his department almost precisely similar to that which prevailed prior to the battle of Stone river. Van Dorn has placed himself to the west of Gen. Rose. crane, near Franklin, rind the cavalry of the Insur gents is somewhat detached from the main body in other directions. The absence of cavalry from Bragg's army was one reason why Gen. Rosecrans engaged the insurgents at Stone river. Having suc ceeded so well In that instance, he doubtless inclines to a glum MTN MY! gCrll lignTint 3 hseq ll ' l * , AlwmlntOil army Of Vilialint ball a 1)1 . 11llfillt, llama and the loyal heart Of the North will soon throb with Joy at the news of successes which are now pending the movements of the Army of the Cumberland. A force of 18,000 men of all arms, • under Van Dorn, attacked Col. Coburn's brigade, at Springville, Tennessee, on Tuesday last, and after a desperate fight, which lasted all day, overwhelmed a o rta defeated our troops. This temporary success, dearly won, we hope may be turned to account by a speedy retributive edvance by Gen. Hurlbut. The Army of the Ohio is now operating in the main as a reserve for the " Army of the Cumberland," under Gen. Rosecrans. Gen. H. G. Wright, commanding the former army, will use such gallant leaders as Gene. Gordon, Granger, and Carter to advantage when the proper moment arrives. The' Army of the Shenandoah has rested quietly during the winter, with the• exception of Geri. Cox's division of Ohio' veterans,. which has been sent to' re. inforce the Army of the Cumberland. The Army of the Potomac, reorganized and regenerated, is again ready to move, and it will not be long idle. Just one year ago to-day, this army left Alex andria for points on the York and James river, to advance up the Peninsula against Richmond. It is now prepared to move against that stronghold, but by a argot isallgt A rt . tiß in the Department of 111121tIti am as dutch 111 1110 111016 pfillicgOM ...141 &aim. Tha large tome hailer Dix, Peck, and Keyes have spent a pleasant winter, 'with scarcely bufticient elr,irmishiog, with the enemy to remind them that these are times of war. Gen. Pryor has been reinforced, hut, owing to a po litical difficulty with Jefferson Davis and hismilita ry advisers, will not probably be allowed to make • any demonstration ngainat the " reticent and harm less Yankees about Suffolk." In the Depart ment of North Carolina all is quiet. Gen. Foster is again in command, and has a con siderable force—not sufficient, however, as yet, to make any important incursion, ex cept in co-operation with General Hunter in the' attack upon Charleston and Savannah. This is now imminent. On the 27th the troops were ready to embark, and the next steamer will pro bably bring news of the assault. The arrival of an iron-clad gunboat, which is already en route from Fortress Monroe, will be the signal for attack- Then the iron-clad fleet will be ready, and their in vulnerability will receive the most severe test which has yet .been applied. It is not well to be too sanguine..ef the result of this movement. The iron-clads . will be compelled to take a position where -they-will receive the concentrated lire of nearly two hundred pieces of ordnance. Much will depend upon the. success of the II dens ainNoyed to' remove the obstructions to the ilairlgatlOn or vac lint aau WWII MG gimme en ho obtained, the eneautration of °ranee will Mee but little effect in detaining the Monitors in their mission. If they succeed in passing Fort Sumpter, the cradle of the rebellion will be at their mercy, heights of 'Vicksburg, to be echoed by Rosecrans , artillery in Tennessee, and to prolong its peal In the harbor of Charleston. The present indications arc that In these three localities battles will be fought before the 10th instant. The 'Autocratic Carnival. . The time will come when the people of Philadelphia will shed tears of shame over the demonstrations which took place last evening at the Girard House and in other parts of the city, and which our reporters •record this morning. The occasion was the arrival of Mr. C. L. VALLANDIGIIAM, a .Re presentative from Ohio, who was passing through Philadelphia to his home. It is the boast of this gentleman that, from the be ginning of the W.ar, he has been consistent in his opposition to it; that he has voted against the tax bill, the appropriation bill, the conscription bill, the pension bill, the '• bill for indemnification—every measure, or suggestion, or resolution that looked to the restoration of the Union and the prosecution of the war. He ia,tlie first member of an American Congress who proposed to ask the intervention of foreign Power% He has been the most unscrupulous and pertinacious of the enemies of the country. When JonN C. • BnEOMNEIDGE made his last speech in Baltimore, Mr. VALLANDIGHAN was at his side applauding and sustain ing . him. BaEcialiluDGE went. South . to aid the rebel cause, leaving Dir. VALLAn- Draw* in the North to assist him in his un jiertaking. We will do the Representative Abe Justice to say that he has done his work °dwell, and we likewise say to the Demo cracy of Philadelphia that, next to Jonx C. BRECKINIUDGE, no man in this country was more deserving of theiePplause and friend ship than CLEMENT VALLANDIGTIAM. He was presented tollie people of Phila • delphia by the men who, of all others, tshould do such a thing. In the first place, 'alit blatant politician and time-server, ARLES W. CABnIGAN, introduced him. C-TIAIIIMBY C. Bunn sueceeded hint. Sad •wiehed between Cuturctiat and Biritn, Mr. VALLANDiartam appear4,,before :PhilEtdel pbla as he only should These two men are too well lcnoWnAir us to draw their portraits;and, in company with theße ' Pl 9 finl 9 9 qiCT 11 ICII9I - may orgympfitinTrin WIUI ISOIIIOII. We male no comment upon what said or done. These gennemen have spoken for themselves. Their speeches before the Girard House may be read this morning. We do not know what was done at their Club House, for all reporters were refused admittance, and, accordingly, they could hold their treasonable carnival without the proceedings being known. It will be seen that there was no abatement in the violence we are accustomed to hear from their lips. They denounced_ Ur. InlicotAr, the war, and all who had any sympathy or interest in the war—their band played " Dixie's Land," and gave cheers for " Gen. MOLE', TAN and Mr. V\LL AI spared no pains to speak and act in the most offen sive manner. It is a high compliment to the confidence and caution .of loyal men that nothing was done to interfere with their saturnalia. We can afford to let trea son have its full sway and bent in the loyal city of Philadelphia. W can answer these men.with the scorn that their conduct de serves, and appeal to the calm •jadgment of the future for the condemnation and re tribution that will surely come. • LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.” Witanti.t/st. MAW: fl 101111 "17toets who Il f avo dorto Inc the honor to read this correspondence need not he re minded that many of my prediction's have been denied and derided by the enemies of the country. " Occasional" has been held up as too anxious to make the worse ap pear the better reason; as too earnest in his efforts to create the popular impression that nothing could weaken or finally overthrow the cause of the Republic. Instead of speak ing what the sympathizers insisted was the truth, I have been accused of exaggerating the advantages mid the prospects . of my country. Well, the Thirty-seventh Congress has adjourned... 'lts measures have passed into the national recordi and national his tory. Assailed as tyrannical, crude, and destructive—made the basis and the excuse for all manner of antagonism and dissen sion—it would be but natural if the first fruits of this legislation should be unfortu nate, and if the people, acting under the in fluence of " the incessant calumnies of party leaders, would refuse at once to give their confidence to the Government, and ~: trial wail tlttilatt>p fat! ilia MILL troptie so prectictal whet is • the result? .. The first effect has car ried -joy to evrey loyal and grief and sur prise to every disloyal heart. The action of Congress, so far from exciting despondency, has inspired universal confidence in the Government. The people, who were in structed and admonished by the sympa thizers that this new, paper currency would continue -to depreciate, owing to the enor mous expenditures necessary to prosecute the war, and the soldiers, who were re minded, not simply that they were fighting in an unjust war, but that they were being paid in paper trash that would be left upon their hands like the celebrated Continental currency, find that the green backs are getting into closer relationship to -gold, and are beginning to study whether they ought not to be reserved for invest ment, instead of being passed from their h,ands for thoughtless ends. Dining the other evening at Mr. Holt's, in company With a number of distinguished men, among the rest Secretary Chase, and that loyal and gifted statesman and Democrat, Robert J, Walker, (win) iIA ply 9pinien, has clone MUM 1111111 any Ulu Bitia 1117 : Government, (aid to fire the heart-1, Of the people -with confidence in it,) the latter made a playful allusion. to the striking por-. trait of the Secretary on the one-dollar notes, and predicted that it would soon cir culate as freely in the rebel, as .in the patriotic States ; and he added, that as it was a very . handsonie likeness, it would be more acceptable among the ladies. That picture hag elicited more than one bitter. reproach from the sympathizers with trea son.. It has been the text for every man ner of lugubrious anticipation. The Se cretary has • been called the consenting author to a nation's overthrow. His system has been classed with that of John Law, and his theories declared to be absurd, un sound, and opposition to every idea of • the great financiers of this and other days. When the people, however, are convinced, as they must now be convinced, that this system has triumphed, and that it has al ' ready gone forth to refresh and recuperate the veins and arteries of the body politic, they will turn with contempt upon those nir,ll baCtillB© they katad Lilo Ailminigtliatinn: il)11M11. to inillmn -the people to oppose the fievernment and the war for its preservation. Within three days the.pronium on gold has fallen twenty - three per cent., schich is equivalent to a saving of one hundred and sixty-one snillions within . 7that brief peri2d. This single fact is worth a volume of argument.. -Bear in mind, also, that this magical change is not the growth of a speculative mania. It is.the resisting reaction against inflation, the certain re covery of the national patient from that delirium into which it had been plunged by gaMblers in the misfortunes of the country and traders in the blood of our gallant soldiers. And if'=.its conva lescence is rapid, its cure -will be certain and lasting. We are, in fact, only in the beginning of a new and bet ter era; and every step -we advance will be an improvement. We shall hear no more of want of faith among capi talists in free institutions. Investment in the national securities will become as fashionable and frequent as were their withdrawals a few months ago. Millions will be entrusted to such enterprises as the Pacific Railroad, and the establishment of saw banha usfies the earaprehmutiva plan of secret-3 7 Chace. _ Labor wilt- Le Doi<l in a sound and convertible currency. The ex orbitant prices charged for all the necessa ries-of life - will be reduced to a reasonable I I • ' I • I ' I - All event. Intervention and mediation will - be abandoned in the face of this unprecedented exhibition. The hearts of the traitors will quail before it; and I believe it a reasonable expectation that hundreds and thougands of volunteers will be forthcoming without con scription. I have always been confident that the great measures of Congress would produce a harveSt of gohd,.blAl'did-not suppose the gathering would comCso soon, Let-us now have Imo or -tv , greAt„vidories'byland or sea, and the rebellion will be crushed as speedily as it culminated, Octotstos'Ai: WASHIN GICON. Special Despatches to gE The Press:, WASHI2(OTON, March 6, 1883. The Suprelne (.10111i of the United States. It was officially stated in the Supreme Court this morning that the judges have been incessantly en gaged for several days past in consultation upon the imps:atm:it causeslecently argued, and that their time will be similarly occupied until next Tuesday, when their opinions will be delivered. • It will be remembered that the questions of prize and blockade are involved in these judicial proceedings. Nominations by the President. The President sent a large number of nominations to the. Senate to-day, principally major generals and brigadier generals. Among the civilian nomi- nations are the Ron. JOSEPH J. Lxwrs, of Penn sylvania, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and the Eon. Jonrt P. Porran, ex-member of Con gress from Wisconsin, to be Governor of Dakotah. Owing to the large number of additional nomina tions rendered necessary by recent laws, and the privately-expressed purpose of Senators to closely scrutinize the qualifications and loyalty of the can didates, the probability is that the session will be extended to the close of another week. Naval Orders:. Commander Sannont has been ordered to the steam aloop-of-war Portsmouth. Lieut. &apart is ordered to the command of the store-chiplmouth. Pa3 - rsuu3ter Tnoierrxow is ordered to thelrigate Sa bine, and Paymaster BENNISTON to the steam•sloop Ticonderoga. Acting Assistant Surgeons Citarrosn and OSGOOD arc ordered to the Mississippi squadron. The Pirate Alabqua. Nam Yonx, March 6.—The Alabama is reported to have been seen oft Cape Isabella on the 19th ult., and off Port-au-Platt, St. Domingo, on the name evening, alter chasing a Spanish steamer, ARMY OV THE CUMBERLAND frceperato iinttle at Spring Hut. Tenn. A FEDERAL BRIGADE DEFEATED. ESCAPE OF OUR CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY. Our Troops Oyerpoweretly after Fighttng An Day. NAsiivlLL6, March 6.—There was fighing all day yesterday between yan Dorn's rebel command and three Federal regiments of infantry, about 600 cavalry, and • one battery, at Spring Hill, about thirteen miles south of Franklin. Colonel Co burn's three regiments of infantry were cut to pieces or captured by the rebel force. They fought despe rately, but their ammunition became exhausted, and, being overpowered by superior numbers, were either killed or captured. The cavalry and ar tillery got off safely. No reinforcements from General Hurlburt's command, at Franklin, reached the scene of action. Seven regiments of infantry are at that place. Van Dorn is reported to have 18,000 men in his command GEN. ROSEORANS ON DESERTIONS. Nfoisnitnono,'March I.—Our army, if not as large as that arrayed against it, is at least full of activity and energy, already girt round with fortifi cations of the most formidable character, with its two avenues open to the heart of the country, draw ing its supplies both by land and by water ; full, not merely of confidence in its General, but of that en thusjaate 121Ylifila him 111 - 11111189 i UR' f 213 111:: 6 :i2 IT.lgn: - i , iz;o l ll9 Tifa I.Nll4lltra la Mar fully restored. The following is it letter sent by him to the different Governors of States enumerated: Munimmusnouo, Feb. 21, 1363. "To the Gorernors of Ohio, Kansas, Minnesota, Penn sylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri; and Michigan: 1, 1 think it clue to those who sutler in the field, as well as those who foot the hills at home and run the risk of being called out to defend home and national life, that all deserters should be returned to duty. All citizens are interested in this. Those who op pose it favor perjury and rascality, because a man who agrees to serve his country, takes wages and even bounty money, and violates hie oath of service by deserting, is a perjurer and a .rao.abi, and, proba bly, a coward_Avny oiould - not the Legislature pass A law - disfranchising and disqualifying from giving evidence all deserters, as for other infamous crimes? [Official.] • "11r. S. ROSECRANS, " Major General.” "Rawny STONB, Lieut. and A. A. G." It will be seen that the General writes only to the Governors of those States which furnish the soldiers to his army, and, like soldier, carefully abstains from meddling with anything more than the con cerns of his own command. The mail is just going out, so I must close. THE LATEST. IPURTEER DETAILS OF TIIE RATTLE OD sranco RILL -RETREAT Or TILE REDELS-REE. OTLRERT AGAIN Tiffigurr. - firi in iilCflifi6fiT GGlGlrmllli • frzlfiri IUIIOIYIIIF Lidol4lollsl derails have been received of the fight near Frank lin, yesterday. Fire regiments of infantry, one bat tery (the 18th Ohio), with thel - th Pennsylvania and 2d Michigan Cavalry, all under command of Col. Coburn, of the 33d Indiana, advanced on Spring Hill on the 4th inst. Several spirited skirmishes occurred during the day, our troops camping four miles distant. On the sth a movement by the rebels wee apparent, causing some disorder at Thompson's Station. The rebels suddenly opened on our men with three batteries, on different points, and at the same time they appeared on each flank in greatly superior numbers. An unequal conflict was main tained with great determination, causing heavy loss on both sides, but finally resulted unfortunately to our troops, the largest part of the 336 Indiana, 19th Michigan, 226 Wisconsin, and the 85th Indiana, with most of their commissioned officers, being cap tured. Our artillery and cavalry were successfully withdrawn. The 129th Ohio was out, but returned without loss. All is quiet to-day. The rebels have fallen back. Their force was infantry, with heavier artillery than we had. Gen. Gllbert's nomaction and failure to 4. reinforce Col. Coburn is severely censured by officers and men. GRAND GNION MEETING IN NEW 100, MOE ITRNOIIT OF riff FRIENDS OF TOE GOVERNMENT. Ten Thousand Patriots in Council. ENTHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATION . New Yong, March 6.—A. grand mass meeting of the loyal peelple in this city, irrespective of party,. was held to-night in the Cooper in.tttute, and was attended by over 4;000 inside, and the same number outside the building. Mayor Opdyke presided at the meeting inside, General Scott being too weak to be present. Speeches were made by James T. Brady, John Van Buren, Dr. Hitchcock, Judge Daly, D. D. Field, lion. Charles Goulds, and others. Expressions of unswervingloyalty'to the Union were enunciated by the speakers, most of which were vociferously endorsed by the multitude, and the enthusiasm for Old Glory was most marked and emphatic. Riot and Loss of Life at Detroit. Drrnorr, Michigan, March G.—A negro who had committed an outrage upon a young white girl was being taken from the court-room to the jail, under a military escort, this afternoon, when an at tempt was made to take him away by a gang of rowdies. The crowd was fired upon, and one man oeitral inulisiccli help !veil in Lila ritiMllll4 (11 ac la c /115") MOD nerpetiltteti MG MOM norm° ntil4a GY opus ilia colored people residing in the vicinity of the jail. Houses were gutted, and the inmates maltreated, and, in many instances, killed. Ten or fifteen lives have already been lost, and as many houses burned. All the available military here and a regiment in the interior of the State have been sent for, and a vigor ous attempt winnow be made to quell the mob. Col, Forney's Reception. WASHINGTO.N, MirCh 5 Col. Forney held his annual reception after the adjournment of Congress, at his house on NewJer- Bey avenre, last evening. About a hundred mem bers of Congress, Cabinet officers, and generals, were present, among them Secretary Seward, the Secre tary of the Interior, Mr. Ushur, Postmaster Gene ral Blair, General Heintzelman, Gen. Cochrane, Prof. Bade, and nearly all the Senators. During the evening, Hobert J. Walker, in response to a Ivar• sentiment eloquently uttered by the host, spoke at length upon the great measures of the XXXVIIth Congress. He pronounced that Congress the most remarkable and eventful in the history of the human race, and prophesied that, however much several of its measures might be discussed and denounced, yet that in future they would be fully vindicated. At a later period, Governor Walker spoke directly on the emancipation question, and addressed himself to the Bolder State men present, among them Geo. D. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal. After G overnor Walker had spoken, Governor Hicks fol lowed in an , exceedingly able speech, in which he assumed the 'strongest grounds, and avowed his de ifilliirinll9o to Maud 11 , the flafi of the Union at all namtuel owes trfiolgagiii sea Ills - way of the prooorretiou of thy Valve, otorory moat go. Senator Foster next praised the courage and consistency of such nien as Governor Hicks, and, speaking for Connecticut, said that the State and himself.would stand, by.the Administration and .jit with, sinasinni nauty and ease, throwing new light upon the great issues of the day, and prov ing that in appointing him to the Cabinet the Presi dent chose strong and wise man. The lion. Pres ton Xing said that, in the providence of God, how ever much this war mightcost us in life and in pro perty, the rebels stood before the world as the great est of Abolitionists, and that, if' slavery perished, it would he by their own hands. Senator king's suc cessor, the Hon. E. D. Morgan, was present during the early part of the evening. The entertainment, lasting till 3 o'clock in the morning, will long be re membered by those who were present as a confer ence meeting of the wisest And most earnest advo - of the war to the end.—N. Y. Tribune.. • Bon. dames II: Campbell at Ilome. POTTsvumt, March 6.—lt having been understood last evening that the Hon. James 11. Campbell, ex. member of Congress, had returned home, a large body of our citizens, on - the spur of the moment, _ marched to his residence, accompanied :by an excel lent band of music and the firing of , oannon, and pave I`!m.. A lidienE ereeting. itelier, Hag., welcomed him home, in a neat speech, On behalf of .the citizens, to which the Major replied, creating great enthusiasm. The crowd then dispersed, quite delighted with the improinptindlair. The Northern Light Reported to have beeti Chased by a Privateer.. Nine Yong, March 6.—The Evening Pod says the stearnei: Northern Light, which arrived at this port to-day from 'Aspinwall, wee chased on' Tuesday morning mut, off the ooaet of Florida, by a propeller steamer, which,.when first seen, carried a signal of distress, but she subsequently gave chase to the Northern Light, and continued it until a 'United States war vessel hove in eight. Some of tho Officers of the Northern Light decline to admit that it was possible that the vessel was a privateer.. • Brigade Inspectors Indebted to the State. Ira urn:1116RO; Pa., March 6.—The following list of brigade inspectors' indebted to the State appears Ma recent report of the Auditor General to the ,House of Representatives: 1 1 1 Former Issnectrrs. Brigade. Div. Ain't. Adams Samuel P 3 16 $226 30 Bahn; Jacob 2 it 17 00 Bean, Thomas W 3 11 27 41 inix, Joseph 2 13 252 11 Pilsen John 1 2 3' 196 12 Fleming, James 2 15 888.74 Femington, Thomas M 8 • 1 172 23 Gall, G. B 3 •1. 1,107 00 Gray, James 2 17. 142 24 ' Harrell, Jacob 2 ..7 49 24 Harrell, Thomas 1 10 * 1,254 88' Herr, Daniel 2 ..4 323 53 Lantz, Lot 2 14' 181 33 Martin, Joshua 2 16 ' 39 27 Ness, William 1 5 37 45 Norman, Charles . 1 4 296 73 Patterson, Nathaniel 1 15 415 58 Powers, Samuel 1 16 285 Porter, George B 1 4 251 00 Patton, James: 2 4 258 97 Bathmel, Joseph G 1 9 167 '73 Sharp, Daniel i t 1,978 63 Snyder, Thomas 2 1 2,828 87 Spangler, Michael 11 1 6 271 81 Thornbum John - 1 10 123 20 Welsh, George 1 16 3,187 85 THE PRESS. - PWIADELPiIik., SAMMY, MARCH 7, 1863: KW. P EBt3 / 4 )N " TIL§ Sty The startling committees were eauoueeed. Dir. ANTHONY introduced resolutions to print 10,000 copies or the mechanical part of the Patent Office Report, and 4,000 copies of the aete and, joint resolutions palmed during the present &minion. Dir. BAYARD, of Deiaware, took the oath to sup port the Constitution, on entering upon hie new Dir. SUMNER called up the additional rule of the Senate, proposed by him yesterday. It prescribes the legal oath passed July last, shall be taken or subscribed by the members of this body in open Senate. Mr. SAULSBURY moved that its further °onside. ration be postponed until to-morrow. • Mr. SUMNER said if there was any - particular reason for such postponement, he would concur, but if not, they had better go on with its consideration. He; however, saw no necessity for a protracted dis cussion. SATILSBURY urged that no injury could re. suit by postponing the resolution till to.morrow. Kr. SUMNER replied that the statute required that every officer, civil, military, or naval, should take the oath before entering upon the duties of his Mr. SAULSBURY responded that the oath could not now apply, because Senators had already entered upon the duties of their office. Hence it was utterly impossible to administer it. lidr. BAYARD, while not rising formally to oppose the resolution, suggested that important questions were involved in it as well as the constitutional power to interfere with the qualifications of either branch of Congress. Mr. SUMNER did not wish to press the resolu tion ; but, as the Senate had at present little to do, he thought they might as well consider it, the subject being an important one. Mr: DAVIS, of Kentucky, regarded the bivir gitiously unconstitutional. It simply 'imposed test oath. If they had a right to admlnieter it in one matter, they had a right to administer it in an other. The majority of the Senate had st great aver sion to n Copperhead Democrats; " suppose in three or four Tole Meg !!Counfirlituule! ihn olltfllll pOppeee tr !lac 4, :overacracski) .tracSuiffau f: c7ca-cna tl,o f•nct ; 1 / 4 11.0.71v• 4174*a,', i-osi to Susiolo noir poriicolsr poli ties, were gentlemen ready to admit that they had the constitutional power to addliniater such an oath? Yet they would have as much power to impose their form of oath to promote their party ends - as the last Congress had to pass this law. Ile trusted he could take this oath with as clear a conscience as any man ; but be held that Congress has no power to pass a law imposing such an oath. He proceeded to argue to show that it would be setting ,a most mis chievous precedent. • • • Several messages were announced fr0m....,5 -I, e - Preal-' dent, through hie private Secretary, Mr:Nloolay. Mr. HARRIS, of New York, hoped thel Sedate would go into executive sesidon'i this debate was unprofitable. . _ - TrlfinfULT.,, of Illinois, remarkad that-if the Senate was going to repeal a law of Congress,- the question bad better be settled at once. Mr. IIA_RRIS said they could not settle 'it to-day. Mr. TRUDIBULL thought they could. Mr. SUDINER was sorry that Mr. Harris had pro poeed to nullify a law of Congress. Mr. - BARRIS replied that he had proposed to do no such thing. ' Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, thought they could go into executive session, and' refer the nominations to the appropriate committees. This would expe dite business. They could then open the doors and resume the discussion. • Mr. SUMNER would not interpose any objection to that plan, He repeated that there was a statute of Congress requiring the oath to be taken. The question was whether, they would obey it or, not. To go into executivesestion, before taking the oath, was to disregard the law of Congress. The Senate then went into executive session. When the doors were opened, Mr. TIAVIS, of Kentucky, resumed his speech, aa 411111112,yalZIS Un non be =mm nr WV or interfered With... By what authority , then, can the Senator from ?dam chusetts prescribe a condition on which a Senator shalt continue ill hie seat when he presenti himself with the proper qualifications to take it? Suppose a Senator should reluee to take the new oath ; would this body expel him! Nee, for what! lie hes been guilty of no disorderly conduct which comes within the constitutional clause which authorizes either House to expel .a member. He could not be expelled save in accordance with a flagitious, arbitrary, and tyrannical rule. Mr. SUMNER said this subject involved the great question of obedience to the laws. low could we expect— Air. SAULSBURY, Interrupting, asked if this oath was a necessary preliminary to entering upon office, bow could it be dismissed! Mr.' SUMNER replied, the Senator had interrupt ed him in the very first sentence. If the gentleman would have the kindness to listen, he would find an answer. We !should, be said, set an example of obe dience to the law, for if we set it aside, .would not the other House follow the example! How could we expect the other departments to obey the law if we neglect it? The statute says, that "hereafter every person elected or appointed to any office of honor or emolument, either civil, military, or naval, or any department of the public , service, except the President of the United StAtes, shall, before entering upon the duties of hie office, and entitled to any salary or rentuneration, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, which said oath, so taken, shall be preserved among the re cords of Congress`or, department to which it apper tains." He denied the propositions of the Senator from Kentucky, that the new oath was unconstitu tional, and that it imposed a test oath, nor did it im pose an additional qualification. The oath now ad ministered was not the text of the Constitution. It was found in a supplemental aot. The oath now the subject of controversy wee the Bailie as that required Try ilig Siemilitliiivß eta inlifVl) ?!:91e4SYS) Red Dont, and notrung chim It re s was e toot emu, then (hat to support the Constautlon sees a tea oath. Rut it was not a test oath. For himself, he de "aired to take it, as well in order to qualify himself as required by the statute. Mr. DAVIS replied, if the new oath was in object, spirit, and.character like that to support the Con stitution, why should the oath be again taken! Had Congress the poses' to administer the oath a second time! Mr. SUMNER, knowing the loyalty Of the Sena tor, thought be would rejoice to take the oath, —. Mr. WIN'S wished he could reture.thweeinnill-, `meet: Re had ed doubt he was a moreioyalman than the Senator from Massachusetts. lie further argued against the administration of the proposed oath. Mr. T.RUMBULL Said this was not the tribunal to which to appeal. We hove nothing to do , but comply with the law. You talk about setting at de fienCelt law which Congress has passed. Mk. DAVIS. It is no law. , Mr. TRUMBULL. Was the gentleman going to pass here on the cortetitutio4slity of the law I We might here say that the Senator from Kentucky shall not speak more than four-tifthe of the time, and the Senator would have to abide by it. All the judges took.an oath in addition to support that Con stitution. The Senator from Kentucky, an a mem ber of the Kentucky Legislature, took an oath not only to support the Constitution. of .the United States, but the Constitution of Kentucky. How could he do that? Dlr. DAVIS replied that the Constitution of Ken tucky required it. Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, asked him how he could do that according to the principle he bad an nounced in this debate. We want no new rule of the Senate. We have,a law which requires a cer tain oath to be administered. and 'it was the duty of thegralloilloefltcer to octinintater It to oriT one who ra 1M11.D.1.DN.W..b him /Mit Nail JAM It mi. Roman mr. inkg 1110 ontn, anti omen upon Fog. ter to administer it, which lie did. It is as follows ; I solemnly swear I have never voluntarily borne arms againat the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement, to per sons engaged in avowed, hostility thereto ; „that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under an authority, or pretended authority, In hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a vo luntary support to any pretended Government,autho rity, power, oreonstitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto ; and I cla further swear, that to the beat of my knowledge and ability, I. will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic ;• that .I will bear. true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any men tal reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and , faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God. The PRESIDENT pro tern. then directed to be called the names of Senators elected or reelected since the passage of the law—namely the 2d of July last. It was administered to the following-named Senators : Bowden of 'Virginia; Buckalew of. Penn sylvaniargan of New York, Sprague of Rhode Wright Island, of New Jersey, Morrill of Maine, Wade of Ohio Sumner of Massachusetts, Dixon of Connecticut, Hicks of Maryland, Chandler :of Mi chigan, and Harding of Oregon. Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland, explained that, ac cording to his interpretation of the Constitution, a SenatorWai not a civil officer, and therefore did not fall within the limits of the statute, and besides the act was retrospective in its operation. He, however, had not the slightest objection to take the oath. It was then administered to him. Mr. HENDRICK, of Indiana, adopted the expla nation of Mr. Johnson, and also subscribed to it. Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsb), and Mr. Bayard, of allowee: tleatecting of Inc 111WL Wolti 00013(10110M 111 1.11111 MO) e tort 4111 VI Ifilancaota l and Connesa, or r. not .set arrived in *nallingion: •-•- • Messrs. SUMNER And JOHNSON:" had. a abort colloquy about their respective positions, When the . former withdrew his resolution. The Senate then adjourned. ' '• announced today: " " • Foreign ltelations—Meeara. Sumner (cludrznitli),.Pos ter, Doolittle, Johnson, Bayard, Davie, and Harris. Finance—)lessre.Fessenden (chain:nail), Collainer,.. Sherman, Howe, Cowan, McDougal, and }Mks; Commerce--Messrs. Chandler (chairman); Morrill, Wilson of Mass., Ten Eyck, Saulabury,TiuMbull, and Morgan. . • Military Affairs and Me Militia—Meaara. Watson of Massachusetts (chairman); Morgan, Vane of LlM `anna, Sprague; Bayard, Bowden, and Meredith. Naval. Affairs -Messrs. Hale (chairman); Grimes, Sherman, Johnson, McDougall, Ramsey, . and Sprague. • Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull .(chairman), Foster, Ten Eyck Harris , Howard, Raymond, and Powell. Post Offices and Post . Roads —Messrs. Collitmer (chairman), Diiion, Johnson, :Ramey, Bowden, and 13uckalew. Public Lands—Messrs. Harlan (chairman), Clark, Pomeroy, Carlile, Harding, Ramsey, and Hendrick. Private Land Mims—Messrs. Harris (chairman), Sumner, Morrill, Howard. and Raymond. , *Wan All)iirs—Messrs. Doolittla (chairman), Wil kinkmLane of Kansas, Harlan, Nesmith, Davis, and Wilson - of Missouri • Prnsions—Messrs. Poster (chairman), Lane of In-. diana, Howe, Pomeroy, Saulsbury, Buckalew, and Bowden. • ficrchdionary - Claims —klessrs..Wilkinson (chair- Man), Obandler, Lane of 'Kama, Nesmith, and Wi igkt, Claims—ltiessrs. Voirk.(cliairmsn), tiowe,tPome. toy, Anthony, Ricks, Rattling, Hendricks. District of Columbia—iliesars, Grimm, (chairman), Dixon, Morrill,-Slade, Anthony, Bichardaon, and Wright. • poi6iits inui Patent Olficc—Messrs. Cowan (chair man), Sumner, Harris, Saulsbury, Carllle. Public Buildings and Grounds-111mm Foot (chair man), Anthony, Chandler, Saulsbury, and Wilsonof Missouri. Territories—Messrs. Wade (chairman), Mllltinson, Hale, :Lane of Kansas, CarWe, Wilson of M. sour!, and Richardson. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of he Senate—Messrs. Dixon (chairman), Clark, and Hard ing. Engrossed Billildessrs. Lane of Indiana (chair man), Sumner, and Harding. A Committee of Agriculture was added, consisting of -Messrs. Sherman (chairman), Harlan, Morin, Lane ot Kantintr, .Powell. Joint Standing Committee on Printing, on the part of the Senate—Dlesexs. Anthony (chairman), Harlan, Powell. 'Enrolled Bills, on the part of the &nolo:—Messrs. Bowe (chairman), Cowan, and Saulsbury. The Library, on the part of 4ke Senate—Messes. Col lamer (chairman) anti Fessedgen. . . SAu FRAVOISCO, March 6.—Advicie from Hono lulu, S. 1., as late eta to February 19, have been re ceived, but the intelligence conveyed, by themle un important. • William Ladd, a native of Qoncord, H. H., who has been a prominent merchant of Honolulu for the past thirty-eight years died on the Bth of February. Public attention in Honolulu was mush occupied with religion, growing out of the recent organization of the Reformed Catholic Church, which promises great success. The culture of sugar was receiving increased attention. NEW Your, Mardi 6.—The Brooklyn News states that all the °Mews of. the 90th New York Regiment at the West have tendered their resignations, in con sequence of orders from Colonel Morgan, which, If carried out, would place them in the same category towards civilized nations an is now held , by the rebels. From the Sandwich Islands. The 00th New York Regiment. FET§ThYrEill brAl§l4.lllll% iitalllNSlTAgi MOM 91 mat SENATE. The Senatewas called to order at 11 o'clock by the Speaker. Petitions Mr. CONNELL presented the memorial of Hon. Oswald Thompson, Joseph Allison, James H. Ludlow, George Shorewood, George M. Stroud, and four hundred and fifteen citizens of Philedelplr la, fur a law to prevent old. and faithful school teachers being discharged without &Mlle provision bohig mode by the State for their support. Also, the remonstrance of sixty-three citizens of Phila delphia, against the passage of a law to prevent the emi gration of colored persons into the State. Mr: SMITH, the petition of twentrone citizens of Montgomery county In favor of legalizing the net of the m commissioners, uppropi toting om for bounty purpo ses; also the remonstrance of two bundrod and sixteen citizens of the sumo county against tho same. Mr. KINSEY. the remonstrance of forty-eight citizens of Montgomery county, of similar import. Mr. STEIN, a petition from Northampton county, in favor of a National Gonvoution. . . 7dr. REILLY, petitions for the misaage of a law to pre vent the payment of wages in store orders. • Also, re monstrances against empowering corporations to hold large bodies of land for mining purposes. Mr. JOHNSON. the remonstrance of three hundred and twenty citizens end business fame of Williamsport, against the erection of a boom in the Susquehanna at Jersey Shore. Negroes and Mulattoes.. Mr. LOWRY, from tho Committee on Federal Rela tions, to which with referred a number of petitions ask ing tho passage of a law to prevent the emigration of nee roes and mulattoes - into this State, BabMiLted a tong report ad veree to the prayer of the petitioners. The re port says that it was necessary for the Government. to surpreas this rebellion, to gain the sympathy of the slaves by proclaiming their freedom, and. at the same time, depriving the rebels of their tither. Without some aid the rebels are lost, and in their extremity they have had recourse to their allies and sympathizers in the North. These petitions for the exclusion of negroes from the State. end the petitions for a National Convention; are part of a system to work the damning purpose of treason by arousing the prejudices of the people: There was no causo to fear the inlinx of negroes in this State. They would prefer remaining In the South it their li berty is secured; and this State should enact no law to thwart the policy of the Government. For these, and other reasons, Lhe committee reported against the prayer of the petitioners. • • • ths !I • meg fltnnhaussil Darn Ilia Ninny nag! Malltan.0:11VII.: • • • • • ). DM I OARS» of Ms PAY 61 1 1. AJPREiti yetis a »BYRE/. 1113 Is Introduced. Mr. CONNELI4.O. bill to prof de for old and faithful teachers whep clischarged for other-reasoas than moral dehmineito)_ Mr. KINSEY, abill to enforce the payment of taxon by telegraph companies. Governor Andrew Johnson. Mr. WII.ITE offered a resolution netting forth .that Governor Andrew Johnson, the brave and loyal Governor .of, Tennessee. :whose devotion- to linty :was full tes rem or Joseph Wright, or Indiana, are about to visit florriebarg, to addrees the people on the great questions of the day, that the use of the Senate Chamber be . tendered thorn for this purpose this after . The resolution was disciumed by Mr. LOWRY in favor of, and Mr. CLYMER in opposition to, its adoption. Dir. LahIBERTON moved to amend by 'treating the use of the Senate chamber to George B. McClellan to receive his friends, end that he be invited to visit Har risburg for that purpose. The resolution and amendment were discussed until after the.usoal hour of adjournment, when • Mr. HMG \VAY moved to amend the amendment by sibstituting the following: " That when General George B. McClellan, or any other friend of the Union, desires the use-of Hits hall for the purpose of denouncing re bellion, it shall be cheerfully tendered him.' The stihject was discussed until five o'clock, when Mr. Ridgway's amendment was adopted—ten Senators voting in the negative.. Mr. LaIIIBERTON moved to add that "we cordially In rite General McClellan to visit the capital of bis na tive State." Negatived by the following vote: Yeas 11. nays 19. he resolution was then adopted—yeas 20. nays 10. The Senate then adjourned until. Monday evening. HOUSE. .• The HOOP. wan called to order at 1034 A. M., bl Speak er CF.SSIt A. —a..., IL., the Mill of tha Homo to Uov. Johnson. of Tonneasoe. and Ex-Gov. Wright, ollndiana. The Iloube by a vote of 56 ayee to $2 nevi (two-thirds bailie required), refused to eusrand the rules to conelder the resolution. Slaves in Missouri. Joint reeolutions, instructing our Senators iu Congress to oppose the paavegb''of a law appropriating 7I3)011).000 to compensate the owners of emancipated slaves in Me- SOuri, were considered. Mr. BOWMAN, of Tioga, said the gentlemen on the opposite side of the House, (the Democracy,) had curiona ways of instructing public oflicers. It was quite recently that they wished to instruct the Governor of this State to go on a wild-goose chase after the editor of a Philadel phia Palter, who, before the breath of his friends in his behalf was done sounding,. came back repentant, ac knowledging that he had injured his Government. It was mote thatsprobable that the ' instructions" which it was proposed to give to Congress, would only tend to embarrass the Government. ho far as the constitntion ality of an appropriation by Congress to pay for the slaves was concerned, it would certainly. be quite as lrgat as was the passage of the slave law of IMO, which suede every man and woman a slave-catcher, and au thorized the necessary expenses to be paid by the Gene ral Government. Mr. GLENN, of Wirshington, spoke at length against the compensation of • the slave-owners, and declared that if, as wits inserted, the slaves themselves were the only loyal men I u the S Dinh, it certainly was not policy . to remove them etcher from the South or from Missouri. Ho did nos see, in filet, how the removal of slaves was •to contribute to et lashing the rebellion; If it was true that the negroes were useful to their Southern masters, It was equally true that if nll those slaves were to be paid for by the North, it would lake at least 512,030,000 from our treasury, which would weaken us proportionately. What would be done with eight millions of negroes sot loose in the free States! Who in Pennsylvania. would give them an acre of ground unless paid for it? They would become as degraded and poor as the colored popu lation of the .North at present, and soon be a charge to our State and county treasuries. Mr. WIIIII.EY moved to postpone the further considera tion of the bill ft.r the present. .Not agreed to. • Mr. Bk.Ia,DICT I , sid that the gentieman from Wattls- MAAR lied eisgond,nl(Bitofilor bon 11, &Ile WU. NI) 1011111jiy EMlLditt94lll v 1 1T917 4 41,1:tr . v r s ‘i.'E . liADoa, or Georgia . 1140 over heard Waler IWO; except the gentlemen from Washington? li nt it was only contemplated to compentsste loyal ow norsin the Border states. The sanstitutional arguments di the nltielacy against paying for the negroeS were all of a piece --that it, they were when it suited the party to make converts. Would it have been strictly con stitutional tO have sent Hobert Small. the negro, back into Clutilesion with the vessel which he nobly sur rendered to the United States fleet? or was it consti tutional to send a ship load of provisions, at tie expanse of the United States, to the starving poor of Ireland? atrr BENEDIL'T continued it length, reviewing the reasons why the aristocracy. of. Europe L favored the Southern slaveholdews He wished the .DemoeracT to answer disttuctly - svhether it had been right or wrong for Pennsylvania, in 1780, to take the rights from her slave owners and manumit her colored population? He At clan d that the spirit of freedom commenced to extend 'its sway with the landing otttte Mayflower. . I;•The part assumed by the Democratic party in creating diVit9Wl of sentiment and - in bringing on the war was dwelt upon. Ho ridiculed the assertion that thieving contractors were allied with the Administration: . Knaves . and contractors had fastened upon military camps from time immemorial, but no political party should be made rmipoitsfhle for the acts of those men.' The difficulties which had environed the Administration from its Brat inangutatien were immense, for it came Into power with treason and traitors on every hand, yet Abraham Lin coln lied used every power to sustain the Government. The speaker concluded with a brilliant peroration upon the principles of the. American Union. Mr. MUSSELMAII. of Somerset, should vote against the resolutions instructing Congress, and his reasons were to be found in Romans 13th, lot and gil verses, viz: "1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God. The powers that be are ordained ot God. - ' 2. Whoever, therefore. reslsteth the power resistant the ordinance of God, and they that resist shall receive to themselves destine tiOtt. " Mr. BITERS, of Adams. moved that the proceedings be new closed by singing "John Brown's Soul is March ing On." [Laughter. • The hPBA NBA declared that the motion of the gentle: VAT faxinar:F -- mr, 4 , 4141iiq 'Pat othlfrvelvr‘m ‘ra, &by pay Inc the slaves ill Missouri, th y cent.( rots ap propriations to relieve Yew latching Reratives from work. It was the prerogative of lbe Legislature to in struct Congress when it deemed proper to do so,- and un doubtedly some instructions were now needed at Wash ington, not only to Congress, but to the 4dinimstmtion, which bad evidently forgrtten whv .we took up arms against the South. The war had * degenerated into an Abolition crusade, and the grand object was to free the negro. In doing this, some measures had been adopted to which lie (the speaker) and the party to which he belonged could never give their as- sent. Among others was the act of the dominant party to wrest the property alike from loyal and disloyal peo ple in certain States, and rho suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and arbitrary arrests in free States. So far as the attacks of the gentleman from Huntingdon upon the Democratic party during the thne of Buchanan were concerned, he dolled that gentleman to showeven a tithe of such robbery-as had disgraced the present Ad ministration. The thieving contractors of the present day-received no punishment, unless in one case which occurred to his memory, and one only, and that was of a Democrat, who, In company with a party of Republi cans, committed some frauds in the article of bay. The Democrat was now in the Old Capitol. prison but the Republicans; who had been his principals In ehe trans action, were at liberty. It would not do for .the gentleman from Huntingdon to assert that the spirit of --liberty first spread its sway from the pilgrims of the Maygower. If it was true that those pilgrims made the woods vocal with their praises to God, who had given them freedom to' 'worship, it was equally true that those woods soon echoed to other sounda—to the shrieks anti cries of burning Quakers and Catholics—while the faggots were lighted by these im maculate Pilgrim Fathers. The hour of one having arrived, the Speaker ad- jonrned the House until o'clock Monday evening next. EUROPE. The Arabia at • llnlittix with Elates,. to the 22d ultimo—Trouble in Europe Growing out of the Polish Inattrreettort—Cottrae of cinilltmac4 by Fprns2 and p__ns; tmakavilmo.b for MICIUII4[OIII7, jieLliax, - nlarch 6.—The steamer Arabia, Capt. .andelliOn, arrived at rive o'clock this morning. The Norwegian arrived out on the 20th, and the . Australasian on the 21st ult. . , The news . ' brought by the latter did no transpire 441 3.seerjoiabreas hours on the 21at._ Polish questiafireing - rnesuraurtgthing exciting, the • ported that France has sent a dekotten-al-.1a...M._ expressing great dissatisfaction with the interven e tion of Prussia. In a debate in the British House of Lords,. Earl Russell 'denounced the course of Prussia. - It is rumored that M. Fould has tendered his resig nation as French Minister of Finance. .--The Bourse declined ;,1 for Bente& INDIA. The Bombay mails of January 18th, and Calcutta mails of January ,9th, had arrived in England. News unimportant.:- Commercial intelligence an. ticipated. LONDON MONEY MABRET.—The reduction by the Bank of England of its minimum rate of dis count had: no ' effect on the hinds, the movem ent being generally anticipated. Consols, sympathizing , with the Paris Bourse, !declined Nt on the 2oth of February, under the rumors of M. Fouldls resigna tion of the Ministry of Finance.' Money wag in limited demand. - • THE LATEST. ' The Paris Constitutionnei says that the intervention .of Prussia in Poland has rendered it in European question; but hopes that the test of a convention will dissipate apprehensions. • BERLIN Feb. 21.--,The proposition of the Liberals for Prussian neutrality in Poland was agreed to in the. Chamber of Deputies almost unanimously. No ministers nor royal commissioners were present, nor did the Government send in any communication: • • Commercial Intelligence. The Liverpool Dreadstutil markefon Friday was very dull. 'Wheat and Flour were without change in Juices, but Corn declined a@Se. Provisions are dull, and tending upward. LONDON, Feb. 21.—Consols are quoted at 92%@ 92%. THE LATEST. lavznpoor.,, Feb. 22.—The cotton 'market closed dull on Saturday, but the rates are unchanged. Sales of 2,000 bales. The news from America by the steamer Australa sian was not received till after official hours, when the market became excited, and prices advanced l@ 2d. for American, with large sales. The advance was owing to the Australasian's news. LONDON, Feb. 22.—Console, 023(,0923‘ ; Illinois Central shares, 41;4'&034 %1 cent, discount ; Erie Railroad , 4434@ 4634. Dreadatuith osed very dull, but at unchanged and steady prices, . Provisions were also very dull. Marine Intelligence.. Arrived from Baltimore, Sen'e . ca, at/Table Bay. MailORANDA.—Ship Sebastian Cabot, front Cal lao for Hamburg, ashore at the Isle of Wight. The ship Carrier Dove, before reported ashore near Valencia, Ireland, has been got off. Arrived from Baltimore, February 2dth, Augusta E., at Bremen. Sailed for Ballo, llOth, Ocean, from Liverpool. • Dreadnought, from Liverpool for New York, was spoken on the 4th of February, with loss of rudder, &c. The tnostor and a portion Of the crew were injured. She intended putting into royal. VERY LATEST, VIA QUEENSTOWN. QtrEENSTOWN, Feb. p2.—The steamship Great Esstern was safely placed on the gridiron con structed for her in the l'elersey. PARIS, Feb. 2I—P. Constitudonnti says `that the intervention of Prussia in Poland has ren dered it a European question, and hopes that the test of a European convention will dissipate exist.. ing apprehensions. l3enrax, Feb. 21.—The proposition of the liberals for Prussian neutrality in Poland was agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies almost unanimously. No Ministers nor Royal Commissioners were present, nor did the Cinverninent send in any communica tor. Pine, Mt Di._ l l l l‘x matsakilinga MHO. OR tOn Bourns at Mt 60e. LONDON, Feb. 21—Evening.—The Mann or riline Alfred continues to improve. A Cabinet council was held this afternoon. The country volunteer corps are to take part in the metropolitan reception of the Princess Alex andrina. The Board of Trade returns are published, and show the following: The exports for 1862 ahow a decrease of £1,000,000, as compared with 1861, and of 61,260,000 as compared with 1860. The figura are as follows: Exports for 1860,6135,891,000 ; for 1661, £126,102,000, and for 1862, £124,137,000. lIIADIIm, February .21.—Fresh resignations con tinue to be tendered am ongithe officers of the Marine. It instated that the Government will create a Spa nish consulate at Warsaw. The Bank of Spain has raised Its rate of discount to seven per cent. Commercial Intelligence. (Per Arabia.) STATE OF TRADE.—Livenvoor„ Feb. 21.—The advioea from Manchester represent the market firm and tending upward. Be.naD9TOßYS.—Richardson, Spen ce,6e Co.,Wake field, Nash, & Co., and 13igland, Athya, & Co., re port: Flour very dull; Wheat quiet and nominal; red Western, 9a@Ss 6d; red Southern, 9e id@9s 11d; Corn dull and 3d ®6d lower; in actl, 298@29a 3d. Pnovieloas.—The same authorities report: Beef irregular and tendency downward; Pork quiet but steady; Bacon Steady and unchanged; Lard steady; Tallow steady. Pnonuoz.—The Brokers' circular reports: Ashes firm ; Pote, 315 ed ; Pearls, 30s 6d. Rosin dull at 268 ; Spirits Turpentine nominal at 123; Petroleum dull at 16a ; Sugar heavy; Coffee quiet; Rice firm ; Lin seed buoyant and still advancing; Linseed Oil stea dy at 44s Cd®46s ; Sperm Oil small sales at £9O. Loanox MAME:M.—Bari:4's Circular reports: Breadstuffs tending downward; Iron steady; Sugar quiet, but steady ; Coffee firm ; Rice steady and quiet; Tea Inactive ; Tallow quiet at 445; Spirits Turpentine nominal at lie • Linseel Oil easier ; diiles at 445; Sperm Oil still declining; sales at XB6; Petroleum very.dull and nominal at 18a. MI. itititittildi . Arrival of the Northern Lightlylth 51,283, 000 In Specle—Thie War Between Guate mala and San Sitivlulor. Niw Your: March 6:—The steamer Northern Light arrived 'from Aspinwall this morning, bring ing $1,183,800 in treasure, including one million con signed to United States Sub-Treasuret Cisco. She was convoyed :by the. United States gunboat Con necticut. . . . . --The advises -per the- Northern 'Light"' state that President Carrera, orGuatemala, has invaded San Salvador, with whlch"countryWar has been declared. Be has about six thousand men. The San Saivado rians, under President Barriot, have about the same number, and a conflict was .expected in a Jew days at.C.ontepec, a position fortified by French of ficers, and made almost impregnable by art and rut tune. The British minister is using every effort to stop the war. Report says that Carrera has, inter cepted his despatches to the United States minister at San Salvador. The coffee crop of Costa' Rica will not exceed 96,000 quintals, a large portion of which goes to Ca lifornia. The South American mails came on the Northern Light, bat they contain no news. The U. S. steamer Narragansett and eloopof--war St. Marys were at Panama. From San Francisco. SAN PRANCIECO, March 6.—Sailed, ship Isaac Bealea, for Puget Sound. Legal tenders sold to-day at 70@75. The Equal Rights Expositor, of Tulois county, long known for its brazen effronterylin advocating Se cessionism, for which it was excluded from the milt hltii Ita offala again:ad by a moll plattrilaye A Ithmor from Vie!album. NEW Yoitx, March 6.—A, letter from Calm dated the sd instant, mentione a rumor that the whole of Porter's fleet had run by Vicksburg. Death of aohu Anton, of New York. NEW oi u March 6.—John . Anthon, an eminent lawyer of Glue city, died to-day, aged 79 years. T$ +` CITY. The Thermometer. ATARCH 0, 1882. DIARCH 6, 1883. 6 A. 1ef..•.ND0N....3 P. X. 6 A. 111.....N00N....3 P. X n 35 38 3134 40 43 WIND. WIND. WNW...NV NIV..WNICIS.. ..... S. by W....SSW. A Democratic Carnival. SERENADE TO MESSRS. VALLANDIOR AM, JOHNSON, AND COPPROTH AT THE GIRARD OUSE...-TRE BAND PLAYS DIXIE'S LAN D-THE DEMOCRACY. DENOUNCE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAR. Last evening the members of the Democratic club, and a number of Democratic citizens in this city, assembled at the Girard House-to serenade Mr. Val landigbam, an ex•representative (rein Ohio, Mr. 0. C. Burr; an ex-minister of the Gospel, an ex-Aboli-. tionist, and ex-Jerseymart Philip Johnson, member from the Tenth district, and A. H. Coffroth, mem ber•eleot from Somerset. Great preparations were made to receive these distinguished champions of, the. Democratic party, and at the Club House a bountiful collation was prepared. Desirous of Adelina the mild the lulnsAi of all that was 'sin as ilaatikit.Atim uosoa ink xtunatilvout_ Dona tk.& Girard House, however, they were not permitted to go, and they were looked upon with suspicion and concern. The band engaged was Beck's Brass Band. Before the serenade commenced a number of fire works were exploded, and a great many rockets sent into the air. It is a remarkable fact that all these rockets, in, exploding, developed serpents, sed sug gested a very appropriate display for a copper-headed carnival.Zln addition to these demonstrations, there was a great deal of confusion and turbulence of leek_ ing. In front of the Continental a largo nurnal of people had gathered, evidently in favor of the Union, and who were not disposed to stand Submissive 'whilst the Union was being de nounced. - -Accordingly, they. • gave , vent to their fcelthgs and cheered for the President, Ge nerals. Butler, Bosecrans, Hooker, - and various other prominent Union men, and when any offensive allusion was made, replied by hisses. The police were present in large force, and prevented anything of a serious disturbance. The Secessionists were vindictive against the Continental, and vented their displeasure by directing their Roman candles Against the windows and compelling the ladies to retire. During the whole evening the scene was one of anger and confusion. On the balcony of the Girard Rouse there were a number of young men of tender years, who made themselves very offensive by as saults on the Union and cheers for "Dixie's Land," when played by the band. Shortly after 9 o'clock Charles Carrigan, Esq., ap peared on the front balcony and introduced to the SSG TELLOW.CITIZIMS : [O-rest disorder, caused by parties cheering.] My fellow-eltizecus, we have assembled to-night to do honor to white American citizens [cheers] who stand up boldly in the Amur .can Congress to defend the rights of American peo ple against the usurpation' of those who claim to be American citizens [cheers and great disorder in the street.] :I say to the crowd on the other side of the street, it wilt• be the last hoot they will give. The men assembled here to-night are not afraid of them or the President of the United States [loud Cheering and cheers for Abraham Lincoln.] The speaker then introducer Clement L. Vallandlglaam, of Ohio, as the.next President of the United .hates, and pro. posed three cheers for•.• . • - VALLANDTGRAM. I appear, men of Philadelphia, more to acknowl edge this unexpected and most enthusiastic greeting than to discuss public questions, and 1. thank you :most conlially,because-it-in the feeling of free people of a city distinguished for its order, its obedience to law, and I am confident that none of these will be violated by citizens of Philadelphia: As a citizen • of - the United Statee,horn in the United States, and belonginrto the United States, I am here under the protection of the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Pennsylvania to address you. [Cheers and him's.), Men of Philadelphia, I am a true Union man. [Renewed applause and groans.] I always was, I eVerwill.be, and not what you have been' told ',by, a false and libelous press. I -was always attached to the Constitution and the Union. I have never • differed except in the mode of separating the Union. With Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Senate, and the Republican House of Representatives I have • differed as to the mode. This Administration must be taught, and it shall be taught, that there are two Union t rarties in the States. [Cheers and groans. The original Unite and unconditional Union party is e Democratic pasty. [At this point a row was created in . the !Phi i',616 fermi, Continued order was meter only few minutts.) The Speaker Continued ; It is no etallneinelle De mount who wants' to talk. He in all right, but not in season. [Laughter.] The Democratic party has defended the one, and maintained the other, for more than sixty years. [Applause.] • This Administration must be taught that men have a right to differ as to the mode that the Unbar', shall be preserved. It is an American right—a right our " Where paa-skag.6.4. [Loud - cheering.] The Republi -B,int-aitentimgde on:maintaining this Union; they 'Abolition party, may si "-- inireitßlgi,,You, of the argue with you, and meet you by the press and ballot-box to settle the Question. You conquer us, and we will submit. [A voice—. Did you do RN Yes. the Democratic party always submits. [Cheers and hisses.] -We obey[the law—we always did. If you conquer us we will submit to you ; but if we con quer you, you shall subMit to us. We do not mean to be deprived of any one right which the Constitu tion secures. [Cheers.] There are two - Govern. ments here, the State Government and the.Peile ral Government. The ]federal Government is su preme within the limits of its own ;power - of its own power, anti it must be obeyed within the limits of its power. So with the State Constitution and the State laws. They shall be obeyed within their limits. I repeat 1 am. for maintaining this Union. [Cheese. . know well this is not what you have been told of me. 1 believe in &restoration of the Union of these States, and I have my own mode by which that great object of every true patriot can be carried out. Whether the war shall go on or not depends on this Administration ; but they shall not be permitted to make a separation of these States. [Three cheers were here proposed for Abraham Lincoln, which was received with applause and groans.] The speaker con tinued 1 call that groans instead of cheers. [Laughter and hisses.] • During the next two' years, before the/Democratic party shall assume control of the Government, for they will at the next Presidential election, we have the right, and are resolved to try_ all instrumentalities for the reconstruction of the Union. [Cheers.] One of these instruments has been adopted Lithe Legts lature of Indiana, and would have passed the Se nate, also, had not the Republican members ran away. [Laughter and cheers.] lam for a (Sonven- Ron of all the States—the whole thirty-four. [A. voice—" Leave out the New England States. , 9 No, let New England come in, and have a chance to purge herself. This is what they did in 1832, when a Convention of all the States was held. They met here in your own oily, where our fathers and grand fathers assembled. They came to Independence Hall, where Washington presided, and he a slave holder: No Men said aught against him ; no man stole his slaves while he sat four months in Convention: - [Loud cheers ] I say they' met t as we the dnera of today , in the battle-field, e w ge ith cannon sons and musket,meet but here in the city of Brotherly Love. I tell you tonight this Union will never be restored until we return to the spirit of fathers who made and follow the principles of Adams, Jefferson, and Mon roe. I say we of the Demociatic party have our mode of bringing about a reunion of the States. If there is any other mode than ours of restoring this Union, I am ready to unite heartland hand in it, but the Republican party shall not be permitted to any that their mode is the only mode, and every man who does not agree with them- is a Secessionist and traitor. [Cheers and groans.] We have borne that long enough. They " call us Copperheads i and such names; but I say, gentlemen,l would rather ten times he a Copperhead than nigger head. [Laughter, cheers, and hisses.] But this is not the language for a man to use whose country is passing through such a crisis. We ought to recognize every man who is for the Government; 1 don't mean the Executive and Administration. [Groans and cheers.] Let us then, in a spirit worthy the occasion; determine this question [Loudgroan ing anti hisses, which lasted several minutes.] Oh, it is only the groans of the Abolitionists over the late elections. [At this point a street fight was ori ginated. The crowd rushed towards the scene of the disturbance, While those on the balcony, with the spe.kers ; shouted "order," " The greatest confusion existed for some time. Finally the speaker continued.] Yes, they will groan worse than that at other elections. I came here with equal rights L. ,_tv Lt 41.11 S /USW tillM4 ban to (111101111 pnlloy Durnai tlna Admlnlstrntion, I muffins toot W 1212 vast assemblage of men, they are ail • tumid determined to support the Constitution. [Cheers.] I have during three sessions of Congress discussed these questions at length, and I' assure yon that what I and my colleagues said, we thought. After a few more remarks relative to the Union and peace, the speaker closed amid cheers and poems. A SPEECH OF rsmv. C. C. IWKII Rev. C. C. Burr was neat introduced. as a " sound Democrat, from a sound Democratic State"—a ro commendation which caused renewed exhilaration among the assembled mob. Ae said he would not be able to make a speech to-night, as he had been "stumping" for the past two or three weeks, and was very much exhausted. [Applause.] He desired 'to speak of only one matter. I want, gentle .'men, said he, to remind you that, by laws meet ly enacted, all who listened to him were conscripts. [cheers.l I must address you, therefore, not as fel low-citizens, but as fellow-conscript& You have , ceased• to be citizens, [Hisses.] There is not one of you who, not possessing $3OO, hut is unable to' go home to-night, and address his wife, "Dear, I am yonallusbruid.P . [Hisses add cries of "go home," followed by three cheers for the Stars and Stripes; and three more for Lincoln.] I speak to you to night, not in anger, hut in grief. Your brothers and mine are in the army many of them lying in new made graves on the Potomac, and more must follow them, if we allow the negro party to carry out their designs. [Applause.] This matter concerns-us not'aa Democrats, nor as Republicans. No matter' whether the man owns .Washington: City, or owns himself, if he be an American he has no rights here. Abraham Lincoln is the proprietor of- every man in this country who is capable of hearing arms. [A voice :." Why don't Vallandigham go to fight."] At this stage of .the proceedings a row occurred, which tbreatenedito be quite serious, and Would have been so were it not for the interposition of the When we come, continued Mr. 3urr (and here 'lie was again, interrupted by three cheers for Ben Butler, and counter groans for Lincoln); when we come 'to appeal to the people to sus-- Thin Ihaeanilitutivli and Mai iri cml.lcrel...y. na.- L1868)11 that ha triTyrent, Wg Ma 1 ISUlliall late. )Applause.] it is - now too late to discuss litical principles. The Constitution is suspended [three cheers for the Constitution], and, gentlemen, we must look out that we suspend, the men who have suspended the Constitution. [Terrific cheering, and cries of "Hang 'em !" "Hang the Black Re publicans!" A gentle whisper was heard about this time from one of the sympathizers near us, "I guess John Forney's reporters will give us tits tamorrow.] I believe tne white man is as good as the negro any time. [Cheers for the white man.] Let us, friends, stand by the laws. I counsel you to break no law. We of New Jersey have resolved, upon the course we intend ,to pursue. We shall resist any Illegal aggression of the Federal power in New ..Tereey.. We will show the world that the spirit which prefers death to a lonia liberty is notyet Extinct on this continent. [Great cheers and counter cheers.] While Jerseymen will not break the laws them selves they will not allow any other men to break the law. These are men who say that is treason.: The HelperliOok, endorsed by 'the - Rhpublican party, avers that that party will break up the Union unless'alavery is abolished;. and.yet the rascals call us disunionist a because we enter our protest against such 'language. The future will tell who the pa.' triots arc. The past few months have shown the spirit of the people. A. short time more will show that New Hampshire, too, is safe on--the side of the Democratic party. [Cheers.] We men who have given our sons for the war now find out how we have been cheated. We are to be hanged by Union Leagues [hisses] ; let them commence the hanging now—the sooner the better. If any' violence m ews, the opposite' party must commence it; and when it commences, you will hear no praying, "God bless their 'guilty souls." 10heer..] -amid he Would introduce - to them. white ; Phil. Johnsen, member of Coogrese elect from the Tenth district. SrEneu OF TIP.. JOITNSON. Mr. Johnson arose amid great confusion and said he.wae glad hie friend had introduced him as he had. Be addressed the people as free white men, and he was glad the people of Pennsylvania were at last re solved to stand up for their rights. The speaker confined hie remarks exclusively to the "nigger" question, so much so as to sicken hie hearers. His speech was not at all well received. SrEECH OP A. H. COPYROTH At the conclusion of Mr. Burr's speech, Mr. A. H. Coßroth was introduced, and made a few unintelli gible remarles, after which the crowd dispersed. The band then marched down Chestnut street, play ing "Dixie's Land," amid loud cheers from the assembled sympathizers. They proceeded as far as the headquarters of the Democratic Club, where, having stopped, they were addressed by a young gentleman whose name we did not learn. He said be would leave it to any gentleman in the crowd if the meeting in front of the GirartUtouse was not . success." He thought it was and that the Dembcracy were bound to triumph. He moved that the meeting adjourn to assemble at the next Democratic gathering. The motion was seconded and carried, and the crowd then . dispersed, with cheers for George B. McClellan, Vallandigham, Burr, and groans for Mr. Lincoln. DEDICATION OF A DEMOCRATIC CLUB lion sm.--Last n ight the new Democratiiblutrhouse, at No. 1129 Chestnut street, was dedicated to the god of feasts and the cause of Democracy. The house has been used for a few weeks past as a club house, though it had not yet been formally opencit t anti rty christening cerpmvnicil had yet Iniswa lackaG, Sancl non -taro. - me nvvro4 nzwa. sac opiriits 11... and jovial, induced by the happy demoustratinne in *which they participated a few hours previous in front of the Girard House. The building's elegantly fitted - up, with furniture and tapestry of the most 'finished character. The walls of the parlors are handsomely adorned with pictures that call to mind all ideas Bare those of patriotism. The tables are laden with the best finite of the season, and the cellars are already stocked with wines and brandies in elegant profusion. The dining room, which is upon the second floor, is capacious and well provided, though its decorations last night inspired :no - feelings. of patriotic pride or devotion to coun try. we naz...that starry flag which, in a . c. com pany of intelligent Fhiltiaciphians, we. should ex pect to Be stir.dding vivacity end s"piennor over the social board. The Club hones . was dedicated, though, as on a previous occasion,the nature of the ceremony was not intended for -"rublic information. Our reporter visited the house last evening;tetermined that no slight should -belkine adassociation of gentlemen, sointelligent, loyal, and Patriotic As a faithful chronicler of passing events, we could not, in justice to our friends, omit to report this certainly important occurrence. Bat he was doomed to disappointment. He was told by the doorkeeper that no intruders would be permitted. He, however, sent up his name to a prominent member of the Club, and thus gained admittance be yond the vestibule. But our reporter, who is de cidedly a nervous man, soon found that an eagle eye wee watching him. He was told that Mr. Alderman McMullin, who is said to be president of this distinguished assembly resolved that no re porter should be admitted to the spot where the speeches of the occasion were then being delivered. In a few minutes this resolution of the accom plished magistrate was conveyed to him, and he tie IWO, . . lbss~lsulllsaly attuts4.l, anti ha pulti Willi tho tomat that ha hail not been permitted to commit to history the important " local ' which was tramp/- ring as be descended the steps. Outside the building there were collected a num ber of the'! univasheq , who for some good reason, were not able to gain admittance, and those were discussing the events of the evening with great zeal, and ardor. We understand that speeches were made during the evening by a number of distinguished lights of the• Democratic party, including Messrs. Vallandig ham C. C. Burr, Chas. T. Biddle. Wm. IL Witte, Jno. C.Bunitt, Chas. W. Carrigan, and others. 31 . 115. SWISSUELM.—This well-known and eminently useful lady is a native of Pittsburg, and conducted at one time the Saturday Visitor, a lively ' and prOgressive paper of that city. During that pe clod she embraced the doctrine'of Woman's Rights, accompanied by an advocacy of female dress reform, which found expression in a Bloomer. costume and the abnegation of corsets. The public were favored by numerous quotations In the papers of the North ern States from the sharp, pithy sayings of the lady, with a due notice of her assumption of pantaloons, her sudden return to the much-abused skirts, and, soon after, of the. advent of an interesting baby. Some years ago she moved to St. Cloud . , Minnesota, on the Mississippi, 150 miles above st. Paukand commenced publishing the St. Cloud Democrat, of which she's stall the editress. She Is now varying existence by .a series of lectures in various cities of the Union, and commenced on Wednesday evening, in this city, at Spring Garden Institute, upon Woman, in her Relation to the Rebellion." Last night she discoursed upon the late Indian matt. sacres in Minnesota. A graphic correspondent of The Preto enlarged fully at the time upon the details of that fearful affair, and upon the subsequent exe glitigii gf Will al Ihunparark IT9 11111.nt ..'PM . "•!•`T. - .... ' bin and touching sc.n.n wit'oh w he which ate nientiOnad a semi-indict-Otis eirstunibitia of an old gentleman who had his face completely skinned by the Indians after hie murder, and was then seated upright, with spectacles on hie flayed nose, while a enur-box was placed in one hand, and two fingers of the other mode to hold A pinch of snug: The old gentleman, with two others, murder ed on the same spot, weregreat pletists, and, in the faith that prayer would rescue them, although they heard of the approach of the savages, were satisfied to pray earnestly, without the wholesome precau lion of netting out of the way. .I"ireed the massacre upon the -rebel letwertr—rno-loini.—.4.l.l_llole-in•the-Wall spent a portion of the winter - an — vv..14,0 0 ,. during the last days of Buchanan's Administration, and was there frequently closeted with the traitors then holding, prominent positions in the Cabinet and Congress. It was arranged that he should in duce the various Indian tribes of the Northwest to unite and attack the defenceless loyal citizens of that region, in order that our army might be weakened lily details of troops in that .di rection. Hole-in-the-Wall was described as wear ing a suit of black, in modern style, and living in a white frame house with seven squaws. He was one of the thirty miscreants who were executed, leasing two hundred and seventy in pri ten and likely to be liberated, rive hundred others, who were arrested, were speedily discharged, and great fear is entertained that the Rends have been let loose to make another attack when spring ar rives. Mrs. Swissheim observed that the President may pardon these murderers, and the .Almighty, may pardon them, but the Minnesotians certainly would not, and would one day visit them with a fearful retribution. The massacres took place about ten miles from St ()loud. Mrs. Swieshelm li a lady .of middle height, ap proaching middle age with a finely balanced head, and well-proportioned figure, neither gifted with a "superb abui , dance,"n or deficientlin theiroundness essential to feminine perfection. She wore a black Bilk skirt and a black velvet spencer, which covered a white muslin tucker encircling her neck. Her hair is dark, her features small, and her voice full and distinct. liver countenance denotes what may be expected, thought and ability. And thus we in- troduce a lady's personnel to a public long familiar with her name. iI r ELL-RNOWN CiIArtACTERS.—One of the notorious gang of "Prairie Hens" of this city, named John Bainbridge, charged with laving fired the barn and wagon house of Joseph Shannon, near Norristown, in December last, was tried in Norris town this week before Judge Chapman. He was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. Samuel Lindsay, who represented himself as n paroled soldier, but was found prowling about Montgomery county in December last, and was ar rested upon the charge of having tired the barn of Edward Ambler, near Montgomery Square, was also tried this week. He was found guilty, and was also sent to the Eastern Penitentiary for six years. Both of-these cases were prosecuted with marked ability by . E. A. Banks, Esq., the newlyelected dis trict attorney of Montgomery county, and a promi sing young member of the bar in that section. • COLLlSlON.—Yesterelny afternoon, a Thir= - teenth•slrcet passenger railway ear ran into a pine_ streetcar at Thirteenth and 'Pine streets. The acci dent was the result of gross carelessness. roan nateiy, no one was injured. These collisions have become so frequent of late, that our citizens will aeon be afraid to ride in a passenger railway car. An example should be made of some one, by the au thorities. • NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE-t-The an nual cession of the New jersey Conference of 'the DE E. Church will be held at Burlington on Wednea. day, the 16th that. Imronavair To DESERTERS AND Ammar- from too Army' ths I.9lcouilto Zasa better pack tho . an/Immerse 58 soon 58 possible% mid horsy bask to the Rappahannock. General Booker, in his recent order, gave them just fifteen days in which to save themselves from the fate to which he has determined to subject every deserter from his army. The time has nearly expired, and those who have failed to comply with the order should avail themselves of the opportunity yet offered. Captain Dodge, su perintendent of the volunteer recruiting service in this State, has also issued an order, requiring all officers and soldiers now absent from their regi ments without proper authority, to report in per son to the nearest recruiting office, regular or volun teer, for conduct to their regiments, or to camps of paroled prisoners, within five days. The order ap plies to all stragglers from the army, whether paroled, exchanged, or otherwise, and all such, who 'fail tareport as required, within five days, will be regarded and treated as deserters. CITAIITER EXFIRED.—Tke Cape May and Atlantic 'Railroad was chartered during the leg,isla tire session of 1853, and the bill was approved by the Governor on the 4th of March, when It became a law. The limitation of the charter was ten years, during which time the rood must be built or the charter renewed, both of which failing to be ac complished, the charter, at the expiration of the ten years, becomes null and void. The ten years expired on 'Wednesday teat, and as no application for a re newal has been introduced into the Legislature, there consequently can be no such corporation known to the law as the Cape May anti •Atlantic Railroad. JOUR NETHER 110UBE PATNTER9.—.A. meeting of the journeymen house painters, con. nectedwith the hate strike, will take place this eve ning rat tho 501 - 0 W at tho am. eleyne le Ilia Rill IslOthllle U 1611: of moot unonoutionably net, In eontidarition of the increased price of living, hare acceded to their . terms, while others still object to doing so. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.— Bernard Dagney fell into the Delaware, at Waeh ington-atreet wharf, yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock_ Re Wfla fished out by a couple of the ous• tom-house watchmen, and taken to the Second-dis trict police atation, where ho WAS rigged out in dry clothing. RECTOR ELECTED.—The 'vestry of St. Clement's Church of this city has elected as rector the Rec. Treadwell Walden, now of Christ Church, Norwich, Conn. We learn that Mr. Walden has accepted the charge of the pariah, and is expected to commence his duties here on Sunday, the 22d inst. ArPOIXTMENT.—Duncan M. Mitcheson, Esq., of this city, has, by and with the advice of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, been appointed commissioner of that State. -ECLECTIC MEDICAL JOURNAL.—We have received the March number "of the Ecterfic Medical Journal, which, (as usual, le tilled with interesting and instructive matter. FourDenco.—A female child, about two weeks old, wss found on Thursday night In an alley In Mtn Otrtnti MOW tiriMantown rola Tha inunininE wan Vine in Maw DI d MI wno resides id tee nelgunornoon, THE PRENTESS BoTAL.---This vessel, cap tured u a prize, has been taken to the navy yard, and will be fitted up as a gunboat. CITE ITEMS. IiAGNIMCENT SEWING MACK= WORK. —One of the wonders of the present centnt7 ia the perfection to which Sewing by machinery has been carried. Some of the finest and moat exquisite fancy needlework is now done In this way, and if any one doubts this, let him examine the elegantlyquilted and embroidered articles of dress displayed in their show windows, at No. 730 Chestnut street. An elegant opera cloak . , among • other articles, worked very handsomely by this superior Machine, has, for several days past, attracted much attention: We also noticed in their window, a few days ago, a little 'girl's dress beautifully braided by this instrument, and a number of other fancy articles, all of which, for beauty and precision of workmanship, surpass any hand•aewing that we have ever examined. NEW CARTES DE VISITE BT GUTERUNST. —The patrons of the Photograph Album will be glad to learn that Mr. F, Gutekunst, the popuLar photographer, Nos. l'Ot and 706 Arch street, has just added to his splendid collection of cartes de visite of well-known persona the following: Fine pictures of the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, pastor of the Second Reformed Dutch Church; Rev. Mr. Breed, of the t P.s.taal 01,u1.1.. 17:--. /51.,rA, Stilly; fart, the Popular It Thumb" pictures of General McClellan, and others. "DON'T FORGET."—If every wife, sister, mother, or child in this community was practically acquainted with the delicious confections of Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Co., Chestnut street, below Fourth, nest door to Adams' Express, we are well assured that the language of every one of them to their husbands, brothers, eons, or papas, on leaving home this morning, would be, "don't/orget to bring home:with you a budget of E. G. Whitman & Co.'s ConfadHons ; they are so nice and so :Aire, and so de. lightftil to the taste, and the doctors say they are so healthy, and you know they are so cheap," and so forth. We hope our good-natured readers will all take the hint. FASHION - AISLE SPRING CLOTHING.— Messrs. C. Somers S Son, No. 625 Chestnut street, under Jayne's Ball, are already doing a very active spring trade, both in ready-made clothing and in the way of making up suits to order. Their new stock of cloths, aassimeres, and all kinds of Men's Wear, is one of the choicest ever imported, and their styles of garments are universally admired for their grace and elegance. Their display of made-up garments in their windows is attracting much attention. We advise all who wish to buy good clothing at reason able prices to give Messrs. Somers & Soria call. FLI7CTUATIONS Ili TIM GOLDHARRET.— The extraordinary'lluetuatlon In the gold market, 15111511 tea halm witrioguit ilt tlng tho osoactok NM Ulla It! Mill hut littlit ant OM ittythilly 6.1 t. oopting tha Ilileliots of 11111101ilfitoft, ThOot 01our readers who took our advice and laid in a stock of 'W. W. Alter's superior Coal, 'Ninth street, above Poplar, acted wisely, and those who will take our advice and do so now will be acting no less judi ciously, as, come what will, Alter's Coal is always certain to remain at par, and at the low prices which he usually charges there is generally a splendid mat. gin for a rise. We heard one individual, who bought gold at 169, and sold at 153 twenty-four hours later, say that hereafter he meant to deposit all his loose change in Alter's Coal. Sensible conclusion. FINE CONFECTIONS AND Fnurrs.-31r. A. L. Vaneant, Ninth and Chestnut streets, has con stantly in store alt the choicest and finest Contect tions, brought fresh from his manufatcuring rooms every morning. His delicious sweet Jordan Roasted Almonds, Cream Bonbons, Portuguese Secrets, Taf fies, Chocolate Preparations, and fine French and 'American Mixtures, put up in handsome boxta, are extremely tempting, as are also his fine tropical and native fruits. HANTS, TONGUES, DRIED BEEF, &C.— , 'A :good assortment of Hams, large•size Tongues, and Dried Beef, all of the finest curing, Can be found at the celebrated old Grocery stint: of 0. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, together with a choice.stock of everything embraced under the head of fine family groceries. GErims3rEw's Fumasuma Goons.—A. Splendid assortment at moderate prices, at the popu lar old stand of Cherie& Oakford &. Son, under the Continental Hotel. doxl 'I I.4dOT rdat . - cart:Dtr dud most elefdde StAtiliat OdittOrd bc. Zen's, under the Continental LOOS OuT, FOR Mn. lIHNRY GAST& HAS AltltlVED.— l tThe Ervamorteur Parisien" has en gaged Concert Hall, Chestnut street, for Soirees Pantastique, and will give his first performance on the 11th or 12th inst. His exhibitions have very justly gained him the name of (lagliostro A FRENCH' NECROMANCER.—There is one Bt. Edmond in Paris, who is said to gain 100,000 f. _veal:ly, by revealing "the past, present, and future." His establishment, io the real thing. The astrologer is dressed in a black velvet robe and cap, decorated with hieroglyphics, and gold chains round his neck. Before him is a table on which he spreads the astro nomical illuminated cards. One stream of daylight is allowed to light the chamber, by darting through colored glass, and falling on a skull. The other day he rather " took down" an elegantly-dressed Phila. • delphlan, who had paid him a- visit, by telling him hat the suit he wore came from She Brown-Stone Clothing Hall of Rockbill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. The Necro mancer made "a hit" HOW TO MAKE A PonTulm—Take ear nestly hold of life, as capacitated for, and destined to a high and noble purpose. Study closely the mind's bent for a labor or profession. Adopt it early, and pursue it steadily, never looking back to the turned furrow, but forward to the new ground that ever remains to be broken. Means and ways are abundant to every man's success, if wilt and se• lion are rightly adapted to them ; and they display good sense in purchasing their garinente at tbe popu. Jar one-price clothing depot of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. CURTAIN MATERIALS AND TRIMMINGS, on sale at W. R. CA_RRIL'S Curtain . Store, 119 Chestnut street. Magenta Pekin cloth. Green figured terry. Blue all-wool reps. Claret imperial terry. Emerald French terry: I'lain and striped Union reps. Crimson and Maroon brocatelle. French brocade satin, Worsted and Union damasks. Moquette for railroad ears. Green mohair plush. Crimson French plush. Garnate and blue plush. Satin de laine, in colors. Worsted printed lastings. Gilt cornices and bands. • Rose and gilt wood cornices. Silk and worsted fringes. Silk furniture gimp. Tassels and loops. Furniture coverings, of every description. Embroidered lace curtains. jacquard lace curtains. Embroidered crimson table covers. Green embroidered piano covers. Solferino damask table covers, Picture tassels and cord. Plain Holland window shades. Brown frescoed window shades. Landscape and Gothic window shades. Gold bordered shades made to order, any style Ot size. it 9 Chestnut street, in Masonic Hall. W. H. CAREYL.
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