( C't thlss. WEDNESDAY, MA.ROII 11, 1863 PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. Asnincrvon - , March 10.—The Chronicle of to-mor row will contain the following: By the President of the United States, A Proclamation Respecting Soldiers Absent Without Leave. ESICUTIVE MANSION, March 10, 1883 In' pursuance of the 28th section of the act of 'Congress, entitled an act for enrolling and calling •out the national forces, and for other purposes, ap proved on the 3d of March, 1883,1, Abraham Lincoln, President, and Commander-in-chief of the'Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby order and command that all the soldiers, Collated or drafted Into the service of the United States, now ab sent from their regiments without leave, shall forthwith return to their respective regiments. And I do hereby declare and proclaim that all soldiers now absent from their respective regiments without leave, who shall on or before the Ist day of April, 1803, report themselves at any rendezvous de signated by the General Orders of the War Depart %went No. 68, hereto annexed, may be restored to their • respective regiments without punishment, except the forfeiting of pay and allowances during their absence, and all who do not return within the time above specified shall be arrested as deserters, and punished as the law provides. , And whereas evil-disposed and disloyal persons at sundry places, have enticed and procured sol diers to, desert and absent themselves from their regiments, thereby weakening the strength of the armies, and prolonging the war, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and cruelly exposing the gallant and faithful soldiers remaining in the ranks •to increased hardships and dangers. I do, therefore, call upon all Patriotic and faithful citizens to oppose and resist the aforementioned dangerous and treasonable crimes, and to aid in re storing to their regiments all soldiers absent without leave, and to assist in the execution of the act of Congress for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes, and to support the proper authorities in the Prosecution and punish ment of oftbnders against tha said act, and in sup pressing the insurrection and rebellion. In testimony whereof, _lt have hereunto set my hand. Done at the city of 'Washington, on the'lOth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eixtythree, and of the Indepen dence of the United States the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. the President : .' wn. N. STAIiTON, Secretary of War THE WAR. The advent of settled weather will open a new campaign in Virginia, in which new military con• elusions will be tried, with a fierceness of endeavor hitherto unknown in this war. For two months past neither the Army of the Potomac nor that of Northern Virginia, at present commanded by Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, have been at all demon -strative. Both of these armies have been mud bound, and unable to move five mike without great losses, and both have been thoroughly reorganized during tfic interim of inactivity. The increase of the Amy of the Potomac by the additions from the new levies has brought it up to a prime numerical strength, and its discipline has been greatly improved. In Jackson's army the discipline of desperation has made the rebel troops good. soldiers, no doubt, whilst the Southern conscription, however rigid it may be, has failed to till many of the old battalions. The Federal troo m have been re • • .. • • ....s I be used in the great battles which will be fought before midsummer in the States of Virginia and North Carolina.. The rebels have received but few arms of late, owing to the undisputed efficiency of the blockade of the re be/ ports, and it is woji knoWn that arms are always worthless after a year's use in active warfare, even in the hands of the most careful and economical troops in the tvorld—those of the French army. Here we have an advantage over the enemy which le not' to be despised. General Lee has done but little in the way of strategic movements in Virginia recently. It is reported that Gene. ral Longstreet's division has been sent to the south side of the James Hier, for the purpose of advancing upon and capturing Norfolk. We look upon it, however, -- as planned by General lialleck, and shortly to be exe cuted by General Burnside with the Ninth Army Corps, and perhaps other forces now in the Depart merit of Virginia. General Longstreet is decidedly the ablest general in the rebel service, and the favorite of General Lee and Jefferson Davis, and he has been assigned to the post of the greatest danger—the great vulnerable point of the "Confede racy." A vigorous and rapid ensemble movement of ignwp f , m , Vir: nia, conducted by brilliant securing to us the rebel capital and a ."— ;a77 l abort duration. At present, General 'Lee has a great advantage in position, but is inferior In troops, alma, and stores. He is well situated for either defensive or offensive operations, if he is "let alone." Three days' march to the interior, from any point now held by our troops, however, would pierce his line of defence, and force him to leave his present position, or fight a pitched battle for the mastery of the position. We should advise an early movement of every corps to this end, the attainment of which will be of the • utmost im portance. Should Rosecrans and Grant be only partially successful in the Southwest, or should they be entirely so, our prospects in the East could not be bettered. Much depends upon the pon derous blows to be struck in Virginia this spring, to tell whether we may look for peace in the fall, or a war for several years to come. Tile Meeting To. Night. 'We .are happy to announce that ANDREW Joulcsox, Governor of Tennessee, and Jo- SEPII A. Wnicrirr, ex-Senator from Indiana, have positively consented to be present at the meeting this evening at Musical Fund Hail. Our correspondent "Occasional" anticipates everything we should have said of these distinguished statesmen, and it only remains for us to bid them welcome to Philadelphia as men whom Philadelphia will delight to honor. New York has spoken so bravely that Philadelphia feels it due to herself that she should make S an aPpropriate response, and , she will do so to-night in the presence of these eminent Democrats. Now Hampshire. The State of New `Hampshire ha t s again sustained the A.dministration, and all who suppose that New England is base enough to• yield •to the allurements of treason and slavery, will see in the returns we print this morning the best answer to their anticipa tions. This is the first State election of 1863, and we hail it as an evidence of the reaction that is now overturning the schemes and in trigues of Northern traitors. It has been a hard-fought fight. Recollecting the devo tion of New Hampshire to the Democratic organization in the days when that organi zation was controlled by true and patriotic counsels, the friends of a humiliating peace • made a desperate effort to array it against the Administration. They sent there their ablest men ; they courted the appliances Of popular enthusiasm ; they spared no efforts to *Vert the minds of the people. EvSry town and county has been thoroughly can vassed, and we need only say, for the friends of the Administration, that they met the enemy with an energy and courage that well attest their devotion, and should be followed by our friends elsewhere. The Republicans were sustained by the Wa:: Democrats, who repulsed the affiliation •of .1 the sympathizing wing ; and placed in the 1 field two soldiers who had done their coun try service. At the early hour we write the result is not definitely ascertained, 'lid: enough is known to justify us in claiming: fhe full triumph of the Union ticket. All hail, NeW Hampshire ! This is' the beginning of the reaction in the North; •The people see the true designs of the am bitious men who . are conspiring against the 'country, and they are determined to rebuke - them. The• heart of the American people 'beats true to the Union; and the noble •example of New Hampshire will be•.fol -Ipm:a everywhere. The people have only 1.0 arise, end all will go well. • . LARGE SALE OP STAPLE AND FANCY DRY Goons.—The particular ntieintlon of city jobbing And retail trade is invited to the attractive assort ment—about 00 .10te,-of staple end fancy dry goods,- comprising 1,000 dozen linen cambric handkerchiefs, a full line of clothe, cassimeres, white goods, einbroj. deriee, millinery goods, notions, stook of goods to,, to be sold this morning, at 10 o'clock, by Pnneo6, Warnock, '213 Market street. 4S LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, March 10, 1003 " There is a destiny that shapes our . ends." Prejudice is yielding to patriotism. Hearts long closed to 'the appeals of a suffering country are responding to her calls. He who shall write of this era in after times will speak of it in the beautiful language of Dryden, and say, " Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took ; .Friends, to congratulate their friends, would haste, And long inveterate foei saluted as they passed. " Evidences of this improved state of .things steadilfmultiply. The stream ofloyalty flow ing from the inexhaustible fountain in the ar my of the Union is rolling its purifying course through every channel of , society oblite rating party feeling and chastening thou sands who, only a few, short weeks .ago, were poisoned with hatred of their country's .cause. And yet,as I read the proceedings of the lower branch of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, on Friday last, I could not restrain the feeling that there are men who contemplate the national woe with the heartless indifference of the murderer who takes the life of his sleeping victim. Thirty two legislators—thirty-two Democrats, de liberately refusing to allow Andrew John son, of Tennessee, and Joseph A. Wright, of - Indiana, permission to speak in the hall of the Rouse ! Of course, they knew what' they were doing. Of course, they contem plated the height and depth of the insult they were inflicting. This insult was not to Re publicans or to Abolitionists, but to two of the most consistent and illustrious Democrats in the Republic ; Democrat's whose whole career has been crowded with examples to the poor and aspiring youth of our country. Andrew Johnson'is of the growth of self made men—a man . who never . went to school, never knew the, advantages of early culture,.but from his tenth to his present fifty-flfth year has toiled along the rocky and perilous path of adversity until he no* stands on an eminence which has made him one nf the most conspicuous and sublime charactere of . this sublime epoch 'in the world's history. His, life has been a strug gle with aristocracy. He has been among: the pioneers of every progressive. move- . ment in the South ; the champion of com mon school's ; of the adopted citizen ; of religious toleration, and that great and libe ral system by whiCh the public lands are donated to the indigent and the enterprising of our race ; of public improvements ; and, therefore, of radical and everlasting free doiS. His efforts against the rebellioi in Tennessee have been so suecessflil as to save most of that splendid empire from the traitors. Hundreds of his friends, and many of his kindred, have been imprisoned and slaughtered for adhering to his opinions, and he, himself, has repeatedly risked his life to prove his devotion to the good cause. His eloquence in the Senate, and before the people, against the enemies of human free dom, has classed him among the most effective of all those orators who, from the time . of Beni of Tarsus, have.pleaded against the t;yrant,'"and 'lh - behalf of pie downtrodden His - eotemporary and friend, Jos. A. Wright, is only less diatinguished be- cause his opportunities for distinction have not been so numerous. The tar -T itrplirobrium of Abet he was b . ittrtitio — Democrats of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, nor that, for more than thirty years, ho has been the honored re cipient . and depository of the confidence of the people of the State of Indiana. The.crime of these. patriots, in the eyes of those who, in attempting to dishonor them, have only made themselves infamous, is that they have loved their country better than their party. Let their names be remem-• bored, so that, when they are again presented t 9 the people, i t hey may be reminded how they • sought an opportunity to .shoW their Contempt and their hatred for the Oovern ment and thelvar by this outrage upon two of the ablest and most self-sacrificing patriots of the times_ GOOD NEWS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE A WWI Echo from her Granite Hills THE GOVERNMENT TO BE SUSTAINED A Union Republican Governor and Roar Congressional Delegation and Legislature Elected. CONCORD (N. H.), March 10.—The political canvass has been one of extraordinarTexcitement, and the comparatively the largest ever towns, show the fo o .mo in sixty-seven Joseph A. Gilmore (Rep:) Ira A. Eastman (Dem.) 11,246 Waller Hammon (Bell and Everett party) ' 1,683 CONCORD, N. 'lt, March lO—MidnightsL.Returns from about two-thirds of the State indicate that the Legislature will be largely liepublicsin ; that there has been no choice of Governor by the people, and that three Republican members of Congress are elected, though therejis some doubt about the First district. The following is the vote for Governor in some of the principal towns: Gilmore. Eastman. Harriman. ConeOß 1 016 748 328 Dover 547 40 Portsmouth .... 886 748 32 • Manchester .... ....... 995 1,369 607 • Nashua 825 784 26 Keene 540 303 25 One hundred towns give Gilmore 15,649; Eastman 5,703; Hairiman 6,080. COPOORP, March 11-1.30 A. M.—Returns from 176 towns give for Governor Gilmore 21,891, East man 26,722, Hammon 3,673. These returns indicate no election of Governor by the people, The Republicans will have a majority in the Coun cil, Senate, and House. It is believed that all the Republican candidates for Congress, are elected. The majorities in the First and Second districts will be small. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to t 4 The Preen." WAsarriciTorr, March 10, 196 a. The Civil Appropriation Act. The following items are included in the civil ap propriation act: . For the Mississippi squadron, building, repairs, equipments and diachinery, $5,809,000. Increase in the cent of materials, $580,000. Completion of ar mor-clad vessels, $4,500,000. The contingent fund of the Bureau of Yards and Docks for 1862 and 1863, $300,000, For deficiencies of appropriations in the Navy De partment for the fiscal year aling 30th June, 1863, as follows : For increase and repairs of the navy, completion of side-wheel steamers, hulls, equipments, and ma chinery, $2,800,1300. 'Completion of screw steamers, hulls, equipments, and machinery, $1,500,000. Pur chase of large steamers, $2,600,000. Purchase of small steamers and tug boats; $760,000.. Repairs of steam'machinery, $1,050,000. For instituting and conducting experiments for testing various methods of working steam expansively, $20,000. Medals of. Honor. • ThePreeident is authorized to:cause to be struck, from the dies recently prepared at the United States Mint for that purpose, medals of honor, additional to those authorized by the act of Suiy 12, 1862, and to present the same to such officers, non-commis sioned officers, and privates as have most distin guished, or who may hereafter most distinguish, themselves in action, and $20,000 is appropriated to defray the expenses of the same. • The Signal Corps. The signal corps is to be organized as follOwa : One chief signal officer t 'a colonel, who shall be alg ae] officer of the army. One lieutenant colonel; two majors, who Shall be inspectors, and for each army corps or military department one captain, and as many lieutenants, not exceeding eight, as the Presi dent may deem necessary, to be appointed by- the President by and with the advice anti consent of the Semite, who shall receive the pay and emoluments of cavalry of of similar grades, And for each officer of the signal corps there may be enlisted or detailed one sergeant and six privates, who shall re , ceive the pay of similar grades of engineer soldiers ; Provided, That no officer or enlisted man shall be al lowed to serve in the signal corps . until he shall have been • examined and approved by a military board, to be convened for that purpose by the Sem.. tary of :War. The Sale of Gold and Silver Coin. The following regulations contain the substance of the recent act of Congress in relation to the pur chase and tie of goad and ailver coin: • First. All contracts for the purchase and sale of gold and silver cola of bullion and all Contracts for the loan of money or currency secured by the pledge or deposit, or other disposition of gold and silver coin of the United States, if to be after a period of three days, must be in writing. Second. Such °entracte must bear adhesive stamps equal in amount to • one half of one per centum of the amount named in the contract, and in addition thereto, stamps equal to the amount of In terest at six per centum on the amount of the con tract for the time. apecifled. Third. Alviewal of the centred would be 'subject Is the sarkganditions. Fourth. N'Ottoan of currency or money on the so. malty of gold or silver coin of the United Steltee,,oi upon any certificate or other evidence of deposit payable in gold or sitter coin, can be made for an amount exceeding the p e ar value of the coin pledged or deposited. tY4' . Fifth. Gold or ellver coin pledged at the pur value thereof is sutdeet only to the duty imposed, On these loans, Decisions of the Supreme Court—The Le gality of the , Blockade, and the Alma den CaSc. The previous announcement that the Supreme Court of the United states would to-day pronounce its. decisions in the great Almaden case and the Prize causes, attracted to the court-room an unu sually large number of diatinguished.lawyers from different parts of the country. • The Almaden case had been argued by Mr. Pe Len*, of California;' 11L. c'Corion, of New York, and REVEIMY JOTlNtiort, of Maryland, for the claimants; and by Judge J. S. BLACK, of Pennsylvania, and R. R. CUSTIS, formerly associate justice of the Su preme Court of the United States, for the United .States. Associate Juetice ,Carsvono occupied about three hours in reading the decision. All the facts in the case were particularly cited, and the documents involved critically examined. The re sult reached by the court is in substance : First, No grant could be made of these quicksilver mines, in Santa Clara county, California, excepting under the colonization laws, and none of the condi tions were complied with.. The proposition of the claimant could not stand, as it WAS founded on an erroneous assumption of the despatch of the Minis ter of Foreign Relations, and therefore the claim for two square leagues of land cannot be sustained. Second. The decision of the United States Com missioners cannot be rejected. lielThird. Nothing like forfeiture is now proposed, because the title had never been acquired, for the claimant did not pursue the necessary steps to ob tain it. There was no registry or survey, no bounda ry fixed, no stakes set, he., and, in addition, the claimant failed to show that the aloalde had a right . to confirm the title. The mullet most interested knew the title was invalid, and the Government of Mexico must have known the claim to be un founded. This position was maintained by an examination of the papers connected with the case. Justices Wayren, CITRON, and Gruen dissented from this opinion, believing there was no fraud. The counsel in the several prize cases heretofore • argued were Messrs. LORD anti EDwARDS, of New York, and Mr. Canarsas, of Washington, for the claimants; and. Representative Sem:latex and EVARTS, Of New York; Mr. DANA, district attor ney of Massachusetts, and Mr. EAMS, for the Uni ted States. Justice Gnurn, in deliveribg the opinion of the court, of which the following ie sa brief abstract, said there were certain Minelpies of law which were • applicable to all of the cases; that a blockade de facto actually existed by the President's proclamation or the 10th April, 1861, is an Admitted fact, and that the President as the chief executive of the Government, and commander-in:chief of the army and navy was the proper person to make such notification, is not questioned. To justify the capture of prizes, a war must exist de facto, and the parties to be affected must hive 'knowledge of the use of this mode of coercion under the law of nations. To prosecute a tear, it was not necessary that both parties should be sovereign nations. Insurrection against a, go vernment may or may not culminate in. civil war, which is never solemnly declared, be cause it may occur by accident. After divelling some time on this point, he said the laws of war have their foundation in reason. Parties to a civil war exercise the practices, and usages of nations at war, such as the exchange of prisones, Sic. These parties, at the time, must be two separate bodies, and in arms. As in this ease, a civil wet is never publicly proclaimed, nominc its actual existence is a fixed fast. The true teat of its existence is stated when the whole course of justice is interrupted by revolt or rebellion; when the courts cannot be kept open, and hostilities are conducted as if foreigners were invading the land.. Congress cannot declare war against a State ae corning to the Constitution. The -.President is bound by oath to take care that the laws are exe cuted, and he can call out the militia to aid him in so doing, and to suppress insurrection against the Government and repel foreign invasion. He has no power to initiate or declare war, but be is bound to whether ia a foreign aai s domestic,lo a r idelow by° m nla os y t writers on the law of nation's. As soon as the at eaxectistpt without i t War, a a r' de clarat at tack on Fort Sumpter and the knowledge of a Go vernment of the seceded States became known in ty. This was similarly followed by other nations. Europe, England issued a proclamation of neutrali- After such an Official recognition by foreign States, they are c,,topped from iT i r im' nt e toward b f war a A ea methem a cannot deny the existence of a civil Near, and thus cripple the army of the Government by eophistised definitions. The law of nations is the common consent as well as the common sense of the world. Congress had approved and. ratified the acts of the President as if they were legally done previous to their legisla tion,. Authorities were here cited from Chief Jus tice story, by his Honor, Justice Grier, remarking, we are of opinion the President had a right, jure kW, to proclaim a blockade which' neutrals are bound to observe. Not only injury to the enemy, but direct force, and the destruction of ,pro petty is a consequence of war. Money, wealth, the products of agriculture, and said to be the sinews of war. The law of nations authorize the cutting, these sinews by capturing property on the high seas. Under our very peculiar Constitution, citiaens not only owe allegiance to the United States, but to the States in which we live. Hence the people acted as States in Rain in hostility against the United Ststea, and their right to do so is being deciderlby the wager of battle. The boundary between the_halllesimi-- ir Merked.hv...ap---ene - oloOkTde - is according to the law of nations. The cargo must share the fate of the vessel in case of violation. Associate Justice Memo's delivered a dissenting opinion. After stating the circumstances in the case of the British ship Hiawatha, which was delayed for the want of a tug, at City Point, after the fifteen days notice given by the proclamation of blockade, he said that the vessel had no intention of breaking the blockade, and, front the facts of the case, the seizure was not warranted. Another ground of, ob jection was, that the vessel was entitled to warn ing, according to the terms of the proclamation. Neutral ships were entitled to warning, end could be legally seized only on a second attempt to enter or leave a port.. After discussing these points, Sus . tics NELsoN raid, as a law cannot be lawfully coin . menced Without an act of Congress, UM equivalent war - uesesiistenin declaration. The right of making nation. By our c,Taitis itureowearte4 po`vere of a Congress. No-power short of this can °hear'', tli% relation from pence to war. It had been said that war must be ascertained by looking at armies, and battles lost and won. In one sense, this was war, but it' was merely a statement in a material sense. The question, however, was what constituted war in a legal sense, under the Constitution. Civil war can exist only by act of Congress in conjunction with the Executive. It might be asked what Would become of the peace and integrity of the country if powercould • not be exercised until the meeting of Congress. The framers of the Constitution fully understood this question. He then quoted the laws authorizing the President to call out the militia, and using so much of the land and naval forte as may be necessary to suppress insurrection and rebel itivanien. There is ample provision in such cases during • the recess of Congress. This is an exercise of power under the municipal law of the country, and not under the law of nations. In further argument he said Con. gress had passed a law confirming all the President's acts after the 4th of March, 1861, as far as possible. It had been argued that this legislation brought into effect ex post facto civil war. But admitting the full weight of this, it affords no grounds of justification. These acts were constitutionally void. No subse quent ratification can' make them valid. After a most careful consideration of this question, there can be no civil war between this Government and the States until it is recognized by the act Of Congress of July 13, 1861. The President does not possess the power under the Constitution to declare war, or recognize its existence under the Constitution, changing the condition of the country from pe.ace to war. That belongs to Congress, and, consequently, no other power can set on foot a blockade under the law of nations. Hence the captures under it, prior to July 30th, 1861, are illegal and void, and hence the decrees of condemnation should be reversed, and the vessels and cargoes restored. Chief Justice TANEY,' and Associates Otrevonn and CITRON, joined Justice Nsatiore in this dissent ing opinion. A decision was prepared, but not read, in the case . o ca f tai ta t ia Ce a r ne e ra n w o o f a T it a li a ; ea Pl a a n in d plaintiffs of the People of the State of New*York es. rel. The t ß t ftrikl . The for the City and County of New York, and the People of the State of New York es. rel. The Bank of Commerce ; Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Commis sioners of Taxes and Assessments for the City : and County of New York. It was stated from the bench Melly that these eases came to - the _rupreme Court on writs of error. The judgment of the Court below is reversed in both cases, it not being in the power of a State to tax United States stooks. This is the unanimous upinion' of the Supreme Court. • The term of the court was then closed. Extra Session of the United States Senate. The resolution of Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, relative to a committee on manufacture, was taken from the table, in the absence of otherlusiness, and placed upon its passage. It was rejected. Mr. DIXON, of Connecticut, submitted the follow ing resolution : Resolved, That the Secretary of War be.hereby di rectedlo lay before the Senate the late report of General BoSzo.ILANs, of the battle of Morfreeaboro, with, the reporta and documents which accompany it. Mr. SUMNER said he would not object to the testa !Mien, but hedeprecated a, course which might open the way to business of a ' legislative character. This was an executive, and not a legislative Benton of the Senate. Mr. Drama of Connecticut, thought the resolution might properly be entertained, as there'were prece dents for it. In justice to the officers and men of these brilliant' engagements, it should be adopted. The iesolution WAS Agreed to. Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, submitted the following' resolution, which was laid over : Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to furnish the Senate, at the commence ment of the next session of Congress, with a state 'meet of the aggregate number in each State and Territory, and the . District of Columbia, of all offi cers and employees M the 'civil service of the United , States who are subject to be removed by the Presi dent, and all who are subject to be removed by any other officer, naming the officer having the power of removal; also, the amount of all pay, salaries, and perquisites or other compensation • received by aft such officers and employees in such of the 'States and Territories, anti the District of Columbia, in tho aggregate. Mr. ANTiloar, of Rhode Island, moved a re consideration of the vote by which the resolution relative to the Committee on Manufactures was rejected. It was reconsidered and ordered. to he laid twelveon t h a the motion;ta b o'clocke . o t ia a M s e ea L a A ta ra w :, e t K ia an ta sa e s a , e a c t a h tr a h l v fpast aea_ siOn. After a session of several hours the. Senate ad journed. Inspection or Gen. Grant's ArmSy. lifedicegorzelitor VOr Lox; of the United' States army, left*ashingten ally to-day, by order of Sur iilkltlAlolp, to inspect the sanitary condition, of Gen. GiANT'S army, which is inhering in the location in which it encamped, but- not to the extent currently reported. Every means will be .used to supply them with all duistives and prevent.. ires that are to be had. THE PRESS.-YITTLADELPHIA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1863. Contradiction of a Ridiculous Rumor—lgo Rebels in the Vicinity of Winchester— Gen. Kelley In Command.. • li....nrEn'e Fenny, March Io.—Great surprhe felt here at the reports in Washington and elsewhere of a disaster at Winchester by the return of the re b e l. in force to the Virginia Valley. There is net only no foundation for these namons, but a state of preparation exists in that quarter, as well as here abouts, that may defiantly invite any attempts the enemy Can make upon us, unless his whole army in front or Fredericksburg should be movedup, which it is well known that General Rooker will not per mit, even If the bad roads would. General nelley la still In command, underGencral Schenck, with a full force. The Work on the Vicksburg Cat-Off—The Lake Providence Expedition—Reinforce. Ducats for General Grant—The Rivers still CAIRO, March 10.—Late arrivals from below bring advises from Vicksburg to Thursday . last. The rebels were throwing occasional shells at our work men in the canal opposite Vicksburg, doing no damage. The dredging machines were still working. A transport arrived from Yazoo pass reports the continued progress of the expedition. It is rumored that the railroad and telegraph line between Jackson and Columbus will be abandoned, and the troops now guarding it are to be sent to Vicksburg. The Ohio and Mississippi rivers are still rising. The Advance Movement Commenced—Re turn of General. Reynold's Division—Re ported Defeat, of Von ,Dorn's Forces, &c. CirmiNlCATl t Teh 10.—A. special despatch to the Gazelle, dated Frgnklin, Tennessee, March 9, says that a large force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, moved that morning against the enemy posted at Spring Bill. If they stand, there will be a heavy ~ en gagement. RETURN OF AN EXPEDITION. Gen. J. J. Reynold's expedition had returned from Readyville, Woodbury, ho. At the latter town he had a sharp skirmish with the enemy, capturing seventeen and driving off the rest. A small detachment went to Luburn,-and rotted a body of rebels, killing three and wounding eight. Among the killed wan a Lieut.- Col. Johnson, of the rebel cavalry. . A special despatch to the Commercial, dated Tetur• freesboro, *larch 9th, Says a report has just reached here to the effect that Van Dom's forces have been defeated and the greater portion of them captured. Gen. Rosecrans has ordered that all whose natural supporters are in the rebel service, and whose sym pathies and connections are such that they cannot give assurances of loyalty, will hold themselves in readiness to go south of our lines within ten days. An exodus of butternut population from Murfrees boro will take place immediately. Win. H. Wise, Company. K, 79th Pennsylvania Regiment, died in Murfreesboro Hospital on the 4th inst. TREOIPITATE RETREAT OF THE REBELS UNDER VAN DORM-ADVANCE OP OUR OAVALRY TO BROIC NASHVILLE, March 10.—Van Doin's forces • have retreated South and are reported to be across Duck river at Columbia. The cavalry force of the United States are this aide of Duck river. There are no rebels between Franklin and Columbia. All is quiet at Murfreesboro. A heavy rain has fallen all day, and the river is rising. . Citizens to Give Up Arms to the Federal Troops—General H. G. Wright Superseded —General Sumner to Supersede General Gurtis,&e. 'Cirtoismait, March 10.—The citizens of Kenton and Campbell counties, Ky., have been ordered to deliver all guns and other United States property in their possession to the • Mayor of Newport by the I.lth instant. It in rumored that Major General Cox, of the ICa. nawha district, will presently supersede Major Gene ral Wright in the Department of the Ohio. There was ft skirmish at Mount Sterling, Ky., on the 2d that, between the Union and rebel forces. The latter were routed, and fifteen captured. CINCINNATI, March 10.—Gen. BUMS, late of the Army'of the Potomac, was in this city yesterday. Gen. Sumner is to supesede Gen. Curtis. His com mand will embrace Arkansas, I,diesouri, New hlexi co, Colorado, and Nebraska. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerie last eve ning voted in favor of lowering the Cincinnati and Covington bridge to one hundred feet above low-wa ter mark. There, is no special netts today from Cairo or below. DEPfHTMENT 'OP : THE GOLF. Bad Treatment or 11Mr irrisoners - ort c Rebels-Suffering In the Southern Array- Rebel Officers Taking the Oath of Alle giance to the United States Government, • NEW Yonx, March 10.—The steamer Roanoke, from New Orleans on the Ist and Havana on the sth that., arrived at this port this afternoon. The steamer Harlon, from New (Menne on the 28th nit., has also arrived.. The advices from New Orleans contain nothing of great interest. An order had been filed in the Provisional Court for the confiscation of Slidell's property in New Orleans. ' The prisoners from the Queen of the West report, that they were jealously guarded at Alexandria, 1 and robbed of all their clothes and private property General Banks has issued an order that any 601 dier hereafter found without the requisite number of cartridges is to be court-martialed. • - -i- e V e rftw Orleans Era of the lst statesthat twenty)--Jeeently .been sent into the rebll . lines had returned begs-... e for bread, and to be 4: lowed to take the oath of 'allegiance. They we • suffering from actual hunger,and their yhildrom war • crying for food. . A rebel major and a captain who had been pa roled by Admiral Fatragut have returned to New Orleans and taken the oath. of allegiance. The rebels would not receive them.' All of these parties give fearful statements of the destitution which prevails in the rebel States. NEW ORLEANS MARKETS. • . - -• EitA ()FMB, Saturday Evening, Feb. Z9.—Cottoct—By auction, 19 bales sold at 73c IA lb. Sug—Yesterday's sales were 9Xe for prime to choice. and. liefor yellow clarified, new crop. and 934 c for good fair to fully fair, old crop, 10c for prime, and 10)ic for choice. By auction, 20 bbls fair Sugar sold at 1034 c. Molasses.—Owing to the very light supply t.-day's sales aae confined to about I,foo bble - in IA Tara/ lots, part from store at 30e for old crop..W3for new ferment ing, end 35c for prime .. By auction 128 b'ble sold at Lard. —A lot of 23 tcs sold at Ile "0 tb. Bacon. —A lot of 18 casks clear sides sold at Me "ia lb. Pork.—Sales of MO bble mese. short weight, at . 514.:9 bbl. Bran. —lOO sacks sold at Sk 00 '0 100 bbls. Oats.-100 sacks sold at 85 TA bus Bad Condition of the Imperial Army—The Troops Suffering Much 'from Sickness— Vera Cruz Gerrisoneitwith Colored Sol. fliers—Operatious of the Mexican Gueril. it ,c. Ninv Your, March 10.—Advices from Vera Oruz, received at New Orleans, and brought hither by the steamer Roaneke, which arrived at this port today, state that the French army was entirely inactive, and unable to accomplish anything without further and large reinforcements ; and it was generally be. lieved that if they did not receive this assistance at an early day, they would be driven from the country. A disaffection prevails among the troops. The French officers are disgusted 'with the conduct of the campaign, and the climate is operating unfavor; ably on the soldiers, Moat of the French force now at Vera - Cruz artr negroea from Martinique. The bulk of the - French army is near Puebla, and the country between there. and the city of Mexico is infested by gUerillas, who are well armed and mounted. A whole train ofsup, plies from Vera Cruz for the French army had been captured by them: The French ire engaged in the construction of A railway to Puebla, and the guerillas amuse them selves by spreading the rails so as to run the trains Mr the track. Speaker Cessna and Governor '.Tohnson, or Tenziessee. HALtRISBURG, March 10.—The name of,the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (John Cessna) was inserted a few days since as vice presi dent of a meeting to receive Governor Johnson; of Tennessee, at •Harrisburg. • The , Speaker. of the Senate (George H. Lawrence) Was one of the re ception committee, and the matter gave rise to some comment, which has led Mr: Lawrence to address a letter to Mr. Cessna, in which he says: • " Your name was not there (among the vice presi dents) with your consent. You stated to me that you desired that your name should not be placed on the list of o ffi ce's, and requested rrie to see 'the chairman of the committee of arrangements, and say to him that you did not wish your name to ap pear in that connection. I did so, and he informed me that he would erase it. In the haste of organi zation, he neglected to do ao, and - hence it Is pub lished. Yours truly, GEO. H. LAWRENCE." FOliTitEB9 MO nos, March 9.—Copt. 'Murdock arrived here to-day from Newbern, N. G., and re• ports all quiet in Gen. Foster's department when he. left on Friday last. The steamship Robert Morris arrived today laden with horses and, forage. PROVIDENCE, March 10.—The RePublican Union, the Constitutional Union, and the Democratic. par ties held their conven t ions to day. The Republican& nominated for Governor, Jas. T. Smith ; Lieut. Governor, Seth Padel ford ;Attorney General, A.bra ham Payne; Congress, for eastern district, Thomas A. Jenks; western 'harlot, Nathan P. Dixon.. The Constitutional Union and Demooraticconven- Bons nominated for Governor, Win. W. Doppia ; Attorney General, Walter S. Briggs. Elisha R. Potter, who was nominated for Lieutenant Gover nor, declined. The Constitutional 'Union oonven ton nominated 'Wm, P. Sheffield for Congress in the eastern district, none for the western district. The Democrats nominated Gebrge H. Browne for the western and cone for the eastern district. The conventions adjourned until mutt week to fill the vacancies.. • ALBANY, March 10.—In the Assembly, 4, to-night, a bill was introduced to prevent banks, banking as sociations, and other corporations and indliriduals from depreciating the currency of the United'Ststes: and regulating transactions in gold and silver coin, and foreign bills of exchange. The bill provideefor carrying into effect the 'United States statutes re.: eently enacted ;land makes the banks, insurance and trust companies, etc:, violating its provisions, punishable by a deprivation of their charters. The Price of Gold. NRW YORK, March W.—Gold closed this afternoon at 168@w8s. • ' ARMY 'OF THE.SHENANDOAH. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. ADVANCING DEFEAR OF THE REBELS VAN DORN WHIPPED DRIVING OUT THE COPPERHEADS. THE LATEST. ARMY OF THE OHIO. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. From Fortress Monroe. Rhode Island Conventions. New Yuri Legislature. DEeARTNENT OF THE PACIFIC. Exciting News from Utah — Threatened Collision Between the Military and Cirii Authorities—Brigham Young and his Counsellors to he Arrested by Cot. Canner -The P-lormons Preparing to Resist the Ban who has just Driven the Savage Snake Indiana from their Doors, dso. SALT Lanz OTT', March 9.—A. collision between the military and the Mormon citizens is imminent. Governor Harding and Associate Justices Wurte and Drake, it is understood, haws called upon CoL Conner to arrest Brigham Young and Couneellbre Kimball and Well.. The judge of the District Court can serve any civil process, but the citizens are in arms, determined to prevent the arrest of their leaders. Other Federal officers and the Mormon citizens have telegraphed General Wright to restrain Col. Conner till an investigation can be had. A colonel of-the United States army, who had left for Washington, has been arrested by Colonel Con ner, and brought back. It is presumed that his intentions were unfavora ble to Colonel Conner's military interference. FRENCH DESIGNS AGAINST SONORA SAN FRANCISCO, March ie.—Passengers from Ma zatlan report that the opinion prevailed in the best informed circles there that the French would take possession of Sonora within ninety days. It was believed that the authorities of Sonora were willing that the change should take place, thinking that it would give increased security to the mining and commercial interests, and encourage the development of their resources. In consequence of the non-arrival of the Sonora, her departure for Panama is postponed to Thursday. The steamer Moses Taylor sails to-morrow, via Nl carif:naiic currency exchange al@a3 discount, equi valent to 46@6e premium for gold. Sterling ex change 4734(ainf ; legal-tenders 66@70. The ship Rattler arrived at Mazatlan January 10 from Rang Kong. TILE REBEL PRIVATEERS, Reported Arrival of Three More Anglo.. Rebel Steamers at Blossom, N. P.—The Pi rate "Retribution”—The Cotton Tradc, NASSAU Feb. 28, 1863. — The rebel schooner Retri bution arrived in this harbor on the night of the26th inst., and her officers met at the Royal Victoria Ho tel in the evening, discussing loudly their piratical exploits. , It was currently reported and believed that she brought in here several prisoners from Northern vessels recently captured in these waters; and I was told that the United States consulted sent a polite request to Governor Bayley, on the 26th, that he would have the matter looked into, but that up to this date no reply bad been vouchsafed. ' ' In the meantime the Retribution lay at anchor here for several days. Last evening three fast steamers entered this port within an hour of each other, viz: No. I. The Georgians, a brig-rigged iron propel ler, recently mentioned as having cleared from an English port, and destined as a tender to the pirati cal ship Alabama. No. 2. The Britannia, (Goddess of Neutrality!) a side-wheel iron steamer, brig-rigged, and very fast. No. 3. The iron screw-steamer Gertrude, a brig rigged vessel, also very fast. These fine, fleet steamers will prove a valuable ad dition to the rebel piratical fleet, and unless we can send a Baltic 'or a Vanderbilt on their track, their capture will be next to an impossibility. Nassau has become a. port of great commercial activity. The fast fleeted' blockade running steamers has piled the cotton upon the piers till the place has a decidedly Charlestonlan appearance. .A small pile of the gossamer "Sothron King" was pointed out to me the other day on one of the wharves, as valued at $300,000. The Boyd Victoria Hotel, where lam stopping, is delightfully situated, and but for Secession gangs there congsfgated, and the Secession slang which one hears at every turn, my visit would have been pleasant enough. The climate, however, though Pleasant to one who seeks to indulge the Mee ,far niente, is not of the recuperativelsharacter which many suppose. Asthmatic and rheumatic invalids assure me that they have not-been benefited in the least,.—New York Herald. HAVANA AND THE GULF. Destruction of the Pirate Steamer "Flo rida" Confirmed—Release of the Schooner "Julia Latham"—The New Privateer "Stonewall Jackson" at Havana NLw Yontr, March 10.—A letter from /Uvula, dated on the oth inst., states that the schooner Ocean Herald, which has arrived there froml>ort land, reported having seen on the 24th ult., the wreck of a steamer painted black, on Abaco, twelve miles from the Light House. Her stern and stacks only were visible, and there were no signs of life to be seen near her. • . On the same day the schooner picked up two water casks. Nothing having been heard of the pirate Florida at Havana _since the gunboat Sonoma chased her into a heavy gale, about a hundred miles from Abaco, it was conjectured that the wreck might be that of the pirate. The schooner Julia Latham, which was seized by the Yucattusese for fishing on their coast, has been released. The pirate steamer Stonewall Jackson arrived at Havana on the Mind. from Nassau. The news from Havana is otherwise unimportant LATEST MARKET AND MARINE NEWS. HATATIA, March O.—Wharf Sales, March 2—From Ant werp, 376 sacks Rice at 54.6255@5: per Ambrose Light, Philadelphia. SD ice Lard. at $12.25 TA lbs ; per R. P. Cuxeo, l'crtland, 50 bxs Tallow Candles. at 815. March 3—George barbs', New York, 60 sacks Corn, .at $2.21 150 from store, 100 brie yellow Soap at *7.25; SO ebb Salt Pork, at $18.50. A charter, a British bark tor Fal mouth and orders with 2,500 boxejat .a 2 ss. Starch 4 Parikubal Cal,. Neat/ Toils - t.al t. per Geo; Darly..do, F 0 case_ounnigters doUrgin Havana—Arrived, Feb. 23th, Br. brig Nripre79 - 37srttny Balifax, dried Sall; Br..bark William, Berry, New York, assorted cargo; Confederate echr. Wm. Batty, Si tons cotton, from Tampa Day. • Blatanzas—Arrived, Fob. SS, schr. Daeotab, Clifford, Searevort; March 2, Br. brig Brlah, Smith, to load for a Northern port, U. S. Sailed, Feb. 21. echr. Ocean Herald, Willis, Havana; bark Welkin, - Blanchard, Cork; brig John Crystal, Peacock, Philadelphia; Match 2,Am. brigs Brilliant. Swamy, Cardenas; Martha Fbitis, Post, do. ; H. Means, 3leaue, Boston. CAIMENAF. Feb 2G.—Ar Am. bark Arlington, Craton, Portland; dO, bark Canada, McDonald, Flavana; brig Rh by, Thurley, Sierra Corona, to load. Sailed, lichr. Barriet•Newell, Smith. New York; brig Wabash, Big_ le}, Boston; '27th do, bark 81. Front, haddock, Phila,• brig Saxon, Botidel. Cork for orders; Feb. 21, arrived Am. schr. Lord, Portland, brig Mazatlan, Mer• riman, Phila. BlAszsytiz.n, Feb. 13.—A. Br brig A. G. Geldnt, Bos ton. Sailed Feb. 7, Br echr. John Bull, McDonald, Boston. LATE NEWS FROM ST. THOMAS Nnw Yonx, March 10.—St. Thonias dates of the 28th ult. report that the Vanderbilt sailed on the 28d inst. on a cruise. The United States gunboat Alabama was spoken off Martinique on the 24th, bound in.. The ship . Shepherd Knapp was at St. Thomas. Various arrivals. to-day, from various West India ports state that nothing has been recently heard of the pirates. NEW TURK CITY. (Correspondor.co of The Prem. ] . Naw Yong, March 10,.1863, DULL DAYS ',ate these, when the ban Of Lent is upon all social Variations from the usual formula of Sunday, and the universal political and war markets quite at plain quo. They are especially the days that try a rrespondent'a soul; for with the obligation to write ' l le a ty sp n ie :m a b lr e d rs en fe t w er e ta r Elith'phigco"plalietatenrstiarnettasincgatheoomlicsly upon him,, he looks about in vain for the least m onotonous event to start upon. Socially and po- Really the metropolis is unspeakably dull and in preseibly platitudinous. Though our present best in any previous epoch in the history of Up "to n, the fact that it has hitherto been fashionable ..\ll OAfltt avenue to observe Lent by devout dhoti-. ti ' eF e from all festive frivolities, iiiii - uces the whole ra of bean • contractors, shoddy merchants, bitten generals, and other parvenues of the ne upper-tendon,, to conduct their establish nn s' on [the sackcloth-and-ashes principle un til lae time for eating mock-turtle and beef dla nwri ehall,have come again. As for the poll- Reline, they break out into a great Union meet ings often as a new convert from Democracy An ne ces that be has a speech ready; or rejoice the t i hea s of the swearing and drinking fraternity with weedy outpourings of sensational treason, from speetrnachines of the Vallandigham patent. But even ew York copperheadisin has grown tiresome, fro is sameness, and is rather lees lively as the • the of a letter than one of Dr. Spring's sermons l tn on I an depravity. All kinds of business are i ilou Bing, and it may be interesting to reflect that Stet Art, the prince of all dry-goods men, sent his ageninto the markets one day not very long ago, I and a nail) , bought up all the butter, designing to send e butter to Europe, in payment of imports tionshet it cannot be•said That the ways of busi ness as a particularly genial topic for the pen of the 13oherian scribe. Since the days when Genoa was a mersintile Republic, there has been no such thing as ronence in trade. Where shall wefor the present tiresol: cent-per-cent age look for that sublime ern bociini tof ancient counterjumping chivalry, "Mho, ramped in clubs, unused to valgar trade, 4nits to trust, cod Lionizes to be paid?" tiENERAL , ULLMADPS BRIGADE might ;possibly be turned to good sensational so count, if one knewniore about it than that it is en listing 'officers very fast and privates very slowly.' It has tu e appearance in its organization of a special corped'7c, and may be designed to hold our local malcont me in awe, when the time comes for the enforce , •nt of the conscription bill; but that. is merely . desperate guess, and map be directly the opposite ,f fact. • HE IRON;OLAD "KEORTX," after eta Hog once for ilea, and being obligedto re turvaga.. •in consequence of some trifling accident to her schinery, has commenced a voyage at last, .antlis now on her way to Port Royal, where she has tong been anxiously expected. The Nan tucket, Florida,. Western World, and E. B. Hale, also left tle navy yard yesterday, in obedience to a poremptoiy order from the Department at Washing ton. The Inew man-of.war, " Shamrock is to be launched an St. Patrick's Day, by way of graceful complimeni to the - race which has. contributed so liberally inl i voluntiers to the cause of the Union. A UNION LEAGUE •• is in process of formation here, the printed obliga tions of which are, that " We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, hereby associate ourselves under the name and title of the LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE. " We pledge ourselves to an unconditional loyalty to the Government of the 'United Slates to an un wavering Support of its efforts to crua k the rebel lion, and to spare no endeavor to. maintain unim paired the national unity, both is principle and territorial boundary. “The priinary object of this League is, and shall be, to bind together all loyal men, of all trades and professions, in a 'common union to maintain the power, glory, and integrity of the eation.” . Certainly no men having any pretension to Union ism at all, emeii refuse to sign such a compact ; but the :peat objection to it 18;that many dialoyelists will, from intcreste'i motives, Mae sign it upon the strengthi of its being one of those." glittering gene ralities.** which virtually mean and accomplish nothing. Wo want something stronger and nue& specific foi a crisis like the present one. ' • : HON. GEO. H. PENDLETON, • - • of Ohio,' delivered a dieloyet address before the DemoCraticiteiolutionary,(finb last night, referring to thel President, Mr. Seward, and other national men, in such terms as to proeure for them •pionty of groans and hisses. • - STUTVI&SANT. The Cincinnati and Covington Railroad :Bridge. OrriorturaTr,. March , 10,—The Climber of Com= mere last even ing, by a vote of nearly thine to one, voted in favor of lowering the Cincinnati and Clo ving Railroad britivitto One hundred feet'Above low East Baltimore Conference. SABBATH DAY. [Special Correepondence of The Press. 3 YORK, Ps., Marc% 9, 1583 The pulpits of the various churches rl. the borough were filled by brethren belonging to the Conferedce. Rev. Bishop Scott preached in M. E. 0311teh, at ten o'clock, from Matthew, 6th chapter, 14th, Ifith, 18th verses, commencing: "Ye ar•e the lleit of the world." After a brief introduction, his tekt was resolved Into two thoughts: First, the.charneter of the Christian considered relatively to the world; second, of their duty. Under the first head bean pounced the fact that the Saviour did not separate The apostles from the discipier r But regarded 01 his followers as lights, and gave proof that they were Ged.appointed lights because and made them scsby the Holy Spirit, upon their confession of sin and faith in Mason. The Christian ehevacter in its rew ture is fundamental, spiritual, and immeasurably rei sponsible. His Applications of thesereepective heads• were appropriate, impressive;. and touching. The duty of Christi bellevera to the riteel ves, the church, and the world, were dwelt upon largely, and pro. duced a fine state of religious feeling. The class of young men elected to deacene , orders were called to the altar, and were ordained, after answering the usual interrogatories. At 2% o'clock the Sunday schools of the M. E. Church were addressed by Rev. Dr. Ptuter, of 'New York, and Rev. G. D. Chenowith, interspersed with delightful• singing by the children. In the evening an eloquent and practical discourse was delivered in the same church, by - Dr: Thomson, founded on Job, 15th chapter, 11th verse : " Axe the consolations of God small with thee?" Which, if we judge from the tears shed and responses- made, produced a glorious eflect upon the hearts ot all re• generate persons in the assembly. After the discourse the class of deacons whu had served in that officntwo years were ordainmbelders. FIFTH DAY Devotions conducted by Rev. Wm. Munroe: The minutes of Saturday were read, amended and ap proved. The Committee on the Preachers , 'Aid So ciety desired the privilege of reading their annual report.—Granted. On motion of S.L. N. Otiose; it was agreed that the Conference readopt their an cient, system of increasing the capital cif said so ciety, by each member of the Conference paying the sum of one dollar every year, and also that each pledge himself ,to raise live dollars or more. during the year for the same purpose. Rev. Dr. Thomson then addressed the Conference prior to his departure to New York. Rev. Dr. Dorsey and Rev. Berry, of the Lutheran Churches, were introduced. Frederick district was then called. Rev. Wm. Harden, presiding elder, reported the district was in a prosperous condition, financially and spiritually. Many of their churches were converted into hospitals by the Government; that the 'preachers had been untiring in their at tentions to the, sick and wounded soldiers. The names of B. H. Grover, J. R. Cadden, George Ste venson, W. M. Meminger, J. F. Ockerman, Jon. Munroe, P. B. Reese, G. Berkatresser, L. D. Her ron, J. Foresh, S. W. Sears, 0. H. Savidgel S. N. Hartsock, G. W. Hezde, J. Montgomery, Thomas Reinhart, W. Downs, W. A- McKee, C. Kaibfus, D. Castleman, B. G. W. Reed, were examined and passed. The names of J. P. Hall and B. W. Daugh erty are to be returned on the minutes withdrawn. The hour of 1034 having arrived, the business of Conference was suspended to hear the missionary sermon by Rev. A. E. Gibeon. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATVEL Trattatsnunc, March 10, 1603. SENATE. The Senate was called b order at log o'clock by the Speaker. The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the report of the Board of Dlilltary l'etiticals. Mr. CON WELL presented the remonstrance of the reli gious Society of Friends of Pennsylvania, against the imposition of tines upon those exempted from the late draft on the ground of conscientious scruples, which was read. Mr. SMITH, a petition from Montgomery county, in favor of a rational Convention; also, a remonstrance from Philadelphia against a railroad on Twelfth street. • Mr. REILLY, seven remonstrances from Schuylkill county, swank t the passage of laws enabling corpora tious to hold lands for mining purposes. Messrs. STARK, BOUND, and BOUGATER presented remonstrances of similar Import. Mr.BDCBER.the petition of 149 citizens of Cumberland county iu favor of a law to exclude negroes from this State. Reports of Committees The committees reported a number of bills, among them a bill to extend tlie charter of the Farmers' Batik of Bucks county for eve years from the expiration of its cbarter; also; the bill relative to the Philadelphia and North Branch Railroad. Bills Introduced. Mr. CONNELL, joint resolittions tendering the thanks 'et the Legislature to Gen. Andrew Porter. Mr. PEN N EY, a bill relative to actions or ejectment hir.CLYMER, a bill relative to the publication of legal notices. . . Mr. -WRITE, joint resolution in favor of the vigorous prosecution of the war for the suppression of rebellion: Whereas, Citizens of Pennsylvania are anxious for a speedy restoration of peace which shall secure tranquility. at home and avoid all occasion for coin plaint abroad: and whereas, they await with well-as sured hope the final suppression or the rebellion and the restoration and perpetuation of the Union one and. Indi visible, triumphant over all its enemies : therefore, Resolved, (the Mouse concurring), That the influence, the honor, and resources of Pennsylvania , in moo and means, are hereby pledged to the support of the national authority in all energetic and determined efforts,by force of arms, on land and sea, to secure a final and emphatic suppression of the causeless and horrible rebellion now denolating so great a part of our country. Resolved, That the cpnduct of all persons claiming al legiance to the United States, yet calmest and vigorous in their attempt, to embarrass and abstract the action of legally constituted authority, and in the utterance lof disloyal sentiments, merits, and Should have the con denination of every Union-loving citizen. Resolved, That the citizens of all the States owe li f lenience to the General Government, and all those deny ing its authority. or failing in their duty to assist in the suppression of this infamous rebellion, are abettors of treason, and should suffer the penalty of so great a clime. 111r.1ZICHOLS, a bill to exempt tbci American Pro testant Ball .and Literary Association of .Philadolnitis. from taxation. a c, sti_p_ntle ii mi v at ac i .4„.taso t nit he i G le szt im a llu n . tow L.T. n Passe" er impi, on too L ts l " Ra rti lt"- r il rawnets re a vo o ctidifitae-,BlPPlemeut to the seve ' towns, which passed finally. Mr. WALLACE celled up the bill to incorporate the - Blair Coal Company, which passed finally. Mr. STARK called up the bill to anthorlze the Wyo ming Canal Company and its creditors to azree to au adjustment of their respective rights, which passed through Committee of the Whole, and was laid over under the rule. • . . Mr. STEIN called up the bill directing the recovery of the principal and interest, due the Commonwealth on location, and other office titles. which passed to third reading. and was laid over. Mr. DONOVAN called up the bill to exempt from taxation the school-home and other property of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Philadelphia, which passed finally. Mr. STARR called up the bill to extend for five years the time for opening books and receiving subscriptions to the Philadelphia and North Branch Railroad, which pas.,ed finally. • Mr. HIESTARD called up the bill to incorporate the Union Telegraph Compan which was under conside ration when the Renate adjourned. HOUSE. The Roue WA-5 celled to order atl);‘, o'clock by Speaker CESSNA. Concert Saloons. Mr. FAINT read a bill making it a misdemeanor to occupy or lease any tenement or garden for any perform ance, in the nature of a theatrical exhibition, without fint obtaining a license, and inflicting a penalty of not snore than VA and an imprisonment of one year, for employing women as attendants, or for selling liquor at any such place of amusement. • Mr. BeIIGER introduced an act authorizing the City Commissioners of Philadelphia to draw their warren ts for $1,300 to pa Messrs. Irwin and Carrigan for index ing certain books in the office of the Register of Wills under an order of court. The private calendar was talon up. and the following bills were objected to, thus postponing their considera tion for one week A supplement to the act incorporating the Fairmount (Race and Vino streets) Railroad Company. A supplement to the act incorporating the Lehigh and. Delaware Water Gap Railroad ComPaur, - A supplement to the net incorporntia.z the city of ,Phi ladelphia, authorizing the Board of Health to appoint certain ollicere. The CHAIR presented the annual report of the Com mittee to Adjudicate Military Claims. • Military Flues. A remonstrance Was presented from the Society of Friends in .Penne_ylvania, setting' forth that under the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are to "love your enemies, bless them :that curse you, do good to them that bate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you," they h e 4rvidullnitir-e i . !! - war end blootehed:nor Day any sum for being ex empt from what they consider to be sinful. .They far ther declare that the Pennsylvania 13111 of Rights says - that "no human authority can, In any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience," and that, although it maybe true that persona not 'Friends took the affidavit of conscientious scruples to avoid the draft, it is the fundamental principle of civil liberty that the innocent shall not be punished . in order io roach the guilty. memorial disavows any inclination to sym- Pandas with the wicked rebellion, and concludes with a statement that the Society Will feel it to be a duty to bear meekly such legal process and distraints as may be inflicted in else the Legislature does not heed the me morial. Lombard and Sordh-etreete Railway. The supplement to the Lombard and South-streets Rail way being under consideration, Mr. 11(iliK MS, of Philadelphia,stated that the sup plement had been held by the City Railway Committee since January 21a, in order to allow its opponents an opportunity of being heard. The opposition, however, seemed to have been reduced to parties connected with a rival road. The - supplement was not finally disposed of, Messrs. BARGER and QIHOLBY opposing tb; Pabsage. The following bills were passed. as well as a number of othdra of local interest onl to the interior of the State. and on subjects of no public interest:' An Act to exempt the Spring Garden and Moyamensing Institutes from taxation. .A supplement to the act Incorporating the Lancaster, Lebanon, and Pinegrove Railroad. • • Au act to incorporate the Germantown Woolen Manu facturing Company. An act. providing for a .free bridge over• the' river Schuylkill, at Penrose Perry. An act vacating Cherry street, ill the Twenty-fourth . , . . An act to incorporate the..floritiam , Eonian Catholic Literary Institute. A supplement to the aet incorporating the Pennsyl vania institution for Deaf and Dumb. A supplement to the charter of,the Orantlom Institute. An act to incorporate the Pittsburg and Uniontown Te egraph. An act to.incorporate the Philadelphia Dental College. • .Bllla Introdeteid. COCHEArt. an aet to .incorporate the Filontia' Educational Association.' act .tci compel answera.to suits of recovery to be made orally in open court; leo. An act to proyido maintenance for old and falthful teachera; also: - - • • •• . An act to facilitate business in the courts of Philadel phia. Mr. McMANUS, an aetcoatirming the thetitle to acertain. piece GR ADER oan a So t m toinoorp r b e r e at e •• - the West Pennsyl vania Ilaileosd Company. - • • - Mr. JACKSON; an act relative to the agents of foreign -- insurance comptuilea. Mr. VINCEAT, an act to . nrovice fora registry of Penn sylvania soldiers. • Postage of the House. . The postmaster of Harrisburg (George Bergner) having presented a bill amounting to over 081,0tk1, and the bill. having been approved by the Committee of Accounts, Mr. REX moved to amend by reqn iring the postmaster to swear to the correctness of his statement. Mr. 11RX:delivereir.some lengthy remarks against the. postmaster, and the practice of PltdBl.llg his bills without an oath as to their correctness. The points of the speech . may be enumerated as follows: Ist That the postmaster charges more postage Chants legal. 2d. That postage has been chervid on &moments sent to members of Congress, which should lutve gone - free. - 3d That the postmaster, when printing for the State in-IM9; was obliged to refund the sum of $1,174.85. —4th.. That Lo (the present postmaster), when printing the Legislative Record in 1857, printed the same 1311 seventy:one times during; the sesmon, and printed an other bill twenty-tire times. sth. That a forgery had taken place in 1E39 'tit the desk of tbe House - of Representatives, in a-matter which-con cerned the present postmaster. • Por these reasons Mr. REX thought that the Mouse should. neeture sworn evidence before passing the post ' • - age bill. The amendment of Mr. Rex was lot 4 by a vote of 'll a yee to G 8 nays, and the original hill was then passed. Donutlos to Voltuutecro • It waantoved that the Rolm prime& to the considera tion of the act authorizing the racy-went of bounties to volunteers. Agreed to. The bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, bitt was not disposed of : • Adjourned. Board of Revenue Coanniisiioners. lIARKTRIVItIi, Ettrclt 9, 1683. TUE XAT/ONAL REV-XNUE COD E . Th e Committee appointed to 01:1101nibirith thdFiwtricial mvittee ot the two Houses, and to which the Moir revenue code \YU referred. made. their r6port. Messrs. • Loner , . attd.Steele..ot.tho.committee, signed the report, and he chairman tMr. Bighorn) stated that Mr. I:.chudy, 'who AVUllot printout, would also sign it. 31r, Base, the only remaining member of the committee. Ares opposed to appending his signatoro to, the report, laud desired that his oPPoiddion to it should bewail on denim d. .I great deal of diseutaion tonk ptece on tho geneiai features of the rekort, which. ultimately moulted to the recommitment ofthe report to the committee fruit' which it emanated. • • • ' The committee by n ' , foie of the board bad the now revenue code before It for examination.. (This proposed bill is designed to reduce to ,'system the existing lows of the' h'tete 00. the nosessment and °olfaction of our Rate, county, and , local farms.) after the :recommit ment of the report, Mr. Nano offered an minendutuut, that two additional menthe ra be -tunrOanted on the com mittee. The amendment teas Uet .IdODZetk, by a la:4odt) , of one,' , 'Adjourned. , lillturder BUrlington County, N. .T 4 On Tuesday afternoon the body of at man named Job Brookywati found. within fifty yard. of his own house, near VincentoWnr, Burlington CoMinty, N. . 1. A stab through thejugtzlee vein, and bruises, and a cut on the head, proved that he had been murdered. A person passing along the road found a hat abating On the water In a ditch, and; this exciting his sus picion he searched and found , . the body near the ditch. Itis probable that he hadbeen thrown iw the ditch, and crawled out before life wars extinct. Mr. Brooks wee a respectable man, about 60 yerrra of age. Be leaves a wife and twuchildren. He had been on Sunday evening to the Methodist Ohureir in Vincentown, of which he was a• member, and was murdered on his way home. Noarrest line been made, though there are suspicions that may lead to the detection of the murterer. Themurder has canoed a great exerSement in the vicinity, as Mr. Brooks was very wet? known and highly esteemed. AKlcitraL, MEETIPG OF THE APPltElitters' Linnaltv COMPAICY.-I'he forty-third anctiVereary Of.the A'pprentices' Library Lrompany, of i'kiladel phia, James J. Barclay,. preeldest, occurred aroight o'clock last evening at the rooms bf the company, southwest corner Of Fifth' and' Arch streets.. The managers' report includewstathitteal tables for the last year: These show that there were 61,141 rob ramea loaned, of which 19,1160 were from the bops); and 31,484 from the girls'. library.. The new admis sions' were 112' to the boys', fist 084 to the girls' it-. brary. These tables, compared with those of the preceding year„evince a declension in like par ticulars, excepttn the newll-d MiBeiGLIS to the boys. In these there has-been an Increase, For the boys' library 156 volumes have been purchabed, and for the girls' 353 volumes. Thirty volumes in dona tions, consisting mostly of Government publica tions, have been. received. Eight volumes have been lost from the boys', and twenty volumes from the girls' library. Thetdmiber of volumes in the her , ' library is 12,600, and in the girls' 5,900: total, 18,400 volumes. The services of the librarians in both li braries, as well aseke.other employeen are acknow ledged with satisfaction by the managers. The report of the treasurer, Dir. Samuel Nation, states the receipts ibr the pa3t year as being $8,661.84, the payment a as $8,602. t 1, and the balance, consequently, $79.73. The report of thehuilding fund derived from the estate of Elizabeth Greenfield, gives the amount of receipts as 81,967.70, the payments as $1,934, and the consequent balance $33.70. To supply the place of those which have been lost, there have been only sixteen annual subscribers, and three life members, added to the list during the past year. The amount of receipts from annual subscribers has decreased. rf...The dependence of the well-being of society, and especially of society under a republican form of go vernment, upon the intelligence of the masses, and, consequently, in a measure, on the influences of public libraries, was interestingly adverted to. The meeting was closed by the election of officers and managers for the ensuing year, with the follow ing result : =MI! President, James J. Barclay; vice president, Isaac Lloyd; secretary, Thoe. Ridgway; treasurer, Sam , l Mason. Managers—Benjamin Yd. Hollinshead, Jos. Hutchinson, Joe. H. Collins, Joshua W. Ash, M.. D., Sam'! F. Troth, Wm. P. Troth, Mark Balderston, Tristram Bowdle, Philip C. Garrett, Edward H. Bonsai), Benjamin Orne, Thos. H. Speakman, John Price Wetherill, George Vans, Samuel N. James, Samuel :M. Albertson, James S. Whitney, Thomas McCollin, Rufus M. Erskine, William C. Lloyd, Hugh Stevenson, John B. Garrett, Joseph Trimble, George Watson. CITY I T S John B. Gough at the Academy last Evening. The Academy of Musa° was last evening again filled to its utmost capacity to hear Mr. Gough's closing lecture of his present course in Philadelphia, on " Social Responsibility." Every seat in the house was occupied, and more than five hundred la.- dies and gentlemen were obliged either to stand du ring the whole evening, or be seated on the steps in the passages. The lecture, though not so stated in the advertisement, was on Temperance, and cer tainly one of the most effective he has ever delivered in this city on that subject. He spoke for aver two hours to an enraptured audience, the latter having been swayed by the orator apparently at his will, their manifestations of opposite emotions in quick 'succession, interspersed with rounds of enthusiastic applause, having constituted to an observer a scene second only in interest to those which Mr. Gough was himself enacting upon the stage. • Mr. G ough was introduced to the audience by ex- Governor—Pollock, who in the course of his re marks eald that he had been requested to express the gratification of the audience at the lectures which Mr. Gough was now about to close. This brilliant audience, however, was not merely a compliment to the lecturer; it was a compliment to a noble cause in whose behalf the lecturer had been and was still laboring. He read in these eloquent surroundings the glorious fact that the people were still ;with and for the Union. Mr. Gough had, he said, given the entire proceeds of his labors during the last year to the cause of the soldier, and he doubted not that these patriotic Obits were destined to hold an honorable and conspicuous place in the ~vonderrul histonr_which was now being written in bliitid=the history of thii Efigntiestaitfuggle on record, *aged to preserve our country one and inseparable, now and forever. ' _ • • ..___ Gov. Pollock's neat IntroduetOry was . received _ Dir. Gough, in commencing hie iiihrie7 - eidd that he was sometimes asked, "Does not an immense audience inspire you and fill you with enthusiasm?" No ; on the contrary, it filled him with sadness and depression to stand in the presence of an immense audience, like the one before him, intending as he was, to speak of matters of the most profound and unending interest lei his race. The first part of hie lecture was a confirmation of this admission. He 'Seemed, as he said he felt, gloomy and depressed. He had been obliged to make many radical changes in the lecture which he was about to deliver, as it had been originally written more especially for an English audience. The subject of it was entitled "Social Responsibility." There was, he said, a socialresponsibility that was universally recognized. The laws of the land held men responsible for acts either of cupidity, malice, or ignorance; a point which was copiously illus trated by references to familiar cases. The Levitie I cal law was quoted to prove that this principle of law was at once ancient and divine. The safety of society demanded the recognition of social responid billty. The New Testament recognized it when it enjoined upon men: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself ; 0. and it was of this respon sibility that he proposed principally to speak. There were men who denied in toto this 're sponsibility, and pratically inquired, with Cain : "Am Imy brother's keeper?" Every man - on the face of the whole earth, in the true sense, said the lecturer, was his brother. To every man to whom God had given a soul he owed the responsibility of a neighbor.. This principle was nobly recognized and exemplified in our missionary efforts, In our Southern aid societies, and in every other humane mission to men of all climes and colors, and names. On this principle the heroine of the Nineteenth eau tory, Florence Nightingale, had left her home to bind up the wounds of her bruised brethren the Crimea, and the same was being exemplified in this land now by the node Men nail IY9II4FIi of tbe *nth who welt engaged In relieving the sick and wounded soldiers of the Republic. At this point the lecturer administered a withering rebuke to the spirit of sect; which he believed was the most formidable barrier to men's fraternizing for the general good of the race, that the world was cursed with. If a man had fallen into a pit, and he (the lecturer) was unable, unassisted, to pull him out and thus save his life, what a consummate farce and crime it would be for him to' challenge the help ing hand of another, on the ground of his belonging to a d ((Amen! sect' or party from himself 1 In furfher illustration of his theme, the lecturer next told, in his usual graphic arid thrilling Style, a number of his best temperance anecdotes, at the conclusion of which he Introduced that touching chapter from hie own early personal history, .which has moved so many audiences to tears. The early, life of Mr. Gough, it will be remembered; was a struggle with the bitterest poverty. There was, be continued, no greater cause of deg,ra dation in -this land than Strong drink. He defied any one to show him a single instance in which any one had ever taken-one step upward in his mere' and intellectual_ being through the influence of strong drink. He denied, however, that men who had become thus degraded were brutes, as too often charged. They were not. On the contrary, he had sometimes fOund the noblest traits of character in those who had thus fallen. A valuable Jewel had once been recovered from a running stream by pont , ing oil upon its surface and thus smoothing itk turbulent waters. So he believed that by pouring the oil of sympathy upon the turbulent waters of degra dation and passion, the most valuable' jewels might often be rescued from the stream of ruin and death. He did not ask social amalgamation. The laivs of social life were opposed to this: Re believed in every man and woman keeping in his or her proper place, as by thrusting-themselves where they were not "at home," as he (the lecturer) had once done at — titessi—rty.to nis own niortitication, (very hu morously describee,7 ridi culous. The lower classes, however, were charac- - terizedAs • the solid granite of society, and a con— siderable portion of his lecture was devoted in illus..' trating the dignity of laber,.for which, he said, that great struggle now progressing In this country - Wee' being executed as much as for any other cause. The influence, of Woman next claimed the leo turer,s'attention. Fier influence in society he held to be mighty, and just in that proportion was her respOnsibility. He did not think that every Woman' living was the whitest kind of a white angel [laugh ter); nevertheless, the society of the right s kind of females was indispensable to every man, though he deprecated the !influence exerted by the namby pamby damsels; who weremore ready to flatter the -silly glares of shallow-brained young men than to stimulate their ambition to cultivate and polish the intellect. , Mr. dough next related his own experience se a Temperance man, beginning with the night when Joel Stratton first laid his hand up& hie shoulder and asked him to sign the pledge, the incidents of which. history, although, often given, have always a stirring earnestness and moral he• roism about them, that make the story acceptable and interesting te.snaudience. la signing the pledge ho had simply signed his declaration of rode-' penitence. Thar done, the battle for liberty had to be fought, and. by the help of:God, he had fought. it, and achievea a victory. over.the tyrant Drink, lie was opposed to slavery with all his heark and rather than be made a slave himself, he. would glade* fight his way aver dead . bodies from here to lianas.. And yet he would, a thou, sand Unite, rather be made a ehhttel slave than be come agate a slave to the drink, There ivns a great mistake in supposing that there was noother kinds of slavery than that which is associated with art ad verttsement-In a southern newspaper—ran away: from the subscriber, blood hounds, bundle on hia back, and so forth. No t the man that WAS under the dominion of a passion for strong drinit'was a thou rand times meaner slave than he whose bixiy wan owned by another. Be next took up an illuetratiVe argument.to show that the incipient oaueea of intemperance were ; Itraceable to the force of example in ealip life. It was the em influences influences in youth that too dTten lead to the most ddeastraus consequences in after ids: The lecture was listened to with delighted altia• lion to its close, and concluded amid such a storms , of applause as Ptsinly told that whenever Mr; 0 Ough &hall return to our city he will have a laree arid admiring audienee to greet Sim. Vit. FA4NOISCUS' GREAT LABOR-RAYING i "Craress-Witraftri."--When, sone' moreehe ago, we first drew the attention of the public' To the "Putnam Self-adjusting Olothes-Writnet . ,lr'({jr the sale of which 112 r: A. Ei. Fr.anciseus, Na-aB3 aftoret street, mid Mo. IT Norge Fifth . Street, in' the' sole regent,ythere were question* raised as ta'vrbetter we had cot given its encefSemses undue prominence over other &niter ievehtiorrs. All these qlfttionai have since then been triumphantly answered;not . only by the enormous safe wlildr Mr. Frattledus instrument' has obtained. hut by the facts thaAt is the most - siMple in' ire' eontdruotliM, the most effij dent, the least Roble to get out of repair, and the' most economical fti priee yet any Olothes-Wringer in' use. Went all' the manufacturing , fbroe now em.. ployed in Me production of These instruments, it has been found'almost impossibleth meet constantly increasing demand for them from all pails of the country. Iney can be seen and • examined in opera tion at Mr. Danciscus , warerocem: ' LARGE LOT OF CA:ITONAIATTING2I—From an announcement in another column, irwra be seen that Messrs. McCallum n 00., theextensive menu- Ricturers and ior. porters of carpets, -No. foS Unestnut street, have juarreceived n large invoice - of Canton. Flatting& In ensmining the immense piltreff rolls now stored on the Hist floor of their warehouse, we found a most complete assortfnent of these season able and ilesirablSo goods, embracing all widths, styles, and colors. The superior inducements which this firm is enabled teener to the trade,not only in this article, but in every otherbelongiag tome car peting business, are well worthy the attention of buyers. A WORD ABORT Piiren's - se_ zoos.—Our best-informed readers in the • matter of crating good dinners, need not be told that the place of all others in this city where to dine with most' COW. fort,sat isfaction, and realgustatory pleasure, is at the large and elegantly fitted-up dining saloons of Mr. J. W. Price, southwest corner of Fourth and Chest nut streets. There is not a single delicacy orrare viand in our markets that escapes the • argue eye of Price. His meats, oysters, poultry, and all kinds of game in their season, are always such as commend themselves to the eye and palate of the most refined epicure. Yesterday he charmed some four hundred gentlemen that dined athis rooms during the dinner hours, with the moat elegant exhibition beef that we have ever indulged in. Mr. Price'd mode oftookine meats is also peculiarly his own, and those who suffer from dyspepsia, ordinarily, after eating, dine heartily at Price's, with perfect impunity. The hest brands of wines are always furnished from-his bar to those who wish them, and his charges, consider ing the style of his establishments are remarkably moderate. SPRING STOCK OF READY:MADE. CLOTH [No.—Decidedly the freshest, most stylish, and ele gant stook of ready-made clothing in this city will be found at the laige warerooms of Messrs. C. Somers & SOn, No. 625 Chestnut street, under Jayne's Hall. In addition, also, to their splendid stock of made-up garments, they have a magnificent line of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vestings of their own• im portation, from which to make up suits to order. which now constitutes a very large feature of their business. GREAT NEWS EXPECTED 'PROM THE COAST.—A few days will no doubt bring us. the gratifying intelligence from the Southern coast that our fleet has done "a big thing" of same kind. We may state that our townsman, Wf. W. Alter, Coal merchant, Ninth street, above Poplar, has long since achieved a similar fde in selling the beat Coal at the lowest prices, and more of(it than any other five coal merchants in the country: The fires that emanate from Alter's batteries are always effective, being invariably raking in their character. ORANGES, LEMONS, &c.—The proprietors of the popular old grocery establishment of the-late C. H. Mattson, have now in atere-a fresh lot of fine quality Lemons and Sweet Havana Oranges ; also, a full assortment of everything belonging to a first. class grocery establishment, all of which they are selling at reasonable prices. GENTLEMEN'S PURNTSRTNG GOODS. Messrs. Charles Oakford & Son, under the Conti nental Hotel, have constantly in store a superb as sortment of Gents' Furnishing Goods of evary. de scription. Dinica Rooits.—Mr. John J. Thiamin, formerly of the Wetherill House, has opened a Dining Room at No. 337 Chestnut street, below Fourth, where he will be pleased to see hie old cus tomers. His table will be well supplied with the dainties in season, and those who may favor him with their patronage will be well cared for. WEIERE TO GO TO HAvE TOUR PHOTO MUER Teionr.—inr. E. P. Hippie, proprietor of the handsome grohnd-iloor Photograph Gallery, No. 820 Arch street, has achieved a wonderful sun cess in his profession. No one visits his establish ment without obtaining a picture of the most satis factory character. His specimen gallery abounds in the choicest gems. ELEGANTLY-MOUNTE•D SWORDS, SASHES; BELTS, and all other necessaries for the equipment of officers in Army and Navy, will be found at 0ak ...,--,......u-0.."La......15i note!. THREE seven octave second-hand pianos for sale. J. E. Gould,Seventh and Chestnut. mhiSsdt AN LunenraL.—A grand fancy and dress ball was lately given in Paris, by the Empress Euge nie. Among the guests were a number of Ameri cans. Mrs. Dayton appeared as Red Riding Hood; Mme. Pilie, of New Orleans, powdered hair; Miss Minnie Eing, of Georgia, Undine; Mrs. Penniman, of New York; Miss Penniman, Ophelia ; Mrs. Moulton, in Salamander ; the Viscountess de Ga briac, Hungarian costume; Mrs. Ealstis ; Miss Eustis, of Louisiana; Mrs. Butterfield, of New York, all dressed in fancy costume. Mr. Tones, Mr. Brown, air. Smith, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Smithers, of Philadelphia, were present, as full pc:. vates, and they all presented a remarkable appear ante, from the fact that they dressed in full citizen's suits that were gotten up at the Brown-Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Not. 603 sad 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. THE CONTDITTAL reappearance of the an nouncement, "No Cards," appended to notices of marriage, still provokes much comment in England. Great curiosity is excited as to the name 'and rank of the intrepid lady who first ventured upon the in novation. A horrid rumor originated, no one knows where or how, that a buxom shop girl of Oxford, street, about to espouse a tailor of Tottenham Court road, was the first to administer this public cut di rect to her friends and acquaintances. The young girl alluded to, however, made a single exception, and sent her spouse, before the marriage, " a card'* reading as follows : "Buy your wedding-suit'at the fashionable one-price Clothing Emporium of Gran ville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street, Philadelphia." SPRING CLOTHING ! SPRING CLOTHING t SPRING. CLOTHING! CHAS. Sioux & CO., CHAS. STO/03 & CO., • • Under }lie Continental, . First-Class, One-Price, • . Ready-made, . Or made to order at the shortest notice, Warranted to tlt. All goods of the beat materials and best styles. Spring Clothing ! Spring Clothing ! Spring Clothing? CHAS. STolos fc CO., CHAS. STOKHS fr. 00., Under the Continental. First-Class. One-Price. SPECIAL. NOT/OES: DR. STEPHEN .SWEET, .I).P OONNECTICI7; the great natural Bone Setter. KM STETF.WATS' UPRIGHT GRAND MN The numerous admirers of STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, and the musical public in general, will be de lighted to see and hear the new constructed Upright or Cablnei, Pianos' of this Sim at the undersigned. In CONSTRUCTION, VOLUME OF TONE, and TOUCH. they are PULL GRAND PIANOS, standing upright. The Steinnrltys' name is sulllcient security for their last ing qualities. BLASIUS 61108., rah7-7t 1006 CHESTNUT Street. A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION CAN BE 08. tained •by the use of HELRBOLD'S EXTRACT SAE. SAPARILLA. March, AprlLMay, and June. are the best mouths to nee a Blood Purifying remedy. See adyer. tizement. fe27-finw3nt THE: CHEAPBSTS--BECA USE BEST. ;Simpler in' construction, easier managed, doing work that others fall to do, and executing it more neatly, the GROVER is BAKER SEWING MACHINE • Has 'won popular favor, and should be lu :EVERY FAMILY. Ate' Call and Examine • DUCHINE ASO WORK. OFFICE, 730 CHESTNUT STREET. inb6-10t. nOW BEAUTIFUL ! was the exclamation . _~ , •l , ea e the Philadelphia . 6- „ %Ze t stern gentleman tie he was passing down belles who had jiiTthgi l i e lt2 l3 . ° by one of Gaorge'a Patent Hair Ci• t t e. 4....,H a lvel v m a ced dfately bought ten dozen for his frientle..4‘\ ONE.P/CE CLOTTIING, Or TES! \ATIP,sr ViLES; Mitre in the Best Manner, expressly for SALE& LOWEST Selling Prices marked in " Goodomade to Order warranted sails& . Our Oxx-Fnica SYsTom is stiletly adhered to. A - thereby treated alike.- de32-ry TOMS & Goa BIAREET &reel .B.A.Tcazton's 11Ain Drs THE BEST IN THE WORLD, WIADIA3I - A.A. DATCIIELOR'd celebrated Hair D produces a color not to be distinguished from natal; Warranted not to injure the hair in the least ; remedies the ;R e my}, of Bad dyes, and invigorates the hair for life.' OR.kY, RED; or RUSTY ITAIR Instantly turas a splendid Black or Brown. lea•Ang the hair soft and. beiutiftili Sold , by all Druggists, U. Aar The Ceanine is signed WILLIAM A. BATCHE LOR, on /befoul' aides of sash boa. FACTORY. No. SI BARCLAY Street, (Late Brotidtoar astct Wawa street.) my H - 17 New York. S-T-11360-x. • •-• • MANE'S PLANTATION BITTERS. They purify, strength( n. and invigorate. • They create a healthy appetite. They are au autidote•to ahauge of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and Intermitteat fevers. Tbey purify the breath and aoldity of the stomach. Tit•ey. care Dyspepsia and.Cenatipation. They cpro Diarhceha, Cholera, gad Cholera Iforbas. They cum Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. They are the beat BITTERS in the world. They mike the weak man strong, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They arc made of pure St. Croix RUA, tho cele brated Culisaya Bark, roots and herbs, auk a ce / a k an with the pleasure of a beverage. without 'regard to age or time of day. Particalayly recommend od to dedicate per sons requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold by all Grocers. Drugtiis4. s liotels, and Saloons: P. "B; DRAMS di CO.. 202 BBOADWAY, New York, se3l-caq
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