MAiR=l PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY., OFFICE. No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS; EIGHTEEN CENTS PER WEER. payable to the Carrier. &railed to Einbacribere- oat of the City at Etonr Dol.r.aas PER ANNUM, FOUR DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS. Two DOI, Len FOR THREE Mourns—lava] iably in advance for the time ordered. Jar Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six tines constitute a square. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Maileft to Subscribers out of the City at Forra DOLLARB PER Amu*, ID advance. CLOTHING. WANAMAKER • BROWN'S "O AK HELL" CLOTHING, Southeast corner SIXTH and. MARKET streets WANABIAKER A . BROWN'S WANAbIAKERAA BROWN'S WANAMAKER & B hOWN'S , - WAN & BROWN'S WAN Alv AKP,R & BROWN'S WAPPIOII 'MO W§ _y_- 11-1 ! .‘" " 6 " .1 1 0 t WANIIMAKER 'NW !Win WANANAKER & DIVYWN'S .5: •• WANAMAKER & BROWN'S WANAMAKER & BROWN'S " OAK HALL" CLGTHTNG, "OAK:PALL" CLOTHING, "OAK HALE," CLOTHING, "OAK HALL" CLOTHING, ".OAK HALL" CLOTHING, "OAR HALL" CLOTHING, "OAK HALL" CLOTHING, "OAK HAIL" CLOTHING, "-OAK HALL" CLOTHING, "OAK HALL" CLOTHING, "OAK.HALL" . CLOTHING, " OAK HALL" CLOTHING,. SPRING AND SUMMER, 15133, SP RNG A DI lIAIMER,IS3, SPR I NG AN N D S S UMMED, ISH 6 3, SPRING ANP STIMME7 1563, SPRING AND SIIMMER,ISM, SPRING AND SUMMER,M, SPRING AND STIMMER,II363, SPRING AND SUMMER,I,963, SPRING AND SUMM - SPRING AND SUMMER,ISG:), . • SPRING AND SUMMER, I SAI, SPRING AND SU btSINE, UM, COB. S, F. B SIXTH & MARKET. S. R, COR. SIXTH & MARKET. S. E. COIL SIXTH & MARKET. S. E. COB. SIXTH & AIARKET. S. R. COI:. SIXTH & MARKET. S, E. COIL SIXTH & MARKET. S. E. COS. SIXTH & ATAR.KET. S. E. COR. SIXTH & MARKET. S. E. COR. SIXTH & MARKET. S. E. COE, SIXTH & MARKET, S. E. COIL SIXTH & MARKET. P. E. COIL SIXTH A MARKET, WI 8- 'OBO GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. 606. .4.1"19H. i . STREET.. 606. FINE SILLS M AND WRAPPER EAIPORWAL inortmer,l or GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, IN GREAT VARIETY. SUPERIOR QUALITY, AND AT MODERATE PRICES. G. A. HOFFMANN, Successor to W. W. ERIGRT. ... 606 ARCH. STREET.. 606. JaUtteth SOI THE FINE SHIRT E)U'ORILM, Not.l JJXD 3 NORTH SiXTH *STEM. 30,11 N O. A.RRISON • (FowraßLy I. BURR MOORS,) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF GENTDENEN'S FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VAMISTY AND AT MODER/TB PRICES N. B.—Particular attention given tolho making off Shirts. CoHare, DrEtwore. VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. --- The subscriber would 'arila fatal:Aiwa to his IMPROVED CDT OF SHIRTS, Witch be undces's epecialty in kis business. Also, con stantly receivintr, NOVELTIES FOR GENTLENCEN'S WEAR. - J. W: SCOTT, exhiI , LEMIEV'S FURNISHING STORE. go. 81.4. a RES TP111!1' STREET, Four doors balmy the Continental. MILTANERY GOODS. 1863 s P . R I G /863 wooD & CARY. No. 725 0 STNUT STREET, liwve now in store a complete stock of STRAW. AND MILLINERY GOODS, STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. MISSES' AND CtiILOREN'S STR . AWHOODS. FANCY ANA CEAFE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, Ste, To which they, cmiDeCtf ally Invite the attention of Mer• chants and Milliners. CART. BUYERS will find special advantage in examin ing this stock before purchasing, 1b23-2ra CARPETS AND. OIL CLOTHS. (ILEX. ECHO MILLS, A.,A • . • .. ormumarrwini, - I"A.'" AI'OALIATNI & 00., KANETACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Indopenaance Halt) C R P E" T • I N 8, OIL CLOTHS, &c. We have now on haud an extensive stook of OARPST. U 1113, of on own and other makes, to which we call the attention of oaeh old ebort-time buyers. 'fel4•am PAPER HANGINGS. P HILADELPHIA PAPER TIANGINGS. HOW.NLL & BOURWE, CORNER OF FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, lILIMACTORERS 01' PAPER HANGINGS AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, Offer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT- IffENT OY GOODS, from the cheapest Brown Stook to the Finest Decorations. K. E. COR. FOURTH- AND MARKET STREETS. N. 13,--.Bolld.Rinen, Blue, and Buff WINDOW-PA PERS of avers' Pude. lel3-2m SEWING MACHINES. STILL THERE! AT THE, OLD STAND; 62S CHESTNUT STR.RET, Second. floor, opposite Jayne's WHEELER WILSON SEWING MACHINES. The undersigned has lict removed, but is ready at his +old.Orlice to supply cu,tctnoce; at the lowest prices, with every style and Quality of WHEELER & WILSON SEWINO MACHINES. Machines to hire; :Ilse, with first-elass operators, to private families and betel, by the day. Machine stitching dont , t altort notice, in arti (Man titY. Machines repaired and operators taught. de2s.3ut HENRY COY. SEWING MACHINES THE `.` st,o AT " MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT, NEW STYLE READIER, BRAIDER, and other valuable improvements. ALSO, THE TAGGART ,F Al MACHINES. Ageney—N. E. corner DIINI7 and MERRY Streets. ina-ts SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, For Family Sowing etne. Manufacturing Purposes 4:THESTNUT STREET. sslB-352 THE WILCO • X & (IBBS - FAMILY SEWING MACHINES have been greatly tmgrvvel," ro_Lk_lay E LE ENT11,14.1 NOISELESS, and with Self•adiusting Hemmers, are now ready for oale by FAIRBANKg & EWING, He27-t 7J.5 CHESTNUT Street. DRUGS AND CIIDMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00., ; • . - Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streote. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOUESTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, 111ANUFACTORE89 OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, /cm, /OBIITB POr. TAR CELEI3II.ATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS_ Dealers and consumers anpplied at jnh3.3m VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASE U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE. AGENCY FOR THS SALE OF !UNITED STATES TAX STAMP'S, No. 57 South THIRD Street, first door above Chestnut. A fall supply otall Melee of TAX STAMPS constantly on hand, and for male in onautitielt to salt. `A liberal discount allowed on amounts of $5O, and UP. Wards. - Orders by Mall promptly attended to. Office Hours from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. • JACOB E. RIDGWAY; 094.19+3 67 Rooth THIRD Streqt. V 014., 6.-NO. 100. RETAIL DRY GOoDS, NEW GOODS. THOMAS W. EVANS (L. CO. Have now open a CHOICE AND WELL SELECTED ASSORTMENT OF NEW -SPRING" GOODS, Ste! iwAti& TAFFET& D'BTE, POPLIN DE PARIS, BRILLIANTINE, PLAIN INIGHAIRS AND ALPACAS, ALL QUALITIES & BEAUTIFUL SHADES PLAIN PONGEES, ORGANDIES, JACONTS, &c., OF THIS SEASON'S IMPORTATION. Also, a fall and handsome assortment of NEW SILKS. Nos. 18 AND H2O CHESTNUT STREET mbl2-3t, ‘c NEW , - ::MOURNING STOAE:" Now 0138011 g. a Lugo and. WELL-SELECTED STOCK SPRING AND SUMMER MOURNING GOODS Of every description: also, BONNETS OF. THE LATEST STYLES. M. it A. MYERS 5.% CO. • - a.s.a MIERSIMTIT cc A T RETAILY JAMES It CAMPBELL ct. CO., 727 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN; THEIR ' - RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Black and Fancy Silks, iLinen Shadings and Shirt- Black and Colored Alpa- Ingo. CM, . Damasks, Napkins. - and Poplins Fantasia, Doylies, Taffeta d'Anuessey. Table Cloths and Towel -French Lawns and Organ- lugs, Counterpanes and dies, Furniture Dimities. French. Chintzes and Per- WHITS GOODS. tales, Inconel% and Cambries, Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambries and Rain- Spring Shawls, new color- woks, - logs, Tarlatans and Swiss Mulls, Black Thibet and Merino Fancylduslinsand Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs. Square and Long Shawls. Gloves. Hosiery, And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable styles and qualities. uali.s-2m w X 1 ): 1 0 411110 63 4 WOW 3a24 -tart E. M. NEEDLES pricos'gonerally below precent cost of Ampor tattoo, WHITE GOODS, , Tal des.c.iipßotts, EMBROIDERIES, dO do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do VEILS, Sce., Anti respectfally invites an inspection of Lie 1024 CHESTITUZSTREET. 101 - STEEL SON, Nos. 713 AND 715 • North TENTH Street, above Coates, Have aow rOPCIL all tbeir stock of -LIGHT DRESS GOODS, carried over from last Summer, which they are Will= at very low prices. We have now open a choice assortment of Spring and .Summer Dress Goods of this season's importation, which we bought early in January; consequently we are able to sell them much lower than the present retail orwhole - SILKS, SILKS. SILKS, ' AT LESS TFIAN COST OF IMPORTATION. Fancy Silks, at last season's prices, Fancy Silks, as last season's prices. Also, a largo assortment ef 'FIGURED BLACK SILKS. Neat Figured Black Silks. Medium Figured Black Silks. Large Figured Mack Silks. - Figured Black Corded Silks. A large assortment of PLAIN BLACK SILKS, AT PRICES THAT-CAN'T BE MATCHED. --- - 36.incli Gros de Lyons, very rich. - at-inch Gros de Lyons, vervvich- Do.vs" oilks. Plain Black Corded Silks. Heavy Mourning Silks. Ileavy,Black Taffeta Silks. Ileavvatlack Gros de Rhine's.. Rich Black Moire Antiques. Heavy Black Moire Armnre Silks. One of Gm best assortments of fancy 'colored plain silks in this Mil-. Plain Blue Carded Silks, small galore, Plain Green Corded Silks, small figure. Plain Farple Corded Silks, small figure, Plain Brown Corded Silks, small figure. PLAIN POIT DE SOFT'S. The New and Rich Shade of Blue. The New and Rich Shade of Green. The New and Rich Shade of ramie. The Rich Shade of Gold Brown, These are all choice and desirable colors. Just open, s. choice assortment of NEW AND IRIC fI STYLES OF SILK GRENADINES, Of this season's Importation, Persons 'wishing Silks, this season, will do well - to ex amine our stock, as we have one of the hest assortments in the city, and wo aro soiling them far below THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATIM, mhiLtf EDWIN HALL CO., 26 South SECOND Street, will open this day some of thenestLeautifnl PRINTED CAMBRIGS. FRENCH CHINTZES. PRINTED PERCALLES, and - ENGLISH CHINTZES Ever offend in this City. Also, new style Printed Parcells Robes. Bu IT and Pink Percalles, mblo Dna - and White Piga° or Marseilles, VDWIN HALL & CO., ' LA 26 South SECOND Street, will open this day New styles of Pansy Silks. • Citir or Leather-colored Silks, Bkqd and plain. Neat styles of Check Silks. Shepherd's Plaid Silks. Leather colors, 'Modes, Greens, Brown, and Blue Silks Black and colored Corded Silks. m 16.0 IYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCM, have a fine assortment of Spring Silks, MoStire Antiques, Check Silks, Plain Poult-de-Soies, Ste., ste. , e mh7 VIRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCH, are now offering New Spring Dress. Good*, comprising'all the noveltleo of the season: also the Rock Spun Silk Shawls, also the Lama Shawls: Xllll7 V . YRE LANDELL, FOURTH AND -I- 4 ARCH. have their usual assortment of Fine Slack Cloths for Gents' = Dress Conte, Fine Brown Cloths fur Friends' Conto,'Sprimt Cassimeres for Suits, Tweeds and .31eltons for .Boys' Clothes, mh7 MARSEILLES '1 MARSEILLES 1-A. d nzeortment of Corded Printed ' ALARSIMES, " ps, Children's We;a ' riol F e, '"red SHEPPARD, ° T V.9ll 4 liAll LIN GEN, &ARRISON, inh4 - 1008 CHESTNUT Street. iv IT ITE GOODS, EMBROIDERED TRIMMINGS. Sic.—The snbscrthers.have a large assortment of all descriptions of White Goods for Ladles' Wear; also of Embroidered Jaconer, Cambric, and Swiss Trimmings—the choicest goods in the market.' stuppAND, vAN HARL/NGEN_, Sr. ARRISON. mh4 .1008 CHESTNUT Street BLACK K.S Lustrings; Mareelinos. Mourning PO de 50198. Gros Ciraine. Bonnet Taffetas. ' Moire Antiques. _ Double•faced. Brocades, Rich, neat Banns. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Poll de Clevres, Adrienne', Worsted Crepes. Fildo Cbevres. Mohair& - Chintzes.-Lawns. Organdies. Fiala Saks, New Foulards. . Plaid All-wool Cashmeres SIARPLESS BROTHERS. re2S ' CHESTNUT and EIGHT.H-Streeta p„PLYN'OID STOCK. ON HAND.— ha All the beet makes of Calicoes. All the best makes of - All the best makes of Linens. All the best makes of Sheeting& • All the beet make a of llapkins. Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper Huckaback, Bird Bmßutlap, icc. White Cambric and Jaconot, fall line. - Beinsooke and Plaid Masi hm, full line. Winter Goods closing out. Shawls, Matinees, closing out. 13almorai Skirts. all prices. Silk and Linen Hdkfs, nice assortment. At JOHN H. wrest, la 21 703 ARCH Street. FURNITURE, &c. FURNITURE. A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. ea J. ALLEN BROTHER, CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL- Na MARI) TABLES. MOORE, a CAMPION, No. 261. Booth SECOND Sthet. in connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are now manufacturing a superior article of - BILLIARD TABLES, and itrixe now on band a full eupply finished with the MOOR& & CAMPION'S IMPROVE]) CI:TSUI - OM, which are pronounced by all who have used them to be superior -to all others. For the quality and finish of these Tables, the Manu facturers rater to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their GAS . F 1 X.TURES, öri ARCH STREET. C. A.. VANKIRK al Co., NANITFACTITREns OF CHANDELIERS Also,Freneli Bronze Figures and Oruarnents,Poreeluin and nee Sbadee, and a, variety of • FANCY :GOODS, '' WHOLESALE AND RETAID. 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"' ' - ksTietiiiZ,..(i.:' ..' , 2 li---•.0,:-:4 -- tt - - i ~•;- - , 4 4,a....,, - ------, --sw.,-- - ---- - - - ------"--...e-2--",..t.----- . -,.,... .. -...."...--...11.41:10P ~ • • , OFFERS FOR SALE I 209 - CHESTDITTP STREET AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES COMMISSION HOUSES. FANCY C3ASSIMERESi • . • SILK-MIXED, ALL WOOL,AND COTTON WARP, BATES' COTTpNADES, TWEEDS AND PLANIs'ELS. CABIBRICS AND SILESIAS VESTING& STGET GOODS, E'er Bate by the package, by ALFRED H. LOVE, COMMISSION MERCHANT. 212 CHESTNUT STREET, [ems-smlvlOt SHUFF Lel WEBNAVAG, IMPORTERS AND COBINISSION hEENCHANTS, 212. AND 244 CIIESTNITT STREET. SILKS AND CLOTHS: CASSDIERES, MANTILLA GOODS, GROS DE RHINES, VELVET RIBBONS, FRENCH CORSETS, &c. ALTEMUS 11; -COZENS, A4l CUESTNEIT STREET,' . . . • • MUIR availa ie.at - GREEN et DANIEL S , CELEBRATED IVORY FINISH sPopT., COTTON, WARRANTED 200 YARDS: Pronounced one of the best makes In the market. fel4-Ins OUR: SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR- BAI\ GED 80,000 DOZEN H 0 S I IT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OP IM- POTATION. THOS. MELLOR as CO.; 40 AND 4% NORTH THIRD STREET, ==! JOHN T. BAILEY ct. 00- BAGS AND BAGGING OF. EVERY DESCRIPTION, N 0.11.3 NORTH FRONT STRART, WOOL BAGS FOIL SALE. Ja27-6m pHI,L d D E LPIII A Si ,p BAG MANUFACTORY BURLAP BAG S, OF ALL -SIZES, YOH CORM OAT& COFFEE. BONE,DIIST, ALSO, SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net sash oli delivery. GEO_ GRIGG. No. 219 and 221 CHURCH Alain. SHIPLEY, HAZARD, Bc lITJTCHINSON, • -. 3.13 CHESTN.IIT COMMISSION MERCHANTS, • PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. se26-61a FINANCIAL. JOHN C. CA Pr & SON, . STOOK AND NOTE BROKERS, No. 23 South. THIRD Street, Directly opposite the Mechanics' 'Bank. STOCKS AND BONDS • BOUONT AND SOLD ON COAIMISSIOII, • 1 AT THE BOARD OF BROKERS. MONEY IN YES UiED NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED mhl2-3m ON THE BEST TEEMS LOANS OF THE UNITED STATES COUPON AND REGISTERED BONDS Alf SS 6-20 SIX PER CENT. BONDS.. 7 840 ROTES, ALL SIZES, FOR SALE OERTTFICATES INDEBTEDNESS. CERTIFICATES INDEBTEDNESS DUE IN RUBOR AND APRIL. . . COUPONS 7 3-10 NOTES, DUE APRIL 1. GOLD AND SILVER, WANTED. DREXEL, & CO.. TIE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE PAID FOR GOLD AND SILVER, DIAXONDS, PtARLS, AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES, G. W. SIMONS & BROTHER, Manufacturing Jewellers, SANSOIL•STREET HALL, PHILADELPHIA, fe2o-1m lj S. FIVE TWENTIES; WZRTY-YEAR six 818 MT. BONDS. UU=aUF.WII:.)AUk4VI ja,:tEU,LIIU AFTER Frirs YUJI& I am Instructed by the 131101tRTAPOT OP THE TBRA. VEY to Ikeila subscriptions for the above LOAN - AT PAR. Tutored will commence from tho DATE OP f3I3I3SZEIP. TION, and is PAYABLE IN GOLD at the Mint, or any Sub-Treasury or Depository of the United States. on. the Prat days of May and November of each year. At the Present PREMIUM ON on% these Donde Yield *bent EIGHT per cent. Per artre3M. ...Pill supply always on hand. JAY COOKE, s. SITBSOB,IPTION AGBZZ 114 SOUTH THIRD STREET SPECIAL NOTICE. On and. after JULY iot, 1863, the privilege of convert ing the Present issue of . LEOAL-TENDER NOTES INTO THE NATIONAL SIX PER CENT. LOAN (com monly called "Five-Twenties") will cease. All who wish to invest in the Five-Twenty Loan must, therefore, apply before the lot of. MIX next, JAY COOKE, . Subscription Agent, mh4-tJyl- 114 South THIRD Street, Mad& ARMY CLOTHING, &c. ' A OPPENHEIMER, No ; 5131 osußqc Alley, Philadelpila, COZPYRAGTOR AND NANUFACTEMER OP ARMY CLOTHING Of 84017 DeSOTiPtioll. ism, ALSO• HAVERSACKS. PONCHOS, CAMP BLANKETS, RNAPSAGES,and BID TIONINOS PO - ft HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOUGHT NOR CONTRACTORS. l it goods Made will be guarantied regulattoi el% KB. Orders of any size Oiled with despatall.' 1117-3ra PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAR.CII 14, 1863. Philadelphia Merchants visiting this city to purchase DRY GOODS will: find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at' Low, FIGURES. - In certain class& of Goods we offer inducements to =chasers unequalled by any other :house in Philadelphia, fel9.2.ra E R Y ToWhich they invite the e 7 foal attention of cash buyers, felgam . - . _ 34 South THIRD Skreet. DRY GOODS JOBBERS. JAMES B. CAMPBELL 0 CO., IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF DRY GOODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Inrite,llia all gnits to FULL L I ? aThrrlifirEi DTOG7iS Embracing the most desirable styles or SILKS AND DRESS GOODS, IN ANY DiAIIIIET, MODERATE PRICES. mh7-tap2B SPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS A. W: LITTLE. tt::00; m1.3-2m /To. 325 MARKET STREET 1863. sPRIN a. - 1861 RIEGEL, WIEST, & ERVIN, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS; No. 47 NORTH THIRD ,STREET, PHILLDELPith. JAMES,, KENT, SANTEE, CO.; IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OE . DRY GOODS; Nos. 5136 and 5141 N. TH/RD MEET. ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, . • Hare noir open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK • OP FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found a more than usuallyattrao.: ttve variety of LADIES' DRESS GOODS ; Alan, a full assortment of IfIRDIMACK AVID COMBO() PRINTS. and PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. SPRING, '1863. to, GILLMORE. 4:r4 co., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS. 611 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS. I Have now oven, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, LARGE AND , RANDSOME STOMS. SPRING 0(50 IP COMPRISING DRRER GOOttS,,SHAWLS. .11IBBOWEI. - GLOVES, &c. Also, a full assortment of WHIT! GOODS. LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, RH • BROIDERISS, AND DAMS. The attention of thitrade is requested. • felS-3m 1863. SPRING. , 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, & CO.; (Stlooestiora to Abbott, John* & CO.) Ao. 5517 ISAIRET, and 524. CONMSECS Street PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP SILK FANCY DRY GOODS, Have now open a LARGE AND ATTEACTIVB STOCK DRESS GOODS, Adapted. to the Setuson., Also. a Pall Assort:meat in 'WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SA - AWLS, &c., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRI CASH BUYERS Are partteralarlytuyitud to examine our Stock. tell-tf CARPETS AND OIL..CLOTIIS. ARCH -ST. CARPRT: WAREHOUSE JOS. BLACKWOOD, 832 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Sidol, 18 NOW RECEMNO - FOR SPRING TRADE, A rich and extensive assortment of ENGLISH ANO AMERICAN CARPETINOE. Of the hest makes. Embracing all the new styles, which are °feted AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. - - mllll-gum. JUST RECEIVED, 3,0,00 RODIS CANTON MATTING'S, . To leitieh Nee invite the attention of the tiade. M'CALLUM tt CO., NO. 509. CJIIESTIgUT STREET, mhll-tf PgILADELMILL E M . o'. v . L . - • J. T. DELAOROIX, nee removed Lis• • STOCK OF CARPETINGS, From elf South FOURTH Street. to his • ***l -1 , STORE, N 0.37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Where he offers to his old customers, and purchseers generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOOK OF . • CARPETINGS, or all grades,' and bpi known makes. • OiL CUOTIIS, niA , IVINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES, WHOLESALE AIR-D' RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES: . No. 31 8017;13 SECOND STREET. above Chestnut. inh7-Sin • . ' pArwrirpiGS, ENGRAVINGS, a 0... JAlVin 'II EARLE & SON ; IMPORTERS AND MANIIPACTIIRIRS OP LOOKING GLASSES. plf.l/1,1.11 I OIL POrrnws. • • °RAVINGS, . • PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAIKES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. =TERMS LOOKING GLAII WAREROOMFAND GALLERY OF PAINTINGS. deEkt • 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. WALL 'PATERS WALL PAPERS. Attention is Invited to our now stock of Walt Pa pers now being daily received from factory; all new de soma for spring, which will be sold at ripkt micas. . JOHN H. LONCISTRETEI, No. 12 North THIRD Street. Rooms Papered by efficient workmen fe2B-Im* COTTON BAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, of all numbers and brands. Haven's Duck-Awning Twills, of an descriptions for Tents, Awnings, Trunk. and Wagon Covers. Also. Paper Manufacturers' Drier Felts. from Ito feet tilde. Tarpaulin. Bolting, gall Twine, &a. JOBE W. NTARMAN & 00.. ' . 01144 ICA JO U' Alla, VIISS. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1803 The Late Difficulties in Mining Districts. CA. Special Report to-The Prese. TitY 11V1TVIS itidi muff, Vail' ifillwinSfs Mena WTI all paths and through every way, and govern with a wintheuniverse. The prominent characters through Which they evince tbemselves frequently confront each other and. clash together. The seed of each impregnates the minds of all. Under these con ditions, two communities of _men, diverse in the qualities of birth and station, frequently meet. The interests of these two communities appear to die. agree in their mode of action. In city and in town, in State and in country, through islands and through continents, over , sea and over land, such causes of difference will ke found, such consequences of dis agreement do exist. Humanity has been divided into two classes, the poor and the rich, the humble and the proud. The motives which operate upon the intellect, the sensibilities, and the will of these, are distinct and different. The majority in each class displays, upon the average, correct notions Of justice and the pleasant regards of good feeling. The occasional outbursts which variegate the view, the public exposures of private differences, evince the tendencies of opposing classes, and argue in the logio of interest These remarks are applicable not to -onlY one s<Ation of a country, but also to more than one. In dietitian isolated from the restraints ,which govein %inediately and with, more power.. They are felt 'peric:dicolly in townships, counties, States t _Te..'' lies, and countries. Tho.-------m5-"er` present. They bait' extenlied - theniselves about the eastern (portion of Pennsylvania, and have affected mate rially the condition of some of the mining districts _there. 47,11;z.k. tks &families mkt& have thus resulted, would, it ter likely, require no Wight . degree of discrimination. 'ileet, however subtle, delicacy, however unencroaching, would have to stand some chances of reaching a sure conciusion. Those difficulties which have recently existed in some of the mining regions, the student would regard as a sort of osse innorninala, the working of it out would be to, him the elimination of an unknown Quantity. Truth is said to lie at the bottom of a well.' In this case it has seemed to lie at the bottom of a very deep well. The rope of investigation and the bucket of discernment only can draw it up. Error is a rat, and truth is the ferret that finds it out. THE AFFECTED LOCALITIES The difficulties which, in various mining districts, hive lately occurred between employers and em ployees appear to have been mainly included within Schuylkill county, and to have centralized them selves in Case township. That a spot so pregnant with mineral wealth, so replete with the always exchangeable furnishings ; of nature, should become and remain subject to lawlessness and riot, would be an event very deeply s to be deplored, and very speedily to be rectified. No matter what the cost, no matter what the chance of decreased supply and increased demand, the risk of poverty or wealth, or even the jeopardy of life and limb, never will the extortions of an illiterate mob be more complied with by a brave and honest man than the usury and usurpation of a so•ealled aristocracy. The history of the mining difficulties is both com plex in generality and minute in detail. An entire stranger to the region would better comprehend them by a visit to the districts which embarrassment is now influencing. He would sec a country fertile in coal wealth, and rich in the ascendency it exerts and exercises throughout surrounding counties. A VIEW OF TIIE VALLEY The mining basin where operators, miners, and la borers first took breathing room for their quarrels, lain Hechscherville: and the immediate vicinity. A gOod lot& at this vicinity prepares the way for the result of a good look at the late occurrences there. Looking from near the middle of the basin encom passed by Broad Mountain, Minehill, Peaked Mountain, and the easterly surroundings of .Ash land, one may see, at a single glance, that these re gions are incentive to both use and beauty. Upon the north aide; east of Mount Pleasant, are two col lieries, in the hands of the Forest Improvement Company—one on the south Nil of the • Daniels, or Mammoth vein, known , as the Broad Mountain Colliery ; the other on the north dip or the Crosby vein, known as the Glendower Colliery. Proceed ing toward the east, next comes the Glen Carbon Colliery (a slope), operated upon by Mr. 'William Vernon, and leased by him from Messrs. Hondas and Richardson. The Hammit tract (a shaft) inter venes between this and the Forest Improvement •Company's collieries. These proceed along the smith -Aide of Broad Mountain. Heckscherville, which seems to have - been the pivot of the "turn out," the axis on which the mining difficulties have revolved is thus eituated, and presents the principal spot which the observer would probably take first under notice. -Reckscherville is on the south side of Broad Moun tain, on the Jugular, Mammoth, Crosby, and Leler veins. Still, on the lands of the Forest Improve ment Company, and crossing over to the north side of Minehill, the traveller comes to Thomaston, which has a tunnel and drift on the Daniels and Back veins, above water-level ; and also a shaft and tunnel cutting the Crosby and Daniels veins. The veins here are not yet all opened. The Gretnbury Colliery, owned by Dundas, Richardson, & Co., and known as the Kettle and Wagner Tract, next comes in view. It is on the south dip of the Daniels vein. Directly in the vicinity is Kear's Minehill Colliery, a elope on the north side of the Daniels vein, with a tunnel driven to a seven•foot vein a few yards north of Daniels: The New Castle Colleries, lying at the foot of Minehill, are owned by Potts & Ban nen, and worked by the Reppliers, of Philadelphia. The Mill Creek Railroad comes up to New Castle, carries coal to Port Carbon, whence it is recoiled by canal and railroad. A large number 'of collieries are distributed along the Mill Creek road. • All these places ° are clustered together in the val- ley between Broad Mountain Ridge and Minehill. From east to west - the length of this begirt may be computed as five_ and a half miles ; the width, from north to south; as one mile. Five miles west of Peaked Mountain no collieries occur until Swatare. is reached. The Ashland Bitension Railroad, whose interests are, of course, connected with this coal basin, commences in Minehill Gap, winds along the north base of Minehill, passes the point of the Peaked Mountain, a section of which is cut through, ascends Broad Mountain Ridge to the North Sum mit, where stationary engines lower and elevate the cars on inclined planes. A communication with the Ashland collieries, north of Ileckscherville, and eight miles off, is thus effected. THE ASSIGNED CAUSES OF THE LATE DIFFICULTIES. The precise and 'accurate terms which apply to a colliery are in themselves auggestive. The region is, very naturally, a suggestion of itself. Oast-steel striking-hammers for rock-work, hook-spikes, mud picks, blasting-paper, barrels, fuse and powder, slope and trace•chains—these, and other technical epithets, instantly occur to him who is versed in mining branches of business. The valuable and su perior coal lands, the - favorable locations, the de sirable tracts, each of which Is to be leased in suitable parcels, are constantly being explored, and as con stantly advertised. The inducements for driving a tunnel, for sinking shafts, for exploring coal dis trict°, entice some. to fortune and.some to failure. Such arguments have induced men of the best stand ing in the business world to become the proprietors of mines. The prime origin of the difficulties which now exist, and have for some time been existing, is very differently explained. By many it is laid to the ac count of combinations, rife with certain political prejudices (to use no worse term). According to this statement, the political leaders are guided by a self-blamed view of the path in which they conceive their own interests to lie; they feel their way along, and sound the general feeling of the several districts in which they are most interest ed, in order to secure the suffrages of the miners and laborers who compose the influential mass. By others it is declared that the only reason for the pre sent stoppage of works is, that the proprietor of a certain mining district had not paid his hands regu larly, at a former time and place. On that account, the workmen at the colliery he but very lately pur chased refused, it is said, to acknowledge him as its proprietor. Again, it is related, that the origin of the disorder dates as far back as 1867, when the freaks of fortune entirely used up all business in terests, prevented employers from paying, and em ployees from even expecting pay. It is then that the store-order system is said to have commenced the progressive stage of its initiation. Other parties most earnestly and honestly aver a total ignorance of all such explanations. A. very • efficient superintendent, they say, was about a' ear and a half ago employed on one of the collieries. He respected the rights of the men—they respected his. Re did his duty—his duty westo . see that the men did theirs. Ile thus obtained en unbounded influence over them. This influence regulated not only the colliery with whose interests his own were interwoven, but also others. The regulations he made became fixed. They were the criterion and the standard. By an accident, this efficient superintendent was killed.. His authority, according to the account, did not survive—his influ ence did not outlive him, No competent substitute was appointed by the proprietors.. The ruling spirit of those localities having been withdrawn, the dwellers in those localities murmured and rebelled. It is further stated that the melt asked for higher wages.; that their request not being granted, they stopped the pumps tthat their demand then being being acceded to, they claimed another advance in the spring and after the. summer freshet; and that from that time until the present, their demands have been increasing; and accompanied with violence and threat. In and around Ilealtecherville, the quarrel seems to have originated and progressed. In the outbicaks about liecksehervllieeolliery, which may be said to be one of the largest in Schuylkill county, and capa ble of yielding over one hundred thousand tons of coal annually, the disturbances appear to have bud ded and blossomed—to have gathered and come to a head. At Forestville, the workmen stopped working last Wednesday morning week. The reason stated to have been assigned is, that the property at Heck. echerville had been transferred to an ownership ob "noxious to the workmen. "TURN-OUTS!' CONTAGIOUS. • Similar difficulties have spread to other places,. At Ashland and its . vicinities, like but less demon strative conduct, was pursued. Ashland and its vi cinities are in Schuylkill county.. The collierlea are mostly mentioned as the Locust-Run collieries. The laborers had been getting seven dollars a week, and the miners demanded an increase of ten cents a wagon. All the collieries lime, however, were not stopped. Some of the proprietors, hearing of the demand, 'met their men. They agreed to give the laborers fifty cents advance through March, and fifty cents advance on the first of April; they likewise agreed to give .the miners five cents advance on wagon•work; and , five cents. on the first of April: This was acceded to by both'parties. One of the proprietors ! hOwever, had occasion to discharge two iirvg - 41” tit with NMI t 1 in!! t? - 5!11 drift from which the two men were dia9ltarged. in collieries where excitement has worked still higher, those disaffected With their duties have driven the men away from their work, , including even the mechanics engaged in putting up machine ry. On Wednesday week last several shots were fired into the house of a " boss, ), living near Big Mine run,. on the • Girard road. At the same colliery many shots were fired through a blacksmith shop, which all the men had been compelled to -vacate. Those who fired probably merely wished to show that they had ball and powder. ASHLAND AND ITS. SURROUNDINGS Ashland, itself, at last accounts was very quiet. It is completely environed by districts whose inte rests are in the mines. Locustdale lies half a mile to the west of Ashlrind, and is reached by Centre turnpike.. Bull's Head is a mile to the north on ;the Catawissa roa& Germantown is• on Centre turnpike, half a mile to the northwest of Ashland, and the village of Oakland, half a mile to the east, Is reached by the Girard road. By following up this route, the traveller reaches the regionn of Girard. vine, and the lands owned by the:city of 1 2, 1 ,11Pillaranf, -- a - nd oni the north .side of the Girard The teak of the men who.h work In mines is both difficult and dangerous—and dangerous because o its difficulty. Men and boys both are "employed The boys are sometimes very young end slender, and a few men feeble and growing old. The workingmen In wines am divided mainly intCt tivo classei, miners and iatssreii. Mt Win who cut Ohs coal, 4be &barer!' MAU! who lead and haul. The boys drive the mules and sift the elate from the coal. THE SECRET AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. The secret societies among' the workmen, both miners and laborers, have sometimes furnished oc casions of securing gain to them and loss to the pro prietors. Inquiries as to what these secret societies are, whence they originate, and what are their prin ciples and mode of praotice, would present difficul ties even to' the intellect of a logician. In such a case, to deduce from the premises furnished , an acute and accurate conclusion, would infer some fore thought. The sect existing among the workingmen of conieriei, and known as :the " Molly Maguires . '" has excited attention. At the trial which took place on Friday and Saturday last, at Pottsville, none of the witnesses seemed to know the precise character istics of the Molly Maguire Club, as connected with the recent disturbances. The Molly Maguires, the Rilkennies, the Black-spot Militia, the Far Downs, and nobody knows how many more organizations are spoken of, as though they had taken it into their heads to make their actions as public as possible, and theii motives as private. Proprietors disagree with workmen. Separated sections are leagued together. The collieries of liceltscherville and Forestville have 'had common interests. At the former place the property has lately passed into other hands. The workingmen there say they will have anybody else but the pre sent proprietor. They object to him. because they say he did not pay the men• in his-employ at the mines he formerly worked. They look to his past action as the cause; they look to their own present notion as the inevitable effect. Not very long ago, as has just been stated, the collieries of liecksehervilleand Forestville were in the hands of proprietors whOse interests were con neeteil. It is affirmed by certain proprietors that therefore the workmen in these two communities considered themselves as forming one community. The property.at Ileckscherville passing into other bands, any interests ',which may .have heretofore been mutual to the miners and laborers in these two places would be thus entirely disunited. The power of the rebellious would be cut down, and in this way. THE THREATENING MESSAGES AND NOTICES. Forestville and Heclocherville lie very -near to each other. The collieries there, as just before stated, have lately been owned by parties whose interests were mutual. These mutual interests tended among the employems. Many of these, per• hape all, in each locality were members of the " Molly Maguire " secret association. Bosses and proprietors were dictated to ; threatening mes sages' were sent'to any who were obnoxious to the workmen ;. threatening notices were stuck up about the collieries ; the propagators signed themselves the "Children of ...Molly," "The brave sons of Molly." They 'intimated, in very:strong language, that the strength of'powder and ball was desperate. They fired pistols and they perpetrated puns. They may have been very good shots, but they were very bad grammarians. Their messages, left at dead of night, violated the rules of nominative and pos sessive, and jumbled together prepositions and con junctions. Three related to the colliery at Wolf's creek, and lately arrested and tried at Pottsville, were charged with having conspired together to molest the pro .prietors in the • quiet and peaceable possession of their colliery. Threatening notices had been stuck up around the colliery, and soon torn down by the party in charge. Threatening messages were sent. As a consequence three men were arrested, and the healing of their , case commenced in Pottsville on Friday last. The case was concluded on Saturday last, in favor of the defendants, though they are obliged to pay the costs of.prosecutton. THE COLLIERY STORES—THE •STORE-OR - DER SYSTEM—PAY D A.Y. Very likely, a lavryet: thinks that his client is in capable of relating his own affairs . truthfully. The employer and the employee, in the position of a cli ent, would be, !in most cases, equally incapable. That the miners are improvident; that they do not layup for the future; that they swallow inordinate quantities of something which goes by the name of whisky,and which is often most nefariously composed and carried round and retailed in scores of poisonous grog-shops and rum-holes, is admitted to be true. The men who manufacture the stuff which is meta morphosed into whisky-benders, reside not very far off, and take round their commodities by the wagon. They sell it out by the quart or by the keg. The grogshops where it is brought and bought, and whence it is retailed; are to be found by the score. Sellers, licensed and unliCensed, enjoy very good custom. The poison purchased at such places, if it does not originate the fire .of dissatisfaction, tends, at least, to keep it in a constant flame. The miners and laborers seldom obtain credit else where than. in the stores connected with the col Eerie& As a rule, there is one store established by the mine owner at each. colliery. Colliery stores were, it is likely, find established for the mutual. benefit of employers and employeee They 'are' stocked with everything with which a 'country store generally is stocked, and a country store is, or should be, necessarily, a cornucopire---a horn of plenty. The prices charged in these colliery stores are not dearer than.the prices charged in the nearest town and village. They save the miner and the la borer time and trouble, and area convenience to him when he desires credit. The extent of the store order system appears to have been magnified and ex aggerated.. In certain sections, and by mine owners who do not hold a first-class position in the business world, it is not improbable that, 3n dull seasons, the employees have been expected and required to take out a part or the whole of their wages in that way. In other sections where proprietors are honorable and of unexceptionable standing, store orders have never once been issued. The pay-day, as a rule, is in the second or third week of each month. In well-regulated collieries a certain day is fixed upon when the men can inform their employers of any changes which they want made. Somehmes; however, pay-day is a scene rather of warfare than of peace. The amount of money earned varies. At Wolf's Creek the outside laborers have been receiving eight dollars and a quarter a'week, and the inside nine dollars. Of the miners, those who work, by the day have received ten dollars and a quarter a week, and those working by contract, by the wagon or yard, have earned as much as seventy or eighty dollars per month. The average amount is about sixty-five dollars, though some have made over ninety. THE "NATIONALITY OF THE WORKMEN AND THEIR NUMBER. —The nationality of the workmen * is principally Irish, though there are many Welsh. The latter often have the advantage of thoroughly knowing their business before they come here; the former have yet to learn it. At Wolf's Creek, there are over four hundred hands engaged, nearly one hun dred of whom are boys. •At. Black Heath Colliery, on the lands of the ;Forest Improvement Com pany, over three hundred hands are employed, nearly half of whom are boys. At the Forestville Co I liery, there are nearly one hundred and fifty men and about forty boys. The Otto collieries, at New Mines, comprise the White Ash and Red Ash col lieries. The White Ash only le now being worked. The Red Ash has peen drowned five times by the stoppage of the pumps. At the White Ash colliery, 'about two hundred and fifty men and seventy-five boys are employed. THE CAPACITY OP TEE COLLIERIES. The capacity of these collieries varies, and is Con siderably above:what they produced last year. In consequence of the freshet, ratrikee, and disturb ances, the Heckschervllle colliery yielded in 1862 lees than fifty thousand tons—leas than half what it is capable of yielding, The White-ash and lied ash (Otto) collieries yielded together less than se venty thousand tons. Their capacity is calculated as one hundred and twenty thousand. The Forest ville colliery yielded nearly twenty-live thousand, and is capable of just double that. • 1 • I • A ' Or I • "NtSS&GES." The notices which have been stuck up, and the messages which have been sent around the collieries of Heckscherville and Forestville, as has been re marked, are threatening in their language. In Dome cases they have been handed in through the door at the dead of night, and by a man with muffled coun tenance. The door has been allbwed to be opened from the inside but a very little way, just enough to allow the paper to be handed through, and to reveal to Min who received ft a gliMpse of one or more • men, and sometimes a formidable body. The tenor is that, if such an individual, usually, a boss, does not resign, he will incur thedispledute of the com pany ; that the union of the society must be pre served to the 'very - death, Who boss is told, with an THREE CENTS. oath, to look out for himself; that he will be shot before long if he does not testgn. The messages are signed the "Children of Molly," the "Brave Sons , of Molly," and with similar epithets. The' word' "death" and a drawing of a coffin have been used at' the head of a message. The proceedings of the men are certainly out of all proportion to any injustices they may have re. ceived. The difference in the price of Jiving be tween this and last year has likewise gamed a dif ference in their wages. At one colliery where last March the laborers were receiving four dollars and LOA • 111th fret . nearly double what they got fast year, per week, per yard, or per wagon. The price of meat, pork, beef, flour, potatoes, and so forth, is not so very much higher than it was at the same time last year. Groceries and dry goods, and cotton goods particu larly, have increased. But the corresponding in crease in wages has furnished the means for the miners and laborers to live as comfortably as here tefore. WHAT TILE WORKMEN PROVIDE FOR MMM It is necessary, perhaps, to take into account the fact that the workmen have to provide the articles which they use in working. Their tools, their oil, and powder, they furnish themselves. The cost of the oil averages, in some districts, a dollar and a quarter per month. This expense is in the favor of the miner, rather than the laborer. The miner works from seven to eight hours daily, aro? the lsborer, in making his tripe, about ten hours. The•latiorer uses no powder, the miner does. When the latter .works by contract, he always provides it ; when he works by the day, it is provided. THE vious - rry OF TIIVS4OI.ITABIES—TH The collieried .theraselves and all their aurround io go are interesting regions, suggpstire interest the excite. he 10 . r. rectly adjacent, below,on the south side of Broad Top mountain, and, suggestive of a volcanic chars°. ter, has been burning for the last twentylive years, without, however, any Vesuvius or .ZEtna-like.erup tions. Peaked mountain, to the west, looks almost an smooth sa an inclined plane, mil unencomberml as an IsOieelei TIF tntikst aurhamaaten for-aisles an Slat-rad and eliptible point of view, . whence the whole valley may be regarded in one graphic glance. - New Castle and Glen Carbon, the Reed tract, the Hartman tied, (comprising Mount Pleasant), the shaft and slope collieries, lieckscherville, and Thomaston, and Greenbury, are all included immediately. in and around the . valley between Brbrul Mountain and Minehill. The country around is very pleasant to drive through. Woodside, which . is in the immediate vicinity. of Forestville, is beautiful and: pleasant in -its aspect and location. Twenty- years ago that neighborhood WAS " howling wilderness." Deer, and "coons," and pheasants, and pigeons, abounded, together with other animals of fiercer nature. Though there is a very large majority of Irish people at the collieries of Forestville, and also of Heckscherville, .still the erman nationality is noticeably evinced not very far off. On the road from Woodside to Minersville, the traveller passeslthrough a little place with the pretty name of Prirnrose,•and which is mostly Irish. On the Westwood road, near to Millersville, where the issue of the late troubles is being freely die, cussed, lies the quarter christened "Germany," and variously known as Hessianstetl, Yorktown, and, Yorkville. , There are several roads by which Minerssrille is reached--the Westwood road, which hes been opened within the last eight or ten years; the Fistwood roadovhMh has been used for double that time; .the 'Jell or Head road, which is the shortest cut; and the Middle road, which, in summer, is usually preferred, on account of its fUrnishing a more con tinuous and•pleasing level than the others. Very many of the trees in these regions have been cut down to be used as timber.. Those which remain are fir, pine, beech, hemlock, with a sprinkling of SUOMI, and a full undergrowth of laureL The West Branch and the West West Braneh of the Schuylkill, in the direct neighborhood of Broad Mountain Ridge and Sharp Mountain Ridge, diversify andiadd interest to the scene. . All last year liec.kecherville was quiet. The men there will not work, they say, as long as the col liery remains under its present proprietorship. They have ilreadY displayed sufficient wrath and outrage in the manner in which, a short while ago, tbeyticated that proprietor, in his own store, lo cated there. They say they object to him only be cause he did not pay his men in the place he for merly owned, and that they fear the like result in the present property. These declarations are flatly contradicted and denied by the proprietor. lie challenges any man.whom he has not paid to prove it. Meanwhile the collieries remain idle. The whole place looks as though Sunday had come in' the middle of the week. THE MINERS , AND LABORERS , MODE OP The mode of life of the men connected with col lieries Is worth noticing. The houses are mostly wooden and are built in blocks of four and six. They are erected mostly by the workmen. A " squat-, ter" occasionally intrudes upontheminingpremieei. He "conveys" his timber, and snider the convoy of his own enterprising impudence, sets up an esta blishment. In some eases the men legitimately own their houses and pay about a dollar a year rent. Their agricultural Metal are not as fully developed as they might be. Their produce Is restricted most ly to potatoes. They sometimes indulge in wheat and rye, and occasionally in oats. In a few eases their Bettle are carefully enclosed by walls of stone, and the enclosures are orderly and neat. School houses, durable in striae - me and tidy in aspect, are dietributed through their territories. The children are from nine to fifteen years of age. The teachers are young men or young women. Occasionally among them may be encountered some decrepid cro ny, with more body than brain, and more irresolu tion than talent. ' At lieckscherville there is a neat brick-built Ro man Catholic Church, raised by subscription, and largely- attended. A lees-unpretending wooden ecll3ce is likewise well attended by various Pro testant denominations. Thehouses of the working men contain from two to four rooms. The floors are, for the most part, uncarpeted. With the means of living well, and in the enjoyment of every decent comfort—with the advantage of having their chil dren educated, and themselves not overtasked, many of them squander their earnings in drink, and disiipate the savings which they may have laid Up in times when they were mot% considerrite. The country around is covered considerably with an-un dergrowth of bastard hazel bushes, but affords faci litleato the constant cultivator. A WOE]) ABOUT THE COLLIERIES. To a person who has never seen a colliery, it is not easy to convey a graphic idea by mere descrip tion. Words do not produce upon the brain what sunlight produces upon , the camera ; descriptions are not photographs. The principal parts of the struo ture connected with a colliery might, however, be mentioned. The dumping-chute is where the coal is , discharged from the wagons for the miners. The pieces fall into the rollers and are then divided *dnto egg, stove, chestnut, and broken coal. The I fat-Thomaston, which is a shaft, is eighty-five *lardy the liftat lieckscherville (a elope) two hun dred and fifty. The classes of men employed include bose-minere, clerks, storekeepers, teamsters, wood choppers, blacksmiths, carpenters, engineers, miners, laborers, mule-drivers, etc. The pumping-engine has an engineer and carpenter for day-shift and night-shift. A WORD AT THE CLOSE. That these regions, so rich in natural resources, should become at a critical season the scene of law lessness is a fact calculated to awaken deep in terest, and suggest a speedy remedy. Some of the most valuable coal districts are lying entirely idle. The spasmodic efforts which have been made to suppress outbreaks seem to have been successfully withstood. Time and money is being moat un scrupulously wasted, and because of weakness and vacillation, in some cases, on the part of employers, and disorder and •threatening on the part of em ployees; some of the wealthiest soil of the State is not allowed to yield the riches it contains. DEPARTMENT .OF THE SMITH. Graphic Account of the Recent Test Of our Iron clads, and the Destruction of the "Wastarllle' 9 —Effeet of Torpedoes on the "Monitors'—Preparations for Another Great Expedition—The Hnuter•Fostcr Dif• Acuity—General lingleo Relieved from Coninasisd, but Reinstated, Etc. TRIAL OF THE II;O1•CLADS (From the Port Hord "Free South," March S.) For ten days it has been rumored that a concerted etibrt would soon be made byseveral of the Monitors in port to reduce Fort McAllister, on the Ogeechee river. The Montauk had already tried her metal on" the rebel battery, but without any decided success. The attack was renewed on Friday last, but without any noteworthy incidents. Early on• Saturday morning, and with a slight tog resting on the surface of the river, the Nashville, which, during all the previous bombardments had been lying quietly moored alongside the river hank, abore the obstructions, attempted to run the blockade by the Montauk Monitor, Captain Worden, com manding. Put keen eyes were watching her on that little craft, and when she came within range of the big guns an unwelcome good-morning belched forth fiom their monster throats. The first shot from the fifteen-Inch failed to hit, so likewise the second and third, it being somewhat difficult to obtain the range at that early hour, but the fourth shell struck her and set her on fire' the fifth shell speedily followed, with the same result, and the sixth completed and insured her final destruction. While she wall under fire she ran aground, and ft tug, .coming down to tow her off, only reached her side in time to receive her luckless crew. She con tinued burning after the abandonment of her by the rebels for some time, when the fire reaching her after magazine she blew up, and the Nashville was no more. During the action, Fort DlcAllister fired with the utmost rapidity at the Montauk, but so perfect was the invulnerability of the vessel that no attention wee paid to this remonstrance against the proceeding* until the Nashville was a thing of the past. INCIDENTS OF THE BONDI/MOMENT OF • 'FORT I‘IoALLISTER. After the destruction of the Nashville, the Mon tauk returned to the mouth of the Ogeeehee and the Passaic proceeded up the same river, until she had placed herself within six hundred yards of the fort. It is proper hero to state that the fort is extremely well placed to sustain a protracted bombardment; for only one vessel cat lay with advantage near to the fort, suoh is the narrowness of the river and the *effect of the tides, it being impossible to remain dur ing low water, and consequently between the tides ample time is given for repairing injuries previously inflicted. In the first instance, the Monitors commenced the bombardment at twelve hundred yards, and after wards decreased it to Mx hundred yards in the last firing; so near, in fact, to the fort, that -the rebels were obliged to cut away the parapet to depress their guns soMmently to bear on the Monitors. At this distance the practice of the rebel artillerists was splendid. Seven consecutive shots passed within the diameter of a foot and a half through the Smoke stack of, the. Passaic. One shot, a ten-inch, hit within thxce imam Of the muzzle of the tifteen-inob . . WAIL (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Tits WAR Pnw, will be Bent to enblicrlbers by mail (per annum in advance) at $2.00 9.00 • 17.00 32.00 Larger Gleba than Twenty wili be cherzed at the Bare rate, 81.50 per copy. . , The money met always accompany the order, and to no irtstaux can theeeterms be deptated from, ae them Alford very little more than the cost Qf the paper. /Or Postmaetere are requested to act as Agents for Tie WAR PAM.. JUT - To the getter•up of the Club of ten or Meet?, et eat're, copy of the Paper will be given. mos Five Copies Ton " Twenty " , and dui lag the engagement her turret was hitiglete than thli ty-three times. Not man WrlB iii any way c 4 Urillg the engagements on board of the Monitors, they themselves came out of the con ttet as strone.and as good as when they went in. • A TORPEDO While removirer some obstructions, n rebel tor pedo exploded t u.nler the PasseWs boilers', and its otilV erect wnsraise her stern a foot from the Water, and with a et'de twist letting her down again without any • harm, Oardly starting a singlirivet. tto test could have been of more value. The' rebels have pince:t great rellan.le upon these infernal mit: - chines as a harbor defence, but here they litiZecl un der niroumertnima In nnintl NAY fivorable to allfreia DFOR BTU FXOO - 11% Man aMJL thYtain by it mortar, graDtParlso. the deck of the Monitor, and fn the light o an rit• periment nothing could have pleased the admirafor the officers of the ship better. • buried itself fo the depth Of four inches only, net bursting, did no; harm ; hut What was a little siogufer, one piece or the exploded shell remained in the cavity, and by the force of the. explosion, spun round s h 2 that rodeo. - tation for five or ten minutes. A LAY:aVi PORCE PREStIrT. The ground for a long distance around the fort was filled with rifle-pits, and'in the distance, Bet plainly distinct, out of the way of bodily harm, were the tents of, apparently, fotfr or five thousand . men. and numerous pieces of artilrety were seen wireeled up in the edge of the woodi. THEI - 111StirLT. Two important results have followed froin'this bombardment : lat. That the Monitors have far ex ceeded all anticipations of theil• invulnerability to shell or torix does:under the most accurate firing, and thatfull confidence can now be placed in them. That the officers and men have acquired invalua ble (when we consider what use we are to make o'f , these Monitors) practice and siall in handling both guns and boats under such a fire. hatter than which will never be seen in this. War. Thiit itself 18 worth the taking of ,the fort, on which gurr after gun was dismoituted:..RiWing its preservatdorr simply to the Vileilrdliarrbwness of the river, ••:::4SIS37.T.INFOIiTUIVATE OCCURRENCE. PFro~n die name papnr: On Tikesday morning last, abotit da •Ti: a soldier ed permiiiildnoiEnve camp to •1. 0 • previous night, hut his request vas refiised. • Not withstanding, lie managed to elude the guard, and spent the night at home. Next morning he was seen by neenthiel trying to get to his quarters ; he was hailed;.but would not stop, when the am:111nel fired, The ball took efftet in the abdomen, inflicting a fatal VA . Skis% uttlev The meemuitnuove, Ing ituattuet Rated hitetilt - , but ID ti militeuT po2nt of Flew he i* Jiistified. It is one or the peculiarities or these co lored soldiers that they are the most trusty sentinels we have even seen. • Such millfaiT crimes as sleeping on posts, dirulg ing the countersign, or negligence on guard, are wholly unknown among them. These are things in which all new soldiers hare to be carefully Watched. If any one thinks these men are not earnest sol diers, appreciating their position and duty, let him try to run the guard at gimp Saxton. PREPARATIONS VOW-MOVEMENT—IMPOR TANT ORDERS ISSUED BY GENER&L HUNTER. I{EADOIIMITERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, HILTON HEAD . , Por. , r ROYAL, S. 0., March 7, '63. GENERAL. ORDERS, No. 18.—The following in structions will govern commanding olilcersin disem batting their troops : T. The transports of each brigade and division will, as far as possible, sail in company anti be brought to anchor together. A reliable non-commissioned officer will be de tailed on each vessel to watch for and report the signals from division flag-ships. ' Jr. These preliminary preparations will be care fully made. Commanding officers will personally rise that these points are duly attended to, and that the details herein designated are promptly arranged. for in ample time, so that haste or confusion At the last moment may be obviated : 1. Secure the thole-pins by lanyards underneath. Have baskets made to secure the oars when dropped loose. See that the painters are new and strong. 2. Proper means of exit from the transports must be prepared when necessary ; strong stairs. a pair on each aide forward, and one on each side aft. .3. Select rowers and a coxswain for each boat. See that a steering. oar is rigged, if there be no rud der. 4. Two non•commiesioned officers will be placed at each gangway, to aeeiet the men into the boats, and to-Pass down to them their mueketa, knapsacks, &c. 6. Every soldier will be provided with sixty rounds of ammunition, four days' cooked rations, a canteen filled with fresh water, and knapsack. The cartridge- box strap should be outside the belt, so as to be held up when getting out of the boat. Muskets will be loaded. but not capped, the bayonet in the scabbard; the muskets of the rowers along the thwarts ; those of the sitters between their knees, upright. Kane• sacks under the seats. . 6. Comtialseione9 officers will be seated in the stern of the boats. 7. Quartermaster and commissary sergeants, with not to exceed live men, (convalescents preferable,) will he left on the transports to take charge of re maining property, keep good order, and to assist in preventing accidents from vessels getting foul, he. 111. 1. At the signal from the flag-ship of the Union Jack at the foremast, the boats will be cleared away, lowered, and the rowers and coxswains placed in them. 2. 'When the American fiat is hoisted underneath the Union Jack, the men will get Into the boats and all be prepared to cast loose. 3. A third MK (red) underneath the two already described. will be the signal for casting loose. 4. If within easy rowing distance of the shore, the boats will make for it steadily, keeping in line with the color-boat (which will be under charge of a field officer), and as close together as may be possible,and, upon touching. the men will leap out promptly, leaving their knapsacks. and make for the beach, where they will be rapidly formed in line of battle, facing the land. h. If too far to row, a light steamer will be desig nated by the division-commander, to which, at the three-flag signal for cutting loose, the boats will make and attach themselves in two lines as they ar rive, each being made fast by its politer to the stern of its predecessor. At one whistle from the steamer it will start for the shore. At Iwo whistles, prepare to cast loose, each coxswain will make ready to loosen the •ainter of the following boat. At three whistles. al cast off, head for the beach, and form as already described. IV. Two rowers and the coxswain will remain with each boat, and they will push them further up to the beach as they are lightened. They will also put out the knapsacks, well up on the beach, piled, and stand by their boats for further orders. Ir. Upon the intelligent energy of regimental com manding officers depends mainly the good conduct of a disembarkation. As' this may be undertaken in the face of some opposition, it will demand the. beet exertions of all to prevent confusion to form rapidly, and to be prepared to engage the enemy with the bayonet immediately after landing. By command of Major General D. Hunter: CHARLES G. HALPINE, Assistant Adjutant General Tenth Army Corps, and Department of the South. GENERAL NAGLEE RELIEVED OF COM MAND. ST. HELENA ISLAND, March , s, 1863.—Gen. Na glee's third protest against the separation of his command and the absorption by the Tenth Army Corps of the material with which he came from North Carolina, has not yet been replied to by Gen. Hunter. probably in consequence of the absence of General Truman Seymour, chief of General Hun ter's staff. General Naglee's first protest having been disapproved at Washington, and the matter of relieving him placed at the option of Gen. Hunter— a power that officer did not deem it prudent to exer cise—some little curiosity is manifested to learn what will be the consequence of this protest. But whatever it may be,.it is certain that Gen. Naglee had'acted strictly in accordance with the orders of Major General Halleck, as conveyed to him through IlitourAirieral Foster and Col. Townsend. Anirifeatigation into all the circumstances attend ing the misunderstanding that has arisen between the generals will, without doubt, not only result in exonerating General Nagleefrom any charge of in terrupting the speedy action and triumphant success of the expedition that may be brought against him, but, according to him, the credit of having used his best efforts to maintain the esprit de corps of his command, and to cover with aignal honor every man engaged under him in the service of his country. Among the most unpleasant things that will result fronzbreaking up the organization of the detachment of the Eighteenth corps, as it stood on its arrival here from North Carolina, will be the separation and dispersion of Gen. Ledlte'a tine artillery. com mand. This is one the most efficient in the service. Most of it has been under fire, and in every instance won distinction. GEN. FERRY IN COSIMAND. I had written thus far when Capt. '—, of. Gen. Bunter's staff; boarded the Secor, Gen. Naglee's llagboat, and handed to Capt. George H. Johnston ' Gen. Naglec's adjutant general, a sealed document, which proved to be all, order from Gen. Hunter, re lieving Gen. Naglee, And ordering him to repair to New York by the first steamer and report from that point to the Adjutant General in Washington. Gen. Hunter, it is reported, relieved Gen. Naglee on ac. count of his third protest, which he deems more offensively insubordinate than the first, wnich met the disapproval of the Washington authorities. The order relieving him is stated to be couched in very respectful language toward the retiring general, and regretting that in the solemn belief of the command ing general a change of the kind is necessary for the harmony of the command. Gen. Orris S. Ferry, of Cennecticut, succeeds Gen. Naglee in command of the detachment of the 13th army corps. GEN. NAGLEE'S LEAVE OP HIS TROOPS. Immediately on receiving the order relieving him from his command, General Nagle issued the fol lowing order to his troops ; NAGLEE'S DIVISION. ST. HELENA, S. (74 - 11IltrOlt 0,16011. GZICERAL ()norms No. It—Officers and Soldiers of my Division and my old Brigade: I have been re lieved of my. command over you, and am ordered elsewhere. Let me entreat you to render implicit obedience to every order. Remember the sacred cause of our country, for which we have sacrificed our homes and exposed our lives. Go on, and add to the good name your gallant con. duct has so justly won, and, as before, again will we exclaim, "T ruth is mighty and will prevail." With an affectionate remembranceof the past, and a confidence in the future, I bid you farewell, and, With all my heart, God bless you! - By command of Brigadier General HENRY M. NAGLEE. GEO. H. Joittiwrox, Capt. and Ass. Adj't General. On the news becoming known in camp that General Naglee had been removed, regret was everywhere expressed, especially among the mem.. hers of his old brigade, viz:-100th New York, leith Pennsylvania, gal do. Pennsylvania, itth Maine,' 50th New York, Sig Neir York, 9Sth New York, and the Independent New York.. battalion—nearly all of whom had seen service under the-general, and partaken of the dangers and • privations of active war with hint as. their commander.: Two or three generals said, " they would not be far behind Gen. Naglee in their JourneyNorthward.,* Since the above order was issuod it has been cnuntermanded, and Gen. Harry. M. Naglee, of Philadelphia, remainaas before in command of the lSth army corps on St. Helena. Island, and raaka every general in the Department of the South,. ex; cept Gen. David Hunter.—Tn. Pauss.] T4e Auderwk Troop. To the Editor of The'Press:' • : You have published a roll of honor of the. " Anderson Troop " wha went into the fight. We, the undersigned, at thattime AsTre lying sickin the hospital at Oarlisle,Pa., under charge of Dr. Ste wait, and did not leave for. Nashville until January, 1., 1863. Many of our friends here in Philadelphia, net knowing we were left sick, and not seeing, our names in the roll, think we belong to the party that refused to tight. If you will publish the following list you will greatly oblige us. Dr. W. G. STEWART (in champ), MI - I'IIOEL SPANG. EDWARD M. RABISDEN, W. lIEIDLER, EATON:KINNEY, W. DEITER, D. I. OVER, (nurse.) PFEILADELPIIIA, March 11, ISO& PewArs letters from London speak with alarm of the fleet which is in progress of construction in England and Scotland for the rebels. Our Govern ment is urged to demand In peremptory language that they be forbidden to Bail on their errand of destruction to American commerce, a threat of open war being the opinion of the writers a sure and the only Mena of putting an end to these secret zio ei,
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