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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
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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.
Please call and examine goods. delS-ly
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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.
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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
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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
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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,