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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 33. 1864.
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Xlic Old Subject.
Hon. C. M. Preston, a slave-owner, who
acted as chairman of an emancipation meet
ing recently held at Covington, Kentucky,
asked this important question: “Can any
. one for a moment believe that slavery can
exist in Kentucky, surrounded on all sides
by free States ? If there is such a man, I
envy not his credulity. ’' It is yet more sig
nificant if we ask, can any one believe that
slavery can exist in the entire South, whilst
the civilization of the world is established
upon freedom? England anti-slavery;
Franco anti-slavery; the North anti
siavery; all the great nations, whether
monarchies, political tyrannies, or free
republics, equally opposed to such a system
as the rebellion would establish. It is im
possible that slavery can maintain itself
against this outside pressure, even were the
internal elements of disorganization lack
ing. The recognition of the independence
of the slave States would only hasten the
Inevitable end, for it is evident that, to the
protection Of the United States, to the power
of the free North, slavery owes the immu
nity from interference it hitherto enjoyed.
"When Pennsylvania ceases to protect South .
Carolina masters, her slaves will be able to
protect themselves.
This is the old subject: Slavery, slavery,
slavery. The misery, the injustice, the
folly, the villainy of slavery; the necessity
of destroying it; the methods of attacking
it. Are we weary of the old story ? We
haye reason to be, having read it so long in
fierce, disgraceful debates in the national
Congress; in the corruptions of Administra
tion after Administration ; in the ruin of
our public men ; in the depraved morality of
a people. We have greater reason now to
be thrice weary of it, having read the black
record by battle-light, and finding the suffer
ing written no longer in the blood of the negro
merely, but also in the best blood of the
Northern freeman. It is time that we should
be tired of slavery and anti-slavery; yet, as
Christian in the allegory could not rid
himself of his burden till he had reached
the cross, •we must endure this curse
till we deserve the blessing. We want
the American people to read so much of
slavery, to know so much of it, that they
will be sick of its very name—as they are.
Never again shall we return to the olden
apathy, far worse for us all than the fiercest
War. On the contrary, we must exchange
indifference to slavery for the most intense
interest in its fate. It we end the war with
out abolishing slavery, we will have fought
to little purpose.
We aTe afraid that the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery
throughout all the land, may not be pre
sented by this Congress to the States, for
we cannot find in the House of Representa
tives the essential two-thirds majority.
There seem to he a very few votes too many
in opposition to the measure. In the Se
nate the required majority undoubtedly ex
ists. By three-fourths of the States it is
evident that the amendment would be sanc
tioned. Even Arkansas and Maryland are
anxious that the slave system Bhould not
only be constitutionally annihilated, but
annihilated expressly by the very letter of
the Constitution. If, therefore, the Op
position in the House (powerless as an
attack, but not impotent as an obstacle.)
should prove able to postpone the passage
of the amendment, this immense popu
lar feeling in its failure will speedily
efiect it. It would be well, therefore,
for the Legislatures to act. In more
than three-fourths of the States reso
lutions can and should be passed, show
ing the necessity that the Constitution should
he amended so as to prohibit slavery, and
urging the immediate submission of the
question by Congress to the people. Can
not Pennsylvania lead in this matter ? If a
minority in Congress can baffle national re
form, we want the majority of the people
to at least declare their principles and their
will. It is well to remember that in the ses
sion of Congress immediately before the
war an act was passed by the required ma
jority, amending the Constitution so as to
protect slavery forever, and that had it not
been for the war this act would have been
submitted to the State Legislatures. In
1860 was thus given precedent for amending
the Constitution in favor of slavery ; let us
see if we cannot make good use of it in
1864 for the benefit of freedom.
The Spring Campaign.
As winter recedes and spring advances,
we are daily Jed more thoroughly to appre
ciate the importance of the coming cam
paign. The hopes with which we follow
every new development, however slight,
and our profound convictions of our ulti
mate and not "remote success, contrast as
they will with the correlative anticipations
of the South, are not such as to precipitate
our action. At a time when there is com
paratively hut little military movement of
any kind, we may rest sure that quiet kind
of work is going on which will tell im
mensely in future logistics. But while Gen.
Grant and Gen. Sherman, who will be the
chief actors in the opening of the campaign,
are perfecting their strategic plans so as to
direct their tactics to the greatest advantage
when really before the foe, the Southern
leaders, likewise, have done all within the
scope of their ability to avert the final fail
ure which the North feels sure awaits them.
"We know that the last conscription in the
Confederacy will sweep it out, root and
branch. Sixteen and sixty march side by
side, and women, children, slaves, and
overseers, are about all that remain of the
Southern people, as distinguished from the
army. This last desperate conscription
efioit was not made without an anticipation,
if not expectation, of corresponding future
good. The wounded man has a limb am
putated to save his life. The Confederacy
sacrifices the flower of the youth, as well
as the ashes of the aged, in the hope, which
is next door to despair, of maintaining its
existence. It is not to be thought for a
moment, that destitute and wretched as the
South are, they have thus been rallied, to
cry for quarter without the shadow of re
sistance.
The rebels are fond of a raid occasionally,
and now that they aTe destitute of food and
forage,’ they ought to be fonder of it than
ever. Some of the greatest loyal excite
ments and demonstrations that have existed
during the war have been the offspring of
these rebel raids. Prom the lesson which
they were taught at Gettysburg, however,
they have learned to beleßS blindly-daring!
To feel desperate, and yet to have been
taught prudence enough not to act des
perately, is, indeed, a terrible dilemma to
be placed in. The perplexities of this di
lemma, if the seeming strategy of the Di
vision of the Mississippi be carried out, will
soon be pushed to their utmost verge. The
Mobile papers have anticipated the invasion
of Central Alabama by Shebman, and it is
reported that Belma, which is located in the
very centre of Alabama, was to receive a
convoy of non-combatants from Mobile as
it was thought that city was to be attacked
by our forces. The district of country in.
eluded between Meridian and Selma and
Mobile is in form almost a right-angled
triangle, of which the distance between
Selma and Mobile would be the hypo
thenuse. This district, as we have before
remarked, is of material value to us. But
we must be prepared for delay and seeming
inaction for the co-operation of Grant and
Sherman to be ultimately successful. The
name which we are to place beside Gettys
burg and Chattanooga, and which will be
synonymous through all time with the de
struction of rebellion, is not to be hastily or
lightly won. It must be borne in mind
that grand tactics on paper have not un
frequently proved grand failures in the
field.
In both North and South, once the equal
STme of the united nation, the motives are
at work which will terminate the straggle.
Looking at the .situation through our pre-
sent spectacles, Mobile seems to be the key
which, once delivered into our keeping,
would unlock the rusty doors of rebellion.
It has been long since those portals have
been opened to the genial air of liberty; it
has been long since the sunshine of pros
perity flooded the broad Southern lands.
The spring campaign, if a fierce and despe
rate one, will, it is hoped, be final. The
preparations which on both sides have been
making, and are being made, suggest that
not only is the itself portentous,
but that upon the issue of that struggle de
pends a decision which will affect the fate
of the world.
Petroleum Will be Kiug.
Although the abundant existence of Coal
Oil, or Petroleum in this State was well
known, from the early settlement of Penn
sylvania— earlier, perhaps, for the Indians
used it as a medicine, and also as a vehicle
for their war-paint only a very few years
have elapsed since its collection from
Artesian wells was made for commercial
and other general purposes. The supply
appears to be inexhaustible, and the per
sons who brought capital and enterprise
into the business have gained very large
profits. Nor is there much reason to fear
that the supply will soon be exhausted.
Nature, in her bounty, has bestowed simi
laT productions upon other countries: in
Italy, in Sicily, on the banks of the Cas
pian, in Trinidad, in Burmah, and else
where. From the vicinity of Rangoon,
(the commercial capital of Pegu,} the Bur
mese Empire and Hindostan generally
have been supplied, for centuries past, with
this natural carbonaceous oil, now to the ex
tent ot 400,000 hogsheads per annum, and the
supply has never intermitted. As the pub
lic know, the uses of Coal Oil are various.
It is employed to lubricate machinery; for
lighting, after its purification; for the pro
duction of inflammable gas; and a new
purpose for its application, which promises
to effect a revolution in steam navigation,
has lately been discovered.
Some months ago we copied, from a
Paris journal, an account of a new process
of using coal oil as fuel for the generation
of steam, by the new patented method of
Messrs. Shaw & Linton, of this city. It had
been brought under the notice of the French
Government, had been examined by their
special commissioners, and had been favora
bly reported upon, as uniting feasibility,
economy of fuel and space, and entire free
dom from danger. It was then brought be
fore the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary
of the Navy, who immediately appointed a
committee (Messrs. W. W. W. ■ Wood,
John P. Whipple, and Alban C. Stimerb,
Chief Engineers of the United States Navy},
to examine and report thereon. They were
so instructed in October, 1862, and theii re
port to Mr. Weller is dated May, 1863.
There was evidently no undue haste in their
examination, for it extended over five
months. It was an examination made by
the great practical test of experiment. The
order given was “to investigate, by actual
experiments the process of using, as fuel,
hydro-carbon oils for the generation of
steam, by the method and process of Messrs.
Linton & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., and
to report the relative evaporative powers of
the oil, as compared with anthracite coal,
the practicability of its use, if unattended
with danger, and its advantages, if any, set
forth.” The details would be very interest
ing, no doubt, to scientific men, but a public
journal, addressing the many, need only
give the results, which the report to the Se
cretary of the Navy thus sums up:
The results gave for the crude petroleums an
evaporation of 10.36 pounds ot water per pound of
oil; or In foe proportion of 23.206 ; 4 pounds per
ton.
And for the mean of best anthracite coal, 6,1
pounds of water per pound of coal, or in the pro
portion of 11.424 pounds of water per ton of coal:
being a higher evaporation in favor of the petro
leum) of 103.1 per cent.) in the same boiler, and un
der precisely the same conditions.
The times of generating steam from water of
equal temperature, to 20 pounds pressure above the
atmosphere, were, for the oil, an average of 28 mi
nutes, and for the coal, 60 minutes; or a percentage
In favor of the oils, 114 3 per ceut.
These results so favorable to the value of the
oils for generating steam, have been obtained under
great disadvantages of economizing and utilizing
the heat which passed off without contact with sur
faces, which might, in a properly constructed boiler,
be made available for generating steam, and multi
ply gieatly the percentage of evaporation in favor
ol the oils.
The time, from full operation, for the complete
extinguishment of the tire, in the use of the oils,
was about 16 seconds. The rate of combustion, and
eoniequent generation of steam in its use, is attend
ed with but little labor, and is regulated with the
supply, and dispenses with that required for stoking
and handling of coals; and but little reiiduums
result from its use, so far as we have been able to
discover*
As to the supply of coal oil, the report
considers it equal to almost any demand for
any length of time.
Not only the crude oil, but the waste resi
duum left from its refinery, is employed by
this process. The report recommends to
the Secretary of the Navy to introduce it on
board of one of the Government' steamers,
to determine practically the full economy in
the use of oil as fuel instead of coal.
* The case, as to the benefit ocean-steamers
would derive from this process, has been
put thus: Suppose a steamer like the Persia
has to start with 1,200 tons of coal; it would,
according to the figures given in the above
report, not take more than 575 tons of oil
residuum to supply her with fuel for a trip
across the ocean; and the space of 035 tons
saved thereby could be turned to account
for carrying freight or passengers. The
saving, indeed, would be, not only in bulk,
but in personal labor and in the cost of fuel.
In the latter alone, in the instance of the
Persia, $3,000 peT trip would be saved by
using the crude oil instead of coal. In bulk,
personal, and cost, the saving would be
$13,100 for each trip.
Experiments upon a large scale, i. e., by
trial on an ocean-steamer, will speedily be
made to test this process in the fullest man
ner. The present patentees are about to
transfer their patent rights, under certain
conditions, to a joint-stock company, now
being formed in New York, to'purchase a
sea-steamer and to apply and test the use
of coal oil as its fuel. Should the result equal
what may be fairly anticipated from the offi
cial report now on file in the Navy Depart
ment, steam navigation will be revolution
ized. A'war-steamer with oil-fuel could
hold the sea thrice as long as now, and
lines of commercial communication, now
too far apart, from the difficulty of carrying
sufficient coal and the impossibility of
having coaling stations, would then be
formed with ease. Direct lines from New
York to Australia, and between California
and China, would be of easy accomplish
ment. We see in this, too, further employ
ment for the natural wealth of this great
Pennsylvania of ours—since the greatest
production of Coal Oil on this Continent is
beneath her soil. Cotton, hurled from its
place of pride, will be deposed by Petroleum.
Execution and Occupation.
A difference exists between the allies who
have just stormed the Dannewerk, and this
difference is interesting as a curiosity, if it
does not grow hereafter into what is more
seriously termed a difficulty. The Germans
desire an occupation of the Duchy of
Schleswig, and the Prussians and Austrians
are pledged" only to the execution of a
treaty, which it is claimed the Daneß have
violated. In other words, the German Prin
cipalities will not be satisfied until they hold
the disputed territory in possession for its
claimant, the Duke of Augustenherg,
whereas the other Powers announce that
they merely intend to restore Holstein to the
status quo —that is, to abrogate the Danish
Constitution, which was imposed upon
the people of Schleswig, and was designed
to incorporate Schleswig as a part of Den
mark, Schleswig all the while holding to its
rights as a duchy. The Austrian and Prus
sian ultimatum is expressed in the note of
the ministers, Brenner and Balan, who
left Copenhagen at the beginning of hosti
lities. They summon the Danish Govern
ment to withdraw the Constitution of the
18 th of November, 1863, “ which rests upon
no legal foundation,” etc.; and in case of
non-compliance, threaten war. Denmark
‘ has certainly broken the recognized treaty,
but defends itself with the argument that
Germany has also violated it in sustaining
the cause of the Duke of Augustenherg, who,
it was once conceded, had surrendered all
rights to the Duchy. . To save the territory
' of Schleswig, Denmark proceeded to incor
porate it with the kingdom. The present
invasion will undoubtedly annul the fact of
incorporation—will it be the entering wedge
for dispossession ? .
Mobile.
Though the story that Gen. Sherman hag
captured 12,000 rebels under Folk may be
readily dismissed for the present, we lack
no confirmation of the success of his bril
liant march in Mississippi. An official tele
gram to the rebel War Department at length
announces his presence at Qmtm&ll, about
thirty miles from Meridian, on the Mobile
and Ohio Bailroad, and directly on the way
to Mobile, in progress of what the Rich
mond Examiner is hardly pleased to call the
boldest movement of the war. From the
same authority we hear that Sherman’s
force is thirty thousand strong, marching in
close order, and tearing up rails and burn
ing bridges behind them. Governor
Watts proclaims that Mobile is about
to be attacked, and orders all non* combat
ants to leave. There is no reason to doubt
that the rebel military condition, as it at
present affects Mobile, is one of panic and
bewilderment. We learn from the energy
and purpose of General Sherman’s move
ment, what it truly is to have an army tho
roughly mobilized. In the meanwhile, may
we be permitted to ask, What has become
of the Reverend General Polk ?
V esterday.
We do not believe that, if the teachings of
Washington had been forgotten by the
people, his birthday would have been cele
brated with such universal enthusiasm. We
answer those who declare that we have for
saken his principles, with the patriotism and
pride of yesterday. For years the day has
not been welcomed with such general joy.
A fact is always better than an argument.
Is it not a fact, that in this city, which
sustains the Administration, the war, and a
national anti-slavery policy, the memory of
Washington is still venerated and beloved.
Is there then discrepancy between devotion
to the patriotism of 1776 and the loyalty of
1864 ? Not so. It is a single spirit which
honors the man who founded the Republic,
and sustains the men who are striving to pre
serve it. Washington was a Virginian, and
a slaveholder, yet the very State of his birth
has disregarded his advice, and only in the
Northern States is his memory honored and
his advice obeyed. A slaveholder by social
accident, ail his opinions were hOßtile to
slavery; and it is recorded that he earnestly*
wished its abolition by law. Where, then,
must the man stand who professes to respect
the memory of Washington? Notin
opposition to the Government. The very
soul of the great leader has passed into the
war for the Union, and the measures for the
abolition of slavery execute his cherished
plans. Yesterday, Philadelphia was radiant
With flags, glorious with music, and grand
in the outpouring of her people; but the
tribute we pay to the mere birthday of
Washington is nothing compared with our
fidelity to his principles.
WASHINGTON.
[Special Despatches to The Press.]
WASHUfSTOIf, D. 0., Feb. 22
The National Union Committee*
The National Union Committee met at the resi
dence of Hon. Enwrw D, Mono an, at noon to day,
and was called to order by that gentleman at its
chairman.
The Hon, Edward McPherson, of Pennsylva
nia, was elected secretary of the committee in place
Of Hon, G-borgb Oh Fogg, of New Hampshire, who
is absent from the country.
Upon consultation a call was unanimously adopt
ed for a National Convention in the following
terms:
“ The undersigned,who, by original appointment or
subsequent designation to fill vaeaneies, constitute
the executive committee created by the National
Convention held at Chicago on the l6ihdayof May,
1660,"d0 hereby call upon all qualified voters, who
desire the unconditional maintenance of the Union,
the supremacy of the Constitution, and the com
plete suppression of the rebellion, with the cause
thereof, by vigorous war and all apt and efficient
means, to Bend delegates to a Convention, to assem
ble at Baltimore on Tuesday, the 7th day of June,
1664, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of present
ing candidates /or the offices of President and Vice
President of the United States. Each State having
a representation in Congress will be entitled to as
many delegates as shall be equal to twice the num
ber of electors ftou.which such state is entitled in the
Electoral College of the United States.”
A resolution was also adopted, Inviting the terri
tories and the District of Columbia to send dele
gates, subject to the determination by the Conven
tion of their right to vote.
The Committee agreed to meet again at the oall of
the chairman. The members present were as fol
lows:
Edwin Doslgan, Ifew York, Chairman.
Ohas. J. Oilman, Maine.
Lawrence Braineid, Vermont.
John B. Goodrich, Massachusetts.
Thomas G. Turner, Rhode Island.
Gideon Welles, Connecticut.
Denning Duer.’New Jersey.
Edward McPherson, Pennsylvania.
Nathaniel B. Smithers, Delaware.
James F. Wagner, Maryland.
Thomas Spooner, Ohio.
Henry S. Lane, Indiana.
Ebenezer Reck, Illinois.
H. M. Hoxie, lowa.
W. S. Washburn, Minnesota.
Cornelius Cole, O&lifornia.
O. H. Irish, Nebraska.
Joseph Gerhardt, District of Columbia.
The committee were entirely harmonious In their
proceedings, and adjourned in the beet possible
spirits,
Mr. Wood’s Intentions.
Instead of Representative Fernando Wood in
tending to make a speech, taking the ground that
slavery is “Dead beyond resurrection,” as recently
Stated in a Philadelphia newspaper—it is known
that, if an opportunity occurs pending the discussion
of the Freedman’s Bureau bill, he will reply to his
colleague, Representative Brooks, on that point,
and will urge the American people to stand by the
fundamental law and sustain the established (Jo*
vemment against executive control. On the slavery
and other domestic questions, it is known that all
the opposition members of Congress are not har
monious.
The United States Courts.
Congress and the United States and District
courts were not open to*day, having adjourned over
in; honor of Washington’s birthday. The Execu
tive Departments were open as usual for the trans
action of business. To-night the great fair in the
Patent Office building was opened with imposing
ceremonies, for the benefit of the Christian Commis
sion and the families of District of Columbia volun
teers.
The Tax on Whisky.
The Committee of Conference on the whisky bill
had a meeting to-day. It consists of Senators Fas
sauDßN, Johnson, and Howe, and Representatives
Washburns, of Illinois j Stevens, and Fernando
Wood. As both Houses had agreed to Btrike out
the proposed tax upon spirits on hand, it was not
deemed by the majority of the Committee to be in
controversy, aod hence it so remains.
It is understood the sliding scale has been
adopted with modifications, namely, spirits dis
tilled and sold, or distilled and removed for con
sumtien or sale previous to the first of July neat,
of first proof, to pay in addition to duties payable
on licenses, a duty of sixty cents per gallon,
and upon all liquors which ropy be distilled after
the passage of this act and sold, or removed
for consumption or sale on and after the Ist day of
July next, and previous to the Ist day of Janu
ary next, sixty-five cents a gallon; and all liquors
which may be distilled after the passage of this act,
and sold or removed for consumption or sale on and
after the Ist of January next, seventy-five cents a
gallon. The modifications are from twenty to sixty
five cents, and from eighty to seventy cents. Another
point in controversy has bees settled, viz: on distilled
spirits, imported from foreign countries previous
to Ist of July next, of first proof, forty cents ad
ditional a gallon; on all suoh spirits Imported from
foreign countries on and after Ist of July next, and
previous to the Ist of January, duty forty-five In
stead of fifty cents a gallon; and on all suoh spirits,
imported on and after Ist of January next, fifty
cents instead of sixty cents a gallon. The report of
the committee on conference will probably be acted
upon finally by both houses to-morrow.
Gen. Sherman.
The Katit7ud in a semi-official an*
nouncement, states that the Government, up to this
afternoon, has no information confirming the report
of the capture of 12,000 rebels by Gen. Sherman,
A Consul Recognized*
The President has recognized Eli B. Budd as
Consul of Costa Rioa at New York.
The Maryland Union State Convention.
Baltimore, Feb. 22.*-The Maryland Union State
Convention met this morning at Temperance Tem
ple, and was called to order by Collector Hoffman.
There was a full attendance of delegates, every
county being represented, and from some counties
two sets of delegates contesting their rights to seats.
Sebastian F. Streeter, of Baltimore, was called to
the chair, and George fit. Russum, of Caroline
county, was appointed secretary. The Convention
is still in session.
The mouth of the Patapsoo is completely blooked
up with heavy ice from the SuVquehanna river.
Baltimore, Feb. 22.—'The following resolutions
were adopted by the Union State Convention to
day ;
Resolved. 'That the delegates elected by thi* Conven
tion to the National Gonvention be, and they are hereby,
Instructed to vote for Abraham Lincoln, first, lost, and
all the time. „ ,
Resolved. That this Convention 1» in favor of the entire
sod immediate abolition of slavery in this State and in
the States in and is opposed to any reorganize'
tion of State Governments in those States whictudo not
recognize the immediate andfinal abolishment of slavery
ss a condition precedent That this Convention expresses
its sympathy with the radical emancipationists in Mis
souri and Arkansan. Tennessee and Louisiana, and re
sist that influences in the Cabinethave.in Maryland and
thopg (states, depressed the efforts of the radical friends
or the Administration and of emancipation, snd give pro
minence to those who are the unwilling advocates of
emancipation
Resolved, That this Convention fully approves of the
proclamation of amnesty of President Lincoln, and re
calculated to weaken and destroy the rebel
»l *2?^ b 0 tf ft ion; and ve harmony to the conn
try, and make ns a great and prosperous nation.
„H: H - Goldrtorough, J. a. J. OK-well, and H. W.
Hoffman were eleoted delegates at large.
““'“iJ 10 * 01 tt ® Stata wete represented,
with tt» .xeeptton of 01uwi9f wuotf.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1564.
Recapture of Escaped Union Prisoners.
GENEIUL SHERMAN AT QUIT MEN, MISS.
Bis Advance Considered the Boldest of the War,
HE DESTROYS ALL BRIDGES BEHIND HIM
General Scammon a Prisoner in Richmond.
Foeteeus Mokeoe, Feb. 22.—The Richmond Ex
aminer of Feb. 20th says that Spencer Dayton was
arrested, tried, oondemned, and hung au a Yankee
spy yesterday, at Cattle Thunder*
CoL D. Miles, 79th Pennsylvania; Captain. Thos
Hnrdy, Wh Illinois; Lieut, J.O. Hall, mihllli.'
noi»; Lieut, (treble, Bth Michigan; Captain Wll.
kiEH, 112th Illinois; Lieut. Col. Ely, 18th Oonneoti
out; Captain E. S. Smith, 19th U. S. Infantry;
Lieut. Wilcox, loth New York Cavalry; Lieut.
Adama Hanf, 45th Cavalry; Daniel Fransberry, lit
Miohigan Cavalry; T. fJ. Roy, 49th Ohio; J. H.
Godoby, 19th U. S. Infantry; M. M. Barnett, 63d
lUinoia ; W. Bedell, 123 d New Toik ; Oaptain N.
Moore, 39th Indiana; Lieut. Simpson, loth Indiana;
Captain Phelps, 73d Indiana; Oaptain Roaeman, 3d
Ohio; Col. Thomaa S. Roae, T7thlPennaylvania; H
F. Cranford, 2d lUinoia Cavalry, and S. B. Suther
land, 125'h Ohio, have been reoaptured and returned
to the Libby priaon,
An official despatch to the War Department,
dated February 18th, announoea Sherman’s arrival
at Quitman, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad,
without oppoiltion; but he wUI not be allowed to
take Mobile without a desperate battle. Their ad
vanoe is without comparison the boldest movement
of tbe war. Sherman has 25,000 to 30,000 men, Mtd
they are tearing up the railroad trank, and burning
the bridges in their rear. He meditates no step
backward.
Foetbesb Mokeoe, Feb, 22.—The flag-of-truce
steamer New Yoik arrived this afternoon.
The Richmond papers of the 20th lost, contain no
despatches from Charleston alncetbe 12th, and those
of that date Were very unimportant. The Hampton
Legion has re-enUnted.
Privates Morgan and Gunoon, of a Georgia regi
ment, were shot on the 18th for deiertion at New
market.
Mobile, Feb. 19.—Farragut has not renewed his
attack on Grant’s Pass. His fleet lies in the sound,
the weather being too bad for action. No landing
has yet been reported in the direction of Pasca
goula.
Major General Soammon and ataff arrived in
Richmond and were lodged in the Libby prieon to
day, which Is a pleasant offset for the loss of Colonel
Strejght.
Forty-eight eaoaped Yankee officers here been re
turned to the Ltbby prison.
Five deserters, who went to Newbern and took
up arms against the Confederacy, were aaptured
and bung at Kinston, N. C., on the 12th instant.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 17th has the iol
lowing depatch:
Mobile, Feb. 15. —Meridian was evacuated yes
terday. The Government property, was saved.
Captain Adair, of Forrest’s staff, has arrived here,
Forrest was at Oxford on the 9 th. He was con
fronting a column of infantry 6,000 strong, which
had come from Memphis via Hernando, and 12 oa
valry regiments which bad marched via CoUiersville.
Sherman’s force is 35,000 strong, and Is marching in
close, order.
Lee’s cavalry are harassing their flanks and pick
ing up stragglers.
Orange c. H., Feb. 16.—The enemy have not
fallen baok to Centreville, as reported.
Gilmer’s cavalry threw a train of cars off the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, six miles above Har
per’s Ferry, paroling fifty officers and obtaining
some booty.
Pascagoula, Feb. 15 —The enemy’s fleet, inclu
ding the flagship, has gone to the eastward through
the Sound, in the direction of Grant’s Pass. Four
more gunboats have just appeared steering in the
same course.
Mobile, Feb. 16.—Governor Watts, this morning,
issued a proclamation-to the citizens of Mobile,
stating that the city was about to be attacked, and
exhorting ail non-combatantß to leave.
Foet Monboe, Feb. 22.—A despatch which has
just been received by the commanding general from
Col. West, commanding at Williamsburg, says:
“Thefollowing officers who escaped from Rich
mond have arrived 'at Williamsburg, viz.:—
Colonel Charles W. Tilden, of the 16th Mas
sachusetts; Major Hooper, 16th Massachusetts;
Cspt. Chamberlain, 97th N. *Y. Yols.; Lieut. Ran
dolph, sth U. S. Artillery; Oapt. Fisher, of the Sig
nal Corps. This makes fifty in all who have ai>
rived here safely.’’
The Richmond papers of to-day state that they
have captured forty-eight of the officers that escaped,
leaving eleven still unaccounted for.
The Webster hotel and five other buildings wore
destroyed by fire at Newport News on the evening
of the 19th. -
The following vessels, bound to Philadelphia, have
passed the guard-ship Young Rover: The Union,
from Yorktown; schr. C. P. Stiokney, from Fort
Monrce.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
RUMORED RAID IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MORGAN.
The Echels Blockading the Tennessee River,
liONGSTREES’S SITUATION.
GENE SAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS.
Cincinnati, Feb. 22.—A despatch from Chatta
nooga to tbe Gazette , dated the 2lat instant, give, a
rumor that two dlvlaions of the enemy occupied
Marysville yesterday, but atterwardc retired.
It Is said that the rebels have appeared*on the Ten*
nessee line, below Loudon, blockading the steamer
Chattanooga.
Another rumor declares that John Morgan crossed
the Tennessee between Florence and Tusoumbla
with 10,000 men, with the Intention of making a raid
on Middle Tennessee.
The Court House at Mobile, valued at $200,000,
was recently destroyed by fire. All Is quiet in front.
The situation of the rebel army Is unknown. The
weather is growing mild and pleasant.
Cincinnati, Feb. 22,—A despatch from Knox
ville dated yesterday, to the Commercial, says, that
the rebels have broken up their winter quarters at
Morristown, and are in force at Strawberry plains.
They have completed the pontoon bridge at the
Plains, and two brigades of infantry are across. A
body of cavalry also crossed and had a skirmish on
Saturday with our cavalry, six miles from here, and
were driven baok to the river.
General Haskel encountered the enemy two miles
out yesterday, at the south side of the river, and
killed and captured six or seven of them. It is re
ported that the rebels have been reinroroed by Buck
ner with a heavy force of artillery.
THE WHEREABOUTS. OF GENERAL POLK.
New Yobk, Feb. 22.—A rebel despatch of the 14th
reports General Polk at meridian, and muoh cen
sured for not attacking Sherman. His force consists
of 18,000 men. Forrest and Lee are stated to have
reoccupied Jackson, and to be hovering on Sher
man’s rear. Another report says Adams and Lo
gan have reoccupied Jackson instead of Forrest and
Lee. A rumor was current that General Smith,
leading Sherman’s cavalry, had a fight at Kterldlan,
and that he was seriously wounded.. This is thought
to be a canard.
New Yoke, Feb. 22. —The steamer Ellen S. Terry
has arrived from Newbern, with advices to the 17th.
The Newbern Times announces that several thou
sand Union prisoners were sent from Richmond to
Georgia a few days since. Persons who fled from
the abandoned plantations on the approach or the
rebels, are beginning to return to their labor.
St. Louis, Feb. 22.— A daughter of the Rev. Dr.
Elliott, aged 17, and a daughter and son of Thos. L.
Salisbury, of the Home Mutual Insurance Com
pany, aged 18 and 14 years, were drowned on Satur
day, while skating near this city.
The iron-dad turreted gunboat Uzark made a
trial trip to Cairo on Saturday, to £he satisfaction
of the naval officers. She will be immediately
armed and equipped for aotive service.
Ex-U. S. Senator Borland, of Arkansas, died In
Texas recently.
Gen. Davidson has been relieved.of the command
of the Ist Division of Steele’s army, and is ordered
to Cairo to report to the Chief of the Cavalry Bu
reau in Washington. General Carr succeeds David
son, and General Kimball takes command of Gan’s
old Division. .
San Fkahoisco, Feb. 20.— The steamer California
has arrived from Panama with a cargoof merchan
dise, which had accumulated on the iatbmus, being
partly from New York and partly from Europe.
Tbe ship Enooh Train has sailed for Liverpool
with a cargo of wheat, tallow, and copper ore.
The money market is easy. Atlantic currency ex
change 60@53 per aent. premium for gold In New
York. Sterling exchange unchanged.
A Union State Convention it oalled to meet at
Sacramento, on the 28th to choose dele
gates to the National Convention,
San Fbahcisco, Feb. 22.— The atoamer Golden
Age sailed from this port to-day with a few passen
gers, and $693,000 in treasure for England and
$335,000 for New York.
Arrest of the Denver City Mint Robber.
Denvbb Cite, Feb. 22. —Clarke, who robbed tli,.
Denver City Mint, on tbe 13th Inst., of $37,000, was
arrested near the Arkansas line on Friday. Most
of tbe money had Hen recovered.
Volunteering In Obio—Tlie Indiana State
Cikcihkati, Feb. 22. — The total number of men
mustered Into the service In tbil State up to Satur
day, was 13,800,
The Union State convention of Indiana will as
semble at Indianapolis on Tuesday.
Reception of Gen. Burnside In Portland.
Portlaud, Feb. 33.—General Burnside arrived
at one o’clock to-day, and was escorted through the
city by a civil and military procession.
Nnw Hater, Feb. 22.— John Beilly, a bricklayer,
was mortally wounded by a soldier this afternoon,
being stabbed through the thigh and having an ar
tery severed.
Arrival of a Musslan Frigate.
New York, Feb. 32.—The Russian steam frigate
Alexander Neusky hag arrived (com Havana,
SfcWS from the SOUTH.
•S-C. &c. Ac. dEC.
KNOXVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA.
ST. LOIIS.
CALIFORNIA.
Treasure from California.
Convention.
Homlplde in New Haven.
COMMEMORATION OF WASHING
TON'S BIRTHDAY.
TIIK ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND
ANNIVERSARY.
The Route of the Procession one Blaze of
Patriotisms
BUSINESS GENERALLY SUSPENDED
Philadelphia Remembers the First Commander
in Chief of the Onion Army,
United Demonstration of our Veteran
Volunteers.
THE NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE.
Speeches by Morton Me Michael, Esq.,
Daniel Dougherty, Esq., George H.
Boker, Esq., and others.
The Public and Private Dwellings Deco
rated with Flags, Banners, Mot
toes. Shields, Insignia,
Wreaths, Etc.
On the occasion of hit one hundred and thirty
second anniversary, the memory of Washington en
joyed An ovation which will bear comparison with,
all the demonstrations of former yean* Through
all bis past career he never could have been in the
receipt of more homage than he yesterday reoeived.
All through the times that are to come, his name, If
it indeed be reverenced more, will be more devoutly
cherished because the nation will have advanoed to
a deeper .knowledge of the principles of liberty of
which he was the prophet, priest, and king. E/ery
nook and oorner of Philadelphia was yesterday lite
rally alive. Patriotism was at home. The celebra
tion of the hour was full of newer meaning from the
fact that warworn veterans, and youths whose
maiden swords had not yet been fleshed, marched in
oompany to do honor to the Father of his Country.
The ilsgt and streamers which floated from almost
every window in every principal street; the impa
tient crowd* which clung to doorsteps, railings of
squares, curbstones, lampposts, roof-ledges, signs,
and awnings; the unique decorations with which
the exteriors of both public and private dwellings
were fitted up; the übiquitous spirit of homage and
curiosity, and patriotic devotion evinced, now in
silent contemplation, and now in tumultuous shouts
from roor and pavement; the order and decorum
which, notwithstanding the enthusiasm of the mul
titude, were everywhere observed; these were evi
dences not only of how dearly we yet hold Wash
ington in remembrance, but also of the ohaste
and refined regard in which we love to con
template him. Several of the Store* and
private dwellings were festooned with unusual kpte.
All along the route of the prooeislon these became
special points of interest. The drug store of Mr. W.
J. Gtffee, at the northeast corner of Broad and
Chestnut, was very gracefully ornamented. The
Chestnut-street window was embellished with ban*
ners effectively grouped. The sides of the building
were elegantly festooned with the national oolors,
and were almost hidden from view by two large
American flags, which streamed from the windows.
AU day long a large crowd was oollestedat Broad
and Chestnut, which was at once an eligible point
for display and a general rendezvous for admiration.
All along the route, and at this point particularly, the
various decorative demonstrations elicited the great
est furore.
THE PARADE.
The celebration of the one hundred and thirty
second anniversary of the birth of Washington will
go dow&4o posterity m one of the most enthusiastic
that ever took place. The centennial anniversary,
in 1882, was celebrated by the military and civic
associations, in which the trades were represented*'
That of yesterday was exclusively military, this
organization alone being considered strictly in ac
cordance with the spirit of the age*
At daybreak the firemen rung their belli, cannon
Wore fired in different parts of tbe city, and the
people generally run out their flags, which, for a
time, hung silently, there being no breeze. The
sun came up from a dear horizon, the breeze
freshened, and the national ensign unfurled its
beauty against a calm and smiling sky. The weather
was ail mat could be desired. The temperature, at
nearly fifty degrees, felt comfortable, after the re*
cent “ cold snap.” The early trains of cars from
the distant or rural parts of the city were fully
freighted with humanity. Extra cars were put on
the tracks, and it was found neoessary to make
several extra trips. Thus the human tide flowed on
to the heart of the city, the grand centre of attrac
tion. Such dense masses of people, all dressed in
holiday attiie, all with faces radiant with happiness
and hope, with hearts pulsating with patriotism,
u e have seldom teen in the great metropolis of the
United Stateß, Philadelphia. The line of mt
-111 ary was to be formed on Broad street,
with the right resting on Chestnut street, at
half past ten o’clock. Before this hour the various
regiments, battalions, and companies, formed at
their rendezvous, in the several streets near where
the inspection was to take place, and, of course,
multitudes congregated about in spots, and the
streets were blocked. Finally the moving throngs
commenced flowing on to Broad street, and, in a
short time, this great thoroughfare was filled to
overflowing. Such a sea of human heads was never
seen In that street before. The inspection was tedi
oui, and a large amount of time was taken up by
this movement. Major General Hancock rode up
and down the line several times, and we leam that
he expressed himself satisfied with the display, and
the military skill as exhibited by the men* The
maroh did not commence until half past twelve
o’clock, and as a consequence hundreds of thou
sands of men, women, ana children were kept stand
ing much longer than they had expected. But
everything passed off in the most enthusiastic man
ner. The line of march was taken up as follows:
Mounted Police.
Squad of .’Policemen.
Brig. Gen. O. S. Terry and Staff,
U; S. Offloers on duty in the city, mounted.
First City Troop,Cornet S. J. Randall, command*
ing.
Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Capt. Plggott,
Companies B and L, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Capt. Samuel L. Comfort.
Battery I, Penmylvanla Artillery, Oapt. K. j. Ne
vin, University Light Artillery, Captain
Henry, Battalionof Heavy Artillery.
Soldiers of the War of 1812, with dram and flag.
Band.
9Sth Regiment, P. V., Col. John F. Ballier.
Band.
99th Regiment, P. V., Col. A. S. Leidy.
Band.
29th Regiment, F. Y, Col, Wo. Rickards.
-Band.
28th Regiment, P. V., Lieut. Col. Flynn.
75th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Major Ledlg.
73d Pennsylvania Volunteers, Major Gresson.
88th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Major J, s. Stee
ples.
147th 'Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Capt.
M. J. Mackey.
Band.
Invalid Corps, Colonel Charles Id. Provost, com
manding.
Guards from the various hospitals, with banners
and colors.
Washington Grays, Lieut. Haliton.
Band.
20th Begiment, P. M,, Colonel Wm. B. Thomta.
Birgfeld’a Band.
Gray Keierve*, colonel Chaa. S. Smith.
Philadelphia Band.
Blue Beiervea, Colonel W. W. Taylor.
Company G, 3d Begiment E. 8., Captain G. Wed
Blake.
liiberty Comet Band.
Henry Guard*, Captain John Spear.
Minute Men, Captain John Burborrow.
Band. '
TJ. S. Mint Guardi, Captain Butler.
Engineer* from Folyteobnie College.
Saundera’i Oadeta.
Eckendorff’a Cadeta
Wyer’a Cadeta, of Weateheater.
Araenal Guard*. Captain Chat. Fair.
Band.
Provoat Guard, sommanded by
Captain John H. Jack.
Inmate* of Cooper Shop Soldier*' Home, in am-
trainees.
The entire line passed by in full view of H&qor-
General Hancock, who wai mounted on a fine war
charger, at Sanaom street and Broad. The various
military sections saluted the General as they pasted,
which he acknowledged in the true military style.
It was remarked that the Philadelphia Union Ar
tillery, Captain Starr, paraded independently, some
misconception having arisen with respect to the dis
tribution of new uniforms. The company formed in
line immediately on the right of the veterans of
1812. Major Weimer, superintendent of the city
arsenal, loaned the necessary equipments.
The procession, in point of numbers, is estimated
at from five thousand to seven thousand. The vete
ran regiments carried their bullet-riddled and torn
flags, which were enthusiastically cheered on dif
ferent parts of the route. The point of dismissal
was reached about 4 o’clock, and the various regi
ments and companiea diverged in all directions, and
the immense multitudes separated for their respec
tive homes, all well aatiefied with the stirring and
enthusiastic events of the day.
I-ATKIOTIO DEOOBATIONB ON THE ItOUTE—SCENES
AND INCIDENTS,
Among the patriotic decorations along the line,
the large military atores of Messrs. Evans A Has
sall, Arch street, above Fourth, attracted universal
attention. Their principal warehouse on the south
side of the street was dressed iu the colon of the
Union from crest to curb, while flags of the most
beautiful designs waved irom every window, and
fluttered gaily around the entire top or the building.
In front of the second story was also displayed a fine
pH painting of Washington, appropriately enshrined
- a wreath of lautel, whilst, suspended across the
street at various altitudes, were no leas than nine
large national flags. The Womrath building, ontbe
opposite aide of the stieet, a large portion of which
is alio occupied by this firm for manufacturing pur
poses, presented a display only second to their main
edifice. The windows of both buUdlngs were occu
pied by hundreds of handsomely dressed ladies,
many of whom waved flags, furnished to them for
the occasion, while the procession passed, the whole
presenting a scene of patriotic gaiety which we be
lieve has never been equalled in the United States.
When the head of the procession reached thia
point in the route it was, by previous arrangement,
halted for three minutes, while the eminent oho!
tograpber of this city, Mr. Wenderotfa, photographed
the whole scene from a building in the vloinltv. We
need hardly add that thia splendid display was
greeted with the wildest enthusiasm by the various
regiments as they passed.
The hendaome millinery establishment of Messrs
F. A. Harding It Co., near Fourth street, was also
beautifully decorated with flags, and attracted con
siderable notice; and the same may be said of the
old dry-goods store of Messrs. Eyre St Landell, on
the southwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets.
The rich store of Messrs. T. W. Evans St 00., on
Chestnut atieet above Eighth, was very tastefully
arranged in red, white, and blue. A well-painted
portrait of Washington, surrounded with the na
tional emblems, adorned the windows.
The be autirul store or Mr. J. E. Walraven, importer
of euitain materiala-and window shades (Masonic
Hall), Cbeatnut atieet, was gaily robed in flags, the
windows tastefully decorated, the whole forming a
patiiotlc and attractive picture.
In fact it may be said that nearly all the stores on
tbia fashionable thoroughfare were gorgeously ar
rayed in led, white, and blue; flags, almost without
number, hung from ropes suspended across the etreet,
or unfurled their beauty from wiedowsand flag staffs.
Such mottoes as “ Washington, the Father of his
County “ First in war, first in peaoe, first in the
hearts of his countrymen;” “Washington andou-
Union;” “The Union one and inseparable;”
‘■We’li never give up the Ship;” “Fight on until
tie last rebel foe expires,” were displayed in store
windows and private houses.
Ihe bote carnages of a number of fire companlei
were staticned on different parts of the route, and
tbe bells were merrily rung as the pageant moved
along. Steam fire engines wsre fired up and added
to the general enthusiasm of the day
The flags of the shipping were displayed in all
naitt of the poit.
A salute was fired off at the navy yard, and them
was a general discharge of small arms by many of
tbe citizens in several seotions of the city, particu
laily in tbe First ward.
THE SOLDIBBB 09 1812.
Previous to there old men joining in the psrade,
they held a meeting in the Supreme Oourt room.
There was quite a latge turn, out of tbe eld aoldlere.
Peter Hay, Esq, presided, and John H. Frick,
Esq., appeared at his post as aeoretary.
Capt. George Emerick, on behalf of the exeoutlva
committee, presented the following resolutions,
wbioh wero seconded by Col. John Thompson, and
then adopted unanimously:
Hwlwd. Tbat among tbe heroes and patriots whose
nan as adorn tbe pages of history, oar own Washington
stands proudly pre-unlDent. unrivaUd U pure, en*
ltshtUed, a»d disinterested patriotism
Xeaotvtd, Tbat we. a portion of the snrvlving soldiers
of the war of 1812. embrace with sincere pleasure this
SJpMttmiw Vo iomZot ns most probaoly the last) of
celebrating the anniversary birthday of ihe only man,
in all onr hUtory. whom the American negM have
deemed worthy of so high an honor- Wa»nWßton. the
fa^w! B T o huT7mi4sk tha perils that threaten the
very exigence of the Union, whether from :
Hon. or the machinations of secret foes of £?r free liisti
tutlons, as estab'l«t>ed by onr fathers we nrmly helieve
that nothing Ib better calcnlated to operate beneficially
on the minds of oar younger fellow-citizen*, an i revive
the l atrloiism of all, than to place prominently before
the public, at every recurrence of thiß anniversary, tne
evidences of the pure, unselfish pstrloosm of the immor
tal Washington. ae llkutrated lo hl» whole life audsni
phfttlcaJly expressod In his words ofaolep-u admonl ton
and warning, addressed to the American people, just be
fore the close of his official career; and we, therefore
ball with pleasure the preparations that are being made
in almost eveiy seetkn of ih« country,ita celebrate this
day with more than u*ual eclat.
Retolved, That we view with nndlstembled pleasure,
the effortß that sre everywhere being made to relieve
onr yonnaerfellow-citizens from tie necessity of a draft
or conscription, by means of liberal bounties tovolnn
teers. thus preventing indescribable distress to many
families, ana at the same time fur* tubing a moraefficLeni
bo<*y of soldiers for the public service.
Besolvtd. lbat we again invoke the prompt and
liberal faction of Congress In aiu of the widows, oblldraa,
and mothers of thofegallant soldiers whohavesacrlticsd
th*ir lives on the altar of tnolr count.y
Besolvtd, That in the opinion of this asHociattou
soldiers ditablcd by disease or otherwise, in the present
war, ahonld be promptly placed cn the sume footing,
and be entitled to tbe tame amount of bounty as is
d to Foldieift WAtmdod in eevvlcs.
Captain George Emenok, In ft few remarks, sub*
mitttd » resolution relative to thedeaths of General
William Duncan and James M Linnard, which was
adopted.
Col. Robert Carr, tbe oldett member, then read
Washington’s farewell address.
Alter the transaction of come other business the
meeting adjourned.
CELEBRATION AT THE UNION LEAGUE HOUSE—
FLAG PRESENTATION,
While the military were about commencing to
move down Chestnut street, an interesting ceremony
was transpiring in the upper rooms of the Union
Deague House. A beautiful silk flag, handsomely
worked by the lady friends of the z*eague, was pre
sented in their behalf, by Daniel Dougherty, Erq.
The presentation took place in the presence of a
densely packed assemblage of ladies, who manifested
in their looks and gestures the deep emotions which
the patriotic ocoasion excited. Every available spot
of the edifice was occupied, and a band of music in
the spacious yard outside enlivened the proceedings
with patriotic tunes. The rooms of the League were
profusely decorated with flags, festooned from the
celling, paintings, and windows.
In introducing the exercises of the day, Morion
MoMiohael, E*q-, spoke as follows;
BPBBOH OP MORTON M’MIOHAEL, ESQ.
In behalf of the Union League, ladies, I bid you
weloome. Under any circumstances your preienca
here would be a source of gratification to the mana
gers and members, oca it is especially so this d*»y,
as well on account of the associations connected
with It as of the purpose to which, In part, you pro
pose to dedicate it.
The birth of Washington—inaugurating, as It
did, the most momentous epoch of modern his
tory, and identical as it was with the birth of a
jnigM l ? nation— WM A& event so full of grandeur
in its ooDStquencesi that by nis own countrymen,
At least, its anniversary should always have been
proudly commemorated; jet, strange and sad to
say, in the condition of political degeneracy into
which o! late years the republic had fallen, it had
cause to be regarded with apathy or indiffer
ence. But the rebelllion, which —grim, and gaunt,
and gory, carrying before it deiolatioa, and leaving
behind it tears—now stalks abroad through the
southern portions of the land, inflicting upon those
who evoked it the fiercest and moat terrible retribu
tion, has roused us to toe renewed performaiioe-of a
neglected duty ; and the long lines of citizen-soldiers
which are at this moment sweeping in stately pro
cession through our densely crowded streets, enli
vened on their march by the roll of drums and the
blast of trumpets, and tbe waving of ba liners, and
greeted, wherever they pass, with smiles from beam
ing eyes, and cheers from lusty Ups, show that here,
as elsewhere, the loyal American people are still
instinct with fhe deep devotion they owe to him
who, take him for all in all, was preeminently
“The nobles'man
That ever lived in the tide of time. ”
In these manifeitnUonp, ladies, you have charac
teristically resolved to urged by patriotic
promptings, you have come hitherto bestow upon
ut this beautiful flag. To other voices than mine
belong the agreeable and grateful offices of pre
senting and accepting this superb token of your fa
vor; and I congratulate you on the felicitous
choice you have made of a representative in the
person of him whom we, as well as you, claim as
our orator, my accomplished friend, Mr. Dougherty.
While endeavoring, so far as we might, to equal
your good fortune in this reipect, we have selected
as the recipient of your gift our poet, the poet of our
country, my no less accomplished tfiend, Mr. Boker,
And, ladies, when I recall the frequent occasions
since this mad war—now happily and rapidly, let us
hope, hastening to its dose—was begun by wicked
traitors, on which the clarion tones of the one have
rung out clear, and loud, and strong in the assertion
and vindication of the right; and how often there
have burst from the polished and fervent lips of the
other thrilling strains of triumph, to inspire with
fresh zeal the gallant living, or tender strains of
mourning to hallow the memories of the lamented
dead, I feel that you and we are honored in the
honors we have thus conferred upon them.
Mr. Dougherty then ascended the stand, and, in
that graceful and charming manner lor which he is
celebrated, thus did justice to the ladies, the League,
and the occasion :
SPEECH OF UR. DOUGHERTY,
&BNTLEMEN OB' THE UNION LEAGUE t Towards
the close of 1862, when the legions of treason were
fiepzied with success; when coward traitors in
our midst were Impatiently waiting to safely raise
the rebel flag; when it was declared that New Bag
land should be driven from the Government; when
the people of the North, deceived by paitisan lead
ers who maligned their country, seemed deserting
the cause; when all were desponding save our
undaunted soldiery, some thirty gentlemen met in a
private house in this city and vowed, in the holy
embiaceof a patriotic brotherhood, that one grand
sentiment should absorb their hearts and Bway their
every action 3 and the sentiment was that, though
the North might be invaded, though the surrounding
towns and villages were in ashes, and the foe at their
thresholds, living or dying they would be ever faith
ful to the dear old flag. They invited to join the
confraternity citizens who, like themselves, were
resolved to fling away partisan prejudices, arouse
the masses to the impending danger, with might and
mind cheer, aid, and sustain tbe brave men in the
field, and the constitutional chief in the eounsll, in
their united efforts to oonquer rebellion and preserve
the Republic for posterity.
Thus wab formed this, the first Union League.
Tour example was caught up by loyal and Überty
loving men everywhere, and sow the land, from
Maine to California, is alive with Union Leagues,
sot oath-bound, assembling in secret with signs
and passwords, but in the broad daylight, openly
and proudly proclaiming that our cause shall never
fail while there is one dollar left to spend or one arm
strong enough to strike.
On tbia revered anniversary, onp year ago, this
house was formally opened. How brief the past—
how startling the change—how-cheering the future!
The worse than barbarian hordes who in early
summer last furiouily rushed across our border,
gloating in the hell-born hope of blighting with
their tread the fair fields of Pennsylvania, and
giving to pillage and flame our own beautiful city,
were on the field pf Gettysburg struck by a terrific
blow that sent them retiring, routed, defeated, and
dismayed back into the far recesses of their strong
holds. where they are gathering again for the last
mighty effort, nerved with the courage of despair.
Victory after vietory hss followed our eagles, and
the people, at length conscious of the tremendous
issue, have with enthusiastic unanimity rallied to
the aid of the national authorities.
The true women of our country, with eager gaze
end anxious hearts, have watched these startling
event*. They feel the struggle with an intensity
that man’s colder nature can neverguess, The Ame
rican Union is wrapped around and rooted in their
hearts. The traditions of their families 5 the sacred
injunctions of departed parents; their own happy me*
mories, make them love it as they alone can love.
They think not of party, nor quibble about the Con
stitution ; they only know that the honor of the na
tion is involved; that human liberty is at stake;
their own dear native land in peril, and with all the
devotion and earnestness of their being they aid our
righteous cause.
They have given more than their lives—they have
isoiificed their hearts, their hopes, and happi
ness. The sister has counterfeited joy as she waved
a last adieu to her brother as he gauy passed her,
marching to bis grave. The gray-h«ired matron
has blessed her darling boy, and sent him forth to
die. The bride hes stilled her sobs, and smiled
through her tears as she bade an eternal farewell to
her husband, even at the altar. These are the aw
ful immolations our women have made. They feel
in their inmost souls the stern realitiesof the hour,
but axe neither disheartened nor shaken in their
purpose. They repudiate with scorn the wretch
who oalls a rebel by the sweet name of brother!
Brother! Be is the incarnate fiend who has butch
ered their kindred—he is the assassin of Amerioan
liberty—the blood* dyed traitor who has turned
his native land into a Golgotha. Out! say
they, on the craven who would offer peace based
on compromise. To yield a foot, an Inch, a hair
breadth, is to leave our children an inheritance
of woe—to ignore the truth, and own ourselves
the guilty authors of the war—to insult and
betray our dead, whose blood will cry to Heaven
for vengeance on us. Oh, may this Cain-like curse
never rest on the American name! This on our part
Is the noblest struggle, ,the most momentous issue,
the most glorious war ever waged on earth, and its
vigorous prosecution, though it lasts thirty years, is
the sleeping and waking thought, the business, and a
part of the religion of true American women. They
would excite in every breast the ardor which glows
iu their own in favor of the holy cause, until thelast
foe, vanquished and disarmed, the doojp of death
shall have fallen on the leaders, and mercy been
extended to their deluded followers. They plight
their faith that to the end, as from the beginning, no
sacrifice will be too great for them. They will equip
the soldiers, provide them with every oomfort, bless
them on the march, pray for them in the fight, ana
ere the smoke of the battle will have passed be at
their side on the field or In the hospital to minister
to them with all the fondness that a mother can
lavish 'ok her child.
To you, members of the Union League, the ladies
of Philadelphia present this flag. Touched by no
hireling band, but shaped and wrought into beauty
by these fair ladies, who, born underwits protecting
folds, hope yet to see the day when, blest with a
lasting peace, it shall be hailed with universal joy
as it serenely floats over every inoh of Amerioan
soil. •
After the applause which followed the address or
Mr. Dougherty had subsided, George H. Boker,
Eiq., secretary of the Union League, came forward
ftDO accepted the beautiful gift in the following elo
quent and patriotic terms:
ADDBBSS OP GBOBGB H. BOKHB, BBQ.
Ladies : It seems to be your pleasure to make
the Union League in every way your debtor. You
not only bring us a gift for which we can make no
adequate return, but your orator also presents It in
words to which we can make no fitting reply. If.
you had not allnred into your service, by charms '
which I have always eonfessed, without pretending
.to comprehend, the distinguished gentleman to whose
voice you have just listened, he, occupying my place
as the delegate of the League, might do justice to a
theme for which my unpractised abilities but poorly
qualify me. Standing in the midst of this brilliant
assemblage, excited by the stirring periods of your
eloquent spokesman, but above all by the presence
of that sacred symbol of our country, the sight of
which inspires me with feelings which my sex ex
presses in cheers, and yours in the silent rapture of
tears—l may be pardoned if my attempt to utterthe
thanks of my feiloWmembers be as unsatisfactory to
them as I fear it will be insufficient to you.
Amongst the many presentations which I have
witnessed, it has seldom been my chance to be con
cerned in one where the right to bestow and the
right to receive are >0 nearly balanced as on this oc
casion. I need not say to you, ladies, that, from the
day of its organization, you have cheerfully acknow
ledged the services which the Union League has
done for the great national cause which engrosies
our individual sympathies. We are proud of that
acknowledgment. One of the chief sources of our
strength has been in the applause which greets our
labors from the domestic circle. The home which
sustains a man in his worldly struggles, whioh ap
proves of his designs, which counsels him in his
Eerplexlties, which rejoices in his triumphs, which
olds him gently in the line of hie public duties,
whioh sends him forth with words of cheer, which
receives him back with words of comfort, whioh,
whether he fail or sucoeed, turns an eauat!
ly smiling face upon aU fortunea-that home
is a happy one, and that home is of woman’s
orestion. The requirements of this association
have caused many of our numbers to forsake the
cheerful fireside, and to consume hours, once dedi
cated tothat sweet domestic repose by which man
renews his wasted strength, in the performance or
duties that were new to most of us, and distasteful
Ad many. But which of you, gentlemen, has heard
a sister murmur at your devotion to the objects of
the League! Whether we reaoh home early or Ute,
whether our places at the table be filled or vaoaat!
whether the news has madd us joyful or sad. our
wives and daughter* and sisters meet us with the
same approving smile. Tius tender consideration
arises from the ■pi'U to which your sacampUihed
orator alluded in his touching picture of the slater
who, concealing her own emotion* beneath a laugh
lag («Mt wave* her h&ndkcrohtef to her MpwUilJ
brother m he msrobee forth to Ate grave.
That I have cot misjudged you, my patrlotio OOUtt
trywoaeo. In imputing to you those ■entlmeaw
wbloh have enabled you to endure so many seoriaffes
of the most cherished of your domestic relations,
that beautiful flag most emphatically attests. After
the League, through an entire year, has to a greater
or less degree, deprived you of the com panionship or
your husbands, your fathers, and your brothers, you
come to our doors, with your senile company aeso
raiedbv thtglonoui aymbol Before me. and reve
rentiy bestow the standard upon our institution.
That flag Is woman’s visible benediction upoa the
League, it eaye as plainly as your orator could ut
ter it, “Well done;’* It eaye more- It says, here
Is the crimson of our blood—here is the whiteness of
our purity—here is the heaven of our faith—here are
the stars of our hopes! Take them all! Take all
that is in woman’s nature, and use It ungrudgingly
ID our country** service l Noble offering! Nobler
sacrifice ! As far as a moral attribute it above any
earthly thing however sacred, so far Is the grandeur
of vour action above the silken blazonry whlehyour
skilful bands have made for our acceptance.
I shall not dwell upon the great works performed
by women duriog this long men,.sjm.
times disheartening struggle against banded
forces of treason. I have yet to see «*e first true
woman who nss quailed *•***«»
dow of the Southern army; even When its myrUd
feet were upon our very coil; when the boom of ita
cannon shook that promontory of loyal steel which
jutied out towards Gettysburg, ana upon wnlcn
charge after charge, wave after wave of rebel
fantry broke, as the driving billows break upon jour
rocky coast. I have yet to iee the first true woman
who has changed color at the cowardly threats or
Ue traitors wbo erawi about out street*, JUSt Within
the limits of too lenient laws, and whose menacing
hiss is to be beard only in the hour of our reverses
There are many of us who, in moments of despond
eney, have rekindled our drooping spirits at the
flashing eyes of the patriotic women who surround
us; for with you, ladles, there has been no moment
of despondency ; no, not even while the mangled
forms of your beloved heroeß were breathing out
their souls beneath your gaze. Vour delioate na
tures hare not shrunk from services in the hospital
and in the camp. Yes; and lam now lookiog in
the facf s of some who sought the very field of bat
tle, while the smoke ol the dreadful fray was yet
surging in thick clouds above it; and thera, like de
s6*nded angels, ministered to dying men, whose
courage the Be brave women rivalled in that act of
tcerey. I need give no praise to deeds that belong
to the historian* That which you have performed
for the widow and the fatherless, for those Who
have ftlt, superadded to the widowhood and orphan*
age, the pressing neceatiti- s of dieetse and want,
my eyes will not trust my tongue to detail. God
only knows how muoh goed of this kind you have
done in secret, and God will'remember it before His
risen saints.
I receive this flag from your hands, air, in tbe same
spirit in which it has been presented. Betweea tae
fair donors and tbe Union League there is a confi
dence and an affection which I shall not attempts
strengthen by vain comment. They who give and
we who reoeive are upon such terms as bind together
tbe members of one great family. Our tie of relation
ship is ou? loyalty ; our common parent is our conn
try. Let us spread .our influence in every direction,
and draw all who call themselves Americans more
oloeely wound tbe household altar. Tbe d»y u not
far distant, lr one may read tne norojeope hanging
in that .liver coniteilatloD, when universal harmony
and UDiver.nl freedom shall follow this bloody storm,
sod over all tbe subsiding mater, shall brood, for
endless age., the tranquil spirit of tbe dove of peaoe.
Mr. Boker’s touching address was listened to with
deep interest, and was concluded amid much ap-
Dlsuse,
An elegant collation vis then served down stair*
to tbe ladies, thus doting tbe presentation ceremo
nies.
In the evening the members of tbe League auem.
bled in large numbers, and partook of an elegant
collation. A short address by Lieut. Col. West, of
tbe and Wisconsin, preceded this ceremony. Oil.
West is one of the recently-escaped prisoners from
Libbv Prison, Richmond, and the narrative of bis
escape was plainly told, and atforded much satisfac
tion. General Hancock was a guest of tbe League
during tbe evening. As the meeting was more of a
social character, there was no public interchange o
sentiment, but there ware mutual congratulations
without number, on the happy celebration of the
day, and the gratifying evidences of the near solu
tion of onr national difficulties.
Shortly after 10 o’clock the entire building was
illuminated, and a grand display of fireworks termi
nated the exeroi.es of the evening, affording plea
aure to hundreds of spectator!.
The Colored Guard and the Celebration.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22,1864,
To the Editor of the Press:
Sin: The appearance of the colored guard at the
office of the 'Supervisory Committee, under the
charge of Captain E. E. Gilbert, of the 99th Penn
sylvania Volunteers, waa quite a feature In the
day’s celebration, and added muoh to the grandeur
of the display. Indeed, it seemed that, for the first
time in history, the whole people of the conntry
joined in doing honor to him who was “ first in war,
flist in peace, and first In the hearts of his country
men.”
And hut for a single eircametance,whiohlinuit
attribute to the Ignorance or prejudice of the guilty
ones, we might point our children to the record of
to-day with emotions of pleasure to all coming time.
In passing the guard, who were handsomely drawn
up In line In front of the office, many of the petty
officers did not return the salutation of these negro
volunteers.
I earnestly wish that they could feel the force of
tbe example of the Veterans of 1812, as, with bow
ed form and whitened locks, they approached the
black volunteers; as their eyes fell on the new de
fenders of the liberties for which they had suffered,
with uncovered heads they inspired the deepest
gratitude.
Let our Pennsylvanians but do their duty toward
all and every one, at home and abroad, high and
low, white and black. A COLORED MAN.
THE DAY ELSEWHERE
■CARLISLE.
Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 22.—Washington’s birthday
was appropriately commemorated here to-day by the
Union Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania, un
der the auspices of the students of the anoient Dick
ineon College.
Wm. H. Merriam, Eiq ,of New York, whoisona
brief visit to Governor Uuttin, at Harrisburg, deli
vered an eloquent oration at the Union Hall, to a
large and Interested audienee. Mr. Merriam’s name
ranks high on the list of honorary members of the
society, the seventy-fifth anniversary of which was
celebrated this evening, with speeches by Messrs,
Heywortb, the anniversarian ashenfelter, Hopd,
and others. a
BALTIMOBE.
Bax-tlmorr, Feb. 22.—The dayhaa been almotifc
universally observed as a holiday. The streets in
all directions were gay with hags, salutes were
fired and bells rang at sunrise, noon, and at sunset.
The ITnion State Convention met to-day. The
tone of the Convention is strong for immediate
emancipation, and resolutions. were adopted en
dorsing the Administration, and declaring Mr. Lin
coln to be the first and only choice for the next Pre
sidential term.
CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Feb. 99.— Washington’s birthday was
generally celebrated here. The State Militia, head*
ed by the police and the fith Ohio Veterans, turned
out in large numbers and made a fine appearance.
The oity was profuserly decorated with flags, and the
streets were crowded with people.
INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapox-is. Feb. 23.—Washington’s birthday
was generally observed. The military and civic
procession was very imposing, including the Go
vernor and his staff, and over 5,000 soldiers. The
city was handsomely decorated with flags and ever*
greens.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Feb. 22.— Washington's birthday was
pretty generally observed here. There was a fine
military display by the local military and ProTost
Guard. The Merchants’ Exchange was closed, and
the oity handsomely decorated with flags. The
streets were crowded with people nearly all day.
Miss Dickenson delivered a lecture on Saturday
night, and another this evening, to overflowing
houses. She excited the most rapturous applause.
BOSTON.
Boston, Feb: 22.—The public offices end men?
■tores have been cloied in honor of the day. Salutes
were bred, the bells rung, and business general!? was
suspended.
Mr. Chase and the Presidency*
The following circular Is printed in the New York
papers:
Nbw York, February 20.
Sir: The “Union Lincoln Association,” of the
State of New York, commend the enclosed circular
as an evidence of early action on the part of the
friends of Mr. Chase.
The eirculsr gives evidence of a determination to
take the field without delay:
_ _ Washington, D. G., February. 1331.
bin : The movements recently made throughout
the country to secure the renomination of President
Lincoln render necessary some counteraction on the
part of those unconditional friends of the Union
who differ from the policy of his Administration.
So long as no efforts were made to forestall the
political action of the people, it was both wise and
patiiotiofor all true friends of the Government to
devote their Influence to the suppression of the
rebellion. But when it becomes evident that part?
macbineryand official influence are being used to
secure the perpetuation of the present Administra
tion, those who conscientiously believe that the in
terests of the country and of freedom demand a
ohaDge in favor of vigor, and purity, and nation
ality, have no choioebut to appeal at once to the
people, before it shall be too late to secure a fair
discussion of principles. ° *
f These in behalf of whom this communication is
made, have thoughtfully surveyed the political field,
and have arrived at the following conclusions:
1. That even were the re-election of Mr. Linsoln
desirable, it is practically impossible against the
union of influence which will oppose him.
2. That, should he be re elected, his manifest tea
deney toward compromiies, and temporary expe
dl.nta ot polls; will become stronger daring a
second term than it has been in the first,- and the
cause of human liberty, and the dignity and honor
of the nation auifer proportionately; while the war
may continue to languilh during hie whole Admin
iatratlon, till the public debt shall become a burden
too great to be borne,
3. That the patronage of the Government, throueh
the necessities of the war, has been so rapidly in
creased, and to >uoh an enormoua extent, and ao
loosely placed, aa to render the application of the
“ ooc-term principle ” absolutely essential to the cer
tain safety of our republican institutions.
4 - That we find united in Hon. Salmon P. Chase
more of the qualities needed in a President during
the next four years than are combined in any other
candJdate i.bis record, clear and uutmpeaou
able, showing him to be a statesman of rare ability,
acd (in administrator of the very highest order,while
ms private character furnishes the surest obtainable
guaranty of economy and purity in the management
of public affairs.
6 That the discussion of the Presidential
mod, already commenced by the friends of Mr. Lta
to*l developed a popularity and strength in
Mr. Chase, unexpected even to Mb warmest ad
mirers; and while we are aware that this strength
1* at present unorganized, and in no condition to
manifest its real magnitude, we are satisfied tbat.it
only needs systematic and faithful effortto develope
bst ? D exten ‘ overcome all opposing
If these objects meet your approval you can render
efficient aid by exerting yourself at once to organize
your aection of the country, and by corresponding
with the chairman of the National Executive Com
mittee for the purpose either of receiving or impart
log information. Very respeotfully, v
S. O. POMEROY.
Chairman National Executive Committee.
The Battlb op Gettysburg —Thi« evening is
the only opportunity which the publio will have or
hearing the profoundly interesting lecture, “The
Battle of Gettysburg.” Several eiroumstanoes-com--
bine to render the delivery of this lecture peculiarly
attractive. In the first place, it is a graphic and ao->
curate description of the great battle of Gettysburg,
whose memory will forever stand beside those of
Vicksburg and Chattanooga. In the second, place,
very m&ny soldier, who have lost limbi and perilled
life for their country will be preceat upon the stage,
in the third plaoe, our national ai» will'be executed
. in splendid atyle by the Satterjee Hospital Bind.
In the fourth place, Rev. John. R. Warner, of Get
tysburg, is a lecturer of unusual eloquence •, and, in
the filth plaoe, tloxets are only twenty-five cent*,
and this Is the last opportunity which the public
will have of enjoying these combined exwUenoles.
Sals: ox Boots, Shokb, Ac.—
Tbe early attention of dealers is requested to the
large general assortment of boots, shoes, brogans
trunks, soft hats, ha., As,, embracing samples or
1,100 packages. A prime and freih assortment of
desirable articles, including a atook of boots and
shoes, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, four
months’ credit, commencing thla moraine at Sen
O’clock preolsely, by John a Myers k <»., fittutton,
eets, Hoe. 3»3 end 8H Mitket street, ' wlTOOto
PENJTSYITASIA IKGWLAfffBC.
Habh»Bbdbo } F«b. 22, 1804.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 8 o’clock this evening, and *a
motion of . . .
Mr. DONOVAN, adjourned until Thuraday at a
o’clock P. M.
The Bounty in Bucks County-
Tlovt vrtowii. Feb. 22.—A convention of the citi
zens of Bunks county w*» held to-day, at Vhloh
?t ws. agreed to pay «400 bounty to every volunteer
credited to the county. •
Arrival of the Bohemian-
Portlasd, Feb, 32,-The steamer Bohemian,
from Liverpool, arrived hare lait “**“•
hat been anticipated. There are no signs of the
Caledonia, now due from Glasgow
Bank Statement.
NBW York, Feb. S3t— The following i» *;**•••'
mentof the condition of the New Yorir'benlu for
the week ending Feb. 33d:
Xeossr, increase*
Specie,
Circulation,
Deposit*, Increase
Thk Ekv. Hbnby Wabd Bkechkb will make hi*
second public appearance in this city* since hie re*
turn ftom Europe, on Monday next, at the Academy
of Music, ehooiiog for the subject of his lecture
11 America 1 * Message to Great Britain. 1 ’ The sale
of tickets will begin on Wednesday nest*
Largs Sale To-day.—Real estate, stocks, fcs.
See Thomas & Sons’ advertisement and catalogues.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
the money market.
Febbuabt22» MM-
The general snapension of business, in order to
brate the annivewary of the birth of Washington,esueci
k dull period in ike ii side of ike offices on Third Street*
Quotations foi almost ererr thing were about the same as
on Saturday. Gold was steady at T&&I39X. Gorom*
rnent securities were strong and In demand.
At the Stock Exchange but one board was held. Prices
were well maintained, and a desire to purchase was ex
hibited. The list of sales wUI be found below. Beading
was the most active on the list.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern moat securities. As. ■ an
follows: „ -
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Quartermasters * Vouchers..*.
Deliveries nffi-20 Bonds made to January I*.
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Feb 15«..~.~...«...*7,162.211 34 *43313121
IS 7,472,858 10 670,520 93
“ 17 3.202.86*01 331,12190
“ 18 6,929 769 89 675.757 27
■* 19 6,720,830 10 421,63)33
" 20 3.225,146 82, 493 94 G*
•38,712.908 39 *2 924,102 6*
The following statement shows tha condition of tha
Banka of Philadelphia at various times during 1863
and 1864:
1863. Loans. Specie. Ctrcnl. Depoalt*
January 6 37,679.676 4,510,7.50 4.GMJUS 23.429,133
February 2 37,268,894 4,662,660 4,181,603 29,261,768
March 2. 37,901,080 4,267,626 3,696,097 30.178J51S
April 6 37,616.620 3,374.413 29250308
May 4 33,637.294 4.355424 2,999,428 30.859J31
June 1 37,143,937 4,367,021 2,706463 31488.763
July 6 55435411 4,360,746 2,564,658 28604.544
August 3 34,390,179 4,137,066 2,417.739 30,799,448
Sept. 6 35,773,696 4.113,162 2.168,306 30,654,672
October 5 38,798430 4,227,265 2,193,000 32,258,561
Nov«mber2. 39,180.421 4,164.801 2,106.284 31.806,966
Decern r 7~~ 36.D4.704 4,166,839 2,105,174 29.374 (to
January 2,1864 35,698.808 4,168.635 2,355,81.'' 29.878 920
b Febr-y 1 34,345.126 4,108.109 2,066,532 32,027,147
“ 8 34,146,67: 4,102,671 1068.069 fl,tts!o33
, 13 34.590,830 4,801748 1069.061 29.911.704
“ 22 35,019,676 4,102,558 ?,U9,488 30,7851741
The New York Kw.nina Post savl:
Gold opened at 159,'i and closed at 158X@158K. Es
change is dull at 17311.
The loan market Is fully supplied at 6 per cent, and
rates tend to greater sate. The bank statement shorn
an Increased: 7J4 millions In deposits, and of 3 millions
in. l->*nB. The specie reserves have declined 5997.535.
The difficult! witb capitallits and leading Ingiltnllons
tins morning seems to be that they cannot lend their
large balances
The stock market is feverish and irregular. Govern
ments are steady. State stocks firm, bank dull, coal
stocks strong, and railroad bonds quiet Railroad shares
art active, and New York Central. Hudson River, Har
lem, and Pithburg have advanced cent.
Toledo and Wabash preferred has advanced 4 $ cent.,
a mL*“\9°? imo S * ™ c *n.t e under an active demand.
Tbe chief excitement was in Port Wayne, for which
par was bid for any part of 10,000 shares.
Before tbe first session xliere was considerable activity
chief attention. Gold
was selling at- 15fl@I£93<, New York Central at 13RK/31
f at l^X@ 1 Hudson River at lfi&£#
146 k @llB. Michigan Southern
Jt 98@98jg, Illinois Central at. 135@1S6&±5ltsburg at
118k#i9. G Rock I*laad atl2l@lK)|,
Fon W ayne at96k@9<@99, and Cumberland at 68988.
The appended.table exniDlu the chief movements*! ike
Board compared with the latest prices of yesterday:
United State, ft, 1881, regie “l™'. lw' A 47: ”**.'
United States 6e. 1881, eonpon.—. HI Uo7f 54 ..
United State, seven-thirties 11l no 1
United States I,ear eer..gold— ..103 10s
_ Do. do currency.. 99Ji 9954
Tennes.ee Slxe. ge 1 v
Mlwonri Sixes 74* 74 *
American Gold—.— 159)4 .. 54
Pacific SaO ....IS $g ? * " 1*
Hew York Central Railroad—.l3s 135J4 Si
Erie 12,4? 3?
Krte Preferred 10754 107J4 %
Hudson River.—... 15S Meg 2)4
— IWX 113)4 ..
Seeding ..130k ism? .7
Michigan Central... 141)4 143 .. 154
Michigan Southern 57j? .. k
Michigan Southern guarantied—l4l 141 V.
Central Scrip—-* —IS6 1343£
Pittsburg... .119# nyg ..
Griees ~...122 19>;V * v
RoricUland....— ~ rn% 121 X ..
FortWavne ...» 99itf 95 452
MU. and Prairie Du Chian €5% 64 1% .
TerrsHaute ft 64 2
Northwestern —.. 6634 St IK
Canton...... —43 4254 % ..
ComberlanA 68)4 Bi 54 ..
Qnict silver • ftR ga g
Toledo and Vabash 6934 6814 \
After the Board the market was heavy, and prices de-
WI2U@I2P' ' * rie, ° l4 doWII to 12074. recovering
Fbilada. Stock £zcl
[Reported by S. B. Blatmake
BEFORE
100 Reading R 65>£
SO do -fejf
100 do .....ceh 65a
200 do hi 5 66
ICO do blSSint 05%
100 do Hy*t6%
100 do .bc&latesx
200 do tswn&int6s&
K 0 do b3O 66
FIRST 1
J?£l rardß k cab«K
10 Western Blr....cfib 7i%
3 Union Bk Tenn.csh 21
f 0 d 0... C&P2L
JJJ Reading B 65#
100 d0........,.44yi 66#
4W do ~..b5 69fc
200 do cash 6£?£
62 d0*.... 65#
300 .. % s6wn 65H
20 Raw Creek lj*
100 BitUonittahi-b33 8
3CO Penn Mining 9%
200 do ....bSO 93K
100 Aetna Mining...... 21#
50 do-.« snstf
to Oil Creek uT
to d «*- bJ5J3}£
400 • d 0........ ....b513
100 Union Cnl Fref
eSOftflO 4
2200 Saeq Cnl
1000 Sasq. Cnl 6s*. 69
300 Cam & Am mt 6s Jf6
26 Penna R 71
AFTER
96 Alley Mining. #'
100 lonutovnK 69#
iange Sales, Feb. 33.
sr, Philadelphia Exchange.!
BOARDS.
MO Reading R cat 65SJ
200 „ io ;v .....MOSS
100 Fenn MiQinK VH
Mg do b» m
ICO _ d0..„.t6) 9X
200 If Y* Mid CoalFld
_ Oo MO 12i£
200 Lehigh Zinc -hi S 3
Bi
lOABD.
MO FnuS _bls 71
IW do ...bis 71
UO do ~ 70K
.80 lit Schnyl R-...~
3W N Pmm'j am
ICO Catawß „... 85
ICO Cataw K Frf....»5 44
100 do Mwn 44
100 ScbnylHitmbs 39X
SO do 3)U
4 PhilaßricE .. 38
MO do cub ?Sstf
.122 w a ® 385 i
1600 NPenna 64 993£
60 Spruce & Fine 10
; 100 do. is
60 lieUghZinc.....bS 65
* 160 d 0....... .65
200 UT*md.'.'"^Mo^f
BOAEDg.
[2OOO Cam & Am 6c 1875
1 2dys.l<
Philadelphia Me T hff fl
rm _ 22~Stvq1u.
CThe ComSx change and most of the pi* ees of buboes
were closed to day, and there was litUe or nothin*
doing. J
Philadelphia Cattle Uuket
Tlia arrivals and sale,of
rate, only reaching about J.S7O head. The marlotln
consequence is more active, and wise, ha™
Ist quality Western and
at 13X@16c, M do at ll@B*o.
from£@loJfc 9 lb. according to
sold to go to Baltimore, at from SSi&lZc
to quality The market closed vm a™,
.lock on sale sold at the aboye tlrhS ' *** *“**“
npW^le^fo^SSg.. l3oll^l »«at from •»
4"& P « lea * “ f™m
Boos 1,650 head Bold at the differ™. '
fr°“ *K@li n looms net, wlich ie an idSSS™** «*
_, T Jie Cattle on eale to-day are from tK» e n,ii~_
from lilinofr fad ftom SOOtemr OhiTSI
from IIK@ISC. the lifer for ei t “ nnt P«eere “Uim at
13 @l”>?cfor fair I Ste«m,eelUng alfrom
llA@^sc F '?i'lh r toflS'rto\sfri t ?Mnfe® ,! *’ Mllln “ alfcom
«<>*««*«& SteV eelllng *i from
fr^U@lte d or I fhfrto < SttS f at
lSMc°or fit* to"eatra* 7 Ohio Steers, selling ah from IS®
fSurnm toWr. Steers. selling at from
frrmitsidK? 10 '* 15 ®“ eks «owrty Steors, J selling at
from fo r ofid? t "'’•tty Btaeri, aelllncat
m , COWS AND P.iT.ygH
Aronm.
Iffi'V&F&'&.SS Sl^SeSg^
e@7 l *'m!Teto wimith,^' 68 “■x® l *.»»
B«JTe B ”aJd 1 Le U frj r a lVJ ,fJB *»p K SfphilllPa’ Aww g
Lead. There ia * f««chin* aeon! ff.o®
▼anted: fMTta*f»jLf?°® demand, and prices have ad
at-9Ko Ib.grora? 4 *** *® Uln * at from B@9e, and extra
The srrt»i THE hob MARKET-
Md Biilst W« a3 i\ aoge at the Union, A.r*al«-
selling at I mmsuolw? T "d» reach abont Tfed heat,
yanco ' rom ® lO @U the 100 lbs net, which ta an ad
f iSTS? Gta “' ® ro ” r “* “
tMilOtffts net* ** tb# ATenu * DroyeTard at from *10»lt
**.a .tomtit
.... 99T.615
*,.. B*l*
? 1 6fi9,450
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