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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1864.
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1. ENGRAVING. The U.S. Sanitary Commission.
11. POETRY.—" Areopagus "—' 'Moments of Life."
111. JESSIE AND MAUD." an original novelette, by
Mra. Emma Eggleeon—Chap• xiv.
IV. EDITORIAL =George Thompson's Address—Con.
Servetism in Irsninclry—ls Slavery Dead?—Revolntion
Against Conservatism—Relics of Barbarism—Milliary
Punishment—The White Refugees—Progress in Mary
land—A Moral VtIiPaLICO Abated.
V. LETTERS OF OCCASIONAL.
GEN. MEADE AND THE BATTLE OF GETTYS
BURG.
VII. THE GREAT U. E. SANITARY FAIR.
VIII. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINERAL RE
SOURCES OF PENNSYLVANIA.
IX. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
X. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
XL MEXICAN AND FRENCH MOVEMENTS.
XII. THE ASSERTION OF THE MONROE DOC
TRINE
XIII• OUR HARRISRURG LETTER.
XIV. OUR FLORIDA LETTER.—The Rebels Grow
ing Stronger—The Enlistment of Negro Troops.
XV. OUR ARMY OF THE POTOMAC LETTERS.—
Gen. Warren—Grant's Headquertere—The Consolidation
—Review of Cava TT Carnahan&
XVI. GRAND OVATION TO GEO. THOMPSON . .—
. Pall report of bit spech at the Philadelphia Academy of
XVII. PENNSYLVANIA MATTERS.
tiVIIL GENES' AL PEWS
IarZE3P.T NOTICES.
XX. CITY INTI:LLIGiSDICE —Rev. Mr. Beeciier'e
Lecture on "'Power—the Law of its Distribution "
Shocking Tragedy at a Theatre—Denature of Colored
Soldiers—Riot and Out age—A New Ward for Phtladel
pnia—ln Memoriam.
XXI. TELIGE.AFFIIC I EWS.
XXII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
XXIII. CHESS DEPARPMENT.—Problem—Chees in
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Mr. Cobden and-“" The Times.”
It was anticipated that, when the British
Parliament bad got well into the session of
1864, Mr. COBDEN would fulfil his promise
of there dealing with The Times newspaper.
How he was to do it puzzled many, but it was
not doubted that he would at least make the
attempt. To charge a newspaper or a man
with general misrepresentation would scarce
ly answer. The indictment should set forth
a definite accusation ; should particularize
the offence, the -time, the motive, the evil
purpose; and even if Mr_ Complex had done
this, it is not likely that the House of Com
/MOM would have allowed itself, at his re
quest, to become an extra-judicial tribunal
for trying implied offences which the law
of libel could not touch.
The whole ease as between Mr. COBDEN
and The Times is now before us in extenso,
for the first time, having been put into print,
in two pamphlets, at Manchester (England),
which have thence been forwarded to us by
Mr. THOMAS B. POTTER. One pamphlet
contains the correspondence of Mr. COBDEN
with Mr. DEIAICF., of The Times, and with
Mr. TyrommoN llimv, of the _Daily Tele
graph. A second gives the opinion of the
Liberal Press of England upon this corre
spondence. The third pamphlet, entitled
" The Traditional Policy of The TimeB," as
exemplified by its misrepresentation at the
time of the Mlthißgharn Riots in 1791, when
a mob burned Dr. PRIESTLEY'S house,libra
ry, and the philosophical instruments, on
The suspicion that he was an Atheist and
Jacobin. The second and third pamphlets
we may pass. The first affords materials for
an article.
In the last week of November, a public
meeting was held at Rochdale, the borough
which Mr. COBDEN represents in Parlia
ment, at wbich Mr. COBDEN spoke. Mr.
Joint BRIGHT, himself a Rochdale man, also
made a pov. - frtul speech, - which was fully
reported in The Times. Immediately after
a leading article in that paper declared that
Messrs. CormEx and BRIGHT commended
to the people a scheme for " seizing on the
lands of the rich, to divide them gratuitous
ly among the poor." A week later The
Times again spoke of Mr. BlitoriT's propo
sition to the pour, "for dividing among
Them the lands of the rich." Mr. COBDEN,
not a regular reader of The Times, acci
dently saw this accusation against his friend,
and immediately wrote a letter to the Editor,
denouncing the accusation as " a groundless
and gratuitous falsehood," inasmuch as Mr.
BRIGHT bad not spoken the words or uttered
the statement declared to have been his.
Mr. Oonnarc charged The Times with having
- wilfully misrepresented his friend, and de
clared that its proprietor and its manager
were known, that its only avowed and re
sponsible editor " is as well known to us as
the chief official at the ELome Office, and
that men ought to lift the veil and destroy
the illusion by which The limes is enabled
to pursue this game of secrecy to the public
and servility to the Government--a game (I
purposely use the word) which secures for
its connexions the corrupt advantages, while
denying to the public its own boasted beim
:fits of the anonymous system:"
This letter, tent by Mr. COBDEN to The
Times and to other London morning papers,
was published only in the Daily News and
the ,Star. Then the editor of The Times
sent' to all these papers his reply to Mr.
COBDEN:— in which he stated that he had
first intended to publish ?dr. COBDEN'S let
ter, but finally declined, as_Mr. ConDEN had
"no right to expect him, upon a pretext en
tirely irrelevant, to, publish a series of most
offensive and unfounded imputations upon
himself and his friends." Finally, Mr. DE
LA-NE acknowledged himself responsible edi
tor of The rimes, and declared that anony
mous writing has always been the practice
of the English press, not invented by him
self, not to be destroyed by Mr.- COBDEN,
and that certain passages in the Rochdale
speeches could bear no o*._her interpretation
than that Mr. CoRDEN and Mr. BRIOHT pro
posed to amend the condition of the poor by,
dividing among them the land of the rich.
On the contrary, Mr. COBDEH'S words, as
well as Mr. Belo - JIVE, were carefully guard
ed, and Mr. DELsaitr. finally disatrowed any
intention of d , siring to impute to Mr. COB
DEN or to Mr. BRIGHT the design of pro
moting, by violent, illegal, or immoral
means, a rerbsiribution of the land in Eng
land.
Out of this co ntroversy arose another which
has generally scaped notice in this country.
'The Daily TelAyi.apli, as well as the other
London morning papers, received a copy of
Mr. COBDEN'S first letter to the Editor of
the Times. Mr. THORNTON HUNT, who is
himself believed to be - Editor of the Tele
graph, wrote to Mr. Coircem, as by desire of
the editor, saying that he could not publish
the letter, until Mr. Connwx reconsidered
it, with a view to omitting the personal al
lusions in it. Three days later, however,
the said Daily Telegraph contained a long
editorial leader, (which was eagerly copied
into the Times,) commenting unfavorably
on Mr. Cornea's letter to the Times. On
this, Mr. COI:DEN protested against the un
fairness of hostile criticism on a docu
ment by a journal which had refused to
print it. Rejoinders and sur-rejoinders en
sued, in which Mr. THORNTON' HUNT sank
deeper and deeper in the controversy, until,
at last, Mr. CanDEN contemptuously de
clined wasting ink and paper on him. Mr.
COBDEN'S letters to Mr. MINT are far more
racy than those to Mr. DELANE. One of
them ends thus: "The observation has
been somewhat made that the Daily
Telegraph aims at becoming a penny
Times. On this occasion they are as
like as two peas. But from such a
Visitation may the Fates defend us I Eng
land could not endure two Times' any more
than America could support two New York
Heralds. NAPOLEON is said to have de
clared that if he had had two Vandammes
in his army, he must have hung one of
them. I will not say that if we had a couple
or Times' we should hang one of their
editors, but might there not be some danger
in our banging ourselves ?"
It must be borne in mind that Mr. Jonas
WALTER, principal proprietor of The Times,
'who is a member of the House of Commons
for Berkshire, has frequently been men
tioned as likely to be made a peer, and that
Mr. ROBERT Low; M. P. for the pocket
borough of Caine, is a member of the Pal
merston Govt rnment, as Vice President
of the Education, and is supposed to be in
dignant at not having a seat in the Cabinet,
like Mr. MiI.NER GIBBON, sir GEORGE
GREY, and Sir CHARLES WOOD, also Corn-
moners. Ile would be a bold Minister
who, after Mr. COBDEN'S charges against
The Times, would plate Mr. WALTER ill the
House of Lords, or make Mr. Lows a Cabi
net Minister.
YSSTEEDAY the explosion of a boiler
killed seven men and wounded many others.
The town was shocked by the loss of life,
and the thought of the misery resulting.
But is this to be the end of it IP There are
hundreds of boilers in factories conducted as
carefully as that of MERE= Lt . SoNs, and
the accident which happened in the one is
probably as likely to happen in the others.
Then there are a number of steam fire en
gines, which are put in use at a moment's
notice, in the midst of excitement and con
fusion, and which are now several years old.
The explosion of one of these would not
surprise the public. The accident yesterday
should have one good result, at least, and
every proprietor of a steam engine should
remember that the engineer of Mr. MlCR
nica's factory, who lost his own life by the
explosion, no doubt thought the boiler in his
charge perfectly safe.
MUM FROM "OCCASIONAL."
Wasraxiaxow, April 6, 1864.
Foreigners regard the progress of the war
for the preservation of the American Go:
vernment with uttdissembled amazement.
Every, day's development dissipates some
sinister prediction, or excites a new surprise.
The aristocratic pamphleteer gives up his
task of depreciation—the hesitating minis
ter, 'who swung like a pendulum between
the right of freedom and the wrong of
slavery, discovers which is the better as
well as the powerful side—and all our
friends, of whatever land or race, are
filled with new hope before this marvellous
spectacle. EUrope, which is the world's
workshop and bazaar, the seat of art, the
cluster of powerful nations with capitals
filled with the memorials and monuments of
ages, has attempted nothing like that which
I is passing like a vast panorama before the
eyes of mankind. No better or stronger
reply to the speculations of our enemies
could be found than the history of the
Sanitary Fairs of the United 'States. mil
lions have been raised by these gorgeous
demonstrations of charity, benevolence,
and gratitude: millions spontaneously given
—given with joy, given in the midst
of displays of domestic comfort, luxury,
industry, and genius. And these millions
flow from a fountain which we were a thou
sand times told was to have been exhausted
by the taxation, and want, and riot, and
disasters of the first year of the war. At
this moment the land is filled with
croakers, who unlike the hoarse har
bingers that will soon proclaim the ad
vent of spring, can see nothing • but
i a - financial winter before us, in consequence
of the rise in gold, and the necessary mili
tary expenses of the Government. Have
they ever reflected upon the uncounted re
ef,urces of the American people ? How,
with a heavy individual sorrow troubling
every heart ; with the sounds of battle
heard at thousands of loyal > firesides;
with occasional defeats of our arms ;
with the great fields of labor swept of
their athletic toilers, called to another
and to a bloody toil; with faction
hissing and biting, and glowering in every
lo: al cernmunity ; have they ever thought
how, with all these burdens to bear and
these discontents to quell, the stream of hu
man happiness, the ocean of religious devo
tion to our dear country, glides on, as if not
a drop had been lost from either? Harriet
Mattineau, in her fearless volume after the
Crimean war, when, with terrible accuracy,
she counted over the ghastly hecatombs
of human lives sacrificed by British
neglect of all sanitary care or fore
sight, in the great wars of her country
for sixty years past, did not think that when
the American Republic was goaded by trea
son to its own defence it would set before
the nations a model of devotion to heroic
soldiers which even England would envy as
she copied. But enough of this. ihe New
York Fair, the first pictures of which are
only appearing, is undoubtedly to be the
wonder of wonders. What is Philadelphia
doing for her June demonstration ? Let her
read the descriptions in the great New York
dailies of yesterday. Words cannot add to
the strength of this unconscious appeal to
the pride and patriotism of all Pennsylvania.
I know how much interest is felt in every
circle in regard to the approaching Fair on
the 10th of June—hoW much has already
been done and is doing. But if you would
rival the New Yorkers you must dwell upon
what they have done and are doing. Two
months remain to prepare for the work ; two
months in which new ideas, new inventions,
and new victories may be 'developed. Take
heed in season. OCCASIONAL.
The New York Sanitary Fair.
The second day of the fair has been a great sue•
seas, the visitors numbering 13,487, and the tickets
told at the door 6,000. The fair is rich in incident
and curiosity, of which the following are samples
DISTINGUISHED HATE
On one of the columns in the main hall, near the
floral temple, hangs the "hairy eagle," to which we
have referred before, and which was designed and
presented by Mrs. Wright, wife of Governor Wright,
01 Inaiana. In after years it will possess great in
terest as a Miamian! memento. It is an eagle rest
ing on a globe, and surrounded by a wreath, the
whole affair made of the hair of various distin
guish( d statesmen and men of the present day.
'President Lincoln, Vice President Hamlin, Secre
taries Seward, Obese, Welles, and Usher, and Sena.
to Fessenden, 7ohnion, Sumner, Cowan, Grimes,
Kimball, Trumbull, Wilson, Sherman, Sprague,
Lane, Howard, Foster, Haven Hicks, Hale, Hor
gan, Wade, Ramsey, Howe, Morrill, and Wilkin
eon have each contributed portions of their locks—
black, brown, gray, and red; curls, wiry, straight,
and otherwise—to make this really beautiful orna•
meet. Under it stands a table, attended by a young
lAdy who keeps a very neat album, in which, for
the sum of one dollar, each and every friend of
Abraham Lincoln is invited to sign his name, and
be recognized as one of the donors to the fund of
the great fair. It has already a number of signa
tures, sod it is thought will bring in et least one
thousand dollars. After the album is filled, it and
tie eagle are to be presented to President Lincoln,
the fund., of course, to the fair.
A BAIR BON MOT,
The book of autographs contains some of the finest
signatures in the country, and not a few of thole
who were once among the great of this world, but
are now no more. The request for "a sentiment
and his autograph," addressed to nir. :Max Keret ,
elicited the following response, which has
caused considerable merriment
Ecnihnent: "Beware of dead heads."
Yours, truly. MAX M.A.RETZEK.
A SWORD PUT TO THE VOTE.
beln the department of arms haverophies are two
swordi, to which we referred before,
rare :or the army officer and the other for the naval
crilcer who shall have at the end Of the fair the
greatest number of votes, $1 being the contribution
necessary for, the privilege of voting. At the close
of the fair last evening two hundred and fifty-seven
v-•tes had been cast for the army sword, of which
Gen. Grant had received one hundred and eleven,
Atli GOD. McClellan ninety-live. For the naval
r word, Admiral Farragut Was ahead, though Com
modore S. C. Rowan was very nearly up to him.
The total receipts of the fair, thus far, are over
$150,000.
LETTER PROM CHARLOTTE CIISELVAN.
The following letter has also been received from
Charlotte Cushman:
, "Rosin, February 20th, 1864.
" DRAB. Da. Bar.a.ows : Front the European
tsraneh of the Sanitary Commission there has been
an appeal to the American resident/ and sojourners
in Fume to make up a table for the Illetropolitan
Fair in New York.
"The accredited agent, Dr. Gould, applied to me,
among others, who love their country well enough
to live for it, and I have been glad to send a very
valuable book, containing the engravings of all of
Catmint's works.
•` This book, which is much too large for any pet.
vats library, I have always ilitemie4l, at some time
or other, to bestow upon the Women's School of
Design' in New York; but it note seems to me
that it might be made, in this instance, to serve a
double purpose, and my intentions with regard to it
MR be carried out, by its being disposed of for the
fair, by a lottery or same, and the fortunate winner
be made to know what were the original wishes of
The donor, that he or She might have the pleasure I
iLtinded for myself of placing it where it could be
of the most use and good.
" However, this is for you to determine ; my offer
ing is made without reservation, and in full confi
dence in your judgment. I have sent fa mosais paper
weight, With a patriotic design, among the articles
from Rome.
6 , Wisbirg you the greatest success,
" I am, dear Dr. Bellows, very faithfully yours,
" GHARLOT LE CUSHMAN."
The Proteetrees of Col. Strelgf►t.
The Baltimore American of last evening says
" There has arrived in Baltimore a refugee from
Richmond, Mrs. Lucy A. Rice. Her case is one
greatly deserving of public sympathy and liberal aid.
Mrs. Rice, despite the tyranny that reigns at Rich
mond, has always preserved her loyalty to the
Union, and evineed a Warm sympathy for the
stfretings of our officers and men who have
been imprisoned in Richmond. Her house was,
fur nine days. the biding place and refuge
of Colonel Streight, Major B B. McDonald,
and another officer, after they escaped from
Libby Prison, and were awaiting an oppor
tunity to get out of the city. In secreting them.
and providing for their wants during those nine
days, while the whole city was being searched
for them Mrs. Rice subjected herself to a risk that
can only ' be comprehended by those who understand
the vindictiveness of the Richmond authorities and
the extreme palnr and penalties they would have
visited upon any one aiding our officers, especially
Colonel SU - eights in making their escape. Mrs.
ltioe,however, accepted all this reek, nod she brings
with her letters from Colonel Streight and Major
McDonald, in which they warmly sahnowledge her
services.
Mrs. Rice has reached Our lines in a destitute
condition. She has been forced to abandon all she
possessed in Richmond, while her remaining means
have been exhausted by the expenses incurred in
reaching our linen.
W TOMIN 0 SEMINARY, TON, PA —The
"spotted levee," which broke out at this institution
the tith ult. , has entirely disappeared from the corn•
mtuuty and vicinity. The next term of the school
will commence on the2lst inst.
WA.6IIIN a-T(3N:
V7AsmatoToN, April 6. 1664
Defeat of the Currency Bill.
The defeat of the National Bank or ClUrrettey bill
by so large a vote as two-thirds, astonished both
friends and foes, especially as so much time had
been oonsumed in efforts to perfect it. All of the
amendments made in Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union, about sixty in number, were
concurred in by the House. The Committee of
ways and Means were willing to adopt all excepting
two, and hence Representative STBVBNS offered a
substitute differing only from the amended bill in the
following particulars—viz : Restoring the uniform
seven per (manna interest and leaving it under na
tional and not State legislation, and omitting
the motion which left the capital stock of the insti
tution to be taxed the same as the property of indi•
viduals for State and municipal purposes. The
House emphatically non-concurred in this sub
stitute. This was the turning point in the °entre
venni% the teat that determined whether the bill con
taining the clauses obnoxious to the prominent
friends of the measure should pass the House. So
it was laid on the table ,on the motion of Repre.
mutative STEVENS. Some of his own polithtal
friends voted with those on the opposite side, who
were, from the beginning, opposed to this measure
of finance.
. .
Lecture of George Thompson.
Gironos. Triosirsox, of England, delivered a lee
ture in the Hall of the House of Representatives,
tonight, to a dense Auditory, including President
LINCOLN, Secretaries Cense and Chess, many
membeie of both branchea of Congress, and a
few ladle.. A band of music was in attendance.
Vice President HAMLIN introduced the lecturer,
who, at the commencement of his remarks, empha
tically desired and challenged proof that he had
ever said the dissolution of the Union must be con
stantly kept in view. On the contrary, he had al.
ways been its steadfast friend. His expression of
"thank Own the hours of compromise are past,"
was enthusiastically applauded and cheered, as
was also his allusion to what he otou'aeterized
as the banditti of men stealers at Richmond, calling
themselves the Confederate Government, who pro
raised tbemeelves ultimate success, and the full re.
cognition of this principle throughout the civilized
world. The wish and prayer of every philanthro
pist, he said, was God speed the North, who were
with the President and against the serpent., Cop
perheads, and all, whom they would banish from
the land. This, and the mention of the name of old
JOHN . BROWN, were heartily applauded. He quo
ted from President LINCOLN'S speeches, delivered
years ago, sa3ing that he would not exchange
these sentiments for all that had been written by
EDMUND BURKE.
After the °Mee of the lecture, Mr. THomrsow re
ceived the congratulations of a large number oldie.
tinguiahed gentlemen, among whom was noted Sena
tor Jontisoii, of Maryland.
Tile Five-Twenty Loan.
The Secretary 01 the Treasury, in a communion.
tion to the Houle to-day, cars that SAr Oaexa eat
ployed about 2500 subagents, for whom he was re
'possible, and aecured subscriptions to the loan to
the amount of 062,000,000, without which the army
and navy could not have been paid. The coat of the
lona was $1,400,060, at a coat of 142 a 41 3-I.othe of
one per cent. on 18 days' interest on the whole
amount. The Secretary concludes that these cer
vices could not have been so successfully performed
at all by the Treasury Department.
Army Matters.
The rumors so thickly flying about that General
DIVADE is to be remcved, may as well be set at rest.
It is now understood as a settled matter that Gen,
MBADE will be retained in command of the Army
of the Potomac, more firmly fixed in position than
ever.
El few days ago, Sergeant Flab, Ist Connecticut
Cavalry, while on picket near Hartwood Church,
was captured by rebel bushwhackers, and shot
three times with his own pistol, and left for dead
at, the roadside: He maa subsequently brought
into camp, but no hopes are entertained of his
recovery. Three other members of the same regi.
ment were wounded the lame day, and two others
captured. •
Several troopers, belonging to DAHLGEEN'S Wei
mar d, captured near Richmond,
.have
In effecting their escape, and rejoining their reg.
menu..
FRANK Brant will resign his seat in Congress on
the 20th, and immediately proceed to join his corps
in the Southwest.
_Lieut. Col. A. S. Atrspnr, Chief Commfeisty of
Subsistence, cavally corps, Army of the Potomac,
has been sentenced by court martial to be dismissed
the service. The sentence has been approved by
General MUDD.
The Preaident has appointed General J. P.
STEEDMAN a Major General. He left this morning
with Gen. GRANT. for the Army of the Potomac,
Where he will take a command.
Naval Engineer Corps.
An effort is being made for the establishment
Of a Corps of Naval Engineers, with Earossorr
at its head.
The Army of the Potomac.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4.—General Lee BOOMS
to have taken it for granted that the mid Virginia
rotate to Richmond is not to be abandOned. Strong
fortifications are boing thrown up on the south side
of the Rapidan, at a point opposite Mttohell's
Station, or what is. known as Clark's Plfountain.
The new works are plainly in view front our signal
stations.
FROM GEN. SIGAL'S DEPARTMENT.
HARPER'S FRRRr, April 6.—Although the rebels
show no signs of making an attack on our lines in
this Department, General Sigel is working like a
Trojan, preparing for any oontingeney, The Balti
more and Ohio Road is well protected, and no fears
are indulged of any further interruption to travel
or trade.
Destructive leire in Boston.
BOSTON, April 6.—Shortly alter 12 o'clock last
night, a fire broke out in Free Masons' Hill,
which, together with the Winthrop 'House, in the
Same block, was totally destroyed. The loss is
about $300,000.
Only the walla of the Free hi:aeons' Hall, and
Winthrop House, remain standing this morning.
All the hotel guests escaped, but very little of their
property was saved. Dir. Siisby, the proprietor of
the Winthrop House, loxes about *50.000 in fund,
ture and fixtures. The destruction of the Free Ina.
sonar Hall involves a lore of $lOO,OOO, The building
was owned by the Free llation/3, and was partially
insured. The property originally cost $160,000, and
$56,000 had recently been invested in repairs. The
Hall was situated on the corner of Boylston and
Tremont streets.
Great Fire in Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 6.—A large fire is now
raging at the oil refineries of Ward well & 'Webster,
and Atwater & Hawes", at the root of Mary lea
street. It is rumored that several persons have
been injured and two killed. The lots will be very
large, with no insurance.
Repudiation of Mexican Land Contracts.
Navy YORK, April 6.—An official document, dated
Imperial Palace at ILlenieo, Department of Foreign
Affairs, March 4, 1864, states that the Regency of
the Empire having been informed that certain per.
sone coming from ports'on the Pacific have taken
possession of lands in Mexico, wider contrasts made
with Pfelidellt Juarez, announces that all such
contracts are void and of no effect." This act of re
pudiation is in accordance with similar documents
issued in July, 1863, by Gen. Almonte and others,
after Juarez had left the capital.
.Rhode Island Election.
PHOVIDENCS April 6.—The State elation took
place today, and the returns from nearly all the
State indicate that James G. Smith, the Union Na
tional candidate, is reelected Governor by a small
majority over George H. Browne, Democrat, and
Amos C. Barstow. Independent Union. In this city
Smith is Ina minority by 100 votes. There is no
election of AsseMblymen. The Legislature will be
strongly Union.
Republican State Central Committee.
Hinnierarna, April 6.—The Republican State
Central Committee met here this evening. There
was a full attendance, Wayne MoVeigh chairman,
and Geo. W. Hammersly secretary. It WAS decided
to hold a State Convention on the 28th of April, at
Harrisburg, to elect Senatorial delegates to the
Baltimore Convention. Representative delegates
are to be chosen in the usual manner. After a num.
ber of speeches, the meeting adjourned,
Boston.
BOSTON, April s.—James R. and Charles W. Mil
burn, brothers, active rebels, sent here from the Old
Capitol Prison, at Washington, were to-day trans.
ferred to Fort Warren.
A soldier, named Allen, was shot dead In Beach
street, last night. while resisting the guard and at
teroptfag to desert.
Subscriptions to the 10-40 Loan.
New Yoex, April 6.—The subscriptions at the
Pint National Bank to the 10.40 loan today were
$226 800. The receipts at the Custom House were
$294,000, of which $214 000 was On gold certificates•
The Price of Gold.
Num YORK, April 6.—Gold is quoted at 169; the
Government price is 1666,;'. •
Accident to a Ptilladelphia Steamer.
HYANNIS, April 6 —The steamer Saxon, from
Philadelphia for Boston, at 6 o'clock, yesterday
morning, struck at Pollock Rip, carrying away her
rudder, losing sheet anchor, and having to throw
overboard a portion of her cargo. She la now at
Dennis, waiting assistance.
The Pollock Rip Light-boat was driven from its
station, by the late gale.
Explosion of a Powder Mill.
Doyen., N. H., April S.—Three small buildings be.
tonging to the 'Union Powder Works, at New Dur
ham, were blown up yesterday , afternoon. Four
men were killed. The damage done to the works is
not great.
United States Christian Commission.
Roanzerun, N. Y., April convention was
held here yesterday for the purpose of organizing a
branch of the Christian Commission. Delegates
were present from Buffalo, Syracuse, Owego, Ro
chester, and Erie, Pa. branch, consisting of
twelve men, was organized, containing represents.
fives from all of Weatera New Tort and North•
western Pennsylvania.
From Aspinwall.
Nsw Yonx, April 6 —The steamship Ocean
Queen, from Aspinwall, has $302,340 in treasure.
The rebel pirate Alabama was reported on the
26th of March as being on the coast or Mexico.
From :tan Francisco.
tAN FAItItCI9OO, 'April 2 —Arrived, .ships Star of
the Union and Top Gallant, from New York.
Spoken, Feb. sth, 40 S. 75 W., ship I. F. Chapman,
from Rio for San Francisco. Feb. 16th, 81 S. 10 W.,
Ship abakispeare, from - New York for San Fran
cisco. Feb. 26tb, 20 S. 02 W., ship Enterprise, from
New Yolk for San Francisco.
Leas than the average business has been done
during the week, the market exhibition no attittlA
tion, except in begs and bagging ; which were largely
dealt In. •
THE PRESS:-PHILADELPHIk, THURSDAY; APRIL 7, 1864:
THE WAR IN ARKINSIS.
Rout of Rebels by Col. Clayton.
Weennioion, April 6.—The following has been
received at neadquarterd Loy Mejor Gan, 1111160/5
Mitt of Staff:
LITTLE Roorc, Ark., April (—The following de•
'patch is just received:
PINS BLurra, Ark., March 31
Major Green, A. A. G.:
The expedition to Mount Elba and Long View
has just returned. We destroyed the pontoon bridge
at Long 'View, and burned a train of thirtreve
wagons loaded with camp and garrison equipments
and ammunition. We also captured three huleked
and twentrsix prisoner., and engaged in battle at
Mount Elba, yesterday morning, Gen. Dickens , di
vision of 1,200 men, from Monticello. We' routed
him and pursued him ten miles, with a loss on his
side of over one hundred killed and wounded. We
captured a large quantity of small arms, two stands
of colors, many wagons, and over three hundred
horsee and mule'. Our loss will not exceed fifteen
in killed, Wounded, and missing. W e brought in
Several hundred contrabands. The expedition was
a complete success, the details of which will be fur
nished in my official report, which will be forwarded
in a few days. PO WELL °LAY rox,
Colonel Commanding.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 6.—The following particu
lars of Col. Clayton's raid into Arkansas has been
received from Little Rook: OA the 27th of March,
Col. Clayton, with a small force of infantry and ca•
vain , ' and one battery, went to Mount Elba, on
Salem river. Leaving the infantry and artillery
there to guard the bridge, and cover Pine Bluff; he
proceeded with the cavalry toward. Long View,
further down the Salem rivet, and 20 miles of
where the main body of the rebel army was stationed,
for the purpose of destroying the pontoon bridges
and army stoles at that place. Lient. Greathouse,
of the let Indiana, and Limit. Young, of the 6th
Kansas Cavalry, were sent in advance with 100
men, and, arriving at the bridge, saw a large force
of rebels on the oppoalte side, preparing to cross.
Our officers hailed the enemy, and told them that
they belonged to Shelby's command, who wear the
Federal uniform, and that the Federal. were upon
them, and begged them to hurry to their rescue. The
rebels rushed forward, and, as fast as they crossed
were :raptured and their guns thrown into the river.
In this manner 260 were captured, 85 wagons, which
were laden with supplies, were destroyed, woo horses
and mules, and a paymaster'. safe, containing $6,000
in Confederate money; after ..which the bridge was
burned. This, and a march of eighty miles, was ac
complished ni twenty-four hour,. The prisoners
captured during the expedition, numbering 370, in
cluding many officer., reached Little ROok on the
211. _There is nothing from Gen. Steele', command.
ADDRESS FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY.
ST. LOWEI, ApHl6, — ElOYernor Murphy, of Arkan
sas, has issued an address to the people of the coun
ties of that State in which no election has been held,
and sent it out for distribution with General Steele's
command. The address reviews the condition of the
State during the war, and recites the action of the
late State COnvention, and closes with a stirring
appeal to the people in those counties in which no
election could be held, in consequence of their occu
pancy by rebel forces, to return to their allegiance
to the old Government, and recommends them, under
the ordinance permed by the State Convention for
that purpose, to hold an election, as soon as they can
with Natty, for member, of the Legislature and
county officers, and to take upon themselves the
rights and duties of freemen, and to give their aid in
restoring the Union.-
Brigadier General Nathan Kimball is assigned to
the command of all the troops along the North Ar
kansas river, with his headquarters at Little Book.
In a circular to the citizens of his district, he says
the loyal 'hall be protected, and sympathizers with
rebellion, though they may have taken the oath of
allegiance, will be treated as rebels unless they con
form, in word and act, to the spirit of that oath.
MARYLAND ELECTION.
A. Large Majority in Favor of
M I TTIMrMT'IMMIF:M'MV'M''II
BALTIMORE, April 6.—The election is proceeding
very quietly. There is no oppoaltion in this city
or in Baltimore county, the disloyal party, so far as
heard from, having made no effort to vote. We ex
pect to have pretty full returns to night, as tar as
can be reached by the telegraphic linen. The vote
stood, for Convention, 0,041 ; against it, 78.
Frederick district gives the Convention and Emma
cipation ticket 480 majority.
The ballot box of Jackson district was taken pos
session of by the Copperheads ab9ut two o'clock,
and wag totally deltroyed.
Detachments of Coles' Cavalry and the 7th Mary
land Regiment have gone to arrest the parties.
The Fifth district, Cecil county, gives 305 majority
for the Convention.
SeLim:sun - xi April O.—Ninth district, Somerset
county, gives 19 majority against the Convention.
Worcester county, Fifth district, gives 60 ma
jority for the Convention. [This is the first election
news ever received from these counties by tele
graph ]
Cunkberiand county will give not less than 1,200
majority for the Convention.
Ilavirit-DE-1218ack, April 6.—liarford county gives
156 majority for the Emancipation ticket.
The Conventions doubtless called by a large ma.
jority.
Port Deposit and Cecil county, Seventh district.—
le6 majority for convention and unconditional eman
cipation.
Cumberiand.—.47o majority for unconditional
ernaLeipation.
itAvritrourt, April O.—Washington eotukty given
about 2,000 majority for the Convention. Annapo•
lie gives 138 majority for,the Convention.
Returns thus far received indicate a majority of
not less than 16,000 for the Convention. Newtown,
in Worcester county, Cistoreidistrict, giver 135 ma•
jority for the Convention.
BALTIMORE, April 6-Midnight.-It if estimated,
at the American c flice, that there will be a majority
in the Convention of at leant 20 for unconditioned
and immediate emancipation in this State.
(Special Despatch to The Press.]
FracTorr, (Cooll county,) April 6.—The Third,
Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh distriota of Cecil county
have given 641 majority for the Convention, being a
lain of 172 votes over Col. OrEMIWOWN vote in No
vember
Berrusronn, April 7-1 A. M.—lt is doubtful if
further returns can be obtained tonight, as the
roads are very heavy, and so few points are accessi
ble by telegraph. One thirg is certain beyond dis
pute, that the Constitutional Convention is called
for by a large msjority s and a decided majority
elected in favor of unconditional and immediate
emancipation. Maryland may be set down an a free
State. •
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER 'PAWL
The American Topic in England.
SANDY BOOK, April 6, SP. M.—The Persia hte
passed here with Liverpool dates of the 26111, via
Queenstown, on the 27th of March.
Consols closed on the 20th at 91%@91%. French
'elates opened at 66f 101.
The London Shipping Gaze' (tea Fade correepond
ent writes that the Finance Minister had en
view, on Friday. afternoon, with Mr. Glynn, re.
'meeting the Mexican loan, and that; In the evening,
a gentleman of the financial department 'was to
leave for Miramar to obtain Maximilian's signs.
tine to the decree. The impreation is, in Paris,
that the proposition for the bondholders of 1651 is
really not unfavorable.
Sir Francis Baring will retire from the represent&
tion of Portsmouth at the next general election.
The Confederate steamer Georgia arrived at Bor
deaux on the 25!h of March.
lavenrool., Pdarsh 26.—T0-day has been a Qom
'Mete holiday, with no markets except the Stook
Exchange.
The London journal' of to.day contain nothing
mportant...
AMERICAN SEGURIFIES..-- Illinois Central
16017 discount Ede shares, 67X068,K.
Livanyoor, March 27 —The Canada. from' Boston via
Halitety, arrives. at Queenstown to day. -
.
Tbe ship Bilota, from Piewport for IT ow York, which
to, is Ore, has arrived. at Bristol for repairs and will die.
charge her cargo.
BAVRE March 25 —Sales of (lotion for the week 12,000
hales Market °per ed with a downward tendency, but
closed firmer. Prices are nominal. Stock ?MOO bales.
The Lcndon Times editorially contends that the Fede
ral armies will ibis year be made subservient to elec
tioneering. purposes rather than the obiects of the war.
It is reported that Qneen Victoria will soon emerge
from seclusion by shortly bolding two State receptions.
A mass mee ting' held at Blackheath, near London.
adopted resolutions in favor of English intervention in
far or of Poland.
ffSMi===l
- The iiiissien staff at Warsaw has been transferred - to
the camp mar Saltech. The Russians were barricading
the principal rani - ono stations.
It is reported that a great coolness has arisen between
linesia and France, the former having acquired the con,
viction that France is plotting =ltchier in European
Turkey.
New York Evening Market.
Naw Yuan - , April 6.—At Gallaher , ' Evening Ex
change gold was quoted at 171, New York Central
14434, Erie MN, preferred 113, Harlem 167, Reading
16a3 , 115 ichigan Southern guarantied 160 X, Illinois
Central 161 X, Pittsburg-128, Rock Island
Death/ter an Authoress.
NEW YORE, April 6.—Mis. Caroline M. Kirkland,
thedistinguished writer, died last night in this oily
of apopit xy.
We extract the following from the Evening Post
Her father, Mr. Stansbury, Was a publisher and
bookaeller. The family removed subsequently to
Geneva where Miss Stansbury
. married Professor
Kirkland, of Hamilton College. Since 1843 Mrs.
Kirkland has lived for most part in New York,
teaching at times in the best female schools, but en-
gaged chiefly in wilting for the reviews and maga.
nines. She published in 1E39 "A New Home—
Who'll Follow?" which was a record of her own ex
periences, and written with such freshness and viva
city as to gain her at once a high and almost world
wide reputation. In 1842 she put forth "Forest
Life," and in 1846 t , Western Clearing.," all of
miler character, and under the assumed name of
"Mrs. Mary Clovers."
In 1E52 appeared "Fireside Talk in Manners and
Morals ;" in 1853, "A Book for the Home Circle ;"
and in 1858, " Personal Memoirs of George Wash
ington."
Litre, Kirkland was among the most original and
vigorous of all our female authors; her aketchee of
Western life have never been surpassed for fidelity
of detail and liveliness of humor; they exaggerate,.
perhaps, the traits of character and the incidenta of
the rude life of the border, but they are conceived in
the most kindly spirit, and only likely to give of
fence to those who feel themselves satirized by her
pen g but her powers of reflection were equal to those
of bier observation, and her more serious essays are
always hill of sound, instructive, and profitable
thought, which was expressed in a. forcible and
graceful way. Her conversation, however, was even
mote agreeable than her writing, and in society no
one could be more entertaining and attractive. Du•
rift her residence ;n this city she had gathered
about her the most eminent men and/women of the
metropolis—turinee, authors. and artists.
A NEW Novat, EY GUSTAVE AINIALIID, ENTITLED
THE Ran TRACE.—The scene of this story lies in
Mexico and thereabouts, and the eharanters are In
dians of all, sorts, with a sprinkling of Spaniards,
burden, trappers, etc. It contain, scenes of Wild
adventure and danger, plot and intrigue. It is pub
Ushr d by T. B. Petersen ar Brothers, Philadelphia,
at the low pica of fifty cents a copy. The same
tublirhers alto announce as "la press" pia* new
becks.
a Corkvention..
EUROPE.
Fight Between Grierson and Forrest.
Ma hare, April 3.—General Grlemon's cavalry
had a fight with Forrest, near Summerville, yester
day. After skirmishing for some time the rebels
were reinforced, and Grierson (his supports failing
to come up) fell back before greatly superior num
ben—bringing in with him seven prisoners. He
will renew the attack to.day.
Vicksburg advice' report Loring and Lee at Can
ton, and the rebels repairing the railroad destroyed
by General Sherman.
.1.. CONG: :8- k'
SENATE.
Mr. CONNBlifi offered the _Whit resolutions of the Oa
forst. Lealelatute. endorsing the President's pollen
which were ordered to lie on the table. and to be printed.
Nr. CRIMES presented a bill repealing the joint reso
lution approved February 24th. 1861. authorizing the
transfer of men fi om the army into the navy. which.
after route debate. watt referred to the Naval Committee.
The Constitutional. Amendment.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the
joint reeolntien amending the Constitution
Mr HAIsLAII raid it was not proposed to exclude the
States in rebellion from the count in estimating the vote
There were new 85 States, and it is expected that three
more may be introduced. making 38 in all. There were
now 25 States represented in Congress. which, with the
Hues new States, and Arkansas, Louisiana and Ten
majority would give us Si. or more than a conetitntional
for the measure Mr. Harlan coetro varied the
argument that there was any real title in slave property.
or that the institution Unit could be justified by the his
tory of the world or the sacred Scriptures
Le quoted from the Levitical law to Show that slaves
were returned to liberty when they had • endered a fair
equivalent in labor to their masters He denied that
colored perp'e needed the guardianship of the whites.
and he considered the control exercised over the blacks
by the whites, a mere usurpation, which could not be
justified by the laws of God or man. He denied that
slavery was a Divine and. therefore. a desirable insti
tution. as it aboltehes the coonegal relation. If this
measure should pees. it wend d tarnish the means to all
up cur wasting armies, and also secure us the sym-
M aud support of the civilized nations of the Old
Mr. get7LSBURY. of Delaware.said that when preach-
eta became politicians, politicians could become preach
ers. [Laughter. He quoted the Scriptures in support
of slavery. Be dented the proposition that thiee foarths
of the States could do now what might have been done
by the original framers of the Constitution. He believed
that this amendment would be as good a canto forteces
bier! as could be furnished to auy State of this union.
The Constitution was made by the Mates in their sepa
rate capacities. and was never submitted to the People
for their ratification or 'rejection. it required State rail
neat, n before it became binding. In answer to. Mr.
Johnson. he contended that the Preamble to the Constitu
tion was not to be considered, bat the instrument itself
was to be regarded. The instrument itself alone sheered
how the great blessing of Justice. tranquillltg. and
liberty were to be Conferred. secured, and perpetuated.
The power did not exist to submit these amendments
to the tootle in tile manner pre .cribed by the Constitn
lion. He was a firm believer in the inequality of the
races. Be would not attempt to explain it, as it was the
work of the divine architect who presides over the desti
nies of man. He opposed tilts amendment not because
the pews of ble gate were pecuniarily intereeied in the
institution, but from the highest convictioes of duty to
the country. Besides the feet that we could not submit
this amendment to one-fourth of the States, the times
were nnpropitione. The time of war was net the time to
ct ange our organic law The adoption of this measure
w.tii d prolong the war beyond tits lifetime of any mem
ber of the Senate.
Sir HALE had supposed there were no MUMS whisk
could induce him to make a speech. Under the present
circumetances. speeches were very apt to recoil on their
authors. as he once learned in the State of Maine. to hie
sorrow, when stopping at a hotel, and caWng for some
thing to reed, the only thing to be procured being an
ancient newepaper , containing one of his own speeches.
[Laughter ] Slavery died bard When Charles the I
wise about to be beheaded. a auggeetion was made that
he might resist. and to prevent it the proper pulleys and
pinions were provided for such an emergency. So with
slavery; if it don't quietly submit, the pulleys and phi
ltres will be applied to keep its reek under the axe. This
•was a day be long had atrium; ed for -the day in which
the nation was commencing its real life, and waking to
the meaning of the sublime trtithe Uttered by onr fore
fathers.
The idea of inconsistency between our profeeelon and
practice as a free Government was hereafter to be
abolished Be wanted to say a word to the admints
trotor de bouts non of what was ores the great Demo
cratic party that their belief that it was theirs to save
the country. and more than that themselves. was aflutter
delusion Taking experience as a text, whet did the
Democratic party do to Save the country when the ISOM:i
nce. Cabinet. legislative department. Supreme Court. a
majority of the Legislatures of the etetes could not only
not preserve the peace of the country, hut could not pre
serve family peace, but got a up quarrel and a split in
their little !eve-feast down in Charleston? He asked his
friends if when they read the newspapers. they don't
feel tbat the power of Democracy had departed; and that.
like Charles the Theta, well-bred. sensible gentleman,
when be saw the appliances arocenl his scaffold quietly
etbmitred ? Was it too much to ash the Democratic
party, lib e that gentleman. to put their head under and
submit to what must e 'Ash) y come? [Laughter.] He
felt to• day that we were on the true roadto honor, glory,
and peace
Mr. BcDOVGAL said we ,were now in the third year
of a terrible war, anti hundreds of tuonettede- of our
friends and brethren bad gone down on the great battle
fields. This was not a time, he would tell the Senator
from New Hampshire. for gibes. jests. and fantastia
tricks. each, at this time, before high Heaven, would
make angels weep He called attention to the difficulties
in Florida. and said the armed resistance of a great
Power like the South was no subject for jesting Bleb,
mood is notyet ours.
He came here willing to maintain an effectlye war,
'end he asked a million of men and earnest measures.
That was not the opinion of the otter side, and we are
now reaping the consequences of indecision, instead of
Putting down the rebellion. The time has been wasted
in discussing the status or negroee in the Southern Con
federacy. He should like to vote against the amend
neent, not from any panicular hostility, bat because it
would tend to aggravate the war, and arouse the ant
merits, of our present violent foe. As the thing now
elands. we propose to leave our children. and children's
children a legacy of war. When be looked at our pre
&Act condition, he might well say, "Let the heavens be
hang in black, and the earth hung in mourning."
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, said the amendment
would receive the support of many members on his side
as an independent - proposition. end doubtless his own.,
lilt be should prefer that the proposition to eatabliah
pod= should go distinctly before the people.
Sir. lOWELL s arnenement was rejected.
Mr. POWELL proposed an amsndmentas an addition
el section. providing that the President and Vice Presi-
dent shall not hold their offices more than six years.
Mr Powell said that be believed that no President who
had desired a re- election but what had the power to pro
mote it. A tree nation must protect Heel( by force of its
own laws. His am, ndreent would not affect there-elec
tion of the present Executive He wee opposed to amend
ing the Constitution, but if we do W. let the world see
that we have more ideas than one—that of African slave
ry. Let the future occupants of the White House know
that there was n.t hope of a re-election, and that unless
they were honest their's would be an ignominious reps.
tauten.
•
YE Mt
Hendricks,
Westaith.
Pomo oy,
Powell,
BAYS
Harding,
Harlan,
Harris,
Henderson,
Howard,
Howe.
Johnson,
Lane ( , nd.),
bh be (Kgnsas),
McDougal.
' Morgan,
; ered another amendment prohibiting
on, which was rejected by 38 votes
Anthony,
ebas dlor,
Clark,
CoHamer,
Corneas.
Cowan,
Dixon,
olittle.
reseed/den,
Foot,
Hale.
Mr. POWELL o:
political proscripti
against 6.
Mr. PO )YELL offered an amendment providing that
no bill, resolution, or law, pawed by Congress, shall
relate to more than one subject, and bays more than one
tills. which was rejected by a vote of 39 to 6,
2dr. DAVIS introduced as an amendment the joint re
solution to provide for a new mode of electing the Pre
sident and Vice President :heretofore presented and
pristed by the Senate , which was rejected. The bill
passed to a third reading.
The tomato then adj earned without final action.
,t :ffi)a.2011D):..101154-1131 , ,1# V;io
- -
Mr. PEN bLETON. of Ohio, from the Select Commit.
tee on the subject, reported a bill providing that the
beads of the Executive departments may occupy seats
on the floor of the House of Represents, twee The bill
was ordered to be printed. and permission was given for
the majority report, and the views of the minority to be
handed In
Mr. i'hIiDLETON laid he. would not call up the bill
excepting upon due notice.
Seats lii the House for the . Cabinet.
Mr. PEI/Di...ET:4l'B bill provides that the Secretary of
Stare, the Secretary of the rreasury. the Secretary of
War, the dectetary of the Navy, the lieeretaly of the
interior, the Attorney eeneral, and the Postmaster Ge
neral, shall be entitled to occupy Beate on the floor of
the Honseor hetwesentattves, with the right to partici
pate In debate upon matters relating to the business of
their respective departments under Bach rules as may be
Prescribed by the blouse
The bill farther provides that the said Secretaries, the
Attorney General, and Postmaster General shall attend
the sessions of the Rouse of Representatives immediately
on the opening of the sittings. on Monday and Thursday
of each week, to give information in reply to questions
which may be propounded to them under the rules of the
House. •
In order to carry out the intention of the bill, Mr.
PENDLETON reported an amendment to the rules, as
follows:
• •
The Clerk of the Henke shall keen a notice-book,
which he shall enter: on tt e request of any member, any
resolution requiring information from any of the Skean
tive derailments, or any question intended to be p:o
-rounded to any of the Secretaries, or the Postmaster
General or Attorney General, relating to public affairs
or to the business pending before the Hones, together
with the name of the member and of the day when the
same Will be called up. The member giving notice of
encl. resolution or question, shall at the same lime give
notice that the same shall be called up on Monday or
Thursday of that week. or of the mum eding week ; pro
vided that no ench resolution or wiestion shall be called
np within less ikon three days after notice shall have
been given.
The Clerk shill, on the same day on which notice is
entered, transmit to the chief officer of the proper depart
ment a copy of the resolution or question, together whit
the name of the member propOsing the same, and of the
time when it will come before the Home for action. on
Monday and Thursday of each week, before any other
business shall be taken up. Except by unanimous con
sent, the resolutions and questions shim be taken up in
the order in which they have been entered upon the
notice-book for that day
The member offering a resolution may elate succinctly
the obiest and scope of his resolution, and toe reason for
desiring the information, and the Secretary of the proper
department may reply. giving the information or the
reasons why the same should be withheld, and then,
without further debate, the House shall vote on the re
solution. unless it shall be withdrawn. In putting any
question to the Secretaries or the Attorney General, or.
Puha:taster General. no argument or opinion is to be
offered, nor any filet stated except such as may be nesse ,
sally to obtain such question : and in answering each
que,tion. the Secretary. the Attorney General, or Post
master General shall not debate the matter to which the
same refers, nor state facts or opinions other than that
necessary to explain the answer.
' The Banking Bill. -
?he House prbceeded to the consideration of the na
tional bank bill. as reported from the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, with amendments.
Mr. BOOPBB, of Ittagachueettn, made the closing
speech, giving hie reasons why the paper currency
should be under the control of national law; be
lieving the condition of the country, growing cut of the
exigeneles of the war. rendered the regulation of the
currency by Congress absolutely necessary to give
strength to and uphold the Government. The financial
schemes of the Semetary of the Treasury, he showed,
have thus far met with marked success. The issue
of legal tenders was not only wise, bat the Only mea
sure to afford immediate relief; for if the Government
had depended on the State banks for currency. it
would have been a feature. The bill under consideration
was to perfect the detail of the national currency bill
heretofore passed, and to render its operation more ef
fective. Be believed the existence of the nation was at
stake on this issue, and that the Government requires
every legitmate means to sustain its credit if the war is
to continue till the rebilion Is overthrown, and the
cause of it removed. Tre people at home must enter
upon the work of sustaining the war with more ear
neetnef H. We hive MACAO the point where sacrifices
must be made, and the people muss Lear more taxation.
Instead of 'lncreasing salaries, we mast take means for
preventing the depreciation of paper, and giving it a
higher came. The Committee on Ways and Means, he
said. would soon introduce a bill largely increasing the
taxation.
The House then proceeded to act on the amendments.
The House concurred in the amendment that any bank
or banking association now organized in pursuance of
the laws of any atate. under articles of association
which prohibit specified charges therein, may be
changed and converted into el national banking associa
tion, under the provisions of this act, without any
change in the articles of association as may be pro
hlblted by the same, anything in this act to the contrary
notwithstanding; and its directors, at the time or such
change., may continue in office. and their successors
May. from time to time, be elected or appointed in the
manner provided by its articles of association
'I he vote on concurring in the above was yeas 65,
nays 63.
YEAS.
Grinnell,
Hale.
Hooper.
Botch k Ise.
Hubbard.
Jenckee,
Julian,
Hasson,
R alley.
Kellogg (Mich),
liCellogg (N Ti
Loan,
Longyear,
Marvin,
Mcßride.
McCln , g.
Miller (N T),
Morrill.
Morris (N Y).
Mere d.
livers L.
O'Neill We)
BAYS.
Hat . rilretoll,
Herrick,
Holman,
Johneon (PO
tJansen (OU•tel
Italblielech.
Sernan.
Law,
bazaar,
Long.
Mallory,
Mare).
aldlilcinery.
Middleton_
Mi:ler (Pa)
Morris (0)
Morrison.
Nelson
n'IS mil (Ciao).
Pike
Radford,
Allay.
Ames.
Anderson.
Baldwin (Mats)
Baxter,
Beaman.
Blablo.
Mow,
BOntwell.
B, yd,
Clark A W.
Cobb,
Cole,
Davie (3 T).
Dixon.
Donnelly.
Robley,
Eliot.
Frank,
Gooch,
allrn .7 C
Allen Wm. J.
•nrona,
Baldwin (Mich)
BUM
Broomall.
Br own (Wis.)
Brown (West').
Clay.
Cox,
Cravens,
Dawson.
.Dentiana.
Dric,ge,
FOAM._
7 •ldridge,
Fiack.
Oanson.
°rider.
WALISSINGTOIf, April 6. 1864
Biddle.
anlaburn
wade,
Wilkinson,
Morrill, • '
Barecey,
Sherman.
Sprague.
Sumner.
Ten Eyck.
Trumbull,
Van Winkle:
Willey,
Willson.
Orth.
Patterson,
Perham.
POMIRO7,
Price.
Randall (Hy)
Rice (Mass)
Rice (Maine)
Rollins (N.H.).
Aol line (Ho)
Shannon.
Spanlding,
Starr,
Stevens,
Thayer,
Iloson.
Van Valkenbargb.
Wavhburn (Masse.
Wilder.
Windom.
Woodbridge.
•
Randall (Pa).
Robtoeon.
Rogers.
Schenck,
/eon.
Steele (N 7),
Steele (N J)
Stranne,
Sweet,
TraCY.
Voorhees.
Washbarae ( 1 11)
Whaley,
Wheeler.
White C A.
Wince J.W.
w lentt.
Winfle d. •
We, d 8 J.
YeantAae
The House agreed. by a vote of 78 against di. to an
amendment that the taxes or duties imposed by Congress
from time to time shall be in lien of all other taxes on
said associations.
The House voted on the amendment that the rate of 7
per eeptnm interest, fixed in section ge. shall be deemed
he lawful interest tn all States where no rate is °sta
b) plied, bat each bank shall be bound by loc a ted law
reaulatiolt Interest in the State where it La The
above was concurred in—yeas SEb. nay 843.
IBA&
Herrick.
Holman.
Hotchkiss.
Hubbard (Iowa)
Johnson (Pa).
Kalbfielseh.
Kellogg (N
!Cornea.
Law,
Lamar,
Loan.
Long.
mummy.
Marcy.
McKinney.
Middleton.
Miller (Pa).
Morrill.
Morrie (Ohio),
Morrison.
Myers
Nelson,
Odell.
O'Neill (0).
Orth,
Patterson.
Pendleton.
Perham.
NAYS.
Allen J C.
Allen W J,
Allison,
Aneona.
Baldwin, 0111oli)
Blaine.
Blair CEO.
811158-
Brooks.
Broomall,
Brown (Wis)
Brown. W Vs
Chan
Clay.
Cole,
Coy,
Cravens,
Dawson.
Dennison,
Donnelly.
Drigis.
Edon.
Eldridge,
English.
Flack,
Gerson.
Cinder.
Grinnell.
Bale.
Alley, Prank, Morrie/5i Y),
Arose,
Hooch. Myers! L
Ashler. Hale.
O'Neill (Penns).
Baldwin (Mass), Elooper. Randall (BY),
Baxter, Hubbard (Conn). Rice (Raw).
Blow, Jenks, Shannon,
Rontwell. Rasson, Thomas,
Boyd, Kelley. Upson.
(nark AW, Rellosx (Mich), Weekburne. (11. )
Cobb, Longyear, Washburne(Hass)
Davis (N Y), Marvin: Wilder,
Dix , n, Mcßride, Wilson,
Schley, • McClurg, Windom.
Eliot, Miller (N Y). Woodbridge,
The Rouse next voted on the new section. that nothing
in this act shall be construed to prevent the taxation by
States of tke capital stock of banks organized under this
act, the same as the property of other moneyed corpora
tions. for Skate or municipal purposes; bat no State
shall Impose any tax neon each associations, or their
capita), Maculation. divide. de. or basiness, at a higher
rate of taxation than shall be imposed by such Slate
upon the same amount of moneyed capital in the hands
of individual citizens of such State. The above WAS
Reread to—YeaS 78. MTN 78.
YEAS.
Holman,
Hotchkiss.
Johnson (Pa).
jobtonoci (Ohio)
Halbfleirch.
Kellogg (Di:
Kernan,
Law,
Long.
!Mahon , .
Ma e 9.
Middleton.
Miller (N Y).
Miller (Penn).
Morris (Ohio).
Morrison.
Myers Amos.'
Nelson,
Odell,
O'Neill (Ohio).
Orth.
Pendleton,
Pike,
Pomeroy.
MAYS:
Allnd.] . C,
Allellny W
.Bald w in (Ma)
Buser
Brooke.
Broomall.
Brown ( Wle).
Brown (W Va),
Chandler.
Clay,
Coa Cravens,
Dawson,
Dennison.
Eden.
Eldridge.
Insliah.
Flack,
Ganeon,
Crider,
Oriewold,
Ball,
Barrington.
Harrill (KA
Herrick,
goly.
Ellot,_
rant,
Gooch.
Grinnell.
Hale.
Hooper.
Hubbard (Tows),
Hubbard (Conn).
Janekee.
Julian.
Season,
Kellogg (Mich)
Loan.
Lon gyear.
Marvin,
Mcßride.
Alley,
Allier a.
Ames.
And ert on.
Baldwin (Haul
Baxter,
Beaman.
Blaine.
Blow.
Bontw ell.
Boyd.
Cla b rk b Amb
Cole. ,
ole.
Davie (N
Dixon.
Donnelly,
Briggs,
All the amendments of the Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union were concurred in.
Mr. STAVENS offered a substitute for the blll.lt being
the ran e as the bill with the exception of restoring the
uniform rate of seven per centum interest, and leaving
taxation with the National tiovernment, bat withdraw
ing it from the State Governments.
Mr HBOOlti. of New York. said that Bnffalo was nn. ,
generously put in the bill to enable the New York west
ern banks to avoid redemption.. In New York and Al
bany bank circulation does not to west to Baffalo. but
east. and hence redemption in Buffslo enab:es the banks
lot ter to keep (int their circulation.
Mr Stevens' substitute was re.tected—yeas 19, nays 78.
TEAS.
Bliot
Frank.
Garfield.
Gooch,
Grinnell.
Hale,
Hubbard (Conn- ),
Jencks,
Julian.
Hasson,
Kelley,
Kellogg,
Loan.
Longyear,
Marvin..
Mcßride.
McClurg.
Honig (N Y. ),
NAYS.
Herrick, Price.
Hallman. Prnyn,
Hotchkiss. Radford,
/inboard (Iowa), Randall. (Pa),
Johnson (Pa). Randall (My),
SebllBoll (Ohio), Rice ( lie).
Kalbfleisch, Robinson.
Kellogg, (N Y). Rogers,
Kernan. Rollins (Ho).
Law. Scott.
Long. Smithers
Mallory, Steele (WV,
Marcy, •- Wee% (N 3),
McKinney, Strome.
Middleton, sweat.
Miller, (Pa) Tracy.
Morris (Ohio), Von 'Velkenburin
Morrison, ' Ward.
Myers A. I Waeliburne
Nelson, Wheeler,
Odell.
White G A.
O'Neil (Ohio). I White J W.
Orib. I Wilson.
Pend!el on. i Winfield,
Pik" Wood,
Pomeroy. Yeaman.
11, as amended. now came up for ac
Ames,
ndet son.
Baldwin (Mass.),
Baxter,
Beaman.
Blow. .^
Bc
Boy d.
Broomall.
Clark A. W..
Cobb.
Cole.
Davis (New York)
Dixon,
Donnelly.
Driggs,.
Bair.
Allen Jas C.
Allen Wm 3,
Ancona,
Bally,
Baldwin (Mich),
Blaine,
Bliss.
Brooks.
Brown (W'is).
BroWn (W Va),
Chandler,
Clay.
Cox,
Cravens,
Dawson,
DelliEoll,
Eden,
Eldridge,_
Et g li bir,
Kuck,
Casson,
(hider,
Griswold,
Ball,
Barrington.
Barris (Md),
The orienal 131 1
li wiles -
-on.
BPAULDING
agreed to—yeas 71
each and every b
act, or any other h,
meets the circniat
depreciation or dim
Mr STEVENS m(
was carried— yeas
offered a new section. which was
nave not counted—providing that
tinting association crea t ed under this
lereafter pa.sed. shall receive in pay
ling notes of all other banks. without
tcount from their nominal value.
eyed to lav the bill on the table. which
59, nays 4L
YEAS.HaIe.
Hall.
Harrington,
Harris (6(d).
Herrick.
Manion,
Hoo nson ver.
Joh (Penn a).
Johnson (Ohio),
Julian,
Kalbfleisch,
Kelley,
Kellogg (Mich),
Ktiloom (r 4
Kenton,
Law,
Loan,
Long,
Longyear,
Mallory,
Marcy,
Marvin,
Mcßride,
McClurg,
McKinney.
Middleton,
Miller (Penne.).
Morris IN Y),
Morris (Ohio).
Morrison.
HATS.
Hotchkiss.
Hubbard (Tows.).
Hubbard (Conn.),
Jencks.
MfAer (H. Y.).
Morrill.
Myers, Autos
ortb,
Patterron.
Perham,
Pike.
POMMY.
Randall (K 3-.),
Rice (Mass. ),
rtly after this rein
nea.
Allen Jas C.
Allen Wm J.
Alley,
001 , as
Ashley.
Baldwin Mich/
Baxter.
Blies,
Boyd.
Brooke,
Broomall.
Brown (Wia),
Chandler,
Vex,
"rtvenr.
Doyle (N Y),
Denreon.
Denison.
Donnelly.
Drigge,
Urn,
Eldridge,
Elbeli.h.
Finck.
Ganeon.
Gooch,
Grider.
Grinvold,
Bally.
Baldwin (Diane.),:
Beaman.
Blaine.
Bontwell.
Brown (West Va.)
Clark, A W
Clay.
Cobb,
Cole,
Dixon.
Eckley.
Franck.
Garfield.
Grinnell,
The Howe. ttho
at 4 o'clock adieu
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HARRISBURG, April 6. 1.864.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 1031 A. M.
Petitions.
Mr. CORNELL, from citizens of the Twenty-fourth
ward, in favor of opening of Thirty-first street, from
Zdarket to Chestnut
Mr.Nlia.OLS. in favor of Front-street and Kensington
Railroad.
Military Officials.
Mr. HOPKINS Galled nn a resolution requeeting the
3vernor to Inform the Senate bow many officials are
engaged In the milltary department, how many can be
dispensed with. etc. Tie rezolutiort was reseed.
Bine Coneldered.
J n act allowing the Central (Broad and Germantown)
Paccenger Railway 1001:aDa117 to form a connection with
the limb Figlairylyania Railroad at Hdge Hill, was
paned.
An ad to incorporate the Mercer and Butler itsllroad
Company was passed with au amendment, requlrinu tha
SUMO not to be over four feet ten inches.
Keeping the Reserves in ServiceA
Mr WILSON offered the following :
IV/largo, It is alleged to be the determination of the
War Department to hold the Penner/vanta Reserve Vo
lunteer Corps to service after the term of three years,
from the date of their muster into the service of the
State shall have expired, and that much dissatlefaction
has been thereby created among some of the regiments
enmesh. g said corps to the detriment of the public lute
rest, and prevention of their recruitment and re-enlist
ment: Therefore.
Resolved. That the °overflew he requested to commu
nicate to the tenets any information he may possess in
relation to the alleged proposed action of the XTovern
mentof the United States, together with copies of any
correspondence he may have had with the authorities
up6n the subject, or in relation to the re enlistment of
the lotps, and measures for filling it AP to its original
numbers. Adopted unanimously.
State Banks and Legatercnders,
Mr. LOIN moved that the Senate consider a resolu
tion 11261111 C g the indiciary Committee to bring in a
bill authoriz g the State banks to redeem their issues
In legal-tender currency, when so requested by the
holders thereof. Not agreed to—ayes 15. noes 18
Assumption of Bounty Debts by Like State.
An act for the exemption by the Commonwealth of
debts contracted by counties, warde. townships. and
school districts for the payment of bounties to volun
teers. was considered, on motion of Air. wiLsori. aad
after being alien:med. was laid over.
Mxpeoses of the Goarernoettlossuguration.
the Senate proceeded to consider the bill paying the
expellees of the istangnration of Governor Varna. [The
bl.l waa about sl,ovb.l
Mr. ST. CLAIR thought the chargea extravagantly
high. The bill was negatived—ayes 15, noes 17.
Adjourned until 3 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Mr. CONNELL introduced a bill equalizing the ter
ritory of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth warae. which
was passed.
__Mr. CONNELL called up. a bill incorporating the Mc-
Neal Coal Poe pang. Passed .
Mr. WitAhlt...r.BY 6 introduced an act enabling the State
banks to term actiocistions under the national law.
Adjourned.
ROUSE.
The House met at 10 &Week ♦. M.
Opening of Certain. Streets.
Mr. SUTPHIN read two bills—one to open Vienna
street, from Frankford road to Front, and one to open
Montgomery 'treat. from Frankford road to Front.
(The ttr< eta. if opened, will pane through the depot
grounds of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad.)
The Rights of Jurymen.
Mr BATMEN. reported from the commit; ee two blue
relative to illif MOIL The present law provides that.
alter a man has served on a jury he need not serve
M
again for three yearn. One
bill of Mr. Barger Prop) , es
to reduce this term to two years. The remaining bill
allows the Can't of Common Pleas to increase the wain
bar of SPECII9I jurors no as not to exceed sixty-at &rig
one period,
Punishment for Avoiding. the Draft.
•Mr. IMAM' offered 'a resolution instructing the Ge
neral Judiciary Committee to prepare a bill to unuish
finch citizens of the State as may have gone to Canada
or elsewhere to avoid any draft of the National Govern-
I tb at the Committee on Vice mid
Immorality should have Wilms of this matter. [Laugh..
ter-]
Mr. BEER, the chairmen of the last namod committee,
said that they - alreadyr had their hands full of vice and
immorality.~ and wanted no more business.
Mr. CO billdaff wished to know whether the commit
tee was to be entitled to mileage to Canada and back ?
L.Flnaily the resolution of Mr. SePey was p testi&
Removal of State Capital to Philadelphia.
The committee on the removal of the State Capital to
Philadelphia are awaiting the visit of a delegation from
the Councils of Philadelphia. bringing official notice of
the passage of the resolutions pledging the faith of the
city to erect new buildings for the Legislature As soon
as infant/ado* of an official character Is received on the
subject, a bill will be prepared awl prisentui to the -
House of Representatives.
Peneionafar Sehaal Teacher'
- • • - •
A bill to Rive la f pan to old and. infirm shoot tennlv,rs
was repotted faiorably br the' Committee on Jadial•ry.
The bill has already poised the Senate.
Au irndergrouud 011 Railroad
The Committee on Corporations reportel fsvorably on
a bill allowing, the Sabtarrenean 01.1 COMN.:,y tk,s eeevey
oil in Pipes from the oil region to market. The bill gave
riee to oietussion, and a motion to refer it bast to the
Jugieltury Ct mmittee was agreed to.
Railroad Projects.
An act allowing the Bentonville Railroad Company to
nee Spring Garden street as far down as Seventh street
wee reported favorably Also. Incorporating the Ali.-
Shear and Sn quebana Railroad Gozoosny. Preventing
Soilleione en rail/cads by &nailing them to have teM•
graph lines. An act to ineorporate the Seventh and
Ninth-street and Pimmount Passenger Railway was re•
Ported, with a negative recommendatiom.
Pike,
Pomeroy, .
Price.
r Pram
I Randall (Pa),
Rice (Maine).
Robinson.
Rogers.
Rollins (80.
Schenck.'
Second&
Soon.
Sinithere.
Spaulding.
Steele
(N V),
Steele (N
Enrollee.
Sweat.
Thayer.
Triter* •
Van Vamenotirf
Ward R.
Wheeler.
White a A.
White 3' W.
Wood, B
-Yeoman.
A supplement to the Bedford Iron - OOMpallY WAS intro
duced by Mr. MEYERS. of Bedford.
By Mr. DOTES, joist resolutions asking Congress to
remi stringent laws to punish military interfereure at
elections. Adjourned until IP. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The following public bills were considered:
Relating to sale of railroads. canals. and plank roads
by assignees , which was ;eased AD act enabling State
banks to do business under the national banking law
was discussed Various amendments were offered.
among them one by Mr. HELMS* requiring banks to Day
five per cent. to the State noon their assets after their
liabilities are settled • the five per cent. to go to a sink
ing fund This amendment was lost.
Mr. REX moved to amend bp taxing all national
amendment s S ate banks. This was lost. wh i ch
wasadopted requiring the bangs
shall reorganize to a/ Of y per cent. of the tixes now
Imposed by law. T e whole bill war than defeated hg
la ayes to VS nays. Adjourned.
WALNUT-811111T THHATR.II.--The story of "East
Lynne," dramatized especially. for Dills Laura
Keene, by its author, Mrs. Henry Wood, will be
produced in the best style of the WalntitAtreet
Theatre, on Friday evening. It is the brat dramatic
work of this highly successful novelist, and it is far
more effective and satisfactory, we understand, than
the ordinary adaptation. "East Lynne" has
already won an extended and brilliant career as a
sensation, but wilh the joint dramatic talent of
Dim Wood, Miss Keene will have, no doubt, an
abundance of fresh interest. With Miss Keene,
Mr. Leviok, an intelligent eharacterist, Mr. P. H.
Anderson, one of the ablest actors of the Walnut
street Company, and the other ladles and gentleman
of New York and Philadelphia companies, the play
will possess a meritorious cast. The performances
of Miss Keene, during this engagement, have boen
highly interesting and popular.
The "Sea at UV" was finely performed yester
day evening. Miss Laura Keene was charming in
the character of Ogarila, and Mr. Peters, as Bare.
bra, and Mr. Leviok, as Carlos, played their parts
admirably.
CIISSTI/IeSSTERTIT THHLTRIL- 16 The Octoroon "
is having an excellent run at thill place of amuse.
meet. It is well played and handsomely put on the
stage. At the matinee ' last Saturday, Mrs. Cecile
Rush appeared in the c haracter of Fanchon. This
lady has a flue personal appearance and superior
talents, and, notwithstanding the very stormy
weather, a large.audience assembled to 'Mums* her
performance, and evinced their 'gist/lotion by fre
quent applause.
Pravn.
Radford.
Randall (Pa).
Randall (Ky).
Mee ( Ste)
,Robistetna,
I Romero,Soho!lea,
Scott,
Starr.
Steele (151 T).
Steele J).
I Stream.
Sweat,
Tree).
Van Valkenbarg
Ward Elijah.
Whaley.
Wheeler,
White Q A
White J Vii
Window.
Winfield.
Wood Senj
Yea man.
DAROB, IMPORTANT, AND POSITIVE SALE OP
DRY Goons, PALM Boone, &o.—The early particu
lar attention of dealer. is requested to the choice
and general assortment of American. British,
French, and German dry goods, (palm hats and
hood■,) &e., &c., embracing about 700 packages , and
lots of staple and fancy articles, la cottons, nilonl,
silks, worsteds, and woolens, to be peremptorily
sold, by catalogue, on four months' credit, and part
for cash, commencing this morning at precisely ten
O'clock, to be continued all day and part of the eve•
ninsr, Without intermission s by John B. Myers &
Co,, auctioneers, NO. 232 and 234 BUMS street,
McClure.
1 / 6 tris (X In.
Myers, Leonard.
(Perna)
Perham,
Price.
Mee ( Mass),
Rollins (st
Shona%
Shannon.
Smithers,
Spauld lag,
Stevens,
Thayer,
Potion,
Washburn Oil
Washburn (Jlase
Marquette Mining Company of Michigan.
The Marquette Mining Company of Michigan was
incorporated under the general mining lawn, Michi
gan, in December, 1863, with a capital of five hun
dred thousand dollars, divided into twenty thousand
shares of twentyfive dollars , each. The corporation
ban no debt.
It bag acquired by purchase front the Lake Sup&
rior Mineral Land Company lands with uninoum
bered titles. It has located United States lands
recently, for which patents will be issued in due
courts of time. Total land., about ten thousand
Aorol.
Mien Leonard,
O'ffell (Penna.).
Patterson.
Perham,
Mee ( ),
Bolling (Nl'
Schenck,
Scofield.
Shannon,
Spalding.
Starr.
Steyeas,
Thayer,
Thou ma.
Upson.
Washburn (Kase
Wilder.
Windom,
Weedbrhlge.
These lands are valuable, as containing veins of
Copper, iron, silver lead, and of the newly-discovered
iron pyrites, which has been recently analyzed in
Philadelphia, New Yotk, and Detroit, and which
- pyrites contain all of them gold. One assay gave
$241 of gold to the lon of vein matter. This WAN the
remit of the analysis made In this city by DubOlt &
Williams. The results in Detroit have surprised
the most sanguine, and caused the location since of
an immense amount of !tads supposed to contain
these metals. The analysis of the silver lead ore has
showed as high as thirty five pounds of silver to the
ton of lead. Some assays have gone to higher
figures.
The directors, in view of the large amount of
lends in possession, have agreed to divide the lands
into five companies, to be chartered by the State of
Michigan, which will be including the Marquette
Company, the "Yellow Stone," "Excelsior,"
"Northern," "Monitor," and Marquette. Each of
the additional four to have the same number of
shares, viz : 20,010, of $25 each. It is proposed to
distribute about 2.000 aerosol land to each company,
selected so as to properly proportion to each equal
amounts of desirable lactation's. Of the stock of the
new companies, 15,000 shares in each company will
be also distributed to the stockholders of the Mar
quette Dlinirg Company pro rate, at the time the
divirtion of thalami. is made. Five thousand shares
in each new company will be reserved for sale at
market price, to furnish a working capital, thus ob.
viatiog the necessity of assessments. It will not re
quire so long a time to develop in mining for the
precious metals as it usually take, to develop a
copper mine. Hence, sooner returns of profits may
be looked for.
The directors of the Marquette Company are,
Menmenown Mooxx, Wm. L. Smear,
FRANKLIN PLATT, CHAS. 121. JACKSON,
and AL/MANDEB, CAMPBELL, Of Michigan.
President—lVlAnarannwe Moony., 319 Walnut St.
Secretary—DAVlD S. MM., St It it
Treasurer—Jos. L. Moss, 332 "
It is well known that numerous explorers will
take the field, early as the snow disappears ; it is
certain that these explorations will give additional
value to these lands, which have been located in the
heart of the very beet locations of the gold and sil
ver regions of the Huron Mountains. Next sum
mer will, from their ants and reports, prove to the
stockholders of the Marquette Mining Company
the immense value of their ponersions—this is con
fidently believed by those interested in this newly
discovered region of wealth, and the directors trust
that our valuable lands will be found to contain
riches enough to Satisfy even the most hopeful.
A - letter from Alexander Campbell, our Michigan
director, who resides at Marquette, Michigan, will
show what he thinks of our lands :
PIIILADELpRIA, April 2, 1864.
Marmaduke Moore, President!
DEAR Six z The lands of the Marquette Mining
Company, lying within the new mineral range of
Lake Superior, are as well located as those o vned
by any other companies, and hence fully as valua
ble.. What number of gold and silver bearing lodes
may exist upon them can only be determined by ex
plorations ; but that such lodes do exist upon them
in many places is as certain an their existence in the
district. One of the tracks runs five miles north and
south, by one-half wide, directly across the mate
of the Huron mountains, which I think is a larger
tract of laud than is owned by any other parties in
that locality ix olio body. On the east side of +hit
stupenCous uplift, it owns another tract two miles
north and south, and one• half mile wide, nearly in
a compact body.
The balance of its lands in this district are west
and northwest of the Lake Superior silver Lead
Company, and in bodies from 100 to 320 acres, envoi
which era 'efficient for one company, if rich vein,
are found upon them.
The fact of the existence of numerous lodes of
galena and pyritous ores are-now fully established.
Indeed, the entire formation abounds with lodes of
pyritous ores, some of which•tire °tercet extent,
From these lode, of galena, assays have been
made, producing from three pounds to forty of silver
to the ton of metal. Such assays have been made
from samples from different localities many miles
distant from each other, by John D. Williams, of
Portage Lake; Prof. Douglass, of Ann Arbor; Prof
Duffield. of Detroit; Messrs. Dubois & Williams, of
this city; Dr. Tony, of New York; Dr. Hayes, of
Boston, and others.
From the pyritous ores, of the same character as
the gold• bearing pyrites of Colorado Territory, am.,
says have been made by some of the same eminent
chemists, from localities equally remote from each
other, producing from $lO to $6OO of the precious
metals to the ton of mineral.
These facts, although they do not demonstrate the
existence of, gold and silver on all lands within the
range, yet they stamp it as pre-eminently a rich
mineral district, well worthy the attention of !rapt
tangle. The work to be done now is to find and
open the veins which bear these metals—a work
that will be prosecuted with vigor this coming sum
mer, and with a success, from present evidences,
that will electrify the whole country.
I am, yours very truly, ALEX. oAxi.nzi.L.
Myers Leonard,
Nielson,
Odell.
O'Neill (Penne)
O'Neill (Ohio),
Pendleton,
Prnyn,
Ra iford,
Randall (Penna)
Robinson,
Rogers,
Rollins (N H).
Shannon,
etarr,
Steele (N Y),
Stevens,
Stromlo,
'Mutter.
Ward .
Elijah
Washburne (Ill),
Whaley,
Wheeler.
White Chilkon A
White J . :is W
WinfloLd.
Wood Benjamin
Woodbridge.
Yeaman.
Rice (Maine).
Rollins (Me.).
Schenck.
Schofield.
Saiithers,
Spaulding,
&eel , ' (W. J.),
Tracy,
iloson.
VanValtenburgli.
Washburn (Mace.)
Wilson,
Windom.
It wao iinuctinood.
[From the Late Superior Igewa,„3:9,tinlaj.. nabltahed. at
A NISIV EXcierismsriv.—A. new excitement is gain.
ing ground among the people of the Upper Penin
sula, founded on alleged discoveries of rich gold.
bearii3g rook. in addition to the assays made during
the winter, in New York and ; Philadelphia, tests
Imo recently been made by Indians) from their
trapping grounds in the neighborhood of the Huron
Mountains, proving the existence of a large prop or
tion of gold. In some instances, it is said, $6OO
to the ton of rock. This, of course, produces quite
a sensation, and all the land in the region of country
round about the supposed auriferous hills and
streams is in great demand. Many of the old rest
dents and explorers, on Lake Superior, well quail-
Jac d tojudge,. have long been of the opinion that gold
does exist in the Huron Mountain region, and it is
not improbable that the precious metal is now about
to be brought from its hiding pleat, and made to act
an important part in sustaining the credit of the
country and bringing about a speedy return to
specie payments.
At the close of navigation last fall nearly every
acre of land in that region constituted a part of
Uncle Sam's farm but large inroads have since
been made, and the principal portion of it has been
taken by those who wish to secure a little gold and
silver patch, from which to extract their small
change, besides, soma to sell to their appreciatirve
friends below. Should those mountains be made to
disgorge extensive treasures of the precious metals,
both the Government and the lucky purchaiera will
be greatly benelitted by the transaction.
LiRCTIIIVII AND CoNCSRT: We 113171,t0 allocated to
the Facture 111541 Concert to be given sit llaCtedtral
Presbyterian Church, N. L., Fourth and Coates
streets, this (Thu, :day) evening. The lesture will
be by the Rev. W. T. Eva; the WOO, "Our
Country's Flog; its History, Slgnitiasnes, and Des
tiny." The proceeds of the lecture are for the
benefit of the Sunday-aehOole 91 that church,
OPENING OP moue-auto Il liLLiguits , —Meagre. M.
&A. Myers & Co., No. 926 Chestnut - street, as the
ladies will are by a card in another column, will
have their first spring opening of Mourning
nery to. day. Should the weather be auspicious, WO
predict for them a my /ergo conoourae of vlilloro. •
MESSEB. WOOD & OeaY, 125 Otkettmlt street,
have now ready their Spring styler Patti and Ameri•
"can Bonnets, , among which we notice a number of
c holooliOlftlttel that the ladies arc amestattaw.
New Bills Intro(paced.
Public Entertainments.
CITIr
GrlieWi. of March W-ii
THE "IPLORICNOB" Tutu htTeAlliT,
fait oorrpszison has been uncle of the
E .
Sewing Machines with any others in ta%;
come off victorious. The consequence l a
who have other machines are seek IoR
them with a view to securing a "
It is unquestionably the most etherbbh tt
chine for all binds of family serving th s ,
been invented. In fact, it Is the Set
carried to perfection.
POLYGAMY AND BIGAMY.—"Whet 1p",
&eked Ike, who stumbled over the wore I ',
Mrs. Partlngton /coked mere. "Poly ge
she, "Is where men have an ad liberties'
of marrying a pleurisy of wive., wh en
take care of one as she ought to b e w : vt °
flannel forty cents a yard and flour a t t
prices." " And What is a suit for bkip, :4 ,
vend Isamu. " A mutt of bigamy e xe ' t
old lady. " Why, a suit of bigamy to lenn , e '
1
man gets unmiatakablem made too /erg s, t .
going to a pleas where he would be cure te,
ate, as at the Brown Stone Clothin g 11 4 ,.
hill it Wilson. N 05 .603 and 605 see ds . y.
above Sixth, for instance." Ike looked :
and he immediately proceeded to carve t !
"R. & W." on the kitchen table.
Any OP OUR BEADICIIS 'wishing to N ;rtt
elegant mid desirably situated residence, nre
to Messrs. Gummers advertisement in
Press, of a house on Locust street, 0 ,
Diaries ()burgh.
TNIC MONROE DOCTRINE REAPYIR,f
tiOU of the House of Representstir es
tons in Unanimously adoptinva reaclutke
against foreign intervention or oecepstlcr,
Moan soil, meets our entire approbsurc),
next to see every loyal man in the ca ; , a
tired in elegant and becoming suits el c , t;'
ten up at the Philadelphia Temple et
Granville Stoktki, NO. GO Ohest utit atree
GEN. Huvrmit and tJorntolistener 0.:11
made a private arrangement for the ek:t
prisoner', the public know nothing khout
us hope for the beet; let ue hope that t.+ 4
braVe boy", when they get aboard the "
boat," are to have all their back pay is gr:,
and, In addition, an entire new outfit hoz t t
lishment of Merle' Stoke" fs 00., undo; the
nental, in this city.
Madonnas Eye, Ear, Throat Director
tarrh treated by Dc. Von blosehrliker,
Lutist, author of the work Just publuthe.!.
Ear, its Diseases, and their Treatment , . I
Mosebztaker la the only regular phyaloian
delphia who maker the above ma/attics Ws
ty. The very highest city and other refer(
be examined at his office, 1027 Walnut St,
CORNS, BUNIONS, INVIIRTIETI I \AIL9,
JOINTS, find all disesteem of the feet, owe;
pain or inconvenience to the patient, b ;);
tie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut str
lets to physicians, and surgeons of the alt;
ARRIVALS AT THE l'
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G It_Shoenburser & wt. Ohio T Arro wawa. if
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W Doane, Washington Rev B ECKOR. ']kt ,
B R Bennet, New York W Cook, .pesa. 7 ,
A Si Cady. Btw York ~ H u Pallas
. 7 B Be//, 17 8 A i Vir E Li Cruinft
W J Pinta' At lit, New YorklE Stevens'. NNW Yu
WII Wan. Baltimore 16 P Mauls, rise l
DeWilt C Weld. New York I W B limper. leN
El F Hill. Amherst IC 0 Shaw. siixt , o,4
11 Hernatein, New York 0 E Brook. Peeve
C J Abrams New York W Cistlin & Wt. H,.
EfrAnderton.sof. is eh,Bosst'n J C Cooper, Ws,
Miss Burnap, Baltimore A H Miller. ilu•Si,
(I lentanstittry. Washington J 14 Batten. Fs,.
H A Rushed. Washington J W &area. olt.
Dr J B. Tlnkham,ll S NJ W Duncan. P. ,• 4
GBrewer. Raltlzuore I A P Fine, Tita,;;,..
0 F Hyde, fieurgetown, D CI Altrec Lesmau.S: L.
W r tosdard II Haidsuen. oh:,
C 8 Aber, rombio.New York I Miss Wells, Peon,
T CI kp_eneer. Buff.lo J W Jones, Chn,t : .
C W Wad nirottk, USA Ili A. fl Fn isr. 8 i•k •
J B Billings. Boston W B Swing It w 7 .,.
J Borne, rittsbarg Mrs Harden hips .
W A 0111. Jr, Columbus, O' Lieut J B Hale
3 N Burlcigh, Banton W Collins. Be.. Y.
Fhi Green, Richmond. Ey B F Shenk, Ls se:ii
W 0 Miller . Richmond, KY P H Howe, Wa4 .
8./ 0 Allex,bia , Jersey Mr Simnel, N,A, 1
onager,Lancaster (i K Bonn, Bikini
Has S Yarilhy, Laneast ,no MIAs MOM., 11, c,
'oe S Pleott. Roston E El Morton k w , ,
Time B Dutton, Boston A B Mudgc 13.,:t,,,
Ei•th Barker. Hanover Mrs Pink team. r;,,
G E Hersh, York, Pa .1 . Henriques Sr I.
B B Clapp Boston SW Pycock, tist
A Gold, Baltimore Dr D R. Shosmew
Nal WE. Blows, II S A 10 Itraw , ter Ann,:
B Thompson, Boston Mice .1 .Tauseon, Si
Chas Herwaln. New I ork J Brew.tsr, N,r y
J 0 Converse. Boston Ti F Craig, Id D. PL.
S Lamb, Wrobbigton W 13 Poo uey, , ia.,.:,
R H Combs. Bordentown , John P Lwe::. Ha:; :
R B Coleman. Baltimore 1W McClintock.i''
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H Notwar. Kansas Titloe. New 17 , 7'1
L Si Moor, Owego A 0 Pavia Ham , :
0 H Wilbert. Boston Mrs J Patterson, l':
John Bhirmsn. Pottsville Mra•F .Patters3ll. P
E Sh. etz. Penn a F 0 states
J Letweller &w. Frarrisbg Ere Hondy ,ic la, l
Sand Small &1, York. Pa Lls B Dying. ifi., ,
Frank E Spsuid'ng, Boston J K Ryder, Shark
W A Cole. Dew York IPa.nl ltreely, :law :
D J Day, New York A. Spears, Balton
D L Hunger/ord. New York Eleo T Atwood. 14:
II 0 ROdkkilL—BOßtoll W H Akin Hem 7 ,
J A Moe heirner. Pilled& IH R Wendell, H,'
'll hos Struthers W T Bary, Nash'
0 B Dorrance. New York NJ ThoznPsell.':
E L Not ton & la. Boston E A Barnard, Six:
W H Conover & la, N York Chas A Lucas.:itt
Robs Dunlap, Loekpor t Dr O'Kle 41 wi. I. !.
W ild Eddie, Maryland F S Venderpoi I 4 r
B 8 litcColoti, reiftwere t lilehdSmith, cicLa
D 6 6 Wiltbank, II 8 N a Densmore, Pena
Henry Sanford, New York C H Burns a w Lea
Muesli Sturges, Jr, Boston H W Boson & tr.3'
John Winthrop ht w.Boston B A G Fuller, Es,'
Girard—Chestnut •
D hider, Portsmouth.. 0
Jl3 iiudesill. Sharon, 0
J W Day.kin. Ohio
B Stillman, New York
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PR Wornirath, New York
Jobn Marpby
P K Boyd, Harrisburg
W H Stevens
Geo W Perry
W sp.l.3er, s A
Jae L Baxter
W M Gallaher
A Joyce, Backe co
C .7 Strome. New York
H C Laughlin: PhDada
H K Pentane, Harrisburg
Mrs B 0 James, Burlioston
Jac H Ormiff,Potttville
MrC H Preston
B t Same., Jr. Burlington
A 0 James, Burlington
Miss N Joules, Bnr.ington
Bon A 0 iliester.Harrilb's
N M Strickler, Columbia
L Elle, Medford, Mass
la Leib, 17 A
J A Eriter. Chambereburg
H H Gnu. 0S ►
D Nathan!, Connecticut
J Nathan*, Connecticut
Mice B Oilmore.Nordetown
JL Suiting, Sonuylkillieo
W Balkley, L Superior
Jr. Hew &Pay
D V ldeLean,Bew Jersey
J Y Bowden, St Pent
G L Newman, St Paul
S Henderson , New York
P MoCoartland. Boston
W Sloker, Boston
S Seymore, Waehleston
Merchants' Hoitel—N
Hon Asa Packer, M Chunk
R N Luker, Allegheny City
J A Gault. Allegheny City
Jos Purvis. Butler
Jas A Balph. Butler
J Darling, Near York
A Derplch, New York
L T Msrrin, New York
Mrs Crumbaker, Zszeettille
B R Jameson. Carlisle, Pa
H Clack. Wyandot. 0
L 0 Ressler. Phillipsburg
D 13 Packard,Oresnyille, Pa
.1 g Masitonal. St Lon%
E E Ebright, Xenia, 0
Jos Lang, Pittsburg
Il P Han, Bow York
Jas Hemphill. Sr. II S A
B °Britt, Mc Vernon, 0
Gen Sehropp
Wm Kerper. Reading
• E Elliot, Carlisle
Max lartientexg New York
W Worceder. New York
W J Moodie, Penna.
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• M Leslie, St Louis
W B Stotz. heck Haven
L K hicAboy. Pittsburg
Mrs C K Monroe. Reading
Wm 8 McCabe, Delaware
A 13 Erhard. Penns
W It Fwd.tr. Penna
Jobn B Doable?. NeW York
Wm P Stmpren. Baltimore
13 Baines. Baltimore
F Hildebrand, Ber: in, Pa
W P C. , rbriebt. Hazleton
L B Dellicker. Oil Creek Pa
J A Soutbmsyd. Jer City
Than Ryan., Trenton, N J
C L Oriewold, Conn
W O Cnittick, New York
American Hoitel—Ohe
RB Da Bend
W B Thompson. Wash
R Letbbridse, New X cork
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T FN nll. JeregY
W 0 Wiley. nabbing
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B ip ek g i C Che nn n H
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H LenLatt. Johnstown
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Win 7 Jicintirtde
Wm elevens, Wyoming go
J B rHoim h W N hing o a
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t: re Klotz. Mew Yorlr.
Et Gamble, Jereoy Skew,
A 33.021 Atwood, Troy. N y
1.4 w . Gardner, Troy. N y
St. Lottla — Claestamat
Mr Oarreison, New York
L tgonthard, Wilmington
aft , . A Ale ( lnger, Cr El A
°Las /S Collis a, New York
Dr B choening
R Warren, 0 El A
Chas Harrison, Burlington
Woodville, Baltimore
It DI Blanchard. Trenton
J H Thompson. Trenton
C R Warner. New York
Sam!nner. Ohio
J Dawkina. N Terser
John ri:Douty, Penns
J K Mattison. crew York
J H Rosier, Wheeling VII.
O B Thomas dt da, N York
L M Corte] d & la. Bath, Me
Mine
LT Bath, Me
Mine M T Wyerly, BatlLMs
G S Trayere, Bath, Me
B C Headley. Bath, Me
J Beages. New York
J Lobster° k la New York
John B hick, New Jersey
The Uhlon.-Areh
John Farrell. W Haven
P lime..ll. Felder. Pa
T U Kemmerer Sr la. Penns
J P 'Arca ty. Lane on
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D Tx%leer. Williamsport
.I"ce..lAcCoimell. Pittsburg
John Dorn., Salem. 0
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Vex, 80. Idea.!ALIA
3 P (Baran, Ohio
G Goble, YoungetOwn, 0
w B puloar.l o l.miagtork NJ
W Ayer, Haverhill, Mare
D B Fatter. Haverkallasse
P Bleck
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J T Fl
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Ptates UNAIon, Nark.
M P Carter. Indiana,
D Harrison, Indiana
P llobinkon
W B Boxers, Delaware
W C Rogers, Delaware
WJ D belaware
Et liudgeon, W Chester
R L Carroll New Jersey
N Colder. Willtonisport
A M Harri.barit
G 'l' Murray, Harriaburi
J L De A
D Roth, lihrletta
Ct AndrfiNB II 8 A
E H. , les, Pennsylvania
Ni-s be Moore Coatesville
J H Haines, Laneastereo
t street, AN"'
A S Foster. ige'
J McVey. Jr
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H M Kitchen l'
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JR Dean.
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Lewis. U 8 A
Sohn Sheen, New York
Quinn, New York
L Dilinen, New York -
C Callaghan. New York
is Porter. New York
Win Mania, New York •
Win DOnel Y. New York
L Miller. Cheater, Pa
Win Bioeroe, Chester. Pa
G Monroe, Chester, Pa
.1 L Bender., Sa,
I S Fayen. Waynesburg
Mis Herb instro. Warned:a
Miss Richie. Green co. Pa
Wee Phillips. Green co. Pa
J Ef arrisbnra
Durkee Harrisburg
anis N hlarttz, Guatesritte.
;tenet. below al.
H F Jones SI It We
E J Allen, Wash, I'
Edgar Allen.
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P Snßryan &tvf.W:
Carol C C Hubbard :
DCSmith,llna
T B Stillman, '-'%w*
Mrs ear moor. lirr
B T Jen ntaxg, aak
Liens Jolon.
13 0 flames Beg
W P Homes. 13.?.;
W P Schell, Beth' 7
W F Hartley &
D Flint. Michigoo
Mae Flint, Illickozi:
MUM B L H. ier.
W S Richardson. L.:
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Thos ancannon. P-
W thitherto n,Pr:
D J Phints St Tor
A Cl TOTOrt, S Loz
D W Groar. Barb)
J D tal.evtt
B Markley,
H R G :over,
B Givin. Carh'ie
J M Hunt, II Ail;
D J Millen, flee Y
"I' Hamilton & lei 3a
J B Parker, De.an
J 0 Slay. DelLwei
M B Hi yard
ThoeFoster,
O'nv.t.t.Warhir.gt':
T H Wilson. Hit,
.1 . Lewis. w Y.
John Baler,
In C Ricnard,9)::
arch St, belt.
lAN Zeigler, Co' I.
M C. Potter. W rni•
S K Rose, A
I NS Hart, Tren. , r,
H Briggs, So.(
S Aerehmen. Bel
S Kline, Whe&:
0 0 Asl3.. Seib
John A IldellsaltiE
S M Wortn,
D W Mead ?lc 7-tt:
Wm Cooinger
Noble Kelly. N
Josiah White. W
J B Eishardson 3;
0 W Hammer. tV,i ,
J . Cobb Stenhenr.:
Moses 1' Web)/ 4 ,
Mrs W S Rankle. !
S GI Turner, Piro.
K Barry, fralni.to
W.H Goodyear, Lt
Geo Rb., Mill
Hee K Swor'. Llo
W B Jame, - , Ohio
Semi Getgen,
John Badger. st'
B Landeske. Lin
M Adler, Loailttl.,
11 0 Pittner.
Miss A Reefor , i.
Saml L Ilartewi
Sadie, II
J 0 Hamburg. A'
David Ahl, fli.tr
S B
F 0,• tlecker, e:;
&Eli Binder:nig.
R Bachman.
S 3farhliata,
A E Stern Sem' V
A Witimu,r.d.
taut it.. Aber',
H R Rieenbrand. , = ,
H K Hyde
Mr &
Mime A lidyn
0 W Barleten , n;; .
13 Rumen, ..SAI.,[II
W Al6Oll, rF
0 A Jillsou, No:in
G H Andreen.
Jobn W Burinn, I.
Thee W EiNvs , .- 5
W B Jastit ;r.
N rd Barleh)a
I M Jennini.
G Wright.' sv
0 Atonic, New Y
0 W US s,
Kebt, C StuvAr,
J P 'Harebell, L.w;
F Passavant, '
Mrs Waite,
A F Keith,
W A Aitemite,
. abuse
SP Schofield, if
W B niettene.o ,l .
Joe L Suraav,V,;'
Frank Hooke,
R B Kelsey, .;
C B Wanton. Vl'
R Stevens, ,
R Stebblne, fif (, nc:
Counnr. 3blllll.
WM ef Faller. C.'.
Gen W RAM%
L B Cropper. )la - 7.
John G Haas's , '
R A Rd MORSIODZ
W B timpson. \
bn W SlBott, \ t
A T Keith, Ste'?,
Garret Urezze. h
13 Wintermau,
kobt W Hall, ts ,
T Frond'', NJ ,r ,
Leon Chapter , : ' l '
F Efazelton.
Wzn Chappell,
treat, above
W Bowman.
Theo P
C W Simon.
J Kirkpatrich.
feßewcomer.
G Heeleer.
P Cropper. 314
F F Gibson.
RC Layton.
E P Lindero°
Wilson Byers, I' .
Levi Case, Freer
Henry Race. Y.t .
R r 0 .
Jacob Orb. . 1 3! , ''
John Bridges,