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PRESS,
Ll) IIAH.Y (SUNDAY'S EXCEPTED)
j;y JftHN AT, F»B>’*Y.
r j ’ Ho . 11l SOUTH FOPBTH BTABET.
the mii.l' press,
. , ibTen Dotj aks Prr Annrm, la
•!> l "' ! '„TwtSTT Cjmtb Psa Wbbk, payable t*
: Mailed lo SobKcriberi oat or tbs oity,
! ,f;‘ 7, t ‘" , r ,,Pß K Ax«iiM: Ponp. Dollars AK» Pint
C-. MOUTHS i TWO Dollars and Twrxtt
tawtoWp laadraaoe
lnserted attbe nenal rate*.
TBI-WEEHEY PRESS,
J wSnbwsribere, Eitb Dollars Per AsstfH.ta
BTABL Plt¥ coops.
1 CLOTHS l CLOTHS!
ly, T. SNOPGBASS"
(ILOTH HOUSE,
34 South SEOOND,Btr*at.
33 BTBAWBBEB7 Street.
.... leceivccE per latest Importations a great stock
(IBNTLEMEN'S 0 COATING 3.
,i(», s f: '' l NAVY GOODS.
as Follows:
-tnDBS, ALL SHADSS AS D PRICES.
'UitIEKNBS, VERT BEAUTIFUL.
l ,J l.iTs i)RY AHD HIGH risIBH.
J s gOFTFINISH,
S?«KBLOT CLOibs, :
flß&ffflk ■ :
FI NIS H BE AVERS.
PL ANSELS.
Ht.iGBT BLUE FLANNELS,
& co„
»>
g %, tM> NINTH and'ARCH streets.
ijHE GREAT BLANKET STORE.
BLANKETS at retail,
blankets at wholesale.
blankets fob housekeepers.
blankets fob hotels.
blankets fob the army.
blankets fob the navy.
blankets of all sizes.
blankets of all qualities.
blankets the cheapest in town.
blankets to suit everybody,
AT THE
BLANKET STORE,
s. E. sor. NINTH and AROH STREETS.
n4-fmwtdeBl
qvrtain department.
SHEFPABD, YAH HIBHHGEN, &ABBISON,
No, 1008 CHESTNUT STREET.
J.r; received from-tho late
AUCTION SALES IS NEW YOBK
A large addition to their splendid stock of
lace and muslin curtains,
BHOCATELEE. SATIN DELAINES, BEPS. TEBBY
Japanese cloth,
ltd tie various other materials most desirable for
jaklob, chamber, dining- room, and
library curtains.
Idimates for famishing single rooms, salts of apart
wits, or a whole hoase.-based on a large deduction
f»nformer prices, promptly furnished, and the work
-medially and faithfully performed hy experienced
sal reliable hands. de2-fmwlot
1034 CHESTNUT STREET!
2, H. NEEDLES
n PAU.T Mosivnra (
novelties
n
LAOIS,
WHITE goods;
IMBBOIDEBIES,
VEILS,
HANDEBROHIBFSito
xowtgriSTHtrr btebbt. "
fiROICE COLORS AMD SHADES OF
U _ POPLINS, r '
.tsU THE IIATE A ncTTO!f SAI4S,
AT REDUCED PRICES, ' -
FOR
HOLIDAY GIFTS,
• OF A ' "
SUBSTANTIAL CHARACTER -
TheBtock,of RWBN STODDAEt , j, BROTHER
msents great aitractlons aud Inducements in variety
iidprtce to persons selecting for Holiday Gifts/
Having purchased largely at the late auction sales,
'•?rc prepared to close out
YiEiNOEI. .
IOPLIIfS. . . _ .
PL FIffoImMOPSSKhIWK jm hAXmk
lICH PLAIH, FIGURED; AND BI.ACKBn.KS, v
’LIONS MANTILLA VELVETS,
BROOHE LONG 6HA.WLS,
T , BLANKET SiIAWLS.
LADIES’ CLOAKS, ' r „,*»»«
VBDV cfI®L?A°C L L»
-BS4YBE CLofHS, Ate., Sc.,
Usually Mducedprieea. '
CURWEN STOODART St 880,,
450, 45a, and 494 Berth bBCOSl) Street.
T *, above WilioW.
SAXONY DRESS GOODS,
0 AT 50.! 60, TO TO CENTS,
91 hlght novelstyle;, fhr Holldtre prOTants._ .
CURWEN STODDART A 880.,
450, 45a, and 454 North SECoa D Street,
above Willow.
UROCHE SCARFS,
D 808 HOLIDAY GIFTS.
CURWEN STODDART St 880.,,
450, 453, and 454 North SECOND greet,
above Willow.
BLANKETS 1 -BLANKETS!
U BLANKETS!
BRIGHT BOEDER BLANKETS,
, Of all sizes, grades, and makes,
Yiiich make an acceptable ■
OHfiIBTMAS OUT.- . „„„ .
COBWEB STODDART St 880., ,
, 430, 453, and 454 North SECOND Street,
u«7-3t . above Willow.
Bargains t closing out i bar
“GAINS I !
STOCK TO BE SOLD BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1865.
IN PRICES.
t! every variety, suitable for . *
„ HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Handsome Silks at low prices.
Rika of all kinds at low prices.
Plain Merlnoes and Poplins.
BIOH PLAID POPLINS
SS4 Dress Goods of alibi mis at low prices.
„ BROCHB AND WOOLEN SHAWLS.
Llcss Hdkfs, Lace . . . .
Irench and Cambric Lace V|!l. dTßßl<&
Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Strset.
Silks and other goods for
U IVBUIKO DRESSES.
Wliile and Pearl Corded Sinks.
white and Light Coiors Moire Antiques.
pits. Psarl, and Lavender Silks.
fink, Blue, and Buff Silks.
line Colors Watered Silks.
wiae Color* Moire Antiques, t
Whlu he. _ * .
SPWllf HALL A GO*,
Jes • . »S South frBOOgP Street.
ftAJU&AIISS l BARGAINS 1
1,000 yards Linen Crash, at 12XC,
I,OCO yards Linen Crash, at 12-^c.
3 lots of heaty White Flannel, at 56#0.
3 lots of English Flannel, at 56Kc.
„ 3 lots of all-wool Flannel, at 66#c. ... ; .
, I respectfully call the attention of Hospitals and the
Ladies’ Aid Society to these Flanntls, a« they_ar‘e a
Beat bargain. JOHN H. STORES,
m 70S ABGH Street.
I) BP PdPLINB.
Solid colors, extra line quality, for $2.
Plaid Poplins of nnueual beauty, at *2.
Good quality wide plaid Poplins, $1.25.
Figured reps, Mohairs, and Merlnoes.
127 pieoes newest.unique American Delaines, some
of them choice and neat, others very day stripe.
Over 100 pieces American prints, 81,56,38, and4o ete.
Slack Mohairs aud Alpacas, 65 ots to #1.75.
Balmorals, fresh lot for misses, maids, and matrons.
Cloaks and Shawls in Cloak room.
Cloak display unusually gmid gales rapid.
, „ CoOPBB St GONARD,
"028-tf g, 2. Got. NINTH and MARKET Ste.
* BLANK. BOOKS.
OIL, MINING, coal, and other
SEW COMPANIES.
Ws aie prepared to furnish New Corporations with all
_ a Books they require, at short notice and low prices,
Jut quality. All styles of Binding.
STEEL plate certificates of stock,
lithographed .! “
TRANSFER BOOK,
ORDERS OF TRANSFEE,
STOCK LEDGER^
STOCK LEDGER BALANOB3.
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK.
BROKER'S PBTTY LEDGER,
ACCOUNT OF SALES,
DIVIDEND BOOK.
MOSS Ac CO.,
®BABK BOOK MANUFACTURERS AND STATIONERS.
43* CHESTNUT Street,
Removal,
B. ,1. WILLIAMS,
manufacturer of
V ENETIANbIinds
WINDOW SHADES, "
SSIOTED from No. 18 (in consequence of lire} to
*• 85 Kortli Sixth street,
''everyilad to see his customersand
Old establishment is rebuilt. noSOllt
ATRtscwß J’. AKOY JOB PRINTING,
SCtWALT & BROWN'S, Ills. FOURTHgt!
VOL. B.—NO. 113.
THE HOMPAIg.
JJOLIDAY GIFTS
_ OF MAGNIFICENT AND ELEGANT DESIGNS.
DBipmiG AND ODOR CASKS,
Cigar and Puff Boxes,
BUFFALO COMBS, TOOTH, .NAIL, AND
HAIR BRUSHES,
SATCHEIS, POCKET BOOKS,
SOISSOBS IN OASES,
TABLE AND POCKET KNIVES,
RAZORS AND STROPS,
WITH A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
FINE CUTLERY
’ AND
PARIS FANCY GOODS.
SNOWDEN & BROTHER,
IKPOBTEBS,
83 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET.
de2-fmw6t&dl2fc
pHRISTMAS PRESENTS. " r .
v> What conld he a more acceptable Ohriatmaa Pre
lAn£
FOB A GENERAL,
FOB A COLONEL,
FOB A CAPTAIN, _
- FOB A LIEUTENANT,
FOR A SURGEON.
than a handsome PRESENTATION SWOBD. SASH,
and BELT, each as can always he obtained, In the high
est artistic finish, at GEORGS W. SIMONS & BROS,,
Manufacturing Jeweler*, Sansom-street Hall, 610
BANSOM Street, Philadelphia? n039-12i
jfc. FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
•** SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
" COBNEB ARCH AND TENTH STREETS.
Brooches, Sleeve Buttomr, Armlets, Bracelets, Scad
Pins and RlngstJßea Set*. Ice Pitchers.
Walters, Goblets. Forke,
Spoons, Sc. •'
J 39» Watches repaired and Warranted Old Gold.
Diamonds, and Silver bought,
no® -8m HARRISON JARDBN.
SCALES.
FAIRBANKS*
WAREHOUSE.
715 CHESTNUT STREET.
HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS.
AND FASHIONABLE
CONFECTIONS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
IN NEAT BOXES,
SUITABLE FOE PRESENTS
FAMILY USB,
FRESH EVERY DAY,
E. IG-. WHITMAN & OO.’S,
de2-lm No. 318 CHESTNUT St., below Fourth.
GENTS* FURNISHING GOODS.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
FOR GENTLEMEN,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
' SUITABLE FOB " |
. JROUCDA# PRESENTS. ■
, ' - - - & 00„ '
-de^lM,-"■ - 8141 CHESTNUT; Street.
WRAPPERS^
JDHN G. ABBISdN,
Nos. I and 3 NORTH SJXTH STREET,
Is now offering an elegant and extensive variety of
BEmEIIFS WRAPPERS,
SCARPS, NEOK-TIES, MUFFLERS, &LOVES,
HANDKERCHIEFS, SUSPENDERS, &0„
3CITABIE FOB.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
de7-tjaB . . - ;
g 25 ARCH BTREST.
REMOVAL.
6. A, HOFFMAN,
nasT TSiainjii Baaßi ura wmffkb
MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S
FOBNISHING; emporium.
UMOYXD FROM 808 ARGH STESXE
TO THI NEW STORE,
890 ARCH STREET. 895
jcU-fsmwSm
MILLINERY.
J^ADIES’
SILH HATS,
FRENCH SHAPER
BIRDS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS,
ALL THB NOYBLTIES IN THE MILLINERY LINE.
THOS. KENNEDY it BRO 3
ocl2-Wfm2m No. 739 CHESTNUT Street.
COMMISSION ROUSES.
JJAZARD ft HUTCHINSON,
No. XUS CHESTNUT BTKBET.
COMMISSION MEROHANTSI
' 'ten m ntsm of -
gy.2lml PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODR
MERCHANT TAILORS.
jgDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHNKELLYi
TAILORS, .
518 CHESTNUT STREET,
WUI from this date lOctoher Sdl stll at '
REDUCED PRICES;
*o*
CASH.
o»6-tf . ;
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
““ 1864.
380 MTTJJ,
1864.
OBBMAirrOWW.
MeOALLUM A OOJ
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
Mt CHNSWDT STRUT,
rmy.aDßr.wHlA.
1864: 1864.
UcCAIXUK ft CO.,
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
•1* CHESTNUT STREET,
MIS-ht; OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL,
CANTON MATTINGS.
bTTFdT"
A LARGS INVOICE OF FINS
COCOA MATTINGS.
MeOALLUM ft CO.; i
noIS-Ia *<)9 CHJBTITOC SftMt
QUKT AIN STOKE.
1026
WINDOW SH
Oui workmanship la rursarpasiod. ' '
6. M. STOUT t CO.i
1026 CHBBTKUT Street. -
. .
_ - QJOSBS’
SEWING MACHINES,
915 CHESTNUT (ST.
de-4tt
gGrAI/ES
THE “FLO BE NG E AMERICAN
A IKVEHTOBS’ GREAT TRIUMPH—THE SEWtHa
MACHINE PERFECTED.-AU the objections, to, other
HteMnes.are overcomelnthe FLORENCE. It makes.
FOUH DIFFERENT STITCHES with the same ease,
and with, as little machinery as others make one.. Be- .
sides, it has the REVERSIBLE FKBD,MOTION-a uni
form; self-regulating tension of thread and no ageings,
cog wheels, or cams to get out of order.. It "does' ALL
KINDS OF FAMILY SB WING; from the, heaviest
Woolens to the most delleate fabrics, using all kinds of_
silk, cotton, and linen thread, from Ho. 20 to 200. ■*
.HO OTHEK MACHIHE does solargea range of work
is the FLOBBNGE) '
HO OTHEK MACHINE pleases the ladles so well as
the FLOSENGE.
More than OHB THOUSAHD of the FLORENCE hays'
been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months.
The FLORENCE is the only PERFECT FAMILY SEW
ING MACHIHE, warranted to giro entire .satisfaction, ,
or money retained. There is no'one who own* a
FLORENCE that Would seH it at Cost. '
Gall and see Be operations, whether yon wtah to pnr
chaseornot. Samples of sewing, with price list, sent
free by malL
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CQMFAHY,
n023-tf .v 630 CHESTNUT Street.
IS NOW READY.
The high charaoter of.the previous writings of the
authoress of ‘AWoodcliff”have procured fdr
her a deserved popularity, which the present volume
will fully sustain. The story is fresh and vigorously
written, and will commend itself to-all classes of
readers,
' NEW EDITIONS, ALSO,
EDITH’S MINISTRY,
' 'SUNSHINE,
. the Flounced robe.
LINDSAY At BL 4KISTON, Publishers.
. 35 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut.
L. St B.- will' fiupplyall tbe New BookWof this Season
at low prices, and “ Wlfodcliff” can be procured at any
of the Bookstores. : deS
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aver published. Below are the names of afewbf our'
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Bev. Dr. Mori&rty, Bev. Wm, H. Fnrness«
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John L. Borby, £eq., t Cbarles H. Muirhehd.Eiq,,
Charleshraealester, Esq., 'William Weightman,BBq,,
>■ _ And nearly one thousand others," '
The Cyclopedia is nomcomplete in gixteeh ’large vo
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and State, Bd. 33 South SIXTH Street, Chest- -
nut, second story, - - • * - li a « .
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jUTIBS McKEEYER’S NEW BOOK/' r
iW- ' NOW READY,
WOODCLIFF.B.
By HAKBIBT B, • McKBEVER, author of “ Edith’s
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EDITH’S MINISTRY. lYolumo:
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.THE FLOUNCED KOBE, and What it Costs.
Bytbe same author. * * **
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BAYABD TAYLOB’B HEW. BOOK—JOHN GOD
FREY’S FORTUNES. Belated by himself. A Story of
American Life. *'
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COBKELATION AHD COHSBKYATIOH OK FOBCES.
By Grove, Farraday, Liebig, and others.
ENOCH ABBEN: Elegantly illuatraied. -T
LIFE OF GEHEBAL WINFIELD HANCOCK. Seeond
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LOOKIHG TOWABD SUNSBT. By L. Maria Child.
Uegantly printed on tinted paper. ,
A HEW ATMOSEHBBB. Another new Book by Gall
Hamiiton^autkorof**Countryl*WiiiAr, s, dte.' i ‘
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SEEivALPS HIBTOBY OF THE EOMAEfS. « YOls,
THE AGES. ' Third series.
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teenth Century.
THE AMEBICAN SOTS’ BOOK OF SPOBTS AND
GAMES. With 700 Engravings. / -
LYBA ANGLICANA; or» A HymnalofSacred Poetry.
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STANDARD WOEKB and books of allMnds Is every
variety of binding,placed on long counters running the
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a AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LIEUT. GBN. WINFIELD
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NEW BDOK.by the author of ** Wide, Wldewoild, 1 *
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beta* the hitherto uncollected writings of
Traßdcmk by JacohAbbott. 4 vols.,
iSmo., confining Work for Winter, Work for Spring,
flfark for gammer. Work for Autumn. - -.
WAT Of HOLINESS, by Horatius Bonar,
®Wi ; A» mtM. OF DAVID.COrr SCDDDBB,
Hiaalonary In Southern India, hy Horace E. Scudder!
iSlßfl. - • -
THE OIUMH AOT THEBIBELLION. AcoMlda
ratios of the Bebellion against the Government of the
United States, and the agency of the" Ohnrch. Horth
rad South, in relation thereto. By B. L. Stanton, D.D.
lano.
For sale by WILLIAM S. & ALFBBD MABTIEH,
nol« 606 CHESTNUT street
WEST VIRGINIA AND OHIO Oil,
I> BEGION.-Anew and complete POCKET MAP of
toe oil-region in the above localities, comprising an
area of forty miles arennd'Marfetta; Eor sale b|
1X4%7 Booth SIXTH Street.
TtfOYELTY ALBUM COMPANY.
el e*ant Album, containing Photographs of
. all tlie in the United States- $3 00
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fJHE SALEM LEG. ’
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
Ciecuiab Ho. 6 has Just been Issued. Send for a
oopy to the -
and learn from it the reasons 'why this log is steadily
supplanting the many “ heat lege made In the world,"
CIBOTOAK Ho. 6 contains a DESCRIPTION OF THE
DEG. Its ADVANTAGES, TESTIMONIALS of SHE
GBofcs and WEARERS. ACCOUNTS of numerous
GASES treated by this original and ingenious method.
TERMS, and all; other needful information.
Soldiers entitled to a Goyernment Deg canxeoeWe the
F-i'TT. T.e r WTTGGTIT CHARGE. ' ' noSH-lm
fiABIMET FUKOTTUEK.
yj MOORE a CAMPION, ; ■
MSI Sooth SECOND Street, ■
are prepued tofoUowthedeoUne In the .market In the
price Of their fnrnltnre. Furehaser* wtti
and examine oor etoek.
CURTAIN eeODS.
ALBAYEN.
NOVELTIES
IN -
RICH CURTAIN GOODS,
WINDOW SHADSS,
► • AND .
FURNITURE COVERINGS.
W ALR A VEN,
BisencHUL,
• Tl« CHESTNUT STREET,
.9 CHE
CHESTNUT STREET.
BROCATELLE CURTAINS.
OOTELINE CURTAINS.
TERRY CURTAINS.
MUSLIN CURTAINS.
SATIN DE BAINE CURTAINS.
REP CURTAINS.
LACE CURTAINS,
AND . ' ' .
BEWm« MACHINES.
THE HEW BOOH -BY MISS MoKEEVSK,
„Oae Yplume. 12m6.
SALEM LEG COMPANY,;
SALEM, MASS.,
PHILADELPHIA, fRIDAT, DECEMBER 9, 1864,
HEW YORK
OBSAHIZSD THE LAWS OF HEIY YORK.
FBAHOIS A PALMSBi President Broadway Banks
Hew York, 1
NATE’AH BAND ALL, ex-Presldent .Uttitid States
Telegraph Company, HeWYork. T' ? ‘
■-ALBERT H; HICpIAY, of Aih#|t.;jf, Hlo»laY&-®>-
Brokers and Auctioneers. 62 Wiiliardstieefc, Bew Tork.
EPGEKE J. JACKSON, of' Polhenws & sJackfon,
JBftßkeiiliDdßrokers, 48 Exchange Place, York/ “
v BOTHrHD:Oi BTIDMAH,
troleum Stock Board, and Broker, Ho. 30 Broad street,
Hew York. t i ’
AHDKEW MEHAFFEY, Philadelphia, i
. FBAHCIS A GODWIN, Philadelphia; " i - :
ROBERT CEASES ON, of Clarkson & Co., Bankers,
121 Booth Third street, Philadelphia. ’
JAMES M. CLARKE, Oil City,,Pennsylvania,"
>C. ; OFFICERS,. ..
President—AnnanT H. Nicolay, Hew York;
Vice President—Andrew Mehaffby, Philadelphia.;
Treasurer—A. V. Srotrr, President Shoe and Leather
Bank, Hew York.. ■ ' ; ' '
Secretary—Edmund C. Stbdmax. ; T • >.
Counsel—WincrAM H. Anthok, Hew York. Abam
G. Ellis, New York. .
Bankers—Shoe and Leather Bane, Hew York.
Clarkson Jc Co., Philadelphia. ' i
BTBEE 1
Ho. SS.WILLIAM Street, Hew York. -- - - ;
Ho. 131 South THIRD Street. Philadelphia.
CAPITA!,.-Brook— 300,000 Shares
AT THE HOMIKAL PAR OF *5 EACH-SCBBCRIP-
TlOg PRICE $3 PEB SHARE, i; / -
Stock subjeot tojfo further assessment. > ■ '
290,009 shares to be sold'in payment for the.lands,
leaseholds,find producing Interests of the Company.
'Yheremainihg; / : ;' ' "‘.V
500,000 SHARES, OR $169,800, RESERVED FOR
: WOBKitfC CAPITAL. \": K S
The Hew York and'. Philadelphia Petroleum Com
pany has been organised with the greatest careby ix
- perlenced. capitalists of the two cities, whosa’names axe
united inite own. It will be managed
EXCLUSIVELY FOR-TBE IHTEBBSTS OF JTS *
. STOCKHOLDERS' i -.- :
Ho iaUßhaydbeeh spared toplace li on ageiinlne and
substantial footing. Mott valuableaid extensivetracts
of land have'been* secured in ana, and
leasehold pßopuciNa ye,
nfuigo County (Pa.) oil'
the following schedule of the property,dK-'
eluding FNE SIMPLE .TERRITORY, LEASKHOLD9, PfiODUGING
wells, and wolla in. various fltages of completion.’: ' -
.. No.;iL-y3O-aereq:Qt in fee, bn thOAli^
gheny river, baying a water-yrohtage of nearlyime .
mile. New ltt-horoe power engine and fixtures,;
weHs runk M the depth of and already; fflfta
with oil Eoom for4oinoraweift. V.. "
Ho. 2 'Boresof_ilclioillana*{i fee, ljingbearly
opposttethe'abqve, tiaVih^a
Prather and BennfeßiuSs. 'WellsnppJied jfithit^lfOr.
Hb.'S.—tea«e'inferost on the famous He-’
Clintock Farm, ’’jOil Cheek. One well dowik
In*; another Just ready to tube; a third juahstarted.
Two flret-ela’se engines. . Tubing, toels,
wagons, &C. . . .. * -Wp • 5
Ho. 4 —Same lnterest la lease-os; Hw wolpltowni
* • HAHii<roß J&irili
now being teaied; already
rapidly increasing, Others gbiirdowa. TwoShdfiP*
gines, whir fixtures complete. .
Ho. 6.—l*l2'of two lehses bn ; CpAPP-FABM, fcsar
Wiliiama and. Slantoa t'opihairel wells. On
Wl 'SieSaanWeiir^ ; 2,” now dosgr
ffOOfeetr Engine, Ac., Ac. Koqlftlbr mitre .weilb.' '■'£■
Ho.-6.—1-16 of the foe in-£0 Acres of Coin Lavd, r.v '
joining the Cranberry CoalCompany l sheds. This pro- '
pertyisof the.utmolit-valutfto’onr operations,
tagnaWithcoalafalleeisoiisi when thewtfrks of
other companies are foundto he Idle forxraatof fuel; 1
From-these -eSwtes ths Trostees are assured of
abpty. to declare'EAßGE AHB SEGBEAH ifeyfrHfc
MVIDBHIIS, aUdof the'speedy appreciate;- of
shares to a MriEEBT TABUS FA£ ABOYJJTHE SUB- *
PEICE.
.The iHT3g©OATIHG (JomiTTSE sent frotaVew*
York and Philadelphia, whose favorable report is
printed with tbe prospectus, speak in unlimited
of thh* Company’s property and prospects. ■. U
- Boohs for OSIGIHAL bOBcCKIPTiOH yviU he openeid
on . ... ■ . .■ ' ; ■■ . r * ■ h 'i
" ' WEDHESIIAt, BECEStBEE#,; .
at the offices, of the, Company,iand at the Hew Tori, .?
Philadelphia,
: Prospectuses, mapa.antfdetailadinfomationat either
snhsoiiption offleO. f . ~-■ 1 ' '
' The public are at sured that, whether for invebthjbht'
or (peculation, no better eecurity than ih’eSihhareE can
he'obtained. ' ' -
" BEOA3WAY BAKE, corner of'BAKE EUjj&igtffc;
York. r- • - ';>■■
.BOiHEMDS & JACESOE, 43 KXGHAHaE K,AC|(
-KowYork. - , '■ T;
AEBEET H. NICOLAY & CO.', S 3 Will W«et-J
Hew York.'
. CLARKSOK & 00., 181 Sontli THIRD Btrflet.'Ml
ladelpTiia. -
HELLEN, WARD, & MOWER.Banfeers, Boston.
,gjgp=' SEW KOBE ASM MVEBEOOjL*
- PETKOLETJM COMPANY. A
OA.PITAL STOCK, $1,000,000*-
100,000 SHAKES AT $lO BACK’ V
1 - Subscription Fries $S par Share.
LANDS YIELDING XjABQEIjY, .
. . OMIOBES!
HOB. DAHIBL S. DICKIKBOB, President
< WM. T. PHIPPB, Vies President. '
BOBBBT BASSETT, Secretary.
Books are open for subscription at the office oj the Com',
pany, So. *i Empire Building, 71 BKOABWAY, W, Y,
The lands of the Company ara situated in tfceheart ol ’
the Oil Kegion, and'lnclude portions of those trail*
known localities, “the Mcßlheny Farm, the two' K|*t-
Gllntock Farms, 1 " and other proved and valuable work
ing ’territories, including over Two Tiionsand acrea oi
.the best Oil Territories along Oil Creek and in West
Virginia, now under process of successful development,
and nil is already regularly and largely produced from
several wells upon them: T I C ' ocSO-dAWSm
Address the Company, “jP. 0. Box «3SB,”Bew York
COMMONWEALTH OIL CO. /
OF L AWKESOE OOIIKfT, PA.,
Working Capital Seserved fo| Developments; SIMOQ.
President, Treasurer, tieereCary,
K WEAVES. SAMUEL K: HILT. DAVID B, KILT..
!V- ■’
Je. , I
SAMUEL B.
. Subscriptions for a limited number of shares will uoW
be received at the Office of the Company, 1 ‘
The lands of thin Company are located on Slippery
Bock Creek, In Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, 'One
Weil ie sunk 687 feet, and Oil has already been ob
tained in uukntitiea which are, highly encouraging
to the Corporators that a flow stfl realized
of a permanency suflMent to pay handsomely on the In
vestment. Samples of the Oil may be seen At the Office
of the Company. > o -ay: ■&-,» Vie6-tt ■
evai. DAUPmS ASP COLOBADtb
H», GOLD MINIHG COMPANY- v. i .
Chartered by the State of FennsyjVaniS, ' >
CAPITAL STOCK, #1,000,M0, ' ; t '
100,000 BHABBB-PAB VALUE, ’
President—JOß B B. ABDEBSOB,
9HUKIOSB, ’’ '**' ' i ,•
Thomas A Soott, 4 - James B, Etna j -
B. 8.-Kneass, John W. Hall, Harrisburg.
Wm. S. Freeman, T. C, McDowells- da. '
Eobt. P. King, John Brady, > do.
JohnH. Klley, W. W. Wylie, Lancaster.
Charles DeSUver, Wm. O, Bhnta, Colorado. *
-.1. "».RBWB*HWOMHj|!
.Office,of the Company, 80. AagWALBUT Street-
Boom Ho. 6. ■ ’ . .
Authenticated specimens have been procured from
seme of the Company’s lodes, and have been assayed
by Professors Booth and Oarrett with the most gratify
ing results. Subscription lists have been opened at the
Office of the Company and at the Treasurer!*.Ofltie (In- •
ternal Bevonue), 80. 487 CHESTNUT Street, Farmers’
and Mechanics’Bank Building. Toorigbial subscribers,
$8.60 per share, ior a limited nnmberof shares. ; -
Circulars,pamphlets, or information ean be obtained:
at the Office oi the Company after the 17th Inst. ■ '
Oeco«*»i4.lfW4. - -r. oelf.3m
yiM-- IiIKMAM sritljio MJI BCBLE
FABM OIL COMPAHT. /
CAPITAL, $100,009.
10,000 ShaieB, par vain# $lO - Work i llS'Ganit al. $40,000.
OHLY A LIMITBD NUMBER OF bHABBB TO BB
SOLD AT PAR VALUE, $lO..
Refer to Jacob'B. Ebr, of Harrisburg} A. B. Long
aker. of Norristown; ana J. EL'Jooes. of Pitfcsbnrgj'or
at the Office of the Company* So. 308 South FOURTH
Street] tv here aU required information can be obtained*
Tbis Company is organized entirely and solely'forthe
purpose of engaging in the legitimate Jrasirian :of pro
dncmg Oil, ana developing - the fee simple property
belonging to the Company* the management of the
same haring besn entrusted to gentlemen of known bu
siness enterprise and skill, "who will' bring to the ac
cozopiißbxDeni of the object their united energy and'bu
aintsa.lndijstry. We we satisfied _in • believing and as
suring onr Stockholders that it will yield largely to
them , and render the stock a safe and productive invest
me.ni, . *• • de3-6t
FAM 011, COM
90P: PANT, 80. 133 SouthFOtJETH Street.
At ftnieeting of the Board of Director?,: Bela Docem
be* 6, 1861, tie following resolution was adopted:
*,J2esolved, That a meeting of the'stockholders be
caUed onFEIBAY, BecemberSi at4o'clockP. Ut.» at
their office, . - :. .
! W 133 South POUBTHStreet,- ;
rat the purpose of considering the propriety of levy
ing Uk assessment onthe capital stock 01 tire company,
and for other purposes. . . :; V
do? 31* y?. A, GABYIK. Secretary pfc terp.
<HL COMPANnES.
PHILADBI P II I! A
PETROLEUM COMPARI,
TRBBraES;
OFFICES OF THE COMPAHY.
SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS.
CAPITAL STOCK. ..$300,000,
DIVIDED INTO 80,000 SHAKES.
BAR YAIiBE $3.50.
MEECTOEB
Ho. 515 CHBSTHBT BTBEHT. 1
f mi*
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1864.
GEOBGIA>
EEBEL SUMMARY OF SHEBMAITS MARCH.
His Ceupaign “Daringly Conceived, lent
Timidly Prosecuted ”
, Wo havo received from our correspondents* Rich
mond papers of, the sth ; but most .of the-news
has. been anticipated, and Jtho whele may' be sum-*
marlred as follows :. , . • ; “
,„ BHHRMAB’a OBJIOTIVEPQINT DARIBIfi -
The. general .rebel opinion Is that Sherman’s"
movement isboth perplexed' and perplexing, and
.that having failed In Its original objeot from over
caution and unexpeotod roßlstahcp,, he Is now
making for Carien or Brunswlok on thd co&st, ln-
Bteadl of Savannah... The .RepttJHetmV Deoember 1,,
declares that his movemant ,shows Indecision, -and
that wherever he may go the onemy ls woll pre
pared forhlm, The Augusta Sentinel credits him*
with having oonfounded aH speculation by his ec- -
oentrlc movements. According to' the Sayannah
New, he was either brought to a halt or taking his
ease. The Constitutionalist thinks that he' wIU be
tired to death and lost in the swamps' if he attempts .
to reach Savannah or Brunswick. Should he try to
gain Port-Roy al, ho will probably cross at Sister’s
Yerryj'where, on the South Carolina side: he will* .
. encounter marshes and-masked batteries. ■
• IWBBBnXB, EXIrATBIOK, AND TAVXOE.-
The Oeorgla papers give additional, stories of
’< Yankee.depredation.’’ -. Ovwr two thousand horse 8
and mules were consorlpted In Glasgow county j
several of the largest; plantatiins in Newton ware
dw&oyed, and Emtey Oollegei belonging to the
Methodist Church, ins burned. These stories are
doubtful, and It is evident that the rebel papers are
badly Ihwant'ef “outrages” at this time. Acer
respondent of the VonstituHonalist, wtiting ftom the
held Hov. 25th, states that Kilpatrick’s column had
passed from MilledgeviUe to the shoals of the Ogee
ohee, spreading out as they went, and pilfering on
elther hand. wheeler, up to the 30th, was still en
gaged whipping’’ Kllpatrlek j but, slnoe then,
GeneralDlck Taylor U reported to.have superseded
him., Wheeler la kindly reaommended to take a
hlntfiTjm FoiTest, and pitch the Yankee inoendla
yhi Bln to their own fires. The Georgia Railroad.is
being repaired, and hopes are entertained that ” the
good folks’’ will ere long be buying , their through
tickets to Atlanta,- \ 1 z"
WAVNXSBORO .AND MII.LKN.
■ The Augusta Register of the 29th.startles its read
ers wlth'the aanoun'ceibent that Wheeler had been
fighting for thlrty-sixßours, beginning in Jefferson
QQUnty, and haraMlßg the enemy to Waynesboro.
beduplod Mlllen, Sherman had not
or®sd -the Savannah, and Wheeler was between
the enemy and Augusta. Maoon ls nowtheeapi
tal of Georgia, as it contains the Governor and
Legislature. Waynesboro, the point reached by
.our cavalry, as stated above, is a station on the
and Savannah Railroad, 32 .miles south
. bfthe'former oity. It Is on the main and dlreot
road from Warrenton—the last position ofSlocum’s
column positively.reported—to savannah or Beau
fort, It Is oniy -atbat 29 miles due east of Mlllen.
It is, therefore, oonjeotured that- if our cavalry had
reached tbfs pelnt on the 23th nit., our Infantry had
reached Mellon at least by the 2d.
' ’ A BATTXOS WITH HOWARD’S FORORS.
According to a rebeiietter, datod.the 25th, How
’ ord.’S corps went down the road from- MllledgevlHe
to take the Ocon'ee bridge, and-there were re
pnlsed. (!) Sherman: roaohed Sandersvlllo on the
24tb # rate it vipuld take Mm seven days to
lfflien and seventeen to reach Savannah—
of time for General Dick Taylor’s forces from
-the Weet, with the militia of Georgia and Carolina,
to Saak and destroy Mm. These are rebel speeula
. ' A battle with-Howfed’S to
place at GrlswoldsvUle, nine miles east of MaoOni
'Three rebel brigades of mlHtia. two regiment* iff
State line, and “the Athens and Augusta Satta
- lions ” were under command "of Gen. FMillps, who.;
. attaoked .the Federalß on the 22d, the latter falling*
"Shack on the Central . Railroad-toward Savannah,
L but at last driven from their breastworks and com
• polled to withdraw. - ." .
OBS.. HABEBa’B TELEGRAM—QHN, HR AGO",
Gen. Hardee telegraphs’from GrahamsvHle| Dec.
■:2, that a force of artUlpry and cavalry tmder Foster,
ahad attempted to gain the railroad; there, but werp
as also & fordo of marines under Admiral
who had made a similar demonstration
ton'the road at Ooosawatohie. Gen, Braggis again
JtfentralhxiTiw, andfecoinpiltnentedas being Anear
'jsest and qpletwoiher, a shilled and experienced
'WUtaryAttist, and an iffiporturbablo'aaversary,'
MrigyAfote abkyphitino iteab lninprr.
; *As Sherman hits avoided both Augusta and-iiso,
icon, oonjaettiro has tamed upon IHHIen. it is said
Sf'Bata stOTtenof his army has passed Miilen. An*
1 other statcSfeitf Is that the eoinign neat Macon has
?rej oined tbed&Sin army, near Milieu. Official in-
that Sherman’s new ob
,:jeefive pptEt".-ls Darien, near the month of the
. Mitaipa, fiftymjlec 3outh of Savannah, In eonse
pj| of, « between Macon and An
ggtKtV.the rebel jopmals threaten him with one or.
general aotfom beforeihe reaches the coast. A
battlertnay have taken place on the sth or 6th.' The
Campaign is drawisg.to ajolose. .
, -.’%A ; BBviaw.BT'jmSkavis 1 obsAw; ,
. .TiO-ESolimond N»i/ifici of the 5 th. gives toe most
: ffl£l?ildki>le rebel rovlew of the situation which has
ydt-Seeilhieoelvefi. The artiste is evidently more dl
■fijotoatlc than true, but (excepting Its trifling brag-
part of which wo .omit) it is well written,
, possesses eonslderableknowledge and interest.
rßSßgoyesj however, that! the worst possible view
thhen et Shorman Is a precarious coojoeture :
’ i®serman’s campaign, which was daringly con
-Oelyed.Eas boon timidly prosecuted. Instead of
'■om, bold Sash ipto an unarmed State, uAich was m>
peeled, to piratieresMless by its impetuosity, and to dis
perse opposition before it could gather, we have
/cautious recaanoissahces, timid feints, and slow
mopemints. The trouble has been not. so much to re
‘•titter hvofd Shit-man, as to find him. He left Atlanta
otftho J3th oi October. On the 25th, he evacuated
HUlled'gevllio. .On the 27th he was supposed to be
.at Sandersville, a distance of about one hundred 1
and.’twenty-five miles in two weeks of time, since
leaving Atlanta, without any important object
gained on thaway. This tardy and unsuccessful
" march rcveals the difficulties with which Sherman
Hag found himself confronted. That they were In
a great measure unexpected by him, wo arc bound
to suppose. They have gathered strength, too, by
•Us own delays. In his caae.caution haajarovad the
parent of danger. It has given us tmeto'cjmcentraie
f our wju of resistance, and to obstruclwSiwathiwUh
faMyeafasirig obstacles/ . Sherman seems Whave
reauzedhis.peril, and to bo concerned now only to
makOihls escape. The hero has turned fugitive. Re
nouncing -his’anticipated,.conquests—passing by
MScon after a weak and irresolute attempt at cap
ture, Shying-from Augusta altogether—ho is sollol
tous only to worm his way between, and hasten to
.toe sea.;.. ...
*• . * ■ * : *- ■ * -
There hasneverbeen a tfme when Sherman could
not have-carried his army to .Grant by a shorter and.
bettor route, and to f ega. time, than by his present
road}# Two - weekslrom Atlanta found him'only
half - why to the coast. Comparatively unim
peded .at first, to an open and Arm country,
with no 'stream that could not be forded, he has
, made the speed we have stated.. The rest of his way
' will bcthrough{a sea of troubles. Swamps, and marsh-.
eB, and rivers, and artificial causeways, obstructed
and defended at all points; his front, his -flanks,
and his rear assailed night and day by large and
increasing armies, he will have to make, his road and v
. Jight his way, if he can. Suppose he’’shall be.sue-'
cessfril. Suppose he shall even make htf past speed,.;.
Fourweeks wlll.hayo elapsedfrom the day when he?
set out from Atlantato that on-which he takes re
fuge at Beaufort, or some other, with the remains of
his army. How many of his solaiers wlit have been
straggled aniFdeserted; how many wlil have broken
rdpwn under the marchings, and fightings, and vigils,.
official reports may tell. They will number
■many thousands. Four weeks in time, and many thou
sands of- men will have been expended to place a
, foot-Eore and -weary army in an Atlantic port, A
sea-voyage of six hundred miles along our moßt
dangerous coasts' arid around our stormiest capes
would remain ' to be 'made,; and madeilh too tem
peetnons 'season of the year,, before Sherman’s
forces might reach Grant. what fleet of trans
ports, and what length' of time, would bo ro
- qulrcd', the reader may-estimate. But we fervently
trust' that .Sherman will never see the Atlantic.
“ Trustworthy, Intelligence,” says the Charleston
Merctay.-ef Wednesday, .“was received yester
day,- that a fleet of some eighteen Yankee trans
ports had-atoended Broad river.” This was an
expedition for Sherman’s relief-a party sent to
meet him, or to open- his way 'to Beaufort. But
these solicitous frienfle'falled Jo And him. They
found,' however, the Confederates, by whom, indeed,
they were-Foundly ohastlsed and driven back, but
without a word from Sherman. He Is beyond the
sound of cannon, and- out' of 'the sight of rockets.-
His last Words to setting outwore, “Do not mind
_jfee—l am all rightbut they do mind him ; and
Tthej fear that he is nofall right. They have cause.
Our own people, however, are slaking too natch on. the
capture of Sherman. Many speak as If a. great posi
tive calamity will have befallen us, if Sherman
shhll reach the sea. That’ is not tho true view. A
great opportunity will have, escaped us for a brU
, llant and Inestimable success. In that view, wo
shall have suffered a misfortune. But Sherman
win, nevertheless, .have suffered .a : defeat and
failure, full ofshame to him .and of advantage to
us. 'We-hopefor the very largestrmoaanro of suc
cess against Sherman; we are thankful for what
is already secure. • ’ .
HAVAISEWS.
[Specially.Reported for The 'Ei«s£ 1
THS MISSIHO ASHBODITB MEW.
The return; ofFaymaster.BaUey Hascall enables us
to furnish a list of the missing front the chartered
steamer Aphrodite, which was- lost on the coaft-of
North Carolina somo weeks. since. Of the draft of
men, numbering some 500, only six or eight were
drowned, sndonly one of this' number was washed
ashore, so that he oould b'o Identified: -There were
supposed to be some twenty who deserted to the
North Carolina shore, but it- is Impossible to give
. their, names er to separate them from the-lost. The
foUowtogphowever, are missing: ■ - .
. Seamen—John McOloan, Thos. Pearson, Jafries
ilevlrie; Andrew. Mo^ari.-Blohifd'Smith, Charles,
Worfell,’ John Woods, James O’Donnell,- Charles
Story, Thomas Wilson, George Frye; ordinary sea
men—Saxnuei Beasley, John Cullen, John -Jjantry;
. landsmen—Jamea Murray, E. D. Davis, • Charles
Benjamin, John Mycr, Alfred Stuart, James A.
Farrell,; James Johnston; first-class boy—James
Baker; 'second-class fireman—Mtohael .Courtney;,
coal-heavers—William < Oommlngton, Henry X,.
Cox ; drowned landsman—John Rolf.
to addition to these,' the Navy Department has
toformattoh that landsmen Jaines F. Rudd and Wil
liam -Belcher were 'drowned, and- that the fate of
Jno*F. Taylor still remains in-doubt. This list of
names wlll no doubt servo to put at rest tho many
anxious minds who havb been sorely troubledlest
tieir lpved ones shpuld he. among the list of miss--
tog. balance of the 600„men are"now distri
buted to the 1 various Allantio and Gulf squadrons.
RBVKStJB CBTTBK TOTOBT.
The revenue outter Toneey is. no.vr stationed at
Castine, Maine, with -cruising grounds between
-Cape Elisabeth and Passamaquoddy. The following
is.a list;of her "officers: Captain, F.Martin; Ist
Heutonant, George W. King; ad lieutenant, Wil
11am Eaton.
lEOH DOPBLB-HNDSES FOR THE PACIFIC SQUADRON.
It Is oufrentiy reported that the new iron double
end side-wheel gunboats Mohongo and Musocota
wIU bo sent Into the P&oIfio as soon as they aw coin
.pietea, the Navy_ Department no doubt feeling
that, the time has' when that squadron
should be augisehted, and,* as vessels are being ra
pidly completed, they oafi bb spired for suoh'forelgu
seryiee.. ThePaolfloSquadronnowcottSlstsof the
flogsMp Lancaster, steam-sloop Saranac, steamer
Saginaw, sailing-sloops St, Mary’s and Gyane,
steamer Wateree, and- store shlp’ Frederick, lying
at Callao. . The.; Narragansett has; been detached,"
and Is now en ronte for, Philadelphia. ThesalUo#
. vessel Farraliones Is attached, to the squadron as •
coal and store-sMp;' Before the doming year oloscs
Onr navy abroad, will doubtiess be represented by
some'of the new sorew-sldopinow building. ' '
... .. V ‘_THB;ST. LOpiß, -- ; 4.- ' - -
The sailing sloop St. Louis, commander Preble,
whioh has been ao longoh the'.coasts of Europe, Is
now attached - to thb south- Atlantto Blockading
Squadronfand Hes in the Vlainlty of North Edlst'o.
TOT APPhBHTICB SVSTBM.
There afe about thirty apprentice boys now on
board of the tostraotibn sMp'Savanhah, waiting for
transportation to the sohool ship Sabine, at Norfolk,
ya.Thoapprentlcesystemisfastbeoomlngapopu
lar Institution, and promises groat su'oeess and grand
results for our navy. . 1 ;
HAYAL OBDSASCB.
Report of the Ordnanoe Bureati.
Oommandor Henry Wise, ohlef of the Boreau of
Ordnanoe, has made a toll report to the, Seoretary
.of the Navy, detailing the Year’s results and expe
riments. Though .the present aggregate Is not
stated, .1,652 guns of different oaUbrce have been
made duttog the year.-No change in rifled ordnance
has occurred, except to Introducing a 80-pounder"
intermediate between the 30 and ioo
pounder—of great service as a abase gn» r sapplylng
the place of Dahlgren'a SC-pounder. It la generally
used as a pivot gun, and, asTts bore corresponds
wlth that of the army smooth-bore 18-pounder, the
ronnd .projeetile of the latter ,Is always available
where high’velocities are needed'at close’range.
Bronze howitzers and rifles have been introduced as
the special armament of. many transports of the
"War Department As a special gun for long range'
in ohase, the 20-pounder thiee-grooved rifle Is pre
ferred for doubleender vessels. : - . - '
EATTJtniRS OF BHIFB OF WAR 00HPAHAT1YR
WRIGHT OF MRTAL THROWN. , ■
The governing role to armUa our-shlps oFwarls
to furnish batteries of the very heaviest guns "they
can Gear with safety. Nine-Inch guns are generally
used for broadside; 10 and II Inch guns ana Parrott
rifles on pivot; 15-inch guns for monitors, and bronze
howitzers-and rifles for boat and' deck service in
shore. A few of our ships continue to be Armed
with the 32-pounder and 8-lnch gun of the old, sys
-tern, but these will probably give way to the modi
fied guns of similar classes.
The battery of a first-rate sMp of war is forty
wight oannon,and four howitzers,one ofthe" guns
being a rifled 150 pounder; that of a second-rate, is
twenty-four guns, Including two rilled 100-pounders
and two how Users; of a third-rate, ton guns, Inclu
ding two rifled 100 pounders'; of a, fourtii-rate,four.
-guns; Including ono rifled 20-pouncTer. The' deve
lopment of the power, of ships named tarthe report
os representatives ofthe several rates, Is as follows:
In shot In shells:
. ' - Ponnds. Pounds.
Ist rate... 2,808 ! • Y,123"
2d rate..... .........1,220 j oso
3d rate. 424 ' 343,
4thrate no . ’ - 183’
and.,;....;......284 . 255
Intiie monitors:
Toaawanda.. ...............1,764 .s 1,32®*:
Onondaga .....1,180 , 930
''•ok 60S : - 485
Mont am
These figures express the weight of metal thrown
for breaching purposes, by .the guns, at a single
broadside, in solid shot or shells. Conjoined with
these,-however, are the destructive agencies of
grape, canister and shrapnel.
PIVOT GUBB—THK ALABAMA AND ItBAESABQK. ’
x “There can he no question with regard to the
superiority of the 11-lnch guns over the Blakely
120-pounder and the 68-pounder of the English pivot
system, either In penetration, smashing.effect of
the shot, or explosivejower of, the shells. Hence,
although the vessels were'- neatly equally matched
as to tonnage, motive".power,hnd number of men,
and guns, yet the preponderating influence of cali
bre, properly, disposed,. In pi vet, and, coolly and de
liberately Handled .byimerloan seamira, was.suffl*
elehf to settle the- question briefly sEiid mosf oou
cluslvelyfor the Alabama was sunk ifi a little
moi o than, an hour after the Kearsarge began hr lag,
rand the English and French navies were thus taught
a lesson in practical gunnery and seamanship which
they will not soon forget, ’
> « The' result of this action may therefore be taken
as proving, beyond doubt, the wisdom of arming our
ships with a mixed battery of pivot and broadside
•guns, taking due care to place on board of each ship
the heaviest-and most powerful gaits that Bhe can
eaiely carry and manage with ease in all weathers.”
AHKKICAN suinP'AWD AMEBICAN IBOH UItSUE
: ' , , . . ; •; . . ,-r ..
The-report claims that it. Is no ldlo boaat.that the
cannon of onr navy, made exclusively from Ameri
can iron, are unsurpassed by those of any otherma
tion; and this, It is added, “ will continue to b*e‘the
case.so long as the entraprlse of onr citizens Is.left
untrainmeued, and fulr opportunities -are afforded
for the exercise of their skill to this most important
ait.” -
The Fort Pitt foundry arid two others,’in South
Boston and Reading, Pennsylvania, have token
contracts for making 15-tooh guns.
BXPEKIMEHTS. - ’
“The power of the guns belonging to the navy, and
in use to the battenes of our ships, has
been fairly tested against both solid and built-up
plates, and the conclusion reached Is wholly to favor
of the guns and their solid projectiles—the spherical
shot for smooth bores being, however, immeasurably
superior to.the elongated rifle shot to every form.
No manner or thickness of Iron or steel armor that
could be carried on the hulls of sea-golng shlps will
resist the Impact of solid spherical shot, fired from
the heaviest caUbfes or the navy, at close range,
with appropriate charges of cannon powder. It
was generally accepted as an established fact that It
was impossible to cast a spherical shot of large di
ameter. which would be solid throughout.’ It is now
known, however, that It Is easy to oast a 15-inch or
20-Inch shell which will be perfectly sound and solid
from’olrCumferonce-to Centro of'figure, and one of
the former has resisted, without breaking, two hun
dred and twenty-two continuous blows of an eight
tori steam-hammer. -
OtrNrOWDEE Arts SITRB.
The consumption of gunpowder by our squadrons
to service, arid for experimental practice during the
year, requlred a supply of 1,325,000 pounds of powder
and 575 tons, of nitre, 500 .tons of the latter being do
. mestle, and supplied entirely from the New Haven
chemical works, toe only establishment that has yet
undertaken its manufacture tor the navy.
The number of mills engaged la the fabrication
cf powder for toe navy has been diminished by one
since the last report, so that too'only present souroo
of supply are toe works of Messrs Dupont, and those
of the Sohaghtlcoke, Hazard, and union powder
companies, ;
Congress is earnestly urged to make speolal pro
vision for toe encouragement of the production of
nitre. The process, it Is added, 18 simple, andJfuUy
within the means of our farmers, and.cl tlzenrgene
rally, and toe product might be,received, at a lair
valuation, in-lieu of a portion of too taxes. As re
gards the prospective value” of this business, It
should be remembered that .the expenditure of nitre
is much greater to peace than during war,
vast quantities being consumed to the arts, and to
elva engineering.
<SV Jf COTTON.
The attention of the Bureau has been invited to
the results said to have beeri obtalrted recently In
Europe, with gun-cotton pftpai4astoQ& peculiar
manner; and it Is ready to make triafpf its proper
ties, as compared with the
samples ordered are received. Ohojact, however,
connected with this material, is certainly an objec
tion to Its general use—and that la the liability to
explode at uncertain and low temperatures.
.* - ‘ SUHPOWDER
. The repdrt strongly urges the remSral of our large
magazines of powder and .deposits of nitre to more
secraded localities, where anuxploalon would,be ai
tended withas Uttle damage as possible. ,M-~<
:' ” Imami aemb—a atrairaEv ship.
In respeot.to small,arms/or the navy, toe Bureau
has in stltutegislligen t jnquirles for toe purpose of
obtain In which would combine the several,
quail 61eSuf|raafe 0 , accuracy, and sufficient weight
of balVtStotger with.endurance, simplicity in use,
and perfectYanaptablllty to the varied circumstan
ces under which if; would be moat likely to be
brought into aetion. Between muzzle-loadmg and
breech-loading muskets the ad vantages are held to
‘" ith toe latter, the chief points of advantage be
f facility of loading, certainty and rapidity of
BSaßlghtness. . ...
establishment and maintenance of a thorough
ly organized gunner y ship, for toe training of officers.,
and memin autthe details of gunnery, la earnestly *
iecommenSed By the Bureau. T, - .'
' '• . - 'gfc
A letter from Dodttflie Conspirator.
'■ Wiudsok, O. W., Nov.- 28,1854,
Editors of the Cincinnati Eriquirergd/tr flfc
Gentuemeit : In an
editorial aiiiole, I language.: .
“By the way, It yuSuaßSa instructive to learn’
where toe money camSurom with which Mr. Dodd’s
Sistcls wore purchased ;• and furthermore, how Mr.
lodd—crowded as Indiana Is with spies and secret
policemen, every orie of whom know him, or had his
portrait In his possession—contrived to escape to
Canada, with hfs.poekets full of the effigies of the
President and Secretary of the Treasury?’
- The only force and effect of whlohis to convey the
idea that I- have been acting in the Interest of the
Administration party, and tee been paid for my
services, and allowed to escape through theirlnatru
mentallty. ’
I certainly have no objection to. your, Whipping
your Abolition cotemporaries, or to your censuring
and condemning the men In. power, or their mea-.
sures; but I mußt enter my solemn protest against
toe use of my sore back as a medium to do.toeorie'
or other. ‘
Do you wish sincerely to know In regard to the
plEtols 1 You will recolleot that a gentleman In
New York claimed them as his Individual property,
arid by reference to my card, published on the sth
day of September last, you will find further explana
tion as to my connection with the said pistols, It
was not then conslderedeven a crime by Democratic
journals to buy and sell, or to keep and bear arms.
The amount Involved was not so large as to raise
the Inquiry, “ Where the money came Bom I” ~: ,
My esaape was no great exploit, not sufficiently
' so, at least/to raise' toe question of “ How lt was
contrived?” A little affair-of-this sort could be
managed as well as toe purchase of a few hundred
pistols, without too Intervention of the Government
or any Of Its agents: You do me great injustice
when yon speak of me as some: notorious orimlnal,
personally known to all thlef-catohors, and whose
picture every detective In the country carried about
with him. The Taot that I have safely arrived
• In a country where toe “majesty or tho law” is
respected, fully proves the. contrary; for howcould’
I pass through, a perfect forest of detectives, secret
policemen, spies, soldiers in nrilform,-soldiers lu
citizens’ diess—ln female attire, dressed as hod car
riers, as peddlers, as white-washers,..Aeamsters,
Spread all through the'oonnty of
Marlon 'and adjoining counties; swarming in the
cities of Indianapolis,- Cincinnati, Cleveland, To
ledo, and Detroit, and upon every railway train:
yet, simply because I was unknown to them, and
because they did not have my_ picture in their;
pockets, I passed through them all unnoticed.
It is do lousier necessary to attack my honor to
prove l toe Democratic “leaders” in no way con
nected with,the “ Dodd consplraoy.” They mb no
more responsible for my aots than I am for theirs,
and T am rierfeetly willing that the acts of some ,of
them; in this case, should be the standard, if toe rest
of them wlll aasent. . ' ;• ■ -
, Respeotfußy yours, Ac., H, H, Dow.
FOUB CENTS.
FERSOMI.
—After the serenade to Got. Fenton In Washing
ton, President Lincoln was called upon, and said
“I believe I shaft never be old enough to speak
Without embarrassment when I have anything to
talk about. [Laughter.] I have no good news to
tell yon, and yet I have no bad nows to ten. We
have talked of elections until there Is nothing more
to say about them. The most Interesting news we
now have Is from Sherman. We all know where he
went In at, bat I can’t tell where he’ll come out at.
['He’llhome ont aft right.’], I propose three oheers
for Gen. Sherman and the army.”
—A relative of the late ez-Senator Hammond
correots .a current account of Us origin; Ex-Gover
nor Hammond was a.dlrect descendant, In the sixth
generation, from William Hammond, of London*
who married Elizabeth Penn, sister of William
penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania.' Elisha Ham-,
mond, father of the late Senator, bornln Boohester,
Mass., was a graduate Of Dartmouth College, and
'removed to South Carolina In ISOX, where, In 1816,
ho was chosen president of South Carolina College,
in Columbia. • -
Major General David s. Stanley, wounded at
the battle of Franklin, was mentioned as follows in
Boseerans’report of "Stone Elver:’’ “Brigadier
-General Stanley, alread ydlstlngulshed for font suc
cesslnl battles—atthis time In command of our ten
regiments of cavalry—fought the enemy’s forty re
giments of oavalry, and beat them whenever he
could meet them. He ought to bo made a major
general for hls servloes and also for the good of the
service."
Edmund KJrke’s “Last Day ta Dixie” Is se
verely denied by Major Thomas Turner, command
ant of the Blohmond prisons. Turner, upon report
or our returned prisoners, Is said to he a gross tyrant
totifc'rd our soldiers. As Mr. J. R. Gilmore (the
original of Edmnsd Klrhe) has a reputation for
truth, he Win doubtless have something to say. .
, General Hood Is said to be entirely Ignorant of
what Is called "strategy.” He used to be a reek
less, Impetuous, hair-brained fellow. His finest
stroke, perhaps, was when, on the morning of the
S2d of July last, or rather the night or the 2lst, he
withdrew his army torn an entire line of works,
made all our generals believe he Intended to aban
don Atlanta without any further straggle, and then
suddenly fell upon the left wing of our army as we
.were pushing on: towards the city. It was aby no
means profound piece of strategy, but it cost ns
twelve thousand men and fifteen pieces of artillery.
—OreUe Antoine I, >Klng of Aranoanla, South
America, has been , brought before the Correctional
Chamber In Paris by his landlord for having ob
tained oredlt for 2,000 francs Under false pretences.
-He Is a real king, and Is boldly prepared toan
swerJhls prosecutor, having secured the services of
that great lawyer, Jutes Favre. A romantic history
is about to be opened. .
The Emperor Maximilian is gathering abont
blm slowly a’foreign legation. The Hon, Peter
Scarlett has been sent on a mission to Mexico from
England. King Leopold of Belgium has ordered
Mr. Blondet Coulebront, Belgian envoy to the
United States, to proceed to Mexico on a special
mission ;-and lastly, Baron Welterstadt, successor
to Count Piper as Swedish- Minister to the United
States, has sot out upon a journey to Mexico, even
before presenting Ms credentials at Washington.
—Deacon John Phillips, of Southbridge, E.L,
one hundred and four years old, And a voter for Mr.
Lincoln, has received the following letter, dated 21st
dCrNovember, lhom the President:
“ Mv Dbar Sib : I have heard of the Incident at
the polls in your town, in which yon acted so.,
honorable a part, and I take the liberty of writing*
to you to express my personal gratitude for the com
pliment paid jna by the suffrage of a olttsen so ve
nerable.
•‘‘The example of such devotion to civic duties In
one whose days have already been extended an ave
rage lifetlmebeyond the Psalmist’s Unfits cannot
but be valuable and fruitful. It Is'not for myself
only, but for the epnntry, which you have In your
sphere 1 served so long and so well, that I thank
you. : 1 ; Yonf friend and servant,
... “A. Liwcomr,”
TjEOSi CITYi
IUUfART,
BECBUIKENG.
Warrants for the payment of the city-bounty ware
issned yesterday morning to 27 men, one of whom
-enlisted lor four years; 22 for three years i 2 fbr two
years, and 2 lorooeyear. The credits were as fol
lows First ward,! j Fifth ward, 1 ; Seventh ward,
Ts 1; Tenth, ward, 6: Thirteenth
ward,!'; Fifteenth ward, 1; Twenty-first ward, 5 :
and Twenty-fourth ward, 11,
HUtCELMhEOPS.
THE CITY RAILROAD.
Yesterday morning, at the meeting of the Com
Exohange Association at their rooms, Mr. Geo. L.
Busby, In a few pertinent remarks, Introduced the
following preamble and resolutions: ’ or.
Whereas, A proportion is now before Connells to
lfste the. Market-street Railroad, and th»t*portlon of
the Broad-street road which extejds from Olive'street
to vine, to a railroad company, thereby investing them
with an absolute control over said roads: and
Whereas, The Beading, Philadelphia. Wilmington,
and Baltimore, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads have
equal occasion with the Pennsylvania Ballroad for the
use of said tracks; and r
IFfttretM,. The commercial .interests of Phila
delphia demand that these reads should ba open to
the use of every railroad line which enters our city
therefore - -f
Resolved, That the Com Exchange Association; as d
body, directly interested in every movement wffecchig
the. commercial facilities of Philadelphia," loots with
hutch disfavor upon a proposition to invest any one rail
ro&d Hie with exclusive control over any one of these
artroes into ottr city.
Resolved, That, according to law, these railroad
tracks are a common highway, intended for the nee of
the pt hue generally, and that they were originally
constrncted for. that gole-purpose; that it -Wilt best
conduce to the public interest to maintain that original
Intentffis; and that if said tracks do not pay a Sufficient
revenue to cover the expenses incurred for them, the
tolls thereon should he. increased until they shall he
covered.
Revived, That Councils ho requestedto defer action
on this sunset.at present. ...
The preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted... ;:
. NUISANCES.
There are in the northwestern part of thecity
several nuisances, which' have caused much com
plaint among the residents, and .to which we call
the attention of the proper authorities. A great
annoyance which the. families occupying houses
upon Green and other streets, contiguous to the
Beading Bailroad, have to endure, is the continual
and unneoecsary shrieking of the steam whistles of
the locomotives at all hours of day and night. It
is not unusual for the engineers, apparently for no
other reason than thelaown entertainment, to com
mence this unearthly noise before daybreak, and
continue it till every one within hearing is wakened
up by it.
Upon the north aide of Green street, near to
Twenty-third, thei e has been a break in the pave
ment for many months. It is directly below
some buildings which are being erected upon
the top of a hill, from which all drainage
flows down upon the pavement below and renders it
a mixture of mud and dirty water, which interferes
hot only with the residents of Green street, but with
visitors to the nark. Complaint has been made In
this matter, bnt it has not been remedied as it
should be by an immediate paving.
Some families residing upon the line of the Bead
ing Bailroad, near Green street, keep a considera
ble number of goats, which, beingallowed to stray at
large, wander into the gardens, destroy plants and
shrubbery, and Inflict annoyance in other ways.
Goats, when fonnd in the highways, should •’bear
rested by the police. It Is to be hoped that this
oourse will be pursued in future, mildly at first, un
til the goat-owners have learned the law, .when the
fines impOted by_the city ordinances should be rigor
ously exacted;#. - «
These may all seem. little matters, bnt little mat
ters frequently cause great annoyance.
A GENEROUS GIFT.
• Mtrs. Br. M. 6. Egbert, of Venango county, Pa.,'
has sent to a gentleman in this city the sum of five
thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing a.
Christmas dinner for the soldiers In the city hospi
tals, Including theS at terleo Hospital, in West Phila
delphia. The letter accompanying the giftbreathes
the purestspirlt of benevolence and patriotism, and
does credit 1 to' the heart of the generous donor. Mrs.
Egbert is the wife oft Dr. Iff; C. Egbert, one of the
original owners oi the Hyde and Egbert Farm, and.
one of the pioneers In the. development of the oil
interest in Pennsylvania.
POCKET PICKED.
Mr. H. Parkman, of 1827 Market street, Bad his
pocket picked, last evening, In car Ho, 18 of the
Green and Coates-street line, between the hours of
5 and 6. He was relieved of a pocket-book contain
ing nearly f 650, in money, and a note payable to the
order of Mr. H, Farkmanou Messrs. E. Soheafler
6 son, of LaDcaFter, drawn in me month of Septem
ber, 1863, besides other papers of small value.
, KIBE. . -
.yesterday morning a two-story frame storage
house, on Enfeu street,’ above Eighth, belonging to
H.’W. Heyu rag and junk dealer, was destroyed by
fire. Losrtl,6oo. No insurance.
CITY COUNCILS.
A regular stated meeting of Councils was held
yesterday afternoon.
SELECT BRANCH. '
President Ltnd in the ohalr. ' / ,
The usual petitions and communications were re
ceived and referred, among which were several in
lavor’of the removal of “ curb-stone” markets, also
several protesting against the ramoval.
Several petitions were also presented for the re
peal ef the ordinance relative to nuisances.
In connection with this , matter Mr. Zane(U.)
presented a bill relatly»|t6lprdinanoo, and which
restores the old ordinance jind repeals the 'one
which prohibits the storing of goods on the pave
ments. •‘: _ ..
Mr. GrawoDO (U.) moved to refer the ordinance
to the Committee on Polioe.
Mr. Zaks (TJ.)<protestod. The ordinance is af
' feotlng storekeepers, and has much reduced their
sales—so much so that many of them scarcely do
business enough to pay their rent. •
Mr. Fekbmait (U ) favored the reference'. He
was -opposed to a repeal. It was no more than
could be expected that parties would make an oppo
sition to tbe .bUI. He thought a lawyer had as
muck rigbtto establish Jus Office on the eqibstone as
' a storekeeper had to display. Ms goods there.
„ Mr. MoEleoy (O.) was in favor of repealing the
bill. Ho knew it affected business in certain locali
ties, and musfrdepreolate the value of real estate.
■ Messrs. Aemstrohg (O.), and Makctjs (O.) also
favored a repeal of the ordinance. .
The motion to retor was voted down, and the bill
passed finally. „
Theordinanoe proviaingfor a loan of one million
of dollars 'tor the extension of the Gas Works was
petitions, were presented protesting
against the lease of the City Bailroad track to the
Pennsylvania KaJlroad Company. _ , .
A communication was received from the Chief
Enaineer relative to the oost of the Chestnut-street
bridge. There will be a deficiency to the loans of
1860 and 1861, to provide tor which a loan bfli l B now
beiore th« Chamber. The balance on hand of those
loans is $18,388.76, as follows ? '
Loan of July 14,1860...,,,5200 600 00
Bean of Iteo. 14,1861..;............UTy00rw
Total.. —■.b.......f8i7,c ) )Q oo
Paid for masonry. .$244,66191
Paid for iron work. 48,n0 00
Paid assistant engineer, &o ; , 6,239 33
• Total. «;..;y;...5298,6X1 76'
Leaving abalapoe on hand of $18,888.76. Thera.
IS also about to expend on the masonry.
TbebiU mokingthe annual appropriation for rite,
support oi Girard College was considered In Com
mittee or the Whole, Mr. Freeman in the chair. ~
Thebillpaasedfinally., ■ ? . ■
The Committee on Girard Estates reported in fit
vor of accepting the proposition of the belts of Stra ;
> phen Girard in reference to, certain tracts, of land
:«SohuylkiU qooatyi which were acquired ftftorMr.
«BB WAB FBEB»s 1
(PDBLI&29 WEAKLY.)
tm Warn Pum will be sent to subscrlbenby
■all (per annum in advance) at~—— *3 00
—p l *! , !(•
Five eeplee g oo
Ten copies—..——. , t 1,,,,,,, —ty OB
Larger Club* than Ten win beeharged at the um
rate, U-gOperoopy.
Thenumei/ mustaUeaye aeeompatiw the order, emit
I? **° tnetanae am then feme he teemed from, et
wj/aCardveryUutevwrt than the eoetar paper.
(HlPoatmasters Me requested to get as azento f«
TW Wax Passe.
of ‘be Cinb of Un or twenty, an
extra sopy of the Paper will be uvea.
H 4 B 0 disposition was
made of them previous to uts death. The matter
has long been pending before the courts, and the
bOBt legal advice..states that tt most eventu
ally result In ravorofthe heirs. The latter, how
ever, are anxious to avoid a long salt and obtain
immediate possession of the lands. They therefore
propose, as,a matter of concession, to transfer to the
city one of the tracts, abont (00 acres, the heirs ta
king possession of the-remaining tracts. The City
Solicitor recommends that the proposition be at
once accepted, as the. city will lose all If,the salt!*
allowed to go to the Supreme Court.
The report was accepted.
_ The Committee on City Property offared an ordi
nance making an appropriation of *i,loo for the
construction of a “dead house ” In the public burial
ground. Agreed to.
Th ® Committee on Bailroads, to whom was re
feired the subject of leasing the etty railroad tracks
to the Pennsylvania Ballroad Company, reported
the same back without any recommendation, the
committee being equally divided,and notable to
agree. ‘ -
The report was finally withdrawn.
Bills Irom Common Council were then oonallered
np to the hour of adjournment.
COMMON BRANCH.
President Hastes (U.) in the chair.
COM MUHIOATIOHB. -
A number of petitions, numerously signed, asking
for a modification of the ordinance relative t» nsJ
sances, and against the removal -of(curbstone mar
kets, were presented and referred.
Mr. Stokeley (U.) presented rembnstranoee
against leasing the City Ballroad to the Pennsyl
vania Ballroad Company.
Mr. Eokstbin (U.) presented a petition of pro.
praty owners asking for the removal of the market
stands On Seoond street.
A petitlonfroro the employees la theKenslnjrten
w ™ ter^? ?otSai *?Jft , e forta ® t oa«oof pay.
. ■ ?S* DY (O.) presented a petition of citing*
against the repeal of the ordinance prohibiting the
display of goods on the sidewalks. *
All of the above petitions were referred to appro,
priate committees. r
Mr. Woibeet (0.) offered an ordinance appr*.
THE WEST PHTLADHU-HIA KAH.WAY OOMPAHT«
Mr. Tayioe (U.) offered-an ordinance sattimr
forth that the West Philadelphia Passenger Rail
way Company had refused to pay the annual license
of *BO chargeable upon each ear, and directing the
Chief Commissioner of Highways to stop the run
ning of Hie cars of said company until said license
be paid, and also the penalty of five dollars Ear
day incurred by their neglect. Passed, -
CITY KMAMCES.
An ordinance appropriating *1,940 fer the Oltr
Commissioners for expenses in enrolling and nmlu
Ing ont tile militia of fee State under an act of t£
last Legislature. Passed.-; < w
Mr. Pottbb (U.) offered an ordinance anprourlav
• ting *492,830.47 for the payment of the funded debt
of the olty maturing In 1866. Famed.
Mr- Poitee (U.) al& presented an ordlnanoe a»-
lf/aln^Sffi^ te nrt.° a ** d6MofS>
EKX.ISTMEHTS Dt THE ABUT AMD WAVY.
Mr. Cbaweok»(o.) offered an ordinance appr*.
printing *1,000,0N for the encouragement of enUsß
ments In the military and naval service of the Huf.
ted States, Referred toGommlttee on Flninoe.
WOKTHKKK laIEIRTIBS. OAS WORB3,
Mr- Gbesswxxx <U.) called up an ordinaaoß km*
Tiding for The taking possession of,the Northern
Liberties Gas Works, and .providing for a loan et
*400,000 for that purpose. Passed. ”
The,Chamber thenresolved itself into Committee
of the Whole for the purpose of considering an or
dinance relative to the removal of street marbfia
Mr. HABSISOM In the chair. .
After considerable discussion without any definite
action, the oommittee rose with leave to slt
oh Thursday next at 4 o’clock. ,
A number of bills from Select Council wore oon
curred in. - Adjonmed.
THE POLICE.
[Before Hr. Alderman White.!
ALLEGED LABCENY.
Chrlßtopber Coyle was arraigned yesterday on the
charge of the larceny, of a pair of boots, the proper
ty of Mr. Williams; BoOt and shoe maker, on Sooth
Front street.; The prisoner was also charged with
stealing a silver case hunting watch valued at *5O,
a half sovereign and *67 In United States Treasury
notes, the property of John McNamara, who also
worked for Mr. Williams and lived in the same
house. Thefacto developed are as follows: About
three months since Coyle commenced work at the
shop of Mr: Williams. He was pretty “hard up,”
ana-had only been in the countrya few weeks. On.
the evening of November 16th, as Mr. Williams wag
passing through the house he saw Coyle come from
McNamara’s room.
“What are you doing np here i” asked Mr. Wil
liams. ■- •'
“I have been to the bath house to wash myself.’*
replied the accosted Individual?
Mr. W. knew there was no water in the bath
house, ana therefore he regarded Coyle with mom
or less suspicion. McNamara had gone out at T
o’clock. He returned at 9 o’clock, and, after ex
amining his trunk, discovered that Ids watch and
money had been removed. In a day or two after
this, Coyle appeared in a new suit of clothing, and
talked about buying another salt. There was no
thing developed np to this period connecting hint
with the robbery: '
Since that period-three pair of hoots were taken
from the shop of Mr. Williams, and the. circum
stances pointed directly towards the prisoner. A
search warrant was. Issued by Alderman White,
open proper application being made. Armed with
this legal document, Constable Hurley (now aider
man elect) proceeded to Coyle’s room, opened his
trank, and among other things were a pair of boots
that had been stolen-from, williams. Two
Charges of robbery wore preferred against him, and
upon which he was bound over to answer at court;
$l,OOO in one ease, and *1,500 in the other.
A DYEING NUISANCE.
Peter Becker was arraigned on the charge of
.maintaining a'nuisance. The proceedings were
instituted by Wm. Geisser, residing on Baoe streets
above Front. It seems, according to the evidence;
that some time since the complainant rented a part
of his store to the accused, who desired to carry
on the tailoring business. To this effect a contract
was agreed upon. Since that period Becker has
Introduced a species of chemical dyeing of cloth
that has made the family of Mr. Geisser very sick.
It is a singular sickness. A physician was called in.
who entertains the opinion that unless the dyeing
.process Is removed, the children will die from its
effects within a short time. Becker entertains a
different opinion. He refuses to relinquish tha
business- Hence the suit. The defendant was bound
over in the sum of $6OO to answer at Court.
[Before Mr, Recorder Enen.l
COUNTERFEIT-NOTE PASSERS ARRESTED.
John Smith, Emma Moore, Mary Ely, and Ezra
hlel Kade wore arraigned yesterday on theohargo
of being implicated in passing counterfeit ton-doliar
notes, purporting to be the true issue of the State
Bank at Trenton, New Jersey. These notes are
very well executed, and likely to deceive. The evi
dence elicited 'at the hearing sets forth that on
Wednesday night John Smith and Emma Moore
were at a house at Second and Relief streets. Mary
Ely, who lives near Eleventh and Coates streets,
was sent by thorn to purchase a bottle of whisky.
This article was bought at the store of Elizabeth
Nolan, on Second street, near South, and one of tha
counterfeit notes was passed tor it and change re
ceived. The affair was speedily made known to tha
police officers, and Mary was token into cußtody, to
gether with John Smith and Emma Moore, for whom
the whisky had heen-purehased. There was nothing
found in their possession to implicate them in pass
ing any pf tho spurious paper. A number of fifty
cent currency notes, and a $lO State .Bank at Tren
ton, were found in a water-closet, where they had
been placed after the officers had taken Mary into
custody. Upon searching Mary, another counter
feit note was found upon her. She finally made m
confession that she had purchased the notes from
Ezekiel Kade at the rate of -$3 for $lO. Kade was
therefore taken Into enstody. The prisoners were
committed to await a further hearing. It is report
ed that quite a number of storekeepers were victim
ized on Thursday evening by having passed upon
them the new counterfeits. Such persons are re
quested to call upon Recorder Eneu.
[Before Hr. Alderman Pancoast. ]
ALLEGED COAL THIEVES.
Jacob Henning and Michael English were arw
raigned yesterday on the charge of stealing coal
from the Reading Railroad Company on Pennsyl
vania avenue. It Is alleged the defendants had at
wheelbarrow with a barrel upon it, and were trying
to fill it from the cars. The accused were com Emitted,
toanswer. ■ .■
[Before Mr. Alderman Fanceast.l
BOLD THEFT.
A girt of bad character, giving the name of EUeB
McNally, was committed yesterday on the charge
oi stealing wearing apparel and some jewelry, the
property of Mrs, Lawrence, residing near Twen
tieth and Coates streets. It seems that on Tues
day the prisoner made application At the house of
Mr*. L., and. worked so much upon her sympathy
that the lady gave her something to eat, and fur
nished her- a' bed. Arrangements had -partly
been made to hire the girl as a domestic.
She -told a tale of fiction, and thus im
posed -upon her benefactress. She said that
she had been employed in a factory at Mahayunk,
and the mill had closed. Her father andmother
were dead, and she had no home. In the evening
she was shown to her room. " She stealthily entered
the apartment of Mrs. E., helped herseir to consi
derable clothing and'jewelry, ana decamped. She
was arrested while loitering about Camp Oadw&la
der on Thursday night. She wasTeeognized by the
Eollee asa young girl, reckless and disgusting in
er habits, and whose ordinary conversation was
Bhocklngly profane.
THE COURTS.
Court of charter Sessions—Judge AM*
Prlson eases were being tried yesterday.
.Francis Cavillo, convicted of bniglary, was Sen
tenced to four years’ imprisonment.
Allis Bernby pleaded guilty to a charge of larce
ny, and ,was sentenced.to the county prison for
eighteen months.- .
James Biley, for carrying concealed deadly wea
pons, got tour months,in the county prison. ,
•John Macletßoh, convicted on Wednesday of pick
ing the pocket of William H. Ekegood, at the Na
tional Hall, Market street, a few nights ago, was
eetitemjecl to ah imprisonment of fifteen months;
and open still another charge of carrying concealed
deadly weapons, he was convict©*! josterday, and
sentenced to a farther Imprisonment for six-months.
Mary Kent, against whom there wer* eight bills
of indictment charging Jareeny, and the reoeivingof
goods knowing them to have been, stolen, was tried
and convlcteouponthree, andwa&sentenced to as
imprisonment altogether of four years. Her depre
dations seem to have. been .extensive, and she wan
hot at all particular as to the character of the pro
perty she songht to appropriate. ; The articles men
tioned In the indictment were men’s wearing appa
rel, -ladies* dresses, shawls, overcoats, dressing
gowns, fancy boxes, &o%
James Smith, for .larceny, was sentenced to six
mofeths in the county prison, and John Stewart, fat
a like.ofienco, to one year.
The court then adjourned.
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