„ i jliY (SUNDAYS EXCEPT!®) •‘•'U.IX W fobshy. »'■ in g(,OTH FOURTH STRBET. RAIET PKESS, f’! ! ’ , 1, Tits Dollars Pm Assim. la ,r 5-' t ‘ frl vIT CEST3 Pit* Wltg*, t»T»W« *# ~ V to RobfCtiln'r* out of tk» oltr, f r, *'*r A vsti«i Point Dollars ah» Piptt -jf.V VTFT.V TWO DOT.LAttS AITD TVBKTT" f' ;'„ r< r E MO.N-THS, invariably inatrac* KtP* " liP i 0 'l« Inserted at ttie nenal rates. PRESS, Furs Dole.airs Prr /umrar, la ; 7;OOPS‘! JOBBERS. "o"u Tl! Li\FOURCA.DE, & CO., , IU .;STNUT STREET, :l ABB ROSING OUT 1 ' THBIB xN j, WINTER STOCK 1 ' " OF jl K'S WEAR j){!l ,0-ffG°IiD VAXiUJEJ. IIALI' Ac C 0.5 ; 0l TU SECOND STREET, M .jtjsHoa of the ladles to tkolr itodt of mliK .iubbed poplins, In all the choice shades of colors. !i: i r .H POPLINS, do, L POPLINS, do. . i. j,iC AND WOOL do. (ii,OTHS AND REPS, do. .jENOH MERINOES, do. DELAINES, do, it PLAID FRENCH POPLtNS. !; pIAID IRISH POPLINS, it PLAID CASHMERES. pprSTED MERINOES and DE LAINES. ALL WOOL POPLINS. mI.JvKIBBED POPLINS. 4 t'ILK and WOOL PLAIN POPLINS. ffJPTH BLACK DE LAINES. fIUUNOES and CASHMERES. ICED delaines. aad AMERICAN PRINTS. ; ,’i styles of Printed Kerinowr, CiwUmares, iU, for Ladiee’and Gentlemen's Wrappers, Jobe de Ch&mi)l6B. WIN HALL & GO., US South SBOOffD Btl-est. HAFLEIGH, (HESTHCI STRESS, WILL OPEN ;$D.a, DECEMBER Bill, rawing through the centre oflls ,«! la length, to fcekaown as IBS (HEAP DEPARTMENT, h dsvotad exclusively to th« exMMUott aid sale of DRESS FABRICS, a TO ONB-H4OT THE PRICE SOLD AT THE BEQIHKIKG OF THE SBASOH. las inada airangamsats to famisA to Ha 300,000 to 230,000 yards or v’CH AND ENGLISH DRESS GOODS, l SO) AT it (.BEAT SACRIFICE AND FROM AUCTION SALES, i;M thtough this channal without reserrs daring IOLEDAY SEASON. , & LANDBLL, FOURTH AND ( -CH SIBEETB. EIRE & MIDELL, iuISTK &UD ARCH STREETS, ■mi SO AT FAIR PBIOES JUST SUCH GOODS iiffODLD HAKE VERY ACCEPTABLE :ISTMAS -PRESENTS. 'ISTMAS SHAWLS. 'SISTMAS SILKS. USTMAS SCARFS. SISTMAS HDKPS. ' HISTMAS GLOVES. ■aiSTMAS CHINTZES. iISTMAS DELAINES. :IHTMAS BLANKETS. IJISTMAS PIANO COVERS; -ELOiDEON COVERS. disp: 'Mirooat wnt&lni a ln« «iorr ofpropoily- >il tluuti tarmontß, for fall and ninter wow. ICH VELOUR CLOAKS. !OBOME beaver do. ■®ST FHOBTED BEAVER DO.’ iOK TBICOT AND BEAVBB DO. ,s BLACK garments. l tsb proof cloaks. -°iKB MADE TO ORDER. COOPER & OONARD, BottUwMtMrner HIHTH »md MAEKBT. tfHS 1 OLOTHB ! CLOTHS 1 , X. SNODGRASS’ CLOTH HOUSE, 34 South SECOND Street, 33 STRAWBERRY Street -I received pel latest Importations a great stool 6 »5, including.an extenrivc assortment Of LAMMS' CLOAKINGS ~. ,nsHTLEMBK'S a COATINGS. ' ’ Ml stock or ARMY AND NAVY GOODS, tY.ntis • AS FOLLOWS: SHADtS AMD PRICES, wt, UABSSS. VERY BEAUTIFUL. W «, DRY AND 8108 FINISH. _ . ''ftI;INS? HEAVY *AND SOFT FINISH, f, A It,LAS ALL COLORS. FROM *8 TO *l2. i fß»e?k L s. iTmsril ‘^ S, b iF B cloths: . blue pilots. M/.inH 'B BEAVERS. I.vA?- BI«H FINISH. J beavers. i «4U{ BEA.VERB l|,f » A IMLIQO BLUB FLANNELS. I WBLDE FLANNELS. , „ „ •,!;.“ iD As of Cloths Oaealmeres. and Vesting*. and all gooda pertidnln^to BTBEET. ~|~ *. H. NEEDLES a MjtiLT msOßirnra KOVBLTIEB LACES, WHITE GOODS}. -^BROIDERIES, VEILS, a KDKERCHlEPS, I EPS, dbo. 1 FsrMSSrtE *«d »* reduobd pbmßs. THBFALL TRADE b ‘ J t nj?* ! Prices. 1 1b yJ« w prices, i’ . A,sf±&ed I‘opUaa. ‘:: "‘'•ttknUweTtllj. ■•..•• > VOL. B.—NO. 1)4. SCALES. pAIBBANHS’ WAREHOUSE, 713 CHESTNUT STREET. THE HOLIDAYS. JJ 0 LID AY-fRBSi NT S. X>. 'w. CLABIt, ' GOB CHESTNUT STREET, Has now. onljWda very largestock of JEWELRY, and „ , . . , „ SILVER-PLATED WARS. Selected expressly for the comma HOLIDAY TRADE wliicti are being sold at extraordinarily low prices. We have.* large stock of the following: goods: Gold Watches, Silver Watches* Ladies’ Watches* Gents’Watches, Boys’ Watches, Americas Watches, English Watches, Swiss Watches, Gold, ■y eet Chains. Gold Chatelaine Chains. Gold Neck Chains, Gold Pencil Caras, Gold Pens. Gold Toothpicks, • Gold Thimbles, •>*. Gold Armlets, Gold Bosom Studs, Gold Sleeve Battens, Gold Watch Keys. GoldPlns, Gents’, Gold . . , . Gold Pins, Misses*, . • Gold Pins, Chatelaine, Gold Bar Rings, Gold finger Rings, Gold Scarf Pins, Gold Bracelets, Gold Lockets, Gold Charms. . Gold Watch Hooks, Silver Thimbles, Silver Napkin Sings, Sliver Fruit Knives, Silver Fob Chains, Silver Vest Chains. » , SILVER-PLATED WARS, Plated on genuine Albata metal, , . «, o . and warranted; Tea Sets, Cake Baskets, Fruit Baskets, Card Receivers, • Butter Dishes, Syrup Pitchers, Sugar Dishes, Breakfast Castors, . - Dinner Castors, Pickle Castors, Spoon Holders, waiters, urns. Salt Stands, Goblets, Cups, Can Bells, . Napkin Rings, Fish Knives, Pie Knives. Ice Gream Knives, Cake Knives, * Crumb Knives, Chlldren’sKnivas, Children’s Forksi Children’s Spoons, ■ Oyster Ladles, Soup'Ladles, Table and Dessert Spoons, Tea, Sugar, and Salt Spoons, Tea and Dinner Forks. PLATED JkWELRY. We have on hand a large lot or fine plated Jewelry, Which we are closing out at cost prices to make room for other goods. Those wishing goods in our line would do well to call and examine otfr stock before purchas ing. All goods.w&rranted, as recommended. _ D. W. CLaRK. 603 CHEST* UT Street. H. B.—Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired by experienced workmen, and warranted, nol9- swtdel7&d7t riHHISTMAS PRESENTS. What could be a more acceptable Christmas Pre ”* FOR A GENER AL. FOR A COLONEL, FOR A CAPTAIN, FOR A LIEUTENANT, FOR A SURGEON. than a handsome PRESENTATION SWORD. SASH, and BELT, each as can always be obtained,in the high est artistic finish, at GEORGE W. SIMONS At BROS., Msnufacturing Jewelers, Sansom-street Hall, 610 SANdOM Street, Philadelphia? - > n029-12t Jts FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, CORNER ARCH AND TENTH STREETS. Brooches, Sleeve Buttons, Armlets, Bracelet., Scarf Pins and SlntstfTea Sets, Ice Pitchers, Waiters, Goblets, Forks, .Spoons, As. 39-Watches repaired and Warranted. Old Gold, Diamonds, and Silver bought. no2o-Sm HARRISON JARDEN. HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS. AND FASHIONABLE CONFECTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, IN NEAT BOXES, SUITABLE TOR PRESENTS FAMILY USE, FRESH EYERY DAY, E. IG. WHITMAN & OO.'S, deS-Im . No. 318 CHESTNUT St., below Fourth. MRRCHAST TAILORS. 1864. F 1864. 1, 0. THOMPSON, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, K.B. Corner Seventh and Walnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA. N. B. Having obtained a celebrity for cutting fiOOD-HTTESO PLSTALOOSB, Making H a specialty In my business for eonte ream part, it la thought of sufficient importance to announce the fart in tile manner to the public, so that those who are dissatisfied mar know of my meffiod, and give me atrial. ; 0c27-th«ttt-am gDWARD F. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILOBS, SIB CHESTNUT STREET, Will from thli date (Oetoher Sd) hu as REDUCED PRICES. . ton CASH. <uS«tf CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. 1864. yALL 1864. GLENECHO MILLS, OEBMARTOVnr. MoOALLUM A OOj CARPET WAREHOUSE, 1 MV CHWJTNBT STREET, sslS-S* PHILADELPHIA. 1864 1864. MeCALLCM & CO., RETAIL DEPARTMENT. •IV CHESTNUT STRUT, tot sim opposite nrnPhJrpMroß hall. CANTON MATTINGS. JUST RECEIVED, a large invoice or hub cocoa matungs. MoOALLUM & GO.; nolS-Sm - 609 CHESTNUT Street yiGOR FOR fTBE WEAK. BIOKBENBj <*B, LIRE BIiUVUfAIOB. , The nBes of thlspowerftilßnvigoraiitmay to summed np in a few worde. It relieves, with absrtute certainty, all physical disabilities; cures neryonedebility of eyery typo, restores the exhausted animal powers after long continued slcknesS; prevents and arrests premature de cays Is a yiialiring. strength-renewing cordial to the aged; may be relied upon by woman in all her physical difficulties is a harmless and sure restorative; is an an tidote to the consequences 6f early indiscretion in both sexes; can be rolled upon as a specific for paralysis,par tial or entire; has hj equal as a stomachic, in cases of dyspepsia; sustains not only the.phy.ical strength, but the constitution Itself, and Is in all respecta the best' tonic depnrativeaid anti-bilious cordial in existence. Sold by JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY, A COWDEN, No. 33 North SIXTH Street, Philadelphia. One Dollar per Bottle, or six BotUee for $3. Bold by Druggists generally. Sent by Bxpress anywhere, by addressing HUTCHINGS & HILLYER, Proprietors, de6-tuth's3ffl-fp No. SI CEDAR Street, NewYoffc. BEWEVG MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES. 710 CTIESTNUT ST. THE “FLORENCE"—AMERICAN A INVENTORS’ GREAT TRIUMPH—THE.SE WING MACHINE PERFECTED.-AH the objections to other Machines are overcome In the FLORENCE. It makes FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES with (he same ease, and with as little machinery as others make one.' Be sides, It has the REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION-a uni form. self-regulation tension of thread and no springe, cog Wheels, or came to get out of order. It does ALL RINDS OF FAMILY SEWING, from the hoariest woolens to the most delicate fabrics, ualng all kinds of silk', Cotton, and linen thread, from No. a) to 200. NO. OTHER MACHINE does so large a range ot work as the FLORENCE. > NOt.OTHER MACHINE pleases the ladles so well as the FLORENCE. More than ONE THOUSAND or the FLORENCE have beensold In Philadelphia within the last few months. The FLORENCE is tte only PERFECT FAMILY SEW ING MACHINE, warranted to give entire satisfaction, or money returned. There Is no one who owns a FLORENCE that wonld sell It at cost. Call and see Its operations, whether yon wish to pur chase or not. Samples of sewing, with price list, sent free by mall. FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, noZl-tf 630 CHESTNUT Street. CURTAIN GOODS. 4-X. RAVEN. NOVELTIES IN BIOS CURTAIN GOODS* WINDOW BHADPSS, AND FURNITURE COVERINGS. WALK ATEN, . MASONIC HALL, Tl 9 CHESTNUT STREET. LO CHEOTNPT SUBEf!' OUR TAIN STORE. 1028 CHESTNUT MBEKE. > 1026 BKOCATELLE CURTAINS. OOTELINE CURTAINS. TERRY CURTAINS. MUSLIN CURTAINS. SATIN DE LAINE CURTAINS. REP CURTAINS. LACE CURTAINS, AND WIND OW SHADES* Our workmanship tk unsurpassed. C. M, STOUT fc-OO'i 1036 CBBSTJffUT Street. ems> FURNISHING GOODS. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, t . SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PKEBENTS. J. W. SCOTT & CO., BMCHESTITUTStreet. Q.ENTLEMEN’B WRAPPERS!! JOHN G. ABRISON,' "NOS. l and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Is now offering an elegant and extensive variety of WS WRAPPERS, SOARES, NEOK.TIES, MUFFLERS, OLQYES, HANDKERCHIEFS, SUSPENDERS, &q., 4 SUITABLE FOB CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. de7-tjas ' COMMISSION HOUSES. jJAZARD & HUTCHINSON, Mo. 11* CHESTNUT STBBBT. COMMISSION MERCHANTS- ros THI SAll o» EJy-2i»l PHILADELPHIA- MADE GOODS. SKATJES. WILSON'S SKATE DEPOT, ' 11 409 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. We have just received the largest and moat desirable stock of LADIES’. GENTS’, AND BOYS’ SKATES ever offered in this city, which we wiU take much .pleasure in showingall who desire to enjoy the delight* ful recreation of Skating. PHILIP WILSON A GO., 409 OHESTNPT Street. CKATEB AND SKATE STRAPS.— 4? Dealers are reauested to call and examine samples of new styles of Cadies* and Gents* Skates for 1664, Wfllch will be furnished at the lowest manufacturers* prices, by E. L, BuBNHAM, Manufacturer's Agent. jSTo. $27 South SiXTH Street. noISE-lm G KATES,. SKATES, SKATES. O A toll assortment of SKATES and SKATE STRAPS for sale at very lew prices, at _ . . . , W. W. KNIGHT A SON’S, noSs-tf 509 and 5U COMMEROE Street. REMOVAL. B. J/WIULIAUtS, MANUPACTUKEB OP VENETIAN BLINDS WINDOW SHADES, BEHOVED from No, IS (In conseciuence of Ere) to No, 35 North Sixth Street, Whore he will he Tory fled to see his easterners and Meade, mtll hie eld establishment le rehniit. noSO lit 'J'HE SALEM LEG. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. Gtkcclah No. 5 has just beea issued. Send for a copy to the s SALEM LEO COMPANY, SALEM, MASS., end learn from it the reasons -why this leg is steadily supplanting the many "best legs made in the world.” CraccnAß No. 6 contains a DESCRIPTION OP THE LEO, its. ADVANTAGES, TESTIMONIALS of SUS GEONS and WEABEBS, ACCOUNTS of numerous GASEB treated hy this original and Inremlons method, TERMS, and all other needm information. 1 Soldiers entitled to a Government Leg can receive the T,cg WITHOUT CHABOE, no2i-lm PANCY GOODS. Tr Mantle Tares, Flower Pots, Han (tin* Tanas', War dian Cases, Mignonette, Hyaduth, and Crocus! Pots, * choice goods, imported expressly for , ’ FABIAN BUSTS. Shakupeare, , Flora, Scott, Sta. Wilton, • ci» T&f?£v* Beatrice, „ liisbee, |®i. . , ff' Beethoven, Goatee, Panto, Schiller Marble and Parian Pedestalaand Brackets, &c. &e _ -B. A. HabkISON. ' XOIO CHESTKnr Street, 8026-etnthtf WOOD, WOOD, WOOD.—OAK. PINK, T T snd HICKOBX WOOD, for sale at lowest oaS F. D WATSON. VINE-STREET waAgr price a. , noFO-lm* / MACHINES FOR SALE.— 1 set of Worker and Striper SB-Inch cards* Jeaks* make. 1 do. fiat do. j SB-inch do , Jonhs’ make. 3 Drawing Coiier Frame**, 6 revolvers. 1 nine-inch Bobbin Speeder* 2 Band m tiler* 600. spindles. each. PRing-Throftles. In complete order. Apply to 3c? Bf» T> TKArygft,/LINWOOD STATION, Penna. W 12488. —PURR OLD PORT *- AND SHBRKY WINKF, in cas««, bottled express ly for medicinal purposes; for sal eby E. P. MIDDLETON, 5 North. FRONT Street. A F. CKOBKEY, CHICAGO, ILL.— -*•** Alcohol. .95 cent ; Eye Whisky, ' proof; flo loine Spirits, 96 cost ; Columbian Gin, proof. For oale in lots of from sto fioo bfcls- JOHN H. GOELtSoXeAgent, < . . No. *(Hfc North DELAWABE Arentie, - a«w PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1864. SEW YORK QIBBS- ORGANIZED ORDER THE LAWS OF HEW YORK. FRANCIS A. PALMER. President Broadway Bank, Hew York. HA Mi AH BAND ARE, OX-President Doited States Tehgraph Company, Hew York. ALBERT H.-NICOLAY, of Albert H. Nicolay & Co., Brokers and Auctioneers, 52 William street, Hew York. EUGENE j- JACKSON, of Polhemus & Jackson, Bankers and Brokers,- IS Exchange Place, Hew York. EDMUND 0. BTEDMAN, Secretary Hew York Pe troleum Stock Board, and Broker, No. 30Brbad street! Hew York. ANDREW MEHAfFEY, Philadelphia. FRANCIS A. GODWIN, Philadelphia. ' ROBERT CLARKSOH, of Clarkson & Co., Bankers* 121 Sooth Third street, Philadelphia; JAMES M. CLARKE, Oil City, Penttsylraala. OFFICERS. President—Albert H. Hicolat, New York. Vice President—AirnßEwKftKAFFßT, Philadelphia, Treasurer—A. V. Stout, President Shoe and Leather Bank, New York. . , • Secretary—Edmcsh O. Btedhan. Counsel—WlLl.lAs: H, Asthos, Hew York. Adah C. Ecus, New York. Bankers—Shoe and Leather Bake, Hew York. Clarkson &■ Co., Philadelphia, Capital Stock.. 300,000 Shakes AT THE NOMINAL PAR OF $5 EACH—BUBECRIP- Stock subject to no further assessment. 250,000 shares tdbbe sold in payment for the lands, leaseholds, and producing interests of the Company. The remaining , 500,000 SHARES, OR $lOO,OOO, RESERVED FOR WORKING CAPITAL; . ' The Hew ’ftrk and Philadelphia Petroleum Com pany has keen organized with the greatest care by ex perienced capitalists of the two cities, whose names are netted to Its own. It will be managed EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE INTERESTS OF ITS , STOCKHOLDERS No pales hayebeen spared to place it on a genuine and substantial footing. Most valuable and extensile tracts of Oil and Coal land have been secured in fee, and leasehold Ktoiwcixa interests in the heart of the Ve -118080 County (Pa.) OU,region. Attention IS Invited to the following schedule of the Company’s property, ln- Olndlng FEE SIMPLE TERRITORY, LEASEHOLDS, PRODUCIN<J wells, and wells In various stages of completion: No. L—3o acres of bottom land In fee, on the Alle gheny river, having a water-frontage of nearly one mile. New 10-horSe power engine and fixtures. Two wells sunk to the depth of 300 feet and already filled Room for4o more wells. No. 2 —320 acres of rich oil land In fee, lying nearly opposite the above, having a mile of water-frohtage on Prather and Bennett Runs. Well supplied with Umber. Ho. 3.—Lease interest on the famous “Widow Me- ClintockFarm,” Oil Creek. One well down and test ing! another just ready to tnhe; a third just started. Two first - clat s engines. Fubfng, tools, fixtures, team, wagons, Ac. Ho. 4 —Same Interest in lease on the well-known “ Hamilton McCliktock Farm, ’ ’ OH Creek. One well now being tested; already yieldlngl2 barrels daily, and rapidly Increasing. Others going down. Two new en gines, with fixtures complete. Ho. 5.—1-12 of two leases on the Clapp Fash, near the great Williams and Stanton lOp-barrel wells. On this property Is “Sherman Well, No. 2,” now down -500 feet. Engine, &c., Ac. Room for more wells. No. 0. -1-16 of the fee In 55 Ackks of Coal Land, ad joining the Cranberry Coal Company’sheds. This pro perty is of the utmost value to our operations, supply, ing us with coal at all seasons, and when the works of other companies are found to be idle for want of fuel. From the Trustees are assured of their ability to declare LARGE AND REGULAR MONTHLY DIVIDENDS, and of the speedy appreciation of the shares to a MARKET VALUE FAR ABOVE THE SUB SCRIPTION PRICE. Tko INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE sent from New York and Philadelphia, whose favorable report ie printed with the prospeetns, speak in unlimited terms of the Company’s property and prospects. Books for OBIGIKAL SUBSCRIPTION will he opened on •• * ■. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, ' at the otttces of the Company, and. at the New York, Philadelphia, and Boston banking-h ouses named helow. Prospectuses, maps, and detailed information at either Bubsci iption office. The public are aiisured that, "whether for investment Or speculation, no better security than these shares can be obtained. -v BROADWAY BARK, comer of PARK PLACE, Hew York, FOLHEMUS & JACKSON, 4» EXCHANGE PLACE. New York. - . ALBERT H. 3JICOLAY & CO., 53 WALL Street, Hew York. CLARKSON & CO., 131 South THIRD Street, Phi ladelphia. deT Gt ' MELLEN; WARD, & MOWER, Bankers, Boston. |jgp» TOLCASIC OIL ANI> COAL CO* P&ofertt—2,Boo acres of laud, known as the "Fox Tract, ” iaWood and adjoining counties, West Virginia, within the * ‘great upheaval, ’ 5 and taklngin partof the “Sand HilL” The subscription hook to the stock of this Company will POSITIVELY CLOSE on MONDAY, 12th inst. The opportunity is offered up to that time for the public to obtain a limited number of the shares at $4 per share, the par being $lO. The subscription price Is at a lower rate than lands are selling for in the immediate vicinity, and is offered for the sole purpose of furnishing an ample working capital ($50,000). - . • - • Printed Prospectus, with Geological Report, pan be bad at our office. gggp- COMMOS WEALTH OIL CO, OF I< AWR ENO E COUNTY, PA„ Working Capital Reserved for Development*, $15,000. President, Treasurer, Beeretary, & WEAVER. SAMUEL R. HILT. DAYID B. HILT. DIBECTOEB: E. WEAVER, . _ i JAMES WATT, john modo Well, je. , bykon danby, SAMUEL R. HILT, ! ISAAC BAKER, WILLIAM MEESBB. ■ Subscriptions for a limited number of shares Will now be received at the Office of the Company, Tie land* of thia Company are located on Slippery Bock Creek, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania!" One Well la Bunk 687 feet, and Oil has already been ob tained in quantities which are highly encouraging to the Corporators that a Row will soon be realized of a permanency aufflclent to pay handsomely on the in vestment. Samples of the Oil may be seen at the Office of the Company. des-5t gaggr** NEW YOBK AWJ» UTEBPOOL PETROLEUM COMPANY. CAPITAL STOCK, 61,000,000. 100,000 SHARES AT $lO EACH. / ‘ Subscription Price $5 per Share. LANDS YIELDING- LARGELY. oypiOEEs: HON. DANIEL 8. DICKINSON, President. WM. T. PHIPPS, Vice President. ROBERT BASSETT, Secretary. , Books are open for subscription atthe office of the Com pany, No. 34 Bmpire Building, TI BROADWAY, N. Y. The lands of the Company an situated in the heart oi the Oil Region, and include portions of those well, known localities, “the McElheny Farm, the’two Me- OUntock Farms, 1 ’ and other proved and valuable work in* territories, including over Two Thousand acres oi the best Oil Territories along Oil Creek and In West Virginia, now under process of successful development, and oil is already regularly and largely produced from several wells upon them. oc3o-d*WSm ■ Address the Company, “P. O. Box 6368,*’ New York |Sr «mi)B OF TilK AU.EOHESY BEND OIL COMPANY, HO 534 WaLNUT Street.—'the Board of Directors have this day declared a Dividend of TWO FEE CENT., •clear of tax,'for the month of November, payable on and after the 12th inst. " - ■ transfer bocks close on tbe 9th and reopen on thel2th inst. Promm*. Don. m4* *. OIL COMPANIES. PHILAI> E L P 111 A! PETROLEUM COMPACT. TRUSTEES: OFFICES OF THE COMPAHY. ■ No. 53 WILLIAM Street, New York. Ho. 131 South THIRD Street. Philadelphia. TIOH PRICE $8 PER SHARE. SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS.' WEST VIRGINIA. COOPER & GRAFF, No. 11 MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE. CAPITAL STOCK... $300,000, DIVIDED INTO 80,000 SHARES. PAR VALUE $3.50. No. 515 CHESTNUT STREET. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884. THE RETURNED PRISONERS. •SCENES. IN THE ANNAPOLIS HOSPITALS. Death of Many ou the Transports, iratl Dreadful Condition of the Survivors. THE lIOKKOBS OF ASBERSONVILLE. Condition of the Victims—Tliel* Hones Projecting through the Flesh—Live Men Devoured j hr Vermin—Sheldons Oo ■_ Tcrcd wltb Skin. HUNDREDS BROUGHT NORTH MERELY TO DIE. Fiendfcbnegs or Rebel Conscripts—Their Sport PrlsonerSheoUag, The Devotion of Woman—A Death-Bed ’Wed ding—lnsanity of a Mother. (.Special Correspondence of The Press, ] . Annatolib, Md., Deo. 8, 1884. MODERN ANNAPOLIS. This quaint, quiet old town, with its moss-covered, time-woinold houses, hegleoted streets, and a gene ral Southern deice far niente air, looks joyous In the yellow sunlight of this bool December morning, ‘ As I write the old elm -tree that peeps in at my window is, swaying and- rattling Its brandies be fore the (fool breeze- that sweeps In from over the Chet apeake.and .long, gaunt shadows' chase each other, over my paper In ever-varying forms. The -bine waters of the .bay are spread out before me, glinting the sunlight from the white foam of the mimic blitows that roll up and break In tiny spray on the wharfiess strand of the olty. Fairy sail boats skim over it, and far out, almost on the horizon, looms up the black hull of the transport Baltic,’quietly riding at anchor, with not a sign of life about her. The Eastern Sho’, the land of Maryland; provincialism, tapers its green banka into the farther shoro. Leafless trees, with'here and therein little white house or a staid, prim, towering c»dar, to relieve the monotony, stretch all along the horizon, until they give way.at the foot of the semicircle around me to a few farm-houses, Cleared lands, scattered pines, and sycamores. On the leit is the-dome of tbo Capitol, springing np from a great square of dingy brick, laid a cen tury or two ago by workmen who are now in dust. What can bo fleeruabovo the sharply patched moss covered roofs of the ancient houses that intervene is venerable. The white lines of the mortar are dearly limned on-the dark-brown ground of the brloks It clasps with unyielding tenacity. The windows are shuttered, for- the Capitol Is empty now, the»ses sion ol the Legislature not beginning until January. In the cupola are solne sight-seeing stranger la dies, looking, with admiring gestures, at the specta cle mapped out before them, while their vesture flutterfin the breeze. In the centre are the pinna cles of St. john’e Episcopal College, and further to the right the great brown-stone buildings of the Naval Academy. They are all bathed in the balmy sunlight, and a blue sky, mottled with many tinged cirrus olouds, arches over all. But though the seem to smile at them a glad smile, and the sunbeams to play around them, pate Is everywhere there. Disease, and agony, and death afe under each.pinnacle, »and glaring out from behind the walls of brownstone. Men ars there sighing out their, lives agonizingly; others are just hoyerteg betweea lire and death. There are aching hearts there. Tie College and the Acade my are tie centres of Interest to which the tendrils of thousands hearts of Northern fathers, mo. tiers, sisters,sbrotherß ? -and lovers stretch as spiritual telegraphs, over which go longings and wallings, hopings andipleadlngs. They are the hospitals for soldier-martyrs just snatched from the prison-pens of the South. ; ■ ' THE COMMISSION TO VISIT RETURNED FRI ' ■ SOWERS, I came to this citywhen the telegrams told me that out transform had brought here all that was left of our captured ‘Soldiers, when rebel brutality had done Its worst. 1 came expecting to see horrors such as eye never "saw before. 1 cam&here with my own mental pjetures of what wofol wrecks men, most be alter months of systematic starvation and barbaric' 111-treatment—after tortures and 'trials such a’s no Christian or enlightened people had ever Imposed uppn those who fell into their power by the fortune of war._ JBnt when I saw these poor fallows 1 disnovorcilrthat'-there were somethings which even the imagination may fall tetoorrectly portray; 'some realities which fancy, on its freest wings, can never exceed.; . Opportunely! a speclaloommls slon appointed by the Sanitary .Commission .to In quire into the condition of the released prisoners, kindly gave me every opportunity to gather such facts as were proper for public Information. This commission, if which Edward Delafield, at. D., a prominent of .New York city, was chair man, and EljersUe Wallace, M. D., Bev. Tread well ~Wal<len(W. H. Bawle, of this city, Gouverneur M. WDklna. Fredorick S. Winston, and Herbert Turner, of New York, were members, made a very earolul examination cf a- large number of the pri soners, commissioned officers and privates, and ga.* thered a gtooh-varlety of Interesting and astonlah ing facts not hitherto developed, which It Js their intention to present to the pnbllc In a formal report atan early toy. . THE CONDITION OF THE ESISOITEES UKDBBBA.TBD You bavoji|a see by your Issue ofthe day before yesterday, alieady had some description of the ap pearance of fhe men When they were landed from the'transports at the hospital docks. Your corre spondent did'not overstate a single thing, but rather, I should think, understated. They came in the same attfce and in the same condition as when they lelt AndersonvlHe and Florence. Constant ex posure, systematic starvation, filth arising from In sufficient m(«ns for preserving cleanliness, despair, idiocy, deathlwera all represented most revoltingly and disgustingly, until men Who had flattered them selves “hardened” to witness sights which would appal ordinary.humanity, turned away sickened and nauseated. Fronr the general statement of the prisoners it appears that most of them came from Andersonville—or- “Anderson," as they familiarly called it—abjl Florence, in the former place they had been used like dogs ; In thelatter' the command er, 001. Iverson,ason of Senator Iverson of Georgia, did ail ho eonid to alleviate their troubles. They were sent to Charleston, where they were also very well treated, especially by the Sisters of Charity and the Irish and German women. These people actually transgressed established military law in order to bring supplies |to the prisoners, whom they furnished,with every delicacy and comfort, ex cept the article of clothing, whichit seemed ontof their power to procure in any appreciable quantity. Rut though some of the men at Ander sonville had bean-released from the heUish tyranny oi the capiala.of the post, a scoundrel who is said te be a dekerter ironi our army, and were for some time under the kind care ofthe Christian people of Charleston and the soldierly attention of Captain Iverson, yet their condition nowis bo horrible as to make it almost impossible to believe that it could be any worse. But it must have baen, though one hesitates so to think when he looks upon the mar tyrs, even when washed,'and oloaned, and attended as they now .are. It .is . related that when the transports arrived in the .Severn river, with their motley, sufflrlng freight, among all that great collection of infirmity and weakness in every form •many poor fellows, whojiad wasted away until all hope and desire of life, had become extinct, were found dead, lying cold anf rigid, with opened eyes,, on the decks. Their faces were bunted to the heavens, whtoh'had been, for months their only shelter. Their agony wjj* marked in faint linos whloh their wasted, plnfited faces furnished hardly room to trace, and in" the twisted' limbs, ex panded ohest, which even to the. last strove to contain Its breath, and lit the oontorted muscles. Their other characteristics were shared with them by the living. • SKELETON MEN, YICTIMB OF PALSY, MASOOTS, AND VBBMIN. i All the men were filthy, ragged, or, naked, and •Bwarming with vermin. lThey came'to “God’s country” with scarce enough strength to articulate their joy. Their limbs were palsied and stiflened with a scurvy which marked thorn everywhere; their bodies were smeared all ever with the excre ment of their diarrhcea, In which they were com pelled,'from sheer weakness; to, lie; their hair was matted with filth of the same character; some; with thrlr limbs and bodies filthy, as they were, wore swollen by dropsy to such in enormous tension as to suggest the idea of bunting to the pitying oyeß that were bent Bearosingly upon them. Lice of great size swarmed i over them—raven ous, torturing living In burrows in the flSsh, honey-combing it all' over with their dwelling-places. They were almost tbe bulk and shape of grains of wheat. Their bites were keen— their combined attacks excruciating. Others were, in addition to these Ills, afflicted with “ground sores.” Their bones pierced through the tightly drawn flesh, reduced by starvation; and at the hips, shoulder-blades, and other projecting portions ofthe body, these sores were formed and peopled with hi* deoue, slimy maggots, whose every motion was untold.. agony to tbe unbippy sufferer, who had neither the means,, the strength, nor perhaps, in the stupor of buffering, the will to remove them. There were but fesr of these, however, though, as.the soldiers tell us, on their caths, such sights were quite common at “ Ander son.” But the poor victims died too fast for any large number to accumulate at one time. They might be teen at all points, gasping under their hor. rtble pains, the maggots disporting, eating, piercing nearer, nearer, every flay, to the vitals. In some Instances they formed lines of communication be tween one sore and another by eating little oonduits for some distance under the skin. Through these ways they travelled In lines, the living arcade over them heating up and down as they moved. No care was taken of those martyrs, no medicines given, no-facilities for even a yery nwjasrftte .attempt at cleanliness, and they died by scores, to be burled like brutes, in great heaps in unmarked graves. But we will not con tinue ibis reference to Ufe atAndersonville. Oar friends of the Commission will' soon present these facts, and others far more horrible, In a detailed way, and we will confine ourselves simply to what might be seen at theWaval- Hospital wharf, on the Severn river. The terrible bases of suffering—those at whloh humanity would, shudder to its inmost soul—bad been hidden by the sod. Only those were seen which had Jgt reached the point wheredeath. benevolently took the sufferer home. What the obaraotor of those cases were wo have just shown. Concerning those who died like dogs, and found graves In Georgia, the reader may Indulge in the wildcat conjecture. We assure him that he will find that he has scarcely Imagined the truth. CHRISTIAN PATIENCE OF THE SUFFERERS—FEAR" FtTL AND WONDERFUL SPECTACLES OF WASTED 'NATURE. In our tour through the hospitals we saw these re leased men, black with sun-tan and the smoke of the pine fires over which they bent as they cooked the food that mocked their hunger and robbed them of their lives. They Were in “God’s oountry’’ now. The giand old stars and stripes waved over them, and the noteß of their own sweet national music Were wafted through the casement to thelrgrateful ears. Attentive nurses in the Union’s blue hovered round their bedsides, anticipating every want, and watching with a more than brotherly tenderness each change of symptom: Words of cheer, assu rances of returning health, were coaxing baok the red blood to their wan cheeks, and lighting rip their hollow eyeß with a gleam of hope. But, alas ! there were and are cheeks—hundreds of them—that will not glow, and eyes that will not sparkle ever more. One hundred and'fifteen have up to this morning already died in hospital, and the fate of many more Is sealed. No medical skill can save them—no [love, no hope lore them back to life again. Behel diabolism haß exhausted the life spring, quenched the life-lamp. One may gurgle yet a little while, the other glimmer; but both are ebbing, both shall'disappear. It was a pleasant sight to see the Commission gathered around.the beds of the wasted skeletons, aptly described by a simple soldier, one who was almost a skeleton him self, as looking “like the skeletons Sat doctors have, you know, strung on wires, only covered over with ski a so you couldn’t see howthey*were made.” Some of the Commission were men of venerable age—the chairman, Dr. Delafield, Mr. Wilkins, and Mr. Winston, for Instance—aH, with sor rowing faces, listened to the tale as It was gasped out from the parched throat and withered lungs of a martyr. “On errands of pity .and of mercy bent,’’ each tone found an eoho In their hearts. There lay the sufferers. Most of them had been hale men, with the lnetlnot of life strong in them. The Commission purposely selected such, so as to further the ends of trnthand justice, and allow nothing like prejudice to Interfere in their examina tion Into the diabolism' of treason.' It would take many an effort, many a systematized assault, to break down the oltadel of life In those frames. They were the granite. Weaker constitutions might, like sandstone, crumble under but little strain, but it would require constant dropping to -wear the rook. There lay the strong man, punier in frame than the puniest stripling now. Bis tough thews and sinews had all melted away with the flesh. The cheeks 'were gaunt in the Rjrtctest, hollow in the strongest sense. The eye was deep sunken In the head; Its lids had lost their fullness and reftffed to perform their office, leaving the eye to glare and stare at you, dimmed all over with motes, dull, lifeless, despairing. Its orbits and the temporal bones were so far advanced that the white enamel shone through the skin, whlehevery moment seemed to be losing its hold on Its prisoners, .allowing them to escape their thraldom. The thorax marked aH Its parts. The ribs were clearly visible, for the skin, tanned and smoked though It was, stretched to almost transparent tightness, till the Interstices between the hones were revealed, and the colons eye almost imagined -Itself peer, teg through the pleura into the chest to see the terrible emaciation there. Each struggling breath threw out the bones still more prominently, until It seemed as If their flimsy covering would'fall off like a garment and leave a skeleton Indeed. The abdomen was so shrunken that the valves of the dll gestive apparatus caused protuberances, and the dl- ■ jested portions of the food as they passed down the Intestines swelled them until their outline could be marked by any spectator, and the course of the foeces easily followed! The limbß-partook of the ge neral decay. One tech and three-quarters around the' biceps ' was a common measurement of those • which In life were stout and strong as young willows. TESTIMONY OF THE PRISONERS AS TO THEIR TREATMENT AT ANDERSONVILLE, BTO. A friend once remarked to us that he thought that nature had given to the human skull the pecu liar appearance called “grinning” to remind us of our utter worthlessness. The grin was a never-ending sarcasm.. In these faces, clothed as they yet were with the veil that hides the sarcasm, that sepulchral smile was present, the more funereal because of the medium through which it looked. The reply to pleasant words, or the recollection of some kind ness that had been done them In their captivity, called up this smile -so sad, so Bolemn, so miserable, that all who witnessed it were touched. It was a beautiful tribute to their warmth of' heart, that from among all the brutalities they suffered they would religiously cull some little good deed done them to show that So-and-so was not. a “ mean man”—the usual term they applied to their mur derers. “There wasJDr. Todd,’• (and “he was the brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln!” chimed In another), “he was a very nice man.” And then they would go on to recount how he gave them an cunoe.more of this, or a half pint more of that, or a rag, or a button, or some ordinary medicine, evi dently finding pleasure in the recital. Most of the prisoners seemed also to have a lingering respect for Colonel Iverson, of Florence. Although, his treatment was none of the best, perhaps,, yet be cause It happened to be better than that of superla tively horrible “Anderson,” they rated him as a “gentleman” and “a very nice man,” j3o it was with the “ Sisters of Charity,” who were “ very good, and dressed in a queer dross,” and the people of Charleston. The'klnd acts of the rebel regular soldiers were also applauded, and the entire “ onus” of.the murders of prisoners, when they did not touch the forbidden dead-line, was planed.upon “them conscripts who hated all Yan kees;” who were, In the words of an emaciated French soldier of-a New Hampshire Artillery fegf-. ment, “ commeles chasseurs, heureuxdetirer un coup.” Poor withered beings! Haw beautiful It looked to the eye of the soul to see'lts sisters tenanted In those frail houses, ready at almost any rime to crumble, blessing these who had done them good, and uttering not a single word ’against those who had Injured them. Christianity was In them, pure and undeflled; and we felt ashamed of ourselves even that there should be men in this happy North who feign to tremble for social order when our brave Boldiers dome home victorious from the wars. Could, such an army, producing such men, ever endanger the liberty or social well being of a country they had suffered to save 1 To that ques tion there came within us as we gazed on the meek, worn faces, the parched lips, and the utter,, weary, heart-breaking helplessness, an indignant and deci sive—No! Some, when questioned whether they would like to punish their brute-captors, would an swer that their jailors ought to be punished, and that if God-should ever spare them to stand on the battle-field again they would try’ to redress their wrongs. Against whom 1 would be asked. The re bel soldiers % Oh, no! but against Captain wirtz, and Lieutenant Barrett, and other petty tyrants, and against the conscripts. They asked, In their wbole-heartedness, that none but the guilty should suffer. In tbls spirit they live; in this spirit many have died and many will die. A TRAGIC ROMANCE OF WOMANLY DEVOTION. ■ In this hospital, (which, by-tho-way, is known as the United States General Hospital, No, 1,) where there Is so much, of misery—so much to excite the pity—there are other episodes which awaken almost every tender sentiment of the soul. We have all read of instances of self-devotion of the betrothed to her lover. We have heard of-him tearing himself away from the comforts of home and the blandish ments of luxury, to face the battle’s fury and to fall dead or wounded in Its very front. We have been told thather disinterested love hhs impelled her to fly to his couch, to minister to him, to cheer him baok to health, and that, generally, her efforts are rewarded with success. He recovers, and all goes merry as a marriage bell. The feel ings of the eager and interested reader would be shocked were there any other denouement. Bat it is rarely that we find that devotion under circum stances that actually transpired in the officers’ de partment of this hospital. A young lieutenant colonel of a New York regiment was wounded in the abdomen In one of the reoent battles before Richmond, and was brought to. the institution not so mnch for treatment as for rest. . Wounds like his are fatal. Pyemia is the result, and no skill can prevent Its sure and steady progress, until it ends in the death of the patient. Acting on this know ledge, the sad risings of his impending death were sent to his family, and through themto the young lady to whom Ihe was engaged in marriage. She lost no time In hastening to this olty, and, re porting. at the hospital, Immediately became his nurse. No prosy pen can well describe the fidelity wltb which She performs her task. No duty is too disagreeable, no sacrifice too great. Knowing that he was to die, she Insisted on being married to him, and the ceremony was performed on Wednesday night by the ehaplain. It was a sad sight, witnessed in silence by the numerous officers lu the same ward, and brought team to the eyes of more than one. I saw her and her rapidly-sinking patient yesterday. Dr. Radoilffe, one of the assistant surgeons In charge, passed through the ward, and, more as a matter of form than from Beoosaity, asked her the condition of her patient. She shook her head sadly, yet resignedly, and murmured, “No change j no change!” in a dreary tone, as if each word was a dagger to her heart. Her husband was but semi conscious, and was fast sinking. He may be dead by this rime. A STRICKEN.MOTHER. Bnt though this incident is snffioienriy sad, I thtnk your readers will find in the following some thing quite as touching, exhibiting, as it does, all the deep intensity of a mother’s love. There is a grandeur in the conduct of this poor, lone mother, whose love has made her mad; who yearns for oge ' her poor, faded eyes shall never see again. Mora than a year ago her son, a member of aConneoti out regiment, was taken prisoner and confined in Andersonville, A short time afterward several were exchanged. His mother,.in Connecticut,- hearing of it, and believing that he was among the number, left her desolate home and caino to Camp Parole, whloh Is situated two miles from Annapolis, -to seek-her treasure -among the boat loads landed on the Severn. She waited, wearily waited, day after day for the coming of her boy; but , though many came, he was wfi among 'them, FOUR CENTS. “Hope doferrcd maketh the heart Blok," says the jpsaimiat, and so was tt with her. Broken-heart ed by constantly reoarring disappointments, her mind, already shaken by grief, at last gave way. Ever since, more than sli months, she has been stopping In this olty—how or where I know not. During all this-timo she comes to the office of Dr. Vender Itleft, the surgeon in charge, to asoertaln whether any boat loads of released prisoners have arrived. When the last detachment came in she seemed overjoyed, and went from skeleton to ske leton, scanning them eagerly, anxiously. But her son was not there, and each day she went wearily back to her home. The good-hearted surgeon, al though he knows, and has told her many times, that her son has been officially reported as dead, still answers her, every day, the same monotonous but ever kindly spoken “ No," She oomes always provided with a shirt, a pair of drawers, pantaloons, boots, and cap, and when Informed that her son has not yet arrived, goes down the gravelled path across the lawn to the very end of the long wharf. There she stands looking out over the broad waters of the • Chesapeake for fully an hour. Clad ever In the Bame neat drees, and cloßely fitting bonnet, she gazes wistfully,'longingly'out over the blue waste, as If her very eagerness would hasten on the bark she - Imagines bears back to her her child. But her tear swollen eyes at last grow dim; her strength falls, and with the empty void aching in her breast, oh! how agonizingly she slowly turns to depart. That son she shall meet, poor, crazed, broken-hearted mother, never, never thlß side the hither shore. A NABTYB’S VFNKKAT,. On Wednesday I had the melanoholy privilege of witnessing a funeral of 42 starved men. It was so lemnized In front of the chapel, two chaplains offi ciating, Some of the ladyivoluntoer nurses In the hospital, assisted by members of the Post Band, sang'a solemn dirge, after which an appropriate panegyric was preached eulogistic of the dead, who had nobly laid down their, lives In the country's service, desplte the Inducements to desert it. The .dead daring the services were in the ambulances which were to carry them to the place of burial. Guards In a respectful attitude were stationed each side the ambulances, and the ceremonies were par ticipated in by a large number of offioetß and sol diers, together with many citizens. TUB HOBI-ITAh GKOCNDB—HOW THE HO3TITAI. IS SprrOETBD. The hospital grounds are on a beautiful site 'over looking the bay and the river Severn, and are laid out and kept m order with consummate taste, and besides the splendid buildings of the Naval Acade my, has several fine cottage residences, once used by the professors of the academy, bnt how oconpled as hospitals. The surgeon In charge, Dr.' Vander Eieft, appears to ne am offleor of refinisd culture and thorough medical knowledge, and Ib looked npon with feelings akin to affdetion by all who are fortn nate enough to be placed under his charge. He D undoubtedly an officer of rare executive ability, as the neat condition of the grounds, hospitals, and buildings, the perfect discipline and the various Im provements testily. The “slush” fund of the hos pital Is so managed. I believe, that nearly all the necessary articles are furnished the patients with out any expense to the Government. Two farms, rented from the fund and tilied t by soldiers, farnlsh all tbe vegetables, etc., and a fishing smaelc, also famished out of the “slush” fund keeps up a con stant and abundant snpply of the finest fresh fish and oysters. The Doctor Is efficiently aided by his as sistants, lira. Badeliffe and Ely, who seem to share much of the business tact of their principal. M. mummh Ml) COMMERCIAL, The gold market was quite steady yesterday, tbe figures rangiugt etweon 242 aud 240, closing at the lat ter. There was a falling off in the. demand for Govern* meat bonds, and prices'were weak. The 1851 loan, coupon off, sold at 109—a decline of %\ the 10-40 boudß at 102—a decline ©f and the 5-20 S at 108&—a fall of X. The new 7-30 notes were a shade higher, State securi ties were somewhat higher, the 5s selling at an advance of %. The railway’share list was weak. Beading sold at 4 o’clock at 68—a decline of and Pennsylvania Railroad also declined X* selling: at datawlsaapre ferred was steady at 37#: Little Schuylkill at 45: Mine hill at 59; Camden and' Amboy at 163. Canal stocks are qalei Schuylkill Navigation prefereed sells at 39#; Lehigb Navigation. in small lots, at 73%-, Union Canal at 3, and Wyoming at 78. The oil slocks were very dull. Maple Shade soldat-10—anadvauteof 9i£ Company bonds were not so“ active, but prices shown© material alteration Gily passenger railroad shares continue very quiet; 67 was bid for Second and Third; 64 for West Philadelphia; 25 for Green and Coates, and 15 for Arch-street ?16 was asked for Bidge- avenue; 51 for Fifth and Sixth,.and 48 for Chestnut and Walnut. There is no material change to notice in bank .shares, and very little doing Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ sold at 3i, and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ at 69% for old stock; Penn Township at 45; 61 was bid for Girard; 57 for City, and 46 for Consolidation. We saw yesterday some of the new issue of the fifty cent fractional currency notes. They are an inch and a half wide, and three and a half inches long. In gene ral appearance these -notes are not unlike a large por tion of the bank issues in circulation* The vignette is the‘figure of a female holding in her left hand the scales of justice; in her right hand is the sword, and her arm is resting on an illustrated shield. Covering apart of the shield leackmdof *mohe. On either side of the vignette, and extending across the note, is the word ‘Afifty” in bronze, and on the extreme ends also the word 1 * fifty” on a lathework background. At each comer in the bor der are the figures “50.” The legend on the note is as follows; ‘’United States Fractional Currency. Fifty .cents. lurnHhed only by the Assistant Treasurers and designated depositaries of the United Stater. Receivable for all United States stamps. F. E. Spinner, Treasurer; S. B. Colly, Register.” There are also the words, “Act approved MarchS, 1563,” and “Engraved and printed at the Treasury.” The face of the note, except the bronze figures, is printed in black. The back is printed in red. At each ejjd, in an oval of lathe work, ai&dbe figures “60.” The border is composed of the words “United States,” “50,” and in the centre is this inscription: “This note is exchangeable for United States notes by the Aesietsnt Treasurers and designated depositaries of the United States, in sums not less than three dollars. Receivable in payment of all dues to tbe United States less''than five dollars,’ * except customs. Outline figures in bronze* “69,” are printed over the inscription* The condition of the banks of ike throe principal com mercial cities of the Union is exhibited in the following table,, which shows tho aggregate of their last weekly statements, as compared with the returns of the previ ous week: ' * _ Loans. Specie. Circlat'n -Deposits. N.Y*Dec 3.- $196,263,607 20,279,919 3,570,231 165 432,990 Phila. 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SI 17 Far & Meeh Bilk. 69$ 6Lehigh Ray*....-- 73$ 7 Wjomiig.... -**— 78 lOfiTJnioiiCanal....... 3 70 3' 85 Gam & Amb R,lta.lsls 15 do 152 . 119 Penna R..... lots. 68 10 Little Sehuyl 11. ...45 BETWEEN 25C0Elmira 55.....2dj8 75 10GOLehigh6s.~.~....101 • ?CCO Cam & Am 6s ’53..100 IQCO d 0..»«. *..100 SECOND 100 Egbert Oil....cash 4 % 100 Logan Oil % 200 do * % 100 Cherry Kan....... 29* 100 do .29* 1000OlmsteadOil...... 30ABD& 1100 Phil &Tideoat..hs 4 69 Densmora .b 5 9J* [5OO Phil&Tideout..blo 4 iIOO Wav pref...... S9J£ 2UO Union Petroleum-. 23* 60 Corn Planter. 7# 6:0 Upper Economy.... 1 109 Maple 5hade....... 403* 100 Se&diag..6B 1000 Krotzer. 1-16 100 Seneca-. b3G J?g 2000 Penna R Ist m*.». 112 2COO do 2dm.. .197 300 U S 5- 20 80nd5.... 103$ 4000 do eg IDS 18 Bk of Penn Tp.... 45 15 Girard Bk 51 AFTER 1 300 Sa&3d-&t&R...'.- 87 200 BchNav prof 39# 2000 Cam & Am6s ’83..100 300 KcClin 0i1..,.130 ft% 300 d 0..... b 5 5$ 10 WPh11aR,....,.. 70 6Lehigh Nay..,.... 73$ ICO Densmoxe.*....... 9 2(0 d 0... m 200 d 0... b3Q 9 30 Penna 68 60 Cherry-8un....."!. 293 f 200 Atlas.*..... Ijs 2>4 100 Beading .‘.b3o 68JC 4CO Excelsior.... 1% 10Q Story Farm*....... 2X 400 Excelsior-. b3O 13£ 200 Story Farm........ 2 68 100 Mcßiheny..., .VbSQ 6>£ 100 P/rila&Tidecrat.bS 4 100 _ do ...WO 4 lCX)<Readingr.... ..2dys«S 100 Walnut Island-.b5 S ICO Maple Shade. 40 100 Wash & ueorget’n 66 300 8a1zeU............. 9% ®II6H jhiedneas. ...97M® $j S3 @96 dehtedmeas *y”^| JUS,. 11 d 0... 67# 2GCO 08 5-20 Bonds....lCS# 3000 d0—...........108# 3 Cam & Am II 152 410 State $s —lots 23# 700 Krotz*r.... 2# 100 Bibbard..—..... 2# S5O _ d0.*... 2* 100 fie&dlng*. 68# 300 JAcbibeny.. 6 IGO do. b30.6# H0Denem0re......... 9 200 Carfcin...... ...... 14# 110 Walnut Island.... 2 24 100 do 2# 100 Hibbard bo 2# Draxei & Co. quote: Waited States bonds, 1851— Waited States Certif. of Inde Quartermasters’ Voucher*, Orders for Certificates of In< 9oJd~ St* .ierling Exchange*.« Five-twenty 80nd5.**..... —IOBKSIOBX The following Is the amount of coal transported over the Schuylkill Canal daring the week ending Deo. 8,1864: This week.-- .......... •••••■••"•32.376,. Same time last year ,22,977 The following Is the amonnt of coal transported on the Philadelphia and Beading Bailroad daring the week ending Dec. 8, 1861: - Total anthracite coal for week. ........ 61.313 lit Prom Harrisburg, total bitnmlnoas coal 4,661 08 * Total of all kinds for week. 65,974 16 Previously this year......... Total To same time last year..,....,,*.,. Decrease &8981 S Amount of Goal transported on fcboTbßadelpliia and Reading Railroad during seven days ending Wednesday* December Sth.lSCl ToM . Cwt . From Port Carbon..oo “ Auburn t-*g £? “ Port Clinton .....9,141 01 ** BArrisburg and Dauphin............... 24 1® Total Anthracite Coal for week............. 61,330 ,12 Prom Harrisburg, total -Bitumlnoas c0a1.... 4,661 03 Totaiof ail kinds for week 65,931 18 65,991 15 To same time last year..—..«».« 69,873 09 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Clove' land and Pittsburg Bailroad Company will be held at tbe offl ce of the Company in Clevelandon the 4th. day of January* 1865, at 10 A. M , for the election, of di rectors ; also to vote upon a proposition to lease that portion of tbe railroad known as the Tuscarawas •Branchfor a term o‘f years; also to vote npon a propo rtion to purchase the half interest in tbe late Cleve land; Zanesville,. and Cincinnati Bailroad (formerly known as Branoh of the Cleveland' and Batoad} i also .whether to fawrnst BOARDS. 2 Northern Central. 56 900 Per na. Petrol 234 200 Irwin OH-......,.. 8 ~.68,674 16 69,873 09 THE WAK PRESS, JS (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Thm Wa* Paws will he rent to subscriberi By Em il (per sunum in advance) at.......... OO Three c0pie5.......... —..... .... .... *,,,,EM Five copies. .*•*............, ...... s O* Ten c0pie5.........•......... ■...................... 15 00 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the same rate, 0.0) per copy, , Themonep must always accompany the order, and oiese terms be deviated from, at they afford very little more than the cost of paper, ■JB'Postmncterc an requested to act an agents for Tkh Was Pares. «* To the getter-un of the Club of ton or twenty. Ml extra copy oftho Paper will be given. capital stock under the tots of April u, 1&3 aad April 3,1869. The Hew York Post of yesterday eayß: at 241. and after selling at dacVmetl The Joan market is more active at 6@7 per cent, The new business is almost exclusively done at 7. Coni*. mercial paper passes 1 lowly at 7@o, with a smaller pro portion at 7. Ti e slock market is depressed by sensation rumors. Governments are ItesacUve. and yesterday's quotation* are barely sustained. Five‘twenties are qaotedat 108#. new loan at 10S&. coupon sixes of 1881 at US# and cer~ of indebtedness at 97%; -Seven thirties hare' b«ii bid lip by speculators to 120}f@t21. ditobsitSf fJ“Si 8 are ioa,y ’ and lhere U * a *v?v businesß of the m omlng was comparatively sraill* SV r f®*S ct1 ?? 8 hfeiteinEne, 1600 shares, in i f lßg }»*»• J n Michigan Southern Lwi **£;£}£ T®* a P d m Northwestern preferred S9k/aSn?SS^tar^ 66^ a N gold was (iUOted at @24l#, Erie at ft*#, Heading at 135#, Tne following quotations Were made at the board on some of the active stocks, as compared withthenrtiUß of yesterday afternoon: mepnsw* Fri. Thu Adv iw United States sa, 1881,.c0up...,116# 11s# # ***** United States S-20c0np........106# . iflg# . United States 6-20 coup.,new.l96# 108# T?nf»ed States KMOCotipons .v.IDP ' 101 United .States certificates 91% 97% Tennessee 8e.«........... 66 66 Hiitouri 6b.... $3 $4 Hew York Ceatralßattroad...l2l# 121# Erie Railway-. 94# 94# # - Erie Bailway preferred*... ...,103# 102* % Hudson Elver BaUroad. 116 # Heading Bailroad... ...136 s . IS6 Wctfcjy Review or flw Fbilad«lnbia Markets. ‘ Decbhbkb a-Evening. ” Produce markets are firmer this week, and price. . axe better, owSdr to the advance la .old, hat without much disposition to operate. Bark Is dull at former rates. Bread stuffs are firmly held, and prices are rather betti x Cotton has also advanced. Coal is dull at former rates. Coffee is scarce and higher. Fish and Fruit continue firm, hut the transactions are limited. Naval Stores are rather dull. Coal Oil is scarce and very firm. Linseed Oil has advanced. Iron continues dull, :sn4 there iff very little doing. The Prorfslou market is very firm, but there is not much doing in tka way of sales. Seeds .continue scarce, and Clover and Flaxseed are in demand. Sugar is rather firmer, bat there 1b not much doing. Whisky is unsettled The demand for Weol is limited, and prices are without any material change. The rnonr market is dnl', but very Ann, with hat lit tla demand Joe export or home u*e. bales comoxiaa p®!W&s!MamuH&aß ter. The retailers and bakers are having tnasmnlf way at lteut S9.GC@IO for superfine* #lO 50®1L50 tap ejera, *1].5f@12.50 tor extra eSd bbl for fancy brands, as to g-alitv. Kye Fioaris sel£ in* in a email way at #9 @9.26 f bbl Corn Meal U Bac kwheat Meal U selling at ISth* OKAIH.-The demand for wheat las been moderate during tbepsst week, but prices at the close are rather firmer, with salts of abouf 86,M0 bus at 260@2C5c* bu for fair to prime Western Pennsylvania aid oomhern reds,, and u bite at from 270®2880? hu, asVSSiift? witn sales of aboutSeocbni at 17".@175e ft bu for Delaware and Pennsylvania. Cora is mote active, with sales of about 80,000 bus at ISScftw prime old yellow, and new at 165@170c®bu, astocosi itatearo ado more active, with sales of about 40.100 bus at 9i@92c 18 bn, in store and adoat - ,JF hef i 1 S. w , 1 “*3 r,> ‘borocetpu of Hour and Grain at tbis port doling the past week: ** S?“V " li.SOObble, lB,BOO bue. X?I?" 31,200 boa. VM* «M«e.e*ee,..,42.4f(| lwt» The market Is £rm hut qaiet, tnd the e&les are In a small way only. Kess Pork is raiKrit in a email way at feB@42 % bbl Mess Beef S 2 from $2C®2B % bblfor country and city picked. *Baco!u as we have noticed for come time past, continues very R a S e ,i maJ ! If ams are making at fr«S |3c» «) for plain sad fancy baggec, Bi<ie?at2l@2?e.ait4 She nlders at 20c 19 ft. cash. G reeu Meats are without change! 100 tes new Hams in pickle sold at a@2lc. and bbnuJtesJn salt at 19@19.Hc « ib. La riu scarce: so i d , at SSh®33Kc, and kegs at 2614 c ?! Hi. Batter is in fair demand at former relax, with ernes of sqM packed at SB@4sc. afd roH*al«@Soe W B). Tew Torb Cheese is selling at 21@2Sc sm. few, • -“bbu METALS.—Big Iron is verv uniat Smelt sales of Kb f/r.lhiacite are roskjng at ton, and Ho. asm 68 ? ton. Mannfactnred iron is in fair demand at about former rates. Lean is firmer, with sales of SOD uimoSZ iena at 816 60 the 100 Jbs, cash. Copper—American yel low metal is? selling, in a small wayf at 60c ?! ft, ca*. for sheets and holts. * * BAi K- -« ne f,P irOT is end there is little or uo- Iwf t$L mM tte way 6ales ' lst No. 1 Isquotedat CAKDIES,-TaUow Candles are selling, in a small way for Shipment, at 30c ® » Adamantine are scar« an,d firmly held, with smaU sales at 3?.@10c aft COTtOH.—The demand is rather better. and therein more doing in the way of sale* .at an advance, with sates of about 400 halo's of middlings in lots at Xt7@l3lc ft ID, CftSil* continues jcaixs, and prices hare advanced, with sales of about SCO bags of Bio at 43@47c * ib.thi flatter fox prims. c * COIL.—The demand is limited, both for shipment and home use, and prices are without any material Ss“io.s<&“ “ akiß!l fr ° m Port * DRUGS AR D DTKS are firm, and prices are rather better, owing to the advance in gold. Bengal Indigo is selling in a small way at 8?@3.15 4* ft. * uaigo FlSH;—Mackerel are firmly held, but there is less dt ing; sales of Ho, 1 are making from store at *24® 25- Bay do. atslS; Ho 2 at 8i7.5f@18; Bay do. at lls@is* and Ho. Ss at 814 5t.@13.50?! bbl for larie andsmail Codfish are ibm at 85.60 the ICO !bs. Pickled Herring ar f g 'f,?. 8 ? i y 1 w / 7 #t*U®i*»bhr. TBHIT.—AiI kinds of foreign fruit continue scarce hisb. .Green Appleß are scarce, with sales at S4@ 6 hbj;dried Apples are in fair demand at 10@ll}|clS lb, as tp qnality; dried Peachesare rather scarce; qSar frrsare selling at 22@28c and pared do at from 3aa>3se FRElGHTS.—Tberates.to Liverpool are unchanged and there is very little doing. Three vessels are fo&d mg with coal oUI for European ports, mostly at 6; at t>b!_ Coal freights to Hew Orleans are $;2.80 ?! ton, to Key Wert8 J . and Port Boyal *6 Boston.- 83c §^ft?£h S are g °° 4 W« BtBr n are selling at 80® @? 2P Ibfb G caTh mall Eales of crtlde BXII making at*Lls gAT.-6a.led is selliiig nt *3f@3o ?! ton. HIDES.— n Hides there is bnt little doing, except in green laltea and city slaughter; sales of city slahgh ter at If@ 14c. The Msociatlon seil readily at the*s ficntfP, with a email stoe* oa hand. hops are rather quiet s sales of first quality new En/'eraere and old at 50@350 ?!». UTMBER.-The transacETons are limited; smail sales of white pine sap Boards are m&kiEjcafc s%>: yellow do at and-whHe pine ShingleTlt ®ss ® M MOUSSES.-The stock is light, asd the mSket is f '»:„£>'iaU 'ales of Guba are making at 75@550 ?! gal- LBATHEB.—The same Cannes which limit transac tions in other branches also operate with the Leather market. Prices maintain their firmness, and there seems to he but little disposition on the part of t&nnera to bring their stock to market. Heavy and middle re i fom B ewh e at i SeJ.^ed airreQtieB V Wle light Upper.—^ The market for upper is dull. Spanish Bole.— The supply is hardly equal to the da maud. ' , Habsess leathee.—For heavy city and country finished there is good inquiry, ana the supply is not equal to the call. Government requirements causes rather active request. Calf Skiks.—There has been a better demand for calf skins, and the sales have been considerable: prices remain the same. 9s 1 tontinues firm. Western is held at $2.CS@®.lO S 9 gallon. linseed Oil is in demand: large sales are making at $l. 40. Fish Oils are in steady de mand, with sales of winter Wbaio at #1.70@L73, and Winter Sperm at $2 60 gallon: cash. FetrSenm has advanced; we quote crude at 47@19c; refined In bond at 6S®7oe, ul free at from SS@9oc fS gallon, as to quality a he following are the receipts of crude and refined at this port dnring the past week: * Crude...... 2,900 bbia. .Refined. **~4,160 bbls . PLASTEB. —Soft is in steady demand at $5®5.5QWt COB. BIOE continues very scarce, and the demand is limit. e o a , B £ >aJ Jr? ales at 13K@13Kc, cash. SALT. -The market is firm. 2, MO sacks Ashton's find sold to a dealer on private terms. sJ^sMI^TtISMXIIWK bus, including cOO bus on private terms, said to be aS advance. BDG AK.-Holderi are latber firmer in tbeir views, but the sales jilted; about 600 bhds sold at 18@23c for Caba, and 23@24c # Jb for New Orleans. « bLdB Cuba bj auction at from l£®2l£c % Jb. ” SFIBITB.-Foreign are firmer, but there i s very little doing. E. Bumfo > elite s at $2.10@2.20 W xaLlon. Whisky ie unsettled; about 600 bbls sold at 291@192c for Pennsylvania, and 192®193c for Western, including MQ bblscboic*do. at SALLOW.—There 5b more doing; sales eomnrisa about I%KX) lbs for city-rendered, ana 16J£ Jb for country. TOBACCO.—Leaf and Manufactured continue in steady demand at about former rate-. WOOL.—The demand is limited, but holders are firm in their views, with gales of about - Ifcs at from $i fls @1 IQ for fieece, and tub-w ashed at $i 14@1.2Q ft ft>. cash. * VINEOAE. —Gom Vinegar is selling at 26c ® gallon, in barrels. BOOTS AND SHOES.— Trade in Boots and Shoes has been moderately fair the past week:, but buyers, as a geueralthiDg, are cautious about operating much be yond actual necessities. Desirable and seasonable styles are in good request. Manufac urers relying in a measure upon a favorable turn in military affairs and a consequent reduction in gold, are not driving ahead with that avidity that has marked^ previous years, but jobbers have good assortments.and are ready to meet their customers with well-selected stochs. New Torh Karhets, Bee. 9. Ashes continue dull and nominal. Beeadstcffs.—-The market for State and Western Flour is firmer and quiet. Sales 0,000 bbig at $9, 83@9.9$ for superfine State, *l9 2G@iO 30 for extra State; 10.40 for choice do; s9.B&<gllo for superfine Western; *10.?C@10 76 for common to medium'extra Western. $i1.2E@11.40 for common to good shipping brand* extra rcund-hoop Ohio, and sll.4S@i“2 for trade brands Southern Flour ie a thade firmer; sales too bbls ah $30.9C©42.25 for common, and $l2 30©15 for fancy and extra. Canadian FJour is firmer; sales 400 bhle at slo.2t{a 10.60 for common, and $ IQ.ec® 12.25 for good to choice extra. Hye Flour ie quiet. Corij Meal is quiet and steady. Wheat is a shade firmer and quiet ; sales 15,003 bushei* ,amber Milwaukee at. 52.37 ; 7,600 do amber Michigan at $2 63, and 7,GQQ winter red Western *ts2,42#. Eye Is quiet and unchanged -Barley is-dull. Ban ey Halt is dull. Oats are l@2c better at sl.o7js£{S| 3.0 S for Western. The Corn market Is dull and nomi nal at $1 9( @1 93 for mixed Western ; sales 6.000 bash amber Michigan at $1 63@L 70. Whisktl—The market la-without decided change ; ta.es 1,300 bbls at $1.93 for Western, and trifling sale is in fair request; sales of 140,000 lbs at I£@l9J£c. , , • Boston Boot and Sl&oe Market, The Shoe and Leather Reporter of Decembers says* There is a very firm feeling manifested in the Boot and Shoe market for most kinds of manufactimd goods- The demand is good for the season of the year, and the price ©f eUck shows an advancing tendency. Dealers here are cautious about taking orders for fnture de livery unless prices can-be made when the shoes are ready for shipment. There have been less goods made np this year than during the same period of 1863. but larger prices have been obtained, and they com much mere money ' .... The total shipment of Boots and Shoes by rail and sea. fortbe week have been S 077 cases* Or this number, 7.324 cases have been sent by rail as follows: 2 660 to New York and Pennsylvaui&i 1203 to the Southern. States now in our possession, and 8,459 to tho Western States, including 334 for California. The clearances from the custom house have been 763 cases, among Which we notice 192 for San Francisco. Hew Orleans Markets-Dec. 29; Cotto.v. —Tlit re was a very fair inquiry to-day, but holders generally asked above the views of buyers, and iheonly sales reported were 29 bales_middling, at $L SO; 40 strict middling at the same, and a bales samples at *l. Buyers were jelling io pay $1 30 for middling, but holders asked higher. . Tobacco —There were eales this morning of l hhd at lSc:2ata:c. and 2at24c 43 Hr Me quote cominoti re* fused at 12@l8Jfc; good Temsed atl4@lBe; fair z2®24c. slid fine 26@28e f-t tb, * The stock is htt]d at sack high piiees as toprsvsnt any exportdemand. Sugar axd Mor.AOSEEe. —The Fcceip'.H continue extreme ly light, and only a few very email lota ware received this morning. There waa some lnqniry for both, bat owing to ibe small supplies the sales to-day were eon flned to JoBbMs old yellow-clarified Sugar. in store, taken for tbe West, at 2Sc lb, and SS bbls inferior new Molasses on the landing, on terms that nave not trana piied. ! ______ St. lonis Marßets, Ucc. T. Tobacco is steady and firm, with a good demand. Cotton is inactive- FiourheAvy and nnebangad. WneaA steady and firm at rWteidar'sprtMa. Corn lower: sew mixed MB2: wbife HUSI. 06. Oats firm at 91c. Whisky easy at Stag* firm: the weather is freezing bard,and prices are a shade higher j safes at IOXSWie. gross. _ —JPiior to the 17th. Of November a great quantity of snow had fallen In the south of Franco. The Courrier des Alpee\ pnhllshed at Gap, states that the gendarmerie Clueyras, having heard that a floofcof«.2so sheep were blocked up by snow 'n the moun@!n of the 001-Aguel, 7,600 feot above the level of'the sea, set out. anl, aESlsted by tha villagers of Pierre Grossa and FontgUlarda, hadto traverse a dtetanee of eight miles mow twenty inches thick. After ten hours pataful and dangerous labor, the d'fbr shortly perished of hensrer. had uofopd to iout fi&vs were rcmovotl to s> pluob of fißfety. * one of y mi- ?srt?hed a the snow.
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