The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, December 12, 1864, Image 1

PRESS,
I'll UAIIiT (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED)
■ ■■'■■'■''a'r 30I«» w. F»BJY*T.
Kc , JJI SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
*" —“
■rilE DAILY PKESS,
»,Mcrlt>B«, Is Teh Dollars Pub Amnnt, In
Twiivir Cents Pub Wbbh, payable to
u f!: or Mailed lo Subscriber* oat of the city,
f *<' Jl ’ !#r ‘uiPK»A!»tr»s Form Dollars asd Inter
Mouths! Two Dollars ahd Tw'kkty-
Ob* p' g thbbb MoHiaa. Invariably la advanoe
t * j rad
Sip' 1 .®(rtwmenie Inserted at the nenal rate*.
TBI-WEEKI.T PUESS,
'' salscdbera, Five Dollars Feb Ahkcm. la
# !i 5
WOODS' JOBBERS.
JJl* V vV.
: 0 s IMG. O H Tit
IJ 6
, corHBEF, LAFOURCADE, & C 0„
' ~t C HESTNUT street,
(|1 ’ AES
c t,'OSIWG OUT
IHHIB
...and winter stock
f- 1 " OE
MEN’S WE A E .
a . jsJJIiOW VAXiXTEJ.
-^yffiissioNHOirsES,
HUTOHIHSON,
JO il» OHBBTITOT BTffIPW.
MISSION MBEOHANTBJ
I 0» THI OAM oi
-!»: OOODS.
Kt/I'A.HL- BBY BOOPS,
"■gOWFERTHWA.IT & 00.,
£i fO l, SIXTH and ARCH Streets.
jaS GREAT blanket stoke.
AT RETAIL.
E i,&rrEErs at wholesale.
jjIANKETS FOB HOUSEKEEPERS;
giiSEETS FOE HOTELS.
SII OICETS FOB THE AR3IY.
g U SKETS FOR THE NAYY.
BANKETS OF ALL SIZES.
jIuVNKETS OF ALL QUALITIES.
iuANKETS THE CHEAPEST IK TOWN.
JUNKETS TO SUIT EVERYBODY,
AT THE
BL.A.3NK3E3X STOB^,
5 , £, oof. NINTH and ABOH STREETS.
j^fjovideSl
l oa.*£ Display.
■JC Cart fOOlt «ont»ln« » flu ihoir of prowily-
p! : ai «!«»nt turmtatd, for fall and plater w«u.
m YBLOUR CLOAKS.
HANDSOME BEAVER DO.
finest frosted beaver do.
black tricot and beaver do,
FINS BLACK GARMENTS.
WATER PROOf CLOAKB.
CLOAKS MADE TO ORDER.
COOPER & CONARD i
hU'UiwSb Southeast eorae? NINTH and HARK2T.
IQTBS I CLOTHS 1 CLOTHS !
W. X. BNODGKASS 9
CLOTH HOUSE,
31 South SECOND Street,
543 STRAWBERRY Street.
Ei« m=t received per latest Importations a great stock
S'fr .1.-K, laclnding.au extensive assortment Of
LADIES' cloakings
nSNTI,EMES'S D COATINGS.
M!&, atulUtnckof __
ARMY AND NAVY GOODS,
as follows:
mom All SHADES AND PRICES.
rsTfr/mKs, ybry beautiful.
TtffCON, DRY AND HIGH *IBI9H.
; DRY and high finish.
lam AS* BEAL SEDAN.
BOUT FINISH.
; .IUhILLAIT ALL OOLORB. FROM $8 TO *l2.
I 881 COATIHGB.LATEST STI LBS.
.ill BLUR CLOTHS.
BT BLUB CLOTHS. .
PilJO BLUB PILOTS.
3JIGO BLUB BEAVERS.
• -T.-KS. HIGH FINISH.
ViIYET FINISH BEAVERS.
1.1. K BACK BEAVERS. „ . „
Hm4 f> 4 INMGO BLUB FLANNELS.
U LIGHT BLUE FLANNELS. „ „
iri 111 kinds of Clotlis. Casstmeras, and Vestings.
!v»ulnss. Cloakings, and all goods pertaining to
-.doit trade. deo-lm
ri'RTAIN DEPARTMENT.
WIBD, TAX HABIWGEX, & ABBISON,
No. 100 S CHESTNUT STREET,
i"i ;-:c?ired from the lata
AUCTION SALES IN NEW YOKE
A large addition to their splendid stock or
LICE AND MUBLIN CURTAINS,
CATELLE, SATIN DELAINES. BEDS. TEBBY
JAPANESE CLOTH.
title various other materials most desirable for
aloe, chamber, dining- boom, and
LIBRARY CURTAINS.
1 lutes for furnishing single rooms, salts of apart
fc* or a -whole house, based on a large deduction
-’sterner plicae, promptly furnished, and the work
uairlly and faithfully performed hy experienced
c: reliable hands. dea-fm#lot
■IXEST cloakings made.
Snwb textile fabrics for Cioa&icgg t comprising
assortment of all the popular styles, to
-’sHTUhsome exclusive goods more difficult to Ob-*
fleesi Chinchilla Beaver*.
fif'bt Velour Oloakingß,
f.jacb! diagonal real Fronted Beavers.
Haeai plain mixed real Frosted Beavers.
*terj de.irable shade ol the above.
•iir.erican Chinchilla*, of good finish.
Aw Cloakings, of several sorts.
' do. do.
CO do, do.
H do, do.
11$ 0 do. do.
Sjnek Tricots, of every grade.
Castor Beavers, do. do.
&** Doeskins, do. dQ.
} i? t* fancy woven fabrics, of Jlne quality.
; &fet»°«d other Coatings.
••'i ‘SO PLg®' *“ W* 4 •Wto**** st s^*
StsisEgs'men,
TBS STYLISH, x
ARTISTS,
■ OIL SPSCCLiTOES,
BOYS, AND ALL OTHBBS,
t < 'Sited with heat and medium geode at very
i W*t prices. We claim to have aa _good a stock of
” 1 'it - IMERES as any other honse in town.
. CLOAK ROOM , h . .
t a elegant and fashionable garments, second
'vS'"' ‘M taperior to meet. Onr facilities for getting
-" '-I. l long experience in manufacturing enable
improve on every former very euccesaful ex**
"t* iliete desirable garment* for ladies’ Wear.
COOPER A OONARD,
<!*’2t S. E. oor. NINTH and MARKS C Streets.
Rep poplins.
■Mid colors, extra fine quality* for $3.
Plaid Poplins of unusual beauty, at $2,
Good quality wide plaid Poplins* $1.29.
figured reps, Mohairs, and. Merfnoes. '
127 pieces newest unique American Delaines, some
or them choice and neat, others very gay stripe. •
OyevlOOpiecesAmerican prints, 81,36.38,and 40 cie.
Bleck Mohairs and cts to $1.75.
lot for miasea,maids,and matrons,
ynaks and Shawls iu’Cloak room.
display !*»,»£«.
8. E. Oor. NINTH and MARKET Bt».
ip.OAINS I BARGAINS ! „
aids Linen Crash, at
p X!I yards Linen Crash, atiske.
■ pis of White Flannel* at 56^c,
: : '*>‘B of English Flannel, at fis)£c,
■.-oisof all-wool Flannel, at6B>£c.
. v-rpectfally cell the attention of Hospitals and the
tppp-, Aid Society to these Fiannolst&s they are a
. JOHJf H. STOKES,
TOa ARCH Street. _
i GHSBTSTDY BTBKKT,
S, 1, PEEBLES
u »au,t Mosrrara
HOVBLTIBB
f UOSB, g
% WHITE GOODS, |
I BMBBOIDiEIES
pj . VEILS,
! SAKDKEEOHIEFS, *O.
CLOSING OUT! BAR-
BfW'SS ! !
A JSmSOID BKPORK JANUARY 1.1885.
°SEAT SEDUCTION IK FJRKIB3.
■ , DRESS goods,
Sanely, suitable for
5-*, HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
tnvt a®® Silks at lov prices.
Wait «, kinds at low wises,
wla Slerinoes and Poplins.
<D».RIOH PLAID POPLINS
of all kinds at loir prices.
I.i t SSpHB AND WOOLEN SHAWLS.
iSir 4k f s > Bass Collars. -
»«U rad OambrleLaco Veils. ■
jr-r-- k °B, yi3 and 715 North TENTH Street,
:
J 4X«B18 8. EARLE <5 SON.
it,, a 5 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA.,
I rtw * * T «ry Sne assortment of
u °king GLASSES.
of every eiaracter. of tbe -
. f.amuiimin and latbst styles
tyj PA IKTINOS, engravings,
r*QT3R!AN» PHOTOGRAPH PBAJOI&
YOL. B.—NO. 115.
THE HOLIDAYS.
JJOLIDAY GIFTS'
OF MAGNIFICENT AND ELEGANT DESIGNS.
DRESSING AND ODOR OASES,
Cigar/and Fuff Boxes,
BUFFALO COMBS, TOOTH, NAIL, AND
HAIR SHUSHES,
SATCHELS, POCKET BOOKS,
SCISSORS IN OASES,
lABIK AN® POCKET KNIVES,
RAZORS AND STROPS,
WITH A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
FINE CUTLERY
AND
PARIS FANCY GOODS.
SNOWDEN & BROTHER,
IMPORTERS,
S 3 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET.
drf-fmwGt&dm .
QBAND EXHIBITION OF
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!
G. A. SCHWARZ, ,
No. 100 C CHESTNUT STREET,
ABOYK TBHTH, PHIL AD A,
Kespectfnlly informs Mg customers and tile public In
general, that be Lag opened now all List
NEW IMPOBTATIONS
of Gorman, French, and English
FARCY BOOPS ATO TOYS-
Having visited all the largest European Manufactories
personally, I am confident that the YAttUSTF AHD
CHEAPHESS OF GOODS cannot be surpassed In this
All BTtTiuvited to visit the store, whether they purchase
or otherwise. A.WwARZ,
Importer and Wholesale and Ho tall Dealer.
delO-BinwSt
~Pf OLID AY PRESENTS.
G. RUSSELL,'
32 KOETH SIXTH STREET,
would Invite attention to Ms stock of flue American and
Imported
■ WA.XOHES,
In Sold and Silver.
GCML.3D ilitj W I‘i f.ify
of tie latest Styles. *
HANDSOME silver ware.
warranted pure coia, &c., salt able for HOLIDAY
PRESENTS.
& RUSSELL,
32 Forth SIXTH Street.
|JSBFUL AND ORNAMENTAL
- CBBISTSIAS PRESENTS.
GOLD SPECTACLES, GOLD BYE GLASSES,
MICROSCOPES. OPEHA-GEASSSS,
SPY-GLASSES, STEREOSCOPES AND VIEWS,
MAGIC LAS TERRS,
BOXES OF DRAWING INSTRUMENTS,
POCKET COMPASSES,
PANOV THERMOMETERS,
GLOBES, AIR POMPS,
ELECTRIC HACHINBS,
GALVANIC BATTERIES,
SPELLING BOARDS, Witß Movable Letteis,'Ac.,
JOB SALE B*
JAMBS W. QUEEN & CO.,
' 934 CHESTNUT STEIET.
Illustrated Catalogues gratis. *
riERISTMAB PRESENTS.
Wlat could be a more acceptable Obritfcmae Pre
teat
FOB A GENERAL,
FOB A COLONEL,
FOB A CAPTAIN, •
FOB A LIEUTENANT,
FOE A BURGEON.
than a handsome PRESENTATION SWORD. SASH,
and BELT,; such as can always be obtained,in the high
est artistic finish, at GEORGE W. SIMONS * BROS. ,
Manufacturing Jeweler#, Sansoia-street Hall, 610
HANSOM Street, Philadelphia? n029-12t
CHRISTMAS COTTOH TJM
BRELLAS, *
A Christmas Gingham Umbrellas.
Christmas 811 k Umbrellas.
Christmas Alpaca Umbrellas.
Christmas Small Umbrellas.
Christmas large Umbrellas.
Cimstaas Meflam pI7BSELII ,
aelS-61 ' Hog. H aaA * Noith. gOTOTH Street.
Jb. FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
*** SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
COSHES ARCH AND TENTH STREETS.
Brooches, Sleeve Buttons. Armlets, Bracelet*. Sear!
Fine and BintstfEea Seta, lee Fitcher*.
Walters, Goblets, Forks.
Spoons, &e.
Watches Warranted. Old Bold,
Diamonds, and Silver bought.
n«2O-8m
FAIRBANKS’
WAREHOUSE,
715 CHEBXHUV STREET.
fi OLi DA Y €JO AI? eiAa A-J.V.W 85.
JJARE AND FASHIONABLE
CONFECTIONS
FOB THE HOLIDAYS,
IN NEAT BOXES,
SUITABLE FOE PRESENTS
FRESH EVERY DAY,
E. to. WHITMAN & CO.’S,
a«2-lm No. 318 CBESTITDT St,, below Fourth.
MILLINERY. •>'
RADIES’
SILH H ATS t
‘FRENCH SHAPES.
BIRDS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS,
ALL THB NOVELTIES IN THE MILLINBBY LINE.
THOS. KENNEDY & 880.,
oel2-WfmSm Ho. 739 CHESTNUT Street,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
gDWARD P. KELLY,
J OHN- KELLYj
TAILORS,
618 CHESTNDT STREET;
Will from tkl* Act* (Oetobw Sd) (til at
BEDDOED PRICES,
VO*
CASH,
xfiotf
CABPETi.Ajna Op>CLQTEIg._
1864. . . • 1864.
eU»SCBO
eSBJSAETOWir,
MoOALLUM A CO.;
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
WM CHESTNUT BTBSSS,
soie-t. jranaHHumA, :
, I
1864. 1864.
M.CCAXJLX7M A CO.,
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
• _ \
•1* CHESTNUT BTBEBT,
grFOMTN IMPBPbJPNNOB HALL.
CANTON MATTOOS.
B D ,
A LABS! IB VOICE OF FINE
COCOA- MATTINGS.
"'
HARBISON JARDBIT.
SCALES.
jgCAH.ES
FAMILY USE,
bob cHsmrar strwT 1
CUItTAIPr GOODS*
ALR ATBIf.
NOVELTIES
IN
BICB CURTAIN GOODS,
WINDOW SHADES,
FURNITURE COVERINGS,
WALK ATE N,
MASONIC HALL,
TlO CHESTNUT STREET.
L» CHESTNOT STIHGOE'
0y RT AIN STORE.
1026 CHESTOTT STE?*T.
BROCATEELE CURTAINS.
COTEEINE CURTAINS. '
TERRY CURTAINS.
MUSLIN CURTAINS.
SATIN BE LAINE CURTAINS,
REP CURTAINS.
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES.
Oar workmaaiiMS Is unsurpas«e4.
O. IT, STOUT fc CO.,
1080 CHESTNUT fitraet
SEWING MACHINES.
GIFT FOB A LADY,
A GIFT FOR A WIFE,
A GIFT JOB A SISTER,
A GIFT FOR A FAMILY.
The most nsefnl HOLIDAY PRESENT that can he
made is * ‘
“FLOjaENCE.”
AMERICAN'INVESTOR'S GREAT TRIUMPH.
TEE SEWI3TG MACHINE PERFECTED!
All the objections to other Machines are overcome in
the FLORENCE. It makes
FOUR DIFFERENT STITOHES
with the same ease, and with as little machinery-as
others make one. Besides, It has the
REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION,
a nniform, celf-regnlating tension of thread, and no
springs, cox- wheels, or came to get out of order. It does
ALL KINDS OF FAMILY SEWING,
from the heaviest woolens to the most delicate fabrics,
nslnx all hinds cf silk, cotton, and linen thread, from
Ha 20 to 200.
HO OTHER MACHINE does so large a range of work
-as the FLORENCE.
HO OTHER MACHIHE Pleases the ladies so well as
the FLORENCE.
IT IS THE HANDSOMEST AND THE BEST!.
More than ONE THOUSAND of the FLORENCE hare
been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months.
The VLORENCE is the only PERFECT FAMILY SEW
ING MACHIHE, warranted to give entire satisfaction,
or money returned. There to no one who owne a
FLORENCE that would sell it at eost.
Obliging LADY .OPERATORS give instructions at the
houses of purchasers.free of charge. Every Machine
warranted, and kept in perfect order for one year.
- Call and see its operations, whether yon wish to pur
chase or not. 'Samples of sewing, with price list, sent
free by mail.
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE GO.,
C3O ciiestmit Street.
de!2-tf
SEWING MACHINES,
7X5' CHESTNUT ST.
GENTS’ FOBKISHINe GOODS.
Holiday presents
FOR GENTLEMEN,
A SPLENDID ASBOBTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
SUITABLE FOB
fbesents.
J. W. SOOTT & CO.,
81* CHESTNUT Street
jQENTLEMBN’B WRAPPERS 1!
' l ’ \ ’
JOHN G. ARRISON,
j Nob. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
la now offering an elegant and extensive variety or
' -OTTLMEES WRAPPERS,
SCARFS, NECK-TIES, MUFFLERS, GLOVES,
HANDKERCHIEFS, SUSPENDERS, &o„
, SUITABLE FOE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
.d«7-tja3_ - •
SKATES.
WILSON’S SKATE DEPOT,
If 409 CHESTNUT Street, Huladelpila.
We Lave just received the largest and moat desirable
siock of - '
LADIES’, GENTS’, AND BOYS’ SKATES
ever offered In tbls elty. whlcb we will take mdcb
nleasnioln sbowlngall wbo desire to enjoy the delight
ful recreation of Skating.
PHILIP WILSON h 00.,
409 CHESTNUT Street.
QKA.TES, SKATES, SKATES,
O a full assortment of SKATES and SKATE STEAPB
for sale at yery lew prices, at
w KCfTGHT * SON’S,
509 and 511 COMMERCE Street.
'■ n026-tf
gEMOYAL.
B. J. WILLIAMS, -
HANDFACTDBEB OF
VENE T I A N BLIN D S
AND
WINDOW SHADES,
BBMOYEB from ETo. IS (in consequence of fire) to
No. 35 North Sixth Street,)
Where he will he very (lad to see his customers and
friends, until hls'old establishment is rebuilt. no3o lit
JHE SALEM LEG.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
CiscttijAk No. 5 haejnst been issued. Send fox a
copy to the
SALEM, LEO COMPANY,
sal™, mass.,/
and learn from it the reasons -why this leg li steadily
supplanting the many "best legs made In the world.”.
GBpifS and WEABBRP. ICCOuNTS of numerous
CASEStreatedbythis original and method,
TERM 8, and all other needful information.
„ Soldiers enHtifid to a Leg can receive the
Balem Leg WITHOUT CHARGE. n034»1«i
WOOD, WOOD/WDOD. —OA.K, PINB.
H aad HICKORY WOOD, fors&la at low«st cast
i> watson;
VINE-STREET WHABg.
prices.
uoW-lm*
nOTTDN MACHINES FOR SALE.—
V i set of Worker axed. Striper 36*lack cardf, Jenks’
make. . *
1 do. flat do,; 86-inck do > leaks’ make.
2 Drawing Coiier Frame e, 6 revolvers,
X H-stftnd Dine»mcli Bobbin Speeder.
2 hand »ules, 6uo spindles, each.
6 Rina-Thro? tie? In complete order. Applr to
d 67 6t» D. TRAINED, LIN WOOD STATION; Penna.
A F. OROtKEY, CHICAGO, ILL.—
iY. Alcohol, 85 ® cent ; Bye Whisky, proof; Oo-
Loene Spirits, 96 ft cent ; Columbian Gin, proof. For
ealelnloteof fromStoSM bhls. _ _ ■ ■ '
JOHN H CORL. Sole Agent,
No. 154 North BELAWABB Ayeaae,
d»B.«t« ■ . Box dB‘A-Post Olllce.
XM OOD, WOOD, WOOD.—QAEIPraE,
“ and HIC SOS'S WOOD, for salo at Idwsat cash
nrlcce. F. D. WATSON,
noaj-ia- TIKS-STSSEI wharf.
PHILADELPHIA,
SSnoea from *2 to *1.26.
ffiP' | -•uAIMFES, rednsad from
|]jsjy jj gjtais, reduced from $2.26 to
MONDAY, pKINOES, reduced from ¥3 to $2,
~ : ration in the prices of all of out WINTER
J now remaining on hand.
ASS, SHAWLS, CLOTHS, SKIRTS, &«.
.-pieces of Terr rich Single and Donble-
AMSCOVCrIcS M, px-ANHELS and CASHMERES for
California, f
Cuba, and faf rich ROBES BE OIIAMBBES closing
The prevailing prises.
SEOOIm STREET.-
dlated throughout ~r —— — ; :
States. Not alone |A3STO HEAVY COLOREi
Western Virginia, bufch.Wlne Golors ' Browne, Green
Indiana, Illinois, and Sfe®iainSlHta.
discoveries, and new oil oompaiSftft,, w V
localities in California have yielded asubslahae"
kindred to petroleum, if not in all oases the original
artlole. In Texas a petroleum pond or lake is re
ported to exist, and Hnmholdt Is quoted to show,
that in the Spanish-American States of Venezuela
and New Grenada petroleum has long been an
abundant natural resource. "So with Cuba and the
West Indies In general. It seems that the world is,
as usual, only tardily awaking to Its hidden riches,
if we may believe all the'new stories of petroleum.
We give below some account of the most novel dis
coveries, omitting such details as seem to assist’
private speculations;:
We learn from the Pittsburg Commercial that oil
discoveries are being made and found in all the sur
rounding counties—Beaver, Venango, Lawrence,
Clarion*, Crawford, Armstrong, Indiana, Fayette,
and Greene, and even our Butler neighbifrsjare of
the opinion that oil will be found In that county.
They allege that all that Is wanted to discover pe
troleum under tieirterritoryis the proper experi
ment. A great many wells have- been commended
and bored down a few hundred feet, and then aban
doned by the contractors because they did not under:
stand the business and lacked the proper energy. In
this connection, has itever ooourroff to the people of
Allegheny count; that there may be good oil terri
tory fa; their midst ! If experiments were tiled
along the flats, creeks; and runs of the Allegheny,
Htonongahela, and Ohio valleys, there Is no reason
why they should not be made remunerative. At ail
events, If neither oil nor salt should be discovered,
there - isy.no doubt coal can be found, and that is,
bound te be the permanent paying-staple of the
neighborhood. It will cost much less to try the ex
periment ot boring for oil in our vicinity than it
would in any of the adjoining counties.
The oil fever is becoming a common complaint in
Clearfield county, and, the people are fully per
suaded that oil wIH be found there in abundance,
A company has been organized to bore for oil at
St. Mary’s, Elk county. A well was bored 300 feet,
about three years ago, and then abandoned. The
same company has reorganized, and is engaged fa
boring the same well deeper.
In Fayette county the oil excitement is,on'the in
crease. New companies, says the Standard, “are
being formed, and those already existing are ex-'
pending. Several of our citizens have realized
handsomely on their investments, and others are
enjoying happy anticipations.”
A PITCH LAKE IK TEXAS WITH PETBOLBUSI SPBIWO,
The Mining Register contains a letter from New
York which says: There Is in Texas, within one
hundred miles-of Houston, a small lake, about a
quarter of a mile In circumference, near the centre
of which an oily liquid, petroleum, boils up from
the bottom. Years ago a writer in the Houston
Telegraph predicted that, at some future day, it
would be valuable to the people of Texas for the
production of gas for their cities. This lake is filled
with bitumen or asphaltum. Undoubtedly there I®
petroleum in Texas. '
Kock oil has been largely discovered in Califor
nia, according to Professor Stillman, &c., on the
ranehe of Ojal, near San Buena, in St, Barbara
county, and the Professor believes them to be ama
zingly productive.
The Cincinnati Commercial learns that oil has
oropped out, or been “ struck,” in the neighborhood
of the Hlinoiegreat. coal field. Near the town of
Gardner, sixty miles from Chicago, where a coal
shaft Is turning out a liberal yield of coal, the pre
cious fluid is said to have made its appearance. It is
becoming positively risky for an ownerof land to sell'
It till he has bored it full of holes, lest he may una
wares part with “oH territory.”
letters to the Mining Register state that the two
most northern nationalities In South America,
which border on the Caribbean Sea, oontainjm*
mense reservoirs of ffilnerallpltoEiiHfirWhloh gash
fountains of petroleum. Coplouß streams of petro
leum’ocour on the borders of Maracaybo Lake.
This lake Is 250 miles in olroumference; near Its
margin Is a mine of asphaltum, “the bituminous
vapors of which (says McCulloch's Geographical Go
satter) are so inflammable that, during the night,
phosphoric Ores are continually seen, which in their
effect resemble lightning. They are more frequent
during times of great heat than In 000 l weather, and
go by the local name of the 1 Lantern of Mara-'
oaybo.’ ”
According to M. Bouslngault, the naturalist, who
also published a dissertation on bitumen, there are
great basins of petroleum In the valley of Magda*
lena river, on the northern shores of New Grenada,
'and in Fern and Venezuela, near the coast.
Alex.. Von Humboldt, In his researches and
travels, 1709, says he observed at Cape Cirial, and
near Cape de la Brea, a stream of naptha Issuing
from mica slate. Ho also observed that the pro
duct of springs In the large West India Islands
covered a large surface of the sea.
QXBBS’
In tiie early history of Cuba It la recorded that
Havana was originally named by tW early visit
ors and settlers, Oarine—* 1 for tiers wo careened our'
ships, and wo pitched them with the natural tar
which we found lying in abundance upon the shores'
of this beautiful bay.” Petroleum springs are in
number near Havana, rising from fissures in the
serpentine rochs at G-uanabacoa, and have been
known for two centuries. Allan’s Manual of Mi
neralogy says the whole of Cuba is impregnated
with bituminous matter to a surprising degree, in
cells and cavities In the rooks. Note this para
graph, credited to EssaiPolitiquc sur I'hle ie Cuba:
“Petroleum leaks out In some, indeed In number
less places In thl3 delightful Island, from amidst
the fissures ,of the serpentine, and perhaps has
deeply-seated sources. Wo are acquainted with
abundant sprisgß of petroleum between Holguin
and Mayari, In the eastern end: of the island, and
also possess notices of others'in the dlreotion of
Santiago de Cuba.” The entire series of the West
India and Windward Islands present-phenomena
of petroleum springs, beds or veins ofasphaltum,
and accumulations of mineral pitch. > ‘
In the hooks, petroleum springs are of reoord cen
turies old. It has been-long honored for medicinal
virtues and healing charms. It was known, too,
thatit was Inflammable, combustible, Illuminative.
But only Jour years have passed since a knowledge of
its importance as a new substance in the world’s com
merce, and as anew necessity in t&e world’s wants , was
knownto mankind*
Fortune maybe fickle, but she is not fastidious,
as is attested by her Impartial smile on the votary
who hails from the-region of dripping derricks,
eq.ually.wlth the dapper suitor from the stock mar
/ket. Human nature, however, is, covetous, and
speculation' is epidemic and cosmopolitan. Hence
the Venango region Is not to be left in undisturbed
possession of the market, nor will fortune confine
her favors to one spot, when other localities exhibit
the prodnct of their wells, and become basins la
confederated Olldom, In faot, new territory has
been added to the dominion of Qll as fast as Gari
baldi made the conqnest of old States In the Italian
revolution. And soon the general market will re
ceive oil supply Atom both shores of the American
continent, and from Islands In the sea,for petroleum
flows from many cavities In many lands. -
Over seven thousand acres of land have been
leased. In Ferry county, Indiana, by a .wealthy
Louisville company, for the purpose of operating
In the oil business. Operations on Little Blue
river, Crawford county, are also going ahead, with
every promise of suocess; We likewise learn that
several leases have been taken In the southeastern
portion of .Harrison oounty, for the same purpose.
Persons acquainted with the subject have no doubt
that oil may be obtained In large quantities In
many places along the southern border of the-
State, and that in a few years a large business will
be done. _
The Internal Kevenue —Report of tbe
Commissioner.
The report of the Commissioner of Internal Beve-.
nue states that the amount or revenue produced by
the act Of Ist July, 1864, and the supplement to it,
has considerably exceeded the estimates. The
law, without the amendment Increasing the tax on
whisky from twenty to sixty cents per gallon, would
have produced at least $100,000,000, whloh is $20,-
000,COO more than the estimates of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and $15,000,000 beyond the maximum
stated in the report. .
The following figures show the monthly receipt!
since May, 1863, prior to which date no separate a®
const was kept: ■ . i
May, 186?, «„•-$4,083,805.02 Dee., 1863 *0.034,501 d
June...... 4,488,411 99 January, 1864.. 9,177,765 3
July. 6, 505,807 18 February 9 555.004 8
5,664,205 36 Mtrcb.......... 8,149,953 1
September .... 6,186,204 43 April 10,945,111 /
October.. 9,511,768 64 Kay.... ...12,198,402)
ffcyrmlier7,9sB,BB3 08 Juno.... U,091,ml
The Commissioner expresses the opinion that tl
law as It stood Jose 29,1884, would have yield)
$126,000,000 lor the current fiscal year. The act)
June 30,1864, has not thus far proved more if
duotlve than the law it repealed. )
Therevenne ih August waa.that hut,...».515.712*06(4
In September 15 819,75)2
In October..."y 13,620,35*4
TEo receipts, however, do not represent the
rage receipts which may he reasonably expend
for the remaining eight -months of the fiscal +r.
The stock of spirits on hand In July has beenjn
slderably reduced, and an additional Euppiy/il
soon be needed for the ,demand. The same nyb
said of tobacco. * /
The Commissioner then proceeds to give tfrr
sons on which his opinion as to the' roves)
the current year is founded. :
■ TBS incbsra TAX,
It appears that the amount-of InobuMg: t
looted last year was $23;058,Q38.98i k sgfgnis. k
thlß .figure to represent prettyj-jClrly wKmx" -~i
of three per cent, under, the pdAlslpus.ofTi
Jaw would produce. OA tbK basls;h»rt J.
*84,980,035 2Vas the amotmt which a lv&pl, V
tax would yield. .i-r.-.-fe- ,i‘.
, ■ - TAjt'bH l Spibits.,’j rl
Apprehensions that Congress mai at'the iV
. teg session reduce the tax on spirits, • jwywtax
tINOES, reduoed from $2.60' to
CALIPOBNIA,
ILUKOIS.
VENEZUELA AHD MEW GRENADA.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
TETBOLBUSI IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.
MONTHLY BBCBIFTB.
Of oar own manufacture, of the finest qua!
makeet standard of Silver.
)'m $3.50 to
ALSO, '
PLATED WARE.
A large and general assortment of enperior Plated
Ware, So.
OAt). SILVER I) on gilt and taken In exchange. HlgU*
eat prices given. • de!2-18t
JJOLIDAY PRESENTS.
CHARLES XW3HMIC3-,
&0. 813 CH»ST3S¥T STREET,
Beta leave to inform Wi esteemed customers that Me
present stook of
, JASOT GOODS ASB ®)T|
** Scrpassea that of any former Mpbrtation. Havb e
lected with care every article Mmself, he can
there Is fed similar establishment ih'the 'stmutry hW
As to prices, getting h!» gro<r‘
l v ahd artifoy in Eoreg
-Flgiires from supporte!!
by anextended conclusion of which
letbat the amount of sales of ,merchandise and pro
ducts to a year will be about eleven thousand mil
lions—sl,loo,ooo,ooo-on which a tax of one-half of
on> per cent, will produce fifty, five millions of dol
lars. ....
■ 'THB TOBACCO TAX.
-'Tie Commissioner then states at length the dim
-cWtlrs' encountered In 'attempting to execute the
provisions of the. law which imposes duties on
cigars; Mid concludes - that a ohange In this part of
the law Is imperatively demanded, and suggests
that an ad valorem, scale bo adopted. He adds now
ever, that it appears a questlon well worthy of con
sideration, whether It be not advisable to tax the
whole tobacco product In the leaf.. .By the adoption
ofsuchameasurefrauds can be morereadlly guard
ed against than now, and the annoyances to which
the manufacturer is necessarily subjected by any
tfllcidht scheme of assessment and collection will bd
.obviated, A light duty on the leaf, accompanied by
- an oAbnloreßt duty reduced- below the present rates,
wotfw answer a good purpose; and. by lessening the
temptation to evasion, would facilitate collection.
Either measure Would bo an improvement upon the
prMeßt-law. The Gommtesioner adds that there Is
a general concurrence of opinion among collectors
and assessors in these views.
I# 18 shown that the effect of the tax on mineral.
coals has been to encourage the Importation of coal
from Nova Scotia, Whenoe, under the reciprocity
treaty, it comes free of duty. The Oomtnlseloner
suggests that if the tariff on coal were made to apply
to. coal imported from the’ British Provinces, as it
: would on a reolsionof the treaty, it would secure the
\market to our own produoersandadd to the revenue
*-ef ttn Government. -
facts and arguments are adduced to
ehowWnava largo .amount 01 Indian corn is shipped
to Canada, freeof duty of course, under the reci
procity treaty, there distilled, and then sent baok
In the form'of spirits, Also that tobacco In the leaf
Is thfts sent there, manufactured,and then sent bach
again. The Commissioner then adds that a reclsioa
ol the treaty would probably be quickly followed by
an import duty on the tobacco snd corn now enter
ing free, the effect of which would be to check Illicit
i border traffic and savetothe Government several
thousands. of dollars.
The Commissioner suggests a tax of two or even
three,cents per gallon on crude petroleum oil, and
thinks that ttto imposition of sueh a tax, with the
reduction of the tax on reaped petroleum from,
twenty cents per gallon to fourteen er fifteen eents,
would yield a larger revenue than is now received,
and also be beneficial to small distillers.
XherqueEtlon of taxing railroad iron is carefully
discussed, the report showing that In the year end
ing thedmportation was about one-half
the Amount made in this eountry: that our own
mills are able to make all wo need; and suggests
whether the conditions, Which lrivito such heavy im
portations of an article which gives employment so
largely to our own skill and capital, do not demand
legjsjaHve actionin support of the interests of the
reVCNpa, especially in view of the decreased home
production which they indicate.
' •£ . KAy jEBNT OX TH3 DEBT, -
ThiiroßinmißMtmer closes with a statement show
ißg that if the war were to end leaving us a debt of
four thousand-millions of dollars, and an annual ex
pendittCre or fifty per oent. more than in the year
preceding the war, our present revenue" law would
yield enough to pay the current expenses of the na
tion,-Including the -six'per cent, interest on our
debt, anti leave a surplus which would extinguish
the debt in.ninety years, even with our present pro
d uctibh and'population; and in half Of that ume
at our/present prospective increase of production
and population. This rate of taxation Is cheerfully
borne by a patriotic people during the great struggle
for themation’s life; but on every reasonable theory
of the ffctpre it is far beyond all probable needs; and
may with-safety be considerably reduced when the
wafts ended, if that end be soon,
-jap IN^HDIESONTimE.
Trial Snd' Execnlion of Prisoners by
; . thCir Fellows,
a-’rom the Boston .Ttm-Jia!, Poo o l
We'have receivedftpffi Bey. 3. M. Claikponoef
the delegates of.the Christian Commission, the fol
io wfil|y|Stifticaiars of the execution of the prisoners,
at Sumpter Brisiin, who were tried and condemned
by their fallow-prisoners for robberyand murder.
The statement is made by Leroy L. Key; who acted
"as chief of, police, and. under whose, direction the
execution took place. He says :
When I arrived there were soma 4,000 prisoners)
bat the number Increased till in September- there
were, from 32,000 to 33,000. In August and Septem
ber the deaths were from 75 to 125 per day. For a
time treated each otter decently, but
theres*®!* some bad iellows among them. These
-bad men Increased in.nnmber, and began a series of
atrqelouLßTQnga against their fellow-prisoners.
1. Thiywohld deeoy menlnto their tents with the
promise of & blanket or an extra ration, or some
thing dearable, and then rob and plunder them, and
all resist moo was In vain, as they had the victim
fully In Uelr power in their own tent.
2. Thor .wonld go out In a body, and meeting a
man In't le stroet,'Would demand of him- his:money
or whatever he had. If he would not give it up, it
was fore d from him. If he resisted, they heat him
so that 1 s,would die of his injuries. The surgeon
declares that not lobb than 75 men died from this
cause alse.
3. Sp« ta»g aient In the daytime, they would go
-out at nsht, five or six in number, enter the tent,
and with a knife or razor threaten the victim till he
“ shelled out.” Some men were thus severely
wound®} he&re they would “shell out.”
•... fc Maiy-inen traded to make a little money to get
an esßreration. These “ raiders,” goingto tho petty
traf ersjnqulredof thenthow.they got alongln their
business had then demanded of them a tax. saying
“Intwopoursyoumhst pay US4IOO, or mere.” If
the manrefused; they beat him.
Tkeßothtegeran on, andbeeame worse and worse,
until wtOould-bear It no longer. “Raiders” nunl ,
bored,afoufethe 20th of June ISO or 200, and It bo
came ateelntely neoessafy for the other prisoners to
takeeofo.measures for defence ;-for the “raiders
swore tlaj-hy the 4th of July they would have e very
cent in lamp (ft hill tbe resisters.
Uptokhis time the Confederate authorities kept
no order or* discipline withinrthe lines. I spoke to
a few o/myfriends to organize a hand of protectors
Bgains)(thßso jtaidors. Wo began to organize, and
had prffieededlfo the formation of thirteen compa
nies, wth thirty'men and a captain in each. Be
fore thj organization was complete, I was one day
walkinr on the north side of thecamp, when I saw
aheadjf me the chief of tho raiders, and in pursuit
of me we men,on the “ double-quick,” with knives
in thte ban® The chief slapped me on the
shoulfer aSdtaroed me round; saying to me : “I
undentanddhat you are getttngnp a band tooloan
out thp .IriaßOl replied: ‘iThe report is false
and ym are-SdstakSn.” “ Well, you are getting up
a tauf forJteme jrarpose; what Is It for, If not to
emn buFajfWSMhi” meanwhile the five men
olosedjtraapd us, forming a ring aroundCurtishnd
myseli -v
Ho bain, demanded to know tho object 6f the
band, taaidlto himvbcldlY, “ We are organizing a
band i> cle an,out'ißgrss* raiders,’ and if tyou are one
of the* we iatena.-fiSgjgan.yon out.” -They did not
proceai to vloiencßPKt'dthe. leader.put. his knife
into hi left band ana wuh-Ma rlght hand offered to
shakeiands with mo. Tiieython lot me go. ' That
nighthuch ratding was done In the camp, and we
heardra various quarters the cries of men, “ Help!
mnrdf! ”' The oook-house was on the outside of
the osbp,en the stream above, and men were de
tailedfrwtt the prisoners on_paro!e of honor to do
the citing. Alt rations were drawn Into the lines
of thestookade ln-wagons—rations of corn bread, a
fmallpleoe of pork or beef, sometimes a pint of
cooksTbeans to a man, not amannting in all to
enoudi lor one meal a day. Soup whs probably al
lowed once a week, bat we did not get Softener
thanfeeein three weeks or a month, and then It 1
was wthing but a little grease on a chip.
Thioondition of the prisoners was somewhat re
lieve) by the Arrival of some men oapturacLat Pty
mouts wHohadjustbeeh paid of, and who brought
Into lamp- thousands xOMollars. By-trading and
bartiinground,-mOSt of tho men got some of this
monte, ia regard it as an aot of a meroirul Frovl
. denev that those,men were captured and sent to
Smutch Prison, for otherwise many - more men
starvation,. •
TS W after' Curtis, stopped me in the street,-
wordcajne thatno more rations would be sent
Into famp until we delivered, up the' raiders Into
the ,ands of the rotel; authorities; for they had
ralda upon the wagons, and had stolen the rations
Belofeftg to a- detachment on the south side
of tS samp. We then perfooted the; organiza
tion Jof ,our band, and .commenced seeking for
fcdfeasUng the talkers. We, laid hold of 160 or
; jbo nen/ who were known to be engaged In raiding,
;lnd:'tnmed them over. Out'of this number, tho
worst eje**, twenty In all, were retained outside the
tamp underguard, an d the rest returned within the
, itoc&da. The arrests within were continued until
\be number of bad oases sent out was about 100.
Captain Were selected twenty-four sergeants from
boa that knew, most of the matters In dispute,and
(it If this number appinted twelve jurymen and a
:d«e advocate. Tho attorneys on both sidesjwere
ipllnted by the judge advocate, whose name was
eMrMoOullarj or (he Bth Missouri. ' -
Tile aejmsed fiad-a falr-and just trial, and eleven
. on wftrproved guilty, but the chief: criminality
Id upßn aix men, of whom.Curbls was the leader,
mese mm were sentenced to. be hung, and General
tinder approved of tho sentence, and ordered me
b erect a scaffold and Superintend the execution,
t procured the lumber where I wastdlreoted, and
with a detail of men erected the scaffold, ana made
ill ready. The time fixed for the execution was
Monday, 4 o’clock P. M., July 11,1804. When the
men were brought In and turned over to: ns,"Oapt..
Were tookhls guards outside and left the prisoners,
the convicted,criminals, lnfour charge. My guards
were armed,with a stout oiub, fastened to the right
wrißtby a,cor<J. Six men.were appointed 'execu
tioners; and each took his stand upon the stage be
hind the criminal. ; k . s s
Mott of the criminals wereKomanGathollcs, and
a priest came in.to attend them. Htf requested us
to have meroy upon the men, and earnestly "'plead
for them; and after, he had got througjrourtla asked
me to Spare him. as he had neverdonemeanyhann.
I told him it was'not for me to pafdoh him; I was
appointed to see that the men were hung; but If he
had any thing to say I would hear his oonfeseion on
the scaffold: Then he said he wonld not stand It,
and made a break for the lines, and ran about the
camp until he was recaptured, He was brought back
perfectly exhausted. .
While Curtis was absent, theethororfminals were
taken On to the eoaffold.-and the ropes placed around
their necks, the ex ecntloners standing behind them.
Immediately after Curtis was brought back, he was
delivered to his executioner, and taken one to the
scaffold likewise. No confessions were made, but the
men disposed of the property, and Ourtis gave his
watch to-the priest, Father Whalen.,
.. A,vast number of the 33,000 prisoners of war were'
assembled around the soatfold. At length the order
Was given to pull tbe trigger, when five of them
swung off .and met their death. One rope broke and
. the prisoner was lnjured by the fall. He was brought
cep-again, the rope adjusted, and .asthe drop was
disarranged he was pnßhed off and met his death:
ThWierrlble example put an end to raiding; .and
the prisoners were Ico more troubled with the as
saultaand depredations.,of the highhanded seoun
tdrels. There were, however, a large number r of men '
who olsapproved'of the trial and exochtion-fromi
whom trouble was anticipated, as it wasfeareq that
• at the execution a crowd would arise and attempt'to
i jessuetfioottolaais. A saHaess as of: death per;
12, 1864.
COAT. Arm COBH.
TAX ON PETROtBUST.
UAitBoAD iron.
' ■’-if seemed as If the influence of a breath
' 'ye let loose the sympathisers with
vested the execuoion. But the
was triumphantly completed.
BIHDS A wf,executioners were imme-
V lines, and a new chief
OOF 1 KOHTII' .
, Justices.
'natural gift for
These works, as ft whole, areit from mo whole
othgr of the BUKO charastor onnarkable Instance
The'birds are represented In irilnanartloloon
or on the plants tmi trees meat eie bad altogether
thus present!** a rare varlsif- vlz . Jolul j
mat» and seasons” asof Suing, Oliver Ellsworth,
lo Th^» C r C eat d uHfum’ a?? s'® r B - TanB r- ° f tios «>
the p'-' s ' r appointed chief justice by Fre
fand mouc'gton, and took his seat on the bench,
thinea ?*°ted by the Senate, and William push
, -appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate, but never aotodas chief justice. He
held his commission only about a week, and then
resljgnecton account of 111 health.
Thb case of Mr. Eutledge was as follows: Mr.
Jay, while absent In Europe, In 1794, negotiating
the British treaty, was elected Governor of this
State. Washington, anticipating his resignation
of the office, tendered the place to Mr. Hut-lodge,
and on the receipt of Jay’s resignation In Jane,
1795, Immediately commissioned him. The Intelli~
ger.cer says:
The appointment or the President and the promul
gation of the British treaty as negotiated by Jay and
ratified by the Senate, reached Charleston, the rest;
lienee of Rutledge, about the same time. The in
dignation of the majority of the people of Charles
ton at the terms of the treaty knew no bounds, and
Bntledge, sharing in this popular sentiment, ad
dressed an excited assemblage on the subjeotln lan
guage of reprehension and reproach, which symbo
lized with the most violent diction of President
Washington's political opponents.
As Judge Rutledge had been a no less trusted
than able member of the Federal party, his "im
prudent sally,” as Alexander Hamilton styled It,
.was read-with “paln,-surprlse,and mortification.”
Hamilton took up his pen In reply to Rutledge's on
slaught on the treaty, and the entire Federal party,
not knowing that ho had received the appointment
of Chief Justice before he .had taken his stand
against the convention of Jay, was indignant at his
defection, or at the false complaisance of the Presi
dent, as some supposed, when the intelligence of hia
-appointment was made public, without its being
known that the honor had been tendered to him be
fore his opposition to the treaty was Indicated.
- In August, ITB6, Mr. Rutledge proßlded lathe
Supreme Court. In November he started to hold a
circuit in North Carolina, when he was overtaken
by sickness, and- his mind gave way. The rumor
of his Jailing health, conspired with the political
rancor of the Federal majority in the Senate to
procure his rejection by that body. “The Senate’s
refusal to confirm his appointment,” says his
biographer, “extinguished the last spark of his
■ sanity;" and he died in 1800.
FEKSOMI.
The Emperor Maximilian has written a letter
to’ the Mexican Secretary of State, dated Nov 3d,
la which he says: On returning from my laborious
journey Into the departments of the Interior, during
which I have received, la every city, town, and
village, the sincerest proofs of sympathy, and the
most cordial enthusiasm, I have derived two Im
portant truths. The first is, that the empire Is a
fact, firmly based upon the firm will of the Immense
majority of the nation, and that In It there Is de-<
picted a form of government of real progress, and
one tbat suits best the wants of the people. The
second Is, that thlß immense majority la de
sirous of peace, tranquillity, and justice—bless-,
logs that It Aspects, and anxiously asks lof
my Government, and which I, keeping In
view my sacred duties to God and the people
who have ohosen me, am resolved to give them.
Jußtlce will have for Its foundation institutions
suitable to the epoch, and in whlsh I am laboring
»wlthvuncc3slng zeal. To re-establish peace and
tranquillity through all this fine, extenslvejcountry;
and to promote, with speed Its prodigious riches, my
Government is determined to employ all its efforts
and energy. If, until now, it has shown forbearance
to Its political adversaries, to allow them time to
know, the national will and unite themselves to it,
henceforth It Is under the imperious obligation to
combat them, for their banner no longer bears'
a political creed, but Is only a pretext for rob
bery and My duties of sovereign
oblige me to protect the people with an am of
iron; and, In order to Correspond to the wishes
loudly expressed from all parts, we declare, as head
of the nation,- with a-fidl eonclousness of our saered
mission and of the duty imposed upon us, that all
the gangs of armed men who still infest some parts
of our beautiful Country, desolating it, disturbing
and threatening the hard-working citizen In his la
bor 'and liberty, must be considered as bands of
banditti, and fall, la consequence, under theinflexl-.
ble and: inexorable severity of the law. We there
fore command all fUnqUonaries, magistrates, and
military commanders of the nation to pursue and,
destroy them with all their power. If our Govern
went respects every political opinion,.it cannot tole
rate criminals who break the first of liberties whloh
it is called upon to protect—that of parson and
that of property.” •
A list of the officers whohave held the position
of generabin.chlef of the armies of the United
States Since the formation of the Republic comprises ~
the following names: . . _
. Brevet Brig. Gen. .To3lah Hannar, from Sept Cm-'
her, 1789 i to March, 1791.
Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Olalr, from March; 1791; to
March, 1792.
Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, from Match, 17®, to
December, 1796.
Brig. Hen. .Tames Wilkinson, from December,
1796, to July, 1798.
Bleut. Gen. George Washington, from July, 1798,
to December, 1799.
Maj. Gen. James Wilkinson, (again) from June,
1800, to January, 1812.
Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn, from January, is 12,
to June, 1815.
Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, from June, 1815, to
February, 1828.
ffisj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, from May, 1828,
to Juno, 1811.
Brevet Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, from June,
1841, to November!, 1861, -
- Maj. Gen. George B. McGleHan, from November
Ist, 1861, to July 23dj1862. ...
Maj. Gen. Henry W. HallOClc, from July 23,1862,
to'March 12,1864. .
IJeut. Gen. TJ. S. Grant, from Maroh 12 th, 1884,
The Panama Herald says that information has
been received in San Francisco lately to the effect
that Dr, Gwln, formerly United States Senator from
California, has obtained, through the influence of
the Emperor Napoleon, and in his interest, a com
mission from Maximilian as Governor General of
the State of Sonora; with authority to Induce emi
gration and settle the country, and power to' grant
lands.
—Wo learn from good authority that Admiral D.
G. Farragutis now onhlß way to New York, on tho
flagship Hartford, and that the command of the
West Gulf Blockading Squadron has been turned
over temporarily to Commodore: James S. Palmer
In all probab!H6y : the Admiral;,.who has been re
commended for the new rank of vloe admiral, will
not return again to the scene of his glorious ex
ploits.
—Jem Mace has written a letter to the editor of
Wilkes’ Spirit Indicating his purpose to visit Ameri
ca on a sparring tour, if he should receive encou
ragement to do so.. He engages to exhibit his holt
and cups, seven in number; adds in a postcript that
he has lately sparred before the Prince of Wales
and the elite of British nobility, and thinks that h!s
engagement in this country would bo highly auo
oessful, .'
A large number of dlatingnished persons wit
nessed the performance of the opera of the “ Jewess”
on Friday night in Washington, among whom were
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Frederick W,
Seward, accompanied by Major General Hancock;
Chief Justice Chase and daughters, accompanied
by Colonel Tompkins, Chief of Artillery of the 6th
Army Corps; Major General Banks and Mrs,
Banks.; the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, widow of the late
Senator Douglas, attended by Colonel Cutts, of
General [Halleck’s staff; the President’s private
Bcoretary, Nicolay, and assistant private secre
tary, Hay; Major General'Doubleday and Mrs.
Doubleday; Mr. Edward do Stoeokl, the Russian
Minister,and wife; Senor Asta Buruaga, Charge
d> Affaires of Chill, and wife; Do Geoffray, and
Connt De Colbert, and others of tbe French lega
tion; and several members of the British Legation,
Gen. Steele, recently in command of the De
partment of Arkansas; Is said, by a correspondent
of the Chloago Tribune, to have been removed be
cause of his conservative policy, his negllgenoe, mid
Inefficiency . This Is doubtful.
Chief Justice Chase Is the author of the phrase,
“ Congress has no more power to make a slave than
to make a king.” The contained In one
of the resolutions adopted by the National Liberty
(Free-Soil) Convention held at Buffalo, in 1856. Mr.
Chase wrote most of the resolutions of this Conven
tion. t
In noticing the organisation of Hancook’s new
corps, the Harrisburg Telegraph pays theYollowlng
handsome tribute to the General: “it Is not say
ing too much, when we assert, that of all the young
oommanderain the armies of the Republic Major
General Hancock is the most popular, personally,
with the rank and file. He Is the youngest major
gentral in the service. He has iufiicted more hea
vy blows on the enemy, than any officer under the
new lieutenant general. During the first opera
tions be.ore Petersburg; when the immense plans
were developing on the Weldon Railroad, Major
General Hanoook seems to have been the only offi
cer who could properly oarry out the purposes of his
great leader, as he was entrusted with the direction
of ali the great movements then made.”
The Greensbnrg Intelligencer informs us that
Hob. Edgar Cowan voted for Lincoln, and that he.
will be found, in the senate, upon the hide of the
President’s friends. '
Dr. Mary E. Walker has received the appoint
ment of acting surgeon in the army, and has as
sumed duty as surgeon In tho female military pri
son in Louisville. ' , :
Mr. J. F. Weir, the artist, is engaged in paint
ing a singular subject—a large picture of the Inte
rior of tho foundry at West Point, with the work
men engaged In ousting one of the Parrott guns.
—On the 30th nit. Robert Smith, private in the
7th Ohio Cavalry, waß shot through the head while
bravely discharging Mb duty on the banks ot Duck
river. Sergeant T. J. Smith, his brother, a member
of the oth- Illinois Volunteers, was killed at the
bloody battle of Resaoa, on the march to Atlanta.
Colonel Smith, of. the SOtH Illinois Volunteers, the
sole surviving brother of the gallant dead, is now In
Nashville with a wound yet unhealed. The father
of these three brothers, an bid man of sixty-three
years ofage, Is now e private in the 2d Kentuohy
Volunteers. . . . ; :
A Novel “Dbab-Head.”— On Conductor Kin
carde’e train, on the New York Central last" night,
a ledv with avast oironmferenoe Of hoop oooupieda
'whole seat asthe oarswentout of this ofty. Taking
up tickets.the conductor evidently sußpectod some
'thins when he came to this latfy, and politely re-
L quested her to rise, as he thought she ww sitting or
FOUR CBRTS.
something which had been left on the seat. She de
murred, and ho insisted. She said she wouwt, and
he said she must, and finally she did, and not only
that, hut she stepped out into the aisle, blush'igtre
mendously, and insisting that she “didn’t Show'
it,” when, lo and behold! a bouncing bibo oTtho
mele persuasion, only sixteen years old, was dis
covered curledup.on the floor! Hew the delightful
creature had got there was a mystery to her, si*
course—as much bo as was the presence, to Joseph,’
of a oiitcSen in Joseph’s hat. -The lady was about'
to anathematize the young gentleman in the most
approved manner of injured virtue, hut he took the
worde out of her mouth by pleading piteously,
“Please now, Auntie, pay my fare.”' Auntie did.—
Schenectady star.
The Bights of Colored Passengers,
(From the Friends’ lutelligenher. ]
In San Francisco, in the Twelfth District Court of
California, Judge O. C. Prott presiding,-.an inte
resting case oamo up for settlement on the 2d alt. A
colored woman, who had been forcibly ejeoted from a
horse car, had applied for redress, and the answer
of the company to the court was, that their. rulo|
prohibited a negro or mulatto person from riding to
their-conveyanoes. The plaintiff moved to strike
out this rule. . . . . ■
The Judge approached the subject as one iof great
public interest, and comparatively new t S the judi
cial record. He remarked that “this absence of
precedent excites but little wonder .when It is re*
membered In how light esteem negro or mulatto
persons have been holden for near two hundred
years by the-ayhltes, In whose control have been
placed and exeroissd the law-making and law-con
struing powers of the land.” He spoke of the In
justice of the Dred-Scott decision, and paid, “It
has been already quite too long tolerated by the
dominant race to see with indifference the negro Or
mulatto treated as a brute, insulted, wronged,'
enslaved, made to wear a yoke, to tremble be-,
fore white men, to serve him as a tool, toehold
property and life at his will, to surrender-to
him his Intellect and conscience, and tor.seal
his Ups and belle his thoughts through dread
of the white man’s power. Was not the Govern
ment ordained to defend the weak against the
strong; to exalt right above might; and to assure
the rights of each and all. however low ly or exalted,
and to make them, as far as possible, inviolate 1
And, finally, is what is aßked b; defendant in this
ease anythingt-less than to make the court an in
strument ai power to trample upon right; and, If .this
is true, what support is offered us in so doing, ex
cept the invocation of prejudices which have no
holier origin than to brutal propensities, and a wil
lingness to assist In-perpetuating a relic of barbar
ism i”
In reply to the plea that companies had a right to
regulate their own operations, the Judge observed:
“ That railroad companies have a right to mhke
rules for the proper management of their business
Is undoubted; but it is denied that such power ex
tends to the establishment of regulations whereby,
in effect, they provide and declare that duties im
posed upon them by law shall not be performed. To
regulate the mode of transacting their legitimate
business Is one thing, hut to refuse through such re
gulation the performance of their just duties la an
other and very different thtag.”
After proving that the law whloh binds common
oarriere doee not admit the excuse of ooior for the
non-performance of duty, the Judge concluded la
these words: “ Opposition to doing a duty thought
by the eourt to he unmistakably enjoined on-toe de
fendant, resting solely on prejudice against plain
tiff’s color and race, and the fancied or real ahaenoe
of profit to defendant’s business, should the duty be
performed, ean hardly be expected to receive coun
tenance or assistance.from tribunals established to
enforce rights and redress wrongs. If public opinion
on this subject is stronger than the law, let it take
the form of embodiment in legislation, and then it
can receive judicial recognitiony but, in the mean
time, our province is to judge plaintiff’s legalrlghts,
and defendant’s duties, as we find them.
“ Let the motion, therefore, to strike out be al
lowed.”
Notwithstanding the Increasing evidences of the
desire to render to our colored population their just
rights, they are still excluded from the common
means of transit afforded by our street cars. It is
well for us to examine how far regulations, so ma
terially affecting the comfort ana convenience of
one portion of, our citizens, are lu accordance with
the civil law, or with that-principle of justice and
fight which should-govern us on all occasions.
Price of Coal.
To the Editor of The Tress ; -
Sik : The proprietor of the rolling-mill at Gray's
Ferry, for the accommodation of Ms hands, con
cluded to buy coal for them, and furnish it at cost.
A boat-load was ordered, and delivered on his
wharf for $6 60, Including all expenses. How Is it
that the pnblic are compelled to pay $ll and $l2 for
the same coal!
Healers here complain that the “Beading Bail
road ” take an unfair advantage of the necessities
of the public. As this road asked last summer, and
obtained from the United States Government, power
to prevent their being compelled to pay exorbitant
rates, might not suffering .Philadelphia claim pro
tection oithe Government from the monopoly of the
railroad company 1 P. ,
Fhh.abbi.phia, Bee, 9,1864.
THE OITSTi
WHo ShaU Bule!
There can he. no reasonable doubt that the great
majority of the people of Philadelphia would like
to see our streets well pavea and clean, our ride
walks In good repair and unencumbered, and.evary
man occupying hisown premises wlthouttraspaßslng
on the rights of his neighbor-or the public. This
majority has expressed its will on this subject
through Its representatives in Councils, and its
decision has been published in the shape of an ordi
nance proMbitingoertato unlawful uses of the public
thoroughfares for private advantage. ...
This ordinance is violently opposed by parties who
are and have been fora long time todulging-them
selves In an unlawful use cf ground which does not
belong to them, and among other arguments em
ployed In support of their opposition is, that they
have no place of their own to wMch to display their
goods, and therefore they occupy the public high
way for the purpose. One man does business in a
oellar, (and who .does not know that a cellar is no
place to exhibit wares with avlew to attract passing
custom 1) and so, forsooth, he spreads them out on
the sidewalk, which has been set apart for publio
nee. if he should take the farther liberty of
spreading an awning over them it . would be
justifiable on , the same principle, and if this was
insufficient for their protection,-why hot build a
roof of' shingle or- slate 1 la other words, why
not extend his ceßanroom upward and outward
to the curbstone! And we can suppose a case
to which a still more plausible claim will be
urged. A poor man, rich to a numerous brood of chil
dren, finds scarcely room to turn round among them.
The addltjon of a few feet, or even room enough for
a cooking-stove and -wash-tub, would baa great re
lief, and why should he not be allowed, with, this
nest of unfledged American citizens on his hands,
to, extend Ms premises two or three feet, leaving a
space for.peopie to pass without being bespattered
with grease or soap-suds 1 Surely, a poor man has
rights as well as the rich—the occupant of a cellar
as well as the owner of a store.
Again, aluntber-clealerprospers and finds thethree
or four acres of bis yard insufficient to store Sis large
stoat, and be piles mp two dr three sides of the street
adjoining bis yard with bis surplus boards. Sup
pose tbe blacksmith would like to bate an extra
forge and anvil outside of bis shop, ora carpenter
bis workbench, could they not make ont as good a
case as the grocer or tho junk-dealer ? When a bu
siness grows too large for one’s premises ha does not
step over upon bis neighbor’s ground, but either re
duces his business or buys a large lot or building.
If the drayman’s stable will accommodate only two
horses, be does not buy another and put him In a
stall ofbla neighbor without Ms leave. Yet this Is
just what many are doing, and they oppose the new
ordinance because it wm interfere with this wrong
practice of theirs. ,
IVe are all very selfish, and In our eagerness to
accomplish our lawful purposes wo are very apt to
overlook the interests or disregard the rights of.
others. There is an embryo, principle of Secession
oftentimes discoverable where it would not be ac
knowledged. When we have bad our own way a
good while, It comes very hard to let other people
have their way, If it interferes with ours, though
ours may beau'wrong and theirs aU right. This
terrific war of our, with all Its train of borrow, is
nothing more nor less than tbe result of a wicked
determination of certain people to have their own
way. The Constitution of the Government, the
laws of the land, the Interests of the large masa of
their fallow-citizens, and of the civilized world, were
of less consequence, in their view, than the carrying
out of their own selfish and ambitious designs. It
Is olearly the duty of every good citizen to yield his ■
private interests to the public will, when fairly ex
pressed by the constituted authorities of the city
He must be submissive to the laws,,if he would
claim their protection. If he would resist encroach,
meats on Ms property he must cease to encroach on
mine. I have a right to a free passage over every
inch of ground appropriated to the puhUo highway,
and my neighbor may as lawfully take the whole
of the slde-walkj and force me to go on the cobble
stones as he can take a foot or an Inch. !
Our late glorious triumph of loyalty and right
over treason and -wrong inspires the hope that on
this smaller scale of municipal policy our charter
and ordinances wttl be sustained, and that the car
dinal principle of securing the greatest good to tho
greatest number will not bo overslaughed because
of the clamor or resistance of tresspassers or their
allies.
UIUTAItT.
Hancock’s Ist COBPS.
The follo'wlng circular wIU explain Itself:
HBADQUABTBBB IST ABUT COBPB,
Washington, D. C., December a, 186*.
- OIHCUhAH NO. 2. . •
In reply to the numerous letters, of Inquiry from
persons desiring to enter the Ist Corps, now being
raised, the following is communicated as embodying
all the information yet obtained:
I—AS TO BNI.IBTED JTBN.
1. AU enlistments and musters in are to be made
in thisolty. ‘i ■
2. Any veteran, who has served two years, has
been honorably discharged, and is physically. quali
fied, may enlist in tha corps for one, two, or three
years.
3. Those enlisting will receive from the Govern
ment.a bounty of s3ooas soon as they are mustered
in, and, in addition, the regular Instalments from
the Government, In proportion to the period of en
listment, as follows:; $lOO for one year’s service,
one-third paid on enlistment: $2OO for two year’s
service, one-third on enlistment; $3OO for three
year’s service, one-tMrd on enlistment. • „
*, They will be credited to the quota of the dis
trict in wMoh they.or their families may he domi
ciled, and will, therefore, be to local
bounties. . » ~ „ *
8. Free transportation will be furnished them to
Washington bv any provost, marshal. It is only
necessary that the applicant should satisfy the pro
vost marshal that he comes under the provisions of
paragraph 2,ond that the application Is made in
goodfaith. , ; .
6. On arriving in Washington, and reporting at
the Soldiers’ Best, Baltimore and OMo Railroad
depot, veterans will be eared for and enlisted and
paid promptly. They will be sent to the camp _of
organization at Camp Cllffburno, and will bo formed
into companies and regiments as they arrive—per
sonal preferences being regarded when the good of
the service will permit.
7. The best arms In the possession of the Govern
ment will be furnished these troops, and they will
be allowed to retain their arms when honorably dis
charged.
n—AS TO OTOIOBBB. '
1. Persons desiring commissions must make writ
ten application to "the Adjutant General of the
army, setting forth their post-offleo address, the
dato of original entry Into service, and with what
rank, the organization in whloh service was ren
dered, the date and cause of discharge, and the rank
at the time of discharge. Testimonials from com
mandersmay accompany suoh applications.
2, Should, the papers be favorably considered, the
SHE WAR PRESS, J
cfublishbb WEEKLY.)
Ts» Wax Pbhbb wiU be teat to •übsoriherz by ~ .
mail (per annum in advance) at.-,.,—-. ..—.s3 O t/f
Three —...—„. • <M>
•to e0p1ea..—................... g oo
Teucoples.^..— —........—.............. 13 00
Barter Club, than Ten wIE M charted at tta same
81.30 per copy.
always aceatnyomn fits orderi and
«« no can these terms Bd deviated from, at
- they afford vem Uitle more than (8t east of paper.
are requested Ja a*t as aceutsfor
Tins Wax Faxes. . ’
«■ To the retter-np or th» Club of ton or twenty, m
extra copy of the Paper will he riven. .
applicants will be severally notified, bymau or tele*
graph, when to appear before the examining board,
established by the War Department, and will re*
ceive appointments to such grades as tho’War De
partment may determino,
3. As coon as the letters of appctotmentcra given
officers may be detailed to secure the enlistment of
a certain number of veterans—their
with rank and nay from date of aceßptanceref Ap
pointment, being given when the men arS sedfired.
It should he understood that the enlistments areto
. he consummated here, and an officer can do no more
than to use Ms influence In persuading the montto
pome, here and enlist. .
Officers awaiting action on their paper® can occu
py the time in this way, and collect parties and send
them on, securing a statement as to the number
from the provost marshal. The proper ofedit will
in all eases be given suoh officers.
The actual and necessary expenses of such offi
cers will be 'refunded to them. ° Bao
By orderof Major General Hancock.
' FintEY Akbkbsoit,
, Assistant Acjatant General,
BOUNTIES'TO VOLUNTEERS
The following amounts have been expanded by the
eity for bounties to volunteers since the commence
ment of the war: In 1862, $376.998 89: in 1853.
$165,950; t 0.1564, *0,266,551.71. Total, $6,798,600.
This is an excess of $1,640,600 over the loans created
for the purpose.
NATAL.
NAVAL APPOINTMENT.
Commander Bead Warden, executive officer at tha
£2:3? *5 r< *’ l ; een appointed captain of the fleet
under Com. Strihling. He is succeeded by Captato
John P. Glllla as executive officer at the navy yard.
aOSGKLLASfLOIJS.
) THE SANITARY COMMISSION. -
It is well known that the United States Sanitary
Commission does not confine its efforts to the relief
of soldiers, but'takes an interest in the welfare ef
their families. By application to Its Solicitor, the
widows and families of soldiers can have the legal
business connected with the drawing of the Govern*
ment pensions transacted gratis, and as the greater
the publicity of this fact the greater the good, wb
print the following card: ’
The undersigned takes great pleasure lu tout
publicly acknowledging the courtesy and disinte
rested kindness of W. N. Ashman, Solicitor of the
United States Sanitary Commission, in procuring
for her in the hour pf her need the pension to which,
she was entitled as the widow of the late Oaptala
John D. Sloan, of Company I 26th Regiment Form
sylvatlia Volunteers, who fell while gallantly lead
ing his men at the battle of Mine Run, Virginia.
Although from her position, as the relict of a bravo
soldier, she would be justified in asking the conside
ration of those delegated to carry out the beneficent
provisions for the relief of the widows and orphans
of the fallen brave, she was unprepared for the ex
ceeding kindness of the’officer having that duty to
perform, and in thus acknowledging his merit,
the feels that she is not only discharging a simple
duty but that she Is manifesting toe gratitude
which to him is strictly due. Mrs. toss SnOAW.
Pbh.abbx.vhia, Dec. 9,1864.
THE UNION PASSENGER RAILWAY.
We learn that an experimental trip will be mada
on the Union Passenger Railway to-day or to-mor
row, for the purpose of ascertaining the qualities of
the road, and If it is in running order. Next Thure*
day the grand opening will take place, to a stylo
commensurate with the energy of toe gentlemen,
who control the affairs of the . company. The rail
way extends over a vast portion of our city, and for
a short time, at least while the novelty lasts, many
persons will take a ride thereon simply (or the plea
sure or the excursion. This road has many advan
tages over any other to PhiladelpMa. it passes by
many eminent or prominent buildings, parks, pub
lic and private institutions, with which thousands
In our city are not even familiar. The Union
Company, therefore, will afford a complete panora
mic view of toe important parts of our city that glva
life, character, and influence to Philadelphia. The
route was originally published to The Press about
one month since.
NATIONAL SKATING PARK.
The attention of the reader IS directed to the ad
vertisement, in this day’s Press, of the Na
tional Skating Park, at Columbia avenue and
Twenty-first street. The pork possesses every
advantage necessary to such an institution,
such as eomfbrt and .convenience. Competent
persons, it will be seen, will ha present at
stated hours, when toe season permits, to give in
struction in toe beautiful, health-invigorating, and
graceful art of skating. Exercise of this kind to
many thousands of our citizens would add twenty
five per cent, to the term of their lives.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The “City Pastor” desires The Press to acknow
ledge the reception of toe following additional con
tributions for toe relief of families of volunteers :
Anonymous, $10; “ Friend to the Unfortunate,” ssi
H.M.K.,52. *
FIREMEN’S MATTERS.
The following companies have already endorsed
the nomination of David M. Lyle for the position
of Chief Engineer of toe Fire Department, viz :
United Stateß Hose, Assistarije Steam Fire En
gine, Friendship Engine, Humane Hose, Monroe
Steam Fire Engine, Kingsessing Engine, Cohoek
rink Hose and Steam Fire Engine, Ringgold Hoses
Washington Engine of Germantown, Washington
Steam Fire Engine of Frankford, Independence
Steam Fire Engine, Hand in Hand Steam Fire En
gine, Franklin Steam Fire Engine.
The Tivoli Hose Company have purchased a pro
perty en Coates street: near Twenty-first, and in
tend erecting a suitable building for the accommo
dation of their apparatus thereon.
The Columbia Hose Company housed «£ir new
carriage last week. “
'FIRES.
During the snow storm that prevailed on Satur
day morning. there were three ftres, one of whloh did
considerable damage. About one o’clock a one
story frame stable, at the northeast corner of Six
teenth and Pearl streets,. Fifteenth ward, was de
stroyed by fire. The building belonged to Thomas
Little. -Four horses. tWo valued at $2OO each, and
two at SHO each, perished in toe flames. They were
owned»by Alexander Nelder, Wm. Layeoek, Pat.
. Sharler, and Thomas Ford. A quantity of gears
and feed was also destroyed. The total loss was
about $BOO, upon which there Is no insurance.
At half-past one o’clock a fire broke out to a dou
ble two-storied frame building in toe rear of Otis
street, near Amber, in the Nineteenth ward, owned
and occupied by John Lackey, carpet-weaver. Thu
bunding contained sixteen hand-looms, a large
amount of material and stock in process of manu
facture, and a quantity of finished goods. The
structure and Its contents were entirely destroyed.
The flames extended to another two-story frame
building, also owned and occupied by Mr.'Lackey.
This was considerably damaged, and toe stock and
machinery were raueh Injured by water. The loss
of Mr. Lackey is partially covered by insurance In
New York companies. The property is surrounded
on three sides by dwelling.houses, and on the other
by frame stables and coopef.shops. A Strong wind
was prevailing at the time of toe fire, and but tOc
the snow on toe roofs and the storm, there would,
have been a serious conflagration.
At three o’clock a fire was discovered In a twfi
storied building located on a small street running
from Milton street, below Eleventh, in the Taira
ward. The structure was owned and occupied by
William W. Harley as a soap manufactory. In tire
upper portion a quantity ofhay was stored. Thu
building was pretty well demolished. An adjoining
brick dwelling, owned and occupied by John Smith,
urns damaged in toe upper part, and two or three
dwellings on Eleventh afreet sustained some in jury
by water. The total loss isahout $1,600, upon which,
there is no insurance.
On Saturday -afternoon, about hair past five
o’clock, a fire was discovered in the Ebenezer M. E.
Church, on Thirteenth street, near Vine. A few
buckets of water extinguished the flames.
The alarm of fire at 6 o’clock on Saturday eve
ning was caused by the burning of a barrel of oil la
the machine-shop of N. B. Archambault, at Beach
and Vienna streets. A lighted candle, taken near
the barrel, caused its Ignition. Mr. Archambault
and his engineer were badly injured while endeavor
ing to extinguish the flamos. The loss will be about.
$2,000. .
BURNED,
On Friday night last Julia Impor, ten years of
age, was severely burned by her olothes taking fir*
from a stove, at her home, 113* Bombard street.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
On Saturday evening Francis McDonald, 45 years
of age, was crowded from the platform of a oar, at
Eighth and Green streets, ana had his foot badly
crushed. He was taken to his home, at 1839 North
Sixth street.
THE POLICE.
CBefore Mr. Alderman Morrow. 3
PASSING AN ALTERED NOTE.
A female, giving the name of Ruth French, was
arraigned on Saturday on the charge .of having
passed a United States Treasury one-dollar note,
altered to $lO. She was committed to answer.
DESPERATE FIGHT.
A desperate fight occurred on Saturday evening,
at the malt house, on OallowMll street, near Near
Market, between a number of men. One of the par
ties was so badly beaten that he was not expected ta
recover. Several arrests were made, and the par
ties were locked up in the Eleventh-ward station
house to await a hearing.
. .["Before Mr. Alderman Welding,]
TAKING NEWSPAPERS..
An oldtman was arrested yesterday morning ott
tho charge of stealing -newspapers from a stand
near Ninth and Chestnut streets. • It is alleged that
he has been doing this at times for several months.
The aocnaed was -looked up; but 'the owner, re
garding the theft as very petty, refused to appear*
He simply desired the prisoner to keep away from
Ms place. The accused was discharged on entering
ball to be of future good behavior.
THE COURTS.
Snpvcme Court at Nisi Feins—Justice
This court was in session for a short time on Sa
turday, and after disposing of afew unimportant
rules and motions adjourned..
To-day (Monday), jury trials for the Daosmbat
sessions will begin. ,
Court of Common Fleas—Jndges'LpuUow
. and Thompson.
In this court decisions were rendered by Judge
Ludlow upon certain motions and rules, when the
usual Saturday’s motion lists were called.
Court of Qnnrtcr Sessions—Jndge Allison.
The session of the court was occupied with tho
hearing of habeas corpus cases. Among those heard
was that of Robert J.Hmne, asking to bedtecharged
of a charge of the laroeny of $2,600, the property of
a man named McLaughlin, the keeper of a tavern.
Locust street, near Eighth. The latter testified
that the money lost was in a trank in his bed-room ;
that on Thanksgiving night, at about 10 o’clock, the
room was entered, the trunk forced open, and the
money taken. The defendant, aa MnT.«.w e i,Hn tes
tified, was in the tavern on that night, and two or
three days thereafter came in and presented at the
bar a one-dollar note, which McLaughlin Identified,
as one, amongtimse ne had lost, because of the pe
culiar manner in wMch a piece of paper had been,
pasted on the back.
The Judge thought this testimony sufficient ta
show a ease requiring explanation before a jury,
and accordingly remanded the accused for trial.
Another case touohing tbe custody of a little girtj,
about eight or nine years old, was heard on habeas
corpus. The writ was issued at the Instance of the
mother, tie child being now in Hie custody of the
father, one J. MoElhare. He resists the applica
tion of the mother for the possession of the girt
Upon the allegation that her mode of life renders
her an unfit person to rear or have charge of a
child; that she tea woman of dissolute habits, and
house on South Tenth street.. He also alleges that
no oeiemony of marriage was ever performed-be
tween them, and. that she has no right to bear his
name.
These allegation's are an denied f« toio by Mrs.
McEUtore, alias Alice Dunn, who avers that she IS
the lawful wife of this man; that the house she keep*
Is a respectable boarding house, carried on by her
for a subslstence, whiohhor husband has faOad t»
provide. She alleges further that hor husband la
payingoourt to another woman, whom. if he can ac
complish Ms object In this case, it is his design ta
10 The ease, without being concluded, went over un- >
"rhere further of interest, and tbs
court adjourned.