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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1865.
oas fcak.no notlooof anonymous aommu
nlosUons. We do not return «deot«d mnnnsorlpts.
yy Voluntary eorrespondonee to soltolted from all
parts ol the world, and eapeolally from our different
military and naval departments. When used, It will
be paid tar.
TEN THOUSAND DOIA ARS HAS
THE INQUIRER OVER “SIXTY
THOUSAND CIRCULATION t»
We do not intend that the Inquirer shall
escape the real issue of the present contro
versy. There are two facts to be settled
before we proceed any further: ,
I. “ CircnliiUon aver 60,000.”
This has appeared in large type under
the head of-the Inquirer for years.
11, “ This Oiboui.atiok on tub Inquirer Avb
iAOBS OVER SIXTY THOUSAND COPIES
DAI EY, bbihg Moan thaw Docblu Alii, tbs
Subscription and Thkbk-Obht Daily Papers
in the City COMnnfBD.”
This has appeared under the editorial
head of the Inquirer for many months.
This is the case of the Inquirer, and
upon the truth of these statements we re
new our proposition of Thursday, with one
modification. We shall not ask the In
quirer to advance a dollar, but we shall
double the amount of our proposition, and
place in the hands of Mr. Binney, of the
Sanitary Commission, and Mr. Stuart, of
the Christian Commission, the sum of ten
thousand dollars, to be distributed to both
of these institutions on these terms :
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS if the
Inquirer has over “ sixty thousand circula
tion.”
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS if the
Inquirer has over fifty thousand; circular
tion.
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS if the
Inquirer has over forty thousand circula
tion.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS if the
Inquirer has over thirty thousand circula
tion.
We make this offer in good fidth, and
propose that the month of December shall
he taken as the test, and Mr. Binney, Mr.
Stuabt, and any third party the Inquirer
may name, shall take affidavits of clerks and
pressmen. We cannot make this offer more
conclusive and comprehensive. If the In
quirer has not persistently published an un
truth for years, let it make good its own as
sertions and thus aid two most deserving
charities.
With this proposition, which we leave
open to the Inquirer to accept whenever it
pleases, we now propose to close this dis
cussion. Before doing this, let us con
■ gratulate our readers upon having practi
cally accomplished the object we had in
the beginning. On Tuesday morning the
first article on this subject appeared in
The Pbess. On Tuesday morning, at the
head of the Inquirer, was this phrase;
“ Circulation over 60,000.” On Wednes
day the Inquirer hurriedly hauled down its
“flaunting.lie,” and now a meaningless
phrase occupies the place. At the same
time, it withdrew its long-continued an
nouncement that “the circulation of the
Inquirer averages over sixty thousand
copies daily, being more than double all
the subscription and three-cent daily pa
pers in the city combined.’! Why is this?
Why does the Inquirer abandon this long
published pretension? On last Tuesday
ts circulation was “ over sixty thousand.”
For years it has been “ over sixty thou
sand.” When diditfaU? Let our con
temporary frankly confess that this declara
tion was withdrawn In obedience to The
Pbess, and in dread of the very exposure
we have been called upon to make. We
knew that the Inquirer had been deceiving
the people; we entered this discussion de
termined that all the world should know
it. We little thought, however, that the
Inquirer would so frankly confess the de
ception. .
The Inquirer, in response to our chal
lenge, uses the following language:
At tie same time, The press doos'rzot otFer to give
any evidence as to Its own condition. Tlds Is a
variance from onr challenge, which Is upon the
respective circulations'. It would give to our wily,
first class, high-priced, and Jlush co temporary the
advantage of erposlng our business while It con
cealed its own. we are not so verdant as to be taken
in by snob thinly-varnished trickery. If there Is to
be any showing of hands we are not willing that our
neighbors shall conceal his knave.
We haye a difficulty in understanding this
paragraph, because certain words, which we
place in italics, are obscure. Such phrases
may be familiar to the Inquirer, but our
own Associations have never given us an
opportunity of hearing them, and their
meaning is therefore vague. Translated
into decent English, however, we presume
the Inquirer means to say that, while we
wish it to expose its business, we at the
same time object to expose onr own. This
would be a reasonable complaint if it had
any merit; hut let us look at it. We do
not ask the Inquirer to expose its business.
It has made its own exposure. For years it
has told every reader that it had over “ sixty
thousand circulation.' 1 The Pbess has
made no such boast. When a customer
asks us we show him our books, and
he can see for himself. The Inquirer
may as well understand that when we
print a declaration at the head of this
newspaper we mean to sustain it against
any challenge, and shall not meanly en
deavor to change the issue. The ques
tion is not what does The Fbess,. nor how
many advertisers has The Pbess, nor
what is the circulation of The Pbess —for
we make no pretensions. These questions
me answered over the counter every day in
the ordinary course of business, and if any
customer is not satisfied with our answers he
can go elsewhere and suit himself. The only
question is this: Has the Inquires “ over
SIXTY THOUSAND CIRCULATION f” When
thCjlnquirer answers this question we shall
be willing to answer any new controversy
it cares to make. Already it admits it has
not. Already it declines a proposition which
would have given to the Sanitary and. Chris
tian Commissions one thousand, dollars, pro
vided it could show even twenty thousand
circulation.
We regret the necessity of this exposure,
but we were driven to it by a high sense of
duty. It was time that this great decep
tion should cease, and it has ceased! It
was time that the respectable journals of
this city should not be insulted and mis
represented and their business assailed by
this newspaper bully; and we think we
have stopped that thing forever. It was
time that the honest merchants of Phila
delphia should be told that in spending
money to find “sixty thousand” readers
for their business, they must avoid the In
quirer. The Inquirer may well feel satis
fied if the matter ends with The Pbess ex
posure. If a merchant contracts for ‘ 1 sixty
thousand ” circulars to-he printed and cir
culated, and not one-half are done, the
person so contracting could be indicted for
obtaining money under false pretences- and
sentenced to imprisonment. What defence
could the Inquirer make if any advertiser
for six months should institute criminal
proceedings against the Inquirer for'claim
ing to print and circulate sixty thousand
copies of his advertisements ? We are
•very much- afraid, if justice were done, the
Inquirer would he at the mercy of the Gover
nor Cubtin whom not many months ago it
wantonly and shamefully slandered. For
-ourselves, we sincerely trust that none Of
our friends will find it necessary to take,
this course. We see evidences of contri
tion On the part of the Inquirer. It has
-confessed its sin by ceasing to sin, and if it
only accepts the good advice of The Pbess,
so frankly and generously given, it may
-attain that position of respectability and
dignity which it has so plainly forfeited.
. We thus close our discussion with the
Inquirer. That newspaper can reopen it only
whenever it ernes to accept the proposition
we have made. When it makes good its
own daily declaration of years it will be
time for us to speak of the other subjects it
presents. At this time, however, onr pur
pose is not to institute a comparison be
tween the merits Of the Inquirer mi The
Press, but to tear off the mask and show
how much deception has been heretofore
hidden. And this, we think, has been
most effectually done.'
“A Daniel Come to Judgment.”
In the Court of Exchequer, at Loudoh,
a little before Christmas, a trial came off,
and a decision was made, in which Mr.
Baron Martin, the presiding judge,
showed that a Daniel had come to judg
ment, though not in the sense of the words
as applied to the disguised Portia, in the
celebrated case Shylock vs. Antonio. In
the London case, one party sued another
"for breach of contract. It appeared, on
the opening of the case, that the contract
related to the engaging a vessel to run the
blockade at Charleston. On this, Baron
Mabtin said that he did not think that the
plaintiff could recover, as the contract was
illegal. He was reminded, by plaintiff’s
counsel, that Mr. Justice Wili/es had de
cided the other way, in the Court of Com
mon Pleas (in another case), and that the
judges of that court, sitting in banco, had
sustained that decision. Baron Martin
still adhered to his opinion, declaring that
nothing could make him believe that anille
gal could possibly be declared a legal act.
He said that it was for the credit of England
that all the parties engaged in this transac
tion were foreigners. In the end, a
verdict for the plaintiff was taken by
consent, subject to a decision, in banco, on
a point of law. This decision will he cu
riously looked foy, inasmuch as Sir Frede
rick Pollock, (Baron Mabtin’s father-in
law,) the Chief of the Court of Ex
chequer, notoriously sympathizes with
“the so-called Southern Confederation,”
and showed his leaning that way by the
palpable partiality of his charge to the jury
in the case of the Alexandra, and by the
manner in' which he played fast-and-loose
on the appeal against his charge and the
jury’s verdict,’thereby literally jockeying
the appellants out of a decision in their
favor. Another noticeable feature in this
case is that Sir Samuel Martin, ofithe
Court of Exchequer, who holds that a con
tract'for an illegal purpose—i. e.,Running'
the blockade—is. ;j§scessarily illegal, and
Sir James S. Willes, of tjhe Court of Com
mon Pleas, who decided otherwise, are the
only Irishmen on the judicial bench in
England. Sir William .Spee, of the Court
of Queen’s Bench, though of, Irish descent,
and M. P. for a time, for an Irish county,
is a native of England.
A European Protectorate of the South.
The leading rebel papers foreshadqw
the possibility that the rebel States, rather
than yield to the power of the Union, will
offer themselves as quasi colonies to France
or England. This event should not, if the
European Powers are just, result in their
recognition of the dissolution of the Union,
for it would be a confession that the insur
gents were unable to take the Southern
States from the Republic, and, therefore,
foreign interference could not have the
least possible justification. Hitherto inter
vention has been demanded by the South,
contemplated, it may be, by Europe, on'the
ground that the States in rebellion main
tain a successful war. That ground fails
beneath the feet of a demoralized army
and a tottering conspiracy. France and
England would not dare to violate Inter
national law, or . the common justice of the
world, by assuming a protectorate of the
States which would thus acknowledge that
they had no power of themselves to with
draw from the Union. “Who would be
free, themselves muri strike the blow.” If
the suggestions of the Richmond papers
are to be adopted as the policy of the Rich
mond Government, the demonstration of
the failure of the rebellion ought to he the
destruction of the danger of European in
terference.
We, have a rumor that England intends
to largely increase her military force in Ca
nada. This report was current several
months ago, and is as likely to be false now
as then.
In thb want of a better victory, the re
bels are reduced to exult over the destruc
tion of the transports in the Roanoke river.
The affair is a mere bagatelle. It has not
the slightest influence on any part of the
war.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 0.
MB. STEVENS’ TOBACCO BILL.
Representative Stevens to-day Introduced a bill
In amendment of the revenue laws, which requires
all persons having tobacco on hand to make ah Im
mediate return of the quantity and kind to the dis
trict assessor, and forbids removal without permit
of the assessor. Jit permits the establishment of
bonded warehouses In the cities of. New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore,' Cincinnati,
Louisville, Paducah, st. Louis, and other places,
under the custody of an officer of the Treasury.
Permits may also be obtained for private ware
houses under treasury regulations. It allows to
bacco to be exported without payment o? tax, or
packed and prepared for market by the owner, on
his own premises, or sold oh the premises without
payment of tax, but It may not be manufactured un
til It has been stored In a bonded warehouse. The
taxes to be Imposed upon manufactured tobacco
are left in blanks. The bill was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Meanß.
MR. HASSON’S JOINT RESOLUTION.
The following Is the joint resolution Introduced
by Representative-Kasson to-day, and which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means:
Resolved, That so long as the current rate of
premium for exchange on London, when bought at
New York with any lawful money ol the United
States, shall exceed Blxty dollars per centum, paper
for the printing of books, perlodleals, and news
papers may be admitted at the custom ports of the
United States from any foreign country free of duty,
and the rate of exchange shall be ascertained ana
declared for the purpose of this resolution by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS,
The Senate to-day, In executive session, confirmed
the nomination of James L. Hood, of Illinois, to be
consul at Bankok, Slam.
CONVERTED REBELS.
The mall boat, which arrived this morning from
City Point, brought up seventy-five rebel prisoners
and deserters, who have all taken the oath of alle
giance. .
nxvmth COS QRESS—-Second Session,
N SENATE.
Tice President HAMLIN in chair.
INDIAN LANDS,
The CHAIR laid before the Senate a communication
giving information in relation to the sale of Indian
lands, called for by resolution some time since.;
SOLDIERS* RATIONS.
Mr. FOSTER, of Connecticut, presented the petition
of officers of the Connecticut Light -Artillery, afking
for an increase or the rations issued to soldiers. They
state that the allowance of rice, potatoes, and bread is
too small. Referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Petitions from officers of the army for an increase of
pay were presented by Messrs. POMEEOY and WIL
SON.
SLAVERY.
Mr. SUMNER, of Massachusetts, presented the pe
tition of citizens of Worcester, Massachusetts, for the
abolition of slavery. Ee.’erred to the Committee on
Slavery,
PETITIONS REPORTED BACK.
Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, from the Finance Com
mittee, reported back the petition of army officers ap
plying for fu* increase of pay, and asked that the com
mittee be discharged and the petition referred to the
Militaiy Committee It was so ordered.
Mr. SH£B4I £N. from the Finance Committee, re
ported back a petition asking for the remission of the
duty paid on the materials used in the manufacture of
dresses worn by the Sisters of Charity, and asked that
the committee be discharged from the further considera
tion of the same. So ordered.
P3HBION AGENTS,
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, offered a resolution,
which was pasted, c alii eg upon the Secretary of the In
terior for information as to the number, of-pension
Agents employed by the Government, how many in
each State, under what law they are employed, etc.
CRIMINAL TRIALS,
Mr. TKUMBB (,L c&Ued up the bill to regulate pro
ceedings in criminal cases, relating especially to the
punishment of the crime of treason, which was passed.
It provides that where the offence charsed be treason—
a capital offence—the defendant shall be entitled to
twenty and the United States to five peremptory chal
lenges cn a trial. For any other offence the United
States shall be entitled to two peremptory challenges
and the defendant to ten. Where any person convicted
of an offence against the United States shall be sen
tenced to imprisonment for a period longer than one
year, it shall bp lawful for the court by which the sen
tence is passed to order the same to be executed in any
Mate prison or penitentiary within the district or State
where such court is held the use of which prison or
penitentiary is allowed by the Legislature of such State
lor "such purpose, and the expenses attending the exe
cution of the sentence 'shall be. paid by the United
States. The act takes effect on the Ist of June, 1865,
VNKMFLOYBD ABUT OPPICBRS.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, called up the bill to
drop from the rolls unemployed officers of the arm*.
The report of the Mill;ary Committee on this subject,
recommendlng'tnat the bill do not pass, was read. '
Mr. WJ£SON moved that the bill be indefinitely post
poned.
•• Mr. TRUMBULL was sorry that the Committee on
Military Affairs had come to inch a conclusion. He
was not prepared to controvert the soundness of the
position assumed by the committee, or to deny that the
Executive has. competent.authority to dismiss officers
from the services but it was an authority which the
Executive would be very slow to exercise. He believed
it h«d always been customary in the hbtoryof the Go
vernment for Congres* to legislate for the deposition of
army officers. It was done in the wan of the Revolu
tion and of 1812 If the precedent proposed by the com
mittee were adopted, and the power left in the Presi
dent's bands, Congress would have to surrender np its
authority to reduce the army and discharge officers at
the close of the pi esent war - He-would like to inquire
of the chairman of the Military Committee whefaer
th«re bad not always been legislation to get nd of
supernumerary officers that would not be necessary in
time of peace. An act of Congress was passed to muster
out such rfficers in 1816 or 1617.
Mr. GRIMES said that during the last war several re
giments of the line were established regular infantry.
At the expiration of the war It became necessary to re
duce the army. That required legislation But the vo
lunteer e ffiem B went out of commission with the expire
tion of the war.
Mr TRUMBULL could see no difference between rem
its end volunteers la such a matter as this. If it was
necessary after the war of 1812 4o legislate on this sub*
ject it was equally so now.
Mr GRIMES said there was no parallel between the
*AIr?TSOMBBLL understood that the report of the
committee was npoa the gfound entire!* that the Presi
dent bad authority to relieve the country of this evU. If
idle officers, receiving pay from the Government and
rendeiiig no service, would the Senator uom .lowa tell
tbe Senate and the country why, Ifta 1910 or 1816 UgU*
latUm wu neoesurr to cat rid of unnecessary officers.lt
VTBB BOt ad DOW ?
GRIMES stated*, is reply to Mr. Trumbull, that
Congress created fifteen or twenty regiments in the last
war with Great Britain, and their officers were ap-
Pointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
It waa necessary to legislate.ln order to disband these
regiments at the dose of the war. That was not the
case now. It was now proposed to step in and interfere
with the prerogative o t the President. He was opposed
to this.
Mr. LAKE* of Indiana, spoke in favor of the report of
the committee, and hoped the Senate would act upon its
recommendation.
Mr. WILSON said the responsibility of dismissing
officers was now with the President of fh« Gutted
States, and he ought to exercise it. Several officers had
been-mustered oat of the service during the past year
some, he thought* within the last four .or five weeks.
They had either been mustered out or had resigned*
knowing they would be mustered out. The facts in re
lation toeveiy officer could be put in possession of the
Fn Bident, and he could act upon them, and take the re
sponsibility. He (Mr. Wilson)did not want this respon
sibility shifted upon the Congress of the United States.
If the .bill was passed as it oame from the House it
would leave it In the power of any commanding
officer to secure the dismissal, of his subordinates.
By re organization of brigades and divisions, offi
cers might oe thrown out of the service at the
expiration of three months under this bill. There was
moie intrigue, in the army among officers than in the
most excited po'itical canvasses among politicians.
shere was no comparison between the rivalries-and
jealousies of army officers and of ambitious men In tha
civil service, and he (Mr. Wilson) thought Congress
eight to do nothing to increase the means for.carryiug
out this rivalry, as it would by phasing the Honseblli.
When a general was outof service, it was the duty of
the Executive to see to the cause of his being unem
ployed. If he was out of the.sexYiee for cause, he
ought to be dismissed; but if. as was frequently the
case, he was out because of the jealousy or rivalry of &
superior officer, the President should so act as to do jus-.
lice to this officer, and at the came time take care of the
interests of the country. We ought to suppose that
officers will be .justly dealt'with by. the President,
and that the public good would be promoted by the
judicious exercise of ihe authority vested in him.-
bome officers not in employment now ought to be dis
missed, others ought not. The mere mention of names
w onM eatiify the Senate on the subject. If this rale of
tie Bouse bill was adopted it would give to superiors
the power to crush out inferiors whom they-did not
lihe* by suspending them from duty under some pre
text, knowing that at the expiration of three months
they would be dropped from the rolls, This.DAwer .of
dismissing i infer)Qj , pfsC£rs h« superiors was very great,
an (i t-u&ui to be exercised by corps And army command
ers in the field-only, and that very rarely. There were
able officers notiathe public service to-day, or, if in the
service, in a subordinate capacity, because or a differ
ence of ppt&ionor rivalries with officers who were ones
their inferiors, but have been more fortunate than they
for a couple of years. \ '
, In conclusion, Mr. Wilson said he did not believe
justice or the good of the service would be promoted by
tr e passage of the law liom the House.
Messrs.'Conneee, Powell, Howe, Davis, mid Hen
dricks addressed tne ben ate on the subject under con
sideration.
Mr. TRUMBULL resumed He
advocated the passage of the House bill on the ground
that justice to officers in the army required it. There
were now one hundred and sixty-two colonels com'
mending brigades in the army They could not be pro
moted because there were no vacancies, and con 14 not be
while so many, brigadier generals were on the rolls,
though* unemployed. Be again adverted to the law
mustering out oi tie service the officers of the war of
1812. and said that such a law waa as necessary now
as then.
'Mr. WILSON desired to say that the committee ad
mitted that incompetent officers ought to be dismissed,
but he did not think the Tact of an officer being out of
employment for a few weeks was any evidence that he
ought to be dismissal. .The-e were officers in the field
to-day who ought not to be in the! service. The com
mittee's opinion was that unworthy officers ought to be
dismissed, whether employed or unemployed, but that
the President ought to have the powers dispose of
Ihexn In any case. The act of 1862 authorized and re
quested the President todiemiss from toe service any
officer for any Cause which in his judgment was suffi
cient and for the good of the service. -It was not only
authority, but a request, and if there was an offi
cer in commission unworthy of the place he he d, the
responsibility was with the President. Let him ex
ercise that according to his sense of public duty.
Be (Mr. Wilson) understood that a dozen or fifteen
officers who were believed to be unworthy woo Id be
dismissed before long. It was not proposed to reduce
■the number of officers in the army. There were now
seventy major generals and tWo hundred and seventy
five brigadier generals in the army.
Mr. FA&WBLL, of Maine, wished the bill postponed
for thirty days. If the President should not, before that
time, dismiss unwoi thy officers to make room for men
of merit, he thought Congress ought to' pass the bill at
it came from the Horn*.
Mr JOBS SOU, cf Maryland, referred to a case in
which Geneial Jackson removed from the rolls of the
army an officer who had given him a personal insult
There could be no doubt, since the passage of the law
of 1862. that the President had fall power to dismiss
any officer, and bethought the passage of the proposi
tion before the Senate would be an interference with,
the prerogative of the President There was not much
analogy between the law passed in 1816 and that pro
posed row.
Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, inquired if the act
of 1816 did not constitute a board composed of officers ot
the army to pass upon the cases of dismissal.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland, replied that it did.
He thought it would not be decorous fa Congress to say
to the President, ms it would by the passage of tha reso
lution before-the feenate, that he was keeping in the ser
vice a lot of incompetent officers. If he believed that
the President knowingly kept in the service incompe
tent officers, and he (Mr. Johnson) were a member of
the Bouse of Representatives, he would impeach him.
Mr. HOWE, of Wisconsin 'thought if it was an
offence in the President to allow unworthy officers to
remain in the service, it was also an offence in the Ba
nafc* to do so. He did not believe the resolution before
the Senate reflected upon the President in any way.
He did sot believe any reflection was intended. The
fact was that wo were pay is g & grea deal of money to
men who gave no service for what they received. The
service was rendered, it was true, bat not by the men
who received the pay always.
The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to
Indefinitely postpone, and resulted in a vote of yeas
28, nays 8. So the House resolution was indefinitely
postponed.
THE TAX ONJTOBACCO.
Mr. SHERMAN introduce! a bill levying internal
duties on tobacco It provides for a tax of twenty cents
per pound on leaf tobacco, tobacco stems, and. scraps,
and thirty cents on tobacco known as strips; requires
all tobacco growers, oa or before the Ist of August, to
notify the assistant assessor of their respective districts
of the number of acres planted in tobacco, on pain of
forfeit of $6OO for,each acre thus ignored, and also be
fore itß removal when grown to give notice to the
assistant assessor, who shall cause it to be weighed,
marked, brinded, and numbered, theft wners to pay the
cofct of such service'
It provides, further, that such tobacco may be re
moved to a bonded warehouse, and withdrawn there
from for exportalion or manufacture without payment
of duty, or for consumption, on payment of duty, and
prescribes afine of five hundred dollars, and imprison
ment for one year, for tampering with brands or marks
It requites returns to be made of all unmanufactured
tobacco in hand on the first day of July next to the as
sistant assessor,, Unmanufactured tobacco may -be re
moved from the place of production, and producers or
manufacturers may establish bonded warehouses, un
der regulations prescribed by the Commissioners of In
ternal Revenue, and tobacco may be withdrawn from
warehouse, manufactured and returned to the ware
house again, under similarly prescribed regulations. 9
It. alio provides a duty on cavendish, ping, and twist
of teii cents; on tobsqeo twisted by hand,ten cents; on
smoking tobacco with stems in, and on fine cut shorts,
five cents; online cut chewing tobaceo, ten cents; on
smoking tobaCco mad# of stems, five cents; on snuff
flour, fifteencents; on snuff not packed or scented, on
which no duty in the leaf has been paid, fifteen cents;
on muff prepared or pickled, forty cents, when no tax
has been paid on leaf-tobacco or snuff flour, of which it
is made; on scrap or refuse of cigars, five cents; on all
cigars; ten dollars per thousand; on cheroots orcl-
Sarettoa, in paper wrappers, cold for not over-fifteen
ollars per thousand, including the tax, five dollars per
thousand
Mr. BHEBMAN said the above bill was prepared-by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. He moved its
reference to the Committee of Finance, audit was so
referred.
TOTE OF THANKS TO GENERAL SHRRKAN AND BIS
ARMY,
The House joint resolution tendering the Thanks of
Congress to Major General Sherman and his army, was
reported a» having passed the House.
Mr. LA3F, of Indiana, moved to take up the above
and pass it immediately.
Mr. TRUMBULL suggested that it should be referred
to the Military Committee. He was in favor of the
resolution, but he desired its reference because such a
course bad been pursued in relation to other officers,
General Grant ana Admiral Farragut.
Mr. JOHNSON was opposed to the reference. He
thought the success of General Sherman’s expedition
was so signal as-to entitle its commander and its sol
diers to the thanks of Congress and of the nation. It
had dose a great deal, as he saw by the reports from
Savainah, towards suppressing the rebellion and re
storing the Union- It gives great cause for hope.
. Mr. CLARK said that General Sherman, in cutting
loose from Atlanta and marching into Georgia, had dis
regarded all military laws, and requirements, and he
(Mr. Clark) was in favor of disregarding tbe practice
and precedents of the Senate to thank him and his
army for what they had done.
The qne&tion was then put onreferrimg the ref elution,
and the Senate decided not to refer it.
The resolution was then passed without a dissenting
voice.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday next.
' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THB SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
The House pasted the Senate bill repealing so much
of the act incorporating the Smithsonian Institution as
requires twoof Hie regents to be appointed from mem
bers of the Naiknal Institute, the latter having ceased
to exist. .
THB DELEGATE FROM MONTANA,
SAMUEL HcLEAN, delegate from the new Territory
of Montana, appeared, qualified, and took his seat.
THANES TO SHERMAN AND HIS FORGES,
Mr. fCHENOKof Ohio, from the Committee on Mili
tary Affaire, reported back ihe joint resolution which
was unanimously adopted, namely, that the thanks of
the people and tbe Congress of the United States are
due ana are hereby tendered to Major General Sher
man, and through him to the officers -and men under
bis command, for ibetr gallantry and good conduct in
their march from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and their
triumphal march, through Georgia to Savannah and the
occupation of that city; and the President cause a cipy
of this resolution to be engrossed and transmitted to
Major General fcherman.
EQUAL TAXATION AND GOVERNMENT CREDIT.
Mr. RASSON, of lowa, offered a resolution, which
Vat pgreed to, that the. Committee of Ways and Means
consider the expediency of providing for a commission
of members of the denate.and the House, with leave to
sit in the vacation of Congress, to examine aud report
on a system of taxation bearing equally on the pro
perty and industry of the country, and the best means
of providing for maintaining the credit and meeting
the necessities of tbe Government, and that said com
mission report by hill, or otherwise, at the commence
ment of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
THB PAPBIt DUTY.
Mr! RASSON introduced a bill for the promotion of
knowledge by the suspension of duties on imported
paper. Referred to tne Committee of Ways and
Means.
THB ARKANSAS FEDERAL COURT.
Mr. WILSON, of M&svachaseils, introduced a ant
providing for a term of tbe judicial district of Arkan
sas, which was referred to-the Committee on the Ju
diciary.
NEW COMMITTEES.
On motion of Mr. WILSON, a resolution was adopted
instructing the Committee on the Kules.to inquire into
the expediency of creating two additionalstanoing com
mittees, on interned r* venue and the national currency,
and also into the expediency of a standing instead of a
special committee on the Pacific Railroad.
THB ABOLITION OR SLAVERY,’
The House proceeded to the consideration of the Senate
joint resolution, having in vie wan amendment of the
Constitution to abolish slavery throughout toe country.
Mr, ASHLEY, of Ohio, endorsed the words of Presi
dent Lincoln—namely: ** If slave y i* not wrong,
nothing is wrong ** The proposition, whether this
universal wrong should be continued or abolished, was
now before the House. If slavery had never been
known in the United States, and any member should in
troduce a measure to enslave any portion of the people,
he w< ui d be looked upon as an enemy of the human race.
He did* u->t believe such a measure could receive a
single vote in this House, yet it was known votes had
been ca*t here to kepp in slavery men who, under the
laws of h&tnre and God, are as mnch entitled to free
dom as the white race. The framers of the Constitution
were not gail j y of making an instrument which could
1m fairly interpreted to deprive any one of justice,
liberty, and happiness. If, for the last thirty years,
statesmen had ruled the country, men who had not de
fended and made concessions to slavery, this war would
not have resulted He argued the constitutional right
to make amendments, and anticipated most beneficial
results from such a determination.
■ Mr. ORTB, of Indiana, spoke of the duty and destiny
of tbe American people. That the feeling exhibited
throughout onr struggle, and in the recent election,
§ roves curability and willingness to save the nrtion.
be rebellion must be subdued without regard to cost
or sacrifice. This was the imperative duty. Slavery,
tbe cause of all our troubles, is dying, but we must, by
constitutional amendment, provide ’against its future
existence.
In the reconstruction of the Government great care
must be exercised, and no State readmitted until tho
roughly purged ol treason and able to sustain civil au
thority and free institutiocs. That the intermeddling
of Frasce'&rd Ex gland demands cur serious attention.
That there nations be held to account for their conduct,
and the Monroe doctrine be striotly enforced, even at
the hazard cf foreign war. These duties discharged,
our destiny is fixed, and in process of time onr Govern
ment will be the only Power .reeogoizid on the North
Amt rlean continent.
Mr. SCOFIELD, of Pennsylvania, spoke of slavery
and its belligerent character. If the war should end
without*a division of the Union, or if the rebellion
should collapse; we should still have this question to
distract our councils. .Slavery, in the end, must die;
it had cost the country too much suffering and precious
blood to be permitted to live. So the only question
was—shall it die now by constitutional enactment, or
shall it linger, causing party warfare for a quarter or
half a century longer, producing acrimonious debate
and patch work legislation? Inadverting to the former,
be said the question was presented to che people last
autumn, ana they had decided it in favor of eman
cipation. '
PENNSYLVANIA AND NRW YORK.
Mr. SCOFIELD replied to the remarks heretofore deli
vered by Mr. BROOKS, who, rising, said; When Mr.
Scofield speaks of the city I partly represent, lam
bound to sayan effort was made by the General Govern
ment to control tbe election in New York by sending
there a bad robber in person, a major general of the
army of the Untied Stages. The robber of public trea
sure who dare not exercise, the power or attempt to
control those whomabe gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Scofield) had/Wilied thieves and robbers. I can
stand any amount of personal attack upon myself, but
why my constituents are to be c&Ued thieves and rob
bers I do not know. I leave ttAo the gentleman, after
making such impudent charges, to, say whether pro
priety and decency do not require that he should give
me an opportunity to defend the million of people .whom
I partly represent. . ■ T ,
Mr., SCOFLBLB replied. . If Lhave slandered, any
portion of the people of New York* I have learned the
thoughts from the gt nfcle man’s own paper, which has
denounced certain members elected to City Councils as
th MI e fsLIJAH W£Rf>, of New York, desired fcheifloot
a moment, but Mr. Scofield refused to yield it. - f -
Mr. SCOFIELD then «q»«iwted bi« speech* appeal
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1865.
tag to Mr. Brooks to lead his influoatfelfe tollorlig J«ft
Saris uid other prominent rebels from the delusion
that this Government seeks to -sahjagate the South,
while the only-object is. to. compel them ioaubmic to
the Comtitntion and laws.
Mr. CBAsLBB, of Jf»vr York, said Mh Scofield had
uttered, a low slander. He did noTlchow which to con
demn. Me cowardice or Ms meanatattr Thehonstituen
cy of New lort .jenoired no defence at his hand- He
would leave his colleague to answer the point of in
famy.
Mr. BBOOES said the gentleman from Pennsylvania
had ashed him to go to the South and assure the people
there that this Government never Intended to eubjniate
them. How was it possible,for him to do bo? Ifth&
gentleman would procure him each- an-vopportnnity
from the President-nothing -would cauafcao much.de
light and gladden his heart. ~ He vwoula repeat there
wuat would be nrefdl to induce 'them tbreturn to*the
Union, fie would preach, to them the. ntter hopeless*
ness of the contest, and that ifthey Insisted on separata
independence it would never be snbmiued to by the
people of the North. ,r
He would endeavor to aesure that even a large
portion of tie Kepnblican party would bs glad to ic
ceive them back on the baals ol States,rights and sove
reignty under the Constitution. The gentleman from
1 ennsylvania took occasion to read Blew York a lecture
for her sins and Crimea Pennsylvania was the last
place to lecture. Pennsylvania’e record, in and out of
the lobby, will not bear investiiatioe. The State and
city of hew York were ffcr ; front baingperfect, but the
schools of vice and corruption in New York are virtaa
itself in comparison with the legislation of Pennsyl
vania.
Why does a Pennsylvania politician vlßtt New York ?
It iB the cradle ta which rocked* the classic
place described, as the " Five Points ■* * I* i» the great
Mecca, the place of inspiration, fknd if the records of
the police could be searched they would not be eradl
tablejo raauy citizens Of Pannsravama. - New York is
not without its sins, but it ie ihe refuge of tba whole
Of tbs Horth. and particularly bftOie State of Pennsyl
vania. , When thieves and robbers are said to govern
the city of flew York there 1« no ,language sufficiently
strong to burl back on Pennsylvania. .
Mr, BBOOKS further'replied;:to Jfr. Scoield, al
luding to the noble charities of flew York, her response
to the national call to'arms. and of the'defence of Penu
ylvaniaby tco troopsofKewYork and ‘Sew. Jersey.
He denied that the South bad always* governed, or lhat
the flortb-badbOtn by that aeetion. In 'conclusion; he
said ad long as he~wat permitted to apeak he would re
peat the Korlptural language, "Pease on earth and
good will to man." •••... <
The Eoueo then adjourned.
THK 6TBAMBR -FOTOMkc FOKT-
Portlakd, Jan. 6. —The steamer Potom&etoak
lire around her boilers at 5 o’clock this morning,,
when off Cape Elizabeth. Her oificers. and the
crew and-passengers were taken -’off by a fishing
vessel, and brought around hero. Sour liras were
lost, vie: Charles E. Wilson, tho,..ohier mate; two
oilers, and the seoond oook. The cargo was in
sured. Thehnll of the steaMer'h&s been towed Into
port.
Portland, Jan.B, P. M.—The fire on the steamer
•Potomaospread so rapidly that , the Jtarboard-boat:
could not be launched. The porf-boat could not
take all, and the foremast; warcut away and rafts
made. Pour men were washed off tho raft. There
were five passengers,- who. were all saved.' The
crew numbered eighteen. • The engineer of the Po
tomac was thrown.overboard by Sailing spars, but
was subsequontiy reseueij, when nearly dead, and It
Is cot expected he.will recover.
LornsvißEk, Jan; B,—The Jtmnial,at this city,
publishes a letter, said to hare been oaptured during
General Burbridge’s raid, wherein the name ef Mr.
George D. Prentice is freely died Byj.S. Ohrla-’
man, a rebel Congressman. The burden of Mr.
Ohrisman’s statements is “unique.” The Journo*
says the document Is a canard.
Accident to tbe Steumer Chesapeake,
Pobteand, Me., Jan, 6.—The steamer Chesa
peake arrived this morning from New York. She
lost her foremast and both anchors in a gale off
Croes Bip Shoals.
The English mail received to-daybrings further
intelligence concerning the pirate-'Shenandosi,
formerly the British steamer Sea,King,._ The Lon
don Shipping and Mercantile Gazette says: ' .
"Onr readers have not forgotten the circumstantial
contradiction given by some .of our Liverpool con
temporaries to the statement, which, appeared In
these columns respecting the 'departure of the
steamer Sea King from London to sail -un
der the. Confederate flag. The Sea King, oh
entering the Confederate service, became the She
nandoah, and we are enabled to report something
more respecting her movements. The Shenan
doah appears to have employed her tithe to some
purpose. Advices received this day from Bahia
report the arrival there of a: Danish vessel with
the crews of. no.less than Cve.il’edbral vessels, all
of which had been captured and destroyed by the
Shenandoah, under the command of Captain War
dell. The names of these vessels are the Elena;
of Maine; the E. Godfrey,-of Boston; the Kate
Prlnoe, the Charter Oak, and the Susan, We take.
It that thls report establishes the fact that tBS Sea
King Is sot only a Confederate orulser.'but that
she Is likely to rival, if not surpass, the Alabama in
harassing the bommeree of the Northern States,”
The Manchester Guardian says: '*'
“On being Informed that the Sea Klrig/underthe
name of the Shenandoah, was to -be a confederate
cruiser, twenty, six of the men on board of her re
fused to serve, and came back ’to Liverpool, where
they reported—wrongly, as it turned out—that Cap
tain Semmes, of the Alabama, was the commander
of the new orulser. The Shenandoah,it is said,
carries eight guns, and is commanded by Captain
Wardell.”
Tbe lereiga Pelity of Spain.
ST. Domingo and PnntriftM*
de Espana, of Madrid, of December 19, has /the fol
lowing: .
“It is stated that in abandoning San Domingo
the Government will propose" to retain' the capital
of the island and the Bay. of - Samana,. In our opi
nion the abandonment of San Domingo wUI, if It
take place, be complete. i
“ The question of Fern will be settled within the
month ol January. - ' f
“ The instructions which General Fareja carries
to the Pacific are precise and decisive. It Is already
known that the Spanish Plenipotentiary and chief
of our squadron has crossed the lathmus of Panama.
“Far from considering it Imprudent to reveal
what are the proposal* of .Spain, we believe that
this disclosure will satisfy all who,interested In the
maintenance'of our dignity, regret to'aae us en
gaged in a. struggle wold of-xesultseit so great a
distance. - ; ' . , „
“General Pareja will demand complete, 3«d per
manent satisfaction for all the insults offered thus,
and for all the Spanlßh Interests which have been
prejudiced. If however, tills satisfaction be not
accorded, onr vessels, before returning to Spain, will
leave in Peru a memorial that none eon Insult us
..with impunity, and that without pretensions to
territorial aggrandizement, we are strong enough
to take satisfaction with our own hands.
.“A periodical bag announced thafcthe Minister of
Finance Is'about to eoiitraot a loan of four hundred
million reals. u ' '
11 The Government trill do no more than what is
authorized by- the Oortes, ov what the' decision of
that body may sanction when theflnancial projects
to be submitted to It are approved.”
A See l etur’s J.elter te tballalon Army.
CFrom tbe Soldiers’Friends 3 ■ ■
Soldiers of the Union Army: I bays been desired
by tie conductor ol the Soldiers' .Friend to address
a few words to you at the opening of a New Tear,'
I take the occasion to otferl you my warmest con
gratulations on what you have accomplished in the
past year, and what you may expect to accomplish
m the year before you. > . , .
At the beginning ol the year 1864 the rebel gene
rals presented a formidable, front to our armies.
Lee, at the head of a powerful force, occupied the
banks of the Kapidan and! the Rappahannock,
threatening Washington andfPenußjlvanla. Early
and his rebel cavalry held the wide Talley of the
Shenandoah. Johnston, with a formidable army,
had posted himself at Atlanta, deemed an Impreg
nable position, In .which the rebels had stored the
munitions of wtSr Jn.vast and collected
.the machinery by which they were fabricated.'
A glance at the history ofjho past year will show
you how all this state of things has been rapidly
changed. y '<*-r - *
It will show General GrSnt transferred from the
'West, and invested with the. command of onr ar
mies, pressing Lee by a series of splendid and hot
ly-contested victories southward to Richmond,
where'Grant now holds the first general of the re
bel army, and its choicest troops, unwilling prlso
ners. *•«
Itwill show General Sheridan swooping down the
Talley of the Shenandoah, and, by a aeries of bril
liant successes, driving Early from the field.
Itwill showGeneial-Sherman"leaving his posi
tion in Tennessee, and by a series of able move
ments reaahing Atlanta, flanking and fiefeating
Hood, capturing Atlanta, giving .that stronghold or
rebellion to the flames, and then making a trium
phant march of three hundred miles through the
heart of Georgia down to Savannah,'which yields
at the first summons, while the troops which held It
save themselves from eapture by flight.
It will show General Thomas, left in Tennessee
by Sherman to deal with Hood, luring that com
mander from his advantageous position, and then
falling upon his troops with an impetuosity which
they cannot resist, till by defeat after defeat his
broken and diminished army has become a mere
band of fugitives. , ■ ’
h will show Mobile Hay entered by our navy, i
the Federal troops shw? occupy the
town from the land side. It wiUJdtaw Wilmington,
lhat principal mart of the bJofSkde-ranners,: me- -
naceSTboth by.sea and land, arid Charleston tremb
ling lest her fate may be like that of Savannah.
The year closes in these eyentakwhloh. Important
as they are in.themselves, sftensyßss important in
the consequences to which they lead, and which, as
the ports of the enemy fall into onr hands, as their
resources one by one are cut off, their communica
tions broken, and their armies lessenedjby defeat
and desertion, promise the early disorganization of
tlio rebel) lon,a speedy end of all formidable resist
ance to the authority of the Government, and the
abandonment of the schemes formed b¥ the rebel
leaders, in utter despair of their ahUKyjto execute
them. i ' 3*,
Soldiers ! this Is your work! These ace your he
roic achievements; for these a grateful country
gives you its thanks. Millions of heartftbeat with
love and pride when you are named. .Millions of
tongues speak your praise and offer upfyrayers for
your welfare. Millions of hands arc doing and give
ing all they can for your oomfort, and -that’ of the
dear ones whom you have left at your homes. The
history of the present war will be '.the history of
your courage, your constancy! and the oheerfal
sacrifices yon have .made to the cause or your
country. ■ ' <
I feel that you need no exhortation to persevere as
you have begun. It I did I would say to the men at
the front: Be strong; be hopeful! your orownlng
triumph cannot be Tar distant, wheta It arrives
our nation will have wiped out Adrajt Jain, which
we feared it might yet wear for ages, ana, will stand
In the sight of the world a noble oommonwealth of
freemen, bound together by ties which will last as
long as the oommon sympathies of our race.
To those who suiter in our Kotpltala, the wounded
and maimed in the war, I would say: The whole
nation suffers with you; the whole nation implores -
Heaven for your relief and solace. A grateful na
tion will not, cannot forget yon. -<•
The nation has voted to stand .by you who have
fought or are fighting its battles, Thls-groat
Christian nation has signified to the Government
its will that the cause In which you nave so gene
roußly Buffered and bled shall never be abandoned,
but shall be resolutely maintained until the hour
of its complete triumph. Meantime,-the saluta
tion of the new year, which, I offer-yon, oomes
from millions of hearts as 'well as from mine,''
mingled in many of thorn . with 'prayers for your
protection in future conflicts, and thanksgiving
tor your success In those whlch%are past. May
you soon witness the glorious advent of that
happynew year, when our,beloved land, having
seen the end of this cruel strife, shall present to the
world a Union of Stateß with-, homogeneous Institu
tions, founded on universal; freedom, dwelling to
gether in peace and unbroken amity, and when you
who have fought so well, and triumphed so glori
ously, shall return to your homes, amid the accla
mations of your oountrymen, wiser and more en
lightened, and not lesß virtuous than when you took
up arms for .your country, with not oheyvlee of the
damp to came regret to your friends.
Wm, D-Bryant,
JANUARY 1,1865. -
A Famished Turtle.—The Springfield Union
says that a-few days since complaint was made to
the selectmen of Belohertown that a sluiceway
about hail a mile east of the centre was stopped up,
and that after a rain the water overflowed the,road.
Accordingly a surveyor .was sent ,to olean out the
ebanne] and repair the bridge. A large fiat stone
was removed, and the workmen put their bar under
what they jEuposed-'to be another, stone, but it
clung to. the earth. Another man standing by
took-hold o the bar, and by the utmost, ex
ertion of both it gave way, when t 6, their surprise
they lound it was a mud-turtle, measuring* three
feet in length, fourteen inches in width, and weigh
ing thirty-one pounds. He was taken to the poor
house, and SB.he gave evidence of longabstlnenoe,
a pall Qf swill was given,to him, which was eagerly
devoured. He has since been fed regularly and
abundantly, and gains rapidly In flesh. His shell
hadgrown in around hollow and rough plaoes or.
the stone, and it is conjectured that Jos tttrtleshlp
must have been there under that Btcne from five-to
ten years, Blithe time without food. ■ Perhaps some
of the naturalists-ln .this viotetty - can solve the
qaestipo, hoij long oan a turtle Uv« without food!
Fatal Mar ine Dlais ter,
LAKE—Fours livrb/lost.
Mr. (iowge B. Prentice.
Tlie New Hebei Pirate bhenaudoah.
THE WAR.
THE AEMY AT SAYANNAH,
UESEFAI, BHpXtBICK WATCHING
HABIIEK’S MOVEMENTS.
A MKMOEABMB CAMPAIGN ABOUT TO COMMBKOK.
GUEBILLA MOVEMENTS ON THE
POTOMAC BXVEBi
IS EXPIWTION TO TAB RAPPAHANNOCK.
HEBEI, REPORTS OF A UNION LOSS
ON ROANOKE BIVEB.
THE DEATH OF GEN. PRICE ANNOUNCED
BY THE RICHMOND PAPERS.
SAVANNAH.
BEBBE PROrEBTZ—CONFISCATION OF OOTTON AND
3SIOB-—’MIBSIOK OP OOLtSOTOS DR APB S*
The New York Evening Poll of yesterday pub
lishes the following:
Collector Draper left this city on Wednesday, In
the steamer Granada, for Fort Boyal, and will pro
ceed thenoe to Savannah, to take formal control-of.
the ootton, rice, and other property captured-by
General Sherman, trad «o make arrangements for
disposing of It for the benefit of the United States,
as well as to’guard the rights ofthe present holders,
if they are ascertained to have been loyal to the
Government. ,
* Mr. Draper was commissioned by the Govern
ment on the Ist of December as “ United States
cotton agent,” and gave bonds in the sum of two
hundred thousand dollars. ' The duties of ex-Ool
leetor Barney, who was formerly ootton agent here,
were, by the commission, devolved on the new col
lector. These duties were generally to receive and
Eell ootton and other, captured rebel property, ex
cept such as was seized by the navy.
The Jaw under whloh the cotton agent acts was
adopted Much 12, 1863, and entitled “An aot to
provide for the collection of abandoned property,
and for tbe prevention or frauds In insurrectionary
districts wltbln tbe United States.” By that act It
-Is provided that agents of the Treasury Department
may purchase, receive,'or colled all abandoned or
oaptured property In States In insurrection, except
ing aims ordnance, ships, steamboats; military sup
plies, or munitions which have been used or are de
signed to be used In making war against the United
States. ...
DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED PBOFBBTY—OI AIMS
OF THB KRHKLS,
In regard to the disposition of the abandoned pro
perty, the law provides that It may bo appropriated
to public nse om-due appraisement and certificate
therefor, or forwarded to any place of sale within
the loyal States, as the public Interests may re
quire ; and that all sales of suoh property shall be
made at auction to the highest bidder, and the pro
ceeds be paid Into the treasury of the united States.
Any person claiming to have been the owner of
.the property may, at any time within two years
after the suppression of the rebellion, -prefer-his
claims to the proceeds thereof In the court of claims;
and on proof to the satisfaction* of that aourt of his
ownership of the property, of his right to the pro
ceeds,* and that he ha* never given affy aid or com
fort to the rebellion, he will be paid the amount re
ceived by the Government for the property, after
the deduction of the necessary expenses of obtain
ing, transporting, and selling It. -
THB WOES OF THE COTTON AGENT,
_ The property In Savannah is already in posses
sion of an agent of the treasury. Mr. Draper will
make arrangements to dispose of it. He has much
discretionary power, but he is to act iu conjunction
with the officers of the Navy and War Depart
ments, and will be guided almost exclusively by the
advice of the military authority-in command of the
city. ~
The ootton agent is accompanied by an army
officer (Oaptain Hawkins); a counsellor (Mr, Glas
sle), who Is connected with the Government, and by
two men who are experts ,in the cotton and rice
business, and by other persons, A phonographer
also accompanies the party.
Absactly what all these persons will do is not yet
decided; though the nature of their duties can
easily be inferred. Full examinations will be made
in regard to the cotton and rice, and- it will be the
work of the phonographer to make a record of all
the proceedings. -It Is exported he will be particu
larly useful when Secessionists give accounts of
themselves. '
Upon a few matters decisions-have already been
made, subject to reconsideration, however, if any
different course than that proposed shall appear to
be more desirable. The cotton found In Savannah
and the flee not Issued to the population, there, will
be sold as soon as practicable ; and if the views at
present entertained by the cotton agent be given
effeot, the property will be shipped to this port; al
though It Is not Impossible It may be sent to Eu
rope. - .
The cotton in Savannah and vicinity is to be
taken In bulk and not in parcels, and in the first In
stance is to bo considered the property of the per
sons, who may have it in possession. Arrange
ments roi eettlement will be made accordingly.
? FOKBION CLAIMS.
The question whloh has been spoken of as likely
to arise concerning the rights of foreign claimants,
the cotton agent will not undertake to decide.
Primarily, as already stated, the persons now hold
ing cotton wUI be considered btma-Jlde owners. The
property Is to bo removed and sold with that under
standing, and persons who may have made any
“ advances,” or who may, for any reason, claim tbe
cotton, are to be given the opportunity of testing
thelrrlghts in the courts of the United States.
BBBBMAN’S A Ji.MY FBEFABINS FOB ANOTHER
CAMPAIGN—KILPATRICK WATCHING HABDBB.
Baltimore, Jan. B.—The steamer California,
from Hilton Head, arrived at Fortress Monroe yes
terday, with Col. Ewing; boaror of despatches from
Gen. Sherman. ’ r
The army is resting and preparing for another
great campaign. Kilpatrick is actively watching
Hardee’s movements.
The army was rapidly recovering from the effects
or Its long and fatiguing march through Georgia,
and was being reorganized and equipped preparato
ry, It is said, to the commencement of a campaign
which would be as memorable as any or Its opera
tions since its start from Atlanta, Georgia.
NORTH CAROLINA.
BEE EL BSFOBT OP A UNION DIBASTEB OH ROANOKE
RIYKB—A LOBS OP SIX GUNBOATS AND ONR THOU.
BAND MBN BBPOBTED^.
The RiohmondSenfineZ of Tuesday gives an ac
count of an expedition wbloh seems to have had for
its ohjeot the oapture of Halifax, on the Roanoke
river, with the .final intention of taking Weldon.
The boats -lost wore probably all barges, and the
‘ rebel report of the disaster is doubtless exaggerated.
Union aeoounts will, When*reeeived, put a different
fttce on the.matter. The Sentinel says:
' » The Yankee gunboat movement up the Roanoke
river resulted, as is known, very adversely. From
an Interview with a 'deserving and efficient officer
from that locality, wo gather some interesting Items,
which we present to our readers. The expedition
comprised twelve gnnboats and several barges, the
latter of twenty oars each. Two of the barges,
which went ahead as torpedo hnnters, were vigor
: ousiy attacked by our sharpshooters, and lost thirty
one killed. The crews then displayed a signal of
surrenderbut belbre the barges oonld be secured a
gunboat approached and shelled our forces so furi
ously ss to compel the' relinquishment of their
prizes, which drifted down the liver to the gnnboats.
“ The barges exploded .several of our torpedoes,
bnt failed to clear the* river. The gunboats con
tinued their progress, when several of them were
blown up. Dejterred by these losses, and by the
hazard of still greater, they beata retreat to James
vUle, twelve mlfes'above Plymouth. Up to the last
dates only six of the twelve boats had returned.
Their officers stated to the oitizens of Williams. -
port, twenty-two miles below Fort Branch, that
they had lost four or their boats by torpedoes.
When asked where-the-other two were, they made
no reply. They also admitted the loss of one thou
rand men.
“Admitting their statement, which Is believed to
be true, we can account for the other two missing
boats. The officer in charge of the torpedo force! in
reconnoitring, dlssovered a sunken boat of which no
one was aware, and cut'from her about fifteen feet
of her boarding nettings, of very large size. The
sixth gunboat was sunk by our light field battery.
Among the gunboats destroyed was the powerful
Otsego, doUbl&ender, bearing fourteen 11-lnch guns,
and manned by a crew of three hundred, reinforced
by the same number of Infantry. Four of her men,
who were, picked up at different times,-all agreed
that of the slx,hundred men on board not more than
sixty escaped with life from the wreck.
“A worthy and reliable mechanic, who was
.pressed into the Yankee service to make coffins for
the officers and boxes for the men fished up from
the wreck, declares that, up to the time of his re
lease, over two hundred had been made and shipped
to Plymouth, the men to be buried, there and the
(Ulcers to be sent to the United States. The work
of fishing up the dead was still being prosecuted.
Many of the bodies of those blown up on the - diffe
rent boats had floated down to Jamesviite. Thus
has resulted an expedition doubtless designed for
the reduction of Fort Branch and the capture of
Halifax.”
THE POTOMAC KITES.
EXPEDITION TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
Washington, Jan. 6.—A detachment of men
from the Fotomao Flotilla, under Acting Master
Toft, landed on the Rappahannock river on Wednes
day, about six miles above' its mouth, and destroyed
two barrels of powder and two torpedoes, which the
rebels had there collected.
GUERILLA MOVEMENTS ON THE UPPER FOTOMAO.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Major Andrews, ■who
commands the guard picketing the Potomac from
Great Falls to the mouth of the Monoeaey, says the
guerillas whojnfest the banks qf the river have' be
come very troublesome of late, and that hardly a
night passes without their firing upon our pickets
or attemptlngto cross the river at some point. ‘
On Monday night,'while Major Andrews’ mall
carrier was conveying the mall from oamp to Footes;
ville, he was fired upon from the Virginia shore, and
the bell passed through his hand,.shattering it.
On the samenight'the. camp of the Ist Delaware
Cavalry was" fired- upon by bushwhackers on this
side of the river, who'appeared to be operating with
White by signalling to him from the Maryland side,
in the neighborhood of Rookvillo. -
On-Wednesday night a party qf fifteen rebels
crossed the Potomaq on a raft, in the vioinlty of
Fqolesvilie, oh-a cMoken-stealing expedition, and
managed to get some miles away from the river
before they were discovered. They were finally
overhauled by a detachment ofoavalry, sent In pur
suit, and ten ofthemwere captured.
PROMT HEHEL PAPERB.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Richmond dates of
Thursday, January Sth, have been received here.
It was heretofore announced that Sherman’s forces
had driven in the rebel pickets at HardeeviUe,.
which is thus described by those papers : Hardee,
ville is a station on the Charleston and-Savannah
Railroad, twenty miles from , Savannah. 'Sher
man’s present objeotlve point is BranchvHle, the
point qf junction of the Charleston, and Savannah
with the Augusta Railroad,
We have heard no estimato of his forces, but pre
sume he has -been reinforced by Foster’s command
from Fort Royal, and perhaps by all the Yankee
troops from Morris Island and thereabouts.
General R. S. Ripley has been ordered to the
Army of Tennessee.
' The Georgia militia, after-nobly sustaining the.
State, passed through Augusta on the 28th of De
cember.
ROUTER’S fleet.
Wilmington, If. 0., Jan. 4.—Late news from
Newborn and Beantert, N. 0., reports that Butler’s
army and Porter’s fleet have gone to Hampton
Roads, or perhaps to Oily Point.
Only one thousand troops are at Moorhead City.
Tt was reported at Newbern that the Yankees; lost
five vessels sunk and fifteen disabled, all {their
horses and artillery, and muoh ammunition Ip the.
late gale. Only the disabled, vessels-worn loft ‘at
Beaufort.
An offlolal 'despatoh from General Hood, dated
Corinth, Miss-, Deo. 86th, was received at the'Wax
Department last night. . \ 4 '
General Hood statesthatthq
the Tennessee river without material SMS Since tiro
battle in front of Nashville. . - *
Jackson, Miss., pee. u.-Major Watson, just
from Shreveport, reports the death of Major General
Price, at Dooley’s Ferry, Lafayette county, Ark.,
on the Ist Inst., of apoplexy.
This gallant and distinguished officer, comman
der of the famous Alabama, arrived at Jackson,
Miss-, on the 17th ult. He is in fine health and
spirits, and expresses the opinion that the war will
soon end. He came byway of Texas,and is ao
-eompanled by his Bon. We may expect him in
Blchmond this week.
Heath of the Rebel General Price,
Washington, Jan. 6.— A telegram from City
*Point says that the Richmond papers announce the
death, by paralysis, of rebel General Sterling
Price.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
HUBDBB OF TWO ENGLISH OFFIOBBS ST JAPAN
ESE—DISABTBOUS WRECK OF A BBITIBH GUN-
San Fbanoisoo, Jan. S.—Advices from Yoko
hama, Japan, to Nov. 39th, report the murder by
the Japanese of two British officers. The British
minister has demanded the arrest and punishment
of the assasslnß, and would take measures to compel
It.
North Ghina dates announce the wreck of-the
British gunboat Racehorse on Nov. 4th, iu the bay
of Hangman, and the loss of B 9 of her officers and
crew.
NEW IOKK CITI.
Nkw Yobk, January 8,1885.
CBpecial Correspondence of Tbe Press.]
HO FOB SAVANNAH !
The present rage, and one which Is temporarily
riding down the petroleumania, and every other ex
isting mania, has for its objective point the city of
Savannah- Were all tree to go who desire to attach
themselves barnacle-like to that city, there would
be a larger number of passengers than the trans
ports could well carry. One absolutely hears of
nothing else than the vast fortunes which await us
all at Savannab, and envious eyes follow Mr. Simeon
Draper, collector of this port, and now special cot
ton agent at that city. Slnk-qll other sohemes into
transient insignificance, ail other specnlatlons and
visions. Exeunt omnes, and enter this Savannahlsm
like that fabulous roast pig which, beknlfed and be
forked, lounged about Inviting, nay, beseeching the
looker-on to dine upon its luscious body instanter.
Tbe speculative eye is fixed upon this “glittering
generality” with absorptive designs. -
A DISTINGUISHED ABBrVAE
from that new Eldorado stole gently upon us yes
terday, per steamer Fulton—Mrs. Morris, wile of
that eminent pirate Morris, commander of the
Anglo-rebel privateer Florida. Mrs. Morris awaits
the departure of the Australasian for Liverpool, to
which sequestered spot she desires to take flight,
leaving dismal Yankeeland behind to bluster and
rave, and* gnash its teeth upon a “subjugated
people.” It is stated that she was sent from Sa
vannah on account of her violent Secessienisin.
- .. .. i FITZ HUGH EUDEOW, ESQ.,
has returned to the city, after si brief lecturing tour
through the northern counties of the State. He l 9
announced to deliver three lectures, founded npon
his recent trip “ Across the Continent.”
THB POEIGH REPORT FOB 1861
is a document of very general interest, dealing dl
reotly, as it does, with that class which always,
after a manner, characterizes any. metropolis to
which it may belong, and supplies the sensational
element in its history. The arrests for violence
during the past year have amounted to 742, an ex
cess of 206 over the similar record fbr 1363. Of this
number, *62 were for felonious assaults. For murder
48, showing a diminution of 31 as compared with
1363, the riot year. The president cf the board re
marks : “ Frobably-in no city of the clviUzed world,
not the theatre of actual war, is human life so
lightly prized and subjected to as great hazard from
violence as in New York and Brooklyn. In no. other
cities does the machinery of civil justice so signally
fail to restrain or punish serious and capital offences.*
This is a startling proposition, hut It is seen and felt
by all classes of prudent and sober-minded people.”
And again, In alluding to the number of arrests
made: “ A small portion of this mass of high crime
has received the punishment provided by the laws.
The fault, if any exist, is somewhere beyond the
power of the police.”
WHAT WK ABE COMING TO.
“The oity of New York,” he go op on to say,
“ought to bo not only as healthy and attractive a
residence as any city in the world, but it should be
as safe for both persons and property; yet its pro
perty is fearfully menaced by fires and robberies,
and persons are In startling peril from criminal vio
lence. This lamentable state of things is due in a
great measure to a tardy and Inefficient adminis
tration of justice, aggravated’by the existing state
of war.- Moreover, these causes are likely to con
tinue for some years, even if the most favorable
state of circumstances whloh can be reasonably an
ticipated should occur. As our institutions and
Jaws, as administered, do not afford adequate pre
teetion to persons or property, some remedy must
be found and applied, or life In our metropolis will
drift rapidly towards the condition of barbarism.”
[Br Telegraph.]
THB TON- FOBTV LOAN.
There were crowds at the leading national banks
to-day, subscribing for the ten-forties, in anticipa
tion of the closing of the bookß to-morrow.
THB BVBNING STOCK BOABD.
11 F. M:—Gold 227% after the call firm at 2-27; j:
New York Central UBbf; Erie 88 X; Hudson River
Jl3 % i Reading 114 ; Michigan Southern 72% ; H-
Unofs Central 127; Pittsburg and Cleveland 93'; To
ledo and Wabash 103>y; Rock island and Chicago
102% ; Chicago and Northwestern 37%; ditto pre
ferred 69%; Fort Wayne 100% ; Ohio and Mis
sissippi certificates 33; Cnmberland Coal 46; Quick
silver 98%; Mariposa 18%.. The market' closed
heavy, except for Governments, which were strong.
• KARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived, barks Washington Butcher, from Neil
vitas; llva, from Maracaibo; Sunshine, from Cow-
Bay ; brig Nellie, from St. Thomas. Below, brigs
Xriß and Northern Light.
BALTIMORE.
RATAL ACCIDENT.
Baltimobe, Jan. A.—One of the buildings being
torn.down for the purpose of widening Holliday
street .tell in this" morning, burying seven men in
the rains. Four of them have been removed, three
or whom age badly injured. The others are proba
bly dead.
MARKETS.
Flour advancing; sates of 1,000 bbls Western ex
tra at $1182@11.75. Grain dull, owing to the ob
structions of navigation. Groceries steady. Whisky
firm at $2.35>£.
BOSTON.
GOVERNOR ANDREW’S MESSAGE.
..Boston, Jan. 6.—-Governor .Andrew’s message
was read to the Legislature to-day. He discounte
nances the giving or large bounties' to procure
enlistments, and suggests that such sums be gives
by the Government for the benefit of crippled sol
diers, widows, and orphans. The finances of the
State are in a satisfactory condition.
AID FOR THE PEOPLE OF BAVANNAH.
A public meeting will be held atFaneull Hall,
on Monday, to raise funds to'aid the people of Sa
vannah.
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Wednesday next has been assigned by the Legis
lature for the election of a United States Senator.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived, brim Leona, Fayal; Chief, Havana:
Selma, Philadelphia; soar. Pomona, Gape Haytlen.
. Batabd Taylor, Esq., at Congest Hall.—
By a reference to our advertising columns it will be
seen that Bayard Taylor, Esq, is announced to
deliver a new lecture on next Tuesday evening, on
‘{Ourselves and Our Relations.” Mr. Taylor’s
reputation as| a distinguished traveller, writer,
and speaker, will doubtless secure for him a large
and intelligent audience. It Is his first appearance
In this city for some time, and he should be warmly
greeted. That full justloe will be done to his im
portant subject we have no donbt. It will be resol-,
leeted that he was the gentleman who, on account
of hi/anttslavery convictions, was tabooed by a
certain Richmond society, prior to the breaking out
of the war, alter they had engaged Mm to teotore
for them. Mr. Taylor, true still to his own honest
convictions, will doubtless express them to great
advantage on next Tuesday evening, at Oonoert
Hall. Tickets for the occasion can be procured at-
Ashmead & Evans’, Chestnut street.
■pie London correspondent of the Toronto
Olote speaks of a supper given to George Augustus,
whose surname is Sala. The meal whs, by courtesy,
called a dinner, and only afewgenttemeh of literary
reputation were present: Mr, Hepworth Dixon,
editor of the Athenmum; Mr. Edmund Yates, and
Mr. John Hoilingshead, the dramatio oritte. The
correspondent adds: “Mr. Sals, although ho haß
returned, is still continuing Ms American letters,
and is at the safhe time engaged in writing a book!
A more amusing or rollicking ‘special commis
sioner’never wrote ter the press; but in all other
respects he stands on a level with Dr. Mookay,
which la about the sorriest compliment that con be
paid to any literary man.”
Anew poem by Mr. Tennyson, Bhortly to be
published in England, is said to bear the name of
“ The Cruel Sea Captain,” and to be founded upon
a circumstance related by Admiral Symmons (often
dented) of the men of an English frigate command
ed by a brutal officer. They laid their vessel along
side of* French man-of-war, folded their arms, ne
ver stirred while broadside after broadside was
poured into them, and thus went down—all on
board perishing—with the British flag still flying.
It is said that the sole-foundation for the story
that Mr. Tennyson had been reading Ms “ Princess”
to a private circle of friends was, that wflbn he dined
reeentlyat the Conservative Club, he read a few
passages from the poem to a young poet who hap
pened to be his host.
. Bbignoli in Pabis.—From the tone of the vari
ous Prate journals we receive, It appears evident
that Brlgnoll is a genuine suooess.and is looked
upon already as the successor of Mario, although
be has appearedTn only two or three parts as yet.
Brlgnoli’a method of singing is much, praised.' It
■was a repeated remark of many .amateurs and pro
fessionals in the lobby of our Opera House last year
tbat Brlgnoll would certainly fall—that no foreign
audience would put up with Ms.airs, and endure
Ms miserable aoting. But the.factsremalnuninflu
enced by these predictions. Whatever faults he
may have, Brlgnoll has certainly attracted more at
tention and favorable criticism in Paris than any
other tenor for years. -
We have received long.letterafrom different pa
pers an d feuilletonists, but will only here give tho
gist of what they Bay. The Moniteur calls Brig,
noli “ a true singer, possessing the best Italian tra
dition o, managing with a pure, taste and a perfect
method a charming voice of tho true tenor ling.
Faria has reversed the decision of Madrid.”
The well-known feuilletonist Eseudier says that
“ Brlgnoll, an old acquaintance, returns to Its still
young, and la full possession of Ms powers, and
wlthhia talents enhanced (perfeclionni) by long
study. - He is a great singer and a great musician.
He sings ail classes of music—one evening heslngs
‘ Don Fasquale,’ or the, ‘ Barber,’ and the next day
the ‘Trovatore’ ana ‘Un B&llo.’ At last the
tenor needed to sing-side by side with Frasehinl tg
teffna,” - , j
Another writer compares Mm to Mario, and hays
he has “ the same guttural timbre, the same chirm,
and the same sweetness,” j] ’
On the other hand, one writer* thinks thit Brig
soli is not as young as he was ten years ago: and
that his voice has alreaflypaased the meridian of
its excellence.. This is not, however, the general
Panic Entertainments.
fMiBS Lucille Wbstbew announces a matlnde
at the Academy of Musio to-day, when the will ap
pear in her well-known character of Lady Isabel, in
“ East Lynne.” The entire company of the Wal
nut-etreet Theatre will support the other parte.
Akch-etbekt Theatre.—To-night Mr. Clarice
closes an engagement seldom paralleled fnip hrll.
Uanoy and legitimate success. He has appeared In
almost all his standard characters, ranging from
the finest comedy to the broadest burlesque, and dis
playing the wonderfcl .versatility of his genlas.
This-success has confirmed Ms position as the first
aomedlan-ln America. We have had neltheroppor
tunlty nor space to speak of Mr. Clarke’s merits as
they deserve. Criticism In his case is so inevitably
complimentary, that a few words of emphatic praise
Is as much as could be said.
Ohestut-Strsbt Theatre.—An afternoon per-:
romance ol “ The Octoroon” will take place to-day.
In the evening the Warren comedy combination
enact “ The Poor Gentleman” and the faracs of
“ Nursery Ohlekweed” and « Betsey Baker.”
{£Walnut-6trbbt Theatre.—Miss Western will
enact two roles at this establishment to-night.
Thisbe in “ The Spy of St. Marc,” and NarramaUh
in “ The WepboMhe-Wlsh-ton-Wlsh.”
A lecture, by Mr. D. O. MoGuln, will bo deli
vered at the Assembly Boom, Sansom-street Hall,
on Thursday evening, January 12th, 1866. His sub
ject is “ Materials, and results from their use}” and
the present and future position of colored men In the
United States, socially, politically, and morally,
will be considered.
Sighob Buts, Bobby, the learned canaries, and,
as some believe, the old-gentleman-in-black, are
engaged In a conspiracy, and hold nightly incanta
tions, for the dark purpose of amusing and mystify
ing the visitors to the Assembly Building.
American Pictorials. —We have the current
numbers of Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie’s Illus
trated Paper, &0., from Mr. T. B. Pugh, 600* Chest
nut street.
LA rob Sale op I?kal Estate on Tuesday next.
See Thomas & Sons’ advertisement.
th£ omr.
[FOB ADDITIONAL CITE MOTTS SOT FOURTH PAM.}
CASUALTIES.
Last evening a soldier accused a woman at a
bouse in Bedford street, near Seventh, of robbing
Mm of some money. A difficulty ensued, when it
is alleged he kicked the woman. She was conveyed
to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where It was ascer
tained she was suffering from a scalp wound, but
far more from very bad liquor, whloh she had been
imbibing.
Martha N. Wills, aged fifty years, fell on the Ice
at 2u20 Chestnut street, last evening,, and fraotured
her wrist. She was admitted to the Pennsylvania
Hospital. -
Boston Boot and Shoe Market, Jan. 5.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says: Now that the
bolide] a are over and the year 1855 well under way.
we may soon expect a brisk trade, aB January Is the
month v ben large Western and Southern jobbers lay in
their stock of goods for the Spring trade Onr manu
facturers are piling np a fair stock for the inspection
of borers, bnt are exercising more caution than they
did six montbß or a year ago, and there is liltie danger
of an overstock. Prices wiil probably be firm, as there
seems so reason to anticipate a break eown in the
leather market, and goods are costing high. Boston
toot and sioe!marke»shows as yet but little anima
tion, hut everything looks hopefnl for a good Spring
trade.
The total shipment of hoots and shies by rail and sea
for the week nave been 5,8-11 cases. Of this number,
4,3oBcaeee have bfen sent by ra'l as follows: 2,101 to
Its Tork and Pennsylvania. 468 to the Sonthera States
sow in our possession, and 1,742 to the! Western States
Boston Merkels, January 5,
Flour. - -The receipts since yesterday have been 4,936
bbls. The market Is steady, hut inactive; sates of
Western superfine at $10@10.60; common extra $lll9
11 25; medium do Sll.so@lfi; good and choice do $12.25
@14,86® bbl.
Obsib,—The receipts since yesterday have been 4,400
bus Corn, 4,679 do Oats Corn is in limited demand:
sales of Western mixtd at $1 9S@2; new Southern vol
low 9£@93e 13 bu- Oats are steady; sales of Northern
andCaxadaat96@fBcl3bu. Bye is firm at $1.92 ® ba.
Shorts sre scarce at $62@65. Fine Feed $56@66. Mid
dlings $63@«5 ® lon.
Provisions.—Pork is dull; sales of prime atSSS 59@
SO 60; mess $12.6C@43.60; clear $48@50 ® bbl, cash.
Beef in fleetly: sales of Eastern and western mess and
extra mess at $22@24 % bbl, cash. Lard is In moderate
demand: sales In bbls at l3 lb, cash. Hams tare
selling at 2C@22o® lb, cash. . " -
city mm
• Winter Clothing at Reduced Prices.—
Messrs. G. Somers & Son, No. 625 Chestnut street,
under, Jayne’s Hall, are now selling their magni
ficent stock of Winter Clothing at reduced prices,
in anticipation of the close of the season. Their
stock still comprises every variety of fashionable
ready-made garments, and their facilities for making
up suits to order are not surpassed by any other esta
blishment In Philadelphia.
<5
Eleoant Stock or Confections.—ln one par
ticular, at leget, the geniality of the holiday season
can he* kept np all the year round. We allude to
the joys which are awakened in every household by
the supply of pure, fine delicious Confections, such
as are made and sold by the famous old house of
Messrs, E. G. WMtman & Co., No. 318 Chestnut
street, next door to Adams & Co.’s Express. The
sales of this house, during the recent holidays, have
been enormous, and their assortment Is still as
tempting as ever. Give them a call.
LISSCOTT PETROLEUM AMD COAL COMFANT OF
Ohio.—We would again Invite the attention of onr
readers to the Prospectus of this Company, In
another column of The Press, this morning. The
lands of the company are certainly favorably lo
cated, and with a reasonable amount of energy will
doubtless make the stock a very profitable Invest,
meat. . .
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Jared’s “ Email db Paris” removes all small
pox marks and black worm specks from the skin.
Jared’s “ Email de Paris” gives the skin the
smoothness, texture, and color of polished alabaster.
Jahbd’s “Email db Pams” is endorsed by Bi
oille Western, M’lleYestvail, and Mrs. Bowers.
Jared’s “Emu. de Paris” is used by reßned
Eadies. E. Jouln, agent, 111 S. Tenth. Orders by
mail must be addressed “ Jared & Bene, PMlada.”
Ahead op Au —Perfumery has always bees an
attendant upon civilization.; from tbe early Egyp
tian period, tbe times of tbe Hebrews, and tbe an
cient Oriental nations, records come to ns of tbe pre
cious ointments and odors 'used. Indeed, remains
of sncb have been discovered wherever any traces
of private life have been found beneath tbe saads of
Africa or tbe ashes of Vesuvius. In modern days
the manufacture of Perfumery has risen to the dig
nity of an art, and thousands are employed In Eu
rope and In this country In producing tbe thousand
varieties now employed by tbe ladles. Tbe largest
depots of Perfumery In our city are at No. 41 South
Eighth Btreet and No. 18S South Seventh street, the
establishment of Hunt a do., where every kind of
odor, extract, cosmetic, and toilette article Is to be
found, from the most expensive to the cheapest de
scription. Those of our readers who deßlre to make
an acceptable gift to any lady friend cannot do hot
ter than to visit either ofthesestores and make a se
lection from the splendid stocks there displayed.
Johnson's New Family Atlas.—This is the
largest and only township Atlas of the world ever
published. Its maps are nearly twice the scale of
those In any other Atlas.
Opinion of Charles W. Morse, author of Morse’s
General Atlas, &c. r &c.: -*
“I have carefully examined Johnson’s New Atlas,
and da not hesitate to say that it Is one of the most
accurate and reliable publications ever issued.
“ Chas. W. Mqrse.”
Opinion of President Stearns, of Amherst College:
“It Is not only professedly but really a great im
provement. W. A. Stearns.”
“Philadelphia, Nov. 18,1884.
“ It is the best and cheapest work of the kind with
which I am acquainted. John S. llart.”
The addresß of the general agent Is F. G-. Howe,
P. O. Box 2080.
Notice to the People.— Head an advertisement
to today’s Inquirer headed “Notice to the People,”
on the fifth page of that paper.
To the People.—ln afewdayswlll.be ready a
work on the Eye, Ear, Throat,'Diseases of the- Air
Passages, Catarrh, Asthma, by Dr. Von Mosohzls
ker, who can now be consulted on all these mala
dies, and all nervous affections, which are treated
by him with the surest suocesß with his newly-con
structed apparatus. Office, 1027 Walnut street.
Spibittjal Manifestations.—The spirits are
among us again, and .they are causing much specu
lation as to how they .accomplish the wonders at
tributed to them. East night, to answer to a ques
tion propounded to. them, they rapped out the fol
lowing : “Buy all your wearing apparel at the
Brown Stone Clothing Han of Rockhtll St Wilson,
Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth.’’
Sensible spirits.
“ Scodeiho THE Ocean.”—The rebel pirate She
nandoah, formerly the British steamer Sea King, Is
actively engaged to the destruction of our merchant
vessels on the Atlantic, and, as the papers say, Is
“scouring the ocean.” Query—Will she use up the
sands of the sea to the operation i The captain and
crew, whether British or reb, that have gone off in
her on this scouring expedition, might be called the
off-scouring of the world; we believe they are.
Some things arethc better for “scouring.” Clothes
are, some kinds, and this remtods-nsthat the place
to get new clothes Is at Charles Stokes it Co.’s One.
Price, under the Continental.
M. Thomas it Sons will sell on..Tuesday.next, at
the Exchange, at 12 o’clock, themodern well boUU
three-story brick house, with two-story back build
ings, gas, bath, A0.,.No r . 2006 Vine street, one
square above Hogan Park. One thousand-six. hun
dred and Blxty-slx dollars and slxty-slx cents can.ro
mato on mortgage; a desirable investment.
The finest lot of " York-rlyer Plant Oysters” of
the season has justjarrived and for sale by Brady,
Painter A Gilbert, at the depot, Broadband Prime
streets. • ■ - '... * '-SjaMt*
. An. Ingenious Pocket-Book.—T9he best pocket
books' are those manufactured fcy Messrs. Mason &
Hughes, No. 44 North Sixth street;, They are made
of one piece of leather, by folding which-dlspenses
with the necessity of stitching, making s-strong and
durable book. , de2B-wslm
Bead the Biography oh Fabdaqqy,.
"(withSteel Portrait,),
In January* number of the
United States Service. Magazsnb.
It contains also an Important, letter from General
Sherman, Ac., Ac., and Is a number of unusual in
terest and value.
For sale by all news .dealers, . -
Sent post-paldror 60 cents.
C. B. BiomAUDBOw, Publisher,
jaS-thsSt. 4» Broadway, New York.
Thb St. Lawrence Hdtkl. continues open, as
heretofore, for* the entartatomeat of guests, who
will still find thereto the supeator comforts and at
teation for which thl&lferaso baa always beeff dlstia
gnlshed. - ?■. ja6-llt
Buresall’b Arnica Xhhimbkt, an tofeHlble
cure for burns* soaldg, sprains, rheumatism, gun
shot wounds, fee, A stogie application allays the
pain from a tom the instaat It is applied No fend,
ly should be without tt. ' ' delß-im
George Stbok a Co.’s Pianos, and Mason a
Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, for Bal» only by J, E.
Gould, Seventh and Obeetoui'strsats, noll-tf
Era, ear, and treated
byj.laaacs, M.D., CkmUat and Aurtst, 5U Pise at.
&rtuimai*ratewrtod. feMaya,
BkcacbC a Pbbsok ha*
not be Inferred that OonsanLi
one {with rare
wtthcnt & Oongh, sooner or Sj ll7 * '
PMiaon to PolmonAro Wi*,
lert to Itself, Strains and nZ ? *««i 1 ,
tte general strength, ~
Wo ooffiplaint. a all eases, ftSi
to get rid or a Coagh, Cold,
delay, and for this purpose n ? l ' ara,|i
promptly or snrely, or with rts “Ms
gans of the chest than SD ? W ~
an article scientifically eottnonn?'’ 8 *
selected drags, and wUoh op " " B ,' i »*h
found worthy of its workwiS y,
pared only at No. 2*2 Chestnot 8t
MiLSATJ*,^
Tbe Co**
C Hearer, Lancaster
? £ anca ster
J H O Blythe, Mew York
T J H HiJl, New York
W D Bobbg, Massachusetts'
Mrßoyle & la, m* cSvhll
J Dillon. Mew York
J c Euydam, Mew k ork
C Elmira, M X
KHPorter.^Louie w
J r Case, Gape May
rn frX? 30in -L as ’ New York i
THFarnham >
DB Canfield
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ll^
oH ft£Sr&s;-
mi '“••’•fii'
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SC Tucker, Mew York
J BPugb, Maryland
Mrs fmh & ch, Md
MrStars, Few York
AM Chase & /on,!* York
W £ Sebnmrf.i'ittiljnr*
HCoppal
W H West & wf, Penna
JP Irvin, Pennsylvania
Wm Magiur, Cincinnati
3 Wynne, Cincinnati
WO Wynne, Cincinnati
3 B Hovey, Ohio
C C Burke. Plttehur^
T B Posteous, Oil City
PHTiernan, Oil City 3
H D Cooke St wr Wa*h
® A Chipmen & la, Boston
3 H Bates, Mew York
The 1
W MBcetem, Carlisle
T T Wannan, Harriehnr*
S S Petwiler, Columbia
R W Price, New York
o Monroe, New York
GEL Holmes, New York.
J-8 Clark, New York
P Eotheher, New York
N Biane, New York
G WCashing, Wa*h
Lieafc L W Jones, Carlisle
CaptC Bourne
JSSS&Si
JchnSsSf.Pt
£® »ef4. tt'P’H
SafiS*?"#
Hrs K r i® : *^a<
Mrs Ra&iat-r » l . ! [i
w L' P«a«, wA* 1
H r Jl t“l- p «m *
r £ f O J O£,>J . s»
B y Jok»t3« *!
.gall Ton,? S»
Master G T.,-!;'*
4 M Bair T[
Mis Btr»a-.”K ’■ •
* ®?r, WiT, i r ; ” ,! . t l
!“®j '*£=^s^,
f e»tk« fe-y
John Mtilv r'r* fi «.
Jos PmHet. T.l ‘ lil ’
Amcrieug,
H a Kin*, Pittnhnr*
Geo Sacgth. Norfolk
CL Bowman. Hartisbnrg
Chas O Roberts, Now York
Col B G Savage, Dauphin co
Col JL Foster, Dauphin co
S B Coles, Dauphin co
G N Price* Delaware j
J F Price, Delaware
£-L Price, Delaware
BK Bonlden, Delaware
CW Donnaldton & ia, NY
Howard Smith, New York!
JL Smith, New York
Mre S BDnnbar. N Jersey
HksA Dnnbar.JSew, Jersey
JC N Jersey
C T Williams, New Jersey
Motes Henderson, N H
Walter Barrie, N H
The
G W Strickland. New Ycrk
WLw»,US!f
A Connelly. Washington
W F Smith, Philada
3 L Cleary, Pbilada
Luther St&rtzman, Baltim’e
J F Taylcr, Mintrsyllle
W M Knnkel
P Ludlam, Bridgeton, Ef J
S F Wylie. Baltimore
Jos £ ook, Penn*
J M Sniveuy
P SSchspp. Beading
W McßlhanesvN Jersey
Jno Sweney, Mass
H V Porter, Jr. IT S A
AMarr. New York
The Mei
W J Altfcouser, Ohio
H E Sheppard, WiL Bel
T W Brown, hew York
B J&sney, Trenton
j Evans, Jr, Trenton
H Harps
H K Perton
AO Faxsborg, Cincinnati
H Tobias, Cinciiniatl
6 J Bolton.- Harrisburg
GFHuff, Altoona ,
B S Whiteman, Fenna
S Mangle, Lock Haven
C Warsley, Allegheny eo
B A EngllFhrCincliinatl
H B Fagin, Cincinnati
Miss English, Cincinnati
J Taylor, Mauch Chunk
B Bateman, Mew York .
A B Hobbe, Baltimore
The Com
J H Paxrop, Oxford, Fa j
B Tomlinson, Oxford, Fa
£ C White, Bichmond, Ind
K Baker, Chester
E J M V&narsdalen
Thos F Dolan
F Harrington .
BShea
W p Bcome, Hew York
Chasßiddle JSew York
H M Bowe, Hew Haven
A W Hailstorm, Fenna
Geo BE Stetson, Hass
The Sfat
Charles Shoat, Buffalo
J W Bowen, Illinois
L BnshwelJ, St Louis
J Bey, Wisconsin
Abbott Young. Fenna
0 Warick, Mifflin
E Osborn, Hew Jersey
Geo Johnson, Fenna
Benj Berr, Columbia
SB Gilson Boston
Geo A Garret, Maryland
A Jsentman, Chester go
W Wessons, Fenna
Chas vanness, Fenna
Pfcnjoer, Blair co
A C flinn, Lancaster
E J Parker, Hew York
:«s Union. I
sewJ«fia
J T Leonard,
Mr & Mr* Coyle, DC
J B Mages, Manlsal
A S> Efieie, Mt hj
G B Hendrickson, Xt J?
J W Lofton, CaruiaW*
B McKiseick, Penna
G W Horns,
Xas Campbell, E?atadj
Jacob Caaho, tfewazk
G C Talmaa
G JP Jaeatoa, Elkloa
J T Boyaoids, Jaw Y&
3 Reynolds. Jr, i’swl
John Pilling, Newark
J S Pfants & saa, I»wa
Bal<
0 Dixon. Bethlehem i
Henry-Bile*, P* f
John Feardt, Pa [
A Beter, Pennsylvania I
£ Kents, Lehign county l
T Kants, Slatinjtoa |
I> Kern, Slaiiogton
£ Smith, Pennsylvania
D Heintrelman, Pa
S Blose, Pennsylvania
JfSochs, Pennsylvania
O Bomieb, Pennsylvania
1# H Pennsylvania
P Brown, lane co, Pa
U Holley, Pennsylvania
W Fisher, Saaton
14 Earle,
(B Hops, Jfreaisaaslrcn
A Kohler, Lehigh w, 6
WTJSoIh, P&
D Semmel, LeMssli co,!
.Jonas Actor, Lefcigim
Qidefm fry, LatigA c*j,
W Woodsing, LabigA g
A Houseman, Lsbigfcw
fWßomich, p 4
A Keanes, CfeA.
C Williams, Lehigh co,
P Harley, Applabscirefe
T H Houser, _Pa
Tbe
g Strouse, Fottaville
ask Bear,
Jas W Bnntiar.Stnaiaa
8 M Slack, M.tke: b li
John Williard. P«h
Isaac Woodnu!', Herat;
Bd Wen?., I,%bigicj
Tkoa FfartzelU LeWjia
Jos Schafer, Lehisiic)
Lori Klotz, Lehtfhtt
W H Maes, Lebicnt)
Jas A Yeager. Lfrigaw
B Brobst, Lehigh c)
Wm Baker, Alieaiirs
CM&se, JUehlgb « ,
EF Osenbach, BsvSna
ijj Holstein, KUlimifa
Rd Wesco, JliUenstown
Gf o Fry, Allentown
J Bowman, Trstpe, Pa
J J Stein, Allentown
B Bupp, Foglesvllle
W C LlchtenwaUner, Pa
A J Erwin, Bethlehem
A B SMrmer, Hanover
John Lukens, Soxnerton
W h Craven, Johnaville
Carper Beads, Somertoi
AC Vanarttdalen, Penn a
Joe F Whit&l, Penn a
81l Cadwalader, Doyleetwn;
Isaac Terkes, Hartsville 1
Tbe Bane
L Bucjraan, Newtown
J Woxthlneton.Centreville
F 0 Holes, New fork
Timoihy-Ely* Bnckß co
Michael Collins, New York
W Bonier, New York
John Smith, New York
Samuel Jones, New York
Amos Carson, Trenton
B W Pax son, Trenton
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
The Time fob Visiting.
BY THE JSARD OB TOWER HALL.
We do not keep that custom here
Which is to Gothamites so dear.
And which, upon, the op’ning diy
Of every sew beginning year,
Brings all the gentlemen to pay
Call to the ladles, with whom they
Chat upon topics grave and gar,
And are regaled with some good cheer.
Bat yet it Ir well understood
5 hat so far is the custom good
'That, when the year departing ends,
And a new rear begins, wa should
Pay visits to all valued friends,
Since such a cheerful eastern tends
| The bonds of friendship to renew,
And Lcve expects it as his due.
But who to see his friends that go«»
Would wish to go in shabby clothes t
And most, when calling on the fair,
The caller, as we should suppose,
Will be arrayed with taste and care*
And feel what pleasnre 'tlsto wear
Such all-becoming suiti as those
WMchßEKJißrr's artisans prep** 9 •
We are closing out Winter Slock
prices. Our assortment is still faU as *
sires and tastes can be salted. pa
meats topurchasers of Overcoahsof which wsitti
qualities and sizes. Men’s, oys^
SO. 518 MAKKET Stre*
BESOTST a
A Discovery Lose Needed.
HA2*iN»BAi;i>»ESsEKTraEI.YPaEVESTKD. ,
• ■ London Bair Color Bestorar and Brest
“Louden Hair Color Restorer and ® ws “ ot
It Is the only article ever introduced in
that win positively restore the gray hum B >
nal youtlifnl color, keeping the hair bjrt, L “ .; s r
glossy. It acts npon the secretions and the
gins so as to a apply the former with the aw -
loring matter, and npon the latter so at to H
restore their Impaired or lost tactions, rx*
or where the hair is fallingf iHktrnl;
is delicately perfumed* and canteinß no cr -
stance, its application is a c *^t!
Price, 75 cents per hottle, or «dx bottles,- pj
BE SWAY KB & SOS, 330 North Slh ih =- s
ladelpMa.
Joses’
Jokes’
OLD-ESTABLISHED
ONEPKICE CLOTHISG HOTS
' 60*MABKETMr88t,«M™^j|]
One-price OLOTHIHO, of the latest et
the beit manner, erpiessly for Bet&i! 8«l es -
Lowest Beilins Prices marked in K* m1 ■ jji<
the One-Price system la Btrictlr adherer -
thereby treated alike. Clothing mala
ett notice, had warranted satisfactory. •
ja7-tf 60* MABKBT Street, Oner 7 *
E. McClain’s CacotslS^^
08, HIGHT-BLOOMING CBBUB
the only senarine extract in tbe market* >•
from one of the laoai beantifal andfrss*
tkeCaetne tribe; else, bia new 0X^26 !.,«,
Msadows,Perfect Lots*. •wA.« a “*
tbe toilet. Prepared by W. B. MjM 3 * .
bUXTB. Street* % &&Z
JS. B.~Jh liberal ffiseonnl
*». - „ -jfld
Dqsb Gongs, for
store or office doors. to glre notico o*' * . iri 1
A Mriety o! ofier Gome. B°"%* sSi 1. >
Belts, for sale hr TBBAW' bll »*s£
Ha. 833 (SghS Thirty-fl-»)
TeTTKB, ITCH v ALL
BE. SWATHE’a ALL-BEALIS« ..[jfiUP-V
BE. SWATHE’S aLL-HEAUHGL «*»“!>
Nocaaaso obstinate, or loos stood
In aah sit time. All kind* o£ Te«« ti .
eared. Armylteb. wUdliissop iB ., !>'j.t
to ewe. Salt Shewn. Barbe , r ,i?i,rdr.
covering the whole anitaeo of * tdifia” 1 '’ 4 '. >’
many yeare* tteading. “®* p jL“ M ali»« ' r fs ?
mode of treatment, yield to th “ “ 4 o«*f J
this great Vegetable Salve sirs* 1
SWATHE*SOB, 330HoiftSIA .
Colgate’s Hobetß®^
This celebrated TOH-BTSOAP.^
Stand, la made from the CHOICE
and EMOLLIENT In its D 1^F 1
BD,and KXTRBMSLT »«■* a* *>l
the Shin. For aale bv ail n -
-dealer*.
»wo 3l ££„|»r
Hainri» miia '
E A T-hlsr, T^Vij.r
CHCmI t?
BCro ; fiuisn,
Vssa^r.
•chants’.
ife Ckri «’»
Hoa W Hopito,'
fe G biatzraas, * B ,
J 3? Haattoli, Or-s.v
A. A Kooiego.% <}f»i‘
|.CABdrew e .c,,y
VI. BradftMSk
o Hantaan,
p u>le nan,
g Davi?, Ei*t a *
G L Bechtel, Tr^r.;;,
*1 l# tJechte', Tfifit i«
J S Phillip?, T f !S,*
BQM3rtm n ,pK
J Bhlsier, HavrUb
imercial.
jBCSiPRwrtl, Fn.
f?JP£ oaBB * Asilssi
JDHendrw, Oiji
Geo Pearses, Yis#h
SBoKwn, Wctesa
MW Steele, W ct**
LmutiQ
C L Curti*, 2>'esr Lri
J B Deants, Sew Toft
B S MareseJl. Cii«rgrg
A £ Marshall,
C F fiendric, hojlsswe
B M Lloyd, bojUsbn
G J> Beans. Bucbce
James vsreasniaa, Fa
»y Bh6aL
R tf Knight, Byte*,
Wm Becker, BiCHbini
B Erb, Lancwwrw
C Kirkbrtde. Atileboa
John Baer, Baer* to
A Wilson, Backs to
H C Parry, Buefew
Chas Price, Back? w
John Price, Bucs&w