®!r JATCRDAY, JANUARY l|, 1865. - (•••s!*: c “'®s #no n °Uoeo/ anonymoi is comma- W9 do not return rejeoted manuscripts. • correspondence is solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from oar different muitary and naval departments. Whenijsoa.lt will 'E The WltMrawal of the “ Inquirer.” We know how very wearisome personal -discussions-are, and, accordingly we felt somewhat relieved when, on Tuesday last, we withdrew from our columns the contro versy with the Inquirer and placed it in the hands of Mr. Biknby and Mr. Sthabt as the judges of the4ruth of what the In quirer has for two yaifs; persistently -’Claimed, arid Mr. Beown, our cashier, as the representative of our interests. The latter gentleman made an effort to see the persons named as judges. Not succeeding, he very naturally transferred to their ac count the sum of ten thousand, dollars. This did not satisfy the Inquirer, . y?h.o ■ seemed more anxious about the money of The Press than we did ourselves, and our cashier merely drew a check covering the sum, and again not being able to find either Mr.' Einney or Mr. Stuart, placed it in v. the hands of Mr. James L. Olaghork, to the order of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, “the same,” according 'to the very precise; words of Mr. Claghorn’s receipt, ” being made and delivered in pur r suance of an offer made in the editorial arti cle in The JPress of 10th inst. to the Phila-' dclphia Inquirer to prove its circulation, as therein stated, and to be held to abide the determination of the inquiry called on in that article as therein proposed.” We re peat these words for the purpose of asking the reader to compare them with the article of the Inquirer in another column. That - journal very impertinently assumes that a check thus formally drawn—in the manner customary to business men— is “a mythi- I cal representation of money.” : This gra tuitous suggestion; of the Inq uinr ' makes J it Impossible for us to haTs any further la- j . . tercoursc with that newspaper... Ij jg'pes- thr influence of old '' associations clings to thfe Inquirer. The same instinct that led it to call The Press “ aristocratic,” because we printed a clear and clean sheet, and to use the slang phrase .. of the gambling saloon as the ordinary English of composition; will perhaps ex cuse this - .tendency to speak of checks as “ mythical representations of money.” The checks of The Press are not “ mythical representations of money they have never been protested—they have never been at the mercy of brokers. It is a subject we can never discuss with the In quirer. The refusal to accept our check and to trust Mr. Claghorn is a subter fuge worthy only of a newspaper which for two years printed at its head a per sistent arid unexplained falsehood. TJpoh pretexts that every merchant in ' Phila delphia must; disdain,,it: has broken its own agreement, and sought to escape from the controversy by studiously insult ing the credit of this journal. ~ . In now closing this controversy we de sire to congratulate the reader .upon the fact that we have compelled our contempo rary to admit the-very arguments we have heretofore-had in question. It has with drawn its claim of sixty thousand circula tion—hastily, stealthily, like a thief in. the night—actually stopping the press to chisel out of the “ form ” the prevaricating type, for we find it in apart of the edition of Jan. 4th. It has ceased to annoy its neighbors by ; printing a claim to have a circulation far above certain of our contemporaries.' The newspapers of this city are once more on fair business relations. Each moves on its way Without intruding upon the affairs of its , neighbors. As for the Inquirer, if it has been pretentious,: and unjust, and untrue— if it has been parading a false circulation, and endeavoring to create a false business— it certainly has suffered from such a course. When it charges' 'The ; Press with an interference in its business it is unjust. We did-not seek to know (he business of the hmim\ for it -published its business to the world. But feeling as sured that that journal was practising a course of-deception to such an extent that it became a system, we advanced the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of ' proving that our suspicions are‘correct. , The-reader knows the result of .that offer. The morning after the first: article in this newspaper the Inquirer appeared with out d single one of its claims in print, and since then everything that subterfuge or evasion could suggest has been attempted to escape from the humiliating dilemma. It declined our first offer. It . accepted the second because it could not do otherwise, and yet declined to permit our cashier to represent our interests— in this case amount ing to ten thousand dollars. It would have been well, perhaps, if we had allowed the Inquirer to make its own statements unchallenged—to prepare and cook up such evidence as might be innocently accepted By gentlemen who were not ex ports in the art of publishing. We do not say that-the publisher of the Inquirer would be engaged in such a business, but a pub lisher who would claimacvrculation which he dared not maintain, and who declines to sustain his own pretensions when nothing is asked from him but the mere presenta tion of his books, must not complain if we .insist upon taking any prudent measure to defend and protect our rights. And final, ly, when we bad answered every claim of the Inquirer, and gone beyond the strict; limits of the controversy to accommodate that newspaper, we are now coolly in formed tha,t unless ten thousand dollars in money is counted out and -placed in: the hands of Mr, Binney and Mr. Stuart, it will not answer the terms of our pro position. Even Mr. Claghobn will not satisfy the Inquirer. The truth is, the In quirer does not intend to be satisfied, and one pretext will serve as well as another. With this brief criticism, we ask the ’reader to carefully study the article of the InquU'er, which we print in another column, and to make up his own judgment as to tie merits of this inquiry, It will be found,” we think, that that journal has forfeited every claim that a newspaper should poa-: sess to the confidence and respect of the community; that it'lias evaded, shifted, and now rail away ‘from an investigation that it dared not meet; that ithm made a . pretence which no honorable business man ■ could accept as its excuse ; and that, failing to entrap The Press in its flimsy springes it prefers its own dishonor to a rigid and just inquiry. A more humiliating exhibit tion has never been made by qn American d«wspaper, and Ills not without a linger ing feeling of regret that we have been compelled to see such .an exhibition in our own city of Philadelphia, Jefferson Davis, Tliougli a Richmond paper boldly affirms that .Jefferson Davis has launched the ' Confederacy; on the" “sloping descent to perdition/' and the dissatisfaction with his management is general, we do not believe that the interests of what the rebels call their country will induce him to part With jiffs power. If patriotism controlled him, he would not be a rebel. He bad a coun try,- pure in its birth and imperial in its destiny. It had a continent for its heritage, . and, undivided, would have become the ruler of the planet. But Jeff. Davis de sired to be more than an American; his ambition prompted him to carve a : hew empire, of, which he should .live in history as the- founder, sharing the fame of *the. great revolutionists and captains of the world/ A supreme helfiShjiASS i§ IUAVA evident *tci him it Wftß in Richemeu or NArohEOH; the one claimed that he wrought to mate Prance great; the other that it was his mission to redeem Europe; but Davis sought to divide a country that can-only fulfil its destiny if united, and sprang upon the back of this wild, unmanageable f revo lution as if to play Alexander to Bucepha lus; Such a man will not lay down the rpen that bids the sword when and where to strike, because Ms people clamor, or at the call of a conyention. From such hands the thunderbolt is wrung ; they do not throw it down. Jefferson Davis will resist to the last the movement to compel him to surrender his military autocracy* He has been from the first the virtual dictator of the rebellion, and nothing less than a new revolution will unseat him. It is true that the misfor tunes of the rebellion are partly caused by his inability to direct its course, and "th^ he has made military blunders to which none of the mistakes of our Government can be compared, but, if he is not master of the war, he is- still master of the conspi racy. The opposition to- him is strong,' stronger than it superficially seems, but-we beligve .the South is not yet able to cast off the yoke. The call for a Convention of States to decide upon anew policy for the South to adopt., and probably to demand that General Lee be invested with absolute control of the rebel armies, is significant of 'the future, but will'-it make a sudden change ? We think not. Jefferson Davis and the rebellion are one. If the rebels depose their chief they fly to evils that they know not of. Rival ambitions will divide their power, and all the dissensions that now disturb the States will become more stormy. Tlie iron hand, once lifted, will never be put down again. Themore intelligent leaders of the rebel lion, and those who believe it yet possible to establish Southern independence, will dread the anarchy certain to' follow the de position of Davis. Him, with all his fail ures, they prefer to the chaos of States, nor are they sure that Lee, though a better sol dier, would be equal to' Davis as a states man. Then, too, they must foresee how Europe, the North, and many of the people 'of the South- would interpret the over throw of their chief. It wouldjie a confes sion of failure. It would'be an acknow ledgment that the' creator of the rebellion had been vanquished by! the monster he formed. If Davis cannot succeed, who can .? The fear of the evils that would ne cessarily follow -Mg removal, and his own influence, will probably defeat the proposal • to try him before 'of a •.Oc-nvtHiticES'^oi -States. The winter will pass and Davis will remain the tyrant. . ; But the rebellion must end in his ’ ruin. The scorpion stings itself, and the South will yet revenge itself on its leader. Every Union victory' undermines the power of the usurper, and Sherman, Grant, and Thomas are his worst enemies. If he has failed, and fails, and new campaigns end in worse defeats, the sincere rebels will be. forced to the experiment of his removal, no matter how dangerous it may seem. When it becomes plain, as it will, that Southern independence cannot-be established .by Jef ferson Davis, his overthrow will be the last hope of its friends. V ; Tlie. Rumors from Georgia. The great Union victories that closed 1864, and the terrible; campaign continued into 1865, have had two results—-they have dissatisfied the rebels with the Administra tion of Davis and aroused to action the Union men of the South. It is impossi ble to tell from which we shall reap the most immediate good. Probably the dis sensions in the councils of out enemies wfil, for the present, strengthen us more than the help of our friends, for the ex ample of Savannah cannot be. followed until.the tyranny of Richmond is broken. But we cannot overrate the importance of the Union movements in Georgia. Prom this bud Peace will flower in all its beauty ; it will grow more swiftly, root itself more deeply, for the blood that has been poured around it. We do not believe all the reports of the Savannah Republican. That many of the people of Georgia are in favor of returning to the Union we know, for is not Savannah a precedent? That the Union majority is large enough to influence the action of the State is probable, but that Governor Brown has'prompted 'the movement we are- not ready to. believe, -He is dissatisfied with the Richmond Government, but it does not follow that his quarrel with Davis makes him the, friend of the Union. In fact; if it lie'true that the people of Georgia are doing theg iliMtg, Gcvefeor Brwwrr’s vvi'l of pq condary importance. It is not by the tardy submission of the rebel leaders that the Union is to be restored, but by the volun- action of the people. Peace must rest tipoh a broad basis ; it will not come from one man, but from a multitude. But if Governor Brown has indeed disbanded the Georgia militia, he has virtually said to the State, u itisof no use tofight.” If he has said this, lie has uttered the forbid-, den word, . ; . ; . ’ We have claimed that' the cheerful sub mission of the people oUSavannah to the Union, and the manner in which they have been welcomed by the North and treated by tbe Government, would have extraordi nary effect throughout, the. South, If these rumors from Georgia be only half true, the harvest has' ripened sooner than we had thought. . THE Social,. OmiT, ants* Statistical Association of tok Colored People of Pennsylvania will begin on Monday eve ning, at Concert- Hall, a course of lectures intended to advance the cause of equal rights and universal freedom. The first lecture will be delivered, by Wm. Lloyd Garrison,* whose theme is to be “ The Guilt, Punishment, and Redemption of Our Country.” Mr. Garrison’s name alone should insure' a successful beginning, and we,earnestly trust the course will be well sustained by Philadelphia. GENERAL GRANT’S ARMT. A GREAT FBESHHT—-THE HIGH WATER AIDING IN . OPENING THE-DUTCH GAP . CANAL—MORE DE- SERTERS. Headquarters Army ,of the Potomac, ■.Tan. 11—The heavy rains which have ’fallen for the past week, have swollen the James river to several feet akovo the usual height, and the low grounds along the bank of the river are flooded, making travel In the vicinity anything but pleasant. ' The river la fall of floating debris, a great deal cf which comes from above the canal. , I learned last evening that these high tides had cauEed an opening in the bulk-head of the canal, and that a stream now flows through it some eight or ten feet wide and several deep—the elements thus , combining to accomplish what engineering skill had failed to do. Ther pontoon bridges at Aiken’s Land ing and Deep Bottom were both torn, from their moorings yesterday, and travel was thus inter rupted most of the day; but toward evening they were replaced and travel resumed. This morning the mall boat struck the' bridge, at Deep Bottom, carrying away a portion of it, but doing no damage to the boat. i. There were no Richmond papers received yester day, the rebels refusing to exchange, owing, It Is believed, to their containing: news which they did not'relish,: About thirty deserters came In yesterday. They represent that forces have been sent from Richmond to South Carolina, to moet Sherman. W. t>. McO-mwon. RUMORS PROM GEORGIA. A RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT SAID TO r.K IN P2OGRESS—TBB PEOPLB Off SOM IS COUNTIES YNIQNISTB—THE MILITIA DISBANDED. . Nmv. York, Jan. 13,—Tho steamer Arago has ar rived, -with dates from Port Royal to the 9th. She brings reports of Importance, If true. It is said that several counties or Georgia have recently held elections and’declared In favor of a return to the Union by overwhelming majorities It is. also reported that the people are arming to protect themselves from the Secessionists. Governor Brown is said to bo the principal prompter of these movements, and It is stated that he has disbanded the Georgia militia, who have gone to their homes. These rumors are all published In the Savannah Republican extra of the 7th Instant. WJEST TIKIUKIA. CAPTURE BY THE REBELS OK THE TOWS OF BEVER- LY AND NEARLY ALLOTS GARRISON. Wheeling, Jan, 13.—W e learn that the garrison at Beverly, West Virginia, was attacked on the morning of the 11th, by a foree of the enemy under General Rosser, The town and a large portion of the force defending It were captured. The strength of the enemy Is not stated. A later despatch confirms the: above, bat states enemy have again retreated they CftttSi , / : : -- The Matter of B.irlelsrh, the Balder. Toronto, C. W.f Jan. ,12.— Burleigh was again before the court to-day. Jeff-DavlsV manifesto was objected to because It did not bear the seal of the so-called confederate States. The decision in the matter Is reserved ttrfTuesday next. A. Paine Passport Merchant. Buffalo, Jan. 18.—A Canadian, named Samuel Smades, was arrested at the International Bridge, yesterday, for selling false passports.: It Is under stood ho has been ordered So Fort Lafayette. NAVAL NEWS. FOUR BLOCKADE. RUNNERS OAPTURBD BT OUR Washington, Jan. 13.—Information has boon re ceived at the. Navy Department of the capture of the schooner Flash, off the ooast of Mexico, by the Princess Royal, on the 27th of November. Her cart go was assorted, : ’ Lieutenant Commander Brown, of tho u. S. gun-' boat Itasca, off Point Oaballo, Texas, reports that on the 2#th of December he chased and run ashore a schooner of about one hundred tons. He subse quently so disabled her by shells, that she has been dismantled ana abandoned as ÜBeless, Oa the 30th ttlti tlw Ilamo ciptured ths smiwmas 0&K13 u»dl», while attempting to violate the blockade off the Texas coast,. * On the morning of the Bfch of December the Itasca chared and ran ashore the Bloop Mary Ann, off Gal, voston. As she could not be hauled off, her cargo of twenty-one bales of cotton was removed to ,the Itasca, and the sloop destroyed. - j WHEREABOUTS OF BLOCKADE-RUNNERS—THE OH A' MELKON (LATB II TALI,AHASBBE”) UNDER ARREST AT BERMUDA. Halifax, N. S., Jan. 13.— The blockade-runnor Chameleon, late the Tallahassee, is under arrest at Bermuda. The blockade-runner Colonel Lamb Is at Nassau, repairing. The following blookade-rnnners are at Bermuda, viz: Owl, Stag, Charlotte, Marla Campbell, Whisper, Susan, Belrne, and Dieppe. Of seventy one blookaae-runners visiting Bermuda,, during the past year, forty-three have been lost. Till SOUTHBBS STATES A EHBBL REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN OP 1801— WHAT THEY HAVE DONE'TO ..STEM TUB UNION TIDE—AFFAIRS AT WILMINGTON, RTO. ' . We have received rebel papers of the 10th, and make such extracts as are Interesting, sloeo we can find none that are important as matters of news. The following article, from the Richmond Enquirer , gives the rebel view of the progress of military operations during the past year. It is entitled RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. Supposing that the campaign has olosed with the last year, we may properly consider the results lu t heir bearing upon the great proposition of Southern freedom. So far as the campaign of Virginia Is concerned, we doubt whether the warfare of the world has ever displayed more courage or greater success against the-.unparalleled odds and perseve rance or an enemy. Tiiebattio rolled from the banks of the Rappahannock to Richmond, Not a stream that was not reddened with the blood, noth field that, has not been strewn with tlie bodies of our enemies. The murderous Impetus of Grant exhausted itself,: and his shattered army rests Infronfof fortifications : which they will not assault. This Campaign, which has calmed the Yankee lion into a lamb, taken as a substantive enterprise, establishes the character of Lee and his army as equal to any emergency.. Did the causo of Southern lrceaom depend upon the . achievement of this army alone, it would have been placed beyond a doubt. Unfortunately, however, the defence of our territory hag not been as effloient else where. We havono intpritioßJoimputeaderCHetiah ’ of dnty,to enf army and people in other quarters. -T-hr iiSenoe of the Confederate capbathas, of course, w>»»MlK!od the beet ability of the Government. Dut wore arc other reasons lor the sncoessful de lenee of .Richmond, . Perhaps no'people havCOVOf' endured the worst ravages of. war with more resolu tion. The people of the valley have been stripped of all their movable property; yet they are defiant and unconquerable. The people of the Piedmont region have .suffered equally ; yet their fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia cannot be broken by trial or temptation. The people of Virginia everywhere sustain the Government and support the army without complaint. This endurance, this determination, we consider, the main, reason why the campaign in Virginia has been so glorious. • , - The progress of our arms elsewhere has boon not so satisfactory. Something of our military failures, . in Georgia arid Tennessee. must be attributed■ to the public discontent in those States. We mag not vindi cate the removal of the brave arid'judicious Johnston,, we magnet approve of the course of the President its other respects, but we are satisfied that the time arid, talents devoted to opposition and complaint are so muck deducted froni the great duty of resisting the enemy. It -is the duty of public men to cultivate the spirit of resistance in a people—to tcach them wkat they must apprehend from the success of the enemy. This spirit is the surest guarantee of peace. It will, compel the enemy to respect a poo pie who oppose them. With a submissive spirit what have a people to expeO! ? Why should the enemy make even the concession of justice to a craven people ! They are already at the merey of the enemy. They will be despised and trampled underfoot. -What have the Infamous “seventeen” in Savannah gained 1 Present ease, perhaps, and the temporary possession of their own goods. But how has It been gained 1. By'unspeakable degrada tion ; by a submission which the enemy wIU never respect. . Whilst such is the condition of the portions of the Confederacy referred to, it Is gratifying to know, tint the country beyond the Mississippi has been rescued from hostile possession by the iudomlta*'- coura go of the people and army ynU>[- j/nat; fflstribi Every war must make Its Own strategy. The enemy' coin ill ended with a strategy borrowed from other na tions. They purposed to encircle and crush the infant Confederacy in the foiasofa vast military and naval force. This theory failed signally. It was next at tempted to transfix the Confederacy by deadly thrusts, with heavy columns marched through the land, cutting our communications, and destroying the productive energies of the people. These thrusts have not been mortal. They have Injured the narrow tracts traversed, but the strength of the Stales is unimpaired. We are organizing a counter policy. Our roads are being rapidly repaired. Our public stores are not so much exposed to raid. Con gress has bestowedsits care upon preparing the country to resist this system of robbery. In a short time we shall be enabled to adapt our strategy to that of the enemy; In the meantime, to balance the situation of this and the last years, we shall find ourselves gainers in. territory. We shall find our : armies relatively as strong as before, We shall see that, instead or fighting an entrenched foe, we have Improved cur engineer corps, and now provide the same protection for our men that the enemy has heretofore employed for his. : The following paragraphs give rebel vie ws of re cent events and Interesting general facts: an Expedition into southwestern Georgia. The Whig says: A despatch from Macon reports the enemy, one or two thousand strong, with wa gons and artillery, on the Ocopee river, moving la the direction,of.Southwestern Georgia. AFFAIRS AT WILMINGTON—-THE L ADIES VISIT FORT -FISHER. : i The Wilmington Journal cays that on New Year’s day the ladles of the Soldiers’ Aid Society of Wfl. . mlnulbn A 'it I ,r— v l l to jj'oiv liur, 'tfiTtdfiftll tkChl A Row Yearlg-dinner. They wore glad to see the soldiers, who were proud of them, too, as the gallant line was formed of men whom their commandercould truly say not one man left his gun—not one man shrank from his duty, ■x HR N ORTH CAROLINA RESERVES AT FORT FISHER ROW SOME OF THEM WSRE CAPTURED. The'WilmiEgton Journal states that of the Juniors ordered to Fort Fisher, some were put Into the bomb proofs and some were ordered to another point. Of these latter, something like one hundred and fifty, under command of Major Reese, were surrendered to a captain and five men, who demanded the sur render, Informing the Major that he was surrounded, end that resistance was useless. Lieut. Hamlin, as we learn, refused to surrender, walking off with some twelve men. The enemy had no force to stop" them or compel s surrender. It was a transparent sell which ought not to have deceived Majortßeese or'anybody else, but apparently it did. No one sus pects treachery that we know of. The Reserves showed themselves ready to do anything that might be required of them, and If they were not closely en gaged with the enemy it was not that they shrank from their duty, but from the fact that there really was no serious encounter with the enemy’s land force, and that the positions they hold were not at tacked. The enemy’s line scarcely approached within long mnsket range of :the fort, and no at tempt was made at storming. BOSTON. THE AID FUND FOR SAVANNAH—DANGEROUS OOTTNVRIiFEtT. ■ Boston, Jan. 13.—Cash contributions to the sa vannah Aid Fund up to last evening reached thirty thousand dollars. ;. Counterfeit S6QO bills on the North Bank, of Bos ton, are In circulation. They.elosely resemble the genuine. ' Personal. DEPARTURb' FOR CALIFORNIA. New York, Jan. 13,-rMajor General Sickles and staff sailed for California today, on the steamer Ccstaßica. •; the senator from Kansas. ■ Lravenwobth, Jan. 13.— General Lane was to day re-elected as United States Senator for six years, by a vote of 82 yeas to 17 nays. Fire at Watertown, Mass. Boston, Jan, 13.— The extensive dye-house In Watertown, Mass., owned by Adolph Lewando, with a dwelling adjoining, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss amounted to $30,000. Surgeons .for Hancock’s Corps.— The Wash ington Chronicle says: A board, consisting or Sure feon Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Dougherty, inlted States Volunteers, medical director of the corps; Surgeon B. B. Wilson, United States Vo lunteers, and Assistant Surgeon Alfred Delany. United States Volunteers, fs fn session at the Stan ton United States General Hospital, In this olty, for the examination of applicants for appointment as surgeons and assistant surgeons In General Han cock’s Ist Army corps. > - Applications, accompanied with proofs of two years’, service In the army or navy, and testimonials of fitness, should be forwarded to the Surgeon Gene ral of the army. + ' The examination, which Is a fair, plain, practical one. is intended not only to prevent the entrance of unfit men, but also to-determlne'the relative merit of the successful candidates, who-will be commis sioned, as far as practicable, In the corresponding order.' ■ The detention In Washington Is very brief, not over two or three days at most.: Most of the applications thus farrccefved are from men of established reputation, and of three years’ experience in the field. Extraordinary Somnambulist Feat. Among the visitors attracted to Clifton during the week of the inauguration of the suspension bridge, was a lady named Luefcman. She was residing at the boarding-house called Sion Spring House, situ ated in the neighborhood of the suspension bridge; and which has Ayeravda-h running along the whole of Its frontage before the drawing-room windows. A few nights after the opening of the bridge, pollbe rergeant nineteen was on duty at the top of Granby hlifshortly after midnight,when he heard a piercing shriek eomlngfrom the neighborhood of Sion Spring House. He quickly hastened to the spot, and found Mrs. Luckman lying in the garden In her night dress, and evidently considerably Injured. It ap peared that the lady had walked from her bed room In her sleep, entered the drawing-room, gained ac cess to the verandah, and fell over Into the gar den, a distance of sixteen or twenty feet. . Fortu nately In her descent she cleared the Inner railings, and fell on a flower-bed In the garden, but she had a narrow eEeape of being Impaled on the headsplkes of the railings, when the accident would certainly have been far more serious. Ogb of her legs was broken. How she got over the rails of the verandah, which is about three feet high, is not known j but, strange to say, a chair was found there. This had been taken from the drawtog room/through the window by which the somnambulist let herself out: and whether she had been accustomed to sit there, and intended to do so. on the present occasion, or whether she used the clialr as a means of getting up and standing upon the handrail from which Bhe fell, cannot be ascertained. When ploked up In the gar den she had DO idea of how she oame there, and the D: alter created considerable excitement and alarm; but lt waß soon ascertained that the lady-was a som nambulist.—Bristol (Evg ) Mirror. British and Foreign Bible Society.— The last arnual report of this institution makes Its receipts for the year A1C8,905, being over £1,200 more than In any previous year. This was from ordinary sour ces, while nearly £BOO were subscribed for special purposes, making a grand total of £169,703. The circulation of the Holy Scriptures exceeded by many tbouf&nds those of anv previous year, atuouutine to very nearly two millions and a half of Bibles, Testaments, and integral paMsrs „r. iy M NOW TeStMBSDtS, maliiag tbs WtAl Issues of the society efn so its formation to tie roity-flve millions five hundred and thlrty.nine thoneana four hundred and fifty-two. The Germania Orchestra will give this after noon, at Musloal Fund Hall, the following pro. gramme: ■ Overture—“La Dame Blanche”i.A. F. Boleldleu, Song—“ The Song of the 9th Regiment”. A. Lortslng. Carnival of "Venice, (burlosq ne). ~ J. Gumr’l First part of Slnfonle No. 3- -- s “Er01ca,".......;.............L. Y. Beethoven. Overture—“ William Te 11”....... Rossini. Second Finale—Linda”......G. Donliettl. Galop—“Bride or fh? 'Winds”, „g, Toiler. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1865. IMMMM—— ■■ ■ * ' HBPORT OF MA#OB QBNBRAL BtFTLBR—TKB PRK rARATIONH JfOR TUB MOVE AND THE NUMBER OF TROOPS BHBABKED—INCIDENTS OF TUB PABSAOB .TO WH-MINOTON—THE FLAB OF ATTACK, TKB DIFFICULTIES, AND TUB LAND IN 8 OF TKB TROOPS —WHAT RESDLTEdVfROM TKB LANDINO, WKAT PREVENTED ITS ULTIMATE StJOOBSS, AND. WHY 'TKB TROOPS WERE 88-EMB ABKED SIIPPLE "MENTARY REPORT OF OSNKKAT. WBITZKT,, GIVING! ADDITIONAL DETAILS—REPORTS FROM SKBORDX NATH OFFICERS. ! > ' .'V '' ■'V-aahiwotsgjJan, I,l,lmiSi AAEA»<jc\A.*t-r mss AKotnie of this XJHITjSD STdTSSt ' City Point, VA.,Jan. r, ISOS. Mon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of Wart ' Sir : Herewith I have the honor to forward Malar General B. F. Butler’s and subordinates’reports of the expedition agalnßt Fort Flther, North Carolina Ab the report ol Bear Admiral D. I>. Porter has been published In tho .papers, Iwouldrespaotfuilv request that 1 General, Butler’s report; with all the papers accompanying It, bo also given to the public. Very respectfully,'your obedient servant, * • TJ.,S. Grant, Lieutenant General. Heahwiktebs of Virginia and North CabTimka : Akwtofthe James, jXTHBfiEiiD, Jan.,3,lBSS ’ L'ofWitlfnitettstales^' *' Grant '-Armies - Gekekal:. On the seventh of Decemhor lest, in obe dience .toy our orders, I moved a force of about >ixiT flve hnndtv d effective msu, consisting of General Ames 1 division of the 2sth Corps, and General Paine's division of the.2sth Corps, under cominicdcf Major General W<itze.',;toan eooainpoi''ntnear Barmoda OnthsSih the troops embarked for Fortress Monroe On the Bta (Friday) I reported to Bear Admiral Porter that the armv portion of the conjoint expedition directed acainst Wlf. milgum WBB ready to P/oceed. We waited there on Saturday, tho 10th, Sunday the llth, and Monday the 12th. On the I2th Bear Admiral Porter iiromed ml that the naval fleet would Bail on the 13th. but would ha -obliged to put into Beaufort to take on board ammunl tion to r tbe monitors. 1 he exp'edit ion ha ving become the subject of remark, and, fearing le.t its deetma'ion should get to tho enemy, in order to direct from it ail attention, on the moraine of Tuesday, the 13th, at 3 o’clock, I ordered the trans port fleet to pioceed up the Potomac: during the day to Matthias Point, bo as to be plainly visible to the scouts end signal men of the enemy on the northern neck and :to letrace theii, course at night: and anchor under th 6 Iceof .Cape Charles. : - , - Having given the navy thirty.rixhonre' etait, at 13 o’clock, nooh: or the 14th (Wednesday), -! joined the transport fleet off Cape Henry and put to eea, arriving atthe place of rendezvous, off New Inlet, near Pert Fisher, on the evening of the 16th" (Thursday)'"' We there waited fur th? navy on Friday, the lStn- Satur day, the 17th, aid Sunday, tee 18th,during which days we had the finest, possible weather: and: the smoothest sea,. '■■■-. . ■/ . „ 2“ the evening cf the 18th, Admiral Porter camtfrom B/auforttothaplace of rendezvous. That evening the Sfa herame rough, and on Monday, the 19th, the wind eprangup freshly, to that it was impossible to land the tioopf, and by the advice of Admiral Porter, communi cated tome by Jfctt'r, idire-ctsd the transport fleet to rendezvous at Beaufort. This was a matter of neces <atr, becaute tho .transport fleet, being (coaled and’ watered for ten days, had already waited that time, v'z: from the 9th, the day on which we were ready to sail, to the 19th. . ... •• . ' 22a,Thurg gale,' I was occupied in coaling and watering the ti-Anaport fleet at Beau . fort. The Baltic, having a large ■: supply of oal, was enabled to.reinain at the plaee of rendezvous, -•with a brigade on hoard of twelve'hundred men. and General Ames reported to Admiral Porter that ha would co-operate with him. On the 23d I sent L ap fi B r C o{ ' from Beaufort, T B i “i i chaoitierituu, to Atllhlia] FOrter, to inform iiim that on the evening of theMihi would again. lie at the rendezvous with the transport fleet. for the purpose of commencing the at-. tack, tl a weather permlitiag. At 1 o'clock on the eve ning of the. 24th I came in sight of Fort Fisher, and' found tlie naval fleet engaged In bombarding It, the powder voEseL having been exploded on -the morning: previous, - abont 1 o'clock. Through-Gen Weitzsl, X Arranged with . Admiral Porter to commence tho land- - mg, under the cover of the gunboats, as early as S o cfock the next moraine, if possible As soon as the fire of tne Half moon and Flag-pond hill batteries had, been wleneed Ctheee are np the shore some two or three miles above Fort Fisherf, .Admiral Porter was anite sanguine that he had silenced the guns of Fort Fisher He was then ursed, if that was so, to ran by the fort into Cape Fear river, and then the troops could landand’ hole the beach without the liability of being shelled by the enemy’s gunboats, the Tahe. aaaee being seen in the river..: ■■ : ‘ .It is to be remarkedthat Admiral Farraiut, even, had , never taken a fort except by running by and cutting It ofl from oil Piotpect of. reinforcement, as atTort Jack son and Pott Morgan, and that nocasemated fort h-ii been.silenced by a naval hre daring the warjthat if the Admiral wonn put his ships in the. river tt e army could mpply him across the beach,t as we had proposed to Farragut at Fort St. Philips that at least the blockade of Wilmington would be thus effectual, even if we did not captnre the foit. To that the Admiralrepliedthathe ahoulc probably lose a boa t by torpedoes if he attempted to mn uy. fie w&s reminded th*t the army might lose five hundred men , by: the assault,: and tnat his boat would not weigh in the balance, even in a money point of View, fora moment, with theloss of the men. The Admiral declined going by, and the expedition was de prived of that essential element of success. ■ At 13 o'clock noon of the'ZStn, Sunday, Oapt Glieson.: fS5 l S? u S dl P !! 1! V? covering division of the fleet, reported the batteries silenced, and hie vessels'imposition to cover.ourelanding. The transport fleet, following mv flag-ship, Stood in within eight-hundred yards o 7 the beaih. and at once commenced debarking.!- Tha-laadim. wassncceaefuilv effected. Finding Omtdhe reconnol. liins pat-ty met landed could held tin Siota. 1 eater -5 emntei 8 “i a , w ¥ eh might be Brigadier Gen. Cartis; Who deserves •wellfor his gaDantry and conduct* immediately pushed up his brigado within a % fcuadrtf yards of Fort Pather, capfcutmg the Haif Moon Baileiy aai its men, who were taken off by the boats■■ of the navy. The fcKinmsb Hub advanced to within, ssvekty* five yardspt the fort, protected by the glacis, which had been thrown, ,bp in such a form as to give cover, the garnsond being kept ia their bomb proofs by the fire of the nary, which, was very rabid aDd.contiaaoaß, their shells bursting over the work with very considerable accuracy, At this time we lost ten men wounded on the skirmish line by, the shells from the- fleet. Quitting my II iv shin, 1 wanton board the Chamberlain, and ran in' within a yards of the fort, so that.it was plaiity visible. - It appeared .to . be a:square bastion, of veiy high relief, ( ay feet, surrounded by a wet dii ch some fifteen feet wide.: It was protected from being enveloped by an asean! tin* force by.a stock ade which ex ended fiom the fort to the sea on the one aide, and from the marshes of, Capa Fear river to the salient on the other- No material damage io the fort as adefsnsive Work had .been done. Seventeeen heavy guns bore up the beach, protected from the fire of the navy by traverses eight or ten feet high, which we-e undoubtedly bomb- proof shelters for the garrison ' Witnthe garrison kept-within their: bomb-proofs It was easy to maintain this position, but the shells of the •navy which kept the enemy in their bemb proofs would keep Any troops ont, : When these ceased falling the pa rapet wss fully imtnned, , Hleut WaUing, of the fed Ntw Torn , pressed up to the ease of the ditch and cap lured a flagwTuch.had been ent down by a shelf from the navy. It Is a mtetaie, as was at first reported to me, that any soldier entered the. fort. An orderly was kiln d about a third of a mile from the fort, and hishorse In tie meantime the remainder of Ames’division had capttued two hundred and eighteen men and- ten com missioned officers of : the North Carolina -Beesrves. And other prisoners. '.From them’! learned that Kirkland's IhSipmMMlM Of mkdU divisloniad^ome’tSuilhl^ before to Witeington, and were ;then onithe marsh, if tley-lad not already arrived., Ileatned also thaUhnie troops had leftHichgond on Tuesday,the 2ath. Know ing the strength of Hoke’s division, 1 found ,a force op posed to me outace of theworke larger than my own in the meantime the weather asramed a threatening as- Ne* 4 -' E ,“ rf to roll m SO that the landing be came oiflicnlt. At tbis .tima General Weitzel reported to me.tba to aicaolt the woik, in his judgment and 5 in that ol the txpenenced dficers of his command, who had been rn lie skirmish line, with any.pr,sped of SUCCESS was impossible ~ This opinion concurred with my own, and much as.l regrettid tho necessity of abin dtmmg the attempt, yet the path of duty wae plam 2* to etrohgft work ae.Foit Fisher bad beemtaken by atsauli during this war, and I had to'guide mo the ex perience of .Poit Huddoa, with its slaughtered thou rands m thd repulsed assault, and the double assault of Fori . Wagner, where thousands were sacrificed in an attempt to take a .’work. less strong than Fort Fisher, aiitr it had beiwsnhjected to: a more continned and fclJy- as severe, hie, and in neither of tho instance" I hav e mentioned had the assaulting force In its rear,- as I had. anaunyof the enemy larger than itself ■ liherefore oidered_ that no, assault (should be made, ardtlat ths troops shonld re-embark,’ : While napisrin tending the preparations for this, the fire of the navy ceaßed._ Instantly .the sms of tbs fort were fully •manned, and anharp fire or muss etry, grape, and c'anis te 11 wept the Plain over wh ch the column must-have Advanced, end the skirmish line was returning. Work* ing with what diligence we could, It was imposslble to get the tioops tgam on hoard before the sea ran eo high as to render fnnher re-embarkaiion, or even, the send iug of scpplifß ashore, iropossible. • 1 lay by the shore until eleven o'clock the next day. (MonasT), theShth, when, having made all proper die! petitions for, gai tiog tlie tioops on board, I 'gave ordors for the t fleet ae fast as ikey were Teatiy to sail for Fomesg MOM'OS in obedience to my iStficttons from the Lietueaaßfc Gtsceral ■ • .• ' ..J from Resellers and the prisoners Veaptaraa that ihe tupposilion upon which the Lieutenant General dnected the expedition—that .Wiimmgfcon. had besnde noded of troops to oppose Gen Sherman—was correct That avthe time when the army arrived off Wilming ton were less than four hundred men ia the garri son at Fo--t Fisher, and less than a thousand wichtn twenty miles, but the delay of three days of good wea thsr, tho 16th, i?th, and 18ib, waiting for tho arrival of the nsvy, and the fnrrter delay from the terrlblo storm oi. the list, 22d, and 23d. arvo time for troops to he brought from Richmond, three divisions of which were either there or on the road, , .>. . . . 3ho instructions of the Ideuttnant General to me did not contemplate a siege. I had neither siege trains, nor supplies for such a contingency. The exigency- of poesihle delay,-.for which the. foresight of . the comman der of the aimies bad provided, nadaiisen, to w,t, the large reinforcement of the garrisons. This, together wish the fact that the navy had exhausted their supply : of ammunition in the bombardment, left me no alterna tive but to return with my trooos to; the Army of the James. _The loss of, the opportunity of Friday, Satur day, and Sunday, the 16th. I7th; and 18 h. was the im mediate cause of ibefaiiure of tbe expedition, . It ib not my province even to suggest blame to tho ia vy for tbear delay of four days at Beaufors t know none of the reasons whi«?b. do or do not justify *t It is to be presumed they are sufficient.- I am banov fco bring to the attemion of the Lieutenant Generaltbe ax- Mlknt behavior of the troops, both: officers and men, which was all that could bs deslrod. , I am under tpecial obligations to , Captain Giwson, of the Santiago de.Cnha, for tho able and efficient man-' nerin whichhe covered onrisndieg to Captain,Aides, of the Brooklyn, for Ms prompt assistance and tha ex ceilent gunnery with which ihe, Brooklyn cleared the shores of aH oppoters at the moment of debarkation; Lieutenant Farqnbar,: of tae navy, having in charge the navy boats wbi *h assisted ic the landing, deserves great credit for ihe.energy anlakiti with whichhe ma naged the boatfc ibrouifh the rolhog surf ‘ I special cob mendation is dne to Brigadier Gen. Gra ham and the offiters aud men of bis naval brigade for theorgamzation of his beats’ crews for lan ding, and the nn tiling energy and industry wiih^■■ which: they at la-, bored m re-embarking the troops daring the storaly light of the 26th and the daTS following. For this and ' other meritorious services during the campaign since tbe Ist of msy, wbfeb have heretofore' Jmeii brought to the notice of the Lieutenant GeneralTAmy oflicial leports, lwculd respectfully but earnestly (recommend Gen Grabamfor promotion. v < .Thenumber of prisoners captured by us was cluding twelve officers. ' Two heavy rifled guns, two tight guns, and nx caissons were , also captured. The loss ot the army was one man drowned, twomenkilled, one officer captured, whoaccidentally wandored through our pickets, and two more wounded while upon the picket line* by th© shells of the navy.' : • • • ;- v Always *haTj of mentioning with commeadatiou the acts <>f my own personal staff, yet I think-the troops who saw it will agree to tho cool courage and daring of Lieutenant fcidney B. Bekay, a. B. C., in lauding, on the night of the 25th, and remainlog* aidiag-ia<re embarkation, on tbe 27th. . For ihe detafir-df-the land ing and the operations, I heg leave to refer you to the reports of- hajor General Weitzel, commaudlßg the troops, aDd Bri*aaier General Amea, commanding tho division landed, which are hereto appended TraetlM my action will meet wiih the of ike i.ieat« b jarOeßeraii this rf port Is rsspeotMy . . bjeaxJ, Fi bptjLßh, Major General. Jteport of Ciencml Weitzel, ' /. . Headqu ARTAKS 25i h Coßrs, V . ; . . . r iftvrHß Fjblp, Dec. 31,1831. . Brigadier. General J. -IF. -Turner* ■ eHef staff* De mrtment of Virginia and Korth Qarolina: Gexer ai. : In accordance with orders I moved ou tha evsnixig of the 7tii inetsnt, with about seven thousand men ol .General Amt s’ 2d Di 7if-ion.24th. Corps, audGan Maine’s Ist Division,-25th Corps, io the- rear of thele't' of horlines at and bivoaackid for .thenigbt>aMfae Signal Tower, r . . During the night Irt ceived ah order from*the General con-nmnaing to remove my command at d&ylight nex: morning to Bermuda Hundred, and embark it on trans poits that w»uld be famished, and- then/rindezvous at FnrtrfssMonroe. .‘This was done, * . We Jaykere until the Idih Instant, waiting for the navy to get ready and the -weather to improve, At S o’cciock A M,, ou the 13th, the entire , transport fleet, by the dh ection of General Butler, m ired up the Chesa peake lay and Potomac river to Matthias. Point, and re turned ihe next day and proceeded to sea, : arriviug ofl' the rendezvous at MasmboroMniet on the evening of thftlSih. . v ■ . - We ley thereuntil the evening cf the lStli,-wheat Ad miral Porter arrived. The weaiher was then perfectly calm and the eea emootb, but on the evenihglSf the 18tb ihfere was quite a rough: *ea, making it impossible for troops to be landed on the beach. AdmirSV Porter was therefore requested to delay his attack until the sea be came smooth, so that we could co-operate with him. • The woather because more stormy and rougher; and on ihe 20th, 21»t, 22d. and 23d it blue a gale, compellinr. most ol the vessels 6Hhe transport fleet ahelte’ harbor,,to get a freih supply ot' coal and the 24th,.at as early, an.; hour as;possible;: we lef. Bf ar.Jovt baibor for N'tw lniet. and found upon ourar rival, before dark, - the navy, engaged in shelUn- Fort Fieher. . t - •’ \ ; T a,ter 4»7 ff'.tlifl CoramaniiSii's pbsj with umi Col, qjtoticW, S o fi i p Grant o ct«ff, and ittirnca from Admiral Phrrtr that the powder ve- ?fe l had exp)oded at. 2 40 A. M. that day, clos toFortFisher. anti that he. hadcommenced tha attac, at dayllsht filing his fn.t shot Rt il, M. i and that tb - . rebels had replied with little or no spirit to hia fire, and 1 e seeutedsaiiattlne of, an easy captnre ol the work. - Irepoitsa thtoto General Btuler upon my return, and waa then aiiectfd to land a reconnoltringsparty, about five hundred men..on the following-day, to push as clote as possible to Fort Fishor to ascertain Its traa con ' ditlon and to repoit, so that If it were found praeticabl*' to assaMt, all the troops could be iande 1 and the a«sanlt roade st half past 6A. M theneit dsy. lltatw Admiral Pottf-r acAa ranged.withmm the delaUa foricoverin the laudiOK. and aistt for lanuin* the troops ■ ; As soon as all the transportsarrived, and the prepara tionrwera reedy, five hundred men of the liid Nav. YoiUyoluntters, and fifty,meu of tee U3th New Tori Valuations, of Geaoral Gnrtu’ brigade, iffiea* division THE WILMINGTON FAILURE. t , he of Brigadier General CurtH, vi®v? * aD^^ £ >n the beach, about three miles above Fort fifther. I also accompanied the body of men in parson. We is ere covered in our landing by a division of twelve under the command of Captain Gliseon, united States navy* and the sloop*of-war Brooklyn, Captain Aldan, United States navy, commanding. We were assisted by the boats of these vessels, and those of Other vessels. -• soon as the landing was made, I directed General Cnrtis to pash bis command down'the beach* so, far- as he could go. He pushed his skirmish line to within a few yards of Fort Fisher, canning on his wav the sur render of the FJag Pond Hill Battery. The flag of this battery.and the garrison were taken, possession'.of by the navy immediateh after the white flag was raised, and before our men, moving at a double- quick, could getuptoit. ' : ~ - _J proceeded in peison, *eoon>panyiM the 1424 Hew Tvrk TtiJimtsern 10 within about unlit liiinrtMl.viraß fort rioter,» pom? from-width I had a good Tier of the work. Prom wiiat I saw then andbefore that time, and from what I had heard from what T considered valcable sources, I believed the work to be & square bastloned work. „ It has a high relief, a wide aad deep ditch, excepting on the sea front a glacis, has ease* mates and bomb-proofs sufficiently large to hold its garrison. I counted seventeen guns in position bearing up the beach, and botwien each pairof guns there wss a tra verse so thickand : so: high above the parapet that I have no doubt they were all bomb-proofs. A stock ade ran from the northeast angle of the counter-scarp of the work to edge on the seaside, f saw plainly that the work had not been mase* tally injured by the heavy and very accurate shell fire of the navy; and having a distinct and vivid recollec tion of the bombardment of Fort of Vicksburg, of Ohfcrleston, and of Fort Wagner,' In all of which instances an enormous and well-directed . shell fire has done but little damage, and having a dis tinct and NrivLd recollection of the two unsuccessful as saults on Fort Wagner, bolh of which were made under lour times as favorable circumstances as thosa under which we were placed,' I returned, as'directed, to the major general commanding. I found him on tao gun boat Chamberlain, within easy range and good view of the work, and frankly reported to him that ie would be butchery to order an assault on that woik : under the circumstances.::-: . After examining U -himself carefully, he came to the sameconclusicn; aod directed the troops tobs re em baik-d. This was accomplished by Tuesday morning. In the interval* between my leaving Geu. Ourtis’ com* maud-and th< ir re- embarkation, Gen. Curtis performed several operations, resulting in the *capture of; seven officers and two hundted and twenty privates, making a total of nearly three hundred prisoners. ; Lieutenant W; H. Walicg, of the U7th Hew York VoJunteerB f -is reported as having gone on the parapet .of - Fort Fisher, and captured its flag. He .deserves prompt promotion for this act of personal gallantry. General Curtisperronally, and his whole command, were under my eye, aud theyall behaved epiendidlv, and destrve ccmxuendatiott. Lieutenan* Colonel R. H. Jackson, inspector general and: chief ot ar liter r on my staff; remained on the skirmish line near Fort Fisher until after dark, and deserves reward for his gallantry. 1 would respectfully refer to the accompanying re-, poitsof Generate .Amea and Curtis for further details. From, these you will see that our total loss was one officer captured, one man wounded in re-embarking, and fifteen men wounded—nearly-atl the latter by our own naval-fire- The garrison of Flag-pond Kill Bat tery belonged to Kii-kiaad’s: brigade, of Hoke’s divi sion, and it is unanimously reported that they left Rich mond on the Tuesday previous, ■ , •• From aonte-of these and other prisoners we took we teamed that Kirkland’s and Hagood s brigades had al ready arrived, and that the remainder of Hoke,s divi sion was on the way. Brigadier Ganerai Graham, with his command, had charge of oiirboSts ana landing ma terial, and deserves the greatest credit fo** his industry and energy for getting these into system and organizing them, and for ihe efficient services he and his command rendered during the disembarkation and re eiabarka- e f tketvoopß. Ihavo the honor to be, very rispsctfully, . . , tow ob?4ienf Oni- Controversy with the Inquirer. f Pr..,u Tli■. t\rof -Jj.ii.iii.y lit. 4 We print tiiis morning: a receipt of .Tames Hr CJlaghorn, treasurer of the 'Union-League. Wo do tins lor the satisfaction of the TraquireiV which 414 pot seem satisfied uecausethe money was not actu ally deposited, although we stated on Tuesday that the sum awaited the order of the gentlemen named. Mr. Claghom Is selected, as our ‘ cashier; learned. that Mr, Binney was out of town; and.not expected to return for several days, and Mj. Stuart oouldnot conveniently be'found: ... . “.Received,' Jan. 11, 1865, of J. G. E. Brown, cashier of The Press, the check of John W. Forney, Etq., proprietor of The Press, tn favor of Goorgo H. Stuart, or the Christian Commission, and Horace Binney, Jr,, of the Sanitary Commission, for ten thousand dollars, the same being made and deliver-- ed in pursuance of the offer made in the editorial article of The Tress, of 10th inst., to the. Philadelphia - : Inquirer , to prove its circulation as therein stated, and to be held to abide the determination'of the in quiry called on In that article as therein proposed. “ James E. ChAOiroaN.” In this connection It may, perhaps, be not out of place for rM to notice the suggestion of a person call ing himself the “ cashier of Inquirer office,” that the gentlemen who decide this question should “commence with the hooks and clerics of The Press office.” On this question,let :us say that when The Press mates such pretensions that the Inquirer, in the interest of all honest -jnen, finds it necessary to chair lenge their truth, we shall gladly give any information that maybe asked. According to this “cashier,” It is the inquirer demand lug the investigation, and the.money of the Inquirer—not: the money of The . (Press— at issue. We have made this challenge, we have backed it with"our, money, and we are disposed to see that the investigation is thorough. To this end we might as well state, for the Information of the Inquirers that.in this matter the, cashier of The Press shall, as the representative of our interest, take a promina» ’ part; that the statements of. paeßr. anu pie6smen, and suoh ocher persons as may he necessary in the furtherance of truth, shall’ he under oath and subject to cross-examination; that the books of original entry, shall be subjects of 'rerl . and thatther© shall ba a discrimination rbotween copies actually sold and those given away torthe purpose of manufacturing circulation. We have advanced our money, and propose to mat!age our part of this investigation in our own way... We need hardly say that when, the Inquirer -has got through with this subject It will be time for it to begin a new one with The Press: " The 11 cashier of Inquirer office” might as well address him> self to themexltsof the proposition that journal has accepted, and not Interfere in matters that form no - part of the present'controversy. .. “the press BAcinMG doivh.” [From the Inquirer os'January 13 3 "''The Press continues to “show how not to do It.” Tie orginal proposition of that journal was,.' that the sum of money which It was willing to spend In order to ascertain the secrets of th e Inquirer esta blishment was to.be paid to Horace Blnnev, Jr., and George H. Stuart, In trust for the institutions which they represent, we accepted, the challenge, and .expected that there would be ; a literal compliance with the terms of the: agreement. There has been BO such compliance on the part of The Press, It slates that its cashier went to the" residence of Mr. Binney, and that gentleman was out of town; the same person called at the office of Mr. Stuart, and he was not In. Now, what would have been the course of any person who was anxious to perform his: undertaking 1 ‘ Manifestly to call again and again, hntil an interview could be had, .11' The Press had expected to receive ten thousand dollars, instead of paying it away, no'doubl its Cashier would have soneht taj.ebi&in. tb. sum £ccm VMiae wild held it fcy ftetmeßt calls ot their places oi business. Such is the usual course among business men. We do not know whether Mr,.Binnoy has re turned, but we do know that Mr. Stuart him been at his usual place of business during the last three days, for several hours each day. He could have : been easily found had there, been any desire to do so. . But. the .cashier of. The Press makes hut a single effort, which exhausts his perseverance. Our neighbor very courteously oalis.upon Messrs. ■Blimey and Stuart to come and get the money, a - thing which it is obvious they could scarcely bo ex pected todo. They did not seek this trust; it was - proposed to be offered to them-by The Press. The least tliat our cotemporary could do would be to asir them to accept the trouble which is prepared for them.. What next 1 Why, as Messrs. Binney ’ and Stuart cannot be found at the first trial to see them, and as they do not choose to come after the money, our cotemporaty, without any previous proposal to us, without notifying us even what was tabs done, de posits a check for ten thousand dollars , with Janies L. .Claghorn, to be held in trust for .Messrs. Binney and Stuart, and the. institutions- they’represent. . After all this has been done, -without our concur rence. The Press coolly notifies us of Its un authorized action, and expeots us ..to consent 1 to it. We shall hot do bo. We accepted the proposition as itwas made. We haye no doubt that it could have been complied with had it been the earnestdesire of The Press: to. pay the money. We accepted a proposition that a cer .tain sum of money should be paid over. We did not undertake to accept a check as a mythical representa tion 6f money. We do not wish to insinuate that u>e dmbt mt - abUily of the drawer- of the check to meet it, h is not necessary to consider that matter. But we are not willing that a piece Of paper, in the hands or a third person, which maybe deprived of .its value at any-moment byanotJfi cation to the cashier of the-bank upon which It Is drawn, shall be considered the same as the money whleh was offered to be paid to Messrs. Binney and * Stuart. If the latter gentlemen held' the money, they would be, by the terms of the agreement, the" judges, after an investigation, as to whether it be longed to the institutions which they represent. According to the variation -or the agreement, ■ as made by The Press "without assent on . our, paTt, : the settlement of the question will depend upon the will of the conductors of that paper, who, if they allege that they are not satis fed thatwe have, complied with the' agreement, may : ; stop the cheek, upon an allegation that we have hot satis fied them. This we have; not undertaken todo; roe have not agreed to satisfy the conductors of The Press, for we know that what we shall show them will be displeasing to them. The only persons to be satis fied are Messrs. Binney and Stuart, who were ori ginally named by "The Press, and wo will accept no other arbiters. , - Jf : The Press wants to know - all about theln guirer’s' business, we are not 'willing that It shall do so upon a contingency which may, alter all, defeat the grand object of the investiga tion , which ■is the securing of ten: thousand dollars :to the Christian and Sanitary Commissions. We further notify TAe Press -, that its assumption, first put forth yesterday, that we will allow its “ cashier” to.“take a prominent part in the investigation,” cross-examine our clerks, and inspect onr books, will not be aooeded to. There was nothing of the sort in the original proposition, and we do not In tend that, any agentof another establishment, which closely shuts the door against; an investigation of its own business, shall be permitted to roam unmolested through our office, and satisfy his curiosity as to our arrangements. The: Press proposed that Messrs.; Bihney and Stuart Bhonid do this, and we assented to it. We will not permit the cashier of The Press, or any other agent of that 'newspaper, to usurp the functions delegated to those gentlemen. Petroleum; ■PENNSYLVAHIA, WBST VIItCtIHIA, AKI> KKKTUOKV. : The Oil City Monitor, in giving a review of the oU business during the pas t week, says: ' “ Preparations for prospecting for oil were never go extensive, giving every assurance of large de velopments in the spring.' Active out-door opera tions are greatly obstructed In consequence of the severe weather. The roads are in a passable condi tion, and a large number of teams are employed in carting oil to the depot at Franklin. We quote oil at this point at *ll. The ‘strikes? for the past week have been encouraging, especially in what is considered undeveloped territory.” Notwithstanding the fact that the river is filiad with floatinglce, and out-door operations are greatly obstructed, the; same paper says that business never appeared more brisk in the streets, pedes trians and teamsters fllliDg every took and corner. A large number bf engines are going forward to their destination on the creek and river, and every thing presents a busy appearance.' Such cheering news ,will doubtless be reoeived with delight by those who are largely Interested in the oil business. Everything seems to indicate a revival, and before next spring operations will bo commenced : oil will pour lorth from the many wells in greater abun dance than ever. . r News from the Clarion oil region eotitinues to bo of the most cheerful Jiind. The excitement on the Clarion river and tributaries continues to increase, Tiie news of new developments spreads far and wJ«©j.and capitalists arc rustling in to possess them* selves of speculations which must inevitably be realized. . The _ prospects of those who are for tunate enough, 'to poEaess landed property where there are -any Indications of oIL are of the brightest,- and we think that the price or property will increase in Clarion in propor tion to that of Cherry Run. It is not at all im probable that land, which is to-day. being sold at reasonable figures, will command- fabulous prices before next summer. Sharp,•-shrewd men, seeing the prospects of such immense profits, are on the alert, making investments. Now the tendencies of Operations are to stock companies, and the amounts realized are very large, and individuals who have subscribed to successful stock oompanies haveire alized fortunes from very small Investments. Such glowing accounts will send a thrill of jew through the heart of the wealthy speculator. - A good story is told! of an old lady in Ritchie county, Virginia, who owned a largo tract o[ barren land wklih Ah« coWld.xtot sell, and tie fltlbias fif ft visitor and poured some petroleum oil along the streams which meandered through it. The report spread abroad of surface Indications on the and a whole brigade of oil-hunters came flocking -down upon the old lady. :Sho sold her land at ; a fabulous price, the owners agreeing, to give the lady one-eighth of the oil. The old lady thought she had'a pretty good joke on the speculators, but It turned out that they had a better joke on her. The enterprising fellows set up their derrick, and put down an auger, and : la a short time they struck a well which yields one, hun dml barrels of oil per day. The Louisville J f o«!-n<ilBa.ys: We learn that Cap tain Richardson, well known In this city, has “struck lie” on his farm to Breckinridge county, Kentucky. It is said to ass of the finest “ open ings » tn the State, ": :I G-. Wbitzel, , Major General Volunteers. THE CITY. (von ABM-rroiux oitt jrariro so woubth rA»»,] THE PASSEHffEB CABS AND OTTR COROBBD POPULATION. It having been jmblloly announced that a meet ing would be held at Concert Hall,last evening, far the purpose “of urging upon the public the j usttce and expediency of admitting all oitlzens to the pas-: 1 senger ears, without distinction in regard to color,” i we proceeded there endl were agreeably surprised 1 at the audience lo attendance. Many of the .most respectable ladles and geutlomya that VUf tHy Saß boast or graced anu digniflefl the meeting by their presence, interspersed among the vast audience were quite a number of genteel colored persons, all evincing deep interest la the proceedings. The platform was occupied by a number of .dis tinguished gentlemen, among whom were repre sented the clergy, the legal profession, the medical profession, the mercantile Interest, members of Con gress, and others. 1 / The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, bishop .of this diocese. Rev. Phillips Brooks read the following list of officers, who were elected by acclamation: ■ . pbesjttknt, , - MATTHEW W. BAIVDWIN. : VICE 1-EB9IOKXTB, f . Elnflley Smyth, Wm. Henry Rawle, John Price Wetherlll, Benj. Coates, Edward Hopper, Geo. H, Stuart, E. W. Clark, - Thomas B. Wattson, Charles Gilpin, Joshua L. Hallowell, Mordecal E. Dawson, James M. Mason, Stephen Colwell, . Thos. Webster, Henry C. Carey. Edw. WetherlU, Thomas Mott. Thos. Williamson, Beni. H. Brewster, JosephKenderdine, Jacob Weise, .. Edw. M. Bavls, S. S. White,- John W. Field, A. Campbell, - John Ferguson, Thomas P. Cope, John Ly tle, Wiliiam Morris Davis, John B. Verree,. Horace Binney, Jr,-, ■ Daniel KTeall, Geo. Trott, C. D. Cleveland, Bobt. B. Cabeen, Geo. D= Parrish, Thomas Stewartson, .Eemual Coffin, Evan Kanfiolph, James Roland, PT. 11. Browne, A. H. Franoisous, A. A. Konigmacher, B. P. Hunt. John Ashhurst, - Atbarton Blight, I*. P. liandelpU, Ji Jrl. lUcK-im, 11. H. Furness, Craig D.Eitohie, : Kobert Y. Corson, Alfred Bovo, .... Edward Parrish, Henry Samuel, ’William Hunt, The president introdu who spoke as follows; / eftys abating is maie known in the call wnicn convened it. It is to consider a fact-the ex _■ uiioit of a certain class of people from our street cars on the ground of complexion, such action in the premises as may be deemed advisable. The object of the meeting, as will be observed, is not to assume and denounce.' bat to consider and act It is alleged by many, end-believed by.more, that the exclusion from a public convenience like that of our street cars of a eta of our feliow-cuwenti solely oa account of: the <e?ior «r timirikin, oroftheraso to willed they STB&l* lied, is wrong in principle and oppressive in practice; that it is contrary to tbs dictates of commoa-aOnse, common humanity, and common, decency ; that 16 is a discredit toxhe city and a ttiuhonor to. the paople wh» tolerate it; that it has no aanctioiLin the usages of any civilized country, unless we inemde in that category the. so* called .Confederate States, the type of wkoaa civilization is to.he found in their; slave system, their Fort-PiL'ow'massftcrer, and the emabiated skeletons of our returned Andersonviile prisoners ;and that it is scouted by all religion, natiUKSi.* and revealed ; that it isfrownedupon alike by- Christianity, Judaism, and Mohammedanism, and £nds no apology except at the bloody shrine of Motach and in the cruel system of the darkest fanaticism. ’ Thcsetbinge, I>9ay,.arealJogedfcyraftny and batteved by more. I am-not here to assert, at this moment, their truth: It isof builiitle consequence &t this time wiat any individual may think, on-this subject. Tne gaes tion Ib—What is the opinion, of this meeting ? What is - public opinion L In ascertaining the one, we shall find one, the other. For unquestionably this meating—in terpreted by the men who have catted it, the people who compose ;it, and those who are to be its mouth pieces—lately repi esents the best public'opinion of the city of Tbiiadeipbia. What, then, fs the opinion of this meeting on this subject ? This we propose to ascer tain. That we may do so, a series of resolutions have been drawn up expressive of the sense of the commit tee of arrangements. If the sentiment of the meeting prove to fee coincident with that of these resolutions, they, witt be unanimously adopted; if the contrary, they will be unceremoniously rejected- They hare Detn dravsrn up—it seems to me proper to say—by a gen tleman particularly well qualified by reading, observa tion,: and a foreign residence,, where >uch subjects are much “ considered, to express an-enlightened opinion on the guestion to be settled; The resolutions are as follows: =' Mcsol'cetit That,: in the words of our venerable and respected townsman whose name leads the call for this meeting, we ale ‘ ‘opposed to the'exclusion of respecta ble persons from our passenger railroad cais oh the eompUxion.M ; t ~ ■;- * * - • - - we have heard .with shame and sor row.-the statement that decent women of color have uosttio°n m?A°A 0r acCBpt a standing Pha froat of vhege cars, exposed to •$* ihsleiaency of the weather, while Visiting at our mimaiy hospitals their relatives who have been wound ed in the defence of the country. nf?fi T T?f° s £} Zo a f fcwo iwtfacauses ♦J' I> fl eBe S? r °ables the enslavement of the black P?au ** fo°hth, and contempt for him manifested at thettorth, and we hold it to be fitting and just that both Sol e S e l {^ evilß should disappear together; bat, while we accord to every member of society the fullest liberty of choice and action in whatever:relates to' private inte rest?, subject only to the contiol of law and conscience, we protest against the assumption thafc.an unchr’scian preyudics or a fasijdious taite may longer be allowed to take precedence of jnstico and humanity In determining the rights of any class of oar citizen* to the use of oar - pabhc conveniences and institutions.' ' Jitsplvetit That we respectfully rtguest the presidents of our city; railroads to from tneiriut of regulations this rule of exclusion which de prives our people of color.©! their rights, and is itt'direefc opposition to the recent decisions of onr courts of ■ justice • Resolved, That In view of these receit-decmeas, the rights oi our colored population in respect to the cars ! are with out reserve; and to confine them to the use of special cars, bearing aloft the degrading labels of caste, and running at long intervals, is; a simple Subi-tltutibn oi one act of injustice for another, and is as much la \ violation of their rights as is the rule of total expal- Resolved,- That, a committee of twenty-tone bo ap pointed by the chairman, with power to add to their number, whose duty it shall bo to present, In'psrson, *a copy of these resolutions to each one of the presidents of our city railroads, requesting in respectful terms his re the,!a,me' ¥;? *° Io P“rt tie result of their mis sion, through the public press or otherwise, on or-be-' fore Wednesday the 2tth inst. ■ > The following gentlemen constitute the commit: tee: - ■ . COMMITTER TO WAIT OK BAHROAB OTjMOiuia. u. i', Hunt* Mm. . Oadwaliader Biddle, Edward Wetherill, .Horacaßinney, Jr., Robert Y. Corson, ¥u L - Pi?* 011 ’ George H. Stuart - John Ashhurst, . John P, Verree, N. B. Browne, Lemuel Coffin, Charles Gibbons, James Mott, , Stephen Colwell, . J. M. MeKtm, ?;• Francis R. Cope, P. P. Randolph, • S. S. White. -L John W. Field, Idonot propose to discuss any of these resolutions,- bw I bfgthe_pnvilege of stating two facta, by way of illustration of the ground here taken: A lady intimately knownto some.who'are present here this evening-a leo r whose presence is welcome in the drawing-rooms cod * 1 the tea-tables of some of the most refined people ; of this city—bad occasion some time sgo v to take one of the street . ears that ran up Fifth street, she was re luctant to do so, but it was raining,and it was far to the depot,_and she had no option. Soon after she too 6: her ordered her to take the platform, why/ ehe-aakeds.; .** I have my orders: yoh can’t ride inside the car; you must t&fee the platform.’ 1 She yemonstrated, bntit was no use. She scorned tn so on the platform, bnt, nmyiHing to makeascene, she left, ana took her chance with tke element*. his lady was daughter to one of onr bravest revolu tionary heroes; one who was a prisoner of war in the hands of the British; one who, in his day, was oae of the mot t respectable citizens of Philadelphia: one whote memory is still cherished by some of the best men in onr community. This iedy was brother to an accom plished gentleman and brave soldier, who fell in the service Oj his country, and. the otner day was buried in this city with the honors of war. This lady is auntto one 01 om most accomplished yonug conatrywomea; one ’whose pen las contributed to the value of oar chief luontry -This lady Is the Wlffl Of 0118 Of lha gratlemea who is to address yon tliis eve aiag. I relate srease not because it is a. peculiarly hard, ace; hat W cam edt comes closer home to us than do others that might be related of a-more flagrant nature. ?or, be it remembered, there isno more respect due to thie lady’s; feelings and rights than is due to the humblelt and darkest-hued sewing woman in the community. - Nearly three years ago-ddrln* the gloomiest days of the wai-the.nation was electrified .and delighted hr news of a bold deed done for freedom in Gturieston * harbor. An engineer of • a rebel steamer, with a heart tree to liberty and to our national flag, boldly con-- ceived the idea of capturing the vessel and transferring ber and her sable crew to. the fleet of Commodore Dn* >ont, then blockading that port The feat was as brilliantly executed as it was bravely uedortafcan., ' dust as the guns ' of-/the Onward were about pour ing a. broadside Into her,, her white flag was seen, and her character discovered. Robert Small was the hero of the hour. . Bis name and his gallant be* aavlor were themes of universal praise. The. press of the country eulogized him: Congress passed resolu gons m his favor, and voted him a handsome reward •“Obt. Small was retained as engineer of his steamtr— the rlanter—-and the vessel did good service for the couptry. In the process of events the white captain of tbe Planter having shown the white feather, Bobt. bmail, the black engineer, wa* made commander in his place. As: such he came to this city, bringing his Ship with. bim. ; to undergo repaid at our navy yard. One day that man was turmdout of our street cars oecawe o/ his complexion! as he and his pilot, a white man, were going to their vessel. .. The facts were these: £ e took a Thirt-enth-street car, on his way to the navy yard. He was ordered to leave nisseat and go forward ■” “I am accustomed to go forward, but-why?” 4< We allow no man of your colqrinihecarsvyoumusfciblorward.” '‘Ho,” said he, * I can’t obey that ord«r, I wilt remain aft. Is it tbs law?” ho adfied. “Yes.” “Then 1 will uot disobey the law. I will leave the ear. ” Which he did.. The pilot refaseii to proceed without him, iadlff uently sayiu, “Xwill follow my captain;” Thus, .a counnaiuter of a buited States vessel,hoaored aud. houorahle above most captaius, was rathiessty. expelied»itom our cars Ut toe rule which wb aro here to consider. And yet JSobt. Small, as a man. was eu . titled -to no. more consideration .than !s the humbteßt and darkest-huetl BBtvlng man in our community. For Jndge.Taner is dead, and Salmon P. Chare occu Pies hxa seat; the slave System is dyingbarbaric prs jndrers are passing away, and the time has come when the. fact is recozntzed that all men have rights which all other men are bennd to respect. CITY ITKM« “ Eureka Zephyr.” This new article, now for the first time presented to the public, is certain to make a stir In this com munity, and every where else where Zephyrs are used." There have been a number of imitations of the German zephyrs offered in the market from time to time,-but never anything comparable to the “ Eureka Zephyr,” which we have taken the pains to examine, and can speak of with the fullest as- PlllflW.fi. The Originator of this eploml Id aew (0 is Sir. John Iff; Winn, southeast .corner of Arch and Seventh streets, whose reputation in this depart ment is too well known to the ladles of our city to require comment. , : ' ■. ITS QUALITY Ain) OOLOItS g - will bear the closest scrutiny and comparison with the German zephyrs, while the price of the “Ed-, reka” is fully fifty per cent. : lower. Its fibre Is composed of the finest and softest fleece, producing a white zephyr, when bleached, that we have never seen excelled. The superior quality of the wool, also, enables the dyer to produce colors as brilliant, varied, and durable as the most exquisite Imported dy,os. Another great ‘ advantage to purchasers which the “Eureka Zephyr” possesses, is ' . THK jrAiJNBB 1M WUIOtI IT JS PUT UT. The most oi the imitation zephyrs now,in use eome in uneven hanks, of yarlpuslweights, rendering them alike perplexing to; dealersiand unsatisfactory to their cuEtomers. In tho " Eureka Zephyr ” of Mr, rinn this difficulty is entirelyobviated,' It Is reeled in hanks of exactly the same length and as nearly the same weight (one ounce each) as it is possible to get them, tho only difference In their weight being caused by the varied specific gravity of the dyes to which they are subjected after being skeined. The banks are also so arranged as to divide into half hanks that average a half ounce each. J FAISS, 80CIHTIE8, AND THE TBAUB : WIH find it greatly to their advantage to glvo the “Eureka Zephyr” thtfr attention. A sinala trial,' m ms aeeara, win render its pamahent adoption, m preforoucc tot ho Unpomd ttephyra, a csrtitnty- The prices of -both, however, are as. low'(If not lower) at Mr. Finals. establishment as any other in the city. Wo may also state, In this connection, hat his stock Of -Stooking Yarns Is also very large and varied, being probably unsurpassed, in this re spect, by any.othar Etock in the United, states. WIHTSR.;: CtOTIIIKO AT IiBDUOKD PltlOKS.— Messrs. C, Somers St Son, No. 025 Chestnut street, under Jayne’s Hall, are how 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 snade-gatweßts, aad their facilities for making DARIUS. Enoch Hutchinson, Edward Pennington, Henry G. Davis, W. W. Justice, Caleb Needles, James W. White, T. B. Pugh, John A. McAllister, Heniy G. Peterson. sod /, M. MoKlm, Esq., "■ Old Jones—A Tale of Oil, ' : Poor old Jones looked sad and seedy, ■ Busty, fusty, worn and needy; ■Heldhis weary head a drooping, -Carried his backbone a stooping. Folks with hearts as-hard as bones ' Coldlypointed “There’s Old Jones. ” Poor old Jones has had Some luck; Jones hss made a little * ‘struek, ” Joneß procured some shares in oil, - Aad has made his kettle boil. Mister Jones, the Honorable, Now inviteth to his tabie All the folks who used to Snow him, . And the folks who used lo show- him . Up in style so cold and funny. , As the man whp-had no inoner. Jones and Jones’ neighbors all How buy clothes at Great Oak Hall. TBEMENDOUS REDUCTION in prices to make a TBBMENDOD6 SEDUCTION of Coats; Pasts, and Vests, all of the very best style, anality,. and finish ’ WAOAMAKER & BROWN, " Oak hall,- It ■ S. E. cor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. Wheelkb & WxiißON’a Highest Paainoa SaiMrooms, TO* CHBSTBUT S tract, ahoy« Berauftr ™? rnln * : ofthalEth lost,, after a iiDgerln*- illnese, Ann &., wife of Wm Hazlet. oSk on er sa h eMd a ai' B , M M “ rBt| ali street, at 10 Wll” turaw . K . r 12th* iiS m,? a » IBBt < on ’w !F, »J' * m tllB mnmtnsr of ft® Smith M 5 nte Mcsbitt, -Wife of Charles p, r„? er , relat i. TBs l flßd .friends- are invited to attend the Monday, the 16th last.»' at 2 o’clock, from her Ifo- 21 Bast Union street. *** * Cl»m l7 dM»o,?^of D T owm S ßto 7a' *! n «« Uth instant, ° a Mo/d?;:sv Carriages will he at the depot to meet the train that in * , .funeral will take pla.es on : Saturday mnrnf&p »t °FOULKK at On € si? r^ 0f St- James IffiSST^f* P*rkflr S l£?n£* ' Tf ?£uary 7, 1565, ’Richard De ° f ?i liiam P&rk€r^ulbe and Julia nt??Jr n j£ ° -m, a | 6d ? Sean* and 4 months. ** TTniflifsSSl , at his gnp, in aciton. on board the £* sieamet Mackinaw, at Fort Fisher, North Carolina* Deo. 25r 1554. Juhn Sergeant Griseom, eldest o"St°^?5 01 /? ail^ -Mercy B, Griscom, of this city, in the Tear of his ace. Bis friends, and those of the family, officers of the S. a, yf» of Montgomery Lodge, No. 19, A. } v and of the Masonic Orcer in general, are respect ru.-iy invited to attend hie fanera*, from the residence of "J 8 widow. No. 707 CaJlowhill street, in this city; ou Mondsy, 16th instaat s .ftt 2 o’clock JP, M., without farther notice, N. B -Baltimore-and New Toik papers please copy. BUSONIG- NOTICE —The Members of MONTG 0- MhK£ LODGE. No. 19, A.-Y. M., and the Order in geme rah are requested, to meet at their new Ball, CHEST NUT Street, on MONDAY AFTERNOON, ISth instant Bt2o’dodr 4 to attend the funeral of our late Brother JOHN SERGEANT GRISCOM. jal4 2fc ; CNABLES TIEG, W. M CUMMER tfOODS.-: *■_/ -We -will open TO>3)AY the ba,Ji.2icg of last Knm. mer’6,BBBB3GOODS Uum<Ks^SS flsu Goods will cost Pom 75 to 50 concent, advanes BBSSOff & SON, Hnarnlae Store.' iaii tf Ko. 01& CSEgTaiTIT StrSit. CUPEE BDAOK SILKS. —&_ MTO sto«k 01-Blachofi's' Monmlng.SHk; tyougr Pi rl . elenne Gros Grains, Failles, <Ufc& Glossy Wh;L and Futple Edge Silks, Ac/ :. , 7 T? White . BESSONS SON, Mourntn» Rfcnrft jald-tf. Mo. SIS CHBSTKWlhra'at- * m 1865, 2.00 Honay-Onah Quilts 300 Colored Conotorpana, - 1,000 Guilts for Ho&pltalg Fino.stock Towels, dec.. So. BTKK S BitfDßth, " . iiLl4 . ?QDRTEi led A-RC4 Streets, op salts to order M* not surpassed by any otherest* bllßhment In Philadelphia. Elbqakt Stock or Cosmo noirs.-ln one par ticular, at least, the geniality of the ean be kept up all the year round. Weallnde to the joys which are awakened In every household by the supply of pure, ftne, delicious Confections, such as are made and - sold by the, famous old : house of Messrs.' E. <3. Whitman & Co., No. ‘ 318 Chestnut street, next door to Adams & Co.’s Express. The sales of this house, during the recent holidays, have been enormees*; and their assortment is still as teßoptiDK ftfl ever. G-lve them & ealL Jabbo’s“ Em Ait, ns Parir” removes all small* pox marks and black worm specks from the skin. Jabbd's “Email dk Pams” gives the skin the smoothnes#! texture, and color of polished alabaster. Jamb's “Email job Pams” is endorsed by Lu cille Western, M’lle.Vestvall, and Mrs. Bowers. Jarek’s “Email bb Pams” Is used by refined Xisdles. E. Jouin, agent, IXI S. Tenth. Orders by mall must be addressed “ Jared A Rene, Phllada.” jaO-mweSt • A Royal" Editob.—The King of Stem Is apv tron of the press, and contributor thereto. He pre pared for the Siam Tunes a very intelligible article of over three columns, on etiquette and good taste. He urged the adoption; of Ameilean fashions in re spect to dress, and declared his intontion.of setting the fashion by sending to Philadelphia and procur ing a full suit at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Kcckhlll & Wilson, Nos.; 603 and; 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. Thx Parabola Sr kotaolbs —They assist and improve Iho vision, as hundreds who lava worn them will verify. They have what is ealledan uni versal foens. Look through them at any angle or the eye whloh you may, and the magnifying or di minishing power meets you at a centre, Forsale only by Eyf, Ear, Tjieoat, and Eiiso Diseases— Catabbh, Asthma, ami Bronchitis.— A book for the people, with rules how to guard against these maladies, by Dr. , Yon : Mosohtlsker, of 1027' Walnut street,'will be ready by Tuesday next. The author can now be consulted on all those ma ladies, ana all nervous affections, which are treated by him with the surest success. Office 1027 WaK nut Street. . . -'A - . : ■ ■■>' : CHBAB SHBBTIHOS,: I purpose opening on This Day (Saturday SsvßEAh Dots bi* Shektinos, at prices lower than they are sold wholes lA. - Extra heavy 9-4 Sheeting, $1.15.' \ « « -10-4 “ $1.25. , 1 case 4-4 WilHamsvllle Muslin, GO cents. 1 bale Ballardvale Flannel, 60 cents. { Yery heavy 4 4 Shaker i’lannel, $1.05. ■ John Bob;8, 241 South Eleventh straet, jall-st* above Spraos. Hioh ArfEOTAL.—Mrs, S.' A. Allen lately re ceived a letter from a lady, stating that, at the sug gesiion of numerous friends, she purchased a bottle of Mrs. S. A. Allen’s World’s Hair Restorer and Zy lobalsanmm, or Hair Dressing, and after uaiaga few times, her hair, which was quite gray, was re stored to its youthful color, and new hair was fast appearing. Ifo lady’s toilet is complete without these preparations. Every Druggist sells them. The. St. liAwhekoe Hotel continues opart, as heretofore, for the entertainment of guests, who will still find therein the superior comforts and at tention for which this House has always been distin guished. ! jab-llt ® Geobse Steok St Co.’s Pianos, and Mason a Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, for sale only by J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut streets. nol6-tf_ Ete, EABj iAKD: Cataskh, suceosßfuUy treated by J. Isaacs, M. D., Ooullst and Aurist, 511 Pine st. Artificial eyes inserted, No charge for examination, Ebal Estate aki> Stocks, Tuesday hext. See Thomas ft Sons' advertisements. ' SPECIAt' WQTICES, Skates eoe Ladies, MissSs, Gentle jies, og Boys; Skate Straps, Heel Plates, Skaters’ u —---i Gimlet*, and Parlor Skates (by which you may learn to state m-e0v.w,... v - TKDMAN & SIIA#, Ho. 835 (Sight Thirty-five) MARKET Street, • K . below Ninth. . BAILBO AD CONDUCTOES’ PcNCHES, Witch make holes of different shapes; and a variety of Shoemakers’ Spring and Hammer Punches. forsaieby TBCHAN Sc SHAW, Ho, 835 (Eight Thirty-five) MARKET Street, It below Hintb. Colgate’s Honey Soap. This celebrated TOILET SOAP, in such universal de mand, is made from the CHOICEST materials, is MILE and EMOLLIENT in its nature, PE AGBANTLY SCENT ED, and EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL in its action npon the Skin. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods dealers. : . V ; . , .feffi-tuthsly - E. McOlaih’s Cactus Gbandiflobis ; 08, EIGHT-BLOOMIKG CBEUS -Wo believe it to bs the only genuineoxtract In the market, It being mad* from one of the most boantifal and fragrant dowers of the Cactus tribe; also, his hew extract Queen of tbs Meadows, Perfect Love, and other choice extracts of the toilet. Prepared by IF. E. Hcdain, Ho. 33* H. SIXTH Street. if. B.—A liberal discount given to wholesale deal ®rs - ' deisim ffIFWI Geobge Stsck &, Co.’s '-V'.' ■AM ' HASOS 4 EISHJ’j CABINRT;OBGaNS. PIANO, Over 600 each of these fine CABINET FOETES. instruments have been soli OBGANS. SIS a For^ 6 s.°« B . si® SEVENTH and CHESTNUT Sts. CABINET FORTES. nolS-tf OBGANS. The. Dancing Season i . : BT THE PARD OP TOWEF. HALL. The season now has come aronad When gay assemblies meet, To frisk about, to music's sound, . With blithe and nimble feet; ■ lint often rivalry is set -Within the youthful breast, For every beau in ball-rooms met V Aspires to dance the best. 1 'Though Nature may her part fulfil, ■ And grace of form bestow, Yet most depends upon the skill Of moving heel and toe. But shape end skill will both ba vain If an ill-fitting dross Appears each motion to constrain, • • . . Or give strange clumsiness. - So, eveT commendations warm . Flow from each candid heart, , ' . ■,/' Whsiilooktn? on the dancer’s form Who movsß with gtacafnl art, And has an added charm bestow’d Upon his motions all, . j By wearing clothes of faultless mode And fit, from Tower Hall! ' Winter. Block selling at greatly Reduced Prices, Special inducements offered to purchasers of Msx’s, Youth s’, or Boys’ Overcoats. TOWEB HALL, No. 518 MARKET Street, BENNETT fit CO. l o C K-s T n o a SEwiaa MACHimB, - SHX CHEAPEST, SffiPLEST, AJD BEST. X>IEI3. ■35. Borhbk, Optician,. No. 402 Chostnnt street. jalo-tuths3t OTICE ~-ja=» FIBS KEFOKWE CHUBCff. SEVENTH and 81 * I>AM, Pastor. parfccplarfy«fgyit e£ * , ~ - - eBOTBAI' COJJCBKT' HAI.L -DWTGHT, £M>-» late ’ I<MBOBBOW, at 10 H M..an<i V 4 ara cordially inrited. ,COpiTM|U^| TRBNTH Street —Divine AFTBBNOOH athalfpaft MOBiOW b r £a*- JOflJ* OJkWJSI §«al« ?iw» - ■ ar-CM- ST. MATTHEWS fc®- CHUECH, WBWBtreet, betojr Beee and Vin« S*rvie*s' J2f- BUTTES, lon TO-MOBBOW 10}£ o T clock. Evening service conuner «kts=> ii ki» i» lse, siXTi ■HE?- COATBS.—PreacMaff TO' MOI by Bev. THOB. TASKBK, ant 7. by KOLbOCK. ~ : - ■KvS=» -“THnoreSOTEW AH®' B3E? STOCKTCS, SABBATH AF. o’clock, la the Lecture Room, at Bv WOOD Streets. Preparation foe reopen me of a. dience room. Special interest.. Ait invited. srsr 1 * bbv. j s. wiius, at tbf *2S> QTJ2ST of FRIENDSHIP DIVISION, S, of T., will deliver a sermon onTBMPE&ASOE Western Presbyterian Church, 8 W. corner s, ; TBENTH and FILBERT Street-, TO- HOB RO w s' ING, Jan-15, at 1H o'clock. Member! o»the Q.r tht public are Invited- ‘ : rjS=? PHILADELPHIA TRACT , l»=sy MISSION SOClETY.—TheSeventr-eiglut icgin behalf of this Society rrilt be held inth*s' Presbyterian Ghnrcb, SEVENTH Street, bslo*'' TO-MOBBOW (Sabbath) AFTERNOON ktSSZ Key. C W. SHIELDS, Pastor, B«v. J H !>■ BERGER: B. D-, and Bey. PR sNKLIN MOOT? 5 take pmtin the exercises. Funlic invited. ‘ THB rORTTFIfTHASSIv SAii Y ExercisesoftheUNlON m. g c,,. be held TO-MOBROW (Sab H/ TEBNOON. at3o dock, in theCharfhonFOirpfc below ARCH. r - : = The exercises will consist of Sharing, by tbs c. and addresses by Rev. EH. STOKES, of g ew r ; and Bey. ANDREW LONOAC BE. both fir£f of the School. All friends of Sabbath Schools r invited. »3§r= SWKDBPf iSOKS f ABT—“ TUE T - Scripture Doctrine concerning Hrll a« . 1 by a rigid application of the Science or Corres winch is the Key. to the Spiritnai Sense ofSc-i -V inis will be the subject of Hey. B F. BIBRETra tare TO-MORROW. EVSNfNG, R t7M o'clock, cirt BROAD and BRANDYWINE Streets. Se4, a f, Barrett in the morning, ai 10X o'clock. Subject • mains. l ’ All are invited S3EBMOH-" OK MISISTF.KS . MORKO W, at VA P. 55 f gm s T W 8 ;A?foS I^ATKr^'f a ! V^KgF^^ on The Hod: upon vjhich ’ The Olinreh Split/- a practical and liveiv Inirod notion Prefixed pcVk •• Blind GnidesW-JDST ODT in nnc after services. Send in yoar otdere to Dr !,v; 11112 CHESTNUT Street. Price M cents aci? prl l ,, Thw termonDr. L. delivered eight cones-- Babbi»tfls to ovoflowing bonses. 05gp SFKIKG 6ARDEN HAM r„ BSa£s TEENTSnnd SPRING GABDBN Stiests meetings of the Church of God assembling W-. SYgry LORD’S DAYntlflK A Jf . (W hraslinror bread, "ahowiag the Lard's .w V J f. f,raj ’ er Bod praise, aw for "tsai and: admonisUng one another; ” Presehine v Word by CffAS. CAMPBELL; at 1U P. M. ISsf= tkmpekascb _ Tire skc.7 SERMON IN THECOURSE, nnder thfad of Brotherly Lore Temple of H, and T. ■ ’ wil> s liyered by the Bey. JOSEPH H KENNiRn .. Church, EIGHTH Street, above Green, TO-MORr Evening, at 7J£ o'clock. Templars and the Fri-T the Cause sre invited to attend. By order ofr mlltee. 'THE EJLK BITER ASB 81. I® - CHEEK OIL COMPAHI.-The GorporA: the ELK BiyjEß ASD BLOB CKESK OIL COMP are hereby notiSedthat a meeting will be held «• 308 Sooth BOTOTH Street 'Philadelphia. on si DAY, the 30tb- of Jannary,-IBBU, at 7J£ P- M f". porpoee of perfecting the' organization of sain Goan When a ,Board of Directors will, be elected, and otfier bnsinesa transacted as may be necessary in t to comply with the laws of Virginia, nndsr which Company hold their charter. : jaU-St I*IUI,ABEII-UIA SABBAT - SCHOOI* ASSOCIATION;—The Monthly v I®* of the Philadelphia, Sabbath-School Associatin', beheld on MONDAY EVEBING.-Janotrv w?h f, Ohnrchof the Nativity, cornet ELEVENTH and Mb' YBENON Streets, at hall-past 7 o'clock The Hollowing question will be considered- “ nnmber should conetitnte ft class in a Babbiiii -rh The friotds of Sabbath-schools are invited to hi sent. „ _ ; GEO. H. STUART, Presid’: Jl Martut, Secretary. »hibd At the Annual Election foi on the 10th. instant, the folic eel to serve for the ensuing 3 jDavid B. Paul. I " i3eorg4Cookinan t ■'-> .• J. £. i JT» B. , Ata meetioff of the Board, jal4-3t |ggp REV. UESRT WARD BEECHE GREAT LECTtjRE, Before She Youojr Men’* Christian Association, Academy of music, THURSDAY EVENING, Jan. 19, V Satyeet: BEAUTY AHD THE BEAST. TICKETS forunreserved: seats., h...,25 a . Vo. for reserved seats. 30ci To be had at GOG CHESTjJTDT Street, Clax ton's ar * bookstore, on and after Monday ■ j^P^y v R3Ey.- CArvigr fairrank, By epecfal request, ‘will ’ LECTURE AT EATIOHAL HAEt, •' MARKET ABOVE TWELFTH STREET. On TiJEfpAY EYESTKG, 17tA last., at 71,' o’ch Mr. Fair bar&-s wife will bopraseat, wbo mlal't- So &* -55 to read, and atterwi oa |vs releMß.;'Ha will also relate pa enlara ofmarnaje, treatment, pri; sc.;: As thousands, on tbeJast Lectors, ware oblize jro away, unable to set in the Hall, only a lim! ■nuiober of tickets will be sold for this Lecture t core yopr tickets early.: Ticket office will be a from 1 io 5 o'clock. Ko extra cat S Seats. Admission 25.eeais, Tostssrej ® tents, Poors open at Sjjo clock, - |3j§“ keck wits.roK the For H W,, W iP D «sS«»Hurt r mmw »< . find Streets Pit and desiring i nformatton cm ap to either of the undersigned, Eecrnitiog Comm'ttea ; Dr. J. MAO KICaOL, . jSio —Parrte&ftres: , - .T. W. TBACSaBA, Ontario ptwe: FBED’K 4. VAET GLBVS. fio. 20f South Fifth sires - resn-Tiis a clock, attjießooms of the BOARD OF T BADE at ifi {on wiU beheld for OScers and Kami M 4# SlnSTear - BICHiKOOWOOD. - J - & - ; S ‘ —--: ■■■-■■•- -•■■- ~ - Secretary fgp^. 'Boss'om : company.—a fi FIB C, K rjT Hi a l a! ofthie reliable monthly THE 2?re C e !l?6st , 'p“«& C ~ y ’ for «■**,: E^» I ??iP Sr4, ' :KE ® TIS B OF T! ■Eye! psniMTflaM»un» hold at Viry™ma™>Sk«! su*BrsS^?i u* isVENIHO ' Ja?A^lb*J>s®vSLBo’cl««fc . JOgjg SY, SIJffBSj Jr. s Secretarj SEiECX BB4DIN6S WITaT I JiAIil o* anSr H BfOH B ,tknsnw > ' Sr f Mls >? CORTygLff CAFFS jal3 6i P * r ° C ’ lredat aUtte Dtihoipil KnricStora. ®I?K€%ISk sg 5?5u» £* Tfiiljsing, 033. the occasion Doors oc^i door-* 8 ’ ° r Bnr o 1 t3t ® ““deplaned CommittS? or a:: IsaiaiiC. “Wears, ' i rr b t?h o j gaSkWt*-: '• IhS Motrice Hall, WLUiam RPnca •> al3 3l * V_ Chairman of Com. of ISnlemem. SHE CENTRA L NATION AI/ BAS? afs-Bink tea^ssss^^- el8o!9i:B * aeu * Thornier T T^S a V gharteaF. Norton. fe& r - John1 B a am -- «E.&, JchS MUn eß . ’ IWyal Roberts. M A TROI? fSrS&El ,r a “ ?°" d held this day. G 3 ' At the AEBnai January 13,18 - Dayid B Paul, l»; n ”; r A Geo. Cook in an! r £• Rowell* McCreary, J B 6e “ oß> Wm. C. Allison. ■: ■>• »- lerwo. F*rrT m m tlnBof ‘h« Board hold this day. BIVJfD i P jal4-3t E q ’ WSS “““hwoelv re elected President -•-.“* ” h. BMmaiMS. Cashier. At an ejection SdSSttffuthtf jSSfS^slha ttofSkf 1 0191 were elacMrSof! Idwin S'tetrti., Fra a QCI?Te < te mPl>9ll ' Join Ashlnm, rffiSSSU™.,. ißtuvßj j ftmttlo, William M. Parr. Joseph t>. I,over,ns, Jr., Bindler Snmfc. Benjamm .A Baruhsuu. William H. Merrick. Joshnaß. Idppincott, , And.at a meeting ofthe Directors, this day, S. A JS wfsPS' ’t'?. mre® 1 ® iIDO SS IT A e ‘ elected President. Si tmlWlkil‘ E F IS f» ISI Vice President,- and Wll-bU BDSHTOH, Jr., Cashier. jaHm W. SPSHTOIf, Ja,. Cashier ''fc3|p USTITED STATES 1* KRISTI A r COMMISSION. CASH ACKNoWXKDUifE.''" up to Jan. 12, JE6S: Army Committee, X. SI. C, A., Boston, Miss., _ per Jos. story, treasurer.. $12,05) i rooklj a anil Long lelandiGliristian Gammis sides, pens. B. Caldwell, treasurer 5, 50- Cyras Strong, Bmghampton, H; X 1.0X 1 Children’; Pair and Cborcheß. Slnr sine, H. „ d\. per Miss A. Bockwell, treasurer......... 1,251 Cteatiam Con mission .Providence, K. 1., pjr W. J. King, chairman........ i5...1,233 x) v r PHILADKX.PH lA. B. Hit (additional),. Sabhath School of St. Paul’s Church, cor Jos'. - G. Darlington Exhibition of Collection of Works of Art be ' Pinf l Art* 0 Jaa ' L ' Cla » ioM ' >o Academy of Mist CoL Emanuel German Befiirmed Church, par Key. . 4C.C. Defiayen. Beading Baiirrad C 0........;....,.,. , ... Kidge Avenue M- E. Church, per Bey, M. Best- Amount ackmmlsdsgd la relSgSoas newssa, i'otal.... •»>« Amount preTiosoiy, aetaowlfrlgsd ,„.1.0fi.61i ' $i C 63,04< 1 JOS yXr«4«nn»r -wf^'f®Sbß!'ls rauwa sum Giinitsstt C"" M!ySloJxiros a Phlladetpli23, -fxoin J&a. Ut to Jfco. I6fu; j E, (3mrcb, 2pacfeag;«k Mrs.- Ga*r, 1 package. v'— 124 boxes and packages acknowledged io. rellgte -6 newspapers. - ' • with the above record of f csnowieagßasnts we ct* fcoeysar. The fignzes awaken grafi&oda to J3od*-=£? Els people who haiegeueroasiy and constantly aasfc ed tie work. Wbeuiuarewweaks the details af l3 dlslnmement-of these large warns siaU be m%de we are confident they will cause more thaakfuiais? ‘ 3 § raise. We outer upon the new year as ftllpi?i£*tio»* hristian he&Jt3 would have us. with a - r y alia ’ empty. But oar work continually eaia- "The lion gained,and the results achieved, demand lttcr«v* f l^uf l he future. would ha o fftithfulpes?. to eoidiera ard to nn« s of theworkis.mcw6iruifcfal ami m* urgent.- Xet.the ohannels of Obrigiiaa banovo^* 1 ' now opes aa<i f W , bs kept foil to Si brim OSO, H. STDAP.T. Chuirraao. '■” '. So. QASit D. CALDWSLt, Secretary pro t* lOSAI BANK, rLAPEX.PHIA, Jan. 1?, :■ r Directors of thf s Bask >wing gentlemen. wer&{ rear: |-Wm c. Allison* I Zophar C. Howell, IThos. K. Tetersonj Ferr^e f, ißld Yfaft'day. DATHi •usly ro-e!ected Preside V* YILILV ATUUiWn . * Cash!
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