% | e"fress. SATURDAY; JANUARY 21, 1865. (49- w« can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not retom rejected manuscripts. yy. Voluntary correspondenceis solicited from all parts or the world; and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. '■ ■ ■' ' The Xaw of'Evidence. , On all convictions for robbery* burglary, larceny, forgery, and certain otiier crimes, the defendant, in addition to the punish ment prescribed, is adjudged to make resti tution or compensation to the owner, who is, howerer, rendered a competent witness on the trial of the offender. The revisers of our penal code, Judges King and Knox, and Mr. Wjsbstek, reported a section which is now law, rendering.convicts who had served out their time competent wit nesses. In their Report on the Penal Code, they say: “This section is new; it is founded on the principle that if the offender has fully suffered the punishment inflicted by law upon his crimes he should be re stored to society without any further legal aint. This follows, *8 alogical consequence, from the principle of our penal system, that the great object of punishment is the reformation of the offender. In effect the object of this statute is at present attained through the pardon of the Governor, which is continually invoked to restore such per sons to their competency as witnesses, after they have fulfilled the sentence of the law; a large portion of the pardons actu ally granted by our Governors are given to perrons so circumstanced. In England this principle has been introduced into their recent legislation; Pennsylvania, that may justly boast of being the pioneer in'the amelioration of the penal laws, will hardly be disposed to be less liberal." At present, therefore, all criminals are either ■ competent by law, Of may be ren dered so by the Governor, and we therefore have but to take one step further, and re move the incapacity entirely by act of Assembly. Bo persons in interest in many criminal proceedings, as we have seen above, are rendered competent, although the recovery of their property may depend entirely upon their own testimony. Inhabitants in settlement cases, in cases where the overseers of the poor are parties, in suits for breaches of ordinances, borough officers, inhabitants of cities and school dis tricts, are rendered competent by acts of Assembly where they would be held in competent, by reason of some supposed in- terest, in taxes, fines, penalties, or for. feitures. Still further, by express enactment, “ The Orphans' Court, or any auditors appointed by them, shall have power to examine, on oath or affirmation, any of the parties to any proceedings instituted inj such court respecting any matter in dispute in such proceedings ; and the said court shall have power to- compel the production of any books, papers, or other documents neces sary to a just decision of the 'question be- fore them or before auditors.” Row, the parties to the accounts of exe cutors and administrators are the account- ants, creditors, legatees, distributees, and sometimes devisees and heirs, and by this broad and comprehensive language the courts are clearly vested with the power • to examine any or all of them, whether for or against themselves. But Wo, said the old Supreme Court, in the same spirit which produced Wolf vs. Kink, this is not the meaning. ‘ ‘ The. language. of the act is very comprehensive,” said the learn ed judge, “ and well adapted to the pur pose for which it was intended/viz : To enable the court to do justice by an examina tion, at the instance of the opposite party, of the accountant, as to the disposition of the assets and the management of the estate, and to compel the production of such books and papers in the possession of either party as may conduce to an elucidation of the matters in controversy. The Legislature has conferred upon the Orphans' Court a power undeniably exercised by a court of chaheery; but they certainlydidnoHn’tend to alter all the rules of evidence heretofore considered sacred in courts of law and equi- ty by the introduction of the mischievous and pernicious principle of enabling a party in interest to give evidence in his owncauseJ-lP^- learned Judge puts words into the section that cannot he found in it, and substitutes particulars for generals, so as to enable him to Tead it, not as the Legislature passed it, but as he thinks it ought to be. The examination is not to be in the power of the court, but of the opposite party, and the accountant is the only one to be ques tioned against himself, ajid not to be per mitted to testify one word in his own favor, however necessary it may be to lay bare the whole truth—and yet with singular in consistency any patty may be obliged to produce books. But when it is positively declared that the court shall have the pow er and may examine any of the parties to .the proceedings, how can it be said that they shall not be examined because an old common law rule of evidence says they are not competent whether from interest or as parties to the record ? Why, the very object of the act is to make them compe tent, and have not the Legislature the power to alter an absurd rule, the relic of a by-gone age? There can therefore be no doubt that the Orphans’ Court, by express legislative enactment, possess the power to examine all parties to any proceeding, respecting any matter in dispute in such proceeding, either for or against themselves as the court may deem just and proper. Such ought to be the decision of the present day, and no Trphans’ Court exercising the power thus given them by express legislative grant need fear the ghost of,a decision a quarter of a century old. ■** The philosophy of the present age is founded on a more charitable view of hu- I man nature than was indulged iu by the j prejudices of our ancestors, whose rules of J action were often framed in the darker ages I of the human race, and by narrow-minded and bigotted persons. “If,” says Mr. | Tat Lob, “the rules of exclusion, re cognised till lately by the English law, | had been really founded, as they purported j to be, on public experience, they would ; have furnished a most revolting picture of the ignorance and depravity of human na ture. In rejecting the evidence of parties to the record, and other interested wit-' nesses, the law acted on ■ the presumption, not only that such persons, sooner than make a statement which might prejudice themselves, would commit deliberate per jury, but that, if they did so, juries would be incapable of detecting the falsehood. A more unfounded calumny upon the veraci ty of witnesses and the intelligence of juries cannot well be imagined." The Kail of Gold. j When the flag goes up, gold goes down. On Thursday afternoon the sales dOßed at | SlO, and yesterday the lowest point was 1 196, This was fifteen per cent, gained for I greenbacks in twenty-four hours. The last quotation was 205, a decline of seventeen j percent, in one week. There can be but one-reason for this rapid and remarkable fall; it is the conviction that the rebellion is near to its death. The price of gold has been for weeks undermined ; it has hung like an icicle, that, melting imperceptibly, falls suddenly, without apparent cause. | Yesterday we had no startling news or ru- I mors of Union vietories to bring gold down so far. Its fall was the result of a profound growth of confidence in the abili ty of the United States to make speedy and honorable peace. This .faith expresses it self forcibly in the present panic of the gold market. It will be more emphatic in a few ■weeks. Gold is still too high. The premium is unnatural, and is certain to decline. Every where the greenback wins victories. Shbb mah’S march laid the basis of that firm assurance of the ruin of the rebellion which the greet triumph at Fort Fisher did so mods to strengthen. The people of Savan- when they acknowledged tho autho- Hty of the Government, helped to bring gold down. The cry of despair which reaches us from Biebmond proclaims the worth of United States currency, in con fessing the: worthlessness of the war ,to divide the United States. Gold cannot with stand the conspiracy of Union armies and rebel Legislatures to bring it down. And down it must come until the difference ,in * the ' value of currency and specie is reached. There is no sound reason why two paper dollars, which the credit of this great nation is pledged to redeem, should be needed to buy one dollar in gold. SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AHVMCE ON CHARLESTON. CAPTURE OF THE POCOTALIGO BRIDGE. The Enemy Retreats Towards Charleston. THE MONITOR PATAFBCO BUNK BY A TOBPEBO. SHERMAN’S TROOPS GONE FROM BEAUFORT. THE SLAVESON THE MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA. THE SEA. »USD. PUKTAIIOSB. N*\v York, Jan. The United States trim*, port Fulton, ftom Port Royal on the’ 17th, and Por tress Monroe on the Mth, arrived at this port to day. The monitor Patapsoo was destroyed off Charles ton at a o'clock on the morning oi the 17th, while doing pioket duty, by a rebel torpedo. Forty or fifty or the erew went down with her. Their names were not ascertained at the Ume of the sailing of the Fulton. On the night or the 14th the 17th dorps and the troops commanded by General Hatch advanced on thepocotaligo bridge, on the Charleston and Savan nah Railroad, end captured It, together with the fortifications and twelve guns, losing in tit* charge forty men killed and wounded. The guns were spiked. The enemy had evacuated the place during the night, and fell back to Ashep’s; towards Charles ton. It was thought the enemy will make a stand at that point. The Savannah. Daily Strati, formerly the Port Royal Palmetto Herald, oh the 14th, has the follow- Jug items : A preliminary meeting of the Chamber of Com merce took place on the 14th. The Christian Commission has opened rooms at 147 Bay street. The institution is in great favor with the soldiers. The band of she SSd Massachusetts gave a ooneert at the theatre on the 12th. It was attended by all the generals and a large number of citizens, with their ladles. The Fulton on the 18th passed off Cape Hatteras the Ironsides and a gunboat, supposed to be the Susquehanna, bound North. The same day she passed the steamer Ericißon, bound' South. The Fulton brings 601 passengers. Among them are Major General J. G. Bayard chief engineer, oi the United States army, and Brigadier General J. H.Eeaoham. The former landed at Fortress Mon roe. —Mr. O’Bonnel’s licspsteh.- [Special Conespomdesce of The Press.! BSAtnroET, S. C., Jan. 12,1884. Large arrivals of troops from Sherman’s army have given no small commotion to this significant but ordinarily dumb little town. The advance of our forces makes cities of our smallest villages; their departure (of which Georgia is a melancholy witness) leaves nothlngbehind save It be Sodom and Gomorrah.. Beaufort has fared gentller than rea son, for it is only providential that we have not been eaten out. At last this wing of the army, under Gen. Howard, or at least a very large portion, has crossed over to the main land to resume the thread of history and the needle of war. The 17th and the 16th Corps have, for a half week, populated the Sea Islands nearest the sovereign hlgh-and-dry ground of the Palmetto and Rattlesnake “ nation ality.” The movement of the army will be fast proportionately to the object and ground; the rest is easily measured. It is noteworthy that, through all ranks, none of our heroes forget—on the contrary, All especially remember—that they are on the saered soil of Carolina, whose original secession, like original sin, brought ruin upon ns. If .Sherman, sweeps through Carolina, after the precedent of Georgia—and It is generally presumed that he will match to the same effeot—this disem- hovelled state will pay the last penalty. Charias- ton may or may not be strongly defended (our fail ure at .Wilmington is not likely to improve its ease), but defence can only add fuel to the fire. If Caro- Una still boasts its Chivalry, and Its inheritance of hate—Satan’s courage "never to submit or yield”— toon will come the Ume of trial. It is not expected, however, that the South Carolinians will prove a particle braver than the Georgians. Sherman may write, “Came, saw, and conquered;” and Carolina, “We have met our enemies, and we are thoir’s.” A CABS WORTHY OU ISqtTIRT. The troops which have left committed afew alight excesses in Beaufort, and, as-I learn, quarrelled, perhaps fatally, with one or two of tho property- holding: negroes; but the general sentiment of the army Is more or less kindly toward the blacks, a painful exception to this rale has been Insufficiently brought to attention. At Ehsnezor’s Oreek. onXfte- maroh flnd ■ftijgthepathAf his corps blocked ap and enemnber- ed'by th'e thousands of contrabands who followed bis maroh, General Jefferson C Davis ordered them to be driven to the rear, and, after his troops had crossed the creek, out the bridge behind Mm, leaving many hundreds of helpless men, women, and chil- dren on the further bank, where they were set upon by "Wheeler’s merciless cavalry, and Babred, shot, and drowned. This massacre has not yet received denial; but, whether it is true or not that hundreds of these negroes were slaughtered became General Davis deliberately out them off irom aU escape, It seems neverthe- less true that he abandoned them. In the last necessity an honotabie soldier might have hesitated at such a measure; but It seems that the act was both Inhuman and unmllltary, the tone of a brutal impulse, and a symptom of the grossest bad generalship. The negroes oould have readily crossed the bridge, and followed men not loth to take the frequent and grateful adybjs of the contra band, and quite able to protect them. Ivery'oorps commander found himself crowded by refugees, and Howard, brave and gentle soldier as he Is, crossed sixteen bridges (rebuilt as fast as the rebels de stroyed them) without sacrificing any poor fugi tives in his train. Every noble soldier in the army would deplore suoh a shameful “necessity” as that which a Herald correspondent ascribes to General Davis, and, least of all, would-" Gene ral Sherman he disposed to excuse it. He is an inveterate captain, but the boast is now more true than ever that he has brought more slaves out of bondage than all the rest of the generals com bined ; and, though he profestes that hi* hush ness is not to , save or sell negroes, but to put down the rebellion, (particularly when ho Is beset by re. cruitets and pMlanthioplsts,) yet It would not be surprising to find him, at the same time, holding a little negro ohiia by the hand. Something Uke this was a well-authenticated scene which happened a short time past. Let ub hope, even against per mitted fact, that the charge against Gen Davis is untrue; but, remaining as It is, we need not sornple words to make it severe while Its subjeot is under nomination for majorgeneralshlp. THB M.AKTATtOHB. Beaufort Is a small town, with a few streets, and a front of comfortable and sometimes elegant house* along-the river, a cool summer resort, an oyster bed, and watering place, once upon a time, for the gentry of Carolina. Over the Beaufort river are the plantations of Ladles’ Island, and half a dozen miles beyond, separated by a marsh oreek, are those of St. Helen*. Paris, Ladies’, Helena, Oousa, Port. Boy al, and Hilton Head comprise the namedolnster of islands whlehare generally termed “ Port Boyal,’ and are variously divided by creeks and rivers The cduntry Is level and barren, to all appearance, but the tropic orange, pomegranate, yuooa (a dag ger-leaved bastard palmetto), the palmetto, ground palm, the magnolia, gray-mossed and mistle-toed live-oak, the Asia tree, and the evergreen, and many beautiful Southern lowers, grow here. Pea nuts, of wMoh Borne kind old “ Auntie” presents the grateful stranger with a gratis lupply, seem to be native. In the summer these now barren but then cotton-starred and wUd-flowered Islands wear 1 a ace of metamorphls t but the. angel of fever is likely to drive the unacelimated resident away from such a paradise. THB rBBBDKSK’S OHTTBOS. A visit on Sunday to SI. Helena was full of lor stxcctlon and pleasure. On the way to church the carriage passed hundreds of the plantation hands, neatly clad, and pleasant to the eye and heart, all looking up to give a Sabbath-greeting to the minis ter. In church old Dennis, a large-headed, benevo lent-faced black led off the exerclies In a prayer, not without repetitions, but certainly without rant, and in excellent sense. Kev. Mr. Preneh, Dr. Torsey, late president of one or the colleges of Maine, and here as a factor of Secretary Fessenden; Governor Stone, of lowa, and Major (once Pro fessor) "Whittlesey, now the judge advocate gene ral of Sherman’s army, afterwards addressed in a few apt and simple words the decorous and atten tive congregation. General Saxton was also their vocative—a bright-eyed, intelligent man. In the prime of life—the plainest of talkers, but but of business men, and, above all, distinguished ibr his high moral power. The great good he has done through his administration here It Is Impossible not to witness, and though a few surly whites still conn plain without cause, that “ a negro is better off than a white man,” it only means that equal and exact justice is meted out to all classes, of which the blacks happen to be the greatest, by the proportion of fifty to one. Ho department deserves more credit for result*; and what might have been the condi tion of these Islands, which have done so. much to " solve the social -problem of. tub war, and make the ! whole country familiar with the freedmen, H their I command had been entrusted to any hard-headed, hard-hearted, incompetent maul Saxton is re membered In the hymna and prayers of the fteed men, an instance of thls'being given in the spirited I native hymns sung at the close of the meeting. I These hymns will he noticed again. , I -ran rnanestTASlA fbmsdmbk’b school. At a brief remove from the ohurch, and within the shade of some great live oakß, hpavily drooped v it-h tresses of gray moss, stands the first regnlarly butlt and dedicated free school In South Carolina. It was built of Northern timber, seasoned in North ern idea* (not Hew England, but Pennsylvanian), and shipped down and round to St. Helena Island. For this all the praise is due to the philanthropto enterprise of the Pennsylvania Frecdmen’s Associa tion. The moral clock which they have set up In this far-off country looks well enough; but this Is not a circumstance compared to "How it goes.” The school Is but a tew months old, and already oofitaits nearly two hundred scholars, who journey to. lt daily from miles around, and very rarelfmiss a lesson. The clasees are generaUyas young as those of secondary and grammar/ schools at the North; they read and write fairly, and add up large sums with a very near approach to accuracy— about ail that children of their age commonly do. They have also ventured, with promising suoseßS, upon geography, grammar, subtraction, and probac bly the multiplication table. It Is interesting to watch them at their lessons, and to see the growing, scholar-look on their faces, thus newly stamped with freedom. They are certainly more wel ! come than some of us thought they would be, and truly fit to be received into the family of men. There were blight, merry,'and not uncomely faces among them, as well as -‘dull and blubbered ones—but the dull fellows were learning only a tew paces slower than the foxish little fellows who were always ready to answers question first. The freedmen's children are grate-' ful to their teachers, though never sufficiently grateful, as few children are—but their mothers supply the deficiency, and, as has long been the custom of our white mothers, bake an occasional gift of homemade pie There is really mueh to hope for from the condition, of these ohltdren of the freedmen, and we may imagine how much is due to their untiring and zealous tutors. Praise is too poor a meed for these noble and self-denying women; success should be their recompense. They are crowned in their work, tho fruits of which, after mubh toll, flourish dally. Patience, gentleness, and an unwearying intelligence have been brought to their task, and the sacrifice will only be compre hended in tbe-results. . " . " AM ARRIVAL OV OOHTRABAKBS. Fugitive freedmen, gathered in the march Of Sher man’s army; have been arriving by boat-loads, fre quently, for weeks past. On Sundayevening a car go of them landed at St. HeienavlUe iu wretched condition, and the superintendents were busy in, stowing them away among the narrow aocommoda tions of this poor litle Battlement. As they stopped from the boat, most of them bore their households upon their backs—burdens which comprehended bods and bedding, bags or rice’ 1 and corn, household utensils—a weight amazing to the Northerner. With such an overload, a mo ther sometimes ;eSHted her Child. Very few had shoes or stockings,’and some of the little ehtldren had only the shivering cover of a thin frock; yet winter Is cold here as well as at the North. Pan taloons made of carpet-rags, and doubly ragged, were one of the most comfortable kind of-garments worn. A battered tin-horse (some baby’s trinket) was one of the contents of a kettle or things—the strangest thing of all among this whipped, relation less, outcast people. The mothers sometimes hoarse ly and rudely direoted their children before them. How they learned the ascent, where affection was no better than ; merchandise, is oaslly conceived. A dozen slok oases had just strength enough to ;land, and these were laid down pallid and shivering before the fire. The number has nearly tripled, but np to this time only three or four out of three hundred have died. At the land ing an old man met his brother, whom he had not seen for fourteen years. The sufferings of these blacks may not compare with the miseries of An dersonvUle, but are not black and white common martyrs ter each other’s sake to the unnatural sin of the rebellion 7 FLAKTATIOW BOOSOSnr, The o*oB6 of the blaoks In General S&xton’s pro- Tinoo reßtajin good ; and In no department la the Government served by more Kindly, earnest, and thoughtful men and women. Mr. Reuben Tomlinson, the general superintendent of St. Helena and Ladles’ Island, was originally de puted to this field of labor by the Pennsyl vania Freedmen’s Association, and is well known se a life-long and able friend of the cause of anti slavery. The flourishing condition of these the oomfort and reigning good order of their pops.* latlon, afford one proof of his excellent magistracy ’ and none will more deeply regret his departure than the black men whom he has labored with such fair dealing to benefit. The other day a large number of plantation hands were paid advance Instalments for cotton raised for themselves to be sent North on commission. One [family head received as high as *4OO, Thee money thus paid for cotton did not Include the whole crop, or the entire resources of thefteod-. men. They are self-supporting In more respects than one, growing their own' oom and ordinary subsistence, as well as earning wages. On some of the plantations they are only lass successful be cause the Government has lmprovldently Ignored what may be termed their aboriginal right to the soil by selling the plantations from under their feet, and only leaving them a homestead, at permission of the owner or monopolist. As It is, this depart ment of fteedmen now pays back to the Govern ment all Its expenses. The people of these Islands have, for several years of freedom, proved, upon the whole, more produc tive than could be expected, and as orderly, harm, less, and industrious as could reasonably be de sired. Their penal calendar Is one chiefly of petty offences, and without great crimes. Loose ness concerning the marriage relation, a neces sary effect of slavery, must not be set down to the most-evil motive, and it Is gradually disappearing. They have now, as they had never before, a community, a society, and a family circle among themselves; they arfe disposed to treat each other with kindness, and help -all the new-comers from Georgia, whom they were once as unfortunate. Prayer meetings are common In the evenings, with the old-fashioned and half-civlllzed religious “shout. 11 Many heart-strings have been broken by the rebellion. A rough, but well-featured girl, draw. Ing water at the well, remarked: “ I’se not so hand some as I used to ; I take on so ’bout my moder wld de rebels ”—an affecting speech under the circum stances. Dialect is becoming mole Intelligible, and the effeCt Of-Srellln s nan bo observed In' conversa tion among tie young freedmen. ,r ‘ o: l|riltTr ---Im<| 1 m< | iiiii. •■ui.'iiinn iTrieaTSSotf ''ttoehierseall their spiritual songs, should not h# discouraged. Of these,jnore to another chapter. WILMINGTON. Our Gunlflats in the liter, and the Port Sealed. TEEMESDOTTS STRENGTH OF THE CAPTHBED BEBSii WOEK& BESTBICTION OF FOIST GASWELI BT THE HKBELS, 1b Advance against the City to be Imme diately made. Cur Advance made' Safe by a Discovery of a Diagram of the Position of all the Torpedoes in the Biver, Kobth ATZ-AWTIC Squadbow, I iao-ship MAiTiKir, ora Fob* Fishsb, N. C., January is, 1885. Sib : I-wrote you yesterday that we had alt the forts. The army has captured 1,800 a large number of officers, including Gen. Whiting and 001. Lamb. The gunboats are now in the river, and Wilming ton is hermetically sealed against blookaSarunners. The rebel* have destroyed the works on Smith’s Island; and if they do not destroy Fort Caswell, it is of no use to them, as we will go there after a little while. Ton must not expect too much at one time from us. These works are tremendous. I was in Fort JHalaSoff, a few days alter its surrender to the com bined armies of the two nations, the French and English, who were many months in capturing those strongholds, and it don’t compare, either in size or strength, with Fort Fißher. The fort contained seventy-five guns, and many of them were heavy ones. I have not yet learned what our casualties are in killed and wounded, but I think three hun dred will cover them all. We had a bad explosion In the fort this morning, Wbieh killed and wounded a number of men; about one hundred of our seamen were blown up, and Pay master B. H. Gilbert, of the Gettysburg, was killed. I will send a detailed report as soon as I can get off the wounded and arrange matters generally. The world never saw such fighting a* out soldiers did. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. D. Pobtbk, Bear Admiral. Hon. GiDßorr Wbixes, Secretary of the Navy, Washington. WH.MIBSTOB SAID TO BB BYAOUATBD, AUD TOUT CASWBIL BL0W1? UP. Baatimobb, Jan. SO.—The steamer from Fortress Monroe brings a, report that a vessel arrived there last night from off Wilmington, with the intelli gence that the rebels had blown up Fort Caswell, and that Wilmington was believed .to have been evacuated. We give this report without vouching for its authenticity. BTJOH BUXOBS DOUBTFUL. Nsw Tobb, Jan. 20.—1 n response to an inquiry about the reported oapture of Wilmington, the. Washington agent of the Associated Press tele graphs as follows: WAsmiTOToir, Jan. 20—Noon.—I have Just thl* moment returned from the Navy Department. I heard nothing about the capture of Wilmington there. BBOCKAISEBS CMABISO 808 A OX.OSBH FOB*. Nsw yobk, Jan. 20.—The steamer’ Corsica has arrived here with Nassau, N. P., advices of Janu- ary 16th. Five blockade-runners oleared on De cember 28d for Wilmington, and six arrived from that place on the 6th and 7th of January. Two blookaders cleared for Wilmington on the 14th Inst. - Wilmington mot yet Captured. Bii/rmoRB, Jan. 20. —The Fortress Monroe steamer has arrived here after some detention by lee. The following report has been received; . Fobtbbss Mokbob, Jan. 10.—The steamer Black ■tone. Captain Berry, arrived here this morning from off Fort Fisher, bringing 210 officers and pri vates, wounded in the late assault against that fort. The latest news from the fort Is that shortly after the surrender the rebels blew up Fort Caswell and the otter minor works defending the entrance to Cape Fear river. At the time of sailing, the smaller gunboats had entered the river, and were actively engaged In searching for torpedoes, preparatory to an advance against Wilmington. Shortly after the oapture or Fort Fisher a dia gram, containing a plan of the whole system of tor pedo arrangement in Ospo Fear river, was .dis covered, and our naval officers were making searoh for a key to the diagram, by whloh means the in fernal designs of the enemy would be completely frustrated. The following is a list of the wounded officers brought up by the Blacks tone: Brigadier General Curtis, 24th Army Corps, slightly wounded in the head; Lieutenant Oolonet*F. Snyder, of the llTtk New Fork, flesh wound In right arm; Lieute nant Colonel Conn, 48th New York, slightly in head; Lieutenant E. O. Skinner, llfth New York, arm $ Lieut. Robt. Brlen. link New York, head; Lieut. Thus. Smedley, 97 th Pennsyl vania, arm; Lieut. B. Hand,Sd New York, head; Oapt. W. H. Shaw, ltsto New York; Oapt. D. B. ffiagtll, link New York, leg amputated; Lieut. J. B. Taylor, 97th Pennsylvania, shoulder j Captain Lawrence, aid de camp to Gen. Ames, Seriously; Oapt. Ja*. Beeves, 3d New York, leg amputated. - The steamer also brings the remains of 001. 8011, ss. -pim.A THE PEE; 4Ui New Ha mpshire, and York. THE PBPBNCES I A full description of Fort given m these columns. A works, those immediately b< entrance to Gape Fear rli well, which onr despatohes' blown op, will bo Interostli ledge, are all the defences the rebels have erected for ton, which will speedily bi despatohes states that a d> all the torpedoes has been west he tine, onr gnnboai the way np the Gape Faai wharves of Wilmington, ( miles; Following Is the di Forts Casweli. ak» Smtthvtllo, which is on tin Fear, two miles from Itg n llcatton was built by the meat, of granite masonry, casemates and one tier c oalonlated for an ermamei twenty M-pounders, loni pounders, three lield-plect. six town sera for raking the gorges, 81x 8 howitzers, two 18 inch mortars—m all, el, guns. Tbe work Is surrounded by a, advanced works, and' Is In every pal first class and formidable fortification.! tbe Federal Government *Bll,OOO. ' 1 bels bave doubtless Improved tbls 1 tlon, and mounted therein some of their b\ There are minor forts of great strength coil of send on the sea beach, outside of Oasns^ ITOSIOrT s OFyiAVS MBN WBBB BB> fc . 7 \ . CBIVXD. . * Mr. SCHEKCK, of Ohio, offered ft resolution* •which wcnacreed to, calling upon the Secretary ot War to state.upbn what terms and with what aaderstandiuc jjien «we>e accepted from Ohio andother Statas, in era received into the army for one imnd-ed c.ays, and wh«tbATOBT LOA2T BUI,. ©a motto* of Mr. STYVEIfB, the House resolved it ielf into a Committee of the whole on the state of the Uiionontbe amendatory loan bill. , „ , _ M , .Mr.'BKOiiKS. of Bew York. remarked that the Ml] to him was somewhat blank, and he. with otheia, had steeled tonnderriand it. He should* therefore, like to ** r replied, that by the act of-June last Coßßrets antborixed th« loan of font hundred million dqluTs, two hundred millions of which the Secretary or the Treasury had ibaright to issue in 7: 305,. and he had issued all excepting sixty or seventy millions of that amount. They were going very fast, and it seemed lo he a favorable loan. Tie Secretary of the Treasury was of the opinion ihat the conversion of the entire amount would he more acceptable as a. loan than the vieeest fni!h*6f honde. and he bad accordingly made That ifanest. cUsiriogtodi a pose of the loan on t< e same princip e* a* the 7*3b» were issued. Be gave notion of an amendment that this act shall not be construed to Haoeletal-pender notes in any form beyond what la n ALlSl*? o? MsSsachUßette, understood this MU provided for no additional loan, hut merely changed the form of the one already authorised from &“20IMAIf, directing that in proceedings in clause exempting the noteefrom taxrtjon. hy orunnar T6lU4e ] pMß t>, laodlor/lao recover p j.sesstos of de State or municipsi authority, and argued . that wnuo mtS vdpropertT. the tteriiovctriahailh»aMtjMt«cdsas. tlisoxemptlon was hr the benefit of capital, toe moor Mr Al , !,&*&», providing that no action,of dower of t£e coentry bed to beer the increased burden, ao* shall abate by reason of ike dealt of the piaiaUff th M? BBpOMAIKxWWtoIf am t eid S, S?d' l^vWch' > w 45 IncorporatingtheTioaeata Valley Kill incorporating the Piue^veCd Blsobiectionwastothetormof thenow. UM-e m-rft oh M.rch24th .1565. . , , would put the Paper insorno formsotnatlt won. out Rfr. KEI. LET called m. an aot reUtIYS lotfch Sthto r S6Ss militia, ip substance aefollows: . ▼<4um* of Mrcujutton. _ *»|-+ frg acts which hi*. c^ Softer OT s£ uS *e law had »•« « ebenyrd for n ot disoow *li9 qn«fci-3ft Wgarssrfe-- »- awy of Oo»*rai» to proride tor the presew, » »»* iss sssssfe gtSlpSS2si“a “^“oSon^log JM t. which I*«<™ were 1b the ‘y&jr&.sJSfSßK*wiK pr & C r tat ßTEVKSB°pSSmed tte tbew note* loa tt without interest, of prred &c> advantageoni to the Government. tSKS^Sß*whether'Eßßw would “»* *“» notes ehailbe l ““^S« r £f» e Jto°’tioad« l, ” ” ltad SS-hA- ‘Si&SfIS MS volume of currency, thereby increasing sue t of lowa, aaid thepowarOTnfetTedTjy Concrete under the act to which t?*Sontli*! andby a «,«lamest has been in force for sl« moutw. ana oy tt»W53 £S & »«3s?^ k Sp/wa l& d «&P*owe?£^ aiSEr^«™^«*n*v^*issiffi , a s .,w foreseen, end lor toe henefti of the a ?m7 Katsf>») 3id not fool disposed to 4 hy ‘«'ir ra »«S.is kmil "Sr BBICS*of Tows, said that the nattcnal hanks KAPtO^rSllodtoat&lohimMh&>t first In doubt. th fcOTIEI.D ashed where, in sn«h a ««, bras the ewitaHst who not aupp y the mouev?_ . MnKA SSOR.could notiaform the jrherj tn find t-TLch a capitalist, but be presumed, capitalists would ru t loan money to the Government without oom- P ‘Hr ail M ;eBIJ,L said the Committee,, of V«s »* 4 M^isM^XthlnkVtwise.c ‘jfrS»S*E&F££: Ti-usury power to issne le*al-tsnder njtss m any f °S - OiBFIBL© naye his views upoir'th* subject Twudimt Mid said that on the 12th of this Kindrtd aod t weniy millions ®£ notes, similar to that siown hy the gentleman from P^ S lV™lESB*.a'r?-»«“f»k all, those seTen-thirty «2&!iSirwiiTimiM ttnden »hs msond. sec to"l of tWact of Jone last, in place of the legal- tenders, which Sf£»s SSftßflßSßftS • T V;« M *e»mit&. rose, when the Question was stated ontonenretb* in fo£w«’- 4 * diaigreed to—yeas t 9, nays w, as follows, TEAS. fGuHeon, Harris (HI.). j -lob n*on (Ohio), iKaVbfleisch. KsliogCif. x.) Kemau, I. Heble. Odell, OifTeftl (Ohio), Pendleton* Perry,- &li (fat IBogere* 1 NATS. Ames, OrinneU, Metadoa. a “’L.j H«i ft Moorhead, Sl* - ISSi 8 ?’ So&.T., Ilfmmt. Hebbare (Conn ) Orth, SlXe’ Sail (lEr.).- B«dT U ' JohSon (Fenna), Bice (Me ). ». ESffiffit). S- . S SSI,*' tlanT Imart.' Eliot/' bonryeat. Ihavlr llanhf* McAllister, Upson, ’ . Garfield, Mcßride, Yen Valkenhnrg. ■Go«h. MoClnrg. , Mr JOHNSON, of Pennsylritma, moved to »con elder the vote, and to lay that motion on tae table. -‘"ofmSTr MV n |?IVSNS, of Penneylvanla. the Bouse s‘rnch oat the following the bill, namely ./ ‘•and the of the Treasury is farther au tboriredto issue bonds of Ihedescnpcion issued and »r the authority of the act of the June. IS©, t® /clant r«f >iia flotiue for proposal* for the loan dated 3d. of Bsp* fLblr! im to snbscribers to the lonn foe the 1 oer clntn in deposited Phde® he eftidriottce and not repaid, nrcyided that ihe bendsno issued shall hoar not more , than'Sperreninm intere|t, aed.prorided farther, th^i fractioDal amounts may he paid in lawful maney.of tne, | - (ASTsaae •ltd in tne TO MEXICO. Allison, Ancona* _ Baldwin (Mich,), BlfrtU£* Breofe s, B‘roon*»tt. ' Brown (Wifl. )* Cn&mdler, njay. Cole, Cox, Criswell., * Davis (M, Dawes* Dawson, Dennison, D*i?gs. Bdaerion, B’dVidge, Fiack, of legal tenders, and then the Dill iras passes g* a. enacted, Ac That In lieu of aey bonds in* thorizediobe Issued by the first section al tb* act en titled an ant to provide wa?s and means for the sap port of the Government, approved Jane 30th, 1854, tbai may remain unsold at the date of this act, the Fecmary of the Treasury may issue, .under the aa thorny of the said act, Treasury notes of the description and character authorized by the second section of the said act: Provided that the whole amount of bonds authorized as a oresaid, and treasury notes issued ax d to beisoued in thereof, shall not exceed the sum of four hundred millions of doUars, and such treasury notes mar be disposed 'Of for la wrol'money, or for any olh*r i reaeury notes or certificates of Jndebfc educes, or certificates of deposit issued undtr any pre vious aetof Congress; and such notes shall be exempt' from taxation by or under State or municipal authority. Skc. 2 That any bonds known as five-twee ties, is sued under the act of February 25th. ISS3. remaining unsold, to an amount no* exceeding four hundred mil lions of dollars may he disposed of by the Secretary of ' the Treasury, in the United States or in Europe, at any time and on such terms as he- may deem most ad van* tareoae; Provided, That this set shall noebe so eou firued ay to «He any authority for the issue of any iegab tender notes. In any form, beyond the balance unissued of the amount authorized by the second sec tion of the act to which this is an amendment, THB POST Q7FJOH APPBOPSIATtOH BILL. The House then took np &hd ibe ?c»t OflU« ap propriation bill, when it adjoorUt d till Monday, THE I3EGIBIiATDBE. Hakkiseoks, Jaouary 29,1M5. SENATE. Various rssorts of committees were offered, and tie following Wile introduced: ~ .. ~, Mr. GRAHAM, extending time for completing Aue ghemy Valley Bailroad Mr. BlGfiiM. increasing price of gas in Pittsburg to *2 par thousand. ' , ■ Mr. HOGE, authorizing Jamestown and Franklin. Batlroad to issue bonds for $500,000. Passed Mr. PLEMIISG, incorporating the Home of the Shep herd of the lambs, of Bridesbnrg. Mr, SOB ALL, an aoti.elativs to sstateß of lunatic, and habitual druukaras (giving the same p ower to commit tees as now possessed by guardians of minor children) Mr. BEABD6LEB, Incorporating the Philadelphia and Nova Scotia told Compaay. Mr. LOWK? offered the following bill : Be it evaetid, Ac., That Is *U cases of accident on railioads in this Commonwealth, causing death or in jury to individual*, whether to passenger* or to em ployee*. it shall tie the duty of such railsoad company t'* give immediate notice by telegraph of the extent of snch Injuries, and the names of the persons killed or notice to be pat ap In a conspicuous olaoe at each of the points of such railroad where the com* pan* may have a.telegr&ph station ' . , , A failure to five sues notice shall he deemed a misde meanor on the part of the person who may have charge of the train or trains upon the road on which such ac cident may have occurred, and the company 6baU.be liable to a fine of $5,000 for a nealeCv to have sneh report promptly made* such fine to he paid into the State Trea sury* and If not paid within thirty days after the ae&l eident, to be sued for by the Attorney General in the court of Dauphin county. • I The bill waß*ordered printed and placed on the re cord Il ls intended to preyent the practice, eo common I among railroad, employees, of concealing (even from I fri« nds of parties who are reported injured) ail particu lars of an accident At the time of the reading of the above resolution in the Senate there were rumors of a eeiioas accident having occurred* ia relation to which no information whatever could he obtained from rail* I rand tvfficials. Adjourned nulll Tuesday nsxt, at 11 o’olotk A. M. HOUSE. The House met at HA H. . ' • , Mr. SELLER offered areaolution appointlnre com mittee of five to send forperadns and papers, aad ascer tain whether any of the prothonotaries or election officers of the B.ale have Violated any of the election laws in regard to the soldiers’ vote. Mr. DSNCES offered & resolution instructing the Ju diciary Committee to inquire what amount of tax had been paid to the Commonwealth by hanks, and with, power to send for persons add papers Nr. BUB.UWIH inquired what the resolution meant. Messrs. oEBU£&*nd SHKffOE explained that alle gations had heen made that the banks had in some cases paid their dividends in gold, so as to avoid the payment of the State taxes oa the foil amount of ai vi ces ds its estimated in currency. • - ~, , Hr. SMlTHrof Philadelphia, said that the Philadel phia hanks had acted in quite a different spirit, for they had sold their gold, ant- paid their dividends io curren- . . cy, thus a rearing to the Siste the fall amount of the tax to which she was entitled. The resolution was passed . ■ .. _ Mr. KELLEY offered a resolution instructing the Ja dietary Committee to inquire into the expediency of changing the election laws, so as to provide for the registration of voters, as la done in New York. Peeked * Mr. BdYEB offered a preamble and resolution setting forte that the Pttsbnrg Port Wavne and Chicago, and Cleveland and Pittsburg Bailroads, had failed to make a return and payment of taxon required by law; therefore, Resolved, That a special committee be appointed to ascertain the facte, ena report what action is necessary tqenforce the tonnage law. ■ Mr. Bt>Y SB disclaimed, all intention of reflecting upon the officers of the roads, bat the law had not been complied with. , - .. . Mr. GLASS said that the fiscal year of the companies i did not conform to the Auditor GeneraVayear. Mr. MoOLCBE moved to amend by requiring the Auditor General to r* port to the Hotue the names of all companies that have failed to comply with the require* meets of the toenege lawoH66& The amendment was pawed. ■ M ~ T Mr. LTJBBIMAS reported favorably from, the Judi ciary Committee an act repealing alt laws retatlwMO school directors in the Twenty •fitriftward, except the law of 1801 [This places the ward on an equality with all others in the city. 3 ‘ -1- -• • _ ' • Mr. BODDIMAN moved to consider .the act. The mo* tion was agreed to, and its provisions were favored by Messrs- Cochran, Bmith, an 4 Kudaiiaon. Mr QUIGLEY opposed the pa-sageof the bill, until It wee ascertained whether, under its provisions, some of the members of the old board, who had been elected prior to 1854. would not be unjosuy deposed. Mr. QUIGLEY moved to postpone, which was agreed to. 1. Allowing the ©ov-raer to appoint all oacweneoes ,s f 4 Birthing ont the words <'Tb«Mmpaaies*haU h|ve i&SEi. I attracting oj&KStaKSjnd delegation tovotel* • rMlidetohi*. B "1 T TOEbI slw°tSt ?t P w« wa!r»»d.rsgod tl,»t a Step no the price to an exorbitant g m nAs arrange sssa-^SsssfaSsSfet' Mr #««• vq»i « .the rates charged to asd thattfc e*ethe material used iu the roaau ilie people. the tuem like the ratio fcotog “S«IJ EE?SSS‘SSSIS opeulnc a door to frw paylJor paw would the gold sent outoft of *he ueewsaries oflife* Se A eB^'o^^VaTi one veok ago, »nd no committee nae *pv ° ,olock - English Satisfactiaa over our Canadian Polity. SYMPATHY FOR OUR LOSSES BY RAIDERS IHB EFFECT o®’ OIR YIOTORIEB IS EBKOFE. Heavy Fall to the Value of the Bebel Loan— General News from Great Britain, France, *o. Km YOBK, Jan.,9B@-The steamship Clty'ofßtf tlmore, from Llverpool. on the ttli, via Q.o«Mtown on the sth, arrived at this port i| The eteimer Canada arrived at UvenSpl on the 2d inst., and the Hibernia on the « , The City of Baltimore passed the City of Oorhior Liverpool off Queenstown. GREAT BRIT AIK. The political news Is unimportant. . Great satisfaction was expreased la Eagffi™ the action of president Lincoln in disapproving ot_ General Dix’s order in relation to the parents of tooraWeritoto Canada. The English press eomptt. ®ent Mr. Lincoln for his promptness The Times, editorially, is very much Inalined to arrmiathiie With the Federal* in the master of the „ ~ w . a eoldpTfl Tt, imdQt<lS thftt SiQ.()lO' $ detaining th» raiders Oil ton -manni ***. by the Governor General.ltsays fault may attach to the Canadian authowtles, toe Government and people of to the matter. and have no other wish thaa to tarty outtheertradition treatvwith^the-nte.»»tiuirnoas aD OataweH?’the Secretary of State tor the OoloiUeg, g?of to“BtSteSSJandlf the existinglarvs Soy© Insufficient they wHl;not long remain - The war news from America farther depressed the rebel loan, and it Uadjdociined to 62, a fisl of 10 they have no enemy capable of opposing their chief revenues derived daring 1861 ssa* only AQ/rn ftitft Rteriinir below that Of the previous yew 1 , toe wduetion of several mimonsto ‘noMßih war- steamaT Bace Horse was wreehed In the China Seas, and 99 Mves were lost. FRANCE, . _ \ Kanolaon, at the diplomatic reception on New | eflaB^,K™toS«fmiSW u^««rpsr a mf.°ru^W6 be introduced ssasi— bI prln ot P Napoiem*i a* been appointei We preal deTheritouSw!SobSoyant and higher. Bentos «6f,80. Hollins (Mo.), Boss, Setoeaek* Scofield* __ Sloan, Spaulding, Steele(JT. J.)* dtron&e, Townsend, W*llVo»th, Wash barn a(IU.), W«.»h.b*.m (Mass) Wheeler. White, G. A. White. 3. W. Williams. Wilder, Wilton, Italian Minister of Commerce lias Issued a JStetotto Sabers of Commerce to warn the merchants against tbe potent fine tnatlons In Ame riKrr news Is nnlmportant. ' EAST INDIES. OAMttTTA, Deo. 16.— Cotton goods aettr*. Es -0l 16,-Cotton and cotton gootbl dearer. Exchange ts. lj£d. .•ygfSg* SHAEOHia, Nov. 26. —Tea dull; SQknns&MgsSp Exchange 6s. ejfd. 1 LATEST FKOM ENGLAND. | Captain Corbett, wbo commanded the steamer Sea King, now the .Shenandoah, from London to Madeira, bas been arrested for violating the enlist ment act In enlisting mentor the renßlnavy. The Timet has an artlele highly eulogistic or S Tb!?flghfc Bl for the championship,between Wbr maid and Marsdon, resulted in a victory for the from. Philadelphia ship Speedwell at Lt- TS The°Oity of Baltimore passed the City of Cork, for IstrerpooVoff Queenstown., TT-rnrewini. COTTON MANB3T. Jatt J.—TSe «*>• ni CottonTestoTday amounted to3.oCObales.lncluotac Tb» markotnlosed 4 Koocbestor inarkot. at. d LIVER?OOL BKEiOTTOIVs kit jif stead? with, the exception of Wheat, which has 1 & Co , and BtoU, Bril*, l"Sßra“aM rcpS FlunT to Wlicit fltm.,tnth an. i>ivftorv'K jaw»juiv«« *' v ;, u at« firm, -with ao imj r..vnnent 4 nff MABFErB-—Wheat still advancing and prices I@SV Setter. Sugar firm. Coffee steady. Tea quiet, hut steady. Bic« active. with an nnwardlen; oeney. Tallow Urns. Spirits firm at 63s fid ®&»Olr MONET MARK-ET -Consols. mi<3iWi: Illinois Central, 61@52per east, discount; Ene shares, y.@S9. MAEE;E TS BT TEEE6KAEB. TaveuCooi,. Jan. 6, ’’is Queenstown —Sales of Cotton for two de-os 6.000 bales Including 2,000 bales to epeco- Istois and for export. The market continues dull, with a slight decline in all qualities .. . . . Breadstuff* steady. Precisions quiet and steady. Eard advancing Tallow firmer Bacon advancing. I.ONPCN MONET M»REET. Jan. S —ionssls closed at soisesiff; llJtnois Ceniial at S2JJ per cent, discount ; Erie at $;©3S; United States five-twenties at 45®is. Toeobto, Jan. 20.— 1 n the ease of Barley, the Lake Erie raider, judgment was given to-'day by Recorder Duggher. The court was orowded and many Southerners were present. Barley is com mitted its subject to extradition under the treaty. The prisoner’s counsel applied Immediately for a wilt of habeas corpus and a stay of proceedings. Albany, Jan. 20.—The New York Central Rail road Company has declared a dlrldend of 3 per cent. Superintendent Vlbbard has. resigned, and his resignation Is accepted. Thbhecond of the Olasßleal Concerts announced by Messrs. "Wblfsohn and Thomas win be given this evening, at the Academy of Music, when a re markably fine programme will be presented} a trio, by Schumann} a senate,byTartini, for the violin (Thomaß); a ballad, by Chopin (Wolfsohn); and the quartette in F Major, No. 1, by Beetho ven. Messrs. Boggenburger, Kammerer, and Ahrend will assist In the production of this great music. ' ... Mb. Gottschal* gives what the bill calls “a last concert d’adieu," this evening—a very bad mixture of two good languages. From the exag gerated way in which Mr. Gottsohalk’s concert* are advertised the public might be provoked'into under rating their merit. A really great pianist, as Gotta chalk Is, onght not to be puffed like a pretender. The programme to night is interesting. Gbbkania Obohbstba,—The rehearsal this af ternoon will have the following floe programme: Overture —“Martha .Flotow. Song— “ X saw the moon rise clear ”.. Suppe. "Waltz— *‘ Loreley-Rheln-Ktaenge” . -Strauss. Second part of Slnfonle No. 3 ...Beethoven. Concert Overture. Hummel. Finale—“ Jewess”. Halavy. Galop—“Fire Department” ........Haertel. Dn. B. Blow* Witnim announces five humo rous lectures on Psychology next .week,- at the as sembly Buildings. Among other astonishing things he professes to be able to make people drunken cold water. ... National Oibotjb.—-There will be an excellent performance at the Circus this afternoon, upon which occasion the extravaganza of “ BUly Button, the TlnfortunateTailor,” will be performed. to the public, is certain to make a stir in this com munity, and everywhere 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 surance. The originator of this splendid new article is Mr. John M. Finn, southeast corner of Arch and Seventh streets, whose reputation In this depart ment is too well- known to the ladles of oar elty to require comment. . ITS QUALITY AND OOLOBS ", will bear the closest scrutiny and comparison with the German zephyrs, white the price of the "Eu reka” Is folly fifty per cent, lower. Its fibre It composed «f 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.briUlant, varied, and durable as the most exquisite Imported dyes. Another great advantage to purchasers which the “Eureka Zephyr” possesses, is the MAJrinnt nr which it is j>*t bp. - The most ol the Imitation zephyrs no win usoeome In uneven hanks, of various weights, rendering them. alike perplexing to dealers and unsatisfactory t* their customers. In the “Eureka Zephyr’*of Mr. Finn this difficultyis entirely obviated. 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, the only difference in their weight being caused by the varied specific gravity or the dyes to whieb they are subjected after being skeined. . The hanks are also so arranged as' to divide into half honk* that overayß a half ounoe each. BUBOPK. ITALY. Tlie lake Erie Pirates. The New York Central Bailrotd. Public Knterwiammds. CITY ITEMS. , “ Eureka Uephyr.” This new article, nowfor the first time prest PAIRS-, SOGtBTIBS, AND THB TSAXHE wUhfittdU greatly to their advantage to, give the “ Eureka zephyr ” their attention. A single trial, we aremssured, will render its permanent adoption, In preference to the imported zephyrs, a esrtalnty. The prices of both, however, are as low (if not lower). at Mr. Finn’s establishment^Arch and Se venth, streets, as. any other In the elty. We may also state, tn thls connection, that his stock or Stocking Yarns is also vary large and varied, being probably unsurpassed, Is this pespoot, by any other stock in tbe tlßited States, Jakkd'6 “ Euit »a Paris," for liapMtl lu .r' T 5 ty and freshness to the complexion, cI»U, ***<*■ softness to the sMn, Is now need by tie nestM* 8 * and scrupulous ladles as a toilet artiste e®** Jonln, 111 S. Tenth, below Chestnut, Beni il Bsbsaiks n* BKsny-MADB ChOTHnjo Bargains In Beady-made Clothing, Bargains in Beady-made Clothing, At Ohas. Stokes A Co.’s New At Ohas. Stokes A Oo.'b New «,*• At Ohas. Stokes A Co.’s New TJnder the Continental Hotel. ?n4 H Under the Continental Hotel. Under the Continental Hotel. Late Bnsei&s Xbtbiaioekok.— Onr litea r refen ad-rices Inform ns that, »It te asaotted * Prince Gortsehakoff seriously oontemplates retin from office, and that -Baron do Budbwgwaaiit to be hte Eucoeesor.” Well, we have only to e-,, ..' ll If the Prince has got such a cough as win oi,*'' bis attending to the duties or hte offioe, it te%»?'* bly because oi Ms stubbornness to not preen,] comfortable garments for himself at the BaiZ? Stone Clothing Hall of BockhiU A Wilson. N» and 605 Chestnut street, above Slab. Ha siiiS look out bettor for the future. PoETtrsATK On, Uompahy.—Among the r» nate oU companies we notice the Winsi-,* “ ‘ troleum (office Second and Chestnut at rao u the Com Exchange Bank). One of Its prop,’*],? comprising one hundred and thirty acres i s S simple, Is in the -rictaity of the two * fifty barrel flowing well lately struck on p lth ,v Creek by the United States Oil Company, of York. The new Hoydrlok well, on the river, reported In the Pitroteum Recorder to flowing one hundred and fifty barrels, « la * neighborhood of another property or the containing one thousand acres. j mg thstasi* Skatihq 1 Skatiho t— On Philadelphia Pj». TMrty-fitst and Walnut streets. The snow k M s, ' all removed from the ice. Baltey’s Brass afternoon and evening. Park brilliantly ilinminirsi every night and open until until ten o’clock, 5 Eastwick Park, Gray's Perry, open til? e y , : , nlng. Park lllnmlnated. EVE, Ear, Throat Diseases, c■■ t a r,« Asthma, Brokohitis, and all nervrur iK,! tione, treated by Dr, Von MoschElsker, Te»Tia». slals of the most gratifying results of hte t --v, of the above maladies from well-known eitisea s Ci} be examined at bis office, 1027 Walnut sires-. It ib wexz. to get clear or a cold the first <,«=■; but it Is nmoh safer and better to rid y., Ooullst and A nrls‘, su Pfa. 3t- Artificial eyes Inserted. No charge for exansiaattos, Lasse Saxe of Stocks and Beni Estate ea x»v day nest. See Thomas A Sons’ advertisements. ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS, VMwCmav Ltent Col JT Moore C J Pußey, PottsTtlle B Bleckmaa. Chleege TbonMack. Boston H 8 Kemper, CUcinaiH W B Schmerts & wt, Penns J A Chappell, Cineinnstt W K Moorhead. Fntpburg A Motes. Ciuelnnati A WSons, Wathirß.on Tkos Wilson, New York J) J Thomas, Boston r B Barrett, Boston Major A M Adams. Boston 3 H Pierce. Boston B G Dudley, Dock Creole W D Danis, Kew .Terser A J Rich & la. Bnffaio Mrs JAeß. Baker, Wheeling John Cook. Piusbnrg J W Hubbard _ . B S-ymour. Kerr Tory A X. erabrelder, Few York Mist M Bernard, New York Miesß G Bernard, NewTork B 8 Tay, Boston .. G W Bradley, C«y Point A J Smith, City Point W S Beckon, City Point fe H Salmon, wart, It Eton idsm?, Main® 0 W Oiman. New Ywk 8 G Xittiedgs, New York PC Mos«s. t Vtnueld N**r York Lyinan Smith, Erie, Patna S Perkin* A wife, Iff Y James Tompson, a Y Alex G Catt«l. Iff J Jj W Plotter, Huntingdon A Mnirhe&d, Trenton, JST J John Patton. Penns BA Irwin, PflDna B S Oootee, Delaware A B Stt»ckUy» Delaware Jas Trimble & la, Pittsburg J £ Bonner, Orrsville, Pa H M Sexton, Cincinnati M Benny, Maryland Joe Johnson Ala Ohio Mias B Johnson. Ohio, Mat ter W Johnson, OMo Master Bohi Johnson* OMo Tlioe Hackett, Pntshurg A Worts. Hew Jersey F B Manning, Boston Mr* JtneeeU« cb, Penna CW ”Wafcsofl Penna W W Barr, Clarion D J Bower, Mew Jersey A L Gs*eel, Kewbera* iff C J H Sh*fr A wf, Maryland a T Lewis, Yew York Wm Patton, Penna Mrs W Patton, Penna A B. Siegel The .Am J 8 Wolfeterger.-Peona I J Bsweomer. Greeneaette j GAMiller. USA Mis* Comstock. Biownsv’e 1 J G Here, Penna_ _ 1 Dr J William*, B 8S PH Tailor Boeheeier.NY! J H Dewey, Hoboken, if J. A Newkirk, Hew Jersey j 5 B Elliott, Washington J C Btrob*cfcer, Heat ins 6 M Dunn. Beading A H Mundy, Cincinnati | T Harvey. Baltimore 1 JBKeene, Bars' The Men Chao E Elmer, New Jer.ey 1 Gee W Sensei. Quarry ville j A Clabangb. Altoona . J H Berry, BaMimoi. . \ Thos Greaves, Hew York TJ Wolfe Frank Nabbis Cl H Bell, Trenton _ , Cbas KeCaff.rty, Bellefonts * O Gibson. Chester co Geo A Waller. Ohio Jab Boyd, Pittsburg Lt Seed & la. Chattanooga John W B oanev- Ohio J Ker.neide.il, KUtanniug John Hooey. DBA W I) Sprecher & wf. Penna Mre. Carl Mackey. Penna I A Cameron. Maeiaehusetts P t chICBB, Terre Haute F Ashton, Sew York ! T Kerris. New York J K Cecil. New York Ponlap Paxton %'££*7at&°Mh 1 b& Co! JPSGobin MGiJnpson, Washington G B Fisher, Fort Carbon P W Gengerlln A la. Mass J BPatterson. Pottsvills Vjn Dean, Newark, N J ChasßiU. Brooklyn The Mi Wm Kinsey. Harrisburg Vi Hewknk, New Jersey GT Nixon, Sew Jersey S Woolf, New York T Taylor, Taj lorevflle SPECIAL NOTICES. Weak Lhkgs, Coughs, now so Pebya- I.BNT. dnring the exlreme cold weather, are cur»in a surpietegly short time by ® r - POUBD SYEDP OF WIuD OHSfiEY, the ote » dard remedy, at aU times Bate and reliable. Twee » . six bottles for $5. Prepared only by . DE. BWAYNE & 803. lt 330 North BIXTH Strest- Tbubses, Brack and Mechanical Sup ports, el approved construction, aid Ugh* fi justed with indrment, at C BC. aEHIH.BB. cora TWELFTH and EACE Streets. (Ladies DfPA-M»“ condncted by Ladies, on Twelfth Street, 4™^°” Race ) An-extensive variety of ’ Hefe,. , Braces, Elastic Stockings. Syringes, Nursery artirtjj*- &C. . ■ * Corner Borers or Angular Btw-- HOLDEES may ha fitted to any Brace and Bi w out alio ing the use of the latter wiih ear " Locksmiths, Gas-fitters, and others, 9 usBftt L bore in a corner, or at an angle, they are Soid by TBUMAN * SHA "' So.B3s(Ei,ht Thirty- firs) MARKET et. .below Ninth- Wiee Hanging Baskets, of a variet* of patterns, and Hooka and Brackets, Ch **• dm., for hanging them, for 4 sHiW , "No! 835 (Eight Thirty- five) MARKET St .betoW Math. Ladies Receive Instruction T 8 &#‘ KEEPING. Commercial Arithmetic. Eercauti to., tod Businees Writing. in » » 6( . beeping Inatltnta. TBKTH.aad CBBITKCt. qk “S a co -’ 8 "MASON & HiSllS 8 -CABINET ORGANS. c j,3lSffl PIANO Over fiOßea* of taew fine FORTES. met umeute have been sold. i-.aZltUy- PtANO by Hr. O . and the demand oB ui»A FORTES, a conruntly increasing. : AfAV PIANO Forsrie only by oS<]AfA ,hS On«iiWb L H Maltbey & wf. E»,t fi Burgeaa, New 0 O Godfrey Miss C T Seed. M* w RD Lathe?, fon«rir* W Kendrick. P-t-.-is-.!* R Mitchell. B** Fr£*«;rc> 1 J p Johnston. frc.-p i*» *P W Baris, RSSibnahaU Pi.'U'svr Tork : G 8 Wentworth. N«**rTrtrk ;>£[ T* Bfe&rs, Wsr-binctoa • 2L Heck*sch«r, Sew Tork Oapt £ S Wilson, Msa* H. Bickford, Boston R J Smyth, Wheelia*. Y* C P Williams, Albany Hue Jawain, Albany Miss Williams, Albany HGWortbwgtottft*, Ssv»da Miss Pearce, Maryland Mias Rest Maylaad T B Kennedy. Pecnn X> Pilce, Boston. Mrs J C Bed well,Pi :t*»bnrgt Mrs Loomis. Pittsburg J E Peyton, N I Geo L Elder, If C H Li*tUfield, 3TY WS Littlefield, H Y V F Westcott fcl&, N J W Brown, Baltimore B 2? Posey, Baltimore r X B Young, Baltimore JSGrshwn, Potts Title Joe P Wilson, W Chester Col Ohas Ores? ob, USA W F Burden, Troy Jas A Barlea* Troy G G Duutlnf, Bf Y E Stanley & wf, California B Bidgyray, Treatoa, 5 J JSHageriy, Baltimore <3 Rossei & wf. Buffalo Dr Sawyer, New York G It Ward, Boston E Niefcols, New York B Orr, Detroit J M Moore. New Jersey B B Baratow. New York H P Brown, New York P Carpenter. USA tixard. H C Hay & wf, lowa 0 U Barret* JP Ollbav. KeaWefcy R BeUtctor, How York. *JG WelStaKtoa, Boston A Bos*, JSaw Tori Tho* Pelftrtek, Fjtcsviile W n Tixompaoa, Jr, Sait P J Thomas, Boston T L Lee, BF«w York s n Ss.-vage, C P William®, A.\l»*i:t Ml£B OernaaiKt Almaty I Hits Williams, Albany G M Bowman-. M Mrs E O ■ Miss Wren, Waehinstan .KTptßeeon, Penaa JI) Peieaolne. Teoa_ W M Bell, grarraa, 5^ J O Badd, Smyrna, J MUl*way» Smyrna, Bai P Leach, Hew York , Granville Stokes, 3T J MH Jones, Eittoa, B J Bowen. Prauktte W ff Murray A: son, Pena* Cbaa Gilpin, Sferyund WH jLUen. Kentucky TT Abrams, Ham K C HaU, Delaware t AT Johnston, MUford, Ddt H White, tJS A l*eon S Jones. DBA J B Beck, Williamsport HBBeardslee, Harrisburg T J Bover, Harriebarf Bobt Grawford, tockharea J A Rollias, WasMnsrtoa Inrael Bilberaon, If Jersey W H Davis, Baeton J&o Hailetou. J Roberta. Boston J Faley, Washington B Whifco, LoweU Jas Mitchell, FewTork J B Deviney, Michigan W H Smith, Hew York t Mrs Smith A ch. Hew J%tk. Mr Gree&onch. Boston Mrs Pemeatei. Bio, SA Adfoble Carlisle Geo Jackson, Hewark Lericas. ! J L Lewis, USA- R Taylor, Hew Jersey M B Lyons, Hew York 'W R Hesser, Scbvl H i A S Hoggins, Baltimore iZ Batdcvrff, ‘ J W Sowers, Coluaibii, r* PCHeydrick, miGity ip Dud'era. Hew Jersey O 8 Halsaver, Bcraecon ISG Harris PattgriUe |R P Mallorr, City |WH«*h, Haw *CB Browo, Berhn, Md iD W Shorts, Hew York ‘bants’. Geo M Slifer & la, Penna D M Van Ankan, Penna Jos Smith, Hew Jersey S 8 Smith. Hew Jersey MB McDowell , Frank Smith. U 3 A jBGMU-er, Kemph *. IF ABfeCarty, Idaho 140 XUiOB. Dr J W Zell * '*• *4“ “ Hip* L D Patterson, Lance. Miff JP Andrews, Lias w tifißffiSSSiKSf! D B Seidel, Pottavlll* JBwing. Bridgeport. H J 8 WBsrine. Bridgeport A KHay, Jr, Now Jersey idisoo. J W Harkins. Tariorsrills J Busier. CbeltenHtU BVBVan DikeSla.s l L G Rolf, Monro, co. Fa PPossisger, Monroe co, r*