dianxv- and when employed on any service where they may be exposed to suoh danger, and qro beyond the roach of the enemy, the torpedoes should be un shipped. Ninth, They will keep In constant readiness to re turn any fire the enemy may open upon them from the banks’of the river, with field-pieces or smalt arms, and will promptly take op an enfilading po sition, If proetloable, to rake the banks with shell, grape, or canister, as oiroumstanoos may call for. They will move promptly to the assistance of each other, or the picket boats if attacked, and oppose any attempt they may discover of the enemy to cross the river to Interfere with oar torpedoes, or any other offensive movement. Tenth, One half or the orowls to bo always on Watch on deok with tbefr rslde arms and small arms, and prepared for Instant action, to man the batteries, to board, or repel boarders. Eleventh. Two sentinels are to be kept on the upper dock armed with muskets, who, with the quartermaster, and all other petty officers of the watok/hia tbbe provided, with hand grenades and caps, Wbe uSedI’against 1 ’against boarding parties. . . . Twelfth-, The patrol gunboat will ’doinmesee’lts trlps froni'the booms at 6 30P. M., the second’ #lll leave,-af Bli; and thereafter, when two aro .oa dtrtyTat Intervals or half an Knur,’so that each boat will leave every two hours In the one ease, or every iour and a half In the other case. Fomtecnth. Th% gttnboam will perform patrol duty i nßuooeaslon-ln the following order, viz: The Hampton, Nansohidnrt, Drewry, Beaufort, and Roanoke. Ftfteenth. The boat having.tin lasttrip, or loav ' Ins the last, in order at night, will be off dot? the lollowing sight, when the two preceding her on the list will have the patrol duty, and the Boat pre ceding them will have the relief patrol, and those preceding her will he off duty lor the fallowing night, and So on successively. , i ! sixteenth. "With a proper understanding; of tthls rule, each boat will know its duties for orery night, and perform them without further orders. , Seventeenth They will be prepared at alt tlmeg to . repeat s try signals that may bo agreeU.tiixih,either ' with guns, rookets, lanterns, or any other why," Eighteenth. Any information obtained respecting the movements of the enemy will be communicated by signal or boat, or by both. If of sufficient .Import ance to he Immediately known to the command ing officer of the squadron. ' i • Nineteenth. Commanding officers of the patrol vessel will apply to the commanding officer of , the guard vessel for orders for the night, shoald-none bo famished by sunset. 1 Twentieth: The commanding officer of each patrol boat will forward to tbe-comooending officers of the v squsdroD, every morning, an account of his service during the precedlngnight, givlngttmo of departure from and arrival at eachendiOfthelr.beat or route, the time, place, and oausß,ofanehnrlng whenever it . nrttY'Be.rendere(l hecßSjary; and such other ocour rencee or isformatiou he may obtain as may be pro per for the flog-dffioCr to know, whloh account must also be entered lu the log book, except such .as may be seoiet. * • . - Twenty first. When more than four, boats are available tor patrol service, three will be on tint? every sight; when less than five ooly two will be on patrol every, sight. Jho. H. Mitohsli., Fißar-Offleer James-Bivar Squadron. Ijltzut. If*. E Wahl, ' * OomniandlDK O. S. Gunboat Drewry. TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1888. The Spring Campaign. The strength bf-the rebellion is now con centrated,in Lower Virginia, Eastern Georgia, and the Carolinas. Its forces in Texas and Mississippi have little to do with. Its fate.' We have narrowed the battle field, to fonr States, and the result of the present operations will probably give it narrower limits. That Charleston will he stubbornly defended, we do hot believe. Such a course would probably end in the capture or dispersion of the garri son, and the fall of Wilmington in creases its danger. Sherman’s move ments towards Augusta and Charleston will compel the evacuation of South Caro lina and throw the rebel aimies northward. They are not strong enough to resist him in the open field, and he will therefore have ah easy sweep into the interior of the coast States. These operations cannot be neg ' reeled by Lee, and Sherman’s advance toward Virginia must compel the evabua - tion of Richmond. The result will be a grand combination-of the rebel armies in the western Carolinas. This theory, which seems so plausible, is not likely to be overthrown. For 1 unques tionably Grant has given to Sherman the aggressive power of the Union, and we know that there is no army outside of Richmond that is capable of opposing him. The attention of that army is billy occupied by Grant ; he has simply to besiege Rich mond to make the path plain for Sherman. The time required by Sherman will delay the results.. It has been more than a month since Savannah was taken, and Since then we have had but preparations. Charleston will probably be captured or evacuated in February, and Richmond given up in the early spring. It is plain thst thiß sacrifice can only be prevented by a succeßoftri—oppositioa. to Sher man, for that Lee should remain-in Richmond after Charleston and Wil mjjfgton are left .in the rear ,of the Union armies, is a military impossibility. It has been already incorrectly reported that heaTy reinforcements have been sent by Thomas to Southwestern Virginia ; tliis movement, however, would unquestion ably be made if Lee should dare to main tain the siege after Sherman had pene trated the interior of North Carolina. One by one Ms communications would not only he cut, but destroyed. We should have the rebellion in a cage. The concentration of the rebel armies, •Which we anticipate in the spring, will be • matched by the concentration pf our own. It must end in great battles anii campaigns, resembling those of the West far more than those of Virginia. We shall have Chattanooga over again. A successful re treat into Alabama and Mississippi is not to be expected, because of the preponderating power of Thomas, 1 which will enable him to keep Hood’s old army at bay while Completing the destruction of the roads in Georgia. The rebeharmies will occupy the Western Carolinas, not easily sustain ing themselves. To us the gain will be enormous. Without dwelling upon the discouraging effect on the enemy of the evacuation of Kichmond, and the Union movements which may be expected to fol low, we need but point out that Grant will no longer have the odds of great en trenchments against him, and will have the invaluable direct co-operation of Sher man. Our armies will have, new bases'on the'Atlantic coast, of which Wilmington may he the most important, and the supe riority of numbers will have full weight in the 1 revolution of the military situation. Peace In U. Portmanteau. When we compare the prodigious rumors of peace with the facts of war, we find that the memorable lines of" Corporal O’CravviK: “They're never at peace bnt when they’raflghtlo’, And ttej're always flghtlu’ lor tile sake of pease.” have a very nice application. The same paper that reports rebel commisioners on their way from Richmond to Washington, bearing humbly the unconditional submis sion of Jeff Davis, publishes the news of Shebmae’g advance on Augusta. We read simultaneously that Mr. Blair’s diplo macy is about to brmg about a reconcilia tion, and that the rebel rains sailed savagely down-the James. The gentlemen Who claim to be the bosom friends of Mr. Blair aver on his authority that Jeff Davis earnestly desires the passage of the constitutional amendment prohibiting Slavery, believing slavery to be the only obstacle to reunion, while Davis himself appoints a day of fasting, in which he hopes the prayera of rebels will obtain Pro vidential establishment of Southern inde pendence. How are these contradictions to be reconciled? Are we Jo believe the gentlemen who heard from a . friend •f the intimate friend of Mr. Blatr that peace is already coming by flag of truce, or are we to believe Jeff Davis •and the Richmond papers, who say that peace can Only come with the destruction of the Union ? The evening newspaper Which recently announced that three Go vernors of Southern States had come waving the star-spangled banner into the presence of General Sherman, professes to have assurance that Jeff Davis is about to play the Prodigal Son. Well, let ub kill the fatied calf for him. Great will be the joy over such a sinner when he repepteth. The ninety-nine virtuous men who;have never beentrattors may consider themselves fortunate if they get invitations to the {feast. In the meanwhile somebody should pot a stop tp Shermah. 4 This persistent sol dier ta actually making war while the peace Commissioners are running a race to Washr Ingtan, each with his valise over his shoul der- He is marching upon Augusta and Charleston, which latter city the rebels desire to make a min before he gets into it. TRUST has warlike designs ou'Wiltmngton, and GRAKT is stubbornly investing Rich mond. Thedraft is to be enforced, All this to not at all peace-like, and a shameful response to the submission of the repentant rpfryig, Is there hot dafiger that the Angel of Peace, now hovering between the rival capitals, will fly away in alarm ? It is true that she* is an angel of dubious character, having no known residence, and, at the best, no better than she should be; but git is not safe to offend' an angel even if she is packed in a carpet-bag. We have heard so much of the intimate friend of Mr. Blair, that though ignorant of his name, we are in clined to think that the war might be , stopped on his authority, to give this un derhand, irresponsible peace a chance to disclose its nature. Besides, it is a pity that the morning papers; should have a monopoly of reliable news and public cre dulity; let the country for once believe the sensations of the afternoon. It is time to silence those stubborn men who do ■not believe that pcaee can be obtained by asking for it, and that Jeff Davis has too much at stake to . submit till Lee is defeat ed. , It is time, that the scorn' of the nation should be.visited upOn. the heads of those -satirical cynics who affirm that the people' who make such an incessant noise about Peace, ought to be bound over to keep it. The Election outlie Cars. The.vote yesterday and to-day upon the street cars it is already clear will be a farce. It will not show whether a majority of our citizens desire-that colored perßons'should-. ride on the cars, and even if by such; means the general feeling could be ascertained, the opinions and wishes of individuals would not change the. laws of Pennsylvania. If we could find out by such a vote that a majority of Philadelphians were; opposed' to the draft, or the publication of the in come returns, it would make no difference to the Government or the newspapers. The question is not one of preference, but of right. . ; This election is a mockery throughout, it is not conducted by responsible qSfeers, and who shall say that the conductors of the cars can in all cases be . depended uj)orf to make true returns ? The subject onj which the vote is taken has beenwith all of them a matter of discussion for months; many of them loudly express their opposition to the proposed reform, and in numerous cases colored persons have been expelled from the cars by . conductors, without any demand from white passengers. Twenty shch cases. we have witnessed. Suchmen have too great an interest in the result to be trusted with the means to; control it. None of them have been sworn to make true returns; if any of them make false reports there is no way of detecting the fraud. Here, then, is an election placed absolutely within the control of several hundred irresponsible men, each of whom has a personal and pe culiar interest in its result, and exposed to frauds which the closest scrutiny cannot detect. Withont denying thah each con ductor may make a. faithful return, we peed simply say that it is not in this loose way that the commonest business is trans acted. ' . Nqr could the election be considered' a true expression of the public wish, even were it certain that every vote would be truly repotted. On Monday and Tuesday the vote might he in favor of colored per sons riding, on Wednesday and Thursday against. Persons who use the cars fre quently but not daily, may not ride to-day, expressly to oblige the board of presidents. Nothing can prevent those who ride four times a day from voting four times. False names and residences may be given, and have been given. It is said that one per soh filled up a large number of tickets from a directory, and that another gave a .con ductor thirteen votes, twelve of which were understood to be proxies. Other persons, complying with the request of a public .meeting, of which Horace Binkev, Jr., was the chairman, have declined to vote at all. If the board of presidents wished to discover the feeling of the community on this question, they have adopted a very uni-, •satisfactory method. But why do they wißh to base "their ac-. tioh on personal preferences'? What right have'they to exclude one class of citizens merely to gratify anotfcer-ebmsV-A colored man has no right to insist that a white man shall not' ride. The; law is -before them, and if they do not understand that it re quires them to be impartial carriers, and that they have no right to turn citizens from their cars because of colpr, they phould obtain legal advice. There is not an eminent lawyer, in Philadelphia who would deny that the exclusion of colored persons from the cars, solely on account of Color, is an arbitrary, illegal exercise of power. WASIIZIN GTON. Special Bespatchcs to The Press. Wabhinotoh, D. 0,, Jan. 30,1865, THE SENTENCE OF COL. NORTH ENTIRELY UNKNOWN. The sentence ,of the commission In thrf" case of Colonel North has not jot been published, and there Is no reason to believe any of the members hare been guilty of so grave a military crime as to divulge It In violation of their oaths. All who hare been prematurely exciting themselves about 001, Noeth’b release: have simply been knocking down their own men of'straw. A COTJRT-MARTIAL IN PHILADELPHIA. General Doubusuat is about to go to Philadel phia ae president of a new court martial winch is to he oonvened there. THE SUCCESSOR TO MB, FESSENDEN. There Is much speculation as to who lsto sne ceed Mr. Fessbndbm as Secretary of the Treasury. The Indications point most strongly to the appoint ment of Hon. Robust J. Waimb. His known ability, his confidential relations with the Depart ment, and his late semi-official visit-to Earopeto study thefinanolal systemsof thocontinent,oomblne to give probability to this supposition, OBJECT OF AMENDING THE NATIONAL BANK LAW. It is reported that many banks organized under the national banking system have doubled and tre bled their original capital, and that this is pot the result of new subscriptions, but of a system of per mutation, whioh consists In reinvesting In United States bonds, the ouirenoy received on deposit of the original stock, and then making application for an increase of oapltkl. It is to check these opera tions that the Comptroller of the Currency has re commended an amendment of the law. MILITARY APPOINTMENT. It understood that Colonel Gao. D. Rcoslbs, who was a member of General his oampaign In Virginia, has been assigned to duty as Assistant Adjutant General of the Army of the Potomac, In place of General Williams, who Is to he Inspector General of the armies operating against Richmond. RECOVERED. Major Gen. Riokbtts has so far recovered from hla wounds received In the valley as to be able to walk about the house, and experts to be oat of doom In a few days. - THE AMENDMENTS. The Constitutional amendment will probably be pressed to a vote in the House to-morrow. OUR GENERALS-—WHERE : THEY ABE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. The Secretary of War to-day sent to the Senate a list of all the major and brigadier generals In the service ,of the United States, showing how each Is employed. There are, altogether, sixty-six major genends and two hundred and sixty-seven briga diers. Forty-five,of the former and two hundred d Independent effort, thropgh the National Batiks andother agencies has rendered good bo> VloeTn obtaining subscriptions to thls loan; but the dajly requlmrentg ofth< ’ Ch>veniment demandlnga mWe systematic and united movement, with a view to the Inornate of treasury receipts from loans, It has been determined, after havlngglven a fair trial to the other methods, to return to the general agency, which was so successful In the negotiation of the five-twenty loan. . It is Understood that, Under the new arrange ment, the national batiks will continue to receive subscriptions as heretofore, reporting all sales up to the 31st of January, and to the general subscription agent all Bales made on and after February Ist. It Is confidently expected that this general agency sys tem, which will be greatly extended, will prove ade quate to meet all the. purposes of the Government without a resort to other loans. FILLING DP OLD REGIMENTS. Some time since the House directed an inquiry to be made respecting recruits to fill up old'reglments. The Secretary of War replies that no letter was written to Gov. Asdkbw oh the subject, as the resolution states, but that in .July, 1862, a telegram was sent to the Governor, as follows : “ You are authorized to say the new recruits for old regiments will be mustered out with the read meats." The principle announced In the telegram, he re marks, has not been applied to all soldiers mus tered Into the service to fill up old regiments, as It was held Inapplicable to subsequent enlistments In less, but the . principle applied to sUeh oases 'has been' to hold them for the term of serviorfor which they were muttered In, taking the muster-in rolls os conclusive evidence or their enlistment oontract with the Government, where it was not modified by express authority of the War Department. It Is believed alsd that In all exeepting those existing cases where bounties were paid, the bounty received by soldiers corresponds with the muster-ln rolls. ' NEW NATIONAL BANK NOTES, The one and t wo-dollar notes to be issued by the Treasury Department to'the national banks will scon be delivered by.the treasury. . A TREASURY CLERK SHOT DEAD BY A •WOMAN. ' This afternoon Ahdesw j. Burroughs, a Clark in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, was shot by a young woman ntftned Mart Harris, from Chlecgp. she approaohed Mm in the Trea sury building, and discharged a pistol, lnfitotlng an iu mediately mortal wound. She subsequently told conflicting stories as to the reasons for the commis sion of the deed. . OUR GENERALS. The -Secretary of War to-day sent to the Senate a list of the general officers In the service of the United States on the Ist of January, 1831. -It com prises 68,major generelsaud 29» brigadier generals— making a total of 333. Of thtanumbar, 246 are in command, *OO of whom are brigadiers, 8 major gene rals, and 12 brigadier generals are awaiting orders, and one major general and 14 brigadier generals are off duty on account of wounds and sickness. Those are Generals Sickles, Ricketts, Asboth, Jlarlow, It. O. Tyler, Sohemmelffennlng, Paul, GreshamyUn derwoed, Connor, Mclntosoh, Bradley; Dong, Ea gan, and Stannard. Two brigadier generals, Hays “end Dufle, are prisoners of war. General Hays Js now released on parole for the purpose of attending, to the distribution of supplies sent to our soldiers In rebel prisons. Generals Banks and Dee are before the Committee on .the Conduct of the and Generals John McNeil, Francis Sptnola, and Thomas N. Sweeny are under trial by court mar tial. The remainder are on courts martial and mill tary commissions and awaiting orders. The mfll tary commission: of whlck Major General Double day is president has concluded its labors In this city, and Is now awaiting orders. The Commission expeots to bo ordered to Philadelphia, in a day. or two, to try parties connected with the alleged navy yard frauds. . THE NEW ARMY REGISTER, The Secretary of War, in response to an Inquiry, says that the preparation forth® publication of the army register has already been commenced. The delay has been occasioned by the difficulty of ascer taining accurately the numerous changes which have taken place from death, resignation, and other casualties; changes of station, eto., Involving ex tensive correspondence. THE. SMITH 80 NIAlt INSTITUTION. It is stated by Professor Hbbrt that this partial destruction or the Smithsonian Institution building will not interrupt the regular, aotlva operations of the Institution. ORDER FOR- THE RELEASE. OF COL. NORTH. The following was addressed, ou January 28, 1865, to Mr. Wk. f. Woob, superintendent of the Old Capitol Prison: ' ' " Sm: Col. North: having been acquitted by the military commission before which ho was tried, the Secretary of War declares that he be immediately released from confinement. Beport the receipt and execution of this order.’ Very respectfully,. Your obedient servant, E. D. Towhsend, Assistant Adjutant General. inTOth COSGKISB--SeeBßd Session. * ■ SENATE. PROTXCTIOH OX THH OVBBZ.AKB BOUTB. / Mr. POMEEOTa of Kansas, presented a concurrent resolution pnb* Legislator* or Kansas, setting forth, that ih# military force on the frontier of that State Jg incnfflolant for the protection of ihe overland route apkiost Indian depredation** and asking’ that tt be in* creased, Beferred to .the Committee on Military Affaire- A EBTITIOK VOS THB BBCOQKITIOK 03P THB OOK* RBDBRAOT. * SAT&SBUBY, ofDftlaware, aald he had a petition in his baud wfcich be had been requested t 6 present, r Be would nay tfbibtog favorably or otherwise a? id its contents. He presetted it because Its aatßdr, as a cit 1 - reit, had the right of petition- Tiis petition* which was .read by the Clerk, sets forth that the Singleton nod Blair missions had failed* and thaithere was no hope of peaes through negotiations; that Spatiw Austria, France, and the-BonatjLad combined to recognize tke Somh.: that to that «od;Fra-Dce and Austria had entered upon a divi sionof the Mexican States to acquire California; teat thebene between the North and South is independence or extermination, under which banner the people must divide and rally! that the South is not cru.hed as shown by her spirit, her ability to purchase Indepen denee from Europe, and the late declaration of Gene ral Sherman that- the war had hardly o-mmenoed. The petitioner, therefore, prays for the ltmnodiate re cognition of the Confederacy, to secure— c Great laugh tor and cries, by several Senators, * * Whose petition is tbatf It’s Jewett's. Colorado Jewett’s? 1 ' Mr. SHSSMAN. I would laqnire if it 1b customary to read petitions when presented. The Chairman satd the Chair put the question If .there was any objection to the readin* of the petition, ano heard none made. teveral Senators objected, and the further reading of the petition was suspended. THB TOBACCO TAX. Mr. POWELL, cf Kentucky, presented the reman sts ance of' the Agricujtura! Society of BTeiatack.y again£t the proposed tax of leaf tobacco. Beferred to the Com mittee e committee say that an examination of the subject satisfied them that there was as much fraud upon the Government by purchases made by the chiefsol bureaus as in any other way. To illustrate this fact he would call attention id one single instance, a contract for sperm oU. Mr. Hale here read at length from the report of the special committee on frauds In the .Pavy Department. Mr - Hide continued. The principal witness against these fraud* was, as I said on Saturday, arrested by order of the Savy Department, fits store was taken possetfiion of. his papers and the private papers of his wife were seized, ana he was sent to Fort Warren and kept there, dented iatercourse with bis family, with instructions not to release him under a hall of less than i£OG,OOO. He was kept there nntil indignation began to be excited In his case, and the attention of the Presi dent was called to It Then they consented to take off $460,000 of tbe bail, and to release him on *20,000. I was asked by the honorable Senator from Kentucky •if Mr. fimith was anetted because he gave -tßsti. mosy against the Bavy Department, it is impok* elble for me to scan the motives of men; it it enough for me to deal with ay own motives, and standing here under all the responsibilities which attach to me* jealous as any man of the little reputation that belongs to him, careful of mrown word ae most men, l aver before my country and before my God that I hare not the shadow os a doubt that the cause of this man’s ar rest and incarceration was that he gave evidence on that linyertigatioa. In that connection I have a re markable statement to make of the mart who ordered .this arrest and committed this outrage in Botton, rora-. Sated w;tk whi ell the, inquisition is tender merer, eins ramocstrakd with on tomeoceatlon of thin sort ig'-lntt tendin, these oases, to a aval andmiltary eonsts martial, why did he not take the ordinary •parts or justice, he made this remarkable avowal.that civil courts are organized-to acqnir, But we organize emits to convict Mr.- DAVIS 3 hat’s true, too. Mr HALE. If there were soma friend of the Indi vidual referred to here to-day. What I sly I think I could flash oneverrmind. concerningi:s trnth. I will tell you how It is done, tor while I am on this thlngT Wilt to expose It. ; Yon know that by the retiring law which we paesed, and, I voted' jagalnet it because I knew It was cslottlikted to promote .'!vorUlsm; by this law, retired oarets.who have no employment except at the will ol the (secretary, an put upon thee* court martial.- . . Mr, Bile nad the namesof the officers eoMtiiutlng the court that tiled Mrbmltn, of Boston, and said they, were all retired officers. These officers are all anxious for p.y for employment, and If they make themselves cecfptable t,. ife Sscretary of the navy they can get it: if they dou’t, ih«»y caa’i. This coast being thus onru- Secretary of the Bary appeafg as prosecutor; &sd the man is pioreciiUd. ft belng kuowa that the febcreiary waste convicUoa, there i* uothiag else for tlem to.oo but convict. s. . Mr. Hale heie read'the protest of the Maiaachusetts Legiri&iTue iu the case of Mr. Smithy eharaeteriziur the proceedings as unwarrantable aud illegal. ' Mr; Bale said that-if any OMef Justice of the Sa~ had ordered the iccarcerattou of any lean until he could find five huadied thousand doll ars bail-he would be. impeached. Be (Mr Hale) wouldioootof the Senate as he came into it-theuu compromirina foe of robbery and oppression. He knew he would have,the houeds on lus track, but he cjd not care. They had bees there before There was a reason for it, and mat reason had been aatiguad.- I am npi iu, accord with tbe Depaittnent. fie wished that to bo recorded. Be was proud of it. He was glad to have it said of him. He differed with the Navy Department in tbe beginning of the war. His reason was this: lathe beginning of the wax. , when the country was in a con • ditijpmwhich. all could remember, when he saw tee Se- M cretary of the Navy employ his brother in* law to ~ chare shlpt, and paying him a greater compensation tbsnc.was paid to the rresident, Tice President, and Cabinet, all when bs .sad the Secretory of tbe Navy put his hand into the public treasury, and deal? iue eutits content* without stint to his brother-m-iaw, as Baie) -wttß not iuacci rd with him' accused of £* verity in his remaritH aoout the Navy .Department;' bethe had never b*enhalf severe enoughbu it Every officer!*thenar; whohad distinguished himself and iimslmed tbanationaTface'B the deck of his vaistoi had IftmtdiateJx faiton utaer the displeasure of the administration of the Davy - Department. Admiral btnngham and Admiral Dupont had laid on the shelf. If they bad been felons, preyinv upon the trea sury of the country,, they eouli not have been more abused.. What was that for? Why, we have a re* markable genius at.the he»d of the Havy m*iik He (Mr. Hale) meant the actual Bsore* tary of the _H«vy. . Be used to be a past mid shipman? he believed. He sever got nx y higher iirthe navy. Aboutthe.time o? the siege of Fort BatnpUr his genius beamed upon tbe world In one or the most ridi culous and absurd idesafor the relief of that fort that was ever heard of. . it was thought that a man who had brains to conceive such an absurd ideamuatbe a genius, ai d he was next itfund tbe practical first lord of the Ad miralty. . Pretty soon'll became necessary to build seme twenty iron clads. The naval committee re* ab*mld be under the au thority of ili.e Tresident of the tlnlted Stoteß instead of the Secretary of the . _ The reeult was known. There were several speeches made,-end fieaiiy it became a law that it should bs under the control of the Navy Departmoqt. Twenty iron* claus were ordered to be built, a&d.they were two Jears in buiidiog. East session he (Sir. Bale)! intro* need a resolution, eaUing the attontiou of th& Gom mittoe on ibe Conduct of the 'War-to their fffstory. This new genius in too Departmsut condemned ibe opinion of the Bureau of construction, and under tock'to build something upon Jha raggestionv of his own genius. He wottld. be clad, to have tha Obmmit too on the Conduot of the War report ;on this subject; If they would not, be (Mr. Halel wonld teU the Senate the result. The Iron* OatU werebsiHitHuX Theyjwould. THE PBESS.-Pinr.APBr.PHIA, TUESDAY, JAWTTABY 31, IB6S on * fid* trial, have made nine knot* aa hoar, hut It wonid bave hoot. nine knots toward* the bottom of tfaa “Sr. I, h «r w«anot worth the iron they were made of. tSti^LJEiU’EgSSFXf expUod “ d the , Ar. BALK. Well, I suppose I can give an instalment to- morrow. i ■ ' THE; AMT PATrDnPARTJtENT. Hr. WILSON totrodnwd a bill for the better reorga nization of the. Pay.Deunrtmeut of the Halted Salt ?/™ T ;Zfi ch ??i' refo . I a n ?'U <) the -Committee aa MtU § F 1 ’!? thofajnaaster General the rack end nay of a Brigadier Geaeral, and pro Tides forthe appointment of two ssslaturts, who ehfflL be ■» SSo Inspector Generali of the Department, with the rank Par of eolinele, and alto ten UeprUT Paymaster now authorized from JhHo P °. f theJPaj Department, and for ed 4»yhe detailed as acting deputies not exceeding ten lb namlwr. It aim Secretary of War to.detall officers of the Pay Departmentfor ' aty an inspsctors for sack depart mente. pot exceeding four in number at any one time, who ehall receive during their detail the rink ami pay of deputy pay mariers. ] “ JUDICIAL PROCRKDIh'GB in mew YOgK. •V Mr F- 4 ® 8 , 1 ?, of Hew York, reported from (be Jttdi aiHjy Consadttee_ the bill % facilitate proceMtngs in n»w i ndlola J Proceedings in He port or a *w York, with an amendment of the elaule which provides the appointment of the District JndS, allow tag him the. samoeomoensatioH as is remit® by the Judge of the Southern DUtrtct of Hew York, j 3 .safii™ reported the MU in ”£i i o t o ,rt° Um nets for enroUing and oidltng oit the na tional-forces, with amendments, which provide for the fa cep .rt» w, i “ a,u^* tl ' a '« ® r apereon liabteto’be draft eerticn by the subetitnie i» stricken out, and US substi tute is punlehed by aforfeiture of tho rights fi citizen ship. T The rerolntlon advising retaliation for erne! heaimsnt Me " M ' *ICHADSOIfW'Mc. H§»ra JjOOtITOiB aid WILSDK were la favor of retaliation, bat not alway* In kind f * **- WIIADH ashed leave to withdraw Mekottoa tA eommit the phpero on the snbjeet to the MiUt jry Com mittee,' ana i o preeent an amendment reeontmeftdingthe commissioners to visit onr Trimners,, and directing the President tn use all proper sue&n* « retaliation to secure humane treatment forthen. ■■ ' ht r - .B.bHpKICKS, of Indiana, ohjeotad to he with drawal of the motion to recommit. On motion of Mr. - BIiEBMAH the Senate rent, into SzeoiniTe and soon after adjourned,] The SPKAKEK presented a memorial of the. Indiana Legislature, asking the eiaoharge of rodraita froatthat State who volunteered Into old.reglmente in tBl2h'tfh the tureen landing,and agreement of the rausterlmr oaifcr that they were to bodlaeharged with the regtmentfiyhon ita term of service expired. Ordered to be printed,, and referred to the Committee on Military a ffui«?; A FOR*.OF RSfTftY FOR INDIANA,, y The SPEAKER presented apetUion of‘4fOOGclttiflßB of ludl&sa audllilhois* iu« ndLlng the Boeaii'of 'Tfede, 1 ' ariilug the passage of ah act cottatitutiag tle of Michiit&& City, .Indiana,, a jwrt of eutrr, &ad rel&fetnir tturciaim of tbe General Gevernmeat .to tlaiteiaage duties of the e&ldbarb .r to the MioUgaa Ctjof Sarbor CoxQpAßy, to aid in Us improvement { ? \w? i Ana tbe SPEAKER (Mr. Wilson la the ctiWrJrfafaro daced a bill for these purposes* ‘which was eidareu to he prin.od, and referred to the Comuitf& nerce / -C% IHCBHASK OF COKFEKSATIOK TO KBMBKas|oF 002 - ORBBB AND OTHERS.' ' • ‘ - Mr. JOHIfSOK, Qfpeunsylvani&, offered- a preamble setting forth that as the oompthsatioa' of members of Congress and *the officers and two Houses, together with that of.ihosd employed lathe civil d epartmerts of the Government irfhe JOistrict of Colombia, bears nopropottlon to thi Ontrous exyeasea attending the necessaries of life; therefore, Bep>yved, That there be a; ded thirty-three ; and a third per eentnm to the present t&Uries or compensa tion. ; "' ; It was referred to the Committee of ways and Means. OAIaIVOBNIA XAND TITLES. Mr. COLE, of California, introduced a bill to confirm the title of the swamp-and overflowed lahds to the State oLCaliferaia, whieh was referred, i I GOVERNMENT RAU.BOAD TbXnSFOBT ATION.' On motion of Mr. WILSOJf,of lowjs* the doiutnlUee on the Judlciary.was instructed, to inquire what legislation is necessary to prevent paymAht for the t aosportatfon of troops >nd propertyjof the Vniteq. States to railroad eempanies. who have received grants of land 'Ott condi tion that troops andothea preperty.ahall bs caxried over the same free of toll. j • Mr. f/088, of Indiana* offend a resolution, that in view of the onerous expenses of the Government in strengthening and joißintaisingourlanny and navy, to operate against the rsbels, ana the large taxes imposed on the people te meet such expenses* sense of' this Home that no law ought to be enacted whereby theealarioßor coropensationof any claas'of employees shall be raised or increased. The House laid the reso lution upon the table. -A VC. Onmotiom of .Mr. ALLI9ON the Committee of Ways and Means was instructed to inohire into tlja expeau ency. of establishing In the Treasury Department a bu rettu of cbmiriMCia l . startt*tscB, aad tite coltectiou and pubiifiition of facteretetix-g tftiiiternatimuLeommerce, with je&ve to report by bill or otberwUO/ On motion of Mr. iSGESeOELf-of Illinois, a resolu tion was Adopted 'instructing tbe Committee of Ways and Mtans to inquire into the expediency of reporting a uniform mode of gauging and inspecting domestic Manors. A RESOLUTION OP TBANSS TO THE PRESIDENT FOR Mr. HGBS, of Illinois, introduced a resolution that the thanks of Congress and tbe country are due and are -hereby tendered to the President of tbe'United. States for relieving Major General Butler: from military com mand. resolution was laid upon th« table—yeas 97, nays INQUIRT INTO GENERAL JEFF* ,0. DAVIS 1 COWDUOfc, On motion of Mr. GEIBHBLL, of lowa, a resolution was adopted that the Committee on the Conduct of the War be directed to inquire Unto the treatment the men, women, and children made free by tbe Preaident s emancipation proclamation, by the 14ih Army Corps, under General Jefferson C Davie, attached to Major General Bhenasn’s army, on the recent march from At*, lam a to Savannah, ana report the earliest practicable Ume. * Hr. SLOAXT, of Wisconsin. a resolution,which was laid upon the table* instructing the Committee of Ways and Means.tOrjnquire into the expediency of re porting a bill amendatory of tbe internal revenue act* by wblih the duties'dfifiy.be increased thirty-three and a half per cent. A PERSONAL EXPLANATION BT MR. F ARES WORTH* Mr. FABSSWORTH; of lUinols, noiioed the com ments utou himself in the-Washingiou correspondence of the Chicago Trwune t he an em ployee of tbe &onße.in^whichhe* with dt>e,?S) were repre sented as' haviflg thewassagAoi' Mr. tax on paper, 'and as being conspicuous-among those who de sire to coe tin ue -tbe tax on kno irle'dg*. m Farnsworth said it was truetbat a large minority of tn*. House were opposed to the passage ol the resbhhUon * add expressed tlaeirAissent because, under the igag opportu nUy was allowed:tor its eonsidexatfon He said the writer’s remarks ought noftffpam without notice, and he therefore proceeded to explain Ms posi tion, denymg that he voted to favor monopolists. He had neither seen nor heard of paper manufacturers lob bying here to promote .their interest. The mewspbpßr men.themselves were engaged In lobbying. Be ex pressed himself in favor of continuing the present tariff. COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. O* motion- of Mr. STLVKNB, of Fenhsylvftnia, ihe Bouse conosmd in the Senate’s joint resolution ap pourting a commutes lo examine and report the votes for President and Vice' President, and to notify the per sons cbossn of their eleotion. . - ' The committee on the part of the-Senate consists of three members. The House ordered the committee on their pert toconsUt of five members. , ' THE ELECTORAL VOTES OF STATES JS REBELLION. Mr. WILSON, or lowa, from the Uondnittee on the Ju ■ dicl&ry, reported a preamble sorting forth ’bat the local authorities of Virginia. North - Carolina, South Caio lina. 'Georgia, Florida, Alabama, ■ ana Tennessee, having rebelled aicainn the Government of the Uni ed Slates, end have continued for more then three years, andwere'in armed rebellion on the 6th of November, 1B64: therefore; - • Rettolvtd. Thai the Statdb mentioned in the preamble to this resolution shall not be entities'to representa tion in'the Electoral College for the choree of President and Vice Fresideat of the United-Slates for the term of offise commencing on the fourth of March next, and no electoral votes shall be received or counted from those States concerning such choice of President and Vice President. . .. Jttr. KALLOBT. of Kentacty,a iMtoW of the CoEDHiitte© oil the Buies, said Uwy liadprepared a rale to meet tfce ease, 'lt was read lor informjatioa, aud pro potodtham onopeuiug aud counting' the rotes, any difflculiysbouLd aiiieuit must be settled by the concur rent votes of the two Houses/ Hr. 191118011 said he could not accept the resolution asa6uhßt>tutefor his own. It was important that ac tion should he taken on bis resolution now. as the votes are to.be iKnratod next Wednesdayweek*’ (The new rule ccroldbereporied and^discnsredatanosheitUme. 1 . The moiuttoh revolted hy Hr. Wilson was then adopt* d. . V THBITAVT. APPBOPBIATIOIff BTZrL. The House' then resolved Itself inte a committee of the whole on the state of the; Udton on the havy appro priation bill. '** Among the amendments adopted was ejn% providing that one midshipmans in addition to those authorized oy law. shall be appointed for each Congressional district on the nomination oi the jnerober.of Congress or dele gate from said district, but. no midshipmanAhaU be ap pointed for any district not represented in Congress. Hr. DAVIS, of Maryland, offaaed an amendment pro viding for the appointment of aboard of Admiralty by the President, syitk the aa vice and concent of the Senate. It is to be advisory on> matters of naval organization and law » ' *" ',7 ,'\ / Jar. SP-ALDIETG, o? hoped the amendment would not be adopifd,astbeCommitteeonßavilAf fairs had the Btibjeet under concH eraiion. ■ The Chairman (Mj WasHBUBNB) decided -the amendment outof order, but was'aot sustained by the committee. - ~ t • ■ Fending this amendment the committee rose, and the House adjourned. - [The following Is the concluding portion of the metborial of Mr. Jewett, which the Senatfe refused to hear, which we give : for the saUafabtion of tile public.—Ed. Press] v “ Your memorialist' therefore prays that Imme diate steps be taken for the recognition of the inde pendence of the Confederacy, with a vlaw to se curing those great commercial relations so highly important, hind which- will inure to. the benefit of European Powers unless friendly relations of com* merde, and an-alllance offensive and defensive Is en tered into and scearedfor thejhenefikor the United States, before such advantage shall have been" ac quired hyEuropean'FowersA To provide ag&icsfc a mlsconstmetlon dfmofive, yonrmemc rlalist hereby declarer before God and man, that he sincerely be-' lieves such action indispensable in order to prevent a war with Europe, and to successfully defend, pro serve, and perpetuate the American Rejmblijo.” /“Tras' r The met at 8 o’clock P. M . .. - . Hr,' BIDGWAY presented a petition against running locomotives on Nimh etreet, Philadelphia, - The following bills were introduced: Mr. 09N91LU, a bill authorizing railroad companies whose.lines reach’navigable streams to-etect docks and piers, ex ■ ceptin Philadelphia.; also requiring companies which use bridges of other roads to &*y part of expenses of construction. Hr. BICttOLS, a bill; authorizing Hi nth-street Pres byterian Church of Philadelphia' to sell part of l barial grc.uad r on atnereenth street Mr.'BIDQWAY, a bUI incorporating the Farmers’ Union Market on Sevent*entfc;etreet.: also a supplement to the Woodburn Minlning Company. .. ’ v ' The Houee met at half past 7 o’clock. The following petitions were preseated.. Hr. QDIGLSx, a petition againstthe removal of-the farmers’ wagons from Second str&e£ Philadelphia; ;• Tke JoHowtag resolution was passed, viz: About .calf ins-on the Secretary of the Commonwealth fur informa tion relative to papers under which the United. States draft was conducted in 1862. - ? r " The foliow’ng bills were introduced: Hr. fcLACK, a hill incorporating the Subterranean Oil Company to carry oil ini pipes from Oil Creek to Pitts burg. • s . v. Also, a. bill Incorporating the Pennsylvania Trans- Port&tiouCoxapauv. HrrQOAY, a. bill allowing IheFort Wayne and CM cago Bailrosd to change the location of their line. Mr. BABR/a bill increasing the soldiers’ payto’ one dollar pet day. Hr. McCLURE, a bill extending the time of the oom pletiou of the Southern Pennsylvania Boilroad for ..fife years;- • •/- Hr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, a bill transferring the reserve rights of the Commonwealth to repoaiasa old Germantown turnpike to the city of Philadelphia. -This bill is Intended -to allow the eity to purchase the turn pike If desired. ... \ x : Mr. PUfiDY, a bill Incorporating Oil Producers] Cherry Bun Railroad.. Mr. BUDDIMaB,.A a bUI for the better protection of landlords and tenants lb-actions of ejectment. ' Mr. THOMAS, a supple menttothe Penns? Irani&Llfe Insurance. Alto, asupplemeht to the Horticultural So* ciety. ‘ Mr. COGHBAHr-a bill Jo enter on the bonds of bank officers. Also, reiatlye to meetlnga-in this fetate of foreign corporations. Mr. feTEINEB, a but relative to the competency of parties** witnesses; ! A -■ Hr. BUKGEOIN, a bill incorporating the Oil Producars Cherryßuaßallroad. Adjourned. Dentil of the fitate Treasurer of Hew : Jfersey. Tbektow, H. j., Jan, 3Q.—The Hon. R. S. Smith, treasurer of the Steto of New Jersey, was taken with paralysis, ob Sunday morning, at hlsresldenoe, at Hlghtstown, and died to-day. He held the ofiioe of State treasurer for fifteen years, and was unites sally respected as a most accomplished and faithful officer, The Crawford jconniy Benh Bobtiry.' ' ASBSdT o» THU awt» MdOmBY d» : THB ; s ‘ sfom Boma' 1 * MBAsvxLLu,Jaj]^B6.—Thebohd® stolen from, the baukin this pl&oeJa v day or two eince have gjUhssh recoveredaudttJ^efarrestoflUvi';.? v- RETALIATION. EXECUTIVE SESSION* HOUSE OF REPRESENTATiyES. INDIANA RECRUITS. • . OPPOSITION TO INCREASED EXPENSES* COMMERCIAL STATISTICS; INSPECTION OF LIQUORS. RELISTING GENERAL BUTLER TAbLED. INOREASB OF INTBBNAL B 1 Ha&sisbvxu, January 30,1891 senate: - HOUSE. -I REBEL; ATROCITIES. * THE, PBIBQJr-PBJr AT SALISBUKY. TfSTIMONY OF THE ESCAPED TRIBUNE " V j CORRESPONDENTS. Fiemllahl'racltj oftließebßl Autiioritles WHOtESAI-E STAEYATIOrr AND MURDER OF UNION PRISONERS* Tins ROKBORS OF THE liOSPITAIS. Washington, Jan. so.—The following testimony was given before the Committee on the Con duct of the War by Albert D. Rioliardßon: TBSTiMONV OF MB. ALBERT D.-.RICHARDSON* lama ffHbttnecemspocdentt was captured by the rebels May 3, 1b63, at midnight* on a hay bale in the Mississippi rteer. opposite Vicksanrg t After confine ment in ox different prisons was sent to Salisbury* N. G., February 8, 1664, and kept thete until December 16* 1804, when I escaped. ■ For several months balisbury was the most endurable rebel pchonl had seen. The six hundred inmates, exercised iu tbe open air, were coin relatively well ied acd kindly treated. Sut early in October ten thousand regular prisoners of war arrived there* and it -immediately changed into a scene of czuelty and horrors It was densely crowded; rations were cut and issued very irregularly; friends outside could not oven sextd iu a plate a food.* the pri soners tuifered constantly aud often intensely for want of water- bread, and shelter. Tbe rebel authorities placed all the prison hospitals under charge if my -tyro journalistic comrade* and myself, uur-positione enabled us to ebta.n exact and minute informatUn. Those who had to live or die oa the prison rat on always suffered from hunger. Very frequently one or more divisions of a thousand men would.rective no rations for twenty four hours; some times they wero without a morsel of food for forty eight hour a- The few who had money would pay from five to . twenty dollars rebel -currency for a little loaf of bread/ Most prisoners traded the buttons from their blouses for food. Many, though the weather was very inclement and snows frequent, sold coate from their backs and shoes from their feet. Vet I was assured, on authority entirely trustworthy, that the great commis sary warehouse, near the prison, was fllied with provi sions; that the commissariat found it difficult to obtain storage for his flour and meal; that when a subordinate asked the post commandant, Major John K. Gee, ‘ •86 all 1 give the prisoners lull rations? 1 * he raphe 1. “Ko, God ctemn them; givettem quarter rations. * r I know, from personal observation, that corn and pork aie very abundant in the region about Salisbury. For several weeks the prisoners had no shelter what ever. They were all.thinly -clad. Thousands were barefooted. Not ora in twenty had either overcoat or blanket. Many hundreds were without shirts, and hundreds more without blouses. At last one Sibley tent s nd one “A” tent were famished to each squad of one hundred. With th« closest crowding thea* •hol lered about one half the prisoners. The rest burrow zed in the ground, crept under buddings, or shivered / through the nights in the open air. upon the frozen, muddy, or snowy soiL if the rebels, at the time of their espture* had not stolen their shelter-teats blankets, clothing, and. money,they would h&ve suffer ed little from cold. If the prison authorities had per m&ed a tew hundred pf them, either upon parole or oncer guard, to curings-within two miles of the garri son, the prisoner* wcu d have giadlr buUt comfortable and ample batrAoka in one w.e*x. But the commandant wouhl never, in a densely wooded region* with the care which brought!! passing by the walls of the pri son, eveufurniah-JRUf ihe fuel which was needed - The hospitals were in a horrible condition. By crowd ing .the patients thick as they could be upon the floor they would, contain six hundred inmates. Tnev -were always full to everfiewiag, with thousands seek ing aomisslon in vain. In the two largest wards, cen /taming'joiiitly about-two hundred and fifty patients, there was no fire whatever; the others had small fire* placer, but were always cold. One ward, which held forty patients, was comparatively well furnished. In the ether eight the , sick and dying men lay upon the cold , and muaily naked floor, for the scanty etraw furnished us toon became too filthy and full of vermin for use. The authorities never supplied a single blan ket, or quilt, or pi»iow» or bed, for these eight wards* we could not procure even brooms*io keep them clean, or cola water to wash the faces of the inmates. Pneu monia, catarrh, and diarrhoea were the prevailing ’disease*; but -they were directly the result ofJiungcr and exposure. More than half who entered the hos pitals died in a vtry few days. The decease*., always without coffins were loaded into a dead* cart, piled upon each other like logs of wood, and so driven out, to be thrown into a trench and covered with earth. The rebel surgeons were generally humane and at tentive; they endeavored to improve the shocking esST* dition o* the hospitals, but the ballsbury andßichmoad - authorities both disregarded their complaints and pro tests. On November 26th many of the prisoners had been without food for forty-eight hours. Desperate from hunger, without any matured plan, a few ot them e&id: “W* may as well die in one way as another;, let ns break out of this horrible ufaoe. * * Some or them wrested the guns from a relief of fifteen rebel soldier«just en*. tering the raid, killing two who resisted, and wound ing five or six. Others attempted to open the fence, but they had neither adequate toot* nor ceaeen of action . before they could effects breach every gun in the garri son was turned upon them; the field pieces opened with grape and canUtor, and they dispersed to their quar ters. Five minutes from the beginning the attempt was quelled, and hardly a prisoner to be seen-In the yard. My own quarters were a hundred and fifty yards from the scene-ox the insurrection; in our vicinity thebe had been no participation-at all in it, and. yeto fbr twenty minutes alter it wasended, the gtiardsmpda fenC9 on each aide of ns, with deliberate aim. fired int* the tents upon heipleesaud innocent men. They killed in all fifteen acd wounded sixty, notone-tenth of whom had taken part in tbe attempt; many of whom were ig noiant of ittrotil theyhearti the guns. ’ Deiibej ate cold-blooded murders of peaceable men. where there was no pretence that they were breaking any prison regulation, were very frequent On Odo ber 16 Lieutenant Davis, of the 198th New lork In fantry, was thus shot dead by a guard who, the day before, had been openly'swe&ringha would * { kiLL some dsm&ed Yankee yet.’* November 6, Luther Goaiad, of tie 45th Pennsslvania lufaatrj* a delirious patient from one of the hospitals, was similarly murdered.* * November 3. & chimney in one, of the hospitals fell down* crushing several men under it. . * Orders were immediately given to the guard to le tno one approach the building on the preuxt ihatihere might be another insurrection Two patients from that .hospital had not heard the order, and were returning to their quarters, when I saw a echtinei on the fence within twenty feet ot them, without challenging them, raise his. piece and fire, killing .one and wounding the other. Ma jor Gee, at was standing immedi ately lesido the sentinel, who must-have acted under his direct cutlers, December 16, Moses Smith, of 7th Maryland (colored) infantry* While standing beside my quarteis, scarchisgfor scrap* of food from the sweep ings o! the cook-house, was shot through the head, There were very similar murders! 1 never knew any pretence even made of investigating or punishisg Our Dve« were never safe for one moment Any sentinel, at any.lionr of .day or night, coaid deliberately shoot down any prisoner, or Into any group of prison er*, black or white, and he would not oven be taken off . his post lor it neariy; every week an officer came Into the prison to for the rebel army. Sometimes he offered boun ties; always he promised good clothing and abun dantfood Between twelve hundred and eighteen hun dred of our men enfieted in cwomo&tbo. r wae'rep«ated ly asked by* prisoners,- sometimes with tears inthetr eyes. “What shall 1 do? I don't waittostarre to death. I am growing weaker daily; if I stay here I shall follow my comrades to the hospital and dead house. If lentis-1 may live until I can escape ” . I had charge of the clothing left by the dead, aad re issued It to the living. I distributed articles ef clothing to-more than two ihoufat d prisoners, but when I es caped there were folly five hundred without a shoe or a stocking, and more yes with no garment above the waist except one blouse or one shirt. Men came to ms fre quently upon, whom the rebels, when they captured tb*m, had left nothing whatever except a light cotton sbii t and a pair of light, ragged cotton pantaloons. The books of all the hospitals were kept and the daily consolidated reports made up under my supervision. During ih * two months between October 18 and Decsm t er 18 the average number of pt isoners was about 7,600 The deaths for that period were fully 1,600, or twenty per cent, of the whole. I brought away the names of more than twelve hundred of the dead; some of the re mainder were nevfir reported; the others I could not procure on tie day of my escape without exciting sus picion. As the men grew more and m*re dabiiitated the percentage of deaths increased. I left about 6,600' remaining in the garrison December 18, and they were then dying at the average rate of twenty-eight a day,or thirteen per cent, a mcnih. The simple tiuth is that the rebel authorities are mur deri&g our soldiers at Seltebary by cold and hunger, while they might easily supply them With ample food andfueL They are doing this systematically and I be lieve are killing intentionally, for the purpose of either forcing our Government to an exchange or forcing our prisoner# into the xebelarjny, . . , TESTIMONY OF MR. JUNIUS H. BROWNE. Browne* 81 ™ 01 * 7 ’’ efolS ““ CoBmi “ 6 * 1 am a journalist by profession; have been since the breaking ouAof the W*r an army correspondent of the Kev Toik Tribtme; captured in that capacity in the middle of the Mis|isaippi river,'WhUe ranmhgpast the batteries of Vicksburg, on tWnight of May 8 1833, our expedition having been destroyed by the rebel siege gusg; 1 waskeldjirißoner soma twenty months shaving in that time been in occupant of seven Southernpristine. ’ the lest being the Salisbury, North Carolina* peniten? tiary, where f was kept with my co-laborer. Albert D. BicfaardeoD, ior almost eleven months, m&Ling my es cape therefrom in his company, on the night of Decem ber 18,1864.- * • The treatment of/far prisoners was bad enough every where. but it was so barbarous and inhuman at Salis bury for two months previous to my escape that I re gard the exposure thereof a duty I owe to the thousands who still remain there. £arly in October from nine to ten thousand of our en listed men were sent to Salisbury from BUhmosd and other points, and as they had been, robbed of thsir clothing and blankets, and received - very little food or shelter, the mortality amoag them became almost im mediately widespread and alarming. -Every tenement within the prison limits wgs eon verted Jmo a hospital,’ mid I offered my services as medical dispenser and assistant to the rebel surgeons. I Svun mad* daily .yipitß to tne sick who could notob taimsdmission to. the over crow ded hospitals—lying in tents on the ground, without .covering and with very scant s raiment, where they had crept for protection from the. cold rains, the snow, and the. biting winds— and performed such poor service as lay in my limited power.* Their eonditfon'wae distressing in the extreme. They hadne means of keeping warm* except by fires oi very green wood that filled the rude shelters with bitter smoke, and which added to the earhonic acidized atmosphere from so many breaths, and the emanations from unwholesome and unwanted bodies, packed together like figs, entirely poisohed'the *ir, and d«- etiojed th» health of almost &U who inhaled it The sickness and mortality is those outside quarter... as well as elsetsheie, cor tinnally increased, and the marr.i -want) at an, onh mrylycd. Starred and freer* lng,.wlth hardiy water enough to drink, mnoh iess to waih thelr peretinß or the scant clothes they worei tan ptor feilow. namrally and necessarily desnatred. ana not a few of them were anxious to die to escape from the slow torture of their situation, . I.had the best means of knowing, and It is my firmest belief that ont of eight, or nine thonaand prisoner* at Balisbniy there were mot at any time five hundred of them in sound health —an opinion In which ailtne rebel soldiers to whom 1 expressed it fully ooinctded. The deaths, dorina the last two months I passed at dalisbn ry, ranged front! twenty-fly* d* forty-fiye per day— dlsrrttes, dysentery, catarrh, pneumonia, and typhoid layer, all .engendered hy scarcity of food, shelter, tod raiment—being the principal dleeascs. l ftaye no doubt if tbeprlsChen had been properly treated—as prisoners of-war in the borthare toithe best or my knowlddge and information treated—the mortality at-SaH&bnrr ' would not haye been mom than an eighth of what It was. c ■: The capacity of the so; called lospitals-nine in num ber- wtucb were without any of the comforts or conco-’ ■ m tents of those institutions, were not to tire fullest oyer fiye or six hundred patientsf and the number of priso ners who ought to bare been inmates thereof was. at least, ss many thousands. The hospitals merely afford ed some protection from the cold and rain, and famish ed rather better rations than were glyentothe men who were snppotod, by a transparent fiction, to be in good health. Barely any one wonld. go to the hospitals so long as he conurhelp himself, or Indues any one to help him, tlte dally spectacle of ghastly and hideous corpses goingrnereftom to the dead-rouse filling all beholders with horrsr, and indnoing the soldiers to bslleye that ali.whoefltered tliese filthy and pestiferous touemeuts were doomed ? The prison limits at Sallsbuiy revealed a scene of wretchedness, squalor, despair, aud suffering, such as I-sccnatomed as 1 am to army life and ths horror. of military hospiUds and battle fields—iad neyer before' witnessed. The prison authorities—especially after the massacre attending the attempted.ontbreak of No yemter 56th—appeared not only indifferent to the miserable condition of the men, hut to be actuated’by a brutalUycahd malignity towards them that f could not reconcile with my Ideas of human.natnre. They permitted the guards to shoot prisoners when ever they pleased, without the -least pretext or expla nation; and no man s life was satKfor a da7or an! hour. The air was foil of paimand .pestilence, and all the .’horrors of imagined hells seemed realised in that most wretched placet of which I shall neyer think without a shudder, and a lessened faith in the possi bilities of humanity. .. POBTIABB. . ARRIVAL OTT THB STEAMER URITBD KIKSPOM. '■ Pobtlard, jan. 30—The steamship Uni tod King dom, from ijtlsegow on the zath ultimo, arrlvedhero this afternoon. - THE LOSS OE TBB SQHOOItER BLtTX’BSLL RENIEir, The reported loss of the schooner Bine Bell, ai announced a few days since, Is pronounced false, as neither the oaptaln nor the crew have been' found here. The report was probably made to coyer some fraud. . ‘ ABHANSAB. ’ - : LSOAIITT OF THE XXtBOTION OV SENATOR SHOW— • BBOrEBINQ OR THE OVERLAND BTASB BOHTH. Little Book, Ark., Jan. 30—The recent state, inent of the Democrnf that the elootlon of W. D. Show to the United States Senate from this State was a faroe le proven to bo .untrue. He was legally eleoted by more than a quorum of the present Q-ane ral Assembly. ■ , •.".' . A despatoh from Atchison sap that the overland mall stage will probably oommenoe runnlngthrongU to about ten dap. ■ r v \ SrEotAL Bale or I|6oo Entire Paokaoes or Domestiob.—We would call the attention of the trade to the above sale, wtaioh will be held at the' 'auction store of Messrs. John B. Myers k 05., -Nos. 133 and 234 market street, to-morrow, Wednesday, February l, at 10 o’clock. The entire offering; Is one of the largest and most deslrable ever ojade in jthla oountry, The goods are now opeqfor examlna 'Uon. MPABMEM OF *H* REPORTED EVACUATION OP PORTIPTIWO AT GRAND ECOBB—mSERABCB COBDITIOK OP PRIOR’S ARMY. . CAIRO, Jan. 80,-Tba rtoamer Magenta brtw New Orleans adTiees of January Mth. All I* R*w» along th, river. A steamer baa arrived at New Orleans, ftoin Mo bile Bay. bringing a rumor of the evadnatlon of Mo bile. The report was received hy the flag-ship on January 20th. A Natchea letter, of January 23d, to th* Now W loans DtUa, gives tho following news from tho trans- Mississippi Department: ' The rebels are fortifying at Grand Eeore, and have an entire division stationed there. One 'dlvV slon of rebel cavalry has boon sent to Texas lately with orders to be dismounted for Infantry. Kirby Smith’s headquarters are still at Shrove port, but there,ls no considerable body of troops garrisoning. The main body of Prise’s old army is reported to be on the Upper Bed river, near the border of tho Indian country, suffering all tho hop rorß of cold and nakedness, having oome back their recent campaign poorly supplied with neces saries. Fagan’s and Parson’s brigades are stationed at Camden, Ark. They compose all the troops of Ptloe’S army that have returned to Topeko, from whleh place the expedition originally started. De sertions are very frequent from their demoralised foroes. The New Orleans cotton market .Is unsettled. Middling esc. There is a light supply of sugar and molasses. Superfine flour $11.26. The Memphis Bulletin says the steamers Chip pewa and Annie Jacobs, two of the fleet which went up the Arkansas river to Fort Smith, were captured and burned at White Oak Shoal. Two others were damaged, but managed to escape. KENTUCKY. A GUKBILI.A SAID IHTO DAHVHXK—THET ABB PURSUED ADD TWICE ROUTED— quABTRBLi AGAIIT TUKKKD UP —MASSACRE OP UHIpN SOD- LIRRB BY SUE MUMDY. Louisville, Jan. 30.'—Captain Clark, of the 4th Missouri Bohol Cavalry, entered' Danville with 40 men on Sunday, at 9 o'clock, swapped horses with several citizens, helped themselves to hoots, shod several of thetf own horses and departed. They were followed by Captain Bridgewater with TO or BO Federala, who overtook them about four miles from Harrodshurg, where a fight ooourred. Two rebels were killed and four or five wounded, and several were captured. Two of Bridgewater’s men were wounded, but none were killed. \ . Major Jones with 200 men Is reported within 9 miles of Elizabethtown to-night. Quantrell, of Ejansasnotoriety, Is said to ho with Jones with a band of 210 men. On Friday last Cap tain Berry, leading five guerillas, approached with in a short distance of Bardstown, when they were fired on by apart; of Federal soldiers who report that Berry was killed. On Saturday evening the outlaws made another raid on the place, but were repulsed after a brisk fight. On the same day Sue Munday’s guerilla band dashed Into Bloomfield, and surprised a party of seventeen discharged soldiers, captured fourteen of them and killed them on the spot.' The guerillas alleged, In justl&eatloh, that the soldiers had exe cuted a guerilla, named Dudley, five dayß before. CIKNJBBAL THOMAS’ ARMY. ' The Nashville correspondent of the Cincinnati CommercuUj writing January 13th, says: u General Thomas’ army is, and has boon for some weeks past, congregated principally about East port, the head of steamboat navigation on the Ten nessee. As soon as Hood put this river between himself and us, and rendered It necessary for our army, if they would still continue to act on the aggrcßßlve, to push beyond It, a vast gap was at onoe created In the old lino of communi cations. ' Hood knew this would be effected, ami, therefore, did not retreat In a direction which, would enable us to follow him up by our old line through Bridgeport and Chattanooga. A new line had to be established further to the west. Since the Tennessee had to be crossed In any event, and water transportation Is cheaper than by rail, that river Itself was selected as that lino. This recasting of the whole scheme of operations necessarily con sumes timo. Wharves must be built, warehouses erected, supplies accumulated, &o. .Though this work was entered upon Immediately after Hood crossed the river, it Is a great one and progresses slowly. The army rests meantime, organizes new • brigades and divisions, recovers from the effects of Its revere winter campaign, and makes the exten sive, nameless preparations necessary for a speedy resumption of operations. How soon these would be Inaugurated, even If the weather permitted, it would be difficult to determine. The faoe of the country through all northern Mississippi and lower Tennessee is fiat and low, and the unprecedented rains of the past month have overflowed hun dreds Of acres With water, vrhtoh the army most wait for the winds and the sun to as suage. Let none be disappointed If It does not uncoil itself and leave the banks or the Tennessee for a month. The whole line of the Memphis and Charleston Ballroad, whioh runs through Corinth, 'is entirely unoccupied by the rebels, except in strag gling bandß of guerillas. All stories aa to Hood’s occupation of the place on his retreat are ground less. He did not approach it. He had Intimations, doubtless, of Geperal Dana’s move from Memphis to ent the railroad south of It, and he has not yet come to that degree of foolhardiness as to walk Into so obvious a trap. There Is little reason to doubt that hie arm; is at present quartered at Tusoaloosa, while ho himself has gone over to Montgomery to hold a consultation with Beauregard.” The Gueeillab of Kbhtucry—Who They ’ ARB aed How THEY ABk Organized.— During the recent retreat of Hood immense numbers-of men do* serted, but In many instances they, Instead of taking the oathtof allegiance, joined guerilla parties, and go about through the country committing all sorts of depredations. This is the case with both sides. Guerilla bands aro generally made up of deserters from .both armies, or men who wore drafted and una ble to pay out oy furnish a substitute. Sue Muudv and her party are made up entirely of this class of individuals, and lt is generally tbe ease with all bands of like oharaeter. Hence it is that la almost every county in Kentucky, and even in Tennessee, guerilla bands have sprang Into existence, and they nave been bold In their operations, committing rob beries and depredations almost when and wherever they pleased. Kentucky regiments who haveserved their time of enlistment have returned to their na tive State and been mustered out of the service The soldiers composing these regiments were for a long time, and some are still, afraid to go to their homes on aocount of guerillas, who wotiTd never let them rest In peace so long as they were at home. An organization of troops for home defanta was soon established, and they are found In almost all the counties where guerillas were moat likely to be found, Decently our troops have had engage ments . with them, which proved serious to these roving bands. The guoriUsß are be coming tired of the life they are leading, and begin to Snd out that the State troops will never let them rest until they are driven out 6f the State and their bands broken up entirely. Within the last few days no less than one dozen persons, who are known to have been members of gueiilla parties, have sent lu letters to the post commander in Louisville, want ing to know upon what .terms they can return to that city, become loyal citizens, and go North. If they can establish by proof that tho; were Confede rate soldiers, they can he allowed to take the oath, five bonds, and go'where they inay wish Inside the ederal lines; but if it be afterwards proved that they had been guerillas, they may be caught and afterwards executed as such^ GENERAL REBEL NEWS. Gen. Brags Is endeavoring to throw the onus of huriallhre arFort FlsHSßmthe shoulders of Davis and Lee. This is exciting much indignation, espe cially among the partisans of the latter, who are calling for .an Inquiry Into the matter. They say that Bragg has been a uniform failure from the be ginning, and is trying to drag down Leo as he drag fed down Johnston. There is a great clamor fur Is removal. The north main, channel of the Savannah river is now open for navigation. Our men have been industriously at work ever since the capture of the city, and with the small appliances they have had have done a great deal. The obstructions were Of the strongest kind, and exaoedingiy difficult to lemove. Huge pens, fanned of piles driven Into the bed of the river and toterlaoed with the heaviest kind of Iron chains,’were filled with paviug-stones and rocks of all kinds, the whole cemented with vast quantities of clay. The wteok of the rebel Smboat Georgia, built from the contributions of eorgla ladles, is still In the river, opposite Fort Jackson. The debris of the new ram, which was built by H. F. Wlillnk, at Us ship,yard, In the east ern seotion of the city, and whose suooessful launch a few weeks prior to the entree of the United ’ States troops won the praise and admiration o( the well-wishers of reheldom, still lies at : the wharf of Wllllnk’s shipyard, where she was burned and then scuttled to prevent her from fall ing into our possession. ’ Besides these, the wreok or the dry Sock, two brigs; a gohooner, and one or two .small vest els, with a low pilot-boats, still blockade some portions of the river. But a way has been opened, and already four large steamers loaded with supplies have, by careful pilotage,, come up to the verywharyeß. The Employment or Slaves in the Southern Army.—Whatever persons North, may say, there 13 undoubtedly a strong feeling In some of the States of the South in favor of filuhg up the depleted army .with negro recruits. : Everywhere in our rebel ex changes we find this feeling set forth to strong and unmistakable forms. 'The South expects muoS from these of the more sanguine com plete and speedy victory over the Yankees. The' following from the Richmond Whig sets forth this - hope, as clearly as anything we have seen: “ Now, ' let us say to the North that we are on the defensive: that they can stop this war Immediately by with drawing their troops. If they refuse, let Congress -put throe hundred thousand slaves in the army : -put deeds of emancipation In their pockets; march one hundred thousand to Pennsylvania, one hun dred thousand to Ohio, and one hundred thousand -to Indiana; tell them to spare nothing but the old men, women and children; to live on the country; 'lay waste as they march; to rob the banks ; to take every kind oi property they want; to have it as their own; to load every wagon, horse, mule, and ox with the spoils, and bring it back to their old homes, and enjoy it and freedom for life. How long wonld Grant stay at Oity Point 1 X have heard officers of high rank say they wpuld cheerfully volunteer to commandthe negro troops. Under the late law to consolidate companies, &0., hundreds of officers will he without commands, who would willingly com mand these troops. Let Congress do this, and, to the language of this intelligent Yirgluian, before the next 4th of July the’ war would end, and our In dependence he acknowledged. Keep the men over forty-five at borne And put thenegroes lu the army.” The Advancbon Charleston—Will it Fall 1 —The Southern papers are very much exeretsed about the safety of Charleston. They ohronlolo the movements of General Sherman’s army very faith fully. In speaking of the recent capture ofPocota- Jlgo bridge they say: “From Pocotaligo to Branohville the distance , does not exceed forty-five’ mites, and oan he easily accomplished to three days. The enemy onoo firmly established on the railroad, either at Branohville or some'polnt nearer Augusta, and the fall of Charles ton becomes only a‘ question of time, and a short time at that. We may leave it to the President and General Lee-to decide what effect such a movement would have upon Klohmond and the Armyof North ern Virginia. At Branchvitle, Sherman’s flanks wonld be protected by the Edlato and Its swamps on the left, and by-the Santee and Its swamps On the right, whilst his base at Charleston would be ■ unas sailable either by land or water. The retention of Charleston is not, as many of Its inhabitants Ima gine, indispensable to our success; but the reten tion of the military line from Kingsville to Au gusta is.” The Southern Pennsylvania Railroad.—As the engineers have completed the survey and loca tion of this new road from Oonnellsvllla to Bedford and paused In their operattona, a rumor has got afloat that, the company does not Intend to build any more than that portion ot the work. It Is tone that the company Intend to build,finish, and But this part of the line to operaUpir before .attempting an v other. ButltlsnettrueThat the rest orthe work Is to he abandoned. The Hunttogdoa and Broad Top Railroad extends to Bedford, at which plioe tt will moot tills new road ana oonneot with it Pmm a^affass!r,ttrss , !^j® BSsssMasasffistsn&sj ration by means of the Broad Top connection •?»?« would at once make a through route I?om PMladei* {‘e.fJm. Huntlpgdon, Bedford; coif nellsville to Pittsburg and would afford an ■ tunity tor bringing into market the vuiutofe*nSnerad lands of- the southern.tier of. conn ties. Ttwonfrt furnish also an avenue to market for the ollofJlunt arAoreek region, besides taoreasingenormaoslv the lord * BB 0f tb6 r * Uroail rr o>“ Huntlngden t» «ed. EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE FERVVAIH AT FORTLAH9 numerous disasters at sea # Speeches of Messrs. Bchoolfleld, Bright, and Baxter on American Affairs. THIS CAPTAIN OF 188 SEA KINO COM ■’ HIITED FOB TIUU. Reported NomUatlo* of Prince Napoleon as Regent on the Death of the Jimperor. TBe Catholic Governmenlit and the Pope’s ' . Bncycilcal Letter, Fobtlahis 30 —Tk© steamship Peruvian, ITom Liverpool onthe afternoon of the i»th lust.* arrived at this port to day. She brings advices to th© 20th, via Oreeneastle, although detained off Lough Fojle by a fog until Saturday afternoon. BNOIiIfD. Messrs Scboo’field and Bright had been addressing their coßfatimenU »t Birmingham. The former ex pressed ble regret at the intention of tbe Americass u terminate the reciprocity treaty, and place gunboats on the Lkkee. ‘With, regard to non-tetervennno, he said bn was not prepared to loin in a policy which would altogether overlook the injuria* which one nation nr got ii diet upon another. Mr. Bright in hie speech, expatiated on the triumph of tbe non-intervention policy in Eagli«> pe*iUes. Is regard to parliamentary reform, he said ft no more te put to sleep than coaid the negro question ia the smpnean Congress; for.thonsh it wae always voted a gr«at nuisance and not t» be talked about, America ia »«*w in deadly conflict with it, and the negro waar tend ing forth in large proportions and daily gaining free dom. Mr. Bnght need many strong arguments in sup port of tbe extension of the franchise fie pointed t-> tk* oTd*-r and tranquil! y with which millions bad voted at the recent Presidential election in America. As regards American affairs be said he purposely abstained from any obtervst ons upon that cad and mournful revolu tion which was taking place. Mr. Baxter, a member of Parliament, has been deli vering aedreetesat B angowrie. Scotland, onthe Am# rlean question. He eulogized Mr. Li Benin's Admini stration, and said be was emphatically in favor of the Berth. > e bad perfect confidence in the abitUv of the Kath to bring the question to a most satisfactory soiu- 2be Liverpool Post says that extensive orders f* r army clothing for the rebels have been executed in Li verpoollately, including2o,ooo uniforms for the rebel ariiibry. ' Liverpool, Jan. 2D, P. Jf.—Captain Corbett, who dozum&nded the rebel pirate Sea Bing, alias the She nandoah. was committed for trial to day on the charge of violating the foreign enlistment act. PKAtTCB. It is asserted that the Emperor ffapoleon has nomi nated Pnnce Napoleon as Regent of (be French Eoapiie ia ea&e of hie death. a duel took piece recently at Bois de Boulogne, be tween Count Bute Ta’fervud Perigard (recently made Duke de Montmorency) and Bake de OnaeavUie, one of the plaintiffs in (heponcing suit to preventthe former from tsenming the Montmorency titto The duel wae fought for fifteen minutes, with swords, whea the latter wag wounded In tne arm, and lunher hostilities were stopped. Count Perigard also received two slight wounds. The Paris Bourse was firm at 87f. Sfie. for fi-sntes. GE&HA&Y. The Vienna Presse that the relations between Austria and Pro'este continue excellent; but, neverthe less, Austria is determined to withdraw from the al liance rather than permit Prosha to annex the fiachie*. Prussia is said to seek principally a direct alliance agßinst revolutionary movements. The Catholic representatives ia the Prasiian Chamber of Deputies have breathe first to endorse the declara tions of President Vos Graboro against the outrages on the Coseliuuion effected during the last three years. They say, in «fceir address, that a reconciliation be tween tbe deputies and the Government can only take place when toe Government formally acknowledges the constitutional right to vote on the Budget. , The Pope’a encyclical letter is the leading theme of dwcussion in Prance. The Prefects had been ordered* to report on its effects, and the Government, it was said, contmuiau d a serious step in the matter. It was rumored that there had been a difficulty fee twfen the French and English military afithoritis* at Aden. Tie Madrid Noticits asserts that Spain will demand from Peru an indemnity of fifteen miL ion francs for the expense el its expedition. ITALY. Tie Corre*p*ndencea announces thatthe&ovcnuaest will net energetically if the EncycHcal Latter ia pub lished without the authority of the Council of State. It is rumored that the Emperor or Bossia and the Pope have quarrelled over the Encyclical Latter. M de Bartiges had communicated to Astonelli the measures acopted by the French Government against the Encyclical letter A complete jruptnre tad occurred between Cardinal Paudrea and site Top* The Card nai was sojnntoQed to Home to answer fo? rebellious language under tee penalty of being deprixed of the emoluments of his raok. It is stated that the Cardinal refused to l ears Naples, BBAZII,. Paraguay bad declared war against Brazil, and a de cree tad teea issued announcing tke rupture of tiie treaty petered into by those Governments*. The Brazilians were repulsed at Pyaalder is. Urarsay. BUSSIA. Hnjnerous political prosecutions iutd bcea abandoned laPolaid. . * INDIA. Bombat, Dec. 29.—Cotton is 10-srer, bat the price* of ftbirm.s ate on the advance. CitceTTA, Dec. 28. —The market for cotton is flat, rreigbti are dull. PRUSSIA. Tie speech of tbs King of Proesia to tba Chambers profesiml a desire for reconciliation Willi the Cham bers, but expressed a determination to maintain a strong military organization. Tbs Chamber re-elected Herr Grabord as president, who. in the coarse of hisepeeeh, denounced the coarse of the Government.. He said it sought, by military sac ceee, to aUesce public opinion, J3at the peopiesSeadfaatly remain faithful to the Uonstitaiit>n. Large redactions were made in tbe military estimates. Commercial Intelligence. , LIYBBPOOL COTT9IT MABKBT.—The sates of four .-d&ys amount to 32,£00 bales, including 3 £OO bales to speculators and for export The market was dull with a slight decline, but dosed better. The Manchester market!*flat,with ft declining ten dency. The Liverpool brftuUtnffis market is dall with a downward tendency. Messrs. Kicburdaon, tiiw»nc«, 4 Co., report Flour cull, Wheat inactive, Cora dall and declining, I'rovbions. steady. The circulars report Beef firm. Pork steady, Baconquiet bat steady. Lari firm, Tallow easisr. TBR LATEST VIA GKEBNCASTDE. Liverpool, Jan. 20—Evening —Cotton—The sales of the week amount to IS. 500 ba. ets, including 2,000 bates to speculators and 3,260 for export. The market dull, with a decline of l@l£sd on American, and k<3ld oircttrer dee'cnpnoxis. —The 341e.5~r0-~aay s.rB esumatea ete.CCO bales, the market closing 3at at the following quotations; _ , Pair. ’ Middling 0r1e6n5....»..... 2B)Id 24* a Mobile. «5..m.2&)( 2l>* The Bread staid market is quiet, bat steady. Wheat is firmer. Provisions are firm, with aa upward tendency, t-pints of Turpentine are advancing, being quoted at ,os. toHDoa, Jan. 20—Byening.—Consols closed at 89%# R 5« for money. The bullion in thn bank has increased £?1 OGO during fhe week. *J»BhX('AiS STOCKS.'-Illinois Central 49©59 per cent, discount Erie Railroad fi-1©35. Marine Intelligence. Arrived from Baltimore.' shin Admiral, at Bremen. Kehobanda —The brig Kellie, from Liverpool for Be* ton, which sailed on the 2nd of November, pas into Milford leaky, on January 17ih, having been blown backfiom oil the American coast. The gale in prospect when the steamer Cuba sailed was most violent „nd destructive. The does of the raw blockade runner Lslia, eff Li verpcol, was a most disaatrons affair Only twelve sea men were saved ont of nearly sixty persons. There were serious disasters elsewhere, at sea and on land, hut no material damage was done to American chipping The steamer St David arrived at Londonderry on the 19ih. the Erin Kt Qneeostown on the 18th, the City of Manchester at Queenstown. on the 19th, and the City of Dublin at Qneens.own on *he 20th. The steamer Columbia, from Liverpool for tho West Judies, sunk off Brest. Thirty- one lives were lost, only three poisons havl, g been saved. NEW YORK CITY. Nbw Yobk, Jan. 30, 1805. HASH STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the banks of New Tork for the week ending Jan. SO, 1865: Loans, decrease .......$l7 500,000 Specie, do 2,000,000 Circulation,do TOolO Deposits, do 2,220,000 EVENINQ STOCK MARKET, Tho following are the latest quotations at Galla gher’s stock market this evening: Gold, 211%; New Tork Central, 109; Erie Rail road, 72%; Hudson River, 108%; Reading, 105; Michigan Central, 110; Michigan Southern, 65%; Illinois Central, 117; Pittsburg and Chicago, 81; Cleveland and Toledo, 115 ; Chloago and Rook Island, 93% : Northwestern Railroad, 33%; ditto preferred, 68%; Fort Wayne, 92%; Ohio and Mis sissippi Certldcates,27%; Cumberland Coal, 45%; Quicksilver, 98%; Mariposa, 11%. The gold marker was excited after the call and Sold at 210, but rallied to 211. Erie Railroad stock was very active and strong. A Suicide and his Posthumous Letters. Qur New York correspondent refers to the death of H. W. M. Meade, a prominent photographist of New York, by excessive >doses of laudanum. jThe following are the letters found in his room when hi 3 corpse was discovered: Nbw Yobk, Jan. 25,1885. Mt-'.Dxas Wipe : For all our disagreements I hope von forgive me, and this cowardly and rash 1 ct~ 1 loved you dearly, but the way I was situated and various other things made our lives unhappy May God bless you and make you happy, and may we meet above witb our dear children. Pray for the repose of my soul, and my dear children also. I am in such a state oi mind I hardly know what X write, but I am weary of the world. Your affectionate husband, " H. w. M. Mxadb. P. S.—l- heard of Mr. Branch’s death from your brothers. Ido not blame you, so be happy. Nnw Yokk, Jan. 25,1885. My Daueimg Children—Sabah and Jb-sik: Forever pray for the repose of your father’s soul. I pray that we may meet in that heavenly home, where we hope -to be at peace forever. Oh, forgive me what I have done. God knows how my heart has yearned towards yon, and all T ask of you is to be virtuous and you will be happy. Sometimesoome to my grave, my darlings, and bring flowers.- God bless and comfort you. Your affectionate but unhappy-FATHEE. P. S —I-should Jike your pictures buried with me. -Also the hair chain to be found iu my trunk. My watch is for Sarah, and my seal for Jessie, which is in my trpk. „ „ New Yoke, Jan. 25,1865. My Dear Sistee : Do not fret or worry about me. I want to be laid bestde my poor mother, to have peace. God alone bows the sorrows of my heart. 1 have been placed In a peculiar position. 1 bave been faint-hearted and generous. I have made a mistake. 1 hope God will forgive me this cruel act; we are notour own hoopers, Day me beside my mother, In Greenwood, and Comfort all who cam about me. I hope that God will forgive me, and that we may all. meet in heaven. » Your affectionate brother. Henry. P- P.—My love to Katy and Harry. To Mrs. Foote I wish yon to express my great thanks. I have written Mr. Graham about her. ‘ „ Nbw Yoeh, Jan. 25,1865. Me, Graham: Dearest and best of friends, I have had to disguise many things from you as well as others, according to the custom of this world. Take care of those that are left, If possible. The sale of the gallery, Ac, will provide somethtbgfor them. I trust my sad fate may be a warolmr to those wljo Indulge In liquors, and make them reform. It is the curse or the oountry. lam in such a state of mind, committing this .cowardly and foolish Ifsownot jvhat to do. I hope a good God wl;l reward you tor your kindness, ir my wife should cot marry agate, as you have no children, it would be a great relict to me u you would adopt them and bring them np In virtue and goodness, and always let themremembertholrnnhSppyfatherwlth kindness, and visit my grave. Oh, let theurtry and forgotthe unholy acts, and remember me with kindness chat I hare endeavored to show to them. X h.i>pe tbat my wlft will get a goottbuaband, and that we may meet in Heaven. wbere ali,is pure and right. Excuse the pencil* writing a&d other things under the dreadful circumstances. Yours, very affectionately, _ W. Mathew Meade, h. b.— l saw plainly the bnatnesswould not. pay, and I request* dto be paid ont of the affaire *lOO to SSSSm* 'borrowed money; also, CObfiNgratloß at KRibiaoad, Indiana, Richmond, Xnd., Jan. 29.— The pork-packing and wholesale grocery establishment of vandemer A Keld was entirely destroyed by d« this morning at 2 o’clock. The loss amounted to about $80,006, on whioh there Is an Insurance of *50,000. The com mission house orE, J. Williams, adjoining, wan also destroyed, Involving a loss of *12,000 or- *l5 000 on the wool stored in the bonding and owned by Thus. woodnuL . The insurance expired last Thursday. - The office of the O. and O. A. Railroad was entirely consumed, with most of the papers, Tfie total loss ameuntedtoi*lW,oo«.... T Bt - Ihktes i«,. * Ue * rMoiins that th« f»n o '!! 11 k *M* 5 ?. , ' l l hnUon. It prison “« tks ?“* the condition of l' I ** I'*?' tom; and equally ! r ' ■[•. e to awaken tb (r „ which must mnaii, " r r :r • affairs of human: v . '* ■' : , crime and there l. I .' JV 5 one hand, and on V H > 'a olty means to do m-S'w U>’‘. is to say, at anV y ■■ by victim at““u *v “rtHwahttoiV.;' B D(j, if pec; ii- U ,l . '<* and a wiser aan bv • •:* South venj ni ,■'5, ] .; many rempathfetrirw'., ~ «»% totheKorth I havc'f, w ,’ Hew York Prison A*scci : ‘ j yon knew me wteu ] « endeavored to iai r r ov „ ; ; indite from yoir ul:’* -4 and .the oneof .latman a , ■«• ; ... progress m this partieuSVV > •«:« t . * *» “T tie county la"? ■ 4 York are In a eoncitVo “ , n . plorable, as will plainly an f: ;i • of cur society to the i copy will be duly sent jeu* k' 1 * c cent c i l - •' <«. ■ r of the to carry reforir. Into t" -Vi* vicious ooi, lay ion, negiectw ' 1 disgraceful to it in nrmi?? », t te ■ It is with county wT. I- I<,a ' alitutiotis or obiecLinatiVn a!! ht or endeavor of reform Rl Ure «a **“* less attention, o?’ auS*? : °®ty; yet, because It uio.- if, ’ '. aDO more elementary rt,. v i portent. «‘“ry,tiiey» t , lbj a, When prison discipline am ~ attention, youwm recollect '■ State prisons which almostV’ -1! reformera. Ilearthu b“uus same degree. Yet extend., k Stale prisons only, or sy ate mot education which sl'<»* the nmverfhlea and obs. rt ,, >i K grammar ana primary sahci would resemble the state tf Athens. There were oi'ti! ' public buildings, buUhest,..’ to the other wete filthy an? -'"I ! "*t :v low and paltry dwelling hJa£‘**.*:s Just as we have directs 4,. oor schools, where the g tlon table are taught. so tv ’ to direct their attention to tb ccnnty jails, if they mean t.. WJ ' r ' T! path ol sincere and c,v, “ Ss, The present period i n tt4 pline is not a favorao.’o n oieturbance subsided graduate. sri c:L i on the surface as fast asitcouli ec •i'w ' a Etna-pump. The Veeilter or Boltlmw Baltikoub, Jan. 80.— The weato-ti rated greatly, and a thaw tas comm?;.-.:. Abtestos Ward Amo.ns tsz M;-shi entertainment of Artamus Ward k - win prove, during the wesk, a drat; attraction to that provided at tie: Blsts of a lecture spasmodically fiallrsrr i ■ compaliiinent to a set of pkturts Hissv: In Hormondom. These pictures are s: execution, the one represent;..-- Sal: ’■ remarkable for tho beautiful effect of water. To our mind the best part of tit the picture part—if Bueh a ir-leeisa / doned. The good jokes of Artsnsi! in ly scattered as they might be, asd kk ' absolutely grains of mustard »«-3 1« •- duct-ive of a hundred-fold of nppUsss - tion. Artemus Ward’s manner Is as —: -Of bis matter, and when he remark! of Brigham Young are like the dijM.': because they are numbered, it Is the ; be says it that pleases, as much at The pictures appear, two or three panoramic succession, or are nr:.i rising of a green curtain. Artetnatf ' side oi the stage, wielding a glitter;:; ’ his travels conversationally, and jelhi Ing familiarity. When he is not ls playing, and the next picture it - : - paring. fi 7 0 do not intend to reaft'S elfms, for to anticipate them wed-I * relish of surprise. The fine aolisis : ning will doubtless bo redupUca ed it::-*- week. CITY ITEMS Chinese Feoobessiveke=6.-T' got measurably over their now admit Americans and K;-" -'' walls of Pekin, and the Cater; - : rowing club, a gymnasium, a amateur theatrical corps, a ("; - branch of tho Royal Asiatic f-ocb: keeps on improving and beeemin: ’- hope In about a thousand yc”! : dignity of some suoh mn-: ';'; as the Brown-Stone Clothioii Rv- Wils.n, Nos. 603 and 805 Sixth. Two Bases.—Tho Blair raisd : this wise—any person oanseotr*: ’ ’■ will run together: Mr. Jefferson l f ail formalities and will hear si>» I : President Lincoln tending to pest* separation. President Lincoln * fill hearing to any prominent man arms, whether sent by frarir ' ’ establishment of peaoo on f : ' the laws of the TJrlos- Tnessjwu , about as wide apart as the Spot.own _ Richmond, and Charles Stokes &-■ . Clothing Store, under tho Costine-* * delphia. Skatino ! SKATnroi—On Ftffh-'A Thirty-first and Walnut sW-*- *' lent condiUon, being planed v, tent planing machine every - band afternoon and evening- T l ’ l “‘,‘ r illuminated every night, and open - until 10 o’clock during tho skstmf - Elon 25 cents. Eye, Bab, and Catarrh, by J. Isaacs, M. D., Oculist and Artificial eyes Inserted. Kocii&rs 6 "" GeobOT Stbok fe Of*’* - p;r '', EamlbVs Cabinet Organs, ; Gould, Seventh and Ciiestsn’ ~ ’ SPECIAL Superiob WBOTTGIIT-SP 5 ’ 1 ;^ and Imported Coffee Mills, eiart ' ' qealitr, and also severs! 3 i sale by TRUMAN * SH»W. »■> • Jye) iIAKKET Street. Don’t Lock the HOUSE IS STOLES, bat S* ft. ' forehand, from TBUSTAN 4 s ®‘ ’jiaii Thirty- five) WAEKET Street, Tbhsses, Brace and porta, of approye* conftractioo. jcuted with judimes^ TWELFTH and RACE Strf? t. i“; condwted l«r Itftdics. oaTwa ‘ H s pr • Bw».) An oxteatira w|«J ‘ W*' Braces, Baatlc Stockist'’ «-** 4c. * . COMATB’B Thi* celebrated TOILER S °Z-igf m&nd, 1« mad* from tie CE9‘ - Rl St« »»d EMOLLIBHT to i« tf XD, aid EXTEMELT the Skis. For Mia v _** dorian. <; -pr*ffO 1 over 600 eacfi “ *»«» ’ I JsSsAfS*?-" ;:: Jgjggj hW BS7SHI»“ 4CB » sl FORTES.! ____ -~^-Z'OSiV WHEaLEB&Wn«> sSt f f {3 LOOS- 8 * Stlwnxma. TO* oa* 3TEnJT