%%MEG PRESS, MED DAILY (13IINDAYt3EIDEPTRD) ZY JOHN W. FOWIRT. OFFIOL Ro. 111 spina POMITH mum. THE DAILY puss , enbeeribere. le Tax DoLbAss Pis Linme, 14 ; or Twiny OENTE PER WIEN. payable as arrler. Mailed to Subscribers oat of the shy. Itr,Age Pea Esau; YOUR DorzAab AND Vim )R Bra Hearne; Two DormAius ADD TWILINTT. to roc Tian Monza. LaNartably to Mama* .es ordered. Advailsemente Inserted at the twist ratty. THE TRIRWEEILLT PHESIEI, ed to Babied/4ra. Ina DOLLARS pia DETAIL DRY GOODS. EL PROPRIETORS ousioniciapmuis Gs* always inks fall stook of QUILTS, - LINEN GOODS, SHEErrINGS. gam. weak wholesalo prieel, •t If. 0. BTRAWBBIDGE & iv. W. eor. EIGHTH and MARIENT eks. NEEDLES, 1024 4111:EssstrT STREET■ Itoa to Ida large aeeortment of LICE GOODS, cOLLA.RS, On& TUNDIEItORIEF3. for the present season. 1.000 YARDS OF 9•YARD WIDE FRENCH MU SLINS, a bargain. and for safe tow, TABLBTANS, ILLUSIONS. and other goods, for BRIDAL AND PARTY DRESSES. extensive assortment of RAND ICSItO MBROI DEALS& dm; aII f whtoh are offered %Ugh below the present debt rates. • E. M. NEEDLES; 1024 OBISTSTITF Street. DAMASKS. s and Doylies, a large stook. Mame, .by ' the Sege or yard. of dna otiaiity, *very width. a or 'Wary kind. from 50 cents to SUM. re' and Limn% 76.d00t0 to SLIM !Shirting tuid dee Fronting- Uncoil. r Towellums AIM M t a k. :41f a lr „ 3 t ehaitL l t iVe °AMMO% Jaeonetu hnn A Wi s -- "mbr' . .4. for ladies' AllWidth' and iinalitielk hroin $1.60 tale. ids Rhinos and Taffeta', lota. Mil, for evening dream; feat variety at low prices. et wallas at the lowest aeverod as Wilidiamsettle. - 41 cents. allwAs reduced to 25e. H. STB3I. 4.5074 Hoc 713 and 715 Not.th, TBiNTß.Street. BLAOK SILKS IMPORTED, OP . KINDS. leffeta Parisienne, ack Corded Silks, Blank Oros Orline, White edge Black Taffetas, Black Venetian Gorda, Superior Block erne de Rhine% 131LICS of etal grades, and for sale beiolo the )et of impoilation ED WIN HALL AS Smith SEOOND Streit. -STREET MUSLIN STORE.- York Mille, Wamenata and Williamsville and Pillow-ease Muslim, Bleached and Mins at the lowest price; Brown and Bleached all Widths ;Sloll6°BB from 25 to 40 cents, at DOHA H. STolCll2', 102 A RCM Biros& DRY GOODS JOBBERS. S, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS ' - "E" 'Cr 00Xi S 289 end lin North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. Prints, Debailee, Alpacas, Fancy Dress Goods, • Brown and Bleached Shootings, Brown and Bleached' Shirting, °mil& Chambras, Gnash Tweeds, Flannels, Linens, FURNISHING GOODS. '" GOODS, NOTIONS, ae.. &a. t022-33:a u:,AA.ol,, L asiw,l : ]g i mll ! 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A's and sounuxters supplied at am VERY LOW PR10313 70E. CASH, il/% 40):0 4zirlaiNPU SUBSCRIBER, HAVING 131:1003BDND F. P. DUBOSQ & SON, AT 2S Chestnut Street, -dorms hie friends and automate that he Lege and varied stook of JEWELRY, SILVER, AND PLATED WARE. sanalantlt an hand, a large and well•aawrted tI3E.W=AELIZ". N. itpx.ow, LaN Of ilas lira of LIMITS LLDOKOS h CO OAESFULLY REMIXED SIMI, and DIAMONDS BODONI% felt: OTITIS, JEWELRY,. SILVER, .VER-PLATED WARE. assortment of Fine riseEL JEWELRY eon• on hand. •haa or .Thwoliy repaired, Gold, Silver, and Dia, N. EULON, No. 1024 CHESTNUT Skeet. THE TRADE.-I*. P. DIIBOSQ 5011 will @outlaws b ra nholesale HAIMPAO of .13WilLIIT in allhes al 11.048 CHEST -eel, Resold story. fel7.lm rAMISIT Lliilllol7/1D ER-HEATING APPAR4.TITS J./ wie ID "ImmustraNtria gantantrina. IT TEI MU' Mu WATER-MUTING COMPANY I . risintsYLVANIA. P. WOOD ar, 411. 1101 ITS /METH WPM% B. M. FEDTWELL. 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ON THE CULTURE OF PLOVERS ALL ORNAMENTAL PLUMS FLOWERS FOR THE PARLOR AND GARDEN. ELEGAITLY ILLUSTRATED • Now that the spring pail' moving into life and bier '.lom, the -new comers In - another floral campaign, we amhot injustice omit to call the attention of our lady mouton to a very beautiftil volume which ..wan pub ibiNtd,in. the dead of winter for their especial beneat. The.book. Itself is a flower—a gem of typographical manly. Certainly no handsonier snide-book for the cultivation of dowers has ever been published in this country. It le as fresh and pleasant to look upon as are the arbutus bloesoros which are now putting forth their white and pink bells in token of spring. Kr Edward Rand, Jr. , eodld not have thit-11.15 name upon a more memorable page than upon 0.01 fitieleat of his a:gal ena Doak upon Ala miners pilifwera. No space is °cou nted with-Imolai/ poetical quotations land rhapsodies lret.evsyllking plain, practical, andlnlaable it is bet w it professes id be, a gcide'book for the gar• dill.er r y lady can own It, and feel assured that she 'is, for one; favoring notes d' war, of:sensa tion literatore. She bile Shit which can make eierT 'dna burbler and the *Orld brighter. Of amino tee lodic!' who ire too exquisite to ciatlvate flower i 11 not care for its instructions, but every trneWbfrifin Irrho would melte home pleasanter, more geniatati(clieer ha, and hermit more refined in the highestaelaw of the word, will welcome any help lathe culture other flow ers.—The Round Table. PRIGS, $3, Sold :14 all principal Boakeellars and &edema* Ist hp 'gaited States, and pent by mail by the Pabliehers, J. E. TILTON al CO., fe3l'wf2t if BoS VON. NEW BOOKS I NEW BOOKS 1 1 Just received by ABHMEAD -dt EVAN% Glasa CHESTNUTd). No. 724- Street. NOTHING BUT idoNEY. T. S. Axthur. 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Tor sale, price one dollar , at 419 OHISTRAT Street , Philadelphia. JOHN CAMPBELL lelo-1m MISCRLL!A.NEOUS AND LAW 1300.1-The best and rarest collection in Phila. telylde. —Hallowsll't fihaksyleare, fifte ffo und dol- We, and o th er BOoks. equally mares. sale at 419 OHISTBRIV Street. 10-8 m JOHN OAMYSELL. EL BLEEPER & CO., • 515 MINOR SPIC. - FTV.M, MANUFACTURERS, AGENTS, AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLINT AND GREEN GLASSWARE, Have now in store a foil assortment of above goods. which we offer at the lowest market rates. Being sole agents for the seizes mom GLASS WORKS, we are prepared to make and work private moulds to order. PORTER, MINERAL, and WINE BOTTLES, of a superior color and finish. Also, LAMP ODDMENTS, APOTHECARIES' SHOP FURNITURE, SHOW BOTTLES, SYRINGES, HOME• °PATRIC VIALS, and Druggists' Glassware generally. T. A. EVANS A CO.'S PITTSBURG GLASS VIALS constantly on hand at factory prices. .&MERIOA.N STEEL. Spring, Toe (Mllll4, Tire and Sleigh Roe Steel, of ell thee and blade. made of the best material. at the NORWAY ZIZON NVOIIJKS, BOSTON: •ad for eels by the proytletote. NAYLOR & 00.. 421 COMMON Street. Pht MAO, Kt and 101 JOBB Brost, Now TOM 80 STATE Street. Boston. feS im ROLMNI3 GROVrati MILO NUM WAILIMOOIII4 - TABLE TOPS. &o.; &C.; 910: 923 cuestunt street. riEMADNXHIA. FACININY. VIAMENIN AND SA SON. RIITTERF/ELD'S OVERLAND DESPATCH, • Office No. 10 South FIFTH Street. A THROUGH FRRIGHT LIAR has been eetablished, prepared to receive all 'lsms of /night in the principal *Mee out of the Yiesledppi river. and to transport the same from point of shipment TO ALL POINTS 111 OOLO A UTAH. AND r I f *REM lINON TNIWCION 00NROADT WM AND ILL LADING. Through Rater include ALL CHARGES—BaIIway, Treader. Storage,and roxwarding Commissions on the Wicsoari river. end trammorrAtion neon the Plidne— thus enabling tne Eldhrom to obtain a THROUGH Ougi- TRACT folvhie fret ht for a. distance of OVER THREE THOUSAND and relieving him from all reamon eibilitiee and anxieties incident to the put disorganized lad irresponnible system of Plains transportation. Our Agents in New York, Boston. Philadelphis,Pitts• bang, Chicago, St. Louis, and Harlington. lowa, are prepared T H RO U GH gous to mules and ship at the LOWBST TAHITI' RATES. This unman y aastunee ALL THE, Ittiff'ONSIBILITY of Losses, Damages, or Overcharges on Freight while In transit from point of shipment to plasm of destination. The New York odice is to possession of a full set of TRACY BOORS. showing the date of shipment, the time it I the Misaissippi river, is received at and ship from the Company's Warehouses at Atchison (Ranus), the character of the trains m cuing upon the Mains, the date itZUNIS Fort Kearney, arrives at Den ver, is received at destination, and the apparent wadi tion of the Wares along the entire route. Sir If Damaged or Losses occur. Shippers are notified in time to duellists 11147 important portion of the molt. These books are open for the inspection of our Can. Somers at all times, and parties shipping by this Line Will be kept Informed by correspondence of the exact Condition of their shipments. Merchants % - ad Mining Men hi the Territories ordering Goods, ehould bispartictilar to eve instructional to mark eases "Via BLITTNKFLILD'a OVERLANDDIBYATCH, Atchison,ll4Rd have them shipped under the thstrectionc of our Agent all point of shipment Letters of inquiry addressed to our °Mee at ATCHI SON, Hanna: No. 1 VSSZY Street, Astor House New York: or Southwest corner of SIXTH and 0111111TISIIT Streets, Philadelphia, will be promptly and reliably answered. D. A. BrlTSEPlßLD,Fropristor. ByALDING, General Agent, New York WM. N. MOORE. Agent, Philadelphia. tf DITERIDGE'B PATENT 7,R FLINT GLASS int TR& RIATI LAMP CHIMNEYS. The worldwide reputation which these Chimneys have acquired Sc due to their acknowledged emperioritY over sit others. This superiority is derived from three sources: tat, Being fifty per cent. heavier than the common Chimney, they may be handled with much lees care. 2d. The oval shape is an adaptation to the let llama, the Chimney being at all points the same distance from the hest, so that the danger of arackiasbp unequal ex. pension is avoided. 3d.. The material of which these Chimneys are mann. factored leuneqealled by any other eau as a rapid conductor of heat; apd, prastically, it is foetid that the combination renders them almost entirely free from liability to destrnetion by the heat of the flame. Hence the obstacle-ha theway_of the universal nee of Carbon Oil, found in the unreasonable expense for Chimney* hue been met and removed by the introduction of DITHIUDGR'S FIRS-PROOF OHISENRY S. The popularity of these Chimney's has induced some unprincipled persons to teahouse of our name and trade marks, and their reputation has been partially impaired by the worthlessness of emulous Chimneys sold es oars. Parties who have been annoyed with the cracking 01 some Kjime Chimneys would do well to call end try the XX Flint: We have appointed Messes. nsannas & DRYDEN, No. 10a South SECOND Street, Bole Agents for oar Chimneys in Philsdelphis, from whom they lan be ob. tabied in any quantity. at manufacturer's prices, with the addition of height. D. DIMBIDGI FORT PITT GI.AM woes, 039.20, WASHINGTON St.. Pittsburg. renria. FISH AND CANNED MEATS. AL- COo nu mews and No 1 Mackerel.. • 11.000 casco canned Meats. Lobsters. he Pot male by • P. Or. 811118011013, 110)-Sa US /Naga EMIT Staik 'Of Vress. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1885 THE SOUTH. LATEST NEWS FROM RICHMOND. SHERMAN MARCHING ON.. TOR LEADERS OF TOR REBELLION STRAININO EVERT NERVE.. " DOINGS OF THE REBEL "CONGRESS" CHAULBEITON PEWAILTID. Foil Ales of itlohreond papers to the'llst have been reoelved at THE PIiHEIS BIIHMAIY. I telegraph you fall extracts : Richmond Whiz. Feb. EA NO LAME NEWS. Although It Is evident to the least Intelligent per. eon in this community that events of great import ance are In course of consummation in South Oaro; line, we were aesurpd,,upon inquiry at the War De partment, this forenoon, that there was no news , ' from that portion of the Confederacy. The agents of the Press Association continue silent, and We have, therefore, no additional light to, throw upon the Wootton of - affairs between Columbia and Char_ loth). Prom all appearanoes and rumors Sherman is steadily advanoing towards Charlotte. He may, at, last, - ventnre too - far into the Interior, and And himself 'caught in a. trap; but at present the deve lopments are too meagre to justify anfspeordatlons as to what he willencoessfally attempt of fall to an. complish. SOUTH CAROLINA.. [From the It.iolimond Whig; Feb. 21.1 Witinshore, S. 0., is thirtraeven milde this side'of Columbia, and it is fluttered this morning' that' the enemy:Have molded it. The news; pliilished there on t h e 14th stated that the day beihrrit huge drove H of Government stook, consisttrix of about 460, head-- of cattle 'itthe same mipmuiC of ligeep, passed through W imp from &Ade*. . ' On the interillig of the 114 another' large lot passed Ulnae, band, for **lint o at of 'the reaoh of Sherman's pouts. The Carofirdettssys : Thetaihstroliable estimates we have heard Ike* ‘pareaphifildo the Mies, who , hive had an opportuaitf ; oysithetii: rg information Yankee_ from a variety of Yankee;- give Sherman only fifty odd thotuiSil l * k licluding the eorpaOf Gen. Foster, now colpei wit h him on the coast. The number of troitrer, is always mane. no rated, and after ir - his loss from sickness, wounds, and desthi4ritotaeline to the opinion that the Federal conjuntuiedilhas not forty thousand ef fective men in this fearcorps now scattered between,' the Savannah and the Edisto. OF THE E CHARLESTON.- - (Prom the ilisipeoild Dlepateb. Feb. 21. Onlast irtmeaday night, the 18th instant, our forces evacuated Charleston, and it IS believed that the enemy took possession during the next day . . ..litany guns must have been abandoned by our troops, but it Is consoling to know that the Yankees got little else. There was no cotton at Charleston to gladden Lincoln's heart, and the. city itself wit little better than a deserted ruin.' Several telegraph operators, all of them men of Northern birth, did not come out with our forces, but remained to receive the Yankees. The evacuation of Charleston should rather in. spire cheerfulness than gloom. Sherman can only be checked by an Immediate concentration in his front of all our troops, both in North and South Carolina. If this is done, he may be defeated and his present expedition broken up. If lie is not de feated, he will march straight up the railroad to Charlotte, thence to Salisbury, thence to Greens boro anti Daniille, and so on to Richmond. Biariy different estimates have been made of Shermen , s army. Some think he has sixty thousand men. We know be has four full army corps and a strong force of cavalry. His corps will not number less than twelve then/Mad men. CHARLESTON.' While the War Department could furnish us no thing upon the subject, It was generally believed that Charleston, "the cradle of secession," and "the very nest of the rebellion," has been evacuated by our troops. Sherman, by his bold advance, has thus accomplished, without bloodshed, what Dupont, Dahigren, Gilmore, t Co., have in vain attempted, though aided by the combined naval force of Yen keedom. This ill-fated city, or rather the remnant of it, will now eiperience to its full extent the mercy and magnanimity of Yankee rule. The Mercury moved Its quarters several weeks ago In anticipation of this sad result. FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA All continues quiet on the lines before Richmond and Petersburg. Grant congratulates himself on holding General Lee here while Sherman is turned loose upon the Carolinas. • Passengers by the train yesterday evening from Petersburg reported that everything remained com paratively quiet on the south side of the James. Grant is evidently waiting with anxious solicitude to learn the result of Sherman's bold venture. Things en the north side of the river, we kern, retain their chronic quietude. NORTH CAROLINA. RAIDS ON TARBORO AND GOLDSBOB.O.—It ie said that a cavalry force of the enemy was advancing on Tarboro, on Tar river, near the' Wilmington and Weldon railroad. A force—numbers unknown -1s also reported as moving on Goldsboro, from Newborn, along the south bank of the Neuse. We fear there is much truth In these statements. The enemy have, for several weeks, been concentrating at Newborn.. Raleigh is one hundred miles from Newham ; Goldsboro is midway between the two places. It was reported that a large Yankee cavalry force was advancing on Salisbury. from East Ten nessee, but there was nothing in it. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. IN FAVOR 0a NEGRO SOLDIERS.—The 30th Vir ginia Infantry, we learn, took the vote on Saturday upon the negro question, and all the companies save one—Company o—voted, with but few dissenting voices, in favor of giving the colored natives an op portunity of defending their country against Dutch, renegade flagmen, and. Yankees. THE NEGROES Fame 017 R SOLDIERS.—A corres pondent writes the Lynchburg Virginian .from Lewisburg, Va.: It Is right that you should know what occurred in this little town night before last. The resident negroes, actuated by motives which would have put to the blush the would-be philan thropy of the Yankees, gave al magnificent feast to the soldiers who happened to be sojourning here. The feast was gotten up exclusively by negroes, and at their own suggestion." . Paola KneeTorr.—The Kinston eorreepondent of the Raleigh Confederate, under date Of February 12th writes that paper as follows : "IIR. EDITOR : A scout, who came in last night, reports Poster ingommand at Newborn (Palmer re lieved), and 2,000 f the 18th Army Corps arrived there last week, making In all, up to this time, about 5,000 troops at the post. It seems to be conceded on all sides that the Yankees have landed five locomotives and two transports of railroad iron at Morehead City within the last few days. 'How ever, we do not eontemplate an early ' movement on the part of enemy Mims direction," GBNIIRAD BORRBL.—The friends of General Sor rel will be pleased to learn that he is recovering from the effects of his wounds. W 3 understand that a vote was taken yesterday in PlekeWs division on ,the question of employing negroes in the army, and resulted in a very large Majority voting in favor of the measure. ERON NORTE AL/J3AX14..--ISTeHrs from North Alabama states that General Roddy has simoess fully encountered the enemy several times in that section, and has succeeded in driving them 'noble their fortifications around Decatur. TRH SUGOBSTION 027 A LADY Os VIROINIA,—A patriotic Virginia lady writes as follows to the Lynohbnrg Virginian: if It ie proposed that the ladies of Virginia, either associated or independently, contribute articles of jewelry and plate, to raise a fund for distribution among such soldiers of Virginia as have remained at thar posts in the ranks, faithfully performing their duty. Each article labeled with the name of the donor ; the sale and distribution supervised by the Honorable Secretary of War ; the gilt a testi mony of gratitude and admiration from Virginia mothers and daughters." In a note accompanying the above, our corres pondent suggests the formation of a society for car rying out the plan. - THE REBEL CONGRESS. The following are the. most important matters transacted during Monday's session The 'unwiring bill was considered and passed!• h bill to abolish the office of all officers engaged in dis charging the duties cf provost =rehab', except within the lines of an army in the field. • The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do mace. That the office of all officers now engaged in Per forming the out= of provost marshal outside the lines of an army in the geld, be and the -same is hereby abolished: Provided, That all officers who may have been disabled and assigned to the discharge or these duties shalt not lose their 00111/3/1151110 7 / 5 . but may be assigned to other duties. _. SEC. d . That all officers whoa' offices are abolished by this act, shall have the right within thirty days to volunteer in any arm of the service, from their respec t:re States. Monte bill for the relief of Jas. Sykes was taken up and passed. House bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide tobacco for the atm. was considered and rejected. Dir. Henry. of Teznet4gee, introduced a blll cbangtng the time for the assembling of Congress for its next regular mission to the brat Monday of October, 1815, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Jud Wavy . On motion of Ur. Oldham. the Senate resolved Into sec et WO Blatt:re solidest. CO! BORIPTION. Mr. Rogers. of /Wide, continued his argument against the bill of the committee, end in favor of the present eyetem Re thought the State enrolling oil ier?, and sot the authorities connected with the son- script bureau, are culpable for the non execution of the catmint law. The-number of men placed. in service through the agency of the bureau is ranch larger than is claimed by the committee, Air. Rom ra' anbetitnie was lost; and the bill as re ported was neared by the following 'vote—yeas CO. nose ]3. following IF a copy of the bill: The (Wares* of the Confederate States of' America do coati, That the general officers commanding the re eerves in each State shad" be charged with the duty of dir.etin g and - controillpg Gm' enforcement of the laws ri laths g to acme rt. piton, axe mpg lone, and &Ulla therein that the laid officers alkali report to the Secretary of War, through the adjutant and Inspector General, who shall assign. an assistant adjutant general In his office to the special duty of recetytag and arranging all re turns and discharging such other duties as may be neef Hem to the enforcement of the consumption acts. ail application,' for exemption and detail, except as hereinafter provided, *halt be - decided by the.genersi (facers having charge of the basinem of co feactiption in the several States. Appeals may be taken from their decisions to the Beast:llY of War, hut during the pen dency of inch appeals the appellants shall be liable to military service. There eball be assigned from the invalid ocermor from officers certified by the proper n.edical boards to be un fit for malls mettles in the add. a auf s deat number of •urchin¢ officers, who shall report to. and be under ihr 148141,104 aigeSAT4 fiat cvalrvl gf. goado4 PHILA,DELPTLIA, FRIDAY, FEB' UA_RY- 24, 1865. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Under a stuipenelon of the rules, Mr. Perkins, of Lou isiana, Intoned back from' the Committee on Foreign Affairs the followieg: . " Whereas, The Congress of the Coefederate States have ever' been desirous of an honorable and paint, • nent settlement by negotlation , of all mitten of diffi culty between the people of the Confederate Statek of- America and the Government of the. finned Stetes, and to this , end provided, immediately on its sosecololage at Montgomery, in February, iteli for the sending of three . commissioners to Washington to negotiate, friendly relations on all questions of diestrelectent between the two. Govenimente-on principles of right: puttee. equity, and good faitht acid whereas,. Mem ; heeler' been refaced a reception. 'Congress again!, on` the 14th ;of Jane, ESL adopted and pabliettedrto the civilized world. declaring its continued. desire-Week , tie, without further shedding CI 'brood: uporehonte ble terms, all questions at Ines between tertpetpleef, the Confederate States and those of the-UMW fantasy to which...the only response recedvett from the On uses mthe United Staten has been the votinettlowe by la r ge'majorities 'ail 'resolutions 'proposing' all amicable of existing difficultiev; - and. whersied the President hm communicated to this House that. IM tits earns spirit of conoillation andimant, he mantle eon% Vine President Stephens, Senator . 'Knitter, and' ledge .• Campbell to hold conference with snob - personser Government of the United States - mishu'dsidgna do . meet- them; and whertas, nose 'oinisumt citizen". r a full oon forma with President Lincoln and liforetarY gewardi Jaen reported that they were informal's./ es t Illicitly,. tbat.the authoritiesof, the United . States w uldf hold am negotiation with the . Confederate Stetesor a ny of them separately :. that no laws except snob sera eV ' gmeror 11781106 to the sibingatarierontd: be extend d to We people-of -them, States, andithat complete sub le, Mon to their rule was the only condition of peke;: therefore, . . '; " . • * - '' , ' Resolved, by the Conareek, of Ike Confederate S les:• of Amertea,. That while Commies regrets that no UV, manna is -left to . he. people of the Confederate ll, tem but a continuance of the war or anbiniselim to ter of pease alikeleGious and dishonOrabliPit urem in thole belle& the leen tendered Gem by , the authorities of the" .trultedlSkatelt Giovanni eat. andeolenutlytteclare s theeiti 'le theti- unalterable determination. , 4o prosecute the Mar withlhe United Slates until= thlt-Power shall desist fib& its efforts to Subjugate them, end the Independence , of the Confederate Stales have ben established. the That the Congress .has received with ptide the numerocut noble and oatrietteresolutions passed by • the army, and in the gallant and , nriconotiersd spirit, which they breathe, coming from those who have for years endured, dangers and privations. it sees numbs taktibfe evidence that the - enthusiasm with - which they Ihreadedlcatedltheir lives jo the denten of their centre le not net extinct, hut has Peen confirmed by hardships and suffering inio a prin.Mple of resistance to Northern rule That elikteld,ineonterept all elegraoefal terms of siolliniggion, and for these expressions in cams, as Well' as for their noble acts'io the field ~.our soldiers deserve and will receive the thanks of the country Regained.. That the Congress invites, the people Of then States to assemble in public meeting and renew their ?rows of dentin to the cause of indepoodo omit to 'declare Ihekdeternilnation to maintain their libertleh; . to pledge themseliree to all in their power; and fill tiut ranks of our army; to Provide for, the support of the fernilies of oar soldiers; and: to cheer and comfort , b every means the ,gallant. men who for years, through trials and dangers, have; : vindicated our righte on the • battle. field. eb Resolved, Tbak colliding in.the justice and Maid and sustained by the 00(1 or battles in the valor and en. durance of our soldiers, and in the deep ant ardent de vain of our people to the great principles of cavil and Political liberty for which:we are contending, Om men pledgeolteell' to the passage of the most energetic Measures to aware our animate success. ir. Mr. Gilmer, of north Carolina, offered the following as en addition to the committee's report: Iteeolved further, .That notwithstanding al/ this, we believe the Confederate States would consent, First. That there be a reparation between the United States and Confederate States of America—each one pa:fealty rise and Independent of the other—the rights of navies.. Gov, trade, transit, he . properly and fairly agreed on and settled. Second. That an American Diet besmeared, to which each party shall be at liberty to send dale. gatesjeach being its own judg lag to the number and mapper of election,,and each party paying its own ex pewee. Third. The privileges of this Diet e clearly and definitely defined and settled. Fourth. Inthis Dist there shall be but two votes, one by the delegates of the United states of America, and one by the Coo:treat, rate States of America, and the ads of this body to be binding on the parties only when ratified by the House, Fenate, and President of each. Fifth. In settling the boundary let the Statee of Kentucky and Missouri de• terming for themselves, by a free and fair vote of their people. bonailele residents In these respective States at the ccoximeucement of hostilities. '- - •_ . . ; -,-,. officers conducting the business of conscription in the several States. All consoripts shall lin examined by the medical boards of the army after joining the commands in the field to which they may be respectively assigned. gad every discharge granted by an army medical board 'hall be final, and shall redeye the petty from ail military service in the future, when the diaabillry le Permanent, and the cause of it is set forth la the Gatti& trate of discharge. If any conscript shall furnish to the enrolling Mater of his county a certifloate. under oath, from a resPecia ble physician or from_ an army surgeon. thus he is unable to travel to the command to which he may be assigned, without serious prejudice to Ills health. or that in is seriously maimed. Or manifestly unfit for field Melee, or shall pretreat to bath enrolling officer a anti-, foga ofdisoharge on 600Onni of- permanent die AWRY. a foment' Mimi be granted to him until the next mast bag of the medical board. hereinafter provided for: There shall be assigned to each Congressional district a medical board. consisting of three, two of Whom 'hill be army surgeons, who. after due notice of the time and piece of their meeting, shall visit each county of the district at least once in two months, and, ehall examine. for discharge or recommendation for light duty, all conscripts who have been furloughed under the provisions - of the preceding motion.. Every dim- charge granted by Should medical board shall be anal - , aid shall relieve the party from 'all military euchre In the future. when the disability is permanent and the canoe of it is set forth luthe.certlficate It shell bathe deity of all oaken and others emplored. in the service of the Confederate Statesand 'Mutually In the.fleid. nor attached to any army in the - field. in clusive quartermasters and commissaries, commanders of posts. provost marshals, officers of the ordnance. Wire. Mining and medical bureaus. and others, .to make certified monthly returns to the nearest conscript officer, of tne names, ages and physical condition of ail persone employed in their service, which returns shall be forwarded to the general ofileercontrolling GentrOriP• lion lathe BMW. : , . For,the elforcement of the'duties leipoesstby this act noon general el:goers controlling oonsorifition in the se— veral States, snob detaehreteate of the resolve [ernes SIS thvy may deem necessary eitall be placed a their ! dis. Focal. The bureau of conscription and the camps of laetrile lion are hereby abolished, and all roles anct regalations of the War Department inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. FROK THIS 00R - MITTRS ON VOREIGN &IMPAIRS. The resolutions of the committee, and those offered by Mr. Gilmer. were ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Baldwin. of Virginia, the House went into secret session on the negro bill. The doors being opened, the House adjourned. THB CAPTURE OP OHABLBBTON. [From Richmond Whig, Feb. 2L The accounts which reach us from the South are not sufficiently voluminous or exploit to Inform us, with even approximate accuracy, of the military situation in south Carolina. Ali that we know is that General Sherman is prosecuting another move- meet, characterized by much more than his ordinary vigor, and far more than Mammal celerity. We can only infer, in a general way, his theta objects, with out pretending to decide positively on the course he intends to pursue in order to attain them. We in fer, then, that he le really attempting to consum mate that comprehensive plan for severing General Lee'e communications with the South ; and, finally, by combining his forces with Grant's, to either force the evacuation of Richmond, or to capture it by the power of overwhelming numbers. A plan of this kind has been repeatedly sketched by the Northern newspapers, ana has been even prefigured, with much minuteness as to details, by the N. Y. rimes, a journal which appears to be well Instructed in military matters. The Philadelphia Inquirer main tains that, while this is Sherman's ultimate design, his proximate objeot hi to sweep along the great inte rior lines of railroad, and, by destroying them, deprive the Confederate forces of that feasibility of oomnirmloatlon and combination which. they have hitherto enjoyed. The developments of the past few days have justified this theory; although they do not yet enable us to say whether Sher man intends to prosecute his march 'through the interior, upon the great railway lines, or to con tent himselfi with what he has already accom plished, and fall back upon the coast, Say at Charles ton or Wilmington. It is only by adopting the for mer course that permanent results can be antici pated; while, at the same time, that course is so pregnant with "peril that it exposes the Federal army to absolute destruction in case of failure. The occupation of Columbia, or of any Inland position on his route, must of necessity be Incidental and transient. From that place he must move speedily in some direction. Should' he adopt the safer policy and fall back upon Charleston, supposing that his march on that city be notintercepted, he will leave South Carolina in the same condition in which be left Georgia after his march through that State, and the capture of Savannah. The Geora la expo dition, by itself, amounted to nothing more than the mere acquisition of Savannah as a base for renewed operations. The country marched over was aban doned the next day, and as soon as the Yankee army had passed the work of repairing the railroads was commenced. By the time Sherman was -pre pared for another move the railway communication in Georgia was restored • and the State which had been declared conquered ' by the simple transit of a Yankee army through its territory Is now free from enemies, except at one point on its coast and another at its extreme northwestern angle. This important fact shows the nature of Yankee occupancy in the country, and the kind of conquest they achieve at a distance from the guns of their navy. The same thing would happen in South Carolina should Shetman retire upon Charleston or any other seacoast- town. The interior would at once be relieved. In a few weeks-the railroads would be repaired, and his movements, reduced to the dimensions of a gigantic raid, would prove entirely barren of permanent military results. We should Dave lost Charleston, and perhaps Wilmington, but our armies would be concentrated on toe great interior lines, where they would have every advan tage lot defence_ against any future movements.. To accomplish anything decisive, therefore, Sher man must continue his march through tire country, - taklog en route the great railway centres, Char lotte, Greensboro, and Danville. We should not be surprised to hear that from Columbia he has marched on Charlotte, nor that, in a few days, he a ill have possessed himself of that place. Bat then dangers begin to thicken around him. The very evacuations which his movements may force will add to the effective strength of our army in the field. Every day's march will: weaken his forties and strengthen ours, and he will finally reach a point where he will be compelled- to give battle under circumstances altogether adverse to him and favor able to uB. His march resembles, lumany respects,, that of Burgoyne through the State of New York, and it will have, we have strong reason to hope, a' similar termination. Gen. Beauregard, who com mands our forces in that department, is Sherman's master in all the arts of strategy and tactics. He will give battle when he think& it advisable to fight, or decline It when he thinks that to avoid it is the proper course. And, we may depend on it, that. what he think p the proper course, will be the beat that could Ws adopted. We do not pretend to know where or when he purposes to meet Sherman, but we are firmly convinced that the Yankee com mander. If be prosecutes his march towards Rich mond, with the audaolous purposes now indtoated by his movements, will go to his doom. We believe that his army will be met and checked, and in such a position a check will be a defeat, and a defeat will be destruction. We can state, too, with certainty, that the best military authorities concur in this view of the situation. We make the following Interesting extracts from our Ilichmond files of tho Roth "SPIRIT OP THII ARMY." Under the above caption the Examiner publishes the annexed series of resolutions : At a meeting of the officers and men of the Ist Virginia Infantry Terry's brig de, Ploirett's divi sion, held at their ' camp near Kowlertt's house, on the 15th of February, 1865, for the purpose of ex pressing theft:l/teak/ascots and determination to cte• vote all of their energy to the prosecution of the war, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That to the humiliating propositions for peace made by President Lincoln to our COMpal/- tons, we enter our indignant protes t ; that, while we would be rejoiced to atop the effusion of blood, and the desolation of our country, we will assent to no terms short of independence and separate nation ality. Resolved, That inasmuch as we have tendered the olive branch to our toes, which they have trampled In the dust, no alternative Is left us but to defend our homes, cur property, and lives, as long as the foot of a vandal pollutes the soil of the South. Resolved, That while recognising our dependence on AlMlglity God, who defends the cause of the just, we again dedicate ourselves to the canoe. Again we unfurl a banner which we have borne from Bull Run to Bermuda hundred, and again we swear to "die freemen rather than live slaves." Resolved, That we hail with pleasure the appoint- Event of R. E Lee General-in.ohlef; that we have an abiding confidence in his judgment, patriotism, and valor; and that wherever he orders we will go with jbyfut acclamation. Reiolved, That the people at home be exhorted to sustain the army, to drive back the skulker, to aid feeding and clothing the soldiers, to Send the best Men into the eonnolls of the nation, that energy and ability may be infused into the different depart ments, State and Confederate. • Resolved, That though disaster and gloom new hover over us, we, believe all things van be se or dered, in the coming campaign, that o,tir *tinge will be avenged, our rights secured, and' those who, now claim us as slaves will Own us as,viotors. Resolved, That we would haft kWh doelartation s . Fix enroiricnt ;rag Qt4t armies Of stereo (rows tat WT. fore recommend to our repreientottroes in Congress as sembled taus% .their endeavors for tee immediate ac ccmplishment of this end. Villoilll3AiN iorisnr or fAitoLthrszeorxers. , [From the W4ll. $ A comnuarl Abu Erom.General Ewell, eomman. dant of the V aliment of Henna°, was received at the •provost mareitarit office" last -night, which stated that nearly one hundred returned' paroled Confederate Prisoners were waylaid' and robbed on Saturday,nlight between Cainp Lee and' the'city, Carep Lee being the rendesvons of the prisoners. • Thterobberier were - effected in the maprity of in atriums, .byLgarroting, but, in some oases the. vie• thus were IWOoked down, and in that oenditiot re lieved of what money and valuables they had'albeut them. As an instance Of the desperation'and deter.. Minktion of:thd robber gangs, two of the 'returned prisoners were met on Broad street, between Second and Third, by a gang of six or seven men; two of theni rtegropsy or with their faces blaoked . tb the Semblance of =trees, who robbed them of three hun dred dollars in greenbacks, besides an amount of Confederate money -and their parole papers., AnO• trier, OWI4 up'from the Central depot, On hiS•Way to Camp Lee, was robbed of one hundred and teventy-nvil dollars .- and papers which osnnot be replaced. The:Ootamunioation of General Ewell on the subject was accompanied by an order direct log the Pnivest marshal to tend out a force of de tectives on the route to Camp Lee, with Matra°. Ihms to :apprehend the robbers in the act, or shoot -them down. if they attempted .to escape. Accord . ingly Captain Thomas W. Doswell, assistant pro .vost marshal, detailed a posse of detectives, who went out frilly armed; determined to carry out the instructions of General Ewell. seeni t '• from •thtse bold depredations •the;olty limits, that the night-watolunen, irhOse dntii, it is to perambidate that section, are worthless, Ind that the officials of the Confederate G-ofernreent^have to ;be called on at last to protoot the city. • • - : • NV I • , • t ~• • On Saturday nine hundred and seventy-five of the Yezkeet,prisoners of war, who have been „Ln Dan ville, were traneferred to this city. The number in, cluded.thrati hundred and eighty-three c.smmissioned officers of all grades,, froM a brigadier down to a second Lieutenant. The prisoners are to be smoumu *tad, here •:to meet the demands for exchange now pending ? . • • -"SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. NEGRO SOLDIERS.. The titivation of arming the slaves agitates the minds ofi Southerners, and the newspapers teem with art es on the Subject. `The Richmond Dir pitch 011 l tus ' t g o " b e 1 s h e l f v w e d r il to r i li , b ee th e re y c, eu i x t s tat e p tt4 r h w o ne g r a c g as e t or n e s t s 11 , ilf a l og n ri l ul der tbeimeStitott i t r h om iP a beings within her ; limits who de to service with arms in ,the It Is Considered neoessary to ns invaded nation that all the Jrtalft ages, capable of bearing amenable to service in the field, ifoonstituted a - distinct class, and It I many that, eel they produced the re, they -would-sustain the public ocesafully in that way than If sent Ight. But nations that are hard ful invasions, leave the production* S Of life to that part "of the peen- - tiler and over the eifinserlUt ages. .a different °ovum I _Could we-set gdation, irrespective of age, tothe ctlon of the necessaries of life, while being overran by an overwhelming that question might have heen de r circumstances, the employment by kking war upon no, of that very class nded to exclude fronithe field, forces' issity of plaiting them in the front mtry. Wenous:fight the negro with •we conkd have done had the enemy. him. This necessity is, of course, wooed by the evident reluctance we entered upon the dispassion. ,ver the differences 'of opinion ibject, art parties are now willing tkon td he Wound practical jadg-, _me. He is known to be earnestly we want- no other endorsement. say that the time has come when e employed'as 'Soldiers, and that rend their freedom for that purpose, he service.. We are fully 'sa availability as--soldiers, .of and efficiency under, a . proper line—such a system as General •and humane, would quangarate. !berate two-hundred thousand ne-. them-in-the - army, than to run the - We would rather marbles them lanelpatlon. universal, than hazard kof tne confederate Stateii. If we 'thing, property of every kind, and once. Let Congress give heed to moral Lee. In pursuance of the Mamma, It has called him to the ' the- armies of the Oonfederatc ... ___ That avail will be that action if _ clothe him with the means which he deems`becessary to silooess Rs For OW purpose, he Slionid4uiwe carte blanche to raise the forces he desires upon - snob termsi and , in such a way, as he deems expedient. There_is-no time for delay. If Oongrestitraap the subject with the promptness, energy, and' breadth of statesmanship that it de• mands, the couniry-is saved! - The Whig gives utterance to the following: The proposition to put nogroes in the army klllll without favor rapidly of late; and promises, in some term or other, to be adopted. So far from exciting the repugnance on the part of the army at first ap prehended:- It has been called for by the reseiVes of many regiments and brigades, and is known to be favored by nearly , all the principal oftioers. - - We do not profess to be very- sanguine of good results from the measure, but we do not feel that, as ci vilians, W e-would tie , justittedi in the present emer , enetiCopposing'the use of any means which Our 1 Ing - military men assure 118 can be made Olent. To Ahem • the cause is trusted, ande t a d ly.to theiGineral-in-Chief. Itis known twit he urges—with a warmth he has not, perhaps, exhibited in regard to any other matter of legis latlon—the passage of a law subjecting the negro element to military use. Bis opinion, at all times entitled to great weight, becomes imperative as, to suph a matter, when- we reflect that the whole re sponsibility o f our defence has been devolved upon him. lithe cause should be lost, when any means of resistance that he had called for remained un grdnted, the responsibility for its lose would rest upon those who withheld the aid he called for, not upon him. We prefer to have no share In such re sponslblllty, and,-therefore, urge upon Congress to adopt at once some prompt, compulsive, and certain measure for' raising snob number of negro troops as thellitneraidn-Chief may think he can use to ad vantage, leaving' to Alm the organization, discipline, and employment to which they shall be subject Led. The Whig then gives eoplotui extracts from a paper on the subject,written by Brigadier General Shoup, some parts of which we append : 61 It Is by no means certain that the negro is so de ficient In courage as is generally believed. If we are to credit the statements of travellers in Africa, the native negro is the most „sanguinary toarrior in Me world. In their battles hand to hand, they fight till either party la-almost annihilated; and oar very slaves are, lixgreat part, the descendants of prison ers captured in war. We see the negro altogether In his servile condition. He naturally shrinks, with out regard to appearances. He,-however, makes a fearless sailor and fireman. The English have long used him as a soldier, and he has done good service. But the experiences of this war are abundantly sat- Solent to show his adaptability as a soldier. The enemy has taught us a lesson to which we ought not Ito shut our eyes. He has caused him to fight as well, If not better, than have his white troops of the same length of, service. Our prisoners from Ship Island and elsewhere declare' that they are far the hest sentinels and most thoroughly drilled of the Federal troops. I have myself seen them, in the hands of. a single engineer officer, entsrely without organtawc: Hon, 'work under fire, where certainly he could not have held white men. • 5. • • • • "It is not patriotism, nor any other sentiment, that holds a soldier at his post. (live our troops— brave and patriotic as they are—liberty to go home to day, removing all influence of officers, and how much of an army would you have temorrowl The negroes, however, should be given pay, etc. • • r " Who ever heard of the serfs of Russia refusing to fight because they are not freemen 7 - All that is required then, to make a soldier, is a good physique, without regard to his Inclinations ; and I do assert that the more simpleminded, the more faithful and obedient he will be—and obedience is UM foundation, top, and middle of a soldier's oda- Cation. "The negro does not fight for the enemy because he la free: - He has been tricked and forced into his service, and he Cannot help it. Those who have been recaptnrod say they would rather tight on our side, because we knew better how to treat them." WAR BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE NORTH. The Etcaminer, in a long article endeavoring to bolster up the rebel hopes by indicating signs of an approaching war by England and France against the United States, says: . Several circumstances indicate that the time is near at hand wk. eh kings and prophets have • waited for in Europe—the time, inamely, when it becomes less prudent to wait than to strike ; when the work of destruction, which the patient was doing for himself, is nearly brought to the point where lily decease may be judiciously helped. Statesnien and financiers of England and of France have bad their fingers on the pulse of the Yankee nation all this while • they know exactly the, moment when its financ ial troubles may be suddenly turned into financial wreak, universaland irretrievable. HeSides, the profit which they could hope to derive from the present war has been aIL. ',ready gained. England has already secured the *carryliagliaffe of the world; France and England both have been able to strengthen their monarchi cal systems by merely pointing across the Atlantic, and saying to their liberals, Behold the logical end of Your liberalism ! Moreover, (and here is .a truly pressing oenslderation), the stock of cotton In. Eu rope is now at last all woven up ; and the efforts to raise. good ootton to other, countries, having now had a 'fair trial, are failures all. The promises of the Washington Government to prooure ootton, whether by stealing or by planting; have, proved delusive for any practical purpose ; and, unless half Europe is to go naked, these Southern ports must soon be opened. After all, these signs of approaching war between Yankeeland and Europe may fail, as all signs have failed before. Nevertheless it Is well to take note of them, though it were very weak and unwise to place any dependence upon them. Of course such a war would, moan our - establishment at once as a confederacy of independent States, and would give us also the certainty, if the Heavens be kind to us, of wreaking vengeance upon oat hateful enemy. Practically, however, for the present, the moral to be drawn mut all the considerations offered above is twofold—first, that we should hold out resolutely and hopefully In our defensive war, and second, that we should take very stringent measures at ones to prevent the esoape , of a fibre of ootton under any pretext whatever. Southern Barbarism. TAKIVO TO TEM BUSH ;, OE, NO TO VIZ OOH cmmons." The following remarkable artlele appears In the Richmond Sentinel of the 15th instant. It is one of those fierce, vindictive harangues in Which the retel Journals Indulge for the purpose of "firing the Southern heart : Wo to the conquered ! for submission will not bring about peace, nor even inaugurate a trope, A few may submit and bow their nooks to the yoke which the Yankees will Impose. Thelatter already assume that a State Is subjugated when a tenth of its people agree to reconstruction. Whenever and wherever this may b.appon confiscations will begin. Loyal landholders will be driven from their farms, and Yankee Intruders will occupy they. No mat ter whose farm Is coveted, It will be easy to suborn Yankee witnesses, and still easier to bay up disloyal Southrons, for they are baser and more venal than Yankees, to prove that the owner of the desired pro perty is untrue to the North. Soon,veryBool3, all the lands of the submitting States would pass Into. tho bands of Northern landlords. Spies and InfOriners In swarms would infest the community, eavesdrop ping, searching houses, and dogging the heels of every Sonthron. In the various villager and cross roads Yankee troops, black and white, would be itatlonedto watch, insult, and rob the elected Con federates. The cravemsolrlted submisslonhata would then become hirelings and farmhands fOr ttld Yan kee landlords, at the rates of wages depressed alike • by Northern cruelty and cupidity, and negro cloth petition. These landlords would exultingly. and truly proclaim that "free labor was cheaper than slave lebor. 3l • Ana so it 'would be, f6i they would not pay any wages to , white -laborers, taking their famines all round, one-half, the.ustkal.allewettob tct Slaves: kU the outcry against slavery prooSedS Cmia tam taxi that "tree Wm( la otmitipoz Wu, ONO . labor; 1 6' free coo hey the land -hofdere_, hem*. Owners, and otter capita:fete, by starVing the Paart soon fosse them to work** lees allowance than a htimaner ratter frilly eelleides - to - bit slave/. BlM ger, oold e and nakedness are fle emotent physical coeroivee ItallekOriee. Ottlitar,Nke amulet', wands labor but le net at the . responsibility °roost. of . owning lb, • It only 'Bowl/ the-laborer a per . Bon of hie own earnings, end W smaller per thin than rnaffters: allow Mee sawyer,. and hence, and hence Only, free labor in cheaper than slave labor. Capital .of all kfodir he a mere lustre. Merit, employed Boy its owners -to con:Teethe poor to work, and to pay eaoh other i-fbr capita& does not work, Is not a prate:Mer l - and ail useful Orbduots, _or velure;• are the results °Weber. The riehithrough-. out free society.. are ,masters without the' humane feelings or interests, of masters. All- attempts to remedy the seething bilustice of &medic slavery have but aggravated the evil iatended'to be cured ; for throughout the world, it is admitted; nay it Ike boast, "that free labor is cheaper. -- than . slave . labor,” which is exactly tantamount to baying "that the alloWance of the elavels greater than She wages paid, or rather allowed, the free laborer" -.But let us return from this digression. tot not the few dastardly submissionists amongst us try to oelve themselves, or to deceive others, by pretending tbat Yankee rule, after ail, Would not be so - ins tolerable; but would be= only the exohanglng one form of , ..polltleal government for atoll:tor,. The ',hider lends. oiLithe South would' not repay the North for the cost of conquest, sod those i lands,--if successful, they - are determined to have. ! Then the- Southern submisalonista would be reduced to a state of. slavery more degrading, cruel, and ex acting than ever before was imposed on - human beings. aiesis l"--wo - to the conquered who ! Would have so terrible& fate to endure; nut wo.also, to the, conquerors, for their ()eternity would begin The condition to , whielo they would reduce our peo ple is one which ninutenths of them would never endure. They would. take to the bush, like. the Israelites under Noses or Joshua, and a part ..of them under Davie; like our - Seminole 'lndiana r the . Scotch and Welsh (We speak metaphorl. - rally, for-Scotland- does-not boast of trees or bushes), .who have never been .conquered ; like. the Swiss, tho - Spaniards the Cireassiens, the Dutch, the - La Yendeang;llk4 all people inhabiting moun tainous, or desert, or marshy countries. This war would only fairly have' begun when our houses, our. enclosures, our' villages and-.cities are, burn ed,- our crops destroyed, and - 'our 'fields laid' waste. Then_ wo the conquerors I for then would begin the banditti warfare, the, g - uerills warfare, the lying in wait, the, amber/gado - and - aartirite, murder In detall,_ assassination. in every form. Already much of our eountryls rapidly growing up In dense' forest; roads have -beeome-lmpassaele for wheel carriages • cattle and hogs In large drove* are run 'rang. wild '-our weeds and our-fields teem- with game, and our oreoks!and rivers with fish and fowl. The voluntary of our soil, added to the re sources:. jusLenumerated, would enable us to carry. - on a giterillaearfarealinost interminably ; for these resources itioresee daily; just as the devastations of t,he enemy extend. If our Wane should come to the worst, and - If we should' not be able to maintain large .regular, ,armies in the-. field, - we -Weald,' by guerilla warfare, make the South too hot to. hold Yinkee 'intruding - landlordie - . They would . be watched, ambushed, and. shot down by night and •by day, like beadttief - prey. Few, who would fled themseivesitheir wives, and:little ones driven from their.homes would If- nee/emetic - to 70114 ' the intrudi ng Yankie.-robber.,. No armies from the North could putilogn Such a warfare 'astisis,ll, we fight but half as Weilasenostother netkessfelmilarly • situated have fought. - .., Already this mode of warfare. has been inaugurated- Inaffentuolsy, Aflssouri, Ten= nessee, and. on both tildes of the kliselestppi. Indeed, we have 'guerillas everywhere;' doing most effective service, like Roderick Dun's _ men , • 'concealing themselves today •in fastnesses and secret .ses,...and .to.morrow - . at - . • thec,,wlading of their attleftain's - horn, or , other ...iigreed- sigaai, col-. lectlng :together, and 'banging - unexpeet*lly upon - the 'enemy, with the - 4 4 .foree- - - and . rapid ity, of the ! thunderbolt . - The cavalry •of the Blue 'Ridge are as terrible as Um...clansmen or Roderick Dhu. . And letnot craven :fiebikieslimists suppose that they would be exempted from the hor rors of this new mode Of warfare. Being mere di.' noxious than Yankees, they-would 7 bellt - rfiret vie. thee. Let them recoiled the treatmentorreptured tortes in the .Revolution of '1776, and...take.; Lpely warning -from their - fate. Did not a blind in els drive the Yankees on, they would - recoil With; An terror from that result which we have test feltitit sketched, but to attain whioluthey art-striving with - atrane eagerness, as if-lt were their highest good. Nothing remains focus but, taking for our-watch. word "Never s u rrender!" to - prosecute .the war In whatever form we may and with all the - energy we can command, until we . drive. out ourfosafrons this fair land which God has given us.- A . Quartette of Generals—Remlnforms* of Sherman, an: From the Leaveaworth Conservative.) Citizens of Leavenworth will remonberthat titans stood on Main street, between Delaware and. Shaw nee, In 1867, '5B and "69, on the ground now occupied by handsome brick buildings • a shabby-looking, tumbling, cotton-wood shell. ' lt was oeaupied, on the ground floor, by Hampton P. Denman, ea-Iday. or, as a land agency office. The roo ms above were reached by a orazy-lookingotairway on the outside, up which none ever went without dread of their falling. Dingy signs Informed the curious that within was a "law shop," kept-by Hugh Ew ing, Thomas Ewing, Jr., W. T.-Snerman, and Dan iel McCook. These constituted the firm known here in the early part of 1868 , as Ewing, Sherman, & McCook. All were comparatively young men. All were ambitions ; the One who has gained the greatest fame perhaps , the least so of the sesociatedda.wyers. The Ewiags had the advantage of high culture, con siderable natural abilities, cold, impassive tempera ments, and a powerful family influence to aid their aspirations. Hugh Ewing was -but little known hereabouts, though acknowledged to be a brilliant and 'versatile genius by his intimates. " Toting Tom," as the other scion is familiarly called, has always been a prominent and influential man. The third member of - the-•firmflue - today one of the proudest pages In the b cry of-our land. His name and fame take rank with thogreatest of earth. All oonapire to do him honor. Aliens bow to. his genius, and enemies show the extent of their fears of Its' power by the virulence of their hate and its manifestations. W. T. Sherman never mingled in our publio affairs. He lived among .us for several months, having some landed interests here. Au outlying part of our city plat is marked on the maps as " Sherman's Addition." Prior to entering upon the practice of law In this city, he lived for some time in the vicinity of Topeka, upon a farm of led acres, which we believe he still owns. His neigh bors tell of. his abrupt manner, reserved, yet forci ble, speech and character. Previous to residing in Kamm, Sherman had lived In California, where, as a miner, banker, and lawyer, he• made and lost a large fortune. Agraduate of West. Point, he had previously held a captain's commission in. the To. pographical Engineer Corps, and, in pursuance of duty, had made several important surveys and ex plorations. the reports of which had been duly pub lished by Government. They relate principally to routes for the Pacific Railroad. The fourth member of the ftrin,.Daniel MnCook, was known and appreciated here by the fraternity as one of the best of ' , good fellows.) , He was young, active, ardent, an intense partisan and ambitious Wight, who held the tolerable good opinion of his own oapaelty common to the "pin-feather" state of the genus home. "Dan" practiced law before the lower courts, doing the justice and probate ; and al ways having plenty of work lathe United States District Court. which was often the scene of amus ing sparring between him and the judge—the able, but Indecent Petit—whose judgments Dan was in the habit of freely criticising. All of the firm were Buckeyes—the E.WIDO being sons of the able and venerable Hon. Thos. Ewing, of that State. Sherman is connected. .with them by marriage, beluga brother to Mrs. Thomas , Ewing, Jr., we believe. He is a brother of Senator Sher man. McCook belonged to the since famous , ' light ing ), family 01 that name. His father was the well known Major McCook, killed In, the Okto-MOrl'an raid. One brother was killed atthe fleet Ball Run battle. Another was the Brigadier General Mc. Cook, murdered by guerillas in Southern Kentucky. Another, brother or , uncle, we know.not which, is the famous Major Genera i llicCook.Of the Armies of the Cumberland and Tennessee. In politics the firm was unequally proportioned--; Thomas Ewing, Jr., being a conservative Republi can, while his brother _Hugh, Sherman, and Mo. Cookware ail Democrats, the latter being an active local politician, and at one time elected Probate Judge of this county. The city bolng.then largely - Democratic and somewhat pro.slavery, the firm possessed considerable influence. A good story is told of Sherman's experience as counsel, and of his dissolution of partnership to take the position held by him when the war broke ont-- that of president of the hlllitary. Oollege of Louisiana. -- While in the practice of the. law here, Sherman was Consulting partner, having an almost Insur mountable objection to pleading in cone". He Is accorded the possession, as a lawyer, of thorough knowledge of legal principles a clear,logloal per ception of the points and eq uity Involved In any case. He could present his views in the most direct manner, stripped of all verbiage, yet perfectly ac curate in form. He was perfectly au. fare in the authorities. But to return to our story. Shortly after the re ception of the offer from the Governor of Louisiana, in relation to the college, Sherman was compelled to appear before the Probate Judge--Gardner, we believe. The other partners were busy, and Sher. man, with his authorities and his ease all mapped out, proceeded to court. He returnedha a rake two hours after. Something bad gone.wrong. He had bean pettifogged oat of the case by a sharp, petty attorney opposed to him, in a way which was dis gusting to his Intellect and his convictions. His amour propre was hurts and he swore that he would: have nothing more to.do with the law in this State. That afternoon the business was closed, partnership dissolved, and in'a very short time Sherman was on his way to a more congenial clime and occupation. The war found him ina.nuisana, and despite of his strong pro-slavery Opinions, found him an intense and devoted patriot. We met him here, and, though but slightly ac quainted, have remembered ever since, the impres sion he left on °us mind. lid sphered himself to our perception as the most remarkable intellectual embodiment of .ffotca it had been our fortune to en counter. Once einoe, we met him, in our lines be fore Corinth, where he had command of the right wing of dialleck , s magnificent army. The same impression was given then, combined with the idea of nervous vitality, angularity of cha racter, and intense devotion to what he had in band. Sherman is truly an idealist, even unto fanaticism, though, in all probability, If told so he would• abruptly retort back an unbelieving sarcasm. He outlines himself to our memory as a man. of middle stature, ner vous, muscular frames with a long, keen head, sharply defined from the forenead and back of the ears. His eyes have a bluish-gray cast, and an in troverted look, but fall of smouldering fire. His mouth is sharp and well oat; the lower part of the face Ipowarfu4 though not heavy. 'His complexion lair, hair and beard of a sandy-red, straight, short, and strong. Hiatemperament is nervottasetignine, and he Is full of crotchets and prejudices whioh, however, never stand in the way of practical re malts. The idea, or rather object, which rules him for the time, overrides everything else. Round the mouth we remember a gleam of saturnine humor, and in the eyes a look of )kindliness which would at tract to him the caresses of children. Such are the impressions left on our mind by the only military educated member of this legal quar tette—all of whom have held commissions as gene rale in our army. Hugh Ewing went early into the war as colonel of an Ohio regiment, to which State he had returned before the rebellion. He was soon promoted to a . brlgadiershlp. He bas served honorably through most of the campaigns It the central South, and Is now, we believe, in Kentucky,. He has been wounded more than once. Dan McCook's, name has [passod into history at. one of the most gallant young lives offered as a, sacrifice to secure American natSpaallty. He was, we think, the second captain mustered in from tide ' State, in the 'Veteran let Kansas, as early as the be ginningof 431. He wig all through its fa- Moue Missouri campaign, under Lyon, his Mende hero remember the jubilant expression to, which his ambition gave vent when he first left loathe Held: "Here's for a colonel's, epaulets or a soldler'a grave." Be know not how prophedawas time utter ance. e. He won the first and more, and the latter is now his lasting inheritance of fame. After the re-* giment returned to Kansas, in thole!' of 1881, Capt. Dan was laced on staff duty, we bellereth one of the Gene. MotlYook, then in Kentuc ky. Soon after he was prostrated with alokness. On-recover ing be raised and commanded the 52d Ohio. For a lorg time ha was acting brigadier, partioipating through all Eoseorane' falnous campaigns in Ten nessee.. His was :wounded, and alter promotion as brigadier, returned to Ohio sick, whereto died. • *.litnian may, he fought hie fight. Proved hie truth by hie endeavor - Let Dim sleep in solemn night, bleep remover and forever." The remaining. member of the firm, General Thouiris Ewing, too well known to need par. tbmieralpg by ay. Tho war (Olga lriiw cw 41,14( FOUR CENTS: jnsUctl la the Rammer 0ft362 he resigned, raised the 11th Regimeat f became Its colonel, end partici pated in alt the engagements of the /Arley of the Frontier Miring the following fall and winter. Xte was afterward promoted to a brigadiershlN and has oboe been lb dommaad of the Western 511sserifl and Kansas Dlerribt, wherein he was not popokaw. Kb has, for over a year, been in command of the Dis trict of Southeast Idirstrarl, with St. Louis as 'feed quarters, where No IS porkier. Ills undoubted , ad ministrative arblitY conteslisto play there. Third& feces of and retreat' from Pilot Knob during the late campaign reileet greisei.oredit upon his skill and courage as a teldler. Taking It all is all; the *gal-military firm of which wwhave beewgtvitig tattle random notes lb oae of the most remssliable pints of theversatility and adaptability of SIM Alnenerm character that this war, fruitful as It is In eras:ivies, has yet pro duesd. Psorhare BONDS.—WhileGMtgressmon wore debating the policy of reattlothig the issue of the sew Government bonds to antis not. less thaa one hundred dollars, and knoolled back and forth the shuttlecoeks of ancient lege:infant against and in favor of dity•dollar bonds, the nendletptinien of the Northern and Western villager; tattoo' and town" and the nisebanics and apprenticed of thrifty habit/1 and patriotic faith stepped fornieril and settled the question authoritatively, and In favdr of both Issues. Thirteen hundred and jiffy of thenfilarried their little earnings to Jay Cookes agencier add "bcuriftl fifty dollar bonds, and eighteen h bffitecs bought one•hundred dollar bonds. A telefgrain oortimunl eating this previous fact to the prepiF committee in Washington was accepted aivalleofidOte of the point under discussion, The prevision in the bill authorizing the issue of the suariß — bends was re tained. . • Whet novelties In finance does this war give le gitimate birth to r How it uncovers , to' sight the broad, deep, eternal foundations of thelisherlcau (lama:wady—the love, faith, industry, and intent. genre of the people ! In the monarchies-of 'Europe, war-loans are taken by wealthy houses und*comel ris.ttoneof, bankers. In the monarchies of Europe the people hoard and bide their earnings in time of war. In the American Republic, it is tho - Apeople that takelhe warloans of their Government. In the height' of war the humblest Amerloamiv,omen and men—tkose wbo customarily eat the dallYhread of daily labor—with a brave joy and a generous con. fleece, bring all they have and lend it to their Conn try. "Pie tyke as well as noble banking —N. 1. Tribune. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The 7- 3Ce ate the best and surest property in the world. They are literally a first mortgage on all the land, public and* private, in the United States. This first mortgage has got to be. and inevitably will be, paid. Nothing can come between it and the holders. Its other advantages are manifest. The value of the. privilege of converting the 7.80 s at maturity tato gold bearing 6per cents, added to the interest, will give in the end over 10 per cent. interest for the investment. The 7-308 cannot be taxed by Statee. counties or cities. 'f hie saves from two per cent. to7Nve per emit. of in torno. The interest is payable ia the ,form of ;various on the 16th of August and the Maid November. The _bolder can cut these off. and get them cashed at any bank or broker's in the country. The bonds are due on the 16th of August, 1617. At that time, if 'the holder does not want his money he can demand of the Govern ment to exchange his matured.* 7,30 e for the fatuous 6.20 gold bearing 6 per cent, bonds. The stock market wan very active yesterday; and a renewed excitement was manifested in the oils. The impetus to this activity was occasioned, doubtless, hi- the large advance in Sugar Creek. which sold steadily unr.to 1.13 from 7X: The other oil stocks were fairly active. Government loans Were in steady demand. bat without change in price. The 1981 a were sold at lll,tha I Nest 11070)111. and the 10.408 at 109%; the 7-30 e were held at 99X. State loans were firmer, and the War loan 6s sold at ICOX, anitdvanee of X. The new City !Wield X higher, bat the new were unchanged There was a moderate Madness doing- in • Company bonds i first mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad were steady at Ife34 ; Ruatingdon and Broad Top first mortgage at 100' Ifindra 76 at 100; Long Island es at 90. and North Pennsylvania de at 90. There were sales reported of .Allegheny county coupon 65 at 76%, and Pitt sburg municipal Be at 90. The abase market was compara tively .inactive, the sales being mostly confined to Reading, which advanced X. closing at about 57% ; Pennsylvania Railroad sold at CM.. which is a decline of X ; Camden and Amboy was steady at 14D. There was little said in passenger railroad sectudlise, and the bank stocks were inactive. Of the cost stocks there were sales of Big Mountain at 634 i Pillion at 6X, and Green Mountain at 5%. The following were the quotattene- for gold at the hours named • 10 .30 .sA. N ••••.•••••••• ••••• 10. 11 A. .«.... ...7005( 11,30 A. M. eves.... e•••••••.. 192 12 N.« ..s ••••21:4 12.30 P. N...., 1 P. M 8 4 P. 200 The following were the Oozing- quotations for the principal navigation, mining, and oilatoolcs: Asked. Bid. , *marls. ..... 91 Globe. .• liiowe's Bid, O. Hibbard 13 Hoge 'Blvd..-- 2 21-16 Hyde f3i Rid.daked. Sciluyi Nay: UM 11_ Schur] Nem pref. SW tore Burg Canal L 9 Big Moturteln.... 6 ISX Butler , Minton Coal.—.• 9 7 Irwin Oil 8 5 Feeder Dam...... 1 Keystone 1% Green Mountain. 3% 4 Kretzer.•,....,... 13G. 166 Keystone Zinc., 7 2 MeClintookoll... 6# 6% ri 8% Mineral 011 2 2% B Carbondale.... 2 1-16 2% Mingo. 3% 2% New Creek Coal. 1 Mcalheny 011.... 4%. 4% Boster& Yells CL 69j 6% Mcarea &Kik. .. Atlas 149 1% Noble & De 1...... 6% 7 alleghenriE .... . 011 Creek- 7 Allegh & Tideent I' Organic Big Tank 1% 3% Olmstead 0i1.... 8 Bruner 011 1% 1 Perry oil 3 4 Bull Pope Farm Oil.- .. 1 Briggs 2 233 Petroleum Gent- 2% 2% Burning . • 4 Pell & 0 Li 3% Continental 011•. 1% 1% Phillips .. 4 Crescent .. 1 Revenue • .... Ouitin—• 1 Roberta ....... Corn Planter-- 16, 6 Hoek on. ..... 3% 2% AL 5herman ......... 11( 1.31 Cow Creek......• ) 33333% 354 Seneca 8 - 6 Dunkerd 39 /9 Story Farm...... 1% Dnakard Celt 011... 1 Schur' & Oil Cr.. 2% 2% Densmore OIL 6% St Nich01a5....... 41-16 4% Datze/1 8% Sunburyl ••.! . • • Excelsior 011.... ) 1% Tarr,Homeetard. 5 6%., Itabert 8% 3% Union I% 1% El Dorado 1% 2 Upper Economy.. .. 1 Farrel 011 1% Venango .011 1 Franklin Oil-- 2% 2% Walnut 2% 2% The last advices from England note:idealize in United States securities, which will be• likely to prove only temporary, for the intelligence of the ;rapture of Oharlee ton cannot but stimulate them to renewed activity and higher prices. There le no abatement in the excitement on Pit Hole Creek, which, it is predicted. w ill be a second Oil Creek. In fact, it is stated that. in the number of der ricks going upend wells going down, the former throws the latter completely into the shade. The publishers of the Wheeling inteslitgencer ad vertised oil bases for sale, 'whereupon some hundreds of persons, supposing they had oil land.. to lease, wrote many letters of inquiry on the evaded. The publishers disclaim being in the oil line, and wish everybody to understand they have only printed teamster sale- The First National Bank of Washington. Pennsylva nia, formerly the Franklin Bank. is now fully organ ized ender the National banking law. Under the new order of things the number of directors is reduced. to nine, and accordingly at the late election the following named gentlemen were chosen: C. M. Reed. John B. Brady, 11. H. Clark, Jas. Watson, John Johnson,John Barter, David 0. Houston, Jos. Henderson. and Samuel Vance. At A meeting of the new board subsequently held. 0. M. Reed was chosen president. James Reli vable cashier, and flamnel Cunningham clerk. The bank is now issuing the new notes, as. required by the act of Congress, and in n short time the notes of the old Franklin Bank, which have keen so rarely seen for the last year, will disappear altogether. The statement that the Hon.. Hugh McCulloch will be appointed Secretary of the Treasury gives great satis faction in financial armlet!. He has had much ex perience and large success in financial affairs, and of all wbo have been named in connection with this im portant office is the one probably beet qualified by edu cation and experience for the position. Under his ad ministration the country will be assured of economy, a prompt execution of the revenue laws, and a grand Snanciel policy looking to the speedy resumption of specie payments. The following is a statement of the Public, Debt, made up from official data: PUBLIC DEBT OF TIM UNITSD STAMM. JAN. 31, 1665. Principal. Interest. Aggregate of debt bear ing Interest in coin.... $1.087,650.432,80 863,433,111 45 Aggregate of debt bear ing interest in lawful money. 608,57ff.2112 44 20,638,770 41 Aggregate of debt on which interest has Aggregate of legal•ten der dt bearing no interest eb 433.160,66600 Aggregate of fractional currency 26,036,913 93 $2.168.736,441 26 693,131,901 86 Unpaid requisitions..." $126,100.030 00 Amount in Treasury.... 10,22,96816 ..... $A6,847,04184 Internal Bayonne for January, 1866. 4;31.074,902 89 Internal lierenus since January 31, 1865. 90.25,1586 Customs for January. 1866 6 ,460.676 60 Customs Anne January 31,1866.* 1,637,483 24 The followlii Ware the sinotations for American secu rities in London. on the 10th Lest Maryland a per cent • 93 0 Ird United States, 5-70 years. 1682, 6.pes *amt.." 50 p6l ViD 6 rginia State 6 pe per ce n t n 43 93 46 o. Atlantic and Great Western. New York sec tion. Ist mortgage,lB93, 7 per cent 65 07 Do. sa moitzeita. Bah 7gr gent 63 66 Penzsyleastia, let mortgage. 1 67 69 Do. 2d mortga ge. 1882 61 63 Brie shores. $lOO (all paid) 32 33 Do. 7 per cent. pret do 40 47 Utoitral 6.per,cent., 1876. .. • 76 77 Do. 800 shares (all isog 6134 Marietta and eined.nnati Railroad bonds 68 70 Panama Railroad, Ist mort • 7mor cent..'6s. 99 100 Do. 2d mort., I per cent.. 1872,101 103 Pennsylvanlitßailroad borida.„2A mortgage, 6 per cent: convertible.. 79 @.) 81. Do.. 1160 shares . .... 26 99 93 The rebel lesn, was selling la the London market of the 10th inst. at 663i056X. In reference to American Wake Satterthwaite'e Lona don Ciumlar,saya: There has been a larger amount of business transacted in the London market fer American securities than during any week for a considerable time past. trtqteSa States five-twenty bonde Improved at one time totti, but on a higher rate of exchange being reported from New - fork per the China they declined to 60,, from - srhich point there 1113 been. Lanett reaction to aoggn Igyia shaxes.remaln ateadtv, bus Illinois have given There ban been an improved demand for Atlantis and Great Western bonds oZthe Pennsylvania sectiorawhich were quoted la higher for both drat and second rent. asses. Drexel %note: New U.B Bonds. 1581 .... .. . I,lloli •• N Cbtedn ... pg New OT ft. or e g 53.4 Quartermasters' Yousdsers..-...-•••••••••»...-..... 99 95 95 Gold 200 Sterling Bxcliange..... ..... 217 5-20 Bonds, old« ...... ** Bolide, new • -110 1103,. 10 40 Bonds ' ......... 4 The New Tork Poet of yesterday The appointment of Mr. McCulloch. to theo ffice of the Secretary of the Treasury regardodmith moon favor in Wall street Gold la drill sad has sold as low.as 19131;0199, are dually advaneina to 201%. The Isea market is WIT 10 six per cent. Some loans have been made at flea. Commercial paper. .pesses slow* st 6@lol The • stook market *mensal dull and closed strong Governments are steady, without much nativity. ad shares are more active, and theitendencY of prima is upwards. Before the nrst session:dolmas quoted atl9o3i Hew Tort Central at 116%. Mile at 74%, Hudson river at 11111, Deeding at 314 X. The following 4notalikrOS Wen made at the board. 'tempered with *Mee at yesterday afternoon: Thu, Wed. Adv. Dee. United Stater its BlEdotoup.....m 111 United States 5.20 sampons...-ni United States 6-21).ismAnew...)105‘. 110% • • • United States 10.40. ooupons...lM 10/% . • 3 i , United States oartlicataa.—. - . Wrs 98 4 • "'Tennessee ge. •.. - • ag • • 1 . Missouri-%• - • 69 A ( New York tient%) Rallroad...ll6 - • 116% .. Erie 74 74. ., Brio preferred.— 2 PA Hudson.Biver ' Beading Rellroad..-...• • U 45.4 x" . " After ibe board there *OK rir Wee 017dte coasiderable itoifivity • asd allriAgfid THE WAR L'ELSS. (YUBLIORaU) Welbraa- ) TRH WAR. PLUM Will be peel to anbeerlbers by mall (per aannm in advance/ Tt ree topics— G 00 Five 00ptee......... • .4.. • 800 Ten eoplea--.•••... ....I/5 00 Larger Clubs than Tea will be charred at the sassy rate. Ili GO per copy. The money tnuet always amempanY the order. atia be no inetanee can then terms tr 'ilevtated from. Grey wirsrd ooy Mae more than the cost of Poetmaetera are requested to act Se ligent 4 tot The Was Pare& -air To the getter-np of the (nab of ten or tWerar. ea extra Dopy of the paper wlll be given. t Sales of fitocks, THE OPEN .iOO Keystaie Zi 131 , 1 8.0 Big Mono Coal WO Oil 10 Atlas Oil 1 , 60 1 06 NO -161 1.691 no Gov Creek.... icu ,Vcoololor -2EO Loart,, 100 108 Dick w_e_ni-•• • -••• 100 Olma.waa 300 do- ',•• • - 8 !HOD . d0•••••-•.-..-•b 4 3 : 800. •••••.... 3 11381{oss••••••••.... ••• • • • 3. noWlot aGN._•-•••••• 2. 9 1: let Mark Pe 011•89813a3I 1 WO lather. ••..- ••••-•-• 05* 1C1AMiter........•••••••• • Al seraltruir Or N7X 100 do ••••• 87.4 . 86 67%: 60'Setgar Oise& 8 000 Follyi &Oil ()reek: 900 Beadto8•••• -4. 68 0 1 • 1 37 X • 881.123' AT THE XEGIEd4II. BOABIVOr EttOWIRS.. Ileport&F iletoes, AMU & AS: nocret. BANOBW.BoARDS., 904 OlimgmAß , 7CO Jdzictiovell•les.l36 . - 140 3 1-lif 0 AHD. 1807olton'Coar.... . : .. TX,Atios • .... ak" 738 - 801001 l SY. WO:Lova 011 * • 200'Mfbg0• •'•„• • elo , hhallnalt.•••••:1111) 300 do, ND Hipiackird * ..l4lbl 2,K 1400 fe,O , Firm •200 111prIErefooz..-...16, 634" '9OO Soft . cr00k.:..01 100. 140., oo lota 10- 2to •• - - 4fo— Wm fmM......100; r#l • 700 / 10 7sPli v etr6...lots IjG Numelemr 1•44 100Tio do 3..;c FOO Holiihtmr;'.......as 200 do- --IA 0 10) paint* 19%. FIRST E5OO 17135:201F.0:Pte.c0110% 600 do —.old . sew .111 12000 US 10. 4013.1.199.c.10.1% Cldo.-- map. 202% Er 8 7 SOVII.n. setc99.l 9900 State9o MO City Os. 29W 7 95 =Beading Dv. - -3069. 100 do. .... -0911 57 100 do.. —•. (00wit.57% X 0 d 0... lotdi• conk 57% 600 07% 24 Cam dc Am .1%16te(143 % 503 North Penn - 7.610 .• 100 ()ohmic= preo a.E920% . 32 Race. et /00 Bch Nay.-26 230 db.". lota—Prof 66%; 250 d 0.... , lots.. Wien% t 100 Orsen Moruttidn... • BETWEBOI - Heading H 57% 100 Bogor Creek-00'10% 100 d 0.............. 10% 103 do ' 10 1 d.. 010wn..5. 100 111 d 0 0........e30ern'11 16 150 - do Joto 11 100 d 0.......— .160 11%. -100 d0..19 _.. /7% Penns ' 62% 100 011 Creek b3O 7% 100 Story - Farm 1.91 1010 City 6s railroad.:. 92% 200 Junction'oll 3% KO' do ' 9% 201130271) 230)1:( 85.20bds old 0p.1.1D% 9003 do'oldvsk 0=0.110% MOO Ti SID ..obdalts op ung 1050 State war loan 68.100.% 700 City (Is new —lot* 96 100 do old 99% 2000E6Q= 68913nnicipai 90 SDO AlleoT co couple.. 76% 12000 II 8 7. 30 T N •new 99% EDO Elmira 7e.....10t5.100 2000 do 2dys.loo 20e0 Tenn a R Fat m0rt.106% 6000 Long Island es •90 AFTER 100 on a. & Ch R.... 11% 2000 EJmiza Is 101 100 Sherman.,-- b9Ol 31 19 Lehigh Zinc 40 100 Reading E. 57% 100 d 0.... .2dys 57% 100 Corn Planter- b3O 0% 200 Densmore.... .«... 5% • SALES AT THE CLOSE: 600118026 s 110% ED Atlas 011.«»..:... ' 1.44- 1000 .do 10) do 144. 200 MOSibeny..... 43E 400 d 0... lots 1.44 800 do 4% MO do 144 10 Caaow . i . s . s . a .. 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 do.. - .1% 103 do b3O 90% 1000 Bur Tank.... 2 7 Tenn& R. 62% 500 do .• • . 2 2 do 69% 100 Caldwell 6% HO Headint..-- s 5 57% kV Drunkard. 0i1...—. X. 100 do . e 6 673. 400 Ribber& Oil. ..... . 139. 100 do .... • Mi. 200 do 11 ' 100 do. . . 103 do 1% 300 do . J0t5...892.67 316 100 Noble 'T 600 do ..10t5—530.57 346 100 Ryes Farm tig 600 Setae D01e.....b90 8 kV Densmore • 9 20:1 Olean Honntain— 3% 200 do 159 do .» 3% ND Fratklin 011... 296 900 d 0.....-........ 9% 800 de.— —. .IYO t 44 100 Keystone Zinc .2 2000" N Ten= 6e.. : ..«. 90 100 keystone 011...... 1% 900 Orionis 011. X KO d Atlas o 1. 1.4444 ED 011 Creek 1930 7x ICO - There is very little demaad for Flour, either for shipment or home use, and prices remota about the same as last quoted; 600 barrels extra family sold at *11011.25 IR barrel, the latter rats for good Western. The retailers and bakers are bey , lig in a small way, at from s9@)9 7U for stinerfate; 510.250310.75 for extra; sll®l2 for extra family,' and $12.6( on bbl for fancy brands, as to quality. Rye Floor is selling in a mall way at lahL Galt Meal is dull and pikes are unchanged. OBAll.—There is very /title demand for Wheat; tad prices are unchanged; about 2.500 bds sold at 57.660 2. 66 tfl hit for good and prime reds, and white at SI.M. lid TB bn as to quality lire lo ?Jelling in a 'mettle - ay at *L 741. Mt bit Corn continues dal; small sales of yellow are making at !6163 Itt bu. Oats are in de mend at 93e fftbn... • . SARK:-Clnercitron is o fried at 11140 111 tott for Ist Ao. 1, but we Deer of no sales. • COTTON•—_Prices are rather lower, and there livery little doing in the way of sales. We quote middlings at from &A 84e ift lb, cash. OBOCIELMi.—The market, ex we have noticed Tor some time past, continues very quiet, and we hear of no sales of either sugar or'eoffee worthy of notice- LBAN3.—PIg metal continues very dull. Anthracite is quoted at WWI* toe for the three numbers. EA?.—Baled is soiling at $,x53171 ton. COAL OlL—Prices continue unsettled and the mar. ket le dull. • Crude is quoted at 46647 c; refined in bond at 6f(463e, and free at from 73/30£* gallon, as to Qua lity BERM. —Flaxseed is selling in a small wsy at # 3.M bu 'Timothy continues quiet; about HO bus sold at $6.6018 be. Cloyereeed Is Toth. r ocarcie and in demand, with sales of MI bye at Bi 4 71015 23 ffi 64 lbs • YROVIBIOIIB. —R here is very little doing in the way of sales, and prices remain about the same as when last quoted: Mess Pork is selling in a small way at art.z@on bbl. Breasted dogs are selling at from $ 5(416 the ICO lbs. Bacon Hams are selling at from 20@14a II lb for plain and fancy canvassed. Butter continues dull, and prices are unchanged . WHISKY.—There la very little demand,and the mar ket is dull: small lots of Penna. and Western bbls are selling at from 2326 2324 M gallon. The following are thus receipts of Flour sad Grata all this port to-day: bbl d. Wheat—•...............•.—e*e0•••••••••••••..6,400 bus. C0rn.—....—.... bee. Oats. ' • ...........4.100 bit!. nous, dm. —The market ler Western and State Flom" fa a little more active, and prices of the low and medlnsu grades are COlO cents beers' better. The hi gher grades are rather more active. The .ales are 8,500 barrels at $9 95(4310.15 for superfine State, $lO 2.5®10 45 for extra Stets ; illu.6ooJo 70 for fancy State :CIO 2•4011145 for the low grades of Western extra; $11.05011 BI for shinning Ohio; 1611.400&12 for trade an d. faintly brands, and $ll W:614 for St. Louis extras. Canadian Flour Is same and 5 sanbbl better. Tim demand Is moderate. Sales of 210 bbl at $lO 3tat 10:50 for the low grade of extra, and $lO 55@12f0r trade and family extras. Southern Floor is a &bade firmer and in fair demand. Sales of 6CO bbls at $10.9f,212 05 for mixed to good su perfine country Baltimore. dm., and $l2 1442i14.25 for trade and family brands Bye Flour is firm and in lair demand. Sales of 260- bbls at 8 54: 1 OHM:T.—The Wheat market is irregalar, and rather firmer at the close; choice qualities are scarce ; the de-, mend is only for middling. The tales are 14.109 bus at $2 16 for No. 1 Chicago, spring: $2.20 kr very choice Northwestern club. Barley is held n uch higher, but we hear of no sales. Barley Malt Is held higher. and in fair demand; sales . of 2,000 bus at $2.25. Oats are more active. and better; the sales are 225,991 boa Jersey at $2 0702.08 on the pier, and $2.1042.11 by the boatload; Western at $1 12,tA1.14. • Pittsburg Petroleum Starke', Feb.. 99.. The market for both crude and refined continues re markably quiet, nor is it probable that there any improyemtnt mail navigation between hen and Oti City Is again resumed. The stock of orade, as we hive already stated, is entirely exhausted. and even If there was a demand, there would be no sales, as there is no stock to operate on. Thera is still an occasional nibble from the East for relined in bond, but the extreme views of t elders completely check operations. Free Oil le quiet brit steady, with small tales of prime city brands at fogSto. Raptlpt is firm but quiet, any, In the ab sence of sales, we continue to quote at 23 2 lc in bond, and 4:4446e free. Residuum is quiet bat unchanged at IP b hba. Webays adviees from 011 City up to Saturday erva. ming. Crude at that time was selling from the wells at : 107.110g8 31 bbl, with a fair Eastern demand. The stook, is accumulating largely °tithe mock, and will continue to do so until there is-an outlet to this at other mar kets. New Bedford Oil liforlust., (For the week, from Whalemen's Shippta&T..4t. I The market has been gsdet the pest week, and with.- out transactions, although there is Munn': but, the views of parcbasers do not come np to those or this holder& The imports of Sperm and Witiale 011 Awl Whalebone into the United States for the week enZaz FebruarTlD were an follows: bp. bble Who ;tibia. Bone t ßas. Total for the week • • .... • •••• • • -" Previously reported-- 1,176 725. IAM &50,570 09 7rone Jan. Ito date..... 7,378 Same time last year.... 3,415 LETTER SAAR, • AT THE larldEAßTe SXORANO TIMADELTEEM Brig Hermine. (PoL).------Rio Jeabtro, 561116 Brig Herald, soon. PHILADELPHIA BOARD 07 TRAM Jos. C. eamsz, - SDNITMEN A. 80VD814. 001111C1111/1231E,0F-11101 moms; Ow. L. BUZBY,. ' SuN.3isms....6 33 I Boa Sicrs...6 27 taxon 1.6 ABBIVED. . • • absaMahip John Gibson *. Bowen, 24,3nars from Mew York, with. sedge Wm Taylor Co. Bark John. Boalion. (Br,) Oasis. from Porto Ca bello 27th nit, with cotton, &re, to Jahn Dollen & Co. heft at Lagmayra, barszatoanoke Oooksey, hence. au . abutting. Bark Victoria, (114,-...Christian, %Arm from Sala Marc, with logwood, cotton, &O. to.,.T'Wattson & Brig .Tohn Obrystat. Barne q , dszs from Gslrto Grande. with sugar and molaesai ki.John Mason & Co. Brig -Leonard abeam; SmOlt 918! dose from New Or leans, in ballast to Henry Brig Bmina,_Domaby, 19 days from Bt Thomas. to ballast to B & W Welsh Brig Frank B.Allen. Merrill, 18:days front wt Manua . with molasses , to B C Mnight lk Co. Bohr Lydia A Ikay, Baker; 7-dass from Fortress Mon- roe. in ballast to:captain. Fehr J B knells `Davis B a lsas from Norfolk, In bal last to captain.. Bohr B B Shannon, Marts, 0 days from Fortress Moil; roe, in ballast to captain Schr Ida, Blake, 1.0 data from Portland, with head. Inge to John ason & Co. Behr Hollis Potter, Shosposad . B days from Hawkers. in ballast to cajotaln. bekr Benny. Bott,HOWNI,IO days from Port F.ogal e to ballast to Baker & Folso m. LISARED. Bark Fitilena. Dll4ll. Pon land. Bark Boosts, Yates_ Bey mot Brig ISCBPSO, Or.) goterson, Barbados. Brig Charles H. Frost. Dustmen. Port JOT * , Fehr Thos olcomb. Godfrey, Port Boyd. . Bahr Hand, NOW York Behr Reading BR. No. 44. Smith. Hamodon HOU* BobrEteding Eli, N 0.48, Nickerson,MitysSittl. Behr LA May. Dakar. Fort Monroe, Bohr B Hickey. 7 ice . Fort Monroe. Fehr Snow Fiat 4. Dickerson; Patiekleriroo. gLIMOBANDA, • giesmebfrollontegams, (Br i t cleared at New York on Wednesday for won istesen.his , Baca meek A imed, "Ailgeig York aka. Wed nerday for anima. firsessabip.deo Grosrireli (lager, &wind 2 4 New Tart on Wedilll66_47 for New (Wow. Bt. alnibb 'Eking. °wino, from Neer York, at Bs vana l`fthinsr. SteimshiP laity or Boston Mr). Kennedy, from Liver- Pool Rh rat via Queenstown - 11th. :with 937 . parsenlors. at Hew Fo rk on Wednesday. " S U 1017 . -11148. salledfrom Gardens 13tiOnst for thia.port. Ya Bark k° (Rug). Blomegget; galled from Cardenas 14th last for this port._ Brig Thistle, Czeighton. sailed Irgm Cardenas 14th lost for tide port. Brig Tiberias. (Br ),for this Dort sailed froze Cienfue gos lain last. ' Brig Webster ifidiy, Brown, sailed from Havana Mt that for Sagas. - Brig Suarez (Br ) .Litwrenoe. smiled from Ilatnatuldtk that or ads Port' Brig Ella /reed (Br). TWO , . for WO sort. rOirilthad St AVM' Ink IWitt ' ebrarkry 2S, Igo& OCH BOARD. 10 Brauer __..... . i 31 . 2 0 clerk Oil& Mitlag IX WO Exce15i0r....e....... i3,- 25 /aloe' I.t; &V Bruner .... . ....... 1 31 IroBtory F0rm.....—. 2 200 Weetarn News— ay. 100 Cherry Han......, 50 050 Glebe Olt /X 100 Olmeteser,•• •_••••,.. ri 100 Wataltt Island -- 21‘ do MO 2X far Royal b 33 lii EP Logsui .... WO Para/dor' 4 ILO MoD1110110127.• •••• 800 'Aliarosatilet.. irli) allii 103hogeo• —56 ICU MI ?lemmas— ..... .140 3,1*- wpm: ROOM. n i 10013eading” • b$ 37 • • 21.0 d0.•.....:;......m.0 67, SOO d0.............4.11) 47 • .100 d 0,..... ••:.....4... V 100 db•••,..............446 • , MOAMDS. 100 Janctiorl3ll::*.b.lo • 11:000 Cherty rei.•••••• 1 1634 . do ao IteWhen? s OC• 1114 11 6 6W Havel/ler WC, 134 100 Royal 011 11.33 1.65 100 McClintock -636 6 Letttah • • MO KeYnt6nn 0/1' I 71M1 Soet do td reinar...ssaalk 100 Win Pena • ..; 2K, . I • olnondid 011.1418 Soo Dlnsmoro • b6O 6% INMAN. llONStissa 061111......1.10 INN 17 Leh & N stek -Nis 66 1010orn Planter - SECtennsr Da1e........ Eti • -1150..iscictioa Olt lab SY" "60 do • 3) Y 4 600 do .i h S tounibleaitamaUi 100. d 0..... bda . I IVO ISt Nicholas Oil 4X . 2U) Desimere - , 200 &war Greek b3O : GARD& ' 1000 NS 6s BSI .....reg..lll 1600 Hnnt & B T Ist m.lOO MOO State War Loan 64.10 W - 200 Exce15i0r...... .... NO do 200 Penn 011 Creek 72t • tO Boger Creek' ' 11%. PhiLadellpbta Markets. FIIVIRM2 23—EVenille. New York Markets. Feb. 23. InAItINE mirrix.yo[cragew.. PORT OF , PUJEULIDSWEIEAs 1401 . 2s. tiss 1.340. 90,100
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