pailp Ettegrao
HARRISBURG, PA
Tuesday Evening January 5, 1864.
READING MATTER WILL BE FOUND
ON EVERY PlitEE OF THE DAILY TEL
EGRA.PIL '
The Organization of the House.
The caucus nominations of the Union men of
the House, last evening, Indicated a speedy or
ganization of that body to-day. These nomi
nations were made ingreat harmony, with little
contest so far as individuals were concerned,
and for the single purpose of practically pro •
meting the success,of just legislation. H. C
Johnson, of Crawford county, has • just had
sufficient experience as a legislator to qualify
him for all the duties of the Speakerehip, with
out rendering him dogmatic in the Chair. He
lea man of marked ability—steady In his da
votion to principle and very scrupulous in his
aitinration of what he deems right. While be
is tenacious in his attachments to his - friends,
no man could possibly be fairer to his oppo.
limits. Before the session is half over, the mi
nority in the Honse will have discovered this
and be forced to its acknowledgment, and we
are confident that "under his [my] Ammer," as
the elegant James Roes Snowden, once Speaker
of the Howe, always graphically alladea to his
Speakership, the rights of every Representative
will bs recognizadand respected, and the justice
of legislation zealously guarded and ensured.
A. W. Benedict, of Huntiogdon county, the
candidate for clerk, was a member of the last
House, during the session of which he won
many friends by the firmness and independence
of his course, as well as the zeal and ability
with which he devotcd himself to the public
business. He has peculiarities for the position
of the clerkship, which few other men possess.
He is industrious, indefatigable and impartial.
He is a proficient parliamentarian and
thoroughly undentands the business of legis.
lation. With these qualifications and advan
tages, be cannot fail to render-himself one of
the mast popular chief clerks that ever men
pied the deak of the HOLISO.
James C. Brown, of Mercer county, the can
didate for Assistant Clerk, was also a member
of the last House, and we regard his nomina
lion as a compliment, b2causo ho had no notion
of being a candidate until his friends forced
the honor upon him. It is unnecessary for us
to commend his qualifications for the position.
He haaalready commended himself to his friends
by the uprightness of his deportment and the
Integrity of his course while he was a member
of the House.
—The other nominees for officers to complete
the organization of the House, are men fully
qualified to discharge the duties to which they
have been assigned.
Cat. Thomas C. Mierlowell
Several weeks before the meeting of the
Legislature, the personal friends of Col. Thomas
0. filacDo well, in th's elty,(and they are a host,)
inaugurateil a movement in his behalf for the
clerkship of the House of Representativea. This
Movement placed that gentleman prominently
before the House as a candidate for that posi
tion. tar. Benedict's friends, however, had the
start of those of Co!. MarDawell, so that when
the Union numbers of the House assembled,
the former had a decided majority in his favor.
The momenat Col. hisoDawell ascertained the
feeling of the Colon majority, he withdrew
from the contest with the grace and good sense
peculiar to all his actions, but before doing so
he tad the satisfaction of receiving an assu
rance, from almost every man in the cancan,
that his services in the last campaign were
highly appreciated, and that prior pledges
alone prevented them from giving him, their
zealous support. We allude to these facts, in
justice to Col. MacDowell. There is no man
in the State whom we more admire, personally.
His frank and ardent temperament, his leer
iest( course on all questions. involving broad
differences, his manly devotion to his country
In the hour of its peril, and his uncompromising
opposition to the enemies of his Government, all
commend him * to the Confidence and the regard
of loyal men, and must very soon command
the distinction and the position ,wlfich he
has so fairly earned. The day for this is not
fir distant ; and until then our knowledge of
the man gives force to our faith that be will
neither swerve to the right or the left in his di
rect support of what patriotic men believe to
be essential for the welfare of the G -,vernment
Good-bye, j'aeob
We would be unmindful of what is due to a
gentleman, and ungrateful for many a past act
of courtesy, If we, neglected to say at . least
" Good-bye " to our generous and genial,
affable and amiable _ friend, Jacob Ziegler,
'Esq., ex-Clerk of the House of Representa
tives. Uncle Jacob conics into and goes out
of power like a day in Jane, making his
enterance amid the eatisbction of all good
people,. and at his exit leaving pleasant recol
lections among all good follows. There never
was a wan with a temperament so genial, with
equal , social qualities, and yet possessing
sack an equilibrium of business tact and energy.
While in. position he seems to take an interest
only in the accommodation of his friends end
the public. Yet, those who want to know how
Uncle Jacob discharges hie duty, need only leek
at the records of the House of Retiresentatives
and the accounts of the Auditor General's offiee.
In both departments bis sheets are clean.
Good-bye, Uncle Jacob. Not a long farewell,
however—not one of those farewells that place
mountains and seas between our friendships,
but the farewell which retires you from offioial
position and brings you back once more to the
people; a Man among men.
ELEVEN MILLIONS OF "ENLIGHTENED FREEMEN. 1
In the COMIC; of a moat vindictive and malig
nant tirade against Mr. Lincoln for his late
Amnesty4ProclaMation, the President is stig
=dined by members of the rebel Congress, as
"that wretched and detestable abortion," reso
. }rations were offered denunciatory of the
President, bat withdrawn unanimously, with
the understanding that it would.be considered
"indicative of the untinalffied contempt of the
Henze, for Abraham Lincoln, and his meseav
and proclamation calla 4 .ed to. Bat the beauty
a3d truthfulness of the resolutions may ba =-
calved when it is known that they epeak cf the
war in the South b3icg prosecuted by the
unanimous voice of "clam millions of enlighlmed
freemen." 'lbis is a capital joke, when it is re
membered that the whole slaveholding States,
including Maryland, Tennessee,• Kentucky,
Missouri and West Virginia, contained but
eleven millions, of which nearly four millions were
♦laves —and yet these insane rebels in an official
document, filled with abuse of the President,
arm the entire p)pulation of the' slaveholding
States as "enlightened free Men?" Could there - be
any stronger evidence of the condition• of these
rebels than this simple fact presents
The Financial Operation' of the Govern
=ant.
The .7bry Organ yesterday quotes a long
article from a New York journal, for the pur
pose of bringing discredit to those who have
in charge the financial operations of the Gov
ernment. In reply to that article, we quote
from the New York limes of the Ist inst., the
following article from its morley'articlee dated
"Thursday, Dec. 31--p, x :
The money writer for the Journal of Cbmmerce
is unhappy et the distribution of the public
loans by Secretary Chase, in the popular way.
His ideas of negotiation are on a mach larger
scale. His serve of economy in placing round
sums for the support of the Government is not
confined to vulgar fractions. He would have
no popular agencies td distrib ite to the people
the hundreds of millions which the Government
is compelled to borrow, and which the people
are ready to lend, without the abatement of even
one ""t cent., much lees five or ten, cent.,
from the par value of the stock. His middle
men aro the great bankers, who placing a round
credit of fifty or a hundred millions at the
prospective disposal of the Treasury, make the
clear gain 60 or 90 days' interest on this credit,
before the money is drawn from them, or else
purchase fifty millions of long 6 ` cents. at ten
cent. discount, making the investment, if
held, equal to 7 cent., or, what is more likely,
turning the same stock over to the public, at a
profit of 10 or 15, or even 20'4?, moot. in a few
months. The notion that a popular loan of
floe hundred millions is distributed at an abate
ment only of three eighths Of one per cent —and
ibis divided equally between the general loan
agent, his sub-agents, and the publiz:--is, in
the estimation of Ibis writer, all wrong; and
necessarily "tainted with corruption." Even
the Sub Treasurer in this city, who abated one
eighth of one per cent. to the public without
canvassing for subscriptions, must b.) the in
ski umept of a similar wrong; according to this
reasoning, because it is not the right way to
negotiate the public funds The taint of cor
ruption may run through the whole o . .:er4tion.
The bonds of two hundred thousand dollars
under which Mr. Cisco is p 1 iced, and of a mit
lion and a half under which Mr. Cooke and his
sureties aro placed, afford no erotectionsgaicat
the fairness of this mode of distribution. Our
unhappy, f rultfinding—but not " factious," as
he says—neighbor, began his war upon the
Government, •as the Southern insurgents
began theirs, as early as the second month
of the Administration, in the spring of 1861.
He then Insisted that the Secretary should
sell hie stocks for what they would. bring, ea
tablishisg, the precedant at the very outset of
out mighty struggle against rebellion, of taking
for each successive loan whatever any combi
nation of bankers might elect to offer for it ;
running down the scale on his 6 10 ) cent. stock,
irredeemable for 20 years, from 90 to 60, or
whatever lower deep would compel a close of
the war on the enemy'sown terms. The Sec
I retary could not afford to.do thia. His Purpose•
was, if possible, to make each successive loan
more favorable for the Government, and thus
not only save the public credit, but indemnify
the tekera of the previous loans against loss or
depreciation. This he has so far succeeded in
doing, and against the friendly counsel, if so
intended, of such authority as the Journal of
Commerce. His first great loan of $140,000,000,
three years to run at 7 30 B cent., and 17
years at 6 f cent., which ho aolcrat par, less
1 ift, cent. by way of extra interest pending
the disbursement of $100,000,000 of the amount
to the associated banks now stands at` 107 g"
cent. His second of $60,000,000, which he al ,
lowed the same banks to take at 89.32 cent.
for a 6 cont. 20 year stock is selling to-day
i lat 110 1), cent. His last popular loan of $6OO,-
looosioq, to run only five years at 6 `l% cent.,
against the option of the Government to re
' deem it by borrowing, if practicable, at a lower
rate, has been nearly cleared out through the.
process of extensive advertising and energetic
I canvasslng . on the part of the lords agent and
his„sub agents, who have shared the credit of
this great achievement with the Treasury office
in this and the other large cities, and who have
also shared the abatement of threesighths of
one 7, cont. with every hanker and broker
and large capitalist in the donntry who gave
them their orders. in this they had no advan
tage over the Treasury, the same abatement be
ing allowed on subscriptions made-dircct..
The succeeding negotiations are on the five,
cent. Legal Tender notes. Before these °mid
be prepared. the Secretary accepted a credit.for
$50,000,000 to run at 6 ` cent., until the Notes
are delivered from the Associated Panks„Ap
whom he had already allowed six 1:13 ou thee re
Wrest in Gold on their deposit with the Trea
sury, after the public had ceased to draw Gold
Interest on such deposits, conditioned that he
should only draw for the Money as he, needed
it, the drafts to extend over 90 days. The
Popular Loan grew so rapidly in favor that he
did not require the Money for several works,
and when settlement day did come round, the
Banks took their six months' interest in Geld,
on their old Certificates of Deposit, and then
drew the pi inciptd out of the Treasury to pay it
in again on the new negotiation. The clear
gain in interest to the .Banks (the 'payments
being equated) is equal to one and a quarter
p, cent., or $625,C00 for the loan, not of
Aioney, bat a credit upon their books, by the,
Banks to the Treasury, of fifty millions for 75
days ! As the accommodation, under the cir
cumstances of the time, proved a barren one,
and the negotiation too expensive to be repeated,
the Secretary now offers his second $60,000,000
to the public, at par, with an extra allowance,
perhaps, of an eighth or a tenth of one
10., cent. to the Loan Agent and to the National
Batiks for distributing the Notes and curiae--
ing the incidental correspondence between the
public and tlie Treasury. And this is the whole
of the p:osout grievance of the Journal of Com.
ewes writer,-or, if you please, of the disap
pointed bank expectants. for whose account he
is more than ready to vent his dissatisfaction.
--The charge that Jay Cooke is constantly
in the debt of the Government it; alike
!lima:) , and frivolous, when the real facts of the
business connection between the Treasury De
partmcnt and that gentleman are understood.
At the close of every day's busint se, Jay Cooke
telegraphs to the Treasurer of the United States,
the amount of stool. disposed of during/the
current day under his direction, by the bueinesa
agencies doing business In his name through
out the country. Immediately on the receipt of
such telegrams each day, the amount of stock
sold is charged to Jay Cooke, acd thus each
day, between the time of receiving the report
of the sales of stock, and the proceeds of such
sale by express, Jay Cooke is the debtor
of the Treasury Department. Too allegation
that he keeps on hand and us.s tee proceeds
dcriv.d from such sale 3, any length of time, is
a base ar.d wicked fals.hood, calculated,when it
was put into circul ation,to do the Govet nment es
much harm as the swords of a thousand rebel
cavalry men led on to slaughter by a Lee or a
fklorgan. We leave the reader to draw his own
conclusion as to the object of the Ibry Organ In
giving circulation to the fabrication which the
article we have quoted so eff.ctually explodes.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, Jan, 6, 1864.
This, the first Tuesday of January, being the
day appointed by the Constitution for the meet
ing of the General Assembly, the members elect
of the House of Representatives assembled in
the Hall of the House, and at 12 o'clock Y. were
called to order by Jacob Ziegler, Esq., Clerk of
the last House,
who said:
Gentlemen, this bring the day appointed by
the Constitution for the meeting of the Gesieral
Assembly, and there being a aufficient number
of gentlemen present who were elected mem
bers of the House of Representatives to consti
tute a quorum, this Reuse will now come to
weer.
READING OP ItITURNS
Hon. Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Cotnmon
wealth, being introduced, presented the returns
of the last election for members of the Howe
of Representatives.
Oa motion, the returns were read, The
name; of the members are u follows:
Plf ILADEI.PHIL
tat District—William Foster.
21 " T. J. Barger.
3d " Samuel Josephs.
4th " John D. Watson.
sth " William W. Watt
6th " Tram H. O'Harra.
7th " Thomas Cochran.
Bth " James ILL Kerns.
9th " George A. Quigley.
10th " S. S. Pocoast.
11th ‘• J. W. Hopkins.
12th " L. V. Sutphin.
13th " Frank McManus.
14th " Albert R. Schofield.
16th " William F. Smith.
10th " Ed. G,
17th " JameMlier.
Adams—Jamei3 H.
Allegheny—Thomas - J. Bighorn, Allred Slack,
W. H. amniston, John P. Glass, H. B. Heron.
Armstrong and W p s , moreland—J. B. Olun•
herd, John Hargnett, John W. 'Biddle.
Beaver and Lawrence - -Williani Henry, Jo - -
slab White.
Bedford—B. F. Myers.
Berke—C. A. Kline, William Pottuiger, John
Missimer.
Blair—R. A.,McMuririe.
Bradford—Durnmer Lilly, Joseph Marsh.
Bucks—L. B. mbar, J. R. Boileau.
Butler—Wm. Haslett, J. -IL' Negley.
Cumbria. C. L Pershing.
Carbon andlehigh—Ztebaritth Long, Nelson
Weiser
Centre—Cyrus T. Alexander.
Chester—P. Frazer., Smith, Robert L. McClel
lan, William 'Maine.
Clarion and Fotest—Wm. T. Alexander. •
Clearfield. Jefferion, M'Kean and Elk—T. J.
Boyer, A. M. /*iron.
Clinton and Lycoming—A. C. 'Nom J. B
Beck. > „
Columbia, Montour, Wyoming and Sullivan
George D. Jackson,l2b i n 0. Ellis.
Crawford and - War;4m—H. C. Johnaon, W
D. Brown.
Oumberland;—JohrillOwirian.
Dauphin—HiA Allman; Daniel Kaiser. •
Delaware —Eliajni.. Price.
Erie—Byron Hfilaohn Cochran.
Fayette—T. B. Siiinight.
Franklin and ralton—T. MoD. Sharpe, Wm.
HOrTatl.
Greene—Alexander Patton.
'Huntingdon—David Ekielr.
Indiana—J. W. Hustarc - -
Juniata, Union and Snyder: --John Balabs.*
Samuel H. Orkig.
Lancaster—H. B. Bowman',l9ithatiel lidaeyer,
D. BlMagian, E. B. Smith.
Lebanon—G. Deign Coleman.
Luzarne—Peter Walsh, Jacob Robinson, Harry
Hakes.
Mercer and Venango—Charles Wut.
Bergwin.
Millitt—S. S. Stanberger.
Monroe and Pike—Peter Gilbert.
Montgomery—Geo. W. Wimley, Joseph Rix,
H. 0. Hoover.
Northempton—S. C. Shinier, Owen Rica.
Northumberland—T. H. Purdy.
Perry—Chas. R. Barnett.
Potter and Tioga—A G. Olmstead, John W.
Guernsey.
Schuylkill—Edward Kerns, Conrad Graber,
Michael Weaver.
Susquehanna—George. H. Wells.
Somerset—C. C. Musselman.
Washington—Robt. R. Reed, James R. Roily.
Wayne—Wm. M. Nelson.
York—Daniel Reiff, John F. Spangler.
The roll was then called by the Clerk, when
all the members answered to their names, ex
dept alcssrs. Bonarety,Noll3 and Palvort„
ZLECTION - OF Bi'IrAESR
Hr. BlGllhad moved that the House proceed
to the election of Speaker.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. BROWN (Warren) nominated Henry C.
Johnson, of Crawford. .
SCLfOFIELD nominated Cyrus L. Per
thing, of Cambria. .
The vote being taken, the following named
gentlemen voted for Mr. Johnson:
Messrs. Allman, Belsbach, Bsrnett; Berg
win, Bighim, Billingfelt, Bowman,(Lancaster,)
Brown, Cochran, (Erie,) Cochran, (Philadel
phia,) Coleman', Dennistort, Etnier, Foster,
Gla , s, Guernsey, Hazlett, Henry, Heron, Hill,
Huston, Kaiser, Kelley., Kerrie, (Philadelphia.)
Koonce, Lee, Lilly, AVClellan, M.' folnrtrie,
Maeyer, Marsh, Miller, Mus.selosati, Negley,
°Werra, Olmstead, Orwig, Pancoaat, Pershing,
Price, Reed, Slack; Smith, (Chester,) Smith,
(Lineaster;) Smith, (Philadelphia,) Stanberger,
Sutphin, Watt, Watson, Wells, White and Win-
The following named members voted for Mr.
P. retti ng
Messrs. Alexander, (Contra) Alex tad ar ,
(Clarion,) Ba.tger, Beck, Benton, - Bowman,
(Cumberiand,) Boyer, Chambers, Ellis, Gilbert,
Grobtr, Hakes, liargnott, 13.0 pk Ins, Hoover,
Horton, Jackson, Johnson, Josephs, Horns,
(Schuyiklll,) Kline, Lobar, -Ong,
Mershon, lifissiruer, Myers, Nelson, Pottelger,
Purdy, Odigley, Reiff, Rex, Rice,- Riddle, Rob
inson, Schofield, Searight, Sharpe, Shimer,
Spengler, Walsh, Weaver, Weiser and Wim
ley-45. ,
Mr. Jonisma, having received a majority of
votes, was declared duly elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
'hyi ng . been conducted to the Chair by
Messrs Pszentso and Omorrson, the SPEAKER
said:
`1 am profoundly grateful, gentlemen of the
House of Bepresentatives, for the high honor
which you have jest conferred upon me by
electing me . an your Speaker; and 1 assure you
I will use.my best endeavors t) ditcharge thq
duties of the position with faithfulness and im
partiality. I assume the responsibilities of the
pi a a e - with a sincere distrust of my, own cepa
billtiee but with a confiding hope that I will b)
so generously sustained by you as to make my
administration a SUMS 3.
btandir g to' each other in the relation of
peers, it will hardly be adsniesible in me to
enlarge upon our saveral duties here ; but in
view of the impressiveness of the times I may
be indulged in a suggestion as to the obligations
which they impose.
Than the present, never has there,gentlemen,
been a more important session of the Legisla-
ture to the people of the State and to the
nation at large. And from the geographical
position of Pennsylvania and her political and
economical relations to her sister States, she
stands second to none in the Union, and when
her prodigious moral influence for good or evil
in o ur impending national crisis la considered,
she is without an equal In the sieterbood: As
this Is no vain illusion of State pride, but a
recognized proposition, a degree of attention,
at home and abroad, will be concentrated upon
us which will mark us individually as respon
sible characters in the most thrilling
pages of our national history. Abler
men- (..f higher positions, but of less in
teresting periods will be overlooked in the
stronger light which will be reflected upon us
by our actions as legislators of Pennsylvania,
and her relations to our contest for lite as one
people. For the time being, and under such
circumstances, this great Commonwealth is
committed in part to our keeping ; and it
would be better for us and for our posterity, that
we should remain nameless in the land, or that
we should lie at the bottom of the deep blue
sea, than we should pillory ourselves to the
gaze - of the civilized world as unfaithful to the
traditions and diities of the State while traitors
are in arms against the Government With
such incentives, I will not, I cannot doubt,
that an inspiration of exalted patriotism, an
herculean energy and unyielding pre pose will
guide you in so shaping the legislation of this
grand old Commonwealth, that she will, un
mistakably and unequivocally, present the sub
lime spectacle of sustaining with all her, iru•
manse resources, our baloved Union as it was
bequeathed to us by our patriot fathers.
I again thank you for the honor yon have
conferred.
The oath of office was administered to the
Speaker by Mr. PERSHING.
The members were then sr,verally bwetn of
affirmed by the Speaker.
RULES Of THI 11.0Uer.
Mr. KERNS (Philadelphia) offered tho ful
lowing resolution, which was twice road:
Resolved, That the rules of the last House of
Representatives be adopted as the rules of this
House,
until otherwise ordered.
Mr. M'CLELLAN moved to amend the reso
lution by adding at the end thereof the follow
ing: •
Provided, That rule 60,be struck out, and the
following insetted in lieu thereof: That the
House adjourn on every Friday in the months
of January and February until half past seven
r..st of the succeeding Monday: Provided, That
the House meet at eleven o'clock A. at. on the
third Monday of January.
Tho SPEAKER I would respedfully suggest
in regard to the resolution of the gentleman
from Philadelphia, (Mr. Keess,) that, by the
rules of the Houseo.the rules continue in force
until otherwise ordered by the House.
Mr. M'OLELLAN. lam apprehensive that
there will be a dTseussion on my amendment ;
and I therefore beg leave to withdraw it.
The resolution of Mr. Keane (Philadelphia)
was adopted.
SOUK O' ÜBSTMO, &C.
Mr. OLMSTF.A.IS afore(' the iollowing resole
tie:3, which was twice read and, agreed lo:
Resolved, That the seksions of this House
mimetic° at eleven o'clock A. Y. and end at
one o'clock P U,, until otherwise ordered.
commrrnis OP VOTPPICATIOZt
Mr. SMITH (Philadelphia) offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was twice read and
adopted
Resolved, That a committee of two members
be appointed to inform the Senate that the
House of gepresentativea Is now organized and
ready to proceed to business. :
BIGHAtiI offered the following resolu
-
Lion,which was twice read :
Resolved, That a committee of two membera
be appointed, in connection with a similar com
mittee frcta the Senate, (if the Senate appoint
snob committee ) ) to inform the Governor that
the 1101180 is organized and ready to receive any
message he may have to communicate.
Mr. REX moved to amend the resolu
tion by striking out the word "House." and
inserting in lien thereof the words " General
Assembly."
Ur. BIGHAM accepted the amendment as a
modification.
The resolution Si modified was agreed to ;
and Messrs and JAMESON were appointed
to constitute the Committee on the part of the
House.
SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE APPORTIONMENT
Mr. ALLEMAN presented the following rase
lotion, which was twice read:
Resolved, That a committee of thirteen be
app)inted to retort a bill apporiioning the
Commonwealth into Senatorial and Representa
tive, diskricts.
Mr. SNICK (Chester) moved that the further
cmsideration of the resolution be postponed for
the present.
The motion was agreed to.
ADDItIII9 BY HON. N.' G !TAMAR
Mr. IFMURTRIE offered the following reso
lution, which was twice read and adopted:
WHEMEAS, Hon. N. G. Taylor, a prominent
and active Union man of Eastern-Tenn a, is
on a visit to - the North' for the • - pue of
soliciting aid to relieve the sufferings of the
Union people in Eastern Tennessee; therefore,
Resolved, That the use of the Hall of the
House of. Representatives be granted to Hon:
•N. G. Taylor, tO deliver an address this dvening
on the condition of the Union people of
Tennessee, and that the Governor, Senate and
Heads of Departments ba invited to be present.
On motion of Mr. KERNS, (Philadelphia,) the
Rouse adjourned
Markets by Telegraph
Prinarismtate,. Jan. 5.
The weather is too unfavorable for ont of
doors speculations, and bwfiness is dull. _There
is but little export demand for flour and only
12,06 bbls. extra family sold at $7 12(7 62j
per bbl. The receipts are small; stock is esti
mated-at 116,000 bids. No change in rye floor
or corn meal. Not much demand for wheat;
3,000 bus. red sold at $1 Goal 65; white is
dull at $1 75®1 90. Rye wanted at $1 40.
Corn is in fair request; 6,000 bus. yellow sold at
$1 12®1 IC oats dull at 85®86c. Barley
ranges from Si 45 to $1 50, and malt firm at
$1 64451 70. Petroleum firmer; sales of mode
at 3012/31c; refined, in bond, at 44®45, and
free at 53®55c. Provisions aro held with in
creased firmness. Whisky steady, at 94s for
good arid 92®33 for Clark packages.
New YORK., Jan. 6.
• Flour quiet ; sales 5,500 bbls at $6 -30c0
$6 50 for State, $7 40@,7:470 ,for Ohio, and
$7 6d®815 for Southern. Wheat 441144 38,-
000 bus sold at $1 45®,1 48 for Chicago spring,
$1 44®1 60 for Milwankie club, .and $1 53@,
$1 58 for red western. Corn dull ; sales of
18,000 bus at $1 Mal 30. -Beef quiet.
'fork firm at $22. Lard firm at 12/(413 eta.
Anislcy steady at 90®93.
11,000 bbls; wheat 160 bus; corn SAO bus,
C .
A COMMILY editor mates
.to the conclusion
there are two tillage that were made to be lost,
sinners and umbrellas.
.I'nE Sunbury awl& is out for the following
candidata!'
President—Alma/Am Lamour. ,
Vice•Preeldipit- 1 -•Gen4l3w. Bunks. •
c 7 defeilrapo.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA,
Rebel Operations in the Shenandoah
Valley.
RIIZ HE'S CAVALRY NEAR )IT. MASON.
The rumors of the enemy's designs and ope
rations in the Shenandoah Valley are exeggera
tcd. Fatz Lee's cavalry. of perhaps 1,000,
supported by Early's three meagre brigades of
foot, with Imboden and other local leaders,
with small detachments, numbeniug, all told,
t,COO or 7,000 men, are near Woodstock and
tdount Jackson, with an occasional dash as far
north as Winchester: The latest indications
point to the Moorefield valley, if not west of
the mountains, as their scene of operations.—
Certainly they have not es yet appeared in sight
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the trains
of which are all running iegulatly and success
fully with large quantities of freight awl many
passengers. The best evidence of official confi
dence in the security of the route is the sending
of important detachments over it.
ME ADE'S ARMY.
cavalry Recumbence to Front Royal—No
Enemy Dismiered—Expedition to Rector
town—Col, 1 We's Exploit s &c.
ARMY or THR PofromAc, Jan. 4, . 1864
Gsegg's cavalry division, under the nom
mend of Col. Taylor, of the First Pennsylva
nia regiment, lett on the let inst. for the par
pae of making a reconnoissance to Front Royal,
taking on their horses three days' rations and
forage. 0 wing to the condition of the roads
the artillery attached to -the division could
proceed no further than Warrenton. The com
mand returned to day, having traveled ninety
m ilea during the three days' absence, and en
countered severe deprivations in consequence
of the intensely cold weather; bat no enemy
was discovered. Owing to the depth of the
Shenandoah river no attempt was made to cross
A few days previous bithe departure of the
division on this reconnoissance an expedition
was sent to Rectortowo,
commanded by Liens,
Cot. Koster, of the Pirst New Jersey Cavalry,
which captured at RectOrtown two hundred
now rebel Uniforms and two or three rebel cfti;
cers.
•
'Lite tweet expedition of a portion of Gregg!.
cavalry 4 under Col. smith, of the ist Maine
to Lorelei:id other point/3 in theatentindoall
valley, was so StIOCCIONI its reeults that Gen
Pleasanton addressed. a very complimentary
communication to CJlonel Smith In relation to
it. Somuch active service has this divisionh‘d
Lindy that it has not yet had an opportunity th
go through Ore forms of te•ealistuteut but
nearly throe•fourths of the command have
signified their intention to go in for three years
more.
It is somewhat singular that In Infantry regi
ments near!) , all , the men who carry the musket
have re enlisted, while those on detached ser
vice in the'Qaartermastera' and Commissaries'
departnients, and acting as clerks in other
capacities, do not find the army sufficiently
attractive to enter upon another three years'
term t Thofightmg boys are bound to see the
end of the war, or to esarlfwe their own lives
for the restoration and perpetuation of the
Union.
Gen. Alexander Hayes, of the Third division,
Second corps, returned to hls command to day
after an absence on hirlough.
Three or four Inches of snow has fallen to
day, and to•morrow cracker boxes and pine
boughs will became Improvised sleighs, and the
fast nags will speed it over the • famous, race
course of the commaridere of oar two opposing
armies. . The weather is moderate.
The, convalescents, conscripts, substitutes and
volunteers daily coming to the army Nast the
forlouched men:
The ruaral of Archbishop Hughes
New Yomr, Jan. 5.
The - arrangements for the funeral of the late
Archbishop flughes have not yet - been com
pleted, bur It is undefato3d that they will be
of the most imposing character;
The remains will be placed'in the Cathedral,
in the middle aisle, in front of the grand altar,
this morning, where they will remain in stake
until Thursday morning, Meanwhile the com
munity will have an opportunity of viewing
the corpse of the late illustrious prelate.
On Thursday morning,. at 10 o'clock, the
funeral 11 take place.
XXXVIII Congress-First Session
SENATE
A conununication was received from. the
Secretary of the Navy giving the names of the
officers who have left the service since the
commencement of the rebellion.
Mr. Powell may.) Introduced a bill to prevent
the officers of the army and navy from inter
fering with the elections in7the several States.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Stunner (Kass ) gave notice of his inten
tion to offer an amendment to the enrollment
bill.
Mr. Wilson (Masi.) intmincecl a hill Increas
ing the lonnty of volunteers; also a bill amend
ing the enrollment act.
Kr, Ten Eyck. J.) moved that so much of
the President's message as refers to a reconstruc
tion of tha Union be referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary. He opposed the President's
,plan of
,reekeastruetion in a speech of some
length. Ten Eyck inquired, " what right
hare we to ray to Tennessee and other loyal
`Stater, you are 'no. longer a State, you are a
territory ? The people end not the soil con
stitute the State ; the dochine of the Constitn
tion is, once a State, always a State."
At the conclusion of his speech, there being
no quornm present, the Senate adjourned.
• ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.` Smith (Kg.) introduced a bill, which was,
referred, providing for the pay of bounty and
pensions for soldiers called out in the depart
ments of Ohio and ICentitcky.-
A message was received from the President,-
earnestly • recommending that the law be so
modifiedthatthe bOrcaties recently-sespended
he continued at leakt to the let day of February
next. -The message was roferred to the Cmn
mittee on Military A4airs.
The Speaker also- laid before the liatia, 3 a
Message from the President, enclosing a repoit
its to the result of the convention with Peru,
for the settlement of claims ; and ref:unm an &
log an appropriation to mint the awards. The
Message was referred to the Committee of
(Ways and Means.,
Mr. .
Mr. Morrill (Vt.) asked leave to introduce a
resolution instructing the Committee on Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds to examine and re
port on the bill - setting apart the old hall of
ithe House of Representatives for a gallety of
dattutry. : • - • - •
lMr. WaShinuneF(ll) objected, saying that
ie Intended to introduce a bill at the earliest
moment-for removing the seat of government
WASHPJOTON, Jan. 4
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
from *lli barren and isolated conntry. [Largt.-
ter.]
The run rf th w..s then calitd when
it was found that there was no qunutu--anly
86 members answering to their names—where
upon the House adjourned.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRAZICISCO, J.n. 2
The ship °award has arrived here with Ka
nazawa dates of the let of atcember, and
Bbangbaie datee to Nov. 22d
Kanazawa was atill guarded by men from at,
fleets
The French are fortifying the heights and
daily expect the arrival cf two regiments of
Infantry from Hong Kong.
There was a general belief that a peacefu
solution will be found for the troubles between
the foreign governments and the Tycoon, al
though the civil war between the latter eel
Damois is already pre grassing.
The Tycoon's Ministers bad waited on the
American Mixdater,offering to pay the indemnity
demanded for the attack on the steamer Pem
broke in June last, during her passage through
Island Sea. The proposition was accepted. but
Minister Pruyen will refer the terms of settle
meat for the subsequent attack on the steamer
Wyoming to the home government under the
prospect of unbroken peace.
Arrival of the Ocean Queen.
The steamship Ooaen Qaeon, from Aspinws
On the 27th, arrived at this port tide 1:114./ 1115
with $250,000 in treasure.
Our Panama letter of the 26th contako ,
following item of internam:me : The trouble ha
Chiriqui continues, and GiMil WC ()beide, Lt.
Bed to Panama.
MieD
Januar' 4, 1884, E../., soli of James B. and
Catharine Stewart, aged 19 years end 11
months. '
The relatives and friends of the family are
reaßectfully invited to attend the funeral on
Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the
residence of his 'meets on Second street, below
hfulberry,-without further notice.
Ntut 2iintrtistmtnts.
rand Military and Citizens' Dress Ball,
To be given on
INAUGURATION BITE,
Monday evening, Jan. lEttb, in Banta Hall.
-jAn6 IjlB
'HENRY C. ORTH,
Teacher of the rim Melodeon and Violin
INM reasonable. 15 Third street, betwee
1. Market and Chestnut sheets. jan4 gni
TAKE NOTICE:
A LL PERSONS are cautioned not to recrit
A
a certain CHECK on the Bank of 31id(11.•
town, drawn by Messrs. Zimmerman & Leficuro,
is favor of H. Ettle or order, fOr SW& tad. and
by him endorsed, as the same has beet' lost Of
stolen and payment stopped. ja4 d2to
CHAIR CANING.
irES. REBECCA SPRINGER respectfully in
Wi. - forms the public and the trade, that she
is folly prepared
,to attend to the Liming of
cloths, sofas, &c., in the moat superior manner
She has just received a large 14t of new ani
elegant cane, with which she will be prepared
to All any order
ggrApply in FIFTII STREET above Mark
jan4 div,
Wants.
WANTED —lmmediately,- a first-:ate
COOK. Apply at
Mrs. SHICK'S Boarding Rowe,
jab It° North Second street, near Walunt_
WANTED
BY the First of April, by a family of two, a
email HOUSE. Add Teas or apply at the
N. E. corner of North and Seem.d fttreete.
janSlt
t A r Wl'r r • —One or two
MOMS suitable for two peracww. Address
A. B. C., at THIS OFFICE. jan4
WANTED—A Situation as Clerk in a drug
atom, by a young man who has bad
several years' experience in the business. Beat
Of ieference given. Address J. C. G., at THIS
OFFICE. • jan4 2t.c,
WANTED—By the first of April, a HOUSE
containing four or flys rooms. be
central part of the city. Address X. E. Z, t
at
THIS OFFICE, jan4 d3t,'
WANTED
fro RENT. In Harrisburg --A good HOUSE.
thl Will
pay a
YE t aains from ten to sixteen rooms.
R'S RENT IN ADVANCE
Address • HOUSE,
jan4 2tct Herr's Hotel, Harrisburg.
WANTED.
A- GOOD COOK and a CHAMET,Itm A ID .
Apply at
Ittril- PHILIP P-ArUGH.ERTY'S
Second street
jan4 St
Ntu) lbutrtistmtuts
- Gums or TRI Hamtreetrao
Ramos COYPANY, Jan. 4, 1864. 1
A DIVIDEND of Three per cent. on theca')
ital stock of this Company was this day
declared by the Board of Directors, (free or
/date Taxes,) out of the profits of the last six
months. payable at the office of the Treasurer.
Walnut street near Second.
jan4 SAG
WM. BUEHLER
Secretary and T '
retainer
B. 0- FLOW.taB,
Photogralp la Er,"
&MOOR. TO BURNITII & WiT.DOW
Ridge Road, Harrisbnr„ g , p a ,.
WOULD respectfully infor m them old ens
toilers that he has purcbase.d the entire
fixturearetilesin. Mutate & ton I nc l u di ng
all of their OLD NEGATIVESso that all who
hive had their negatives tedr: sa by that firm
can , have their nietnr
greatly . REDUCED PRICrs ,
s. they are now
----" e ltroted as before, at
neTtell r ehtted the Jiloom
$9 PER DOZEN.
equal to anv; in the Olty, and I am now pre. ,
vared tt: execute
111010 GRAPES,
CAY,TE DE visas,
AND !ABBOT YPEE
;Which for softness of tone and flittering effect_
:cannot be welled. I guarantee satisfaction t
all who lam favor me with a call.
B. GL FLOWERS.
nov2B.l:Bmos-Staiv-tatas
YEW (31(K 8
1313P80N8 wanting to purchase Christmas
78
liresente, call at elm E. PRIMMER'S, No.
M arket street, and examineher new and 'sal
selected stock, consisting of a variety of Dolls,
Chbut Toys, and also a splendid assortment of
Ilead Dresses, Nets, Ladles' and Children's
Scarfs, and a vartety of Dress Trimmings, which
she will sail $ the lowest rates.
Please call and examine before mirchssing
elsewhere_. MRS E. ; VAN:,
. .
Nitw Faux, Jan. 5