E I, E(; RAP H PIibLISFIEL) NVIKRY DAY, I3ERGNER. , ........-- iEIiNIS —,lNats Pnitscanfrtoi. 11, , nA „, T ,L,Gsvii ,4 serve(' 10 - flabserlbere la the CR, gt /04 O.OA por wee:, Yearly subscribers Will be i.ccd f.. 1 110 • i • Wssio T 11rD gem-MIMI TIILZGRAIn. TO nu COLON 1, ll'CI 11001hillad twice IL week dur the ing .hp -, 1012 01 ie legislatufurre; sod weekl during e • ' n irr of th e yew . , Ind nished to su y bscribers at 1111.'411n. wing role:, VIZ: ;:inghj EUhfer,hoTo per year lilendMeekly•.sl AO 1W . 12 00 Ifc WY 0 0 ..22 00 mogl: subscriber, Weekly. ....... . • • • • ... 1 00 ice I.AW OP 10110124 11,1118 . 11 subseribera order the discontinuance of their news flier.; the 01111114100 may °outlet* to send them until ,`,ll,,,goagageg are paid il sutperibers negtod or retuse to take their newspa. ~ fnict the A ce 10 which they are directed, they are re punstble uutil they have settled the bills and order ed ,111 fill: cont..ied. Medical. i). JOIINSON ) 1 LOCK Al 3 discovered t hfiptaat certain, speed I r,d eilertual rowdy in the world for DIN KR SKS OF IMPRUDENCE SUITT 111 41 TO ',waive unties, No Atereary or ikoklottle Drage. w e o,awreo, oe No m rani Ore as Two DATtg.la mows! of the Rack or Limtis, Strictures, Patna in „,„ Al,OlOOll of the lildneyeund Bladder, °result. Nervotie Debility, Decay of thePhyglea Pow Dl,pepet. isognor, LowSpirits,Confriett.ol. Asp. of 'the ileart, Timidity, Trembling - a, 'Dena rim ,;.q t widinVLEss Go - orts, - &O. ea and ' , orble Tumme Cloth—Silk sod Wool, Pada Black CSIIIOI4 Flair Cloth, Extra Qtalit y, 'blink sod Purple Rug V)oue Reps. pttin'sBlciperittio:7323ektifrabf;r4l.o:sat th ted reotlgnesrel:, • • BbieivEcabordpired 'kaoline Clothe, New, Varela and Black. Footpad Cashmeres, Lupins Extra 8 . 4 All Wool Detainee, P . l4Z e ß r t i r o te m Engll4h Oh t utzes, nor _ Very Boat bite Al! Wool Detainee, • Meek & New A.r#Olty ' odllitarn avows, go„ ko., &a Ex aA ARIIIOI.II BLACK Bvn. R1:2.:11E403. - 617tallIon BUOIC AND Wan MOINOIL'III IdO PIIRPLOAND BUNS do do Areal, many addniona of new and dottrel:de eille es In the. 0R633G40D3 LIMB are made daily. l.Ang l 6 417-4 'Mabel Shawls, &vase do do • ;do And Long French Blanket Shawls, Neat & Broken Brd. 'du do MI • English urepe Veils. (every size.) hew Style Crepe Veils (very desirable) • de tArenadine., do do Shielding Flannels and Cashmeres, do Parsmettas and Coburga, , Black Gauntlets and Gloves ;Grey Mixed °sentient; and Gloves, Black Bordered 11111 , 11CerchtelS (all kinds,) Silk and Cotton. Hosiery, (titanic ) • ‘.- 2d llourning.eoliars and Sleeves, Balmorni dant(' (suiteble for mourning.), Oar stock of "ALL GOODS OF TEM KI s;I:)" is now , complete and we would respectfully ask the 10glotion of buyers, _ CATHOART & BROTHEIR, IIO: Next door to the Hmrrisburg Bank. , 4Toart , :z: lithllTBl3 BOOT &S.U.OE...STARE , , I:XIF4I. 43C TIP 4" 54 / 1 41 : 7 6 ,TIEL ' • .... Harrisburg, Pa... . : A. LW4Y.s. on hurpta largu.assortmont of bi . Bkorp, Mg% ti A.lT4ti4' lie., of We Tory best aualitible, fat ladebrlentlemen; and - Of:MO.l..3ns' Wear.— Primo ixi euittbe dines.- All - kintbrof WORE 514,DE TO . , MDR% 4415:beet style by supetiorrworkows . - REP ' , fp dr_ml.,,t.stpre u9ttafo_.. . . , ..wad tr , ' ' 'JOEIN- B 8311TH..gorrisburo, STATE_ ISTREET, OPPOSITE THg BIi4PY HOUSE. A II op erations S urgical , and If echonioal, actstittrAlly Performed. Charges moderate. jeB . . . • _pw.val 4 i ;.- VINUGA.R . 11l IijrAIDE frOm.ohoiee tui,d aeleotpdApples, ANL and guaranteed. by, us to be strictly pure. p p.. 4 i • WM. DOOR &"00. . Taft E'STEilitt ENGINES FOR• SALE.; 11HE tinderalgried o ff ers for sale ONE 1. NE 80 HOBBS &SHINE, and two Sedond-Hand engines smaller size, The engines will be sold cheap or oa-li .approved paper. Apply at the Steam. En gine Werits, Mit& street, between .Walnut and Market, Harrisburg, Pa JACOB llui.TZ nov2-48vrAv8t - . WORCESTER'S ROYAL QUARTO.DIOTIONARY. rpElßibest.defmingAnd proitoturing Die .mc of theldoglish ;:Also. Worcester's Eicktsel scariest. Webster Pictorial Quarts and Soliool_rk Wearies* sale at • ' WHETTER'S BOOKSTORE, • Near the Harrisburg Brldg WALLOWER'S 'LIRE, DAILY awn rpm, HARRIS BURG and PH [LAD EL PH lA. Wm. Burk, kenf, 812. Marke.i Week rhawlei f"serk LalaPta r Co. pectal Conductor. in charge of each train, Goals del yara it at the Warehouse, Minute' la, atu'ekiek aid be deli cared la Hoer' argiext sooting. '.l. WALLOWER, Ja., Agent, y 2141 • • Moe iteadlus Depot, Oarriabora. • aLwiiiii BHAVinig A large Ureic* of-Nbw Styles' of French Blanket nol r AT# Teivo4 l 4 l o. l br' - 1 4 RPX IIIO B - ' ' cyttg - iL l.zihseo I:llWlrcii away, duet , 11 .!.f.ired HMI $1211% r0C41111.417 , J 0.401 01 By Tusi From oar Morning Ramon; From "WttssUigton. Thee Charges Against Gen, Benham. Settlement or the Land Olehn 'Between ten. Lane4ind Gans, Jenkhm. Compensation of Members of Congress. Report of the Superintendent of Public Printing. I==9 ARRIVAL OF UNION PRISONERS FROM RICHMOND GEN. fIoOLELLAN'S HEALTH. WASBINGTON, Jan. 8 The correspondent of the Associated Press did not, as is publinly, alleged, repeat or circulate the report that Gen. McClellan has dismissed the charges brought by Gen. Rosecrana against Gen. 'Benham; nor has he, until now, said a sigle word upon the subject. The facts are briefly these: The charges involve the conduct of Gen. Benham, as to the pursuit of Floyd, and the cause of the escape of the latter with his army. Gen. Benham has denied the truth of the charges and asked for a court-martial, but this was refused at the present time, from the fact the chief witnesses attached to the army of Westein Virginia, are now serving in Kentucky, and cannot even temporarily be withdrawn. In other Words the trial is postponed to await the convenience fif their attendance without detri ment to the public interests. The.long contested land claim between 'Gen. James". H. Lane and Gans Jenkins, involving the title to a valuable quarter section of land ad joining. Lawrence, Kansas, has been finally de cided by the commissioners of the laud office, commissioner of Indian affairs, and the Secreta ry of 'the Interior,. unequivocally in favor of General Lane. The merits of the case have been ethaustively presented on both sides by eminent legal advice and involved . the original parties in a peilional conflict, on the claim re:, suiting in thewounding of Gien....its Clettgeoi has excited great inteuviiiilthrougli oaf legal circles and the various departments of the country at large. The deeishin vindica reniticred onthii"LatilLditYt to the property was At the commencement of presented to the attorney of • Mrs. Jenkins the sum of $1,600 as a tree will new year offering ot kindness and sympathy. The opinion of Uutuptroller Whittlesey, ac quiesced in by Secretary Chase, is, that accord ing to the present law regulating the compeu ertion of nuembens of Utingrosa, they can re ceive mileage only for the regular sesaions.- 11ereture toe mileage for the July extra session remains to be proviued for by iuture dun. It may be stated that several Senators were paid the two mileages before the opinion was officially furnished fur ministerial geld dice. Arisistaut Secretary of the Treasury Rarilug ton been ati.ent trout the Department tor a week or ten days past ou account of sickness. It appears by the Report of the Superintend ent of Public Printing, John D: Defrees, th .t the blvirernment Printing Bureau has been con duCted, will:rate utmost ‘tlicienoy and satisfact ion. The wisdom of, Cougreas in superseding the former arrangements by the prevent es,ab listuneat is fully indicated. As compared with the prices formerly paid to public printers there has, during the pat seven months, been an actual baying to the Government of $60,000. °apt; Dickinson of the SS Infantry regulars, 'end Cain:tins Skillington and Amason of the New York iptti, taro prisoners in Richmond, have strivedat. Washington. A committee of representatives of the New York City Santis reached this city today to °outer With Secretary Chase on the financial policy which should. be adopted by the Govern ment. -.- The Committee on Ways and Means of the House are drawing up a bid providing for heavy excise duties to be levied on materials of luxury. Secretaries Seward and Chase have offered their aid, in reply, to applications, to procure cotton Seed for growth in Southern Illinois and in othei parts of the West, where it is thought cotton can be cultivated. The National Republican, of this morning, con tains the following :. "We are happy to state, on the authority of Dr. Verdi, the attending physician of General -McClellan, that the General- is convalescent and doing well, and .that there has never been any cause for serious apprehension in his case We saw Dr' Verdi at 7 o'clock last evening. He stated to us at the same time, that Gen. Marcy was quite well, not confined to his bed, and would have been out yesterday; if the weather had been pleasant." MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE The extra session of the Michigan IP.eiala tore convened at 'Lansing yesterday. The Gov ernor's Messege suggest the liquidation of a di rect Federal tax. by releasing the Federal Gov •ernment from reimbursing the State on account of war expenses to an equal amount. Twenty-four thousand men have been fur nished by Michigan for the war, of which ten regiments are for three years, one battery of ar tillery, and one regiment of three months vol tnteets have been raised at the expense of the State, costing $539,000, of which $92,000 have been refunded by the United States. Govern ' meat. In view of the manifest disposition of foreign powers to intermeddle with our domestic affairs he recommends that provision be made for the organization of uniform militia to Constitute an active force, their speedy enrollment to be sub ject to draft at oy time, and while , nOt voting the, eo - tcdon of extensivefortifications,'rabbets Legislature to urge upon COngress the hrui=dhlAte noDeeidtY of ostabliahing,, atom= Etiam Vrinting fiffirt. poured Steam Pnwar Preer.e.4 We are prep": d to execute JOH add Et Olt NMI nwo Of OWTY nederip. on cite .per than t can b done eta y other eateblith. Dent in tae country. Sir roue lines or less coo ratate one 11.11aquare. Bight Mee or more time roar cowl owe square. Hatt square, one day $0 25 one week "1 00 eue month 2 00 three amain!........800 de six months ........ ..... 6 00 one year.. ....... ............... 8 00 One Square, one day .14 one week 2 00 a one month . ........... ........ 3 50 three moo the ..... ... .... 600 six mouths 10 00 GI one year............. ......... .15 00 far Business noticra inserted in the Lftent Chisnart, or , e , ore uarriges and Deaths, }Mk CehTd "..". • or, ,ach Insertion. *1), Marriges and DeathP to be charged se regular • ,rrtt•-i.m••nt. NO. 100 convenient place in the North-West. an arsenal 'M manufactory o i arms and munitions of war, tend also a naval station to be located in Micht gab, as being the most advantageous, both for the extent of her coast and her unrivalled re sources for ship-building. In alluding to national affairs he attributes our complications abroad and troubles at home to the inactivity of the army. Mad says the ped. : pie will not tamely submit to see our armies used to'protect the slaie property of the rebels whet the most active means should be taken to t suppress the rebellion, sparing nothing and apologising to nobody for our actions. Deatraotive vFire in Philadelphia. Burning of the 01Et* 4f Howard's B[- press and the American Telegraph Dom parry.:.. • NARROW ESCAPE OP LIVES About three o'clock this morning; a fire was discovered inthe extensive granite building No. 106 South Third street, and No. 248 Chestnut streets, the structure having two fronts. On Chestnut street the building is six stories in heighth, and on Third street five, and is one of the moat substantial edifices in the city. On Third street the basement is occupied by Sohn TrenWith, dealer in newspapers and peri odicals. A portion is also occupied by the American Telegraph Company as a storage room. The telegraph battery was kept in the vault, under the pavement. The first story was occupied by the American Telegraph Company as an office and the fourth story by the same as an operating room. The remainder of the building was occupied by Mesan3. Obertenffer & Fretytag. On Chestnut street, the basement and first floor were occupied by Howard 8t Co.'s Express, and the Hamden 8t Howard Express Companies, and the secculd, third, fifth and sixth, by Messrs. Oberteuffer & Freytag, 'importers of nudge dry goods-l—French, German and bwiss fabrics, con sisting' of silks, white goods, laces, ribbons, &o. The fourthfloor formed a part of the telegraph ing operating room, the building being in the shape of an L. The fire broke out in Trenwith's newspaper depot, on Third street, and burned very fiercely. All the stock and fixtures of this room were destroyed. The Ices is estimated at two thou,__ tontehts of the ethio „...,„ ot the cel sand dollars, upon which there is no ire. , .—' l ‘ ,ll . The lar were al etely ruined. so_ the telegraphic weartsimpl The.offi.ce of the Telegraph Company; which • been recently been tittedup; $ coniplete y wrecked, but, fortunately, the operating room escaped, except a slight injury to the in struments, from rust, which was epeedly rem edied. The loss of the company will be aboat Insured in the Fire associatiOn. been iu the Ripressornue - . - --e55,..........._ta fet us ._ furniture, ordinary account bo ks, way bills, ' lames, and a quantity of Lowe papers were all destroyed. This principal books and money packages were in the tire proof, and were saved. But few packages ter 'shipment were on hand,. three large loads having 'men sent to the depots, Last evening The goods teas ved by the late, trains were nor taken into the building, but were upon th sidewalk About two hundred packages of different; description- , stored in the odder, prin unclaimed iy unclaimed goods, were de s ray ed` Their value cannot be estimased.— £he loss of the ex re s s company will be about $2,600. No insurame. The building is owned by Dr. David Jayne. • Loss about $2,U00. Insured in the Roy al and other oompaines. The occupauts of several of the adjoining buildings suffered by water. At the time the fire broke out four young me., were on duty iu the fourth story—tele- graph room They were Win. F. Snyder. and Marion Smith, operators and ueorge klaulland . Edward Summers, uthee buys. The haul:mays having been open, a dense smoke soon pervaded the room and the retreat of the young men by - the Btairaw on Third street was cut off. The atmosphere was momentarily becomii.g more suffocating, and the chances of escape were ex ceedingly slim. The endaugernd persons made their way to the windowii on Chestnut 'street, by whicki they obtained fresh air. Through great exertions they succeeded in attracting the attention of the firemen below, on Chestnut street, and arrangements were at once made to release 'them from their perilous situation. The scene at this moment was very thrilling. A ghat delay and the unfortunate individuals would have been compelled to leap to the ground' or suffer death by suffocation. FROM PORT ROYAL Preparations for Another Naval Ex pedition. Letters . from Port Royal to the 80th ult. state that Commodore Dupont is preparing fora new naval demonstration. The gunboats are con centrating there, and the sailors are practicing with a large number of launches in the work of lauding troops. About ten thousand soldiers . could be spared from Hilton Head, in addition to Gen. Stevens' Brigade, to operate against Charleston, Savannah or the rebel forces at Cosawachie. The latter is moat likely the point to be attacked. Dnraori, Jan. 8 Prepartions for the Reception of the Eldon Prisoners from:Richmond. Passengers by the Old Point boat state that a flag of .truce had come down from Norfolk, but brought no news. The Union prisoners from Richmond were expected to reach F ortress . Monroe to-day and will probably arrive here by the boat to-mor rdir morning. Arrangements are making to gill° then a grand reception here and there wil be eneinterYmaCOrt and our Union citizens will alscon4e a demonotration worthy of the caw don: ' RA I.lki •F MY 11.1 ' 0 -•. PHILAWILPIIIL, Jan. 8. Naw Yon K, Jan. 8 FROM BALTIMORE. I=l Bezamosa, Jan. 3