ILISHED CQMjnissiojr, tsc. ,sV.a&fffr wV ■ I * A KIMBLE. Wholes am? ttwlarrla WE TERN - RESERVE *CHXrsr* tojuiiMio.v M£echavts, deal»n >-: I **ASD, PORK, BACON, FLOUR FISH* ba <-'ON\ CHEESE, FIBB, ",- : I POT AND PEARL ASHES. SALIEATHB Liv' m5S?v LABDOU, IBOK, NAILS.GLASS ABUI-IND I 1« ,wl ? pmaT ' m Scc °°' i ■»»«. PltubSrgb. *** VX. CULT—, ' a •" b ri-OPE, CHAIN AND in! . V** 2»o. 2*3 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. L.S. ?i blmnd * of /»w Baker* and family un. 2£"“£j7 PS i PartictiUr .atUatioa paid to Marctamdlx* generally; o^s-diy VAN UOKUJSK, Produce and *Jl**chaxi, dealer in FLOUR, BUT ££?t£ R ? 8£ S /,£££E S ' CHEESE, FORK, BBU,O v AKB QBBRK FBUTTS mod Produce gen n»d» on eomlcnmenu. -ygchogat.No. Uigeccadnrect, PlttiburJh TAAIES A, Fortvacdiko C/ Cumxuxiox Mescbaict,/or th« M]« Of FLOUR rim?‘ BCITER ’ seeds, i>BtED 'f2p lr ’,S* griieraUj Ku. 16 Market .1 ■) CMwrpf.Tltit; Ptmbtirch. : i ■. , -, • ™dl" M. ftCHOMAKKK..w.:... „ WM - — 7TC7T ft AK_EH & LANG, Commission brco wholcttle dealer* in GROCE TLOCII* GRAIN, PRODUCE, Ac., No 2U3 LU*nfr«tn?»t,PUtibriri;li, P». . siudl. HIUULE, successor to Jno. So. IK) LJlktlt street, Pitta. borgb, OEXEBAJj . uioDt'CE, GHOCEHY akd UOSIMISiIOJi SUaCHANT. T > hD Cooiignmcou napcctftiHy . t r2 &rdw LlWtyiitreet, Eitubmxli. Pa. .m}£ ' • -' -A-'-tiOiiOyEK, (/omnssibx MganHAyt, .'•<■£*•• dealer In CRUfrE ASli ntereyn p A ' 'SS:?* **>*. HAiwrSrSamffi; * —■—-* ■—-— . . . . . tah27:dly TTILLX4M : B«n?i_ Cilril ° ror ' roo.. successor to -li. O ’ *»*»ta,ra Liberty itn«, Pittsburgh; P*.“ ioS , w^S,k tniafcU’i'uN' i-SwAki', Whow i!■w?a?ai," ,l, ' , *u?“gft£° -«4 l pu2b£3f Pittsburgh, Pi. Jr *> At toHkbt ai Law, rtr ! e1 ’ LoWTI,,,i Law Bu j£‘ : PRODUCE. a. a uraixMar..... . c a lectr Leech & Hutchinson, commission A*®FOBWAEOB'Q MIBCHA.’T7a, dealen in WEST ERN RESERVE CHEESE, FLOUR, FISH BA CON, BUTTER. LINSEED. OIL, POTs Jnd MbM. ASMES,-.SEEDSfOKAIN, DRIED FRUIT - dad Fnxtac*gaaa9ralhri Be«t brand* Tamil* Flour ****!• « tui Apat for. the sale of Madiaon A £?*S^SRS!t?^ Uft^a Ftttl'Bta*th.,K«i. 116 Stoo&a ahd 145 Tint ate., between Wood and feiith flild, Pittabnrgh Pa. ap2-dl* OUIiESK WAREHOUSE.—iIKNItY \J H. COLLINS, Forwarding and Comiokaon Mer “* ****** in CHEESE, BUTTER, LAKE No - 13 w-*«r -■ AkiiS HoLilhri & (JU., i*OEE dLI IjrSVRjtJfCE 4 IfiEJTTS. J, GARDINER COFFIN, Auent foe • lfcaintUH, ; rutatizuttiA amd EtlUscr Is ■****ClMCgttAjrt*a, Konh-eaat corner Wood and WP. JONHS, Aoent North Amebi~ * ex, State of PenniTlranla and Hartford In ! «U»TO*ro»nh», 87 Water atreat, : SAMUEL RJBA, Secretary Citizens* Compact, comer Market and Water ■treat*. M. UOitPON',.iiEcRETAar WnTgKM IKBT * AJICt CowyAKlf ' ft* W»ter Street. • M. BOOk, SECRETARY: Allegheny lotceamck Coitf a>t, 37 fifth street. u Jftgr jCooiia . " (UU WiUom Pafnt d Ca^v , wnotxaau mapsu m J - - TORKIQN and domestic dry goods. ; M Wood atreet. third boute abort IMuacnd MUy^PUuburmhr-- -aplfedtr | rtedfens V • BnrchAeld A Co., Wbdleaale and Retail . in. STAPLE DRY GOOW, K?rt " » lirt«aFeerbf ftnmfr and Market atreeta. mi BAKKKK CO.;: Uealibs w Drt • Good#, No. 69 Market atreet, between Third and .- Troth: tlgabiftfeh;* ; ( ) HANSON LOViS, Uralsk IN £Jta - .><•«•* A» Famct DRY GOODS, algo of the orfe. jfiyrWo. Id Market atreet, Pltuborgb. ; TRummures, *c. i i^TTOSBPff HORNK, Dealer is TeiM* Uiiiwsi, X 0.77 • Market »trwt, PUuborgh'. " ' ( ;i>au.Kß m Dhy ■kl£SSS.'^ a,m^r^:?, ““‘“2s^ Eilfijl, MAKALKMIM jfSHSj“«"W Si. aplSj ■ ! . »c.„. ~7^T ‘fttlTß f ixs.'i BOSTON ' potato Atttdm.pt. No. »SiS-. TsS" . rovtk ttreei and Diamond alley. Pittatrurgh, I'rJi L . daily GROCERS. mim l, ,„ [cu . ]McDO*\A_LD & AKBUCKLK;-Wao^t ITX utt Qtocefts, PiwcccKAse Coxxisniov v»» ,n * v u - MOtislK" btIGAKS and HVHUPS FLoim CON, BICE, CHEESE, SEEDS, Ac x£ street, Pittsburgh. ao * nol^iy* 7 s#h®Ps&s®£s£ SS “® Woud «W»Hor. Kmh, Pittsburgh, J SORT. ROBUoh - ViSVg&Jtftt'SiSg n.? t b^h m “ u0 ‘ c '” r “ ISo *“ <-«*"-. ~,r“, d , rm 1 ;: Ht'JUA'KS, Wholesale DkattTp -j^itohS'Pit\*f AN {. LLA B0PE) oA Kinr, SClil w£X.^li£ itt f PuJS Pa! tlla Bridg? ■OSItT DIUCLL ' "~ ROBERT MUiiiro' w S3i£ZjsLttsjz2 oow >* “■* »■- Mtatmr Lirwi» t a T —"" ? L™ K j tmFmrwS^Si !t °->w““‘,“burgh v pr"“ WArfl\viLs6xfwHoi;^E W GS p*JL end dealers in d £S h ■"«• »-^£ PIU.U.reK, * " “<* .tr«t. J Wfc q*Wi l tS7vs™v; >»w S. LULWOIUH & CO., Wholesale “ d isi i*l*oYl>4: CO;, Wholesale Geo jl .V "HlllltllO.f STisckastj, Ko. 172 (Vuod mid'-da Liberty lirv.-l, Xt[l.UiQ;b VyiLHAM UAGALKV, Wholesale E«rlh.pA < '“' - V **- ** “0 *• Wood p„u. - “ * lUS4:dlf .W.« .r HW VTIIII ERS. AfAUtiArosu, HJSMMiILL 47 co!; PAIENI OSO?LLATI J lt “ rA1 ’ I ' L ’S IUPKOVLU SLIHeVaLVES.O, A * V lh“u , i!‘a U P ,'iov P “ ! ‘ Chi “' rf ut *"«■ >AE.f. iiy,od in# btft qualitj, «« are prepared to do Wvr Job tibg, and wliut work lu thij lin*. trunu** that Lr prompt maw, and the character of our wark*to merit public patronage. im rnaru 't** l * l • u «n»ion to our BALANCED \ AL>h OhCILLAPISU’KNOIXES, « combinm* ■SLaSSf* ttt,lvlvl ' Jtv “‘wtrahwMl in thi, dojtf —* JiCJorlvd "^“tactuxer*ofßAKNilil L'«4 pat S-A “LdSS; 0rJ “" t£uni » dl.uu,™ pnuayUj at . — V ' •'• ' -•■' " -•- TTHOMAb MOOKE, Mano FACTtfiiEit of a AJfl> DtALtl til ILL 4* t! **• ; mylartf ' J OLIPHAXT & CO., successors xw&w fSKf- *"«■ faibchasce ikon works, . p*. jy3l:lyd Wmbom, 13 Wood »t., Pittabargh. E-LLsi, Kil)i)i,JS COLLARS, made in the beet, moat.fashionable and dealrablo manner. Jniflfrdla. JJ dii VKKAACis, Jso. 5u Watbb tii. Pjyftwgh, toannlfcctnrerofßOlLEß RIVET* COMJIO.N A.ND RAILROAD' otwrtry teaJptlon.. ’ ••“Particular Bi 2w J or Stuped SPIKE* and BIT- K«, lip or mail. BiadsTocrdfr at «bort notice _A good aafortmanfcobitantlyoa hand, mfteu* i. a. T. rtPitcgrr: * cam* im t»XCELdIOK GLASd \vomS XU PLCSKEIT * CO., Oiuu lUszttQ ofSS pS,*f" 1 “^ , p No - 12 ' V “ J «»•*. cower ot ; riot, FlO.hargh, £»■ . OitAKLisEj CUA-Liv ICew Briobton, V/ Pj-> Manufcctawr of BUCKETS. TUBS Zisr V i A ?i^2 ABDS ’ TRI?IT BOXES *u.l LABELS.* J ■11:1yd ;■ ,i : . BR»T«rar. ■ r T^Tr^KlS-ilTwiraoLT PAIN, BY THE USE OF AN APPARATUS '‘ HEREBY NO DRUGS orGALYANIC BATTiIBY ABE USED. eoW weather la the tims when the apparatu* can be used to iu beat advantage. Mtdic*! Md their h4d their teeth extracted by my prucess, *ud *re ready to t«tify as to the aaftty and p*olee«Uu of tb??£r£ *«■ hw «W hjpertohe interwXdto “••rtintftb* contrary, having no knowledge of my .WABHnciAL TEETH insetted in every lt yl ß . E - OUDHY, Dcntist. 134 dmlthfield xt. ADAMS, Dentist, Connelly's ” Bolldlng, corner of Diamond and Grant streets Pittsburgh. ’ frJ^*P aM ££&T* >r ' A - M ~ Tollock, Dr. Hulluck Theodore Bobbin*, Buaeell Errett. myXdly - REJtE ESTATE JiUEA'Ta. TITIDLIAM WARD, Dealer in Prom f F Jssoar Notes, Bonds, hloETaaoee, and alt se curities for money. i - UANa "*•*'» Those wishing to invest their money to good ad vantage, can always find Am and second class paper at mv office, for sale. Interview* strictly coafl- a ' on “ t ,lmi1 ' «>*■»« at. r.or. .boots jurn shoes. •ARCHITJECTURjIL. assistant to fbU&“ d .- , . a^ riDt,D *- ,h ' lr °» -S£i£ ( Ajichi ■BANK block, rill, plasS and aridkicatioEs 'ZrSiT BOOKSELLERS, He. ! RAY li CO., UooSiEl.LEas~iutD~aTA. 1 rf*Sirf°' pi,y'k°tj? re,< ' ooit d °° r •« (to t&weSaSigStoS&J?- BCUOOt r. WM. u; JOHMtfi'uw <* UU., Btaiiok ni, Blass Boos Binficmxu. ■«. if. Pmo3(? Xi KEAXf. Boozisixeb and Sta . nogtfc.-Ko. 78 rmtrth itraw. Apollo BolldliJ MACHJSS-54 bbla. Southern. io | B L halfw rwetrod ud tor Mb tar ; J- 8. LIQQVTT * CO., MOT Vo. 76 W«t«r And «3 Trout PITTSB! 'R(al I (i AZKTTK AjNTD COM MERCIAL JOTJ RN A 1 i. i, ■■ ; PITTSBURGH. THURSDAY MORMIIVia U— > •v " - D°r^ R 3TE S 4 V,NGS BAXK . So.& CHASTtHED l(i isii, fr “ m ?'° 2 »t»o on Wnincd., 51, Ut^Vc o ,* fr ““ >« <» "StiT? ? f ■“. ““ not tM* thai On. *£“ > ,r ? IU » drctaod t- Icc . SbJSd d Oecemlicr. Inlcrwt hu bo n d.- to jm,, m,d December .me. ff year* ■< the rat. or lit pci cut. dr *'™ oul . h ptaed to the Irredlt . i ,rtl ‘ d ' 1 * 1 ' nnobeu. the «un. tn- ill”” » f Jnn. «nd DccomUr, oom ™n * JM,r '' l,hD “* troubling tb. dipo.l - ",' n "> PWMt hU pm. U»k. At thl. miklr.m\h'' do “ U ” lcM t*"” ttr.lr. ton, ’ ■CMT. f *&&*&*« rtOUT ADD- osi-BALr Pin Book., conuinfag tb. Charter. Br-L.tr. Rnl... ' I *' loo *- ,u ™ , ‘ h “ ll P* lll . on Application .t Pemidcki-PKORQK ALBBEE . . VtCB-FEISTOEKTS. Sti? 1 '”" 1 i ?■ a-* L. rahiißstock, Hopewell Hepburn, Juno* Uerdnuui, June* D. Kelley, A. M. PoUock, M.'d., ( Robert Robb, | James Shidie, i | Alexander Tlmlle. T, T?oiu. b. McFaden THE TROOPS AND SHIPS THERE. ftUt'Ai Mad.lr», " Jehu H-MeDor ' Alexander Bradley, John- G.Backofcn, Oeorge Black, John B. Canfield, Alorao A. Carrier, Char lea A. Colton, William Douglas, John Evans, John Holme*, A illlam S. Havon, Peter'H. Hunker, Richard-Hars, William 8. Lartlj, Srcaitaar a«n» Tataan fe&dairT G Hearjf L.Blngwait, •loba H. ShuCDbertvr, Alexander Sjwat, S. Dchmertz, Isaac Whittier, Christian Tester. l tEK—CHA9. A. COLTON. iiKMAX XKUtiT Sa\lVC5 BANK, comer Sixth tod Wood etreeta. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. CAPITAL.. 1100,000. STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE. DtmccTOta; ADAM REINL'MAN, PresuUnt. BprlQC«r H&rbangh, Augustus Hoer*!er, E. H. hi y*n, Jcwpb L«,g, J - f • Christian Slibcrt, Anthony Meyer, A. Groetxiuger. DISCOUNT EVERT PAT. JOHN STEWART. GuM, JtriS CELL.tJWO VS. FURNITURE AXJ) CHAIRS AT ME- A. DUCED PRICES,—JAMES W. WOODWELL Ac». »7*ad W Third atreut, and 111 Fourth street^ COXBUTCta or ALL VARIETIES OF STYLES AND TTN3SH, •ultablo for HOTELS and PRIVATE DWELLINGS. cr Al l orden promptly attended to, and the Fur- nituro carefully packed and boxed. STEAMBOATS and HOTELS fen-isbed at short CABINET MAKERS anppllod with erery article in the line. » fc2B lvm* JA-MKb 11 CHILDrf & CO., HOPE COTTON MILL. ALLIfcIIENY, KaxcrACTrtsts or KE-iSTLESS BAOB ASD OF CSSA3CKG&. -- INCHES TO 40 INCHES WIDE. «r°nkn left at H. Childs k Co.*, 133 viod at., I ittaburgh. win receive attention. oc26: mbd tr cento per week from carrion. ’ ‘ provtaiona. Itoouldex - _ | ut under a free government onlv where tK« ' E ™- s l““"“ lo advance, or 6 people, la a period of unreaiontag extr«»- p " ’ r " k ,rom “ rrter *- i gooco, had permitted popular clamor to over " EtRXT Edition Single copita, a per *nuum; ; come public reason, and Had attempted the Fire or mom, *1,15; T«u. or upwards, -Jl per auuum, i Rntioislblßty of setting up, permanently, as a iuTariellj in adTftuce.. ■{ ] -political institution, a eoelaj evil which is ADVERTISING J.I REASONABLE BATES ! opposedto moral law. -- ! By reverting to the history of the past, we j find that one of the moat destructive wars on record, that of the French Revolution, was originated by the attempt, to giro, political chkracter to an. institution . which was not susceptible of political character. The Chuicb, by being endowed with political power, with its convents, its 'schools. Its immense landed wealth, its associations, secret and J open became the ruling power of the State, and thus occasioned a war of more strife and bloodshed, probably, than any other war which has desolated the earth. Slavery is etill less susceptible of political charaoter than was the Church. It is as fit at this moment for the lumber-room of the past as was .in 1793. the monastery, the landed wealth, the exclusive privilege, etc., of the Catholic Church in France.' It behooves as to consider, as a self-governing people, bred, and reared and practiced in the habits of self government, whether we cannot, whether we ought nbt to revolutionize Slavery out of ex istence, without the necessity of a conflict of arms like that of the French Revolution. Indeed, we foel assured that the moment Slavery is abolished, from that moment our Southern brethren, every ten of whom hare probably seven relatives in the North, would begin to emerge from a hateful delirium. From that moment, relieved from imaginary terrors, their days become happy, and their i nights peaceable and free from alarm \ the aggregate amount of labor, trader the new stimulus of fair competition, becomes greater day by dny ; property rises in value; invigo rating influenocs. succeed to stagnation, de generacy and decay; and union, harmony! and peace, to which we have so long been strangers, become restored, and bind us again In the bonds of friendship and 'amity, as when we first began our national career under oar glorious Government of 1789. Why do the leaders of the rebellion seek to change the form of your ancient Government? Is it because tho growth of the African ele ment of yourpopolation has.come at length to render a chango necessary ? Will you permit the free .Goveriiment under which you hare thu? far lived, and which is so well suited for’ the development of true manhood, to be al tered to a narrow and belittleing despotism in order to adapt it to the necessities of ig norant slaves, and the requirements of their proud and aristocratic owner*? Will the la boring men of tho South bend their necks to the same yoke that is suited to the slave? We think not. Wo may safely answer that the time has not yet arrived when our Soathern brethren, for the mere sake of keeping Afri cans in slavery, will abandon their long cher ished free institutions, and enslave them selves. It is the conviction of my command, a 3 a part of tho national forces of the United States," that labor—manual labor—ls In herently noble; that it cannot be systemat ically degraded by any nation without ruining its peace, happiness and power: that free la bor is the granite basis on which free institu tifttfraflCfrrest; that it is tfa* right, the cap ital, the inheritance, the hope of tho poor man everywhere; that it is especially the right of five millions of ourfellow-eotratryoen in the Slave States, as well as of the four taUlious of Africans there, and all our efforts, therefore, however email or great, whether directed against the interference of gorernmenu from abroad, of against rebellious combinations at home, shall be for free labor,out mottoland our standard shall be, here and everywhere and on alt occasions, Fate Laxob xsd Wobk rroicw'a Rjobt*. It u on this basis, and this basis alone, that our munificent govern m,nt—the ex,lam of the nation,—can be per potuatsd and preserved. J. W. Puurt Brigadier-General Volunteer., Commanding. Thi. omphatie document caused considers-- b!e fluttering among seme of th, officers, rrbich coming to the ears of Gen. Phelps, he remark ed with some degree of impatience: “What did they come here for? Was it to sacrifice their ease, te waste their time, and perhaps to lay down their lires in a war, simply that a few persons may hold stares 7 I did not come j for any such purpose. I came to jSyii, and if | anybody it afraid they had hotter go home. Thou people, among whom wo haT# come, do no task any farors of us, and I aik nor. of (hem. I did not come here to steal,‘but to tell themjast what I mean to do.” These plucky utterances raised the'General so much in the estimation of the officer., that the feeling calmed down at once, Tho General is highly respected, end his sincerity and honesty sre unquestioned. Preriotis to his arrival, sevsthl slaves had been sent back to their masters by the commander of the fleet. 1 This will be changed now. We are not advised of any reinforcemeqt of the army at Ship Island, sines the sailing of the CWitalion. It is not probable, there fore, that New Orleans has been attacked, although both that city and Mobile are the objects of the armaments gathering at Ship Island. 'HURSDAY MORNING, DEC, 19, 18G1. -«hn. irfeQor, 'Jamal' SfcAaley, John Hanhall, Walter P. M inhall, John'Orr, PROCLAMATION OF Gfi&tHELPS. I The news which cauxe through t%bel sources, iof an attack upon New Orleans our troop% ! naturally raises ao inquiry into tho situation I °f aflairs in that region. ' We doubt the nows, however, of an attack upon New Orleans. Some months ago a portion of our blockad -1 ing fleet took possession of Ship Island. This is one of a series of email islands which hare been formed by the action of th* ocean, and whicli constitute tho southern fyundary of Mississippi Sound. It is seven miles long, according to the chart, having an area of be tween two and three square miles, with an abundance of good water, and covered on its eastern end, with a robust growth of timber. It is within sixty-five miles.of New Orleans, and seventy miles of Mobile, by the navigable j rout *—near onough to be within good striking I distance of either city. To south-west Pass is ninety-five miles, to Fort Pickens ninety five miles, to Mississippi city, on fhe main land, is ten miles. There is anchorage suffi cient for a largo fleet. It lays in the way of the inside steamboat passage from New Or leans to Mobile. There is plenty of wood, and f good water on the Island, and the climate at j this season is delicious. There is a fort and ; | light house on tho Island. The fort, which Is located on the extreme west end, commands the approach to the barlmr, and generally all the north side of the island is within range of its guns. It mounts 20 guns, and pearly all i of the casemate*, are at present shell-proof. The main structure is of brick, the easements being overlaid first withyollow pin* timber of massive strength, then covered with heavy plank of the same material, and finally piled up with bags of sand, to render them impervi ous to shot or shell. It has also supporting batteries on the outside, at diflcrentpngl* of the fort, which, with their heavy 9-jnch shell guns, sweep all important points of ihe chan nel. These, with tho presence qf &e gun boats, which keep vigilant watohAbvcr the movements of thecncmj In tbe £cisJt f :x&aJtefl reenre against surprise. There are two vessels on the station, the flag ship Maisachufriit and the Aem London, the last of lighter draft, and therefore the most The rebels have two or three gun boats of light draft, and are thus able to keep out of the way. The intercourse, by water, between Mobilo and New Orleans, has been measurably stopped, but small craft., oc casionally break the blockade. What is. wanted is two or throe light draught gun boats armed with Parrel guns. These coaid effectually clear the water of tho rebels, and drive the rebel gun boats into their Tho Cnited States steamers Montgomery, R . R . C H\fUr and De Sot*, are doing duty near Ship Island, occasionally calling there to report to < the commander of the fleet. The force on the Island is composed o££en. J. W. PBKLrs’ brigade, constating of the 26th j Massachusetts, tho 9th Connecticut, and the Massachusetts 4tb artillery—in all, l,dOd. ef fective men. They were landed there by the transport steamer Comtitution, on the 3I- themselves, and have again and again, justiied' ih their Xhtota*™"* PI eci3el s’ what was done by th£ ta .h 11 a not wohdarihl jthat they should wince and growl when tho cnp 10 “dhets dips is pre.onteS They don’t inquire aboutthelawe they have themselves made or sanctioned. They don’t reason upon: the instant, but reason will iome ; ‘Vr “ nd re heetion, and even the excited ?“ E "' h ??T- S wi'l see that in hoarding the Trent and taking from her persons that Sere, 4n t »™i, eSt !i m V“ 1I ‘ ot , international law, more temo?.H a ? d il f w * r .'j an pnwder and shot at tempted to be earned into an enemy’s ports. Captain Wilkes did much loss then he had a right to do- I En S liA journal, are catcnng to the pnblio opinion of tho hoar, bat I the, governmeat acts more deliberately and mnet inquire ,nto the law and thoiaota before *■ ’definite position. Diipalches will of eouno be .entto- Bord-Xyons, and Lord LyOMwillhaveqeonferencewithilx.Seward, ‘ l ‘ r D ,°, ‘ P««Mo. ‘Sat ‘heap instnictionr can he Of the blood and thunder-character in dicated by the extract, from the English pa pers brought by the Enropa. . S There must be a commencement of negotia tions before any ultimatum can be rCMhed. Our own govornment officers have no appro-■ ‘ h “.‘ h = ™«l‘ "f these negotiations will be a hostile collision. They, are perfectly serene In their confidence that they will be C °, n ,', l “ co or,n ‘he British lion that the • soisuro of Mason and Slidell was Juitifiable by fh' *»* ’rhi'h Groat Britain has heraelf established, and that the panic created by tho reoent English news has no moro foun d*Ti°n 11 n a tetupeet in a toapoti The President has received no official infor “™?,?.*?,“ England relativo to tho MasOn and Slidell aflair. Tho Cabinet has been in session for several hours toeday, daring which time onr difficnlty with England-Whs discuss wito crest calfameßS and firmness.' ‘"What ever the demands from . Engiknd mar 5c —and the English newspaper blaster is not taken as any true indication of the intention °Li . government—oar government have re sdtVed that Mason and Slidell shall neTer be given up. This may be relied on as a fixed tact. The Brazilian Minister gazo a' dinner this evening, at which quite a number of the di plomatic corps were present. Of bourse, tfao cteitfng topic ortho day, the seizure of Slidell and Mason, wa* discussed, but in a non-com nuttal way. Tho impression was that fine land would make a demand for tho release of the rebels seized, but that a lengthy corre spondence would settle the matter without a war. From Missouri. A special dispatch from St. Louis to tho Chicago Trihmc, bearing date the 16th insi sayar The war news from England creates a great "fi"?”? 1 h ' re - Hatdl, Anything •lsc TO talked tb.at on 'Change. A more vigorous Tone in favor of usingnegrocs to put down the Southern rebellion is noticed among Union men. The feeling is generally in favor of. sustaining our Government if it refuses to surrender Mason and Slidell. The secesh are in high glee. Passengers by the Pacific Railroad to-night, report the continued activity of our troops m °»tly from Ottcrvillo. The secret as well kept by the officers. The time for taking the oath' of allegiance by State and County officers has expired. .l* of th «Supn>me Court Judges took the oath, and the entire Court will have to bo re appointed. Many Circuit Judges also failod, and, the County, Coronor of. St. Louie, and many Justices of the Peace, in St. Louis county. All the - city excepting D. City Commissioner, took the oath. About half the city officers have here tofore been set down as Secessionists. Their taking the oath excites surprise; . _ w »* an examination of runaway slaves' confined in th© county jail, to-day, by order of General Halleck, to ascertain tie political ' status of their masters. General ffalleck has not stated his intention regarding those owned n v. n °*lL di,l °Jalists. It ia noticable that au the officers of regiments or ; companies above Jefferson City, on the Pacific Railroad, ba Z° b ® en to rejoin them immediately. Ex-Postmaster Hogan, who Is under arrest for withholding money due the Government, publishes a card denying the justice of such an allegation, and professing' to court i full investigation. . A-Quincy dispatoh, of the same data, tooths same Journal, tells of some doings of tho socessionists which ought to be looked after. Let Gen. Pope, or some energetic General, be put on the gu» o»Vc in North-Eastern Mis souri . t The train which left St. Joseph, this morn ing, for this city, was fired into when about four-and a half; miles west of Osborne, and about thirty miles from Si, Jo. The outrago occurred before daylight, while the train wis passing through apiece of timber, and morine at the rote of thirty-ffvo or. forty miles an hour. Three separate volleys, wore fired. :At the first dischaw, sixteen balls struck the engine and tender. ' At the'.second, fifteen ■truck the passenger Coaches—of wfiieb there wete two—and- wounded a brakesman In the thigh; but-not dangerously.: .At tho ibird volley soma i balls-rattled on the tbps of the passenger- v coaches, r bat didno .damaga. and. maae.butfew marks. -JChorapid aovejnept of the train fssupposed.to.havo saved, the lives of Such passengers Vs'wefe seated aV the Win dows, the.dlm light and the speid spdiilnir any accurate aim ot‘the tWitbrtJ Nb trliftows were broken and ho she mV was seen Yon toliiw; • ls'.rflthsr noted $ re-' beUloui proclivities; ' * r, ;?J !v;o --t-wo t £f « “*■ b ® i'eSr'h CccgrcM «treot,etl door. TTYUN AKNbTiIAJj, Ikpobisb dtkfr A-i Dturala the moat select brands of OEtUINK Avn A S4pwT <^? S i^ nLOW«H3,*c.,: t -Tronßofaa'S oasENHoOsi; gggfcdiatf . i 1000 aHuiTKdMorialelQw J-Vyv M; .5 V BOWJf.AitEIUtIi r - db 7 . . ■■. . r 1 Jit'Wood llmth fcrod.bj- ' • -Bo\ra *-TCTM^S7w~!r]“ d j., M iiC»trf-dt oof*: Jjui"s AJJO mens SKAllfciltbrttii? bowk * nTLrr. iii Wood «i TNDEMXITY AGAINST LOSS BY » . " e ?'-FEAKKLTN FIBEIXStfRAHCS COH PAJTT or, PHILADELPHIA. OOm, Olul 137 Chestnut street, near Fifth. of Janoarj. let, 1860, published to an act of Amembly, being— ' tint OO * TaK f lOB - 31 * 61) cost OO Temporary Loan*, on ample Collateral '* o*ront* 89J35 no Stock*, (present rain* PBC.eW Tgj’ooStlV 89,786 00 Note* and Bill* Receivable 1 gjj qq CMh - 00 WTh* only profits from Company can divide by lav are from risks which have been determined. Insurance made on every description of property, in town and country, at rates as low as are consistent with security. • • their incorporation, a pericd of; thirty yean, *r ey *2T!?j*** d hornet by ’flre to ad amount exceeding KM*** of Mw, thereby affording evSance or the advantage* of Insurance, at well a* thdr abflJ -^bStie^ i^>0, ” tion to ®eetwith promptnem all _ LOSSES ST 7I&E I Loises paid during the year 1858— i.,, 8106,085 67 max cto as t Charle* N. Bancker, ‘ j m o ***^- 0 * I*wU, I Jacob B. Smith, Tobias Wagner, Edward C. Dalo, David S. Brown, I Geo. W.: Richards, Samuel Grant. | Oeorre Falee. ■ CHARLES N. BANCKEB,Prertd«nt. EDWARD a DALE, ¥&££££ A. SrtEL, Secretary pro tern. . 4. GARDNER. COFFIN! jfeimr, my 6 . Office Northeast cor. Wood A Third sts. "CUBE INSURANCE, BY THERELI JL AN'CE MUTUAL INSURAXCE COMPANY. PHIL ADELPHIA.on BUI LDIIfGS,: limited or r-trpetUAt, MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE, Ac., in town or country. Office No. *OB Walnut street. MfcHoSt i££>,slQ • ******* M-lnvested Mortgage tm ImproTed City Proper--i'? ty, worth doable the amount .......Slfig.flOO 00 Ground terit, first class 6O P«m*>^v-B-Co-'eti.percent. Mortgage ...» Load, $30,000, - ' 27 900 00 CUy of Philadelphia, 0 par cent." r- SQIOOO 00 s±S£ ; .ttffl 8 Hantingdon and . Broad Top ..Mountain,• Railroad Company, mortgage ' 4,000 00 ,i £SP , S f oo Stock or. Reliance Mutual Insurance Co.„,- 24,350 00 Stock ofOjunty Fire InsuranceCb. { ljofio 00 Stock of Delaware M. S. Insurance Co. ,~. ' ,700 00 Commercial_Baoi do qj —L 6O Mechaulcs' Uo Io»or«jc© Co.’* Scrip ...... 'ico oy Bill»E*c*iT*We, boahje** p*per.„._.. 19,297X8 Book Accounts* accrued interest. etc.,...,,. -.4219 Ti Caul ua hand'fcndla bands of • • ‘‘ _ . <308,508 90 t TIKGLEY, President. roM:: • . . 1 ff.lUirop, Bolt. Toland, Chan. Inland, Frsd’k. JOsnoig, Vacob Tl'Brihtlnff, —'VB;;Wbod, Clam Tlngley, S*ton«l JBuphkm, R. Thompson, Kobtfft Sle«n t i Frederick firovn, Wm. Mnaser, C. SteveuKra, - W. Tingltfj, Jobi) R". WurrolJ, ManbftU Hill, rjSmitfc Bowers, Jas. S. Woodward, John ttlwell,- PUtab’riu 3. MXXGiiMAH, fiae^Mw. J.0.-C oiTULjfau. >nt»r Third tod Wood atreet. 6 Kintbe^at; WES'iIERN INSURANCE COIIPA IT NT. OF PJTX3BUR6H. it. MILLEB, Jr., President. ; &M. GOBDON, Secretary. ' ,- : f . Office, No. 92 Water street. Spane 4 Co.’* Wan. • bOQM, Up tt&irpy Flttsborgh. Will insure again* all Jamb of Fire-a*d Jfarint ■ A Horns Institution, mesusysd'hy JifrtettTt ipftt* '• >5 “7 *! U ,*•>«••»<** and aha art dolor. minert, 6y promptness and liberaJiit/, to maintain fit character tiAick they hart assumed, at oftrina fit Imt protection to those who desire to bc'innrea. .. ASSETS,-OCTOBEE'SO,IBB9| - Stock Account* CwS 413,000 00 •SSHSssrrf^ Open Aeconnts, Ae - . : r 7J09 corner Market and Water streets, second floor. SAMUEL KEA, sJ^ BAOALEr ’ Insure* ateamboatasmdCargqe*. Insure* against lon and damage in the nariamlion «t th. fkmthmi u.d SETmd Bayous, and the. navigation of the Seas. ' Insure* against loss and damage by firo '' _ . ; DtMCTOM: Wm.Hegaley,' B. M. Kier, Jr -» JobnflWbtan ' J W.O. John,ton, J«». M. Ooopir, B. F. Jom», S. H4rtj.il*!!; * Baae Oweax, ~ J. -'' Hem. T. M. Hefrft . Joha S. DUwortb,. BhrtUy Proton. • • Charlea W Za»^ Goorge Binglmm, . [. Xm.-] PHILADELPHIA. JFIBE AXfJ): LIFE * ATNSITBANpE COMPANY, No. 149 Cbemot it. oppodU th» Cutom Hcnu*; H C*piUl,tnu,loo—JLneta, »304,0«. . »U kind* .of Iniurance, eitlier perpetual or United, on eTary docrlptlon of Propart jorMer cfcandbe,.** reaaoDableratw of premlaa BOBERT P. BJJfO, PrerUcat F. BLAc’KBDraI;I^ ,N ’ F *‘ dibectou: Joeeph a. Pun, ~ 0. Baermies, John Clayton, : ' Chat. Btjes, E. B, Cepe, E. Oeo. W. Brown, B. B. S*Tery, A <3ok" liunna •gslott all Unda of Fireaod Marin* Biikt. IS AAO JOREB, * D .m.book, J^4 McCOßD ’ ?**•»*. Capt.Wjr. DIKKI DB4N, OamiliMii dm: -• “*• John D.McQort,: .B&jja§W* M-PitU. ::■, .JWrlTil. ImC JoDCf, * ; C'.O.UcMfrT, HamyChod*,; l ■ B.* L. ; FakiMtock. HEEXER i WILSON’S Sewing Machines, •no; a: nrrn street, Pirrsmmair, f>A. FAIRS OJ3BCO* WMXELEB & WILSON L ■ XwfWUi'PWTVwfur* at ,/ UNITED SPATES JTAJJ 1 ,*; , OHIOBtAXS JAIS .iLUNOiaSXATKirAIB- r Cpic#toMechj»ob**liittttU« : .i'/•, . . ;- -; Loubrvllle fiutltot* r‘' •.t’Vtin.lv Ctodatutl Madmalaa* twfctifnta* • ‘ ■ AiLSBHKKt coujfxy PITTaBCatOn! i Jaif* *• Wa offltrto Qra paMJc WiikKLtß \>TT.gnvr»« uiprovid sbwlno u r. VOICES, with iD«eaMd ? op«ftdcoit«te lit <• *_ .sfrq boat and moat, TcUnbto Jfoinm Seigiar 'now,tom -ftißtontaAHysran osiib*tSfcESamJ ’> tUoMl’&tolc*, makMlb* bupoHiUb to mmwl,-«1tb: the «MKBtUI adrutas* oTb*to*iiik, on both ajtkHvfcnßlpf ng rtdtf or cEiito on th> %» tottor aaeßt, and momdiumbl* this any