« r , '' i " ;,; '- '■«- gff-vrTv/,- -> r,.r-; • HOHDJIY MORBIKO, - JAN. $ 18G2,i ■ -hr •« CITY AFFAIBS. . ltmoMixiaiOA L" Oumtatioh far ■ It., i " .#£+&?,*l ■*'***"> OgUeUn, » fifth • i * ' iiriitt,—eonooud d»iljr: r wwm ursHAßfc, *■. 9 o'clock, a. n. *-- 00 26- M, /: u " »*. ' 00 ' S 4 *■- ': rJ *6 ■■ •■**: t, - 00 " • 8U ‘Barometer, *• - Jo'iJ-Bi> ’■>•■■■'■ , -R<nnkrlfut<NpmiuUolii. ; ■*¥ Ti»'Wlh»B» of thi fourth W«n), TUti- *' s ,, ’ mpoct to pArty, kittmblodim .•*r-UIJ» School room na-S.tuni.j oroniog, j uV ri4tfa, lSfi2 ( orgonlwU by olceting 01 A* -|UitU Chklna&a, andA. P. Thompson sec s*)■•&■ *W jfoUoirinf.'tickti >«' 1 k . C noalnatod Aim 01t tuuaimousiy.: r iw.&frcl .CbtimeiV--Wm;R* .Brown. 1 ; , . : Cbooc*/—-Richard Djirid J . ’ r ?)K; tong*. Nathaniel flalmei. •~ r '* *‘ l For Dufeior*—Alexander Spoor,* • J c 'florin A. Utkin; 1 r : . Afcbrma*—Philip R. Kincaid. i - ; Amtnor AndmwP. Thompson. "» .^^r/Vn^V/i^^'ows^fiiTnLXinditirg'Jr.' « ,i//a9Mdpr Triinbie.’ ci /or -Cborta&k—Goorg® :0; Session*.'. i :•/ t ' ii mm* • --' 5 j . Agricultural. •••■ f-: ; I - -^, *Oa Wednesday U*V Jan; 1, 1602, the mem " M> pf -the Allegheny County Agricultural Society met at their, rtomi, and elected the following officers: - •I : v J. MoK. SnodgrassA- - / Ateoj-vWia Kelly. . n .*4», ~-frmtp«ndi9g Srenrtary~J. Murdoch, 1 Jr. 3 a-? i fJfccpfdUy Stcrtiary —J. SiNegleyj , ! .. . c?^i'> > , 2Wu#iirer-rJvßeoa; i / i Jftwajrre--John McKelry, RobertMePar »>“J .Chadwick-, /ohn Young, Jr:, Glieer, n.,;W m. BamhUi, W..Q. Deris, James -Dark, Jr., ■ Al«.BposiyCapL: Hart, W, 8. Havenitf. Knox, A.BenneU. . inn of tint Scoitty, Ith*. i.v: :• jßfitrd altcting 'W. & Hated, 1 1 ; »«H M:okalfman,.aud B.Bchoyer, Jr., Esq., a#secretary•’ 'Adjourued’tomeet on the last \\ - Wednesday, pf January. I PlTT8»c»a!l FmaiiCou.£OS.—Oar roaicrt • will t» pleated to leern that th« College, tfter !, . 't »thort vacation, wilt opoa for the recaption _ ■■i-'Y'.StPWll*. thUjmirarng at nine o'clock.; Ai ' ; ’'batßrcwdcj'Cweieepent in reoitatiooe bto '.;..,'. Tl ®“J < >o‘**>oll4myt, JjopOi cu rater bow i wtthli ttleoroo lon. frearepleaMdloltarn • . pf JQ**kvndftd and WrenfV have a ouulctdftdTsnc* orer AOT ;; v term in the'hUtorj of the Col farther. to learnthat we here v'inear'.eUj. the beet instaiaod: Fem»lo_CoUe» v-jC*r.'W\tW'-;Btnte v e,r ! papili nro almost eon • ' Vttnitljloomlhpftdm eTery partof the eoon? r T?- 'tty, had certainly ifWutifol nod' commo ,*•" ;®?y*'wUtdih«, »n tmiafpatsed equipment. ; .mhd antlrine deration tie the ante of edaea vjf« then i» it merited in *■ *•' '.^• k F ie *s al ewe;. \We rejoice inlti prosperity, v. ’htotMriabl*eyear.of fenasenl eaoceis. .. (] FOB Good Dacca an© Liquosa we know cf ;more nlUblq establishment that of B^n 1 Johnstoirj,corner of Smlthfieldand L•, * “Fourth itreet*.. HU liquors, for purity l«sd ; i .»**o,«re,not surpassed inthe city,lusnxperi- V' *:ijimoe.in v thedrug,bjislne&»rendering him oom pi tent to eclecttbcbcst. HU drugs tn of the ■ aw Wd comprise prery thing kept in first <nj pUas boasos of tho ldud. His stock of chCm •ViwWb'pPßwy and' toilet articles is .large andoomplete, including all theUtest‘horeltics. ■■'. In patent medicines, the stock includes all tho genuind prtiparatibnj, with constant additions. v*^.V>^ L »nytMng' at. all obtainable in a Drug upon get ’ ' tikifat' Of aj' good quallty, and ■*. *nTwbere'elsoln the city. a c “Ho ii enabledto sell low,' from the factof 7,1 harllgpurchasod his pment : slock of Citam Tartar,BlkingBoda,lnlpbrt*d Soaps/Chem r prices. - v ■ 'prwbieb purchaser* srill dd WelTiotahe notice. f.- V (Union rqarn Zeiytr •t-.j says:. vXbare has, already. bsoa< conipUte4 '*t ‘ ~ - . _ tat Pbpenix Iron vf orks, twenty-ion* cannon > ' * v:- for theU. 8. Government and - ' guns arebaUg uude daily. 1 . This estatesh ;.' ;';tiefltha» acontraet for 600, and thn prqha .r;;-.}Wty(yiMbai the Government wiU.extendlthe , Bttabv; the additional ones to be Vk. guns'. abdtd 7 ‘#eighoT*r 1200 pounds.' Decent fex r.vv.tMHsMaks ai. the .Wurka bare detaloped! the of. this, otlibrt . andrifled, with as much ease as the ones non ' Shelli for Iheiagam i v>iit wori;»,irithk papitr \ , ;/ *«cl« gropTes.Mn oF IcAd, which ij j aicd.' They are said ; i . t»btTMry;>ap«ifot. t j i e r { buriling "V' bf towtt of •.Vai/' nas ,bceh ;fi»]ly • ! the. following'dispatch* to itho ktelfOg iVos ♦ ‘ 'Butltovm, /tra.iS, 1862. ’ Y 'TfcbMbeli burned the town of Sutton, 1 with" > the.cxoeptioh of two or- three bouse*;. They ) . Ulao burned the two cfiurchci at the Flat • f“*;WtK>d*.‘’'They'destroyedall*'the Government V’'••pro^|! : that_'wu at Sutton;" 1 ••• *;•' • “ \ t m \ 0k»- Jamxs S. Special dispatch .% ■ H JHtnaexiy*:. at. . 'hod :lady;hrid a reception at -lti)Cl%)ul*villo Hptel, at wh(ch Geo. I>. Pren > •.' , 1 Jbijr*af,'Hatuay, of, tha - * E '4 i Col;'Btarkw e ather, of the First • " wl*eowlu regtoeiit,.Wereprt*ent©d;*.* , TEX Rxv.Rara.~A Beaufort litter ir - Writer Bay*: /'Our 'officers are cammehidkbly . ;A court martial.ha*Ueni.twe.6fi our EMh UCtheSip Baps, Monroe, ' Vit *Uepißg ''on picket duty. V They were in company from county, Fa.V •;V; ’^Mcmjt'Pxiaoxxxa.—Five of 'the PinU Zott *3 a at Wheeling on ’Fridajyon; the - *t*aa»erJß«a Franklin, having in charge some r rather scaly- lookihg priVooer*, .vc eanturedreoenlly in county.. - They are -‘Tpr. .en*o to bertha Wnd of Buin^hacker*. ,! Jli&n Q&ittUr-WiVi joa pleaM (tat* that V * ".5f s“* !***. k**® p*a«d Stt th»' Bapabljoan ' ■ Vtgaano* Qomnltt* Inttilhlri Wart, with- ■ ■ - ».»ru, ontjujr Iraeirtedfct or consent.; - ' , .‘;‘>v\y;vi *n\s ijjroi A. StkalV. t-'n. r >.:ii3 fKv'.. , '..;• Vi'.-if Cm**;!*-At!’.BcoT**--A- Washington.latter ujt: “CoL Ccott, AedsUnt Secretarj ot War, isft here • > to.be/abeent *, week, to attend to, it .. Ueald, avoddiag of anleceia.;PitUbut{h.” j. 1 ■ ■ Jfcwt.rJkKrow.*Sbcrnld tb« eoaifiMf ;of j. whit ie called theUnlonUdwtorPituburgb, . ~ f,L-r ■> with* i-ia-iM HepebJloan jpwtyi befapported nut Tee*- by: Bepnblicant? it'one .. considered«ad de , eeerjr,lorer of. hie country, before ... ot;s ~t f ,0B U>»t some on this ticket *Uad Mr is oar eommualty as-'hoaorubie f'M' - ?*' s*^-“'“‘•‘dose,united with :■■'* ... A--pa*Ji which hnsac wifithy’artto priad ' kii « r *W pr«*nt Admlnls ;»i trutioaof ourgenerui-goTerotient; for B»- ; . yndsUanoc to.support it, then, would be hiding -S Athrtr opponents, .who'-nnironhly • nrosoribo ■ «lfca»,wbersr«i they hirethSpowsr to do It. ' ‘ ; .Tbaedltorof the.,Piwr, ofonrelty. DrocUim. ii*v'h*my,ihit the'Bepnblfcin fjs ii nliilar*/' Indcomposedof bidmtn, -nitb. , T “ perfupooussxoeption; tea,tsi,.‘Otis'gdntis . «•»!* idrodtet On altetioh of tin Onion'tiok *3 iwt. ’ And why dowhecdo ftr flnrely'not ont -oftey lor. to Republicans, or their pflnW -■ ’ pisCt Tha trathis, that he, mdininy of his' partiSMS/ut least, glidly use Republlcins for -ca3*Ms.p»ws* to poll thonohostnats out'of the tbu ior, » other words, that they nuy poll the WoOl orar the ejes’of RepubUdint, tbit thfooclftiem, the fit '■ •- Bephhnbns of Pittsburgh, will you be Urns ' •***:■frtiffy ■ .*“' Bony thsn/oUs indsll,naxt .to r ‘‘-the polls, lad vote your' whols ticket; sod ■ > -aieetlh.Tßen triamphi'otly,whostMd by sod US wireringty miinuiih their principles. <•. ' ' -■ _4,B*rqtfis^oi<-.:i . *;. US?. • also agent' fcr Eiiitbow'i -3K -■ FMI MfUlßiT'B npiß SIZETTE..! ' wpiUieu Wart CottDiUtei. -■ ' * ®^*^ 3 PC o r ttcr <^tt^ttH\'^i^on ( Xhwidaj r , i the following Vigtianoe wereappolnfrdfor the : *ftwl lt |i io be hoped the persons named Will elUnd tht polli inUi«irreipectivo «ud>, on tif, diy nf (lection, tad ctrofall, •M tbu the Total era (U brought oat, ud the ttekrtiproperly dlitribntod.tnd that they MroieUy n» their belt exaxtiona forth* elec tion ef the Bepsbllcw ticket: x 52 War *^ Ha i. R. C. Elliott, JotarOiMey, Oee; Humbert, Jee. Komedy’ W. Pet tenon, R. 8. Bnrk himer, Thoj. Heoi, J. M. Roberto, D. Fitr timmons. .. . v ; ' - ‘ t PbUlips, The*.' BUel, John L. Boyd,. Samuel Barnes, W. Woods. Aaron: Floyd, Ford. E. Vol*; Geo. Wilson! AlegeroonS. Bel!, Hina* Bobert Bod. gets, Albert Howard, Jas. Vlok, AJex. Boed, Jas.e.LaoghUn. /. n M - I# »i*#Henry Haley, Jno. Paol, A..M.;Brown,David Simms,: Joseph Wm. Small, George GUsi, Chat. Crosby, Jos. Hays, Jail 6. Bottth erland r WillUm S»ith,Andrew.Simms. • • Jburik WorJ—JohdHare/Harvey Donald* ton, Jno. Maguire, J.McMichael, Jno; Carts, Qeo. Ogden, jr.y N. McDonald, W. T. Fergu son, Geo. 0. Sessions, Geo. F.. Sohuohman, Dawson McGowan/ Bowan ’ McClure, John . Ceris/jr.; Wm, Larely, Bobt. J.- Anderson. l\/th Ward—Joseph French, James Taylor,' Joseph Schmidtj Qeorge Caugbey, Bichard Thompson, Thomas 8. Blair, Wm. Crawford, .Daniel Merwig, Wm:; Seibert, George Hill, George Speer, John Graham/ Edward Kaye, James Scott, W.Sowert. ; r - ’’ ' . - Sixth. Ward—Alex. -Sommers, JohnWal- Uoe, James Lv Kenr, Joseph BuUer,Th*odore Bobbins, Thomas Carr, Darid Warden, Jared :M. Brash, William Dithridge, John. Scott, John .Phillips, John Ward, George Ward, Goitatns Thamm, George J Lamborp. ; • .i-v Seventh'' James? M. Sleeth,- r Bobert Sbroul/ James Bobb, Bobert yhompeon/Hugh -Toang, Churles-W*. Hubbard, Jacob 8011, Willum Moore, C. :Sackett, Adam Wearer, 1 Georgs Gumbert; Henry Snlvely, Edward Doty, M. K/MoorheadyW. C, McCarthy. '■■Bightk- Ward—Robert Coward, James Me*; : Whisney/Lewis; Garber, -.'Joseph Caskey,* Joseph Little, J acobKeebler,Christien Kin g, Joseph Stotier, Jacob Bowman, John. Allen; Thomas Neely, Wm. Estchinson, Jobn A. Sergeant/Jos. Nixon, Henry TatnalL ; ‘ Juntk Ward—Ches* Armstrong/ John Her rison/ Samael D. Hill, Wm. Bailey, Daniel Daridson, Darid Bobb, David McKee, Jos. Mackrell, W. Welsh, Thos. Do Annit, Hugh* Hammond* Thes. Bosewell, Jr., DavidMo- Clellahd,JoiUhß.Poor, John Paisley. ' Wm. F. Johhbtox, (TAatrman. Krrf • Ward—Geo. W.- Coffin, J. Hi Sarber. •SfCoßci Worcf^-W..Woods, J.S.Laughlm. - Third Warcl— B.Ferguson, G. W .Leonard. Fcmrth Wanf-r-WJS. Johnston, I ®. Lindsay, Jr. Fifth fKird—Jos. Kaye, Darid Mercer. Sixth Wanf~-JL,Q. H'Candtast; J, W. M’Glmpwr.' Seventh Word— J. I. Bennett, Lewis Roll. . Eighth Ward —D. Sntehin’son, F.'Frodricks. AiuUh Bard—Win.'Wills,'Wm.'Williams.. The Rebel R*id .upon Sutton, Fa. A day or two since we noticed the reported capture of the rillage of Sutton, ? in Braxton county, Va., a place which, tinee the departure of Floyd's army, was considered'safe'from rebel attaofc The report. is confirmed by a writing from who thinks it probable |hat the nsbeljorce engaged in the a&ir numbered aboutfivo hundred.. We extract as fgllcnrs r “YbKftlUhare learned ere this reaches you, that the town .Of, Button,, in Braxton county, has falkn : intor the' hknds 'Of .'the'rebels. The amount .orbitiitary.'storea which, wo had thare, X Uarh wm smalls‘ The town was held by- one oompsary ol carairy, commanded by CipU Bowin. who nnfortnnately was absent, and had boefa teraral day• fromhii cbmmand. His first liSatenant was aUo^absent, i' The company, .under .the command' of 4he second tieaunant/acted, I am told, .with fmt bj>ol-' ness and btaTCTy, defending: the>town !(ftom behind fortifications erected by ‘CoI. : the Ohio ?th,,on.,his first- drivlog the rebels! from.that'oonnty,) a. \m. r ontil 4 o'clock p. 0., against a super. reuring wimn their am> mdhition wax exhanstod. - They'-.'report .thar fh»m the light which arose behind thorn on. their retiring, and which continned' haTe no donbt bat that thit rebeU. burnt the -town.- ;They also report thht,- they ware pursued for several' miles on thoir rettcat * towards Weston/ and that the .two ohorches at the Flatwood’i, eight miles this side of Sattoh,which had been used. during the fall. br t#o companies belonging to the 3d Vir ginia; that’Were' encamped at that 'place; for. some two or throe months daring the fall, and tbat'hare: but: recently, been "'ordered-away Tfrom thsre, were also*' burnt by, the; rebels' in .tbeir parsaiti : We lost nono inkilled; and had bfittwowoonded, *'V:v' - : - i.;.!‘The question now.aritei, whence didtbese rebel-troops come ? howdid they get in ? They came from Meadow Bloffs, in Pocahon tas county/ and ; chmelh in probably packing; sabslsienoe with them, ana coming ~with the'CalcuUtion of eaptaring all- the pro* visions on baud at Falton, acd theh sab* Msttiig .as mach ' possible 1 off the conn* fey. They' 'consist of refugees from ail Western Virginia, (I imagine,) who have been connected’with: Floyd's army, and 'who upon hhi retiring-bare < beeb tamed loose to make a winter capspalgn oh their own hook, in this'cegioa bfUonhtry.;; They.will blybornGlehtUle." :-ojf '.v ; v. 'iThe laitaocoantrj, can get pf the rebels In their pursuit of oar forces was three miles' be«* yond* 801 l Towp, from hire. They -would i probably. endearor to surprise the * pest at, harisg.no doubt been informed that' it wax held by only one company of cxralry..' Cel* Aslshnset has gbne to' meet themr, and ; willprobably beable f? drive them. !, ' -• “t hare written thus at length to show yon the probabilities ;in regard to; what we* are going to hare to encoanter iuthis region of country this in .order that adequate nrorisiohs may be made to meet these return** ing refugee', bands of marauders at every point; whether they shall attempt to. act in separate' bands or to concentrate. • You may reiy upon’ It that fn regard to the real progress of- the campaign ]in Westcrh V£fginU, I the snake of rebellion. is -.merely scotched, ; not killed;'.' - k-.- ~ ;v ' In' addition io the above, we add the foI« ’lowing/ from the InieUigmcar of Friday:;; *c. “Informstion-waa received in the city yes terday .that a day or. two.tinee a train/of Gov ernment-wagons, fifty in namber, were Cap-, to red. between Weston and. Sutton, 1 ; by. the secessionl|U;; The information £s tbit fifteen* of the drlrers wero killed. 'The rebels took' all of the valuables from the train and burned. thc;wagcn«." t.?,, ■ ( v ;.- A Ballet to Kni Jcff.Dnvis. ' <pn duiitm»» «Ta, says the Lebanon Courier, .an whV:ba*' great faith in' inper natar*dageadev*t»dtr took .to: cast a:ballet that should kill at a erois road, in the neighborhood of Remade all . hie preparation V &xed his; furnace, .drew the mAgie.circle,-nod w*fc jaorisg along: ‘fall right,'! when an explosion j took place in: his farnact.tt ifpwitr.kad.btm toncealtd there; CrightfalcTea teres .withhero* gathered around hij circley fponiing Croat him,jond the whole scene seemed as; it; Pandemonium' was on an .earthly jabUst; 'Xho tknmof ottr-patriotic -friend began toquakß,' hlsblood. -chilled, and not being able to withstand the. terrors longer, he broke and ran for town, punned for acme distance hr the dory desont he leemed to hare •Yoked* He arrired la,Jonestown speechless and almost helpless, no doubt willing that J eg. •houldUre rather than that be should undergo -such another ,cnUal to;get* ballet fo kill him. Whether his tormentors -the old follow.with' hoofoaodhonu. or some mis-, chieroos. chaps ur the<,neighborhood, there may bo a difference of opinion. Concentrated Chicken. Tor■ Sich Sol- A l*dy who suited ninoty-two regiments *rmy, on bebllf or 'tbs “L&- .^lca'.AU/'“f PUtadslptlnj'duWbntlngwitt W own htodtclotUng ud satnUss!st.Ut •bit “cososnintad cb‘lum'’.bM«nWbated J® «>• rocorcry of ainy who wsrs sppumtly beyond modimiiid, ln i racaaMsndsUint agMoUtt_sf it should be .nut up it ones, indforwsrded tothehospltkls.- For.the bsneilt of those Who wish to uiike it. >»4*Ta her dlnetiohi :>’‘‘?ripiinrthechlek ■su is forste wlngj; pd t Itifita' oold witter, Just' ssoaghto ktsp&bm burning, Md Boil until tb**ih : dnd ha iftiytiid fiam'dia hobos; to .tnbSsihubdhbUiswafor'iddilitindu little stowiy^fl4iig>«M»;lre, l as Sraeh t 'Beilttup r 'h<)f ''la 'sus.” 'Xnftoß ted Seeftwa be put up in' the 'siine i.!Tfee, latte CouturfeiU*of a Fenale “Shorer.” ; Last evening (sj mentioned elsewhere) the 1 police arrested a woman charged with ;*■ counterfeit ten dollar note on S: Johnston, ,/druggist,;.She bad purchased some four dol : lar* worth Of perfumery, and tendered our of the new inuiationhillt,ontbeßoyaltbn Bank, Vermont. She claimed to he. innocent,and her name was withheld from the public. .She* gave bail for a hearing to-day but the .exami nation waspostponed until Monday. • Tn the meantime the has been identified as the person who passed a ten dollair counterfeit blit upon a young man attending Or; Corn ■ man’a drag store, on Pennsylvania avenue) She has equivocated so. mnch,.and told so many different storles.as .to'how she obtained the bill offered at. Johnston’s, that her state* niient cannot be credited. - Her name is Mr*. Mary JaneKetT, (formerly Miss McKee,) end her husband ls said to reside- in or about Johnstown* Xt is alleged, however,- that he' was here within a very few r days, and helped to “shove" some of the counterfeits. Mrs. Kerr alleges that she got'the note from her husband; and her btotfarj John McKee, states thatheg&veKerr s Uotebf that descrip tion lately. But these stories do not hold to i gather very well. • , z ..a, , * It has'been ascertained that, ln several in .stances, while one of thews spurious bills was piiss£d by a map, on 'one side’ of the streft, another would be put off by a female,- nearly opposite—showing that' thepartiee 'traveled In pairs endactedin concert. : It Is estimated that several hundred: dollars of. thesebitie have been palmed off jin this city ; and new. since some due has been obtained, U is hoped that the mses»-concerned (as welt'as their-fe-r male aoeomplices) will be arrested ’ and bun* ished. - -:y Rules in Ro&d Caees. . i . In the Court of Quarter Sessions, this morn* ing, Judge ■ Mellon presiding, the following ruks wert adopted, in. regard to applications' for roadS.y-They are interesting to the general reader, as well os the members of the bar: 1. Every petition -for the appointment of road or bridge viewers, shall,_before pr«sensa tion to tho. Conrt, be c«rty?#<i bj the counsel presen ting.the same, to be regularand eon/orin abUlotaw. '' •_ y , '. 2;' Every order forViow brrcyiiir shall bo made returnablwlb- the 'heat eustring term ;' :and, ■ together hith the report ehall.be i returned and pretexted totheOoMrt within the yirtt tscek'of the teem towhiob >lt ds somade returnable, and until, so. presented shall not be tiy the Clerk. , tT*’" v ’ 3/InaUCaSei where damages arf assessed the viewers shall report whether, in their opin ion, the satne oughttodbeipaidrby.th'w peti tioners'or by theeounty, and where damages; arc report ed : to. be paid .by the' county rfortce thereof sltallbe somed'oh the County Commit lionert and proof 'of suck Wfeiei rffnared 'with ike report when preiented to tie Court for ap proval. ••% i;.?-:-; ;'4. .Every petition for. review or vacation or qbangq t and the docket entry thereof, shall con tain a reference to the originalicase by etm 6erand term, ifany record of such original caseexiitsi : '• ; r -- • " 6. Where no exceptions .are pending, or re view granted, the Clerk shall, as of course, after the first week of .the .term next succeed ing the term at whiob tbezeport wa* presented and approved, miarlt o&sohfte, and enter the’proceedings or record, and Issue the •properorder, v ■ • - Strange . Attempt .at Larceny. I On Thursday evening,; two men,eachin company, with ,-;a lady, entered- the confec tioaery ofMrs.\Morgan,ooSmiihAeld street, and called fm , ' byoters—passing the saloon on the second story. While the dishes were being prepared, Mrs. Morgan .was. attracted by an.-unusual -noise in., the,* saloon, and on goibg up found onp of the men at the bead-of the stairs, while the bther’was pillaging- the. cupboard of stiver ware, some of Which .had. -been secreted by- one -of the females. The •perfect ooolneis of the party throw the land lady off her,guard—one pf the men pleasantly remarking that he merely wished to play a joke on her. - The man at the cupboard had a largo bunch of keys, abd when Mrs. Mi asked ■hlm-if he bad wed her key/here plied no. She.then told him that itwss On joke, and os theyleftth'e store uhe called in a policeman, .(unknown ;to her,).who. started in pursuit ana 'brought-back-tb* whole.party..One.".ofiike, “ladies’* burat lnto tearsyandafter sbmaUtU*. palaver the policeman- Vouched for ‘ tho; re spectability of the iaecuied, -and:tbey4 were .suffered to .depart. They in, a house,on.Second or.Thirdstreet. ’ ' The. policeman, or the man who . acted In that capacity, !!, nof'EDOwn, and .tihe. whole afialrnwtfs'intestigationi ' •- . TheLeate oftheErießailroad. ■ It mis expected that; eta of the Managers of tie PenflsylYanim Railroad Company ,“'on-TuefdayUit, the'articles of agreement/ratifiedbythe stockholders of both Companies, leasing' the Philadelphia and Brie Railroad to-the'flnt named Company, would havebeentignedand the'road audits appur tenancee passed to 4he ; poaieiaion of.the new; ..owners.- The papers, say« ;the Philadelphia .Ledger, thoaghcarefally engrossed .and- ele gantly printed oh parchment; were not exe cuted. After the aisefission of some miner points/iho subject was irefetred to 'a Com mittee of the Directors, on .whose repots the Board is expected totako final action. There seems ayery.united, sentiment in the Boards, of ih’ faVbr of consummating the lease, thus ensuringtheedmpUtion* of the iroad-to Brier.ToihbTing a'riyalto : the Penn -sylrania Railroad,- and-effectually securing ithO: trade of the lakes to Philadelphia, .There seetna.to he no good reason iq. doubt the eon-- stonjunatiohoftheephtracti , • -■ Q9 A i Purser ivaSruii 'AT-IPoit : Rotal--!-A. letter} written'from Port Royal, ; 5. C., by ,a; Wheeling say*^—“l cannot forbear frommeutioning a daxingTen tore of Lieut. Tayloi/of’Motion jfahela City, Washington county/ Pa.- 5 /To obtain' inform*- tionabout the enemasposition, hfl went alone -across to the main, :and-«tiirough tlib :'r*l»l pUkets, till within fifty yards of their batteries, which were allit|dden. in the chapparai after the most apprised style.. .He returned undii corerstd/fcnqhail a With,’ the Gen eral^- : The s*if-*acri firing spirit:wbich prompteddt, and ..the nerredisplayed in worthy of the highest praife.” ;, . j ; , ; . j,-: ] ' A HaudsoitK* DosTATibir.— Mriir*:' Berry. Beoofc,J. : H jKefr, aid W; &Diftieeth £ X!oU~ mitt**, heye hesdedov*r toMeyorWilton r sBo*joeing,the prqfeede of; the; let* exhibition' of the Eons titqcejry,Society,, for. Uttrelief hf the-femiUee.pr-'rolantefn.l'- The Comaitteo’ ■tel* th»ithe’^mhantiilesi this wet' entid*' peted>owing’to the feet thu one-helfijfthe toUre rbonbejierein tie enny* ;- i v i The douptioa U certainly creditable to the Society,esditi acknowl edged by iuon, with many thenkt to the of tht'SOCiety for their dUlnter eited bsnoVoletice. ? ■ • v:, ‘ ,r • -! «' ■■• 1 ~! ■."• . - A MunsTpa J < 'So*rais*i>. , f—rTht.jpeople of the XTnitcdPresbyterimn church,. wheeling gavq tbe.SMjribr, Jjfoir'. J. MeOloro, aplta»- ant'snrprfso on Tbes&ay areblhjfc. They - be ipirtd assemble jat 'Mr house dboutacten o’oloeki eachonebringing some utefal article, MdoonUnoeA .eomlnr notH the: house Waa crowded with poopU, the p*otrjv?(lth ! ,sdiblei end the wardrobe wl^h,eloth.ipf» .The even ing psssQdaWaypf&tahUytbui present, and the gqe'sUrbtmra ’about - tenVoiCck. ”Be hold how good, and how pleasant-'it is for brethren to dw»U together in unity.” . Fud Pusshtat io Commit* toeappointed for that purpoiewlll uteient, oh behalfof Gov. Curtin', retfmentil utgir to the following regimeati,-tiearAlaxandria't -88th, Col. G. P. Mclrew; 61it, Col. Blppey; 63d, Col, 99th, Cot Sweeny; 106th, Col. Mo- Knight.. Tho Secretary. of War,., and other digQiUriei/ Wlll be pretest, nn&'th# occuion wfll no doubt beoneof mafihiritere*t, J ’. Gib. Ktu,T«r-We M it lUtod that Gen. ;Kelley hoi/been relieved of tt Romney,.bat the feet. ha* not beenfhlly, end correctly etatetL aakedto bo relieved from active dutyfprar ihort time, that hemey have the nit nil hcelth et present demand*.' ‘Hi* elcknftte iinot dongorOtu/hiit tfcenit ii to the tut degree polafat, asdineapacitatei him from actjvrjdgty* . v - ' AXobo Wal* fob ex Oit> Lany.—bn New Yeai’e Dtr ah old lady named Chriitoper, who liaudn Hurriion county/Ohio, ind wbo i» nearly eerenty yeari of age;- walked to Wheeling to m her daughter/who jelylng •ieh. TbodUtanoe U about thirtyinilfv, and *$* .•ocompllehei'lahour*, with; only ■light fatiguf _ ( ‘ " i j? , s *OTii 9< -KUo t< jd M^rf a»E#kiß«jr. ■ : -j- \■■ '-'- '•'' ’-'. ;• % Atfmso oy Storicjoir>—Two young fit?; lows;.hailing from Cleveland, were arretted by the Majors polio* to-day, on suspicion of uTlagptoKed tn* pocket of MisiFortttne,at the door.of St. Fetor's Chureb,otiNew The pocket of Mrs.Dr.King woapioket&t the same thne. upwards of twenty doUAM. • The thieves wen teen at .the church-door, bj.i ,ayoung man, bat he failed to recognise those j under arrest as the same parties, and they! were discharged. ... j Dry Goods—ffkere Shall We Bayt . We would answer thie question in ell so btrMi, both fortbe \Tcason that.dry goods, some articles of.thhmmt least, are as tnneb necessaries of life as bread itself, andbecause of the herdntMof the timet, makingmost desira ble everyopportunlty for tori eg the dimes end pennies. In doing'this we would not moke invidious; distinctions between the different house*, hot point out again.the great induce-, meat* offered by/the Messrs. Barker k Co., 59 Market street. They ; are; still selling at the old prices. They bare an : Immense stock, and e great variety, and because of the greatly in creased business -they have keen doing, com pelling them to replenish at a time of the year when cosiness is usually considered wyer for the sjsason, they hare-new, and most desitmble good*. and,notwithstanding the greatidvanoe m price*, which in some cases; they hate .been compelled to pay themselres,* they trill icon- , tinne'to sell at the oldprleea, at least For the' present. Remember the- number, 69v Market ..street.; V-: .. Kow ts fEk Timk to puehase winter cloth- Ing, and to our readers' who desire" to do so, -we would commend'. the establishment of Messrs; Wm. 'H; A-Co.* corner of Fed eral street and the Diamond, Allegheny City. They hare now.on hand a .full etook of ready- 1 made : clothing, and. haring ah experienced cotter and a large selection of soltahle goods, tbey are also prepared to make Tped 1 * end boy'sclothing to order in any desired style, «t -ehort' notice* and' on the most reaiohable terms. Tes greatest bargains ever'ol&wd loi this city in the way of the Gold' • and' Stiver Watohet;‘Ctdeks r Jewelry, Silref : Ware! and Fahey Goods, ere now to be had at the jew-- elry store of'J. M. Roberts, No. 10 Fifth, street, aainconsequonce-of'the present de -presalon in tradoho is closing'out, his entire .stock atepst, and many artioles at,muchi lees "'than Mat. . Alto, pays particular attention to the repairing of flno Watches, Clocks; and Jewelry, in which he employs none hut the. best workman. Charges ' ’ ; i . Sqloiiub, tothe Rescue!—Young;men rushing Into the exposures anddaugersof a soldier’s life, should prepare thdihselvet for tbe fatal ferers, the dysentery, the sores’ and scurvy, which art' almost certain to ■■ follow. Holloway's Pill*> -used' occasionally, during the campaign, . will insure/sound .health to every man. 1 Only 25 cents per box* ; 214 Wm. Foiaxsr, Carpenter and Joiner, Job bing Shop Virgin alley, between Smlthficld street and Cherry alley. AH kiadS of House Repairing done on short notice and la Work manlike manner. Charges moderate* Leave your orders.: All orders promptly attended to*. ; . ~-. _ •- l Duma-rav.—Dr. C. SiU, No. 244 Pena sti, attends to all branches of the Dental profea-i •ton- ' « ■ - it* - . BgATTY-rOn Friday mining. Janhtiy 34T tt East Liberty, Btrt. MART A. BEATTY, Wife of Richard C. Beatty, H.D.,ond daagbtarof the late Bar.: Rob ert Bruce, D.D.; 't , Obitoaiy. HxaPQUAUTsas Haxptqx Annusa?, V - Camp Hamon>; Dec. 29th, 1861. i J / At a meeting of theihembers of the Hamp ton Artillery, 1 held at * headquarters, the fol-J lowing preamble and resolutions were unani-_ mouily passed: , 1 ' Wksaxas, It has 1 pleased Almighty God toreewr* from among ns, our btabratiMreoMier end compan ion in emu, one ,wbo was an only eon and beloved by fondparentsi aJot Ing sister, and every msmberof his Company- --Therefore, be it -Aeselsre*. xbat Jn tbs death; of Jo»r- Bkjoht.w* bars lost a valuable and kind whom we hare loved andfhonored.' Taken from u* in tb» 'bloom of manhood andlife, hislore is deeplydeplor ed- Wbsa bis. country ceiled lor amktaace, tiiktbg his life in bU - tun'd, be left aquief and bonsstdlaUle Swlwrcaasa. Behir permitted tore- Rjrn.to the boeom of hUjparents 'More bis death, tie manifested to (bam. and .all his mounting friends, tiuft be was about to march to Jhatbrigbt land where ■wfelwartrdfntrmcce:" bersof.ibe roapeby in. which he v wa* Jbtmeti j .m brotbar, try and he prepared, when Our time mall have cuna, to Join him in that happy country Where allkpeace.- -U Roofraf, Thai we extend one syrapathUe to hk bereaved parent*; and 'friends; and wear : tbs tuna) badge of mourning for thirty dayau an ©lced, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the friends of deceased; also, to the Pittsburgh (fcstte lorpsUkatioh. ' ■ ; (Signed] Lieut. JAS. PBKSSLY PLBfiIKO, Prest.° John G. BtaiTT, Secretary. H. B. HAMPTON, Captain. A. H. Hamovxs, t>. S, smus or txk cbxraaT. N A Borden, 01) Kaofflniaa, -Jm Yonsg, * CA Bonlcn, . Michael Keck, G J Wills, CBBright, WmGLafferty, ValA Wise, : James Bassett, J H aTGonnelL J X Wicklina, Wash Bmeett, Bobt JTDade, D U Wickline, - ; Thus Brannar, John.M’Alree, (Man Pritchard, Wm Brown, BE.lTConlrey, DA Stewart,' Geo Beaumont, -D B Hartlo, -Robert Paul, . Wm (Bark, ; Geo'S MitcbeU, S-DGUse, . - 811 Clack, ; Tboa Reeky, Joe S Leech, A Cateu, : 1 W 7 Phillis, Jes Wallace, - CCarlisle,' :HPurdy,--* -WJPetore,! ,; -B M Carlisle, % . John Pierce, £ I Wilkine, Jis Dennison, Thos Quartze, John Harrimh, - WmDalmaa, •- C DHBnpert, - Alex Sharp,; A M Brans, Jao X, Rowley, Jaa Campbell, Frieze Bernard, Adam Rathvan, John Smith,' U Fkrhne, ' Joarah Raed, Joner Hmitb; QOHm,.-. DAlßbalbr, .Wm LeonartL* Lauren Hard, Jobo Slatterly, W Sloppey, /. O Bandshaw, John Smiley, ; - Jaeßtackbease, - Wm'Hastings, John Tetley, . ■PWUp Garrlmo, ' ' Sainllrwin, . JBTodd, Thee Schuyler, . John Jamre.- JaeVenaiDL Sam’tGreeeo, . -Jacob Skrch, i Jobn Weber,. : -Wm A Tamer,'' John Kenning, Wm Warnock, F Adams. •' AWSEURra. THKATKB. , HOSTDAT JANUART 6, first night oftbeehgigeaMDt of {• ;' .j .. HB. jr: H. COLLtKS/ ; . Tbegreetest Irish Comrhedlau of tho dsyi ■ . l “T THE NEKVOtTS MAM ■ ■ ' " isD XHS ■ ... M A N O F N E E V E. : ■ opLLiss. To conclude with '■<■■■ HOWTO PAY THE BENT. '! MPBOAfr BATTHB... ..—..MB. COltfalg.' pijutob. |Q.OJUD MEDAL PIANOS - FOR TBS SOLID A TS, MuQftctandbjr; ' KrAßi i CO. '* Alm rapply of the abort raperior Znatnneehfct jwluHtwitthiqilcwlM Kfcw hahd booms, - Ko. 43 Fifth it reet, second door above m ' CHARLOTTE BLURB riUBAF ii* WriASU3,--An elegant- Vy.lycanred nrw Boenrood Plano, with hu Iron frame, mad* by one of thaoldect ftnaaln NewTotb, ■A now T OctMm’BomrtmoA^ AMW7 > ** ... ~W.: L-..-,: ,/ian For anle by ' ‘"JOHK H. ItELLOB/ j At Woodfft,between Diamondami4th tt. riuiOKJUtuxu * sons' riAjiOa.—■ \J A sew, fUB • apply, direct from the Manafretory M Ba»Gn, of (AC and 7 Oetare K«w Scab CHICK* ZBIHOTIAHua, lia pbin and and eerved Hoaevood furniture, Jut raodred and for tale by - AOHHQ.MEhLeß.nWoodctrwt, ' pol 6 . ' between PUmend alley and 4th at. XTBW BOOKS) NEW.BOOKSH XI Bonge in Uanj Say*. By Oliver Wendeil -Holmea.- • ■ -• • The Seven. Cbercbce uf Alin. By; B. Chevtnln French. v Leaao&B In Xtfb. By Timothy Titcosab.- The SntherUndf. • Bjr the author of Bmledce. 5p28 - KAT A CO.. 66 Wood itmt. vr kw: Artir'vAlcaeus La< iv TBFATIBE.—A Trcatiee ontbeLfgal and Bqottefeje Blffcta of Married Wbtoea.WlthanAppeQ. dht of the mat American Statute*, and theUeda* lose under them. - ByWflitam il doll) . 4 COwlil 1 , WonJitwat; ■>> IKSSONBISLIFI. A eeriee of fcmfllai Ttnyr, by Tneo’nrrTrrcoaA author Of “Cold Foil. «Utt«e to. Toon* p«»W* “Bitter Sweet,” l voL feme.. U,9X - OCB COtWTBT AXl> THXXHCBCH: by Bev* H.L.Btea* KAi iwUfloiMi Govern, jtenta . Forwlaby . -y PATlAMWoodetw»t. ; AiAt> XUL and Instnctlou Ibr the »«d Wafc.x to MedeOao. - {& UM. ' U SAT A fid Wood strwk.: I THE LATEST NEWS . BT TKLESBAPH. . Ftobi WaihintlQß, • •\ .1 Jao.4.-rlh« following letter : basbeen addressedtollon. W.P. Fessenden, | Chairman of iWCommlttM .on Commerce, of: i theSenatr, mndto Hon.Thaddeu* Stevens, Chairman of thS and Maani, of the Pobm} 4 • ..TEiaaifßr'.'DipiMsixsT,)-- Januery3d,:LBB2. J Six: The actof Congress, parsed on the direetingthat from sod after the dateofitspasiage bertain-dpties in lieu bf,the duties before imposed, should he .leTied,eollected and paid. pn tea, cofiee and sugar, imported from foreign-countries,' did notexamptfrora its operation tea/coffee and sugar' pfoviotuly' imported and warehoused, | and was, therefore,* regarded bymO asadirec^ ! tion to'collect theduties preaciihedon all such ' importations without Mceptibn; and instruo : Uons werefsattedtotheeblleetortAocordiLgly. I beg leave, however, to direct your attention to the facet thatv.wberß-goodsim ported haye, been placed in .warehouse under Law And de-" Eartment regulations, the amount of duties has i eaeh case been estimated thoogh not levied by the naral offleer, and the bond has been ,takerihy.thecollector in doable.the amount of the dueiihui ‘estimated for their payments and there is a general opinion*amongmer-‘< chants that the Jmitb of the Government IS en-. forth#'delivery ofauoh'gdbds to* yhe merchants on payment of the dniiea imposed by law : at. ; the , time, of .the, worebousihgC Whether this opinion be absolutely j well’ fbandeddf hot, then is certainly something ’in thenaturt of thib. which'l supports' It. .K'li' my exerat# the law is it la -written, bat in riew of this opinion of the importing' merchants,’; I reepictfally; suggest the propriety of the adoption of ajoint resolution, 'diiecrtinf- ;theif Georetavy. of the Treasury to permit warehoused goods-to be withdrawn onpaymentof the duties Imposed, by tbe.act of August 2d, -1801, and to refund any excess of duties above, those thus imposed, which may;, have s been, collected on goods ‘’’ ' 'v,*' with great,respect/; i • ••/'/ S.P.CBiflKj ■■c-yi *. - Secretary of the Treasury.-: ;• 4 tfidj^o^\Cw^Xah , . : s.ii T tie report in a letter from Bt. Louis, - with rirerencbto'a Texas expedition b**ng fitted out at Fort Leavenworth/ to- be under ; the charge of M^;-Gen. : with Gcm. Lane and Denver aa subordinates, is inomrreot in , essential particulars. Gen. Lane is: at present engaged in the dlsoharge of his duties as a Senator from Kansas. . He will leave this position ohly tbtake Exclusive command’over a columnorghnUed : witii r; h ; view to 'defconn strate to the country tbecorrectneis of those' principles through which alonebe betieves -the war can be bought to a- suocetsfub close, and the.rebeliiott.trlnmphantljandpemanUy overthrown-.lnthis position,.Hen. Lane it, It is nadersU)od, pordiaUyendorsed by the ad ministrations ;,"VV’.T‘‘,7.- , A party con sis lingo f VicePresidCnt Ham tin, V Representatives Duel!,' of. How York): Trowbtiagc; of Michlgahv Waltbn/Plkej and ■Rioe/of Maine, ‘Ools.- Robinson, Beale! and: Ftitebrown, of : the army,and others,FrT day, proceeded over - the Baltimoreand Ohio 1 RaUroad to Harper'x Ferry; AtFroderiek <: they were joined- by Xjuor-Geseial.Banki and staff, with a largeparty. of ladies/ior; eluding Mrs. s &en* Banks.*, The, f eeeded r without accident to. Harpers Ferry, aniLafter spending,some time in’ that locality,! tctdried to Fredcriek ih the'evening, where they wepe entertained in a handsome manner 1 by Gen i r Banks'.Speeches were fmade at, tor- •] eral poihtvby Vice President Hamlin 1 and othors, and :th» party wot# loudly choerod at i every. stopping trtaoo. At Harper's Ferry a aalote wMfiwlby M*joy Tyndall,;iat Com mand of the Union forces, which brought out i thelr hiding pUces tixe seocssion pickets i 'on tho Ylrginim aide, who appeardd at Mf oral: pointi. The party at noon yesterday. , ; •' The Navy Department has forwarded t£ the 1 several Havy Yards Copies of the speeififaatiosi for the bull imptoing andi sUanf machinery' for the steam batteries about to m builu Upon application to the commandant of v ther.Yards£parties who can. prepare a por«- lion or the wholej.can seo the epediicatlons, and will be able. to make ah offer to* tho Sec- Vetary ofthe Navy/slating the least time and money for which-tney-ean axeente the workT arrtved.-hera / last niglrtj'an4 has taken private quarters. r : .• Yesterday s numbey of flags /donated by" the, Ciuqinnati of Pennsylvania, Vert § resented by. Col. Puleston, on behalf of the fate of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania regi ments in and' around ' Alexandria; namely: •ths 107th/filil,' CM, ‘99th and' 88th. >. fhoy were Tweived on beludf of tne respective regi ment* bj Gen.. Hcintwdman, Judge Kellxl and! others., *■/.: ;; V| MMsarea;haVe beQn v .taken additlohally guard adainist the commanicstion of infoniia tioh to the rebels/bsfieeiatiy through fmhile ag#noy.'" : >•* y ■ - 1 .; ‘ 4 Two'deserters'front the'Ftrs^- regiment, and. three horn s Tennessee regi* ment,:encamped near. Union. &CUIs, Xentreville and Mannaisas, arrived here ,yea/ ! Terdaj. ‘ They eicaped by way of Kanchcoter/ crossing the" Potomae at. Dam No. 5, eight well clothed. Thsy state that the inbet army Uke potsaision of everythingin the- way of Commissaries'.stores, :leaving the common -ownenibi satisfied# andsufiering the, obmimOn necysaariw of life. - They have no idea of the number of then I ,' but represent the defences of a formidable chpracte^. 4 4; •" : ; | • CircumstahefcS in ; th» Case of Col. Kerrigan ; hav# transpired within « few days, which fix l upon him, without doubt, the fact of his hay- ! iog furnished information : to - the- enemy, as .previously alleged. i '- J '■ ■ Mauriel Hleolaa Corpancho, Minister from 41 Peril, has arrived herb,' and will be presented to the Pmsident to-'merrow.’ The destinatUm of Geueral Burtsidc’sj ex pedition remains as mneh a mystery, as iwaa that of General . U ! was ? known.that.alandlng.hadboen at Port l BoyaL ;!•./, \ The agent of the. Government," who super-. intended^tbe.removal ‘of SUdeti and Mason from Fort Warten to the-British shipßinaldo, retnnied thls morning ‘to Washington, i No papers Were exchanged betweenthe agent and i the English. Commander,^in cenncction with i the delivery and recapture ,of the vebel em- f ■ | Gen.. Lake, bf-Kaneas; ii znaktng prepara -1 tiohs ftr an active campalgn/in which ho wllL soon enter .The Govbrnmenthae been prompt Tin giving direotlons.for ; air the ;, : neeessa»y..a«pplie».. - - [ - The staff offloers of Gen. Graham'a brigade > presented him last, night with a . splendid' i swbrd and’aash. ; Front s Cairo* . v Catmo, Jan. - s.—Six - hundred. mbmarine batterieshev* been planted bet ween Columbus *nd Memphis.. A gentleman who witnessed these erperimentesays that they were entirely successful; The crews of the gun-boats were.; mattered In on Saturday. The whole fleet will probe blyanchor in the stream on Monday. The'Memphli. Appear of the 18th has the ' following from'TeXM: ‘ O - ; The Oeleetton Ornftae of the 18th *»yt:~ X*Mt nightie mailbrought advices from » tho EiaGmnde, to? the effect ihate Idneoln steam propeller had arrived aod was blockading the nver. Bhc£bad captured tod barn ode schooner. Theflght'wESstUiprogroisihgetMeUiaoTn, : ' The Hofeltoh Telegraph of the SO th alt fay* that the pcoplo -of Galveston arein considera ble report of Gen . Herbert or-' dering the destruction of Galveston if the city ooold not. bo defended. ,- The Federat fleet near New Orleans and Lake Ponphaitrain . have-, captured several' rebel steamers.' - * - k - From Missouri. • Stnaua, Jan.>6.—Throe rnsnarrired b«ro. to-day from Johnson county, who report that Jamisonwas at Bose: Hill; inthat county,: a: day. or two arrived;-,/.-, They erereppried to beop the way tpthisplaoe.. If itbe Uinsihat heison.bis Way' here. It - &to be honied * that' M-will cap- ‘ tute : the notorious BfethodUr preacher and' Vaidi Corkertlywho is reported "to be encamped with about 500 men, near; Column bos,; in: U»f north-west, part. of the county: "Many of the most jhbttantiaijmdAspee tame • citfrsns of Jbbhsoh.bbdsty arrtofjtan nearly? ererydayybelng driven from their houses by thU noted **Bihvfreker" and bit gang, xhe reports theteeetfib i<squelched inJohnscu is. all bosh-They-are, if anything, wort# than.they, haye ever boon. , , The eon of Mrs. S«atb» postmaster at War*' rensburg, coming home’ from Kansas,the other day,'fell"lnto! the,hands of Corkeral and was nearly stripped;of his clothing.’ ! ; ' J3ug ciiw<ii.i | : ? <Uz» mlaa, with troops, patted hire this morning. Fiott 1 Fortnu AouoßMirtlvU of the Viiov PiUoim PwjrKid* ' notd»6rutßeUie{ iBMr Fotiei* tioß** l E4e Prifonen •at Charlea* to», ate, * 4 .*• Foankaa Moreon,* Jnn; 2.-—The steamboat Gtorfa Washington • UftOldPolnt at eleven o'clock this morning, and proceeded up James riveraboutnine mile* beyond Newport News, where the rebel steamer Northampton was met with Qii Union prisoners from Richmond; they stepped on board under protection of the national flag, ac the toll of tneir names were ealtift, sad such a happy looking set ofmen were selddm seen. Cheer after sheer arose from each boat as they approached, and the band of the 4tb artillery pisyed Sweet Home, which added to the enthusiasm. As tho boat passed Newport News, the ore** of the U.B. steam frigate CnmberUad and. Congress man* hedthe rigging, and the troops at camp But ler crowded the beach and the wharves, and innt over the water their'shont of welcome. ■" Washington arrived hereon her return at about o'clock, and the Baltimore boat, - which l wav detained for the purpose, took the released prisoners to Baltimore. The: • number released ij two hundred and forty, and. almost allof them were taken at the battle of 801 l Bun.: . Among the returned prisonerstire E]y MU lor, of Co. I, Oth Ohio Regiment; Chariet; White, Co. I, 12th, Ohio; A. Grant, Co. H,' 2d 1 Ohio ; N. F. Palmer; Bth Pennsylvania; G. B; Shaffer, Co.' F;lsth Ohio; J; Tripp, steward, Bth Pennsylvania;' John' Greansner, Co. R; 2d Ohio; J. Griffith;Co. G;.' 2d,Ohio; M. Seibert,.Co. 1,6 th Ohio; .Chkries -L. Chapman, Co. B, 7th;Ohio. ;. r ~ .Corporal it eDonneUwas one ,of the! two hdhdredand forty,bnthe vm sent vUi Nor*. folk, with Captain' ShDlinglaw,s few nays iihoei;:'.!'-.''''" J ;-- v • - v'" 1 ; ; ; Thai pris onera left Richmond at about' seven . Veloek this morning,and on-arriving here all' who needed clothing were -immediately ,iup plied by theQaartormnstor’e Department. A soouting party left thiaplacethis morn-• ibg, and proceeded to Great Bethel, and fohnd the plaoe occupied by cavalry. The place was taken-possession by the scout* ing party, and a guard left there. . .j ~ The Cditbr of the Richmond TKrpat&i aswo hear by a passenger,' by a flag of traco 1 , is' now in-Baltimore; u "'-. ; A flag of truce, frehs Notfolkthis afterriooh? brought down Over ‘thirty- pasftengers to go NoHh;:including a theatrical company, i The following istho only telegraphic dis - patch, in the Richmond Dispatch of yesterday: . 8. C.f Jan.; ,the .Yankee, .prisoners from Charlestonj inciu&ing CoL Cor-. hcrd this afternobnin a special .trains." They were nut at fhdrdspdtby the rebelgdard of thiscity/and conducted to the i toETtwa'. MosßOf/ Jan.' 4:~A scoiting party TOO or 8M strong, Consisting of six or ieven - eompiahies of the coast guard, idx 1 companies of the 20th N. Y. regiment, and three companies -6f Harlem’s cavalry; loft Camp, .yesterday.■; morning, .Under command of acting Brigadierl-General Weber, socompanied byhtsjor yegwack and Cutting of €ku.'.Wool’s .staff, j.AJxnti. two miles her, yond .Little Bethel, thoiinfantry halted. 'The eaviliy; proceeded toward Blg Bethel,and*ix railesthia'sideor.thfttplsce'motamoantecl pielrttwhn was driven In; The carairy gave ehiue,“bnt were unable to : pvertnkvhim. On - arriving «t Big Bethel, the 'place appeared to have beendeserted, and careful oxaminitioh showed that to be.the case.- It had apparently, been occupied by .three or. foor thousand men, including : two ~ or ; three ..hundred .carkiry,: Breastworks. Were ln, extent,'purced for twelve gnus. Aftefrckhort stay, tho sedating party 1 returntf4.; No was left there', as. was itatkd yesterday;H ' *; - The B.' S. BpanldlDg 'i'rlba'diß'gTor terav lhlet.' The Burntideexpedition isnow dalty-expeoted. «- - r ' : - £ * Sontheim pTew*. [ . BairiiMOßf,..Jan.> 4.—-One of /the Übion prisoners arrived here. He has au editorial .article from a Richmond paper; which he.out out’ and secreted in lt gives an aw fol picture of tho condition of the rebel army on the Pototasc. lt 'revs that' the entire army is utterly drills hive r ceased entirely/ and the men'hte spend* Ihgthrit time In-using grreiy decks of Cards in gambling.- : -u -u’.r.j - :Oreat numbers are offering Urgo 'ioma for substitutes.; ■ .One had /Offered.-ae high -as .81,500. : < -c •• - The-editor urgeB the goTernment to s|ie«i* ily do something to remove the evil; an<rthat each is the demoralizsd condition of the anhyr that.enlistmenls cannot go onj U--thousands whowonld discover • ing the condition f of thrariayi’ -: • ; ~' i j;. a Ne# - *j of the ; 27th! ult;- •ays that the powdet mill, opporite - the city, explodedlastnight. .The guard had inspect; :ed the premises only half an hour before; It -Is attributed to an ineeadiary. J . , • i H , The 1 released prisoners say, their. clothing were looked upon with’ ionging eyes by the,rebels, and their boots;, many were pflered aa'high as $25 for them.' ' ' Mobilei J'im. l.—A * confederate', steamer going from Pensacola to the Navy'Yardf was fired upon from the batteries of Port Pfckehs. Ges Bragg’sbaUeriet replied, and the firing wascontinued at the last accounts. Auacna, Jan; dispatchea from fPoeotalego, .dated, yesterdayystateithafc the . Federal*. attempted an. advance- from -Port Boyal, bat were repulsed by the ldth South volunteer*, under -the comm&mi of Col.''Jones. . The* Coirfedefitelpfs. was 15 IdUedand woandedj one wai, taken prisoner, l bnt thelrloss Is not otherwise Stated: ■ 'Gen. tee has ihfohned Jeff.'Baris that ’ he is confident of his ability to preveht'the Fed eral! from advancing on Charleston or .yannsdl. • /-.= The Bichmond XKtpaich says ttiata -private ' dUpatcVwurwltea yesterday from Centres, ville; bya ptamtnehtmllUary 'Officer Richmbnd, fn ? which tfr'says that « ihdicatlsni, pOlhttb a Fwierai attsekiatmh eirty' day, on Evansportj andthoprobability * was -that a eimultaneoct atUok would be made ’points on theFotomac. :/r'; i The.Biohaond. JHtpaicXs, of Friday; sajrs ; the Conftderstebatteries^replied.jte„ Fort-? Pitkenl, -*an<f Abefirlng whuoued aU day.; No vessels.wereengagaa'on. either ! side,? and; ho casoaiaes occurred with ns.VGenV Bragg; whs absent, but tftn. Anderton ’ was' in com ;mabd.' Gen. Bragg returned on the'2nd,; bat' theTedsrab did not renew- the- attaek, ahd' oaf gane wire silent. ■*?: . BatTntOßt, Biohmond Bw* patch of Friday!says : A private dispatch has peen'kooeived here, dated hfobUe, ; yestsrday ( which statcs that-Picayane Butler ?is at fihlp Ailing Federala: have nbml-; flalpp*»eiiiouof,BHo*i,and,ltUbeUeTod,- wUI oceuOT an the.towns on the eoaft ln that region.;- Theyoaptarsd two cannon nt Biloal. - It Is stated ( that they landed thira froin 2,000’ .to 7jOOQ troops.':'andit ls further rumored that they express the 1 determination to' push for ward their!forces tb;Jackson'. ' ; ‘• • v BiXTinou, Jan. following items of Southern news are contained in papere drived by the Norfolk flag of trnoe'r J A'dispaUh from- Feniaoolay > dated January Is V says Fort Kekehs opened Are yesterday; The fire was not renewed-to-d*>. L Oar bat-, teriesaresilent. . ~ ? j The-'Jftrrtriry 'has' % dispatch ‘of :tbelanding of a 1 lafgo fo’rw of' ihderals bn North' Ed{« to, and ibe sdlkore of : the riubbad : station, no .4, Oh'theGhariestonr^id'Savannah B&Uroad. SUteeh fademl w&r vessets-are reported at l ’- -' ■ ’ri ;--•*? r/w-i-t ;• ,: ; . • A' destraotive. flrnroecnrred at Richmond, burning the: theatre and -other valoablQ prop ertyc .. V.’ i ? ’ V Important from Califontia and South America. *f ;i-* j ' Nnr Tots, Jan. steamerHortporn tight arrived this 1 fronting frofr lA^nwaUi 1 with $711,000 In gold, from- San -Francisco. -"; five .hundred holet uf>oottnn/eai!niite for; Europe, had arrived. at: Panama- from}Pint* and a much larger amount it; golng ria iCape Born* .Efforts are makiag;.to* rids# a;re{y, large orop the eatning year, -Itiaolsaperibr The British- malt tteamer- Valparaisa ;got ashbteat Palta and. wat attlifrd; off..by iuie U, S.'sbip Wyoming, without damage). h > CbiUis abo&t.io make 1 aotlve 1 urir. agaltuf j ; : '’ "’'‘'r _ •: Gen; kflldd at La : Pas hf the deiwd hy hifr a mbnth : «... . ;Intlmarteoq»ted r etahr»ak tbynCoir < Balta one hundrsdpmsontwfrehiUedi aud > himself beuseofthel? Jriinistcp-; • ,a ~ rosfst thjantieipated ; ' elooiioat wife gained by the ' , 4 ptfK dUjgdbtfe’Frirideßt* Acha and eteoGngSenor • •' The ChUian. gbvernmtnt had contracted bUl^frte'.tlteaVarpar: j ku ,-.Sssar^gßasa' ' - j hottkralt', jtai'-fc-itmit: Tfcujiaj, a ‘small <weah,'loung«'Vsi«9wehi; :^otdr tbrirebeta threkteadd- to Federal* thereon *1 amaiUd Robt. WoUblk,a . slonlat of Padoeah, and tent * word to tbs rebeUthat hUfate would bo determined by that of Owens. ; ( fWolfoUc’« hf* (9&e to ; Colombo*: to. get! orders from ,Uen.’ Polk for ' theexchaogeofthetwomen.*,!' 2 GreCnrirerbridgeis completed. •!. XociimLs, Jan.,4.—The? bridge orer Green rirerwill be cpmpleted to-morrow. ‘ Federal' reconnaissances 4re made daily south ofthe ritor. The rebel* retired before Col. Garfield is' Eastern Kentucky.-Col. i Garfield u adraac- -j -ingonPrestonburg. -'X • Gen. Schoepff made Mrer&l ineffectual at ;«mpUtadrawZQllioo2*rfrom hi* Sornemt intrenchment*. .No prospect* of-an: immedi there. ■'•••. >•;• v :-: • •; tbe Ken tuoky banks, located where reb-; el dominion prerail*, hare been twnjiolidated,: B.' Lyott*y foriMrlT' -of Loul*-'g tdlle, n* President, who has authority'to • ran ci i them for the Southert Confedormoy. ■TAe - WarJPairlr Begun i between the Indians; and. Texans.; . ; /iiftAVEHVOBtB, Jm. In dtona.county r show. that ;tbp>*r,h** fairly be •guxttotween lojrtL Indians agaitmtr fogaW» and rebel half breeds. , la'h flgh tla Chorokoo cottnty, it is reported that', Texes Qe&exal,;a&d.'Metatbsh^ r the\.leikdsr of the reheT OreeksJ-were ItTll^d;': LojfeF -fr&iaAi’ loiifoorteeh.'• ; :; Bnnolred jLosa oi the-Puaui with' I lylOOEhgiith Troopaonßoard. - • , EUiiPix, Jan. :■£—?&. ; rumor, is,-ppsyalezit that tbarsteamship, Parsna,with dnrbo&rdj'fcas both'lost is the St. Xawrtmo* river. . "''r - /- 4 . : ..‘••‘*7 A Targe steatndr; lepposed to btfth* Amer ica, Is cruislhgoff this port; : i Markets bjr Telegn(kri> . Jam oalat bot-unchanged; j ■marine HjNtttta'«lOo4 lA,Wheat BratTetSoS 84 for redand BSQSOfor white. * Coru27e.' t 'oal»37o and fair demand. Bye 44(344, and *eare«.:;B*ri#y quiet at 43@$0. -Whisky adraneoAto ISVQUfe.and .in good demand. Hog* opened buoyant*! but the de» ' mmdfcß offattbe doer, prices were* Shade higher, but there vet toeeU than ioimy at -tha the dose; the sales were fiOOO bead usissaras; rfcalpttt3soohead 'Lard' U hood de mand; -dehatw tierces at chiefly : ifit latter rats,.-. Sugar flna;at^lO@U.: .wras 193&3Z1. Ho. tosas4B®*7,;- r ,.- : V fi J.. “ The money niarketli more settled as .regaris the 'CurMmey question ooftaequenf upon the action of ■ the Sew, Yorit banks. irAsregards.the demand ft* Treat* : ury&otes,the popoUr r sentiment here Is iataTOr of thesenot* as aCnrrency totbe exclusion of, all oth era,ifnoedt>e.--’Exi‘hiDgp nnfrat '•vS«W Twin 1 d.—Cotton' flra; aatar’SOO bales. Flow firm; 15,000 bbl> eoW tt 8££0»545 for State, and 8600 05 for Ohio; Southern onebengod, Wheat firm; salsa 35,000 bush at |I '88A132 • fcr dbfcago spring.and 8141<9145 forced.- Com steady; nlss n#*i bush/' -whitky dnu at ;77? ~ COMMERCIAL RECORD. PITTSB! tßq»rtßl<9MfaJlr/gr Of PtlUMvk Tkul) OuMte.] • ' ■?. S-/.1 j ■;• i-i.i- - -y'TL6VR Wfn'rfy tent tIW 6tSQr- "■ y_- i r«mUy;*t VXS&Ii; JtiQ do 46 H iftMAffiffi s <£>'at'4sd6 l ‘l& Extra 1» kdd «t s4,6o@r \ .J?!**;- : '' U but ■ / ,talet »t itagar U hold at 10$l0}£:.;&' jirfat# todude*K.o.‘ A tti»<rfco ‘reported ai’4Tqpergali“CMh. . b«hAppi«ftt|i,(a; land Udo priOe F«acbo «t $3,25< • : . , ' ' OBKE2J APPLES—flrm'ol ton. fLIi tdf) per bbl;ttteof2s'UjU«s3. ; •*.•. ..:COttfr, from star? of lu bo«h prim* ; .. CQBK-t< ibaf&lov'ar; Bta of fiOO.trwK.prbM Sir '.on . QAT^r^ncbintodi Mlo of sOdVodi Branjitor* at »jo. ‘V.*- ■■■ i. sals of .bpx«i prim* W. at Temper tt." "’ ; „ / "'' .< CBIJPK OUrr<ttt3y bnt cneifcD£«d; ailS of 22S ; t>b|*, jtQto4iparity,aM&q per gajj-HtcmaJ.,’ . Of a bblajflint at liw toyJWveivi «■-*£ • h ' .EOBTBMOUTH-r-rt* J., R Joto-AW tona high (trine*, 80 bbla.flgnr, ClirJu A eoj23 jar; toetiL smitb,J r *rkiߣ'c6;l6do do.'Ltppldoott'A cot 16 du, do* A GarrtjonjlO do du;lt CTLocdil*; JOtks < ftgVi&fJl&flpeir; 37;-ollbll*, JfcrUi Amarican oil' ■ ‘?w®itttSoiS‘'jfiS^i44^''iaia'' : b»i 1 j s Liggett £ co; IT* do iwi^ 7 Strt>dar %W«rh«r; 800 Won. J B Om.*M»M«rr*dory* rB«U ftvm ‘ A!*}* l joJ»niter,Gordinfloor bblt, J■ ■ , X Babin 8 bbiitK»t, ; onto tciUrd, Jm DaUall AcoTflO bbb tffaiakyv feltbmate 4L*agv22oilW)b, ftitchtow®* cojltf.eKfeor* Jaa ,lrwia;62oUbbli*AnUacooiled;lSJaatobicco.ld- • ■«TtOß4Btß**rtj4o E & OddfhSsAMjlv ! 4<m» T.' McCojnir-216 «ackj core, JM i ritw; -UtflDO rtri*, E Cdrbebi'3 Uuto tobwoo, Clark* <tc»; 26 »b*l<* b4Y, W H Hagan: 30. hW* Urea, 40 jotta toast**,bbtoflwtriic&pot. Mb,itr Diatfbad. . ... •; ,~,r.' i -'v • , Impoita by BfcUroati.. ! 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B, iSstaitttOß, Bl ltealfeP; JohoT^BrpTO.HaeryS. ****** .John.Woodtanw, lilUiiB t r AdifAn 'BttiOi B>nil. Bi flulL*fctii' Bp—p'~‘ Jc*lß.Cr*wtod,JofaaVsrdy, Bobm Brtdist; Slij WiUUtW McCrary, T,; Jlma» 8. Coitln. x flidmT«i"*i^,V^ Brocbtfawti H«ory C.BIdU&ODd/Jonpbfl; 1 l--Wtß- 2auf J<4n' t *r. SuSSJ^ amm'• lafiffirtmto utk.' •■' ’ ■ •:? 17 ivi'i' 'if V-vU' .V’ <SbM t IV9'X -T '■' monfttOTlini ■aciaiiiTU'rtioj *»» •V " .”."" , *'-'’, f •'-’ - J'j i"■ y*Vf. -Jobtfi-Sißtr : UAdail s ß."-lrtin« Wo^^itoßV'ood a ( i l£^f
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