The London Times protests against the
Federal enlistments in England as was
shown in the case oethe Kearsage at Cork.
land.
The President has sent in the name o
ALBERT S. WHITE for the vacancy occa
ioned by the death of Hon. CALEB B
MITH, on the U. S. bench of Indiana.
The Memphis papers of the 12th state
that the gunboat Juliet caught fire on the
morning of the 16th and had a large part
of her superstructure burned.
The Paris Temps says the Elipperor ad•
dressed himself to Mr. Derrox, express
ing the hope that the year 1864 would be
one of peace and reconciliation in Ameni•
Ca.
La France publishes the recent corres
pondence between JEFF. DAVIS and (he
Pope. The latter addresses him as "Il
lustrious President," and expresses much
friendliness.
Senator OLDHAM, of Texas, introduced
a bill into the rebel Congress proposing a
tax of fifty per cent. on all outstanding
treasury notes after the Ist of January,
1866, it is better known as general cur
ency.
A Nashville paper, of this week, says :
Hon. E. H. Ewnird, one of the most dis
tingniahed citizens of our State, last Sat
urday took the oath prescribed by Mr.
Lifirools's proclamation—the amnesty.
One hundred Government workmen
passed through Cincinnati on the 14th,
mostly from Pennsylvania and New York,
on their way to work upon the railroad be
tween Nashville and Chattanooga.
A new and well executed counterfeit $5
bill on the State Bank of Indiana has ap•
peared. - The police have made numerous
arrests. The organization to circulate it
extends all over the West.
It is estimated that $52,500,000 in treas
ure have arrived in San Francisco. Of
this amount $12,00.000 came from Wa
shoe, $5,000,000 from Oregon, Idaho,
Washington, and British Columbia, $2,-
000,000 from Mexico, and the balance
from this State.
The Legislature of Kentucky passed a
bill on the 13th, prohibiting the importa
tion of slaves into that State. The influx
of slaves has had the effect of cheapening
the rice of the stock on hand, and over
flowing the market.
A Cincinnati paper thinks the nation
do'n't want a President just now ; it wants
soldiers. Presidents can be had for less
than the asking at any time. Soldiers are
more valuable. It is not the President of
1864 but the soldiers of 1864, that are to
decide the fate of the Union
Among the contingent expenses of the
War Department for 1868, as exhibited by
the report, is an item of one thousand
dollars, paid to the widow of the pilot,
PEDRR K, of the steamer Escort, as a re•
hard for the relief of the beleagured gar
risotirlit Winithington, N. C.
The proposition to pay the army and
navy in gold could not, of course, be
for a moment ectertained. Mr. CHASE is
now put to his wit's end to pay off the
troops and seamen in greenbacks, and to
do so in gold would be impossible. It is
doubtful whether the suggestion was start•
ed o much with a view to better the con
dition of the army and navy, as to sow
the seeds of discontent among it
The new interest bearing 3 per cent.
legal tender notee, we see it stated, at
New York. are being lent on stocks at par
and interest, and the bnrrowera negotiate
them at par. This sacrifice of six weeks'
interest is equivalent to borrowing at 74.
per cent., and is obviously a cheaper mode
of raising money than would be the pay
ment of 6 and 7 cents in gold.
It is now agreed by some newspapers
that the National Banking Law makes
the notes of the National Banks payable
by the Government for all its debts, ex
cent interest, and consequently when the
7 30s fall due they will be paid in that
paper, and other Government loans, it is
contended, will be paid in the same notes.
The Government officials, however, say
otherwise.
A London paper, noticing the numerous
gloomy anticipations of the leading En
glish journal, and the remarkable manner
in which they have not been realized, in.
asmuch as the rebel South has neither
taken possession of Washington nor burnt
Philadelphia and New York, says some
of the most funny books that could be
published would be 'The Predictions of
the London Times.' It would be amusing
to see these predictions printed on one
page, and the facts cf their non-fulfilment
on the opposite page. Latterly, the
Times, instructed by experience, gays as
little as possible on American subjects.
A special dispatch from Sandusky, Of
the 18th inst., reports the arrival of Gen.
TERRY and staff, with the Ist brigade, 8d
division, 6th Army Corps. A portion of
of the troops have crossed on ice to John
son's Island. Some of the rebel prison
ers confined there have lately manifested
considerable boldnes, naming the day cn
which they intended to reach Canada.
There were vague rumors afloat regard
ing future movements of troops, but noth
ing definite was known.
The so ggestions which have lately ap
peared in some of the daily journals, call
ing upon the. Government to solicit the
unrestricted forwarding of cotton by
planters and others owning it, have been
already carried out to a partial extent, but
the response has not been of the nature
that was anticipated, and it is a question
able matter whether a regular manifesto
by the President would be productive of
more flattering results, Besides, to au
thorize a free and unrestricted trade
with the rebels would be a procedure that
would conflict seriously with our efforts
to suppress the rebellion, as it would be
impossible to carry on a trade with them
istd whip them at the same time.'
Assistant Adj. Gen. TowNs EYD has made
a report containing a list of all the known
deserters of the regular army to the reb
els, The numbFP is culy 28, of whom 20
are from the Sth United States Infantry.
He also farniehes a list of all the officers
who have left the service either by resig-
nation or desertion to engage in the re,-
The total number is 277, of
w h o rt 18ti entered the rebel service, and
92 are rammed to have done so. One
was di am i ne j for surrendering his mu
taan,2 in the face of the enemy, and one!
made all attempt to desZ.vt to the rebels.
Two hundred Znd f°rtY4" of ;hew re
signed, twenty-114 roe dismissed, am:,
nine dropped
TM3 PITTSI3I7R
DALY POST.
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1864
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A Frightful Railroad Accident.
Seven Cars Destroyed—Five Passengers
Escaped Uninjnred— The Letter Mail Sav
ed—Condition of the Sufferers, ,Cc.—
One of the most frightful occurrences, al
most without a parallel in the history of
railroad catastrophies, the great amount
of property destroyed without loss of life
being taken into consideration, occurred
yesterday morning on the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad, at bridge eight, span.
ning the Juniata river, about four mile;
east of Tyrone. Mr. John W. Britting..
ham furnishes us with the following par..
ticulare
As the Philadelphia express passenger
train arrived within about six hundred
feet of bridge eight across the Juniata
river, the hind axle of the tender broke
in two in the centre, the wheels flying off
on both sides of the track. The train at
he time was in fall motion, and before
the brakes could be put on, the engine
reached the bridge, dragging the two ex , .
press cars, which were off the track, to
the edge of the abutment, when the coup.
ling between the tender and express car
parted, the engine and tender passing
over the bridge without further injury
than described ; but not so with the re*
mainder of the cars. The first express
car was precipitated a distance of about)
forty Beet into the Juniata; the second
express and the baggage car, containing
the mail and baggage of the passengers
were piled in one heap. The first passen
ger car, mostly freighted. with soldiers,
rolled from the bridge, breaking into an
hundred pieces; following which was the
second passenger car, whict as it plung.
ed from the track into the river, turned
bottom side up. This car drew the Phil-
adelphia sleeping car from the track, the
front part resting on the top of the sec
ond passenger and the hind end on the
abutment of the bridge. The Allentown
sleeping car remained on the track at the
edge of the bridge, it etill teing ce,upled
to the Philadelphia car.
The accident took place at such an ear
ly hour in the morning that most of the
paaeengers were either asleep or just wak..
tug from a morning cap, so that bat few
realized their perlious sitnatton till th ,,
whole affair was complete. Most cf the
passengers in the sl.ep,ng cars were
awakened by being piled promiscuously
either to the side or end of too car.
The care had hardly etruck before the
cry of lire WM raised, the baggage and
srst I.nd E,cond patiEFuger car: , be,og
ready in a blaze. ilia I.:c 2uceci aco
sternation among the paesengere, which
beggars description ; and their entire
powers were called into requisiticn to save
themselves from being destroyed by fire.
Men who before were unable to stir from
the wounds received, crawled from the
car windows and by great, exertion drag,
ged their bodies from the devouring ele
The great height of toe Philadelphia
sleeping car from the ground made escape
from it perilous indeed. Mr. Brittingham
occupied an upper berth in that car, near
the state room occupied by Mr. Ca , s,
President of the P., Ft. W. and C. R. R
The shout was raised that Mr. Case could
not get his state room door open, which
was corroborated by Mr. C. calling for
help. Bat men crawled over him, not
heeding his efforts to relieve himself, each
and every one intent on saving himself.
But Mr. Case' shouts were not in vain. An
English boy, whose name we were not able
to learn, with the assistance of Mr. C.,
pushed the dooa open, and he escaped.
Mr. Brittingham was still in the car ren.
daring assistance to those who were but
slightly injured,when the fire was conveyed
to the combustible matter which all sleep.
ing cars contain. His only chance of
escape was to leap from the window to the
ground, a distance of some twenty five
feet. He made the leap without sustaining
any injury.
By this time the ;ears were being fast
consumed by the fire,save the two express
cars. Those destroyed by fire were the
baggage and all the passenger cars, inclad.
ing the Allentown sleeping car. The news
of the accident was early communicated to
the inhabitants in the neighborhood, and
soon brought men, women and children to
the scene, each anxious to relieve the
sufferers. Those passengers bat slighily.
injured had saved most of the mail bags
containing the letters, but the baggage was
entirely consumed.
But a few moments elapsed before the ac
cident was dispatched to Enoch Lewis,
General Superintendent of the road, who
was soon on the spot with a train and a
large number of men. In this emergency
Mr. Lewis displayed ability which has en
deared him to every passenger on the
train. His assistance was unremitting.
Before three o'clock in the afternoon a
train containing those of the passengers
that could ride was on its way to this city
where it arrived about nine o'clock.
The following is a list of the passengers
injured
A. Steinmeyer, of this city, badly; not
expected to survive : Thomas • Howard,
Lawrenceville, badly; Sergeant Husser,
arm broken; Mr. Kinney, slightly; Mr,
Coulter, slightly; Mr. Kennedy, injured
internally, will recover; G. Sherry, leg
broken; Samuel Relying, arm broken ;
Mr. Marshall, shoulder blade injured; Mr.
Simpson, hurt about the head; Henry
Hitcher, hurt about the head; Mick.
Bohanna, badly injured, not expected to
survive; genry Light, slightly; and sever •
al others whose names we have been una
ble to obtain; but their injuries are so
alight chat they will without doubt recover.
Those of inpirett* were not able
i
to come on the train last evening are
kindly taken care of by Mr. Lewis and
are at Altoona.
The first span of the bridge was burned,
but this will not delay the trains. The
conductor Mr. Leisinger, and express..
man Wise, are considerably injured about
the face. No fears are entertained of
their recovery.
Gen. Hancock—Second Army
Corps.
Editors Pittsburgh Post: —ln asking a
place in your columns for the following
address of Major General Hancock to
the people of Pennsylvania, it is not ne
cessary that he should receive any en
dorsement at my hands. His name should
be as familiar as household words to every
Pennsylvanian and to the country at large
it will be known as long as Williamsburg,
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg stained
with his blood shell exist in the memories
of the people.
No more skillful or successful leader
guided the American arms. I heartily
commend him and his cause to the favor
able notice of the community.
Very respectfully
W. T..H.littoozs, Ma , . Gan.
I.I.E.iNUART/ is RE 7 HUITINGSERVICY. UC,iy Pa.}
ilAiiiussoaeli, PA., Jrn. I.i .
Authority having been given me to re
cruit the Second Corps Li fifty thousand
(50,000) men for each special service un
der my command as may be designated by
the War Department, 1 apnea! to the cit
izens of Pennsylvania to aid me in filling
up the regiments and batteries of my com
mand, which owe their origin to the State.
They are as follows:
81st, 140. h, 116th, (battalion, 1148th,
63d, 145th, 7l et, 72d, 69th and 106th reg
iments of infantry, and batteries C and F
independent Pennsylvania artillery, F and
G Ist Pennsylvania artillery.
Until the Ist of March next the follow
ing bounties will be paid by the General
Government :
For veterans, 1.2 0 1 for others,
$302 00.
All volunteers enlisted for this organi
zation will be accredited to the city,
county, town, township or ward which
they may elect as the place to which they
desire the credit g.vou. When no such
election is mad , , the enlisting officer will
give credit to the place of enlistment.
Each locality is therefore interested lain
creasing the ::umber of enlistments to the
extent of its quota in the draft, and any
stimulus gt,teu by local hounti,s or other
efforts wiil have the effect of preventing
those who desire to volunteer trom laav
ing the place of their residence and en
listing elsewhere where the inducements
offered may be greater.
The same regulations that have hitherto
gorerned enlistments in this State, as to
the persona empowered to enlist, the rules
for mustering and for furnishing transpor
tation and suppli,s, will apply in this case.
Any one des.ring to enlist in any of these
organizations may do so in any part of the
State by making application to the Dis
trict Protest Marshal or any re^ruiting
officer from the Second Corp., 00 matter
to which regiment ..,:1 otFi rr aey be
long
I have , clue you as a Pennsyl
f,r (be purpose ot enthavcricz to
a.d y(...n in stimulating enlistments. A 8
this Iv i; matter of Interest to all the citi
zees—its quota being btili nearly .`,io (100
defficient—earnestly call upon you all lo
assist, by exerting the influence in your
power, in this matter.
To adequately reinforce our armies in the
field is to insure that the woe will not reach
your homes, arts will bi - the teens Of
bringing it to a speedy and happy con du
sion, and of saving the lives of many brave
soldiers who would otherwise be lost by the
prolongation of the war and in indecisive
battles. It is oily necessary to destroy the
rebel armies in the field to iusare a speedy
and permanent pence. Le , us all act with
that view. Let it not be said that Pennsyl
vania, which has already given so many of
citizens to this righteous cause, shall now
at the eleventh hour, be behind her sister
States in furnishing her quota of the men
deemed necessary to end the rebellion.
Some States have raised their quotas—
others will do so. A little exertion on our
part will soon fill all the decimated regi
ments of the State, and obviate the neces
sity of a draft.
Let it not be that thnee organizations
which have won for themselves and their
State go mach honor, shall pace out of ex'
istence for want of patriotism in the people.
Uulees these regiments are filled to the
- -
minimum strength, they will soon cease to
exist. It will be necessary to act quickly
to insure success. Other States, by baying
used greater exertions, and by induce
ments of local bounties, draw away your
young men. By giving bounties at home,
and stimulating the State pride, you will
secure for your regiments that portion of
the male population whose circumstances
readily permit them to take the field.
WINF•D S. ....crANcocE,
Major General U. S. Vole
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 15,.1864.
RETITW OF THE OIL BCSINIIBB.—The
Oil City Register in its weekly review of
the oil business for the week ending Jan•
wary 14, says: The market has freshened
up since our last report. Business has
been generally resumed. The roads are
in excellent order, and a large amount of
oil has gone forward to the different ship
ping points on the Rail oads. The de
mand at the wells seems on the increase,
and upon the resumption of navigation we
look for rentimerative prices to rule. We
give as the ruling price at the wells $4 00
®4 25 Uhl :at this point G UK% 5 25.
The river is still closed and loaded teams
have been crossing for the past week.
The weather is moderate. Monday and
Tuesday were rather warm. Bat so far no
effect is visible on the ice. The damage
that will ensue upon a sudden breaking
up of the ice will in all probability be im
mense. There have been no new wells of
consequence struck for the past two
months. The decrease in the total
amount of daily production is therefore
considerable. In some localities it is ful
ly one third and in others one-half. The
market closes firm and quiet. The Phil
lips' Well, on the Tarr Farm, which has
been flowing between four and five him
dred bards per day, has stopped. The
weather is moderate and plaaeaut.
RELIEF FOR THE Poori.—We have again
and again called attention to the fact that
the high price and scarcity of fuel was
causing much suffering among the poor of
the city. As no public action has been
taken, the needed relief will have to come
through charitable associations and private
exertions. We know that the Poor Re
lief Associations among us have done
much to mitigate the sufferings of fami ,
lies within their breed scope of action;
but the demands upon their resources
are greatly in excess of current means.
Those resources ought fairly to he regard
ed as existing in liberal proportion to the
wealth of the citizens, and available upon
demand. And we cannot doubt that the
humane and the liberal, upon due onrisid
eration of the necessities of the times and
the benevolent objects proposed, will any
spond cordially and eff.: ;Wally to re
appeal that may be made upon them for
the means of replenishing their depleted
treasuries. •
Ai.sums.--Call and exec:kink Pittock's
stock he has the very beat. Pittock'a, op
posite the Postoffice.
HARPER, Leslie, New York Clipper, at
Pistook's, opposite the Foatoffice.
Suliiscaves for an ter c or Western
daily 4t Pittock's, opposite the Postafice.
11 ~ POST:- , MONJ)AL .: 11.11PANINO* ..04A.N.ITART-013 i ..11.84.44,-4
Kkeece's Berrkar.—Knapp's Battery
numberrng seventy-eight men, reached
this city ou Saturday night, and will leave
for Harrisburg, to day, where, after the
proper formalities have been gone through,
it is supposed the men will be sent to this
city to recruit its ranks to the fell s:aud
ard. If Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh in
particular, has just reason to be proud of '
any organization of her heroic sons upon
the field of battle, she may point to
Knapp's Battery as one of her brightest
jewels. Whether engaged in deadly con
flict with the rebel artillery on the Potom
ac, or away iu the Southwest under the
gallant Hooker, the men of Knapp's Bat
tery have:earned for themselves a record
which the tuture historian will delight to
record. Since the death of Capt. Atwell,
who fell at Wauatachie, the battery has
been commanded by Lieut. McGill. The
original members of the battery, with the
exception of seven, have re-anliated, and
have been granted a thirty day's furlough.
PomeE APPOINTMENTS.—Bie honor,
James Lowry, jr., Mayor elect, has made
the following appointments :
Mayor's Clerk—Joseph Snowden, esq.
Chief of Police—Saline! Long,
Day Police—William C. Wray, A. J.
Kemp, Hamlet Lowe, George Hill, Geo.
Culp, John Herron, John Messner and
Robert Willisoa.
With the Clerk we aro particularly
pleased, feeling assured that he will Extend
to the press all due facilities in the way of
news, that may be consistent with the code
of justice. In regard to the police,
with one or two exceptions, they are new
men to as, and we prefer to wait and
judge of them by their arts before ventur
ing an opinion of their fitness for the po—
sitions assigned them The night police
have not yet been appointed, tut will
probably be announced this week,
Fine 'iTIEET.--Saturday morn
ing at ten o'clock, tire was discovered jean
ing from a small two story brick building,
on Sixth street, one door below„.Wood and
before ihe flames were ehected, the ad
joining buildings were unroofed and bad
ly damaged. The tenements belong to
Mr. Wilecn, clothier, of Market street,
and were of hut v.-r 7 httle value, bring
old and rictHy. front room of one
of the ho ales was octopied by Mr. J ohm
sinn, as a barber alich aed tire ,S suppos•
ed to have caoght trcm the stove pipe or
line leading from the shop. The other
building hal TIP! ! , ern occupied for about
two weeks. Mr. E. Tuttle, corner ct
Wood and Sixth street, and Messrs. Lam
bert & Shipton, grocers, Sixth street, who
were located on either side of the fire, es
caped without iriarY
MINI. , TER , TO BF: EXEMPT FRO'.I MILITA•
ar Derr.--In the United States Senate
on the 14 . h the following amendment to
the conscription act was passed by n vote
of 28 yeas to 1-I nays: "Teat ministers of
the gospel and meml ers of religious de
nominations conscientiously opposed to
bearing arms, shall, when drafted into the
military service, be considered non com
batants, and shall be assigned to duty in
hospitals, or to the care of freedmen, or
shall pay the sum cf !";-'3OO, to be applied
to the b, t:(tit of the 't k end wounded
soldiers sl•di drafted person
shall +ll,ll hr, exempt treta drat; during the
time for wi.ich they shall have bssn draft•
:cl." 'I his is an ingenious way of com
promising with ministers, Q iatters,
and seems tc our mind 11 t v very fair
towards all interested.
HALL ILI EV EA.—People should be care
ful how they Lave their hats, o7er-coats,
umbreibis, , hang ie th halls t.l
houses, as an organ i -U band ci thieves
seems to 13'3 prowlieg arwarid, arid when.-
ever an opportunity presents itself carry
of whatever they can lay hands on. The
house of Mr. Senile, Federal street,
Sixth Ward, was robbed on Saturday night
of t VIO or three over coats, which hod been
left hangire in •Some of the
boarders at Mrs. in the Diamond,
were also relieved r t their coats the other
night. As clothing not only i..osta money
these days, but is au indispensahie article
this cold weather, we would advise the
public to guard agaiust these thieving gen
try, who seem bent upon kee; mg warm at
the espeLse of others.
SITOND PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA.-1 he
Second Pennaylva,,pi HPeiment of Pi \
months' militia, n0.1. - r command of Lieut
Colonel Sininger,is t.:iw in the City await
ing a set lenient with the paymaster, ;.re
paratory to being mustered out of service.
The regiment has been ou duty in West
ern Virginia, and although it enlisted for
only 81X months, it has now served a
month over the time. Many GI the men
hare re-enlisted. The regiment was raised
in this and the adjoining western counties,
and the men composing it look hale and
and hearty.
RE( 111:11q WANTED.—We direct the at•
tention of the public and the press to the
call of Gen. Hancock for volunteers which
appears in this morning's paper, We trust
for the sake of the cause that editors
throughout the State will give this notice
extensive circulation, and that individuals
and municipal corporations will aid the
movement to the extent of their power,
and thus avoid a draft in our State.
SEFTON'S BENEFIT. —•A chance for the
wits—t4silver cup will be given to the au
thor of the best comndrum. They will
be read on the stage, and the one receiv
ing the most applause will be declared
the winner of the prize, which may be seen
in the window of Roberta' jewelry store,
it; Fifth street. Conundrums must be di
rected to J. U. Sefton, theatre. An over
whelminz entertainment has been selected.
Johnny Hart and a host of volunteers will
appear.
FR.RAH ARRIVAL OF DRY GOODS.-C.
Love & Co., No. 74 and 76 Market street,
have just received a large and splendidly
assorted stock of everything in the Dry
Goods line. They buy for cash, and are
thereby enabled to offer superior induce•
ments to either wholesale and retail buy
ere. We advise our readers to call and ex
amine their stock and prices before per•
chasing elsewhere.
THEATRE. —An overflowing house greet
ed manager Henderson on Saturday nigh
This evening Mr. Bandman playa " Hat
let."
MEN's calf boots at McClelland's
55 Fifth e:reet is the place for boots and
shoes.
Go TO MC ClellanTs for boots and a hoes
SEE the noapariel balmorals at McClek
land's.
-CHI LDR EN'S Shoes all kinds at ideCl,l
BOY'S boots at McClelland's, 65 Fifth
street.
Gum shoes for men and Women at. M c
Clelland's.
BALtdoBAL and hoop skirts at McCtol ,
land's.
DRY Goode at McClelland's
EVERYTHING a bargain at McClelland's
lar6 ROVER AL BAKER'S SEWLSO
MACH I NES have obtained the highest premium
at every 11. Late, County and lartitute Fair held.in
tett!. tie the b eat family and the 4. 02 t naantOnatur
ing maehines, and far an/ best antehine
A. F. CH ATONEri. tlaneral Agent.
le Fifth et., Pitieburgh, Pa.
PROPOSED NEW NAVY YARD OA'
THE DELAWARE RIVER,
Editor Post : —As the coal and iron in•
terest of Pennsylvania is deeply interested
in the location of the proposed new Navy
Yard on the Delaware river, it is well that
the public should fully understand the
true,position of the various claims of the
different site proposed for that very impor•
taut public improvement.
Philadelphia city, through her councils,
propo.cci donating to the Government
League Island for the purposes of the new
Navy Yard, within which it was proposed
to erect extensive work-shops for the pur
pose of manufacturing armor for the iron
clad vessels which may hereafter be built
for the first•clasa navy which all admit our
Government should possess. Congress
authcrized an examination of League
Island by a board of scientific and naval
men, who also were directed to examine a
site at New London. The board was
composed of men of the highest character,
and their examination of l.eague Island
was conducted with an earnest desire to
adopt that site, as it was well known that
the Secretary of the Navy was anxious
that a site should be chosen on the Dela•
ware on account of the convenience of ob
taining coal and iron ; but several shafts
having been sunk at different places over
the island discovered the fact that no suit
able foundation could be found, even to
the depth of thirty feet, which would com•
net a resort to piling for every building
erected within the yard, and which would
be impracticable for dry docks to be erect
ad on the margin of the stream. This com•
pelted IhA commission to examine and
report in favor of the New London site,
much to the chagrin and disappointment
of the citizens of Pennsylvania, who knew
there were other sites on the Delaware
that were admirably situated far the pur
poses of a tirst.class navy yard.
Recently the borough of Chester, located
on the Delaware river, twelve miles below
the center of the city, and only a few miles
below the southern boundary line, and
certainly twelve miles nearer the city than
the northern line of the corporation, has
tendered the Government, free from all
iocumbrances, two hundred acres of fast
and firm land, underlaid with a strata of
granite, and with one of the moat beauti
ful beaches in the world, as a donation for
the purpose of a Navy Yard, which has
stirred up the ire of the citizens of Phila
delphia, who seam to be determined, in
their overrunning selfishness, to either
Save the yard at a place which has been
fully examined and found unsuited, or to
drive it from the Delaware to New Lon
don. Now that as it is not Philadelphia
alone that is interested in this great work,
but the whole State of Pennsylvania, it is,
hoped that our representatives in Congress
will not let the action of a few speculators'
cause the rejection of one of the lost ad
mirable sites that can be imagined, and
allow this foul wrong to be meeted oat to
the people of the State; and permit east- '
ern influence, which is now united, to car
ry this work out of the State of Pennsyl
vania to a place remote from materials
which are so largely needed in the con
struction of a first class iron navy.
The secret of the earnest and pressing
influence now brought from ttie city of
Petind,lphia in favor of League Island to
the exclusion re all other sites on the Del
aware, is the fuct of a few speculators hav
ing, at an early day, made large purchases
oti the " neck,'' which is full of fever and
ague and frogs, who feel that their bright
visions of large gain from the expected ad
vance of their water lota are not to be re
alized if this Government work is not to
be located on their favorite League
Island.
All we in the interior ask is that all sites
on the Delaware may be examinied by men
competent to make the examination ; and
that the beet site may be selected. Thie
neither in the city of Philadelphia, the Bor.
ongh of Chester, or any other reasonable
party can object to. All should be well
satisfied, and the Government by this
course well suited. PATRIOTISM,
COMMERCIAL.
PITTSBURGH GENERAL MARKET
Orrma OP THE DAILY Posr,
MOYDAY, January, 18. 1884. 1
Basin ees—On Saturday was dull, this h3vr
, ever was no unusual occarrence. Among the
salei we note as follows viz:
lour—The store rates were: Extra Family—
sales of 100 bbis at $7 25@17 50; 100 do do at $7 40:
7.d0d0 nt 57 4047 fg , Small sales cf Extra at
sr; bbl.
liny—Sales of 10 loads at s3soSx@)92 ton.
Palen was unchanged.
Strap—Sales were made at former prices.
Bacon—Shoulders—sales f 10.000 Ms at 9m
haws- plain, e.OOO the at Lc S. C. Rams-11,000
In' at 13c; ;ides-5,901ns at 11c.
Lard—Saks at 1 , 15 , 4 '@1ic.
Mess Pork—_ales at $2l ft. 423 for new, and
$2l for old.
Whisky—Sales of City Rectified at 97ciifi gal
lon; the market closing firm.
Butter--ales of 1,200 fresh roll at 25@ft in
ferior Ints sold at various prices as 1 4 quality.
tEiraln—Co•n—.tales of 1.400 bush, part to ar
rive at $1 2541. S, Oats at 81482 c. Wheat—Red
at $1 3801 40: Wh to at $1 4801 50. Barley--
Spring at $1 'oial 98; Fall at $1 50g11 52. Rye—
none it the market.
Cheese—sales of SO boxes W. R., at lie: Gosh
en at 15,.
Potaioes—A. good article is becoming scarce.
prices, however, have undergone no change.
Apples—Holders firm; sales of 150 bbll at
$2 7: :; 5 obl.
PITTSBURGH OIL TRADE
MONDAY. Jan. 18. 1884.
'the week j ust closed has been an unusual dull
one, intact the sales made were barely worth no
ting. The stooks on hand are not large. The
I,to t European news does not give a vary flat
tering account of the markets abroad, Crude—
The rates for all descriptions of Oil was nominal;
in bulk 190 was demanded and in bbla. including
packages 21c. Refined—Bonded was in better de
mand than free; for the former holders were &ek
ing 371g33c: for the latter the outside rates were
47@480.
Cincinnati Whisky Market.
WHISKY—The market for Whisky was unset
tled and prices were lower and irregular; sales
were 100 bble at 85%o; 359 do at 880 and 100 do at
87c: the rrgaiar dealers were unwilling to cell at
less than Me and the above rates were made by
outside parties.
Chicago B istitrines Market.
lIIGHWINItS - At a5(.4 8 5A, with a few tales at
850, but buyers generally refined to pay that
price.
Amusements.
fITTSBURGH THEATRE.
Legate and Manager Wtt, HENDIMSON.
Treasurer H. OVIISINGTON•
First night of the re-engagement of the great
Anglo-German Tragedian, Mr. D. R. BAND
MAN, for four tights on, He will appear as the
Prince of Denmark,
THIS &VIOLS% the great tragedy of
Hanalei. Prince of Denmark..
Hamlet Oir. D. B. Sandman
Polonium Mr. Chippendale
li:ave Digger J. C. Sefton
Ophelia —Annie Hyatt
o other play this evening.
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'ONCERT HALL,
,UMSEY'S MINSTRELS!
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Fiivay, Jan., 10, 20, 21 and 22.
113 STAR ARTISTS,
Comprising the elite of the profession and the
cream of the original "Rumens , At Newcomb's."
and the "Campbells." anger the immediate su
pervision of U. S. BUMSEY. the Lion Banjoist.
Adanisision 2S Cents
Reserved Seittn 50 Cents
See Lille of the day. janlG-lw
--e-
PIiHE GREAT PICTURE.
lase° Williams' Celebrated
PANORAMA of the BIBLE,
ELT MAS ONIC
THIRD WEEK, oommencing oa MONDAY.
Jannary i h, 186&, Exhibition each evening at
7% o'clock. Als3, on Wednesday and Saturday.
at 3D. m. Tickets 25 cents, Children under Eip
years old 15 cents. jantg-tf
`ELL Y 0 US
Old Books and Papers.
The price wiltbe paid for old book,
with be removed, old .newepspers or other
orinted_paper, odr_PA.2tr and an Store. We.
13 BM LIEFINLLI FORAM'
}a,n7-Imd 8, B. dc' O. P. MARKLE.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE DAILY POSTS
NEW Yoaa, January 16.—A Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Times says : " Washiugton, Friday,
January 16th.—Authentic information re
ceived by the Government reduces con
siderably the numbers of the
.rebel forces
in Texas and other portions of the South•
west. The whole of Magruder's force in
Texas does not exceed fifteen thousand,
and the troops in Louisiana,. under com
mand of Taylor and other guerilla chiefs,
Are put down at less than half that num
ber. Owing to scarcity of supplies and
and lack of transportation, they are so
scattered as to be impotent for mischief
on a large scale. The force of Magru•
der, it is stated, could not be concen•
Crated an a less time than three months.
It is quite probable that the tax on all j
manufactured articles will be doubled be
fore the close of the session. There is a ;
growing sense of the importance of in
creasing the revenue, and members of
Congress are rapidly though unwillingly
giving in their adherence to the only
practical way of doing this incresing tax•
ation. Several are preparing bills to
meet this necessity.
On Monday the Ways and Means Com
mittee will take up in good earnest the
petroleum and tobacco tax. The result
will be made public on Tuesday or Wed•
nesday. The tax on the refined articles
will probably be increased to the figures
recommended by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
A large number of carpenters and
other mechanics have been sent from
here by the Government to repair the
railroad in Tennessee, which will be in
complete running order on the open
of spring.
The report telegraphed this morning
from Pittsdurgh that Mrs. Senator Sprague
was injured by the accident on the Cleve
land railroad is incorrect. She was here
at the time.
FORTRESS MONROE, January IG.—The
Military Commiasion. now in session in
Norfolk, of which Brig. Gen. J. L. Nis
tar is President, have investigated anoth—
er model steamboat operation. The
steamber Nelly Baker was chartered in
February, 1862, at three hundred and
fifty dollars per day. Capt. A. \V. Cade,
Capt. Charles Spear, and J. a. B. Long,
all of &mon, were the ownura. The
Nelly Baker cost $19,800. She watt in
the employ of the Government about ten
months receiving $106,200 charter
money. She was then sold to the United
States for $42,009, the owners realizing
the sum of $148.000. In addition to
this, the profits
. derived from the sale of
refreshments was about $25 per day
during the time she was running from
Old Point to General McClellan's army,
and she got all her coal gratis from the
Government.
Another neat case is of an old canal
barge called the Miss Mary, which was
worth from eight to nine hundred dol—
lars. She was chartered in November of
1862 at the exorbitant rate of twenty five
dollars per day, and remained in charter
until she earned her patriotic owners
tour thousand dollars. She was nomi—
nally a prison hulk, but the evidence goes
to show that she was need a very small
part of the time. Her owners were the
noted John Coblens and John F. Pick
erell, of Baltimore. who figured in the
Grimes Committee investigation. The
testimony thus far goes to show that a
most culpable lack of system prevailed in
the Quartermaster's Department daring
the year of 1862.
NEW YORK January 16.—A letter to the
Eieraki from the squadron of Wilmington,
North Carolina, reports the destruction,
on the Bth inst.,of the rebel blockade run
ning steamer are, by the gunboats Mont
gomery and Aries. The crew ran her
ashore thirteen miles north of George—
town Light, South. Carolina, and escaped.
The boats' crew from the Montgomery and
Aries boarded and burnt her.
A boat's crew from the Aries was
swamped in leaving her, and Acting Mas
ter Pendleton, of the Montgomery, in at—
tempting to save them, was thrown on the
beach, where all were captured by the
rebel cavalry. The prisoners taken were
Acting Master Pendleton, engineer George
M. Smith, and seventeen of the crew of
the Montgomery, Captain's Clerk, Park -
men, one ensign, and seven of the crew
of the Aries.
WASHINGTON, January 16.—House. —
Mr. Feseenden, of Maine, stated that upon
examination he had found that the opin
ion which he expressed, yesterday, in the
Senate, that the commutation paid in re•
leasing the State from their proper quota,
was erroneous. It was impossible to con
strue the commutation clause in any other
way than that the procuration of substitu•
tee, or the payment of the commutation in
tier whereof, exempts the State from the
quota.
Mr. Clark offered an amendment, pro—
viding that the money paid for commuta-
tion shall be applied to procure substitutes
in the districts from which the person was
drafted,
Mr. Grimes, of lowa, opposed Mr.
Clark's amendment, and did not think it
should be left to the Secretary of War to
furnish black substitutes to fill the quotas
of States, unless suoh enbsitutes were citi
zens of the State in question.
Mr. Fessenden supported Mr. Clark's
amendment as a measure of justice to
States.
Naw YORK, January 16.—The ice is
very thick in the harbor, and it is doing
considerable damage to the shipping. The
ship Daniel Webster had her quarter store
and rudder carridd away. The ship Com
promise was badly chafed, and by careen
ing lost her main yard. The •ship Belle
Wood, for Liverpool, was so badly injured
that she had to be discharged, and the
amount of damage done to her is estimated
at $lO,OOO. • The brig Lucretia was badly
chafed, and lost - her fore-yard by careen
ing. The steamer Sidon, which arrived
yesterday mornitig from Liverpool, has
not yet landed her passeiligere, in conse
quence of the difficulty in getting her
through the ice. The ship Elizabeth
Hamilton parted her moorings and lost
her rudder by coming in contact with the
ship Daniel Webster.
Save Thyself.
DR. S. CUTTER'S ENGLISH
1• BITTERS.
THE GREATEST NERVINE EVER
DISCOVERED GREATEST 2 G.
NIC Elms ir is oo Vie RE 0-1 , ri E
GREATEST ALTERATIVE EVER
DiesCOVESULD,
A CURE FOR INTEMPERANCE.
AS A NERVIER, IT ALLAYS THE
chronic inflammation of the stomach, in all
Persons addicted to the use of stimulants and
narootice, such as Aloobohe and Malt Liquor&
Opium, 11 omehise Tobacco. ete,, m e , 1 i
removes the morbid snestite,._ o r_ent_villti of the
stomach for stimulants. . I d o . An heaascae, Nen
ralgi. and all nervous diseases. it has no equal
119 a Mervin&
ABA TONIC, it gives a healthy tone to the
s tomach. improves the aPystite, corrects liver
Amanamenta, regsdittes titte betels. removes lan
or andDvinenue. d"..vd11.24 and Mina perfect health to
th e
As - A - 8 ALTERATIVE. The blood, the life et
the bed,. is derived from the food we direst.
n o ir importint. then. that the duties of th..=-
soh arm Perf a r mt suformed.. H Aa thaw Are
imperfect*, disease lAstoid.af health h
scattered thPO the system • When pour food is
dilQ a w m
PhtPeat , o blood le Ltollt . te . e
body, and D tehod. aleh. Wll_tW..
Old bona. vouoruos "MoV.
other amass "IF ... - • ispo bleed., P - ,
end
Pear. Use Dr Cu . ~ a 'Oh
Fol• 0 ' '' ' ' '.
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Mauro Dr. • .- • . ' .., • . • ' our
Agents.
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HOMEOPATHIC- REMEDIES
FOR THE PEOPLE.
HEAR 1911 A T THE PIOPLIC SAY
• • ' ; ' :•• r'
The undersignml tirrinameoo Proik,llOß • •
RE Y.S' SPECIFIC lIONEOPATIIIC irEME
.Ol4l3in our fettilliere with the most satistactuig
result% and having full oonLidenpe tkeingdo
inenesa.putity and efficacy,ofremlußP recototnt ue
them to all perv•ns who wi,h to have safe, re
liable and efficacious remedies et hand for pri
vate or domestic u•e
The Rev. Wm. Roamer, editor of the Nortk
ern Independent Auburn, N. Y.; Ren,ll.4CreenY
D„ hector of tit. Peter's church, Auburn., N.
Y. ; S.l Ives, Chaplin of the Auburn State
Prison 1 the Rev. spencer M. Rice, rector, New
Bedfbni.?ldasa.; the Ray. Allen Steele. of New .
York Conference; the Rev., cituartellilcbsilift _Me ri
Rant tieneece tonference,..b.Tl.fhtfßiir-
J.
S. Pratt. Dorset, the Rev. f'hn If, Roble.
Buffalo; A, C. Elam esq , Utica, N. Y ; Hon, Neal
Dow. Portland, Me.; the Ron, Schuyler Colfax .
South Bend, lad. ; the lion. George,Mr mphee•ys., . • ••• •••••.-
N. Y„- Henry D. Cook, ea; , ichtor of the'Ohio
State Journal„ Columbia, Ohio ; the Ron. It. R.
Oratiam, Monne, ; the Ron. Thorns J.
Chace, Monticello Fla. ; the .I,l4M.JdßephAdile,
diet, M
ica. New York': Wm ßtigtol. ulha.
New York; A... l'ond tflq. Utica, N. Y ; James
Plunket, ere, Nashville, ileum.
LIST 01' SPECIFIC REMEDIES -
No. I—For fever, congestion and Inflammation.
o. 2—For worm fever. tv..;rm colic aind Wetting.
the bed. . • •
No• 3—For c li c, crying. 'teething and wakefau
nese of infanta,
No. 4—Far diarrhea. cholera bantam, and
summer onmplainte •
No. 6—For colic, pipings, dysintea or Wood?
Lux.
No. 6—For cholera. oholera morbiu and Vom
iting.
No 7—For coughl, influenza and core
throat
No. B—For tooth-ache, face-ache and neural
gia..
No, 9—For head-ache, vertigo, heat and full
ness of the hoed.
No.lo—Dyspepsia Filly-For weak ancl de
ran.eed stomachs colurtipation and liver veal.'
pla
No, 11—For Female direoilariiias—Beauty,
painful or suppressed periods.
No. I2—For leticorrhea, profiles' mama, and
bearing down of females,
No, 13—For croup, hoe's, cough, bad breath
ing
o, 14—Sak Rheum Pius—For erysipelail erup
tions, pimples on the face.
No. 15—Rheumatic Pelts—For pain, lameness.
or sureness in the chest, beck, loins or liquba
A—For fever and ague. ohialeeerAutoblaghe `47,1
old mismanaged agues.
P—kor plies, blind or bleeding, internal or ex
ternal,
O—For sore, weak or inflamed eyes and; age. =
lids; fatiag, weak or blurred eight , ; 4 i
t —For eatarrh , of long standing or roTet •
either with isbsiruction or erotism discharge.
W. C—For whoopin- cough, abating its vio
lence and shortening its course.
In all acute diseases, au -h as fevers; inflatithia- .
tion, diarrhea, dysintery, croup, rheumatism and
snob eruptive ducasea as scarlet fever, measels
and erysipelas, the advan age of givincghe Ti
Proper remedies promptly is obvious, and in al:
such cases the specifies act, like a charm. The
entire &sears ig (lien arrested at once, and in
all oases the violence of the snack is inairmiluids
nla disease she teued and renlered lies danger •
OWL
Coughs and colds, which are of mph frequent _
ecoorreroce, and which so often lay the foe:edition 4,
of diseased lungs, bronchitis and consumplioa,
May all be at once cured by the fever and conga
pins.
,
Inntionronic diseases', snob as d:Vlthel 16, • wean
stomach, constipation, liver complaints. piles,
female debility and irregularities old headache,,
sore or weak eyes, catarrh, salt rheum, an 44111464
old eruptions, the case has specifies whim proper
application will afford a cure in gimlet every
instance. Often the cure of a koala chronic dif
ficulty. such as dyspepsia.. piles or estarrtht
headache or femme weakness, has more titan
Paid for the case ten times over.
PRICE.
Case of 28 vial; complete
Case of 20 vials complete, in morocco, sad
bock •
case of vials, and hook, plain 600
Case of 1.5 numbered holes, and b00k....._.....3 00
Case of 0 boxes, numbered, and book ...... 160
Single numbered boxes, wlll.direetisss. l ,
Single lettered boxes, with elections
Large case of 2 oz. vials, for planters and
physicians 15 00
A LSO SPECIFICS
' •
For .elathm. or Phri.iair - -Oppressed, difficult ,
labored breathing , attended with coughs and ex
pectoration. Price, 50 etnts..per box.
ihr Ear Dischat gte and Dec 1.151694 —Dimharieli
from the ear, the t esolt of scarlet fever, meceles
or metaariale. For noises in the head, hardness
of hearing and ringing in the ears, anfbenr-aaha
Pi ice, 50 ante per box.
For , Scrofula—Enlarged glands, enlarged and
indurated tonsils, swellings and old alcon3. asrof -
aloes cachazy of children. Prim, 50 vents per
box.
For Grnera 1 T ebi ty—Phs &cal or os
weakneia, either the result of aiektiee,a. exces ner a v iT u e
- medication, or exhausting ditebtritely, Price 50
outs per box.
Fbi Dropsy—Fluid accumulations, tumid awe!' -
ing with scanty eecletions. Price, 50 contra .Dcr
box.
For Sea Sii - kocsr-Deathly sickness, vertigo.
nausea, vomiting. Sickness from riling or mo
tion. Prior:,so cents per box.
For Urinar , v Diaeaxes—For gravel, renal can
ant, difficult. painful urination, diseases of the
Miriam Prins. 50 cents per box. -
For Seminal Bwissions—lnioliMilitir die
charges and consequent prostration and debility,
bad resutts or evil habits The most successful
and efficient remedy knowm, and may Le relied
upon as a cure. trice, with full directions. $1
pa tog.
Perms who wish to place thenraelves under
thenyofesslonal ewe, or to seek advice of Prof.
HUMPBRBYv, can do so, at his office, 80. 662
Broadway, daily, from 8 a. in. to 8 p. in., or by
letter.
OUR REMEDIES BY MAIL
Look Over the liat„ makeup -s-easen of What
kind you choose, and inclose tho amount in a
current note or stamps. by mall to our address.
at f. 42. Broadway. ew York, and the medicine
will - be:dul,V returned by. naafi or tiaras, free of
charge,
ADENTB WANTED—We desire an active, effi-
Men. agent for the sale of our remedies in every
town or community in the United BtEes.
J. M. FULTON,
Fifth Street, (Liepatch Buihting.)
Second door below thfll, P olt OPpe. 7,
Wholesale agent for iittAnitri and vlbinity,
LINDWEY'S - •• •
IMPROVED
Blood-Searcher,
FOR THE
CURE OF ALL DISEASES'
kRIBIRG FROM AN
MPURE SIAT or TIE Brdoir '
8170 H AS
Scrofula,
Cancerous Formations,
Cutaneous Diseases,
ErYstPelao.. Bons*
Pinnies on the-wage,
Sore Eyes, Scald Mead,
Tatter Affections, Old
and Illtibbitririnleilrii, •
liberalistic Disorders,
Dyspepsia, Costiveness,,, , ,
Satinditte ? Salt Illicum.•
Mercurial Diseases,
general Debility,
Liver Complaint,
Loss of Appetite,
Low Spirits,
Female Complaints
Foul Stomach,
Together withailLather
Disorders from an improper
condition of the eircaula,tory
system. As a general -
Tonic, Its effects are most
benigiant, and cannot
fail to benefit, where
used pre/Bees - they, and
according to directinns.
AS A TO IC , it bas no equal.
it Enlike the
rummy vile tam called "Bittern" creates n
fable &Klett but give" towo moll z z
system. urectpalls , and sennatentEv.' a .4 LTA
1111WAllE OF COUMTKRFEITIII.
DR. SRI'S GENUINE — O . ODB
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has J. M Fulton, Bole Agent,
ted babel. Refuse all others.
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