THE ERIE OBSERVER. !erAlrg 81 KELT, tef4l . 4lTh. Till Y .sT OFFICE, ik.Ftlr, 11,KK A Ti •nbaeriber4, In &dirt:leo 01 twenty-114r 816.—Glum of tlftv S4,J, •nd i. , for larvae Club*, reRiS OF ADVILRTIBING . Fir Trek . * 1.1.1.0 or 11•401121• Ar • v i U.lllll one wink, i On. Nunn. 3 months $ 3 0' •.I w .. `• lAu ,/ri. o ‘4. • Int* , tic,* • 4:_ 7-• I $ ntl • P. •, sj Total ” O rZ. 2k) $ - u, G mouths, ' • •' 3 mootha,lolo. .• Dmort•• u tta. .1•• at Ft per ,aca 1,. hi...400*r. '..r k • au under elti, A na t: !aorta •h • .•1.• gio and tw . tr— K . au. yetial t a. Out ti , t tal r ai,..141r4 Ira ‘, , ,*rn , 1 ,• •-• alt.“.•• I t•iOlf141. pmarrr, • 3.3 • • ••i el.arra Ir. pr ti.n. t . • 1: , t•t b••• atltetly • I at 1•••• • 1•••.t,...u•r0t0 re•lalrr.l a ajyanaa..._ . • early mattlerttaluz .1., k ~.ar /i.l2All' • 1 1 0.11C904,1 %% t r)t BICE:CUT, rub tallr•ri J ti 1 tizacut ;usINESS DIRECTORY. _ - riff 1.0 moot, TT, J01T14J11...r TOR k, tot* -c I.lflll and jatsrl:, t 6fl Is It 1101'..E. k &ILA •4 ••A. H. arg. l'•., is I.,rtat..r rb,. Hutuee prement sgiram,u, haa andarcAia ••• y • CIIIILICtI sad bon, tboroutibly HE NOV ATKIt •, b 1 ri Li) We d , el o ,malhh..t that a. fa nay nut 114 au State fur the comforts wail cosataica . y•rtalo to a First Clam Holed tahlB It. '.. l'll'l/111KI" &r UlitouraaLa Gaocaita, sad baslere In and Itaportrd WlLwa aid Liquor*, also Sagan, Fra.4oiall, , Ott, and Apm to, Molds BORalu , a. I sod 1 (ouluaor,m) Buildinga, Nortit aide o Erie. Pa. 411 F. C. REID, Tio/%NWT •XI. Col , SKLLOR AT LA w • Oa'ag 114.111.1. We puttee of Liaptuleaakp • be found at 1.1.. o fli,c, • u F r•-larh • .1 eerier 01 t'4' ftre .1,0 6, 61. 1 ( )Iiiti:•4 1 )Nt111USE. Market street- vv..y as re 0.11... t ul r 4 tehan .ce. Warren, Pa. '2' , -17 =MC rtt•AK 14 ,, o1( 1l AACP/WTCI4III, , tnry of RIISaPTIIK k, Prue. Pa ‘k 1N r. 1V I I ITTORNET k CorktiN. ^x di I Air. Erie IN.— near the in the A 113e111121 •.•nd e tnry the I e , 11p04.1 k ter. He will ialerayr e. toond in bin Ake*, and pkuckULlly itt.43,1,1 In • I(4l.iii H. CUTI. UK. ATTOPLXIIT AT Nits. 1, F.:e County., other baste... attarulw.l to with ..... %h..] _ - .e *.F: J. MORTON. FOll7 • PIUI /(11 p 3,1 C.onmouion Merchant, kNek, Frio, dealer in Coal, Salt, Flour and . az CO., WHOLIIIALI DEALki.. .;14.,^Kfut• . street, Nin 7 Finoinell MN II t if.C4 & CO., VOIMARDING t.nd l .11111.11.10, tirrcharts, Cawkl, Flew, Flah. and hoot tnr of 1..11. Stra.mr-a, Pahlie RH«. Is . DO GLAKA, Arrow(it tt I or-- remove.! to •,11.1111 w 114 tof Ate. e , Inert, uu the flora, etde of the p•:r I'&. K. DOW 7 , 111,411. Artolll.llr7 AT 1.4.11 AND 3( 4T ICk.of ?IS el, MI ill practice In th. ...rernloourto of F Ha. Cm, ttt•, ;'Tr prowl. t and fiztkr,d•tu.,itte. tf, yll n u , nv . en -I.lto bit hunt', either tut •ri A tturtry or Magistrate r .111, In Km{ irt rk, cornet rd Stet* and Filth I t11)Xl.1 ! ei .1%11%11, •lorr•oTr R Ito co..t.oktia t.r. tar*, Rot:writ. situ r. -0: }tot 4.2. 1671, • .• 11 %MORD at 1 11 1•Liki Iv (;04.4., srlyrr 4••11 SoLes, • 6 k , Du thv Ant -.lv 46.1 LI 011/1111 Erie t t t. 1:.• 4 CA YI Ft.rret.ioul P..tins.',ltn.a Ti R lb " i • rt•Jr X.. L .U7l or nr rliht hodoi_ la.a an 114/4.14 s.l lour t. Pubite Dot 1, Cr to Yu 61 Pf ‘t -Tv% U 113 elneka, Watches, Flu. Jon he, Plated Ware, I re,kin4 t err and Fancy C .a, Partki ,n Building, 4 e.l Park near Peas h rt. bautedwur .(eloutit ¢ " , , , erfedr-, li.XT•IL I , kt Gd;:rlT. d block, „ t nn, Po-, i)daMoi ILI P. tii:n, Latnt.bed,, t.A.1.01, U 4.o . ing a. . 4. krrukAkr L•W dth - eget, „ . ..... l,urt liottilo, • ; a t ti dUNTINT, (r.. .?. ,G s. ~, • L ,t Crik, 1.., ELDEN MAP.% IS • L LI: J. M A I; V I CU( :`4.4.L 1.1.11t*. A'l' L4VI I I' l' at agon Itic, •k, zwar In • g r, .r tht 1111. : , 41tille, }./m, • LI Ll ki.t. II Ut !.16 p R1,,1 .1, 1 . 10; I .4 let vikr KR "it'A IeFOILD, IitAJILOYLLLIt J arlto• • - tun, of Bank Ho Ak,. 1'',6441 tglt.C4l,, Mato Wert 11/11LNLALEI .1 CO LL, ~ b. • at, . N.revt. Lr.e, I ‘. ,Aarct...l4l-443 kU 1101 SE, /14/Ik, .1.11 (KILL, I'mprirt,a {I.OPLA Or U.l4llllol.l lo iluill Lay., .rety attention, /may &cwt./a,* t ircall - , LltEkt 8t 4111.1,0 N, roavrakorsu It C010114510} YlYCe♦are, 4 a:, (louse, Public buck, Last of State :51rert la +Jou* at Ball li..wd t, roealug, kixte, l•ealer• 4 / 4 , lour, Paster, Water Lane, Se. • —Caro :alining to and from Cabal Ware How. /1004 E, Job• HR•LT, I r ,, pnet..r Gomel u Thirl3treete, limmarltatnn tr.allOg the Lap I'a. Terms rvawohabwo , accommodation the treat Hotel la the eLty , tuw liar aI a I, 4 with the e4acc•t LIALX.I4ICAKKIR., WIIuI..I4I•LY •.vit RieT . 1 .RAI ••• Wu Frv•iitioel hlwur &od Fred , 11 0 ,, Is I/ • I , door `out!. of k t tor, • • LIZ,I Ir l t till SOl L ( ht., %At, ....11.1 , LALL111.. .1 14111 Creek. lJ P ir.rtniarg, 11:4..41 - In •lAL•ourly , inpor, 11 &guinea, SiewnpaFol ., ,ar. Country tioao•rs wt rq4 , r• Under Brown', tiotr,trotinue the Yart NGII WElp4&s kiAkIIRK ql!lor,.SULloo • P...{. Odic*. - •ttt. bed, where i ron tien,n an . o, wwwlves withuot being anno)rat tor .11.wordw, if =I BAJICIL •NU Cua 1C710216) 3 / 4 Wlatwenta:t• NhitZer i Caudle, tsar-Arm Catitea, kc., "el'y • li•Jupry," beat tof uor of bilk anti late •tzveta, • iuus6-1,1 fiOTEL, sr•sr o. 3d &ad Market ,10 , fi at I , t/ I 5,0,1 wetl•tistswu I,ogiss as :At« 1 up ,a cet e r , ,,•d scyl- lLs actualliao.l• 14. aza tits ts. ins rsoss.ustb,s. 11 is in sat. yatt at We wt.) and Itil.rda "us ~ 1 (Its Cwt s k i o Lui place' lit tae Country 1.44 oar. 1.. l;a(:GIP4, OT •lIT Yrlll.lo A.Yu Gad tl.at CVLI.LetING 'et1 1 4 , 1( . 1, socrt. lot Icebloni 1,14144,-11 pruinytly atte 1 , 4 d to Arp.wations :or , and Polk!. a Imicted wanout delay, to Vinot !!lock, noen-r nr • * l 44etreeta„ Erie, Pa nov.r.rnlif rus, ►Y7II• I" & DA VIA, A rr oar r. S AT Law. CLessu u Feb. i b-37 '6l VIno: IieNNEDY tft: oxtr.,./Liti.kai A • Lt cru..ll y T• - c ru 1111, ). 14 , 4 012 fit.'t %trawl, hoar eau,: +11•..1 &pi 1.1!Ily I 3 rts I . F.I.I.ItITT ".UN• t.'4 aTr tit ;. •3. 3.- ' 4 % 1 W./ gob/1131, 3 WM I' I.tt (. ‘tt l lltl.o H tH•i. o'r.A.ilr•cit 'he T. 4., • 1...; , urat • 'tire. 1 tl.• U•rit•l, 11 10-1 r.A . RI EU. 1101.4 x, J Warren, Y. sr • 1, i pug 7'89 IMEEMEI It 1114,11 at W (ROHN. }OIW•CIPXU uX1111111.u• 141111CU•Nrat •r: b rt. eouttt• l'• ,by A tlat. 9 l. It ft WR. 5•• .•.I,Ast.t, Ir. r., .1. 11.:1,1 Itt•lne,l Petry- Ali labd. of :Aiktikiarag ALL. 011 011, 1.141. , , n• Sat J.kik.htiL, •110R3IT AT LAW, Harrisburg, Pa. a hard ativot, opp..alt• Us Coaaty AL VOL( TME 33 , 1\ U %No INU IS DAILY RECEIVINU co Nt PI, ETE STOCK Boots and Shoes ! LOWEST NETT PRICES TLa t • s ave., .4 CI he ontoloeted be WW. iote returoo-d t •'rte with a view to brace:am a pet - - inane:A r.'•dlro t and trades to the trade tenet ally wed to ha a d fl lauds. an Itivitattoe t• wall sad •Itlal/tI LDa .11,, • t r al- Wee' C , .rn•r ~f the Park •nd Peach Stre,t 5,14 It EtilE, l'A oLD FRIENI►S IN TILE RIGHT PLACE. HERRICK'S SUGAR COATED i'ittopF. , F.rlM t.,A hunity 4:attisztla lu a.. A orld,u•••4 twenty 'ears I.IV k: 1111.UONS ut p•-•-ong aunuary; always Are astieketion ; contains notb'ne patron ised by tb« I rtnripal t hy-i• tins in the UNlng , rlr gamily ea •ted with sugar laarge.l 111121.4 . 46 COWL. ; by. Hoxeo one dollar. Pull di reet,us with teach Warranted superior to nay Pll'a ..tore taw public. E It / 4 I CK'S KID STRENGTHENING PLASTERS - - Core to See bouts, pains aad was/Lases of the briast, tide end back. and Ithrumattc complalots abort periods of time - preed so ban Will wirtio t its . skin, thotr tier sublets the wearer to so twouvikotepos, L ad each one wtl. wear from os• weak to Owe* so • tbs.-- Price l8}( pent*. Hermit's ritgar Coated I Ills end Kid Plasters We sold hr Drugetata and Merchaute in all parts of the Dotted .tataa, Canada+ and South /anthers, and ay be Obtautai by calling for them by their fall eaubs. wire'ly 1 Dr. L. ft. Li CERICK t Co., /.1 Nay. N. T. I'lTTi6[ KAi, P,. Roru•r of Pena •nd Kt C-tir qt. THE Lurveht Om:mem-lel 4chool of the r,l t. t.., with a patzvnar. t f u•ar/y 3.04111 N•tudent•, and thr only nn" q eqmpirte. led re:talkie lesstnacthe In ake Via t Menu/ /6 l Vawdruwren, :teem Beal, Rat' Rime( •w/ /Ilea Book 6opten4/. F 110. T Plni3l LL:3/1 au I ilituust mai Ptionum•hip tido, Suit,' lug. I.g azd Vikt.b.-maties g•nerallf. 4•S 3 • U U F•i. §. fur a Comoasna u Cloerse; Studgabta .-4 all 4 rest! • t and tllia44l r•P 1101111 . tu.tl..t, at 11.0•0%, t tit , qgve of err 1,11/11111, 3peCiOll.ol3ll et •416144111 lad Ornamental hrosiattahip, east • beastlier College rue or • square fe.4, to.,tal alert • rain variety of Krttlarg, Let- Ar.l Viutirishtog, inclose 'it beets le sleeps to the f'rivcipaL s JZNKINA t MUTH, ti.4,1111.c. I r Pillsbury, Ps. IKE:=1:1 DARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO-, li~RTYOKO, CONNIECTI T. IN )/c PORATiII MO CAPITAL nnr, Fl NC>. , r t et T C. Ai..l/73ecy CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, It t ItT VOIR D. I'ONNECTICL'T. I 1 ( 081 ()RI TII.D 1547 n CAPITAL 11.50,004 H Billf kit:4. I not 0. C. WAITE, &ley. N ItA NCE in the above old and able. Companit. MA be obtalutli on wttaitton to mart R. W. RI:MILL, Agent. II S E DA L L EY'S M AGICAL dr' -- 44 . .881/••.. PAIN EXTRACTOR. VITO. aCTuR IN THE Wultl.l) I) ILIA. 1 - t'A \ E rhAcruti .iti eurr vretbdi el an Liss • .1 la} 'S VX rkiA cruet atU aatgfata ail ea tera^i kallaknacustt , Oo • LAY rA I EXTRAcTO"! pr.v. ut ALIA .le•tr”y ;ALLEY cure bw.ue .1 al. iJALLY • " PAIS I...XTRACI , .k IMOLA Waters free 11 pain Gr mark. I).ti LI rz.4 PAIR F.XTRACTOR oeutralfsea &II Poasons iut,... b• Animals, Insects or Reptiwia. • ?Ail% EXTRACTOR will cu'lru broken Orr Asia, Sun, Slpplyi,Pliee, Lc. ()ALIA:J . S EXTIiAI7UR will cure "twit Rikeelu, serJ, , ulA, Heed I PAIN EXTRACTOR will raze whipped hadds, eb,lllns, he D A I.LEY I - Al i.XTKACTOR will cute Corot, Col.rtma dee, L leers, Warts. BoUs, &e. Ho lloweekeeper abould over to without a box bee dr lor now. The timely um of laffiltigle boz may prove of more ?al.. than 160 tanwa Ita wet. Parents I— have a eon in the Aram, nand him a dos : Dallsy•• Peon Estrectur. It may be ti of ea•io.; tos lite, or the Weida comrade,' for ft will sore wound. o: kieds without pale Try t he experiment; if Its does oat tteo It. it will cost y on but tittle. Paster. !—lf you have a dear Brother In the krniy, send him a Box Ltallay's Pala IC:troche I lot it will rule wound. of .11 kind*, and it may be tht.ll.lolllllolsay. it your brother's We. Da fights. rie I—Hav• you a foredoom in thu /my, who is dearer to )uu than Ills itself • Bond him a Sus of Bal my'. Kt tractor. It will cure wonnda of all kinds, and ps-v.nt infiemasathsa, and may bother mama of ast ut his life Reader !—lf you have a friend in the Army,esnd kim a hoe thslley'• Magical Pam Bxtractor llt may be the means of ...ring a hie. If you have no tonvenienee for Rending It, send It by mail. It will omit you but 9 cents oetmge for a 23 ct Sue; and in like proportion for 60 ct and sl,w Box. Th. large boxer eontaft mons for the money tlmu tLe 2t ct. Notice —Toe! 1/ A LLEY'S 1f 4GICAL P LIN RITRAC• via lei" do sll arid even more than we claim It will, W. Mee to Dr. V ALEN TIN E, MUTT, and hundpoda of other vroinept Yhy.icians and Surgeons, boobies millions of 1,..p1e etc over the WWI. who bees peed the LAU-actor 'I. err milling rem rent for the past 90 veers. ,ale by all Draggling, Lad by 11.4 I. L. dr. it CCILIEL, Assuan 318 Greenirteit Street, New fork, Who 4n....a,d a Sox or either sass, Postage paid, to any 4 ,1.1.,••• ,11 the United etates, on receipt, o money or 10 Post r amps. aal eta. for the sisal! Mee, or bit orate Ch BLO. or the toediuln and WTI Edina mer•torst-11 A FACT GENERALLY KNOWN, the variety of new style Bed of Gothic. t otters, Courses, Round crvoi..toft, Jenny Lind and other palterer, with serpentine and strait tont, handsomely veneered Bur.ausi, Lat.-ninon, Breakfast, Centro and debar Teaks. Whatit. to. Quoter Btaads, Carpet and Pai=Et it au'r lie • •. Hale •ed Bee crap Mattramosa, and lictess , otth is her nousehold tnreftro, .11 san fkr•turrd (pm well measeto lumbar and bovlthr 1104..6 ~ b. expo isnot./ workmen and not by appi4 retina •t, le , quality and low prima 1 will 6e47 oven two•rrlor dialers to undersell tee. risathorr boner,t and ane oral. l'arlor, Neoromn, Kochi , 7, rowing. N; woo and other theirs, • ( Eaatern and Western OnDia• dictum, are hickory dolled and glued, making them as strong ea • o v other pert of the enen,whero gibers made and ere by DO ISODa.ll4lDribk. Wood indsor. WK./Ling. Sewing and Norge, are chairs of bard rror , d rounilocisechod through the vest amid clued, war. reutael t , , stand. ilandeosois painted, sad caul be No. tom f.t . strength, price a , ,d dash. Spin( Bevis I tam 1170 . :31.1k, • D,I haws the highest lostinioniale with • :tot of vices all pods seat on apploatUon. racking DOA hbt ',wog (toe. nee years experience sat , contending with an tort poled too pri.:4l ...ales., i ow detonnia.d to mil one prise to all, iv. , worth for your pay, and do justice t a.l oteu is wi.l3 me. I= I.tina , ,er, I alb. Sn tugloit. lave .Wck, Crudes/pi Reamed rm. •t. r Pr,,doce, ke , taloa at fair Coariet TON it. the rue , , cielt oor..er of Stb itti•rt ru':••• ne. r 41 W „, q. , ,ufact r and ialemnaD. 4 T YORKTOWN not) TAKEN! FTF. DAVIS' (091iTTu BE) ITCSG! lENEE=I MOSES KOCH NILT4) l• 1.11 R EsPECTF I'LLY ic y f hl. n,d trita,a and cinnamon that he teat!' 11 b., oil mead, CORNLK 10i ,STATE At. FIFTH STS., Wbera be lorivetithata to can and *asinine Sits ji ion .:r. Fits it , ge Is to large sod well esteetett -9 as any in P and be is determined not to be A undersold. lie has isuit received the largest stock of SPR INu AND SUMMER 040D8 t Ever brought to Erie. His motto ls the beet of . geode, glad' sates, out price. and that the beweet. Er gee& meet what they are regolorated they may be retheseL denleely fyi Piet:3 choler Brilliants, 800 yardsoottotaad won AV Sod dregs goals sta2M wor i 7 It, pest let. gib% it Y., AL •06 THF 1. , • . Ai fFr a zr: 7 ,- - - ERIE OBSERVER _....._ A-RALF PER YEAR, IF PAID IN ADVANCE. P. .-kRBU(',K.I.E, u e•sur t cl.,►k¢ a mahißD A LIRGE AND IN ALL VARIETIES, ;Ty. sToCK AT N. Pi, Govirnment Transport Frauds. I ititrußT Or TIM INVIOSMUATII9IO CO3ll. AIITTKg. Mr Grimes, uu behalf of the Select Com mittee of the Senate on transports for the War Department, has made a report disolowing heavy frauds perpetrated on the government. The committee express regret that tie time allotted to them fur the performance of their duty was too brief to allow more than an opening of the vast subject of the employ ment of transports generally by the quarter masters of the army or by the agents of the War Department. The examination of wit nesses was commenced on the 26th of Decent ber, and from that date to the 15th of Jas• nary the cuintuittee devoted their labors prin cipally to the investigation of the facts re• :sting to the chartering ,orf trau‘ports fur the Banks' expedition. COILE.NIS AND JOHN ►. Pgcmu. o► B t LTIIIOII Among the extraordinary developments of this investigation are the facts relating to one Charles Coblens, of Baltimore, Md., in whose business relations with the governmeat, fraud, bribery, and perjury struggled for the most prominent place. This Mr. Coblens is a Prussian by birth, an !entente by descent, a pealler and a borne jockey by profession. He is wholly unfamiliar with commercial pursuits, aside from the sel ling of Yankee notions at retail, and tea ling horses by the head, and he testifies that he can neither read nor write Ruglish. He ad mit' that he hat already refunded fifteen hun dred dollars to the goveremeat which bad been fraudulently obtained upon Wee of horses by bribing the iespeotor, that he bribed three of the clerks in Oelouel Belger's office, and that he bad some eonnAttien with • sale of damaged corn to the government. He appeared before the committee as ansef tensile shipowner, and would now seem to be • very wealthy person, rejoicing in the pos.. se leioU, in whole or in part, of ten (10) steam era, three`bargeti, and otghty acres of veluahle land in the vicinity of Baltimore, though gut a few months ago he was comparatively a poor man. The vessels owned in whole or la part by Mr Coblens are the steamers Patap ace, Baiuui, re, felegi alai, James Murray, Lioness, Edwin Forrest, Fairy Queen, Ceell, Uasweli, and Lily, and the barges Delaware; )kiss \lary, and John Warner, all of which arc now it have been under charter to the government. The following :4151e, compiled from the tes tim)ny of Mr. eothena, Mr. Hall. and Mr Juha F. Pieknit. L and the 'reports of Col. Br!ger and Gen. Meitit4 exhibits Mr. Coble's.' tranaacti,ns with the goverttamet in the char tering et• transports for the War Department : Name of Vend Cost of Vessel Rate of Barter. &easier Patapeeo,` $1,200 $B6 psi day. Baltimore, 21,600 260 " Telegraph, 7,000 126 •• •• Jas Murray, 9,833 100 " •• Lioness, 1,,000 46 •• •• Ed.'Fcrre.l, 4,600 41) •• " Fairy Queen, 4.00:: 44 " •• t 34.) •• • Haswell, 3,004) 40 " Lily, sG " Barge Delaware, 2,600 70 •• ' • Miss Mary, 2,2.50 26 •• 4. Julia Warner, 12 " Total, $0,183 $947 •• The rules of arithmetic show that Mr Cob lens was receiving money from the govern ment at 'lie rate of Pt:, .;56 per annum on ► oapual of :. 4 6;:4V`43, which iv equal to 649); per cent ~o invevtuient. t P tRTNERAHIP But Co',lens is not alone in his enterprise The report says further, that "between Mr. Coblens and one John F Pickrell, of Balti more, there ezisted a curious and extraor dinary partnership, not the least remarkable feature of which is furnished by the conflict:- ing testimony of the two persons themselves." Mr. Coblens testifies under oath that Ur. Pickrell is his general partner in the boat business, as well as other business transac• ticllv with the Quartermaster's department at Baltimore. Mr. Pickrell testifies under oath that he Is not Mr. Coblens's general partner in anything. Coblens says that although he and Pickrell were general partners there was no firm name, nu firm signature, and that ueith was authorized to sign the other's name. The testimony of the two witnesses agrees as to one thing, namely : that Coblens furnished all the money and Pickrell disbursed it and took half the profits, besides charging a commission of 3 per cent. on receipts and '2l percent. on disbursements. The report says: The committee submit that a partnership, in which there is no firm and no common signature, where one party, hav ing tittle or nothing to begin with, furnishes all the capital, and within eighteen months prosecutes a business with the government yielding ae the rate of $345,664 per annum ; where the other party invests no capital, but reoeives half the profits and • large commis sion on gross receipts and disbursements; when the party furnishing the capital does not know how much to be furnished, and knows nothing at all about the disbursement of his tends, nor whether he is now worth anything or is insolvent, and yet is-perfectly satisfied with the arrangement ; where the party furnishing the capital cannot ten who recommended to form snob a partnership, an when the other party cannot give an maid ligtbis account of how he ewe to form the partnership, presents features so astounding that a jury would not give the slightest ere dares to the testimony which supports it The committee are oompelled to believe that Mr. Coblens is only a oonvenisnt,tool in the lands of more astute If not more unprincipled men It any turther evidence is needed content ing the nefarious alliance between Coblone and Pickrell, it is l'Airliistied In the testimony t aptsiu William T. Rice, of Baltimore, the formet impel of the steamer Cecil, of which more particular mention will be mid* in 11.110 ther place. The only pet son commie:fled with the government, go far as the cetntail toe have discovered, vibe enjoyed the boquaintasem of Mr. Pickrell before the breaking out of the rebellion, was Mr. John Tucker, lat. A ss i s t ant Secretary of War, who testifies that he has known Pickrell sight or nine years, and that be has heretofore had business treatise tient with him. None of the wheelies. seem to have known Mr. Coblens before the glom moacement of the war, .and nearly all speak of him in contemptuous terms, as a person orno consequenee, whose precise position in estssection with the transport 'orris* Sr my Ober business is not divulged. ERIK, l'A., SATURDAY MORNING., FEBRUARY is, t 863 Mr. Aspasa C. Hall, of Bahilmore, - has played a %tory conspicuous pert in connection with the chartering of transport vessels at that port. Hardly any vessel has been chartered there during the prat eighteen months that has not been secured throniti his agency, and, of those earnings, from Bin to twelve per cent. has found its ereyi to hie pocket. During that time it has been understood among ship owners, agents, and brokers, that no vessels (mold secure a charter of the quar termaster at Baltimore, unless she was fferril by Mr. Hall; and l of thorn testify tlint, knowing this, they were compelled, much against their will, to resort to him to do their business So singularly ezeingire was the monopoly of this business enjoyed by that it at length attracted the attention of the quarter master general, who called Col Belgev's at tenth)n to it by two letters, printed in con nection with his testimony. Assistant Becre- I tary Tneker's attention wu also called to it more than once by Gen. Mettle (ace 06D. Moles testimony), but neither of these offi cers seemed to have made special effort to correct the abuse The eviJence furnished by Hall himself in hie letter. to Col. Bolger, throws mush light on the etbeesise intricate question of his monopoly. lie says, " The Hon. John Tneker, Areistaalt•iluretary of War, is aware of, and folly understands the nutnre of my business transeeeious wish the soverenteni as an agent for 60 owners and masters of vessels, and I 'weld respectfully refer to him for any information that Line Meigs, Quartermaster-General, may require." This intimation seems to have put a stop to further grumbling, and Mr. Holt went on as prosperously as before. Amelia, to the "list of esthete chartered by the Qaartersaset.ar's Depot went at Balti more sine. July 1, 1861, brAktieliel James Bolger," furnlebed by the •Quartermestorr- General of the United States Army, of the 200 steamers, brigs, tugs, sektooners, shies. and barges um ohartered. 168 were shat tered direetty from Hall; and the testimony shows that 92 of the remaining 49 were owned by parties for whom be acted, and who paid him net less than Sr. per cent. of the earnings of their respective vessels. The committee are quite confident that, if their time had permitted them to pursue the inves tigation further in this airsick's, it would have demonstrated that Hali,• in some way, received a broker's olmmi stun on nearly If not all the remaining 18 of the 200 vessels included in this An namination of the *elision of prises at which these vessels were chartered will fur nish data by which to show the *stannous re* venue derived by Hall, when Mime la—column tton with the facie abundantly proven, that in no case was his brokerage eoemassion lees than five per cent upon the entire earnings of the vessels, and riegitiffraifekure to ten and twelve per cent. The eaminittes have failed to Wooers's any satisfactory reason why UrII was permitted to enjoy this monopoly of chartering vessels There was nothing in his antecedents or character to jastify it He was a poor man eighteen months ago, with a character not wholly above reproach; he is now rich, and fist growing richer by the resoupt of a Itrge daily revenue from commissions upoy the earning* of vessels still in the gotirnment employment. The bestowal it . i? this Dirge pa tronsgs almost exclusively upon him cannot be reeonctled with any theory of strict in tegrity os the part of government officers. Although the testimony may not warrant the conclusion that any officer actually shared 'with him the profits derived from his business, yet the fact that these officers, who knew all the circumstances, acquiesced in the continu ance of this monopoly, should subject them to the mast severe reprehension, and it Is not easy. to suppose that motives of charity alone impelled them to throw such vast sums of along into his pocket. The monopoly itself was unjustifiable and blameworthy, but more especially when it I. known that Hall was ex• toning exorbitant commissions from the own ers of vessels for his pretended agency. It Is no apology for either Mr. Tucker or Col. Bolger for them to say that they did not know, until • recent period, that such com missions were charged,. It was their duty to exercise at toast ordinary core, attendoa,- and diligence. C4P?. RICKARD V. LOPIIIL, or PMLLADLLPUI& The testimony of Sir. Hall leads to en ex amination of . Capt. Richard F. Loper, of Phil adelphia, whom the committee find to be in receipt of enormous ues from the char tering of, triuterts,_derived pulls com musiou, ree .14.1 u 4 vessels where he acted at chi same time as ,agent of the government and agent of the owners, partly from the char ters of vessels belonging to transportation companies, of which he is a large stockholder; partly from vessels owned by himself, and chartered by or through himself, as govern ment agent, to the government ; partly from oolleetions of money due to others on trans portation account, and partly from his " in fluents." Mr. Hall testifies that he paid Loper $13,000 at one time for "getting busi nese for him." The Dimitiess referred to was the chartering of several transports for the MoClillw eapetiitioa. la answer to the goes uon, "liew mush, in imidttios to wh at you nave already paid him (Loper), do y?iii con addict yeursell osier equitable and mercantile obligstiou to pay hiM Hall replies, " I *hostel consider myself under obligations to pay him ono-halt—that is 21 per ,easels *bartered fur the McClellan ozpobtios." Captain Leper is a wealthy man, who di vides his time between Potioingwa, Cannes ticut, and this city of Philadelphia, his man mer rosidouos being in the former plane and his business princepally in the latter. He is an eigensive ship builder and snip owner, and the president of the Philadelphia Swam Pro peller Company, item/bit:lh he owns sixty or seventy thousand dollars of stool, and he wilds for the benefit of the l'hilsdelphil Steam Propeller Company one-third of the gtook of the New York Esprees Stisamb‘lat Company. Capt. Loper says that he 4-neglected everything since the war broke out bat to bused to and try to assist the gov ernisent and servo kW eouncry as much as in him lay." He assured the committee on moo oral 000ssions that be hod money enough be fore the war broke out for himself and his dandies (be had been as agent in furnishing gesseblottlat trensperts during the Menke. W, And that ko bag boos situated solely by Ma •11•1 A C NULL , Of Intl/101e a desire to ald in crushing "this unostsful rebellion " \lr. John Tucker assistant secretary of War, who has eartalely 'known 'him long enough to forte in Opinion of Mal, attribems to Captain - Loper great purity and patriotism. Captain Lopees sonnocttisi with the chartering of transpani for the (sears meet dories this war onalasseed as early as April 20, 1881, at whialt dim he was sp. pointed Assistant Aran of the War Depart ment by J Edgar Thompson, prod/lest of the Pennsylvania Railroad Ocespeny. The ':oona mittee are unable to say by virtue of what law an "assistant arat of the War Depart ment" was appoiated, or how the appointing power came to he lodged In the hands of the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coo piny. They would refer, however, to the ap pointment or commission itaelf, whisk pur ports to have been given by.hir. Thoingson "in accordance with the antlierity vested fa me by the Secretary of War," the Ron. Simon Cameron. Commeaciag op the 20th of April, 1801, t• act as • "assistant agent of the War Depart ment," be comineseed- en the sante day to re ceive five per cent. commiaeloas on the earn logs of vesseis chartered by his agency. The first vessel be took up eau the steamer W. Whifidia, April 20, 1881, owned by Anthony Reybold, at $176 per day. (Senate ex. deo. 37, page 2, Thirty seventh Congress, second sessloe.) Mr Reybuld testifies that the Whill die remained ie the service under that charter to the present time, although her rite of char ter was subsequently reduced to $lB4l per day. The receipts of the sesame, Whillthe up to the time of the delivery of Mr. Reybold's tee timony, must have been 'elsewhere betweest $97,660 5ed5118,926, os which Capt. Loper's commissions were between $4,883 and $5,748 Mr. Re)beld eharterid the iesembr lispripes for the government through Capt. Loper, at $175 per day, the Star 'at $llO per day and the John Tucker at $BOO per day, paying Loper Ilve.per cent. on their gross receipts. Titre' lifetime generous agency!, Mr. Beybold °bar tered the Dimmed Bums! (876 tone) at $2OO per day, the Swan (860 tons) at $2OO per day and the Gen. Burnside (400 teas) at $BOO per day, Dept Loper himself being part owner of them. Mr. Iteybold testifies that his own re ceipts from these charters were about' $l,lOO per day, or at the rue; of $401,608 per year. Mr. Loper's emandesion on Mr. leybohrs beats could net baste been lees than $2O 000 per jest, tor, although be charged so eonsmisidon on the three boats of which be,was part event, it must be preowned that the amount he de rived from them over and abort a fair mercan tile profit was at least eqntil to tee per cent , otherwise he would here charge:l the eommio enn If the go.erume-t h.d bought W. Reybuld's ft.*. t at the cutest, :mead of Capt. Loper to charter (Lem. It would hate saved an immense sum of money THE UAViNDIVA Atiother extrsorilluarrivisilition of tuts is developed in eocuseotion with this steamer She wu an old vessel, and cost her owners $26.000. She wu chartered on the recom mendation of Capt. B. P. Loper, by Assistant Secretary of War, John Tucker, though the latter4entleman has failed, for some use:- plain/41 reason, to isichide her name is the list he furbished the eolnatittee, of vessels ohm.- tered by him or under his direction. The ori deuce shows that the Matamors wu not only ,paid for at least four days' services that she did not render, amounting to $1,900. but she Was repaired at the Espouse of the govern ment to tbs. amount of 4.447 62, and that du ring the time she was undergoing repairs, said' by Baker to be fourteen days, she received her charter-party pay, $461 per der LOL. JAXIS 1112021, Q. 1 Col. James Belgtr is the Quartermaster at Baltimore. Mr. Hall show, in the list ren dered to the War Department. that he has '•chartered for Col. James Beyer," between April 14 and Sept. ft, Hie, fifty-three schoon ers, ffty-three barges, two brigs, one sloop and one bark ; in all, 110 vessels. It has boat shown by the testimony of Applegenth end Rhodes that Belger knew all about Hall's five per cent. oommissiotts as early as Jemmy-or February, 18d•', at least one month before lay of these charters were effected ; Appkgaeth tried'to charter his vessels directly to Belger, Baying that the five per cent. could thus be saved to the government ; but Bolger told him he must go to Hall. Rhodes tried to charter directly to Belger, and he too was driven to 11111. The committee are not informed wheth er Cal. Bolger first became acqualntad with Hall through Mr. Jai.. Tucker or otherwise. FM! All the foregoing facts and testimony point to John Tucker, late Assistant Secretary of War, as the person through whom these gi gantic and shameless frauds on the govern ment were chiefly perpetrated. Tucker was the Only person in the government employ who had enjoyed a long acquaintance with Piekrell. Tucker selected Loper to "examine and recommend," and Loper brought Ili his old acquaintance of forty-tiro years' standing, Amass C. Hall. Danforth is one of Tucker's familiars. Tucker chartered all, or dearly all. the vessels for the Burnside expedftion. She McClellan expedition to the peninsula, the McClellan expedition from the peninsula, and for various other enterprises. The testimony of Capt. Henry C Hodges, assistant-quarter master, who signed the charter-parries for the McClellan expedition, brought to the Do tics of the committee a letter from Gen. M C. Meigs, quartermaster-generel, dated Feb. 19, 16032, directing Capt.. Hedies to ehartet vessels under the advice of Mr. John Teeter. A lei ter from Quartermaster General Meigs, do the 6th hut., writs.. la reply to a inquiry from Seastor Grimes, dealer's t Tucker was -empowered by Secretary Cameron to exercise this authority. There was aothingtin Mr. Taaker's sates* dents to qualify him for the buiriestee of pro curing vessels fur the War Department, and 'La thing in his official position poialting to the duty of superseding the quartermaster or an) of his aseistanu in this important branch of the public Nemo*. Me. Tucker testifies that be received hat 6r=t appoint ueut as trattepoe 'put from the late Seoreuiry of IVar, 111 • Cameron. He gays, also, When a 0 u, a0. . in the heatirtk the War Department, about, van year ta,o, tie pressor. Secretary of War asked me to act as assistant, to which I releetantly asseekted, and have so eeetietted to set until the 21st last., when the *Mos teretittaud." coecteetoes. Tke ground oovere4 by title report Winds* MOW IP NOT PAID UNTIL THE END VF THE YEAR only a sisal! portion of the duty assigted to the eoentaittee by the resolution of December 22. As previously. stated, the time was tot. short to afford w•ue than a beginning, an out liae, of the work which should be undertaken at cues by a competent military commission; ud proaseuted through all the channels of the transport service, between the 20th of April, 1881, sad to the present time. The amnia We* are 0 1 / 1 1114111ZIed with astonishment nod sorrow by the revelations which have been facade, but they believe that nothing *blab so vitally cameras a free.peraple should be concealed from them, and they hope that thl ignessaSalloat may semi to a more honest and efoonontioal administratioa of the depart sent Of the public service to which their at- Wades has bees directed. - Blocking Condition of Breed Ne With fisw eiteeptions, amounts agree in rep reheating the seadition of the nesroes freed by the pique, of oar armies, as pitiful in the extreme. Here is what* correspondent of the Milwaskoe Non says, writing from Helena, Ark., Bob. 6th s 'llsolt of Gen.'Wetabburn's headquarters hut a shoet.distanee, is a peach orchard, the little graves lit 'Tows so close that one can hardly step between them. Here, about two feet un der ground. an ever s thousand dead negroee, and day after day others who have starved to death an bang added to the nameless list had there are a dean negro graveyards in lielena, sash rapidly being filled with negroee who were son happy and contented in health and mired for, of use to themselves and to tit.. world Yesterdny, la eongutny with Capt. Sher=An et the $4l wiesonsta cavalry, we rode by the drat tamed negro "pleat." Poor Orkin had just deposited on the ground a met negro, dead as a door nail.— Ills woolly head and dirty feet protruded from under the worn out ham blanket which 'aimed as a winding sheet.: One of the brio)/ wfap 4lowly digging a trench, the 'others stood watebing. "Hollow, boys, what's the matter with /noir • . ' , Lt.'s dun gone dead, massa!" and they shackled to think we eould not guess why he wag then. "What's the matter of him 1" "Too much hard times, muss De nigger, osa't @toad *bell ting." "Niggers die pretty easy here, don't they?" "Yes, massa,dey get shut of theyselves right smart now—dem's hard times for niggers :" And so thought we as they were left behind .o conduct their funeral to • terminalion. In Lalt au hour some thousand dollar chap wi'l be left to rot and add riehness to the titbit which will hereafter grow larger peaches than tear before In the house of Dr. (haat, where I boari, le andsttelligeut African girlibout twenty-four years old, owned ty the Doctor. The other morning, while she was sweeping up the hearth, e..id I "17mph--tamph—dia chile it too smart for dal Dere ls no fun to sleepin' in de mud. stare's' to death, getti.il no medicine when you are sick." "There ars lots and lots of niggers in town who have run away, ain't there, Millie!" "trutph—umph—right smart lot of 'sm. - "Well, Millie, ain't they better off than 1p.6- foe they run away !" "Now wat's de use of foollin. you know bet. ter. Would you be better off without clothes, and u bed and hense to sleep In, and somebody to look out for you, than if you had 'em De time was here when us niggers had our parties, and heaps of fun; and we had good clothes, and was Jos as god as anybody. Be fore die war begun a wa4on load of Diggers didn't dun gone deed every day as dem does sew. Dis oldie knows sounding yet, and dat to to stick to mittens." "Weil, Millie, cannot the niters take care 4 themselves •" "Lord help you, no About one in s bun t ad la smart enough to the and de o , lders would dun gone dead right smart W'at•wat• wat•wet de niggers know &boot buying stuff and taking care of demselves—ley never done 'eat: De MUM always buys for de niggers Just like u It dey was his own family, and when dem Is sick he has 'em ..I..ctored up Umph—umpb de white Yankee folks skin de last ohicken out of de nigger fore It were hatelsod if de niggers took care of demseives Deed dey would !" "Well, Millie, you are a very sensible girl, stiok to your house, and you will be better off " "Deed I will. We've all dun gone got sick of Yankees long ago. Nebber had such thieves in town dose. Dey beat de niggers stealin', and some of de niggers steal right smart too, I reckon." "What do they steal, Millie ?" dey steal all dey see, If two men don't watoh it all di time. We nebber had whiti folks in de lag hers till de army come, end sow dey is in der all de time." "Don't you look on the white folks whe come with the army as your friends !" "Umpla—maph! Not now ; derii too wick rd. Wat wat-wet-w it dey etre !or nigger, wheel dey lets dem die here and won' vet dem nothia ? Niggers don't know muolt, bu. dey learns tinp who em der friends right 'mart." And there is a world of truth In her ideas The army, with It. ugly eye, care. little ft}, the rights of any, one. Nigger, are good enough to kick and en! around. A drunken Ifieei in the Northern army is the most abu save to them. Three times ha. ewe within . weak interfered to pro'.'et eon a poor "boy,' 1111 AI ZS .le nigger, ar rl.ud, from their cru eity and tyranny. A pod mule is here worth a hundred dollars—a nigger is not worth a cent, present or prospective. In one year from now, wherever the rode ral army pins s foothold, the negro popula tion will be reduced one half. This is not %tone my opini,n, but of scores of officers i .a•e lately convened with, irreepeotivet of Au.* as Ins; die off, et) will the laud .verusUed. As a pueral thing the; uut wort for wages. One day last woor we saute upon a plantation which nunabsre. sixty-four Depose. They were slaver ono.. but on the bat of January they were I , lu they were free and :Dust support themselves Of this umber only Ave would work—th. :get Wen MAUNA to slather the corn yet stand, lagb ibis kW, or to pick the °woo hanging NUMBER 38 "Millie, are you a slave' "Oourse I is, why t" "Why don't you run away and be from; irri = dere...like from the •, . le Weld 444 ..8 has •3 , I I ": w :row lie= .. env: . 4 w done with ' 4 thin' Oat la His great wisdom only ktiows. Stow it Works. A letter from New Orleans, dated PM Bt. Philip, fib. 8, and addressed to die Winston Courier, dins refers to efforts for the military ueganization of negroes : "den. Butler organised thew% Into rerrinsisdis as soldiers, taking the organisation (ot the first regiment) from the State, designed to em brace free colored persons, the geld and stag' officers white, the line officers colored. Seat vlivei even enlisted in this regiments While the second and third, and • battery, were mostly all slave, field hands, and of the rough sort. They were sent out into the country with Gea Weitzel, and used as guard for the railroad. Recently Gen. Basks hos ordered them itt, ostensibly to garrison this forts here and baik of New Orleans, where it Is deemed impracticable to keep white troops, utalsriotts influence The order was given for the lb% regiment to relieve the 18th Maine, which you know has been stationed as follows two eon• panics at Ship Island, under Col. Rust, two at Fort Macomb and six st Fort St Philip. Be f\,re the order was executed, Gen. Banks deemed it advisable to send the negroes, but 'save the white soldiers. so that the forts were reinforced, instead of being garrisoned by no groes. "Col. Rust was ordered to take command at Fort Jackson, leaving his two companies at Ship Island, under command of the colonel of 'he First Louisiana Native ()ward (negroes). Col. Rust requested that his troops might be allowed to do a large share of the duty of the island, and be permitted to do it *operate from the negroes, which the colonel of the negro** agreed to ; but before Col. Rust had quitted the Wand, an order was Wetted that the troops of the 18th Maine at guard mounting, dress parade and battalion drill, set with the negro tstinlio-, and as a part of it. The captains respectfully protested, but appeared ones. No notice was taken of the protest, but the nest lay a detail was made of a lieutenant and .quad of men for guard, to report to • sirsrro raptam. The captains of the companies, larch, of Portland, and Varney, of Bruns wick, declined making the detail, as they did not mean to compel their lieutenants to salute * negro, if he did wear shoulderstraps. The 4iptains were immediately put under arrest, mid the command devolved successively upon the lit sod 2d lieutenants of the coati &Dies, who respectfully refused to make the detail. and were likewise put under arrest, so that the c.oteparner aria now without say coulemading otracers. "These officers are to be tried by °onetime tial, unless somebody backs down, and will of course be sent home in disgrace. The Issue has come and must , be met, and I am not sorry it has thus come where it has, for no regiment can show a record by a regular army di cer that will compare with this regiment. Be says that for all-.that constitutes a good sol dier they are "eqiial to regulars." The ques tion is, whether the government is to respect this prejudice, that we all know exists, against this making the negrn mtr equal. I believe the result must be, that if we use them as • soldiers, they must have duties separate mom white men. This is nature, and until you change nature you cannot do away with the prejudice. • As a friend of mine has it, we cannot reionoile the idea that a 'slave to-day can be more than a ottisen to-morrow." HALO ON BRIOADITaI —Orpheus C. Kerr, la due of his letters from Washington, is severe on brigadiers. He says : - -Captain, t bere's 'smelling missing from the rear guard Viliiam assumed a thoughtful demeanor, aud says be 4•11 it • miss first' "No," said Ibe lieutenant, agitstingly, "bat we MISS tw0........." "Not baggage wagons:" says Vallam, giv , tog such a mart his war horse fell upon hie knees. "Don's toll me That two wagons ate missing "Why, nc..," said the lieutentot, with emo tion, "it's nct_two- wagons that we mime, lx4. vro brigs iera "Ah," said Viiiiam, fanning himself with his cap, "how..lifif alarmed me I thought at first it was two„wagons. Let the prooession go nut, and send for two more brigs. the next time I have a friend going to Washing- JO.' S—Y— I SITO—X. Ditia E'S PLANTATION They parity, strew/Wm and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite They we an ant'dote to °bears of water and diet. „ They overcame effects ot dissipation sad late hoses. They strengthen the system and wellites the mind. Tley prevent miasmatic and intermittast beware. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach They cure Dyspepsia and Conatipstlon. They cure Mintier, Cholera and Cholera Borba' They cunt Lives Complaint and Nervosa Headache. They are the beet bitters in the world. They make the weak man strong. sod a-rt exhansted macre' great rll• rtorer. They are ma's or pan, St. Crate Ram, the wale hrated Canals Bark, roots and hefts, sad are tabsa with the pleasure o' a beverage. withont regard to age or time of day. Particn , arly recommended to delkate parseoe roquirtait a vac. stimulant. Bold by ati Grooms. Drsg giste, Bouts and Saloons, P. IL DRAgi k CO ja24on. 202 Broadway. N. Y. BRAN DRIIITIPI4, PILLS. Ti!BY LURK DYSPEPSIA, RILDUCt. cssussa ♦ND =PILL I WI rturctiptx Os DMUS,. Dl incistas R. HAZARD, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, says "That tweet) -seven years' experience with this seed reiee, '