grit Obsertar. BRIE. PA., JANUARY, 16, 1864 !MUM. VraILLICIi IT TRI PIOPLS TB lifit PtlCit oP AmniaOpa Tairtrr —Mows Joann. PUIttSE4MAKINU. yhen some English wit said, "tit me write the ballads of a nation, and anybody else may make.its laws," he expressed an idea which "stillis as trines when he spoke, although the forni of popular influence is slightly varied. Plinises in prose 130 W ac complish what a swig did in a less educa ted community. There is a bad-use of the word."goveinment" to signify the admin. Jistration. Probably no class of men is so .devotedly attached to the "govern. ment" as those very Copperheads whom the Republicans •sO delight to defame.— From their love of the ,"government" arises their opposition to the administra tion. They are not imposed upon by such sentences as the "nation's life," "inherent powers," "state necessity." They know that all the power useful to Put two mil lions of men in the field, to raise thou sands of millions of dollars and to deal with every question of internal and exter nal policy which may arise, can be exer ci,ied without one arbitrary arrest, without one stretch of the Constitution, - without any'interference with the fullest and free e=t discussiOn in the public papers, and without withdrawing one single legal point from the Courts. They know that to maintain the supre macy of the United St atei over eVery inch of its soil requires but two things—a rev erence for and strict obedience to the Constitution on the part. of those who as sert the right to reverence for and obedi ence to from others, anti the common sense use pf the immense material powers it confers. "A poor workman," says the proverb. "is always wanting new tools."— Other administra,tiotis have managed wars without drawing upon "inherent powers" and "military necessity," and managed them well. They never • hrunk from an oppos=ition party, for they knew that par ties iani . free stAto are La ineViLable IL; two gaseo in w ster. Surely the machinery by which a largs arm.% .1 I trgo ti bet, and enormous disburs-..mmt ..tol receipts into the treasury is 11l tn•tge I is not. indifferent from that iv:lnel', manage. sin ill armies small fleets and Sin Lit troA , ury operations. ,Whether a min IL. In large or in small surni, lablts is equally aleplinal,lA. i •L , l.lition anti sUbetr icLon not vary. whether the "sums aro in copper or gold. .thoup 'rut: ,DRAFT TO sth of p tst, and the draft is nut yet oi de; ed. Thi,, of itself, is a good sign that it will nat. •.; e proceeded with, if the peuple furnish volunteeti as List as they have (lone:" But toere s'more and the highest evidence on this point. — r President,Lincolu has sent ,allessage to Congress recommending that the bounty payments of 1.400 to veteran soldiers be continued by special act from the sth inst. to the lst.of February. It is quite certain that in'the opinion of the Washington au • thorities the bounty anti not the draft is the• thing to secure soldiers. Secretary ' Stanton, in a documentvitkcompanying the President'avecommendation, acknowledg eslhat a large portion, of the people of every State prefer the volunteering system to the 'draft, and does not say that the draft eught - te be resorted to in any'event. The fact that the Secretary has not a word to offer in favor of the draft shows what he thinks of the necessity and expedien cy of that treasure compared with volun teering. Secretary Stanton does not rec ommendaay limitation to the timeof pay ing bounties, but says that it certainly ought not to stop before the Ist of Febru ary. Finally, Provost Marshal General Fry submits his opinion, in which he re marks that reports from recruiting agents in sixteen States are very encouraging, and he gives figures showhig that a good-sized army has already been raised under the last Call, and also that the daily average of enlistments is increasing. VOLUNTAILEY ENLISTMUNTM. Late returns from the several States to the War Department indicate that at least one-third, and peabaps one-half, of the men under the last call will be raised by voluntary enlistmnts before the sth of January. Maine; New Ilainpshire, Rhode Island, Indiana and Illinois are expected to raise their.fuM quotas. Massachusetts, Vermont and lowa will not be far behind Not as good piogress' has been made in Ohio and other Western States. In Vew Yoik and Connecticut recruiting is slow. Pennsylvania makes the poorest Show. The last, weekly report trona Ohio allows an ag gate of about -130 enlistments.—N. I'. "Pennsylvania makes the poorest ~show !" citizen of this State, as he reads the t taunting reeord, does net blush to remember that if we had possessed a ..*wernor who was fit for the place, in stead of Pennsylvania being the last, she would have been the first to respond The election last fall, which was boastfully pro claimed as ',having thrown a:Curtaint over • the hopes \of the Democrats, alas, silo threw a cloud over our whole people. A ccurramir has been entered into for a i. painting, to cost $40,000 said to be placed in the, "eye of the dome," so far above the spectator that some of the female fig ures introduced will be sixteen feet high. It is understd that the bill will be paid out of an appropriation of 4 5200,000 or $300.000 "for k the completion of the ro tanda,", which was modestly tucked into a corner of the Miscellaneous Appropriation t bal.—Tribute.; Farb/ thousand dollars for fsingle Ipaint- • ing„ and that to be pot; inti'poeition where • it will be but little seen, at a time 7 - our public debt 'swelling at therate of three n day ! So it goes. Extra's ' fiance, lawlessness and l nittenness are the ordeinf the times. SOme of these days, the people; are, called upon to pay - the bill's, bi 'rather tbe interest on them, they may realize ih4ther Abolition or Democratic principles were the be for interests. , .A Minions-a/ OF E l iM. — George Thomp ,- son, -.t he notorious ,Eo gl WI abolitionist, •left England for this country on the 9th- Inst.; and will arrivaithere aboat the 22d. • .11stomes to stir up strife and dissensions among the American' people,. and - aid L Pbiuips, - •Sumner 00., in the work of de ageoring the Union. He was here on a similarimt severe& yeisra ago end sit stirred* thi-indittistion.iff the potpie' N to be mobbed et various points. . - GOV. CORTISIII 11131111AGIII. Cure a sufficient inniniU4 of voluntersfs. The Moorage of Gov- Curtin was trans , and with a promise of success, provided ' mated to the Legislature at the cam. a reasonable time be allowed for the pate menoement of last weellciard o l i areFiit It se x;ifire gi n w 4 e. ge r a 04V a i ttght the customary length of inch d merits. States ere mnsit im r2pirlp It contains no new or striking'ldesiim,.24. to-seichtfeie out teOrinto- their service as a whole is perhaps as olinaser a Meal by 4fitravAkane dillies Said promises. , * the prumsge of a how sage as one may read in a li Mime. There is but a brief reference in it to Naked imnoaing penalties by fine!and impristin- Menknal indivichials who shall: endea affairs, and the few extravagant sentences vor procure or aid and assist in that the Governor devotes to the subject, prochr ing any, person in this State to enlist! in may, for an the originality they contain, have appeared In any Itspnbilektralunfp Awalmltudealiatawairie of - anrothey State." speech delivered during - the last earn. . Referring to the rebel invasion of the paign. The Governor's party,argaaa h ave State, he says "Lite President, made a !re quosilion.for militia from this and some of long . endeavored to itripreeti 'the public with a.sense of the feeble state of his t he neighboring - States: aed• several regi health, and we are - compelled t believe, ments from New York and New Jersey after reading his few published docu- were promptly sent, and'enr -own volun • ments and. speeches' „that he i; quite as Uteri- militia began to assemble, but seme feeble in intellect as in body. • •embarrasitnent arising, the President! as 'enter] to a call by the Executive of ; the Gov. Curtin reports the financial ailairs State which was accordingly male. tin of the Common Wealth to stand as follows: der these &Hs 5,166 the men of Penn- Balance In the Treasury Nov. " • 30, 1862,, . , . $2,172,814 10 'aylvitriia' Were assembledlin the DePut- Receipts fiscal year ending went of Gen. Brooks 'Ewa '3;122 in that of November 30, 1863, . . 4:289,451 65 Gen. Coueb." After alluding to thegal ,,t !entry of the army, and,,the skill of its Generals, by which the State was saved froiridepredaiions, he coetinues • "It would bo unjust to omit referking again - to - - the loyal spirit of our people which' has 'been evinced in every mode- Slice this war commenced. Not Urdy have they sent. 277,499 men for the gen eral and special . service, of the Govern meat,, and stipported with cheerfulness the burdens of taxation; but our sipre ho'uses and depots have literally ctver (levied with comforts and necesitaries, spontaneously contributed by them,: un der the active care- of thousands oil our Wometi, (faithful mad, death,) for , the sick and wounded and prisoners, asiwell as 'for *our' armies in the field. Their Total in Treasury for fiscal year ending Nev. 80, 1868, 6,462,205 75 The payments for the same pe riod have been Balance in Treasury Nov'neb'r . 30, 180, 2,147;33l - 70 z.frhe amount of the public debt on the Ist of December, 1882, was $40,448,21.82, which was reduced during (e year 49 the extent of $954,720.40, leaving $39,496,- 596.78 still to pay. The reduction is ow ing to the increased tax of one-half milt levied on the real and personal property of• the people, as authorized by act of As sembly of 15th May, 1861. The Governor calls attention to the in• teregt on the ,State debt falling due in-a sort time, which has heretofore been uniformly paid in specie.• lie recom mends that it be tendered this year in the legal currency of the Govevnment, and argues that to pay specie would 'conipel additional taxation on the people. Of the 19 bills renewing bank charters, passed by the last Legislature, and pre sented to him, he has withheld his signa ture from one only. He suggeits art,ex tension of the pelriod during which, : the banks are relieved from paying their ob ligations in coin. He - thinks the salaries of our public, of are too low, autiorl gee that they b t increased. The amount isxpended last year 'to re sist the rebel invasion of the State was 671.476, :which was headily_ -advanced by the banks. This sum the National 'auth orities have promised to repay, and it is understood that steps bare been taken to fulfill the pledge. After the battle of Gettysburg, think ing it proper that a memorial should be established to the memory of-the soldiers who fell there, he purchased a site for a National Cemetery near that town, at a cost of 2,475.87. The authorities of other States united in agreeing to pay a share of the expenses attending the improie- . went and future repair of the same ; and' .the total cost of the cemetery to the 19th of December was $5,209.38..., • lie oanamends to the prompt attention of the Legislature the suttject of the, re lief of . ooor orphans of soldiers who have given or shall give their lives to the coun try during this crisis. In anticipation of the adoption of a more perfect symern, he recommends that provision be made for securing the admission of such chil dren into existing educational establish.' meats, to be there clothed, nurtured and instructed at the public, expense. He invitee' the attention of the Legis lature to the condition of the loyal pro. ple of 19est Tennessee, which iii represent ed to be most deplorable, and appeals ur gently that relief shall be sent to them. A general revision of our Revenue Laws, he, thinks, is needed, with a view to in , creased productiveness. I There are large interests now that- do not contribute to pay their share - 3f_ .he-publicburthenz, in proportion to the remaining, interests of the 'community. He suggests : Ist, An additional tax on various mining compa nies which enjoy an exclusive Monopoly of profits; 2d, The collection of all ma- Dies due on unpatented lands ; 3d, A tax on loans contracted by corporations ; and 4th, A tax on the °gross receipts of rail road and canal companies. • "Upon satisfactory reports, asseording to law, made by Col. Jno. A. Wright, I have drawn my warrants for the delivery to the Phila. & Erie Railroad Co.' of ,R1:10. ther million of the bonds 'deposited in the State Treat:lel% Four millions of Said bonds have therefore been now delivered. There can be no reasonable doubt of the early completion of the work, apd, when completed, it is confidently expected that. the bonds held by the State, seared' on the road f0r53,500,000, will become good in terest paying securities." * . -;* . " I renew moat eartiestlythereamunen dation made in my last annual message, of a revision of the. militia laws. They are at present shauseMly defectiie. ' In deed, if by a, mlßtia flaw is meant slew intended to-provide for IQ enrolling and organizing the military force of the State that it may be put into service when re qoired, we may be said to have no 'mili tia law. In each of the last two years, I have been obliged to call out the militia, but in fact *lee who obeyed the call were volunteers, and, with some exceptions, were wholly unorganized, so that almost in face of the enemy, time hadto be, con sumed in distributing the men into com panies and 'regiments, in electing officers, din other preparations for effective or giuniatitin." , • He suggests "the propriety'ef tire authority being given tor • the pre *wagon of a history of each of our regi ments and other organizations; to be: pre served among our archives. The. neeto. sary documents are now acemeible, and as they may in time be lost or 'destierid, the making of such a record not be deferred. It is due alike and the dead that this sullied iikeddiwi promptly OW \Upon." • " : 7 The following are the ranst4lnfie, *Pa additional feature!: * 4. , •I recommend that the pisad-'1 meats to the . Constittgion, giving . . to Cid mow in the 'public service • out - Of' the State, the right to vote, be patisedipreevt, ly and submitted to ovate et , the peo ple at as early a day , poss so ible, . • that such citizens may. m 4i iw . .their Night,_ o r suffrage at all future elections,. _This would be only doing Judie. to this 'brave men who ere perilltne their area in dur defence.. "It is highly important.thal we sheolit "P i epi*l" Ranks of oat Ptgialefirtis in the field and supplzthe p*ets, of, ttifide volunteers whose term: Wion'expi and who may decline furthei 4. lliitilisar aro happrto prapeit' emr 1110111.ta anw &boy: seeinaking tft Witelfllo a : • in various portions' or tie to 9,314,004 03 patriotic benevolence aeertis , to be inex haustible.. • To every new call the resqinnre becomes more and more "When intelligence eras received of the barbarian starvation of our prisoners in Richmond, the garners of the whole State were instantly thrown open, and be fore any similar movement had been made elsewhere, Iwits already employed onhehalf of our people in efforts to se; cure the admission through_ the rebel lines'orthe abundant Supplies provided for the 'relief of our suffering brethren. Those of our citizens who have fallen in to the habit. of disparaging our 'great Conmapuwealth . and the unsurpassed af fairs. of her people, should blus'htwhen they kink on this picture." closes* With the following; I '"That ibiannnlittiral irelKilion May be speedily and effectually crushed, Iwo lie --all—under the obligation = of th i n one paramount duty::-:-that pf vigorously sup 'porting our Government in its inetsures to that end. To the full extent 4.)r my official and Individual ability it shall be so supported, and I rely, heartily , on your co-operation. lam ready for all proper measures to strengthen ; its arms--to• en courage its upholdefs', ,to stinauNte by public liberality, to themselves and their 'the Men who; give to it their personal service—in every -mode to invig orate its action. We are' fighting the great battle of Gou—of truth—of, right —of liberty. "The A Ifni& ty has no attribute that can favor our 'savage and i degenerate en emies. No people,ean Submit to territo rial dismemberment without beComing contemptible in its own eyes and in those of the world. But it isltiot only against territorial dismemberment that Ire are strugglingy but against the destruction of the -very groundwork of the whole po litical. system. The ultimate question truly at issue is 'the possibility of the per. manent existence of a poWerful Republic. That is the question to; be - now solved, and by the blessing of God, we mean that it shall not be our fault if.it be not solved, favorably. "We have during the past year, Made mighty strides toward tech a solution and to all human appear-Ace we approach its completion. But whatever reverses may happen—whatever ,blood and t malt. I ure may still be required—whateiev sac ' rifices may be neceasary ! --there will re• main the inexorable determination of our people to fight out this thing to the end —to preserve and perpettiate this !Union. They have sworn that not one star shall bereft from the constellation,. nor itaclos- Vared brightness be dinimed by treason and savagery, and they Will keep their oath. - A. G. CURTIN." GEM IkleVl.6l,lAyrtit 1 . .!TT1C6 TO TUB The Washington corre4pondenti of the N. Y. Commercial :Advertiser has obtained an abstract .cf the report of Gen. McClellan, in advance of its publication. Although exceedingly brief, the summary given sufficiently indicates the:absorbingly in tweeting character of the report. 4 point which must always. be of! special historic moment is that which relates to the Gen eral and his army, after the seven days' fight, encamped at Harrison's Landing. "When all the circumstances of the case are known," telegraphed McClellan to President Lincoln, "it will be aCknowl edged by alt competent 'judges that the movement just eompleted'by our' army, is unparalleled lathe annals of war. Un der the• Most. afflict:4 Circumstances, we have preserved onr trains; our pins, our riaterial, i iindnbriVe all, clur honor." To `Ude ; the Prisident replied, and let the teadeit'jtidge how the promise contained in his Weida has been kept: : "Be, assured Airetzm 'and skill of yourself, triceps and men, and forever: will Le appreciated. If yon ati bold ,your present position, we shall hive the enemy yet." • On the 7th of July McClellan fully ex pected that the enemy, asanecessary part of his plane, would attack his position at • the Landing. Pealing deeply ttie critical • • nature of the situation, and weighed down . by a sense of the responsibility which rest ed upon him, lif.cCiellatfen that day wrote the. following letter -to the President:— We aiik for it a calm, and candid reading. ,M seems to ue that, in the light of subset Vaunt events, it acquires a significance !lad consequence searcely4o .: be tivenseati mated: • • , iirISIOSMATIOr Mr Or, en POSOZAO. Cier Hualsora Lainnaa, ' Atiirday. Jahr 7, Ifte. bliariPtuistexier:•--You: have been folly ...informed; that .rebel Army is in our 4ftoikt, 04,44, PIMPA O 4ftc!OrWhellaihr; ult sottaexing or ipsit . ions or reducing as by- bfatikiding 'our river conitounica thins,. •I. buinotbut regard oar condition 41eldritienl, and if earnestly desire, , in view olpossitilwoonlingenciee, to laybefore your gagelhOP r Y d r.Ror-Y0.4 1 3.13riveh3 eesiside, widen, my, sone ho" the existing state id' ho' rebellion; although. they do isotetrietly relate 'te• the I Bit:tuition of the inny.orAttictl, court within the Xeope of nay . o fficila Autism. These .viewa amount ,te.ouvictions, and are deeply impressed tipon "ntitbi And heart. Our cease must never' be libandened--it is Hui ;muse of fate institutions'. and `seif-kovertirnent— The.tionslittaticin Auld tha Union Must be Mleterred., whittevercxney be _the wet in ,Aphs,;,,ireatt,ttresuid biopsy, if Recession is suconsefid, diisolutwne are' elearly to tie seen in . the Ihtate. :neither. veilitarr awastar.volitidill inetionior for vsno,b,sko.. Y9l4r sntitiod .14trpose. to Ittraltsg#. 9 lo ,l 4s4 f th° iff. maw , upon the people of en- YII.III6LDENV. err State. The time has come when the (leveret:tient mule, determine upon is civil and military policy coil ' " whole ground of ottrattemat ' e. The re ePenmibility of detift.: -, Wig, daelaring and supporting suchreeiraitTesetilitary. policy, and of direeting,, i theV.Wholis. course of national affaletielegeld to the rebellion, must now be muted antikesereia' ed by you or our cause will be lost. The Con stitution give p_ you power srtfficient evert for the present- terrible exigency: This rebellion has assumed the character of War; as luck it shenkt be'.regarcied. and it should be contiocted.,eo o 4,o o .. h 4Vii heat. ,., principle* known *it - Chris - Han Civilize ion. It shouht not Are 11'104M/ring to b jugation of the - people of nay State in .any eveit. ' lt'should not be titlall It war, upon population, but, against serried forces and political organizations, Neither coo fiscation of property. political executions of persons territorial organizations of States, or forcible - abolition of slavery should be contemplated fer'ti moment.— In prosecuting the war, all private prop erty and unarmed persons should be strictly protected, sullject only to the ne cessity of military operations,. All private property taken for military Ilse should be paid or receipted for ; pillage and' weste' should be treated - 3s high crimes. ail un necessary trespass sternly prohibited, and offensive demeanor by the military toward citizens protplitly_reukece Military ar rests should not. be tolerated except in pieties where active, hostilities exist, and oaths not required by enactments con- stitutionaily.,tuade should'. his neither de- ' mewled nor received. Military govern., ment should be contiped to the preserv?-,. lion 01, public order and the protection of I political, rights,' Military power should. not, 60 allowed to interfere with the, r.+. 'Miens of Wirvittide, either by auppertine otoitapatriug the authority of the.uwitefi except for repressingdisorder, as in of er case. Slaves. contraband under - th -. act of Congress, seeking aillitsry 'pre en, 1 should receive it. The right'of , the dor eniment to appropriate permane nt yto its own service olairesof alavelabor ii uld be asserted, and, the right of the or, er to compensation therefor should ie r cogn ized. This principle ' might be ext ririe'd c , upon grounds oemilitery necemit 'fuel security to all the slaves within a p rtic afar State, thus working-•tritinumilifie ,ut such State; anti in Missouri, 3,ertette in Western Virginia, also and "peroiibly ev‘it in Maryland, the 'expediency or'itiON is measure is only a' question of time. , :i 'A system of policy thus .constituticunaltatel conservative, and pervaded by .tha itii,ill ences of Christianity and freedom, would receive pot support of altnoLeall fruly l loyal men, would deeply impriaisihe'rebel masses and till foreign lintiolic-, and it might, be humbly hoped thist,'...it riould " commend 'itself to the Savor o the Al mighty. Unless the priticiplo4 govoi•nrog the future conduct of oitr.strugiOe shall be reads known and a.r.proyeii, tile efil - tft to obtain the requi , ite forces:will he al most hopeless. A declaratioreof ,nitiatal views, especially upon slavery, wet rapidly/ disintegrate our present arrows., Tlicet lo I ti icy of the ttovernment rust h s e upported by eoncentrationsof military power The national forces, should not tie dispersed iii expeditions. poets of ' rieciiiiiiaine nn.l numerous armies; but ehnult.i'lie mainly. collected into inseam and brought to hear' upon the, :unties ot this COlllederlite State.. Those armies thoroughly defeated the political -structure which • they iopport would soon cease to exist. , lo.srt.vio•g out any system of policy orbiter you rummy form, you will require a commander-in chief of the army, one who poiiesses your confidence, understands your views, and who is competent to execute yOur orders by directing the military forces of the nation' to the accomplishment of the *b leats by you proposed. I do not ask that place for myself: I am willing, to serve you in - such position a - you ,may assign me, and will• do so as faithfully as ever subordinate served -superior.' I may te*, on the brink of eternity, and,*4 I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I have writ ten this letter with sincerity toward you and from love fornay.couritrY.._'• .... Groiaz B. 2acer.ill.tk Tar $3OO ComitterArtom.—fitrentious ef forts will be made to strike .out the $3OO commutation clause from the Senate bill amendatory of the Enrollment Act, but the impression is that it will he retained. As an encouragement to drafted men to serve in person, Senator Wilion has indi cated his intention to oiler an amendinent. reducing the term to 18 months. AT A full meeting of the National Dem ocratic Committee, held in New York at the house of its chairman, the Hon. August Belmont, on Tuesday evening, it was unan imously voted that the nest National Democratic Convention be' lidd in the city of Chicago, on the 4th of July next.• Coitaasse has -passed tho bill extending bounties to the ist'of Mach. • This is a tacit, extension of the draft to the Imola period. WeKa Ti? TUC B . LIIIIPT Hstos.-L - The Phila delphia A g e, tk journitl which, by the way, we commend to our .readers ae, s otteof , the very best spublished in tluywhol, country, some.practical advice to the husinesA men of 'g that city, which•we wish in alle netts, they would appreciate and set upon. 'Kenna who hits any State pride'about him canhare failed to notice the shameful, tiupineUeisifilth which our capitalists perritit 'the greathiter nal wealth' of the Comttionriettltif to lie'i~a developed; until thity';ake np some morning, and discover to theiii amazement 'that 'NO* York or New England enterprise Ansdis covered aid run away with the prise thit adniuld have enriched our ownniubliit trei envy and peoPle: There are a • hundred' in etancee that might' be named,.brenone are More striking than those cm:twitted-with 'tbe rise of the petroleum trade. • Philadelphia had it in her pewee, it she Chooser it:l4'llkt% . &met. the . entire portfon of tbia'hietedingly, rich and growing ' inteeest)is . her earn deers. She bad a railroad,'morti than liitireem-. plated, leading almOst to the" Ifia . it 'of the ell region; the 'had the' power to the legislation that was needed': the*rhed the. dormant wealth 'lying • her , barite,lo miry: cut any schemet . that might • hirrhAien vista ; and . she 'only lacked, pnbits spiels to have enabled her' to obtain it numiiiolyinthis trade; that would- never have' 'needed to fear: competition. instead ef• tneviiii-tinte7 th«; energy that deserves'prosperityfahe has Nei, a great Rip Vitt elieping*Wells her wide awake nAgbbortr travti rbipt alt sho t profits that tiatnrally - belcsigetf her•vor-, tion. ' The - railroad that she iioirmitrAed that) beyond ineinary,M2d the early etiniOetieri of which would ! WV ensued ler lo..cofirliettio - with New York for the counnerinf lot Abe Likea,' atilt sitter'yeare of dishoMitithlitiet cissitudis,- lies" miooripteted 'tbeizeirnisitirt4 of the entire Northers and Neirtltzitlestkii counties of the State; station , not' sziateded' in natural - wealth by Mu; in 04 widow, "stoeit' to increase the pretplettity *UMW- etvdiwited her niunenani those .of her butiaesementarti' seldoni taanthisakiiteent'as this slwastyme o ft 5101041ns - eistuViditi. • - a h ( .4 IN de notlrritei these thingivith4hweturer. .Petwaylinialia by Meth; semlossly.devoled her intersits, awittasiens for bet iced as tael we ipselt-of themisrporrom that in sage!."Hl oust by wisikiitiml•Abse , le,ib hod to luersposihrtilaiiilpiidow sligi t her 'leading iiitisem . lissis quite witssioic hi' Mist -ready— in doing acts ,to mako us proud of, seem to care nothing about:it. : Philadelphia is the heart of the State,i t tend u pon her cape-. oistlyptllic - ceoluro. ; In Up* city centres a'gresi share of the capital . oflPentiWvania, stalk' bas 'sprays be" the effort of the rest of thefilatifto buildlup her interests. With bit anti - time. wealth she- udibt. , Jong Ouse have made improvements, and• deieloped re. ac'utqe-ir'.thet would make her if not the equal,- Al.least very little inferior to New VOW and the Commonwealth the leading one' I • . •,;. cleastedlaiiiku o .../Lwro-licr pep: pie performed the dirty theyfrrvell to them selves as well as to their fellow-citizens : Let thbm.look at, her foreign contsneeee; timount of a c fifih l iiite port; to the trade passing by he; ..wtirlitiusos, at an increased expense, inte•thosefof other eitieg to het: daily narrowing influence • in' affairs I , f public importance; to the:reit:dot:ion sho has everywhere obtained for wint of energy,' not to speak of it in plainer phrase. and then answer. z. ' ' We ritart.cd out. hoverer, to introduce the following remarks from the 149e r and if their nre an indication that ,thri. PliddndelPitiair have at length wakened .up (m i nt their•l(Mi Amber, we shall hitif'tho flicevrith prop -b terms of gratificition'; "Philatielphin should be. , by light, the principal Petroleum ilarltet.in the ncrld• it was first discovered in Pesoeyivanis., and hero it first began to be tretkiett all is Oommer- Cial article. We fear, however, front pregnant wighs, that unites our heareinuls quickly be-' stir themselves, this trod..., like the-China. ' Ea.t.t India, nut other:brazsibetslof commerce of which Philidelphis,,esseOlioeip lappopoly, will desert us and tly .whither, limner, enter ; prise and greater inducetts.will attract IL From - the Coll3lllMbof a newspaper published i in this city and 4ovete , l tos.iiiis branch of trade and_ called ' Tli4 • _Pluil4clphia,o4l Oil • Circular ,inc( ran:ileum Pric4 .qprrfat,',' which I t are replete,with infonnadituritottortent -to the trade, we-gather the following iregartling the business in this city: 1 "The number of gallons -exported from Philadelphia were: -,: i 1 . In I tit; I , . 85,6 a .• galls. ‘Strorth S 23,317 In 186:!.. 2,607,206 do.i :. dn.:- 529,575 In 1863, 4,939,708. do. .:do. , • • 1,3E32,080 Au increase in 1862 ever.lB6l of 2,521,5 ti I, worth 8529,64 - 5 y and in - ../litill: over 186'2 of 2,:;:;2,:m2, worth -5852,5 , 05.• it. wilt -be seen trour.this,:rilUtough wo nearly doubled the business here in - 78G3, we felt :bebindurin crease inAtill4: by /89,4feNgsllaris. lit this is,nyt;all,.and only refers nto .;tlte Petroleum ..ozportoil.ffotu the peek 9E:Philadelphia. The itemizers ai barrels received. frotnjhe oil. wells in the year 1663, was,of erei.io - ;vi1.189.34i, ,nu.Lef,reliue.luit 197,4.90.: Inaklitg_lt total of ::'..i37.;,2-1,4 gallons of eilj received in this city. of this Jorge quantity. wn export, butt one-tittlt, and m111'1'10111" nit tho .fact is to our mete intile i=pirlt, send 'ofrtyireinsining four 'fifths, less the very ilinall, quantit i y oonsutned here, at an additional' cost jef,, oiglity-two 'cents?iliarrel, to the city'br!l':ie nr York, for ~ t lientitt• truth- the cOmittirnit ~ ;Protitsac., on it. - Viii .complain thay.Phi elpbia- has no Iquailr any torelgu cannnerne: that.. she •Its . 0 , 50. 1 ,1e,g, and shell:Le lost bet old charac -1 Or: Can it ;Le zrondered lat.' when such su . piled negligence le Irer itterest• its this fact 1 displays, is' disclosed I.- lint this.= not the what) chapter of her delinquencies. • By tie , glectieg the coustructioua the Sunbury and Erin fiailrOtil, Oh permits Now York to ro t ceive trees the Pennsylvania lir ell' thirty mil -1 lien gallons of oil which ought to -be sold in , this 'market, although the dosi of, tranSporta iii.ii of that oil to Now `fork is over - four thuds as much as it would ipejto Philadelphia were the-proper communic ations • established. 1 Row mush better would it bel:if our business , • I men, instead of speculating ,on the thousand tancirs that hover like spectral illusions up I mid, down " the Barbary Coast," adding no real wealth to the countt7'it, stock, laying up nothing to the stare of-the future, but only encouraging a PerraldQue tendency to gam- I bling,:would turn their attention to tho really - valuable productions ,of one; Stale, . and' not only lay secure fetmdatici4 of individual wealth; but restore one city- tri sortie of its 11[151160 glories. and save,the Philadelphian the mortific ation and th eme which he, if he I loVe.4'his City, experiences, Iwhen on "Visiting 1 the coal beds and the oil wells of his native ' state he finds New York: and Boston capital occupying the foremost ground, and his own citizens only named to be laughed at fqr their parsimony and want of spirit. Philadelphia 1 eannet afford to lose's trade of this nature. 't Five odd millions of dollars* ye* is to joke I even for us to drive away.: il . The Petroleum Trade. ' The producers And dealers in petroleum held a very largely attended Meeting . - in New York on Friday last, for thit purpose of me •morializing Congress to modify the tax pro= posed by the Commissioner pf Internal Reve nue •na petroleum, believing it. to be disas trous. to the trade sod the tqture develcipment of its production. A rePort ' was' received from acommillee 'and adopted, piniosing in lieu of the rectininiendatioal of the Commis sioner, a tax of five cents per gallon of crude at the wells, and a drawbiick of the same itMotint on refined oil exported. This tax would 'aitord the L ambunt .of revenue asked for from petroleum, And at, the some time be of less expense tn collect; besides being agreater protection tEr hinne manufac tUrers. A committee con fisting of Messrs.. ,3farvia, Baum, Cozzaos, Wales, Barrows, Mowbray and Finch, was appointed to proceed to Washington to confer with the Cnuttuitteo on Ways - and Means - on the sub ject. .1 number of member of the Conven tion, among *honk was Mr..tpownerof Corry, did -not Agree. to the action of . therest, and withdrawing, held a attesting, oftheir own. natintated that, thiepreductsou of crude petroleum ,iu the Suited States for the year ,/863, was an average of 4,900 barrels daily, for the year. IA tax,of hie cents per gallon, op $2 per, barrel? tipon said produc-• tion when sold,, would he 4P.04/0 per, day, or $.4,380,000 for the year ;,BO(; with the present I developmenht sit -Actual production may be ,attfely,eatimated for 18-I', _ Frop statistics .furniskud by . the expert . trade, "fißr •. "4"4,!OP, t : one"4elf,g th e Pg' 941 0 4 #4 gee# 'Mt! Countries. „ Of the, whole Azimut exported, 'shout one-third is ce . ode—which would 9,34 the amount of re . npit exptuted ?bent barrels t upon which a drawliic - . k $3 per barrel would amount to $ 1 0,060 ;. Which,' taken . from the gross receiP4i,.wonld iettee a net 're*intie to thtiOnveretnent. of '$3;410,000. Ili tits Sys tspi t4p clevernment sr L 4l receive a tar of five cente all ihti crude niported, and about:, three' cetite per Igalkin on all the . rehnekeXiiorted;, wharees, 't by the lati now force, tio revenne: obtaiiiiffrom the large leite alieinitVoi ieXported: e ,re vinee.iVOUld; than ' be'inertt osed more than $2,90,000 per ; annum. t The following is the aclloh of the "Downer convention," as givelf by ihh . journal of Com. •,• v .•:. • • ~, mace: ‘r, • i l:_ 2 l .PSTROLEIN _ E2fleN;,..A f COrlititiiiati Of petroleum dealers "abi trtianitiltoturira held in New York sly last week, to- consider ,the.„ftioeds. : ,ger. as excise Jon,• dais. emotions At. WM 1011 attended sad qtiite,9irited. leading inember; of 'the - trade -'being..pVisent froth' all- Parts the itaidatry. :Anaemia' ditisti and - iftieetigatier*,' die esareadeaire ilNetLidirfotaalliend the adoption by + Con. Anritat tax,of .fittean code oa, ,n4ned r aiit, with iiiirawbeck 'upon all" pxptlriA ' A notninittee of Nis este petateti-te,mspreessal the intiresta of,Ute.trade kirlYstehisigton, viz, Samna Downer A Of 13ttop.; (ho p ,H. • orp t akni, TA; ;" and - "0. - W." fitreet,' of Netii' York ; liff!Tbarbertbet. Of-Pittaliargi ssui , ii.ektrep ieveffi•Pididelphilw- 1 / 1., • • 4mr I m we r aid 0 011 tutt, etna one kl gl,parirldge , afikt``"thi - iihe oT nary ie is.&Ake. Brief Paragraphs. s ir Bishop CiatigAiet a five bemired dot. Jar nanrriage r:e sti i l 'iluritlener, IL .1., 011 ,Christmas day. • • See A contemporary c•implain4 that $60,•• 000,000 manually are wMNied in firing military 'salutes. • ;,. tr:tr A AlAdrul young lady moldered her lover, staffed her body into her mattrase, and slept sou ndl y on !tine for sly° nights, when he smelt so bad that the Police discovered him. MP_ 6imoe fzesideet.. Lincoln hat set the ezWaple, : it i 4 i.uppo•icil that alio test of "loy ally wifi t -befor ereryi tine of hie 1:01owcrs to balre*srUtii: pox. _ , lifi''lferit'y Dann,. Jae old owl : NI/oda) es rprcar niesseuger to tlarp city,"lva been: promo ted to the position of iezpress messenger on the carti between Ballo mat this city. - fite" The Obsrrctr;nti always bO found fur aalf,Tiuttriediately after publication, at the ilewg :Ctn.! of. Mr. al t ar, iu the Post office, and at the bookstore Of Mr. Cosign, 'Browti'm Hotel. OA., G. S. Ber6l of this city, has been re-notuitlted by the Bepublicans for Assist ant Clerk of the Senitte. nml Henry Butter. a1 , e,0: this eityl has boeu electel OM, of -they Transcribing Clerks of the House. 'Otte we see by tile Buffalo: pipers, l' that Die.: Sands, the pegr i o 'piastre), intends tl,eav jag:this oOttiltry thantifor Buropi. We trts.t that thegty ltich‘rd. will not forcer to call thia office, tint' aetoa a small bill , of print lagou out: Doeks, tw q ire Lis, departure. EtSW Me.plville, ,a promi nent Denoorat, who burned Abolitionist, hat received the appointment of ('noose! to Ithe oriawforilclintag.i.autl MIN TY . cant itille,tolrecteivn icerSome levemty 8::(1 regiment yeache immediAtAir homes. A public re hid they coming. pair 'Fly+ Park I atisagrment tJ Mr Creck;Ji itdialetu'an e know hinutpzbe an intends to run. cite recommentl it to the, ter. Our real • lttort.of 4'. Schwa. of I h.• li jv ,t pinery i S. ift a ple:tennt a itilruot allow himut other dealer. wit.. We :ire reii Ilowara Vonibinat it =1 ing4, the lllt •tnd 1 seen any of their that they consi , t. of , oar 'The ice in unninai flegrei of tokating miler lA. ,sexes, hod all advititage, of the"gtio.ttondition of the ice to enjoythertrielves ill the rare old pastime of skating. ' Itt•v. Mr, littickenberu wily tjeliver ledture at Farrar grail on "Ph.' Bottle of Gettysburg,•. on Friday evening , the :2•_'tl=inst.,,' the proceeds io he inppliel to the benefit of the congregation nfi which he is pastor, "now engaged in crectingi a new church on Peach Street. We trust will lie a large atten dance qn