Oiserfrer. rtlE. PA., JANUARY 10, a►xtira4 Vion.Axot it rem PIDIPLI re TM Mc' er , : azaalcua LIIMMT Atufrer Jsekion. The Casket: Ens* itoue. Acting Ensign 'Bone, about whom there has been so much gossip of late, we learn! from a seaman attached 'to the United States steamer Michigan, is still confined en board that vessel, thceigh he is not kept in irons as is generally reported. He is not restricted to any part of the ship, and is on deck every day. No persons outside of theboat's crew are permitted to converse with him, and several applica tions of psrties living in the city have been denied. We have been unable to ascertain the official charges against 11 , m. His arrest is the mutt of the naval court of inquiry held here suave weeks ago, but wnat infornttiou they elicited. or What special complaint they hive brought against him, is kept mysteriously .OT:t -otaled from the public.; • ZUSign 8313€1' is one of those superla tively "lOyal" men who have endorsed the administration from I to Iz%rd, including its system of arhttrary arrests, No person in the city has rejliatid more over the im prisonment of Democrats without legal °barge or tr al than he, and he has often been heard to si - xpreas a regret ,that the Federal officials had not been more harsh in their measures towards those whose enty c (t) was an honest difference of opinion 0,, questions of national policy Re is now tasting the same medicine he has been pleased to see administered to others, and we cannot refrain from a cirri ons desire to know whether it is as agree ,'abli to his palate as when dosed out to political enernielt "Curses, like chick : 'ens, come home to roost,'! and we cam:, mend this case to our Republican friends as one that is worth pondering over and profiting by. History is full of instanets where those who •lieve app. elided' acts of injustice and cruelty, have tneMseiv:4l been - made the Siotims of the very bystera which tbey We're instrumental in defend ing and establishing. We do not want to be misunderstood, however. It is a tarthrigickt or every Amex loan citizen that he is entided to a speedy. impartial trial. We have 'claimed this for Democrats, and we shall insist upon it for all, high and h", rich and peor,cionserve tire and radic a Ensign Bone is a'politi caLenemy, but we trust we shall never be guihy of permitting a partisan difference to cause us to lose eight of great princi ples. • If guilty of the offences which pub lie opinion charges him with, he deserves the severest punishment; if innocent, he should not be held under arrest a mo ment longer; .and whether guilty or in nocent, be is entitled ~to a prompt, fair trial in the manner pointed out by the Constitution and laws of the land. Peue %Lulea*. There are now two peace missionaries from the North in Richmond—lir r. P. 31air, of Maryland, - and Gen. J. W. Sin-' gletob, of Illinois. Neither of these, ao cording to the New York . Tribune, which We take • to be reliable authority on the question, is in any respect 'a representative .of the administration, but, both have gone on their personal account, to see for‘them 'elves what the revolutionary leaders will accept,' having first obtained the consent of our government. We are free to ex press our belief that DO important results will attend their efforts. The Northern people, by re-electinghir. Lincoln, cut off the only hope that was left of .obtaining an honorable peace by negotiation, and now.the only termination of the conflict that is to be hid lies through the terrible ordeal of the battle field. So long as either Abraham Lis xiltt remains at the head of the United States Government, or Jdrar son Davis at the head of the Confederates,. there is no chance of obtaining a cessa tion of the war,_ for neither 7 111 make propositions' of 'peace which the other is likely to,accipt. The masses of the peo ple on both aid - ski:lava no hostility to each other, ;and if they could . have the opportunity, and were left to their sober Impulse's for a single month before the expiration of that period they would , put an end to bl )01? itrtig4te. on ter nos that would di 4 nci d. , credit to any portion of our o um country.' tt47 ab )74 Yr is p It in - type. Xr- B sir ass r:tiareed re >n s w e n nla ti. an d is now the lailn of lase day" at Washing ton. His alission" has been as- barren as we anticipated. The correstosn‘ient' of the Worl I writes: " This evening •Mr. Blair, Sr., and. his son Montgomery, late Bostnisster a3nerat, calla I on President Lkno)ln, sriti spent some time What ptsse - I at the interview is as yet uniciown torou:si 1..4 bit to the Istter 3S. Blair has in 1... n ti N I vsry that he went 43.1 no Joission, and that ho did not rsosty' V nfl. nal or semi-of Sci d com lkuctlout J.l wails: in Richmond." Tnas !sit pe%ce bubble is exploded, sod t•te iosottient,. xesry ultion settles comae more into the wily of disappointed bope. ' Vle Papa Doty. The paper monopolists, say! the Harris burg Patriot, hive assembled in force at Washington and are inking strenuous exertions to prevent the repeal of the duty on paper. Certain New England .mein. 'bus who are interested in paper mills are also working in opposition to the re peal. Several New York newspapers have, it is said, secured contracts for pa per et twenty, cents, and are now i• igaged also in endeavoring to retain the • I uty, in order to break down the country press. Not only- the printing interest but the reading public in general are interested In the repeal of the duty, and the member of Congress who votes - .against the repeal mast ever be looked upon with suspicion for so fkagrantly opposing cheap books and newspapers, and consequently of plan fng a cheek on the spread of useful knowledge of every kind unong the pee. Pk. Zaiety, of the Conneaut Reportrr , rea. 'possible for the followlep As a lady was trading in one of onr stores the other day. the eldest:len in expatiating upon the ptd qualities of the Elliptic skirt, told her Webs wore it she would "wear noth— ing else." The lady thought the temperature ut the sisesphers belled the item bet eft alibi 10 1112 • WAS, NEWS OP THE WEEK.. (Philadelphia Age's summary.] ♦ resolution has been passed by the United States Senate ordering the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War 'to be gin at; once an investigation of the Wil mington' disaster. • General Butler was re lieved -from command at the reqUest of Gen. 'Grant, who, on January 6th, tele graphed the President that he wished Butler's removal. After a consultation with Gen. Halleck and Assistant Secrets :l7 _of War Dana, the . Order was issued which sent Butler to K,oeell, Mass. From all the various reports it seems that General Hood, in the recent cam• paign in front of Sritsbville_aud. r on his retreat, lost about. seventy-five hundred linen killed, wounded and 'captured, and fifty pieces of aitilleri, General Thomas reports that Hood - crosatd to the a . ouch bank of the Tennesee in safety at Flor ence, on December 26th. Hood, on his advance against Nashville,, captured 1,700 Federal prisoners. • At Cuarleston the Confederate 3 have captured two - Federal barges with twenty tkre prisoners. They ventured too near" Fort Sumpter. For a week past all sorts of stories have been circulated of the dissatisfaction of the people of G=eorgia with the Southern Confederacy and their anxiety to return to the Union. Reports were made of town ). meetings and resolutions being passed denouncing the Confederacy. All these stories originated'with the Savannah Re publican, which like all disloyal journals suddenly converted to Administration principles, is noted for but one thing—a remarkable facility for falsehood. As the journal referre4. to has suddeny become silent en the sutject, and even the de serters from Richmond say nothing about the supposed dissatisfaction, :we-presume that this lsSt story has had its run, and we will hear nothing more about it. The übitruetious in the Savannah river below the city having been removed, an extensive trade has begun, and many steamers ynd sail vessels go from Port Royal with supplies and forage. The river has not yet been opened to general trade, but an order to that effect is expected at an early . date. The principal war nawi on Monday, morning VIMs e, brcra-lo ire. 46, Itg* , : ry D. partmcnt of a raid by the South Atlantic': biackading squadron upon dome Georgia. salt works. The raiders destroyed twenty.; two kettles and two pans, and brought off thirty negroes as trophies. There,is little newel from southern sour ces: The only item of importance is tfist, General'Sherotan's advance upon Charles - - eon has not yet captured Grahamsville. His troops are concentrated between. Port Royal and Hardeeville, but have not yet advanced further' thin New river, fifteen miles from Grahansaville. The 'capture of Beverly, Va., by the Confederated is' confirmed. They made brisoners of the garrison_ of four hundred men. Francis P. Blair, Sr,, has gone on - a peace mission to Richincind. Week bo fore 'last, in company with Montgomery Blair, his son, he, went down to Grant's Iseadquarters in front of Petersburg. He had passes and full , powers from the President, which - were sent! by flag of truce into the Confederate lines and forwarded to Richmond. After waiting four day's at Grant's headquarters, Mr. Blair, despair ing of receiving any reply from ,Rich mond, returned to Washington. Scarcely had ha Left, this ninnsp. i,.• sr,» 'reply came, and it was at once dispatched by pecial messenger after them to Washing. ton. 'lt contained passes admitting him into tip:, Conic leratelines, and o n Satur day last, Mr. Blair again left Washington, reaching the camp on Sunday, and there being no obstacle he no doubt welt to ft:Osmond on Monday. . G-,•ters,l Batter has been removed from command. The War Order No. 1, series of 1865, orders him to give up the com mand!of Norf.)lk, Fortress Monroe, the north bank of the James, and the Dutch. Gap cansl, forthwith, and proceed to Lowell, in the state, of Massachusetts, and report far further orders. General Ord has been appointed Butler's success or. Wiltnington,anditbeDutch Gap can al caused his remioval, which no one will regret. G.'neral Sherman's advance guard is slowly moving from the Savannah _river towards ,Charlestion. A large parfof the Foderal army has been transferred froth Savannah to Port Royal, and whilst one column moves north from Hardeeville, which place was evacuated by the Con federates on Thursday last, another is : marching from Hilton Head. Both, col umns are rhoving towards Grahatnsville, thirty-fouimiles north of Savannah. They march along the Toads between the sea 'Coast and the railroad, and the Confede rates graduallysetreat before them, mak ng but feeble opposition. On Friday last New river was crossed, and the Federal advance was fifteen miles south of -' were hamsville. Wheeler's cavalry were im mediately in front of Sherman's troops. There is a report that on Sunday Gra hamsville was occupied. It is seventy miles southwest of Charleston. General Thomas, after marching - south to Pulaski, Tennessee, sqddenly cut loose fromf Nashville as a base, went to the Ten nuttee river, and, turning eastward, marched up toward Chattanooga. His object is unknown, nor has ha been heard him since January 4th. Gest., Hood has made a report of the battle Of Nashville. Heaps ha lOtifty pices of cannon, but' that his loss in killed and wounded mut small. He says, nothing about prisoners. Hood's army is now distributed at various .points from Florence, Alslmua,,westprara to Corinth, Miss. He is guarding the northern parts of those States.• ' Gen. Price has not - been 'killed and has not died.: Nothing has happened to him. The jury in the Weed•Opdyke ease alter being out 20 hours returned and stated that they could not agree. They were di. vide(' between six cents damages and some other sum. Nine of them were for six oents . damages. That any of the "Joy al" partici to this case were damaged in character to even that insignificant sum, the Harrisburg Patriot thinks. Is extreme ly doubtful. Hos. EDWARD &mem died itt his home in Boston. on Sunday, after a very brief inns as. H. was nearly seventrefte years NM Written for the Erijo Obowrrn.3 • 11n haiwitast LOW entitles. A suit in equity has biien entered in the -Supreme Court of Pennicylvania by William M. Meredith, Attorney General, against the Atlantic & Great Western railroad company,: to teat the question whether the eompany has not violated and in ,consequence Jost its charter. - The' grofinds of the proceeding are as folleirs : That by the sot of incorporation the com pany, then called the "Meadville railroad company." have the right to construct w railroad from Meadville to tkie city of Erie, by the best route or by connection with any other railroad in the county of Erie,. and, also,to one or more coal fields in the county of Mercer. The company were required to make equal cPuhections and afford equal facilities to the Philadelphia & Erie railroad as it makes with and af fords to any other railroad. ? The compsi.; tly were further empowered to connect with any railroad running to or, from Warren or Mercer counties. The Atter hey General claims that:before theine.or poration of the Atlantic & Great Western company, in 1857, the guage of the Phila delphia h Erie railroad had been fixed at four feet eight and one-half inches, and , that the Philadelphia road had been part ly constructed, and that the A. 8-. G. W. railroad company is constructing its road of a wider guage has violated its charter by thus discriminating against _Pennsyl vania roads, and in favor ot the roads of New York and Ohio ; that tile & G,. W. company has not built its ;road trout Meadville to the city of Erie, hut has con structed and now operates 0,310 ad from New York through Warren, Erie, Craw ford and Aterer counties to the Ohio lake, and'at the State line has connected and is operating with roads of- the States of New York. That the same company with out authority or franchise is eonstrueting roads to Franklin and Oil City, .and from the State line of. Ohio to and down the Shenango river and. French Creak.. It -has long been manifest that the object of the A. ti G. W. railroad was simply an extension of the New York A Erie rail road through Pennsylvania; and it ap pears that without 'any chartered rigiits for this purpose they have carried oat their intenta regardless of the main fel • tures of their charter,which was the mak , ingot tue roast from ales auto w t,< , of Erie. This is very properly resisted' by • the Attorney General of the State, backed by the recommendation of the Governor in his Message. ! This high•hautled disi.e gard of the 'rights and interests •of thel city of Erie, es guarded by the charier of the A. & G. W. road, will, it is hoped, be properly. ielouked by a decree of the Suprene Court; and„it is also hoped, in the mean time, no supine indif ference of the citizens.ol - Erie or their representatives will•give color to any sup position that we are uninterested. in the issue. We have already sueered quite enough for the benefit of neighboring States and cities to make it worth while to preserve the remains °f l ail& advanta ges as our locality naturally- should afford us. Szi.r-;'suraOrioa. Trip Co 021 Creek. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Aga has been on a visit to the oil regions, and gives the following acoount of what he saw - Corry is a; town which three years ago wad not in existence ; it now has a popu lation of over four thousand inhabitants, and the new frame houses add stumps of • trowel affecd aufficiaat -evidence. to the ob server of tu its recent rtn. Three rat ways center here—the Philadelphia and Erie, the Atlantic and Great Western, and the Oil Creek. Land sold here three years ago for $2 to $2 50 per acre is now worth $l,OOO. The principal attraction here is the refinery, the rro,perty of a Boston gentleman, worth $500,000 ; cost $175,000. It employs 175 men, paying $1 75 to $ 3 per day. It refines about 1.00 barrels per day, consuming 250 barrels of crude oil. * • . 0 The railroads which connect here make Corry a lively place—about 30 trains a day, pass and leave here. Here we first- begin to see that we are in the land of oil. Machinery of all kinds for boring, pumping, tubing, engines, tubing connecting rods, oil barrels and barrels of oil at every step. The crowded station house, the.oil talk, the talk of thousands of dollars es if they were cents, the ex cited individuals, all convince us that we ' - are on the outer edge of the maelstrom of oil and treasure. * * Haring spent some three hours here, we took the Oil Creek railroad. This railroad is a six feet guage at present, an trues through Titus ville to Shaffer's farm, on the creek; the guage, is the same as ;the Great Western, and they stock the road, but it.: has been lately purchased, we were informed, as far down as Oil City., by the Pennsylvania railroad, tis..y giving its former owner, Dr. Streeter, $5 for every $3 it cost him. 1 1 It iS said it is to be altered to the guage of the Philadelphia and Erie, which latter the Pennsylvania Company have leased for 09 years. Having at last started, we arrived at Titusville, which is at the dis tance of twenty-eight miles. and endeav, ored to get a room at the Moore House, but it, was impossible, and were obliged, after an unsuccessful search for a better place, to put up at a horrible place, a sample of the Majority of hotels there. It wag within a mile and a half of this place that the_ first well was sunk. - We were not lough] discovering here that we were in the midst of the oil region. The hotels are full of men, who talk only oil ; men with boots above the knees, and India rubber coats ; mud-spattered, travnl stained men,' excited with the hope of .gain, talking of thousands of dollars with as much indifference as if they were cents, and who are willing to give up and forego everything for pelf.; one never hears of war or politics amongst them. PiPa Me, talk, week days and Sundays. A barrel 'factory here turns out 400 barrels per day, at Ea 25 per barrel. The town has over &WO inhabitants, and one ne*spaper. Having determined to go to Oil City, we found the best method to go was to.walk —walk in the mud, which sticks and slips 1 - as no other mud ever did. So we started jibe next morning for Shaffer's farm by rail, it being seven miles down, and the present terminus of the Oil Creek rail road. Having reached there and fortified ourselves with something to eat, and for tified by letters of introduction to the superintendents of several large wells, we determined to start ; here was mud—mud up to the knees—up to the neck—the worst kind of mild ; one cannot coinpre bend it till he sees it, is in the midst of tt, and wishes himself out of it, but can not get out. After passing the Gregg and Foster farms- 7 -epon she latter of which a new forty-barrel well !adjust conimrenced working—we passed on till we reached the Espy ferm, upon which at the very base of a hill, with ground to work on about five feetwide,are six to seven wells', amongst which is the lamotts Buckeye well, which once flowed - 1,300 barrels per day, but which now throws nothing but gas, except about six barrels, intermit tent. Upon this propel, ty wo saw sr. rangements made to try the new boring machine, which it is said will bore wen SOO fissClisspis lin dqs. _ U is issi sip pensive, the bit alone coating $7,000; and we were informed by the gentlemanly su perintendent, Mr. Swan,,fthe cutting part is - made out of set diamonds. It as a French invebtion. The people at'Oil City did not seem' to know anything of it, and looked incredulous when I told them ; it has already, at a small depth, taken out a piece of !stone eighteen inches long. solid. We were here shOwn the action of .rte air pump. which teems air down into the well and also forces up the oil ; (the pump usually used•is a lifting pump :) the compression. of the air passing through it makes the pipe so hot lat it cannot be touched. The method O boring at pres ent is with an instrument. like a chisel, attached to an iron rod weighing eight hundred pounds, fastened to a cable ; after boring %boat fonr feet the chisel is drawn up by machinery, and an appa ratus attached calle-I a sand pump, four feet long; made out of tinned iron, with . a valve at the bottom which allows the pump to fill with; the sand, is Jet down graltislly, and when it is raised, which is by machinery, closes. amd draws up the sand and dirt. ' We progressed to the Empire well. This well, which burns its own ,gas—a very int. portant desideratum, an coal for engines cores $2O per ileY•tor each engine- e is on the Upper Molthenny farm ; produces 150 barrels per day, worth, at Oil City, $ll 50 crude. Upon this tarm also is the cele. Inmost Funk well. At last we reached Pe troleum Center, a flourishing little town supported by oil, and sifter a comfortable nap in our clothes, elaree in a room, started for the Ebert farm, on the other side of the creek; upon this farm are some of the richest flowing wells—the Jersey we 11,350 barrels, and the Coquette, struck a few weeks ago by the Maple Shade Company. which produced at first 1,500,n0w 000 bate rels per day. Continuing our journey through the midst of snow which bad fallen during the night. we passed the Story farm, Blood and, Rynd farms, and the Phillip's well, prpitucing barrels tier day, and cesne 'o the lii:Clintock or Johnnie Steele farm; upon which a well wee beinit measured which was, 400 feet deep with a first r31.(3 show. There is s well upon this farm rod:icing 250 barrels a day. Mr. Steele is about 20 years old.- and has an income of $2,000 to $3,000 per day. At last we arrived at Rouseviile, the mouth of Cherrrrun. - We here saw an other well burning its own gas, the appa ratus is all very primitive. At this place a great deal of business is done. ; Cherry Run binds at present run high: After passing over this miserable road we at last arrived at Oil City, at the conflueuce of Oil Creek and the Allegheny river.' Oil City is about seven miles from Franklin. the county town of Venango. It is built at the base of a bluff 200 feet high, and has one street upon weech the town is stretched. it has over Isix thousand in heleitents. and two newelkepers. The heel ees on one ride of the street are built into the bluff, and on the other they are eup ported by piles. The residents are busy, otiy people, all disposed tb Make money and attend to their own business. The creek' is full of ' oil boats, oil scow'', oil scowlers, oil berrels, and oil men. The town has a temporary appearance, but will wcr doubt he , torn down and other houses put in their place. The best hotel, and it is a vet* good one, is the Jones Rouse, the landlord is obliging, and un derstands his business, and be is a perfect god-send to the oil men. Within fifty yards of his betel is a flowing well, yield in ten barrels per day, belonging to a badhelor. • ' OW Oa •the' Drain. A correipondeat of the Cincinnati Commur - deft, writing from Parkersburg. Va., gives the following description of the ail oil•porvadiag mania in that locality If you want to be bored, come to the oil region. Here's the place Where you bore and get bored. It is nothing but oil from morning till night—oil on paperboiled talk, write, sleep and snore oil. ASk a man how far it is to Charleston " Twenty-six miles; from Slabside's oil spring." "What time doe,' the steamer leayef for Wheeling !" “Jua.. as soon as Eilosum'a oil is loaded.” "What was tito-fight reissue, "Oil." • ' , Jtnitins married an oil well yesterday--or Just as good—married Mine' Snifkine, whose father struck ile a few days ago. Snifkins hadn't tiinoso lgo to his wife , s funeral Asst would run over.'' - Preachers preaoh about oil being poured upon theiroliblekwaters,And say this is the very spot where the oil; for that ocoasion comes from. I elept, on four barrels of oil last night— every hotel 'full. The enure country looks greasy, people have oily 4ongutis, and your eft factory nerves are strongly impressed,with the terrible titeniflt. Everybody has territory for sale and there are plenty of "fools and their money" who anticipate the realization of the Baron :tfunchauson stories that are afloat. • - Every sharper has a map of the region, and can tell a stranger exactly where the nicest spot is—he hag be there, knows the ,plaoe; but is short of funds—has no personal inter est in the matter, not, he, indeed. But le m e re matter jot friendship advises yon to bony there, and then do what he le doing—bore sad oil must come. Men seem cra t iy;' victims are plenty. Seek ing to become *Wanly rich, many a tolera bly well-to do tut ever-sanguine individual goes his pile, and loses all he has, and sneaks off. A. few, strike Ito and bebome millionaires. Not one in a hundred but • get their, fingers terribly Wilted. , . A Vet Words to Skaters. The word "skate" Was imported from Hol land, where the schaat, as the Dutch call it., is , almost a necessity in winter. In many ple‘ces there they have canals instead of roads, and when those are frozen, market men add women, with ‘.heir loads of. vegetables, mer chants 41111'000g their business, boys end girls goidg tolsohool i and, almost all foot pas sengers glide wilily along on skates. It is probsble.that the Dutch first learned ,the art from their, more northern neighbors of Nor way and Sweden, where the first skates were made of tNe shlu hones of the deer or sheep, bound upon the fitot t with strips of skin. This must have been duddreds of years ago,. as mention is made of skates in one of the oldest Scandinavian poems. In Northern Europe there is - less snow than in this country,)and, skating is-a universally popular amusement. In this country it has recently become fash ionable for both sexes and alt ages to skate, and ponds for this purpose have been pre pared near most of our large villages and Wo have seen clergymen,' lawyers, doctors and their families enjoying this rears &Hon, and all agree that when properly in dulged In it is a most healthful as , well as pleasant exercise . It has its dangers, how ever, against which our, young readers espe cially Should eased. Skating should net be allowed to Waders with work or study.— Teachers sins,* say they dread smooth ice and pleasant weather. -Lessonsore neglected, lad the minds of their pupils g off sluitilig during school hours ; sad not *few mothers have had reason topomplain that their daugh• tars found the skatlng pond too atieCtive for the performance of hems duties, Bono ears asedell to gOosont•bdua to kssl* flan 'this exerelse. some report a large in-' oreasi in some diseetses during the winter, fr :iihum skating kas come into Nation: Avoid t s ,griat...exertioa; as te rasing, by' which the !. body - booms* healed, sad • thee suddenly cooled by the keen air whim the exercise is ° trier. Never sit &ism ont of doors t0..4c00l on." A Mead of the writer flout, lost him life from this cense. and is , yet subject to n teeth atm& ,tusesee: Keep the mouth DR ~ST R. I KI. AND'S F. 1.1,1 1 , I;UptI: 01 Gil IiALSAR t•t rum Cot.gic4 closed Witte skittle'. flold air :freely token Going, btrtarsettins. Aattini. • 1Fb•• p,. z t!tingb, Into thit lungs while a Poison le excreting( Thmat of Thgoto violently, may prods's sadden and serious : ''• 17 % 4 rearm illness' No senciht• boy or gikil will under any eirocunstanoeOndanger life by ventorlow • into known dhuger to show 'bravery It is foolhardy, not brave, to skate over thin ie.., daring others to Pillow, or to g.) , heonue* oil. ere have 'given' the ehallenge. Keep your :' %spurn?, to fans etealmory and tr brave l e l o "e " ter.. " rt enough to beer slinittlsitt• 10 , 1 (14rrointltr.t, war •it eK • erne niter n n' ! For •siale by Driaizatot•. r* , strop...tin/in:3OJ in in Written for th.-Okeerver. I Captain 'Jai,* W. Shirk. We were fortunate ea rigut t t lots prd4ont el S. very pleasant serprie... 41 . 1 B.yturlsy coreuing last, to OUT fellui 1.4 erutitivi Ili 'rt. Stii: k ..1 the United Matt.* niv:r. 11,14 is-at I,o; . itcs ,tik a short visit. Solna tiers since a few of hi. Erie Mende, learning he was about to he hints f, r *brief time, had prepared a very beautiful DR. Strickland'e Pdr• flern;Zar bee cut el thoatoistla of tit. -.mit c,..,. ..bind bad Worth gold headed Lawrence eons to be presented log Nibs It gores tenesedmte T..lt.f, and erNata a par -10 him as a alight token of. their regard for i rltn s t:',`,'7 7 - ir r.ry gg it i ltry' s ,":42: : 1 4 . 41;T:,:i ,: t ;',L" , ":;; his character as an officer.' and a man. Among:,treat C l 4' .l "'alt ".". , the many nOl4B anti itttil4nt. officers Brie Dispepsitt, - N e r.v nuslf e 8 8 and ..• has font to the war, both le army and nave, . Debility. TAR. STitt t:firLA_ND".'4,l% 111 Nir -Wp she has reason! to be proud of no one more D R t'eeltemotpt u m ," ~ s e-,.,.-- ; rlth 'rte ~ 1 Al.•- , 11.• than Cept. Shirk. As he 'tersest:lde boyhood 'lndlgeett , n, et 1pep.. 1 ..;.,t-!,4 . , ..,sere: n r.l V.:ei t ”: here, we have been_pardenlarlv ietere.ted It, D u rt .bg t r irtit t it e .t e r.. ... 4 .a ro t tn , ec a 1 1 .k r r 0 L , 1 T te 1i v; . ,,, 1 , t ,,; ( , ,, ,, .: ,. ..:44 t = him , and wateli64 his snares Nos, 3 / 4 4 B.l ' t it Wi ll o' ;: ' ,;.7t. " ilr i ;:r. ' I -!::;:,-"::: '',..'„'.,.1 upr o o t ., him, in the ; old navy, he .had . 'mons she 1 Demli'f , ' . Vor Fee t,, rr:;;,rtat'c goa..- , .::k • a' 1 p.I 1..tt;... greater portion' of hie life at nee, until thin .er.pare, by its. A. stric.t.a.,:, c r.s:t i - ouitt, ~•-!, war broke out. Ile was then attached to t h e , cl " 1° ""' " h ''' ._.. _ -Paeiflo squadron Immediate . ll' upon' the I titter. ' 1 breaking out of the rebellion he applied to he , Philadelphia & Erie R. H. hone and seats. nee to 'assist in putting it asyeMS2..?..ZRSINFEW _ down. The Oeperment replied as 'moon rib 113Hrt gee . at Ila . e have:ilea t!, , e Northern end Norttreeet they eeald,get any one to relieve him they i• Lei;v c .r 4 i7. tie lt c( aa P a'n - VZsbe " ,; tkr t Le th ion e so ttl et o r f ess E u r s lic‘i! would de se. After waiting a month or two, road Company, and .1, . r;••reted T•ylAfa3. TIN' ,e Plaa..arits. illatlNA at eats he offered to defray . his own expense! , if' he lieu ?rite inv.. - - 19rarreq A. 35010. rillill ferret , .. ' . might be.allowed to some ,house and fight. - 1 e cory A mi s. N ., 2 ....:( .: . . _. :::: ....... ;.".:r; I': i".!." 1., 4,. p.:-.. They then ordered hit to - the. States, acid liy i ry.i i n g,,, c3 '..: o ".. l , 4 .. -• • orts p. t,. allowed Ida time weeks leave of absence; Warren disco cr. stikat. ... -;......- ....... ;4 14 a le Corry A. on , Yes, I s r, j,,,... ~,. 12 ('S p. m. when be was ordered l ily telegraph to Et. 'Corry ALS - la x..-2 arrives, .- . . ~... 519 p To. Louis witketti l a measeets delay. The fret t . I: .r asza t z til a e n to : 11 1 6 :11 , 1 1 11 e i. i . .th - tit - ..5. , t 2 .. eet%,,,,,,,, p train after time receipt of the deepateh took f ll 4r tl;..ti o 6vo •u'.?l'rtla ; - '',! I, ^lll mn, 4 be ., ,v , u 4.,.,aad lall . m. re, a-! tltik e mport him west, and he was the first officer to report y sei r l op ilet r a,:elyhia. ' a, eager foietaoaa apply to the lana Admiral feet*. There was no fleet at the S. F: ems:- 11=1111 1 14.4 ete , an , tor rr , d,;131 ' bnai BS 01 . 110. C , ~ay'. ap W.. organised, and for several deys.he 5111.9 C.T6'- , t. Q . F t Kraiag-th u g, i i,„, ..,,,,,, lit!, a t m .;;,..: 'l,, eta, ...Joe* 11.4.0111'. prin.,. tutoretary. When e P h. 1. 1 V 1 A V.;;,, n. „„.,. i „„,„ receiving ship was hired by the OoVernment t • .7. : 5!. nß7ta.. Ar,t • le' e. it Ti . liettirr,re he was made the eieoutive• hitter, J and re- 1 1 ,a,,," 1 1 ' . u '',T,',, - . T .",?.",,', ; ,,,,',..T . ',, 1 g .: . 1 , . I ,:' ' 4 " mained in this : presition until the, 2elth of .i , s ti g e ls .„ 1:i i r T 4 TS, i„;.•-.:40 111r... k e., •V1'1.•e.,;-, , -1 December, when he was ordered le entre, ' whither the iron elads had gone., Ile was placed temporat ily in command of the &sex, and on the let day of lanUary, ISfi2, he Wag ' 1 given the sonmeaad of the United 111ite$ gun- ' boil Lexington, and eent to Petincali, there to' await this "rest of the sleet preparing to ' make an etteet upon Port Henry. Upon one or two ecessionathe &Wigton and Conestoga • Dade a resotneisinse to fort Henry, where the rebel boats would show their heads, but., upon one or twe shells being throws among . them from Uncle Sam's boats, the chivalrous ! nibs would run with all speed. The water ' 'being high on , the Tennessee and• the torpe - does removed, it wee reported to CoMmodore Foote, wken be thpaght it the proper time to ' attach Fort Fienry:7 The malt is well known i to the people. After the 'fall of the fort, the ' Lexington, Cenest;oge and Tyler proceeded up the Tennessee river as far as Florence. ; One of the happy results of this expedition , rte 4 it will be xlimembered, was the Union, feeling developed among the people along the Ayer. Open coming down, the kexington, in passing between the stone piers of the bridge that had been pertially destroyed, struck against one and was io Mach injured that she had to go to at 'fouls ?Lir inallire. like rekralatetad a week. In the meantime came the fight. of Fort Donelson. After the' Lexington wee re- . paired she was Ordered up the Tennessee, there to eo•operete with the army and protect the Union people. It was while there the battle et Pittsburg Landing came off, and as* the army acknowledged, it was owing to the presence of the gunboats Lexington and Ty ler that the army was saved. General Grant in his report mentions the service. When the water became too low for these home they were ordered oat of the river by Admiral Davis, who had succeeded Admiral Foote in the command of the Mississippi Squadron.— Captain Shirk then went to Meinphis, and to his great disappointment, found he was one hour toe Late to r participate in the fight. Ope rations then ceased for a while, when tho Lexington with other boats was ordered up the White river, where they performed some service in taking St.. Charles and destroying rebel boats. When the water became too low for them to stay longer, they came out again into the Mississippi; and not much more was done until Admiral Porter took command, when they made en attack upon Vicksbuig. but the army not being sufficiently largo to take the place at that time the project was abandoned and attention turned to Arkansas Post, whbre the Lexington did signal nervice • in silencing the guns of .the fort.' Admiral Porter and Captain Shirk were the first per eon's entering the fort. After which Admiral . Porter, to reward. Captain Shirk, gave him comittond of the funds:labia, a vire •oompli meta to him, as she was.a post. captain's com mand. With many regrets Geptain Shirk bade adieu to his boat and crew, and wont to over see !the work of the new cemmaud at New Albany'. When thd Tusourtibia was famished . ' she twent immediately • down the river anti joined theirest of the fleet, which was prepar ing to rtiel , the betteriet at Vicksburg. On . the.night 'of April le, thitleet being ready, passed the batteries stecessfully, Tho rebels on the lockout pouredshot and shell into them, but doing little, damage. Again was, Captain Shirk unbuttoned biGeneral Grant iu his report for services. On the 29th of April the Sett at Grand Gulf same off, when the Tuscambla well elms up to the batteries, and fonghti 4} hours without outsing--she being Amok ever three hundred times, and her , cabin perfectly perforated with bullet holes. Nine persons were killed tied several woun ded on this ()cauion. After the Tuscumbia had her "hog 'sheltie" cut away by shot she VW compelled to withdraw. Soon after the while attack ceased, and the following morn ing Grand Gulf was oars without further lighting. After Vicksburg fell, the fighting was over on the Mississippi river, except with guerrillas, when Captain Shirk had the divi- - glen of the Tennessee river awarded, him, where he performed his duties faithfully, _natil within a few days,when be was detached and ordered is navigation duty at the Phila dolphin navy yard. - Captain Shirk was presented with the cane, on behalf of the donors, by Mr. Benj-Wbit. man, fn a neat and very appropriate speech ; which was responded to by the Captain in a feeling and modest manner. After a short time spent. in pleasant social Intercourse we , left the Civets, heplag to sett him soon 1 *Oa. ' - lamess. 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