The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1862, Page 2

NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. REBEL OPINION OF SECRETARY: SEWARD, THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRING, KY. A VACANCY IN ‘TE REBEL CABINET Capture of the Cape Henry Lightboat and Its Crew by ‘the Rebels, The Hatteras Rebel Prisoners Released from Their Parole, &e., ke, &e. We have received the— Petersburg Low! Express. Jannary 25 Norfolk Day Book... January 25 From these papers we take the following extragts, THE REBEL DEFEAT AT MILL SPRING, KY, ‘The Richmond Dispatch of Friday shows that the rebels aro much perplexed at their defeat in Kentucky. The Dispatch says:— re Woe regret to say that the report of the federal victor tn Rentuck: vy, Satiget oue Wodnesday night trom Northern sources, 8 more than confirmed by intelligence received bere atthe War Depart It appears that our defeat more decisive than eve the Northern accounts led us to believe. ‘The editor says that this disastor in Kentucky and the ‘apprehension it has excited for the safety of our connec- tion with the Southwest through Virginia and Tennessoe and the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, and the Possible interruption of our intercourse with the South via the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad by the Burnside expedition, direct attention to the vital importance of completing the connection betwoon Richmond and Dans- ville and the North Carolina railroads. From the Petersburg Express, Jan. 25.) ‘The tidings of the heavy reverse which our arms haye met wth in Kentucky are Fong and bad enough to dis- courage us. Providence for some wiso purpozes checked the current of victory which has so long becn ruynivg in onr favor, and we bow sibmiséively to the dispensation. We believe it will be ultimately for our y0od, athough at present we may not be exactly able to ee how. We believe that Heaven js directing events so ag to secure in the end a grand and glorious issue to the struggle in the complete demolition of the Yankee power ‘and che estublishment upon a firm and lasling ‘oundation of the indepen:tence aud sovereignty of the Southern con- federacy and its incorporation im the family of nations. Our first and full trust is ia the Divine favor—in the over- ruling Providerce of Him without whose smiles no cause onearth can prosper. Se farwe have had the most cheering evidence that He is on cur side, aud in the re- Cont disaster at Somerset we see nothing to shake our faith or trust in His protection. On the coutrary, we are more deeply impressed than ever with the thcught that Ho is directing the course of this iniq :itous war in a way to confound iis guilty authors and to plunge them in ir redeemable ruin and shame. Two discomilturesare not to be weighed against nearly a dozen signa! victorics. The Lincoln journals will now spread themselves. At last ba; been achieved a success which gives them @ margin for exuitation. We own up like men to the blow which we have received, but we are by no means cast down, “One swallow docs not make a summer,”’ and this Yankee trium;h does not bogin to make a conquest of the South. It will only serve to rouse and strengthen the energies of her sons, and give now vigor and impetas totheir onslaughts. We have lost s battio, but are not in the least dispirited by it. Defeat bas no terror for us, any more than it had for the Rozaus when, almost under the walls of their city, their armies were beaten by Pycrhus and afterwards by Hannibal. Not one of the who lea:t the armies of Linco!n is a Pyrrhus ora ibal,or the shadow of eithor, while wo have mane infinitely more formidable invasions than this of tho ‘Yunkees. ‘We feel unuttorable sorrow for the loss of the brave Zollicoffer, who, like the lamented Garnett, has fallen a martyr to the glorious cause for which he so fearlessly fought, and whose memory will be embaimed in the affeo- tions of his country for generations to come. He wasa ‘Dobie specimon of the patriot and hero,and his loss is grievously to be deplored and sternly to be avenged. Since the foregoing was written, we have received a ‘special uespatch from Knoxville, which will be found un- der the to'eg-aphic head. It furnishes important addi- tional particulars of the battie. It will be seen that the Confederate defeat, although bad, was not as disastrous ‘as it wa; first ro} tod to be. Excopt three surgeons, none of our men were taken prisoners, The guns were all spiked, and many of thrown in the river, and Jost to us, they were equally lost to the enemy. Our list of killed aud wounded ig a very moderate one, ‘eonsidoring the disparity of forces and the severity aud duration of the battle. federal loss, from their own ‘acoount, was heavy—no doubt nearly double what ours was. Our army recrossed the Cumberland, and were treating without much covfusion. Whether the enemy crossed the river in purauit isnot known. We presume that they did not,as they must haye been im a very crippled condition after such a long and bloody fight. On the whole, our opinion, from the lights bofore us is, that it was a victory good deal like that of Pyrrhus over tho Romans at Asculum, which caused that renown- ed warrior to exclaim, after it was gained, that one more such would be his undoing. We have no doubt, when the whole truth comes to be known, that the fighting im this batile, an the Confede- Tate side, was of the most des; @ character, and that the hervism displayed in it by our offlcers and troops has not been surpassed in any conflict that has taken place since the war began. ‘Special despatch of the Petersburg Daily Express. } Kyoxvitiz, Ton, an. 24—P. M. General Crittenden rallied at Monticello, Kentucky, and will make a stand there. # ‘The disaster to Confederate arms has been grea! aggorated by frightened fugitives who have come Monticello is the county seat of Wayne county , Ken- tucky, immediately adjoining Pulaski, and about twenty- five mi es distant from Somerset, ina southwesterly di- rection. We have now every reason to believe that our cause is much better in that portion of Kentucky thi we had supposed. THE DEFEAT OF ZOLLICOFFER AND THE ANTICIPATED DESIGNS OF THE UNION TROOPS. in a long-wind- ‘The Noriolk Day Book, of the 25th inst. © article on the we!l merited death of the.rebel Zollicoffer, concludes with the following telegraph:— General Zollicoifur was a native of North Carolina, but emigratod when a boy to the State of his udoption. ' Not only is the death of sucha man a seriovs loss (0 ws at this time, but we fear that the en, inwhich he met his end 4 the moa! serious reverse that we have yet experienced. How shall it be ropaired? The enemy will doubtless push on to- wards Knoxville, to get of the most. important line railroads in the S A cordon is being drawn around Virginia, and xbe may be within the foul coi is of the ser- pent unless the important point now referred to be strongthenod tmmediately. THE JONATHAN WILD OF AMERICAN PO- LITICS, From the Norfolk ay Book, Jan, 25.) Honry Fielding, ‘the father of the English novel,” has left va in his inimitabie portrait of Jonathan Wild a most admirable likevess of tue Hon. Wm. H. parison of the twy leaves ua loa! iy Of the resemblance, and almost persuades us to entertain im a modified form the theory of Pythagoras. So true, 0 faithful, 0 5 ig the resemblance that we might be excused for believing that Mr. Soward had inhabited some 1, and been drawn more than-a century ago by of Fielding. In order that our readers may trace with us this marvellous resemblance, we shall quote some paragraphs from our{amous author, only sub- stituting the namo of Seward for of that Wild:—( William H. Seward) (has) every qualification to form a great man. As his most powerful and predominent pas. sion i ambition, so nature has, with consumate propriety, adapted all his faculties ‘to the attatning those Glorious ends to which this passion directs him. lo (is) extremely ingenious in inventing designs, art- ful in contriving the means to accomplish bis purposes, ‘and resoluite in oxecu:ting them; tor as the most exquisite cunning * * qualifies him for any undertaking, 60 he is) Not rostrained by any of those woakneeses which lisappoint the views of mean and vulgar souls, and which are comprehended in one general term of honesty, which is @ corruption of enon & word derived from what the Greeks callnn ass. He'(is) entirely free from thore low vices of modesty and good nature which, as he ‘suys), imply ® total negation of human greatness, and jaro) the only qualities which absolutely render a’ man of making a cons! le figure in the world, His avarice in immense, © © * Tho character which ho most values himself upon, and which he principally honors in others is hypocrisy. * * * (He is) always very liberal of honest professions, and has as much goo! nes and virtue in bis mouth nga saint; nay, though he | hopesty and modesty in the highest tempt, he constantly practices the affectation of both. Could any biogcapher of Mr. Seward’s draw for us a picture? Cou more admirable id the coloring be more vivid, or the likeness more truthful? In short, could an: moral photograph be more faithful than that which Fielding has tg in his portraiture of Wild? And, could we add to the quotation above the rules of action which Jonathaa: laid down for his guidance, our readers would be tempted to believe, as we have inti- i : i in some other form was the original of the picture, With soexact @ parallel between those alotted to his prototype. Amdin view of the probable results of his crafty and abortive at statesman- shinee think it may yet be written of him, as of Jona. then Wild, the Great, that William H. Seward, “after all F ity Oxpioits, was, what so few men can ac- , banged by the nock till ve wee dead.” Such # fate will be an appropriate illustration of retri- Dutive justice, for fow men have ever bean more desery: ing of @ short prayer and a long rope. A VACANCY IN RYBEL 6 + ee ea CARNE. * Among the numerous talented and virtuous Coneemeteet sho South from whom & satisfactory Selection may be made no one possesses superior qua’ilications for that pigh 004 in ‘ant post to those of the Hon. William C. free, and ‘nis. appointinout, wo aro aure, would bo a0- coptable to tho whole peuple of the South. PHM eis wart by ta deed the Nort » Jan, 25, kien cynic, CO ee een canaleneat make us doubt tri th to bo a liar,” bas leit us one sharp 3 , Which, for the occasion, we may adopt. ““Grati tu ‘a lively appreciition of expected favors,” says our philosopher. We accent the definition, so far ag the Hon. and Rev. ifr. Lovejoy is concerned, and feel grateful to thatelcquentgentieman for the probablo advantage that may accrue in consequence of bis vary frank expres- sions in bis speech of the 14th on the Mason-Slidell im- It ig pleasant to read his fierce eloquence, toad- mire his clasgical allusion, aud copeur very fully tab denunciation of the uumitigated cowardice of the Lincoln S.ministiation, Ho is a very stormy orator—tis clo- quence is a eroas between camp meeting exhortations and barroom philippics; and it must have been & most gratify- ibition When Ke assailed the policy of Mr. Sow- ard—a policy, be it remarked, which could baye fount no ing advocate tian Charles Sumner—the Hon. Charles sumue’, of Brooks’ novoriety. But, apart from the mere fun of the thing, there are jy grave consierations which Mr, Lovejoy’s speech suggests. He is an of @ large and energetic party. His utterances, backed by Chandler and others, will not fall unheeded upon ‘of tho British public. He swears in a highly tragic manner to transini: his hate, afterthe Carthage- nian fashion, to his sons. He proclaims the policy of the red republican, and threatens England with an Amori¢o- Franco-Russian alliance to wipe out the disgrace and hu- thiliation of the Trent atfair. ‘That these and similar threats will pass without notice is not to be believed, and honce we feel gratified to Mr. y for the perspective advantages to accrue from frank avowal of hostility. Tho British Hon already crouches for his spring, and wo may soon see the Hon. Mr. Lovejoy in his horrid jaws. VIRGINIA, CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL LIGHTBOAT BY TH@ BE- BELS—THE CREW TAKEN PRISONERS. {From the Norfolk Pay Book, Jan. 25. The federal lightboat stationed near the Middie Ground, in place of the Cape Henry light, went ashore on the Pleasuse House beneh yesierday mnorning, at .about five o'clock. Tho men on board ot her, seven in number, were brought to this city in the afterncon in charge of a de- tachment of the Chesapeake light cavalry, Captain Bur- Foughs. ‘Their names are as to.low Alex Ruark. c les Wise. ‘Thomas Segemin. Edward Fritz. Edward Semih, Richard Miller. Job Thomps:n ‘The man Smith is the same individual who escaped from hero some time since. She had aboard of her between threo and four hundred gallons of oil, about sixty days’ provisions and sevon muskets, all of which wore secured by our forces. We also lear that she had a fine riile canncn aboard of her. She has an iron bull, but as much of ‘her can will be BEEF FOR THE REBEL ARMY. The Petersburg Express of the 25th inst. says:— Another drove of very fine beeves for the Confederate army passed through this city yesterday. In this article and in the article of pork the South can produce an abundance for ali her wants. The consumption of both is very heavy. There has not been, and these is uot likely to be, any insufficiency to meet the demand. West- ern Virginia is one of the greatest beef producing coun- tries on this continent, and Texas, also; while other States in the’cenfederacy are noted for the number of hogs they produce. It would be an interesting calcula- tion to make that of the number of beeves and con- sumed by our army in any specified length of time. THE FORT HATTERAS REDELS RELEASED FROM PAROLE. The following order, signed by John Withers, Assis- tant Adjutant General, bas issced from the Inspector General's office at Richmond:—The two hundred and fifty Confederate States troops, ten officers and two hundred and forty non-commissioned officers and privates, who were captured by the United States troops at Hatteras, N.C., subsequently released from Fort Warren, Boston arbor, and released on hparole by Goneral Wool, United States Army, are hereby released from said patole, and will immediately report for duty with their respective companies, General Wool having acknowledged in ex- change the receipt of a like number of Unitod States pri- soners, sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., by the Confederate government. KENTUCKY. THR REBEI. TORPEDOS IN THE MISSISSTPI. The Memphis Avalanche says a submarine torpedo, of a new patent, was tried up the river last Wednesday, and proved eminoatly successful. An immenco flatboat’ was Dlowu up se high that only @ lew splinters were heard (rom. SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RATHOLE SQUADRON OFF CHARLSTON BAR. {From the Charleston Courier, Jan. 23.) ‘The Yankee fleet, which arrived off here on Monday last, was still to be seen yesterday, and reliable reports received from bolow represent that they were engaged in takiug down the spars, eaiis and rigging of their old sail- ing vessols. This information leaves us no room to doubt their purpose—which is to sink a second batch of old buiks off this bar. Indeed, a report prevailed yesterday afternoon that they had commenced work by scuttling one of their vessels between Beach Channel and the Rat- tlesnake, but we think the rumor premature. Should the weather be moderate to-day, they will probably de- velope their plams, unless they conclude to work at night to avoid observation. FIRE IN CHARLESTON, 3. C. ‘The Charleston Courier of the 23d says:—Uur city nar- rowly escaped another conflagration on Wednesday night. An alarm was given about half past eleven o'clock, in uence of a dense smoke which was discovered is- suing from the wholesale drug store of Messrs. Jobn Ash- burst & Co.,in Hayne street, south side, nearly opposite the Charleston Hotel. The Chief of the Fire Department and Mr. Geo. Mixer broke open the door and discovered the fire in the second story, im a barrel of chemicals. As- cer by means of the fall, the barrel was thrown the hatchway to the first floor and rolied ont into the street’, when the flames were quickly oxtinguirhed by the firemen. It was fortunate that the fire was discovered at s0 early an hour. The locale of the fire is immediately next the drug establishment which took fire in 1857, and con- sumed the greater part of the large wholesale honses on Hayne street. The iiremen were on the spot with their usual promptness. The origin of the fire is bolieved to bean accident. A SOUTH CAROLINA LIK. The Columbia (S.C.) Guardian ,ot tho 234 inst., says:— We have « scarcity of reliable news from the enemy, To-day we hear a flag of truce has reached our camp at Port Royal, from the commander to General Lee, asking the removal of the hundreds of negroes who are dying with the smallpox,and whom he can noither sheiter, feed or nurse. Alas! what a commentary upon Yankee philanthropy! It ts to be hoped our General wili not per- mit these hordes of diseased creatures to return to our healthy camp,and thus entail on us the evils and nui- sances that make the Yankees tremble and shrink from with horror. We also learn that some seventy negroes ran away from their protection on Edisto, and threw themselves on the protection of their masters. It is doubtful whether these runaways ought to be allowed to return at all, ‘The whole statement i « bare fabrication.—[Ep. Hxnaty g from New Mexico. MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE—EXCITING NEWS FROM FORT CRAIG—MOVEMENTS OF REBEL TROOTS—IN- DIAN DEPREDATIONS—BUSINESS PROSTRATE. [Special correspondence St. Louis Repub ican.) Fort Usios, N. M. Jan. 7. 1462. Stnoe iny last communication the Legislature bas met, the Governor has sent in his message, or rather delivered it in Spanish ond English; the Fugitive Slave jaw has been repealed as unaniniously as it was unnecessarily enacted last session, and the ordinary business of New Mexican legislation, unimportant at all times, is moving noiac a IT understand that no acts of importaace passed, will , tthless the exigencies of the close approach fective war should require that something exiraurdinary should come forth. Exciting intelligence has reached usfrom Fort Craig. ‘The Texans, emboldeuzed by the easy conquest of Fort Filimore to the number of twelve—some reports ay seven. teon hundred.men—have advaneed to within thirty-tive miles of that post, and driven in the picketsat the Canada Alamosa. Whether they design an assault upon the fort is not known, but with such an insignificant force it would be the madness of fully. They would ve driven away with humiMaticg slanghter. But I cannot but be- lieve that Colonol, Caniyy, who is now below at Fort Craig, will advance, mest and defeat the fre, and pursue his ade vantage down to Fort Fillmore. Rumors have also reached here that the Texans were advancing on this post by way of the [io Peros, with some two thouvant men; but thie is not confirmed, nor’ do I believe the report. The post, however, was prompt- ly reinforced by Capt. Lewis’ company W. $. A., and also orders have beon made for «further reinfo: militia. In view of the advance of the Texans the Governor, on Sunday, the 5th, ienued his proclamation calling out all the available militia of the Territory for the reinforce. ment of the different poste and the defence of the country against invasion. He also calle for ail the available arma and munitions of war. Military companies are alse form- ing for the defence of the country against invasion in v riovs parts. In the city of Santa Fe, { understand C.F. Garrison is forming a company of sharpshooter ment of i he defence of thecity. He has some experience in this line, ag in the Mexican war he such a company in the battle of Sau’ , Overpowering numbers will only conquer Ni There {x no aisloyalty among the peop y simply to be let alone in the enjoyment of their rights un- der the government. Indian depredations still continue in this lerritory, and are likely to do The withdrawal of the troops from the posts on our exposed frontiers, consequent on vasion of the Texans , will invite further inroads and raids obthose ruthiess robbers, The new military posts which were establishe: at Gallinos, west of Abquire, and at Valles Grande, west of the Rio Grande, ia the Navajo country, will not’ progress as rapidly as they would do many completion had it not been for this untoward event. Business is prostrate here, No money, but drafts; but the til aid in the srsaiae th cite ‘dor, The good, loyal yore rn poiphe Ags — thus negiccted. mass ring population Sctence of the honor, iategrity and aecmneon xistence of the go- vernment. If thoy are not paid, their femfies must euf- Winter is upon them, and want is staring them in face, Yet they do not murmur, but hope and trust that money will some day reach this almost forgotten, but most loyal portion of the Union. ‘A rumor has just reached here frotn Fort Craig that the Texan force that advanced to the Canada Alamosa wi but four hundred strong, and after making the stration Om put pickets retired ia the direction of Mesilla, So, after all, g¢ May not have a brush untilColonel Canby advances on Beak 6. Whea such an event oocurs I will advise you. Trial of Samuel H. Merritt for the Mur- der of John Swain, a Secessionist. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Bofore Judge MoCumn. | Jan. 27.—At the opening of the court this morning Felix Sanchez, who ~was indicted for an assault with intent to kill, pleaded guilty to an agsault with a danger- us weapon with intont to do bodily harm, and was re- manded for sentence. ‘Tho Assistant District Attorney then put Samuel H. Mer- ritt to the bar on an indictment charging him with shoot- ing John Swain, at No. 199 Prince street, on the Slst of May last. This caso, it will be remembered, excited con- siderable intorest at the time of the cecurrenge, in viow of the fact that the deceased, Swain, was uttering scces: tion sentimonts in a lager bier saloon, when, it isalleged, Merritt shot him on the spot. As there was no public ennonncement that tho trial would be commenced to- day, the court room was not nore crowded than usual, Mr, A. Oakey Hall, the District Attorney, was associate counsel for the accused previous to his elevativn to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, so that a senso of propriety, if the matter were not rogulated by stutule, would suggest the necea- sity or having the ’ people represented by othor counsel, Mr, Hall, therefore, requested Hon. Daniel 3, Dickinson, the Attorney General of the State, to appear for the proseoution. Mr, Dickinson was present this morning, and is assisted by Mr. Stowart, the Assistant District Attorney. James 't. Brady and Robert T. Holmes, Esqs., appear for the prisoner. ‘The jury was empannolled at noon, and the requisite number were obtained without much difficulty. While they were being sworn Mr. Isanc Harman, the second juror—who had been sworn without knowing what tho * residence, 185 East 7 indictment was for—rose and said that if this was a ware caer he did not wantto bave anything to do withit, ‘Tho Attorney General offered to set the juror aside, but Mr. Holmes objected, stating that if that were a civil suit he would consent, but in a caso of life and death ho ‘could not consent to the retiring of the juror. ‘Counsel tor the prisoner argued that thero was no law which enabied the Court to set a juror aside alter he had Deen sworn. Judge MeCunn and Mr, Dickinson were inclined to the opinion that the law did not authorize the Court to set the juror aside; but before the jury was sworn the Attor- ney General procured tho case of tho people against Joseph Damon, 13th of Wendell, which showed that the Judge had the discretionary power to sete juror aside before any testimony was given in a cause; whereupon ‘| Mr. Hartman was set aside, ‘The following jurors were sworn to try the indict- ment :— ‘Thomas M. Lewis, George Warren, ‘Thomas Ormsby, Frederick Kaitfor, Alexander H. Ward, James Poilot, jenry Roman, Elyah Bf. Sperry, Timoeny 0. Sellew, James Boyd, . Albert Kunze, Freeman Bloodgood. The Attorney General bricily opened the case, observ- ing that tho prisoner, Samuel H. Merritt, was indicted for the murder of John Swain, which occurred in a lager bier saloon at 199 Prince street, on the Slst of May, 1861. It would be seen from the evidence that the ac- cused bap: yd hry me hy tigeteny me iy tos) purpose of getting a drink, and that, while regali 1m ekg pty Melee tana’ a polieioal conversation; thas during the debate Merritt id @ pistol in his hand, iting it at Swain, insisied that he should say “United States or nothing,’ Swain having avowed seces- sion sentiments. The deceased refused to add the words ‘or nothing,” and while they were talking a pistol iis Sand, Sete: reeled against the wall and fell dead on the floor. Edward C. Immen, the barkeeper at the saloon, No. 199 Prince street, was the first witness examined by tho Prosecution. He said that Merritt, Swain and Cornelius Salmon came into the it four o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st of May; Salmon and Merritt came in together, and soon after they commenced to drink beer, Salmon having invited Swain to tekea drink ; they were ail drinking together and had taken three glasses of beer each before the affray; they got into a conversation about politics; Swain went to the counter to pay for three glasses of beer when Merritt came up to him ; they were talking pretty loud about the affairs of the country when the prisoner snid to him, ‘I want you to say * tho United States or nothing else;’”” Swain said “+ United States ;” Merritt said “] want you to say * United States or no- thing else, "’ and the pistol then went off; they were stand- ing about two frotapart ; Swain staggered back against the wall and fell, and Merritt immediately went out. This witnoss was cross-examined at length by Mr. Brady, but no new facts were elicited. Cornelius Salmon was the next wituess, who gave sub- stantially the same statement as the previous witness. Swain aud Merrits disputea warmly upon political sub- j ‘wain said he would like to burn the American flag yo ‘8 and trample tho ashes under bis feet, and that he wished he was able to kill every Northern son of a previous to the firing of the pistol Swain said that the South would gain the victory, and that it would be buta short time before other States would thom, and that New York would be next; he could not recoliect whether Swain and Merritt were sitting or standing when the pistol was fired; be did not hear any threaten- ing conversation between them. On being cross-examined the witness repeated a good deal of what he said on his direct examination. Mrs. Swain, the widow of the ‘deceased, testified that she never saw the pistol now exhibited to'her in the pos- session of her husband; that when Mr. Swain was in the barroom she called him twice, and that be was in his ahirt sleeves ali the time. Ju answer to aquestion by Mr. Holmes, sho said that her husband was born in New York city, and also stated that she never said to Mrs. Lienin that she (tho witness) know that if her husband went to the barroom he would make difficulty. ‘The deposition of Dr. Bouton, which was taken at the Coroner's inquest, wis 3 reed by ‘consent, wherein the cause was 8! to Ceanervt luced by the wounds described. meg re fi ‘The hour for adjournment having arrived, the jury were allowed 10 separate, The cage will be finished on needay.. City Intelligence. ‘SHocking anp Fatat Accroext—A YounG Giat Buren ro Drata iN 4 Puntic Sc4oon.—A sad and heartrending aifair took place in this city on Tuesday, the 21st inst., which has not attained general publicity in the news- Papers, resulting in the death of » young girl, 12 years old, named Isabella Murphy. The cause of death was Durnings received at ward school No. 19, situated at 190 Fast Fourteenth street. It was one o'clock on the day of the accident, when the acholars were being dismissed for recess, several of them, however, remaining in order to keep themzelves warm. Isabella Morphy approached near to the stove, when her clothes immediately took fire. The father of the xirl, who called at the» Hunarp oifice yesterday, states that very little exection was made tosave her, Assoon as ihe alarm was given numerous parties utsi¢e endeavored to force an entrance, in grder to render assistance in saving the child, but could not gain admitiance. Mr. Smeaton, one of the teachers, Bueceedod in extinguishing the fire, but mot before the child had been fatally injured. She was removed to her elith street, where she died oa Werdnestay moruing. ‘The ingest was beld upon the body by Coroner Ranney, when a verdict of “Accidental death’ was rendered. Cuniovs Cask.—Justice Brennan is now investigating a singular cage of alleged larceny, wherein an ex:policeman named Robert M. Webb is the accnsed party. The de- fendant, it appears, wae dismissed from the Police De- partment and requested by the Commisrieners to deliver up his shield, cap, note book and the butions on his usnal custom in such cases. Webb refused ply with the request on the ground that he wax Hy dismissed, but upon being cxpostulated with by Captain Dowling be promised to restore the property. He neglected, however, to fuiGil his promise, and the matter coming to the ears of the Commissioners thoy cauned his arrest on the cherre of constructive larceny. The case was brought before Justice Krennan yesterday, when fle magistrate, after fully investigative the mat: tor, concluded to hold’ the accused to bail in the gum of $500 to answer. Wark iv tir Saxrrany Devaewmny.—Mr. Thomas N. Carr's last waekly report of the work inthe Sanitary Departinent of the City Inspector's ofce sets forth the following set ails:—Complaints of nuisances, 51; unisances abated, 65; sluke and water closets cleaned, 69; loads of nighteei! removed, 249; dead animals removed from the city, 404: barrels Of offal remeved, 6,400; diseased and unhealthy meat xeized, 22,691 pounds. r% Rugniets OR LICKS9K8 AND FINAS TX THE Ciry Mansmat’e | Omen. According to the statement of the City Marshal, the receipts for licenses, flnes, renewa's of Neenses, &e., coring 1861 amounted to $16,584. These receipts were derived wing suurces:—Forty two-horae and om Sixth Avenue Railroad, $2,500; _ one-horsecars on Eighth $2,950; thirty six on ; forty-four boarding houres, arts, chateoal carts, ood carts, porters, express re and venders, $0,740; finer, $234, CRE IN AID OF THE DeEvoneNT Foxp oF THR Sr Davip's Bexevorest Soctery.—The Rey. William R. Wil Kame, D. D., has Pres consented to deliver a leo. tare, in aid of the funds of the St. David's Benovolent Society, to-morrow evening, at haif-past seven o'clock, at the Weish church (Rev. Dr. Roberts’), ju Thirteenth street, between Second and Third avenues. Admission twenty five cents ‘Tue Brooktys Orry axp Newrown Rartroan.—The inan” guration of thie road tonk place yosterday, and hence forth passengers will bave an opportunity of ridin reguiarly trom Felton ferry to Threop avenve, hing as far aa the road now extends. A large number of in- Vited gussets were present to witnene the epeningot the road, many of whom availed themeelvos of the opportu. nity of riding in the light and apparently easily drawn care on the road, This road passes through a portion of the city where a citizens’ ratroad waa much wanted, and which wil! not only prov lucrative speculation for tho Beara oe will be @ great convenience along the in0. Avonue Railroad Ninth Avenue Ratlroad, $790; fo> $440; licenses for expresses Police Intelligence. Tam Finer Borraco Hest oF rie Seaton.—On Saturdey night last, while officer Pames Roberts, of the Thirtieth precinct (Carmansvilie), was on his usual boat, he dis Srathor suspicious looking charecter prowling About, and thought he would, Keep ils eye upon bitn. fa ‘afew minutes ho saw him in rather a great hurry cagry. fogs large bundle, and passing in front of tm.) Officer re ingvantly gave him chase, and, after hala mile of «goed race, ‘overhauled the thief, His booty proved to bo a buffalo rébe, which he had taken off 1a wagon that bad ‘been left standing in Fourth avenue, Prisoner, who vo his name o@ Jolin Coullahon, was brought before Fintice Dodge, who committed big for (rial. de. , de, The troops of General Butler's division are still encamp~ ed on the beach, in front of the fort, The men are yerY cheerful, and much prefer their camp life to the limited” privileges on board ship, although the weather has been very disagreeable ever since thoy landed. ; In hunting around for material for their comfort, and in applying it to that object, they obtain that occupation for body aud mind which is positively essential to con” tentment. Tam sorry that I cannot speak as encouragingly of their health. When we loft Boston there wore two or three cases of measi¢g On board. They were romoved on the morning of our departure from that city, but on the night of debarkation here tho disease again made its appoar” ance, and since then it has incroased greatly, until there are now one hundred and fifty case3 in hospital on the Constitution. Atovery trip‘of the steamtug which plies between the shore and tho ships number of new cases are taken from the camp to the Constitution, The surgeons are untirin, in thetr attendanco upon the sick, and express the hope and belief that there will be xo sorious results from the complaint. Most all the patients have gota strong type of the moasies, but all aro doing well, and a fow days wil probably find the camp in a good condition of health. ‘To-day Lieutenant Wiegel, of General Butler's staff, at rived from Washington, bearing despatches from Gonoral MeClellgn to General Woo! countermanding an order sent to General Wool a fow days since providing for the transfer of the Twelfth Maino and Socond Kastern Bay State regiments to Port Royal. I do not think General Wool had received tho order; and the following intelli- genco, which I have sins obtained, seems to account for our having known nothing about it until Lioutonant Wiegel’s arrival at this place. An order was issued from lative to the sent to Gene By a singular oversight this order was mislaid and for- gotten in General Dix's oMico for four days, when it was discovered, and the War Dopartment was telegraphed to for instructions, and as @ result Lieutenant Wiegel was despatched to General Woo! with the counterm#nd, bear- ing date of Jan 22, but bringing no orders for our de parture. Colonel Shipley has, however, received an order to make requisition on the Commissary of this dopart- ment for five day! provisions, which looks as though we aro to go somewhere shortly. They will not be taken on board until the sailing orders arrivo and the topes are re-cmbarked, ready to proceed to their destina- ion. Lieut, Wiegel says wo aro certainly going to Ship Island, and that a. Butler will be here to-morrow morning. We are experiencing a severe storm, and it is feared that our men will have a hard time of it on the beach. Tne newsfrom Ship Island by the United States mail gunboat Rhode Island has greatly increased the impa- tience of all in the brigade to be on their way to their destination. The Constitution has beon thoroughly cleansed, and is now ready to receive the troops as soon as the order for embarkation comes. No vessel could be more admirably adapted for transporting @ large body of troops than this noble ship; but eighteen days’ confine- ment on board any transport would breed discontent among so many men. January 25, 1962. The storm which commenced on Thursday continued to rage until an early hour this morning with terrible vio- lence. Yesterday no tugboat could come alongside the Constitution, so that new oases of measles (of which there are about a dozen) were obliged to remain in camp until this morning, when they were taken to the Con- stitution. Gen. Butler did not arrive in tho boat from Baltimbre yesterday moraing, and the boat has not ar- rived itself this morning. The Georgians, which should have left here last night for Baltimore, still romains at hor dock, and will probably not leave until this evening. The tide rose so highon the beach yesterday afternoon 4 that it was feared the camp would be overflowed. Gone- Tal Wool offered toadmit as many as could be accommo- dated into the water battory of tho fort; but as it would hold only four or five hundred tho mon preferred to stay outside. They streck their tents and removed them up into the hills back of the beach, and those of us who remained on the Constitution, and who were most heartily pitying the poor fellows on shore last night, were sin- cerely gratified to learn this morning that they had suffered much less discomfort than we had anticipatod for them. They are jn capital spirits, and take to their jarters most kindly. A finer body of mon cannot be found anywhere than these two regiments, and when they get a permancnt encampment I believe they wil! be models of intelligence and discipline. GENERAL BANKS’ DIVISION. OUR POINT OF ROCKS CORRESPONDENCE, Pomrr or Rocxs, Md., Jan. 25, 1862. A Skirmish With the Rebels Near Berlin—Eficiency of the New Repeating Guac—A Snow Storm, de. To enliven the duiness and monotony of affairs slong the river, a skirmish with the rebeis occurred yesterday near Berlin. The enemy appeared in force opposite tho village and opened a fire on our pickets from their mus. kets. One of the Union repeating guns at that piace was quickly brought into play against them, firing about thirty balls per minute, and thoy soon fled and disap- peared. This is the first timo one of these little ‘coffee mills,’’ as thoy aro fami brought into ‘service against the rebels. Tosult speaks for itself. It is not known whether the enemy lost any men of not, but the chauces are that they did not all escape unscathed. Their fire did po mischief among our troops. ‘There was a fall of snow here last night, and the ground is again covered with !t toa depth of two inches. The condition of the roads is not improved. The Fire in Fulton Street, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Youx, Jan, 27, 1862. As an act of simple justice, please correct the state- mit which appears in your paper of to-day’s dato, in reference to Sergeant Brackett and the police of the Second precinct entering the Fulton Bank building before the fire had seized it, and saving the books, &c. The above act was only performed by Mr. Reos, of Pearl Hose: No. 2%, and the members of Mutual Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, who were the first and only persons who entered the building at all} and that when the building was actually on firo, At the risk of their personal safoty they removed those books and whatever other porta. ble property it was possible for them to save, the polic® coming no nearer than the sidewalk on Fulton streets where they stood to catch (with aid from the insurance patrol) whatever was thrown from the windows by us. 1 don't like to be called on to ‘vlow my own horn,” through the medium of your wide-spread journal, but if there is any pr: to be had for ‘only doing what is our duty,” I would like to see it bestowed upon those who actually deserve it. Youre, &c., OWEN T. HIGGIN: Assistant Foreman Mutual Hook and Ladder Co. Arrivals and Departeres. ARRIVALS. 81 THoas—Sohr Eclipse—Olean Lony.. a , URN, J O'Brien, M raud, “SHIPPING NEWS, Movements of Ocean Steamers. FROM BUROPE. ott hampton... Southampton, FOR EUROPE. Asia. 3 Bremen. vaNew York. BS8sbsSeee BS FOR CALIFORNIA. North Star New York. 1 Northe New York. L Champion, *New York, KIXGSTON, JA., TAVANA,MATANZ.AS AND NASSAU. P. Cueaton—From New York for ton, the 20h day of each month. “The Cleator leaves for Now ¥0i Gili of each month, and will be due here about the 15th, Convmnta axp Mantox—No atated anys are vot fixed for departure of the Columbia and M Havens, but failaboutevery ten days, toucbingat Key West ont- Havana via Nassav, NP, on Sdatenimer at New York, una! for Matanzas fork on nzas on the 224, SPRCTAL NOTICE. Port of New York, January ', 18962. CLRARED. Sip Patrick Hearv, Moore, London—Grinnel!, Minturn aa Riaeile & ferns cbt) Byomnge, Merank-=0 O'Nett B Barker, shape bon ened! Undone Co. Jarien a ), Anderson, Havana=W F Bachelor (Br), Way Cardenas—J ard Brit Plala Conpl n bidohan REE Bini BOs _Bpon the banks for $3,062,500, Fults Anne. Wording. Pernambuco B inna which leaves an even Sen per cont on Sone Romp, EK J Powe: . re wena ‘Whlation Parkers Foriroms Monroy —MeCread: 7% Heteseg ray erene reas Schr Prince of Wales, Holbrook, Boston—Metcalf & Dun- can, Sloop W Waterman, Decker, A‘ \ac—Master, Sloop: B Cook, Hulut Oxtord—Master, ‘i Ped ea i tea Langdon’ Norihport—Master. Steamer M Sanford, Sanford, Philadelphia. to-day. It was weak at the first boand st 103 10394, bub "rallied fa sthe on, ang’ o'6se8 vy very} “quoted prbeba at 113% a 114; but we hear of no business doing ab these figures. There was 6 fair amount of business ‘transacted a at the Stock Exchange to-day,.generally at an im ony Heater Herne awn Pte, Sante. | provement of 4 pet oon ou Saturday pres, E SFL, spoke whaling bark | 804 the market closed frm. The principal feature 40 Maa ee neal aes SI Wilitns. [0k *Re-487'e bnsiposs was the activity pd gal Sak tere ERR Ret | tenes un) nie Wa Goes of See eter", earch Meta” Rue | on sunday atoraon 1090 Xt teond bow was nine davs withoat an observation, ee A creasing traffic of this road is bringing in outside to Nesmith & Sona, {ath inst Lat S800, ton 692) save herm | CUYers for the stock. Michigan Central was also brig full prwaie or, lopmall furled.. foro yard Ceres led, after firm under the announcement of the dividend, and erence cate epee | Sk one, ome oe ne ere : . 8 , , teu ot masta Novena 0. Kebnebank Naina to 99, ard Mlinols Central to 62, buyer 10. Rail- PE Nn Bang Basra oot role vay and towing alongside, apparently «' British veasel; Quincy 8's rose to-day to 97, Michigan Central 6's MSE Eaaeoce LOCI Waaeell ating aoa’ Sea's wR" P ee Deeatebacketane wmtelenere st0- ides, 4c, to F Alexandre & Sons, Had very | onds to 94, Erie fifths to 73, Michigan Southern Crete iy Joktvasn, Ince Jan Iiceeet, | Sinking funds to 85, and’New York-Central 6's taf ‘tal, wih Tas 9 font a pn market closed firm at about the following x H al + Gi (3 My , re a vd Mee oce neem Moros seam, | Peete HMA Iodine the, Virginia Brig Ellen P Stewart, Cain, Philadclphis, 8 days, with coal, | 6’8, 50%; Tennessee 6’, 4494 a 45; North Carolina sr 604% 61; Missouri’ 6%, 42% 0 42%; Pacifie Mail, 99 a 9934; New York Central, 83% a 83%; rut Laura Gertrude, Gatapbell, Jersey, X;, aw’ tho weeck Of sche Mcohanio (betore revoried)? 254, off Absecum, saw ship Elizabeth Hammond, bound re Erie, 34% a 35; do. preferrad, 684% a 5834; Hudson Grande: Nov6 with Hiden, Soto Valtemin & 'Beatmond, | 307% & 31; Reading, 3974 a 40; Michigan. Central, Teiphotne ate et os enetete cana cen ee ara ene | oom Rbzaes McMaa Bonshare, cau. Derthere seo compe ssn Ameeate erie, Maat set ('beaeens tae Siaeocmmees eeameeh aut Hae Einar geOepuce Wigs ha Gt ether | Galena sod Ohlonge; 0 w 083; Oloveland ud To- thee panied he iad, boned ‘ai gina heavy'westher on | tedo, 9934/a 3924; Chicago and Rock Island, 652% . air sai, i, ecararas await MME | Seis tae and Prarie tu Chien, 20% 4M Clove sganpany wile brig Weber, Kelly, and Mary Ans, for New | 1 a" Cottabas and Cincinnati, 109 « 105; New Jans, with sugar, do, to Sani barrels, Stoo maw uses plied ti 99; Tiinois Central bonds, 7's, 92% 8%. The following was the business of the day at the office of the Assistant Treasurer:— Steamship Pata hierar P snctcnmship Patapwco (U5 wrausport), Beals, Locust Polat, warks. Schr CD Horton (Be, of Parraboro’, NS), McKeeman, Grand Turk, TI, Jan 9. with salt, to D R DeWolt. Schr Albert Edword (Br, of St John, NB), Tows, East Har- bor, Tl, Ji ith to Peter I Nevins & So1 . a Mary Hare ey onaron, Naseau, NP, on 14, with | Receipts; tt ait p00 08 hides, sponge, &c, to Jos Kneas. Payments, including redeem'd 6 por ct. notes 2,031'307 24 Levt Howe (Br), Kelly, Nassau, NP, 18 days, with | Payments, ++ ¥,106,065 36 tral te Manto, rNorwenier (of Essex), Hillier, Fortune Bay, NF, 12 ShE Nouparel (BY Angus, Cornwallis, NS, 26 days, with Nonpareil (Br), Angus, Cornwal , OD R benoit. oh Potatoes, a ‘Schr Belle, Cudberly, Aceomac, 2 days. iEaht Sunny South, Weeks, Battimore ays. Schr Rebecea, Hanson, Fortress Monroe, The Michigan Gentral Railroad has declared a dividend of three dollars per. share, payable Feb- ruary 5, at the, Farmers’ Loan and Trust Compang in this city; the Washington Life Insurance ,Com- Schr @ P Wheeler, Pettigrew, V rgints for Now London, pany, @ semi-annual, dividend of three and.a half Schr Sea Witch, tyler: Philadelphia for Port Morris: per cent, payable February 1; the Republic Fire Steamer Josephine (U 8 transport), Green, Locust Polat, | Insurance, # dividend of six per cent on the capi- n ballast. pacemer shel P mph A traneport), Ea Mio, Locust tal stock, payable on demand; also an interest miles'South of Great Egg Harbor, painted black with a white | dividend of six per cent, payable in cash.on the Sues oe ihe beach om Breens Hes head on, and iehigh | 11th of February, and e'scrip dividend \of twenty Returvep.—Br bark Erromanza, Hunter, hence Jan 23 for | Per cent on policies terminated in 1861, for which jen env} see mess bearer i Gy ate ced, a certificates will be issued on the 15th of March. du tucked u Hampton Roads, ing Which shifted cargo, broke pump well aud ¢ | The Peter Cooper Fire Insurance Company has de- isis tora weitraed. ssa clared’@ dividend of five per cent, payable Feb- Ship Sultana, from Havre. Schr Maris Dawson.—Both by pilot boat —, Bark Tulsko (Brem), from Havre, 45 days, Bark Poter (Swe). ~. Sark Eliza (Br).—All three by pilot boat Ezra Nye. Ship Azzan, Heagan, from Bristol, Dec Il. ruary 1. i ‘The Albany Journa) says that “the recgiyer of the Bank of the Capitol is expected in a few daya to pay over a dividend of seventy per cent of the oe SAILED. ‘ deposits. The deficiegcy will be provided by the ee trandy, yn i TEATS tae ti trustees, and the several thousand depositors at Gadiey Autos Pris) Liverpbat; | once allowed to draw their deposits, with interest Barbadon: brie © | $n full.” Havana; Giovanni : 7 hrs arzec: Re: | | The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Compang ‘| earned the third week of January:— ‘Third week, 1802. ‘Third weet, Highlands, has sue- tained no injury duzing the last northeast gale. She Hes high and dry on the beach, and her cargo is being landed with horses and carts, taking the same from the ship's slings. Waauixo Bane Eaux Donor, of New Bedford, ed by the Sumter "probably captured in lat 25 N, lon 35 W, on which ground she was to arrive in December and cruise The Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway Company earned the second week of January:— foes ‘and rent Orleans, let mate; Robert @’ Bro ‘New York, 84 do and boatsteerer: tateerer; Andrew P Phil- field, do; Mannel Jewett, cooper an: Tncrease.........eesceeeeee + $9,857 69 Ker Yorks Wm’ Smesuey, Whitebal we The Toledo and Wabash Railway received du- i 4 hird Quimby, jewburg: Nathan Johnson, Providence: Henry F | Ting the third week in January— lopkins, Canaan; John H Cole, H B Ellis, NB; J W Wyman, | 1862......... -$17,182 98 Islesboro; Chas Snyder, Allentown—seamen, 1861... + 12,764 37 Brio Many Srapizs, Newcomb, from Cadiz with a cary gf raisins and salt, while coming into Rio Rrande, Nov Struck on the bar. at jotul wreck. She was sold ax she lay for $262, and bought by some American captaina, Bric Iva, ashore near Neuvitas, was built at Eastport in 1862, 191 ton’ register, aud rated A2. She has recently sailed with a British regigter. Sone Manrerta Bore, of and from New London Jan 4 for Faulknet Islands on 2 sealing voyage, js supposed to have been the vessel reported seen by bark Sylpbiie, from Lo don, on the 11th inst, lat 28 25, lon 66 11, in a heavy SW gale, dlsmacted, with oné mast on deck and’ the otherIn tow. A Inerease.. $4,418 61 Mr. Leonard W. Jerome, formerly of the firm of Travers & Jerome, has formed a copartnership with Mr. W. H. MoVickar, of the Stock Exchange, under the style of L. W. Jerome & Co., at 46 Ex- change place. The statement of the Atlaptic Mutual Insurance Company, showing the results of its business du- ring last year, will be found in our paper of to-day. After reserving two and a quarter million dollars of profits, the certificates of the issue of 1860 will be redeemed on and after the first Tuesday of Feb- rnary next. A dividend of thirty per cent is de- clared and interest on the outstanding certificates. The premiums marked off for the year 1861 amount to over $4,000,000. Annexed is a statement of the coridition of the banks of this city on the morning of Saturday, the 28th of December, 1861, as made to the Superin- tendent of the Banking Department, which we have compared with that of December 29, 1860. The statement of 1861 has no returns from the Artisans’ Bank, which is now winding up: Dec. 29,60. Dec. 28, '61. 60 054, ward, Geo imuei W Morie and Geo HM Thompson. cand Mr Palmer were passengers on board, to be landed at Cape Verde. Tux: Cxrx Lox Boat belonging to Philadelphia bas again got into workligorder under the command of Capt John Kelly, after having been in service on the Potomac for over six months, She has been repaired by the government, and re- gommericed! operations on Saturday morning last by towing down the river ship Tonawanda, for Liverpool, Porrtaxp, Jan 25—<Ship Ivanhoe and bark Dennis Horton sailed hence yesterday morning for Li ind light from N in the’ morning, ESE in the afternoon, and fresh it mi it noon ® heavy gale from ENE nd a bad sea on, Vatranaiso, Dec \7—The ship Ducherse d’Orleans, after Aischarging the main portion of her cargo, is coming here, She lias lost a great portion of her keel, having struck upon a rock while coming out of Camiralbajo.’ She will probably be condemned. m vessels in port. 4—No Am vessels in port. East Hannon, TI, Jan 13—No Ani vessels in port. Mowtxvipxo, Nov 2%—In port ships Britannia, Patten, ging, for East Indies; Ocean Belle, Brown: Helen k Cooper, Lap! a Frinceign, Wanack, it barks Weasacum.- from Boston. disg; Escoriaze. ler, from Y a " inden, Howell ballasting, une; Pendle | Deposits... 85,280,162 02,400,087 7,119, ton, Stimpson, and Aberdeen, Pendleton, disg rigs WH | Duc others. 2,477,246 15,919,617 13,442,371 Hazard, Miller, from Rio Grande, ding; Waccamaw, Nickels, —_—— Dallasti 220,160,005 23,880,417 for Cer oF Faimouth, hig: Kentucky, Carver, dag: soles r Cork oF Patmonth ig: Kentucky, ca us imagen cist 6a'500 $30,200 229,170 vel Ann @ Susan, Pierson, for Europe ldg: John F Far! cum, for NYork do; D'J Suwyer, Sprague, repg; Wi Munson, and Coast Pilot, Hotcnkiss, wi Manaxiam, Dec 18—In port brig Gilmor Meredith, Doane, from Cardiff, Nassau, NP, Jan 14—In port brig Thos Tieston, for NYork sonto Craxpe, Nov %—In port bark Gamble, for Cork | Specie... .. 24,765,600 uit Ni 953,111 for orders; brige Havana, Curtis, and EL MStrout, Wiliams, | Overdrafis. 80,730 for do dos achrs J W Seaver, Nickerson; Czar, Hammond, ond EC ifoward, Nickerson, for dodo: J D Kinsey, from NYork, wig; Viola, Haskell, for N¥ork soon. R10 Jaxring, Dec $id sche L A Edwards, Line, Aracaja. Cid 6th, brig Selma, Smith, Cuba, Jan 12—In port ships Montmorenci, Brown, i, Kopperholat, unc, bark fH 8 Fisk, Sleeper, Foam, Boreham, and African, Merdall, wig Solferine, Windies, Am vessel in port. co, Cuba, @an 1S—In port barks Morning Star, for lotiand, White, do. ‘Total. .$196,288,678 220,100,095 28,880,417 ‘The following are the footings of the consolidat- ed statement of the fourteen branches of the State Bank of Iowa on Monday, January 6, 1962:—As- sete—Safety fund, $219,723 74; specie, $725,443 80° current notes of other banks, $271,549; current funds due from banks and bankers, $334,186 18% loans and discounts, $1,094,911 90; other items, $521,714 75. Liabilities—Capital, $720,390; circu- American Ports, PHILADELPHIA, Jan 25—Arr sche E W Perry, Adams, Key West, Oldschr JN Baker, Henderson. do, 26th—Arr brig R Sheppard, Sowers, Havre, 19st Teeig en taier and a ebipeare svauchorogiihe Busy | lation, $1,821,453; duo other banks and bankers, 1D MENS ship “Arzan, from Bristol, B, for NYork, is at | $47,876 96; depositors, $809,387 17; other items, harbor, ‘We hear of no tamage yet by the Inte heavy gal $108,429 28, ‘The Chicago Tribune of the 25th says:— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | eee ae sa ete re? tha trom awn ot currensy now consists: ae pret Monpay, Jan. 276 P. M. The bank statement for the week ending Satur, day last compares as follows with that for the previous week:— pom 18.. “Sagolten 433 26 {0,800 N00 008 318 106 Jan, 25..,.. 146,767,690 26,608,728 6 828,017 110,874,186 Decrease. $3,913,753 — biort 2,469,076 Increase. - 869 ~ = Tho above figures are about what was generally looked for. The specie average is @ rising one, the banks holding to-day over $27,000,000. Tho general curtailment of business is apparent in the rapid decline in the discount column. The de’ crease in deposits is to the payment into tho Bab-Treasury last Monday of $8,600,000. Tho indi- vidual doposite Dave inereneed fully three milliong he ikig in tho New York market than upon 209 on New mari % Sgares ralkig ta the upon anyr ‘The Cincinnati Gazette of the 25th saye:— Considerable business was done im gold to-day at 3¢. }. premium; but the demand waa mostly from Several ders were ky