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4LEYELAND LEADER, PT7BLDSHKD AT NO. 112 BUPEBIOB BT, E. COWLE3 & CO. 0I1LT, 1TW3 EDITIMS, HQRKHQ A5D EVENING, tnavoamenta tbau enr other journal snDUsnea In t ontsids of Olncuwad. It rjnb:ihfl. OGlamns more reading liubf, and Its T-lerraprii yiibotli bf oar own Special Cormiporioeoss, to. kwTort cd the Western Associated Cr.) la pre. rami is a mors totrUixifiM manner than ul otuar B.pr in aoruMrn unlo. - B M 8 l Ttirr. Vnrl at Evratna. bf mafl. sr Tear .110 ffl " " mo ot " ' ' mo 1 5" l mo 1 00 war. 6 en UmiT iktfTaAZ. IO0 To Ajren s mod Mews-dealtrs, aw WO ,,, 3 W l iy. MnrM or oarrier, (Mornins or Tnlagj Tn-W oKkly 12 orata per week. New Advertisements. p LOSING OUT I jacob"frank, ; annfaotnrer ui Dolor la ...... HOOP SKIRTS, CORSETS. .a AD FAKOY GOODS, So. 147 "Water Street. I wjcld rtsoectfctlr Inform my old patron and tb. publle p-nerellT, that I am ibMt closing eat f en;tr atocck at Croat J rednod prices. Tb. expiration of too lease aadsr which I bars taken mj present .staHiihnent. on the 1.1 of April Hit, randan ltreceaeary that my prrsent Stock should ba disposed of b-fore that tun. UUi at a exam Inn, If yon wonld t.TetS percent. ; jat;a ! BY MUTUAL CONSENT- MB. a H. BID aaa withdrawn front tb. inn of ItOH'T B ANNA A CO , to take effect on and after January 1Mb, lsSS. Tee business ol the Bocar will bp ot a- tiEiwd aa nasal by tte remaining partner, l jan 26:18 aOB'T bASKA CO rjlHURSDAY, JANUABY2qth. . , Boots, Shoes, ate. , t AT ATJCTTOB --BtO. CTTT1B 0 O. Cottar Son trill aell, an Thnnday, January SCth, at Ibelr Anotlon Rooms, Ho. 134 Bank itrert, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M., a r-tock of Bsot, Shore, etc., consisting of Children's and Toutb'a Boou, Ladies', Attests' and Children'. Balmoral., Fine Calf Hhoee, Ladi.s' Heeled Boot., Children's Shoe. In great variety, Brogana, Aa. Also, a quantity of Whit, and uray Wool Undenhlrt. and drawers, 60 tte Bin. Woolen Tarn, Jto., etc., the whole to be closed out without any reserre. what ever, f asTDealers will find it to their Interest to attend tu- Sale. Teems Cash at time oi al. JanH: 187 tt Cleveland, CoLTarBUS A ClUcrKkATI R. R. Co., 1 Cleveland, O., January 16, 16G5. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THM Stockholders of this Company, for tba .lootion of Din ctore, and fjr the transaction of other bus1 sera, will be held at the oar. of the Company In Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday. February 16th, lwiS, in accordance with amended by-Law. Toe transfer books will be closet from the ere nine of February 4ih until February 16th. GEO. H. KCSSELL, -Jan25:lW i-ecrttary. THE OLD EAGLE FOUNDRY It ftga.it opo, an 4 the rabterlber bg 1tTo to info no ! oid frieodi and patrons, and tho public brall7t tht ha is now rsxy ta build ALL KIHDl OF EXCISES, Portable or fUtionary. Hf Is also road y to do alt kinds of BI PA THING on ihort aoticaDd in a workma like manner. Paticnlar atuntion paid to PBUPfiLLKB TCORK. Oarncllitiea for marnfsoluring MILL GEARING are aa good at tha best. 'I h Patterns bare ben accumulating for upwards of twenty nre year, and ars a the bt quality. All orders from a distanoe promptly dtteod-d to. Ad r.s J. KlCiO, Manager, Jan2 : U3 Box 2757 CieTeiand, Ohio. G BEAT GIFT DISTKIBUTIOX- 200,000 Witfcbes, Chains, Diamond filng-a, t, WORTH 0VB ONE MILLlos DOLLABBI All to be sold Dor One Dollar each, without regard to vlue. Hot .0 be paid tor mail yen know Uat you are to recoiTe. Solendld Ilat of Articles, . AH to be soul for 1 00 tacb, 2M) Ons Gold Bunting Caw Watches..., SO to 1M 2Mi LtMtoM aoia ana i.iitm-i a uaae 5t) ti-nl' Hunting Caae OiiTer W Pla itood K ng 2,tnGnld Vest and twit ch.in. 3 i-K'O-ld Oral Band Brary let!...... i& 80 6 5,W Cnaaan wna uraceiew 2 Clmsitaia Chains and Gaard cbataia 1 mil S llLRir nj iioll Mr-, nh,. 2 u 0 Lava and lo. entin Broaches.. Ati( Coral. Opal and rmera'd Broorh.a.., b uUO MoHsic. Jet, i.ara and Florentoie aar lropev 7,JflO (.Vra , Opl and fcmeraM ar Irupa 4 0 1 alifomla Dlamoud BreMt Ploa 90 10 3,(Ui Go d l-'ob and Vest Watch KcyL.J 30 '. -b 4,1.111 to a Hi VtHt Bibon aUdfcs. . i ' 1W 5 uuu bets ol ttolitaira bleeve Bnttuns, fct d, -tr ,. . I M 8,onoGuM ihimbl-4. Pencils, . 4 7 lu.tmu M D'aUuxe LocXetw ., J 30 8 tuu " " Jitigic Sptinjf... I"4 b 3,u Gold Tootbplrka, Croeaej. eii, 2 " e A(H I'luin (iolfi 4 10 &, (m) Usaed Gold King-.. , 4 .2 50 2 ' Jn.tfcO bt sn- Set and feignrt Rings.. II. IMHI C.a.llfnr-k.lki ll.amnti4 RiT.ria 7 .i Hets Ladl' Jewelrr J-t ana iiol J 6,1 K hi tn-ti Laditrs' J bwelry Oameo, Peail,c 4 li lu.uX) U Id Teua, Silver Xxienuen Uolaors and Peaciis , . 4 10 10,000 . old Peoi and Gold Mounted Holders X ' e 5,nG 11 Pans and Gold Si tension Holders 6 M 10 iiver Got 1-ts and Drinking Cups.., ft so 3,U fitvr CastOta...... 13 M 9 2tmuMWer Fruit and Oake Baakets-....,. 20u eu Messrs. T and H. GATJGHAN Oo., H Broylway, Uev I wrk, extensiTe MjuftrFAOTURKas and im roBTta of all t e itadfng and tuoat xaflhionabif stries of Wa'ICIIKS AAD JKWkLuT, dsiri a to lncreaae thflr.LUbiDess to an onliniiu-d exu-nt, nsre reaUvwd upon a G tti. AT GIFT DiblBiBUIIQN, subject to tlte reenlations following: Certificates, naming earfa article and Its rslae are piatxd in aValed KnTeiopes and well mixtd. n of thvaeen-elopes a ill be atoit t mail to oy addrtMS on i-Hreipt of i5 enu. A U articitt tola ol Om Dollar eack, wilhomt rogard s Falae On receipt of tba Certificate you will see what TO'i areeoingto hare, and then it is at your option to send 1 be do la r and take the article c not. P orcba sers mar tbns obtain a Gold W atch, iiamoa iiiu, cr a-y Si of Jewelrr on our list, tor ON it DOLltAE, a-d In no case can they get L-4 than One lJoiUr' worth, as lhare are no biaiika. The aioe of OerUB catti is as f.llows: Oue ku 25 eents; Urt for ' : thirtj for is; siztr flTe for i0; one hundred for $15. Aorjrrs t il be ai.ow.-d 10 oants on sre-T Ortifi cate ordered by them, prorided their remittance amounu to One Dollar. Agents wlli collect cents for erry Cerobcate and reniat 16 cents to us. either in cash cr postage stamps - , . X. snail. GAFGHAJT ft CO , Jsn'8 l&6 lie UroadwayKew York. ARIILLEBY BOKSES. T "WILL PURCHASE ARTLLLER1T X Bors sin open market ntf1 further notica, at Una Hundred and eiity-DT (VIM) per Head in Vouchers, to conform stiktly to the following stfee Ciflcatlons: Artillery Hones must be of dark colon, ariltrd in ail particulars, strong, quloc and active, wH broken and sqa.ra troiiers In barneas; In go I nun ana conaiiion, irom eix p) 10 lea itu) yaan old ; not leas than t irteen and One-half (L&X) bands bigh ; each bono to weigh sot leas than ten bun drd and fifty (1,060) pounds. By order of Col. J.s. . Ix'W, Ch. Dir. Q. M. Department. BASIL L. bPANCLER, jsn23:187 Captain and ast't U. M. " Blanks. LEGAL BLANKS ' OB BALB AT THB LEADER CQUNTKG-RQQM. The lorknriaf Blanks an ovostaatlr kapt aa Leader Counting-Boom : Land ptorlgages, Warranty Deeds, Land Agreements, . . . Constable's Blanks, . Captions for Depos lions. Notaries' or Justices' CcrtincnveB, Transcripts of Karriuge Kecord, Biection Blanks, " ' ": : United States Comrnissioner'i Warrants BAd Affidavits. ILL KI8DS OF BLUM Printed to Order in Best Biy.e ADD AT . , , REASONABLE PRICEs, Leader Job bfjfice. T ADIi J-jGtom, ADI2S' .ULUTH AKD "On Eh or an awnr'noni. TAIA.B,ORIJW(, iD S crJr : HIT v parlor street. eid. VOL. XIX and M CLEVELAND, THURSDAY! MORtONG. JANUARY 26 1865. Tf LA 22. NO. The Latest News BY TELEGRAPH. Last Night's Report. Last Night's Report. FROM COLUMBUS. LARGE FIRE IN BUFFALO. Total loss Abont $500,000. MEXICAN NEWS. Banishing Rebels from Mis souri. fiebel Ganboals Attack at City Point. T3EI EECEITB A REPULSE. NEWS BOM FORT FISHER. Shelling tne Woods along Cape Fear RlTer. The Latest Xews from Mobile The Black Laws ol Illinois Be- ' pealed. NEWS FROM REBEL PAPERS The Richmond on the Results of the Rebellion. CONGRESSIONAL. FROM COLUMBUS. [Special to the Cleveland LEADER.] COLUMBUS, Jan. 25. In the Senate, the House resolution asking the general government ,to give Ohio credit for the services of the Na tional Guaada, wa adopted. A bill to increase the salaries of Supreme Judges to $3,009 ,smd Common Fleas Judg es to $2,000, was pasted. Mr. Connelt discussed his peace reso lution, but h floundered about too much to make any converts. He finds no sup port in the Union ranks. ' Mr. Guj&ckle moved, as a substitute, the second resolution of the Baltimore Flat form, in favor of vigorous prosecution of the' war, which motion ho supported in a short but pointed fpeech which had a wi tiering effect upon General Leman from Fairfield. No vote was taken on the resolution. Te House passed resolution, thanking Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas and Torry, and their commands, for the victo ries they have achieved. .'The Senate's resolution protesting against a national bankrupt law was adopted by 52 to 10. Mr. Walters offered a resolution which was adopted, requesting the tins tees of the Northern Lunatic Asylum to report why Dr. Hendrick was removed from the superintendencyof that institution. The C3th and 74th Ohio regiments have iboen consolidated, the number of the for mer being retained. Colonel James M. Keibling, of the 21st Ohio has been honorably discharged. Associated Press Report. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Tire Star gays : Dispatches received uere state, that yesterday morning at 2 o'clock a re&ei oeet or five vessels, the Kicfimona squadron so lone beine - prepared, came down the river to destroyour depots and works at City Point. The high water caused by the freshet enabled them to pass tne o Detraction, wnich our commanders had placed above City Point for the better protection of the place. Battle quickly ensued between the rebel fleet and our nearest battery or fort, in which one rebel vessel was blown up and entirely destroy ed, wnne two otners were go badly dam' aged by shot and shell as to compel them to seek safety by speedy flight back in the uirwjiiuu oi jiicmrjona, accompaniea oj ,the other two, which escaped damage to apeak of. . Admiral Farragut left here yesterday elning for the scene of this action, and it Is nnaertteod that he will at once assume a aval command there. NEW YORK ITEMS. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. fThe China took out to-dsy $708,000 in fix tcie. 1 Eoraoe Cushing, a silk merchant, while la) onng nnder a flt of tnaanrty lumped tro mthe second story window of his resi des ice this morning and was almost in sta. ntly killed. j 4- B. Hall. Serireant-at-Arms, of the 2? w Yoik Senate, served a notice on Msv yoi Gunther this icrenoon to appear betbre thi investigating committee of the Senate at : noon to-morrow. . t Che reports of the ex-Commissioners, Ol mptrollerjof Croton Acquedut, Board of Citv Insnectora. SnTrrKratA Snnnrvisors. ani Municipal affairs generally are to bo iDSVestigated.. ; t - rThe Committee aro expected to arrive hi I -e this afternoon. I In the MUIspaugh ease the jury returned a erdict for Millsparagh assessing damages "Al Seth Adams, the defendant, at $10,000 fot "nducing the former's wife. FROM WASHINGTON. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The Posf Washington spocial says the Bankrupt Bill reported to the Senate to day by the Judiciary Committee contains " . 1 . . ... tt V " 1 1 several amenameutj, dui vna uouze uui not essentially changed. It it nndeTStood that Mr, Jenks, who drafted the bill pwsed by the House, as-. lOTits to the Senate amenaments. The Committee on the Conduct of the War have completed the investigation of General Butler's conduct in the attack on Wumington. i CONGRESSIONAL. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. HOUSE. Mr. Wsshburne, of Illinois, offered a resolution directing the Committee on commerce to enquire into all the facts and circumstances atiendig trade with the re bellious states since the beginning of the war. Mr. Schenck and Mr. Famsworth sever ally objected to the resolution for the reason that the whole subject was now un dergoing an investigation by Committee on Military Aflairs. The resolution of Air. wasnDurne was adopted, when on motion of Mr. Schenck the Committee on Military Affairs was discharged from the consideration of the ubject. - The House proceeded to tne considera tion of the report providing for the ad mission to seats of tne neads ci .Depart ments in the House to answer questions which may be propounded and to a limit ed extent participate in tne debata M.I. uanson advocated me repon. Mr. Morrill opposed the propoeitfon- Houe adjourned HOUSE. SENATE. Mri Trumbull presented a petition from chaplains in the army, asking for same pay allowed to line oincers oi same rant. Heferred to the Military Committee. Mr. Henderson presented a remon strance from the citizens of Missouri and Maryland,' against the proposed taxation of tobacco. Referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Foster, from the Judiciary Committee, reported to the House, the bankrupt bill with amendments. Mr. i ostor explained tnat ine vjommii tee had not made any radical changes in the bill, but there wore so many trivial alterations made in it that they had con cluded to offer a new bill by way of sub stitute. The bill was ordered to be printed. Mr Wilson, from the Military Commit tee, reported back the memorial of Ex- Burgeon Hammond, asKing ior an invw tigation into tho circumstances ot his court-martial. Tho committee was dis charged from farther consideration of the subject. Mr. Farwell onared a resolution, in structing the Finance Committee to in quire into the ex pediency of relieving the tonnage of tne country from tne income tax.. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. Powell asked the Senate to take up the resolution calling on the Secretary of War to know why he had not appointed commissioners to compensate loyal owners for slaves enlisted in tne military service. The resolution was adopted. JH.r. W ade called up tne resolution oi tne Military Committee, advising retaliation on the rebels. Mr. Clark offered an amendment to the effect that Congress earnestly call the at tention of the President to the condition and treatment of our prisoners in rebel prisons, and if, for satisfactory reasons, tney cannot be exenaneed, txngress desires that the President employ all tne means in hiB power, including such retaliation as shall seem lit and proper, to prevent a con tinuance and recurrence of such barbar ities, and to compel the insurgents to ob serve the laws ot civilized warfare. Mr. Henderson spoke on the subject of retaliation. He favored the appointment of Commissioners to confer with the rebel authorities to secure better treatment for our prisoners in the South. If the rebels refuse to receive such Commissioners, the President should adopt such . stringent measures of retaliation consistent with the rules of civilized warfare and not deroga tory to national honor, as would effectual ly stop such conduct on the part of the rebels. He intended, ne said, 10 oner an amendment to this effect He was in fa vor of retaliation, but not at all timer. Mr. Saulsbuiy proposed tnat Jnr. Hen derson modify his amendment so as to give the rebel authorities the privilege of sending Uommissioners to iook mio tne condition of Southern prisons. Mr. Henderson was willing to accept such modification, but he believed the rebel prisoners were humanely treated in the North. Mr. Brown, as one of the Committee that had reported the resolution, advoca ted the provision. Mr. Clara-, lrom tne committee oi con ference on the DoScioncy Bill, reported that the House still refused to strike out the proposition to increase the salary of its employees. He moved that the Senate still adhere to his amendment to strike out the proposition for this increase of com pensation, which he said was contrary to law. This would defeat the bill, he aaid, but the responsibility would be upon the House. The veas and navs were called for, and the Senate decided to adhere to its amend ment by a vote of 38 yeas to 1 nay, (Mr. Carlisle. The President said: The motion pre vails, and the bill fails on account of a dis agreement between the two houses. Mr. iJrown resumed nis remarKi on re taliation, supporting the resolution ot the Military Committee. Mr. Wado moved an amendment mak ing the resolution amendatory instead of advisory, and compelling tne rresiaeni siiu omcers ot tne army to retaliate ui amu. Mr. Foster was surprised tnat any oena- tor should say the rebels had not treated our prisoners with inhuman cruelty. Aftur mentioning ' several" instances ot rebel harbaritv. he advocated retaliation, DUt was opposed to retaliation ui turn aiuu, Mr. Davis opposed ine resolution, sou moke at length against it. Pending the consideration cf this sub ject the Senate adjourned. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. CHICAGO, Jan. 25. The bill abolishing the Black Laws, ex cept the law prohibiting the intermarriage between blacks and whites, passed the Il linois Senate yesterday. AUCTION SALES. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. At the auction sale of coal to-day there was an advance in prices ranging from 25 cents lor chestnut coal to 112 J for steam boat coal since the December sale. I he advance in stove coal war 2637 cents ner ton. Tne onering oi ouu,vw pouuu. uumwt.rc fleece wool by public auction to-day was varv isrgelv attended by the manufactur a ' rrn. AnA 3- J . ! ers and dealers from the East and Phila delphia. Most of the offering was sold and at prices fully up to anticipations, every thing about the sale was fair and satisfao tnrv. and said to be the best managed affair wn have had In ten years. Coarse Ohio flawee braught 971 ; Now York State No. 1 N. Y. State 98 ; XX and XXX fliece 103; Michigan 9U95$; somo tub wttshed fleece 115. Terms, casn. BANISHED. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25. in General Sanborn, commanding the dis trict of southwest Missouri, banished forty- eicht families and one hundred other men and women to a distance of fifty miles otttside his district, for feeding and boring guerrillas and bushwhackers. The parties have to leave the district by 20th of February on penalty of arrest punishment. THE BUFFALO FIRE. BUFFALO, Jan. 25. was arrested this afternoon blowing up the building on Main street known as the "Old Eagle Tavern." - It was stopped also in the rear of Pearl street Ly the efforts of the Fire Depart ment. This evening tne fire broke out again In Bullymore's building, the Fire Depart ment working under every disadvantage intense cold, violent wind, driving snow, freezing hose, and clogging engines. : The following are among the sufferers by the conflagration: The fire caught in Diehl's restaurant, and extended to VanYelsor's bakery, Jen ner's drug store, A. L. Schriver s shoe store, Paulbouy's confectionery, the Amer ican Hotel, and the following named stores on the ground floor of the hotel: Rosen aull Bros, fancy dry goods; Hoch s tetter & Strauss, dry goods ; Loewe & Giershaflar, dry goods ; BtffthifS barber shop; then to the buildings adjoining the hotel, occupied by Volger. German goods; Upson, photographer; Knight, liquors; and Bullymore, meat store. The other buildings, to the corner of Court street, were damaged more or less. They were occupied by Hansom, hatter ; the Buffalo Savings Bank ; and Gage, gro cer. It is I eared tnat these latter must be destroyed to-night. It is reported that some persons are in jured by the falling of walls, but amid the confusion it is impossible to ascertain the facts. James Sid way, Harry Tifft and Harry Gillett, belongingto Taylor Hose Company, are killed. The loss is cot Ices than $500,000. A large number of persons lott property that occupied the upper stories of the burnt buildings. MEXICAN NEWS. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The steamer Eagle, with Havana date3 to the 21st, has arrived. News had been received from Mexico that General De Harbal had made a recon noissance to Osxaca, whare he was fired upon, when he fell back to Ell to organ ize an attack on the place, which was to be made on the 27th. It is said tbat'Riaz has a force of 8,000 and 65 pieces of artillery, but it was be lieved in Havana that his force wag double this, and is better provided tban any of the Liberal armies. The old mint at Osxaca is working night and day, coining the geld and silver brought there by tne churches to aid gen eral Riaz. The new Consul General of the Empire for the Island of Cuba has demanded the archieves of the Consulate of the old Con sul who refused to deliver them up, in sisting that his Government is still in ex istence. The stoamer Harriet Lane, lately called the Lavinia, was destroyed by fire at Havana on the 18th. The fire is said to have been the work ot one of the crew, who had been doprived of his pay, It is reported at Havana, from Key WeBt, that the blockake runner Denbigh, one of the most successful of the fleet, had been captured and taken into that port. The Col. Lamb, a very fast steamer, left Havana on the 21st. It was generally re ported that she is to become a rebel pirate. FROM TRENTON, N. J. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 25. The House spent the whole day in try ing to organize. The Democrats prevent ed any qusstion from coming up that con templated an organization. GOLD MARKET. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Gold opened this morning at the ad vance realized last night, and a strong bull clique has done its utmost to keep up the price, but the pi ice steadily declin ed from 207 to 204.J, subsequently rallying to205. LATER. Gold 2044 at the Board and subsequently declined to 203 and closed at 205. Special Report. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. FINANCIAL. Railway are strong. the Stock Exchange thore was a good demand for stocks generally, shorts buying largely to cover recent sales. The rue in Gold aid.9 Stocks, and has a tendency to create eonsideruble excitement, Toledo being re ported largely oversold. Government Securities are firmer and in better demand. ttate Bonds are very dull. Coal Shares are strong and higher. The Miscellaneous list U generally bettor. Tho Gold Market ha been comparative ly quiet. The defeat of the rebel gunboats at City Pcint caused a fall of two per cent. Stocks at the jfetroieum iJoara nave been less active, but prices are generally firmer. Uermania lo, AniCEerbocKsr 63, Empire City 625, Beedman 325, Webster 205, Everect 100,- Rynd Farm 600. Petroleum quiet and firm at 4bc for Crude, 65c for Refined in bond, and 84c for Refined free. No sales reported. NEWS ITEMS. sajB ¬ ities are great that Mr. Seward will have a mission to England. The Tribunes Washington special says indications at present are strongly in that direction. It is reported that seventy vessels, hith erto in the Wilmington blockade, will be sect to increase the blockade off Charles ton, Galveston and other ports. Advices from tne bnonandoah valley state that a small body of rebels have made their appearance below Wood stock. Ships are now loading for Savannah with supplies fur the starving inhabitants. This I 1 . - , . 1 1 1 . - . IS aaaiuanai w luuau nireaujr nrjut iruu Boston, New York and Philadelphia, - Several stesmers are loading assorted car goes f jr Hilton Head in hopes of obtaining permission to trade at Savannah. The Treasury Department has again issued a circular, declaring that no per mits are given to take goods to Savannah EX-SURGEON HAMMOND. The CommerciaFs Washington special savs: j. ne senate nas accepted me report of the Military Committee, refusing have the proceedings ot tne court-martial -which dismissed surgeon uenerai Ham mond examined. A CONTEMPLATED CANAL. Great exertions are being made in be half of the appropriation for a ship canal around K t ails. CONGRESSIONAL ITEMS. The Posft Washington special says; The Committee of Ways and Means have agreed this forenoon not to lay off on leaf tobacco. - The House has directed the Committee nn Corunierce to make general investiga tion concerning the trade with insurrec tionary States. WASHINGTON ITEMS. the The IPotWs Washington special men tions the rumored return of Jshut from Richmond. The ffertrf&t Washington special taysj Tha Treasury Department will chorUy is sue a new batch of fractional currency, printed upon a new material, impervious to water, and with a tenacity superior to parchment . i The Time's special says Mr. Sherman writes privately to his officials the most surprising news of the situation in South Carolina. There is not a point of impor tance in that State that does not lie at his' mercy. - The Wilmington Journal learns that during the recent freshet, seventy feet of the railroad bridge Over the Roanoke river at Weldon, was washed away. STOCKS. Gold 204. Hudson 84; Michigan Southern 69$ ; Illinois Central, 118; Pittsburgh 83; New York Central 103; Erie 69; Rock Island 91; Northwestern 36, do pre ferred 64; Fort Wayne 92; Ohio and Mis sissippi Certificates 27; Reading 104; Cumberland 63; Quicksilver 95; Mari posa 91. Stocks and gold heavy. Gold sold this afternoon at 203 but rallied to 205. SOUTHERN NEWS. A Richmond dispatch of January 23d contains the following: There was a re port yesterday that General Price had captured Fort Smith, Arkansas, with a garrison of two thousand men. The re port has not been confirmed. : 3. A. Seddrm has resigned the port folio oi the- War Department. It baa not been ascertained who will be bis successor, though several prominent Generals are spoken of likely to be appointed, among whom are General Braxton Bragg, General Breckinridge and Senator Hill, of Oeorgia. - The report is that that place has baen offered to Breckenridge, but be declined to accept unless he was allowed to select bis Commissary General. It is understood that Mr. Sedilon was in duced to resign by the action taltoa by the Virginia Congressional delegation. Those gentlemen, it appears, sent to the President an official announcement that they had lest confidence in all the members of the cab inet, except Mr. Tr.nbclm, and asked for a change. Mr. Seddon being informed of tbis action, immediately sent in bis resig nation. Two important measures were recently passed by Congress and made public on Saturday. One is a bill providing for the appointment of a General-in-chicf of the Confederate armies. This provides that the General-in-chief shall have charge of the armies of the Confederacy. Whether this implies the power to select the gener als who shall command those armies is a matter of doubt. It also repeals the law providing a staff for general assignment to duty at Richmond, as General Bragg now holds the position referred. There was another measure in the resolution recom mending the assignment of General Joe E. Johnston to the command of the Army of Tennessee. ' Five hundred returned Confederate prisoners, who arrived at Varona on Fri day, reacned this city last mgnt on our flag of truce boat from Boulward's Land ing. By the same boat Mr. F. P. Blair, Sr., Peace Commissioner, returned to this city. Nothing has transpired as to the objoct of his mission, but of course it has reference to peace negotiations, and this has grown out of his former visit. He is the guest of Captain Hitchit Residence of the latter corner of Fourth and High streets. Hon. H. S. Foote, of Tenn , loft the city yesterday morning by the Fredericksburg train en route for Prince George county, Virginia. ' The Whig of the 23d has the following: Charleston, Jan. 15. The enemy in heavy -three, supposed to be 15,000 strong, nnder General Foster, advanced on Poco taligo yesterday. Oui troops after an ob stinate resistance, fell back on this side of the Salkebechie. Our line embrace the Salkehechie bridge. Everything was brought off safely. Gen. Hardee is in command of our forces. Clinton, La , Jan. 14. A largo num ber of troops from Nashville, estimated at from 16,000 to 25,000, recently passed down the river to New Orleans, it is be lieved an expedition is organizing for an attack on Mobile or go up Red river. A fair for the benefit of the Confederate prisonerss of war was held at Jackson, Miss, the proceeds of which wore eight hundred dollars. Many old business men wero emigrating to Matamoras. Latter, of the 17th, from Charleston Har bor, say that three rebel ironclads are dis tinctly visibl at the mouth of Cooper river, while a large number of men are busy about a fourth which is much larger than tne others. Deserters report that the rebels also have torpedoes and boats ready for service, and will make fight in case of an attempt oil our part to get up to the citv. They are put ting new obstructions in the harbor; but our Doavts nave taieij oeen quite successiui in finding and removing them. ASSIGNMENT OF QUOTAS. to The Provost Marshal General ha3 as signed and forwarded to the different dis tricts their correct quotas under the call ot December 19, for 300,000 men. Shortly after that call was made quotas vere as signed upon the enrollment as it stood on the 30th of November, taking into account the reports of credits and tho estimates of the numoer oi years oi service tnat wore then available, and thoso quotas were sent to districts in order that recruiting might commence without any delay lor compu ting the exact quotas. The correct quotas were based upon the enrollment as c orrect- ed up to the first instant, ana embrace all credits up to that date complete. Tha settlement with each district hat been made and all former deficiencies charged and the surplus credited to the district consequently all men put into ser vice since January let, whether oy draft. acceptance of substitutes or by volunteer enlistments, will be applied as credits in the reduction of quotas now assigned. Corrected quotas vary in certain locali ties from the quotas assigned on the 23d of December, as the enrollment in many localities has been much reduced since the 30th of November, while in others but little change has occurred. 2d. ' Full and accurate ' reports of men and years of service, be furnished, not only during December, but from dif ferent localities for previous months have been received, and the accounts determin ing correct quotas are most obvious. . An instance is in the cases of New Yorn and Brooklynrjuotas the former is largely in creased 'while the latter is diminished. This is owing to the redistribution of years of service, on account ot naval enlistments. The Bankrupt Bill was reported to-day bv Senator Foster from the Committee on Judiciary aa amendatory to that passed by the House oi itepresentatireB, nauin uie nature of a substitute. The principal alter ations proposed by the Committee are the following: The 8th. 9th and 19th sections are stricken out. In the section for the distribution of bankrupt estates the Committee strike out tha clanse entitling debts due physicians to priority of payment ; of fees and costs of suits concerning property -of bankrupt debts and taxes due to the United States and tha State in which the bankruptcy is nanrl in r: wares to ' operatives, clerks and servants, not to exceed fifty dollars ; debts dfla rxiraons entitled by law of the United States to preference shall have priority of payment. - In the 37th and 38th ssction j it is provi ded that a discharge duly granted shall free the bankrupt from all liabilities ex cept those mentioned in provisions made for esses where the discharge is fraudu lently obtained, for assembling it upon proper proofs of fraud. The other amendments are oi less im EXPLOSION AT FORT FISHER. To-day's Tribune Fort Fisher letter, die- cusses exhuming the dead, killed by the magazine exploding. Many members of one company, 203d Pennsylvania, were covered with sand while asleep. Many were disfigured and scarcely recognizable. The dead lay scattered around, some of them exhumed from the sand and others, who had died from their wounds, lying in the passage-ways and corners of the bomb proofs, where they had crawled after being wounded. The losses sustained by the catastrophe will not be so large aa at first supposed. The total loss in the assault and explo- lon is about 800. The splendid Armstrong gun, with ma hogany carriage, will be sent to West Point. The boats of the navy, while sweeping for torpedoes, came across an insulated wire cable connecting Battery Lamb di rectlv with Fort Fisher. It was taken up as far as the shore in a direct line toward the magazine. This cable, by many, is supposed to account for the recent murder ous exjljeiou j Yesterday Evening's Edition. FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The hospital steamer Spaulding arrived tvt this port last evening from Fort Fisher, bringing 445 wounded soldiers. A number of Union gunboats had gone np Cape Fear River and were shelling the woods in order to dislodge tne enemy. Tne remains of one of the heroic doad of Fort Fisher have also reached here General Louis Ball. Ue was killed in the assault of Sunday, the 15th. The remains are in charge of Lieutenant Sanford, of the lamented deceased's staff. The body General Ball is to be taken to New Hampshire. BLACK LAWS REPEALED. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. A dispatch has been received by Theo dore Tilton, from Springfield, HL, saying the Illinois Senate havo repealed the Hiaclc Laws by four majority, and the House is certain to concur. SOUTHERN NEWS. NEW YORK, Jan, 25. The Richmond Whig thus states the re sult to the South of making war upon the nation, attributing these horrors to the Yankee: Our outraged women, our home loss babes, our sons untimely slain, our blackened homes, our leagues of desolated land, our battered cities, our slaves in arms against us, our prisoners murdered in cold blood or pining year after year in North ern dungeons, all tell us what the Yankee is at heart. Gold has reached, in Richmond, thirty- five hundred per cent, premium. The Mobile icegxster ot January zstn, says: The people absolutely decline to pet with tne odds :orty to one, on tne success cf our cause and the honesty of our gov ernment and people. The (Jharleston Vourter discusses tne guerrilla warfare with the purpose of show ing the efficiency of that style of hostilities, to which the rebel cause may soon be brought. lhe Richmond pipers represent Hood s army as suuenng intensely until tnoy reached the more wealthy districts, when they fared better. It is thought that he may be obliged to fallback beyond Corinth until the roads are repaired to that pi ace. The Richmond Sentinel calls for a new outburst of enthusiasm and patriotic devo tion. It says it would be delightful and inspiring. A citizen writes that he has a moderate supply of bacon in tbe house, and asked bis wile, Shan toe meat go : sne responded ves let it go I and it went. By the steamer Atlanta lrom Mobile, 11 is reported that a formidable expedition had left Forts Morgan and Gaines, and gone up tha East Pascagoula river to take a position in the rear of Mobile, placing the city at the mercy of our troops. The river was found navigable and its occupa tion cannot fail to render the city anaeasy capture. jjeeertors report that there is mucn uis- satisfaction with the rebel government at Mobile. FROM WASHINGTON. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The Times' Washington special says : It ia generally understood now that Blair did not go in any sense as a representative of the government to Richmond, and that he is not authorized to encourage the hope that any overtures for peace will be made or accepted, which look, however, remotely towards a division of the Union, nor is it believed the rebels are prepared to treat on anv other terms. The government has been assured that the Canadian authorities have determined to Temove all causes of dissatisfaction on the part of this country, growing out of the recent occurences. Judge Coursal will be removed. This will probably lead to a speedy abrogation ot the passport system. THE PIRATE SHENANDOAH. FOTRESS MONROE, Jan. 23. The bark Clifton, Capt. Gavit, arrived here yesterday from Pernambuco. The Captain reports that the rebel privateer Shananrlnah had destroyed several Amen can merchantmen along the coast of Bra- lit in conseouence of which vessels bound to the United States were obtaining British registers, so as to enable them to sail under British colors. FIRE IN BUFFALO. FIRE IN BUFFALO. BUFFALO, Jan. 25-8:30 A. M. The American hotel is now on fire. Wind west, blowing a gale and snowing furiously. Particulars as soon as possiDie. SECOND DISPATCH. fl is still raging- .One building on Main street was blown up by order of Mayor Forgo to arrest the are, but it h reared will extend te Pearl street. . A furious gile is blowing and the snow is fivine. with the thermometer eight aeg. above zero, preventing the firemen from wnrtrinir is, a irreat extent. Thn Union stove worKS 01 ueo. j. uiui & Co. was destroyed by hre eany last flrvnnino'. All trains on the rauroaas aro ueusyou .. ... 5- j . i by the storm. The lOSB Dy tua aisbiiuui sum uig estimated at from $5,000 to $100,000. Col. Alonzo Aldori, of the 169th N. Y. Volunteers, killed by the explosion of the magazine at Fort Fisher, was a member tho 1a nf '59 ia Williams College. W tun him wall. The country has lost brave officer and a noble man, in the death of Alonzo Alden. rfiHR FINJC3T ASSORTMENT OF J Io. Hteliera, OoWets and Trays In the city, OOWLae . 1ST WadaaU Horn. SHOCKING AFFAIR. An Opulent New York Merchant Cuts his Throat While Lying in his Bath -The Rascallity of a Business Partner the Cause. The New York Times of Thursday gives I the following details of this shocking sul-I cide: One of our most respectable citizans Hfr Malvin S. Whitney, an opulent wine mer chant, of No. 25 Broadway street, com mitted suicide by cutting hid throat with razor, yesterday morning, at his residerfce, in West Thirty-Second street near Broad way. Mr. Whitney was a native of HalloweTI. Maine. He came hither from that State, and engaged in commercial pursuits in this city about twenty-five years ago; and from tnat time onward his career was one of uninterrupted success, until quite re cently, when, with a view of retiring .from active business, and devoting his energies thenceforth to the Presidency of tha Saginaw Salt Company and to his membership of the Boards of Directors of the Part Bank, Germania Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Gaslight Company and Germania Fire Insurance Company, he made achangein his business at Ho. 25 Broad street, which his friends believe to have led to the painfully disastrous re sult which we have recorded above. The business change to which we allude was the taking of a partner, in the person of a clerk who has long been in Mr. Whitney's house. The partnership, it appears, en dured but for a short period, the junior partner, it is said, having made many haz ardous ventures, and thus incurred his senior's displeasure, and led the latter to believe it to be to his interest demand a dissolution. It is. mornnvnr. asserted that the junior partner, having become involved in certain Wall Btreet op erations, had overdrawn tha firm account me rhtenix JJank to amount of $108,000; and that, to clear himself from liability for I this sum, Mr. Whitney had commenced an I action, through a Wall street lawyer, but that, at length, Mr. W. conceived that potn his counsel and his partner were seek ing to ruin him financially ; and this Im pression is believed to have weighed heav ily on his mind. Yet, to his associates and friends on Wall street, he seemed cheerful and of perfectly sane mind down to his last appearance on 'Change; but at home it was observed, more than six weeks ago, that he was laboring under uncommon mental depression, and to his wife he made known his business perplexities, and dwelt upon them as he might have dwelt upon .muu-ug axiu lrretnevaoie ruin, cut still no hint ever escaped from hia Una leading any member of bis household to dream that he contemplated suicide ; and yesterday morning, when he bade his wife tm Hrtnm ti, kMolrloot ..-in-il.., L i 2: r:r,r rv'r, j.t"s '" wuu im untu a late hour. Mrs. Whitney ob- served nothing unusual in his demeanor. Immediately after his wife had gone down to breakfast, Mr. Whitney appears to have risen and gone to the bath, which adjoined his sleeping chamber, and taero, lying in the bath tub, cut his throat. The fearful gash is deep, and evidently must have been almost instantly fatal, the razor haying entered to the bone, and then been broken Dy tne lorce 01 the strobe. The corps was first discovered by a servant, who wont with food to Mr. Whitney's room at about 8 o'clock, or 16 minutes subsequent to the time when Mrs. Whitney left him. It was then warm, and had not become rigid in ueata. coroner Wlldev emnanneled a jury yesterday afternoon, and the jury re- uirneu a vbruict 01 "death Dy cutting the throat with a razor." Mr. Whitnev was widely and well known, and everywhere respected and beloved. He leaves a wife and two adopted children. He was 53 years of sge. Mail Items. There are five million native Germans m the United States. i of e Rev. Mrs. Antoinette L. Brown is again in the field as a lecturer. A recent silver weddinr. in Pittsfleld. JH.8SS., cost $ 2U,UUU. The French Jesuits have founded Catholic College at Constantinople. The British Museum has obtained a opera written by Charles Lamb. The Hebrews ef Savannah are all anx ious to taka the oath of allegiance. Ole Bull, after an absence of many years. recently piayed at .Berlin. The Archduke Louis Joseph of An stria is aeaa. J T Lord Lyons has arrived homo, improved in neaiin. The Prince of Wales' income is $400,000. rotter r aimer is alter him. John Brougham hag written a horse piece for Mrs. Adah Isaacs Menken, Hee- han, etc. One hundred and five torpedoes have been taken out of the Roanoke river. Shocking place. Alexander Dumas the Younger is about to marry a Russian Pnnces named Ns- riskini. The Bishop of Treviso (Vjnetial has forbidden the Catholic! attending the fu nerals of Jews. One hundred and sixty thousand copies of Renan,s Life of Jesus have been Bold in France, Gottschalk's agent, it is stated, has run away with about $20,000 belonging to the pianist. A world's convention of Spiritualists is to be held in the city of New York next month. Strauss, the eminent German writer, in Berlin studying up material for a new theological wort. Rev. M. Shock, a Lutheran Minister of slew York, is missing. It is feared he has committed suicide. Foote announced his intention of leav ing rebeldom for some "sequestered spot," and started immediately ior ty aaningtoo. Melvin S. Whitney, an opulont wine merchant of New York, committed suicide the other day while laboring umlct tempo rary insanity. An editor in Berlin was lately sen tenced to three months imprisonment for reminding the King of Prussia of a hotel bill. There was just three days difference be tween the ages ot Jtverett and Webster. The former was seventy yars nine months and six days old. Two persons in Winstod, Conn , have obtained a divorce. One is at deaf as crowbar and the other bedridden. Hardly worth the trouble. The large beads introduced by little Pkxlomini, who looked sweeter than she tang, are all the rage in New York. Ev ery one will remember little Pic. and her large Dine iuuu False back hair of golden hue has been selling at Pans at two hundrrd francs back knot: with small diamonds studded, at two thousand francs. Tha rage for red ought to frighten M9 wyernmant. Sotxl ExrKststiR ix a Oil 'Will. Ex riosioa or a EtrsVAinrs Tosrtoo. The Erie DispaicA says that on Saturday last the long-talked of experimtnt of exploding a submarine torpedo in an oil well to en large its producing capacity, was tried in the "Ladies 'Woll," on the 'Watson Flats below Titusville. The torpedo contained eight pounds of powder, and was applied at a depth of 463 feet. The explosion caused the 041 and water to shoot out of the well tome thirty feet into the air, and made the ground groan like a great monster in the agonies of death. The flow of oil water and parra;fine continued some ten minutes, when the disturbance subsided gradually, and oil appeared 0u u,. e fast si it could be dipped out with tnsi pump. The well was one which had ceased 40 7!e;d on account as is supposed in most sncn cases 01 the seams or veins, from which the oil flows, becoming filled up with para fine. The experiment was made by the inventor of the appliance, a Mr. Roberts of New York, who is about to introduce the torpedo for general nse. - It is constructed upsn the percussion plan, and so arranged that it will explode after it has reached a certain depth where it is intended to produce the desired effect. It is a well known fact that the reaming of an oil well sometimes enlars-as it so aa to greatly increase the yield of oil ; and also that the agitation of it, either by pumping or forcing air into it, generally has the same result. Hence, it has been concluded that if an appliance could be used by means of which the sand-stone or oil-boar-ing rock could be broken np or rent asun der that of coarse the yield of eil of many small veins might be secured for the same well. Mr. Roberts' appliance is constucted U produce this result, and the first experi ments made with it indicate that the plasi ' trill prove a success. , - . MllCHiirTS WiTIOHAL JJaHK of Msap- villi. A new Bank under the national Banking law, with a capital of $100,000 has bseu organized in this place. The cor- . porators held a meeting on last Thursday. and elected the following gentlemen as Di- ' rectors : Jas. E. McFarland. Jaa. H. Dirt. John McFarlaud, 8. Newton Pettis, Leon C. Magaw, John Porfer, and John McClin tock. The high business character of thes ffhtlmen is the strongest guarantee that ll?e BEk wil1 a benefit to this commu- Ths ScrrsRiss at Wimiorog The Wel lington Local of the Oberlin Feus says that fourteen of the persons who were in jured in the disaster of the 19th init.. on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati road, were taken to that village, where they are doing well, being excellently car ed for at the expense of the road, the offi cers of which are doing all in their power to make them comfortable. So many of the friends of the injured people have arrived, that the Wellington House is full. i Recruiting is progressing slowly through out the country. But three weeks remain before the draft is to be enforced. The ngnrA. ,Mm rlBt,r,B ., .., t,.jr. rTr Gottschalk is in Philadelphia giving his farewell. A Poor Rich Man. A business man in this citv. who has been supposed to be very rich, took a note to one of our banks a few days since, to ba discounted, when it was refused because, from his return of income, his own respon sibility was inadequate security. Albany cvemng journal. Jottings. a a "Home for Aged Men" has been opened in .Boston." A cooperative coal company has been formed in Hartford. Boston is to have a new Citv Arrnorv at the "South End." The Pennsylvania Historical Society has 8,625 volumes in its library. . Twenty-six per cent, of thesoldiers from Ohio have left families at home. A strong effort is making in Illinois for the repeal of the "Black Laws" of that Stato. The internal revenue receipt in Cincin- - nati amount to an aggregate of $7,600,000 since 1862. In Pennsylvania there are 13.000 public schools, with 16,000 teachers, and 709.000 pupils. The' Female College In Pittsburg. Pa- had an attendance of three hundred and icvonty-flve last year. Tha ladies of Mineral Point wound ud last year with a pleasant leap-ynar sleigh ride and dance. The winter is very severe in Northern Indiana. Last wees the mercury rank to fifteen degrees below zero. The New Haven Historical Society has appointed a committee to prepare for pub- mxtion a volume of its proceedings. The Welsh Societies in Yoraigstawnv Mineral Ridge and Newburgh, Ohio, re cently held an "Eistedfed" in Yountrs- town. A family named Upright, in Rockford. Illinois, has furnished ten men for the army. Three of the number have died in the field. -. Somebody gave $1,000 to the Portland Society of Natural History as a New 1 ear s present, and was so modest as to withhold his name. The sum of $865,043 has been received at the marble quarries at Lee, Massachu setts, for material for tha extension of the Capitol at Washington. . The Franklin Medical School in Boston hu vntnd tn maka a Riihacrintion rtf XI 000 to the fund for the erection of a statue of Mr. Everett, Cincinnati and Chicago editors are quar relling over the comparative bigness and wealth of the two cities. Cincinnati claims to be a million of dollars richer than Chicago-- - Mrs. Martha Ella White, of Antonia. Connecticut, while skating one even Lug last week, was knocked down by a boy who was skating backwards, and her collar bone was broken. Sorghum is now cultivated to a consid- earble extent in Orange county, New York.- Taa best cultivated, plots yielded aDoin three hundred gallons of syrup per acre, worth now $1 25 per gallon. . , The New England Society for the Prt motion of the Manufactures and the Arts, has chosen the following officers: President, J.,Wiley Edmonds; Secretary, Peter But le ; Treasurer, Isaac Livermore. A young lawyer received a pointed lec ture from Judge Putnam in court, at Bos ton, the other day, for appearing there ss counsel '-when he was not in a fit condi tion to appear in the defence of any man." The Deaf and Dumb institution in Penn sylvania has one hundred and eighty-nine pupilt; that of Ohio has two hundred and twenty-four. In the State ot Ohio there are seven hundred "and forty-one deaf-mutes.. - - - . - A gentleman in Taunton, Kasa, has Just received $5,000, stolen from him between Baltimore and Washington a year ago. It was recovered by detectives, but as they made a mistake in taking his name, they were nearly a year finding the ownr. -