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CLEVELAND LEADER, AT HO. 1U SUPEBIOS BT, E. COWLE8 V CO. CaLT, JVO EOITKHtS, tfQRNIM IRQ O EH IK Indnouzmat Uim in; ottar journal pubtUhd id t tUt. Und of (hoi.innjutL It cahliibt mtoi txdnmti mora reftdiii muifr, and it Tt4-grBphic New Tork nd tb Wim Awcitad Pni) t pr ( to ft more tot. .licit). lamwr Uum koy jUmt ftwtt is fiortlMra Otio. DiaT Mornfng or KTonitig, by mill, per y W.t : M " BC. ft tJU " . - " " 1 DO 2 " " i mo. 1 on T.i.tftiiT , , tum Iltlfy year. I (ft, "V nnu.T. ..... . per yofcr. 2 00 I o Aiioa and hewleAlerm, prr U10... 3 00 f't'iy, lUfprM by earner, Moraine ox Evwiuf chdb iw wwk. Tri-Weekly 12 OMti per met w. Doth tor oar own bnect&J Oom poaOeot. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS D. EUDSOX, wtjiHral fir, Marine u4 Life lasur sute A rent, OXee, Onatt'e CiGhaare, foot Superior Street, CLEVELAND, OBIO. imn'iii? tbb roLLowiso cosfasiks: Burk-je Mutual Irs. Co., Clevelend, Atteit Ohio, (e"lree d Mennfl ft 21.VI.U Oe!utUn Ma'lne Ins. TV, K Y. 7,3.37x Mcnis KireA Inland " (.Kl.ooa r-andrl Fir SOS I7 Market rire " .. 414,729 Fo w Pi t.;H Norwich Fire las. Co , Norwich. Ct 45,24 KortS Western " Oswi fro, N. Y. 840.77S Bow Xojk Lite " low York 3,658,753 Sl3.h5S.IS0 LOSSES PBOHPLTT AUJBiTEn i.VD PAIli Friicnlr .ttuitlcn iT to th. djrtmut of w-iiMiSJII. li. v. Hi'ui, Aeent and A'ljast.r. CpL 0. A. Ounnrm, xanus Iaspwtor. f.l:B3 NEW SKIRT IXIt 1805. A w and tirent lBvcutiaa In HOOP SKIRTS. TEX ttPLSX ELLIPTIC (or D.CBLI)91EEL . VESTS', IlKiDLEY A CABT, (LATI J. I. J. 0. WOT,) . 7 CHAMBERS STBEET, KEW tOBE, Ar tb wBsri of the pfttent, nl Ui3 tluiT BSBVUOIURn OI SMS. J. W. BRADLEY'S PATEXTEB ELLIPTIC DUPLEX STEEL SPRING 6KIKT8. Ti ll IdtodUoa eotiststt of Dapl'x (-r two) (II p te bul prirg, tDKBiotiUy braided tlfhtlf Mid firalf tig her tno. g, kin(t tho toughest, tr.oat aMtio. flxibi and daiabl ibriu ti uMd oab'tng the Wfarvr, io ooaBequeuce t ix gmt 'Mticity anl fluib enni, to place and ftl the kirt vtieB an um ai et y ana itn me Mtm ocn eateoce a ailtc or vaalin draee. it entirely eb iftfe and aileao e tte only objeciioaa to ilooa cKirte.TiK: to annoyaaoo to oe wearer ae veil ae the puo(icT efpeciiiy la crowd-d aetemb.ie, car riaes, ra lroad -ara,chgrcbprwp, oris aoy rrod cd ptaes, iront the d 111 cutty orcoortiDK tbea to vecupr a tan II ppae. 1h entirely removes the diAoulty, wfciU ft kiTce tbe ekirt the diuU foil attd ynetrcal form, ad it the liihtett and moet ryl ih and graceful pp-rance for the etreit, opara. P oateaa'. e, or honet) dieet. A lady baring en;oj ed the plea rare comfjit and sreat coareoteio of Vtaiiog the Duplex llllptw Spring Skirt tor a tin gle dTt will nerer aftetward witlinicly ditpoue with the mat of them. Tb-y are the b-et quality In erry pare, and by tt the lightet, mott dorabte. coaafor eb e aod economic 1 ahirt md JUer chaAte will beeupplied ae at oTA, and by C)Yeland Jobb rs. and lai'ee la m at firet-olaei retail ttorcl ia thii city and throughout the different State. IMT Inquire for the Duplex IlUpfie Sprint: Skirl. JENDALL & GO. HOOP "SKIRTS. A fall lice of tht calibrated J. W. Bradley's Duplex Elliptic Spring Skirt, Tht Boat dara U Hoop Skirt nanaXaottirf d. A!ao, THE JJk. FKTITK 6KIBT. With a full aaraitaent MISSES' HOOP SKIRTS, At th lovMt market prion. Mil 8 KINPALL OO. Wolf Creek and Back Eun OIL COMPANY. lh.QDd.rtlK.Ml I. .athoriMd to roctire iQb crip iB8 to th. Cipttal otock of the Voir Creek and Bock Kn (ill To. This la a C mpanj belog or(aii d in Vil'.t bugh lor tha parpoiM of carriag oa the Oil bv' lo. a. Th name, of the fol'o.ins well-kaeirn perua. ia Pittaburh, who haT. alieadj takea tiat)'fcu,000 of the Stock, ar. a gaaranle. of the anmoiMM of th C jmpaii j and th. Te'ue of the Oil Territory Defeating to It, ia : Isaac M Ptn.ock, BesJ Bek well, thai W Rick-tBOT, Wm McKr ight, Va J Aidertoo, . Joseph S Brown, Col llTid Campb.ll, 0.0 S Long A Ci, I W Cook, Wm Bagaley, E T L-ech, jr. Chat W batcbelor, M-t I F l enn;, Gen Jet 8 Nfgle, H BWilklnt, H L Harriogtoni C Well-. Kath'l B Hogg, The Lard, of thii Company lie In the cn'.ero tha Lnbricetisf Oil DUtrict of Ohio, betwKn th. Ma'-kingarh rUTr and federal crec-k, and near McCoaeelUTiile There are three tract., with a total ares of .boat 250 ACRES, AO bold bj Ihi Company in Fei Biuu, - "WALPOLE" TRACT, ConilitlDg of S3 acrt on Back Rnn, about IX at He. aboTethe I nloa Lnbr eating Co.'. lands. A Teen of OK hat bens developed on thii tract at a depth tf WO feet. 1. THE "KEST" TKACT, Alee on Bnok Rnn, Hot ! from th. Great bont Wells, and one mile abor. tb. Union Labrl eatieg Co. Th- Oil in this tract bat been dtTel oped in two veils. 3. -The Cxlkbratxs " Sailob " Farm, Coataloteg abont 78 acres, aitnatd on Little Wolf Creek, between Bock Run and th. Mcflkirr'im BJver. Abent two ..ra. .f tliie tract rinv been teaaed to LewellT. A Co , of New Vcrk, who heve awtira It prodnciog oil of a enpeiior nality. Lewellva A Co. ar. now ainking deeper, one fonrth of th-ir oil beiongt to the Wolf Creek and luck Ban Oil Co. The Cimaz Stock of the Wolf Creek and Boeht Buet Wil . ia 9100,000, more than JdO.UuOof which it already taken. The 6B.AV.Li are 91 each. One-fourth of the whott capital ($20,000,) ii re talmd at a wcrkiog fond. Books for snlcrlption to the Btork of the shore Compenr may be found at my office, 61 to 67 stiver alreet, riewelsnd. The entire of this Company will be in th hands rf bnfiueee men, who will rapidly pn?h forward the work of developing and Tending Oil f.blMH M0BRI8UW FOSTER. JNO. G. JESJIINGS' EE AX ESTATE AGENCY. ciTT raoruTT rom balk. nuntlngton Street Bouee and Lot, S3, 000. Oreen.dud StreetHouee and Lot, 1(000. Like Street Heat, and Lot, 1 1.600. bcorlll gtreet Hons, end Lot, 12,000. Lake Street, near trie Tour Brick 1 welling!, ii.'O '. hear Vmeyerd Street House, Baloon and Lett. oaCaal, 81, MO. Perry btreet Two Hou'et and Lite, 1 1,600 sch. Wilra Arenue Laige Brick House and Fire Aotea. Pro pact Btreet Briok Honse and Let, 17,000. Proeprct ttnat Two-story Brick Honat and Lot, e leet front, tt.soj. Prospeot Street Two-story Frame House and Lot, 4,0 0. Prospect filiost X stsry Frame House and Lot, ( 1,800. Huron Street 1 story Frame ffouas, $t,10t. Brick HoM, known as the -Stillmsa House,1 on Celnmbns straet. Vacant Let between Diver and Canal, near CI y Jills Vacant Lot oa old river bed, near Pontoon Bndgw (rst rate for Dock or Alanuracturiog, Vacant Lot on Euclid Btreet, lOuxftM feet. Vacant Lot on Prospect sti eet, 60x200 feet. Vacant Lot on Clinton street, near Kentucky. . l-ABMS AJ1D OUT PROPERTY, Bereral good FarBt of from 40 to !00 a ret, 8 to SO mtlee from thoeity. A lar.e and Dice etone House, Stene Barn, and SO acre. w.U cnlllvatrd land, wi h great variety of fruit, 7 mile, frem th. city, en sncitd r ank rtoao. Can be bought for leet thin the vslue of the bs'ld- inge, juua u. jAAaiAUD, Beal I state and Insurance Agent, feblB Atwjler Buildisg, MBKIOAN LEG XlTbie ii the best Artificial Leg ev-r Patented, for DBaaaiLiTT, fifiiruorrT and Aonvrrr. Oov. ernoaent ha adopted this fjeg Into tbe Amy aad h avy. This la a reoommendatioa to tbe Limb, as SoveniaMut glvet to the Soldier one bat th. best. Send for a Pamphlet. AMERICAN LEO CO., Atwater entidm-- ssbsism Cleveiarl .1 A LO0H0L FOB 6 AXE AT THE iX lowest atarke rate, by CHUBUHILL A PBOTBtB, praagtses, m Ontario tt. 8, VOL XIX. Mo CLEVELAND, SATURDAY ram AlORNING. FEBRUARY 18, 1865. NO. 44. The Latest News. BY TELEGRAPH. Last Night's Report. CONGRESSIONAL. Fire among the Oil Wells. Great Destruction of on Oil Creek. FROM SHERMAN. He is Seventeen Miles North of Branchville. Communication Between the Leading Rebel States Cut. There is Nothing to Stop His Progress. MEXICAN NEWS. More about the Reconnoissance from Fort Fisher. Lines Advanced Two Miles. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Postition of Rebel Officers and their Commands. NEWS FROM REBEL PAPERS FROM MEADVILLE. [Special Dispatch to the Cleveland LEADER.] MEADVILLE, Feb. 17. The tanks of the 'Williams well on Oil Creek, about two milea above Oil City, and on the east bank of the creek, took fire to day, from sparks from the smoko stack. Over three hundred barrels' ofoilinthe tanks of this well were burned, tome ad- icent tanks also took ire, the whole lose being about five hundred barrels. The flames and smoke of the burning oil rose hundreds of feet into the air. Quite number of spectators were on the ground. A new well ol twenty-five barrels has been struck on Sugar Creek, also one near Tidioute and one on Fithole. The crowds to the oil regions are undi minished. . 4 Associated Press Report. SOUTHERN NEWS. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. Tbe Bidteim'i Washington special has the following from the) Bichmond Dispatch of the 15th : We have for some days past been in doubt as to what force Sherman had sent in tbe direction of Augusta. This doubt has at length been removed. At seems tnat wnue bnermas s main ar my advanced toward iirancnviiie ana Charleston. He sent Ktlpatrick and his cavalry to demonstrate against Augusta and to Dreak up tne unarienon ana aa rciBta railroad. ' I rom omcuti aispatcnee receivea n tae War Department we learn that last Fri day, Gen, Wheoler attacked Kilpatrick at Aiken, on the Augusta and Charleston road, twenty miles nortn-ean oi Augusta. and after a considerable engagement drove him five miles m the direction ot lirancn ville. Our troops have by this time, ro doubt, fallen back to the Congaree Biver. If our troops fail back behind the Congaree Kiver tne enemy win De aoie to eneu Col umbia frem the South bank. ' We also learn that the Congaree and its tributary Sulada, are both easily fordable above the city. This dUpoees us to believe that our troops will seek to give Oattie be fore crossing the Congaree. The Richmond WAn7 says: We learn upon good authority, tuat our forces are falling back before Sherman's advancing columns in the direction of Columbia, South Carolina, and will probably make a ctand on the bsntee. We learn that a naval force consisting of 12 officers and 100 men, under command of .Lieutenant Tacony Kead, were captured by the Yankees naar Smithfield, Isle of Wight county, Virginia, Among me party was Assistant Engineer Tenlinson of the James river fleet, who was married the night before. A Heavy fire occurred at JLin vine, v ir ginia, on Wednesday last. Loss estimated at $200,000. to io to FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Hardee reports a repulse to our forces on James Island. Qa the contrary the Timet' correspondent shows that a gallant charge was made, and the rebel outer-works, con sisting of three redoubts, were captured, toeelner wit a thirty prisoner, xne rebels deiending tbe redoubts were infantry, who fled pell-mell before the impetuous cnarge of our men. General Gilmore was p resent at the fight. A epeccial to the VommertuU says : 1 he House Committee agreed to report against the resoluticn requiring railroad corpora tion', which have received Government lands, to carry out the contract to trans port soldiers free, --; Advices lrom menmona, to-aay, snow Sherman to be marching on Columbia and that Beauregard will endeavor to prevent his crossing the Congaree. i be oenate will probably Mke no action on the Illinois and Niagara Ship Canal bill, but order the services of good engineer! FOREIGN NEWS. FOREIGN NEWS. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The steamer Corsica brings Havana dates of the Utb. The blockade runner Colonel Lamb was obliged to return from an attempt to run into Charleston Harbor. Maximiilian'B Consul at Havana has not yet been able to secure the Mexican ar. chives in that city. i0 news lrom Aleiioo. CONGRESSIONAL. Feb. 17. HOUSE. The Committee on Elections reported in r of the admission of Messrs. r'ieJd and M&nn, as representatives from Louisiana, and Messrs. Jack and Johnson as repre sentative from Arkansas. The House passed tha bill extending the time for the completion of the Land Grant Bailroad in Missouri and Wisconsin. Tbe House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Amendatory Internal Revenue Bill. After various unsuccessful efforts were made to amend the proposition to tax sales one half of one par cantum, it was adopted bv two m&ioritv. Mr. Dawes ftom the Committee on Elec tions, reported a resolution to admit A. P. Field to a seat from the second, and Mr. Mann from the Third Congressional Dis tricts of Louisiana. The Committee had previously reported in ravor of admitting Mr. Bonsen from the First Congressional District of that State. Mr. Dawes reported in favor of admit ting Mr. Jack from the First and Johnson from the Third District of Arkansas. The reports lie over for consideration. The bill for the relief of Major Brigham was passed. The House reconsideret tbe vote by which several day ago they rejected the senate bill extending the time lor tne com pletion of certain railroads in Michigai, and tor which lands had bcea granted. The bill passed. Mr. Uoutweu s amendment io tax saie 1 of 1 per cent, wai pending Mr. Thaver offered an amendment to except manufacturers and producers from tax on bs es. Mr. Hooper opposed tbe tax on alien, but if it was carried he desired tbe amendment to include all sales of stock and bullion, and to exclude all agricultural products. The measures proposed by the Committee on Ways and Means would yield about $400.- 000,000; this, after paying the ordinary ex penses of the Government as they were be fore the war, and including the interest on tbe public debt, would leave a surplus of 1200,000,000 to be applied to the extraor dinary expenses of the war. -. The question was stated to oe on tee fol lowing; amendment by Mr. BoutweU : AU persons licensed under the provisions of this act, or the act to which it is an amendment, and who are engaged in tbe ale of goods, merchandise, or articles procured or manufactured, whether foreign or domestic, shall within ten days after the first of every month, make returns nndor oath or affirmation of the amount of gocds sold during the month proceeding, and shall pay thereon a tax of one half of one per cent, and all such persons, in the col lection of the tax imposed by this section, shall be subject to the provisions of the law relating to assessment and collection of the tax on manufacturers mentioned in the 8th section of the act to which this is an amend ment, so far as may be applicable. This amendment was agreed to by 68 to 63, Tbe House refused to strike out section of the bill proposing additional tax on articles mentioned in the 94th section of the existing law, and which includes ready- made clothes, and all textile, or knitted, or lult fabrics, ot cotton, leather, copper, iron, furniture, soaps, pickles, umbrellas, starcb, eun ponder, sugars, turpentine, and other articles. Mr. Hooper again offered his amend ment, in lieu of the present bank duties, to tax the average amount of deposits one tenth of one per cent, and the average monthly circulation one-quarter of one per cent , after the let of July, and the latter, one-halt of one per cent after the 81st of December next. The amendment was re jected by two majority. jur. Wilson ottered an amendment that Rational and State Banks and Banking Associations shall pay a tax et ten percent the amount of any State notes paid out by them alter tne llrst or J anuary. Agreed to. Mr. Ingersoll moved that a tax of twelve cent instead of six a .gallon, as proposed by the Committee on Ways and Means, be levied on crude petroleum, and after fur ther proceedings, the duty was left asoiig- inally reported, viz: six cents per gallon. Mr. Stevens eiidred a new section requir ing every bullion broker to take out a license and pay $1,000 therefor, whether operating on the brokers' board or else where, whoever shall thus dl without first obtaining a license shall b deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject a penalty oi two thousand dollars whoever buys or sells gold, bullion or coin above the mint value, for the purpose of peculation, shall be deemol a bullion broker. All sales of gold, except for ex portation and to pay duty on imports and interest on the public debt, are to be taxed per cent on each purchase ana saie. ine amendment was adopted by a vote of 61 43. The Committee then rose. The previous question was ordered on concurring on the various amendments of the fjommittee oi the wnoie, ana tne House adjourned. SENATE. The credentials of Mr. Segar, Senator elect from West Virginia to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Mr. Bowden, were presented, and laid on the vtbie, to acted upon by the next Congress ; yeas 29, nays 13. Mr. oumner onerea joint resolution, declaring that the United States Govern ment would in no event become responsi ble for the rebel debt- Mr. Sauls bury objected, and it was lmd over. A resolution was adopted to take a re cess from 4:30 till 7 this evening. The fiaval Appropriation Bill was con sidered. Mr. Hale charged that the JN &vy De partment had put pimps and- spies on his track last summer. Mr. Grimes denied on the authority of Mr. Fox the statement that the Kavy De partment had ever given instructions to any detective to examine into the conduct of Mr. Hale, or anything of the kind. Mr. Hale then animadverted on the management of the Navy Department. Mr. Saulsbury concurred in Mr. Halo's remarks. Mr. Doolittle made a speech in relation to political parties dating the formation of the Bepublican party back to 1798, and its founders Jefferson, Monroe, Madison and the great statesmen ot the tiiue. After remarks from Messrs. Saulsbury, Lane and Nye, tbe Senate took At the evening session a bill to authorize the accounting officers of the Treasury to receive satisfactory evidence of the claim of Kansas against the United States to tho amount of $12,351, the original vouchers having been lost during the massacre at Lawrence, was passed.' Mr. Sumner called np his resolution ia relation to the rebel debt, and it was then passed. Mr. Nye spoke in reply to Mr. Saulsbury in defence of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Nye referred to General Jackson's conduct at New Orleans, and said he was sustained by Democrat members of Con gress several years ago. He charged that the real opposition made by Mr. Sauls bury to the Administration was it free ing four millions of slaves. Mr. Nye ani madverted at length on the Democratic party, which he said, among other things, was not willing that the highest ciime known to our laws treason, snouia oe punished. He finally replied to the accu sation of frauds in the navy department. Air. Saulsbury vindicated his loyalty a Democrat. He said that the peace men were the loval men of the country, and the patty in power was the cause cf the war and the leal traitors. Mr. Grimes also defended the Navy De partment from the attacks made upon it Mr. Wade denied that the report of the Committee on the Conduct of War wss a parte, and said that light draft ironclads were failures. Mr. Wade's amendment proposing the establishment of a Board .of Admiralty. was rejected, although he oZered an amend- meat, waicu was auopiea, mat appumt menti of midshipmen to the Naval Acade my be made in the several districts by a competive examination, and open to the young men of the several districts. Mr. Sprague offered an amendment, authorising the Secretaries of the Navy, of War. and of the Treasury, to purchase bunting made in this country instead of importing it Adopted. The .Naval Appropriation .bill passed as amended. The Senate at 11 o'clock adjourned. SENATE. REBEL NEWS. New Orleans, Feb. 10, 1 Tto Cairo, Feb. 17. The following, received through a refu gee from Western Texas, regarding the armies of .Trice and jnagruaer, is aeemea reliable : Price's army is about 9,000 strong, most ly cavalry from Texas. Large numbers oi aeseiters are consiant Iv arrivine at Bio Grande, and escaping North into Arkansas and Missouri. Price's headquarters are forty miles couth of Bed Biver, in a fine foraging re gion. . Maeruder is at Camden, Arkansas, in command of a post, but the main body of his force, chiefly cavalry, is on a stealing expedition in Texas. aeruder has 20,000 men on his muster- rolls, two-thirds of them only being effec tive. IvLrby Smith's headquarters are still a. Shreveport, La. His entire strength is estimated at 38,000 men, only about 25,000 of which are serviceable, bo say the r e- ports of Eirby Smith, Magruder and other rebel officers. Cotton speculation still continues. Major aHart, the rebel agent at Matamoras, is said to nave mace over one miiuoii uouara iu 8ld- '. . A Spanish journal puDiisnea at Aiata- moras says that Jrlaximiiian created an order entitled "American Eagle," of which Grand Marshal Almocti is appointed Grand Bachelor. The order comprises an unlimited number of Knights, two hun dred officers, one hundred commanders, fifty Grand ontcers, twenty-nve urana commanders, twelve Grand cross, with collars. The Emperors of France, Bussia, Aus tria and Bralil: and the Kings of Belgium, Italy, Sweded and Norway, and Maximil ian, appointed Gen. Megia to be Comman der-in-chief of the Imperial army. General Cortinas leu Matamoras, on the 25lh of January, with a brigade, on a campaign against Corvagal and Modes. General Marques is to go abroad on an important mission. Maximilian ha appointed the new Coun cil of State, with Jose Maria Sanchra, Pres ident Prince Polienixio, Major General in the rebel army in Matamoras, three weeks ago was en route for France on an extended furlough. General Hurlbut has issued an order con cerning freedmen, under which he requires all plantations within the lines and belong ing tn nrivate Tinraons to be registered prior to being leased, and the interest of the landlord and tenant will be held responsi ble for the payment of the portion due the United States Thomas W. Conway it retasned as Gen eral Superintendent of Freedmen, and is charged with providing means for their im mediate employment Cotton Market has advanced, with indi cations of a further improvement ; low middling, 727Sc; 75c Becepts tor the last two weeks, 1,633 bales ; clearad the same time, 1,855 bales. Stock in store, and on shipboard not clear ed, 4,364 bales. Sugar firm at 2024o. Molasses 115136c Gold advanced 10 cents during the week. Adjutant General Thomas is in this city. The steamer morning Star has been aground two days at the mouth of the river. A steamer has been cent down to lighten her off. WASHINGTON ITEMS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Information from the Army of the Poto mac states that the dispatch of the 10th inst., announcing the execution of James L. Hicks, was a mistake, as his sentence was suspended by the President till further orders. Deserters from the rebel army have been quite numerous for some time past, twenty five coming wi.hin our lines on Wednesday morning. They present their usual dirty, ragged, and hungry appearance. Their first question almost always is "Where can we get rations 7" A severe storm commenced on Tuesday night which threatened to continue for some time. Generals Humphrey and Wilcox have left on leaves of absence to go North. DEATH OF PROF. BOND. BOSTON, Feb. 17. Trofessor Bond, of the Harvard Univer sity, died this morning. He was about to receive honorable testimony from the En glish National Academy. NATIONAL LOAN. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. Subscriptions to - Cooke's to-day at o'clock, was $3,105,000. The largest single subscription $500,000, from New York. FROM MAINE. AUGUSTA, Me., Feb. 17. The Maine House of Bepresei tatives passed a resolution providing for an amendment of the Constitution of this State, disfranchizing deserters and absen tee from military dtafts. GOLD MARKET. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Gold still (tagnant. No speculative movement, and importers demand a nom inal price. The price has fluctuated be tween 203J204J. FROM CAIRO. CAIRO, Feb. 18. steamer Darling from Memphis The passed for Cincinnati with 200 bales of cotton. Boats between here and Memphis are being fired into again. General Bobeits has abolished substi tute brokerage in the Department of West Tennessee. The City Council of Cairo passed an Ordinance requiring substitute brokers to pay a license of $1000 for six months. The resolution introduced into the Louis iana Legislature expressing regret for the assault of Mr. Field on Judge Kelly, in Washington, was tabled by a vote of 65 to 7. FROM PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. Jay Cooke & Co.'s subscriptions to the 7-30 loan, to-day, amounted to $3,379,000, including one from New York of $567,000, and one from Chicago of $324,000. There were 2,817 individual subscriptions of $500 and $100 each. Mr. Stevens' amendment to the Internal Bevenue bill, requiring dealers in gold to take out a thousand dollar license, and proposing to tax each sale and purchase of gold for speculating purposes ten percent, although agreed to in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, is not considered a fair test, as there wss scarcely a quorum present. The question is yet to be taken by the House on concurring in it and- ill the other amendments reported from the Committee. . - Special Report. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. FINANCIAL. At the Stock Exchange the Railroad list was dull and lower, except on Fort Wayne which was higher and quite active Gold wss steady and in very fair de mand. - : The Miscellaneous List was steady with an upward movement in Mariposa and Pacific Mail. Coal shares firm, with Cumberland and Central as favorites. Bink stocks and railroad bonds dull. The prospect of speedy military success prevents heavy speculations. There is a general disposition to wait for events, rather than anticipate them. . The Gold market is perfectly quiet and in sympathy with . railroad and other stock. The Money market is over-stocked j large sums have poured in from the West in the past few days. Loans are offered at 6 per cent. There is no alteration In Foreign Ex change." ' : ' PETROLEUM. Petroleum Stocks active and irregular. There was a heavy rise in ByndFarm and a heavy decline in Manhattan and Knickerbocker. Sales of Buchanan Farm, 185; Empire City, 600; Excelsior, 1050; Bynd Farm, 486; Tack, 360 ; United States, 2540 1 President, 475; Germania, 95; Oceanic; 325; Knickerbrocker, 80. Petroleum market heavy. Crude a little lower at 5051; refined in bond, 6768 ; refined free, 87. STOCKS. Gallagher's Evening Exchange. Gold 203J. New York Centra), 112 J; old, ; 6-20's, sew, ; 10-40's, ; Erie 78; Hudson ; Bonding tlll; Michigan Southern 64; Illinois Central ; Pittsburgh 82 ; Toledo ; Bock Island 45$; Northwestern ; do preferred 64 J; Fort Wayne 95; Ohio and Mississippi Certificates ; Chicago and Alton pre ferred-; Cumberland 66 J; Mariposa 11. Market not active. Cold clcsed at 203. MEETING OF LOYAL GEORGIANS. A meeting of loyal Georgians was held at Cooper Institute last night. Speeches were made by several citizens of. Georgia. Basolutions were passed denouncing the secession movement and urging an early return of the State to the Union. THE ARMSTRONG GUN. The Timaf Washington special says Sir Wm. Armstrong writes to the Navy De partment urging our Government to man ufacture his guns. Captain Wise, of the Ordnance Bureau, in reply says the Armstrong guns captured at Fort Fort Fisher would afford us the means of testing Sir William's invention. General Dwight has been before the Committee on the Conduct of the War tes tifying concerning the Bed Biver Expedi tion. The "World t Washington special says the House Commerce Committee has near ly finished the examination of persons holding cotton permits. -. They will next examine tie official who issued them. . SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The Sun's special says the President has informed a member of the Ways and Means Committee that he would soon send in a new nomination for the new Secretary of the Treasury, who would probably be an Eastern man. FROM THE POTOMAC. The Tribune's Army of the Potomac special says the railroad is now being ex extended to the position now held on the left bv the 5th Corps. A large force of men is now being employed upon it Nu merous wagon roads sxe also being constructed. SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER TALK. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The Bichmond Sentinel of the 14th, in an article on the arming of slaves, argues that the proposed measure would be of great advantage in the single item of sup plies, which is now a very important ques tion with the rebel government . The Dispatch sees no hope of foreign in tervention, and Bays it is useless to discuss the question. ; Tha Enquirer says the recent rise in rebel paper was caused by the Secretary of the Treasury throwing a quantity of gold on the markot""" It urge the destruc tion, of the present currency and a reduc tion of the rebel debt to a gold basis. The clerks in the departments of the rebel government appeal to the Senate to in crease their pay. Under their present compensa tion theyjean barely support themselves. ' The Sentinel says mass meetings have been called in Petersburg and Lynch burg to express the views of the people on the degrading terms tendered by Lincoln. All our exchanges speak with one voice of the Fortress Monroe negotiation, aad the duty it has disclosed to us all, except the Bsleigh Progress and Baleigh Standard, which are still holding out the white flag for surrender. The Augusta Chronicle will doubtless also take the same ground. The .Examiner s&y s : While the blockade in effective against England and France, it is open to Yankees ; and says the effect of trading permits wonld, at points in our possession, enable as to do all the trading to the exclusion of fereign nations. Tht rebels if supplied by Yankees with articles of commerce, they would prefer to pur chase elsewhere, but would take from the Yankees rather than do without them. The ColumbiaGuarrfiari of a recent date says: Sherman elated by his recent suc cesses feels confident of marching through South Carolina. We are willing that ha should hug the delusion to his heart, as his fall will be greater when his disgrace comes upon him. We, too, indulge in feelings of confidence in our strength, based upon tar different and much greater grounds. Sherman's army entered this State with threats, openly and defiantly made; of vengeance which should mark his march into South Carolina. We are mis taken if South Carolina has forgotten how to treat insolence and hirelings. The. Tribune has the following from Bichmond papers of the loth : ; The Examiner says : According to the official dispatches last received at the War Department, Sherman is moving on a branch of the Edisto, evidently intending to flank Branchville and strike the rail road to Columbia, north of its junction with the South Carolina Bailroad. It is concluded that Beauregard has fallen back from Branchville to take a new line to cover Columbia, and one bet ter calculated for defensive purposes. Tbe opinion in official quarters is that a battle is imminent Beauregard will fight on ground of his own selection and with suf ficient force. It was currently reported yesterday that a column of the enemy was moving on Augusta. Tha Wax Department has no confirmation of this. The Enquirer says the continued absence of official news from the South leaves an open for any amount of rumor and conjec ture. Now that it is well known that Sher man is actively initiating a campaign, his manoeuvres for Branchville, and feints upon Augusta and Columbia, and his dem onstration in force upon James Island be low Charleston, form a basis of some, very entertaining criticisms. That Branch ville, and ultimately Charleston, are in the design of Sherman there can be little doubt, but whether he will get either, ap pears by no means imminent Bumors say that Branchville ig evacuated, and the enemy having crossed the Edisto, twenty miles above that place, are marching on. There is no official confirmation of this. FROM THE JAMES. FROM THE JAMES. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The Tribune's Army of the James spe cial mentions a statement of deserters that Jeff. Davis' new ram is nearly completed. Deserters state that the rams wiil coon make another raid down the river. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN BEALL. The order for the execution of the rebel pirate Captain Beall, which was to have been carried into effect to-morrow,has been respited for the present, and now lies en tirely in the hands of the President WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The Treasury Department has been obliged to fill the subscriptions to the 7 30 loan with bonds not bearing coupons of Feb. 15. On bonds where that coupon is wanting, a draft for the amount due wiil be forwarded by the General Agent at Washington. The Tribune's army of the Potomac special of the 14th says: Everything is quiet The rebel army is being paid. The men say that such money is but of little use to them. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. A special to the World, from Frankfert, Ky, says : The majority of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate reported that the Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery be rejected. A minority report insist upon compensation as a condition precedent to ratification. Four of the Committee are for rejection, one for com pensation, and one for unconditional ratification. INVESTIGATION OF ARBITRARY ARRESTS. A resolution passed the Kentucky Senate asking e appointment of a Committee to invei . t rbitrary arrests. Yesterday Evening's Edition. FROM SHERMAN. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Advices from General Sherman report his left wing on Monday seventeen miles north of Branchville, and within fifty miles of Columbia, the capital, while his right was in front of the city. On the next day, Tuesday last, it was indicated by the Bichmond papers that his cavalry had reached the North-eastern Bailroad, and thus cut the last link remaining between Charleston and th rebel capital. Sherman's troopers were also believed to be in the vicinity of Florence. At the important point of the converg ence of the railroads communicating be tween South Carolina, Georgia, North Car olina, and Virginia, and near which town were recently confined large numbers of captured Union soldiers. Bebel papers argue that there is nothing to stop the march of Sherman's army, and predict that the National flag will soon be floating over Charleston, Augusta, Colum bia and Baleigh I FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The Tunes' James Island correspond ence of the 15th says ; The army under Brigadier-General Hatch is bivouacked on the Charleston and Savannah railroad, at the point where it crosses the Combahee river. They are steadily moving forward toward Charleston, the enemy reluctantly retiring in the same direction. The Times' Army of the Potomac cor. respondent says he was told by a deserter that Lee left for the South on the 10th, going, it is said, to Branchville. Longstreet is said to be in command at Bichmond. The Tribune's Fort Fisher correspond ent says: The rebel position in front of Wilmington is next to impregnable. Their right rests en the Cape Fear river and con sists of a breast work 10 feet high with a ditch and a battery in front General Schofield brought with him when he assumed command, a large force of veteran and at once commenced wor k PAROLED PRISONERS. BALTIMORE, Feb. 17. Tho American has a special dispatch from Annapolis as follows: The flag of-truea boats New York and Leary arrived here this morning with 1,518 paroled Union soldiers and officers from Bichmond. The condition of the men is much better than of those hereto fore received. Only 100 had to be sent to hospital A report was current in Bichmond when the men left that Sherman had been checked and that Beauregard had been killed. FORM THE PACIFIC. FORM THE PACIFIC. SAN FRARANCISCO, Feb. 14. General McDowell has issued an order requiring passengers to Mexico to obtain permits from the Provost Marshal. No citizen of the United States will receive a permit without evidence of his peaceful in tentions. Doubtful cases will be required to take the oath of allegiance. Aliens must produce satisfactory certificates of their nationality. The object of this order is to impede the increase of bands of par sens inimical to the United States, reported now assembling at Sonora, with hostile in tentions towards the frontier population and military parts of the United Sates. Shipments of treasure from this port last year amount to nearly $56,000,000, the largest ever made in a corresponding peri od. Of this $5,000,000 was on Government account FORM THE PACIFIC. SAN FRARANCISCO, Feb. 14. FROM ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17. The Republican's Cairo special says: Late New Orleans advices report the Mex ican General, Meja, commanding at Mata moras, entered into arrangements with the rebel authorities, by which all refugees from Texas are returned to them and im mediately conscripted.- Meja claims that ho is acting under the orders of Maximilian- General Canby is said to have sent word to Meja that he will retaliate by taking and holding Mexican efficers as hostage for every refugee returned to the rebels. FROM WILMINGTON. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Additional details of the movement tow ard Wilmington last Saturday, show that the troops engaged were exclusively those of General Terry 's command, but the oper atic ns were conducted in person by his su perior officer, General Schofield. The movement was most successful, and what at first appeared to be only a recon coissance in force, terminated in a perma nent advance, the Union lines being moved forward two miles, after considerable severe Skirmishing. The new ground was held, and imme diately works were thrown up on it, almost as strong as those to be charged in front The rebels fell back. The Union casualties during the day were only about ten killed and fifty wounded. The Heralds Washington special says our Consul at London has informed the Government of the sailing from Kingston, Ireland, of the steamer Ajax, which is no donbt intended for a rebel pirate. Her armament had gone or would go out in a sailing vessel. Notwithstanding the fact that she is email it is balieved that she will be able to do much damage to American shipping, if she gets started in her mad career, it is thought she would go to Nassau before ta king on board her guns. Tne closing of the port of Wilmington has been a sad blow to Nassau. Ail is stagnation there. According to the Heralds correspond ent of the 3d there were over thirty steam ers and one hundred sail recently engaged in the contraband trade; warehouses filled with goods. The pirate Tallahassee, now called the Chameleon, was there on the 1st of the month, and the attention of the Governor was call id to the fact by our Consul. Our gunbqatn, Honduras arrived en the 31st, and asked permission to anchor in the harbor, but was refused. Late rebel papers present some very curious and interesting disclosures regard ing the financial and military matters in Jen. Davis' dominions. The new currency is now considered of less value than the old. There is no money even of this worthless character in the treasury, to settle the immense outstanding accounts, and the taxation is declared to be as heavy as the people can stand. The proposal to conscript (negroes by wholesale having received an adverse de cision in the rebel congress, a scheme call ing on them to volunteer is now being warmly discussed. General Hardee telegraphs from Charles ton on the 11th that the rebel pickets, were driven in on James Island on the night of the 10th. The Yankees are still in strong force on the Island, with an increase of eighteen steamers off the bar. The Bichmond Dispatch reports the landing of 20,000 men at Newborn, and believes their object to be an immediate advance ou Baleigh. The same paper of the 14th says that all communication with Charleston and Au gusta is cut off, and nothing is known of the situation ot those places. The Enquirer of the 14th says : Grant appears to be preparing to push forward his lines still further, having by his recent movement advanced them three miles westward of Petersburg. The Bichmond Examiner of the 14th says: If Sherman takes Branchville he cuts our great railroad artery and General Lee will have to gather his supplies from other quarters than the rich storehouses of Southwestern Ueorgia. A State Dinner at the White House. The "Jenkins" of the Washington Chronicle thus serves np state dinner at Washington : On Monday evening, the President and Mrs. Lincoln gave a State dinner at the Executive Mansion, which was attended by thirty-three invited guests, comprising exclusively Senators and Senators' wives, of whom the following is a list : Senators Sumner, Harlan, Doolittle, Lane (of Indiana), Anthony, Morgan, Wilson, Ramsey, Foot, Harris, Hale, Fos ter, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Lane (of Kan sas) and Sherman; Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. McDougall, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Foot, Mrs. Trumbull, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Bamsey, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Harlan, Mrs. Ten -feck and and Mr. Wilson Captain Robert Lincoln, the eldest son of the President, was also present The dinner, which was magnificent and admirably appointed in every respect, was served. at 7 o'clock in tbe state dining-room of the Presidential Mansion. The table extended throughout the entire length of the spacious apartment, and was beautifully adornod with floral vases, the hoice odors of the contents of which, cuil d from the greenhouse of the Presidential Mansion, and arranged by Mr. George McLeod, perfumed the room. Mrs. Lincoln and the President were seated at the centre ef the table vis-a-vis. Senator Harris occupied the chief place of honor at the lightof Mrs. Lincoln, Senv tor Foot being on her left Mrs. Foot sat at tbe right of the President, and Mrs. Hale at bis left Mrs. Lincoln was attired charmingly in a white cape dress with puffings and trim mings of lilac, an exquisite wreath of lilac and white flower and pearl jewelry, cor responding with the dress. The lady guests were also elegantly attired. - i9 Scala. with with tha Xfarina haiul. tvh . formed soma admirable selections of auaus. ' The dinner was artistically catered by Mons. 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