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THEsECRET SESSIONS OF THE REBEL
CONGRESS

CONGRESS.
The attacks upon JEFFERsoN DAVIS and
the inuendoes which have been made in some
Of the Southern papers in regard to his Admin
istration, are still being repeated. A late
number of the Richmond Examiner declares
that the secret session of Congress is a cause
Of as much solicitude as the mysteries OF Sa-
Vannah or the unknown campaign OF Ten
nessee. The rumorS which are prevalent
Of the Congressional transactions are de-
scribed not only as vague but unpleasant. 1t
is intimated, in the iirst place, that
the misuse of the executive power has been
the cause of calamities to the country, and
that those calamities have themselves been
pleaded as a reason for The further extension
OF that power The Richmond Wig, 30 be
sure, with the mixture of the highwsyman
and the good Samaritan, after knocking JEFF.
rulers may have erred in their judgment Of
DAVIS down and manglng him severely, pours
oil into bis wounds, and argues that though
men, and have been too mucn guided by their
prejudces, still that does not absolye the
people from allegiance TO the cause. At the
same time it takes a most dismal and uncon-
gratulatory view Of the situation. 1; dwells
upon the march Of SHERMAg, and admits
its triumphant termination. It laments
that HOODS army has lost the compact
ness, efficiency, and spirit which iC says
were so evident under JOHNSTON. 1t mourns
over the failure Of the Tennessee move, admits
that the battle OF Franklin may have been
brilliant, but was useless, and thinks The raid
Of the Yankees has the appearance of a sur
prise. 1t Is no wonder that the review Of the
situation, coupled with the secret sessions Of
the Rebel Congress, disturbs the equanimity
Of the patrons of Richmond papers, leads
to vituperatiOn against Mr.. JEFFERSON
DAVIS, exeites dissatisfaction with his tools
and minions, and slowly undermines the fabric
of Rebellion with train of disgust and sus-
picon
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1884.
Tur SAVANNAH sugAu pLuu.

The sugar plum which SHERMAN dropped
into the national stocking that ABRAHAM
LINCOLN hung up, came in tie semblance Of
Savannah. We have all enjoyed it. We have
admired It's roundness and its sweetness. We
rejoice over the one hundred and atty heavy
guns, and the thirty three thousand bales Of
cotton. The capture Of Savannah is an event
which we have long anticipated, and are
therefore only quietly enjoying it.. Reaching
us, as the intelligence did, on day that was
meteorologically gloomy, IL shed an interior
SUNLIGHT brigh er than a more substantial one.
If it be true that what man has done man
may do, it is equally true that the more a man
dos Tho more we expect from him. SuER-
MAN has used up Atlanta, has caused Savan-
nah to Jsuccumb, and now has the eyes Of both
North and South equally upon him, in Won
dering expectation as to where be viii next
60, and what he will next do Savannah
gone, Charleston must follow. All the sophis-
tries with which the Southern papers have
hitherto beguiled themselves, are not sufficient
to blind their foresight as TO the ultimate fate
of Richmond, preceded a, its fall will be by
dove-tailing triumphs ON the part Of SHERMAN
and GRANT.
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Junes rosebuds and December's ice arc on
even terms. Not only Alsbamlans on their
last legs. but Alabamians who have no legs at
all, are desirable. Governor WATTS procla-
nation is addressed to the old men and boys
Of middle and south Alabama. In the Briga-
dier-General's appeal they are requested to
come In companies, squads, OF singly zone
more effort" says the Governor, "and
our cause Is safe" Safe at res;, at
all events. "a prompt response" con
cludes the Brigadier-General, will make
our term Of service short, and we caG return
TO the enjoyments Of homes, freed from the
danger Of a cruel foe" What the enjoyments
Of Southern homes may be, the Brigadier-
General ought 10 know better than we. In the
North here, from the over1owng plenty with
which our homes teen, we permit comforts
and kindnesses to flow into our prisons and
Eospital-wards. The sunshine and the dew Of
charity fall upon all, the just and the unjust
the patriot and the traitor In the South IL
appears troops return to the eniOyments Of
home, whilst Union prisoners starye, rot, and
90 mad.
This proclamation and this appeal to boys
and old men, If they show how desperate is
the course which the Rebels are pursuing
prove, too, how moagre are the remains upon
which their energy has to work. They were
issued upon the 1lth Of December, when the
Rebels were In imminent apprehension Of tho
capture of Mobile, the key to the Alablma
and Tombigbee rivers. If all the exempts
were TO be armed and equipped, no imlgina-
ton can conceive of the amount Of valor TO b.
exercised, the quantity Of execution to be
done. At the rendezvous at Montgomery and
Opelika, Selma and Talladega crowds OF boys
and old men we're wanted, in companies,
sqnads, or singly," to form the last army the
South will raise.
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on leases and stamps.
DECISION or THB COMMISSIONER oP INTERN
nHVEauR


REVENUE.
Commissioner Lewis announces the following
important decision;-
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFTcR oP INTER-
NAL REYEHCR, WAsHINor IN, December lj, 1864.
Sir Your letter of December I, iu relation TO
the stamp duiy on an "oil Lease SO called, has
been received.
"The law makes the rent or rental value the
test which determines the amount of the stamp
duty, and Of course when the rent is fixed at a
specified sum IN money the stamp duty is easily
determined.
"In the case Of the oil lessees there is however
very rarely liked rental Valus in money agreed
upon. In some instances tue lessee contracts to
erect valuable machinery Of sink shafts, as well
as 10 pay certain rate per gallon or barrel for
the oil produced, or deliver certain portion of
the oil Instead of cash pay ments, and in others
tue rent is TO be a certain portion Of the Oil or its
value in mOney-the machinery in the first case
TO tecome the property OF the lessor al the end
Of the term.
In such cases the annual rent or rental value
can only be determined by estimation. II the
lease Is of new and untTied lands, there is, OF
course, a possibility that It may turn out to be
worthless, so far as the production Of oil is con-
corned but it would not be safe to assume that
II would always, or, perhaps, ever be so. II the
lessee has erected valuable machinery upon the
premises, OF made valuable improvements which,
upon the termination or surrender of the lease
became the property of the lessor, il Is evident
pensatiOn for the use Of his land agreed upon,
although no oil is produced.
"Ihe rental value cannot in such cases be
accurately determined, and Of course the stamp
duty can no more be accurately calculated, aud
therefore parties in such cases are advised 10
apply TO the Collector, under section 1862 Of the
Act Of June &c. TO have the stamp duty deter
mined, which of course involves the calculations
Of the annual rental value.
"If the land has been worked before the lease
Is made, OF if the original lessee in such case
underlets or assigns his lease, or a portion or
undivided interest in IT, the Collector will in such
case have some reliable data 10 start upon but In
all cases he should estimate, lrOm the best in
formation he can get, the probable average rental
value, and of course In doing this he will have
regard to his own knowledge OF the premises, the
information derived from the parties and others,
and the stipulations Of the lease; and ifthe rent is
payable In oil, the average market value Of the
oil Is an element In the calculation, aud in cases
where he is In doubt he will of course receive
such instructions as may be desired from this
office.
"suoh leases, whether Of oil, coal or mineral
lands are held 10 be subject to stamp duty as
leases, and stamp as an agreement or contract
Is, Of course, insufficient.
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WAR LIrERAruRR.

When Mars becomes the tutelar deity Of a
people, all other powers bow before it. The
civil law becomes martial, the doctor a sur
geon, the divine a chaplain, and the citizen
soldier The spirit Of battle, like an epidemic,
passes over tue land, Transforming plough
shares into swords and pruning-hooks into
spears, filling the hearts Of the combatants
with military ardor, in place Of the quiet devo-
ton to the arts ofpeace, No more do the
gentle strains of the harp and flute delight the
listening ear; the nation demands the stirring
tones of the bugle or the inspiriting notes Of
the clarion Of fame. Every department of
science is more or less affected. Chemistry no
longer exhausts itselfin endeavoring TO please
the eye with the harmless wonders of pyro-
technic art; all her energies are directed to
discovering the composition OF "Greek FIRE"
or improving the manufacture Of "gun cot
ton" The artist no longer delights the eye
with quiet landscapes, or with fowl and cat
tie. The scene of strife or the prancing war
horse are now the field In which genius loves
70 rove. Every department Of the peaceful
arts has been affected, and it il therefore not
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An infexible persistence in any course o
conduct which eyinces courage, always exer-
cises degree Of fascination. Even when our
cherished convictions inform us that the
policy is wicked, we admire whilst we depre-
cate, and applaud whilst we denounce. Our
elimination for VIII lteVer partakes OF Valor
and heroic accomplishment blinds us to the
= real nature Of the matter in contest. Some
are so fond Of perseverance,, that they would
think less Of Satan himself should he realize
ORIaREs hncy and ultimately repent.
They would cease to respect wicked being
who becomes good one.
What then are We 70 say 10 the Alabamiaus
whom Governor J. II. Warts has called upon
70 defend Mobile, and whom Brigadier-Gene-
raj DUFF G. GREEN loudly calls upon 70 fly
TO the rescue. Says the gadier-General -
You are exempt, and 30 am l." The old men
ehd the young boys are equally appealed TO /;
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Office Nos. 933 Walnut and 336 Harmony ss.
$4,000 WORKING CAPITAL.

Twenty thousand shares have been reserved for the
Directors be Iold before cercacaes can issue 70
been sold at considerable advance.
The Company own and have a perfect title I'm 6,s
simple, clear Of all membranes or leases afy-our
Of oil land in the heart or heavy oil region in
Rockland Township yensngo County, Pennsylvania
situate on the east bank Of the Allegheny River,
about Ave miles below Franklin having hy rod, o.
frontage the river all of which is admirably adapted
boring purposes and afordlng facilities for cheap and
easy transportation.
EThere is evidently four feet vein Of coal running
through part OF this tract has been opened on the
adjoining farms bouncing 1t the nsrth and south Goa,
is in great demand at this point, and at brings y
1--WE cents per bushel.
The oil indications this territory are Of the most fiat
ering character natural oil ring rises on and Aowa
into the river om which oil has been gathered by
In the vicinity, for many years. ienaI and
other purposes.
One Of the nrsclass Faber engines has been ordered
aud is expected to be ready for shipment within two
weeks and upon Its comp eton purposed to contract
for roher with view Of developing the laud thoroughly
energetIcaly
The directors have secured tn services of rcsponlt
BILE practice and reliable to superlntend the de-
yeopment of the land.
We believe that the property Of the Donaldson OIL Com
pany Cferg elga II SUPERIOR to any now
in the market and in that belief we confidently submit
the stock Of this Company to all those whe desire such
investments.
The reports Of the committees and surveys Of the land
can be and subscriptions taken at the office of the
Company -27tu-ths-tf
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MARRIED.,

BATES-YOUNG-On the evening Of tho 2ld instant,
bY Rev. William MCElwee, assisted bv Rev. John n.
AuRhev, MIR CH NRLES H. BATES to Miss MAGGIE
YOUNG, both OF Philade phia
JACKsON-WELLS.- the 25h Instant, by Rev. W.
r. bunker Nh AMOS JACKSON, of Burlington n. j. ,
ana Miss HANNAH WELLS, OF HOmesburg, Pa. -
QUEN1IN-EDWARDS.-- the 22d instant, at the
residence of the BRIDES mother in Coatesye by the
RoY. George kirkc, Captain j JULIUS h. QUENTIN OF
the United states Army, TO Miss JOSEPHINE p. ED
WAhDS.
REED-HUTTON-In Milyillc, N. j., on the 26sh
instant In tic Baptist Church, by the Rev. Henry W.
Webber THOMAS X. REID, NJ. D., OF Phi ado phia,
and Misc ANGl.LlNE HUTTON, OF MiIiylle, N. j.
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"Tbere are instances Of farms In the cO8u ~
which are leased upon shares aiit IL termed.
nnd it t OF course impossible 10 determine at a
given date what the farm will produce fer Oh
ensuing year; the rental value must be estimated .,
and tbe quantity ~ we'll MS value Of the several
products must become elements In the ca cula-
ticD, end yet no diflculty seems 10 have arisen
IN such cases. The calculation In the case Of u
coal OF oil lease may be more complicated, but
The principle is the Same.
Very respectfully,
JOsEru J. LRwGs, Commissioner.
" VIM. Henry ArnOux, Esq, Ne. 80 Nassau
street, New York"
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The Continental Magazine is dead. 1t began
life in 1861, under the editorial management Of
Mr.. ]. r. Gilmore, and proprletorship of Robert
]. Walker. For awhile Charles G. Leland, one
of the most versatile and genial writers in this
country, had editorial charge of it, but Of late it
has been edited by Martha ]. Cook, sister of the
owner, Mr.. Walker.
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I I'D 81
BUSINESS ITEMS.

Dr. Jayno's Hair TOnic, Elegantly Per-
olmed he had in white ant glass bottles, with STOP
as 10 scarcely require ment'on but will say,if your
head bald, partially fyour hair is harsh and dry,
falling of or turning grey; your head is covered with
dundruG scurf, or skin diseases Jsynes Hair Tonic is
the article to remedy those evils; and TO prove it, you
have only to give trial. Prepared by Or. D. JAYNE
sos No. 2i2 Chesnut street
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TO MANUFACTURERS, TO CONSUMERS
Il OF COAL,

L OF COAL,
BEAR MOUNTAIN FRANKLIN COAL COMPANY
daily mining their hard, burning, substantial
Black Heath aud Pi nGose Coal.
STOCK CAPITAL s5OO,OOO- 62.bO0 SHARES.
EACH SHARE ENTITIES TO ONE AND HALP
TONS OF COAL PER YEAR, AT THE ACTUAL COST,
FOR TWESTY YEARS.
STOCKHOLDERS PRICE s75o PER TON
DELIVERED AT THE HOUSE.
II Coal suits daily wants which by trial Of
two tons you viii ascertain, then we can offer
advantages which other dealer can. may supply
you directly nom the mines, daily from yard and In
either receive uniformly the kind OF coal
and certainty In weight.
nyou become sockholder OF Coal providing Com
pAny, the coal is served at rs cost If you become
customer, shall give you advantages nowhere skS
practically obtRnable.
Our business miners seeks regular customers oar
works when all completed, win be able to deliver ever
hundred thouand tons Of coal to the doors Of consumers
who ALL by becoming either stockholders regular pur-
chAser enjoy the advantages Of being directly connected
with our mines.
THE COMPANY HAVE RESERVED 22,5OO SHARES
FOR A WORKING CAPITAL.
shares each SO; four shares, s3s ten shares 500;
twenty shares, si75 nny shares, SOS one hundred
shares, $50 and two hundred and nifty shares s20O0i
Zach share entities the holder to receive annually
and haa tons Of eoal al cost n9w ;a6Y PeT Ton, for
rom the aies Of all surplus coal,
WORKS, and by IT, we have the pr0ud satisfaction OF Oer
ing better prepared coal than the market has yet pro-
dGced the quality OF which is praised BY all our
tOmeTH.
Coal mines worked such practical basis worth
more than Gold mines, and pay better divdenis than
many fabulous on We While our Coal Works WIN pro-
duce the BLACK Diamo lninerruptedly for dead Ger
An Investment in sound Coal producing business ike
ours almost obligatory for every providing family, at
least 10 provide for the yearly demand OF coal for
household purposes In this aspect dividend or Interest
OF 40 70 90 per cent. the money invested
tanly be realized without placing one dollar OF the pn
cpal risk Ninety dollars, once for all Invested WIN
provide for twenty heen tons OF coal per
year the actual cost Of mining, Transporting and de-
yerng the 10 the door OF the sOokholder on which
he wnlreceiYe the interest dividend Immediately on tho
receipt the coal by paying much less for the same
We are supplying thousands of our citizens Win our
COa but have st for thousands or stockholders
and customers the greater the number the more pro-
htabe the business by IT, the production aud delivery
OfcoAl Is decidedly cheapened. ....-.----. -. -.
Please call AZ our ONCE and make trial Of ono ton OF
our coal and you will surely become stoekholaef or
regular customer. -. ,...t....,.
the cash principle, . -. =, MT,
HENRY S0HMCHLE, Treasurer
ALERT d. JARDEs Secretary. i2-2A-s1nth-lmrR
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

hCs9J- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
~ Stockholders Of the "WILLOW GLEN PETRO-
IEUM COMPANY ,''wn be held az the once, No 427
WALNUT Street, on MONDAY January ?, 1865, at -
O'Clock NJ. l2-27-5
nS9Je OFFICE OF THE CITY TREA-
~ sURER.
PHILADELPHIA, December 23 1861
NOTICE 10 LOAN HOLDERS.
The City Treasurer will pay the interest City Loans
due January i, on and amer January 2, 1865.
HENRY BUMd,
l2-A0 City Treasurer.
n95g3 OFFICE OF THE CITY TREA-
- sURER.
PHILADELPHIA, December 23 1864
NOTICE TO LOAN HOLDERS
The City Treasurer prepared to pay loans maturing
January 1860 and the holders thereof requested 10
PIesentihe at this once on and amer the "a day OF
January.
HENRY BUAII,
RAW CiyTreasurer,
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IN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR THE
II City and County Of Philadelphia.
E6TATE OF JOHN BUTLER, Deceased.
Notice ia hereby given TO all parties interested that
PIERCE BUTLER surviving Trustee under the last will
and testament OF JOHN BUTLER, deceased has hod In
the oee OF the CLERK OF said Court, his account as such
Trustee, and that the will be presented to the said
Court the 2oth day Of January A. d. 1861 for connr-
malion and allowance. EDWIN A. GkRRlCk
ll.s-thats CLERK o. o.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-06-17

At Halifax, June 9th, of consumption, SoPHRoNIA
A. only daughter of Joseph and Anna P. Hale, aged
10 years, months, 20 days.
Gods summons came, no power cnuld save
Our dear one from the cold, cold gravel
Like gentle breeze she passed away;
On earth no longer could she stay.
Though we in bitter anguish mourn,
The loss of our departed one;
The Savoir has home in Heaven,
For those whose sins all forgiven.
At South Creek, Bradford County, Penn, August
18TH 1868, KATE, only child Of Benz. f. aud Orinda
S. Eames, formerly of West Halifax aged 10 years
and months.
AT Washington, D. c., at the Columbia Hospital,
MAY Goth, Lit. BENZ. +. EAMEs, aged 81 years and A
months.
Mr. Eames enlisted into the L. S. service from South
Creek Penn. and into the Cavalry two years ago
lie received his mortal but few days before his
death while picket duty supposed by the infantry
picket the Union through mistake in the darkness Of
twilight lie leaves wife, parents, brothers, and many
friends in Halifax, who his early departure from the
earth. His remains rest with those Of his only child in
Halifax, which he removed from Penn. when at home
lurlougl during the past winter.
At Wilmington, June 9th, FRASCENA, wife of +. Il.
Mann, aged 81 years
At Wilmington June 18TH Of diphtheria, CHARLES,
youngest sou Of Henry and Jane Howard.
At War!sboro, May 18th. Ann, wife of Abner
White, aged 55 years. months, II days.
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nv the aifil avits of creditable Witnesses pro-
vided, however. that II such parties resided in
nhy stnte in which their marriage may have
been legally solemnized, the usual evidence
shall be required.
No Starvation .. virsinins
The Tribune's correspondent writes from
Gen. Meades headquarters ---"lf any one has
formed picture of starving, foodlees, defense
less. desoiated South, let them look for NOM
ent on the true picture of the country which
onr army has occupied for several weeks. With
The exception of few poor families who often
make pretense of restitution 10 save themsel-
yes frpm robbery at the hands OF our soldiers,
The country is abundantly supplied with every
thing, Granaries are filled with corn until they
overflow. Gardens grow all the Injuries of the
season. Flocks and herds have not deserted
the pastures and hills. Corydon and Tbysis eat
their country mesSes In the shade. Fowls fire.
quent the barn-yards, and dove cotes are not
abandoned by their meek and innocent inmates.
Our horses wade through clover knee deep,
and the growing wheat brushes their sides as
they pass through it. Immense tracts are filled
with thriving corn-felds, and one whose imagi-
nation has been filed, as mine had, with pic
lures of want and desolation would believe
that time hal run back and brought again the
former days of peace and contentment, Even
the maidens stand in the doorways and smile
on us as we pass, in spite of their hatred Of
Yankees in the abstract. We have very seri-
Gus doubts, cngendered by our late experiences
Of ever starving the confederccy and we look
for the end only by hard fighting, in connec
ton with Gen. Grants left-hank strategy"
DEATHS AT WHITE HousE.-Among tn,
deaths reported at White House, UP to Junt
MI al r.1l, loo
were buried by the Sanitary Commission, VI
der the superintendent OF VIM. II. Holstein
who took charge of their effects.
II. Dckerson, G, I'd Vt. ;----@Grotty, X
18th X. II. Sprogue, 9th; VIM. o. Messen
ger, A, Sd.
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MARRIAGES.

In this Village, June end, by Rev Geo; T. Tyler,
EpwIS II. Arms, of Guelph, Canada West, and
FELICIA L. WILCOX, of this Village.
At West Brgttleboro, June 1iih, by Rev Joseph
Chandler. STEPHEN ESSEX, Esq of Providence, r. l.,
and HELEN CowpER, daughter of the late Samuel FL
lot Of West Brateboro
At Dummerston, by Rev. h. +. Foster, Mr.. II. HAIR
RY MILLER and Miss FANNIE A. HAVEN, both Of
Dummerston. t-s
At wardsboro May 10th, by Rev. Joseph D. White,
Mr. GEoRGE o. RANDALL and Miss AUGUSTA WHITE
all of Wardsboro.
At jacksonville, by Rev. N G. Hodgdon, MIR. JOHN
j. SUMNER, of Halifax and Miss EMMA J. BELL OF
Colerane, Mass
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VERMONT OFFIcERs.--The remains Of Maj
or Crandal of the 9Th regiment, have been sent
home TO Montpelier for internent.
Capt. Samuel Darrah of the 10th regiment,
was killed on Monday last and his remains ar
rived in Washington on Friday. In August
1862, Capt. Darrah joined the 10Th regiment
as Lieutenant of Co. ID, and was promoted to
a Crptaincy in January 1868. He was gen.
eral favorite wherever he was konwn.
Corp. Lucian II. Bingham, Co. c, 18th VT,
who was severely wounded in the Wilderness
fight of May 6, died Of his wounds few days
after the battle.
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The books of subscription TO the capital
stock OF the Alexandria and Fredericksburg
Railroad were opened at Alexandria June 4th. J
The construction of this railroad will reduce
the distance by rail from New York TO Rich
mond about 20 miles, the length of the new
road to be built being only 3S miles. A liber-
al subscription was made, and it is said North
ern capitalists are disposed to take a large
share in the work as n profitable investment.
The road will pass by Mount Vernon, ihuss fa-
cilitating excursions TO the tomb OF Washington.