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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1861
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.-- The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
nll. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be hut two sides
to the c ontroversy. Every man must be on the
side of the L'iliteJ States or against il. There
eon be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
The rumors which prevailed in our city yester
day, in regard to an advance movement of the
army of the Potomac, were not altogether without
foundation. A brigade of the Pennsylvania Re
serves, under command of Gen. Ord, had au engage
ment with four regiments of the rebels at Drupes
-vine, in which the enemy suffered severely. After
a battle of an hour and a half, they fled precipi
tately, leaving on the field seventy-nine killed and
wounded.
Advices received by the Atlantic, which ar
rived at New York yesterday, from Port Royal,
With dates to the lath inst., state that Gen. Stevens'
brigade, of 000 men, are in full possession of
Beaufort, and that a largo amount of cotton has
been already seized. Qn the 16th, 400 of 94!' mcu
crossed to the mainland, towards the Charleston and
savannah Railroad, to make a reconnoissance, and
they encountered a force of 1,500 rebels, who only
stood to fire one volley, and then retreated. It
is supposed that (len. Sherman will soon make some
important movement, as he has Issued an Octet ,
that all newspaper reporters should leave the place
Immediately.
George W. Jones, once a Senator in Congress
from lowa, but lately American Minister to Bogota
-wader Mr. Bath/moils Administration, has been
arrested in New York, on a warrant issued by
Secretary Seward. Mr. Jones professes the utmost
Surprise at the arrest, as he had an unusually
cordial interview with Secretary Seward, a few
days ago, in Washington, when no intimations were
expressed doubting his loyalty to the Government,
and ho thinks the arrest is attributable to the
officiousness of several persons in Washington who
were unfriendly to him. Ile was sent to Fort
Lafayette.
The Montgomery AdviTtiser has a significant
paragraph, which states that there must be a
" diabolical " attempt to burn that city by some of
the denizens, as fires have become very frequent of
late.
The tone or the Canadian papers. from which we
publish extracts, shows that the war feeling in that
country is quite as strong as iu England, and that
active preparations are being made for the hostili
ties that will ensue if a diplomatic adjustment of
the existing complication with England is not
speedily made. The consequences of a- war with
that Power, at this juncture, are so grave and se
rious that it is the solemn duty of the Ameri
can people to stare them fully in thu face, and
to avoid them, if they can honorably do so.
We are now fairly progressing in our efforts to
crush the rebellion, but ono of our most effective
weapons is the American navy. The stringency
of our blockade causes more distress and ember
lament in the South than the movements of our
army. It constantly cripples and injures them in
every possible way. The diversions made by our
naval expeditions at Hatteras, at Port Royal, at
Tybee Island, at Ship Island, and other points, die.
tract their attention, fill their minds with gloomy
apprehensions, and add immeasurably to the dif
ficulties with which they are obliged to contend.
Much as our navy has been increased, it is still so
far inferior to that of Great Britain, that one of the
first consequences of a war with that coun
try would be the virtual destruction of our
blockade on the Southern coast_ The whole
power of the rebels could then at once be con
centrated upon their northern line of operattons,
while a tide of wealth would flow in upon them for
their cotton, and they would be abundantly sup
plied with all the arms and munitions of war they
could possibly require. Meanwhile, our seaboard
would be menaced by the British fleets, and oven if
we were fully successful in defending it, wo would
necessarily be obliged to devote to that purpose a
largo portion of our available strength. It is true,
that in turn wo might do great harm to British in•
terests; that her citizens own many hundreds of
millions dollars' worth of property which we could
confiscate ; that our privateers might prey upon her
commerce; and that we might conquer a portion
or the whole of Canada. But this would be but a
slight recompense for the almost certain success of
th e rebellion, and the total disruption of our Con
federacy, which would probably be secured by
British aid, and for the herculean exertions and
enormous sacrifices we should be obliged to make
to contend successfully against two such adversa
ries as the rebels of the South and the greatestnaral
Power of the world. Common prudence teems to
require that in the midst of the greatest struggle
in which we have ever engaged we should do all
that we honorably can to avoid an additional com-
- Lineation of the gravest character.
The intelligence from Washington indicates that
Mr. Seward has evinced a conciliatory spirit in
his discussions of the Trent affair ; that war will
ho avoided if the national honor can be peaceably
maintained. At all events, we think hostilities
cannot ensue, unless they are forced upon us on
such en issue as will place us so clearly in the
right, and England so clearly in the wrong,. that
the judgment of the intelligent portion of her own
people and of the civilised world will be em
phatically against her.
We have received further information from Mis
souri of a gratifying character. A band of thirteen
hundred prisoners, including three colonels and
seventeen captains, have been captured by Col.
Davis, and as we have now an ample number of
the enemy to exchange for the Union soldiers in
- their possession, the chances of a speedy return of
the latter to their homes are greatly increased.
The rebellion is evidently on the point of being
forever destroyed in Misseeri, The recent procla'
=Alen of General Price to the people of that State
seemed to foreshadow that event, and his subse
quent inactivity confirms the supposition. He pro•
cured but few men by his bombastic address, for
we see that Claib Jackson, the ex-Governor, has
issued another pronunciamiento, dated at Colum
bus, Kentucky, calling on the people he formerly
governed to furnish the rebel chief with twenty
thousand more soldiers, go that his forte may be
increased to sixty thousand. A few more such
Union victories as were gained by General Pope
and Colonel Davis will entirely rescue Missouri
from the ravages of the Secession hordes.
it was recently stated by a correspondent from
st. Louis, that Gen. nalleek designedly left a por
tion of Missouri in an apparently exposed condition
fur the express purpose of entrapping the enemy
into antenalAo positions, and the gratifying news
lately received from that State shows that this
Arntarin lute bean completely Eueeessfal.
Is 13 TUE Cr OM for many of the opponents
of Mr. LINCOLN to say, that his course towards
the South has been that of an unfriendly and
partial magistrate—that he has neglected their
just claims to a share in the administration of
the aevernment—that he has been the enemy
and not the friend of the South. Of course
an argument like this cannot claim an an
swer, Its malice is so apparent, that its force
is destroyed. One suggestion occurs to us,
however. In the recent message of the Presi
dent he discusses the necessity of reorganiz
ing t 1 Supreme Court, and alludes to his
failure to appoint successors to Justices Mc-
LEAN, DANIEL, and CAMPBELL, in these
" I have so far forborne making nominations to
fill these vacancies for reasons which I will now
Mate : Two of the outgoing judges resided within
the States now overrun by revolt, so that if their
successors were appointed in the satne localities,
they could not now servo upon their circuit, and
many of the most competent men there probably
- would not take the personal hazard of accepting to
verve, even here, upon the Supreme bench. I have
been unwilling to throw all the appointments north
ward, auto dt.s.abling myself front d o i n o. J a ni ce
to the South, on the return of pone,: although I
may remark that to transfer to the North ono which
has hitherto been in the South would not, with
reference to territory and population, be unjust "
Here we have a Republican Presddent, in
the midst of ernbaertissmonta and dengots, en
gaged in a great war, which the South precipi
tated upon him, hesitating in the beSteWal of
three of the most splendid positions in his gift,
simply because he desires to do justice to those
who are doing wrong to him. This simple act
of President TaiNGOWN - 16 a type of his whole
course towards the South, and is a fitting
answer to the unfair charges made against his
integrity and justice.
President LlNeoza would have been per
fectly justified in throwing these appointments
into the North. If he has shown any par
tiality whatever, it has.been to the Southern
States. The Supreme, Court has been, to all
intents and purposes, the agent of the South
ern statesmen ; its sympathies have been alto
gether with the South ; in construing our
laws it has never omitted an opportunity of
showing its regard for the institution of
slavery. It was the last stronghold of the
. Southern power; and since this war came
into being it has been either silent and sullen
or actively engaged in throwing obstacles hi
the way of the Administration. We are in
the work of national reorganization ; we are
living in an ago of ideas, in a puled of pro
gress, and the necessities of the country de
mand a reconstruction of our highest judicial
tribunal. In doing his part of this delicate
and responsible duty, the President will act
with wisdom and candor, and there will be
nothing in his conduct to either the North or
the South to show partiality or partisanship.
LETTER FROM •• OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 1861
Private letters received in this city, from
American gentlemen sojourning in London,
represent the feeling of the British people as
intensely hostile to the United States. All
the latent hatreds and concealed envies of the
last seventy years have burst forth with re
newed violence, and nothing seemed to be
more popnlar, even with the British masses,
than a war with the American Republic. One
writer, a well.known and highly-respected
Pennsylvanian, says, under date of` november
80, "I sicken at the thought of the conse
luences of this bitter British sentiment, and I
trust that the hopes of the European despots
will be disappointed." Hence, whatever may
be the result of the pending negotiations be.
tween the two Governments, growing out of
the capture of Mason and Slidell, and I have
now no doubt that it will be a peaceful one, not
a moment should be lost in making vigorous
and complete preparations against any sudden
attack on the part of our European foes.
Mr. Seward's sagacious and well-timed let
ter to the Governors of the differeit States,
calling upon them to look to the fortifications
of their borders, internal as well as external,
however neglected at the moment, should
now be responded to without delay. I am
glad to see that Governor Curtin has not been
idle during the interval, and that he has taken
the precaution to collect all your military re
sources at the State capital, and to press upon
the consideration of your municipality the im
mediate strengthening of your coast and har
bor defences. It is a source of just pride that
the various Home Guard organizations in Phi
ladelphia and elsewhere throughout the State
are now in such a condition of discipline as to
be made effective at the shortest notice.
Greatly as such a spectacle Would affect the
destinies of mankind, let us not be surprised
if the great struggle on these shores should be
etete.nded to othoi nations, Mid that this con
flict should culminate into a world'S battle.
We can, in fact, place but little reliance upon
the friendship of any foreign nation. Russia,
indeed, can afford to sympathize at her safe
and wintry distance ; but our principles are so
antagonistic to all the existing systems of the
Old World, and our growth has been so mar
vellous and so irresistible, that every indica
tion of our weakness, and every omen of our
destruction, arc accepted withjoy by tile ene
mies of free institutions. We can realize how
much we have done for mankind in the almost
avowed anxiety of the oppressors of our race
to break us down, now that we are beset with
indesoribable troubles. We nuist baffle these
interests, first, by refusing to give England a
chance to embark against us in this great
struggle, and, next, by taking such steps as
will put us in a position of impregnable de
fence.
Two elements will henceforth be enlisted for
our destruction--s/arfry Pit ritofOro and
despotism in the Old World, The two are con
genial and co-operating elements. The one,
born of the loins of monarchy ; has, from the
earliest days of our colonial existence, yearned
for the countenance and support of a strong
government, and, during more than thirty
years, has toiled to degrade and to dominate
over the white race on this hemisphere. Ido
hot care what politlams may say, it is a
fact, irrefragable and patent, that all the
calamities which now surround and imperil
the Republic., remit directly from the in
trigues of slavery and its advocates. It
was an easy and a natural transition for Euro
pean statesmen to drop their empty professions
against slavery the moment they perceive that
slavery had taken the field Poutrance against
the Government of- the United States, and to
Seize with malignity upon the opportunity thus
presented to avenge themselves alike upon the
example we present to our down-trodden fel
low.beings, and becauso of the triumphant
manner in which we have made our stand
against the proudest and strongest Govern
ment on earth. When this world's battle shall
open, let it find us ready for our many-handed
foes, and in that hour let us write upon all our
standards the imperishable words, cc Hostility
to American slavery, and to European despo
tism." The result cannot be doubtful.
OccasioxAL.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Speeted Despatches to "The Press."
I ifASIIINGTON, Doaomber 20,1901
Senator Wilmot
Advioes from Senator Wir.3rov stato that he has
arrived safely at his home, in Towanda. lie is re-
Covering from his illness rapidly, and hopes to be
in Washington after the holidays. The assertion
that he has the cancer of the stomach is un
founded. His disease is not of such a serious cha
racter.
Resignation of Volunteer Officers
Last Monday there were 37 resignations of volun
teer officers in the army of the Potnmae, and ea
Wednesday 21. or about 75 during the week. A
few of them resigned for the purpose of accepting
higher appointments in regiments other than those
to which they were originally attached.
The London Exhibition
The President to , day submitted to Congren a
message enclosing a loiter from JAMES R. PART
RIDGE, secretary of the executive committee ap
pointed by the President to represent the interests
of Americans, addressed to Secretary Sr.tv.kun,
chairman of the committee, suggesting that ade
quate provisiOn be made for the payment of ex
penses for fitting up the space in the fair building
at London allotted to the contributions from the
United States, and compensation of agents for
whoa .crviee it will he indispensable to provide.
The President recommends this subjeet to the fa
vorable consideration of Congress. The message
was appropriately referred in each House.
Army Promotions and Appointments.
The promotions and appointments in the army of
the United States, made by President Lploorm
since the publication of general orders No. 68, of
August 27th last, have just been officially prou2ul
- From this pamphlet, it appears that there
have been 215 promotions, and 650 appointments of
all kinds, in addition to 60 brigadier generals of
volunteers, the-whole number of them being about
110. Among the declinations is that of JAMES
11/ELDS, of California, to be brigadier general.
The appointment of aids-de-camp to generals num
ber 52. Thirty-one officers have been honorably
retired, under the law upon that subject.
The 'Trent Aftitir—No odietai Demand
If any conference has taken place between Lord
LYONB and Secretary SEWARD. it has been of an
informal and confidential character, as no official
commutticatiena hare paaaed between them with
reference to the Trent affair.
The Missouri Victory Confirmed.
A brief despatch from Maj. Gen. .11mamcx to
the army headquarters confirms the truth of the
reported successes of Gen. POPE'S expedition in
The Kerrigan Court Martial.
In the court martial trying Col. KERRWAN, to
day, the principal witness was Major SAVAGE, who
tvetified to the Colonel being in the habit of dining
at BAILEY'S house, beyond the Cross Roads, it
being at that time an outpost of our army. The
court adjourned till Monday.
Dr. Russell.
Among the rumors of the town, it is stated that
RUSSELL, the colebra!ed correspondent of the
London 'nous, is exeeedingly belligerent. Among
other things, he is greatly exercised because the
Secretary of State has not invited Lord Lyons to
a protracted audience. 'there aro certain forme - to
be observed in diplomatic intercourse, and from
these forms the Secretary will not step aside. Ile
will take his own time in answering the demands
of England.
Official Despatch from Com. Dupont.
Interesting reports from Fleg-oincor DUPONT
have been received, giving account of two recon
noissances above and below Port Royal. Com
mander DRAYTON with the Pawnee, Unadilta,
Smith, and Vixen, loft on the sth and pro
ceeded up °Aga)°, landing on Hutchinson's Is
land, where he found that all the buildings (in
cluding the negro houses) and all the picked got
ton had been burned two days before. Some
negroes had been shot in the attempt by rebels to
drive them off. A painful account is given of the
condition of negroes, especially the aged and
infirm. As far as the entrance to Beaufort
Creek, the same desolation was observed No bat
teries were found on Ositon Island, or in the Great
Oguebee. A fort mounting eight guns, not quite
completed, was found on the eastern end of Green
Island. Two shots were fired at the returning ves
sels from the fort, both falling short.
A Mexican Imbroglio.
Important papers relating to Mexico were sent
to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day,
being a proposed treaty, which, if confirmed, will
have the effect of othdrawingFrance and England
from their offensive alliance with Spain. It pro
vides for the payment by us of eleven millions
dollars to satisfy French and English creditors, an a l
on the other hand for a grant to our Ocovernment
of certain commercial privileges, and for an ad
justment of all our outstanding debts, and the tran.
sit for our troops.
'News from the Enemy.
I have been conversing with a party who came
directly from Centreville within the last few days.
Ile states that the rebel generals have 75,000 men
at Centreville—that the heights in the rear of the
town are elaborately and strongly fortified. The
roads to Centreville are considered impregnable,
and it is said the enemy has oven gone so far as to
wine the approaches. The forces are all well
drilled and enthusiastic, but aro enduring many
Privations in consequence of thy pcycrty OF the
country, and the difficulties of transportation.
They wilt be compelled to 'fight or starve, as their
condition is rapidly approaching one of despera
tion. The practice of tiring upon pickets and
malting sorties is only intended to draw " the Yan
kees" into an advance. They constantly wonder
why the Yankees do not attack. It is often a mat
ter of wonder to them that McChishias is not re
moved, and the propriety of such a policy is dis
cussed in the ranks of the enemy. It is hardly
probable the Administration will be guided in its
military policy by the wiehee Of the rebels,
A Singular Theory.
There aro numerous and ingenious theories
presented by those who aro now discussing the
question of a war with England. A prominent
Border-State politician originates one which is in
genious. If England makes a peremptory de
mand for the possession of MAsos and Stannta.,
and refuses arbitration en the part of the
other European States, then let us recognize
the Confederacy as it is, only holding the Bor
der States. Being an independent Cenfeciergoy,
the fight will simply bo confined to the border,
unless J.SFTERSON DAVIS should recede from his
claim to hold Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
Our navy will be released from the blockade, and
the armies of the North will be withdrawn from all
of the Southern country with the exception of the
tract of territory contested. Our army would then
be released from any foe on the continent, and with
the army and the navy wo could then meet Eng
land on an equal footing. She would seem to be
allied to a Confederacy based upon slavery—a Con
federacy which LS /Ally the representative of cotton
and the slave trade. The Southern people would
divide among themselves, and a great part of the
eouth would assist in the war upon the exorbitant
English power.
I give you this theory, because it is exciting some
attention. It is ingenious and amusing.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
BRILLIANT EIGHT WITH THE REBELS,
AN ENGAGEMENT AT DRANEWILLE
A PORTION OF GEN. McCALL'S DI
VISION ENGAGED.
GALLAIsi TRY OF GEN. ORD.
THE ENEMY COMPLETELY ROUTED.
TWO CANNON CAPTURED
THE LOSS OF THE ENEXY, SEVENTY-NINE
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—This morning, at six
o'clock, a portion of General McCall's division pro
ceeded in the direction of Dranesyille on a foraging
expedition, and for the purpose of making a re
connoissance in that locality. Dranesville is about
midway between McCall'a headquarisra and Lees
burg.
On arriving in that vicinity they encountered the
enemy, The had four regiment* of infantry, com
posed of South Carolinians, Alabamians, and Ken
tuckians, with one battery of six pieces, and a
regiment of cavalry, under the command of Gene
ral Stewart.
The only troops on our part engaged in the affair,
at Drancsville, were General Ord's brigade, the
First regiment of rifles, and Easton's battery of
four guns. At four after the actin, ant
ral DicCall sent two officers to coant the rebels
who were killed and wounded, and it was ascer
tained that they left on the field flfty-seven killed,
and twenty-two wounded, Three of the latter died
on being removed, making their loss sixty killed
and nineteen wounded ; making a total of seventy
nine killed and wounded, and they no doubt car
ried off many more.
They also left nine horses killed or disabled
The epemy were completely routed, and fled
precipitately after a fight of au hour and a half,
leaving two cannon and a quantity of small arms,
blankets, great coats, dc., more than our troops
could bring away.
Our men also brought in some prisoners besides
the wounded.
Our loss is, as near as can be ascertained at
present, about ten killed and fifteen wounded.
The expedition returned to their camp at
Langley's at nine o'clock to-night.
General McCall, in a despatch received at head
quarters to-night, says too much credit cannot be
given to General Ord for his gallantry and skill
throughout the day.
Easton's battery was admirably served and did
good tteoution.
The Rifles also behaved finely.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
I*i
IJRITEXI STATES TROOPS
GEN. POPE EXPECTED AT SEDALIA
CRUSHING BLOWS TO REBELLION.
NEARLY 2,000 RECRUITS CAPTURED
LEAVENWORTII, Dee. 20.—The Conservative, of
this city, has advices from Mound City, dated the
15th instant, stating that a portion of the Third
Regiment, under command of Major Williams,
made a dash into Missouri on the 12th, and burned
the villages of Papinsvillo and Butler. The latter
Was the county seat of Bates county. The troops
returned with a large number of Union refugees,
stock, Ste. They bad but two men killed at But
ler. These towns have been for a long time the
roNort of the sliorilla, bands of rehots.
General Price was at Osceola at the time, and
was threatening that he intended to attack Sedalia.
Two companies of the Fourth Regiment of regu
lar cavalry arrived at Vort Leavenworth on the
18th instant, having been twenty-two days coming
from Fort Wises.
SEDALIA, December 20 --Colonel Palmer's bri
gade arrived here last night, and General rope Is
expected to reach here to=night.
All the information from the west and north is
to the effect that no efforts have been spared to
send General Price ample supplies of clothing for
his rebel army during the winter, AU Or nearly
all of this has fallen or will fall into our hands.
Nearly two hundred heavily-laden wagons are
already in our possession, together with large quan
tities of ammunition and arms, one 010104114 horns,
tents, camp equipage, etc., end between eighteen
hundred and two thousand recruits have been
taken prisoners.
Major Ballard, of the First Missouri Cavalry, has
captured over sixty rebel recruits within the past
few days, killed several others, and taken a con
siderable number of tents, several wagons, a quan
tity of baggage and arms, and burned a mill which
bad been supplying the rebels for some time pest;
altogether, the rebellion has received a terrible
shook in this section of oountry within the present
week. It is thought by trmay that Price will cross
the Osage to assist hug generals, Stein and Sleek,
who are now in the river counties with four or five
thousand men to escort recruits and supplies to their
main camp at Osceola. If ho does, he will be com
pelled to stand a general engagement, in which
event there is no doubt whatever that ho will be
badly defeated i MA ht army entirely mattered,
The Settlement of the Mason and Slidell
• DAScotty.
1 4, 7nw Yew:, Dee. 20.—A special despatch from
Washington to the World says the Government
despatches coneefning the Mason and Slidell dif&-
oulty will be of a dignified but mast conciliatory
nature. They will satisfy the 'English Cabinet that
no insult was intended, and there is not the slight
est doubt bllt tbot SIN , affair will in how
ably, and anileably arranged.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1861.
LATE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Two More Union Men Hung at
Knoxville.
REPORTED EVACUATION OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS, BY THE REBELS,
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The Memphis Appeal of the
18th instant has the following despatches :
#OI4XY/W,R, Tenn., Deo. 17.—Two more bridge
burners (Union men), were hung to-day, by order
of General Carroll.
The Momphis Avalanche of the same date says
that Galveston, Texas, has been evacuated by the
Confederates I
Jeff Thompson is busy fortifying New Madrid,
Missouri.
The Cairo correspondent of the Chime TrA.
says a pontoon bridge is being constructed over the
river at Memphis. On this side of Memphis there
is a fort mounting 102 guns, called Fort
Fort Randolph, near Memphis, is being strongly
fortified.
The rebels are jubilant over the English inter
ference in the Maeon and Slidell affair.
The number of Federal prisoners at Memphis is
eightysoven. Desertions from the rebel army are
frequent and numerous.
Claib Jackson Was at Columbus on Wednesday,
and has issued a proclamation calling on the puoplo
of Missouri to furnish Jeff Thompson with twenty
thousand men, and increase General Prioo's force
to sixty thousand.
FROM PORT ROYAL.
RECONNOISBARCE TO THE CIitiBLESTON
AND SAVANNAH RAILROAD
DEPRESSION OF THE SOITTII
A Great Negro Insurrection in
Mississippi.
Naw Yonx, Dec. 20.—Adviees per the steamer
Atlantic state that four hundred of our men, on
the 16th, (wooed to the mainland, towards the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and encoun
tered a rebel forte of fifteen hundred, who retreated,
after firing a volley without effect.
The Fourth New Hampshire Regiment had gone
to Tybeo Island. The balance of CI en. Wright's
brigado would follow.
Tho spacial oorremndonce of the New York
Tribune, from Port Royal, gives a rumor of the de
feat of the rebel commodore, Hollins, and the sink
ing of his ship by the lifacsachusetts.
'Universal depression is reported throughout the
South. New Orleans is particularly depressed.
A great negro insurrection is reported in Missis
sippi by which an immense amount of property
was destroyed, including $150,000 worth on the
Quitman estate alone.
CONFIRMATION OF THE UNION
VICTORY
COLONEL, JEFF C. DAVIS IN COMMAND OF
THE FEDERALS
SEDALIA. (MO ), Dee. 20.—Early yesterday morn
mg, au seouts brought us information that the
large rebel train and reinforcements, which had
marched South to intercept our forces, had divided,
and Go lait6P p.iition were marching. South from
Waverly, intending to camp at night near Milford.
Gen. Pope brought the main body of the army in
position a few miles south of Waverly, and sent a
strong force, under Colonel Jeff. C. Davis, a few
miles bouth of Warrensburg and Knobknoster,
to come on the left and rear of the enemy,
at the MU time Ordering Morrill's cavalry to
march from Warrensburg, and come up to the
right.
Colonel Davis pushed rapidly forward, and came
up to the enemy in the afernovn, drove in his
pickets, carried a strongly-defended bridge, by a
vigorous assault, and drove the enemy into the
timber, where, finding himself surrounded, he sur
rendered twelve hundred men, including two colo
nels, 11110 lieutenant colonel, one major, and seven
teen captains.
They were all taken prisoners, and sixty wagons,
heavily laden with supplies and elothia l t, and
large number of horses and mules, fell into our
bands. Our loss was only two killed and fourteen
wounded. That of the enemy is considerably
greater.
This is the best planned and executed action of
the war, and reflects great credit on the general
commanding, and the officers and men who so
faithfully and promptly carried out his project,
The War in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 20.—General Johnson's bri
gade made a reconnoissance in force to-day, six
miles south of the Green river, without Reding #
traoe of the enemy.
No official /mount of the fight at Mumferdsville
has yet been received at headquarters, nor anyGlits
from General dohoepff.
CINCINNATI, Dreember 20.—A Frankfort de
spatch to the Commureial says
There has been no news received from Somerset
to-day. . . .
Two Union men and one Secessionist write from
coyfingsvitle, as the nth, to the fullowhig effect
"It is reported, and generally believed, that
Marshal and Williams (rebels) have fifteen thou
sand troops between West Liberty and Piketon,
with scouts extended to within a short distance of
Owingsville."
The gentleman who received those letters fears
that the information contained in them is true,
though it is not generally believed.
Sailing of the Africa with Despatches for
England.
NEW YORK, Deo. 20.—The steamer Africa sailed
at 6 o'clock this morning for Liverpool. The bearer
of the despatches of Lord Lyons to his Government
and a bearer of despatches to our Minister went out
in her. Captain Seymour did not go in the Africa.
Despatches from Lord Lyons to Admiral Mimes
were also placed on board the British gunboat
Landrail, which sailed immediately for Bermuda,
The British gunboat Rinaldo has arrived here.
Only $194,000 in specie was taken away by the
Africa. It is said that active preparations are
making for large shipments in ouzo the events of
the next few days warrant them.
George W. Jones, of lowa, ex-minister to Bogota,
has been arrested by order of Secretary Seward,
and sent to Fort Lafayette.
XXXVIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION.
"Ws3uoi , c, - roN, Dec. 20, 1.841.1
SEI4ATE -
Mr. TIIITMBITLI, of Illinois, presented a petition for
the emancipation of the slam o f: rebels, if necessary - to
save the Union.
Also, several petitirns for an armory at flock island.
Also, a petition asking for tho removal of Jesse D
Bright from the Senate.
Mr. IV 'LIMN, of Massachueetts, bresented • pettiton
for the establishment of a system for the exchange of
twit oners.
Also, a report from the Military Committee, with a
joint resolution expresaing recognition of the gallantry of
Gente al Lyon and the fiehilerti under hit command at
tipringfirld.
Mr. POIIIEIIOI, of Kansas, made a few remarks in
eulogy of the character of Gen Lyon, with a sketch of
the battle of Springfield, where the warrior of this war
ended his gallant and well.spent life, and a tribute to the
gallantry mid bravary of his soldlet , e.
Nr. DIXON. of Connecticut, also spoke of the irne
worth and eevotion to the country which characterized
Gon. Lyon. Bad Lyon lived, he thought the disaetere in
Missouri would not have yegurycej,
Mr. FOSTEIt, of Connecticut, Laid he wait an intimate
friend of Gen. Lyon. Some of the last letters which
Lyon wrote were written to him. Connecticut mourns
him as a gallant and true eon, and the notion mourns him
as a patriot mid hero,
The resolution was passed.
Mr. SUMNER, of Massachusetts, reported from the
Committee on Foreign Relations the Ammo bill for Mb
Idiot of the OWilere of UM British ship Perth...A.6.e_ Laid
on the table.
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Elinoig, cavorted ` back front tho
Committee on the Judiciary the bill to abolish the Su
premo Court, and asked to: be discharged from the
further consideration or the subject. They were accord
ing:ly discharged.
Mr. HALE, of Now HumpAire, said, with all duo do
feret.co, that he thought the committee had tzot actol up
to their duty.
Mr. HARRIS, of Now York, reportAd a bill to prohibit
the sale of 110101'S to soldiers in the District of Columbia.
The bill is an amendment to the former bill on this snb
jeer, and probibits not only the nalo to soldiers, but
vii thy preniirito. Tho ponalty it it fine and int.
pri7mancnt and a mvacati , Na of license, The bill was
paged.
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill providing for the or
ganization of a staff to be attached to each division of the
army, regulate and volunteers.
Thu Vdeohition raeavel by Mr. garlsbury, of beiaware,
calling on the Secretary of War for a copy of the procla
mation of Gen. Phelps, and by what authority it had boon
otade, was taken up.
Mr. TRUMBULL moved to amend so as to include the
inoetunathme made by all other generals.
Mr. WILSON thought there WWI no necessity for send
log Or Ow proclamation& ficoorall rem nonotntrd to
use the sword and not the pen, and If they do not use tiro
sword better than the pen, they should be mustered out
of the service. The beet thing that could be done was to
make a statute Oat no general shall be allowed to mc.ke
any Proclamation,
Dlr. SAV I, 6BURY wanted a dieavowal from the M.
miniKtratinn, that no authority had been gin"' for such
moetamatien.
Mr. RICE, of Minnesota, said that if the stthordinato
officers have not carried out the 'Mahon of the President,
it was his duty to correct the wrong. Ile moved to lap
the resolution en the table. Areal to
Mr. WILLEY, of Virginia, resumed hi:: remarks on
the resolution offered by him yesterday. Continuing the
argument against the doctrine of 8000:181011, he referred to
the declarations of the leaders of the rebellion, as show
ing their intention to overthrow republican institutions
and to establish a monarchy or a despotism. lie declared
that the people bad nothing to do with SOCedilig the re
bellious States from the Union. Virginia wan taken out
of the Union by a secret conspiracy, awl against the will
of the people. The resolution was laid en the table fur the
present,
The Senate went into executive session, and Raise
intently adjourned till Monday.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. BENNETT (delegate from Colorado) introduced
a resoludon, which was adopted, instructing the Com
mittee of Ways and Moans to inquire into the expediency
of establishing a brunch mint at Denver.
On motion of Mr. BICRNIIEISEL, (the delegato from
Utah,) tit. ComoMee on 'Perri ter! e a wove tudtructod to
itatuire into the expediency of providing for a geological
eurvey of that Territory.
. . .
On motion of Mr. DUNN, of Indiana, so much of the
Report of the Superintendent of Public Printing all Cofer.
to tho destruction by firs of tho mechanical tsrt 01 tho
Patent Office Report, was referred to the Committee on
Printing, and that they report as early as practicable In
favor of printing volumes 10 place of those thus de
shuyed.
On motion of Mr. LAW, of Trliana, the Committee on
Military Affairs were instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of instructing, the Paymaster Generai of the army
to authority pay masters and assistant minimum' to
credit and pay all commissioned sincere and voltln
leers their pay and allowances from the date of their an.
ceptanee and taking the oath of allegiance, as required
by the oM.ers appointed by the President.
On motion of Mr. ELIOT, of Massachusetts. the
on I.3oefercore were instructed to inquirer into
exWieney of reporting a bill for the preservation
and repair of harbors at Prnvincetown and Plymouth.
litamachmotts, with a view to commie° tho tuitional
111 r. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania. reportml it hill appro
priating $150,000 to complete the defences of Washington.
Passed.
The House then passed the Senate bill providing for
transmitting allotnionts of pay of volunteers to find.- fa
milies and friends, each State to appoint throe persons to
Viet the several departments of the army and receive
the money. The provielon of the former haw allowing
liCpa to tattlvre nn stddiers' pity Is repealed, and all rasa.
lotions on the subject abrogated beyond the rides and ar
ticles of war.
The, Home also pillaged the &nate bill authorizing the
appointment of general courts martial in tine of war,
etc.
Mr, HOLMAN, of Indiana, introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, iradructing the Committee on Mili
tary Ariake to report a bill amendatory of the preeent
law' so aim not to exclude, in the appointment of chap.
tains, any religious societies. Ho mentioned that at prc.
tent Jewish Rabbles were excluded, nutwithatanding
that there are a large number 9f fldbT9Wil is the army,
Mr. WICKLIFFE. of Kentucky, urea...cited the 13fI0e
!intone of the Kentucky Legislature in favor of relieving
elsnd In view or thy probable famine. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affsini.
Nr JULIAN, of bulimia, offered a resolution that
the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report
a bill, so amending the fugitive-slave law of 1850 as to
forbid the recapture or return of any fugitive from labor,
without satisfactory proof being first made that the
claimant of such fugitive is loyal to the Government.
Mr. HOLMAN ingidreit whether his colleague would
not consent to make the resolution merely one of in
quiry.
Mr. JULIAN replied that ho preferred the present
form of the resolution.
lIOLMAN moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Not agreed to—yea, :0, nays 78.
Mr. WICKLIFFE, of Kentucky, ineffectually appealed
to Mr. Jirian to so amend the resolution as to confine its
operations to the citizens of States which have or may
The resolution was pasfaxl—yeas 78, nays :
YEAS-11CHSTS. Aldrich, Allay. Arnold, Babbitt, Baker,
Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blair ( Mo.), Blair (Parma.),
Plalso, Dimmer, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Friirk
A. rankling, ROPelle Conklin°, OenWay, 0 0 4..ede, Outlier,
Davis, Dawns, Delano, Buell, Edwards, Eliot, Fenton,
Fessenden, Franchot, Franck, Gooch, Goodwin, Guer
ley, Irate, Hanchott, Harrison, Hooper, Hutchins, Ju
lian, Loomis, Lovejoy. 'McKean. McKnight, McPherson,
Moorhead, Morrill Mo, rill (Vt.), Olin,
Patton ' rilze, Pomeroy Patter, Porter, nice (01e,), Ritl-
Ttolllue (N. 11.), Itursget. edlitulis, Sttella.)erger,
Sloan, Sherman, Spaulding, Stevens, Thomas (Masi.),
Train, Trevehrldne, Vander..., Wall, Wallace, Walton
0 11 01 Wfwtiburpv, Whtlier, whlooy, whit () (11111.),
W'inilom, and Worcester.
Nara—Messrs. Ancoma. Baily ( Ponna.), Biddle, Cobb,
Cooper, Uoar q . Craven, Crittenden, Dunlap, English,
Fotike, Hatdh,°. taw,
La
year, Leary, Lehman, Mallory, Marna. d, filetutios, Nor
ris, Noble, Noell, Norton, Nusont, Pendleton, Robinson
(Del.), Shiel. Steele (N. Y ), Steele (N. J.), Vallandig
ham. Wadsworth, W abider, White (Ohio), - Wickliffe,
Woodruff, and Wriht,
Mr: ARNOLD, of fdinois, introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, tendeting the thanks of Congress to
Colonel Mulligan mid hie command, for their heroic de.
fence of Lexinpon, and autbarizin, theisventY-tliiri
Itegiment of Illinois to bear ou their colors the name of
Lexington.
Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois, offered a resolution that
the. Committee on the Judiciary report a bill for the coo
ilscalion or all the property of nil citizens found in armed
rebellion against the Government of the Ilni.ed Status,
and ouch as aid and abet the rebellion, and the uncon
ditional liberation of their slaves, and protection of the
Blares from recnathre by their rebel .nesters.
The Ilf.nse refused, by a vo . e of 52 yeas against 50
nays, to order the previous question on the passage of
the resolution.
Mr. VALLANDIGIIA,M moved to commit tho
roso
lotion to the Judiciary Commlttot,
/Uri 140 - WO . move) that Cdr. Yallandightun'a
tics be tabled Agree.) to—yeas Oh nays 65.
such action was thereafter taken as had the effect of
laying the whole subject ou the table, by two majority.
Dlr. 'WILSON offered a rasolationdire,ding the VOlll
- on Military Affairs to report a bill providing an
additional article of war, by which all officers of the
army shall be prohibited from using any portion of the
force under their respective commands for the purpom
of returning fugitives from service or labor. and pro
viding for the punishment of such officers by dismissal
from the service.
rendiug the consideration of the resolution, the House
adjourned till Monday.
From Gen: Bank Column
A GALLANT ACT-A RBDEL MILL BURNED AT DAM
NO 5.
WILLIAMSPORT, Dec. 2o.—Last night, a party
from the Fifth Connecticut Regiment and Lieut.
Riekett's battery men Wea war is a skiff and
burnt the mill et dam No 5. which has been occu
pied by the rebels as a stronghold. Thoy captured
§9819 gyps Riad tvoh, irtendri for the purpoeo of
In caking up the dam No. 5. with blankets, A:0. Two
deserters from Jackson's rebel force arrived here
yesterday, giving some important information.
Jackson. it is snid," has been promoted to the com
mend of the whole talky of Virginia, and that ho
has five regiments on the neck opposite hero, with
75 guns. All is quiet this morning.
Col. Leonard arrested a man, yesterday, under
suspicious circumstances, leading to the bend that
he is a spy.
The Connecticut State Loan.
Hen Trout), Conn., Dee, 2o,—Th9 QOM:MUM
state loan of 51,200,000 Wad taken to-clay, at from
par to two per cent. premium.
Seces..eion Sentiment in New Brunswick.
CALA/S, MC., Bee. 20.—The office of the St.
Croix Herald, at St. Stephen's, N. 8., was de-
stroyed last night. by a party of Secession sym
pathizers, owing to the optioAtioia iniinirested by
the editors to the cause of the Southern rebels.
From Cairo
CAIN°, Dec, 20,--ficonte front Kentucky report that a
Loge contraband trade is being carried on with the rebels
from Illinois via Cave in the Rock on the Ohio river.
Also that rifled cannon have been placed on t lie Tennes
see river for the purpose of sinking the _United States
gunboat Conestoga, which makes her occasional trips up
the river.
The Kentucky Legislature
FRANKFORT, Ky., The. 20.—1 n the Legislature, the
Douse-has adopted, by the usual party vote, a resolution
that Eentucky shall aFsnma tne payment or her portion
of the direct tax imposed by Congress.
The Senate adopted the Noose resolutions on Federal
relations, with amendments endowing the present action
el the Ott ann - lent regarding Fremont's emancipation
Proclamation and Cameron's original report, and re•
Questing the President to dispense with Secretary Ca.
Dacron. The vote was unanimous on the amendments.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
AMERICAN ACADEMY or MUSlO—Broad and Low:lst
streets— ,, Richelieu."
WHEAT/ AVE CONTINENTAL THEATRE—WaInut street,
above Eighth_—ii Tho Southern Rchtllien by Sea and
Land"— ,, The Cataract of the Ganges."
ARIM-STREET THEATRIE—ArCh Eltreot, above Sixth.—
"The Robbers "—" Guilluame Tell "—" Dun J uan."
WALNIIT.STRICKT Tnakrna--alintti and Walnut Etil.—
Tho tour Phontorna"—.‘ Wantrii, Ono Tlaoumunl
liners "--" The Gumnaker of Moscow."
TEMPLE or WONDERti—N. E. corner Tenth and Cheat.
nut atreeta.—Signor Entertainment.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTK—N.IONTHLY MEETINU --
A P tatud monthly meeting of tho Franklin Institute was
held on Friday evening, the president, John C. Cresson,
Eso ,in the chair. Nominator, a wore made for officers,
board of managers, and auditors, for the ensuing year.
It woe decided that the polls for the election should be
open from four to eight o'clock P. M. on the third Thurs
day in January.
Mr, Washington Jones, chairman of the Committee on
Meetings, presented as improved combined angle and
scale, very accurately graduated by machinery', and in
tended fur the we of mechanics, th 4 model having been
contributed by Messrs. Field Hardie, of this city. Mr.
Jones also exhibited a rrzor strop, the invention of Mr.
C. Y. Bayne.
Mr, lielftiOll, Of the Committee on Meetings, exhibited
and explained a number of inventions, all of Philadel
phia manufacture. A watchman's clock, manufactured
by Messrs. Code, Hopper, & Gratz ; it great variety of
specimens of paper tags nod collars, both plain and orris
bossed. mnile by the Lockwood Mttlili o durtng Com
pany ; an apparatuo ter preventing keys from being
turned in locks by means of nippers from the outside,
the invention of It, H. Bailey, Es t.
Prof Fleury exhibited specimens of imitation Russia
ahem-Iron, made under a process invouted by William
lit Reading, pa. MA alga read a raper On tha
preoerve.iOn of atone, and the impe:Pinee of obtaining
a pure hydrated solution of silica for that amf other Pur
poses.
A patent comp funk, with IA and table attached,
was exhibited by Mr. W. A. Andrews, the inventor.
Mr. Howson placed on the table a working model of H.
G. Armstrong's paper bag machine, as improved by 8.
E. Pettee, Doi.; and also exhibited specimens of en
velopes made at the rate of 30,000 par diem by a maebino
invented by Mr. Penes. The meeting then adjourned to
enable those present to examine the diderent articles
presented.
THE rENNSYLVASIA. RAILI2OIII COMPAVV.—
The Palmylean's. Railroad Company has just added two
hundredeight-wheeled ears to its rolling stock, intended
to accommodate the tonnage of the Westmoreland Rail
road Company, which is on the hicreasq, and, from pre
sent indications, coal will seen he vile et the important
items of its trade. Its passenger and miscellaneous
freight business is now very heavy, probably equal to
that of airy other road of like capital in the country, the
receipts of tlic yvori ending on tilt let inat,, amounting
to over seven millions of dollars! Throo through pas.
seny,er trains rue daily between Pittsburg and Philadel
phia, connecting direct at Fhiladeltibia with through
trains to and from Boston and Now York; and all paint!:
East, and in the Union depot, at Pittsburg, with all
through trains to and from all points in the West, North
west, rind Southwest.
TUE VOLUNTEER HEMESILMENT SALOONS.—
ft•gtiViil ti ell of the ltermahmeat Ar.ociailuas wilt
take place in a few days. tlov. Pollock will not only
preside, but will speak on the occasion. Rev. Dr.
Prztintad, riev Dies& Smiley, Atwood, and Rutter wilt
addtess the tikqembluge. The laugh, will be famished bg
the National Guard regimental band. Apropos to this,
the following contributions have been received during
the wool:: A. T. Lane and employees $5O j American
/ronrituro Cumpany, 850; Protaction Lociilo4 1. 0.
010 F., llemuriile, $10; Mini Trutuan'azlclumo,BB.2s;
l'eoplf's Literary Institute, Bayard Taylor's lecture,
$12t.87; Kensington Dank, $l4; Wm. P Hamm, Esq.,
F 25: Mutual Insurance Company, $100; Capt. C. Stabba;
55; 'Loniki B. M. Dolby, $lOO.
11f EF,TusT: Or - L.etotNi.—An adjourned meet
ing of the Indiep of fthiladolpltia, of all denominations,
UM be held on Monday afternoon next, at 3 o'clock. at
the t'aneom•etreet Hall, to complete the arraugemento
for the great festival to be given on the Sth of January
next, in aid of the - Volunteer Itefreshtnent galoon.
SERENADE.—Last evening, a few of the
members of the Corn Exchange Association, accompa
nied by the National Band, serenaded Mr. James
Wright, of the lino of Peter Wright & Sone, at his re
-O*M on the Township Lino road, a short distance
above the city. A similar compliment was extended to
Mr. J. W. Proctor at a late hour in the evening.
A GREAT NAMII.—A colored man, evi
dontly deranged, wan found, on Thursday, evening,
tiering about the Streets nt 0 , -rrnantorrn. lie gave his
name lit Major A rdersun, and declared that Ito had been
in all the principal battles of this campaign. The "hero"
watt properly eared fur by the police.
POCKET PICIERDi—A lady had her pocket
picked of a Roan amount of money, in the care of the
Manaymtk Passenger Railway, on Thursday. Another
Indy was relieved of her pocket-book, during the Masonic
parade, at Manayanic. A light-fingered gent wee found
in the crowd, and arrested, but wan tifavburgyd for want
of eridenco to implicate him in The robberit.s.
BREADSTIIFFS VOR EUROPE.—The ship Con
gress sailed for Liverpool on Thursday, haying ou board
1 2.000 hatrels of dour, 1,904 Luollels of c o rn, and !WO
bushels of wheat. The ship Philadelphia ' lying near
Lombard-greet wharf, is also taking on board large
uuantitiee of wheat for the English market. The utuva
dares are working day and night. in order to comploto the
lading of rho slug at as early a Natal as possible.
SLIGHT FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about
half past eight o'clock, a fire occurred in a ono-story
frame building, No. 456 North Front stroot. The roof
partiany .I,,,droye 14
<l. ,o name. we re extinguished
without the aid of the firemen. The building was occu
pied by B. Klein, boot and shoemaker. Tho fire origi
nated from the stove pipe, which had boon run through
the roof without any protection.
A STRAY CI rnt.—The Fourteenth ward po
lice, on Thursday, found in the streets a little girl who
gave her mine as Honrieltn Smith, and said that eho
12 years of age. Tho officers were unable to learn from
her anything respecting her home or parents, beyond a
statement that her step-mother lied treated her very bad
ly. Mrs. Murphy, who is conneetol with the Northern
Borne fit' Friendless Children, was %tanti hind.
IY provided t%.0 woodtwor with a home in Mot institution,
until the parents of tho and can bo heard from.
Public Amusements.
A good house attended the Second performance
of Richelieu, at the Academy, Nat evening. To.
night Jack Cade will be repeated. This play was
written by Judge Conrad, but Mr. Ferree, directed
the eeristruetion and composition, and Lee so amend
ed and adapted it that be is properly considered
one of its authors. Ile produoed the play at the
Park Theatre, New YISPie., in MI. Among the
plays to be produced during Mr. Forrest's engage
ment are Othello, Macbeth, Bertram, Walton
Tell, and Pizarro.
It is to be hoped that he will also appear as Carlo.
lama, a character in which he is without a rival.
The Academy company has been in some sort weak
ened by the absence of Mr. Mark Smith. John
McCullough has been fully capable of sustaining
Mr. Forrest, and he is always correct, careful, and
prompt. A young man named Harris has
been noticeable in the light parts. James
Martin baa made himself a favorite, and Mr.
Leak has greatly improved since he entered the
Academy. The supernumeraries are few, and an
other leading lady might judiciously be added.
Miss Athena has been well receiv ed lP 1
fun on:my,
and Mrs. Farren, in the heavy business, is an ex
cellent selection. We await her Lady Mal , " th.
with some desire. The Cubes matinee, this after.
noon, will be well attended. At the Arch, the Wal
nut, and the Continental theatres, new plays are
about to be produced. The former, after consi
derable outlay and preparation, will rovivo the
Sbakspearean play of Love's Labor Lost."
At the Walnut, a dramatization of Dickens'
"Message from the Sea," with J. S. Clarke as
Silas Gorgon, will likewise be produsod. The
scene of the burning island will infatuate the boys.
"The Forty Thieves," a not very legitimate but
very attractive title, will be the name of the new
melange for the Continental. This spectacle will
do justice to Mr. Wheatley's enterprise and
Setehell. at the Walnut, has made himself a
Philadelphia reputation. lle plays to-nlglat,
The Germania Orchestra have their usual re
hearsal this afternoon.
HOLIZAV PrtnsExTs.—Pianos and Melodeons can
be bought from me, up to Christmas, at extraordi
nary reductions on all former prices. Call, and
you will be Braided. J. E. MOULD, Seventh and
Chestnut streets.
HOLIDAY PAYA/eintin, — A 14rgo nutnttor of Huh ,
day Books, published by Cadton and Porter, New
York, aro to be obtained from Perkinpine and
Digging, 50 North Fourth street. In biography,
morals, fiction, and poetry, there is a groat variety ;
but the collection of juvenile books is nearly unique.
Among those, we would especially recommend the
following illustrated series, each put up in a liqx—
Mead oweide stories: Aunt Gracie's Library, Aunt
Alice's Library, and Cousin Anne's Library. Those
make quite a child's library of themselves and
the price is witobiAkingly
SALE TO-DAV—LADLEs' ELEGANT AND PLAIN
CLOAKS, &e.—At the corner of. Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Messrs. Carl Peters L Co.'s entire stock, to
be sold without reserve.
SALE OF FINE WINES, Lc., on Monday—Mossrs
Barris. Hoy], .• Co.'s stock. Sale peremptory.
&rocKs AND REAL ESTATE, on Tuesday, inelu ling
the handsome residence, Arch. street, (of the late
Doctor ,Tannty,) several other dwellings, business
properties,
See ThAnzas Li. Sons' advertisements and cata
lognes of the three sales.
HOLIDAY PIIESENTS,-J. E. GOULD, Seventh
and Chestnut streets, is selling his elegant Pianos
and Melodeons at greatly reduced prices. Such
inducements were never before offered to pur
chasers,
CAR I) TO CLOTHING TUA D H . --Particular attention
is invited to the very attractive sale of clothin;,
now arranged for examination, to be sold this morn
ing, at 10 o'clock, by N. F. Pancoast, auctioneer,
431 Chestnut street.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE_ MON EV hiAitKET.
PriILADELmttA, Decembor .90, 1881
The stock market continue; to react from the extreme
depression at the opening of the week, though a moot
meagre business is transacted. State and City loans wore
firm et the quotations of yesterday, and Bowling Rail-
Mad alarm gained a fractioe.
The money market is gradually getting back again
into the condition which characterized it at the close of
last week, though it is slower in recovering than the
stock market,
The Schuylkill Canal closes this season with a report
for the week of 3,800 tons. The Reading Railroad ton
nage for the week shows 38,809 toas of anthracite,
against 33,732 tons last year, and some 7,000 tons of hint
-56.11.
The following is the amount of coal shipped over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad during
the week ending Wednesday December 18, 1801, and
Jaienaky 1,1981
Week. Previously. Total.
Tons. Tans. Tons.
1561 - 449 244,443 261,812
;412 180,935 184,35 T
Incronge 3,707
The Mammal Examiner, in an article 451814 hi
prove that Couredrrato Treasury Notes are as good as
gold, admits that at Nashville gold is forty per cent. pre
mium, and silver thirty-firs to thirty-eight per cent.,
and that at Now ()leans the me much , Icit.
The Viucinnati t7azette, of Wednesday says:
The warlike aspect of the news front Enghunt causes
801111., untutsiness in the market, but whatever extra re
serve bankers have been led to adopt, on this account,
is offset by a corresponding contraction on the part of
inereiv.iits, who are quite as sensitive to occurrences
affecting the future of business, no capitalists. One class
is quite as cautious as the other, and no eitbrt is lives
sary on the part of lenders to prevent expansion among
those who, tinder the existing high standard of credit,
art. able to burrow, In all tilt leading markets of the
country, as bell., nicney is nlenty and taper scarce.
on Monday, untlectlie influence of the exciting news
from England, a war with that country was seriously
calculated upon; but since the intelligence has been
More fully considered, the alarm has been fileilitirdblY
diminished, the opinion gaining ground that the difficulty
will be amicably adjusted.
The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday last says:
- Money, in times of public denser, is the most sensitive
of all things, and this fact woe fully ex - rnelified here to
day. Coin was largely - in demand in the morning, and
we heard of a number or heavy dep .sit MS who con
verted their funds into specie, while others kept quietly
at their business as heretofore. tome of the ,auks re
fused all discounts, while others, with more nerve, did
mere than their usual share of paper. In the after..ea
there was a more quiet feeling, and, under the cerutinty
that there could be no immediate trouble, business began
to assume a mor.- settled and hopeful tone. - While con
sidorable anxiety was still expressed by many. toward the
close the market had returned to nearly its former smug.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The stock "Exchange looks better to•day. The under
current, however, is feverish, and while some encourage
mut is drawn from the absence of any definite intelli
ganee from Washington relative to tL.e Masan and Slidell
issue, this seems to he mole than neutralized by the htt ii i
difficulties of the market; prominent ate.ng winch are
the stringency in money and the firmness in foreign ex
change. The derciopments of the money market towards
the close of the day may however, be more favorable to
etrcks than was appareut at the Board, for the market is
very sensitive to encouraging influences, especially as
prices are on a greatly lower level than a week ago.
the Board ass steads- New York
tlentral 767‘076. rte 2.”4,a , .9.5K, Rock Island 45t es
4534, Toted() 29, 1 : ce2934 .
The weakest of the Western list were Galena, Toledo,
and Beck Island. These are y. ®>i per cent. lower than
yesterciay.
ohe Southern State stocks are scarce. Tennessees are
him at 41, Georgina 64107, North Carolinas 58059.
lifts
senri sixes are steady at 31.fic37X.
The Foram' Exchange Market is extremely quiet to
day, ou account of the abort interval between the sailing
of the Af',4iss 'andt
s_3oZlllor. The roan on
L0i1d(41.6 very flue at 110 h Xlll, several of the leading
drawers refusing to draw at the outside figure.
The Secretary of the Treasury left for Washington at
10 e'ci9Cii this mining, as there was Ito further rause
for a longer stay. The bank onion seem 10 be greatly
encouraged by Mr. Chase's favorable statement of the
future prospects of the army and navy, and to this may
he ifttributed much of the hopeful feeling observable in
financial circles today, The banks are lending more
freely, trough the severe discrimination of securities is
unrolaxed.
The call of 83,500,000 on the now funded stock was
paid into the Stili.Treesury yesterday, by the banks,
with their usual promptness. Theallloll.ld of demand
and past-due treasury notes employed was only $lOO.OOl
Thete is still ten per cent. ane on the second fifty millions
7.30 treasury notes, but Mr. Chase prefers to draw
against the new funded stock, because the twe-year notes
are not redeiVaLle in tart payment.
The gold in bank this morning, at the opening of bind
nese was something less than $17,000,000. The loan
certificates issued amount to 57,071,000. The spine re
serve is still 10 per Cont. on the net depeaits.
The _Africa left this port for Liverpool this morning at
about 7 o'clock. There is no official information as yet
eel:Wee to the commonierabons or the. British minister
with tlu Fcdcral Gorerment, consequently various con.
jecturee are afloat as to the nature of the despatches
which went out by the steamer.
•
The Africa takes only $104,358.74 in specie, which is
less than was expected. There has boon active prepara
tion among the boll'on houses for large shipments in Case
the events of the next. few days warrant theta. Should
affairs wear a tolerably pacific aspect, sonic considerable
parcels will probably go forward to morrow.
CHICAGO Bottoa.—A decision was made at Chicap on
Monday, by inage Manniorre, against that city, on ant
action broogbt by Giles, Evans. & Co., and a mandamus
xranttal, ordering tho city officers, compelling them to
hens 4110 fur thy payanuf of a claim alluwea In Lim
old claps commissioners The amount involved in this
case is only about $21,000, but as the principles apply to
a large number of similar claims, it is of considerable int
portance to the city.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales.
Decembor 20,1861.
REPOBTND BY S. E. BLAYMAIIER, PhilaJel pkia Exchange
FIRST BOARD.
500 2d SCA FR 111 st mg 05X 100 Reading.
.
/ 000 3 d tit TS 14 mtg, 90 1 ,i 0 Nur VI Prol',I)Ilrit10 -
00 Reading It...vat:ill 16)6 IMO City 04 ...... 3 Ivs It:l , i
:10 du " 5.... 16.1i,' 3000 Road Gs '56 73
00 do ... .10'4 1000 do. ..... .....- 73
100 do 16, 15 Lehigh Valiey... 01
50 do 16%ii 408 Lehigh liar 6, —lOO
69 do ~,,,, I
• BETWEEN BOARDS.
1000 City 6nC& P ch 87;V 100 d 0...
1009 do .2dys 87S, I 29 Penns It
_ .
200 Boadiug R 16) I 21 d 0....
SECOND BOARD.
50 Poima 8...........307.1 10000 City 6.i N 0 1' G
50 lots,. 36x 6000 „(.1 & yi
9 do. 26% 100 ..0 •t: P• • - 82 %4
25 410 i10=( /000 110, "II a Val'
1 Gault ot N Amet..llo 300 do, .0 & P... 52,%i
100 Beading It._ bk. 16.1 i 700 , d 0.... S2X
100 do ...R5.. 16. 1 i 1000 Perffill. 5s .77
ba n 5& int.. 141.1( 2000 do . . ... 7 7
25 N Prima. N 3 13 Lobigt
12 Mitteldll It 41)4 5000 961‘01 , Nay GA '72 g 0
500 City 6s new C & P.. 87, , 6 90 Ca &Amlt in ItsllS
600%. do d0......87)6 1000 Omit & Ara 6.4 '75 03%
CLOSING PRIOES—FIRM
Bid: Ask.
Phil& da 32, 1 52%
fill Ask.
Elmira I; Prof. 15 )si
Elmira 78'78... . 7 68
Long Island IL. '3,t; 10,:z
Leh Cll & 46 48y
liola CI 6cN Sari) 32
N Panne 4 yi 6
N VOOllO it 01.• 54 56
N 'Puna& 106 70 78
Vittawiail Prof,. 4M
ferlad It South. B 37 ..
Philo as 82 1 4 ' 82Y,
Philo Be 87. V 87)'
Penns be 77
Rundiug B. 16 j Ift 1 , -10
heading Bda '7O 81 bZ
IrdgM 06'80'48 92 ..
Rend m 68'80.. 13 73N
PunnalEt - • • 26% 80.1
Ponta R2d m Cle 833.1 8.1,4"
2d &ad ats B.S. 4: ..
Race& lane-stall
W Phila .... 5034 51
SPrliC9 fi Pint., V tiM
Grt*u & coates 16.!y
Clu.st & Walnut ;A ..
. . . .
01 Con
Morris 01 Prel.lo6 108)i
Bch Nay 69'82.. .. 69
Bob lira 8w • • 74
Bob Nay 6iroca.
UTISICZIE=
ICITY ITEMS.
TILE REV. JAMES EMMETT - WILSON, Or Onto.—
A wigs of rggival megLingu bas been in twos's= i.t the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church tin charge of the
Rev. John Thompson ' ) Ville street. abort: Twelfth, dur
ing the last three weeks, which have been rendered unu
sually successful by the preaching et' the Rev. James
Emmett Wilson, of Ohio. Since coming to Philadelphia
Its has, we believe, preached in this church every ere.
mug doting the week, and twice on Sundays, and the
effect of hit earnest appeale to the unconverted lieS linen
of the most marked character, a large number being
awakened almost &very night to a sense of their lost con
dition in a state of unfergiven sinfulness. Mr. Wilson is
a 3 ounresnan of manly bearing, and possesses unmis
laid+, power us a pulpit orator. In Dorman and felt
tutee he so much resembles the portrait; of John C.
Brerkinridge, (no reflection upon Mr. W.'s Inyalty,) that
ono might readily mistake them for Mr. Wiketed
own. Valor and ho tioYorthole4a
at intervals, all the warmth and See peculiar to Western
pulpit orators of the Methodist school. Huhu a good
voice, under complete control, is graceful and appro.
priate in hie geattires, and in some of his somi.extereporo
flights is eminent and poetic. He evidently feels what he
sal f, which is the chief secret of effective oratory. On
Tuesday evening last we heard Mr. Wilson preach a die
course upon the passage of scripture contained in let
John, ii, 20: 4.13ut ye have an unction from the Holy
One, and ye know all things." In this sermon he en
larged upo the characteristics of God's holiness, ex
p'ained, critically, the meaningof the term 6 . unction " in
Ode (num./moo, and concluded by contrasting the ins
yortance and grandeur of the Chri.ltiatt's knowledge
with the niece v orldly attainments of men uninstructed
ha the things of Gied as revealed by his spirit. He is still
preaching regniatly in this church, and attracting large
congregations.
RE3IESIBER THE LITTLE FOLKS of BEnreatfl
sretsT Dts,taroa.—ln accordance with the custom of
furnier meintona, the manager!' of lißlfis.,l-st,,,t
riirpom, making, the poor children of their es hool happy
On uhristrans day by giving them a good dinner, and in
order to do to, as will to seen from their advcrtisenient,
hit linoilo.c column, they Follett. donations of ponitrY,
meaty, bread, or money, to ahl them in this praiseworthy
and Christian object. They also sitggeet to r, kind
hearted Chricticam" the propriety of aerating 11011 r, gre
crriee, coal, cast•off clothing, awl other necessary arti
cles, in order to alleviate the miser) of the poor ~f that
deject, el portion of our city. We tenet that these Mots
will meet a liberal rrsponan, Whatever in contributed it
sore to he judiciously appropriated, as may he judged from
the ',an t es of the gentlemen attached to the advertise..
ment.
NEW ORGAN IN A METIIODIST CIIURCII.—The
congregation of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
tCtt bare jot alba La the at.
tractions of their large edifice a new organ, which, we
understand, will be used in worAdp, for the Unit time,
In-morrow, The introduction of organs in Methodist
Churches is rather unusual.
NEACilit46i2 THE C. Buss.—Mr.
John C. Blips, well known to many of our citizens, from
his prr•minent ennnee , ion with the origin of the Noon
day Prayer Meetings in this city, in the fall of p3.n,
and a late graduate of the Allegheny Seminary, will
preach in the First Rcibrmed Dutch Chur...h, corner of
Seventh and Spring Garden streets. to•morrow morning
pnd evening,
MESSRS. J. W. PROCTOR & Co.'s ADVER
TISHMENT —The readers of The Press will have no diffi
culty in observing the timely and comprehensive adver
tisement of Messrs. J, W, Prei.tor A: Co, No. NI Chestnut
street, which appears in another coluni n of our paper this
morning. As the advertisement sneaks for itself, we do
not, propose alluding in detail to its several featiros,
further than to say that what they there profess to rip
they are DOING. For some years past no home in Phila.
delphia has hail a m re flattering patronam than Messrs.
Proctor AS Co.; in fact, their house, under the familiar
-title of ‘; The Paris Mantilla, Cloak, and Fur Enan.>-
rinin," has grown into an institution, and not to lamer
it as the Store in this City, in this particular department,
is not to know Philadelphia. Thor advertisement none,
at Min be seem contemplates a removal, We him
in this fart the secret of the sacriticea they are
now making in the sale of their magnificent La
dies' Cloaks and Fancy rum, in ender to re
duce - stock. Thin plan, while insuring to them an
enormous amount of sales daily, is also a businoSs , liku
and graceful way of exhibiting their apprecissiun of the
liberal patronage which has hitherto been accorded to
them by the halite of our city. We unity state—front our
own observation—that, large as have been their sales
within the last few days, their stork of every description
of Cloaks and Furs is still very extensive and complete.
Persons wishing to buy goods in this lino—and nothing
could be more appropriate for presents—ought not to lots
sight of this opportunity of doing so at a very large per
<tentage below the prices usually charged for grinds of- a
less elegant character. Their present prices are dreatly
below the ordinary tehotesato prices.
We may mention, in e0n...41.1;40n, that Messy:. Procter
fit co, vspvct to open with i ini4t,llificcat varly in
February, in the .ph,rulid largo granite building, No.
020 C'llestnut street.
Rev. E. H. CIIAPIN AT CONCERT 1.141. LL ON
Moaner EYENING.—The numerous admirers if the Ref.
Dr. Chapin, of New York, be glad to hear that they
will have the opportunity of hearing their fitverito orator
at Concert Nall, on Monday evening next, when he will
deliver the couctuding lecture of the- present course
before the People'. Literary institute. His subject wilt
be ,1 The People." His last lecture in this city will he
long remembered by those who beard it as one of the
most eloquent and thrilling specimens of platform ora
tory, His 'cower over bin audience eeemed almost super
:l.lMM Those who prafoss to bo booked up in aneli
matters say that the lecture be is to deliver on Monday
evening Hill be great, clrvil for one of Chr pin's famo.
Pally /ass Fon. THE LAurEn ME:93118.
Peter, FEaitlS, &Co .'s.—Our readers in general have
mad., the acquaintance et the largo White Geode and
Embroidery house of Messrs. Price. feces, it; Co., No.
724 Chestnut street, through our advertising columns,
and ninny of them, especially among our fair readers,
have learned to know them more tutiutately by visit:llg
their store and buying the rare bargains which, from
their tosition as large importers, they have been ena
bled to give their customers. Their present announce-
Meld el4eWhefe &ITV notiro of tho fact that all their
goods Most awl will be sold prior to (he first of Jisnit
ary, to effect which they, have tua , m still greater reluc
tion in prices, and we wore yesterday informed that they
are now really selling the most elegant Lace goods of
every deseription without regard to their rest v slue,
Shoppers for Christmas presents aro taking advantage of
this extraordinary, and lost opportuuity, of buying rich
and costly articles in this line at a low price. For several
days past their Moto has Leen literally thronged with
buyers. By referring to their present card our readers
will be stirs to find some ono or more articles announced
which they themselves, or those they love, would be
pleased 10 POSStez.e, and. no matter how the Hagen and
Slidell question may Le settled, we venture to predict on
our owe account that the IMMO goods will not again he
bought for the same money within the next .locado.
Their stock is still very large and plethoric with pretty
things.
AN EXTENSIVE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM.—
Among the various holiday-goods e,tabli..hments now
monopOlizing the attention of our citizens, there is none
more deserving attention than the honse of Messrs.
'Miters St Cu , northeast corner of Eighth and Filbert
streets. No. az. This house ha' long been known for
BCl l rang imitclovmptit hung
kerosene Oil, of which they have now the
largest assortment in the city. But to these they have
recently added a large and tbgant stock of goods more
expressly adapted for holiday gifts, such as ladies' writ.
log desks, ornamental decks, chess-boards, porte-mon*
utiles, ladies' work-boxes, portfolios, brushes, fens, and
p thousand other articles in that line, at once useful and
ornaineu l,gl; also a fine assortment of Britannia Ware,
all of n Melt the; pre selling cheaper than any other
house of this cbaracior in Philadelphia,
SUPERB ASSORTMENT OP PHOTOGRAPH AL
anMS.—Of articles or recent date, of beauty and value,
not strictly utilitarian, but peculiarly in season now, wo
hnow of none so exunisitefor presentation by people of tasto
to people of memo's the beautiful Photograph Albums offer
ed lit the hardest variety and at moderate prices, by Mass..
J. W. queen tt Co.,Nc ft% Chestnut street. Their stock of
these is rich hi the extreme, and there are some desira
ble peculiarities about them not found in Photograph
Albums generally, both in littlish and CORYOUiellr.O for in
serting pictures. They have also a superb assortment of
CARTES Ds views for the Albums, toge.her with IL large
stock of etereoloopep, magic Interne, pictereoof the Be*
hellion for the magic lantern, mathematical drawing in
struments, air pumps, electrical machines, magnets,
glPs , ep, rireclteleP, Qye ginivel glicr94ol ) Pst ilpd
tical itotruments generally, all of which are admirably
adapted fur
. presente.
ELEGANT PRESENTS TOR LADIES AT WOW-
ItATICS.—The fact that Mr. George F. Womrath, the
well-known Furrier, - Nos. 415 and 411 Arch :trot, lute
sold within the last week a number of sets of Ladies'
Fure (of which lie keeps the most magnificent sleek of
any gingle house in tid4 .-oststro at }wk. , : rsoglog from
three hundred to fire hundred dollars a set, does not
look as if evelybody had been frieldoned into poverty,
PTill by the inriliMMl of John Da% fly h is wan should
the •i British Lint" ever fall into our hauls, which is;
nut unlikely, if John should venture his nose a little too
fur into other people's business, Womrath is the man of
all others to use his hide. But not to digress, we started
out to say that tbe stock or Mr. Vi.unrutu, enormous as
have been his sales this seas,,n, still affords ample op
portunity fur buyers to select the rii•hest presents in tho
l'oe line, sod from tho thran g s 114,W dally visiting his
splendid °OIeSTOoMA, it is evident that - what we here slate
is no secret. lie has made a large reduction In price,:. iu
A nticipation at the holiday:i and the tio,a* of
MESSRS. MCALLISTER S. BROTHER'S CATA
-I.OC co.—Dlessrs. McAllister St Brother, the well-known
opticians. No 728 Chestnut 6troet, have recently iFSHed
a catalogue of the beautiful Cartes the Visite Photo
graphs published by them; also of the price list of their
spit ells Photographic Albums, which persons making
collections of those beautiful mementoes of foreign and
American celebrities will find coovonicitt And useful.
rm.= cathlam , map lie had , mstaltontly by application
at heir store. The 1111110,3 disf Vernon; ;dole!,
ar.anaed alphabetically in it, amount to over six loin
dred, embracing a collection of celebrities, living and
deed, from which any one ought to be able to - matte a
gratify inn Solectlon. 'Po tht,A Added tOrge list of
Cord Photographs front rare engravings, etatuiry,
churches, landscape views, et cetera. Every one should
have a copy of this catalogue.
OZZIE
BLANK 80dit,.4, azArttkP, t!'t (4.!'ftltd.—As
mown for our merchants and public institutions is at
hand when. there are always more or less blank books
wanted, we direct attention to the large manufacturing
house of 3lr. W. G. Perry, bookseller and publisher,
southeast corner of Fourth and Race streets. Hie books
have obtained a wide reputation for their strength, du
rability, and neatness of finish, as may be judged from
the eliacacter of rho ordahr ha Is noW !Ming for this city
and elsewhere. Be also now offers an attractive line of
goods adapted for the holidays, such as diaries for 1662,
photograph albums, finely-round gift books, kc., Mt of
which I.e in selling at vow prices.
THE HOLIDAYS AT akroiortos'.—For goods
of the most elegant clutracter, whether for ladies, gentle.-
Men, clffidren, or military ollicere, the vomiter ham of
missrs. Cluarics Oakford S Sons, under the Continental
Hotel, presents a stock of goods unequalled by any other
in the I .ll ited §tfttett, Their rich military Merino for
officers in the army and navy are admired by thousande,
while in Paris-made Ladies' Shoes, Children's Fancy
Hats, Cents' Hats and Cape, and One Gouts' Enrntelhing
Goods, their stock to of the most complete and elaborate
character. Their , prfCri', no they are to II great extent
their own manufacturers, Us U/11.191.107
Religious
A MAGNIFICENT CHRISTMAS GIFT.--Any of
our readers who may he in seareh of a really magnificent
Christmas gift, at once artistic, shoborale, tetut4 l, si and
exquisite, imitable for the meat splendidly furnished par
lors, will Slid it now displayed in the show-window of
Mr. S. H. Watson, Jeweller, No. 310 ChestPUt amt.
We t ster to a pair of Rupert) Porcelain Vaaeo, of intmenoo
size, itd‘id with peer!, on it jet ground, wide:, were re
cehtly brought from China by no officer on NAM al"
Ihrtfora. Everybody should see this oplendld worY of art.
TIIE DFNAND FOR Ilf EERaEIIAtM NEES --As
elgarn are going more and more out of date before the
progress of the more fothionahlt, wore WAWA', and, as
we think, more delicious meerschaum pipe, we met not
omit to tell our reactors tonere the finest aosortment of the
latter in to be foumi—namely, at Messrs. It. 6. G A.
Wright's, Chestnut street. below Seventh. Their dock
of thew., of their own importnfion, and warranted pun •
hie, is the largest, probably, in this country, ranging front
the lowest prices to the 'nest ornate and costly. la
making presents, this stock should be I.oello in mind.
Pftnllgte rots C►:IiTLENF.p.--
We have already had occasion to cal} attention to the
el.gaut aloCk of Gentlemeu's Ernrnishino. G Mt at Mr.
W. w. Knight's, No. 606 Arch street. Thie Le th , plow.
of all others, for our lady roadara to buy pre
sent, fur gentlemen. Their beautiful browsing
Gowns, at reasonable prices, would make an elegant
gift um] for presents less expenalre, their oodles, line of
homier)", under-clothing, scarfs, cravats, gloree, ettirte,
Sr., are must the thing.
FINE CIIR IST3IAI , I FRUIT ANti CONFECTIONERY.
—For everything in this line, the richest and must
iityll4 stocx in ibb city in that of Mr. A. L. Vannant,
ChrStt.ut street, two doors below Ninth. Ilk confections
are all made from the purest loaf titular, and preparel la
rooms ahem the erying is door, by heated air, to insure
the grvairki denitiinetio. 11,, ham also, now, a splendid
line of fancy boxes, suitable for the holidays.
ESIILEMAN'S , c :MCCLELLAN TIES AND SCARFS,"
at Seventh and Chestnut great., are the most popular
Mug. out. They are at 011,0 gracerol, unique, and Le
coming. Ha has them secured try patent, sn that it IS
impossible to obtain them elsewhere. The demand for
them is so great that he is hardly able to supply it. nig
stock .4 bent's Furnishing Goods to also very superior.
A. GREAT DoVI AT E, G. WitITNAN IVO Go. %ill
it maids tin Imnpliers ken In feeeicll that to-day, au a,.LI
as i♦londay and 'Tuesday of neat wedc, will present ice
lively a scene, at the , rstabliehmcnt of Nowa. IC G.
Whitman St Co., the celebrated manufacturers of fine
mlectionery in this city, as was over witnessed in Phi
ladelphia. Their preparatiomi for the holidays are on the
granckst scale, embracing everything itt the confection
ery line that ingenuity could invent, or art execute.
They use only the fined and piteust tosterlels in MUM.'
lecturing, eeLl at moderate prices, and treat everybody
well. It Is no wonder, theref .rn, that their house is a
InTeille Wilk the mp',
SEA SONA DLE GROCERIES.—OIIr readers sllollld
bear in nand that the finest Groceries, In all their
choicest Varieties. embracing many articles Indicipon4able
to the holiday festivittee, are always to ho found at Mr.
C. It. , healer in 111, groceries, corner of Arch
and Tenth streets.
net CHRISTMAS.—
Silver•Platell Taimatg—lP2/1 to 575.
Silver-Plated Castorg—P4 to 525.
Elver. Plated Cake, Baskets—s.s to sr,.
silver-Plated Butter Diebee--85 to 51.5.
g !ear- Plated ClBlttia ettil e --511.25 to st.
Silver-Plated Tee Pitelit•rm-5. 1 3.51) to 316.
Silver-Plated Toast Baca s and Sugar Baskets,
Silver-Plated Napkin Rings and Salt-Cellrra.
Silver-Plated C.. 11 Belk and Sp .00 ymea,
Silver-Plated Fruit and Dessert Knives.
Silver-Plated Forks; Spoons, and Ladles.
Silver-Plated Fruit Stands and Card Receivers
Silver-Plated Wares of all kinds, of the beg qngity,
and at moderate prices.
E. W. 11.11111S1.3.: Co., Manufacturers,
7E5 Chestnut street, 111biionic Hull
WE would call attention to the advertise
ment of Bolls S Stevens, headed DipAuld, 11., twoakee
column.
GENERA r, TODLEIIEN, the defender of Sebaa
fopol, travelling in i•oianii to inspect the t wee
formidable fortresses of that country, and prepare every
thing ready against the outbreak of a revolution. It
is also stated that the General will come to the
Malted States for the meow of ouleetine tit,: beat
quality of clothing, when he wilt, without doubt,
visit the renowned emporium of Granville Stokes, 60ill
Chestnut sheet, whose military uniforms and semonable
garments ore fteltnewlklemi to be the Cheapest and of th.
best manufacture that can be procured.
IV. CAnny.r. & Co., 715 Chestnut streot.
Fine Sete t f Cutlery, in ease , .
Fine Sets cf Peerl•Laudle Cutlery, in CILSCS.
Fine Pearl, Ivory, end Plated•banille Tee Knives
Pine Pearl, Ivory, and Plated-handle rich
Flue Pearl, Ivory, and Platethhandle Butter Kniveo.
Finn Carron; SharDttnnr, , , And Knivee, all or the fineat.
quigith And ;4111'441W l'Flr4lr 3C
THE TRENT AFFAIR The plot thickens."
Now it is t tunored "Mason and Slidell must he given up„
with sn apology, or light," if true, as the price•
lighters would nay, wain:um misehlef." to ot, again, we
hear that the letter of the old hero, Scott, will math ap
pease the British lion, and, on second thought, ho will
...fear to make a mesa of it." Then, again, we hear that
44 Seward has made it all right." We would like to know
what ri9lit is, even if Seward has made it so. We think
Willas made it all right." Everything, in fact, is Ho
exciting, now-a-days, in the papers, that it is feared that
the bu.sineas advertisements of such establishment.) ad
Cherloq Makes' One.Prico - Clothing Morel under the
4. Continental," may be overlooked.
A PATRIOTIC . ' AND SENSIBLE KENTINIKIAN.--•
A. te..tubei. of the Rentiielik Legislature, in maain,
speech upon the relations between slavery and the Union.
said: uI wish to say, here in my place, that I will
willingly lose every sieve in my possession rather
than see Kentucky prove false to the Governntentl
Perish slavery, sir! long live the Government! And let
us cling to a Union which boasts such an establhiknent es
the Brown Stone nothing Hall of Rock-hill & Wilson.
Nos. 603 and 606 Chestnut street, above Sixth, Phila
delphia, where the most elegant garments for military
men sad private cirly.ens is to ho procured !" This sen
tirueut with a hearty rewrote from the fellow-ment
tiers of the eloquent gentleman.
CIIRIST3fAB PRESENTS AT E. W. CARRTL Sr.
Co.'s Ilon..v.turnishing Store, 713 Chestnut street.
Titio Teti Tray a, in sets, 62,50 to O.
Willow Work Stands, 82.50 to 5740.
Willow Chairs for Children, 81 to St.
Japanned Bird 4tt3eß, $1 to Sa.
Boys' Tool Chests } 81.50 to .85,
Silver•plated Toy Tea Sete, 75 cents.
Swotds, Sashes, and Bolls, and Military Goods. 31
TILE GREEN GROCERY, at Thirteenth and
Chestnut, is now open, Butler, Cheese, Poultry, Game.
Fruit, Vegetables, „tr.., of the very hest quality only.
Sold at cash, market prices. de:l,6t*
MARRIED _
LIPPINCOTT—COAVE.—On the 19th instant, by the
Her. Benjamin Watson, Wm. H. Lippincott to Hisa
Farah A., daughter of Robert Comte, Ee.t., all of tow
city.
COMIELL—YEIIKER.—On the lflih liettanr, at the
r esidence of Wm. D. Jones, by the Roy. Joseph A. Seim,
erk .1. Cornell, of Baltimore. to Fanny J., only &mat-
r of Lewis Yerker, of Philadelphia.
SLIOEMAKRU—STEINHAN.—On Sunday evening.
H 1616111 Intuits by the Rev. Wm. 11. Wood. Mr. David
Shoemaker, Jr.. to Mimi Ann Elizabeth Steinman.
daughter es tho Rev. (I. F. Steinman, of this city. *
Me N A N—D17 . .`..; N.-13 LI Thursday, the 19 th inst.,
at Reading, Pa., by the Rev. Dr. Rees, Edward MeLetie.
FAD to Mar" Lorraine ? youngest daughter of Jame L.
•
Dunn, liEq.
DIED.
6;TACICIIOUSR.—Gii of consumption,
Baty 1,. blockhouse, in the her age.
her relaii reo and friends are respecifti:.‘: inyitid to at
tend her funeral, from her lato residence,No. Mil
Spring Garden street, on Second-day (Mon day) afte?
mien. at ti o'clock, without further notice. oto
COVRAD.—On the 20th instant, Mrs. Margaret, wife
of Isaiah Conrad, in the 70111 year of her age.
The relbtiviia said friends of the family aro respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, front her husband's rest
&nen, No. 1250 Eiden avenue. on Tuesday'. at it nide&
M. prod td to Germantown.
SHARPLES.—On Friday,. Thcomlier the 26th, 1861,
Abraham Wistar Sharpies. in the Kkl roar of his ace.
The el:A.l . es and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend his funeral, from his, residence, ii.truns
Varm f U, laware county, on December the 201 h, at 11
o'clock A. 31. Carriag,es will he in waiting far the 8.30
train from the city on that day. 'Baltimore and Now
York papers please copy,' ,ion*
COOPER.—On Fifth day, the 19th instant, Joseph 11.
Cooper, in the 68th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
Merl hit funeral, from hit Into ronienne. near UM.
den, New Jersey, on 6ccond-day morning, the 'ad init., at
10 o'clock, without further notice. **
IfICKS.—On the 18th instant, Sallie 11., daughter of
Mr..!. Rodman ttud Lidie li. Ricks, aged 2 years and 3
months.
The relative. and friends of the family' are respectfully
invited to attend her funeral, twin her parents' resi
dence, No. 112'2 3.1. t. Vernon street, this (Saturday - ) morn.
file, at /0 o'clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill. at
Vls,—Un the 17th inat,, Julia F.., wife of Samuel
H. Davis, Jr.
The relstiyes and friends of the family are rosiwetfully
invited to attend the funeral front the residence of her
father, Na. 708 Franklin strcet, this (Saturday ) afternoon,
Clue 'lttOt toot, of o'clock, without farther notice. T.
proceed hii.norel Mit [Now York, Trenton, and Dela
ware papers please copy.]
tho 17th instant, Joseph lleastis,
the '2htli year of his age.
Funeral front Ilia late residence, Perry etreet. below
Tine, on Sunday afternoon next. 22d inst.. at 2,14 o'clock.
ZOOK.—On Third day, 17th inst., nehecen A., wife of
Jacob M. Zook, in the 42. d year of her age.
Funeral cram hap hue regnlonea. ut Weat Whitelard
township, Cheater county, tale (Seventh day) morning.,
11 o'clock.
MOURNING STORE.-9NB
- SON, No. 918 CHESTNUT STREET.
offer for sato for rash—
Black Reps Anglais, 25 cents to 37g cents.
44 all wool 'Velour Ottomans, 81.
it de do Roys497g coittd to 91.
44 do do Epinglines 87g canto to $l.
" do French Merinoui, 76 cents to I.
" do do Cashmeres, 75 centa.
4, POldt do Sole nr Mourning Silk, St.
Thib4.4 Low , Stink Q 1,50 to $6.61)
end white imported tie Lattice 12X gents.
Seeinid Mourning Client Mohair's. 12, cents del
Christmas Benevolence.
BY THE EDITOR
What shall I giro thee, my darling boy,
Thy mothers delight, and thy father's joy
What shall I givetheo on Uhrittuted Iht
'ake thy selertion and giuiekly say.
Mial! I Zve thee a doable•bnrrelled gun,
To Ana at a mark, and have some fan
Shall I give thee a first-rate pair of skates
With beautiful straits and bright steel plates
Snell 7 get thou soma trumpery toy, anti trash,
rseless except to waste itty ...Ash I
Shall I get thee a horme. with bridle and saddle,
An extellcnt beast to rido.and to straddle
The toy looheii up with n fvoli of grief,
And lie wiped, Ids oyes with his handkerchief',
don't want any of these at all,
I want sonic clothem from the great OAK HALL."
0, sensible boy, 'tie an excellent choice!
iniik,t thy f'ather's honk 141100.
TO the great OAK hdLL thou ahalt instantly go,
And be TiE7l.l in line raiment from top to toe.
Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, cousins, end grata
monivrti, Ha U 1 tam who Weill ty gin yaw idea&
and relations, of the n•ale tc•s, suitable Christmas pre-
Bente, cow() immediately to OAK HALL, and buy the
sumo, cheap for cash.
WANATIEAKEII A BROW%
Oak Hall, S. E, cor. SIXTH and MARKET St•.
N. B.—Our assortment of stylish Clothing, Overcalls,
and Conticmen's Went' of all kinds, is unusually cone.
rk.te. rotne and see.
iFpfrid viNiq tQ FSMP r !'C' date W Wl. '
who lire engaged all day, we wilt keep c•ur «tory mpro
Or: et - ening mutt! P qnring hylidley week.