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THE PRESS,
I.OIt6OFIED DAILY (SUNDAYS SXCEPTIIO.)
BY JOUN W. FORNEY,
No. ill SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
TOE DAILY PRESS,
Crtil6 PER Wank, payable to the Carrier.
to Solhcribers out of the City at &lONT DOLLARS
ti Nine, FOUR DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS, Two Dot,.
f roll THREE blorrae—invarlably in advance for the
g ;gaged.
i r Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six
,: to : c onstitute a square. •
TiIIE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
to Subscribers out of the City at Four,. Doi,
, rot AN Num, in advance.
RETAIL DRY GUt)►).i'.
OAKS! CLOAKS!
COMAS w. :EVANS At CO.
oLosING OUT TUE BALAWOE- OF
THEIR STOOK
PARIS STYLE
CLOAKS
AT REDUCED 'pRIOES,
SIS AND NO CHESTNDTSTREET
ITSEFUL AND :ACCEPTABLE
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
PRESENTS.
M.. NEEDLES.
N 0.1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
A „ A ttie special attention of Purehasers of Panama
latt •:11.S
COMING HOLIDAYS,
extensive stook of articles suitable for that par•
FOR PRESENTS:
1,1,t1- ' and Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerehiefs.
Da do Hemstitched do
po do In 2, 2,i'; and 3 inch wide hems.
;1, do Printed Borders,
1 1 do French and clear Lawn,
do In all kinds of Lace.
' ltt a n u d a k k e e r r c e h h l t ot s. o i ls ( all Ng..
L.iren'o ilandkoraniefs, of all kinds.
4,mrtraent of Handkerchiefs in the oily.
FOR PRESENTS
T., red d Lace Veils, $2 and npwaids,
e.itgbric Lace Voile, 75c, and upwards.
~ ,!ato taco Collar Sets, sLfiii, and upwards,
Frniett Work do, all prices.
PRESENTS
13U STHES kinds of LACE GOODS:
laen Coiffures and 13arbes,
Robes and Waists.
by the yard,
Ail kinds LRCM Sleeves,
ihy Be ads'and Floun.oings.
Do Embroideries.
Ar,so,
a,, l er. Cambric Handkerchiefs, Embroidered with
• n inolg in.! received.
LL C.l Handkerehiefs, Embroidered
7 1 t',lars
171daren Valencienne Lace Handkerchiefs;
0 Jaren Cents' and Children's Printed-bordered Hand.-
irn 171.48.
!,1 do/en Ladies' Ivory Initial Cuff Buttons,
;IN T; 6-4 French Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Party
ko-7:7., at old prices.
A complete Stock of WHITE GOODS at LOW
Gmott Napkins at Old Prices.
At.s of the above will make a useful and beautiful
r'r , ,-.MAA Pitman, and Buyers will tlnd it to their
!srltoge to inspect my stock before making their
as, with few exceptions, it is offered at OLD
,nd cheaper than present wholesale rates.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
JOHN W. VTOMAS,
40 AND 401 NORTH SECOND STREET,
attention to his
LNROE AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK,
COrdrIVISING
EVERY VARIETY OF
DRESS GOODS,
SHAWLS AND CLOAKS.
LACE EIDKES., COLLARS, AND EMBROIDERIES,
every description, suited for
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
PRESEN T - S.
EYRE ' LANDELL,
E sk - L
FOURTH AND ARCH,
HIVE MARKED SOME FINE GOODS AT LOW
PRICES
FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.,
..xPENSIVE SHAWLS.
BROCADE SILKS.
'.‘ SHIONABLE POPLINS.
ROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS.
:oHEST PRINTED REPS.
'INE BLUE MERINOES.
CARLET BROCHE SCARFS.
I,NT LACE COLLARS AND SETS.
- , EW FANCY POCKET HDKFS,
:;LOVES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY.
J. 4 ti
JAMES R. CAMPBELL Sc CO.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
727 CHESTNUT STREET, •
11AV.3 jnet received, and are now offering, magnificent
:!nt.=, of
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON.
noi.2m
FINE OLOTII CLOAKS..
FINE FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS.
FINE BLACK TRICOT CLOAKS.
MEDIUM-PRICED CLOAKS.
FINE BLANKET SHAWLS.
EXTRA CHEAP BALMORALS.
FINE LARGE BLANKETS.
SUPERFINE FROSTED BEAVER&
CASTOR BEAVERS-TRICOTS.
BOYS' FIRE CLOTHING.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
COOPER CONARD,
1 0.54(100 5. R. CDR. NINTH Sr. 'MARKET St&
R. CASSELBERRY HAS NOW
opened and for sale, by the yard or piece, 10 cases
"rfoN FLA,NNELS, bought, ivr cash at the great
nw . YORK SALE.
""Itvy Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 20 eta, -
vy Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 22 etm.
! I ' ,, r)" Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 24 as.
Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 2S eta.
theape,t Cotton Flannels in the market,
11, ,abov e prices
Cotton
the npnecs .
for
DORCAS AND AID SOCIETIES.
1. (4t0n Flannels for Dorcas and Ald Societies,
!! , tton Flannels fur Doreas and Ald Societies,
Cotton Flannels for Dorcas and Aid Societies,
the place, 20, 22 nutl2seze.
7 . Sy the y 22, M, - `lii and 2Scta,- •
db‘tve goods comp!ise le:Wing makeo,
buyer
DORCAS AND AID SOCIETIES
• , ( 1 1.1 cm he their purchases itt once, as the above goods
crow Lr lenhiced,
1411 :
11.4, a A n NK E 2 T — S
a n BLA N KEaTk!e
ts just open,
:*!, welt, the attention of purchasers. Old prices, No
l'i'ra; best style. Figured Delaines, 24 et.%
Woven Striped Shifting Flannels, 65 cts.
IN TOCK TS DAY,
plecel orthe noted H et. Orem Goods, called
'I3ROCHE CRYLONS,
w0 ,, 1 Flannels, :3.5 cts.
114 hea * l . y hker Flannel, 99.34 .
4 /i ail, vv gray blankets. at 75 a pair.
yßk:xcit MERINOES—CHOICE SHADES.
3101 5 , Blue, Brown, Claret, and all the lead
ht reduced Prices ,
' ”Plin Reps, nil the choice shades,
14 ILI MORALS! BAL3IORALS 1
ilai'mo'rids, for the prices, in this city,
I :almonds, rich colors, $2.
richest styles Wrapper Cmhmeres, at 29 eta,
t" , tailed lit less than 3731.'
J lt, CASSELBERRY'S
Mummoth Dry (mods House,
No. 4B North EIGHTH Street,
1.,
a
..•ln idly receiving at the Below Arch.
I MOURNING COUNTER,
GOODS—Of every devription.
CASSELI3ERRY.
11 1:11 E & LANDELL, FOURTH AND
ifilVn now arranged, for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
.Plendid Moire Antiques.
I : ,, stly Silks, reduced..
I .ron Clunk Velvets,
Ssfeusive Long Shawls.
17. pieces Plaid Silks, 7,5 cents.
FliiP quality Reps and Poplins.
rhrd.• all new styles De Lathes, 2.5 cents.
do Merrimac
Clint
other fast-colored Chintzes.
40 44 French Chintzes, 3131 cents. del9
-
. .
'° ING CLOTHS.
SUBLIME QUALITY.
I .lls
s Frosted Beavers,
ounprlced Frosted Beavers.
and tine French Beavers.
~.:1,, Castor, and Union Beavers.
and Sealskin Cloakings.
1 1 "rilne Casslmeres, viz. : f f M ixes—Black, neat fancies—
'`l;:'—Extrit heavy—Union—Monona, &0., &s.
•,_,
' - '.stin , ra and Overcoatinga.
41 11 es ti fancy Vestings.
BALBIORALS.
hundred pieces 2,5-cent Detainee.
...;setion lots tine Black AlPacao.
;I'eP,.MTI-1110PEI Had POPIiIIII.
N FU M.. 870, Ir. &LW.
Blankets and 'Flannels.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
rlPneed Cutters, good Cloths, and
We rk — Oarmentd made to order.
COOPER & CONARD.
E. corner NINTH. mid :MUT Streets.
OL. 6.-NO. 127.
RETAIL DRY, GOODS.,
REDUCTION IN PRICES OF
SILKS,
POPLINS, •
FRENCH DIERINOES,
CASHMERES,
MUSLIN DE LADIES,
And all kinds of
DARK DRESS GOODS.
Au.o,
PINE LONG !BROOM, SHAWLS,
OPEN CENTRE LONG CASHMERE SHAWLS,
RICH STYLES OF BLANKET SHAWLS,
44 CLOAK VELVETS.
AND
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
de27-starm4t 26 South SECOND Street.
RICH AND 'RELIABLE
FURS
OF OUR OWN
IMPORTATION
AND
MANUFACTURE
HUDSON'S BAY SABLE,
ROYAL ERMINE,
DARK SABLE MINK
REAL CHINCHILLA, •
DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL,
IN EVERY FASHIONABLE STYLE,
FOR LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN
FURS MADE TO ORDER.
3. W. PROCTOR4..tOO.,
No. 920 CHESTNUT - STREET,
.1108-stuth2m ' PHILADELPHIA
TOT
O HOTEL-KEEPERS
AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN WANT OF
• BLANKETS,
. -
The immense quantity of Colored Blankets manufac
tured has caused the price of
- WHITE BLANKETS
to advance correspondingly, and as there is an excess of
the former to be sold, we can sell them at •
VERY LOW PRICES
BY THE SINGLE PAIR AND IN QUANTITIES.
Just opened, one lot slightly damaged, at $2.50 a pair.
CURWEN. STODDART & BROTHER,
456, 452, and 155 North SECOND StLeet,
de27-smtu.S above Willow.
VDWIN HALL & BRO.;
a•-• 4 2(1 South. SECOND Street,
Have rediteed the prices of
Fancy Silks
Rich Printed Dress Goods,
-Choice Shades of Merinoes, -
Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins; •
All-Wool Do Lathes,
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced..
Also,
Pine Long }troche Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Rich new stles of Blanket Shawls: • :
4-4 Lyons 511 k velvets, pure Silk. de234
DRY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Rep. Poplins,
French Merinos,
Colored Mousselines,
Poult De Soles,
Foulard Silks, -
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks.
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Delaines,
French Chintzes
Shirting Flannels,
• Brodie Shawls,
• Fine Blankets,
' Crib Blankets.
'SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
nothtt CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
TT STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE
• A-a- • assortment of DRESS GOODS, suitable for HO
LIDAY PRESENTS.-
Rich Fancy Silks; Plain Silks, choice colors.
Plain and Figured Black Silks.
Plain and Figured Rep Poplins.
Plain and Figured Merinoes.
Plain Solferluo Cashmeres, at 37*, worth 63
WINTER SHAWLS, in great Tenet'',
MERINO SCARFS, BROCHE BORDERS.
CLOAKS—Of New and Fashionable Styles, made of
Black Beaver, Frosted Bearer, and Black Cloth.
Call and examine our stock. We guaranty to give sa
tisfaction, as we sell nothing but good exudes, and at
lower prices than thop-can bo bought elsewhere.
deft Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street: -
CHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS,•orf.,
•--/ CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ARCHAM
BAULT, Northeast Corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
Streets, will open THIS MORNING, from Auction, In
grain Carpets at 37. 45, 60, 62, 75, and S7c. Entry and Stair
Carpets, 26 to 63e:Rag, Hemp, and Yarn Carpets, to 45c. 01i Cloths, 37 to 62c. Gilt Bordered Window
Shades, 62c to tid,6o., Burr and Green Window Holland.
Mous. de Laines;l6 to 25c. Plaid Dregs Goods, 25 to 45a,
Christmas Chintzes, 16. SOc. Frosted Beaver Cloths,
S 2 to,S3. Water-proot Cloakings - $1.26. Fancy Shirting
Flannelsrlt7 to 62c. Canton Flunitels, 26 to 31c: Shirting
and Sheeting, dell=thstu 1m
COMMISSION HOUSES.
COTTON 'YARN. •
STPERIOR COTTON YARN, No. •/0.
FOR SALE BY
FROTRINGRAM & WELLS.
oc2-tl
SHIPLEY, HAZARD,
HUVOIIINSON,
No. ii: CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION dIERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
se2B-6m
MILITARY GOODS.
MILITARY .G9ODS.
EVANS & HASSALL,
MILITARY FURNISHERS,
418 ARCH STREET. PHILADELPHIA,
A complete assortment of General, Field, and Line Offi
cers'Nwords, Bashes, Belts, Passauts, Bpaalettes, Can
teens, Haversacks. Field Glasses. Spurs. Candlesticks,
Chapeaus, Hats, Caps, Drams, Silk and Bunting Flags,
Camp Knives and Forks, Baldrics, Cum-cloth Over
mate &c
Also, a full line of
PRESENTATION SWORDS,
Sashes, Belts, etc., s.nd everything requisite: for, the
Complete Outfit of Army and Navy Officers,
WHOLESALE 84 RETAIL.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
FL ANNEL AND CLOTH OVER
SHIRTS
FIRE LINEN AND MUSLIN SHIRTS,
On hand or made to order, of the most approved cut,
and warranted to tit.
4'3-I . 4"TLEMEN'S : WRA:PPERS,
The lare4and beet assortment in 11;4
UNDERCLOTHING, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TM. &o
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
G. A. HOFFIVIANN,
ocl-tuths3rn
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Noe, 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH. STREET
JOHN C. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOOREJ
Has now in store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, &c.,
In:Great VarietY.
TT OLIDAY PRESENTS. OPENING
a splendid assortment of
GIUTTLEMEN , S FURNISHING GOODS,
- Emit able Presents for Gentlenien.. :
J. W. SCOTT,
No. Sl4 CHESTNUT Street.
Four doors below the Continental
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
FOURTH -STREET CARPET STORE,
No. 47 SOUTH 'FOURTH STREET,
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites an examination of his stock of Carpetings in
which will be found
260 PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETINGS.
At less than present cost of importation.
also, MO pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, superfine.
medium, and low-grade Ingrain. Venittatt, Hall. and
Stair Carpeting et retell, very low for cash. 406.203
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No. GO6 Altell Street
FANCY ARTICLES.
LARK ' S
ONE-DOLLAR STORE,
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph- Alintrius,
Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Cabals,
&e., for 60 to 100 per cent less than the regular prices.
The following is a partial list of articles which we sell
at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at
other places from $2 to iILS earth
YOUR CHOICE FOE ONE DOLLAR!
Lad o. ies' Bets, new and beautiful styles.,
D
Do. Ear Rings,
' • Do. Sleeve Buttons. • -
Do. Guard Chain.
Do. Neck do,.
Do. Gold Thimbles.
Do. Finger Rings. •
Do. Pencils, • •
Do. Pens with case,
Do,' Bracelets,
Do. Medallions,
Do. Charms,
Do. Pearl Port Monnales.
Do. Morocco do.
Do. Wire do.
Do. Purses, •
Do. Card Cases.
Infants' Armlets, •
Do. Neck Chains,
Gents' Vest Chains, different et lea,
Do, Sleeve Buttons. do. do.
Do, Studs, do. do.
Do. Pins, do. do.
Do. Scarf Pins, do. do. • •
Do. Scarf Rings. do. do.
Do. - Finger Rings, dd.. da
Do. Pen and Case,
• Do. Pencil, revolving.
• Do: Tooth Pick. revolving.
Do. Watch Keys. •
Do. Chain Hooks.
Do, Chain Charms. •
Do. Pocket. Books,
Do. Bill Books, .
Do. Port Monnales. &c.
SILVER-PLATED • WARE.
YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR!
Sets of Table Spoons,
Do. Dessert Spoons. • • "
• Do.' Tea - do.
Do. Forks.
• Pair Butter Knives, • •It
Do. Napkin Rings. • •
Knife and. Fork, . .
Goblets, • •
Cups, • -
Sugar Bowls,
Cream Cups,
Syrup Cups,
Butter Dishes,
Casters with Bottles,
Salt Stands. &c.
YOUR CHOICE OF ANY OF TIE ABOVE ARTICLES
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
NOTICE.—In order to meet the wants of our numerous
customers, we shall keep a stock of -the finest Plated and
All•Gohl Jewelry, together with assortment of heapl/-
"gated Silver Ware, and a .variety of Photograph Al
bums and Fancy. Goods, which we will sell at prices
which will defy competition. Ladies and Gentlemen are
Invited to call and examine our stock. Every attention
paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not.
Remember CLARK'S
ONE-DOLLAR STORE,
602 CHESTNUT Street.
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GIFT BOOKS.
pIMENSE ATTRACTIONS'!
IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS FOR THE . TIOLIDAYS I
AT THE GREAT - ORIGINAL GIFT-BOOK EMPORIUM,
439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
THE ONLY " GIFT-BOOK ENTERPRISE" IN EX
ISTENCE
IT HAS OUTLIVED ALL COMPETITORS!
NEW BOOKS! NEW GIFTS! NEW FEATURES!
ELEGANT ANNUALS! BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOOKS!
SUPERB ALBUMS FINE BIBLES, PRATER AND
}mar BOOKS! All the Popular NOVELS and MAGA
EINES t STANDARD and MISCELLANEOUS WORKS,
in endless variety. The whole forming a fund of
CHOICE READING FOR THE MILLION! A fall line
of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, of every variety of size,
style, quality, and price CARTES 'DE VISITE in great
iirofusion. A DIAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF NEW AND
COSTLY PRIZES I
AM' The business of the establishment is conducted
upon the same principle, with some improvements, in
traduced and pursued by Mr. GEORGE G. EVANS,
- which has given such universal satisfaction. Notwith
standing the great advance in the price of paper and
other material, we continue to sell at the OLD PRICES,
and also bestowbestow upon each patron
"TWO GIFTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!"
Please remember that our Visitors are treated politely
V hether Then wish to purchase or not—a very commend
able and satisfactory rule of action. Call and be con
*lured. -
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, dm.
.QTUARrS PORTRAITS
OF
GEORGE AND MARTHA
WASHINGTON,
COPIED IN OIL COLORS EY E. C.- MIDDLETON,
Of Cincinnati, (formerly of this city.)
These Portraits arc prod an; erettrel. New Pro
ces4 and are more beautiful and life-like than the finest
brush paintings, and are furnished to Subscribers only,
at a remarkably low price.
What can be more appropriate for a
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
.Than a pair of these Paintings? They must be seen to
be appreciated, and the subscriber will call and exhibit
them to any in this city who will address him, through
the Post Office.
A. BARLOW.
del6-3w
CHRISTMAS.
JAMES S. EARLE dc SON,
HAVE NOW OPEN
THEIR NI WEST.IMPORTATIONS
OF
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PARIS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
FOR CHRISTMAS SALES.
OIL PAINTINGS, PICTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPH
FRAMES.
LOOKING GLASSES
IN GREAT VARIETY.
EA.RLE'S GALLERIES,
de4-tf 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
CIRCULATING LIBRARIES.
BROTHERHEAD'S CIRCULA
.
• TING LIBRARY.—AII the NEW English and
American Books, including ALL CLASSES of Literature.
This is the ONLY Library in the country that includes
all the NEW ENGLISH BOOKS that are not REPRINT
ED here.
Terms $.5 per year; six months $3; three nionths $1.50;
one month 75 cents, or 3 cents per, day. 218 South
Bimini Street. • seB-6m
ENGLISH AND FRENCH FAMILY
CIRCULATING LIBRARY AND CABINET HE
LECTURE, 1323 CHESTNUT STREET.
Subscriptions per year, month, and day.
Catalogues furnished gratis on application.
Just ready, Catalogue of the Young Ladies' Trench Li
brary.
Catalogue de la Bildiotheque chats* des Damee et
desDemozsellee." M. all. MONACHESI, Agent,
se64m 1323 CHESTNUT Street.
CLOTHES-WRINGER.
THE GREki CLOTHES WRINGER
" PUTNAM
' SELF-ADJUSTTNG CLOTHES WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior to any other in use,
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1862
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Destruction of the Louisville and Nashville
'Railroad—Another Surrender of Federal
Troops—Rebels Beleaguering Memphis
- Excitement at Louisville.
LouravlLLs, Dec. 28.—John Morgan, with 2,800
men, attacked Lieut. Col. Smith, at Elizabethtown,
yersterday. Our forces consisted of - 260 men, who
defended themselves within a stockade, but after a
severe tight, were obliged to retreat to the court
house, and a building near it. The losses are not
stated, nor is the result or the fight known. -
The city - hail been intensely excited all day by
multitudinous rumors of skirmishes in various
proximate localities. There has been no confirma
tion of such rumors received at headquarters up to
11 o'clock to-night, and they are utterly discredited
there.
Reports from Memphis say that our pickets have
been driven into the fortifications, and that the
rebels hai - e been committing depredations near
there. ' •
LOUISVILLE, Dee; 29 t —The :Journal says the tres
tle,wyrk near Muldraugh's Hill, on . the Louisville
and Nashville railroad,,was destroyed yesterday by
John. Morgan's ,forces, but expresses the opinion
that Morgan will not advance,to the Ohio river.
From other sources we learn that Morgan's force
at' the . .trestle-Work was. 'about 2,800, against 600
Ainited States troops.. After suffering slightly in the
way of casualties, our, forces ;surrendered. Further
particulars have not been received.
The :Journal's statement. of the capture of cannon
7 by the rebels is untrue.
At 11 o'clock this morning no information had
been received at 'headquarters of the reported de
but it is a
struction of thetrestle-work,ffirmed with
great _ ..
t positiveness inusually reliable circles. , If it is
true, there will be no snore railroad communication
between here and Nashville, for at least thirty days.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
General But•ler , s Farewell Address—A Pro
.
visional Court for Louisiana--The ExPe
.
dithati to Baton Rouge—Appearance of the
HEADQUARTERS DErAIITMENT OF THE GULF,
• " Nkw ORLEANS, Dec. 16, 1862.
[General Orders No. 105.] • •
. •
Ser.intais OF THE Amer OF THE GULF: Relieved
from further duties In this department by direction
of the President, under date of November 9, 1862,
I take leave of you by this final order, it being im
possible to. visit your scattered outposts, covering
hundreffir of miles of the frontier of a larger territory
than some of the kingdoms of Europe.
I greet you, my brave comrades, and say farewell !
Tll3B word, endeared, as you are, by a community
of privations, hardships, (burgess, victories, suc
cesses,' military •and civil, is the only sorrowful
thought I have.
You have deserved well of your country. With
out a murmur you sustained an encampment on a
sand-bar, so desolate that banishment to it, with
every care and comfort possible, has been the most
dreaded punishment inflicted upon your bitterest
and most insulting enemies.
You had so little transportation, that but a hand
ful could advance to compel submission by the Queen
City of the rebellion, while others waded breast
deep in the marshes which surrounded St. Philip,
and forced the surrender of a fort deemed impregna
ble to land attack by the most Skilful engineers of
your country and her enemy.
• At your occupation, order, law, quiet, and peace
sprang to this city, filled with the bravos of all na
tions, where, for a score of years, during the pro
foundest peace, human life was scarcely safe at
noonday.
By your discipline you illustrated the best traits of
the American soldier, and enchained the admiration
of those that came to scoff:
Landing with a military chest containing buts7s,
from - the hoards of a rebel Government you have
given to your country's treasury nearly $500,000, and
so supplied yourselves with the needs of your ser
vice that your expedition has cost your Government
-less by four-fifths than any other.
• You have fed the starving poor, the wives and
children of your enemies, so converting enemies into
friends, that they have sent their representatives to
Congress by a vote greater than your entire num
bers, from districts in which, when you entered, you
were tauntinglytold that there was "no one to raise
'your flag.)).
By your practical philanthropy you have won
the confidence of the
." oppresima race," and the
Slave. Hailing you as deliverers, they arc ready to
aid you as willing servants, faithful laborers, or,
using the tactics taught them by your enemies, to
fight with you in the field.
By steady attention to the laws of health you have
-stayed the pestilence, and, humble instruments in
- the hands of God, you have demonstrated the neces
,sity that His creatures should obey His laws, and
.reaping His blessing in this most unhealthy climate,
'you have preserved your ranks fuller than those of
•any other battalions of the same length of service.
You have met double numbers of the enemy, and
„defeated him in the open field; but I need not further
enlarge upon this topic. You were sent here "to do
that. • '
- -keominend you to your commander. You are
avvrthy of his love.- -
Far dell, my comrades! againTarewell ! •
BENI. Y.' BUTLER,
- 'Major General Commanding.
• A. PitOITBIONAL COURT IN LOUISIANA.
ExECUTtvE. MANSION,
• - WASHINGTON, - Oet. 20, 1862.
The insurrection whicl has for some time pre
vailed in several of the States of this Union, in
cluding Louisiana, .having • temporarily subverted, ,
and swept away the civil institutions of that State,.
including the judiciary and the judicial authorities of
the Union , so that it has become. necessary to hold
. the State in military occupation; and it being indis
penSably necessary that there shall be some Judicial
tribunal existing there capable of administering jus
tice, I hate, therefore, thought it' proper to appqint,
and I' do hereby constitute a Previsional Whit
which Shall be a Court of Record, for the State of
Louisiana, and I do hereby appoint Ohas.A.Peabody,
of New York,to be a Provisional Judge to hold said
ourt, with authority to hear; try and determine all
cantles civil And criminal including causes in law. equi- •
ty, revenue and admiralty, and particularly all such
powers and jurisdiction as belong to the District
and Circuit Courts of the United States, conforming
his pro'ceedings, so far as possible, to the course of
proceedings and practice which has been customary
in the courts of the United States and Louisiana—
hisjudgment to be final and conclusive. And I do
hereby authorize and empower the said judge to
make and establish such rules and regulations as
may be necessary for the exercise of his jurisdiction,
and to appoint a prosecuting attorney, marshal, and
clerk of said court, who shall perform the functions
of attorney, marshal, and clerk, according to such
proceedings and practice as before mentioned,,
- such rules and regulations as may be made and
established by said judge. These appointments are
.to continue during the pleasure of the Presi
dent., not extending beyond the military occupation
of the city of New Orleans or the restoration
of the civil authority in that city and in the
-State of
Louisiana. Those officers shall be paid out of the
contingent fund of the War Department, compensa
tion as follows: * * *
Such compensations to be certified by the Secretary
of War. A copy 'of this order, certified by the Secre
tary of War, and delivered to such judge, shall be
deemed and held to be a sufficient commission. Let
the seal of the United States be hereunto affixed.
• [L. a.] • ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President
WriLiAm H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. •
• k WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON tad October, 1862.
Ihereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy,
duly examined and compared with the original, of
the Executive Order of the President of the United
States, constituting a Provisional Corfrt for the State
of Louisiana.
Witness my hand and seal of the War Department.
s.) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Attest, JOHN BOTTS, Chief Clerk..
• THE EXPEDITION TO RATON ROUGE.
A correspondent of the New York Times, under
date of Baton Rouge, Dec. 17, gives the following ac
count of its recapture :
We arrived at the Crescent- City on Sunday eve
ning,Mid on Monday night it was suddenly reported
that an .expedition of very great consequence was
going up"the river as far as Baton Rouge; and per
haps further, at daybreak to-morrow. • -
immediately after us - came gliding along 'the
beautiful little screw-propeller Mary Boardman,
crowded with troops; then the Northern Light,
United States, and a number of other transports,
whose names and in what numbers 1..wi1l not state,
although fully cognizant, as the enumeration would
-beriliclut as uninteresting as it is contraband. But
the spectacle was truly grand as they all came up
the river together, now running alongside of each
-other, exchanging playful 'or bantering remarks from
their crowded decks, and then dropping off again
and spreading themselves apart on the broad surface
%o,f;the Mississippi, in the most picturesque positions
imaginable.
In the evening a ceremony took place on board,
which will long be remembered by all who were
present. The chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Lane,of Law
rence, Massachusetts, made a prayer and address,
Which, in forver andpeep pathos, I. never heard ex
c'ealed. _lfir. Lane is the same gentleman who, on.
the occasion of" hirtrlerrible disaster, the falling of
the Pemberton mills at Lawrence, made one of the
most impressive discourses. '
Immediately after Divine service was over the ad
jutant general read the following order to the sol
diers :
nol6-3mit
'HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITION FOR
BATON ROUGE, Dec. 16, 1862.
GENERAL °norms No. 2.-1. The following-named
officers me announced as belonging to the stair nt
these headquarters, viz: Capt. Joseph Ilibbert, as
sistant adjutant general; Capt. Francis W. Perkins,
assistant quartermaster Capt. W. P. Cowie, conk
iniss.ary of subsistence ; Lieut. John B. Brown, aid
de-camp ; Surgeon Thomas B. 'Reed, medical direc
tor; Blajor D. C. Houston, chief engineer; Lieut.
R. M. Hill, chief of ordnance ; Major H. Robinson,
volunteer aid.de.eitmp, of Gen. Banks' Expedition,
are temporarily assigned to duty with this expedi
tion. The above-named officers will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
2, Upon the debarkation of the troops of this ex
pedition, no pillage or appropriation of property of
Any kind will , under any circumstances, be allowed.
Regimental commanders will be held responsible for
the faithful execution of this order. No private
property will be disturbed or taken possession of,
except in accordance with orders front these head
quarters. and then. only by the proper staff officers,
who will give receipts to the owners for the same.
3. The troops will be prepared to debark in light
marching order. By order of --
BRIG. GEN. GROVER, .
Commanding. General. •
J. H. Hinnmyr. Jn., A. A. G.
Duringthe night we approached the fleet of gun
boats which. had preceded us, and Brigadier General
Grover, the leader of our present expedition, went
on board the fl ag-ship Richmond. When morning.
rose, 'calm, clear, and beautiful, we found ourselt - es
nearly at I3nton Rouge, and under the protection of
the retioutbable iron-clad Essex, the flag-ship 'Rich-,
mond, the Albatross, the Cayuga, Winona, and
tadin—some in front and some behind us.
The order came for all of us to move up near to the .
Richmond, and immediately the whole fleet of trans
ports were in motion, ours—the North Star—taking
the lent], and we anchored right in front of the town,
when not a soul was to be seen on the levee, except
here and there a wandering contraband, although the
rebels were thought to be present.
At 9 o'clock precisely the Essex ranged herself
bioadside to the shore, (the United States and the
Spaulding close to and immediately behind her,) and
then thundered fotth her first note of defiance to the
enemy. The few moments that followed were ex
citing. "Will they •replyl" Was the foremost
thought with every one. Having, no reply, the Es
sex fired another shot and waited, then repeated the
dose six or eight times, the shells bursting directly
over the woods where the enemy were Supposed to
be, encamped, and the Caywza follpwed suit by Orin;
one gun.
. Finding the enemy was not inclined-to tight, the
process of disembarking the troops immediately
commenced, and a half hour had not elapsed before
we had taken down the rebel, signal flag, and the flag
of the United States was proudly floating over the
State House, placed there by a portion of the crew
of the Essex. "Three cheers for the flag of the
Union 1 13 cried the jolly fellows from the shore, and
the cheers were lustily given by the soldiers from
every vessel within sound of the call, The ease
with which we got possession of the place surprised
everybody. There was no flag-of-truce business—no
demand to surrender; we simply walked in and oc
cupied our own.
THE PIRATE ALABAMA.
CARD OP NAVAL OFFTOERS ON BOARD
THE •ARIEL.
UNITED STATES MAIL STE4VHER ARIEL,
We, the uhdersig ° n F e l d, C fu A l r ly E - c iVi on A c tl ur s in D th e e c. f B o ' re l g B6 o 2 i . ng
letter from the passenff ° ers of the steamer Ariel to,
the commander , A. Cr.. Tones, respecting her sur
render. On rounding Cape Maysi the rebel:steamer
Alabama came suddenly upon us from behind the
highland, where she had, been awaiting us a day or
more. We were at once within , range of her. guns.
The Ariel was very much crowded, having many
passengers, and near]} - one-half . of them were wo
men and children. The enemy first fired a blank
charge, I'vhich Captain Jones disregarded, and en
deavored to escape • but she rapidly overhauled us,
and fired two, shell's, one of which struck our fore
mast E few feet above the hurricane deck, andnearly
carried<it away. The vessels were then less than
five hundred , yards apart. Resistance would have
been worse than folly, as the preceding letter states.
Hence we promptly advised her surrender.
Very respectfUlly,
L. 0. SARTORI, Coin. U. - S. Navy.
A. GARLAND, Major U. S. M. O.
D. BL_COHAN„ . Captain IT..
_TECUMSEH kE'ECE. Lieut. TJ. S. N.
T. L. IIIicELEATB, First Lieut. U. S.M. C.
T. H. OOREIE, First Lieut. U. S. C.
.W. B. McKEAN, First Lieut. U. S. M. C.
A. W. WARD, Sfilond Lieut. U. S. M. C.
C. H. DANIEL - ecand Lieut. U. S. DI. C.
• STATEMENT 8Y41111i, - -PASSENGER.
One of the passengers r ports' that some of the
crew, who boarded the Ariel, openly stated that
they had been shipped in Liverpool by the British
Government officer at that port. The following
conversation ensued
Passenger. "Aid you hums' yodivere being shipped'
on hoard :the Alabama 7»
Pirate (smiling). "Yes, sir !"
Passenger. "But you did not know the character
of the vessel, surely l"
Pirate. " Why, yes; for miles round the docks Of
Liverpool everybody knew that."
Passenger. " You knew she was a privateer,
Pirate. "Certainly; before I went on board, - or .
any of ue, the Government officer told( us that. He
sent us on her, and we're d—d glad of it. We get
good pay, and have.nothing to do. except to frighten
such fellows as you out of your
COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S VIEWS.
Commodore Vanderbilt says that, in his judgment,
one strong and swift war steamer would be sufficient
to guard the California' gold. Let such a steamer
be sent to Aspinwall and be employed as a convoy to
accompany each California 'vessel two days into the
Caribbean Sea, and within a short distance of Cuba,
where we have ample protection. Months ago he
made a suggestion to the Government that such a
vessel, making ten or twelve miles an hour, - could
follow each California steamer two or three days
through the dangerous passages, and not be occu
pied more than half the time. Such a steamer coull
go from Aspinwall to the north end of Cuba in three
days, return in three days more, and have four days
to spare before the arrival of another vessel from
California, since the California steamers sail ten
days apart. The Comthodort says the Ariel was
sufficiently well aimed to have protected herself.
She is a steamer of 7,290 . tons burden, and had on
board 120 marines for the Pacific. squadron. There
is no doubt she could have run down the Alabama.
We have nye'. 400 vessels in our navy, and the Com
modore thinks it passing strange that we have not yet
captured that pest of the seas, the rebel Alabama.
When her commander (Semmes) proclaims his in
tentioa to steer toward Europe, we have every rea
ion to believe he will take a different course.
HOW THE ALABAMA GOT OUT OF FORT DE
FRANCE, MARTINIQUE.
[Translated from the Diario de Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 10.3
The French mail steamer Tampico, from Fort de
France, Martinique, sailed just three days after the
Alabama—the famous champion of the South—had
left.the harbor, humbugging the San Jacinto, which
is cruising after her. The incidents of this decep
tion are curious enough, and we have them from one
of the passengers for this port, in whom we place
implicit reliance. The. French authorities had to
keep the excessive zeal of the Yankee sailors within
bounds, as they thought themselves sure of this
prize, which has given them so much trouble and
annoyance.
The commanders of both steamers went onshore
at Martinique, and in one of their frequent meetings
the captain of the Alabama said to the commander
of the San Jacinto :
I have no more than one hundred and sixty men,
And twelve guns. You have five hundred of the for
mer, and thirty of the latter. If you will promise
not to use your guns, I will attack you by boarding,
and take and destroy your vessel.”
The captain of the San Jacinto did not wish to
accept this challenge, observing that any way he
had the Alabama secure. The captain of the Ala
bama, without taking any notice of this bravado,
appeared to be occupied in the' construction of a
kind of raft out of large bundles of dried grass and
.tar, in view of the Federal sailors. His first idea,
no doubt, was to provoke an attack; but as the last
nights of his stay were very dark the captain of the
410bazna, whose vessel is a screw steamer, and goes
sixteen miles an hour, erected some false topmasts
. of bamboo canes and cocoanut tops, hoisted his lights
to o ta ke the deception more complete, and, under a
Jr eisstofzistam, passes!. out Sport_by,the,4444 .of
the
. The illusion 764;the.Federal captain, who took her
.for one.of ther,'Frerich transports that are every
moment entering- r- and leaving the port, was so
great that he was for four days afterwards cruising
outside of the harbor,' and amusing himself with
the expectation of his prize in perspective. When
he came to know for a certainty that he had been
humbugged, he heard also that the Alabama had
burned an American schooner which had sailed from
'St. Pierre.
The Revolving .Batteries—An Invention
Brought Forward in 1807.
•
•
• We are indebted to Colonel Thomas P. Devoe for
a volume containing the proceedings of the Society
for, the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of
NeivYork, published at Albany, in 1607. We dad
in it a description of a plan for a revolving battery,
to be used on the water, which contains suggestions
not unlike those recently realized by the revolving
turret of Captain Ericsson. In the volume referred
to there is a cut illustrating the nature of the new
machine, and accompanying it is the following de
seription
A FLOATING 'BATTERY ON A NEW CONSTEUCTION,
ET THE LATE ABRAHAM aLoonoooo.
The model 'of this battery was exhibited to the
Society, with a verbal description only. The an
nexed plate shows an exact profile of its body, the
shape of which, as seen above, is circular. It is to
be connected 'at the centre of its bottom with a
strong keel, in such a manner that, while the keel is
held by cables and anchors in one position, the battery
is made to turn round on its Centre. This motion may
be given to it either by the tide acting on float
boards attached to the body of the battery, by sails
raised on its exterior parts, or by manual applica
tion. In this last way it may be effected by men in
the hold, drawing on a lever fastened to a post fixed
to the keel, and rising through a well-hole' in the
centre of the battery. The strength of horses might,
perhaps; be applied to the samepurpose. Theeables
by which the keel is held are to be entirely under
water, and thus secure from an enemy's shot.
The advantages of such a battery would be :
1. Its rotary motion would bring all its cannon to
bear successively, as fast as they could be loaded,
on objects in any direction.
•2. Its. circular form would cause every shot that
might strike it near the centre to glance.
3. Its motion, as well as its want of parts on
which grappling might be fastened, would render
boarding almost impossible.
4. The steadiness with which it would lie on the
water would render its fire more certain than that of
a shi
5. he guns would bemore easily worked than is
common, es they would not require any lateral
movement.
6. The men would be completely sheltered from
the flre of the elevated parts of an enemy's ship.
7. The battery might be made so strong as to be
impenetrable to common shot, &c.—N. Y. Times.
Facts About Emancipation.
Czar Alexander, of Russia, has just commenced
- his beneficent plan forthe freedom of 40,000,000 serfs,
recognizing at once, their humanity, and, by succes
sive steps, lifting off their burthens, until, in a few
years, the last vestige of serfdom shall disappear.
With a wisdom rare indeed in such high places he
says: 'The change must come, and it is better for
.it to come from above than from beneizth. ,, A noble
foresight, preventing insurrection by a large act of
kindly wisdom which shall raise up these million s s to
freedom:
Weget already a few of the first fruits. The Go
vernment of Toula, which had ten schools, with
256 pupils, now has 1,123 schools, with 15,387 pupils.
Simbirsk, in 18 months, rose from 20 schools, with
27'7 pupils, to 375 schools, with 4,192 pupils; and in
Podolia, in the same time, the pupils increased from
306 to 30,000..
Shall the Republican Lincoln, - in this hour of
peril, be less wise and strong than the Autocrat
Alexander? Shall America fall in the rear of
Russia?
In our own District of Columbia, within a year,
over 2,000 slaves have been freed. Where are the
thefts, and riot, and rapine, fearfully. foretold by
•soine.l . The change works well ; the treed men and
women . work-at . .wagesfor their former owners, or
for others, 2uidts begins the solution of that ques
tion "What all we do:with the negrol"
Would that' ' hncipatten.with us were to be uni
versal and immediate. That were surest, wisest,
and the best guarantee of peace. and safety, because
it would be the broadest recognition of the divine
law of justice. But let us help on such steps as are
taken, hoping they may seal the doom of a giant
wrong, and open a pathway to a higher future for
our country.
Letters of Admiral Maury.
Recently a number of papers belonging to ex-
Commander N. F. Maury , late of the United States
navy, were found at Fredericksburg, Va., at the
•bouse of Dr. Herndon.
One of them, dated April, 166 i, is addressed to
" My excellent. friend, the Grand Admiral of' Ma
eda " a copy of which was sent to that functionary.
‘? The rebellion, as they (the loyal citizens) term
it," he says, they would fain have the statesmen of
Europe believe well nigh crushed out. At first they
said it was a small affair that could be put down in
a few weeks—then in sixty, then in ninety days:
" Mr. Seward proclaimed, tinough his diplomatic
organs abroad, that France and England should have
cotton, and that the rebellion should be quelled. All
his promises and predictions have failed. An entire
year has rolled around, and he has as yet offered us,
away from the water and his ships, but one pitched
battle. That at Shiloh, on the 6th and 7th inst.,
was brought on by us, and though outnumbered, as
we have always been, our enemy was beaten back
and driven to the banks of the Tennessee, under
cover of his gunboats," etc;
Maury says the Powers of Europe have been de
ceived with regard to the blockade. It has never
been effective.
• In the course of the letter•he Bays :
"Here, then, is the spectacle of a people. .twelve
millions in number, seeking to separate themselves
from an association that they abhor, to cut loose
from a government _that they hate, seeking and
meaning to take their place as an Independent so
vereignty among the nations of the earth. They.
occupy one of the finest countries in the world.
Adjusting their industrial pursuits according to the
principle that regulates the distribution of labor
Dyer the surface of the planet, they are eminently
agriculimal."
The letter, which is a very long one, is an argu
ment to show what great commercial advantages
would result to Europe by recognizing the Confede
rate Government.
PRECOCIOUS.—" son, would you suppose
the Lord's prayer could be engraved in a space no
larger than the• area of a hitif dime VI ti Well, yea,
father, if a half dime is as large in- everybWs eye
as it is in yours I think there would be no difficulty
in putting it in about four times," • '
THREE CENTS.
EUROPE;
The Etna of, Cape Raee with Dates from
Queenstown to the 28th Instant—The
President's Message in. England, eice.
' ClArgEnciz, Dec. 27, via Port Hood, Dec. 29.-The
steamer Etna, from Liverpool on the 17th, via ,
Queenstown on the 18th, passed off this point on
Saturday afternoon.
The steamer Persia arrived - at Liverpool on the
15th. lier machinery having been disabled, the
Asia will take her place on the 20th.
The. City of Washington arrived at Liverpool on
the 15th and the Java on the 16th.
The President's Message was eagerly canvassed,
but had no effect, and no faith was exhibited in his
emancipation scheme.
Livr.nrcx)r., Dec.-7.—The sales of cotton-.on Mon
day and Tuesday amounted to 35,000 bales ) including
20,000 bales to speculators and exporters. The mar
ket is firm, with an advance of S@ld. Breadstuffis
are quiet, but steady. Provisions are dull.
LONDON, Dec. 17.--Consols - closed on Wednesday
at 923,1@92X for money.
GREAT BRITAIN'
President Lincoln's message to Congress is-mainly
discussed in relation to, his scheme to liberate the
slaves, and the English papers almost universally
believe his Scheme to be impracticable.
The. London Herald's "City. Article" says. that
President Lincoln's message was regarded on the
Stock Exchange as of a pacific character, and.led' to
predictions that the hostilities between the North.
and the South would speedily be brought to an end.
President. Lincoln's allusions to foreign atfairsare•
variously' construed. -
The London Times says that it is. sufficient that
Mr. Lincoln expresses respect for the rights of neu-.
trate, and a readiness to establish mutual conven—
tions to adjust complaints. Words• of offence are
left to the Secretary of the Navy, and experience
has shown how - little they need be heeded when we
look towards the South.
The Times thinks -that the message of Mr. Lin
coln is less a threat of extermination than a bid for
peace.
In another article the Times nays the emancipa
tion scheme of Mr. Lincoln is a labored`substitute
for his edict of September, and the dream of a very
weak man.
- The London Hda/d.finds the message of Mr. Lin
coln made up of "platitudes, absurdities, and incon
sistencies." It adds : "Mr. Lincoln ought to know
that, if the Confederates, were note allowed: bel
ligerent rights, the blockade of the Southern ports
and the search of British ships could not he tole
rated:,
The London Daily News says that Mr. Lincoln's
emancipation scheme does his humanity credit, but
it has no faith in it, and believes that the liberation
of the slaves can only be accomplished by war.
The London IlloriringPod cannot imagine how the
Fideral.Goverament arrived at the conclusion that
Great Britain, after once recognizing the belligerent
character of the South, would secede from the posi
tion taken.' •
The London Star says that. Mr. Lincolnyicemanoi
potion scheme fcmay fail to break in pieces the corner
stone of slavery.”
COMMERCIAL PER ETNA.
Lir=roof., Dec. 17.—Cotton—Sales this morning
and Tuesday, 30,000. bales, including 20,000 bales to
speculators and exporters: The market has been
buoyant, with an advance of
,Wid.
TRADE R.eroirr.—The Manchester market for
goods and yarns has been buoyant, with an advanc
ing tendency.
131:E.ausTuvrs.—The market is generally quiet
and steady. Messrs. "Richardson, :Spence,. & Co.,
'Wakefield, Nash, & Co., and others, report: Flour
inactive. Wheat quiet, but firmer; red Western, Bs
10de9s 4d; red Southern, 9s 7d@9s 10d; white West
ern, Hens ; white Southern, ii@l2s. Corn quiet
and steady; mixed 285q , 28s 3d.
RaoyisioNa.—The provision market is generally.
dull. Messrs. Bigland, Athya, & Co. report: Beef
dull; Pork dull ; Bacon easier; Lard inactive at 398!
@Ms ; Tallow flat.
PRoDum—Ashes steady at 32s 6d for pots, 32s 6d.
for pearls; Sugar flat; Coffee quiet and steady;.
Rice inactive; Linseed Oil firm at 405Q40.3 Gd ; Rostn
quiet, common 26a ;;Spirits of Turpentine firm at
1159.
LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstuffs dull. Sugar
steady. Coffee steady. Tea quiet and steady. Rice
has a downward tendency. Tallow firm at 4Gs. Lin
seed Oil steady at 395. "
LONDON Wednesday.—Consols closed to-day at
92%@9234 for money.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinois Central shares
4134 discount. Erie shares 42x.
LONDON, Dec. 15—Evening.—Consols closed 92,14"
@92% for money.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinois Central pla)
43 discount. Erie Railway shares 42%@4334.
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Livxuroot, Dec. 18—Evening.—Corrox.—Sales
yesterday and today 14,000 bales, including 5,000 to
speculators and exporters. The market rules dull
with a slight recession in quotations.
ExxamsruPrs.—The Breadstuff market is firmer.
PRovisiows.—The Provision market has a down
ward tendency.
LATEST SHIPPING.—Arrived from New York,
Calhoun, at Liverpool; Adelaide, at Limerick;
Trafalgar, at Hall ;:g. H. Ramson, at Deal ; India,
at Greenock. '
Arrived from Christiana, Naples, at Isle of Wight,
for 'Mauritius.
MEmortaNDA.—The Lumly, from New York, has
put into Plymouth leaky, with part of her cargo
thrown 'Overboard.
The United States gunboat Tuscarora had over
hauled the steamer Thistie,•when leaving Madeira
for Nassau. Time British war-steamer 'Leopard
tried to stop the Thistle, to see what the Tuscarora
had done to her, but the Thistle would not stop.
- The officers of the • Tuscarora repreee,nted that
they bad nottakeu the Thistle, but it was considered
strange that she ran away from a British vessel.
• The Tuscarora left Madeira on the 30th of Novem
ber, to return in a few days.
The London Gl* defends the British Govern
ment against all blame in the doings of the priva
teer Alabama, and her departure. It says the Fede
ral agents could not get evidence sufficient to pre
vent her from leaving; and the Government could
not possibly interfere.
•.• 'rlie'•TinteB has an editorial to"
i be same effect.
is. reported that:4/101141as 'ditad another audi
enciVith Walmoleon," and. that ..:11dinisioni Drouyn
de Pliu • s and P ersigny favor the cause of the South.
The .ritish Government has offered, with the con
sent of the Powers, to cede the lonian islands to
Greece.
Prince Ferdinand, of Portugal, declines the can
didature for the Greek throne.
Search of New Cotton Fields.
Europe is all alive in the search for new cotton
- fields. The resources of India are taxed for the pro
duction of increased quantities of the staple ; Aus
intim) enterprise begins to look in the same direc
tion; African cotton is not altogether a hopeless
speculation; Mr. liippolyte Peut writes to a Paris
paper that it is practicable to grow cotton in the ex
tensive region on the Mediterranean which lies be
tween Cette, St. Wiles, Foruques, Ailes, and the
port of Roue; and the Turkish Ambassador in Lon
don asks the Cotton Supply Association in Man
chester to furnish him a supply of twelve tons of the
best American cotton seed, for growth in Adriano
ple, where the Governor-General proposes to lay
down some hundreds of acres for an initial experi
ment.
Sanguine hopes are entertained of the success of
cotton culture in the Turkish provindes. The editor
of the official Journal de Constantinople suggests that,
in addition to the premiums 'offered by the Imperial
Government, one hundred medals should be given
by the Cotton Supply Association to the best pri
vate cultivators, and the Sultan is known to favor
any enterprise which will secure the production of
an article of traffic which will add so largely to his
revenues.
If, in its whirligigs, time should chance to bring
about a grand revenge, by driving the States now in E
rebellion out of their uropean cotton market, the
event would not cause poignant sorrow among the
loyal men who have suffered in this war.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
OPINION OF A PATRIOT.—The following let
ter was written by the grandson of the greatest
American statesman :
NEVIS, DOER'S FEnnr P. 0.,
December 18, 1862.
Colonel James McKaye, New York:
/4lv DEAR SIR : Your note of the 16th instant is
received. The repulse at Fredericksburg does not
shake my confidence in our army or the result of the
war. It gives a short reprieve to the enemy.
I have read with great satisfaction the Treasury
report. Dlr. Chase's administration of the finances
during this most difficult and momentous struggle
does him great honor. Should this Congress adopt
his banking scheme, it will confer upon the nation
unappreciable advantages.
With great respect, yours truly,
JAMES A. HAMILTON.
THE POPE'S CUNNING.—The following anec
dote of Pope Pius IX. is related in a monthly re
view entitled Le Monde Judiciere: "The Sovereign
Pontiff; among his other powers, enjoys that of an
nulling the wills of his subjects. The son of a Ro
man landed proprietor complained to his Holiness
that his father had bequeathed the half of his for
tune, 0r.40,000t, to the priest who, on a particular
day and in a church' named, should say the first
mass. The Pope, not daring to cancel a will on ac
count of an act of religious insanity, adopted another
plan. He went himself, at daybreak, to the church
in question, and celebrated the first mass. He thus
gained the 40,000 f., which he then handed over to the
grateful heir."
WHERE OUR SMALL GIIANGE IS SENT
TO.—The following table shows the amount of Ame
rican silver which was taken from the United States
to Montreal, Canada, by the National Express Com
pany, from the Ist of January to the last of Novem
ber, this year:
January.
February
March,
$124,081 'July...
26,000 August
2,879 September
. 109,100 October....
4,551 November....
165,342
Total $2,908,306
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS , IN EUROPE.—
The very rare case of the quashing of a press prose
cution in France is reported. The Courricr du Has
Rhin was convicted bryllig,correctional tribunal of
Colmar, and the conMWton was confirmed by the
Appeal Court, of a. libel upon a judge. The Supreme
Court has annulled tre conviction on the ground
that there is no libel on the face of the article ; and
that the courts below went out of their way illegally
to seek culpable motives In surrounding circum
stances.
ever, OlL.—The value of the oil thus far ob
tained from the Venango oil region is estimated on
good authority at $4,000,000, yet the producing ter
ritory is but some eight miles long, with an average
width of less than forty rods. The present daily
• yield of the Venangd oil wells-is about 4,000 barrels,
and the value of this, at present prices, is MOOO.
This, of course, is exclusive of the daily products of
the Oil Creek Refineries, some ,thirty in number, of
capacities ranging from hi to 300 barrels per day.
MYSTERY OF WATERLOO.—A.lluding to the
many printed Versions of the battle of Waterloo
that are got up by French authors, Blackwood ex
presses its "content that MDI. Thiers, Hugo, and
the rest,. should write the history of Waterloo just
as they like, on the principle that it amuses them,
and doesn't hurt anybody else. .The theme is for
them like an indeterminate equation, or a charade
written about nothing, and which consequently ad
mits of an infinity of solutions."
FUT THE RIGHT MAN IN. COMMAND.—
During the Crimean campaign, after the death of the
Marshal Snt. Arnould, General Canrobert, a favorite
of Louis Napoleon, was put in command of the
French army. Canrobert Was unsuccessful, con
reseed his incapacity for conducting extensive ope
rations,' 'urgently prayed to be relieved, and, when
Gen. Pelissier, a fighter, took the command, Canro
bert returned to his former inferior position, and no
one in France , or in the army, made a fuss about it.
THE AMBER TRADE.—A letter from Memel
(Prussia) states that the trade in amber, which had
been limited for some years, has recently received a
fresh impetus from the discovery of several rich veins
in the neighborhood. Most of the amber found near
Memel is sold to merchants at Dantzic and Letpzic,
who export it to Turkey.
RAILROAD IN EGYPT.—A letter from Alexan
dria states that a plan is in contemplation of pro
longing the Egyptian Railway as far as Upper
Egypt, with a branch which would join that country
to the Red Sea.- This work, the realization of
which is so important for the interests of the • coun
try, would serve in some measure as the complement
to the Suez canal. -
HARD BUT PAIR.—The Belgian Government
has ordered that, for the future, one of its steamers
shall be always in readiness at the port of Ostend to
aid any vessel in distress, or that may require to be
towedinto port ; but her services will not he gratui
•tous—thcy =St be•paid for,
THE WAR PREss„
WEHICLY.)
Tmt WAR Trues wilt be sent to subscribers (17
mil (per auncun advance) ..... •••••• ,• • -• 6t.00
Five " - ......... ....... 0.110
Ten ......... , 17.00
Twenty Conies ....... •.• a:?,.01)
Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the
Bane rate, ti 1.60 per copy.
The money must always• accompanY the ord/x., ant"
in no instance can these terms be deviated from, as thfw
afford very tittle more than the cost of the paper.
/Nip- Postmasters we requested to act as Agents for
THE WAR Yams.
.la. To the getter-up of a Club of ten or twenty, an
antra copy of the Paper will be given.
—The Legielatrire of Connecticut has just ad
journed. Among other public acts it has passed a
new militia law whiek provides for nine regiments
of active militia-men. These may be turned over
to the United States Government by the Governor s
but they are not to do. service out of the State more
than three months in any one year. The remainder of
the militia are in active,. and from these drafts are to
be made in case any more drafts are ordered. The
exempts are few. William H. Russell has been
chosen by the Legislature as the major general of
the State.
—Major Babbitt, of the Rhode Island 7th Regi
ment, who died at Washington, D. C., on Tuesday,
of wounds received at Fredericksburg, was a promi
nent citizen of Bristol, for several years agent of the
Bristol Steam Manufacturing Company, and was at
the time of his death president of the Commercial.
Bank of Bristol. He was 654 ears old. Rev. B. B.
Babbitt, of Andover, Massachusetts, and Edward
S. Babbitt, Esq., of Boston, are his sons.
The Emperor Napoleon recently went to the
village of Berry-au-Beck, about thirty miles front
Compiegne, to visit the site of a camp of Omar.
Excavations have laid open a ditch of four thousand
metres_ in extent, which defended the front and ap.
proaches of the camp, as well as the four entrances
which led into it.
Chaillu defends the statement in his book
agaihst .111 r. Reede's attacks (printed lately in the
Albion), and offers to lay £l,OOO , against £2,000 Of
Dr. Gray and his friends, that he will kill five or /AK
gorillas in two years, and bring their skins and
skeletons home, preserved with a preparation to be
given him by those gentlemen.
—Missirliogion, one of the principal and richest
Armenian 'bankers of Constantinople, died sud
denly, having, it is said, a fortune of above one mil
lion sterling, nearly the whole of which has been.
made out of l dealings with the Government with
in the last ten years.
The Ellsworth (Maine) American says that Gen.
Blunt, who is giving the rebels in Arkansas a hart
time, and who seems to be a "wide-awake" of the
first water, was born in Trenton, Maine, and twen
ty-five years ago was working for his board and at
tending school in Ellsworth.
M. Renan has received notice from the principal
or the College of France that his annual lectures,
which commence under ordinary circumstances the
first weekin December, are not to be delivered this
year. , .
Among the Arab chiefs who have gone to Com_
peigne is one of the richest in French Africa, 112.:
Bachaga of Djendel Si-Boualem, possessing, at some
leagues from Milianah, a considerable estate asti
residence.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, has a sou in
the rebel army. A friend meeting him in Dixie, on
his way to _Louisville, asked him what he should
say to his family. Be replied, "Tell father that I
am fat, saucy, ragged, and rebellious."
—A purchaser of old papers bought of Mr. DanieS
Hyde, of Ellington, Conn., complete files of the
Hartford Weekly Courant for seventy-two years. Mr.
Hyde, who is 92 years of age, has carefully preserved
each year complete.
Paris Spinello, a Tuscan painter, is said to have
painted Lucifer, in his picture of the fallen angels,
in so hideous a manner that he was affrighted at his
own work, and affected in his senses ever after.
—Efforts are now being made to induce Mr. Mur
doch, the gifted actor, to give a reading at the Aoa
demy of Music, in this city, for sick and wounded
soldiers.
The son of the late President Lopez has boom
unanimously chosen President of Paraguay to suo
ceed his father.
Liszt, the great pianist, is giving concerts in
Paris. it is rumored that he will visit this country
next fall.
Special Meeting of City Councils,
Exciting Time in Select Council—Diflieußy
about the Resignation ofthe Member from
the Turenty-tifth Ward—Select Chamber
Cannot Organize.
Both branches of Councils held a special meet
ings yesterday afternoon for the purpose of consider
ing the unfinished business before the new Councits
organize.
Theo. Cuyler, president, in the chair.
Thd clerk proceeded to call the roll,when, for souse
unknown reason, the name of Mr. Catherwood, of
the Twenty-fifth ward, was omitted.—[Mr. Cather
wood, it will be remembered, sent in his resignation
about two weeks since, but it was laid upon the
table,the Chamber refusing to accept. As no action
was taken on it since, 'AIL Catherwood, of course,
was Still a member of the Chamber.]
Mr. CA'iniinwoon, who was present, wanted to
have his name placed on the roll, and have it called.
He did not know by what authority it had been
omitted.
The CHAIR put the question before the meeting
relative to the gentleman's desire.
➢lr. CIIAIO wanted to know why the name of Mr.
Catherwood was called at the last meeting and not
at this. The resignation was before us at that time.
. .
The calling of the roll was then proceeded with.
Mr. OATEIEIIWOOD again interrupted and appeaLed
to the Chair that his name might be called in regu
lar order.
The dining of the roll was again proceeded with
by the clerk, but all the members except seven rtr
fused to answer to their names.
The O,sant announced that no quorum was present.
Mr. Davis now took the floor. He said - he knew
that the Chamber was not organized, but he wanted
to know what authority the clerk had to omit any
name. The clerk has mistaken his duty, and by
that means this body is not organized. The speaker
teas surpiliged that cue members toleriite atiitt
conduct in an officer created by themselves. [While
Mr. Davie was speaking there was great disorder in
the chamber. The members were walking arounct
the room and talking aloud.]
Mr. KING endeavored to interrupt Mr. Davis.
when the latter said the Chamber was not organized
and no one had a right to call him to order.-
Mr. Dews moved the call of the house.
The roll was again called ; but as Mr. Cather
wood's name was omitted, that gentlemen appealed
again to the Chair.
Mr. CUTLER, president, here stated that, as no
action had been taken on the resignation of Mr.
Catherwood, he was of the opinion that the latter
was still a member of the Chamber. The parlia
mentary course for the Chamber to pursue Is to
organize, when the gentleman can ask leave to with
draw his resignation.
111 r. Fox differed from these views. He thought
that the clerk was right. Two meetings have been
held since the resignation has been handed in, yet
the member has not signified his intention to with
draw the resignation, but demands that his name be
called.
The calling of the roll was again proceeded with,
when only six members" of the seventeen who were
present answered to their names. Mr. (lather
wood's name, as usual, was omitted, although he
again appealed to the Chair that he be recognized.
The.CuAin declared that the Chamber was not or
ganized.
Itlr. GINNODO denounced the conduct of the Cham
ber, during which the members amused themselves
by talking, smoking, and running about the room.
The President finally left his chair, and a private
caucus of the Democratic members was held in one
corner of the room.
Shortly after 6 o'clock, Mr. firm:, arose and said
he believed the Chamber had not adjourned, and if
so, he moved a call of the house.
The roll was accordingly called; but three gentle
men only answered to their names.
Mr. OATIMEWOOD arose once more and demanded
that his name be called, as he intended to withdraw
hie resignation. He desired to present a communi
cation in writing of his reasons for so doing.
The CHAIR decided that the Chamber was not yet
organized, and he had no right to receive communi
cations. •
Mr. LTND then moved the Chamber adjourn.
The question was put by the CHAIR, hut no one
Voted, and the Chamber was declared adjourned.
The Chamber met at half past three o'clock.
The bill relating to the Department of the City
Commissioners and the Board of Revision. which
was vetoed by the Mayor, was taken up and passed
unanimously notwithstanding the veto. [lt is pro
per to state that the Mayor vetoed the bill under a
misunderstanding as to the intention of certain
sections of the original ordinance, which it was con
templated to be repealed.]
The bill making the annual appropriation to the
City Commissioners was taken up and passed.
The resolution of Select Council authorizing the
expenditure of $BOO for repairs to schools in the
Second section was agreed to.
The resolution to make an extra appropriation to
H. J. Fougeray, messenger of Select Council, was
indefinitely postponed.
Also, one appropriating $250 to Horace M. Mar
tin, assistant clerk of Select Council, was similarly
disposed of.
The ordinance making an appropriation to the
Guardians of the Poor for sustaining twelve
children at the Institute for Feeble-minded Child-.
ren, was Concurred in after some debate.
$130,030
433,011
444,430
673,741
766,135
A supplemental ordinance, appropriating VW for
the erection of a school-house in the First ward, was
also adopted.
The Survey Department.
The'ordinance making the annual appropriation
of $19,450 to the Survey Department was taken up
and adopted. The principal items in the bill net for
salaries of chief engineer and surveyor, $6,600; sta
tionery, $2OO : record books, $150; advertising. and
incidentals, $7OO ; salaries of 12 surveyors, $6,000_
The remainder of the appropriation is to be expend
ed for arranging lines and grades, newsurveys,
The'bill provides that the charge for duplicate sec
tional plans fiir new - surveys shall not,exceed the
following rates, vii : •
For line regulations
For grade regulations
For line and grade regulations
Cleniking the Streets.
The resolution authorizing the Highway Depart
ment to enter into a contract with R. A. Smith, for
cleansing the streets of the city during 1663, at a cost
of $6,000 per month, was concurred in by the follow
ing vote
l'lca , z—Messrs. Adams A. W., Adams T. F.,l3ower,
Brlnkworth, Bum m, Cattell, Creswell, Duffield,
Freeman, Gates, Henry, Huhn, Layer, Leigh, Lip
pincott, McDonald, Peale, Bull, simpson Sites,
Smith, Spence, Sulger, Wilbert, Wright,
Kerr, President-27.
NAYsMessrs. Hamer, Cavin, Harper, Hodgdon,
Hulseman , Loughlin, - McClosky, Quin, Shern-9.
lUr. FREI:MAW moved that the commit - tee on the
extension of Fairmount Park be discharged from
the further consideration of the subject. Agreed to.
The ordinance was then taken up for considera
tion.
Mr. Q.yrx, in opposing its passage, etated that
the extension of Fairmount Park was pressed by a
number of reckless schemers, whose only object was
to . plunder the city. Property owners in the neigh
borhOod have bought the adjacent ground on specu
lation. They ivho have paid a nominal sum for the
ground now demand a hundred fold wha t they paid for
it. They have their agents engaged in boring members
of. Councils to favor the scheme. One of these
agents approached the speaker and intimated that
if he would vote for it, that it would be "all right;"
that he would obtain at least thirty clients, &c.
Mr. Froisiu.kis; denied that the project was mere
speculation. If it be agreed to, a jury will !Insets
the value of the property, fairly and equitably. Es
did not believe that any money was to be made oat
of the scheme. except in an honest way.
Mr. Loroui.ix spoke vehemently against the bill s
and assigned various reasons why it should not pasts.
The cost to the city, might probably reach one mil
lion of dollars. To expend this sum at a time like
this, when the City Treasury is depleted, was ex
ceedingly inopportune. It would be giving enao ,_
rsgemont to speculators, and no real good would ao
crue to the city.
The yeas and nays were called on a motion to in
definitely postpone the bill, and•there being no quo
rum, Council adjourned.
PERSONAL
SELECT BRANCH.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Business from Select Council.
Fairmount Park.
$2 00 per acre.
1 50 "
3 00 "