THE PRESS,
IagaISIIED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOEPTBDJ
By JOHN W. FORNEY,
'ICE, No. 111. SOUTH 1"0IIRTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
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on% FOCrn DOLLARS SUR. SIX MONTHS, TV7O DOL
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ma ordered.
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THE. Tlll-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at. Foos. DOir
Pliß ANNOM, In edvenee.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
AMES R. CAMPBELL • & CO
IDIT'OETERS AND CASE( DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND. RETAIL,
017 CHESTNUT STREET,
gave just received. and are now offering'. magnificent
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS.
IE ,FECIALLY ADAPTED"TO TEETS SZELSON
n0143m
tt Lt A N DEL 1.4,
E. &°L.
FOURTH AND AROH,
OPE MARKED SOME FINE GOODS AT LOW
PRICES.
FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.,
B xrEilsrvE SHAWLS..
moll BROCADE SILFS.
VASHIONAI3LE 'POPLINS.
fROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS.
%CHEST PRINTED REPS.
NNE BLUE `AIERINOES.
SCARLET BROCIIE SCARFS.
?OINT LACE COLLARS AND SETS.
i[EW FANCY POCKET HDKFS,
GLOVES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY.
deal-mwf tiaB
TINTER CLOAKS
AT REDUCED PRICES
GTSEI3 LYONS VELVET CLOAKS.
MIA SILK CLOAKS. •
VELVET BEAVER CLOAKS,
MOLLAIR 'PLUSH CLOAKS.
WOOLEN PLUSH CLOAKS.
CASTOR BEAVER CLOAKS,
.pIADONAL PLUSH CLOAKS
FRENCH DOESKIN CLOAKS,
FRENCH BEAVER CLOAKS,
ACIIIIVIGENT GROS DR PARIS CLOAKS.
a considerable IiIiDUCTIOpt IN PRICES to
. W. PROCTOR & CO.,
NO, 024 CHESTNUT STREET,
wtia7
PHILADELPHIA:
LI
'DFLOTION IN PitIOES OF
I.
POPLINS,
FRENCH. MEIUNOES,
• CASHMERES,
`MOUSLIN DE LAMES '
41111431d8 of
Dißril DRESS GOODS.
ALSO,
j7INE LONG fpuocun SHAWLS,
10TE/ CENTRE LONG CASHMERE SHAWLS.
ROH STYLES OF BLANKET SHAWLS,
4-4 CLOAK 'VELVETS,
BASABTOBA.L SKIRTS.
(EDWIN HALL ea BRO.;
2G South SECOND Street,
HALL & 8R0.,' ..
26 South SECOND Street,
HaVs toed the prices:of
FITI, Silks,
BlLla'rinted Dress floods,
Cho e Shades of Morluoes,
Berl Ifni Colors of Reps or Poplins,
AlWool De Lalues,
LB kids Of dark dress goods reduced.
. Also,
FI tong'Broche Slimly's,
p
O 1
Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Eil now styles of 14aoket Shawls,
4- one Silk velvets. pure Silk.
DRY
Fenl
otora
Or,
0
e PDS FOR WINTER.
.orklitte,
brinoa,
MonsseUries,
. De Spies,
and Silks,
anket Shawls,
almgal Skirts,
Blaux Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Delaines ,
French Chintzes,
Skirting Flannels,
Brooke Shawls,
Vine Blankets,*
Crib Blankets.
SFIARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
1 11 H
ti - S EL & SON HAVE A LARGE
•••••&.• ass merit of 'DRESS GOODS, suitable for HO.
LIDAY PR NETS.
Rich Fan Silks i Flail/ Silks, choice colors.
Plain and 'gored Black Silks.
Plain and igured Rep Poplins.
Plain and igurect Merinoes.
Plain Sol !no Cashmeres, nt 87,tic, worth 62.
WINTER AWLS, in great variety,
MERINO CARPS, BROCHE BORDERS.
CLOAKS—Of New and Fashionable Styles, made of
Bled Bver, Frosted Beaver, and Black Cloth.
Call and examine our stock. We guaranty to give 811-
ttfaction, as we sell nothing but good articles, and at
imer prices than they can be bought elsewhere.
643 Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street.
CRIB IND Clllaii L LE BLANKETS.
Larg Crib Watekets.
Fine Cradle Blankets.
al EYRE St LANDELL FOURTH and ARCH
T4 I YRE fit LANDELL, FOURTH AND
ARCH,Lavesa tine stock of
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Bin tikets. '
Gootiltuen Sheeting:4.
Goad afusltilliT the piece.
Geed Unaltrinklug 'Flannels.
Good Fast• Colored Prints,
Good Table Linen and Towels,
Good Quality Ilinek
, Good Assortment Colored Silks. jai
CLOTHES-IWRINGER.
1 ' E GREAT 'CLOTHES WRINGER.
" PUTNAM
!'SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES :WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior to any other in use.
v ''VER I Z FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINCIER.
BBC LUSE,
731 . it 13 a relief to the hardest part of washlng-daY.
hl. 1t enables the washing to be done In one-third less
Id ,
. ft saves clothes from tho injury always given by
1 ' ting,
L..
It helps to wash the clothes as well as dru them.
BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
ONE (YE THIS KIND,
I , I:OAXIEVE,
hBT, 'The rolls being of vulcanized rubber, will
Cobol and cold rutereand will neither break nor tear
%ffinftone,
born, The frame being of Iron, thoroughlw
gal
ltzed, all danger from rnst is removed, and the lia
b,ty to shrink, - swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in
Wclen machines, is prevented.
tam. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma-
Oa, self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as
'wens articles uneven in thickness, are certain to re
nei‘uniform pressure.
, Pant. The patent fastening by which the machine
niatened to the tub, we believe to be superior In sim-
P l il and efficiency to any yet offered.
t. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one
:alto one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without
'least-alteration.
RETAIL PRICE t
No, 1, $6.00: No. 2, 85.00,
Ili Agents wanted in every county.
4i Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
£( Sale at the
lI IPODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT"
OP
H. FRAM:DISC:YU%
o, 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St..
Wholesale agent for Pennsylvania.
itIAUTION.
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
1 !winced the makers of imperfect balinees to offer
l~eaza "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have
irreLY, in many instances, been eubiected to fraud and
i rmotion. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
nrigkrift/ inventors, E, & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and
4 . *toted to every ,brauch of the business, where a
red and durable Settles Is desired,
FAIRBANKS ct, EWING,
General Agents,
ID1).1 f MASONIC HALL, 715 CHESTNUT ST
tOIVEN & CO , LITHOGRAPHERS_
tfix,, ll ,„D PRIN:RISTS, Southwest corner of
4st in and ELEVENTH StreeM L are prepared to ex._
my description of Portrait, Landscape, Natural
It:„","7. Architectural, Autograph, Map, or other Litho
in the most superior manner, and the moat ma,
p , le terms,
Portratift, Natural History, and Medical
~„'stsps, and any other doscription of Plates, colored
pint +r best
attentionnd warranted to give satisfaction.
to Coloring rhotograulm• waktf_
TERRA COTTA WARE.
Fancy Plower Pots.
Hanging Vases ,
Fern Vases, with Plants.
Orange Pots,
Ivy Vases, with Plante,
Cassoletts Renaissance.
Lava. Vases Antique. •
Consols and Cariatades.l
Marble Busts and Pedestals.
tvio, Brackets, nll Ake&
'" a large anortinent of other FANCY COODS,
tt,' l, t for CHRISTMAS PRESZNTS, most of which are
b.,,tothictured and imported for our own sales, and will
Le futtnet at any other estabilehruent. •
S. A. HARRISON.
1010 Cif ms'rpruT Street.
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VOL. 6.-NO. 131.
FANCY ARTICLES.
CLARK'S - 2 •
ONE-DOLLAR STORE.
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
fillvei-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph AlbumS,
Travelling Bags, Pocket lEfo'oks, Port Molinales, Mae,
&c. for 50 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 $8 each
YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR!
Ladies' Sets, 11819 and . beautiful styles,
Do. Fins
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 Caine,"
Infants' Armlets; " ' '
Do. - Neck Chains,
Gents' Test-Chains, -different styles,
Do, Sleeve Buttons, do. do.
Do, ,Studs, . do. do.
Do. Pins, do. do.
Do, Scarf Pins, do.. .
Do. 'Scarf Rings: dd. " do."
Do. Finger Rings, do. de
Do. Pen and Case, . -
Do.. Pencil, resolving. "
Do. Tooth Pick. revolving,
. Do. Watch Keys, ' • ' • •
Do: Chain Hooks; - -•-
Do, • - Chain Charms, ~, , • • "
D 0... Pocket. Books. - .. • -
D 0... Bill Books, , '
Do. Port Mormons, &a.
- SILVER-PLATED WARE.'
YOUR CHOICE' FOR ONE DOLLAR!
Sets of Table Spoons,
-Do. Dessert Spoons,
Do. . Forks,
Pair l3utter, Knives,
Do. Napkin Ring's,
.• Knife and Fork, "
Goblets, ' ' " '
Cups,
Sugat Bowls,
Cream Caps.
Syrup Cups,
Butter Dishes. •
Castors - with
Salt Stands, &a. - • ' • .
YOUR CHOICE OP ANY OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES
TOR ONK DOLLAR.
NOTICE,—In - order to meet the wants of our numerous
Onstomers A we shall keep a stock of the finest Plated and
All-Gold Tewelry, together with an assortment of hearty
pirated Silver 't.Vare, 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
nol - m
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Zim,,
•STITART!S• PORTRAITS - •
GEORGE AND MARTHA
WASHINGTON,
COPIED IN OIL COLORS BY E. C. MIDDLETON,
Of Cincinnati, (forznOrly of this OitY.)
These Portraits are produced by an entirely New Pro
cess, 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
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Than a pair of these Paintings? They must be soon 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.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LOOKING GLASSES.
- - DEALERS IN •
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRMIES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS: .
EXTENSIVE .LOOKING GLASS WARDROOMS AND
GALLESY OF PAINTINGS,
da3l.-tf 810 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
GENTS) FURNISHING GOODS.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN O. AREISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,)
Has now in store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPE4S,
SCARFS, NEC: TIES, GLOVES,
In :Great Vaiiety
IiTOLIDAY PRESENTS.- OPENING
a splendid assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
imitable Presents for Gentlemen. •
3. W. SCOTT,
814 CHESTNUT Street,
Four doors below the Couttnental
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CIO.,
Northeast Corner Fourth and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MANUFACTURERS OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a
AGENTa FOE THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH_ ZINO PAINTS.,
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASIL
n027-Sin
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
FOURTH -STREET CARPET STORE,.
No. 47 SOBER FORMIC STREET.
J.. T. DELACROIX
'writes' an examination of his stock of Carpetbags in
which will be found
WO PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETING&
At less than present cost of importation.
Also, OXI pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, Superfine,
medium, and low-grade Ingrain, Venitian, Hall, and
Stair Carpetings at retail, very low for cask noB-2m
CABINET FURNITURE.
C ABINET FURNITURE AND BM
LIARD TAI3LES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street, •
}n connection with their extensive Cabinet Bnsinese, are
now'manufacturing a. superiot nrticle of •
BILLIARD TABLES, "
And have now on hand a fall supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
are pronounced by all who have used them to be supe
rior to all others, -
For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons 'throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
work. annum
SEWING MACHINES.
WHEELER & WILSON . •
. .
SEWING. MACHINES,
628 CHESTNUT STREET,
de-^us 3
ITLE WILCOX & GIBBS
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
11.Eeve been greatly Improved, making it -
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
and with Self-adjusting hemmers, are now readyfor Hale
bY FAIRBANKS & EWING,
ee27-tf 715 CHESTNUT Street.
WILLIAM YARNALL,
DEALER IN HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS
No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET,
Agent for the sale of HALEY, MORSE, '& BOYDEN'S
PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING
CLOTHES-WRINGER,
Believed to be the best CLOTHES-WRINGER in use.
It will wring the largest Bed Quilt or malted Hand
kerchief-drier than can possibly be done by hand, in.
very much less time..
N. 8.--A liberal discount will be made to dealers.
noMm
51 7 .A.ROII STREET.
C. A. V . ANKIRIK & CO.
Have on hand a fine assortment of
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER.
GAS FIXTURES.
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and examine goods. delS•ly
66 :1 -
,lICIFER" OIL WORKS.
Id 3 bbls, " Lucifer " Bari:Lb:Lß Oil on hand.
We guarantee the OH to be non-explosive, to burn all
the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilliant dame, with
out 'crusting the wick, and but slowly. Barrels lined
with glass enamel. WRIORT, SMITH,
_& FBA MALL,
fell-tf Office, 616 MIFIKST Street.
ONE-DOLLAR STORE,
602 CUESTXIIT Street
PHILADELPHIA
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FRE INgURANCE'
RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA,
ON BUILDINGS, LIMITED OR PERPETUAL MER
CHANDISE, FURNITURE, Sce.,
TOWN OR COUNTRY.
OFFICE NO. 308 WALNUT STREET. '
CASH CAPITAL .10248,000-ASSETS $330,1751.0.
Invested in the following Securities, viz
First rt rtgage on City Property, worth double:
the amount ffil7l,loo 00
Pennsylvania' Railroad Company's 6 per cent.
Ist Mortgage Bonds - 6,000 00
Do. do. 2(1 do ($80,000)
.20,000,00:
linntingdon and Broad Top 7.per cent. 80nd5..4,660"00
G round, rent, well secured 2,000 00
Collateral Loan, well secured 2,500 00
City of Philadelphia ,6 per cent. Loan ' 45,000 00
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, , $3,000,000 6 .
Per cent. Loan 5,006 CO
-United States 7.340 per cent. Loari - 10,000 00
Allegheny county 6 per cent. Penn. R. Loan.... •10.000 00
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company's.
6per cent. Loan ($5,000)•..., 4,710 03
Camden and Amboy Railroad Company's 6 per
cent. Loan (8 , 5,000. .. .. . 4,800 00
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Stock 4,000 CO
Reliance Insurance Company's Stock,. •• . •. . 3,550 00
Commercial Bank Stock 5,135 00
Mechanics' Bank Stook 2,812 50
County Fire Insurance Company's' Stock • .1,050 00
Delaware K S. insurance Company.s Stock... .700.00
Union M. Insurance Company's Scrip. 380 00
Bills Receivable . 1,061 84
Accrued Interest - 0,504 81
Cash in buak and o 2401095.
Losses promptly adjt7lolignicl
Clem Tingley,
William R. Thompson,
Frederick Brown, •
William Stevenson,
John R. Worrell,
H. L. Carson,
Robert Toland,
G, D. Rosengarten,
Cbarles S. Wood,
James S. Weodward,
CL
B. M. HINCRMAN, Seoret:
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY
IN :EO%coRpoRATEDKEI LEGISLATURE-OF-.PENN
OF FENN
1
OFFICE, -
S. E. CORNER' WALNUT
PHILADELPHLt.
ON VESSELS, MARINE INSURANCE,
/
CARGO, To all part.s of the world,
FREIGHT,,,:..,
INLAND INSURANCES
On Goode, by River, Canal, Lake, CE and Land Carriage, to
aIILR pors
NSURA of the U
N nio S n.
.F I
On Iferchandize generally. •
On Stores, Dwelling Houses, &o. ASSETS .11 , F THE COMPANY, NOV. 1,1862. '
$lOO,OOO United States Five per cent, Loan— • $93,000 00
20,000 United States Six per cent. Loan 20,750 00
33,000 Urdted States Six per Cent. Treasury
'Totes 41,910 00
25,000 United States Seven and Three- .
tenths per cent Treasury Rotes.— 20.000.00'
100,003 State of Penna. Five per cent. Loan.. 95,330 00
54,000 . do. do. Six , do. d 0.... 57,130 00
123,050 Phila. City Six per cent. Loan 126,083 00
30,000 State of Tennessee Five per cent. .
1200 -
00
Loan 0
213,000 Pennsylvania -Railroad Ist Mortgage --
Six per cent:-Bonds ' 22,800 00
60,000 Pennsylvania Railroad 2d Mortgage -
Six per cent. Bonds 63,375 00
5,000 Penna. R. R. Co. 100 Shares Stock..... 6,600 (X)
16,000 Germantown ' .Gas Co.", 300 Shares
Stock, Principal and Interest g - ua.-
. • ranted by the City of Phila '
113,760 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, amply
secured 113,700 00
$688,750 Par. Cost $663,749 62. Mkt. val., $083.178 00
Real Estate 51,383 95
Bills Receivable for Insurances made 91,732 88
Balances due at Agencies—Premiums on Ma-
rine Policies, accrued Interest, and other • •
debts due the Company... - 36,91155
Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurance and other
Companies, $10,803, estimated value 9,518 00
Cash on deposit with United States
Government, subject to ten days
call
Cash on deposit—in 8ank5........ $BO
28,727 ,000
9004
Cash in Drawer 280 74
DIRECTORS.
Charles Kelly,
Robert Burton,
Samuel E. Stokes,
J. P. Poniston, '
Henry Sloan, :
Edward Darlington,
Jones Brooke, -
SpencerMalvaine, -
Jacob P: Jones, . •
James B. McFarland,
Joshua P. Eyre, •
John B. Semple, Pittsburg
D. T. Morgan,
PMPAitS ta
C b . HAND,
N President.
tam
C. DAVIS, Vice Presid de4-tf ent.
Thomas C. Hand,
John C. Davis,
Edmund A. Souder,
Theephilus Paulding,
John R. Penrose,.
James James Traquair,
William-Eyre, jr.;
James C. Hand
William C. Ludwig,
Joseph Seal,
Dr. R. Huston,
George G: Leiper,
Hugh Craig,
. ' A. B. Berge
TRO
JOHN
HENRY LYLBURN, Beare,
- INSURANCE. COMPANY OF :.THE
i'STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—OFFICE Nos. 4 and
Si EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, North. side of WALNUT
Street, between DOCK and THIRD Streets, Philadelphia.
INCORPORATED in 1791—CHARTER PERRPETUAL.
PROPERTIES OF 'VliE i gkil Ll AN' NO,
Y, 000 PERRI - 7; 1,1662,
$438,516.13,
MARINE, FIRE, AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION
INSURANCE. .
DIRECTORS.
Henry D. Sherrerd, Tobias Wagner,
Charles lifacalester, Thomas B. Watson,
William S. Smith, Henry G. Freeman,
William B. - Charles S. Lewis,.
George H. Stuart, George C Carson,'
Samuel Grant, Jr., Edward C. Knight,
John D; 'Austin,
HENRY D. SHBRRBRD, President.
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1863.
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MONDAY, JANUARY, 5, 1863.
'ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
THE ADVANCE. TO IfITREREESBORO.
B•EFOR'E THE BATTLE;.:,
I:, I;#III% thlai ►;~ 14
BEN, JEFF C. DAVIS CAPTURES A REBEL BATTERY.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE BATTLE
Sketches of the Prominent Officeri,
4L'e•, &c• ,
[By Army Courier to Prests.] ' '
[Communication between , Louieville and Nash
ville having been interrupted, our special corre
,seondent with the Army Of the Cumberland trans
mite us highly interesting news by courier to Louis
ville. To the bearer, Mr. Riley,"we aro greatly in-.
debted. He is, our correspondent informs . US,
one of the most efficient couriers in- the army,.
hiving made three successful trips between
vile and Nashville during the blockade of the latter
city; during his fourth trip he was captured :by
Morgan, by whom he was sentenced to be shot... He.
escaped, however, and took the road to Murfrees
boro, and reported to Breckinridge the next morn-.
ing. To this rebel he save " information " regard
ing the forte at Nashville, etc., and was
. permitted
to again reach that city with a number of letters tor
notorious Secessionists, which, however,he delivered.
to Goy. Johnson..—ED. Peess.] 1
IlEADevAartins. ARMY OS THE CITIMSELAND,
(Eight Miles from Murfreosherol.
ST WART'S CREEK, Sc.:mar N10UT,Dee...23.16t.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.) • •
THE ADVANCE.
Early Christmas eve a noticeable bustle was rnani
feat among military men, and ; particularly at head
qUarters, in Nashville, and before dark rumors of an
advance were rife upon the streets, and in the hotels
and other places of meeting. I dropped in athead
quarters and learned that the whole army would
move at three o'clock Christmas morning. Christ- •
mas morning came, but no advance took place, and
I soon ascertained that it was postponed until the
26th.
About 6 o'clock Friday morning, December 26th,
the Army of the Cumberland moved towards Mur
freesboro'.
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ORGANIZATION OF OUR ARMY.
• The following was the order of the movement :
THE RIGHT WlNG.—Major . General Alex. McD.
_McCook moved out upon the Nolinsville pike, and
occupied Nolinsville about five o'clock. The right
wing is composed of the following divisions and
brigades: '
SECOND DIVISION, BRIG. GEN. R. W. ;Tons
son.-4th Brigade, Colonel Buckley; 6th Brigade,
Brigadier General Kirk; 6th Brigade, Brigadier Gene
ral Willich.
NINTH DIVISON, BRIG. GEN. JEFP Q. DAVIS
—3lst Brigade; Colonel Carter; 32d Brigade, Briga
dier General Woodruff; 30th Brigade, Colonel Post.
ELEVENTH DIVISION, BRIG: GEN. SHERIDEN.-
85th'Brigade; Colonel Leopold; 36th Brigade, Colonel
Moore; 37th Brigade,,Coloriel Greis.sel.
GEN. DAVIS CAPTURES ,A BATTERY.
Brigadier General Jeff. C. Davis' Division
had the right, and encountered a masked battery
near Nolinsville. The 31st brigade, comprised of
the 21st Illinois, Colonel Alexander; 39th
Major Gilmer; 16th Wisconsin;. Colonel McGee; and
the 101st Ohio, Colonel Stearns, charged the battery,
and, after two unsuccessful attempts, took three
guns, one commissioned officer, and seven men. The .
101st I Ohio, although a new regiment, did great
• credit to itself by the handsome manner in whichthe
raw men behaved themselves. The guns were situ.
ated in a fine position, and, but for the Stubborn re
sistance and determination of the 31st brigade, mfght
have made havoc with the extreme right of the
march, as the different brigades moved _indistinct
lines of battle. Thelon to the 101st Ohio was ten in
killed and wounded; and the. other three teglinente
-sustained a much smaller listof casualties. The name
of the commissioned officer captured was Capt; Frank
Maney.
Captain M. is a citizen of Nashville, and hith
had some experience in his profession, though he is
very young—not yet twenty-three. He was in' he
three days fight at Fort Donelson, and only escaped
a few minutes before the forces at that place surren
dered to GenerahGrant. . He graduated at the Uni
versity of Nashville, and was immediately stWOffititi'
a cadet at West Point, by General Zollicoffer, then a
• member of Congress. Captain Maney remained et
West Point Several years, then resigned, and, in com
pany with Roberdeau Wheat, sailed for Europe, and
entered the -Italian army, from pure love of adven
ture. He served on•G-aribaldi's staff until the break
ing out of the reoellion.
ADVANCE OF - OTIIER CORPS.
Gen. McCook's corps d'armcc left Nolinsville early '
Saturday morning, and encamped near Triune the
same night. All along the march from Nashville to
Triune, upon the Nolinsville pike, heavy skirmish
ing took place, although unatterided• with serious
loss upon either side. Until this section of the army
turned to the left, which they did on Sunday morn"
ing, upon a little road leading to Murfreesboro, it .
had experienced a lose of between thirty and forty
men.
The left wing, Major General Thomas L. Critten
den, moved out upon the Murfreesboro pike, and
encamped near the town of Lavergne the same day.
The left wing is composed of the following divisions,
and brigades:
FOURTH DIVISION, BRIG. GENERAL PALMER.-
10(h Brigade, COL Grosse; 19th Brigade, Col. Hazen;
22d Brigade, Brig. Gen. Crufts.
FIFTH DIVISION, BRIG. GENERAL VAN CLEVE.-
llth Brigade, Col. Baty; 14th Brigade, Col. Fife; 23d
Brigade, Col. Matthews.
SIXTH DIVISION, BRIGADIER GEN. WOOD.-15th
Brigade, Brigadier General Hoskell ; 20th Brigade
Colonel Harkin; 21st Brigade, Colonel Grigsby.
Gen. Crittenden's corps armee met with much •
opposition, but lost but few men. The right of the
line was harassed continually for the greater part of
the first and second days. A little to the left of
Lavergne, and about one mile this side, were en
camped about three thousand rebels. General Van
Cleve was informed of this fact, and made prepara
tions to surround them, but before our cavalry could •
complete a circuitous route which they had taken to
aid in the capture, the bulk of the force escaped.
General Van Cleve, however, captured two officers
and fifty-three men, mostly of the Ist and 2d Ala
bama Cavalry. Farther along toward Lavergne,the
captured forty more prisoners, and, I must confess,
it was the most horrible-looking crowd of men I
ever saw. Their head-coverings consisted of filthy
caps, straw hats, and handkerchiefs, and their
clothes and shoes were terribly dilapidated. The
poor fellows said that they had plenty to eat, but
that they were dreadfully in need of clothes and
shoes. The left wing moved twenty miles in two
days, and Sunday- evening encamped eight miles
from Murfreesboro. A portion of the centre,.
Major General George H. Thomas, moved out upon
the Franklin pike, about ten miles, and then turned,
to the left y crossed the Nolinsville pike, passed to
the right Ff General McCook's section, and upon
this side of Stewart's creek encamped about four
O'clock Sunday afternoon. The following are some
of the divisions and brigades in the organization. of
the centre :
FIRST DIVISION, BRIGADIER, GENERAL FAY.—
lst Brigade, Colonel Connell. The other two bri
gades—Second and Third—Colonel Harlan and Briga
dier General Steadman, are not here.
Divisiox, BRIGADIER GENERAL NEG
LEY.-7th Brigade, Colonel Miller; 29th Brigade,
Colonel Stanley, and two regiments of cavalry.
THIRD DIVISION, MAJOR GENERAL ROUSSEAU.-
9th Brigade, Colonel Harris ; 17th Brigade, Colonel
Lytle ; 29th Brigade, Brigadier General Starkwether,
and a brigade of regulars, under Colonel Sheppard.
The cavalry, under General Stanley, made g dash
into Franklin, but saw- no rebels, and subsequently
crossed the Nolinsville pike at Triune. Negley had
the right, and captured about forty prisoners. The
skirmishing in this corps d'armee was less than in the
others.
The country through which this army passed is
for agricultural purposes the finest in Tennessee.
Large quantities of corn were raised in Rutherford
county this season, and the torn-cribs and outhouses
all along the pikes are well filled with this needed
commodity.
Upon all the pikes leading from Nashville were
pretty towns and tine farms and plantations; but
the running over of this section by two large armies
has necessarily made it a great waste.
On Sunday evening, the different sections of the
army converged and encamped in a grand line of
battle, in description of a Semicircle, north of Stew
art's creek, and about eight miles from Murfreesboro.
The whole force of the, rebels retreated in very good
order across the creek, taking with them all their
stores and camp equipage. They endeavored to
burn the bridge over the creek, but the 14th Brigade
managed, under: a fire froin a rebel battery of how-;
itzers, to extinguish the flames before they had
strength to injure the work. 13. C. T.
SKETCH OF MURFREESBORO.
Murfreesboro was, previous to the rebellion, a
handsome post-village; but it has, since 1881, suf
fered severely from the ravages, of war. It is the
'capital of Rutherford county, Tennessee, and is
situated on the railroad running from Nashville to
Charleston, S. C. It is thirty miles front Nashville,
in nn air line drawn in a southeasterly direction,
and thirty-two miles by railroad. It is situated in a
beautiful plain, surrounded by a fertile and healthy•
country. The Union University, at this place, was
established in 1841 by the Baptists, and was at one
time a very flourishing institution; but since the
titate went out of the Union the University began
to decline, and has since tailed altogether. There
was also A female institute in the place, founded by
the same religious body, and under their direction,
but, like the University, its glory has long since fled.
There were five churches in the village, and a bank
building, and at the 'beginning of 1860 two news
papers were published in the place, and had a fair
circulation. For ten years—viz : from 1817 to 1827
Murfreesboro was the capital
.of the State; but in
the latter year, the State House was Consumed by
fire, and the capital removed to Nashville. The
countyof Rutherford is situated in the central part
of the State, and has an area of six hundred
square miles,
or three hundred and. eighty-four
thousand miles. It is intersected by Stone's river,
which is an affluent of the Cumberland. The sur
face of the country is agreeably diversified, the soil
• highly productive, well watered, and extenstVel3r
cultivated. The country is intersected by the Nash
ville, Chattanooga, and Charleston Railroad, and
the population in 1860 was 27,917, of which 12,984
were - slaves. In 1850, the population was 29,122,
showing a loss in ten years.
OUR LEADER
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM STARKE ROSEORANS,
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Cumberland.
THE GENERAL STAFF.
A. A. Gen. and Chief of Stalf..L i ii i e e n ti t t .lol l .J A . o P tc,e . ,r. Ga zu le c lc t h . e.. •
G. Hepburn.
Acting Ass't Adjt.'Gorioral—MajorW. C. Goddard.
Acting Ass't Adjt. General... Major :W. M. &dell: • •
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Inspector of Artillery Capt. J. li. Oilman_ ..
'Chief of - ArtilleryCol. James Barnett. .
, JudgeiAdvocate - - ' Major Moisten Skinner:- ! -
Chief Engineer : Cipt. J. H. C. Morton. - '
Chief TopographlEngineers!Capt. A.-Mohler.
Acting Chief Commissary -.Capt. Samuel Simmons. . .
Acting Chief Ruartermaeter:Capt. J. W.*Ta*loic "
Srfinance Officer ' : ' 'Lieut. T: Edson.
Medical Director - Surgeon. Robert Murray.
' Medical Inspector Surge:en:A.:H. TherAOrt: -
Provost Marshal General.. Capt. - W.:M..1511e5.
Chief of Courier LinaS: - .. .'. ' .
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Lieut. Byron KirbY. , •
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• ; . , -THE FALLEN HEROES:: T , .
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GEN: ROUSSEAU.. '
Mafor General Rousseau was severely, wounded
in the battle of the 31st instant. Our correspondent
41:11, describes his appearance : Here are form and
featbree that. give the world assurance of, a man.
Mal& General Lovell H. Roaseau; in form and lea
' turel is . probably the most conspioutous' general in
the American' army. He is full six feet two incllEfq
in height, of heavy, muscular . frall l o, at the' aftrae
time, lithe and active. His face. says fight all over
it. Re is very (lark featured, big whiskered, and
eyes like coals of fire, and a nose deCidedly of the
Pugistie curve. 'He loves the Union and - hates
rebel like snakes. He led the first regiment of
Unici soldiers 'into the city of Louisville after the
It
;War, began—the . Louisville Legion. He did this
against the protest of large numbers of influential,
tender:footed Unionist; who feared that the bloody
seenes enacted' at' Baltimore would be re-enacted.
Buthe tOld them he was prepared for the. Issue, and
ehoUld seek it. His regiment was not molested, but
' 00E6 eolith:try, was received with the most marked
manifestations - of gratification. It was a : great
blow for the Union cause in Kentucky. After that
day Steckinridge, Clay; Preston, and other Seces
sionists, deemed it valorous to get out of the State.
GeiLßousseau has, ust been made a-major general.
'lt'sliblild have been done a year ago. He has won
more bonors and. received smaller recognition than
any her general in the Western army. There are
no l)' or buts in his 'Unionism.
GENERAL 'STANLEY. , •
,Ikitidier 'General David 'S. Stanley, reported.
wou d, is a native of Ohio, and was appointed
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from hat State a cadet to the West Point Military'
Acamy in 1848. ,He graduated on the 30th of June,
1862, ending No. 9in his class in w hich. ere Gene
talc odd, Hartsuft; A. McD...Mcflook, Crook, and
othe in: the Union army, the rebel General Ander
son, -C. On the Ist of July,
.1862, he was appointed
a br et second lieutenant 'of 2(rDragoons ' now
knolyn as the 28 Cavalry, andWas s transferred in
Werth, .1856, to the let Cavalry, with his full rank.
Slimily after he was promoted to a first lieutenancy
in the same regiment, and held' that rank at the
commencement of 1861, when treasonable resigna
tion made such vacancies in the regular army of the
United States that, on the 16th 'of March, 1861., he
weapromoted to a eaptaincy, with command of .
Company C of the 4th Cavalry.' He then stood on
;the lineal, roil at No. 16, but, at the present time; he.
ranks much higher, On the 28th of September,' 1861,
he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers.
He served with General Pope at New-Madrid,
Island No. 10, and at Corinth, at which places he
2.
commanded the 4.1 Division of his army. Since he
has been in command with Rosecrans he has parti
cipated in the battles of I-u-k-a and Corinth, and
still more reoentlyhas he been 'engaged in several ,
dashes and skirmishes outaide.of Nashville. In this
battle at Murfresboro, he has been In the advance,
and has bravely maintained his former distinction as
a general and gallant officer. - - ' . - •
GENERAL PALMER.
Brigadier General Sohn, McCauley Palmer re
ported wounded; was bOrn in:Chilstian county; Ky.,
September 13, 1817. He removed to Madison county,
111., in 1832, and in 1839 settled in: Carlinville, where
he resided at the opening of the war. He ; coin;
menced practice as a lawyer in 1890, and was mar;
ried in 1842. In 1847 he was elected a delegate to
the 'State Constitutional Convention, and in 1852
was elected-State Senator, holding - the office until
1866.. In 1866 he was a delegate froni Illinois to the
Republican Convention at - Philadelphia, and was
"one of the electors ofthe State at large to the Re
publican Convention of 1860, at" - Chic'ago ' at which
'President Lincoln was nominated. Mr. Palmer free
one of the commissioners to theXimference Convert;
. tion which met -at Washington, D. U., February 4,
MI.! On the 13th of May, 1861, he was commis
sioned colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois Volun
feet's, and was with his regiment in Missouri, during
the summer and fall of 1861, and fornied part of Fre
' merit's army that marched to Springfield after.
.Price, but did not catch hini.. 'On the 13th of De- -
cember, 1861, lie was - appointed a brigadier general
of volunteers; and attaohed to General Pope's
command, then organizing - at Commerce; Mo. He
WU with that General at New Madrid, Island NO.
10, and at Corinth, and commanded the lst brigade.
of the Ist division-orthe Army of the MissisSippit'
He served.under Boseerans at Corinth,. and appa•.:.
rently so won upon his commander that he has beeh.
transferred from General Grant to General Hoak:-
critris in his new department. When wounded he.
held command of the 4th division 'of Rosecrans'
army, serving in the left wing of General Critten
den aarmy corps.
'THE REBEL GENERAL RAINS
The rebel General Rains, who was killed at the
b'attle of Murfreesboro, was a native of Wilson
county,. Tennessee. He was the son of a loyal
: clergyman, who is still residing in Nashville, and re
eeived his education at the North, graduating at.
Xale College in the class of 1854. Subsequently he
tittlfAted law-and settled in Ntualiville, where married
a Miss Yeatman, a stepdaughter of that apostate
"Union" candidate for the• Presidency, John Bell.
. General Rains was a, young man of kind impulses
and generous sentiments, but in' following the • lead
of the traitors he sacrificed alike his honor and his
-life. ' • '
REBEL GENERAL CHEATHAM.
_. Major General B. F. Cheatham, of Nasliville,"an
adventurous, sporting character, always so regarded,
commenced his career by raising a company for the
Mexican war; was attached to Colonel. W. 'B.
Campbell's "Bloody First"—(Colonel. Campbell,
.afterwards Governor of the State, and now briga
dier general in the national army.) At the end of
twelve months Colonel o.'s regiment was mustered
out of the service, and Cheatham was appointed
colonel of a regiment, and served to the end of the
war.. •He distinguished himself in both his cam
paigns—brave, cool, determined in the hour of bat
tle; always had the confidence of his command for
these traits. After the war with Mexico,Cheat
ham returned to Nashville, and kept race horses
and lived rather high. He was very generally liked
'for his pleasing address and generous character;
was elected major general 'of the militia force of
Tennessee - because no one cared to have it. He
was generally one of the judges at the State fairs;
being a good judge of line stock. For several years
he was agent of " Msnny's celebrated mowing and
reaping machines ;" also kept another reaping ma
chine m the shape of a faro bank. He kept a big
race track at Memphis a season or two. When'
treason blew its pestilential breath over the State,
Cheatham was made by Harris a brigadier general
in the State provisional force, and took a command
in West Tennessee. When the troops were turned
over'to Sefferaon Davis he was continued a briga
dier, fought at Belmont, invaded Kentucky at Co
lumbus, fought bravely at Shiloh, and was pro
moted to a majorgeneral, commanded a division
under Bragg in his invasion of Kentucky, and now
'drinks his liquor at or near Murfreesboro. He is a
mail - of ordinary capacity and no intelligence, save
that kind acquired, by mixing among fast men,
gamblers, and sportsmen.
ORGANIZATION OF THE REBEL ARMY.
General Joseph Eggleston .Tohnston,
Commander in Chief.
•
DEPARTMENT No: 2.
HErAILTXENT OP THE MISSISSIPPI'.
General Braxton Bragg, Commanding.
George-William Brent, A. A. G., and Chief of Staff.
George G. Garner A. A. G.
RIGHT
Located, - Dec. 3, at I%lurfreesboro,Tenn.
Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, ommanding.
FIRST DIVISION
Major Gen. Simon Bolivar Bucknor, of Kentucky.
First Brigade.
Brigadier General Chambers, of Mississippi.
Composed of four regiments, among them one from
Georgia and two from Mississippi.
Second Brigade. '
Composed of four regiments, among them the sth
Kentucky, Col. Thomas H. Hunt.
SECOND DIVISION.
Major General Frank Cheatham, of Tennessee.
First Brigade.
.:•Brigadier General George Disney, of Tennessee.
Composed of
First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers.
Thirty- eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers,and
two others.
Second Brigade.
Brigadier General Donelson, of Tennessee.
Composed of
First Regiment Confederate Infantry.
Second 'Regiment Confederate Infantry.
Fourth Regiment Confederate Infantry, and one
other Tennessee regiment,
Third Brigade.
Brigadier General Stuart.
regiments, one of which is from Florida.
THIRD DIVISION.
Major General John P. Breakinridge, of Kentucky.
First Brigade.
Brigadier General Maxey, of Georgia.
Second Brigade.
Brigadier General William Preston, of Kentucky.
Third Brigade.
Brigadier General Boger.llanson, of Kentucky.
CENTRE.
Lieutenant GeneralE. Kirby,Smith commanding.
'FIRST DIVISION.
Brigadier General Preston Smith.
Composed of three brigades, whose organization is
not known.
SECOND DIVISION.
Organization not knowit—has three brigades
THIRD DIVISION
Organization not known—has three brigades
LEFT WING.
Lieutenant General Wm. J. Hardee commanding
FIRST DiVII9IO:V. •
Major General Withers, of Georgia.
Three brigades, one of which is composed of regulars
SECOND DIVISION.
Major General R. W. Anderson, of Alabama.
Three brigades.
THIRD DIVISION.
Three brigades.
DETACHMENTS."
Tennessee Conscripts. II •
. _
FIRST DIVISION.
Major General Samuel R. Anderson.
Brigade. •
Major General G'ideon J. Pillow.
CAVALRY.
First Brigade.
Brigadier 0 eneral Joseph R. Wheeler.
Third Brigade.
Brigadier General Forrest.
Fourth Brigade.
Brigadier General Stearns. • •
ESTIMATED FORCES OF THE REBEL ARMY
RIGHT :WING
Major General Buckner • - 5,000
General Cheatham 6,000
Major General Breckinridge 4,600
CENTRE. •
Brigadier General Preston Smith 6,000
Second division 4,600
Third division 4,500
L'EFTIVI NO
Major General Withers.
Major General Anderson
Third division
DETACHMENTS.
First Division Tennessee conscripts 4,000
First brigade Tennessee conscripts, Pi110w..... 3,200
CAVA L
Brigadier General Wheeler 2,000
Brigadier General Forrest - 2,600
Brigadier General Stearns 5,300
Estimated twenty-five batteries 3,730
Total rebel force... 62,760
Non-Arrival of the Steamer Anglo-Saxon.
PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 3, 10' o'clock P. M.•—There
are no signs of the expected steamer Anglo-Saxon
up to this hour. She is now due with' later ads - ices
from Europe. •
The Steamer Bohemian sailed at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, with thiity passengers, and $lB,OOO in
specie.
The Twelfth Massachusetts Battery.
itostow, 3Antiftry 3.—The 12th Maisachtisetta Bat
tery embarked for the South to-tifiy, •
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
General Banks Issues Two More Chllers—
Release of the State Prisoners—The Mayor
to Take the Oath—The Episeopal Clergy
Restored to their Chiu•ches—Gen. Butler's
Embarkation—Theatrical, ls—Arrival of the
Creole.
Naw YORN, Jan. 3.—The steamship George Wash
ington, Gager, New Orleans December 25th arrived
here to-day. She experienced heavy northeasterly
gales and rough seas since, passing Cape Hatteras.
She brings the following passengers:
IVlrs. Chandler, Messrs. F.. W. Mentzer, A. Parte;
E. G. Doolittle, W. M. Lloyd, W. L. Corwin,
General Banks has issued two, more orders, and
7 h a m n b d e b r s ..o h f i t z iri c s o o n n fin ers e , d e a rr t e s s h te il d , orderb i r aaud,
th
they arced' importance. The first haarelation to the
° e f C forts en
and Parish prison. 'lt will be. 'seen that Gerieral
Butler concurred nn and advised the release of these
prisoners, The order is'as follows :
Upon-'consultation with Major General B. F.
Butler, and with his concurrence and advice, the
Commanding General directs as follows
B la u rg tl e e l r i
Ist.- The following named persons,will be released
from arrest immediately, upon the receipt of this order
at the posts at which they are confined, and upon
their givingparole not to commit any act of hostility -
to the United States,,or render any aid or comfort to
the enemieg 9f-the 'WWI stMeff, ,luring ; the exist
ing twill'. ' '
At Ship Island.---James O. Batchelder, - Williant
11. Sheppard, Fred Losberg, Aaron H. Dale, Eugene
Morris, H. Nr:Wright, P. E. Wiltz, Jr., B. F. Perry,
L. J: Dodge, Joseph Bloom. -
Fort St. Philip.--Martin
Fort Jackson.—Peter Keveny, W. I. Delano,- G.
H. Stewart, Michael Bowen, L. Delpit, J. M. West,
Charles Hodby; John Hickey.
Fort Pipe.—Dr. Theodore Clapp.
Fort Pickens.--S. Dacres, E. N..RoSsey, Dr. Booth,
C. Morse, D. C. Lowber, C. B. Metcalf, R. Crosby,
, A. N. Baker, J. Green, G. T. Grinnell, It. W. Por
ter;J. H. Huckins, C. Bacon; W. Kelly, A. ForsYth,
-N. Bauber, W. Cush E. A.. HamiltOn, D. Kenney.
Parish Prison of Parish,.of Orleans.--Hermogene
Perry; Leonard Marins, L.Collis, girl of Mrs. Cornea,
John.s.Louistella N. Bonaparte, G.. Morngenstine,
James Cunningham,Thomas - Rney - ,--A.ndeew of
Reed, John Short, K. S. Derrickson, J. J. Mit - en - mu —
M. Condon, J. Donahue, C. Horace, R. Allen, Sand.
Peters, J. Frernaux, F. Fouin, W. E. Niles, John.
Newila,.Peter Finn, Sames Hagerty, Sas. Doherty,
J. Sheridan, J. J. .Foley, J. Captleville, Diduifac,
George of Williamson, Jim, Captain Maurin; A.
Catching, T. Hergis, John Williams, Wm. Miller,
D. Scully, W. Hamilton, A. Bulger, Jas. Gaeiltaldy.
Nelsoh (slave), S. Roberts, Alfar of Cosby, Joseph
ffl
Rae, Levi Keys, A Lucotte, Robert Phillips, W.
Hunter, D. G-raig, S. Boydet, W. Bucklen, John
Denis, A. Reider, John G. King, W. Pulton, M.
Eagan, Wm. Jones, P. Sweet, Tim Haley, John
bleoney, Peßse Boyle, C. Wilcox, , N. Doyle, J.
Herod, Ed. Green, Joseph Levy;Tim Knight.
2d. The following named persons will be released :
from arrest upon taking the oath of allegiance to the
United. States: ' .
At Ship Island—James Beggs; Michael Murphy,
Frederick A. Taylor, P. E. Wiltz.
At Fort - Pickens.—John T. Monroe..
The majority of, these prisoners, it will be seen,
are released upon their mere parole, not to commit •
any act of hostility to the United States, or to ren
der aid and comfort to its enemies. The ex-Mayor
of New Orleans, John T. Monroe, who was confined
in Pickens, and Messrs. James Beggs and P. E.
Wlitz, who were of the Common Council, and two
others, at Ship Island, are to be released upon taking
the oath of allegiance to the 'United States,. (which
they will probably not consent to do, at least two of
them.)
General Banks' other new.order is also important:
It is as follows :
Applications for. the suspension of the order
closing certain churches in the city of New Orleans,
have been presented to the Military , Governor of the
State, and by him referred to the Major General
commanding.
An omission in 'the church service, assumed to.
have been made by •direction of the church govern
ment, is understood to have been the basis of this
order. Where the head of the State is also head of
the Church, an omission like that referred to would
be in contravention of political authority; but the
Government does not here assume the power, and
the case presented does not seem to require a con
tinued intervention of military authority. The
order is, therefore, provisionally rescinded, and .the
churches wilLbe opened as heretofore, on and after
Christmas day. This decision is based upon the
negative character of the.offence..oharged.
The Commanding General desires it to be under
stood, however, that clergymen are subject to the re
strictions imposed upbn all other men. They well
know the:'extent of their privileges. No appeal to
the passions or the prejudices of the people, or to ex
cite hostility, to 'the Government, whether in the
form of prayer, exhortation, counsel, or sermon, nor
any offensive demonstration, whether open or co
.
vert,.erin be allowed. As public teachers, ministers
should give some guarantee of 'their purpose to the
public.
The Commanding General is indisposed to inter
fere•with the rights of others, or to submit to the in
terferenceof others with the rights of the Govern
nient,'-which relies upon its justice and power, and
not.upon the consent of its opponents, for the ;sin
eeSs'of its measures.
Mr. Bakerithe successful manager of the :Varieties
Theatre, was to7produce, on the evening of Christ
mas • day, Burton's version of the "Cricket..on the
Hearth," by way of Christmas festival.. Ryer was
John Perrybinpie; Baker, Caleb Plummer; Mrs. 8., Dot;
Vining Bowers, Tilly Slowboy; Mrs. Gladstone, Ber
tha. etc.
GEN. BUTLER'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.
CITIZENS OF NEW ORLEANS : It may-not be in
appropriate, as it is not inopportune in occasion, that
there should-be addressed to you a few words at
parting, by one whose name is to be hereafter indis
solubly connected with your city. I shall . speak
in no bitterness, because I am not conscious of a
single personal animosity. Commanding'the Army.
of the Gulf,l found. you captured, but not surren
dered; conquered, but nolorderly;•relieved from the
presence of an army, but incapable of biking care of
yourselves.. So far from it, you had called upon a
foreign legion to protect you from yourselves. I re
stored order, punished crime,opened• comnierce,
brought provisionsio your starring peonle reformed
your
currency, and gave you quiet protection, such
as you had not enjoyed for many years.
'While doing this my soldiers were subject to oblo
quy, reproaCh, and Insult.
And now, - speaking to you; who know the truth,
I here declare that whoever has quietly remained
about his buithess, a ttbrding neither aid nor comfort
to the enemies of .the United States, has never been
interfered with bythe soldiers of the United States.
The men who had assumed to govern you and to
defend your city in arms have fled; some of your
women flouted at the presence of those who came to
protect them. By a simple order (No. 28) I called
upon every soldier of this army to treat the women
of New Orleans as gentlemen should deal .with the
sex ; with such • eflbct I now call upon the just
minded ladies of New Orleans to say whether they
have ever enjoyed so complete protection and calm
quiet for themselves and their families as since the
advent of the United States troops. .
The enemies of my country, unrepentant and im-
Wadable, 1 have treated with merited severity. I
hold that rebellion is treason, and that treason per
sisted in is death, and any punishment short of that
due a traitor gives so much clear gain to him from
the clemency of the Government. Upon this thesis,
I administered the authority of the United States,
because of which I sin not unconscious of complaint.
I do not feel that I have erred in too much harsh
ness, for that harshness has ever been exhibited to
disloyal enemies of my country and 'not to loyal
friends. To.be sure, I might have regaled you ivith
the amenities of British civilization and yet been
within the supposed rules of civilized warfare. You'
might have been smoked to death in caverns, as
were the covenanters of Scotland by the command
of a general of the Royal House of England ; or
roasted like the inhabitants of Algiers during the
French campaign ; your wives and daughters might
have been given over to the ravisher as were the un
fortunate dames of Spain in the Peninsular war ; or
you might have been scalped-and tomahawked as
our mothers were at Wyoming by the savage allies
of Great Britain in our own revolution • pour pro
perty could have been turned over to indiscriminate
"loot like the palace of the Emperor of China ;
works of art which adorned your building's might
have been sent away like the paintings of the . Vati
can; your sons might have been blown from the
mouths of cannon like the Sepoys of Delhi, and yet
all this would have been within the rules of civilized
warfare as practised by the most polished and the
most hypocritical nations of Europe,. For such acts
the records of the doings of some of the inhabitants
of your city toward the - friends of the - Union, be
fore my coming, were a sufficient provocative and
justification.
But I have not so conducted. On the contrary,
the worst punishment in fl icted, except for criminal
acts punishable by every law, has been banishment
with. labor to a barren island, where I encamped my
own soldiers before marching here.
It is true - I have levied upon the wealthy rebels
and paid out nearly half a million of dollars to feed
40,000 of the starving poor of all nations assembled
here, made so by this war.
I saw that this rebellion was a war of the aristo
craft against the middling men ; of the rich against
the poor ; a war of the landowner against the la
borer; that it' was a struggle for the retention of
power in the hands of the few against the many;
and I found no conclusion to it save in the subjuga.
tion of the few and the disenthrallment of the
many. 'I therefore felt no hesitation in taking the
substance of the wealthy, who had caused the war,
to feed - the innocent poor who had suffered by the
war. Arid I shall now leave you with the proud
consciousness that I carry with me the blessings of
the humble and loyal - under the roof of the cottage
and in the cabin of the slave, and so am quite con
tent to, incur the sneers of the salon or the curses of
the rich.
I found you trembling at the terrors of servile in
%urreetion. All danger of this I have prevented by
so treating the slave that he had no cause to rebel.
I found the dungeon, the chain, and the lash your
only means of enforcing obedience in your servants.
I leave them peaceful, laborious, controlled by the
laws of kindness and justice.
I have demonstrated that the pestilence can be
kept from your borders. '
I have added a million of dollars to your wealth,
in Ihe form of new, land, from the batture of the
Mississippi.
• I have cleansed and improved your streets, canals,
and public squares, and opened new avenues to un
occupied land.
I have given you freedom of elections greater than
you have ever enjoyed.
I have "caused justice to be administered so im
. partially, that your own advocates have Unani
mously complimented the judges of my appoint
ment.
You have seen, therefore, the benefit, of the laWs
and justice of the Government against which you
have rebelled.
Why, then,
will you not all return to your alle
giance to that Government, not with lip service,
but with the hearts
I conjure you, if you desire ever to see renewed
prosperity giving business to your streets and
wharves; if you hope to see your city become again
the mart of the Western 'World, fed by its rivers for
morethan three thousand miles, draining the co in
inerce of a country greater than the mind of man
hath ever conceived, return to your allegiance.
If you desire to leave to your children the, inhe
ritance you received of your fathers—a stable con
stitutional Government; if you desire that' they
should in the future be a portion of the greatest em
pire the sun ever shone upon, return to your alle
giance.
There is but one thing that stands in the way.
There is but one thing that at this hour stands between
you and the GOlllll7llOll, and that is slavery.
The institution, cursed of God, which has taken
its test refuge here, In His providence will be rooted
out as the tares from the wheat, although the wheat
be torn up with it.
I have given much thought to this subject.
I came among you by teachings, by habit of mind,
by political position, by social affinity, inclined to
sustain your domestic laws if by possibility they
Union.
Months
be with'safety to the
Months of experience and of observation have forced
the conviction that the existence of slavery is incompatible
with the safety either of yourselveS or of Mc Union. As
the system has gradually grown to its present huge
dimensions, it were best if it could be gradually re
moved; but it is better, far better, that it should be
taken out at once than that it should longer vitiate
the social political, and family relations of your
country. I am speaking with no philanthropic views
as regards the slave, but simply of the effect of slave
ry on the master. See for yourselves.
Look around you and say whether this saddening,
deadening influence hsa not all but destroyed the
very framework of your society.
I am speaking the farewell words of one who has
shown his devotion to his country, at the peril of his
life and fortune ,. who in these words can have neither
hopes nor interest, once the good of those whom he
addresses ; and let me here repeat, with all the
6,000
6,000
4,600
THREE CENTS.
solemnity of an appeal to heaven to bear me witness,
that such are the views forced upon me by expe
rience.
Come, then, to the unconditional support of the
Government. Take into your own hands your own
institutions; remodel them according to the laws of
nations and of God, and thus attain that great pros
perity assured to.you by geographical position, only
a portion of which was heretofore yours.
BENJ. F. BUTLER.
GEN. BANES, PROCLAMATION:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TILE GULP
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24, 1862.
To The People of Louiisana: In order to correct
public misapprehension and misrepresentation; for
the instruction of the troops of this department, and
the information. of, all parties in interest, official
publication - is herewith made of the proclamation
by'the President of the United States relating to the
subject of emancipation. In the examination of
this document it will lie observed :
I. That, it is the declaration • of a purpose only—
the full execution of which is contingent upon an
official designation by the President, to be made on
the first day of January next, of the States and
parts of States, if any, which are to be affected by
its provisions':
• 11. That the fact that any State is represented la
good faith in the Congress of the United States is
conclusive evidence, in the absence of strolig coun
tervailing testimony, that such State, and the people
Thereof, are not in rebellion against the United
States,
11/. That the State of Louisiana has not yet been
designated by the President as in rebellion, nor any
'part thereof, and that it has complied with altthe
tonditions of the Proclamation respecting represeqta,
• IV• That pecuniary aid to. States not in rebellion,
which, smty hereafter provide for immediate or gra
dual emancipation; the colonization of persons'of
African descent . elsewhere, and the compensation of
all - citizens who have remained loyal, "for all losses '
by acts of the Units...a States, including slaves," are
among the chief recommendations of this important
paper.
It is manifest that the changes suggested therein,
and which,may hereafter be established, do not take
effect within this State on the lst :January proxi
mo, nor 'at any precise period which t,in now be de
signatedrand.l call upon all persons, or whatever es
tate, condition or degree, soldiers, citizens qrslaves,
I olsserve this material and important fact, and to
g mn - tlrclt,crolt - co-nwtrx•ers.ss7 emme—
demonstrations, of whatever character, wil I be for th..,
present suspended. Provost marshals, officers, and
soldiers are enjoined to prevent any disturbance
of the. public peace. The slaves are advised to
remain upon their plantations until their privi
leges shall have been definitely established. They
may rest assured that whatever benefit the Govern-
went intends will be secured to them, but no man„
can be' allowed, in' the present condition of affairs,
to take the law into his own hands. If they . seek'.
the protection of the Government, they should wait
its pleasure. Officers invested With command
will be vigilant in the discharge of their duties.
Leave' of absence from camp will not be per
' mitted, except in cases of •
.great emergency.
Soldiers enrolled in the regiments of Native
Guards will not be allowed for the present to
visit the localities of their enlistment, nor will
visitors be received unnecessarily in their camps.
Thee regulations, enforced with all troops of the
United Stales in the localities where they are en
listed,, are now imperatively necessary. These
troops will be confined to the duty specified in gene
ral orders, and will not be charged with special
authority in making searches, seizures, or arrests.
It is my purpeseto execute faithfully all the orders
of the Government, and I assume the responsibility
of these' instructions as consistent therewith, and
require prompt and faithful execution thereof.
Public attention is called to the act of Congress
citedin the proclamation, which forbids the return
of fugitives by officers of the army. No encourage
ment will be given to laborers to desert their em
ployers,' but no authority exists to compel them to
.return. It is suggested to planters that some plan
he adopted by which an equitable proportion of
the•proceeds of the crops of the coming year, to be
hereafter, determined, upon the judgment of honor
able men justly representing the different interests
involved, be set apart, and reserved for the support
and compensation of labor.
The war is not waged by the Government for the
overthrow of slavery. The President has declared,
on the contrary, that it is to restore the "constitu
tional relations between the United States and each
I of the States" in which that relation is or may be
suspended. The resolutions passed by Congress,
before the war, with almost unanimous consent, re
,cognized the rights of, the States in this regard. Ver
niont has recently repealed the statutes supposed to
be inconsistent therewith. 'Massachusetts had done
so before. Slavery existed by Consent and constitu-
Urinal guaranty; :violence and war will inevitably
bring it to an end. It is impossible that any mili
tary maim, in the event of continued war, should coun
sel the preservation of slave property in the rebel
States. If it is to.be preserved, war must cease, and
the former constitutional relations be again es
tablished:
The first gun at Sumpter proclaimed emancipa
tion. The 'continuance of the contest there com
menced will consummate that end, and the history
of the age will leave no other permanent trace of
the rebellion. Its leaders will have accomplished
what other men,could not have done. The boldest
Abolitionist is a Cypher when compared with the
leaders of the rebellion. What mystery pervades
the works of Providence! We submit to its de
crees, but stand confounded at the awful manifesta
tions of its wisdom and power ! The great problem
of the age, apparently environed with labyrinthic
complications, is likely to be suddenly lifted out of
human bands. We may control the incidents of the
contest but we cannot circumvent or defeatthe end.
It will be left us only to assuage the horrors of in
ternecine conflict, and to procrastinate the processes
of transition. Local and national inter eats are there
ibre alike dependent upon'the suppression of the re
bellion. .
No - pecuniary sacrifice Can be too great an equiva
lent for peace. But it should be permanent peace,
and embrace all subjects, of discontent. It is written
on the blue arch above us • the distant voices of the
,future, the waves that huh our coast, the skeletons
that sieat' our tables and fill the vacant places of
desolate and mourning firesides, all cry out that
this war must not be repeated hereafter.
Contest, in public as in social life, strengthens and
consolidates brotherly affection. England, France,
Austria, Italy—every land fertile enough to make a
history, has had its desolating civil wars. It is a
baseless nationality that has not tested its strength
against domestic enemies. The success of local in
terests narrows the destinies of a people, and is fol
lowed by secession, poverty, and degradation. A
divided country and perpetual war make possession
a delusion and' life a calamity. The triumph of
national lute' eats widens the scope of human his
tory', and is attended with peace, prosperity, and
power. It is out of such contests that great nations
are born.
WhaT hallowed memories float around us! New
Orleans •is a shrine as sacred as Bunker Hill! On
'the Aristook and the Oregon the names of Wash
ington, Jackson, and Taylor are breathed with as
deep a reverence as on the James or the Mississippi.
Let us fulfil the conditions of this last great trial,
and become a nation—a grand nation—with sense
enough to govern ourselves, and strength enough
to stand against the world united!
N. B. BANKS, Major General Commanding.
EUROPE.
Safety of the "Harriet Spaulding"—Move
ments of the Tuscarora—. French inter
vention—American Affairs—Distress in
Fiance--The Roman end Mexican► ques
tions—Markets, &c.
Nxw Yonx, Jan. 4.—The steamship Asia, with
Liverpool advices of the 20th ult., has arrived.
The Africa arrived 'at Liverpool on the 19th'.
The reported burning of the ship Harriet Spauld
ing is unfounded, she having safely arrived at Havre.
Cyrus Field is a passenger on the Asia. The day
before he sailed he attended a meeting of the Atlantic.
Telegraph shareholders at Liverpool. Hopeful and
encouraging results for the enterprise were reported.
A letter from the Admiralty explains that the
captain of the Tuscarora assured the captain of the
British steamer Leopard, at Madeira, that the
steamer Thistle was not seized. Everything was
found in order on her, and she was allowed to pro
ceed. The Tuscarora had overhauled and exa
mined the papers and cargo of the British steamer
Cambria, from Fuel to Nassau, and found all
right. The Tuscarora was on the look-out for
others.
The London Times, in an editorial on the peace
prospects in America, congratulates the North on
the better spirit displayed towards the South, and
says from the liberality shown by a portion of the
public towards relieving the Lancashire distress, it
is willing to believe that a clearer perception of the
honorable part England has displayed during the
war now prevails.
A vague rumor is afloat that France intends soon
to despatch another note to England and Russia,
showing the necessity for peaceable intervention in
America.
• Schonfteld and Bright addressed their constituents
at Birmingham on American affairs. The former
thought the South had a right to secede, and re
commended recognition. Mr. Bright took a totally
different view, and charged the South with the sole
desire to perpetuate slavery, and eulogised the course
of the North. He - represented the affair of the
bama as a violation of international law. He did
not believe that the revolt would succeed, but had a
conviction that the whole American continent would
become the home of freedom and a place of refuge for
The oppressed of every nation.
• Nearly all the London journals find fault with
Mr. Bright's speech.
Heavy gales prevailed around England, but no
disasters were yet reported.
FRANCE
A loon is spoken of in France to relieve the pre
vailing distress.
The Bourse was heavy. Rentes 69f. 85c.
. ITALY.
Italy has declined further negotiations with
France on the Roman question.
AUSTRIA
The Austrian Chambers had closed with a congra
tulatory speech by the Emperor.
PORTUGAL
A frightful railway accident had occurred in Por
tugal, in which one hunched persons were killed.
SPAIN
Concha has resigned the Spanish Embassy in
France.
The Spanish Senate continues the debate on the
Mexican question.
Conunereinl Intelligence.
LivEnroor., Dec. I9.—The sales of Cotton for the
week have been 75,000 bales, including 37,000 hales
to speculators and 6,600 bales to exporters. The
market closed buoyant at an advance of Id for
Americans and Surats, and rather more for other
descriptions. The sales to-day were 4,000 bales ' in
cluding I,lXX).bales to speculators and exporters,
closing steady and unchanged.
The stock in port is 231,500 bales, of which 22,000
bales are American: The authorized quotations are
as follows :
• • Fair. Middling . .
•
'New Orleans • 27 • 2.134
Mobiles " ..26 2334
'Uplands 25 2334
The. N anchester advices are favorable.
BREADSTUFFS.—The market is steady and un
changed. Messrs. Richardson, Bigland, Gordon &
13ruces' circulars quote dour as steady, with an up
ward tendency ; prices have improved 1 2d for red
Western wheat, which is quoted at 8210 d 988 d ; red
Southern,9sBd49Blod; w h ite Western,los lls t •white
Southern 11412 s ; mixed corn steady at 28@2856d.
PItiDVISIONB.—The market is dull, with a down
ward tendency; Beef is dull; Pork dull and unchang
ed; Bacon heavier E but easier; Lard heavy at 384398;
Tallow, irregular. '
PRODuen.—Asheti are active; Pots 33s 6d; Pearls
-325; common Rosin steady at 265,• Spirits Turpen
tine quiet at 15s; Sugar steady; Coffee inactive; Cod
Oil quiet and. steady; .
Dec. etroleum is still declining
and irregular,* lute is 20@30s dearer.
L oxiiort,' ec. 19.—Breadstuffs quiet and steady.
Iron is firm. Sugar quiet and steady. Coffee quiet.
Rice dull. Tea steady. Spirits Turpentine nominal.
Rosin dull at 275.
- -
Consols for money are 92;;@92; 1 4'.
The bullion in the Bank of England has increased
£193,000.
THE LATEST.
Li vim - poor. Dec. 20—Eveniug.—The Cotton sales
I ci-ds y were 4,000 bales, including 2,000 to speculators
and exporters. The market closes fiat and quota
tions Ate barely maintained.
Dreadstuffs iirm but quiet; Provisions dull but
steady at previous rates.
Lox vox, Dec. 20—Evening.—Consols for money
921';@,92% .• Erie shares 42N ; Illinois Centrals V@
41 discount.
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extra copy of the Paper will be given,
diplomatic correspondence, was the theme today o f
universal discussion, but produced no apparent
effect.
The London Times has a disparaging article on
General Halleck , s official report and disputes its
veracity.
The Daily News dilates with great satisfaction on
the proceedings of the New York Chamber of Com
merce in regard to the Lancashire sufferers, and says
the movement is a proof not only of a deep and
genuine sympathy for their suffering kinsmen but of
good feeling towards the Queen and the country at
large. •
The steamer Rammonia from Southampton to-day
takes 40,000 stand of arms for New York.
It is rumored at Paris that as soon as the French
obtain any decided success in Mexico the Emperor
will recall the troops home.
The gale still prevails around the English coast,
hut nothing serious has occurred to the American
shipping.
The ships .Tohn Clark, for Baltimore, Richard
Alsop for New York, and the Grace Darling, for
San Francisco, all from Liverpool, returned on the
20th.
Pawls, Dee. 20.—The Bourse is firm ; Rentes 70f.
QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 21.—The Legatus, from New
York, is ashore at Sligo.
PAItIF, Dec. 21.—The Monflcur says that some
Journalists exaf.-serate the tendency of the course of
France when offering media,tion to America, and en
tirely misunderstand its character. The Monileur
adds, that the New York Courrier des Etats !kis, of
the 29th of November, demonstrates that the over
tures of 'France were disinterested,: opportune, and
careful' of the rights MAI susceptibilities of the
MADRID, Dec. 20.—1 n the Senate Don Calderon
Collanta proved from official documents that the
niliea might not to interfere in the Intern , tl atikirs of
Mexico, because when rnakilig overtures to the
United States to participate in the expedition no
such intention was expressed. He approved the re
embarkation of General Prim as the best solution of
the difficulty wherein he was placed.
NEW YORK CITY.
Moiresiondertee of The Press.)
IsTEur Yonx, January 3, 1863
THE GREAT PROCLAMATION
taxvirhol d - ortliewlnlCTillnd to-day, and
is being duly weighed and balanced, with or without
izlitsi-ropo i the Vans—.
Phoers. The Gotha th it wn
mes - h u ave n
me t
i) b y ,
read
I+, and are now criticising it from the innume
rable ang not very immaculate standards of personal
opinion. A. - far as I can judge from general observa
tion, its subst.otial effect is to make everybody
" breathe easier," and exhibit a consciousness of re
lief. In Wall street e , erything is going jubilantly
up, and there is a pretty ti'neral conviction that the
next thirty days will substanv-ally end the war. As
for the editorial fraternity, they a. w " nothing if not
critical," and the usual fault-findins is to be ex
pected from them.
The Tribune's key-note is:
"If what is clearly implied in the President'b.e.
cond .Plociamation were a fact, if Tennessee and the
lower portion of Louisiana were to-day restored to
loyalty and the Union, we should hail this manifesto
with a heartiness of approval and satisfaction that
we cannot now feel."
The'Sun's (conservative) :
."
Whether we think it (the proclamation) wise or
foolish, effective or useless, it has become a part of
the law of the land, and is thus to be acted upon. We
may doubt its usefulness, but we must admit that all
other resources
: have, for some cause, failed, and
that the necessity of trying this is apparent."
The Times' (neutral) :
"Sooner or 'later the President's action in this mat
ter will come up for rcviewal before the Supreme
Court. * • * • We wish that, for this reason, the
President had given it the form of a military order—
addressed to his subordinate generals, enjoining upon
them specific acts in the performance of their duties,
instead of a proclamation addressed to the world at
large, and embodying declarations and averments
instead of commands."
The World's (Confederate)':
"Ixiamediate, practical effect, it (the proclamation
has none; the slaves remaining in precisely the same
condition as before. They still live on the planta
tions; tenant their accustomed hovels; obey the com
mand of their master or overseer; eating the food he
furnishes, and doing the work he requires, precisely
as though Mr. Lincoln had not declared them free."
The Herald's (whichever side pays best):
"It is the last card of the Abolition Jacobins, and
the last step, we fear,which determins the success or
failure of this administration, with the chances hea
vily against its success."
The Journal of Commerce's (Jeff. Davis):
"For the most part it (the proclamation) was re
garded as a farce coming in after a long tragedy,
while a few radical people seem to have had great
faith in it, and are fully of the opinion that the re
bellion was at an end from and after the date of its
issue.".
Among the evening papers, the E..rpress tries to
sneer superciliously at it, while the Commerczal and
Post applaud it without stint.
These different editorial views may' furnish some
amusement, if not instruction, to the.readers of The
Press: They can read, digest, and then abide by their
own counsel—
. Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
And' ound these casuists' doubts like you and me VI
• • THE COLORED PEOPLE
are inclined to make the most of this God-sent
epoch in the history of their race, and appear nu
merously upon the streets this bright afternoon, in
their best attire. Their clergy and social leaders
are perfecting arrangements for a grand jubilee cele
bration next week. Last night at a meeting in the
Abyssinian Colored Church, Manager Spellman, the
dramatic caterer of the blacks, read the proclama
tion; after which, Downing, the immortal oyster
man of Broad street, announced that 200,000 black
volunteers were shortly to be called for, and he trust
ed that the brethren would not be slowabout enlist
ing. The "pussons" gave enthusiastic cheers for
Burnside, Lincoln, Greele}, and McClellan. At a
negro church in Brooklyn, each member of the con
gregation pledged himself to give at least one dollar
to the fund to he given to those having the emanci
pated chattels in charge. Then came
"!Stiund the loud cymbal o'er Egypt's dark sea,
The oppressor is vanquished and Zion is free t"
Everybody is curious to hear what Beecher will say
about the great event, and he will have a tre
mendous congregation to-morrow. •
GOVERNOR. SEYMOUR'S FIRST ACT,
after taking the oath of office at Albany, and de
livering a short speech full of non-committal com
mon-places, was to despatch a special messenger
straightway to the Police Commissioners of this
city, notifying them to appear before an Albany
court (!) and answer the charge of unwarrantable
usurpation in the famous Mrs. Brinamade case.
This act, so worthy of a fourth-rate pettifogger and
party-hack, aims especially at the removal of Su
perintendent Kennedy, whose' sharp watch over
traitors is a continual thorn in the sensitive side of
the Democracy. Seymour may succeed in carrying
out the commands of his owners in this city, and
unseating Kennedy and the Commissioners, but the
business will not tend to give the pretended loyalty
of his forthcoming message to - the Legislature a
special odor of truth.
THE OCEAN QUEEN'S
safe arrival from California to-day, with over a
Million and a quarter of treasup on board, is the
subject of much congratulation on the street. The
captain of the Queen saw nothing of the pirate
Alabama during the voyage, and it is supposed that
Semmes has prudently retired from the California
business until the excitement about the Ariel shall
hiive blown over.
THE PHILADELPHIA STEAMSHIP
lines, to be started between Philadelphia, Liverpool,
and Aspinwall, are vehemently lauded editorially by
the 2'ribune of to-day. Greeley is fairly in eostaciea
over the enterprise, and employs sounding rhetorical
periods to express his fond admiration. Who knows
but he will write a complicated article in the Inde
pendent about it. Speaking of papers, the old Sun
has cut down its size so tremendously during the
week, that it is now scarcely as large as a Sunday
school paper. The Evening Post and Commercial Ad
vertiser have each thrown off four columns.
A PRETTY FASHION,
originating at the South, and first introduced in this
city by an actress, has become the rage with the fair
sex. Whether in street or drawing-room, you now
see ladies all wearing large white muslin bows,
edged with fine leee, immediately under their chine,
across the opening of the collar. The bipws are quite
large, with long ends, and are kept in their ,places
by small diamond or cameo brooches. The effect is
decidedly clerical, with a leaning to half-mourning,
and is only becoming to the possessors of fine com
plexions. All the ladies, however, have adopted
the fashion with alacrity, whether it becomes them
or not.
GENERAL BUTLER
patronized the St. Nicholas Hotel during his brief
stay in this city, en route for Washington, creating
a great sensation amongst the guests of the house.
Not the least eager in the rush to catch glimpses of
the famous commander and military goVernor were
the ladies ; and when he was finally induced to dine
at the table d'hote, the attentions of the fair sex might
have flattered a handsomer man than the distin
guished captor of New Orleans. About half a dozen
women, whose loud tongues and negroisms of lan
guage proclaimed them to be expatriated Southern
ers, tried hard to be loftily indifferent or contemptu
ous ; but only succeeded in convincing the hundreds
of real ladies around them that they.were eligible to
be ranked with those so specifically designated in
the general's celebrated and righteous "Woman
Order." Butler is heartily liked in this city by
everybody but a clique of contemptible naturalized
foreigners and a few cowardly rebels. •
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
have not prospered as well with us this week as last,
though the Winter Garden, Museum, and Bowery
Theatres, had great audiences on Thursday. To
morrow evening impressario Grau reopens the Aca
demy of Music for another brief season, commencing
with Donizetti's "Il Poliuto," and Miss Kellogg as
chanteuse premiere. As there is always a reaction of
apathy in public inclination for festivity just after
the holidays, I doubt much whether the enterprise
will prove profitable. On Tueiday Edward Mollen
lower, the admirable violinist and conductor, will
give an operatic concert at Irving Hall, fOr the pur
pose •of introducing the gems of his new opera, the
"Corsican Bride." Curious to relate, this opera is
founded on a play which was founded on an opera.
The play is "Rosa Gregorio," prepared for Miss
Bateman by the dramatist De Walden, who "adapt
ed" it from one of Paccini's old operas. Musically
speaking, Mr. Mollenhauer's work seems to "square
the circle." To-morrow evening Mrs. John %Wood
will commence an engagement at Laura Keene's.
Theatre, in the hackneyed burletta of ."Jenny
Lind" and • an extravaganza styled . the "
bles." • STUYVESATT:
•
Gov. Seymour and the New York Pollee
Commissioners.
Ar.nA3n - , N. Y. Jan. 3.—The New' York Police
Commissioners failing to appear at six ovekock thin
evening, Gov. Seymour stated that he hadreceived
a protest from them against his proceedings: Mr,
Blauvelt, on behalf of the complainants, presented
several affidavits. The Governor rec,eixed them.,
and holds the matter under considetAop, A laxge
:lumber of prominent New Yorkers: were in.attend.
The message of Goy. Seymow will be-, wit into,
the Legislature on "Wednesday. next, if the l e teciAlAl
'5 s
hire should he organized.W