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regard this account, respecting the prisoners, as
evidence of the very highest character that the ad
vantages thus far are target) in favor of the Confede
rates on account of the war.
General Bragg has returned from Kentucky to his
original position, in possession of supplies of all
kinds, reptesented as so large that I ought not to
teune them. He is supposed to have brought away
from Kentucky fifteen thousand more anus than he
carried in, with meny regiments made up entirely
of Nentnekians; besides stores, clothes, mules,
horses, bacon, and wagons without number.
The recent affair in tiouthtarolina, at Pocobiligo,
lens a brilliant exploit against a hotly of Federals
sent to break up a railroad between Charleston, and
Savannah. There is an ofhtet to this in the atom
dement of Galveston by the Confederates and its
occupation by the Federals, but these small occur
rences upon so great a field are unimportant. We
must look at the general results, and, upon au Mt-,
partial review of the present condition of atfairs in
the Confederate States, every candid mind must 're
gard Dlr. Lincoln's proclamation as the idle threat
4.,f an imbecile. . .
But more : A people in possession of such immense
resources as the alnfederates have; with so large an
runty; with such generals, and such a Government,
—more united than an nation on the face of the
globe—having been obliged to discard an alliance
offensive and unprofitable after a trial of eighty
years, upon the most mature consideration, and in
the fear of God, and with such splendid results per
fected in so short a period as evidence of their
prowess, valor and wealth—cannot fail to
secure the Inspect of all nations. Any political
association or community which collects its own
revenue, and spends it as it sees fit, makes its own
laws, free from the power and interference of any
other nation, observing the civilization of the age
in which it exists, is a nation indeed and in truth,
worthy of respect, and should he so treated and re
garded. All must see that a market would imme
diately spring up in the Confederate States, if pence
was concluded, as extensive as the Indies, which
that nation will best secure who first embraces it.
As a preliminary, pence must be made, and until
that is restored every question of commercial ad
vantage must be prejudiced. England or France,
certainly both, can now, and always could have,
commanded the pence with as much ease as a coun
try squire would command the peace between two
men who were fighting on the court green.
The true solution of the difficulty must he the ac
complishment of that which is just and right be
tween the combatants, and plainly the first step
towards that end is—the fight must stop. The States
themselves must decide their relation to the respec
tive parties. Those wishing to go with the Confe
derate States must go with them; those deciding to
remain with the so-oalled United States must do so.
Illy impressions were,
during the last winter, that
absolute free trade would have been accorded to Erig
land or France for their aid in the conflict, but the
confidence now evinced in the ultimate issue may
render such 'an arrangement more difficult; but a
nudority of the people of the Confederate States
favor a repeal of the tar(y, preferring to collect their
revenue by direct taxation. Acting under the force of this
obinion, the repeal was carried through the lower House
:silk only seventeen dissenting voles last spring, but failed
in the Senate. ..
If a treaty - could be concluded upon the basis of
absolute free trade with the Confederate States on
the part of England and France, I should regard it
as the most judicious arrangement for the Confede
rates which could transpire, since the root of their
present controversy was the method for supporting
the Government of the United States—in other
words, who should pay the taxes—and that some
question-will arise in every confederacy and break
it up unless the revenue is apportioned among the
States before it is collected, as it is in the German
Union of . Customs. it cannot be possible that the
European nations will allow themselves to be shut
out from such large markets as exist in the Confect&
rate States by the malice, the ignorance, or the am
bition of Lincoln, Seward, Welles, Chase, and Blair,
or by the folly of such lunatics as Beecher, Greeley,
Hale,. Hughes, and Phillips, not one of whom ever
designed any benefit to the poor negro, whose con
dition they cannot improve, and if they could they
would not if it were to cost them time, money, or
labor, but who, to aggrandize themselves, are willing
to deluge their country in blood and to shroud the
whole land in mourning. It is a matter of surprise
that the whole world should be made to feel want in
so many ways, and that thousands are to be buried
on battle-fields,
or wnste away In hospitals, mutilated
for life, and that Christianity is to be outraged by find
ing so many of its professors with blood-red hands
raised against those with whom they have broken
bread and drank wine in commemoration of the
Prime of Peace, and that the widows and orphans ,
are to he told that a father or a husband was slaugh
tered in the fruitless effort to restore a Union severed
by forces great enough to shake the whole structure
Of human society, and which, if readjusted, will be a
basis that has been found after the effusion of enough
blood to sicken even a wild beast. These enormities
cannot, and ought not to fail in arresting the thoughts
of every philanthropist in Christendom. There are
abundant evidences that both parties have sown
their "wild oats." The fanaticism which hew
through the world upon the subject of negro
slavery compelled the slaveholding States or na
tions now confederated in defence of law, order, and
Chrlstainly to examine all the foundations upon
which they tested their existence as political com
munities, and, after searching for the path of duty,
they have stepped from beneath a tottering shelter
that they had aided in erecting, and, defying, the
power or their former associates, who had impu
dently assumed to decide every question and to ad
just all arrangements for their own benefit, they
have reluctantly taken up arms because they
preferred to govern themselves. They will not lay
them down again till they do so honorably, for
they think they are in the right,* and, believing
this, they calmly await their destiny, trusting
in the God of Battles, ready at all times to exchange
the panoply of the battle-field for the implements
and vocation of peace. The negro can only be bene
fited by improving the circumstances of his owner;
and since 1 have shown that the interests of the
sinveholders would be promoted by peace and the re
cognition of a goverment created by themselves,
they who contributed to these results are the wisest
friends to both races. They who defeat and impede
these events arc the enemies of the blacks as well as
the whites. There is no apology for those enthusi
asts who are ready to turn the world upside-down
about negro slavery in these States, but who, when
asked fora remedy, furnish as absurd an one as a
physician would who, to cure a deformed hand,
should cut the patient's head of
The public mitia seems to have reached the conclu
sion that all of the representatives of foreign Go
vernments in the Confederate States mutt go out of
Ihe country or Into the army. Certain it. is that they
will not be allowed to exercise the authority of con
suls much longer nt their several places of residence.
Thritmoxn, Drovember29, 1862.,
Editor of The Times, London
Sn:: You will find annexed letter which I have
written for publication in your valuable : paper. I
hnve no connection with the Governmsint - here, in
any way, but I am known personally to the Hon.
James M. Mason, the ambassador of the Confide.
rate States to England, wtioil suppose, is now in
London, to whom 'you may apply, Bo as to justify
you in relying upon the statements in the letter,
some of which I hope will prove interesting to your
numerous lenders, as they have not before been
published in England. 1 regret that my time does
not allow me to copy the letter, and I therefore ask
that you will endeavor to send me a copy of The
Times, which may contain it. This you can do by
sending it to Mr. Mnson, with the request that he
forward it to me.
I am, respectfully , DANlEL H. LOUDON
P. S.—l enclose as correct likenesses as I have
seen of General Lee, General Jackson, and Presi
dent Davis, and the newspaper slip from the Enqui
rer respecting the debt of the Confederate States,
which I hear is official.
WKDNESDAV Mott - sr:co, Nov.-29, 1882.
Mr. Sanders will find enclosed a letter to Messrs.
Eyre, Evans, S. Co., Liverpool, which he can mail
as early as he may reach the United States,
or any post office from which it will go forivard to
them. I also enclose a letter to the Man., London,
which I wish published; and if it does not appear in
that paper, then it might appear in some other Eng
lish paper. Of that you can decide.
Your obedient servant,
D. H. LOUDON.
P. S.—Tell Mr. Mason I regard his letter to the
Staleybridge men about recognition as capital in
every sense. Yours, &c., D. H. L.
( gijt Vitss.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1863
The Intercepted Correspondence.
We are enabled this morning, by the "cu
rious fate of war, to give our readeri an in
teresting view of the rebellion as it appears
behind the scenes. It seems that some of
our enterprising naval officers surprised a
large quantity of rebel correspondence, in
cluding letters of instruction and remon
strance and dismissal, and bringing to view .
Many notorious public personages. Among
other things, we sec that the dapper and
oily-tongued BENJAMIN is. elaborating his
rhetoric and his fancy on the American war.
We see in these despatches of the Secretary
the source of the alarming information that
comes to us by way of the English news
papers. Ambng other things, SLIDELL is
informed Quit '-"MeCLELLAN's army lost
100,000 men in the Peninsula, while HAL
MOE lost the same number in the
West. There arc fourteen items of this
nature, and the result adds up 349,300.
Of course, we have " the shameless perfidy''
of our Government abundantly exposed, al
though
it is hard to realize that the men who
make these complaints arc the men who dis:
graced humanity by their atrocities in Ten
nessee, and the honor of mankind by their
treatment of ConcortAN and ELY. BENJA
MIN becomes familiar and friendly, and,
after alluding to the great efforts of the re
bel President to retrieve the disasters in Ken
tucky, alludes to the eagerness with which
"Mrs. DAVIS anticipates the promised let
ter " from Miss SLIDELL; which had not
reached Richmond. GEORGE SANDERS,
of course, appears, - and, true to his old vo
cation, is taking charge of the contract busi
ness. He is in bad temper with the rebel
Congress for proposing to interfere with his .
operations, asd tells his son that " any legis
lation in regard to the construction of iron
clad steamers, until time is given me to get
mine under way, will be very uujuit."
Furthermore, says GEORGE, with a spebial
reference no doubt to SLIDELL, whose sym
pathy with anything like a job or a contract
is notorious, "bunglers entering the Euro
pean market Might endanger Ire entire
scheme." This scheme, by the way, is
another illustration of the neutrality of Eng
land in her dealings with the United States.
It appears that English ship-builders, pro
fiting by the immunity granted to the Ala_
barna, have agreed to build six ships, and
receive their pay in cotton, the only thing
remaining to complete the contract beirig
the fixing of the price at which the cotton
could be deJiVered. We can now account
for the earnestness with which SANDERS im
plored his friends, WOOD, VAN BUREN, and
others, in his recently published letter, to
compel the North to assume the Southern
debt. .It would have made the contract quite
an object to have had it secured by Northern
credit.
The mysterious Emperor of the French
looms up in this correspondence. He ap
pears to be an object of suspicion to the con
fiding South, and, according to the nervous
BENJAMIN, has evident designs upon Texas.
It seems that the Trench consul at Gal es
'ton addressed a cabalistic letter to:GoverJor
lir.unOc4i, of Texas, asking him his opionios
alma the practicability of making that State
an independent republic. Shortly after an
other French consul at Ricluno . ad called
upon Senator OnintANr, of Texas, and asked
him for his opinion on the subject. Lunnocic
and OLDITAN report the matter to DAVIS,
lvho becomes alarnied; directs the banish
ment of the curious consuls, and, through
BENJAMIN, requests SLIDELL to investigate
The whole matter ns circumspectly as pos
sible. If we can depend upon these facts,
the attitude of ; NAPOLEON is extremely
curious and characteristic. While offer
ing mediation to England and Russia as the
best means of ending the war, even to the
injury of the North, he intrigues to make
Texas an independent State, that it
; may
serve as a bulwark against an ambitious Re
public, and enable him to pursue his designs
upon Mexico with impunity. In a question
like this, we must confess an interest as
deep as any that DAVIS or BENJAMIN Call
feel, and, if the expulsion of the consuls
will nullify the Emperor's designs, they
have done the Republic a good service. The
designs of NAPOLEON upon Texas are de
signs upon the integrity of . the Union ; and
we have no doubt Mr. SEWARD will ask M.
L'lluys for an explanation of the whole
affair. The precipitate action of DAvm may
also indicate a trepidation sadly at variance
with his boasted confidence in the loyalty of
the Southern' people to. the new Confede
racy. There, must have been a danger of
the proposed revolution succeeding,; some
latent but powerful sentiment of enmity to
the new Government that required the ban
ishment of two foreign agents within twen-•
ty-four hours.
We arc sorry to learn that Earl RUSSELL
is behaving very badly to Mr. MASON, the
rebel ambassador to London. The precise
indignities offered to Mr. MAsoN are not
mentioned, although the , inference is, that
when the American Chesterfield called
upon RUSSELL he was not invited to join
him in a social drink. It is no wonder that
BENJpITN calls the cavalier treatment of the
- Virginian "scant courtesy," and proceeds
to chide the noble lord for his "rude inci
vility," as compared with the "polished
courtesy" of 31. TROUVENEL. Mr. JAMES
SPENCE, who has been writing so many let
ters to the London Mies, in defence of the
South, now appears upon the record as a
penSioner of the rebel Confederacy, and re
ceives large sums for his Voluthinous:contri
butions in defence of • the .Southern cause.
Mr. DELEow appears to be on a newspaper
mission to Europe . , and, having subsidized
the press of England and France to oppose
the North, is directed to give his attention to
"Austria and Prussia, as well as the smaller
Germanic Powers," who, according . to Mr.
BENJIN, " seem to require intelligence of
the true condition of affairs, and the nature
of the struggle," expressing the hope that
he may "find means to act with efficiency
in moulding public opinion in those coun
tries." Other matters are discussed in these
letters,- and,' altogether, they throw a great
deal of light upon the condition of Southern
affairs. •
LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL.»
WASHINGTON, Jamuiry 18, 1803
I find that my letter of yesterday was
written under a misapprehension of facts,
and I hasten to correct the impression con
tained. The bill for the emancipation of the
slaves in the District of Columbia includes
the provision authorizing the appropriation
of money to carry the meastire into effect,
and, accordingly, nothing, remains but for
the Government to take up the - report of
Messrs. Goodloe, King, and Brodhead, and.
accomplish the act of emancipation by luay
ing the claims of loyal owners. This Was
the object of my allusion before, .and, in
making the explanation now, I desiie to im
press upon the minds of
.those in authority
the necessity of making the capital of the
nation free, in fact, as it is in name by the
solemn law of the land. Any delay in this
matter will be used against us by the enemies
of the country, and it will be said that,
having nufln.a. covenant with, the people,
in reference to a delicateYight of possession;
we hesitated to obServe our_ part of the obli
gation, after having obtained from them a
renunciation of their claim.. You can rea
dily see how mischievous a feeling like this
would be, unless it is dissipated at once..
The effect of emancipation here upon the
States surrounding the District will be won
derful. It I\lll redeem the Republic from
the . stigma so
. long resting upon : it, that,
- while proclaiming freedom by its flag, 'its
Government was administered in a slave
holding community.. It will give Maryland
a grand example, and, by showing to its
people the beneficial effects of free labor and
free enterprise, lead its people to adopt the
same wise and beneficent policy. *ash
ington 'already begins to show the effect of
the first impulse of freedom, and the Dis
trict of Columbia,•when - these wars are over,
and peace is with us againwhen the heavy
hoof of war is lifted from her fields, and the
sword gives place to the ploughshare, will
bloom and blossom into the condition of
beauty and magnificent fertility which Pro
vidence has so generously made her destiny,
and Which man must make her portion.
Public Entertainments.
THE NEW CHEST:Nt'T-STREET THEATIIE.—As we
stab d in our issue of Saturday, this new establish
ment will open next Monday evening. Mr. Edwin
Forrest will inaugurate the season with the play of
4 ' Yirginius." Very many years ago the Parisian
public cudgelled each other at 'the doors of their
favorite theatre, to get but a glimpse of Mlle.
Sand in her unique Promethean ballet. We suspect
that something of this nature, in mood, if not in
action, will occur next Monday evening in the vici
nity of Twelfth and Chestnut. To say one word in
regard to Mr. Forrest were worse than idle, to pro
phesy that the house will be completely packed re
quires no foresight. Every one knows the genius of
Mr. Forrest, the tact of Mr. Wheatley, but every
one does not know the elegance and commodiousness
of our new theatre. The disposal of the seats for
the first night has been placed in the hands of M.
Thomas S. Son, and arc to be purchased from them
next Wednesday noon. The establishment is ele
gant in the extreme, and could not easily be, opened
under more brilliant auspices.
Ac4rnimv os .iitusic.—Both the quantity and
quality of the audiences which have visited the
Academy during the past week have testified to the
excellence of the German opera. Each of the
singers sings and acts hie part conscientiously.
Maclaine Johannsen's voice possesses strength and
Sweetness; her acting is acceptable: Madame Rot
ter is very vivacious; she understands the business
of the stage, has a fresh and full voice, and is always
pleasing. The male singers are good, and act much
better than operatic performers usually condescend
to do. The chorus has been carefully trained, and
is faithful in its execution. If its members were a
trifle better looking, that would be an Ictdditional
feature. This evening, the fifth night of the season,
Ileethoren , s "Fidelio, ,, in three acts, will be pro
duced, with Mad. Johannsen as Leonora. The Arion
Vocal Society of New York have been imported for
the sole purpose of assisting in Tthe operas of " Fi
delio,7 and "The Magic Flute." There-is not a
doubt that the house will be as crowded to-night as
it was upon the first night of the season.
• . S'TREET TiEATRE.-At this establishment
Dlr. and Miss Caroline Richings commence the third
! week of their engagement. :Miss Itichings is a most
I careful actress, a most sweet singer. Hir vocaliza
tion is full of melody and power, her action is liar
! monious and graCeful. This evening "The En
: elinntresa" will be produced, with Miss Richings as
Stello, and Mr. Richings as Ramir. The audiences
I have been very enthusiastic during the last fort
! night; the entertainments have been produced with
I care, and the remuneration has been very satisfae
, tory to the management.
LNV'T i grma:T_ Txs.A.Tl:E.—The last Li ve nights
of Mr. Wild M. 13aritey Williams are announced.
"Ireland as it WAS," "The Irish Lion," and "The
Last of the Pigtails," will be presented. Mr. and
Barney Williams both appear. If crowded
houses and vociferous applause are true criterions,
these performers are of undoubted merit. It is not
possible to preserve a straight face whilst witnessing
them.
0.1:1.11ECS 11 . 17P,1C1.L FAlwarti
Payson Weston announces the second grand Often
of the. Orpheus Musioal Association is postponed
until Thursday evening, February sth: This is
stated to be in compliance with the wishes of nu
nitrous subscribers. This concert is looked forward
.to with much interest, - and will be largely attended.
The Hutchinson Family announce their fourth
concert at Ham'el and Haydn Hall os,Tlfursday,
Jan. li2d. Woodruff's Original Bohemian troupe of
Glass Blowers are to be seen at Assemblyßuild
ings.,s. -Every one knows where and when to find
Signor-Blitz. Mr. Robert Heller announces a novel
and unique performance at Concert Hall, com
mencing next Wednesday.
Mn. Gxonon VANDuraIO/fir.-1t is probable that
this able actor and lecturer will soon give dramatic
readings in Philadelphia. We perceive, by our ex
changes, that he has been reading portions of Victor
llugo , s wonderful romance, "Les Miserables," with
great efrect
.and success, He has recently lectured
and read very widely, from Montreal to St. Louis,
Milwaukee, Detroit, Ste.; is this week in New Eng
land, and will be in Washington next week, where
he will give three or four readings, returning
. by
Pittsburg, for three readings, and thericeio New
England again. We confess that we should like to
hear him read from "Les Miserables," that truest
and saddest, because of its truth, of all modern iro
.
mance of real life.
SpeclaiDesiiatcliei to 44 The Press."
MASFLINGTOR, January 18, 188:1,
Decisions of the Secretary of the Tien.
- The
.Secretary of the Treasury, on appeal,- has
made the following decisions : .
'The collector at Boston had assessed duty at the
rate of 2)4 cents per square yard, and in addition
thereto 10 per centum ad ratorem, under the 11th sec-.
tion of the act of 1861, on ten cases of ginghams.
The appellants claimed that said goods were known
not as bleached, but printed goods, and consequently
the goods, not exceeding in fineness one'hundrekatad
forty threads;to the square inch, were dutiable at the
rate of 2 cents the square yard, and 10 per centum
ad" valorem additional. The Secretary t.g4s that the
mere fact that the cotton may be unbleached in the
process of manufacturing the printed goods does not
change their distinctive corn mereial appellation.
Ginghams are printed, not bleached .goods, in the
language of the trade, consequently the hall cent
per square yard for bleached goods does not accrue.
The collectors decision assigning the duty at the
rate of 2% cents per square yard, and in addition
thereto 10 per eentum ad valorem on the goods iniquer
tion, is overruled.
The Secretary has affirmed the decision of the
same collector, levying a duty of 18 cents per 100 lbs.
on certain salt imported from Liverpool, on the
ground that salt in barrels is neither salt in sacks
nor salt in bulk, but must be considered as falling
within the provisions of the act of August 30, 1842,
which provides that if any non-enumerated article
equally resembles two or more enumerated articles
on which different rates are charged, there shall be
paid the same duty as is chargeable on the article it
resembles, paying the highest rate of duty, &c.
The Secretary has affirmed Collector Barney's de
cision that 40 per centum on silk and cotton plush,
under the second section of the act of August, 1861,
providing for all ,other manufactures of silk, or of
which sillc shall he the component of chief value,
not Otherwise . provided for.
Also, that pattern-cards are subject to the pay
ment of duty, the charge upon the invoice being in
dubitable evidence of the commercial value of the
cards or samples. That carbonates of lime and lead,
and billiard chalk, fall within the provisions of the
24th section of the act of 1861, for all articles manu
factured in whole or in part, not enumerated or pro-
vided for, liable to duty at the rate of 20 per centum
ad valorem. That silk and mohair mixtures, silk
being the component material or chief, is chargeable
to a duty of 30 per centum only. That printed pic
ture cards are properly classed as engravings or
plates, bound or unbound, and liable to a duty of 10
per centum. That hesseans, or wheat bags, were pro
perly assessed at a duty of 26 per centum. The claim
of the appellants of 20 per centum would only be
tenable on the ground of the article being suitable for
the uses to which common bagging is applied, if not
otherwise provided for. But the Secretary says that
it is otherwise provided for, and is not suitable for the
ordinary purposes of cotton bagging, although it
might possibly be used us a substitute. The assessed
duty of 26 per centum is, therefore, proper.
That single and train silk is liable to a duty of 40
per centum. The article in question having been
Purified from the gum and dyed, can be used,without
further manufacture, for weaving and other pur
poses.
A Caucus of Republican Congressmen.
A number of Republican representatives held a
caucus to-night, at the Capitol, to deliberate on
public affairs. Those who were present were en
joined to secrecy regarding the publicity of their
proceedings. It ie known, however, that there was
not a full attendance of members, some altogether
disapproving of, and'absenting themselves from, the
Caucus.
Representatives. HoofVt, HORTON, and S,PAIIL-
Dnio, being a :sub-committee of the Committee of
Ways and Means, had a long and full conference to
day with the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to
the beat means of relieving the financial condition
of the country. The plan submitted in the House
yesterday,' by Mr. HOOPER, has the Secretary's en
dorsement.
A letter, has been received in this city from an
unconditional Union lady, resident of Nashville,
Tennessee, stating that when WITEELER cut off
the supplies to liosßettANs' army, our soldieis had
to live off of horse flesh for forty hours. The cheer
fulness with which these brave men submitted to
this "military necessity,", and the courage with
which they met BRAGG'S army, is a triumphant re
futation of the base slander circulated by the cop
perheads, that the 'soldiers desire peace on any
terms. This" information is entirely reliable, for
your correspondent hits seen .a Copy of the letter.
• The Payment of the Tkoops.
The current error that the payments to the troops
have been suspended requires correction. Nearly
$9,00,000 hate •been paid within the last ten'tlays,
and the payments yesterday exceed $1,000,000. These
Payments are all made under the law passed at the
last session. The joint resolution authorizing an
additional issue of U. S. notes only reached the P.re
sident yesterday , and 'cannot be signed and returned
.to the House bef&re Monday. •
The McDowell Court of Inquiry.
Licutenaiiit'COlonel Titioici of. the Marine. Ar
tillery, and Captain CHANDLER, of General Krxn's
staff, were examined to-day in the McDowell Court
of Inquiry. The evidence was not important. •
PoMtion or General 'Meigs.
• "• QUATZTERNASTER GENF:h.:WS OFFICE,
WASIIINGTO:K, lan. 16, 1863.
Hot?. Henry Wilson, .United Slates Ssnale
SIR : I thank you for your remarks in the Sepate,
It is one of the misfortunes of a country cursed
with civil war that no character, no service, seems
to be sufhcient to *toot the public officer from sus
picion.
So many men, formerly reverenced by the public,
have broken the oaths which bound them to their
country's service, that many have lost all confidence
in the usual pledges of character and position.
It appears to me, however, that Senators forget
the obligation of their high station when they allow
themselves to be made, in the Senate, the. mouth
piece of loose accus&tions against public officers.
if any Senator hA reasonable ground to suspect
an officer of the Government, should he not make
the grounds Of that suspicion known to those to
Whom the officer is responsible'? Does he not do a
great injury to his country in this her hour of peril,
in proclaiming in debate looie suspicion of those,
confidence in whose loyalty and zeal is essential
to vigor and union in the defence of the nation 1
If any Senator has heard aught exciting in his
mind suspicion of my loyalty or fidelity, he has heard
a falsehood.
No man can truly i eporhiny word, look, or thought
of mine inconsistent with the most devoted loyalty
to my country.
I stand ready to meet any accuser before any pro
per tribunal.
Those who have published these accusations or
suspicions in the Senate should present to the Presi
dent the grounds upon which* they rest them, or
stand before the world subject to the condemnation
of all patriotic, of all honorable men.
The rebels, though so many. of their leaders are
blackened with broken oaths, have wit enough not
to undermine their cause by public defamatton or
slander of their chief officers.
OCCASIONAL
Thanking you again for raising your voice against
this folly, for it is folly as well as crime,
I am, very truly and respectfully,
Your obedleat servant,
• -IVI. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster General.
THE 'HISTORY OF THE WAR.
Orders of President Lincoln to Gen. Me
, Clellan—The President's Opinion of the
Peninsular Route-31eClellnui's Orders to
Gam. thinks.
In the McDowell 'Court of Inquiry on Friday the
following important orders, issued by President Lin
coln in January and March last, were read:
AN ORDER TO OCCUPY "MANASSAS RAIL.
Ordered, That all the disposable force of the Army'
of 'the Potomac, after providing safely for the de
fence of Washington, be formed into an expedition
for the immediate object of seizing and occupying a
point upon the railroad southwestward of what is
known as Manassas Junction; all details to'be in
the discretion of the general-in-chief, and the expedi
tion to move before or 'on the 7Md day of February
next. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. •
AN ORDER FOR THE DEFENCE OF WASH-
Ordered, That no change of the base of operations
of the Army of the Potomac shall be.made withottt
leaving in and about Washington such > n force as id
the opinion of the General-in-Ceief and the com
manders of all the army corps shall leave the said
city entirely secure.
That no more than two army corps (about fifty
thousand troops)) of said Army of the Potomac shall
be moved en route for a new base of operations
until the navigation of the Potomac, from. Washing
ton to the Chesapeake Bay, shall' be freed from the
enemy's batteries and other obstructions, or until
the President shall heieafter give express permis
sion.
• That any movement aforesaid en route for a new
base of operations, which may he ordered by the
General-in-Chief, and which may be intended to
move upon the Chesapeake Bay, shall begin to
move upon the bay as early as the 18th March
instant ; and the General-in-Chief shall be responsi
ble that it so move as early as that day.
Ordered, That the army and navy co.operate in
an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batte
ries upon the Potomac between Washington and
the Chesapeake Bay.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, .
L. THOMAS, Adjutant crenera/1
THE PRESIDENT DOUBTS THE WISDOM . OF
THE PENINSULAR PLAN.
E.N:CUTIVE
WASHINGTOX Feb. 3, 1562.
•
Major General McClellan:
MY DEAR Sin : You and I have distinct and dif
ferent plans for a movement of the Army of the
Potomac—yours to be down the Chesapeake,up the •
Rappahannock to Urbana, and across lan to the
terminus of the railroad on York river—mine to
move directly to .:1 point on the railroad southwest
of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory an
swers to the following questions I shall gladly yield
Illy plan to yours :
1. Does not your plan involve a greatly largerox
penditure of tune and lnoney than mine?
2. Wherein is a victory npare certain by your plan
than :nine?
3. Wherein is a victory more valuable by your plait
than mine
.1. In fact, would it not be less valuable in tilt?,
that it would break no great line of,the enemy's'
communication while mine would?
0., in ease of disaster, would not a safe retreat be
more difficult by your plan than by mine?
Yours truly, A. LINCOLN.
•GEN. McCLELLAN DIRECTS TIIKSHENAN
110A11 CAMPAIGN. • •
-..IIEADQUAETERS ARMY OP THIS POTOMAC,
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the 13oAnn Commononn, April 1, 1862.
• 'illajor General N. P. _Bunks, Commanding Fifth Army •
Ccups
GENERAL : The change in affairs in the Valley of
lhe Shenandoah has rendered necessary a corres
pcjading departure—temporary, :at least—from the
'plan we some days since agreed upon.
In My arrangements, :I assume that you have a •
force amply sufficient' to drive Jackson before you,..
'provided he is not reinforced lately. I also assume
that you may find it impossible to find anything to
wards Manassas for some days ; probably not until
the operations of the main army have drawn all the
rebel force towards Richmond. • •
You are aware that Gen. Sumner has for Some
days been at Warrenton -Junction, with two divi
sions of infantry, six batteries,, and:two'regiments ••
of cavalry, and theta reconnoissance to the Rappa; -
hannock forced the enemy to destroy the railroad
bridge at Rappahannock station, on the Orange and '
Alexandria Railroad; , Since that time our cavalry
fonrid nothing on this side of the Rappahannock
that direction, and it seems clear that we' have no
reason to fear any return ~oti t he rebels:in that qultr
WA~3IIING FON_
The National Finances.
Our Soldiers Eating Horse-Flesh.
ROAD. -
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EXEGIITIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, San. 31 1862
[President's Special War Order No. I.]
IN (ETON
Exy.cuTivn ritawaiox, Match 8, 1862.
[President's General . War Order No. 3.]
THE PRESS.-PITILADELPIIIA., MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1863.
ler. Their movementa,near Fredericksburg also in
dicate a final abandonment of that neighborhood.
I doubt.whether Johnston will now reinforce
Jackson with a view to offensive operations. The
time has probably passed when he could have:gained
-anything by so doing.
I have coffered one of Sumnells divisions (that of
Richardson) to Alexandria for embarkation, Blea
ker's has been detached from the Army of the Poto
mac, and ordered to report to Gen. Fremont.
Abercrombie Is probably at Warrenton Junction
to-day, Geary at White Plains.
Two regiments of cavalry have been ordered out,
and are now on the way to relieve the two regiments
of Sumner. Four thousand infantry and one bat
feu leave Washington at once for Manassas..Some
three thousand more will move in one or two days,
and soon after three thousand additional. -
I will order Blenker- to move on Strasburg, and
report to. you for. temporary duty • so that; should
you find a large force in your front, you can avail
yourself of his aid. As soon as possible,-please di
rect him on Winchester, thence to report to the Adju
tant General of the' rmy for orders-but keep him
until yob are sure what you have in front:. -
In regard to your own movements, the most im
portant thing is to throw Jackson well back, and
then to assume such a position as will enable you to
prevent his return. As soon as the railway CORll7lU
nications are re-established it will be probably
,im
portant and advisable to move on Staunton; ' , but
this would require communications and a force of
26,000 to 30,000 for active operations. It shoal(' also
be nearly coincident with my own move on Rich
mond. At all events, not so long before it its to en
able the rebels to concentrate on you and then-re
turn on me.
I fear that you cannot be ready in time, although
it may come in very well with a force leas than I
have mentioned, after the main battle near-Rich
mond. When General Sumner leaves Warrenton
Junction,General Abercrombie will be placed . in
immediate command of Manassas and Warrenton
Junction, under your general orders: Please inform
me frequently, by telegraph and otherwise, as to the
state of things in your front.
I am, very truly, yours, '
• • GEORGE B. MoCTLELL AN,
Major General Commanding.
P. S.—From what I have -just learned, it would
seem that the two regiments of cavalry intended for
Warrenton Junction have gone to Harper's Ferry.
Of the four additional regiments placed under your
orders, two should, as promptly as possible, move
by the shortest route on Warrenton Junction,
.I am, sir, very respectfully, 3-sour obedient servant,
• GFO. B. McOLELLAN, •
Major General Commanding.
(The above letter was received by the Court on
the 9th January, 1863.] .
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Arrival of Gen. Cook—A Deserter Wongltt
FOrtTIIESS Morino; Jan. 16.—Gen. Cook, from
New York, arrived at Fortress Monroe this morn
ing.
The steamboat Thomas A. Morgan brought in
from Yorktown to-day a rebel cavalryman who Caine
into our linei and gave himself up. He says he LS a
deserter frOm Stuart's Cavalry. •
A fire broke out at ten o'clock last night on High
street, Portintiouth, Va. The wind was blowing
put
underat the time, and before the fire was
under subjection some- six or seven dwellings were .
consumed.
FORTItESS MONROE, YRII. fr.—Colonel Ludlow
has arrived froiq City Point, and states that all the
commissioned officers "of the United States captured
after the 12th of January, will be handed over to
the Governors of the States where captured. He
says it is highly probable that all the officers 'cap
tured before the 12th init. will be released on parole.
There are a large number of the Zurfreesboro pri
soners now at Richmond.
General Sherman's Farewell Address—Sue
eessful Attack on a Guerilla Camp—Re
bel Reports from Port Hudson and Stock
dale.
At Milliken's Bend Gen.:Sherman issued the fol
lowing order, taking his farewell of the Army of the
Tennessee
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GENERAL ORDERS, No. 5. •• .
HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WINO ARMY OP TEN N.,
STEAMER FORREST QUEEN, ' .
.I%.litiaxEN's BEND, Jan. 4,;863.
Pursuant to the terms of General Order No. 1,
made this day by Gen. Metnernand, the title of our
army ceases to exist, and constitutes in the future
the Army of the Mississippi, composed of_ ,-- two
"army corps," one to be commanded by Gen. G. W.
Morgan, and the other by myself.
• In relinqUishing the command of the Army of the'
Tennessee, and restricting my authority to my own"
corps, I desire to express to all commanders, to sol
diers and officers recently operating before Vicks
burg, my hearty thanks for their zeal, alacrity, and
courage, manifested by them on, all occasions. We
failed in accomplishing one great purpose of our
movement, the capture of Vicksburg; but we were
part of a whole. • Ours was but part 'of a combined
movement, in which others were to assist. We
were on time ; unforeseen contingencies must have
delayed the others. We have destroyed the Shreve
port road, we have attacked the delences of Vicks
burg, and pushed the attack as far as prudence
would justify, and having found it too strong for our
single column, we have drawn off in good order and
good spirits, ready for any new move.
A new commander is nowhere to lead you. He is
'chosen by the President of the United States, who
is charged by the Constitution to maintain and de
fend it, and he has the undoubted right to select his
own agents. I know that all good officers and sol
diers will give him the same hearty support and
cheerful obedience They have hitherto given me.
There are honors enough in reserve for all, and work
enough too. Let each do his appropriate part, and
our nation must in the end emeree from this dire
conflict purified and ennobled by the fires which now
test its strength and purity. All officers of the
general staff not attached to my person will
hereafter report in person and by letter, to
Major . General McCiernand, commanding. the
Army of the Idisbissippi, :on board the."steamer
Tigress,.atoutrendezvous, at Gainest . liandiiteand
at Montgomery Pciiht. By 'order of.,•11.;r•-•, .•
Major General:W-:,TMASERMAr.
4 -4.1 - lALticatos,u, Assistant Adjutant GeneraV
Mintruis, Jan. 11, via Cairo, 13.—The eighth of.
January was signalized by a brilliant achievement
of Captain Moore, of the 20th Illinois Cavalry. It
had been knoWn here for several days that there
would be a rebel camp near Ripley during 'Wednes
day night. Captain Moore started to find it. He
was accompanied .by. Lieutenant Herron, of Com
pany 0-, bith Illinois Mounted Infantry. The ca
valry and mounted .infantry together made up . a
force of about two hundred. - men. About sunrise,
Thursday morning, Captain • Moore came suddenly
upon the rebel camp of Lieutenant Colonel Daw
son's command, near Ripley, about two hundred
strong, and dispersed them, killing eight, wounding
twenty, aticl taking forty-six prisoners. Among the
latter, were one rebel major, two captains, and one
lieutenant.. Twenty horses and one wagon . load of
arms were also captured.
These Confederates have been busily engaged for
mitre weeks burning all the cotton they could find in
that part of the country ; but it is apprehended it will
be some time before they resume operations. Capt.
Moore, in this brilliant achievement, did not lose a
man, and had only three wounded, one.of 'the latter
severely.
Hon. Jacob Thompson has been appointed In
spector General of Gen. Pemberton's Department.
From the following; which we find in the Jackson
Appeal of the 6th, we should judge Port Hudson had
not been evacuated when it was written :
, tcLINTO:S LA.,December 29, 1862.—EDITORS
Arrxar.: 1 esterday occurred, down on the road
leading to Baton Rouge, another of those little skir
mishes in which our cavalry are gaining no little re
pute. Stockdale, with his Mississippians, .on the
Port Hudson road, and Stuart's Baton -- Rougeans,
on the Clinton road, are checking up the bluejacket
thieves; every time they attempt a raid in this direc
tion. Yesterday; several hundred cavalry, sup
ported by infantry and artillery, charged Stuart's
company, in camp ; but the boys fought them on
foot, and forced them to leave the premises in a
hurry. - Stuart was wounded. The Yankees lost five
horses, one man killed, and many wounded.
"Stockdale t the previous week, chased a gang of
their cavalry into Baton Rouge. That city is almost
entirely evacuated by the people—not more than
two hundred and fifty remaining. The number of
Yankees there does not exceed eighty-five.”
The Expedition lig/1 illfgt, "Wilinington, N.
C.—Non Combatants Leaving the City—
Advance on Kinston—Wreek of a Fede.
ral Steamer—Running the Blockade.
Nxw Yon's', Jan. 18.—The Richmond papers of
the 16th contain a telegraphic despatch to the effect
that all Was quiet at Wilmington, N. C. It was
believed that the Federal fleet and land forces were
en route for Wilmington, and. all non-combatants
were requested to leave the city.
Another force; from 6,000 to 10,000 Strong, were
said to be advancing towards Kinston..
A Federal blockade steamer is ashore off Wrights
ville, .in the Sound, and her crew still on board.
Another blockader was lying near, and the forther
stands a chance of becoming a total wreck.
The steamer Columbia had run the blockade of a
Confederate port, and another run in from Nassau,
with a heavy mail and a valuable assorted cargo.
She reports that six swift steamers are freighted
and about to sail from Nassau •for the Confederate
coast...
Baltimore Vessels Chased by Her—Boarding
of one of Them—Flye of a Wig's CrCw De-
NEW YORE, Jan. 18.—The British brig Havelock
and schooner Carrie A. Putnam, from St. Thomas,
have arrived with dates to the Gth instant. Tliey
report that the brig Gilmore Meredith, of Baltimore,.
and the schooner West Wind sailed on the 4th for
Cuba, and the same day were chased back by the
rebel privateer Retribution. She lay outside the
harbor, and during the night sent her boats along
side of the Gilmore Meredith, at anchor in the har
bor, and took off five of her drew who willingly de
serted the brig. The Retribution mounts five gaps.
DestructiNe Wirt—The Steamer
Pion-Arrival of the Champion'.
NEW Yonx, Jan. IS.—Aspinwall filiViCeB to De
cember 30th state that three blocks of buildings were
Mimed there: /ilelliditg; the Panama Railroad ottic.
and the Howard,
The loss ixeStlmatcd at $300,000.
• The 'steamer Americl, from New York, Was at
Aspinwall, with her New Yprk passengers on board,
the steamer from San Francisco not having arrived
at Panama. •
The steamer Champion, from New York, which
left on the 22d, had not arrived on the 30th ult,
.
The Lehigh and Delaware River. Freshet.
Match CHUNX, :lan. 17. The. report It the
Turn-hole bridge, on the Beal-et-Meadow F X:m . 'road,
being washed away is ineerreet. No further damage
is apprehended.
The Lehigh - Railroad bridge will be reedy for trains
in two or three days. •
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ALnAtzv, San. i7.—The Hottse Of Assembly wag
the scene of another excitement, toglay, attending
the election of,a Speaker. The proceetUnge mainly
comprised filibustering attempts to stave otr a vote.
Finally, the House adjourned till Wednesday. .
Neu'towr, P. 1., Jan. 11.—The ship St. Mark,
from Alexandria,l'a., has arrived here with three
hundred and seventy sick and wounded soldiers, to
be taken to the hospital at Portsmouth Grove.
N.aw Your; Jan. IV—rThe steamer City of Wash
ington sailed at noon,-With .80 passengers and $780,- .
000 in specie.'
• The steamer New. York also sailed with 8 pas
angel.% •
The Iron- s Clada:4sakiiit and Weehawken.
NEW Tonic. .1 ..7-The iron-clad steamers Na
hant and Weehalikeitleft .the navy yard yesterday;
afternoon: The former prodeeded down the bay,
while the latter anchored off 'Bedloers Island.
- NEW YORK, Jan.' 17.-T-The rebel pilot captured by
Capt. Sumner, of , the Cambria, and brought to •New
Orleans, states that all the crew of the Harriet Lane,
excepteight, were killed in the struggle on board
that vessel before her capture. • •
• • wo.: o • •
f the' Nova Siotiau.
PonTi.axn, lan. 18.--the ateamer.Nova Scotian
Bailed for Liverpool, at 0 o'docklast evening. i
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
In—Fire in Porismonth.
ARMY OF PIE TENNESSEE,
STATES IN REBELLION.
THE PIRATE RETRIBUTION."
acct to the Ph-ate—he Mount; Five Guns.
iTIIE • ISTHMUS.
The New l'ork-Legisliture.
Arrival of Wounded Soldiers.
Moiemeno of Steithers.
.the Crew oritite Harriet Lane.
DEPARTMIpIO.OVTIIE.SOTHIVEST.
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Successful Expiklition -up • the Arkansas
.River—Fort Kansas Captured-:-Artillery,
Ammunition, Stores, and 7,000 .PrisonerA
Taikeu—Further Particulars of the Attack
on Springfield, M. 0., Etc., Etc. • .. -
OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Jan:UK—The following has been
received at headquarters :
Mumeurs, January 14.
To Major General llallech, General-in-Chief:
The following despatch is just received :
HEAngranTHItS,.ARMY OP THE BlissisSiPPT,
POST op• Anti.".4itcal•ft, Jan: 11, 1863.- 44 7'0 Maj. Gen.
U. S. Grant, commanding Department of the Tennessee:
I have the honor to report that thelorces under my
command attacked the Post of Arkansas to-day at 1
o'clock, and having stormed the enemy's works, took
a large number of prisoners, variously estimated at
from 7,000 to 10,000, together with all their stores,
animals, and munitions of war.
.. "Rear Admiral David D. Porter, commanding the
Mississippi squadron, effectively and brilliantly co
operated in accomplishing this complete success.
JOHN A. McOLERNAND,
• ' Major General commanding."
U. S. GRANT, Major General.
Canto, Jan. 16.—The ram Switzerland arrived this
evening from the squadron.'
She brings news of the taking of Arkansas Post,
on the Arkansas river, one hundred miles from the
mouth, by the land and naval forces under McOler
nand and Porter. The surrender occurred on Sun
day, with An the arms, stores, and ammunition.
Full particulars have not yet been received.
Our loss was reported 200, Rebel loss 650 in killed
and wounded, and 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners taken.
• These results may be modified by fuller and more
authentic accounts.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS,
Omni), Jan A.—Fighting commenced at Arkansas
Post on the evening of the 10th.
On the 11th instant the garrison of seven thousand
men surrendered,- unconditionally.
Our loss is reported to be two hundred, mostly by
shells from our own gunboats.
The fort mounted nine gunt.
An immense amount of munitions of war fell into
our.hands.
The rebels were cut off from retreat on both sides
of the river.
No further particulars
• CAIRo, Jan. 17:—The ram Storm, which left Ar
kanstiEfPoste.n Monday, arrived here to-day. She
confirms the reported capture of that post.
The attack was made on Friday evening by the
gunboats, the land forces debarking two miles below
and marching to the rear of the fortifications.
The rebels had earthworks two miles below the
main fort, which were shelled 'and captured, not
however, before they did some damage to the gun
boats.
Three balls entered the port-hole of the gunboat
Lexington, killing four men.
The main fort, which is represented as having
been very strong, surrendered on Sunday.
The officers of the ram Storm say that we cap
tured six regiments of the rebel troops in the works,
and that at daylight on BrOnday two Texan regi
ments, not aware that the place had surrendered,
came in to reinforce them, and were also captured.
Nearly all the ammunition taken by the rebels
from the steamer Blue Win; some days since, has
been recaptured.
A reconnoitring party which was sent up the
river had not returned when the Storm left. Our
loss in the engagement was not so heavy as was at
first rpported.
MONTGOMERY'S POINT, MOUTH •OP WHITE
MYER, Jan. 9,lB63.—After leaving the mouth of the
Yazoo,. the fleet, under the command of General
MeClernand, slowly and leisurely steamed , up the
titer to this point, making repeated stoppages, and
beinzjust one week in making two hutidred and ten
miles. At Milliken's Bend, where such a large suP I .
ply of dry wood was obtained in going down, ive
againatopped and took in another large supply. It
excited some surprise that it had not been burned
during our absence, but on landing the eyes of the
captains of the boats were gladdened by seeing long
extended ranks lying just as we had left them two
weeks before., The reason of the frequent stop
pages was, no doubt, to give officers an opportunity
to report to Gen. MeClernand. With no more im
portant incidents the fleet arrived at Montgomery
Pointorliere it now lies, preparing for two minor
expeditions, one up White river and the other pp the
Arkansas,: What is expected to be accomplished is
more than I can divine; possibly something which,
if it does not wipe away a portion of the stigma of
our defeat at Vicksburg, may serve at least to di
vert public attention from too close a scrutiny into
its causes.
It is rumored that the expedition up the Arkan
,sas is to capture "Arkansas Post," a square fort,
with bastions, mounting four thirty-two-pound
• smooth-bore guns, and one one -hundred-pound Par
rott gun, and manned by about five thousand troops.
it is situated on the first bluffs, about seventy - miles
above the mouth, following the windings of the
river. The lowness of the water in White river may
prevent the transports going up very high. It is
stated that the banks are lined with masked batte
ries, and that on the level ground where . the cut-off
makes into the Arkansas, there is a camp of fifteen
thousand rebel troops.
This is not believed, however, as there appenrs : no
adequate motive tor the rebels keeping such a large
,force at that point. It is probable that the whole of
tho fleet will come together in the Arkaiisasjust
above the cut-off.
• Sr. Lobs, Jan. 16.-11 re held 'eonversation last
night with an intelligent gentlemanovho left Spring
field, Rio., last-Saturday evening, after the excite
ment of the raid of the rebeia iValover, and who
traveled hither by the way of Sedalia and the Pa
dile road.
From him we learn that the rebel army, number
ing about 3,000, under the command of Marmaduke,
Burbridge, Shelby, McCook, and McDonald, arrived
in the neighborhood of Springfield, and secreted
themEelves in the bushes about three o'clock of
Thursday. The pickets were driven into Spring
field before this hour, and Gen. BrOwn prepared at
once to receive them. All the available force was at
once put in•requisition ; the militia were summoned;
the convalescents, occupying the' hospitals, from
lowa, Illinois, and other. States, were called out,
and answered to the call ; and by these means Gen.
Brown was able to gather around him about '2,500
men.
The battle commenced at 11 A. M., the rebels
having three pieces of artillery, and a rapid cannon
ading was kept up between the two Armies, the
Federal troops having two pieces of artillery. A de
termined attempt to capture the "Citizens , Fort"
by the rebels was successfully resisted, and after
wards._a:•brass piece, brought forward by General
Brown, was managed with excellent effect.
The contest over this piece was very severe, and
the artillerists suffered severely. In the effort to'
take it, Major Bowman, of the rebel army, formerly
in the United States army, was killed by the captain
in command of the gun.
Shortly after General Brown received an exceed
ingly severe wound, and was incapacitated from fur
ther-service, and was succeeded by Colonel Crabb,
who repelled the attacks. of the rebels a. first and
second time, and this terminated the battle . at
Springfield.
The Federal loss in killed, and'Ahose who died
soon afterward, was thirty, and about fifty wounded.
On the side of the reheiS there wqv forty killed and
thirty wounded, besides those who Were Carried ofr
the field as they fell.
The rebels, it is proper to say, had not been with
Hindman for months phst. They were not in the
battle of Prairie Grove, but made this raid froin
Pocahontai, and were, no doubt, in search of pro
visions. In this they were wholly disappoint
ed. All the Government stoles, of every kind, were
atonce transferred by Gen. Brown to Fort No. 1, and
.were protected by the troops.
Gen. Herron, (our inforMant learned) at the head
of .6,000 cavalry, reached Springfield Sunday eve
ning, and at once pushed off his force in the direc
tion of - White river, with the intention of intercept
ing the rebel force in their retreat to Arkansas. ,He
was confident of being able to accomplish this object.
Meanwhile, he leaved that General Fitz Henry
Warren at the head of 3,000 troops—he had been
posted at Houston. in Texas county—had encoun
tered the rebels under Marmaduke, 3,000 strong, on
the road to Rolla, and was forced back to Lebanon,
in Laclede county. But this repulse, we doubt not,
was only temporary. Marmaduke will have enough
to do to make his way to Arkansas, without pene
trating farther into Missouri.
Letter from Hon. William H. Seward.
DEPARTMENT OR STATE,
WASHTNOTON, D. C., Jan. 3.
DEAR Sin t I thank you for bringing to my notice
allegations made in sonic of the newspapers of Wis
sonsin, to the effect that, during the recent election,
I wrote letters'F
into the irst Congressional district
of that State; counselling the' defeat of Hon. John
F. Pieter, who was the Republican candidate.
I have nolneitation in stating to you that at no
time within fifteen years last past have I ever writ
ten a letter or spoken a Word to any person, near or
far oil; designed to influence any party, or any por
tion of the people, in casting their suffrages for Pre
sident, -"Vice President, Governor, Senator, Congress
man,. or other candidates; and this is true even in
regard to the State and - Congressional district in
which 1' live. Of course, I except from this denial
such public, verbal or written, addresses as I have
made to mass meetings—every one of which, I be
lieve, was immediately and widely, repotted at the
time. But I think that even these will be-found
.Dever to have been censuroustoward politicaroppe
nents, and I know that they were always Wiful to
the ettmligo•- - -iroi - thepartr. !!x whom, Mlue
arid serilce I Apoke and wrote.
During -the period of fifteen years which I have
reviewed, I have hail the common fortune of public
.men. . New friends haile come to my side, and old
friends have fallen off from me. I absolve all-such,
and all correspondence of every class, of all obliga
tions of confidence toward me, and give my full con
sent. to the publication of every line I have written
. and every word I have spoken in relation to candi
dates, campaigns, or elections.
- Yours, very truly, WM. H. SEWARD.
To Brig. Gen. Runts Kiao.
The Steamer St. Gearge at Portlamd.
.
PORTLAND, Jan. 18.=The .steamer St. George,
from Glasgow 29th. tilt.,, and Greenock , the 31st,
arrived tb-day with .twf.nty-two passengers. Her
cargo is mostly for . New York, whither she sails
to-morrow.
The Charlesto*n Navy 'Yard Employees.
Tan 11.—The mechanics and laborers at
the Charlestown navy yard are moving to obtain in
creased pay, and to get the amount already due them.
Meetings are being held • by the ship carpenters and
ethers. •
'The Portsaluuth Navy Yard:.
.
B osT ot. 18.—The workmen at the navy
yard, at Ads meeting held yesterday-voted to con
tinue at work Until . thi.`,lecision of the Secretary of
the Navy, relatite, to. An increase of wages, is r&
ceive.d. The paymelkof th'e,Arrearages has been
commenced.' .
• :Naval
Items. .7 .
.
NEw Yong, a•aiipiarheittigiqe °dorm)°, Coins
Goldsboroufhi arrived to;dity.
The U. S. gunboati'lrAttohrilfeehawken, and
Nahant, sailed to-day. • • • .
Arrival. of• the teutoilla,
NEW "YORK, MID. 17.—Arrived, steamer Teutonia,
from Ilainburg; barks Virginia and Estrella, from
St. Thomas. • "
.• • The *gather.
Lorisvir.LE, Jan. 17.. y Morning Baromete r ,
4T.61i thermometer, deg.; wind, . inutheast ;
weather cloudy....
Evening--Barometer, .29.96;%therinometer, 18 deg.;
wind, south ; - Neather clear::The
very rapidly.' • •
NEW YORK CITY.
(Correspondence of The Press.)
NEW YORK, January 17, 1863
CITY GOSSIP
involves such a variety of fragmentary topics and
flying rtimorsjciat now, that it hard either to keep
pace with it,-or arrive at any settled inference from
its vague intimations. Alderman Boole's myste
rious telegram from Baltimore yesterday, advising
Alderman Farley to "convene the joint Committee
on National Affairs, and devise some measures for
harbor defence," induces some people to believe that
the sagacious Boole has received private hints of an
intended rebel iron-clad demonstration against this
city. But those who can better appreciate the eccen,
tricities of the eldermanic character rather suspeat
that Boole's credulity has been practised upon by
the sardonical wags of Washington and Baltimore, •
and appear to have very little fear of an early bora
bardnient from Confederate port-holes. General
McClellan's return agatn r with his whole suite, to
the Fifth-avenue Hotel, refutes alike the current
stories that the President would reinstate him on
the Potomac, and that the sages of the Trenton Le
gislature would send him to the Senate. As it
grows more evident that the "young Napoleon" is
permanently laid upon the shelf for the full term of
the war, his late Democratic worshippers slink away
from him one by one, and soon there will be "none
so poor to do him reverence." Be it said to his
credit, he does not appear to take his decline from
PoPularity very seriously to heart. The publication
of the President's letter to him, explaining the with
holding of .McDowell's division in the hapless Penin
sula campaign, convinces all thinking readers, that
it is McClellan's characteristic as a soldier to have
no confidence in a force of less than a hundred
thousand men, whilst he has evidenced his inability
to manage more than two divisions successfully.
To-day the public are delectated with the first
number of a monthly publication styled the "Old
Guard," whose editor is Mr. C. Chauncey Burr, a
most prominent Southern sympathizer. The names
of the principal articles are: "A traitor Congress
and a Traitor President," "The United States
Treasury Robbed to buy Negrc es," and "How the
Middle and Western States are Ruled and Ruined
by New England." You can judge from these
edifying titles what a fine intellectual treat this
new periodical must be, and to what national re
sults what Aline influence it may exert will tend.
With the Wor/d for their daily organ, the Caucasian
for their weekly, and the Old Guard for their
monthly, the enemies of the Government should
certainly succeed- in creating a mob revolution be
fore many weeks are over. And here let me say
once again, that this idea of a concerted' rising of
the mob is no idle fancy, but a suspicion fast ripen
ing into a confident expectation in the minds of
thousands. It is the consummation most devoutly
aimed at .in the persistent assaults of the disloyal
press upon the credit of the Government ; in the
series of incendiary lectures before the "Young
Men's Democratic Association," and in the combi
nation of Wood, Seymour, Brooks, Yallandigham,
Cox, and Saulsbury-, to proVoke foreign mediation
by plunging the whole North into anarchy. That
noble article on "The Situation," in Friday's Press,
unmasked the plot in a way that should command
the immediate attention of the Government. Let
the latter take warning in time, and be prepared to
meet And...overwhelm the worst that 'may' happen
before the winter is over.
The Illustrated . News, which has a new editor about
once a month, comes out this week under the edi
torship of that daintiest of poets and story writers,
T. B. Aldrich, whO succeeds " Doesticks." Hitherto
the paper has been more remarkable for the supe
riority of its wood. cuts than for its literary brilliancy ;
but the gifted young poet is likely to intensify the
latter.
The clear, cold weather of to-day not only revives
the hopes of the skater, but relieves the painful
anxiety of thousands who had begun to fear that the
juleps and sherry-cobblers of next summer would
have to go iceless. _ The ice dealers say that they
have obtained no stock thus fat' this winter, and
that three successive freezing day = s will be required
to furnish any "practicable" ice at all. •
THE BOOK PUBLISHERS
had a full meeting at the trade silesroomn on Friday
afternoon, to take Some action about .the price of
paper, an inferior article of .which costs twenty-five
cents per pound here, against six and eight cents for
the same thing in England: • It was the sentitnent of
the..meeting that the present exorbitant rates aro
produced by a speculative combination of the paper
makers, and it was determined to memorialize Con
gress to remove the present heai , y duties on paper,
in order that consumers might avoid the ruinous ex
tortion by importing for themselves. A number of
new books, all stereotyped and ready to be printed,
are being kept back because the publishers must
either issue them at an immediate loss, or kill their
sales with unusual prices.
THE ARTISTS' RECEPTION,
at the Academy rooms on Fifth avenue, last evening,
was very brilliantly attended by fashionable so
ciety, and the usual elegant flirtations between the
artists and their female admirers went on with dis
tinguished ardor. Among the works exhibited were
two very effective little pictures by Mr. Gray;•illus
trating the Emancipation proclamation. One repre
sents Freedom placing an unsheathed sword in the
hands of a slave whose shackles havejust fallen off,
and the other is a presentment of the Genius of
America, draped in the national flag. In another
studio, a clay model of a Southern negro attracted
considerable scrutiny, th'e negro having just east
aside his bonds. A plaster group by Rogers, iepre
senting,ft family of Union refugees from Tennessee,
.was the only other work representing national sub
jects, if we except Carl Muller's bas-relief of the late
Lieutenant Hidden. Either the scenes of war pos.
sess no particular inspiration for our artists, or the
latter are distrustful of their ability to depict the
glories and terrors of the battle-field. In the earlier
days . of the country's great struggle for its life, a few
knights of the brush essayed camp scenes, and Louis
Lang's ambitious picture of the " Return of the Old
69th" is criticised with favor; but sufficient success
did not attend these early eflOrts, to produce many
subsequent trials in the same line. Evidently we
have no Vernet in America, to reflect the great re
bellion on canvas.
THE FUNERAL OF GENERAL MITCHELL
took place from the Brooklyn Church of the Pilgrims
late yesterday afternoon, the wish of the deceased
being followed in the permission of no military pa
rade. At the commencement of the war Major Ge
neral Mitchell was a partner in the book-publishing
house now known under the style of Blakeman &
Mason, and was giving his whole attention to the
sale of his astronomical works. Roused to patriotic
enthusiasm by the "notes of awful preparation);
which followed the fall of Sumpter, he impulsively
declined business, offered his services to theGovern
rnent, and was accepted. His brilliant military'ca
reer at the West, and audden death by yellow fever
in South Carolina, are matters of history.
The Late Professor Renwick was also carried to
the grave yesterday.
THE 11P-TOWN "G-HOST"
still commands the evening attention of the popu
lace, greatly to the disturbance and disgust of resi
dents in the neighborhood of the haunted house.
At nightfall every day a crowd commences to gatlid
in front of number SS, including bearded spiritualists,
loafers, countrymen, and boys, the latter sometimes
carrying their excitementso far as to atone the win
dows of the room supposed to be haunted. The tale
has travelled far and wide, and one of the throng
last evening was an old gentleman who had come all
the way from Paterson, New Jersey, expressly to
have a good look at the mysterious domicile. By
way of 'ending these nightly crowds, which are fast
becoming a nuisance to all the quiet people of
27th street, one of the morning papers hinted
that the owner of the "haunted' , establishment had
invented the story for the purpose of driving away
certain unpleasant neighbors; but as it had previously
become pretty well known that said owner was
really very indignant against the paper which had
first published the story, the curiosity to see the
place was not abated by this ruse. •It is understood
that the now-famous room is still infested by spec
tral intruders, and the sensation will last for another
week.
GARROTING
bids fair to come into fashion again from force of the
latest London example. During the past week seve
ral evening pedestrians have been subjected to the
artistic choking process in jersey City, losing their
watches and pocket-books by the adventure, and
two scamps have been arrested on charge of perpe
trating the robberies. They will have the full penalty
of the law if proven guilty.
THE EARLY-CLOSING MOVEMENT
amongst the dry-geods clerks of this city wears more
and more the aspect of a complete temporary suc
cess, and the few merchants who, at first, refused to
countenance it, are fast coming into the arrange
ment. Theclerke'Of one of , them first demanded that
he should close. business at seven o'clock, and
"struck" in a. body, when he refused to comply.
All coercive measures, however, are deprecated by
the association, whose members rely purely upon
the power of moral suasion and the aid of the press
to carry their Point.
• THE FASHIONS FOR WINTER,
as derived directly from Parisian sources by the au
thoritative clegantes of the promenade, are more
distirigue than for many seasons past.
Mantles of different colored 'plush, lined with
quilted taffetas, trimmed around the edges With cord
of corresponding color, and made with loose backs
and coat sleeves,. are beginning to prevail exten
sively, and have the merit of becomingness for all
shapes. For dresses, moire ant • - -4 foulards Tv
the f,vorlte Ftterlals, made with double sklits the
upper one cut shor4er n `:e 'tide, and looptd up near
the bottom. Embroideries of the same color, but in
a deeper shade, are the fevprite trimming. The bon
nets are of white crape, felt, and greets,
,blue, and
black velvets, trimmed with flowers anal rosettes of
lace, or curled feathers.
• For muddy"days, of which we have had so many
lately, petticoats of cachemire, or woolen serge, in
all sorts of jay colors, are recommended for adop
tion. By trimming them tastefully with rows of
loth], they are made to presenE a very jaunty ap
pearance, When saucily revealed to the public eyes
by a dainty lifting of the dress. • Furs in all styles
are fashionable, of course, and always will be ; but
let the lair purchasers thereof make sure that thire
is a 'white hair here and there in the muff, cape or
victorine, or they may chance. to have cheap dyed'
furs imposed upon them by the designing tradesmen
who 't mnnufacture their own gooths.!,
•
PUBLIC ABIUSEMENTS
•
have been considerably:depressed by the weather of
the past Weir, Ind . will thrive again with the return
of clear skim Italian opera is still denied to us, as
Signor" Brignoli cannot make it convenient to get
well, and impressario Grau seems unwilling to
t em pt the capricious fatea without rim; conse
quently, the new opera of " Giovano ..D'Arcol ,
must remain in obcyance for some time to come.
Maretzek announces that he will try a few nights
with hie Havana troupe early in March.
At the theatres, the appearance :of Mr. Bond
man, the German tragedian, is %lock in English,
has been, probably, the most notable event of the
week to the critic& Said actor dresses the part with
more historical accuracy than a majority of his Arne
rimn rivals, and invests it with an embittered stern
ness, which even .the'complete iramiliation of the
"trial scene" only deepens into repressed . rage.
.The:old Jew is-baffled by the turn of all things
;against him on the - very verge of his triumph, but
,the IS too much. of * a man to be crusbed by it, as a
'iirOjoritY of peironatOrsWould make' him. In fact,
Bnndmann takei a common-sense view of Shylock' S
character rather than a melo.dramatic one, and
though his occasionally-defective English is a detri
ment, his portraiture is better balanced and more
telling than that of Edwin Booth.
At WitHack's to-night they play "Gibber," and Sir
John Van Brough's line old comedy of the "Pro
voked Husband," which has not been presented in
New York before since the palmy days of the old
Park Theatre. Mr. John Gilbert plays Garrick's
favorite part of Lord Touody.
Mrs. John Wood is doing a good business at Miss
Keen's TheatT, and Couldock and Cubas draw large
audiences to the Winter Garden. Couldock's John
Probity, in the " Chimney Corner," is second only to
tsia Luke Fielding, and a performance in the same
line.
Charles Gaylor, the dramatic writer, has brought
a libel suit against the Sunday Atlas, claiming two or
tnree thousand dollars damages. The cause of the
suit was an article by the theatrical critic of
the paper, charging Gaylor with plagiarizing the
comedy of the " Magic Marriage," which proved a
success at - Wallack's. The piece, I believe, was
adapted from a French play. STUYVESANT.
A. BATTLE FLAG.—The battle-flag of the 44th
New York Is at the rooms of Mrs. Erastus Corning,
at Willard's Hotel, Washington. It is ragged with
eighty-four bullet holes. Twice was its stafl'cut in
two by balls. Two shells passed through it. ; Twelve
color bearers have been shot dead, holding it in front
of the regiment, and eighteen wounded. Mrs. Corn
ing has given the regiment a new flag.
THE CITY.
(POE ADDYTIOEAL CITY NEWS SEE POTIRTII PAGIC.)
RELIGIOUS AN, INTERESTING CEREMO
NY.--Last evening the ceremony of baptism was
performed, in the presence of a large congregation,
in the Berean Baptist Church, West Philadelphia.
The services were of the impressive character usual
on the occasion of a public baptism. In this in
stance, the ceremony was more than usually solemn
from the associations and the impressions the church
edifice itself suggests. The Berean is one of that
'peculiar class of church structures whose interior
beauty at once strikes the eye,and conveys a pleasing
sensation. 'With no superfluous embellishment, it
produ,ces all the effects of a well-Balanced and chaste
decoration. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Cooper, is much
endeared to the congregation, and his eloquence at
tracts many who are not residents of the suburb.
Last evening he delivered a very interesting ad
dress, preparatory to administering the sacrament.
Bis.remsrhs were explanatory of baptism, and the
duties and obligations which its reception involved.
lie premised that baptism demanded from the one
about to receive it a most serious and careful inves
tigation. In this, as in other serious duties of life,
one should count the cost. After that, there should
be an unreserved surrender of oneself to the new
relation formed, and the personal conduct should be
suitable to that relation. Lastly, he urged that the
sacrament required a spirit of entire obedience. The
sermoil was quite elaborate, and contained many
thoughts which showed a mind well stored.
THE FRENCH EVARGELICAL CHURCH
The second annual General Assenibly of the French
Evangelical Church was held last evening at the
northeast corner of Seventh and Spruce streets. The
services were commenced by singing the 39th can
tique, commencing "Trois foie saint Jehovah." The
annual report was then read by Mr. Frederick
Jacob, secretary to the board of trustees. The hall
used during the past year has been given gratui
tously by the First Presbyterian Church. The report
recites at length the difficulties which have been
surmounted since the commencement of the enter
prise, and returns grateful thanks to those Ameri
cana who have generously contributed to the support
of the church. .
The treasurer's report is as follows : Receipts for
the year 1862, $2,102.66, from the following sources :
American and Foreign Evangelical Society,.. $lOO
First Independent Church 24
Dr. Boardman's Church • • • 48
From France and Sivitzeriand • • 439
Ladies , Fair 650
Subscriptions 575
•
Collect ions 172
Subscriptions of members - 210
• Expenses. $1,435.34. Leaving a balance of $667.32
in the hands of the treasurer.
During the year, 280 persons have been connected
with the French Evangelical Church, as members,
communicants, or Sunday-school pupils. More than
3,000 books have been received from France, for the
library. -The pastor, the Rev. H. Fargues, has vi
sited a number of his countrymen in the various
military ho3pitals, and some in prisons. '
The attendance at the church last evening was
very good.
REUNION' MEETING
The reunion gathering at the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of the Tenth Baptist Church was a highly in
teresting occasion. After devotional exercise, the
pastor ,Bev. J:! H. Kennard, D. o.,gave a brief his
tory of the -ike• and ' progress of the church from
January • Ist, -1838. The statement showed that,
within that period, three large AEI d convenien t houses
of worship had been built; 2,375 names had been re
gistered; 1,450 adults baptized; 20 ministers sent
forth to preach the Gospel ; 5 other churches plant
ed, and a large amount of missionary labor perform
ed. both at home and abroad.
Letters from several of the ministers sent out by
the church, now located at a distance, were received,
and others, being present, spoke on the occasion.
During the- services the pastor met with a com
plete surprise in thepresentation tv him of a beauti
ful silver tea service.
ST:NDAY-SCHOOL ANNIVETZSAItI
The sixth anniversary of the Sunday school 'con
nected with the , Church of the Covenant, Seven
teenth and Filbert . ; took place yesterday afternoon.
The pastor, Rev. Mr. Noakes, officiated; and
preached a sermon fratn the fourth chapter of Ec
clesiastes, and the thirteenth verse. The offerings of
the various classes, consisting of books, then occu
pied the time. The number in the adult school, as
reported, was 209 ; in the infant school, 100 ; in the
Bible class,62. The whole amount of the collec
tions was 250.
The twenty-third anniversary of the Sunday
school of the Cohocksink Presbyterian Church,
Germantown road, above Fifth street, also occurred
yesterday afternoon. The- report stated that the
:whole number of names on the roll was. 370. ' The
number in the Bible class was 55; in the Testathent
class 190; in the infant class 125. The officers and
teachers numbered 34; the average attendance was
the same' as that of-any previous year. 25 members
had been received in the adult school during the
year, from the infant department; 135 copies
of the Child's World and Foreign Missionary
had been distributed monthly; $3.3 had been raised
for missionary purposes ; four of the number on
the roll of the previous meeting had died. The ex
penses amounted to $2OO, nearly all of which had
been raised by the school, together with $7l in the
adult and $33 in the infant. school. Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage and Messrs. Stiles and Walton made ad
dresses, and the Rev. Mr. D. Gaston was likeivise
present. These anniversaries were very fully at
tended, and the exercises marked with deep interest.
FlRM—About six o'clock, yesterday
morning, a fire occurred in the building known as
Johnson's ink factory, in Tenth street, below Lom
bard. The flames burned stubbornly for two hours,
and the establishment was seriously damaged : it is
believed to the amount of $2.500. The same pre
mises were damaged by fire a few months since.
About five o'clock, yesterday afternoon, a slight fire
occurred in Matlock's spice mills, n ear Fifteenth and
Hamilton streets. The damage was confined to the
destruction of a few bags of coffee.
CITY ITEMS.
Funs, Funs, Funs.—The keen state of
the weather which. has suddenly sprung upon ti
has excited_ a run upon our Furrie - i. The popular
old house of Messrs. Charles Oaklonl & Son, Nos.
834 and 836 Chestnut street, under the Continental
Hotel, with characteristic sagacity, provided such a
stock of Furs as can only be described as inexhaust
ible, and we are not surprised, therefore, to find that
their sales within the last day or two have been
almost as large as during Christmas week. One
reason for this is found in the fact that they have
greatly reduced the prices of all their elegant furs,
and are giving the public real bargains.
" HOT • BUCKWHEAT CAKES ON A FROSTY
MonNING," have, from time immemorial, been • re
cognized by all who are fond of good living as a
capital institution. The Buckwheat to use, if you
would enjoy this luxury in perfection, is the famous
"Silver Flint" brand, of which Mr. C. H. Mattson,
dealer in fine family groceries, Arch and Tenth
streets, has the exclusive sale. All who try this
delicious buckwheat cannot be induced afterwards
•to use any other brand. Baked, and eaten with some
of Mr. Mattson's prime Old Government Java Cof
fee, the "Silver Flint" is a great luxury.
. PHOTOGRAPHY IN PHILADELPHIA has at
tained a higher name than in any other city in the
Union, and we are pleased to add that few artists in
this country have contributed more effectively
towards the achievement of this honor for our city
than Mr. Hippie, proprietor of the splendid ground
floor gallery, No. 820 Arch street, below Ninth street.
Give him a call. .
SIGNOR BLITZ still continues his marvels
in magic and ventriloquism at the Assembly Build
ings, Tenth and Chestnut streets. There is no per
former in the country so popular and admired as the
worthy Signor. His attractions are always novel
and interesting.
ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE.—The four
teenth annual commencement of this college will
take place at Concert Hall, on Wednesday after
noon, at 3 o'clock. "Valedictory address will he de
livered by Prof. E. G. Dalton, and music by Beck's
celebrated band. •
EGYPT.-- 2 A. lecture_ on the Monuments of
Egypt is to be dellVered at Concert Hall, on Tires
day evening, 20th inst. Those who are anxious to
be free for an hour from the turmoil and vexation of
war and war news are desired to be present.
THE GAY LIEUTENANT FROM ISLAND No.
10.—It appears that there is n young man going the
rounds of the city, engaging rooms and board, and
ordering clothing and other things sent to him,
chiefly on the strength of being a lieutenant, and
when the goods amount to whit he thinks the pro-
Per luantity, he changes freen a lefiertant
id a knoll btrt, leaving ereCluloui %nth:ldles and melt
chants to deplore the deceptiveness of human na
ture. Now; if Q'al'Y baler sold for cash the thing
would be remedied. Island No. 10 can't come that
game in getting clothes at House No. 524 under the
Continental, for there the cash system only works.
CHAS. STOKES A, CO.
. .
TYPE SETTING EXTRAORDINARY.--MIC
find in one of our exchanges the following par& ,
graph: - 7 - kiTqe prlntarS one on A St; ilie Jor nifiher
ntaGeS. oncLuded. t - Z - w sEt OPT 0?..-n
tYdas In fat Urn ! It .?.1 cAsy eNotvh. We shOllld
not like to trust the editorial compositor who per.!
petrated the above to " set up" our notice of the
elegant garments made at the Brown-Stone
Clothing Hall Of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and
606 Chestnut street, above Sixth.
GRATEFUL FmIEINCE. •--- Grateful Flo
rence Itaiplaced a handsome marble slab in the wall
of the house in which Mrs. Barrett Browning lived
for so many years._ The slab begrs an inscription in
_ltalian, of • which the following Is a translation :
"Here wrote and died Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
whit, in her woman's heirt, united the wisdom of - a
:sage and the spirit of a poet ; and who made of her
verse a golden link between Italy and England."
This slab is a conscientious tribute to a true poetess.
• The best tribute which can be paid to the clothier is
rendered by purchasing gitiments at the One.price
biothin Establishment ofGranville Stokes, No.
609 Chestnut street, - PhiladelPhia.
ANY FORM OF CHRONIC DISEASES SUC
cessfully treated for the past six years in New York
try Dr. Wolf, a Trench physician, 832 Broadway,
New York. Those afflicted with any kind of Chronic
Diseases should read Dr. Wolf's essay on the sub
ject, to be lind gratis. Sent by mail. Dr.. Wolfmay
be consulted personally or by letter. Worst'eases of
all effeetions of the nervous System have been radl
calla Mired, such as Rheumatism, Neuralgia,Epi- -
lepsy, Sec., &c., &c. jab -lot
$25 FAMILY SEWING MAcifra.TEs.-50.
North Fifth Street. G. B. Jones & Co., Agents. 11-6 t
FINANCIAL AND C 031314,
_ _
THE MONEY
pmf.AliEr.r A jy,-"I•
The gold market was rather f•te-::11.,-;"44p
between 147®14(1X, closing kt t in:1171'.44.
were steady at 142‘. Goveruna. nt
, 4 st
improvinunsettled. Th eses ; money closes (mite es. to 6
market,2 •
e non ard
••
everything seems to have come to n 4 ,
'" 4. -
the fancies noting a decline.
State fives were active at 102 X: ci ty
or the new, 106 for the old ; Ronni i .„
firm at 164; Morris Canal I.t mortgs?..:l
g b einy county sixes sold at 47; &wk 1 , 1 ,1'
f e ll'of X; Schuylkill Navigation •••
Railroad sevens rose 3i'; the elde,' b .; :.
hi g h v a lley sixes brought III: 1...nr,,,,1.q.•
gages rose 2; New Creek Coal sold
ton Coal at 5.5; SnsOlichalula Calnit
kill Navigation preferred sold at 15:1~ ;L:
fells: Lehigh Navigation rose , •
Reading Railroad shares rose t 4. i.„.
wan weak at 46, closing at 1 . 1 .!;14.1. ;- •
cad at 12. Beaver Meader 1 17" I 7 .••
Pennsylvania sold up to al. Itarrislen,4.l!'s
mira rose X . Catawissa fell to al th. 7...„,"••
Long Island sold at 26. Lehigh •
town at SS.X. Passenger railways amn .
Chestuitt and Walnut rose I.
fell y,, Spruce And Pine was steady at
Centre ut 3S. Corn Exchange Batik .41;
41. 117 was bid for Philadelphia,
settled at the chase, 5400 char.. 1 1 ,4
changing hands.
Drexel & Company quote;
United States Bonds, 1661 ......... . ....
United State. Certificate. of
United States 7310 Notes ................
Quartermasters' Vouchers ....... ... . ... • .
Orders for Certificates of ' •
Gold
... • • •
Demand Notes ...........................
Jay Cooke & Co. quote °overeating
follows:
United States Sixes, ISSV .................
United States 7:1-1u Notes ......
...... •
Certilleates of ItidebtialliPt,S ................
Quartermasters' Yostehers.... ............
Demand Notes .............
....... ...............
......................
The Delaware and Raritan C :.Tai as.! •
Amboy 115 if rtla Cotorluii.,. ha
five per cent., clear or Loh,'
of the Mot six mouths, payabh•
instant.
The message of the Governer • 1:1•E, •
tile public debt of the State;,, f..' lows : •
Five per cent. stocks iirowltig -at
ment with creditors lit 157,.....,,. .
..'
Two and a half per CM.
same origin
............ .
War debt •
........ .
This statement, however. d 0,.. ..
tired and ninety one vld internal itrr.
.9.41,000 each, said to be outgaiono tt EL..;
failed to comply with the ittljuri:wi t i
The whole amount of eXpell/Ps lair,
",
the war. by the Siam. is ti,stli,2.;,,m :
paid i s titi, .-,K 9 nal
. ,• .eava.g
the first day of January, 'W.%
$146,270 87.
There was due the Suite from the I
ary 1, 3563, $3:7),(44 7.5.
Tlu, New York Brenino pest„f or ,b, ,
The stock market took a .flo.n.g ,
than recovering thetiotlit to
cases, even. there is a list. of 2 aad c7:l.
points of Wednesday, awlspeculatime
again taken complete tmesession (..Ithe no*::
leading speculative rail WaY:. aV.III:4P a
et two El cent, and in smite Instances ,
centon the (Mfg:alongti,j, limn Te_t r.
landand Toledo touched tvigoe:, Eci,.... 6: -
Central."l"lS34” • Galena, `•r3• %sit Istaml.m.!!
Few Turk Central lima at
rumors afloat to the effect that sante 1eg1..46,.
to the road will be auelanted ina.a the •trp.
the Assembly.
Erie sold in; high as 75%, bnt. an ,
75X@75,4.
Ihere is an average impnwerneet of railroad bonds. Michigan Central S 11'4:
125, Alton and Terre gauteSeceed.,%:.z.h:",•:•.e
tiSuking Fonds 112, Erie Fifths 167,de.
There were sale; of 1,0 shams;
at 97, a rise of el i . cent. on yest.:Di r f,
closing sales were at ti l 6.
Galenajumped 2 cent.
Lauds yesterr ay at 90.
Pacific Mail fell off 1 -e. r
pion, from Aspinwall, is several day,: sTom t 7' 4
In speculative times like the
always ready to take hold of such i s tr i ,{4 ... '
as are likely to be beneliteil by lilt
prosperity of the public works. Fer 60111,.%
has risen 7 per cent., illllueneed . Cc
lation in real estate Cit niterlatut
reason of the higher value of coal prl.r,7.
city stock is also inquired after, as. l .lii,!•• •
that Gen. Bunter is to at once occupy: tka
the immense cotton district of SelitherbG. mr. ,i,:ii . ::
the Brunswick stud Florida Rail road, I ) i f „,4: l l'
harbor. lt is supposed that the G0v,rt5..:41:.C.,:,
remove its principal solution dcp,j ttadAct.l:
the Nu vy lard at Brunswick ;
Of the State stocks we nonce a ri-e :4'9.4 1 "
Tenuessees ;tin Missonris ; in Virginia-. *"
We notice a further improvement o 'iii 4 tt~
Government sixes. The coupeas of lei-14
. Seven-thirties are in good deleau:bellik....'
BlOllCr iS much earner to-day, tlieno th s
business on rail is still done at &per mit.
Gold is less active to-,lay, but ,sue. net
The lowest sales of the day were at 1.10 : c6.44.1..;
closing 117,1 y.
Gold, after the "first call" of the
after selling cis low as 1-1611.
Dutiable Demand notes are firm at
Exchange oniLondon is firm malady:ism:. E L y ;
hills are quoted 1621igi163 per cent.
The abundance of postal currency lu thiFttig,
out of circulation the miscellaneous shitte.a.trv,
have found a' resting-place here :taring tile Ns-,
months. Most of the local shinplasters are,Cin
to 25 per cent. discount.
Phila. Stock.Exchl
[Reported b 7 S. & SLATMAE:
FIRST
Age Sales, Jan. 11.
:Fa, PhiladeloSa ...:,•.r„
E
BOAR.
160 'New Creek„ 166 Coma P.Pr-f •••€•'
€550 do ... • . 34 150 .1.•....131,;_.7... 7
650 do 34 34 do ... P.
4 Ilazleton CoaL'oswe :15 100 d 0.... 1.1.1.;‘,14.
30 Little Sell 31 4.53; 10 Leltill Sri ...aol
S 1 do 46 7 CO Pesos 4. 1
ICU do b 5 46 1000 alit do i
27 do 45% 75 Bearer 1.1.-A.n.115i
3260 City 6s New.llo3s lir;' Penn,, R 1 .4.6,
200 do New •1101:: 41 do .5
200 do N0tr.110.51 151 7 th & Init-4 E.- '..•
4100 do New:llo3i; 100 Reading l' •
3130 do •• • New•eash•llog 100 do 4!::
1200 do Now. 1103;. 250 do
260 do New•llo3s 10 do ....... ....-:
6000 Reading: 6. - SG-lots-PO no G il l Nal - 6. W.•••
50 Dolma re Di v 431100 d Penns R 2d m•••-•
50 do 42%1 50 Ks rrisburg R..... 1:
25 do 4.2 N 2:U:V Penns Mort :1:,••it
4500 LT SGo It 96 4000 Leltigit Val 6s ....l.i!
13:53:1 do °6 50 Elndra R.. ...... ... I
1.0 Girard 15k 41. 1100 Einar* Char 16... E.
PA Chest & Walnut R. Si 40O) do
MOO U.S 7.30 T :i•blituk•lCe S Sprnee St Pine it...
231 N Penns. 11
BETWE I2 BOARDS. 12 Oreen .k. Coate' , R •
EN
62 Elmira R.- ..... b 5 M Ism Citr G. ' EEO..
50 CafllliitiSa It SX ,SloSeltl Nits 6. 1 5'
20 do S 15 Corn Exelnerze M.S.
200 Pen na rk: 102 'Ell Clattwissa R l'o•f. 51
200 do ....C&P. eas 11.1112 43 Beaver Mcs.4-7.1117
1000 do.— Cit. e.ezish.iu2lC. OS Del 31ntall Is- .... f
SECOND BOARD.
17C0 City Gs New.llo% 103 Grmm 3(.10::••
KO do New .11034 1000 Reodin.: • €L..
400 do : K 5 0.306 100 Fea•linC: ..
SCO do
1001 do New.llo% 109 4••••• •
2 Deaver Meadows - -67 g 17 L ollllll c
3 Cm:twit:sat R. .53.; 5;) . 611.14•:- . •
50 do SX 21000 Alle tot-i
-150 . do. S 11A0 3loni.v _.*:
2643 US 6s .61.0536 67 Norris: :.:.
50 L Inland R • 26 6 V1M..., •:••• •
510 U S 7.30 TN.blk.esh.lolß MO Penes:- • -
lx. 0 N Penns ds 0134 50 Peuno is
50 Sell Nay: Pref -WO 15 0) do.- • :7.
100 do 13)15
_, 5111'atnw-.
AFTER BOARDS. ...
'4 13 0 r.• to P. ........ . ..
IS-CNSLT.fiI. - :.,,
,:.)
150 New Creel(
CLOSING PRI
.
Bid. Asked.
US 68 opus 'BL... f. 5% N
U S 7-30 D b1k....101% 102
American G01d..1463; 147;s
Phil 6s old..cx 133.106 ..
Do new.ex iu.110% /11
Alleg co 6s R..... 53 ..
Penns 5s .102 k
Reading R 46% 47
Do bds '80...110X 311
Do bds '70...107 109
Do bds '86...1130% 104
Penns R 64% 68
Do Ist m 65..11434 115
Do 2d m 65...111 112
filorris 653.‘ t1l1;
Do
Do E s rfd 106..114 I.'s
Do 2d mtg...
Snsq Canal • • i
Do 6 . 6 ..
Schnyl Nay 5 53‘
Dc prfd ....1. IX 35
Do 6s '82.... 71 72
Elmira R 35 Sel
Do prfii 45 46
Do 7a Ist 1n..1863; IV(
. .
Do 105........65 61
N Penaa R 11 12
Do 6s 01)1 S'S
Do 105..,....1.07 110
Phila Ger St Nor. 6534 • •
. - .
Lehigh Val R... 73% 75
Lehigh Val bde..lloi4 111
211' ow York Stocks, January 11.
Closing Quotations at :3;:,' o'clock.
Bid. .10:4 I;ask..
11 S iis '74 .. N Y Cen R1t......1E \ 1 . .•
II Ss€ '7l .. Erie c0ntm0n........ .'
.
U 5 6 = ' ,51 regist• 9431 91 Erie Pref......... 1 44 ‘.
II S6s soup 9d 96m iladoon.Rlv ...... Ant
tr SSs6 yr coup.. .. .. Harlem R R ...... Vi. i
II S6s6 yr reg... • • .! 'Harlem It R Pre ' 7 - :1, ~,..
Demand Notes ..1421 14271 Reading R ll ..... 5 : 4 .r.
Trea Notes, 6t c Pa?( 96 1 311chigan Cea•-. 1- + 'i .
Trea Notes, 7.30..102 1023;3lichigan South. t•I .;
Gold. 147 147 Do. Oaar • ..r. ".
Tennessee 61 61 Panama ..... ....-I':, i
Virginia ed .. In! centra1..........%, g
North Carolina.. • . .. :Cleve &Pins.... 0,4 -
Ilissouri St 6e.... 64 65 IC:llene & Chi.... 9 1:A - t.
California 75.... •• .. IClev & T0b..10.--' 5 . , 3 -.
Canton Company''4X 9 16 IChi & 'Rock 14.- 'r ,
Del & Hod. ..... 127 1 9 .9 Terre Haute C 0....-
rev n Coal C 0.... .. . Chi Dar &Q. ••• . , r
Climb' and C Co. 23. 21 !Mil &Pr Dit CD €
..
Paciiic Mail 15€% 1•13.?.i :11l Ceti Con b1t....
1 . Ex-dividend.
Philadelphia 31arketi.
JASrART
The 'Flour market is firm, bat there
with sales of 1.900 bids Ohio family at iCS''' 7 ":
COO bbls Jenny Lind do on terms keft tetr""_,_
to the retailers and bakers are moderate,
$6.5 for superfine; $13.7 for extra , :
family;and SiS@O bbl fur fancy bracd, 041
quality. Rye Flour is quiet at i 53.2.1
is ~.corce, and held at for Feutia.
\W H> offerings are light and
al previous rates. Sales comprise abeitt
Laic for prime l'enua. reds in store, and
mon to choice .white. Rye is Steady at 040 . .. , •%..-.1.
Corn is scarce, and wanted at Me for old, r''..,•`/ 4 5.
and COG for old yellow. Oats are wanted
light Oats are unsaleable. Small sake of W- 4 "
pollee at 13Z reds ushel.
11ARR.—Th afair demand for ghterricro"'"
No I sold at 4.•14.50 ton. • r4 ,ll t t-
COTTON.—The market is firm bat quiet 5.,.• •
N'it rice sal inidilliu4s at C,' 2c . I°.
GROCERIES --There as von - idle dettri
ear or Coffee ; small sales of the foramr at
Cuba, and 1034@llite l lb for New _ Orleans• t
limo at :ICaktle for Rio, and .9„7•12c ib for P;..r i "
I'EOVISIONS.—There 1:4 rather mot
aro firm ; tmm,l sale . .11 , Ncot-..-.` , f
SnDS. — c., l Z•verSeed hms drat. with 141.3 ti
.P.a . rieht:, 'Mostly at $7 'ie. bush. 'fitootiq
bushel, and Flazoved at el
Wlll.F.E.Y.—There Is a 1.,,•• demarol. , an s
I.l);:2l'ouuky I van ia and Ohio ,i.l a .4
t e, ri"
and Drudge ai 42@-12K t eit gallon.d
Tho tbllowing are the receipt:. of Flour a.ht
this port to-day
"New York Markets of Saturday's
ARITF.A.—Pots steady at • *..'gh gs. )). 94 :64'
ntodet ate. ,
Batton:4lT vro.—The market fn:"
Flour Ls a shade firmer, and in tn••- , ! 'rue destA,v-,..;
ales are 11,000 bbls„ at 5a:4106.50 !for Stfrer,"l . .if
' fiCii . C@7 10 fur extra State; fer stiP•u,a,lo
gall; trrd is na , lowa, Olin, &c
eluding shippl ne brands of ronrid-li , toP at
tr4de brands of do at $7.40r05.50. sale I'
Solitikern.Flour is morn active, • I hi••her: ,
bbl s al 47.11:67.55 for superfineßaitiutore. auu
for extra do. . •
Canadian Flour is a littla better, with inmo
sttlo: OW bids at $&5..@.7.15 for tom mon to 0 4 ; 1 "
(g , S.:iO for eXtra. nrktuls. •
Rye Flour is guilt ;and sfeAdy at ithrl k,.
range of due and sup-wino:
• '4 4 k ,
Corn 31eal is firm actin llebietiged, ooze •
I.M.arg-l: Brandywine, At. .451 iinncheonf, #l, l .
Wheat is arm, r, Knit about Vlilegt.w.
b in a q suhiysl
eforxpoort
.a4ln d f ooc C l h icago spr T in h t e 4 4 .70
Milwaukee Club ; *L4Cfsl.5l for a m betletra:
for winter red Western.; i4l•rii€l3.sl) aieb'r"
and $1,70 for white .Ilicition.
Nye mns quiet at 9.:sgsl for Stste.
Barley is firm and i n d enta l' I. qi;Mt .
prime at sl.4(Yalt6o.
t t WC'
Oats are illtiet at 67e1f6 for Jersey, and ;L. .
dine, Western, and State.
Corn is rather firmer, while the detwm.l
n 1 i
n
Sales 4' 41,000 bushels at 5.1 for
ruixrd, and 74E3 for nu,,ound do.
Markets by Telegraph.
.BAraniOn.k, Jan. 17.—lour steady; Itietterit
good demand. Wheat stea F dy. Cora activ? 0 1,
changed. Whisky steady, and held at 4)'•
firm; Bless held at $15.15. 5d
CISCINNAT,I, Jan. 17.—Flour quiet, a. • • ~
State. Wheat quiet. Whisky Retire at iLt:.
firm at $4.9..5. Pork, Lard. and Hai i 'l e re.:
held out of the market. American gold / 9 4 ' -
46 per cent. premium.
ty.t6,o, Jan. • ri.--The receipts dr„th.!.:ll'
are liberal, but the transactions fue 11 , 0 .4 1 '
$3.25@3.36. Dressed Bogs arc
firm. awl
higher.
A lot of 41t$4.,arct,:t.
Catawtssa
D.) prfd....
Bearer Mead F.
Niueloll P.
Here.borgit...
Wilmiastos R.
Leb'sl:3 . ar
uo Etritti.• .•4
Do strip--
Cam & Iron R...
Phda & Erie le-
Sun & Erie
L 'eland R•.....
Do Wadi- :1
Delaware
Do boatt§.-
Spnice-Rtrte
CheSentUr4T
Arch-street R••••
Race-atm: R.••• Ii II
Tonrh-street R.••
Thirteenth4.:R••?
W oboa . d. ,.....
D.- •
Green-street R... XI
Do b.mds••••
Second-streetß... :5 a
Do bonds.-
Fifth-street
Do b0nd5.....;;
Girard College R ; •• .•
SerPlaaartth-g B ri
Little Seburi v*,