%\i srm ; . FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1868, Sfo tatek will be issued horn this office to-monow, in accordance with the usual custom, and in order that all persons con nected with this office may observe the Christmas holiday. General McClellan for the Presidency. We presume the Presidential question is settled. There is no more to,be done. The National Union Conservative, etc., etc., Committee, which yesterday honored Inde dependence Hall by meeting in it, has nominated General George B. McClellan for the Presidency. There is no more to be done. Of course, he is yet to be elected. But that is a bagatelle. The great difficulty was in obtaining a committee bold enough to take the responsibility of his nomination, and now that is overcome, all the rest is easy. Believe vis, Washington is not so hard to take as Richmond; and because General McClellan failed to capture the rebel'capi tal with an army, we are not to suppose that he will fall to capture the national capital without one. Nothing of the hind. It is indeed probable that General McClellan will he more successful in politics than in war, in proof of which we may instance the triumphant effect of .his Woodward letter, which rivalled the achievements of the Peninsula. It may be objected that Mr. Jußtice. Wood ward was defeated, and that the Army of the Potomac was driven back to Harrison’s Landing; but who can fail to perceive that in the one case, General McClellan vastly diminished the majority for Governor Curtin in the Fifth ward, and in the other, by a mas terly retreat,’ extricated his decimated army from a malarious swamp ? It may therefore be expected that, as a Presidential candidate, he will, for the third time, achieve a negative triumph, and win imperishable renown, in the magnanimity with which he will endure a reverse. The results of this nomination will be as decisive as those of the battle of Antietam. In the first place, the Union party now in power will not ho hurt iu the contest, and if defeated, will be allowed to quietly retire. That magnanimity which the General has always shown to his opponents will be ex tended to the deluded men who now sustain the Government. Again, it is certain that neither Yallandigham, ot the Cana.das; nor Smith, of Arkansas; nor Sharp, of Sheffield, have the slightest chance of being the next President. Their numerous supporters will go over in a body to Gen. McClellan, and will not wait till the Government supplies them with shoes. Herein they will excel the army which General McClellan was formerly in the habit of reviewing, which he tells us in his brief and able report would not move after a defeated foe, till a shoe maker had measured its multitudinous feet. In the third place, the Union party will be spared all difficulty in choosing its next candidate, for who will be led, like a lamb to the slaughter, only to be defeated by the victor over Gen. Lee? In the fourth place, the Herald will prepare to desert Gen. Grant, and add a new laurel to its reputation for consistency. In the fifth, Mr. Hamilton Pope will become the next Secretary of the Treasury, General Norton will be made the Secretary of War, and Mr. Charles Buckwalter will be the successor of Mr. Seward. These are graud results, and if we had the patience to add up the items of the Confederate debt we should reach an equally satisfactory total. The seventh result, which we had nearly forgotten, is that fifteen or twenty National Union, Conservative, and so forth, gentle men, have acquired immortality iu the his tory of the insignificant details of the war. We do not know who made these gentlemen a committee, or whether they elected each other, but it is certain that General McClellan will have fifteen or twenty Votes. Indeed, there is a Mr. Max • Laugrkschwabtz, secretary ot the German McClellan Club, who says he controls a quarter of a million of votes. Still the question of the responsibility of tbe com mittee remains; yet it is enough that Gen. McClellan is nominated—how, or by whom, is comparatively unimportant. Hon. Amos Kendall, of Washington, and Mr. R. F. Stevens, of New York, however, take the chief responsibility, and we hope they are able to bear it. From the nomination of Gov. Wm. B. Campbell, of Tennessee, for the Vice Presidency, we should think they thought they were. Gen. Noetok, of Texas, is, no doubt, competent to bear anything—even the ridicule we will spare him—for he’bravely declared that “the Lincoln Administration must be wiped out, in order to save the Govern ment.” Terrible alternative! But does Gen. Norton intend to use General McClellan as a sponge ? Forbit it, ye powers tbat pre side over the fates ot distinguished gene rals. We do not compare General Mc- Clellan with Alexander, nor the use to he made of the one in life with that made of the other after death, yet we cannot help recalling the lines which Hamlet recited over Toriclc's skull, and the moral they en force. Mr. Charles Bcckwaltep., who was among the speakers who endorsed the nomi nation, was not a member of the committee,. but, it appears, its visitor, attracted by curiosity; upon this we congratulate him. Mr. Buckwaltbr saicl he was a young man who took an interest in politics, which was generally known before, complimented Liberty, and praised the Constitution. He also said that he preferred principles to men, which, of course, means that he may not yote for General McClellan upon a conservative and-so-forth platform. After he had concluded these able remarks, a Na tional Union and Conservative baritone sang a song, which we did not hear, but have no doubt was the best feature of the evening. The committee then gave three chcerß for itself and its candidates, and overcome, we tear, with its exertions, adjourned. It adjourned with the unpardonable failure to pass a reso lution setting forth, that, as General Mc- Clellan was nominated on Christmas eve, he should be inaugurated on the Ist of April. So we leave this momentous matter at the mercy of an astonished nation. But, at the last moment, we are startled by the fearful thought—General McClellan declined to advance on Richmond; what if he should decline a conservative raid on Washington ? _______ A Christmas Thought. Those who believe in the retrogression of the seasons, and anticipate that the time is not distant when, in the transmutation that shall have been wrought, buow will fall in summer and roses bloom in winter, (to say nothing of peas and green corn,) suggest a change in our calendareal distinctions. 'They would positively obliterate those very months which are most worthy to be com memorated in our nation’s annals ; they would scatter to the winds the names of those glorious epochs which are strung upon the necklace of the historic year. The French, who are fond of revolution, once revolutionized the calendar. They turned the who le thing topsy-turvy, so that even the almanacs were at a loss to decide which end of it was uppermost. Not content with changes in the Government, they got the start of. changes in the weather, and erected a meteorological guillotine which sliced off the heads of all the old months, and placed a bevy of new in power. The names given to these indicated tljeir character. There were the Vintage, the Foggy, and the Sleety months, the Snowy, the Rainy, and the Windy months, and so on; the arrange ment, in fact, being about the same as “ February snowy, March blowy, April showery, May flowery. l ’ When these hair brained Frenchmen had got their new troop of months into thorough working order, and had given Moses a settler in stretching the weeks into ten days instead of seven, they found they had still a few days stand ing over. Not knowing what else to do with them, they dedicated them to Virtue, and such other of the lesser divinities as were most nearly related to the goddess of Reason.. •Now, wc are an enterprising people, but we never did anything like that. We had rather count time by water-clocks and sand-glasses, as they did in remote antiquity, than import the French atheistic fashion of sixty or seventy years ago. We want to remember that the anniversary oi the Declaration of Independence comes upon the Fourth of July and not upon the fourth day of the pluvial or the prairial, the floreal or the gennanal month. So with the panoramic past of the present war, from the firing upon Sumpter to the victory at Chattanooga. But this is not the day when the public ear is open to the reception of a detailed review of a very eventful year. Quieter hours and more sober scenes must serve, for this Christ mas is upon us, and hours that fleet by with winged feet bring mirth and laughter with them, and leave serious reflection in the lurch. We have only time to survey our own'image as a nation, reflected in the glass of the present, with a casual speculation as to how that reflection willappcar to us look ing back a year’s time from now, with a fanciful wish that we could cut it out of that mirror for preservation as easily as Satan called up the shadow of Petek Schlemihl and carried it away with him under his arm. We should look back in a year’s time with the same suspense and curiosity with which we now look upon a picture of ourselves taken ever so many birthdays ago. The reflection or the shadow being unrolled before us, and comparing them with those we should then cast, we should behold how the former would have grown more beautiful, and the latter broader and longer. Retrospection and anticipation often go hand-in-hand, and always when they tread the soil of our na tion’s history. On this Christmas day, when, indeed, we shall have neither time no?siiclination for either, we shall yet be in fluenced by the spirit of both. The con sciousness of deserved success adds a new brightness to our festivities; the conviction that our successes are working out a g!|fi ous consummation tinctures with fuller glad ness the religious character of Christmas day. Tlic Schleswig-Holstein Question. There are apprehensions in Europe that what is called the Schleswig-Holstein trou bles will lead Germany into war. We shall here state, in very few words, what are the causes of these troubles. The kingdom of Denmark consists of a promontory, which is almost a peninsula, jutting out from North Germany, and seve ral islands. Copenhagen, the capital, is on the island of Zeeland. The mainland con sists of Denmark proper, to the north, and Schleswig and Holstein to the south. These two are German Duchies. In these Duchies, which have long been annexed to Denmark, but never thoroughly united, (somewhat like the connexion of Ireland with Great Britain,) the succession goes to male heirs only, under the Salique law. In Denmark, as in England, a female can inherit the crown. In 1848, the Duchies broke into revolt to recover their independence, and become part of the German Confederation. They were defeated and gave in, chiefly through the intervention of Russia and England, and in 1552, the year following, a compact, as to the succession, was made, under which Prince Christian, father of the Princess of Wales, became King of Denmark, on tbe recent death of Frederick YII. King Frederick, who became King in ' 1848, had no children, and his heir pre- : sumptive was his uncle, Prince Ferdinand, j a man fifteen years older than himself, also j childless. On their death, the male line of i Danish sovereigns would have been extinct, | and the ‘ ‘ legitimate’ ’ claimant of the Duchies j (at least) would have been Prince Frede ric, head of the Duchy of Schleswig- Holstein-Sondenbourg-Augustenbourg, the nearest relation, albeit remote, to tbe. late King Frederick of Denmark. But, in 1852, a Treaty was made—ratified by Rus sia, England, Austria, Prussia, and nearly every other great Power in Europe—by which Prince Frederick of Augustenbourg was excluded from the succession, and Prince Christian, a cadet of the previous branch of Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenbourg- Glucksbourg, was constituted heir, on the failure of the reigning royal line, to all the dominions then united under the sceptre of the King of Denmark. It was avowed that Prince Frederick of Augustenbourg was excluded, though nearest relation, and Prince Christian, Of the previous line, adopted as heir of Denmark because the first had taken the German and the other had adhered to the Danish side, in the war of 1848. The Danish Parliament, very reluctantly, and after two years’ delay, adopted the treaty which conveyed the succession to the German Prince (Christian). The real heir-presumptive to the Crown died a few months ago, and King Frederick YII. died early in October. The treaty-appoint ed successor at once assumed the title of Christian IK., and called on the Danes to swear allegiance to him. This has been done, with some few refusals, in Denmark proper, hut the Schleswig and Holstein Duchies refuse to acknowledge him as their lawful ruler, and, (backed by the Dukes of Saxe-Cobouig, Oldenbourg,and Baden,) Duke Frederick of Holstein-Augusten bourg claims Schleswig and Holstein as rightful heir. It is worthy of notice that, 'in 1853, When the treaty was made giving the succession to Prince Christian, a sur render of all rights of succession was volun tarily made, for himself and sons, by Prince Frederick of Holstein-Augustenbourg, to whom was then handed yver the sum of $150,000, as the consideration of thi3 surrender. He has had his loaf, yet wants it again. . The question to be decided is whether Denmark is to be curtailed of Schleswig and Holstein, her Southern provinces, or whether the Augustenbourg, who sold his birth right in 1853, can now claim to rule them. The inhabitants of said provinces, it should be added, are generally in favor of being transferred from Denmark and taken into the German Confederation. The three con' temptibly petty Duchies of Saxe Cohourg, Oldenbourg, and -Baden, which support the claim of a German prince to Schleswig- Holstein, have very little means—physical, pecuniary, or moral —of effectually backing up the Augustenbourg man. The rulers of the still smaller Duchies of Saxe-Meinin gen, Anhault-Bernburg, Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, Reuss-Girez, Anhalt-Denau- Kothen, Hesse Hombourg, Schaumburg- Lippe, Lippe-Detmold, and Lichtenstein, are also in favor of Schleswig-Holstein be ing detached from Denmark. They could scarcely raise 10,000 soldiers among them, if'they called out their full force. The army of Lichtenstein, one of these contempti ble little sovereignties, amounts to ninety one soldiers, all told! - It was thought probable that Hanover and Bavaria would take part against Denmark, and Prussia has had a decided leaning on the same side, though she signed the Treaty of 1553, by which Duke Christian’s suc cession was established, and Duke Frede rick, of Augustenbourg, sold his birthright for money. Russia, England, France, and Belgium, and probably Austria, will resist any infraction of that treaty. The question stands in this very doubtful position, and Chbibtian IX, of Denmark, begins his reign most unauspiciously. Cotton and Cash. We notice statements in the last English journals to the effect that the quantity of cotton to be imported into England in 1864, from all parts of the world, is estimated at the value of £88,000,000— equivalent to 1440,000,000. The exports of cotton ma nufactures from England, in the year 1803, may be taken at the value of £49,000,000 ($245,000,000), leaving £39,000,000 ($195,- 000,000) to be paid in cash. The total value of all British exports, in 1863, is esti mated at £150,000,000— 50 that the cotton manufactures exported,' in the same time, are about one third of this vast total. Of comse a portion of the thirty-nine millions sterling will be paid in other exports than cotton goods, but there will remain a balance of nineteen or twenty millions to be paid in specie. No wonder that, in vie w of this state of things, the Bank of England has advanced its rate of discount to 8 per cent, with expectation of putting it still higher. The drain of gold from the Bank of England, ’s considered somewhat alarming, inasmuch as it is unusual at this season. The statement of M. Fooxd; the French Minister of Finance, that there is a defi ciency of $200,000,000 in the year’s reve nue, that a loan of -$00,000,000 must be ob tained, and that Napoleon's dealing with Mexico, in 18G3, has cost $40,000,000, will naturally affect the European, and especially the London and Paris money markets at this time. ■■ A Fortunate Politician. Some old lady in the west of Fmgland,' very deeply impressed with the importance of having Tory principles ably championed, has bequeathed $200,000, and also left him residuary legatee. She thus rewards him, because he is leader of “ Her Majesty’s Opposition” in the House of Commons. Considering that he started in life with out any wealth, except the possession of a very superior education ; that he has been in Parliament for over a quarter of a cen tury, without ever incurring any expendi ture, for the joint cost of the contest for Shrewsbury in 1841; was defrayed by his colleague, Mr. Tomline ; that his celebrity procured him an exemplary and woll dowered wife, in the fashionable and clever widow of Mr. Wyndham: Lewis; that he has twice been Chancellor of the Ex chequer, for which he enjoys a life-pension of $lO,OOO per annum, and that he is a “Right Honorable,” by virtue of being a Privy Councillor, it must be admitted that Mr. Diskaeli is a very fortunate man. He has celebrity as author, orator, and states man, and now there falls into his lap such a shower of gold as fair Danae would have been charmed to receive. Other English publicists have been recipi ents of large individual generosity, from the hands of their admirers. Thus, the Earl of Chatham, ("when plain William Pitt, in I the reign of George II.,) had a legacy from Sarah, the famous Dowager Duchess of t Marlborough, amounting to $50,000, ex pressly, as the codicil stated, “for having defended the laws of his country and endea vored to save'it from ruin.” Thus, also, in 17G4, his patriotism gained him a very con-1 siderable estate,- for Sir William Pvnsent was so delighted with his character and con- I duct, that, disinheriting his own relations, the enthusiastic baronet bequeathed all his landed estates, valued at $25,000 per annum, 1 to this same Pitt, Thus the well-known 1 House Tooke, whose own property was I very small, was made an independent man by the bequest of a valuable estate, out of the testator’s satisfaction with his defence of liberal principles. Thus Henry Brougham received an intimation from some aged fe- I male West-India proprietor that she ap proved so much of his first work, ("on Co lonial Policy,) that she had set him down in her will as legatee to the tune of $50,000, but, on her death, it was found that she had appended a codicil to the document, by I which the bequest was revoked. on the plea of dissatisfaction at the conduct of Brougham in advocating’ the Abolition of Slavery. Thus the late Lady Holland, a great pa troness of rising young Whigs, bequeathed $3,500 per annum to Lord John Russell, because he had introduced the Reform Bill of 1532. And thus, yet with a difierence, Mr. Rowland Hill was enriched by a public subscription to reward him for having i devised and carried the penny postage into ! operation, and Mr, Richard Cobden re : ceived some $270,000, from the same pub- I lic,v to compensate him for his successful : labors to repeal the Corn Laws, which made s food dear. We do not say any thing of the | princely annuity which Ireland gave to Mr. i O’Connell for fifteen years—because that payment enabled him to be “ Member for all Ireland,” relinquishing the high emolu ments of his profession. The payment, which was liberal, was never grudged, and it is doubtful whether it ever did more than cover the great but inevitable expenses in which his position, as the representative of Ireland, involved him. Mr. Disraeli, with money in both pock ets, will stand, a more assured man than ever, in the House of Commons, where it is almost a crime to be poor. Opponents will no long er sneer at him as a penniless adventurer, dependant on his wife, or as a pensioned patriot and parvenu. With forty thousand pounds at his banker’s, he is above reproach. We should not have the slightest objection to be the grateful recipient of even a fourth of that amount, our views being moderate. As to the corruption which,, of late, has stalked shamelessly through our legislative halts, what is to be done? If nothing* then republican institutions are a failure.—Tri&twe. This is ah illogical conclusion. Because Albany legislation is corrupt; because the national legislation was, for many years, prostituted to slavery, republican institu tions have not failed. A Republic is not expected to bring about the millennium. Men will be corrupt under any system of Government; but tbe evils of legislation are more easily corrected in a Republic where legislators are periodically changed than- under opposite Governments where they are permanently in place. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to The Press. Washington, D. C., Dec. 24 Our Indian Relations. As the teimß of the President's Emancipation and Amneßty Proclamations do. not include the Indian territory, effbrta arebeinginade by the Indian Bureau to adjust the difficulties growing out of certain In dians having made common cause with the rebel Go vernment, by a settlement on the principles asserted In the said proclamation. Already the Creekshave negotiated a treaty with this Government, pro viding for the abolition of slavery among them, as a condition of their being reinstated In the enjoy ment of the benefits which they forfeited by their disloyal conduct; and similar treaties are contem plated with the Choctaws and Clierokees. The latter tribe, through their own councU, have pro vided for freeing their slaves; but a stipulation to that end iB required in a new treaty to be made. The Movements of tee. No information has been received here to confirm the sensation rumor which prevailed this afternoon, in New York, that General Longstbebt bad joined General Leu's forces, and that the rebel army was on this side' of the Rapidan. It receives ho credit in official circles. The Re-Enlistment of Volunteers. The Adjutant General ha« telegraphed to all the army commanders that a law has been passed to the effect that no bounties, excepting suoh as are now provided by law, shall be paid to any persons enlist ed after the fifth of January next. The only bounty provided by law is the $lOO authorized by seotion fifth of the aot of July, 1861. The commanding offi cers are accordingly required to secure all re enlistmehts of veteran volunteers, as far as possi ble, before the 6th of January, and to give imme diate pubUoity to this circular. , The Russian, Fleet. The Bussian Fleet have left here for Fortress Monroe, and will winter in the roads. Revision of the United States Statutes. Mr. SnMrrxx introduced a bhl in the Senate yes terday, to provide for the revision and consolidation of the Statutes of the United States, and which is as follows: Be if enacted by the Senate and Some of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advioe and con sent of the Senate, to appoint three persons learned in the law, as commissioners, to revise, simplify, ar range, and consolidate all Statutes of the United States, general and permanent in theirnature, which shall be inforoe at the time such commissioners may make the final report of their designs. Sxo. 2, And be it further enacted, That, in perform ing this duty, the commissioners shall bring together all statutes and parts of statutes which, from simi larity of subject, ought to be brought together, omitting redundant or obsolete enactments, and making such alterations as may be necessary to re concile the contradictions, supply the omissions, and amend the imperfections of the original text; and they shall arrange the same under titles, chap ters, and sections, and otber suitable divisions and sub-divisions, with head notes briefly expressive of the matter contained in such divisions; also, with side notes, so drawn as to point to the contents of the text; and with references to the original text from which each section is compiled, and to the decisions of the Federal Courts, explaining or ex pounding the same, and also to suoh decisions of the State Courts as they may deem expedient;and they Bhall provide by a temporary Index, or other expe dient means, for an easy reference to every portion of their report. ’ Sxo. 3. Arid be it further enacted, That, when the oom mlssioners have completed the revision and consoli dation of the statutes as aforesaid, they shall cause a copy of the same,in print,to be submitted to Congress, that the statutes, so revised and consolidated, may bs reenacted, if Congress shall so.determine, and at the same time they shall also suggest to Congress such contradictions, omissions, and Imperfections aB may appear in the original text, with the mode :in ;whloh they have reconciled, supplied,- and amended the same; and they may also designate such statutes or parts of statutes, as, in their judgment, ought to he repealed, with their reasons for such repeal. Sec. S And be it further enacted, That the! commis sioners shall be authorized to cause their work to be printed in parts, so fast sc it m,y bo ready for the press and TO distribute copies of the same to' mem bers of Congress, and to such other persons, In limited numbers, as they may see fit, for the pttt pose of obtaining theirsuggestions ; and they shag, from time to time, report to Congress their progress 01 Sxc 0i 6 S A* <7 be it further enacted. That the statutes so revised and consolidated snail be reported to Oon-; gress as soon a« practicable, and the whole work closed without unnecessary delay. Sec 6 And be it further enact'd, >Thit the commis sioners shall eaoh receive as compensation for ,his - attiicfa, at therato of torcethousanduollara a yea*, /or two with The reaaonftble cxpsnßfiß of own- Cftl ccrvlcc 6D To Diner* Out# To the Editor of The Press: Sis: Permit an old reader and oonatant Bubacrf her to addreaa, through pour oolumna, that large and ■eapeotabla body or dineri out, who will, on Chrlat mas Dap, with happy facet, haaten to the hoapttable ta iblea of their friends. I, who have been for years in the habit of dining at other people’s expense, and am looked upon as a man who oan always be de pended upon to fill a vacant chair, and take his fall share of a turkey, can perhaps give valuable infor mation. At the same time let me decline, in ad vance, any invitation with which you may have thought to honor mo, having already promised to take part in live dinners, respectively at 1,3, S, 7, and 9 o’clock I*. M. I am particular about the 6 o'clock dinner on account.of the turkey ; for, on in quiry, I have ascertained that it was won at a raffle ; and after the raffle it bore a conspicuous part in a free fight that ensued, It Is, therefore, unusually tender, and has the additional charm of historical association. But to leave our turkey let ub return o our mutton. To the young diner out I would say, remember that your object 1b food. It ia to .partake of food that your friend has asked you; therefore, do not fltiut yourself, To use a vulgar but expressive phrase, Vgo in." When lam asked what part or the turkey I prefer, (being expected to reply, “ Oh, it doesn’t matter at all,”) I invariably say, in a loud and commanding voice, “The breast.” A good general rule is to setae on all the best dishes, and keep them* If you are asked to make a few pertinent remarks, I would suggest that some allusion to the quotation about “all going merry aa a marriage bell” would not be inappropriate, and would stamp you at once as a person of fine poellc sensibilities. I cannot think of any other suitable quotations, but have no doubt that if you examine the Congressional Re port*, in ten volumes, you may. find what you want. A little French or Latin would also be in keeping with the solemnities of the day. You could easily contrive to introduoe a few such phrases as nous "verironSf quien sabe t cui titUty an reservoir . etc. Then yon might wind up with an appeal for the vigorous prosecution of the war. In making a speech, however, you yourself must, to some extent, be the judge of what you shall say, and I therefore cease. Allow me to caution you gently, but firmly, against the pernioious practice of loading your pookets sur reptitiously. with remnants of the feast, after you have eaten to the extent of your ability. You mayi and doubtless will, contemplate the ruins of the turkey, with something of the proud satisfaction of Marius*as he sat amid the ruins of Carthage ; but you cannot urge this in extenuation of slipping a wing or thigh slyly into your overcoat pocket. Concerning the propriety of picking one’s teeth with a fork at the dinner*table, authorities differ. In General Halleck’s masterly report upon the con duct of the war, it is neither approved nor con demnect, whioh seems to amount to a tacit justifica tion of the habit. In carving a turkey it should never be shot into your neighbor’s lap. This direction most cook-books have omitted, and unpleasant consequences have oftentimes ensued upon festive occasions. Remarks concerning the tone of the butter, if in dulged in at all, should be uttered in a suppressed voice. If the lid of the pepper castor should be loose, politeness demands that you should studiously con ceal the fact from your neighbor. He will doubtless discover it himself in good season . In case an altercation should arise as to the owner ship of any particular viand, potatoes should never be thrown across the table. In paring potatoes, the Bkins should not bs thrown upon the fioor, but dexterously jerked into the spit toon. If a song should be called for, respond with “Who will caie for mother now,” in a plaintive voice, but not necessarily through the nose. Musical criticism is at all times acceptable. Mo- zart’s Bellini, Haydn’B Tammary in B flat, Manta lini’s “bow-wows,” and the Brindisi from “Lanni gan’B Ball,” may all be judiciously commended, as well for their suavitcr in mode, as for their former in re. ‘ At the break up of the performance, it will require but little tact to exchange the shabby hat you won on Curtin’s election for a new and better one. The Supreme Court of the State having decided umbrellaa to he unconstitutional, you may demean yourself accordingly. Yery respectfully, Hlb. Lincolh's Kind-heartedness.— The New ark (New Jersey) Advertiser , referring to the second capture by the rebels of Benjamin Shultz, of that city, a member of the 6th New Jersey Regiment, mentions the following: “An incident connected with Mr. Shultz illus trates the kind- heaitedcesa of Mr. Lincoln. On his return from his former imprisonment, on parole, young Shultz was sent to Camp Parole at Alexan dria. Having had no furlough since the war, efforts were made, without suocess, to get him liberty to pay a brief visit to his friends; but having faith in the warm- heartednees of the President, the young soldier’s widowed mother wrote to Mr. Lincoln, stating that he had been in nearly every battle fought by the Army of the Potomac, had never aßked a furlough, was now a paroled prisoner, and in consequence unable to perform active duties, that two of his brothers had also served in the army, and asking that he be allowed to visit home, that she might see him once more. Her trust in the Pre sident was not unfounded. He immediately caused a furlough to be given to her son, who, shortly be-' fore he was exchangedrViaited his family to their great surprise and joy.” A nsTTER from Morris Island since the late storm says: “ For the past twenty-four hours these shores have been ghastly with , numberless rebel dead, some of them in-tioxes, but mostly uncofflned. They were washed out from the beach near Forts Putnam and Strong (formerly G-regg and Wagner.) Skulls, arms, and entire skeletons bobbed around on the beach, a literal‘dance of death.’” THJE CITY. [FOB ADDITIOWAIi CITT WBWS, BKB FOURTH PAGB.j The “ Conservative Union National’ ’ Convention—Nomination op Gen. McClellan fok President, 'and Gov. Campbell for Vice President.— The Conservative Union National Committee convened, pursuant to adjournment, at Independence Hall, last evening, at eight o’clock, the President, Hon. Amos Kendall, of Washington, in the .chair. Mr. R. P. Stevens, of New York, Se cretary, read the following report or the preliminary meeting held In the morning: "'At a meeting of the Conservative Union National Committee, held at the Continental Hotel yesterday morning, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That this Committee recommend to the people of the United States, General George B. McClellan as a candidate for the Presidency, and Governor William B. Campbell, of Tennessee, as a candidate for the Vice Presidency. : ' v * Resolved , That as a basis of Union, this Committee recommend the Kentucky platform, embodying the two-told idea of support of the Government in its contest with the rebellion, and of opposition to all efforts to substitute the dogmas of Radicalism for the principle of the Constitution. Resolved, That the chairman of this Committee is authorized to convene the members thereof, at the same time and place with the National Committees,, with the view of taking such further- steps toward carrying this actiort' into final effeot, aB may be deemed fit and advisable. Resolved , That it iB the paramount and single obj ect of this Committee to obtain a perfect unity and con cert of action of every conservative element of the people of the United States, and to bring back the Government to the great principles of liberty, upon which Washington and his associates based the Con stitution. Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns, it will adjourn to meet at Independence Hall, this evening, at half*past seven o’clock; that, then and there, in that hail, sacred to the cause of liberty and Union, we will announce our action, and call upon the freemen of the country to rise in their strength for its redemption from the hands of those who have assailed its integrity. A _ ■„ Alter the reading of the report, Mr. Kendall ad dicted the Convention. He said that he was not a peace man in the sense that that term was now used*. peace with the rebels, at this timej meant destruc tion to the Union. He was for ÜBing every instru mentality to uphold the Government against Seces sionists and Abolitionists alike. When the rebelß raised their hands against the Union, he was against the rebels, because their design was to overthrow the fundamental principles of American govern ment. But he felt he had a duty to perform in another direction, and that was to make opposition to the men in power at Washington, who would de stroy cur civil liberties. <■ The subject of arbitrary arrests was spoken of at seme length ; but this was a matter of comp&rative ly email importance perhaps—the great complaint -was against the infringement of our constitutional liberties. He would wish to enter bio protest against the usurpations of the military power, and its controlling of elections in the various States where it could exercise its power with impunity. There was no such a United States voter. Every man votes as a qualified citizen of a State, land the National Government had no power to oon jtrol its free exercise. The speaker had been for a Mdbg time retired from public life, but in these, hia last years, h® would give all his energies for the ; mjlnleiiocCfiofffie GflVernmct. fAppiauae.] * Hoi. Hsffillton Pope, of Kcntui&y, TH«u ? uere< ‘ the following : ‘ : Resolved, That, in pursuance of the recommenda tion contained in the resolutions this day adopted by the Conservative. Union National Committee, we do ho w, for ourselves and those we represent, pub lioly present to the people of the United States, for their support in the coming election, General George B. McClellan, as the Union candidate for the Presi dency; and we call?upon every true patriot and lover of his country to rally around him as the standard bearer of the people; and we also present the name of Governor William It. Campbell, of Tennessee, as the Union candidate for the yioe Presidency, Resolved, That, for the support of thla ticket, we recommend Ihe tormation of McClellan Union clubs in every part of the country, and request that the names of the officers of the same be reported to the eeeretaiy of our National Committee. (German clubs to report to Colonel Max Eaugenschwartz, of New York.) , . , The resolutions were adopted amid great ap plause. Mr. Pope then said that with this tioket for the riext eleotion he felt sure of success. The Border States at leaßt will give it their united and hearty support. . Will Pennsylvania sustain McClellan, as the Bolder States will sustain him and Governor Campbell ? The speakerhad never voted the Demo cratic ticket in his life. Now he was willing tolay every personal feeling on the altar of his country, and uniie with any class of men who would sustain the Union, [applause, j He had never seen Gene ral McClellan, but he loved him as a patriot, a hero, and a statesman, [applause.] The people of Penn sylvania knew little of war. Kentucky’s soil had been drenched with the blood or patriots falung in defence of the Constitution and the Union. Penn sylvania, however, can light a bloodless battle for the same cause. Bet the real friends of the Union nerve themselves to the contest, and never despair oft tucc< as. Kentucky will rally to the standard of McOiellaD ; and Pennsylvania will not forget the nameoi Wm.B Campbell. t CoL uaugenschwartz, of New York, was next In troduced. He said that he was a relugee from Euro neau despotism, and came to this country as a friend ol universal fleecom. He was, on landing on our • ebotes, a Aim and open Abolitionist. He fisted* slavery, end dia bate it yet, but slavery could not be abolished by the present Abolition party, tor they had-no simerpy, but while preaching for humanity, weie guided enly by desire for BeK-aggrandizement. He was lor sustaining this great Unloc, and would elve tbe last drop of his blood for tbia country, as a free country. It will only become a great country uDdcr tie tuidanoe of wise, national, and patrlotio raeD. He said be was at the head of a German League, and could command quarter of a million of ’ Gtrman votes, and they would all be given for McClellan. [Applause.} Having admired-George B. as a general, be determined to make his acquaintance. Any one who spends a short time with him will find him to he a man with a soul, r Applause-] He will I*9 found » t 0 be actuated only by a love of the Union and reve *rence lor the Constitution. He hoped the time -1 W nuid soon dome when the Union will be restored in all its glory and sublimity. May the cruel wir t cease, and, with its end, let there come peaod. and nroireiliy, and a general oblivion of the past. - General Norton, of Texas, was next Introduced. He eald he had come here as a Union nun for the ‘ purpose of Revising none means to preserve intact the integrity of this great country. He was not here as a party-roan, but merely as a friend of his country. * (Applause.) He bad always been a Whig. He was an ultra Whig. He had stuck to Henry Clay, and would do so again, were he permitted. The old Whig party was a party of great memories, but little success. The cardinal principles of that party are not now in question before the people. The questions of protection, national bank, one man power, and other*, have been consigned to the tomb of the Oapulets. The preservation of the American Union is'now the only thought for the American people. Were he asked if he were in favor of a dissolution of the Union, he would say, “ Never, never, never.” Wilh old Jackson, he would say the Union must and shall be saved. To-day, the bones of our coun trymen whiten the Boil of every Southern State, and the rivers flow with blood. We seek the rescue of the country from the men who have brought all this calamity upon ua. [Applause.) This National Committee have but one idea, and that is to save the Union. The speaker, was a refugee from his own State. He was here in consequenca of radi calism, and the departure from constitutional doc trines by Secessionists. He had an interest then, he said, in bringing back the country to its former prosperity, Let all Conservative men , unite no tv and preserve the Government. Let all parties in opposition to radicalism make common cause against the enemies of the Government, wherever found. ,The overthrow of the Lincoln Administra tion wab necessary for the preservation of the Go vernment. Mr. Charles Buckwalter, who was present as a spectator, was called upon and introduced to the Convention. As a young man he hailed every movement; which looked to the preservation of American institutions. The great object which should CDgsge whatever of patriotism and. wisdom there might be in the country, should be the mainte nance of Union and Liberty. . Mr. Stevens, the Secretary, then made an address, and the Convention adjourned with cheers for MoClellan and Campbell. Arrests. Considerable latitude was • given last evening for the immense of people in the principal streets of the city, to enjoy a merry Christmas eve ; but, in some instances, numbers of young men were entirely too enthusiastic, by push ing and orowding against females generaily, as though their frames were made of iron. A number of arrests were made, and tbe parties were conducted to tbe Central Station, where Aid. Beltler,up to the midnight hour nearly, “ sat like patience on a mo nument," awaiting to give the parties a hearing. None of the cases were of a desperate character, and bail in tbe sum of $3OO each was demanded of the prisoners to be of future good bohavior. Steam-Boiler Explosion.— The steam boiler at Burton’s ale manufactory, corner of Thompson street and Germantown road, exploded yesterday, during the absence of the engineer and fireman. The front of the building was demolished, and things smashed generally in the apartment. Nobody hurt. , •- • Sudden Deaths.— Mr. John Teefe, aged 40 yean, fell dead yeaterday afternoon, at German town road and Girard avenue. Nathaniel Cooper, aged 66 years, fell dead In the Kace-itreet Hotel, about 6 o’clock last evening. The Subscription Agent reports the .ale of $3,298,860 in five-twenties on Thursday. The salea for the five business days of this week will probably reach fifteen millions. Kun Ovee.— A man named Daniel Kay was run over by ifbutcher’s wagon, near Ninth and Poplar, yesterday afternoon. A small part of bis head waa mashed by the wheel. Lamb Sale ob Beal Estate, Stocks, Ac,, on Tuesday next. See Thomas & Sons’ advertise* ment. . ' •. TBEMBNDOUS PHEQSURS TO OBTAIN THE “FBO* bench” Sbwino Machine. —All day yesterday the crowd that ebbed and flowed at the agency of the “Florence” Sewing Machine Company, No. 630 Chestnut street, was a subject of general remark by pedestrians. The sales of these great machines, un questionably the most perfect ever invented, for Christmas presents alone, have been enormous, and we learn that Beveral hundred of them have been or dered for delivery as soon as they can be forwarded from the manufactory. “ Thii Unionist.”— This is the appropriate title of an elegant new style of Black Felt Hat, just introduced by Mr. Warburton, No. 430 Chestnut street, next door to the Post Office, and which, from its grace] convenience, and comfort, no less than its identity, in a modified form, to his patent Army Folding Hat, which has obtained such a universal popularity among military men, bids fair to become as great a favorite in America as the “ Republican Hat,” “Liberty Cap,” and “Kossuth Hat,” have at various times been among the nationalities of Europe. “ The Unionist" has everything to recom mend it to gentlemen of taste, and has withal an individuality about it at once significant of the capital name it bears, and Is every way worthy of being the National Hat—the civic badge of loyalty— as we believe it is soon destined to become. We may state, in conclusion, that the slightly-varied styles, adopted by Mr. Warburton in trimming “The Unionist,” will contribute materially to its popularity with the civic public. TURVEYDROP. Great Reduction in Prices. Great Reduction in Prices. Ladies’and Misses’Fine Cloaks, Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Cloaks. Also, Rich Furs of all kinds, Rich Furs of all kinds. In anticipation of the close of the season, we are now prepared to make a large concession from former prices on all our stock. J. W. Proctor & Co., The Paris Cloak and Fur Emporium, 920 Chestnut street. Great Reduction in Bonnets and Hats.— Messrs. Wood & Cary, No. 725 Chestnut street, have just made a great reduction in the prices of their ele gant stock of Bonnets, Trimmed Hats, Bonnets, &c., their present prices being, in Borne cases, much be low the cost of manufacture. Fine Champagnes.— “ Green Seal” Moselle. “ Piper” Heidslcck. “ Bruch. Foucher;” also, Fine Brandies and Wines for Medicinal Purposes. For sale by Davis & Richards, Arch and Tenth streets. Grover and Baker Triumphant.—Unparal leled excitement! Amid the many bewilderments that set our quiet citizens half crazy on Christmas eve, none certainly could compare with the unique surprise that awaited promenaders in front of the magnificent salesrooms of Grover & Baker, at Eighth and Chestnut streets. The crowd surging towards this great Sewing Machine Emporium beheld seated in the window, an enthronement, as it were, of wo manly grace and domestic sovereignty, a beautiful young lady, who, undisturbed by the manifestation without, calmly exhibited the workings of thi admirable machine, embroidering, braiding, and Btitching in the most perfect manner. The noveltys of the sight created a furore such as Chestnut street, with all its excitements, has larely seen equalled. To pass the building was almost impossible, and policemen were frequently forced to clear the side walks. We heard but one opinion expressed on the beauty of the maohine and character of the work done—all were loud in praise. After infinite diffi culty, we managed to squeeze through the dense mass of humanity, and gain audience with Mr. Eddy, the gentlemanly agent of the company, and found him radiant in contemplating the success of this novel plan for gratifying the public. Mr. Eddy informed us that the demand for the Grover A Baker machines is steadily increasing; in fact, that the factory is a long way behind orders in several of their most popular manufactures. May they stay behind hand is our selfish wish! A good sewing machine lightens the labor and promotes the health and hap piness of those at home. The White Wax on Antilles.— Of the many preparations that have .been brought before the public, for improving the complexion Bnd heighten ing the charms ol beauty, the above-named artlole may well lay claim to precedence. Although but a comparatively short time since it was ushered into notice, it has, by its own merits, gained an undying popularity, and bids’fair to eventually drive all other similar preparations from the market. It .1b entirely free from all deleterious subatanoes, and jyill not, in any case, injure the most delicate skin. "Messrs. Hunt &. Go. are the sole proprietors, o whom it . may be had, either wholesale or Ddpot, No. 41 South Eighth street, above Chestnut' or at No. 133 South Seventh, above Walnut. ’ Corns, Bunions, Inverted Nails, Enlarged Joints, and all diseases of the feet, cured without pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. Z acha bib, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut street, P.£. fers to physioiens and surgeons of the city, de24-6t A Dargb Assortment of useful and orna mental Iron and other goods, Patent Bookers, SkaiM'-frOy at No, 721 Chestnut street. dei7 8t S, Maoebeban, A Beautiful Present foe Oheistm as.— The improved Sloat Elliptic Fsmily Sewing Machine. Salesroom 721 Chestnut street.| deio-lfit Holiday Presents foe Gentlemen.— An ele gant stock of Wrappers, Scarfs, Cardigan Jackets, Gloves, and other choice goods for presents. de!9 6t Winchester &Co , 706 Chestnut SV Holiday Presents at Farson & Co.’s, Dock street, below Walnut. Cutlery, Tea Trays, Japan ned and Plated Ware, Hobby-Horses and Sleds, Bro, ' delfi-wsmtf CITY ITEMS. GeO. Steck Sc Co.’s -P’ANOe For Holiday presents. WILLCOX Sc GIBBS’ Sewing Machines, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks Sc EwinS, de9-tf 715 Chestnut street. WILLCOX ic GiebsJ^ Sewing Maohtnrb, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks St Ewino, deS-tl 715 Chestnut street. Cabinet Organs for Holiday Gilts. J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. Cabinet Organs bob Holiday GUIs. 3. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. Geo. Stuck Sc Co.’s Pianos For Holiday Presents. Carriage Rugs.— ln varied style andprioe. det9 6t Winchester & Co., 706 Chestnut St. Geo. Stuck & Co.’s Pianos For Holiday Presents. WILLCOX St GIEBB' • Sewing Machines, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks Bl Ewing, 715 Chestnut street. Cabinet Organs bob Holiday Gifts. J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. WUiLOOX & Gibbs' SBWEtra MAOHIJfBBs For Holiday Prenent*. Fairbanks & Ewiwa, Tiff Oliaitnat ateoa*. CJaBiaTMAS AT the Toimirn.—Mr. Woodworth, the host of the Tontine, Seventh street, above Ghest out, has given hie beautiful Saloon an attractive Holiday drees, and requests us to say that he willbe "at home " this morning, from ten till twelve o'clock, and freely invites bis numerous patrons, and the public generally, to a magnificent Christmas Feast, which, from the extensive and liberal preparations made, will excel anything of the kind ever enjoyed in this city. Thx Ihteukatiohai. Pi'.ixk Fioht. —More im portant to the “ fanoy " than an advance of the Aj iny of the Potomac, or another grand viotory by Grant, was the news of the' result of the great prize light in England. Keenan has got himself whipped, and nobody outside of the said fancy pities him. He had better have staid at home and’ behaved him self, instead of crossing the Atlantic to make a blackguard of himself. He is a good’looking fellow, and would readily pasefor a gentleman, particularly If he would procure his wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhlll & Wilson, Nob. 603 and 60S Chestnut street, above Sixth. Hr.xßS is essential in every part of the world, and in all walks of life. Even the ssvage does not de spise outward decoration, and the superiority of his rulers Is marked by a peculiarity or costume. Then why should not a civilized being be particular with regard to his personal appearance, and wear the best clothing he can get! It Is the duty of every man to dress as well as his Income will permit, and if there be any who say they are too poor, we tell them they are mistaken. To be convinced, they have only to call at No. 609 Chestnut street, and select a suit from the shelves of Granville Stokes. The prioes are within the means of all. The Siiortkst.Day.— To-day, the almanacs tell us, lathe shortcut day ol the year. Well would It be If the day wa* only short; but, about this time, many of our pooketo are short; that little obliga tion given, about ninety days ago, when your purse was comparatively long, and when the time of ma turity seemed a long way off, you forgot the short days were coming. Franklin, in his time, gave some rules to avoid shortness of the purse, such as a “ pin a day Is a groat a year,” and “ a penny aaved la two penoe earnedand, had he lived in these times, he w 'ould have added, “buy your clothes at Charles Stoken & Co.’s, under the Continental, and your pockets will never be short,” No Humbug.—The eye and taate are the only me* diume by which we can form a correct judgement, of what we eat: Among whioh are A. D. Peseano’s choice foreign and domestic fruits. Also, fine Frenoh and plain confections} extra fine white grapes, by the keg or pound. On our fine fruits we challenge competition. 101 [South Tenth street, below Cheat* nut. d 22 4t* Coughs, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Colds, In fluenza, Asthma, Oatarbh, any Irritation or Soreness of the Throaty instantly relieved by Brown’s Bronchial Trochee.- To Public speakers and Sing era, they are eft'eotual in clearing and giving strength to the voice. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. the money market. Philadelphia, December 24,1863. Stock and money matters were again very quiet’and fcttady. Gold was weak'durin* the forenoon, and sold down to 161£, rallying, as has bean the custom of the last few days, before the close, to 152& with a firmer feeling. Rumors, manufactured in Hew York, con cerning the crossing of the Kapidan. by General Lee, gave it the afternoon advance. Money continues easy at C@7. The supply was greatly in excess oftthe de mand- Government securities are strong, the demand for the five-twenties increasing very largely. This loan will not last for ever, as only about seventy-five millions remain to be taken. The stock market was dull, bat steady. After the firs.* session the board adjourned until Monday morning* Catawiasa sold at 10%, the preferred at 32%; Hunting don and Broad Top at 20; Minehill advanced %; Beading sold at £6%, Camden and Amboy at 165, North Pennsyl vania at 25%; Philadelphia and Erie at 31; Union Canal sixes sold at 27%; Susquehanna shares at 15%; Lehigh Navigation at 69%; New City sixes were taken largely at 104; State fives telling at 99%; Camden and Amboy 1875’s at }C2%; Arch street sold at 30%; Chestnut and Walnut at 57. The mari et closed strong. A supposed twenty* dollar counterfeit note on the Bank ofPottstown has proved to be genuine. There are no counterfeits on the issues of this bank! now in circula tion. Drexel & Co. auote; United States Bonds, 18S1«♦.*♦*-►►-..109%@110 U, B. new Certificates of lndebt«daess..~.~~ VSX&bS% U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness. 102%@102% U. B. 7 8-10 Notes.•••• Quartermasters’ Vouchers... 98 Gold.-...'- Sterling Exchange. Jay Cooks !t Co. tmoto Goyornmaot »eearttie», Jw.. as follows: United States 6s, 1881 .lOWffillO United States 7 3-10 Notes - 106J[@1073f Certificate# of Indebtedness,old. 102 @lO2>S Certificates of Indebtedness,new SSH@ 53H Quartermasters’ Vouchers 97 JS® 98 Sold .lolli @152 Sales of five-twenties, $3 298,850. The following is the statement of coal transported over the Hazleton Railroad for the week ending December 19, 1863, compared with the same time last year; Tons* Cwt. Tons. Cwt Tons.Cfrt. Hazleton Mines . 608 01 153,803 14 154 409 05 Cranberry 77315 80,905 10 81.679 06 Diamond. 283 19 51.764 09 62,0iSQS East Sugar Loaf... ■* • 723 18 146,021 14 147,445 12 Council Ridge I.OSB 01 114,433 05 115,471 06 Mount Pleasant 477 IS £5.734 06 35,212 04 Harleigh 354 IS ■ 62.4*5 07 - 62.840 05 jeddo. 1,227.12 156,758 13 1£6,956 05 Ebervale 174 04 65,894 C 6 56.063 10 Milnesville »*.....«•*• .... .. 46.65 S 07 46.688 07 Buck Mountain*., • »• *» 69 15 35,355) 03 35.409 18 Total 5,750 15 939,459 14 945,240 09 G last 15,425 18 636.644 07 712,070 02 242,615 07 233,170 07 9,645 00 ... Increase. Decrease. Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, for the week, ending Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1862, and since Ja nuary 1, 1863; Week. Previously. Total. Tons. Tons. • Tons. 1863 4,757 293,377 298,134 1§52 ...... 7,522 319,786 337,308 Decrease..*•<•*.**•••• 2.765 26,409 The New York Post of to-day says: '= G old is quiet at 151%\ and exchange is dull at 166. The loan market is active, but easy_at 7 per cent. The stringency complained of in some‘quarters is by no means general, 'and-is chiefly confined to & few specula tive hoases. • . • • ' , , The stock maiket is dull. Governments are steady, State stocks quiet, bank shares lower,coal stocks heavy, railroad bonds firm, railroad sbaras irregular. Before the first lession gold was selling at Isiac@lsl%. Erie at Michigan Southern at 813£@8'2, Fort Wayne at 82@82?i. Pittsburg at 105® iO6. Cumberland at 42®44> Sew Toik Central at 132@13a&, Beading at 113® Quicksilver at 55>c@55, Bock Island at 115©115&, Illinois Central at 116, and Galena at 1i63£@107. The appended table exhibits the chief movements of the market compared with the latest prices of yester day Thnrs. Wed. U.B.Sb. 1881. reg.........304K 104 ft U. 8. 68, ISBI, con. ....109ft 109 ft U. 6. SaTen-tnlrties—lo6ft TT. S. lyrcer., g01d....1Q23i 102 k U. 8. 17*> our* 9&>s . SS>i American Gold-....~».151?a 162 k Tennessee 6s. 6Sft cSft Missouri Cs. fU 63 Pacific Mail. .......... -Saii 212 . Now TorkCefi E.......132K IS fi Erie *** *»*•»-♦ .1U7.-4 10/>4 Erie P?efsH*ed-~- •* .....103 ID2>£ Hadet/hEWer 326 K 1»> ; Harlem.-.*.'-**,*.*....... SSft ~59)2 Heading •.*- M .»«*».**-«-*-».112k 113 M Michigan Central.. • -I|o>| W z Michigan Sonthera.-~~ Btft S2k Michigan South- gnar.. 120 ft i3iJ4 Il inoiß Can. S«np-....116 116 ft Pittßbttrg.• * ....}!BR S oCOO UniocOansl 6b--.- 27>£ 2COO do.- --D5 an 7iOU. S 7.3oEnd. T&A .107 . 700 do bli F.7A e.LG| 2 Sum Canal...-"-- 16 100 do •■••••• l=« lOOKeadingK.R .cash »i 2 100 do bia C6# 60 Chest. & W. B-K... 57 50 Phils • & Brie R. B-. 30# 60 do. do cash 3Q# m do. do • »b3O 31 6 0 Penna. 55.. 99# 200 Girard College....- 27* 72 do 2dys 27>4 20; 0 U. S. 5 Y ’rs Op, Keg.lol 150 do. do. cash. 101 a 2 LehighNav-.693* WetKly Review of Itie Philada. Market*. December 24—Eve)dng. The approaching holiday "season has operated unfavor ably on the Produce markets, and business generally bas been very inactive. Bark is Quiet. Breadstuff:* are rather dull, and prices of Wheat, Com, and Oats are lather lower. Coal is dull. Cotton is rather lower. In Coffee there Js rather more doing. Fish are Quiet. Fruit is sellim at former rates; dried is wanted. The Iron market is very firm. Molasses js Quiet. Naval Stores ttncinue antl .Jugh- 6ils lit material Coal Oil is better. Provisions are very firm, but the sales are limited for the want of stock. In Sugar there is rather more doing. Seeds are unchanged. Whis ky haH again advanced. Wool is held firmly. The shipping demand for Flour is limited and the mar ket is rather dull* bat prices remain about the same as last Quoted Sales comprise .about 8,200 bbls. including Western and Pennsylvania extra family, at $7/£K§)7.SJ, and 1 600 bbls Delaware mills extra on terms kept se cret The retailer* and bakers are baying moderately at from $5.75@6.5Q for supe. fine; $6 75@? for extra; s7.7s@S fiM-«vtrafamiiyi and $8 50 up to $ 0 bbl for-fancy brands according io quality. fiya Flour ia seUinK in. a small way at *8.60 bbl, There. is domg m Coin Meal. Pennsylvania is held at $5.50 bbl. GRAIN —The sales of Wiiat are a k£c and Snovlders at 7Kc cash.' wreen Meats are quiet ; 870 casks pickled Hams sold at il@llj6C, and Shoulders,at 7>ac, cash. Lard iB rather scarce, and the demand is limited ; sales of tierces are making at 12>a@13c, and kegs at 13Kc V- ib, cu-h. Bntier is in steady demand, and from l§@29c lb tor common to prime. Cheese is selling at lb*a@l4c lb fox New fork. Large sales of P .ultry are making at 13>i®14c for' Turkeys, and B@loc s lb for Chickenß. Eggs are selling at 30®31c dozm. METALS.—Pig iron continues scarce. but vary firm. Small sates of No. : 1 Anthracite aie making at $43@H, and No. 2at #4LSC@42 ton. Manufactured Iron is m demand at tall prices: Scotch Pig is scarce. Lea-i—we Quote Galena at ll')'4@10/6c lb, cash Copper There is very little doing. Sheathing and! Yellow Metal are without change. . , • i , _ .. AM . BARK.—There is very little demand for Quercitron, Ist No. -lls quoted at s3ts@37 $ ton Tanners Bark is sellug atslS@L9 cord. , OaNDLBS.—A< are firmly bald, and sell at 2C@23c, cash for short and full weight Western, and some city-made at the same price ■ . ,• .. a - GOAL—Prices are unsettled and: lower, and the de mand for both shipment and home uselimited. > COFFEE —There is a fair demand, with sales ot about 1, COO baps at 34@35J\c for Rio, 34>ic for Laguayra, aud and SOc 1* ib for St, Domingo, cash and time. . COTTON. -Tbemarket i- dull, and price* are lower, about 2CO bales of Middlings have bean sold at cl@S4c V lb cash, the latte* for strict Middlings DRDGS AND DlES.—lndigo is firm; small sale* of Bengal are making at cash Siusii sales of Forta Ash are making at &3fc, and Bida-ching Powders at —Mackerel continues dull. The oaly *ales are in a small way, from store, at $16@17 lor large, and #9 7C@iofor store 'U, aud &6 7fi@lofor medium and large 3a Pickled Hairing range from *3 75@4 for Fjastport. Codfi h are without oh*nge. FRUIT. — There Is less demand for torelgu. Bunch aud layer Raisins are selling at 55@4.15 box. Ureeu Apples are Belling at ftom % bUi n-ried Anphc for Corn, C@Ss for goods. and 1,3. fio for Iron Tnere i» vary sale, are ortlu -t TO HAY Ib untet.lsd and Belling at from s2„lh LUMBER. —There is very little doing, pat are ftriulv held. Hemlock Scantling is worth. ,cckj L nnifjl- • a small lot of Saguft 1s renirsetl at 44c: fiftfi bbJsNew Orleans sold by aaaUoa. at from 53 - C Va^lfbTOKßß;—l here is very lUUe.doing hi dither BoriaTTar. oe Pitobu bac prl«»* are wifiaont CfitfMtK*. BgSritc of Taepeatina lafirmly held."4rHhsßiaiieaisa at Oil®.—Lard Oil la rather firmer; we caote Jfft-.l Via tor at 10fl@Uuc. Lla seed Oil is In steady demand* *4 M 2 @l43c H gallon. Fish Oils are unohangaa. potrpfeafl* Is tetter; about LCCO bbls sold la lotsat3)@Sle foroJQufo* 46c for refined, in bond, and 55@tf> c v> gallon for free* ft* to qnality. BICE continues scarce; Bmali sales are making at tKs @7#c. PLASTER.—The la*t rale of soft Was ftt $1,751* ton.' BALT. —The market is firm, hot we hear of no recent arriva ls or saleB ■ i ■ SEEDS —Clover is scarce and in demand; email sales are making at $7 GC@B w lbs. Timothy is sailing at $2.7C@3;2,0C0 bus eoid at these rates Flaxseed is also In demand, with sales of 4 000 bus at $315@3.17)£ "9 bn. 6UGAR.— I The markets firm botqolet. with small rales of Cuba at 12&@12%c, on time, and 156hhds Kew Orleans, by auction, at I2hw)i-}4Q 7 & lb, caelija cargo Of Brazil Bngar sold at w lh. Imoa. SPIRITS. —Foreign continues scarce and high, and the demand is limited. N. E. Ramis bold At 95c; Whisky is firm and better, with siles of Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls at 9C@97c» and Drodgeat 87@92c f gallon. TALLOW is >n limited demand, about 60.n00 lbs city rendered eold at 12c, and country at n>, cash* TOBACCO —There isa good, demand for tua-aafacturod* and prices are firm. The holders of Leaf are patting op their prices. . , WOOL —The transactions nre limited, with sales of HO. COO lbs in lots at 61©35c 1* lb for medium and fine fleece, showing some little concession. . The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain tX this port to-day Flour.. Wheat Corn Oats. Asrf.3 are quiet and firm, at s£*£o for pots and ss. 75 for pearls. Bkeadbtbpfs —The market for State and Western Floor is doll, and prices role la favor of the buyer. Tbe tales are 8,000 btlg, at 35 for superfine State; s6.6£@GBo for extra do: 58.2C@6.40 for superfine Michigan, lowa, Oh o.&c-; $7.16@7.65 for extra do, in cluding shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at £7.50® 7.70, and trade orands do at $7.8 @9.60. Southern Flour is steady and unchanged: sales 508 bb!s at $7 €C@9.lO for superfine Baltimore, and $8 15@10.T5 for extra do. Canadian. Flour is quiet and firm: sales6oo bbls at&&4s @8 60 for common, and 90 for good to choice ex tra. Ky« Flour is quiet at $5-5C@6.75 for the range of find end superfine. Buckwheat Flour is selling at $3.12>£@3.50. and W for very choice. Corn Meai is dull and heavy; saletldO bbls Jersey at $6.0c@5.;0. Rye is dull at $1.30@1.34. Barley is quiet, with sales of £.OOO bus at about SL4I for Canada Bast, and $L 45 for State. Coin is in moderate demand and a shade lower, with, sales of 50,0C0 bus at sVz7@i *9 for prime Western mixed, in store, chiefly atsl 27@i.28. Oats are lower and in moderate demand, at 91@03c for Canada, 03@&4c for Western, and 92@a3Kc for State. ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS, DP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST NIGTHT. Continental—Ninth A K Sloan, New York Geo F McCleane, Pittsburg M K Moorhead, Pittsburg C McKinst7y. New Jersey J Goulding,New York K A Kinzle, Washington JT M Campbell. Missouri W M Tildes, Chicago J J Worthington, Pittsburg B S Gould, Trenton. N J W J Harriaon, Jr, N Y W I« Wilde, New York C Bercbelrode, t’aytou, 0 F Skinner, Boston C Slack, New York W N Little G Lanaaon St la, Vermont W Dann, Salem, N J D T Casement, Brie, Pa H K h O McWeeny, Illinois Mrs Silver, Zanesville R C Stiles H Barnes, Kentucky J Mott, Jr, New York JMTornny, Baltimore G TCoulter. Baltimore A H Millar, Baltimore B H Abbott, Boston T L Ca>e Mrs T L Case Miss Case W McClellan. New York SB MHchel Awf W D Man. Washington Geo J Ackerman & wf, N Y W Allender St la. Conn Geo W Bartlett St la, J City Mr & Mrs Williams, N Y R D Lathrop. New York J c Warren, Boston F Brown, Boston H B Hand, USA S E Deßoot. New Jersey C O Simpson A da. N York J Caldwell, Boston John Foulke, Penna Mrs J Foulfes, Penna Chaa Carlyle, Pew York B Gam bill York, Pa Miss W Gambill, York, Pa bliss L Gambill, York, Pa Miss M Ilickin, York, Pa Mbs S Ilickin, York. Pa Mr A Mrs T H Crosby, N Y LKrobn, New York Lt £ M JSogers. Wisconsin Miss Morgan, New York Mr Hactett, New York B Bose, Baltimore 0 W P Smith, Maryland Mr & Mrs fccbmidt, D C A Low & la, Boston Mr St Mrs I) Hall, Boston E A Whitfield. New York A 8 fcef, New York L B Derricks on. New York C Nichols A lady Mtos Nichols Mrs Nichols ... 51K(i 62 —♦..168 @l66}£ Girard—Cliestnut »l S E Bstcock, Troy, N Y Capt J B avens, Troy, NY J Daly, Wash. D C J E Gallegber, Wash, D C St John George, Atchison Capt Moore, Baltimore Wm Sharp k lady Del - Stetson tt wf. N J . A. EL Rheen, Carlisle James A Dunbar, Carlisle * J M Weakley, Carlisle Rev B T Sewell ,U SA C C Price, Hollidaysburg A Parker, Mifflintown Miss R C Parker, Mifilin’n Miss Bii2a Parker, Miftiin’n F D Lour. Jersey Shore Lewis M Larkin, Chester L Dickson, Jr C E Jemiion' Chas B Penrose, USA /WmE Spalding, WaeVn i» Hall, VarV. Wm L Hearn & la. 5 T J H Rowland. Md JMcElhone Wdfh’n,DC Amos Walker. Md F Clarke, Rochester . Wm Barrett, Baltimore J Owen, New York L D Hirth, New York D Catwell, New York John Thomas, Lancaster co G G Atwood, Delaware B Van Riper, Wash’n, D C Peter Trainer. Waah’n, D C James Tiainer.Wash’n.D C J B Bispham USA Geo V Mitchell, P* Cfipt W P Robeson; Jr, N J Previous. Meiclianti’-Pourth J R Hall, Delaware I D W Harlaa.Linwood,Pa W D Tombler. MChunk J W Howell, USA J H Schultz Hon .T D Stiles, Allentown Hon M Strouse, Pottsville Bon P Johnson, Easton. Pa Hon J H Brodbead, Penna J S Africa, Huntingdon W W Greenland, Penna S M Woodkok & w, Altoona W L Woodkok, Penna Adv. Dee. itiitge Sitles, Dec. 3±. i. Philadelphia Exchange. 1 SOASD. - 2 North Pa. E. R 253£ 200 do. d0...b5 25# 23 do. do-... 25^ 1000 TT.S.6s IS3IR. C&P.lO4* , 1(0 ArcliSt.Kß...,b3o 31. 200 do ....30# IQO do....bfftmt 30# 27.000Cityoa New..».«lM 1 Uazu Mcßride, Wash, DC Robert H Housel, N J Mrs Houston, Lancaster C P Jones & wf, Wash, D C E Scball, Orwigsburg, Pa Lyman Beecher, F SchaatZ. Alleat a H Yerkes, H&'.boro T Yerkes, Hatboro Alfred Roads, Penna Wm Brumbach, Peaaa Joel Berber. Reading G W Wolf, Danboro reet« above Third, S M Newman, Lnzerue oo George Leman, Pa James P Evans S Deitelbach fl S Loucheiui md St * above Arch* Mr L Loomis, N J M hos Brown. Jr. Lock Hav Frank. Farr A la. Maryland F Stover. Jr f Penn* J A Stewart & la. N J Mr Scott* la, N J J Sheard. Minersvulo S W Maior.Pni 1 * T George Bacou, New Jersey reet, above Callowhill* Miss I> Bauman. Carbon co Mias H Bauman, Carbon co STClymer, Bnoks co W Fanst, Hellercown SRosenberger, Penna E Deemer. New Jersey J Doeler, Lehigh co Mr Clarkson & wf, S Have*