- the press, '■riiSli' l BHBO DAILY (SOHDaYS rXORFTEB) by JOHN W. lOUKBY, ( ,f So. 11l SOUTH FOPBTg STB BET THE DAILY PRESS, f j.v :?‘N Cr'HTS Pbb Week, payable to the carrier; Vailed lo Subscribers out of the city *t Seven Dolham run ARNtntf: Three Dollars and mfty Cbitts for st* One Dollar abb seventy fxyb Ohbts for •rrfRBR Months, invariably in advatce for the time or-* "W- Ad vertißßßißßts Inserted at tie ueual rate,. BIX .Lines constitute a square. 4,, THE PRESS* - Mailed to Subscribers out of tbo city at JTotm Bollam •Ter Affdm. In advance. ■ . _ carpetings. SPRING, 1864. <3x.:en echo GERMANTOWN. PA. MeOAIXTJM & CO., SSAJTOTAGTOBSBS, IMPORTERS. AND WHOLESALE dealers in OAEP ETITXT C3-S, OIL CLOTHS, &c. Warehouse, 509 Chestuut Street, OPPOSITE INDEPENDE OE HaLL. 1 vgPBOI&L NOTICE. > RETAIL DEPARTMENT. McCALLUM & • Be* leave to inform the pnhlic that they have leased the -cddeetahliehed Carpet Store. .No, 519 CHESTNUT STREET, Ooppoalts Independence Hull, for ASBTAIIi DEPART* K*T, *Syhoro they are nov opanin* a NEW STOCK ol imrOBTED AND AMBKIMS IHRPKTS, - Smhraclnr tt« oioicost patterns of a TMinsTtP.. TAPB'VHT CARPETS. SOYAL WILTON. BSD.«LS OAoPSTS/ VELVET, , „ VENETI \NS Together vlth. a fall assortment ofeverythinj? pertain ing to the Carpet Business. fel*tf ENTERPRISE MILLS. ATWOOD, RALSTOV, & CO., 4XAMHPAOTDRKKB AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CARPETINGS, OILCLOTHS, -MATTINGS, &c., &c. WAREHOUSE, 819 CHESTNUT STREET, foASm SIO JATHE STR* V*. CtOTHISG. jgDWARB P. KELLY, JOHN KELL* Ys» TAILORS. HAY® REMOVED 143 SOUTH THIRD STREET, JJADJES' MUSLIN" LIST—GUI 1 IT Bleached Muslin, at the low trice of 16 cts. Bleached Muslin, better, at IS and 20 cts. Bleached guilin, 7-8 wide, at 22 cts. 4»i«**hed Muslin, very heavy and sood, at 25 cts. Bleached Muslin, extra heavy, at 28 cts. Bleached Muslin, rail yard wide, at 30 ct». Bleached Musiin, muon heavier, at 35 cts. Bleached Muslin, fine (the »• emper Idem), at Sfl cts. gLAox <ass. pAN T a 7M f^ OTBt »,t SLACK CASK PAJtTS, W.SO. At 7(11 SIi«KBT attest. J MmT’tmteKwk{^s^l£^d^ttaS“ Tm "' Bfly bIaOK GASS. PASTB, 66 SO. At 7M MARKET StreetH Unblesched Muslin, flue end thin, at2o«t». HTiny fisea yifiira gx jvv at 704 MARKET Street. UnpleachedMuslin, 7-Bwide at 2a cts. BLACK CASS. PAMTS, tB #O, At 704 Ha «KBT Street uEblgchSd MmhS; ettu'be&'lt 31« ofe?** - OKI GO ft YAK OUSTER'S, Ho- 704 MARKET Street Unbleached Muslin full yard wide, at 36 eta. SBIOO ft VAJT OUSTER'S. Ho. 7l» MARKET Street Unbleached Mnslin, much heaYier, at SO* cte. SKtOO ft YA* OUHTES'S, M„ 704 HaRKW Street SSKIa ““{ft' tol&tS* C ‘ S ' OBtaa ft YAM OUMTEH’B, So. 7M MARKET Stmt Unbleached Muslin, the very bsst made, at 43 ete. 9SIGO Jfc YAK 43OTT TB2TS, 80. 704 SLaKKST Street. Pccassetß, 9-8 Lawrence, Starks, Atlanttcu, 5-4 Lyman uU am Bates, Fand many others of the best makes. One case full 2>» wide, atfcl.ls. ais** GEXTS» FURNISHING GOODS. ABOVE WALNUT, 6JLSS CHESTNUT STBBBT. 1«33-tf JOHN O. ARRISON, ,So». 1 and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, RAtnJTAOTUEER OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, FIRST OUT BY J. EURE MOORE, % ARRANTBD TO TIT AND GIVB SATISFACTION, Xavortar aad Manufacturer of * GENTLEMEN’S rUBNISHXITO GOODS. a. b.—Allartulesmadeinunperlor manner by hand and trom the b«»t material,. X?INB SHIRT MaNUFaUTDKY. Jl VH* aubtsribers would invite attention to their IKSOVBD CUT OF SHlftrs. Whlsh they make a speciality In their business. Alio* GENTtEMKM’S WRl*. * Xw v SC OTT Jb qo., GEBTLEMEITS >D*K ISHING Mo. *l* chbsthut s -.-kebt. |4]S.|f your dour* belnw ».»■« •'’•■“it'uental. DRUGS. JjpßT GASH DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT & SIDDALL* So. 1U MARKET STREET, Between TKOHT and SEGOSD Btreeta. €. W. WRIGHT. DRUGGISTS* PHYSICIANS* AND GE- NERAi. STOREKEEPERS Can And at our estabUshment a rail assortment of imported and DomestU Drugs. Popular Pa tent Medicine*, Faints* Coal Oil, Window Glass* ’JrMScriptlon Vials, ate.* at as low prices as genu* tea. first «lsss goods can he sold. - FINE ESSENT iAL OILS or Confectioners, in full variety, and of the heft quality. Cochineal, Bengal Indigo, Madder, Pot Ash, Gadtean s&a Ash, Alan, oil of Vitriol. Anaat to, Copperas. Extract of Logwood, &0.. FOB DYERS* USE, always on hand at lowest net cash prices. SULPHITE OF UME, for keeping cider sweet; a perfectly harmless pre paration, put Up, With foil direction* for nse, in package* containing sufficient for one barrel. ■Orders by mall or city post will meet with prompt attention, or special quotations will be furnished when requested. WRIG-HT ft SHIDAUj, WHOLESALE DBTJO WABEHOI7SE, *o. 119 MARKET Street, above FRONT. HO2B-thstuly-fp gjOBERT SHOEMAKER & 00., ■orttiiMt Corner of FOUB.TH and BADE Street,. PHILADELPHIA, HFOBTKBB AMD DEALERS IB FOHEIGN AMD DOMESTIC . WINDOW iin) PLATE GLASS. ..HDFACTCHaKH O. WHITE LEAD AMD ZINC PAINTS. PUTTT. Ai. AOOTS VO* THB OKLKBKATKD FRENCH ZINC FAINTS. .aalera And eenramer, mymlied at la? 8m TOT LOW PBICES FOB CASK CABINET rUKNITCKB. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLEB. MOORE & CAMPION, . ?°* SOUTH SECOND STREET, dn connection with their extensive < abinet business, are wow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD. TABLES, dol.W with tke MOORE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, ■which are prononneed by all who have nsed them to be anperior to all other,. *“ ”” . For the anauty aad fini.h of there Tables, the mans, factnrera refer to their nnmeronß patrone throughout the Union, who aro familiar frith the character or their work. ee!7-6m WINES AND lIQDORs, IMPORTERS OF J- WIBBB AND LIQUORS, LAWMAN, SALLADE, & CO., No. 1»8 SOUTH NINTH STREET, Between Cheetnnt and Walnut, Philadelphia. G. M. i.iusuir. A. M SlkUauE, J. D BITTING. nolo-6m "TyiLIiIAM H. YE ATOM & CO., 1 * . . Ho. 301 South FKOHT Street. ORl< o£iGO. CHAMPAGNE. 41« a i desirable Wme to the trade. BOEDRiDX CL^ETf 08 - ™ °^« B e™?itetL r a e ?rp? a 0 a ?f AC BEIND *- |®SSS^=““- C^mPMne^" 40 ” Grand Vltt I«w>«l»L •■ Green Seal" a iU * of Madeira, Btergr, f 0& cae^ gbs - 1863. WILLIAM 13. ROGERS, CoMb and bight BullcUr, Sea. 1009 and 1011 CHESTBUT Street. ■aU-Cm O\JVE OIL.—AN INVOICE OF CAR. For S^^ PnlBOUTa rs «lvel pa, SUp^T CflAB. A JAB, CABBTAIBB, Solo AvM>ta j. _ W 6 WALKUT, 4fid JIIGBASITVSrMt &pbt%|* ftrortM Of the wme, iwt laadiaa.ei^H. 1864. MILLS, t. B. BXDPAIiL. DREGUISTB, YOL. 7-NO. 165. RKTAIK DRY GOODS. AND. MILITARY CLOTH HOUSE WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS, No* 34: SOUTH SECOND and fS3 STR AWBERBY Streets, is happy to ftate that he has laid in an exten sive stock of CHOICE GOODS, such as: crvrr. ir*T. Black Cloths. Black Doeskins. Black Ca* siineres. Bleff&nt Coatings, Billiard Cloths, Bacatelle Cloths, Trim min trs, Beaverteens, Cords and Velveteens We advice our friends to stock is cheaper than tse can JANBN SHEETINGS, DOMESTIC SHEETINGS, AND LINEN, AND HOUSEFURNISHING DRY GOODS, OF ALB DESCRIPTIONS, At the lowest cash priced. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON, fei thshiSt 1008 CHESTNUT Street. J»ICH LACE CURTAINS, CURTAIN GOODS, FURNITURE COVERINGS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of NSW AND DESIRABLE GOODS. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON, fed thsiu St 709 ARC fit STREET. 709 NOW IB THE TIME TO BUT. Table Linen*. 7 pieces good quality, at f l per yard LcomCable Linens, 8 pieces fine quality, at per rard. Loom Table Linens, 30 pieces superior Quality, at SL2S »er yard. Brown and Bleached Table Linens, larae assortment. Brown and Bleached Table Linen, superb quality. 1,750 yards Crash ai 14 cents, a ba-jcain. ?,000 yards Crash at 16 cents, can’t be surpassed. 2,976 yards Russia Crash at 14. 18, and 20 cents, cheap, OLD GOODS, OLD STOCK. At JOHN H. STO&BS’. 703 ARCH >tr«*fc. r;HEAP DRY GOOIS, CARPETS OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW RH\nlsS.-V. E AEOHAMBAULT, S. S corner of ELEVENTH and MARKET Streets, will open THIS MOUSING., from t :? c ,y o s.-, Carpets, all wool, at 7flc., S7e , «1 &J-«- 51®. and $1.37; Ingrain Carpets, wool filling, 00. oe, and 62« cents; Entry and Stair Carpets, 25c to $l Moor Oil Cloths, EO, 62. and 76 cent*. GUt-Jinderod Window Shades, 75c. to *2 Woolen Druggets. *1; Stair Oil iCloths, 25c.; Hag and Hemp Carpats, 27, 60, and 62 cents. w CHEAP BBT GOODS AND TRIMMINGS. Bleached and Brown Sheeting and Shitting Muslins, 16 to 37 cents: JS. T. Mills Muslin, at 43c, by the pince; Spring Delaine*, 31c ; Light Alpacas EO to 75c : Black Alpacas, 31 to 75c.; Black Silks, $1.25 to $1.62: Spring Chintzes, 20 t026c.; Table Linens, 620 to $1.50; Napkins? 16 to 60c.: 10-4 Sheetings at $1.10; Marseilles Qudfi*, $3 to $10; Blankets, $5 to $l2; Comfortables at $3 60; Cassi meres, 62c to $1.60; Coats’ White Spool Cotton only 9c.; best quality Skirt Braids only 9c ; Pins, 55. ; Hooks ant Eyes, Sc.; Palm Soap only So.; Ladies’Cotton Hose only 2§c. Wholesale ana Retail Dry Goods and Carpe- Store* H. K cor- ELEVENTH and MARKET. feS-tntusim l>», and 2J£ Varda wide, both in Bleached and Un bleached. The above prices are very low. according to the tiroes. GKaHVILLE B. HAINES, _fBS-mwtbs4fc 1013 M 4RKBT St., above Tenth. ■\fABSEILLEB QUILTS—OF FINE quality at moderate price*. Good Blankets, in large sizes. Sheeting Muslins, of every width. Several grades of tickings. Table damasks. Power-loom Table Linen, damask patterns. Power-loom Table Linen, dice patterns 8-4 Bleached Table Damask, $1; a bargain. Unbleached Table Linens, a variety. Pine Towels. Napkins. Nursery Diapefs. EaUsrdvale Flannels, to $1 per yard, 'Williamsyille and Wamsutta Muslins. New York Mills: and other good makes. Best heavy and fine Shifting and Fronting Linens. BLACK SILKS. Just opened, a large lot. marked low. Spring Be Lalnes and Prints. Mode Alpacas, choice shades. Printed Brilliants and 4 4 Fancy Shirtings. OOOjPKfct & CONABD, fe4 8. B. corner NINTH and MARKET Sts. Xj'D'WIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH SECOND Street, keep a full stock of Staple Goods, Linen, and Cotton Sheettnis, Linen and Cotton Pillow Muslins. New York Mill# end WililamsyUle Musline. 'Wamsntt&a and White Rosk do Water-twist Muslins. Pamaek Table Linens. Marseilles Counterpanes. Fine Blankets. Towels, Napkins. Sic. 1034 CHeSTHUT STSSMT. E. M. NEEDLES Offers &t Low Prices a large assortment of LACS GOODS. JiJBKOIDEKISS. HAHDKBROHIBFS. VEILS. AMD WHITE GOODS. Salted to the season* and oi the latest styles. A larce variety of UNDBBSIiEEVES. Ok the most recent designs. and Other foods suitable for party purposes. 1034 CHEBTHUT STBBBT. « {ZJ.REAT REDUCTIONS—YERY LOW PHICE3.—As we are determined to close outonr entire stock of Winter Dress Goods BEGABDLBSS OF COST. Closing ont French Herinoea at 76 cents. Closing out French. Popline. Cloainc oat Shawls. Closing out Cloaks* All the leading makes of Muslins. Bleached and Up bleached, £4* 7-8, 4-4. 6-4. 6-4* 8-4, 9-4, and 10-4 wide, at the VJSBY LOWEST PBICBS. ; • . „ H. STEEL & SOU, Hot. 713 and 713 N. TENTH Street. CBHBET. Omt Diaoovmii IFSfilUIi iID TALViBIiS DISCOTSBI! HILTON'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT! Is of more general practical utility than any Inyentlon now before the public. It has been thoroughly test* ed daring the last two years by practical men. -and pronounced by all to be SUPBBIOB TO ANT Applicable to the Useful Arts. ' Adhesive Preparation known. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE OEM3KY A New Thing. Is a new thing, and the result of yean of study: its combination is on tfOIBNTXFIO PKINOXPLBB And under no circumstances or change of temperature, will it be come corrupt or emit any offensive smelL Its Combination. BOOT AND SHOE Manufacturer*, using Mn*hiwAA Will find it the best article known for Cementing the Channels, as it works without delay, is not affected by any chance of temperature. Soot and Shoe Manufacturers. JEWELERS ill End it mfflclentlT adbealT* for tb.ir use, „ bu been proved. IT IB ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO LEATHER. Jewsiert- And we claim m *a Hreriil merit, that It atl.ka Fnt.be. .ad Lining, to Boote end Shoe. eaSeleaw (tronn without .tMahinc. Familles LIQUID CEMENT Extant, that is a sure thing for mendiy rUMITUKE, OBOOEBBT. TOYS, BONN* ZVONY. 16 Is a Llculd. And articles of Household use- REMEMBER, OUton’s Insoluble Cement Is In a liouid form, and as easily applied as paste. fiettember. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT Is insoluble in water or oil. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT Adheres oily substance*. Supp Med in Tamil? or Maaufaetu- JJJ* Packages from 3 ounces to 100 ■iMroa bbob. a c». s AfWtl lm PHUoAalpiiia* LAIEG A MAGIWNIS JOSKPH GODFREY A Co. I Ho- 38 Hortb FOOKTH St. THE PHIIADELPHIA AND BOSTON JL uimSG COMPANY OF MICHIGAN.—The first meeting of the Philadelphia and Boston Mining Company of Michigan, under its articles of Association, will be held at Vo. 493 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, in Boom No. 6, at 11 o’clock A. M., on the 28th day of Fe bruary. 1884. WSf. H STEVENS, _ y THOMAS 8. FHBNON. Two of the Associates of said Corporation. Fhxladblpbia* Feb. 1, 1864. Je6*lfitfp THE agate habboe mining com- A Part OP LAKE SUPBBIOB. -Til. find mwtl a* or lb. Agate Harbor Milling Compsnj- of £«k« SapeHnr. radar Its art lei ft. of AsuocVatlon. will bo bold at no 433 WALRUT-Streati Phlladdlpiiia. Boom No. 8. atll.o’clook A. M., on tbe *otb dav of Fabrujrr, 1564. „„ WH. H. STKVBHB, THOMAS 3. FHKKOI. _ Two ortia AMoetatoTof .aid Corporation. rai*pn?auiftb,i l iKi. w-i«to ARMY AND NAVY. Blna Cloths, Sky bine Cloths, Sky-bine Doeskins, Dark Bine Doeskins, Dark Blue Beivers, Dark Bine Pilots 3-4 and 6-4 Blue Flannels. Scarlet Cloths, Mazarine Blue Cloths. » come early, as our present a purchase now. fclOlrn 1008 CHBSTaUT Street, IT IS THE OHLT Proprietor*. PBOVIDBNOB, B. I. DRY-GOODS JOBBING HOUSES. BAINS, & MELLOR, No,. 40 and 4» NORTH THIRD STREET. IMP OR TBS S OF hosiery, SMALL WARES, AKD WHITE GaOD S. MANUFAOTURBRB OF fe2.3m SHIRT FRONTS. 1884. SPRING, 1564. EDMUND YARD ft CO., Wo. «IT CHESTHBT AND No JSI4 JAYNE STREETS, Hstb bow In Store their SPRING IMPORTATION of BILK AMD FAMCI DBI GOODS, coNsisxrNo bp DBESS GOODS. OP ALL KINDS; BLACK AND FANCY SILKS. SATINS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, AKD DRESS TRIMMINGS. ALSO. WHITE HOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, AND LACES. A large and handaome assortment of BPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, Of all grade., 4e. Whieh they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICES ia3Mm SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SPB I n a 1864. ■ _ 1864. TABER & HARBKRT, No. 401 MARKET STREET. SILKS, RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWJ3R3, AND ILLI 3XTE R"y GOODS. Merchants are invited to call and examine our stock of SPRING- RIBBONS, which, will he sold at the LOWEST PEICES. DRY-GOODS COMMISSION HOUSES* Q.ALBRAITH & LINDSAY, IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. SI STRAWBERRY STREET, would call the attention of the trade to the following, of w hich they are prepared to show foil linei, viz: DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOOD 3, BLA' K AHD COLORED. IRISH LINBNB, ALPACAS. LlllEtf HDKFS., ITALIAN CLOTHS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, &o. SHAWLS. fe4lm* imi LiJiEtiy goods. NEW MILLINERY GOODS. F. A. HARDING & CO., Respectfully Inform the mercantile community that they will open. \ FEBRUARY lOtb, 1864, AT HO. 413 ARCH STREET, A COMPLETE STOCK OF STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, Suited to the trade, and trust that prompt and careful at* temlon, moderation in prices, good assortment, together with'their long experience in badness, (having been for the last seven years with the house of Lincoln, Wood, dr Nichole, and their successors, Wood dr Gary,) they may merit a ahare of the public patronage. JB®* Orders solicited by mail and promptly executed. fel-lm COMMISSION HOUSEiS. JJEW FANCY CASSIMERES, DOESKINS, SATINETS, &c. ALFRED H. LOVE, COMMISSION MERCHANT, i&IS-lm »1« CHESTNUT STREET. fJ-RAIN BAGS— A LARGE ASSORT WENT of GBAIN BAGS, In various sizes, for sale by • . BABCBOTT & GO., Nos. 403 and 40T MARKET Street STAFFORD BROTHERS’ AMERICAN SPOOL COTTON/in White, Black, and all colors, in Quantities and assortments "to suit purchasers. The attention of dealears is especially’ solicited to this article - H. P. & W. P. SMITH, Dry Goods Commission Merchants, Jalfi-lm* aai OHKSTJPT street. RHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHIN- SON, v No. 11» CHESTNUT STREET. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, POB THE BALE OP PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS, 0c26»6m • JJAGSI BAGS 1 BAGS! NEW AND SECOND-HAND. SEAMLESS, BURLAP, AND GUNNY BAGS, Constantly on hand. JOHN T. BAILEY & 00., No. 113 NOBTH FRONT STREET. AS-WOOL SICES FOB SALE, YARSS. Y A K N S. On hind and constantly raceirln* ALL *OB, TWIST FROM S TO »0, and KLLINQ NwlO, 13, md 14. Suitable for Cottonadea and H«lwr. In atoM at nratant a beautiful article of 14 and 16 TWIST. MANUFACTURERS vrlUftnd\t their interest to Eire dm a mil Alao on hand, and A tent for the eale of the. UNION A, B, ABB O JTJTB CRAIN BAGS, in auantitiea of ftom 100 to 10,000. B. T. W H I T E, NORTH THIRD STREAT, ja!4-lm i Corner of NEW. HOTEIS, JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, Pa., CORNER MARKET STREET AND MARKET SQUARE. A first-date honse. Terme, 92 per day. AH CENTS PER POUND TAX ON *±VJ TOBACCO. The Government Is About to put a Ux of 40 cent* per pound on Tobacco. Ton can save CO per cent, by Ton can save GO per cent by Ton can save GO per cent by Ton can save 50 per cent, b jr ' Bnylnc now at DEAN’S, No. 335 CHESTNUT, Bayiac now at DEaS 1 ?* Bujld* now at DBAlf’B, „ , Busin* now at DEAN’S! Nol 835 CHESTNUT. Prime flayy Tobacco, 70, 75 and 90c. my lb. Prime Cavendish Tobacco, 70, 75 and 80c. per lb. Prime Flounder Tobacco, 70, 75 and 80c. per lb. Prime Congress Tobacco, 65, 70 and 75c. per lb. Prime Fig and Twist Tobacco. 75 and 800. per lb. BEAN sells Old Virginia Navy. BEAN cells Old Virginia Sweet Cavendish. DBAN seifs Old Roach &nd~Be&dy. DKAH cells Old Virginia Plain Carendicfa. DEAN sells Old Virginia Congress. DEAN sails Old Virginia Fig and Twist. DEAN sells Old Virginia Smoking Tobacco. BBAN’S Kanawha Fine Cat Chewing Tobacco BEAN’S Kanawha Fine Gat Chewing Tobacco Cannot be Equaled. Cannot be Equaled. DEAN’S Gigara are superior to all others. DEAN'S Cigars are superior to all others, He raises his own Tobacco, on his own plantation In Havana He sells his own Cigars at his own store. No. 885 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. DfSaN*B Minnehaha Smoking Tobacco la mannfsetared from pure Virginia Tobacco, and contains no dangerous concoctions or weeds, Herbs, and Opium. * Pipes. Pipes* Meerschaum Pipes, Brier Pipes, Box Pipes, Koee Pipes, Mahogany Pipes. Saboy Pipes, Apple Pipes,Cherry Pipes, Qntta Pipes. Clay Pipes, and other Pipes. And Pipeidom and jret your Pipes, Tobacco. Cigars, &c. , t at DEAN S. No. 83fi Chestnut Street. And there you will see his wholesale and Retail Clerks go Piping around waiting on Customers, The Army of the Potomac now order all their Tobacco, Cigars. Pipes, be. , from DEAN’S. No. 335 CHBBTNUT Street. They know DEAN sells the beat and cheapest, ialff'tf -RUSTIC ADORNMENTS FOB HOMES -i-V op TASTE. Wardian Ouh with Growing Plants. Pern Vases with Growing Plants. Ivy Vases with Growing Plants. «. Hanging Baskets with Growing Plant*, fancy Flower Pots. Orange Pets, all sixes. Cassolette. Renaissance. Caryatides. Louis Xrvths. Classical Basts in Parian Marble. Marble Pedestals and Fancy Bracket*. Terra Cotta Vues, all sizes. Lava_Vftse«, Antique. Garden Vases, all sizes. Statuary and Fountains. Choice and select articles for Gifts, imported and mana tee tured for oar own sales. For sale at retail, or to the trade In quantity. .8. A. HARRISON, deU tnibsatf 1010 CHESTNUT Street "NTATIONAIi COFFEE ROASTER— HYDE’S PATENT, All loafer* of good Coffee should try one. it jg provided wiih a patent Trier, to test the Oofiee and prevent barn- Ins All the principal Hotels. Restaurants, Boarding H 2s Be s' and private families are putting them in use. The family sizes are suited to either stove or range. J s*^i , . Ba^:i^™ a sSiT a l?^ H€ S fleP s- r n^ l »ins, and Stove b *!& "WXi a n a d Mm Itt giFT c MMsa. a^?gis p TM fosss.g* w. WATSON & 00.. > VA CARRIAGE BtHLDBRB. Ho. B*s north THIE.TSBMTB Street, Are now prepared to execute orders tor every descrip tion oflignt and heavy carriages, and bavins at all times the very beat materials and workmen, can'pro mise the utmost satisfaction to all who xnayfavor them with their custom. , The Repairing business will be continued by Mr. PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1864. T I MIT ED FARTNBRSHIF—THE Subscribers hereby rive notice thst they have en tered into a Limited Partnership, agreeably to the proyl* aione of the laws of Pennsylvania relating to limited partnerships. That the name or firm tinder which said partnership is to be conducted, la WOOD. HARSH, & HAYWARD- That the general nature of the bueinesa intended to be transacted Is the Dry Goods Jobbing business. That the names of all the general and special partners interested therein are, BENJAMIN V. MARSH (general partner), LEWIS w. EATWARD (general partner), HAKR3 HENDBRSOIT (general partner). RICHARD WOOD (genegJjMrtner). BAMTJRL P. GODWIH (gene ral partner), RICHARD D. WOOD (special partner!, and JOSIAH BACoN (special partner), and all of them, the said partners, general and special, reside in the City of Philadelphia. That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed by the special partners to the common stock is one hun dred thousand do.'lars-of which fifty thousand dollars in cash has been so contributed by the said RICHARD J>. WOOD, special partner—and of which fifty,thousand dollars in cash, has been so contributed by ihe said JO teBIAH BACOP, special partner. 1 That the period at which the said partnership is to commence. Is the thirty-first day of December. A. D,, 1863, and the period at which It will terminate is the thirty-first day of Desember. A. D • 1866. RICHARD D. WOOD, Special Partner. JOSIAH BAOOV. Special Partner. BSHJABUST Y. MARSH, LRWIB W. HAYWARD, HBNBY HBHDBESOfiT, RICHARD WOOD. RUfUBL F. QOD’W’ljr. C.H. MANN. Ho." 335 CHESTNUT! No, 335 CHESTNUT. CURTAIN GOODS* SEW OCRTMN GOODS, WINDOW SHADES. AND LACE CURTAINS. L E. WALRAVEtf, (Successor to W. H. Carryl.) MASONIC HALL, 710 CHESTNUT STREET, COPARTNERSHIPS. M* BENJAMIN THAOKARA ~ ISCHIA DAT ADMITTED A PARTNER IN OUR FIRM, And we will continue tlio M&na&etare end Saleot GAS FIXTURES AND LAMPS, Under the firm name of WARNER, MIBKET, fc MERRILL t MannfActorr 10U EACE Street, Seles Rooms 718 CHESTNUT Street, PLilsds. and STD BROADWAY, New York. Phit.sda., Feb. 1, ISM. THE PARTNERSHIP HITHERTO eslitin* between GEOEGB EVANS and SAMUEL H. Clothing Manufacturers, is this day dissolved hr n/ufual cooeeDt. Tne business will be continued, as usual, by GEORGE EVANd, 38 South SEVBUTH. GEORGS EV*»S. BAMUSL H. SEED. nOPABTNESSHIP.—THE SUB. SCRIBERS fcave tWs, cis'ht'h day of February, 1861. entered under the name and style of BENNETT & SKTDERt for ihepurpose of craueacuar a WHOLESALE COMMISSION LUMBER BUSINESS. J. F. BENNETT & J. F. SNTDBB. Office 539 COMMES OS Street. pOPABTNEBSHIP NOTICE.—T H E nnderslgned hare THIS DAT formed a copartnership for three years, commencing Ist day of February, under the naine and style of EVANS & CO. ..for the transaction of the Dry Goods Commission Business, at No. »l* OBUBCH . Wm. H. Brown having contributed theanmof T£N THOUSAND DOLLARS cash caoital. JOSBPH EVANS. WM. H. BBOWN. fe2 12t Philadelphia. Feb. 1,1864, COPARTNERSHIP. —NOTICE*—I have this day associated with me la business mr son. FREDERICK BROWN. Jr., under the name ana style of FREDERICK BROWN. Drajrgist and Chemist. ' „ FREDKHOK BROWN. Philadelphia. February- It 1861 The said 'firm will continue business at the old stand. <e*i&bi.fihed in 1822). northeast corner of Chestnut and fifth streets, Philadelphia. FREDERICK BROWN. FREDERICK BROWN. Jr. OTICE,—JOSEPH LEA. & CO. H 4.T01 THIS DAY admitted JOSEPH TATHALL LEA as a general partner in the House. Their lousiness in the city of Jtew York will be conduct ed under the style of J. it J. T. LEA & CO., B , n . „ . U» BBf&P Street, New York. Philadelphia, February Ist, 1864. feB-12t* "TttSSOIiGTION OF CO-PARTNER SHIP. —The co-partnership heretofore existin* un der the firm-name of BE COURSEY, HAMILTON, £ EVANS Is thl* day dissolved by mutual consent. 8A ML Q. DB COURSEY, HUGH HAMILTON, CfIAS. T. EVANS, SETH B. STITT. PHILADELPHIA, Pec. SI, 1563. THE UNDEESI6NED HAVING -*• formed a limited partnership under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the 21st of March, A. I). 183 d, entitled “an Act relative to Limited Partnerships’’ and the supple ment thereto, do make the following publication incom pliance with the said act of Assembly and the supple ment* thereto: Fir*t. The said partnership is to be conducted under the name or firm of BE GOUR&2Y, HAMILTON £ EVANS. ' Second. The general nature of the business intended to b\tMfcn**.eted i# the BEY GOODS COMMISSION BPSINEBS. Third. The general partners in said partnership are BAUTJEL G. BE COURSEY, residing at No. 328 South Sixteenth street; HUGH HAMILTON, residing at No. 145 North Twentieth street, and CHARLES T. EVANS, residing at No. 141 North Twentieth street. In the city of Philadelphia. Fourth. The special partners are SETH B. STITT, re siding at No. 212 West Logan Square, in the city of Phi ladelphia. and ROBERT L. TAYLOR, residing at No. 62 Union Place, in the city of New York, and they have each contributed to the common stock of the said part nership fifty thousand dollars tin cash, making the sum Of oneLmnaied thousand dollars In the aggregate. Fifth. The said partnership is to commence on the first day of January, A. D. 1864, and is to terminate on the Si»t day of December, A. D. 1866. g SAUL. G. BE COURSEY,) oha£= A evaSs?- BOBEBT f Spacial Partners. Pmi.ADBr.PHrA, Det. 81,1863. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT - A -’ the undersigned have this day formed a LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, pursuant to the statutes of the State of 111 BEY GOOD! OLEvTI.AH O D%' 1 0pSTKi flr “- n “ l9 " That the sole general .partners Interested In the said partnership are JOSEPH S. KENDALL, of the town of Orunce. county of Essex, State of New Jersey: HENRY M. CLEVELAND, of the city of Brooklyn, State of New York, and HENRY B. OPDYKB, of the city of New York. That the sole special partners interested in the partner ship are GEORGE OPDYKE. of the city of New York, who has contributed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars Jn cash towards the capital of the said firm; ROBERT L. TAYLOR, of the cityof New York, who has contributed the stub of Pifty Thousand -Dollars In cash towards the said capital, and SBTH B. STITT, of the city cf Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, who has contributed the stun of Fifty Thousand Dollars In cash towards the said capital. That the said partnership commences on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four (1864), and terminates on the thirty-flrßt day of Decem ber. one thousand eight hundred and aixty-elx (1866) That, by the terms of the said partnership, the special partners are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amounts respectively contributed by them to the capital, as above stated. JOSEPH S- KENDALL. HENRY M. CLEVELAND. HENBY B. OPDSKB, GEORGE OPDYKB, ROBERT L. TAYLOB, _ _ . „ SBTH B. STITT. Nsw York. Pee. 81.1863. Jal-ffw 'W'OTIOB OF LIMITED PARTNEB SHIP.—The undersigned hereby give notice, under the provisions of the acts of Assembly for the Common wealth of Pennsylvania relative to limited partnerships, that they have formed a Limited Partnership, and pub lish the following as the terms thereof; First. The name of the firm under which saldp&rtnei ship shall be conducted is WATSON & JANNEYT Second. The general nature of the business intended to be transacted is the purchase and sale of Dry Goods; the place of business to be in the city of Philadelphia. Third. The names of the General Partners are CHARLES WATSON, residence No. 462 North SIXTH Street, in the city of Philadelphia, and FRANKLIN JAN NET. residence 80. 609 COATES Street, in the city of Philadelphia The name of the Special Partner Is WILLIAM 8. STEWART, residence CONTINENTAL HOTEL, in the city of Philadelphia. All said general and special partners reside in tbo city ol Philadelphia, Fourth. The amount of capital which the said Special Partner has contributed to the common stock is the snm Of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Fifth. Said partnership shall commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and terminate on the thirty-first day ol December, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. chakles watsob, TBABKLIN JANNBT, Gansral Partner.. W. 8 STEWART, Specie Partner. THE UNDEBBIGNED HEREBY GIVE notice, under the provisions of the acts o t Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to Limited Partnership, that they have this day formed a Limited Partnership under the firm-name of D. A. HUNTER & SCOTT. The general nature of the business Intended to be trap cached is the purchase and sale of STRAW and MILINBRY GOODS; the place of business to be in the city of Philadelphia. ' The general partners In said firm are DAVID A. HUH* and WILLIAM B. SCOTT, both residing In thnoity of Philadelphia. The special partners in said firm are WILLIAM HUNTER, &Vand GEORGE 8. SOOTTTboth residing in the city or Philadelphia. 'The amount of capital which each of the said special 1» Miners has contributed to the common stoek Is as fol ows: The said William Hunter, Jr., has contributed the sum of five thousand dollars, and the said George 8. Bcott the sum of five thousand dollars. Said partnership shall commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and; termi nate on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hun fired tt» U4»iy *w, * . DAVID A. HUNTER, WM. B. SCOTT. _ .General Partners. WM. HUNTER. Jr.; GEO. 6. SCOTT, ? - . , MJ Special Partners. tami* wa %\t J)ress. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1864. THE WAR. •T he Cavalry of the Army- of the Potomac. ISpeoial Correspondence of The Press. 3 Washington, d. 0., Jan. 39, 1864, In regard to the army as a body, the position of the soldier now Is very different from what it was at the commencement of the war. The sun this day shines upon no troop, so well oared for by any Go vernment, in all the minutla of comfort, as are those composing our armies. The working* of the quarter master, subsistence, medioal, and pay departments, have each reached a point as near perfection as It seems possible to attain. The pay, taken together with the bounties, Is liberal. The ration Is com posed of good, wholesome, and nutritious food, and is superabundant. Bash company by ordinary economy is oapable of saving sufficient wherewith to procure for lteelf a great variety of dietetic arti cles, particularly frech vegetables. And so far as outer comforts are concerned, the experience of the men is at this time such as to suggest at ones what is requiled, without depending m formerly upon their officers. Who in the great majority of cases were as ignorant as themselves. So much for the army in general. Now lot the cavalry, in particular, for with that arm of the ser vice my .mission was chiefly connected. The com mand constituting the Cavalry dorps is composed of regiments organized in the States or Maine, Maasa chusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, and Michigan, together with a brigade Consist ing entirely of “Regulars.” As to the numerical strength (iff this force, or even an approximation to it, the “rack and file” professed to know nothing; and the officers to whom I applied for information were par tioularlyratloent. In fact, I soon discovered that but little'jrc££nnation could be gained by a civi lian from these “shoulder-strapped gentlemen,” in reference to any subject. They are always ready with an evasive answer. The chief end of most of them, when in quarters, would seem to be to assem ble at the tent of some of their brother officers or the same persuasion (they profess the moat iinmiti. gated contempt for the infantry), 101 l around in every conceivable lazy attitude, play cards, get up horseraces, drink “oommissary whisky” unin terruptedly, smoke furiously, swear terribly, and glorify the cavalry incessantly. Yet these same men, when called into the field, dash at everything with the proverbial daring of dragoons; stone fences, as at Gettysburg, and gunboats, as on the Rappahan npek, being no obstacle. The material iB said to be the best in the army. The superiority which it olaims for itself must unquestionably be owing to the attainments ol its chiefs; for we well remember that, at the time of the organization of the three years’ volunteer*, the then would-be officer* were actuated more by the desire of quantity than of quality. But whether thi* glorification 1* the result of telf-praise, or of generally awarded merit, one fact is patent to all, and that is, no troops have marched greater distances continuously, met the enemy more frequently and successfully, and conse quently suffered greater losses, then the cavalry. Their *erriefi rank* speak of the deadly missile of the battle-field and of the inroad* of that more Ibbl dious and fearful foe, di*ea*e. This bring, me to contider the disposition made of the sick and wounded. And, In thla conneetlon, it ia well to note, that the watchful eye, of their commanders still follow them with that lively inte rest which only brave leader, know how to feel for brave follower,. Stonexnan and Pleasanton, Buford and Gregg, Kilpatrick, Cuater, Merritt, and Devin, bright name, on Fame’s historic roll! are held In almost adoration by the cavalry; and not leaßt for their remembrance of them, In their hour, of suffer ing, when separated Dorn their immediate com mands and consigned to the hospital of the corps. We had occasion to visit this Institution, and found it in charge of' Major S. B. W. Mitchell, of the ad Cavalry Division, a well-known and distin guished citizen of Philadelphia. The commanding officer wa, assisted by Surgeon Woods, of the 3d Cavalry Division, formerly of the navy: Surgeon Urjohn of the Michigan cavalry, late one of the regents of theTJniverslty of Michigan, and Assistant Surgeons Rogers, Tuft, and Bliss, of the U. S. army. If these officers, one and all, are a type of the medi cal staff of the Army of the Potomac, the high en comium passed upon them by the Inspector General of the British army, that “ fftey had no superiors in ang army," was truly well merited. To Surgeon Mitchell we are Indebted for the most generous hos pitality. A more accomplished, high-toned, and ele gant gentleman, In person and bearing, is not in the army. The police department, upon which so much de pefids, is e*pedaily well conducted. Everything is done with the nicest military precision, at the sound of the bugle. But. we doubt not, the history of this corps is the history of every other in the field. As to statistics, we regret our inability to furnish them. On making application to Surgeon Mitchell, we were emphatically refused, on the ground of its being *" uxunilitary*” Surgeon Letterman, the distin guished medical director of the army, has given his constant and untiring energies to the complete effi ciency of the medical staff* CIYIS* THE CAMPAIGN IN TENNESSEE. [Correspondence of The Press 1 Headquarters 12th Army Corps, Tullahoma, Tenn., Feb. 4,1864. A. the rebel, still cling to the hope of regaining the jewel:—Tennessee sod Kentucky—lost from the crown of tbs Imperial Jeff, It is not likely that they have abandoned their position without having in View some momentous and desirable result, and with prospects bright enough to justify the hazard- If they have evacuated Dalton and Borne it is only for the purpose of striking elsewhere. We need scarcely expect that they will voluntarily yield another foot of the narrow line that separates us from Mobile, nor need we surmise that the Confede racy will be thrown liable to a second partition from North to South, orLongatreet be endangered by any movements that may be in progress in the enemy’, lines. The recent advance of the rebels in East Tennessee gave rise to rumors whiob, had they been entitled to the slightest credence, would have been astound ing. They were of nothing less than at Knoxville, the defeat of our army, and the capture of the town by Xiongstreet. During the previous twenty-four hours reports of an entirely opposite character were on the wing. Grant had thrown a heavy force on the Hank and rear of the rebels, and was driving them towards Kentuoky, forcing them to make an invasion of loyal territory, and leaving to their discretion the alternatives of surrendering or being destroyed. These rumors, though too enormous and too BQd* den for belief, have their origin in anticipations of stirring events. liongstreet has been wise enough to refrain from precipitating matters at Knoxville, but there remain, an intense interest in the state of. affairs in that region. It it is his design to attempt the recapture of East Tennessee, this appears to be his most propitious hour. Shouldhe wait for Grant to make a demonstration, his opportunity, small as it is now, will be forever lost. When operations commence in this department, they promise to be extremely decisive, and woe will betide the rebel crew, whether they change their base or remain in their present position until that time. This weather, so mild, so bright, and so genial, seems to invite activity, and it need cause no sur prise if it is taken advantage of. Even if there is not to be a general campaign this winter, we may look for such operations as will plaoe the enemy In a condition less likely to withstand our assaults in the spring. . M.'S. L. THE MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN-. A HBLIAJJLE I’ROGKAIMSIB OB OFBBATIONB—A MO V»- KENT OK JACKSON, MISS, [Prom the Missouri Republican. Sth. 1 The first moves In the new military campaign of 1864 are now being-made. Promising activity is observable in Generai--Sheman’s and General Bank.* department.. Quite a number of troops have been concentrated in the vicinity of Vicks burg, and already our lines have been advanced towards Jaokson as far as the Big Black. Posts on the Memphis and Charleston Kailroad have been abandoned, and the garrisons, including those at Corinth and luka, brought in. The 16th Army Corps, Major General Hurlbut, has been organised for field duty into four divisions, com manded respectively by Generals Tuttle, Dodge, A. J. Smith, and Veatch. Besides the 16th, prepare, tion, for the campaign have been made in the 13th and llth Corps. -A great cavalry expedition has aiso been arranged, under General W. L. Smith, General Grant’s chief of cavalry, for a raid into the interior of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, and has, we learn, already moved on Holly Springs, going down the line of the Mississippi Central Ball* road. Troops from Cairo, Columbus, Moscow, Grand junotlon, Memphis, and other points, have reached Vicksburg. They are expected to go east, ward and southward, and form a junotlon with the oavalry column, and with a force setting out from Natchez. Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, will probably be abandoned by the enemy without a fight. Some formidable resistance might be made to our occupa tion of tbe city, a. the works are said to have been considerably' strengthened since the capture of Vichahuig, but the rebels will scarcely permit themselves to be invested, particularly when they must know by this time that their presence is wanted in another quarter. It must be borne in mind, however, that the progress of General Sherman’s command will be necessarily alow, for two or three weeks yet. Nor, though appear ances seem now to point to Mobile as the ulti mate destination, Is it altogether certain that the . movement la in reality designed for service so far away. In the existing uncertainty with regard to the plans of the Confederates, and while there is at least a possibility that tbe whole available strength ef the enemy at present in Virginia may be thrown into Geoigia and East Tennessee, Gen. Shermnn will be oautioua in going south ward from that line whiob intersects Jackson, Meridian, Selma, and Mont gomery. It seems plain tbat General Sher man’s troops in the field should, after securing Jackson, proceed due east to Meridian, the junction of the Mobile and Ohio Rallrpad witb tbe Southern Mississippi. From Vicksburg to Meridian the distance Is one hundred and forty miles, which is about equal to the distance from Meridian to Mobile. We suppose that the railroad connecting Meridian with the base of supplies at Vicksburg can be rapidly placed in running order, and there are sufficient rolling stock, loaomotives, &o„ at band to make it available for transportation. By the lime the road is opened events will probably have so shaped themselves as to determine the now doubtful question whether Sherman should go on down to Mobile or proceed to Selma and Montgom ery in order to co-opeiate with Gen. Thomas by a flank movement, with Atlantaan view. Our own be lief, whleh may go for what it Is wortb, is that with the indirect assistance of General Sherman in occu pying the attention of the rebels In Mississippi, General Banks will find himself amply strong enough, aided by the fleet in the Gulf, to oontend against the enemy at Mobile and capture that elty. Should he do so, and our vessels secure the passage of the Alabama and Tombigbee riven, a chain of. wnwMfttirafwt f)« e'feMlrittd Qf «w gceatttt Importance in cutting off the States of Mbnirolppi and Alabama from the OozrCsderaoyf And affording means for a grand concentration and combination l ,art * of the rebel domain. SL I?bli£ iS? penlu S ve *T feoadeomely, and we exhfb,tlon •* ATLANTA, GA. A well-informed gentleman, who has travelled ex tensively through the South, fed who i* well ac quainted with the bearings or the whole question of the rebellion, eays that the general opinion in At lanta, Ga., and, in foot, all through the South, ia that Gen. Grant will certainly move upon this city in the eerly spring. He fear*, however, that this will be a difficult, if not an impossible,-feat to be accomplished even by such a great general a, Grant. In a hostile and mountainous country like Georgia, without any advantage, of water communication, and with the liability of the railway connections being out off, it will be a rather hazardous job to keep up communi cations and get up supplies for an army of invasion as large as Grant’s must be. According to the opinion of our informant, the commanding general may/send out heavy raids to seize, bum, and destroy the rebel works in the city, which are of incalculable benefit to the Southern cause. The general impres sion throughout Georgia is that Atlanta will be the first point attached after the opening of the spring campaign. The people of that State, with this Idea in view, are making the moat determined prepara tions to resist the tide of expected invasion. Boys of sixteen and men of eighty y ears of age are being drilled in the tame regiments, all of them inspired with the one idea of defending their new-fangled Confederacy. Our informant think, that, whenever an attack is m ade on this point, there will be a heavy foroe of rebel* to reoeive our force*. When an at tack of Roaeoran* wa* expected, the rebel* had thou sand* of men ready to defend Atlanta against hi* soldier*. The rebel Gofeminent called out from six to eight thousand men, but four times the number voluntarily presented themselves, and were enrolled to serve the State during the,Uuoatsned attack. A SOOUI*S JeSpJ® A letter from Fort Hudson says: “ One of our soouts, Philbrick, of the 3d Massa chusetts Cavalry, recently rode out alone, within the enemy’s lines, and captured a rebel Colonel, with an audacity that deserves etpeclsl notice, colonel Bradford was visiting, bis affianced, at a plantation house four mile* from Jackson, where he supposed himself entirely safe, for the rebel pickets were within call. Philbrick, late at night,-stole into the negro quarters, and learned from the slaves, who are always our Irlends, all that he wished to know. Quietly fastening hi, hone, he crept to the rront door, buret it open, and, pistol in hand, astonished the assembled party with tne sight of a Union soldier on the rampage. The scout thundered out hu orders to an imaginary company, through the back window, kicked over tbe whist table, smashing the goblets and a bottle of 1 Widow Ollquot,’ that had probably paid recent duty At Baton Rouge, disarmed the colonel, and took both him and hla servant prison ers, mounted them on their own horses, and brought them off amid the tears and lamentations of the ‘ affianced ’ and her friends. Through by-road, the unlucky colonel was brought safely todamp, and is now on his way to Virginia with a letter of intro duction to General Butler. The prisoner nearly ground up a fine set of natural teeth when he learn ed that bis capture had been effected by a single soldier, aimed no better than himself.” GEN. SICKLES ORDERED TO ARKANSAS. The President has acceded to the wishes of the State Conventionists in Arkansas, and ordered General Steele to hold the election on the day de signated by them. In other respects he ha, rene wed his instructions to General Steele; and to make Sure of averting collision between the military and civil power, he has commissioned General Sickle, to go to Arkansas, with full and discretionary au thority to keep things straight generally. It is pre dicted that there will be a collision between Steele and Sickles. WHOLESALE REBEL DESERTIONS. SECRET SOCIETIES IN THU REBEL ARMIES, Tbe Nashville Union says: , “From a gentleman just from LarkinsvUle, Ala bama, we learn that our advance is picking up de serters by hundreds, who are continually arriving at Larkin’s Ferry and reporting to the provost marshal at that place. Not only are these deserters anxious to accept the President’s amnesty, but a majority express a desire to enlist in.the Union ar mies, despite the dangers to ivhloh they subject themselves.” A letter from Natchez, Miss., Sfith ult, say*: "Our town is showing signs or returning vigor. A healthy reaction is already visible- Planters who hitherto held aloof are returning to their allegiance and receiving back their landed property. No less than ten have taken the President's oath within a few days. Deserters are coming In dally. Fifteen arrived from Alexandria a few days ago, and four this morning from the same point, bringing in their captain and the surgeon of the regiment as prison ers.” A letter from Chattanooga, 2d instant, says: “Deserters coming in all reiterate the previ ously well-founded stories of demoralization in the army, and the determination to desert on the first favorable opportunity that presents itself* It is asserted that in Joe Johnston’s army there exists a society, embracing. fully three-fourths, the members of which are sworn to serve the Confederacy no longer than their mustered in time. They have pass-words and signs, and are sworn to assist each other in getting away. If members are on picket, on receiving the sign and - pass-word, the deserter is allowed to run the gauntlet and escape. So numerous is the society In regiments from Ken tucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, that they are never trusted on picket* All the picketing is now performed by Virginians, North and South Carollnans, Texans, &o. A new rebel societyhas also been formed, called the * Sons ot the Southern Gross,’ I believe, who swear never to cease fighting until the Confederacy is inde pendent.” HANGING- OF A ..GUERILLA LEADER IN ARKANSAS. At date Of Cape Girardeau, February 6th, a cor respondent of the St. l<ouis democrat writes; On tbe 3d inst., a scouting party sent out by Col. J. B. Regers, under command of Capt. Shelby, 2d Regiment Cavalry, M. S. M,, attached a large band of guerillas under the noted chief John F. Bolin, hilled seven, and captured eight men, thirteen horses, and fifteen wagons loaded with corn. Bolin was captured and confinedinthe guard-house at this post. At a late hour last night he was forcibly taken by the enraged soldier a and citizens from the custody of the guard, and hung. STo intimation of the act reached the officers until the deed was being perpe trated. The officers did all in their power to sup press this violation of law, but to no avail. Bolin made tbe following confession before the execution: “I was at Bound Pond: there were eight men killed, two by Nathan Bolin and one by John Wright. They were killed with handspikes, I emptied one revolver. At Bound Pond I shot one man, at Dallae I wounded another. I captured eight men on Hickory Bldge; I told them f was going to shoot them, but their soldiers recaptured them before I could do so. I have killed six or seven men; I killed mroousin; I ordered him to halt—he would not, and I shot him down.” Though Bolin was illegally hung, he deserved a worse fate. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE DAVIS AND EE LEASE THE UNION PBISONEKS. The Bichmond Examiner, of Feb. 8, says: “ For several days past the Government has been in possession of faots that hinted, beyond a doubt, to the existence of a secret organization of disloyal men, having for its object the forcible release of the Yankee prisoners held at Libby and on Belle Isle, the assassination of the President, and the destruc tion of the Government buildings and workshops located here. “ Captain Maccubbln, ohief of the detective corps, was assigned the duty of penetratiDg the mysteries of the case, and threading tbe details through the labyrinths of rumor to their head and source. That official put the matter into the hands of two of his most experienced deteotives, Messrs. Beese and Mitchell, who immediately set to work, and on Sa turday night they arrested, at his house, on Seven teenth street, between Main and Franklin, a Ger man, named A. W. Heinz, a baker, upon the charge of being a prominent member of the treasonable as sociation, He was furthermore charged with in citing Confederate soldiers to mutiny, and the assas sination of the President. The deteotives seized, along with Heinz, a great number of the most im portant papers, including the roli of membership of the organization, and documents of such a.character as to leave no doubt of his crime and the criminality of others. The documents were taken possession of yesterday by General Winder, who ordered Heinz to be placed in secure quarters at Castle Thunder, and to allow him no communication whatever with any out Elder) allies. ■'Heinz, the reputed ringleader, has always been looked upon as a disloyal man, and his associates in. treason are ell pretty much of his own character and social standing. “ It is possible tbat other arrests will follow, as the treason will be probed to itsjiepth, no matter whom it affects.” THE MINSTBELS OF LIBBY FBISON. One of the EeralA correspondents, lately released from Bichmond, furnishes this amusing ouriosity: THB liTJJBY BJtISOM MINSTRELS. Manager... - ..Lieutenant G. W. Chandler Treaturer... ..Captain H. W. Sawyer Coitnioer Lieutenant J. P. Jones Scenic Artist Lieutenant Fentress C&ptain of the Sopers. Ltentenant Bristow THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 241 H, 1863. Programme. PART FIRST. Overture—Norma Troupe Opening. Choice—Ernani. Troupe Sons —who Will Cars for Mother Now ?. >Captain Schell Song—Crafted in the Army* Lieutenant Kendall Sour—' When the Bloom is OR-ihe Rye. Adjutant Lombard So**—Barnyard Imitations...-. Captain Mass Bong—Do they Think, of Me at Home ?... .Adjutant Jones Chorm—Phantom*. Troupe PART SECOND. Duet. Violin and Flute—berenade irom Lucia [lieutenants Chandler and Rockwell Song and Dance—Boot flog or Die Captain Mass Banjo bolo. Lieutenant Thomas Dnet—Dying Girl's Last Request, [Adjutants Lombard and Jones Magic Violin CapUina Mass, Chandler, and Ken - all Song—My Father's Custom Lieutenant McCaulley Clog Dance Li«utenant Ryan RIVAL lovers. Joe &kimmerhorn< George Iverson.. part THlRD “countryman in a photograph gallery.’* Proprietor. • >Cap>alu Masß Boy Lieutenan t Randolph Countryman • - .Major Neiper masquerade bald. Manager. Adjutant Jones Doorkeeper Captain M»as Musician. Lieutenant Chandler Member of the Press * .Lieutenant Ryan Most Lieutenant Welsh Black Swan * * • • Lieutenant Moran Eroadwa> Swell.-..... Lieutenant Bennett Richard lll..... .Captain McWilliams The whole to conclude with a GRAND WALK AROUND- Performance to commence at six o'clock. Admission free Children in arms n*t admitted. Adjutant R. G RNAGGS, Business Agent. “ Signs.”—While the train with the rebel as vy reoruits was stopping at the Western station, on Sunday evening, a band of singers among them sang with a will the “ John Brown” song. The time and tune were perfeot. Three years ago who expected ever to hear South Carolina soldiers an* nounoe the fact that John Brown's soul is march ing on ?” Somebody asked: “ Why did you enter the rebel army?** “Because,” one said, “we had our choice to ‘goin’ or ‘go up;* that's what was the matter.*' “ Don't you think slavery was the cause Ol the war 7” “we didn’t once think so } we do now,” was the reply. One remarked 11 that neither he * nor any other man* expected to live to see a train of cars as they had that day, with setts regiment at its Wad and a South Carolina regiment at its tail, and both in the union servioe. —Worcester (Mass.) Spy. m A Babb Iwstanch of Courage,—The Boston Herald has proved itself to be a very brave sheet. It suggests the name of Horatio Seymour for nomina tion, by the Demooratlo National Convention, for the Presidency. In view of the fact that Seymour ad vocated the doctrine that New England should be “ iert out in the eold,” it must require great nerve for a New England journal to insult all Hew Ease glanders by «wV a Tf&* Opinion* are various as to the character of tbs difference is the Free-State Convention, which closed itrlabors on tbo erening of February t, The New Orleans Times, of tbe sd inst., says: “ Tbe result is that two bona fide tisketa are this morning laid before tbe pufelle by tnro bona fide bo dies, each claiming to be the- real con vention. At tbe one in Lyeaum Hall, the Hon, Hlcbael Hahn was nominated- for Governor, and, at ibe other, tbe Hon. B. F. Flanders ; both' tickets having named as Auditor Judge A. A. Atoofla, and for Lieutenant Governor J. M. Wells. Whiob- is to be considered tbe real nomination is yet to be seen ; tbe supporters of Mr. Flanders asserting-that all the delegates who nominated him we?? duly qualified and legally'eleoted, while these who nominated bis opponent numbered very many who bad no more right to a vote in the convention thaa to a seat 1& Congress.” Tke Fro, which advoeatea Mr* Hahn* says that the meeting had a very stormy commencement, but a very harmonious conclusion: “ The result was the unanimous Domination of the Hon.. Michael Hahn for the offioe of Governor—a re* Butt ; whloh we holl as a bright omen for the future of Louisiana.’* ' The Fra attributes the whole trouble to the ar* bitrary conduct of Mr. Crane, the temporary chair* man, who •• attempted to stifle tbe will of the ma jority of the convention by arbitrary rules, and named a committee on credentials of like mind, which after a long session presented a report in which they attempted to rule many of Mr, Hahn’a friends out of tbe convention,” “A gentleman who deserves credit for his course at length took the floor, and demanded to be beard, whereupon tbe chairman of the Committee on Cre dentials moved that tbe convention should adjourn to tbe Free-State Committee rooms. The president, without putting the motion to vote, declared it to be carried, whereupon a few delegates withdrew, and the proceedings, during the remainder of the aeoaion, were, harmonious, orderly, a&d enthusi astic.” . Tbe following is tbe platform which was adopted by the convention that nominated Mr. Hahn for Governor: Resolved. That we solemnly believe the Union of this State, baiaed down by our Kevolaiionary ancestors, of infinitely more value than euy falsely-termed State rigiite ol any sectional institutions, and weoeem Hour moot f acred duty &» patriots to transmit it tin divided to pnateilty. Resolved, Thifr we. as citizens of the United States, as well as o tbe State of houieiara, know that tbe ob servance of the Onion depends on maintaining the an* Ercmaey of the Federal Union, and do. on the part of cmihl&ra, utterly disclaim any * pretension to any rights not subservient of that supremacy, and hold her primary allegiance as due to the Government of the Unit* d States. Rtsolmdt That, regarding the inttitution of slavery as a great moral, social, and political evil, opposed alike to the right; of one race and the interests or tne other, and inconsistent with the principles cf free government, we hail and desire its universal and immediate extinction asapunneand private bleisiog s Resolved- That we desire the principles of this State to a surer and broader foundation than tbo operations 01 military or< er- eno we win use every means In our power to hasten the day wnen they shall be embo died in a btate constitution that Louisiana is and Khali forever remain a Free t tate. Resolvea , That we heartily approve of the plan adopted by General Banks to inßnre that remit as well as to re store the voice of Louisiana to the councils of the nation CCheera 1 Resolved. That we will support no man as a candidate for office who is unwilling to subscribe to and pledge himself to cany out the principles set forth in the above re&olmioxi&. A REVIEW OF SLAVERY IH MARYLAND. CFrom the Washington Chronicle ] A The tenacity with which the slaveholders of Maryland hold on to tbe remnant of their insti tution—to the dying trunk after the roots have been broken up—might lead a stranger to her condition and'hietoiy to imagine that the State owes all its wealth and progress to that system of labor. To show how tbe matter stands, we will compare some of her oldest and largest siave*l»bor counties with as many agricultural counties of Pennsylvania, as it regards wealth. It must be borne in mind that these slave counties have been settled as long as those of Pennsylvania, that they are as fertile, and that they average about the tame area. The figures are taken from the census of 1860—that of iB6O not being yet published: Total Pep- EiQ Vna Value of Platiun. . * iaye * farms PrißceGpo*«eV.7!T 21649 11610 $5,66.7,751 Anne Arundel 32,?f>< 11 249 8.723.374 Charles 16,162 9,6&* 2,472,279 St, Mary’s 13. 695 5,842 2.282,336 Total . 83,8P2 .33.185 17,043.740 PSyySYLVAXIA COPKTIE3. Total Pop- Value cf • ulatlon. fciaves - farms. Berks 77,129 <£ $2l 429 602 Lancaster 98,944 a £5 464.432 Chester 66.438 2. 25.425.957 York 67,450 w 13,695.948 Total 299,961 95.0D5.839 It thus appears that tbe four free counties of Pennsylvania contain more than four times the : lopulation, and more than five times the wealth in Aims, compared With the slave counties of Mary land. It might be shown, also, that the former con tain many millions worth of city and manufacturing property, of which the latter have next to none. It it is. objected that the Pennsylvania counties are larger than those of Maryland, we may throw in tbe whole residue of the State, and still the four free counties will be ahead as it regards the value of farms. The total value of farms in Maryland, in iB6O, was $87,178 645; whereas, Berks, Lancaster, Chester, and yoik were worth $96,005,839. But the friends of slavery will insist \ hat the value Of tbe slaves would make up the difference. Then let the 38,185 claves in the four Maryland counties be put down at the highest prices which prevailed at the period, say an average of $4OO per head for all ages and both sexes. As usual, the result shows that where the soil is cultivated by slaves, the latter are worth about as much as the former* At this rate they would be worth $15,274,000 * which, added to the value of farms in the same counties, will make a total of $32,317,340. It thus appears that the value of land and slaves in the four Maryland counties are worth about one*third the value; of land, merely, in the four free counties ol Pennsyl vania. Such facte as these, one would euopoae, would open the eyes of rational beings to the folly of main* taining slavery. _ - The Washington Chronicle contains an eloquent article in praise of the patriotism of the clergy. Referring to past moral differences in the churches) it touches upon some very suggestive facts and argu ment* which every patriotic reader will recognize : “More than one happy congregation has been di vided by these disputes*. Among the first to sei the example of hostility to the country on the part of the American clergymen, was an arrogant and con ceited popinjay, called Rev. Henry A. Wise, who ministered to the spiritual wants of an Episcopal garish in Philadelphia. One day while ventilating is disaffection in a barber-shop, under the Girard House, he was ejected half-shaved from the premises by the indignant knight of soap and razor, “ Another of the same school, a hypocrite called Wilmer, after long profeasing loyalty in public and aoting the spy in private, was finally caught in an almost overt act of treason. The fate of the now notorious ‘ Bishop Hopkins, s who attempted to elevate slavery almost to the level of Bible philoso phy, and who at last became a pamphleteer for the worst of the Copperheads, is an emphatic admoni tion to all others. His admitted talents and services in the Church, and the many proselytes he made out of the ignorant and the disloyal, will not save him from the scorn of history and the contempt of posterity.” Few will question the following estimate of the honesty or tne rebel clergy; “The clergy in the seceded States, (not the brave Cromwellian*, like Brownlow, who stand up and defy the traitors, and demand the extinction of sla very,) but that class of which Polk and Bongatreet are specimens, this class has had a sorry trial of it. They have not only had to preach but to fight for Satan. It would be a monstrous paradox to »%y that these men do not know they are wholly in the wrong. The faot that within the last generation the whole Southern Church, irrespective of creed or de nomination, including every thodghtful statesman save, possibly, Mr. Calhoun and his few followers, was against the institution of slavery, and looked for ward to its ultimate extinction, is the best evidence of the utter heartlessness and hypocrisy of all pro fessions on the other side of the same question from the same persons in the present emergency. ss The flippant objection to “politics in the pulpit** receives a sufficient answer: “It is a cool and complacent subterfuge to say that for a clergyman to advocate our country is to make a party speech. But the loyal people distin guish the right from the wrong side with instinctive intelligence. They know the difference between the pastor who fears to speak the whole truth, and who hides from his hearers the Immortal principle at slake in this war, and he who grapples with error, and proclaims his love for liberty and religion as al most synonymous terms. Go into one of the tem ples Where one of those callous men is the presiding priest. Note how cautiously he avoids every patri otic topis* and with what cold indifference he beats out the thousand-times-thrashed straw of his nar row dogmatism. “Now let us enter one of those houses of God Where the clergyman speaks the truth without fear, favor, or affeetion; such a man, for instanoe, as W. H Channicg or Byron Sunderland, of Washington; Butter or Krotel, Barnes, Brooks, or Furness, of Philadelphia 5 Purcell, of Cincinnati $ Beecher or Tjng, of New York; or any one of the eloquent pulpit orators of New England and the Northwest. Such a man never speakß to unsympathetio pews or sleepy galleries. From the first prayer to the last, from the earliest hymn to the final benediction, from the sermon to the dying notes of the organ or the choir, there is such a harmony of religion and pa triotism as thrills every heart, and "intensifies the., spirit of loyalty and of self-sacrifice in every bosom'* “ But not to those alone who teaoh us our double duty to God and to liberty, in meetinghouses, and churches, and lofty cathedrals, is this cause in debted. The herolo chaplains who exhort and pray in that gorgeous temple not made by human hands, who are found in the far-off camp, on the wastiag march, in the thick and thunderous smoke of battle and of death—not forgetting their brethren lo the hospitals-*deserve eternal remembrance. Think of all these apostles of Christ, ftupired by the same de votion to the Republic, and proclaiming the same indestructible truths, and who can doubt the glorious sequel of this tremendous struggle between Freedom and Slavery 1” ____ Captain Mass >, Lieutenant Randolph Thb Malden Bank Mtjudbreh.— The public will draw a long breath of relief at the apprehen sion of the murderer. No man can feel safe, no household secure, with such a cool, determined vil lain at large as this Postmaster Green. He could with a devilish premeditation load and cap his pis tol, conceal it in his pocket, deliberately walk to the bank, examine the directors 1 room, and, finding young Converse absolutely alone,fire not one but two charges to make sure of his bloody work, secure his plunder, and then, with almost superhuman compo sure, return to the monotonous avocations or tne pest office, and collectedly await the developments which time would bring. , - 4V- What the man’s sensations must have been at the 'effect of the deed, at witnessing the town paralyzed with horror, the hue and cry after iimooent men, the solemnity of the funeral, and .what were the re flection* in his own breast, are not to be portrayed. The case exhibits a phase of human nature which it is not pleasant to dwell upon- The demeanor he exhibited when the officers extracted his confession, his apparent indifferenoe, the serenity attributed to him, are not calculated to exoite much compassion for his situation. He had the nerve to fire a pistol unerringly, the malice to plan the orime, the cun ning to conceal the bills; but the fatality of guilt to which we have alluded deprived him of his caution, acu his haste to pats the esgerly-watched-for money led to his complete identification as the assassin.— Boston Post , The following incidents related of the mur derer : ■ : On Tuesday last, while out riding with Mr. Shed, Green spoke about the Hoarder, and asked Shed if he thought Mr, ■■ , naming a man who had been suspected, was guilty. The reply of Mr. Shed was, “ No, I do not believe that he is any more guilt? than you are.” Mr. Shed says the manner of Mr. Green was very muoh embarrassed. A short time since a lady, an acquaintance of the family, spent the evening with himself and wile, and while there noticed the revolveria the draper of the toilet table, when the wife •»*£ ttatwasEd* ward’s, and that he had lately kept it there. This led to the .übieot'of the rearm murder, and the 9*51 •J|»fl9 9l<t]K9,V WA 41 t-'H PWP-'W id?!* THREE cents. fits FREE-STATE MOVEMENT. Pia tfoian and Candidates of the Conven tftoia ta Louisiana. IYTiATiD COUNTIES. Patriotism lu the Pulpit. THB Was FBBSS, (published weekly;. Tub Wi» luw will t« uutta<nbMiU,.»br null (Per sonant lit ad muon) at...... on Threecopies 5 09 Five'copies g 0« Ten 09 Larger Clubs than Ten wilt be charged at the same rate, SI. SO per copr. The money muit always accompany the order, an* m no instance can these terms be deviated from, as theet afford very iftfle more than the cost of paper. _ are reqne.ted.te aet as Agents lot Th» Wan Panes. 1)5-To tho getter.up of the Club often or twenty, an entra copy of the Paper will be given. ♦ Wife replied, “Indeed It was; mv husband earn* and told moof It Immediately afterward“ami t SI! ,ao BhooliedSuimoit fainted, and he eatd iflo had known thntlt would affect me ao, he wouldn't have tCvJfl me so suddenly. ll aero Mr. Bake, a veteran Nile Explorer, recently da. Hvereu\* lecture on London,ln which he denied that Mcsbre.'-npeke and Grant had dfaoovered the true source 01' the Nile. He admitted that the river, aa they traced it, ltaued out of Lake Nyanza, but claimed ti, «t it also ran through It, baring it* real .ource in t.he Mountain* of the Moon, to the east ward of the lake, where, contrary to the general supposition, i'll*/ lie in a northerly and southerly d1,,1? ,,1? c.bnc .vision, Dr. Beke announced that ' Vils h , e wlt!l *he results of the last a p ocriain was he of the truth ’l h L t v. he u tnt ? lK,ei ‘o undertake an J5 n * n perse-which should set the question at rest forever, and a publio subsorlptlon would bo opened for thie purp'ese. wouiu A new comic journal 1* . O on to «, r SOa aio, with the pungen t title Mixed ficklf, The Gelt' mans- ax® said to be Zander of e 6 H c „ i!j ’• Ing, and this may aot'OUnt for tkls curmM titte' which Is akin to but d.’Cbrcnt from Punch—tacoVoX by tbe EMMsb, who are *- drinking Wurst—Jack Saussge—sa the Gerronu name fn? down j the Hollanders ««!!• him Pickled Herrine and Faet&narr—fat fool—fwanother of hi* German titles. It is a curious ooixofdenoe, and perhansa token of the clown’* popcvlarlty,' that In most countries lie bean the name of the favorite dish. In England he is called Jack Pudding—Jack Beef would have been too ariatoorattc, touching on the prerogative of sirloin, the baron of beef. In France he iff oalled Jean Potagrr; In Italy Mason ronj, ard la Russia Kermstnik, which signifies sabbege-head. A gentleman who was deaf went, out or carle OBity, to vlfcit the foundation of tire new tubular bridge over the Seine at Orlval. He was Introduced 0 }. R * r a subterranean chamber where 1 l ?J r J B of,€n compretkcU to two atmoipherea an* a naif, in order to establish the balance between its own atmosphere and that of the tube. The visitor having entered, and the door being dosed, a eoek eomiDunieatipg with the reservoir ofalr wne turned* and the compressed aif ttlehed OUt With hdottd hlfc« The walls ot the ehamber, covered with thick iron Plates, vibrated like thin sheet-lion. The visitor felt a strafe tension in his ears, he breathed he»* vily, tmd watobhged to make great efforts to dimt nisn th%i'yw*ecce with which the oompressed air penetratcalnfa) his nostrils. the ooureeof four minutes, the balaooebetween WR " »ti*lned, and he could breath* fcl atmosphere In whloh h&,w*9* At the ssme time, to his astonishment, his • deafnes* haa completely ceacea. He heard" th. wbi.peia of his companion*, and thl. state lasted about five horns after he had left the pi ace, whan his deafness returned. On communicating tlii„ result to the engineer, the latter told him teat, while em ployed under the ergineerwho built tee bridge of • Kehl over the Bhine, he had two men under lit* or dels who were completely deaf, and whose buoiness it was frequently to enter the re«ervol« of com pressed air. On the very first day, these workmen experienced the (»me efleot already described, their deafness disappearing, but returning after some hour*. But on the second day the beneficial effect lasted longer, and went on increasing in duration until the thirtieth or thirty second day, when they were radically cured, as tbe engineer found eighteen months later, when he met with the same men again. From this singular fact, it would appear that, If a strong atmospherie pressure could be repeatedly ap- Sited to the ears In cases of deafness, a cure might e effected. Oalignant, whloh Is the authority for the for» going, says that a report has been read at the Sooietd Meolcale U Emulation, on a paper by Dr. Foley, la which he recommends a high atmospheric pressure as a cure for various diseases. He remaths that fish can bear the greatest posiible barometrtoal varia tions by means of their air-bladder, which, by swell ing up, oan mi derate, and even momentarily sus pend, the circulation of the blood. In birds there are air-bladders all round tbe viscera, and nearlp re sembling the lungs. The higher a bird can soar, the larger axe the reservoirs for air covered with con tiaoUle organs. The very bones and feathers are pierced for air, and In the more powerful species alp. bags aie provided even under the skin. By-this organization, these creatures esn bear any amount ol atmospheric pressure or rarefaction within reasonable limits; for the depths of the ooean. measuring thousands of fathoms, are unfit for ani mal lite; and fish that, by way of experiment, have been let down to such depthc, have been brought ui> again dead. K Applying these facts to therapeutics, Dr, Foley re maiksthat mountaineers are obliged to breathe more quickly than men .-inhabiting the nlatni. be cause the air Is more rarefied on the mountains than In the plains, and therefore affords less oxygen at a breath than the denser air. Conversely, therefore, if a patient be in want of .more oxygen than he oan get under the ordinary pressure, let him be exposed to an atmosphere rendered arti&olally denser. This oan be done by constructing a small chamber, oom municating with a forcing pump, and provided with an air-gauge and safety-valve. A patient oonfined In such A chamber may be subjected, without iocon venienoe, to tee pressure of about two atmospheres and a half. By this treatment oatarrh, asthma, and other complaints of the respliatory organs may be removed ; in croup the oompressed air will flatten down tee adventitious membranes; and In disor ders arising from weakness, compressed air will ar terialize the blood, and increase the vital power of the patient. 1L relic of old London is fast disappearing—tee Blue Boar Inn, or the George and Blue Boar, as it esme to be oalled later—ln Hoi born, For more than two hundred yeari this was one of the famous ooach ing houßes, where atalis arrived from the Northern and Midland counties. It Is more famous still as belDg the plaoe—lf Lord Orrery’s ehsplain, Mor* rice, may be credited—where Cromwell and Ireton. disguised as troopers, cut from the caddle-flap of a messenger a letter, whioh they knew to be there, from Charles the First to Henrietta Marla. Those who remember her beautiful seat, nerve, and hands, both in Rotten-row and with the Queen's hounds, will be grieved to hear of the death of the oeltbrated Miss Gilbert, Some years ago she had a very severe accident In the park: but; although she gradually recovered from Its effects, she was never quite tbe same again. She was among the very beet of Mr, Rarey’a pupils; and her portrait, representing her by the side or a horse which she hsd just “put down,” formed the subject of a plea sant picture bp Sir Edward Landseer, in the Royal Academy, some four or five years ago. Except, per haps,, on very rough ground, where Mrs. Pitt was her superior, Mr. Davis thought he bad Been no lady lider equal to her.— lllustrated London \ewe. Mr. 'Williamr, once Amerioan minister in Tur key, but now a Secession agent and advooate in England, has written a boob, oalled “The Rise and. Fall cl the Model Republic,” which ie reviewed at length In the London Times. Mr. Williams regard! the war as the direct result ot Presidential contests, and he thinks that the President should have been taken by seniority from the Senators of the longest term of service, and the Yioe President Bhould have been the Senator next in age in legislative year*. The Presidential term should have been fixed at eight or ten years. Washington nloue ought to have been President for life, and should have been followed by the oldest Senator. Upon this ridicu lous plan the Times offers the following obasrva tion*: Tbe Imagination cannot easily picture a more ter rible position than that of the “oldest Senator” when the President for the time being might lie suf fering from any seiious Indigestion! With what disgust would the President regard the venerable gentleman who came to congratulate him on his re covery from his late seiious indisposition! With what respeet and veneration would tbe oldest man in the V. S. Senate be treated by hie friends, and with what loathing would his white looks be re garded by the friends of the next oldest Senator I Old age would indeed become a very much honored, but also a very dangerouß boon of Providence. Would not the South have had reason to oomplaln if the insidious, abstemious, water-drinking New Englanders outlived the generous v/ine-bibbing, unhealthy climate-inhabiting cavaliers 1 The ma chinery of passion and party would have been set goingfor “ old age” in office just as much as it had been worked for novelty of principles. The Repub lic might have been ruled by a rapid succession of dotards and Imbeciles, while the Senate wouid have been distracted by anxious doubts as to the efficacy of Parr’s Life Pills or the probable results of the President’s last cold, It la scarcely poseible to be lieve Mr. Williams is In earnest. In the early part of last year there appeared in Paris a small volume 'of about 400 page*, entitled Mi-moires de Canter, Canler had been for a long time “ chef du service de stiretCS* or head of this branch of the police, and some time before he was superannu ated he collected And arranged his notes for publica tion, with the view, as he says, “to fulfil a duty to wards society by exposing the events in which ha was concerned, as an agent or a witness, and to de duce from them a lesson useful and proper to inspire in young minds a noble repugnanoe to everything that is vile, contemptible, and shameful.” The book contained several curious fleets about the working of the secret police, which in the course of his pro fession had come to his knowledge. It attracted public attention; the firßt edition was soon exhaust ed, and the second just appeared when its publica tion was prohibited, and the impression seized. Everybody has heard of the notorious Vidocq, who entered on his career as police spy under the first empire. “In 1810, 55 says Ganler: “ Yidocq was in the prison of Bicfitre awaiting, with other convicts, the departure ol a batch for the bagnio from which he.h&d escaped. To a man like him, endowed with a lively imagination and as ar dent spirit, the thought of long confinement in a bagnio must have been extremely painful, and he, who so many times had served as cook (‘cook, 5 in police slang, means ‘informer s ), to the police, found in the baseness of his heart the means, not of regain ing his libeity, but of alleviating his position. Ha offered M. Henry, head of the second division of the police, to serve in the prison as mouion, the duty of meutan being to insinuate himself into the confi dence Of hiSjQomradeß) in order to connive nt the avowal of their crimes, At tbs’&ime time he ad dressed a report to M. Henry cuncerniog several etoaped convicts who were then at Bicdtre, under false names, and he gave, moreover, such informa tion aboutjthieves who were plying their trade in the capital as led to their arrest. At that period the Police de SUretd did not exist, or, more strictly speaking, it existed in conditions that made it null For want of homogeneous elements. The officers of the peace were independent of each other, and each earried on as hp pleased the munici pal service in his own arrondissement respectively, and a thief who was hunted up too closely in one quarter could with Impunity oarry his industry to another. Vidocq’s reports were examined, and ve rified. The information they contained was found correct; M. Henry thought that such a man would be invaluable as mouton; YidocQ WAS forthwith employed in that capacity in the prisons or BicOtro ana La Force, and received gratuities according to the importance of the prizes he made. M. Henry soon resolved to set him at liberty, but on con dition that he should serve as common informer, and should furnish to the Frefeot of Police a number of malefactors, the minimum of which was fixed, on pain of his being sent back to the bagnio of Brest, from which he had made his escape. He was paid at the-rate of a hundred francs per month, beside a premium on every capture he caused to be effeoted. One of the first he had arrested was a leather-dresser, in whose house he had found a refuge when he fled from prison, and whom he now informed against, truly or untruly f as a coiner. The leather dresser, together with a physician, a friend of his, was taken up and brought to trial j and they both suffered death in recompense for the hotpitaute which this pensioner.of the pre fect of police had received from them. The perfidy of Yidocq was too profitably to allow of his remaining idle. Fear on one hand, and cupidity on the other* made him active beyond measure; and as his being allowed to remain in Paris depended on bis furnish ing the minimum number of heads fixed by tne po lice, he resolved to have recourse toprovowtmi Ww he made use of these ignoble .means with extraor dinary address till the returnof the Bourbons. Thj conviot police spy then considered that it would prove more lucrative for him to offer his servloes to the political parly that had gained the upper hand “ This new party Yidocq for some time against bis former patrons, in the same capacity,— Cor, London Times, —Punch has written a fine nursery song for the new baby s , o slumber, my darling, thy sire if a Prince Whom mamma beheld skating not quite five hour* since,. A nd Grandpapa Christian is off to the fray With Germans, who’d steal his nice duchy away. But slumber, my darling, the English are true, And they’ll help him for love of mamma and of yoiL And the Channel fleet’s coming with powder and shot. And the Germans must run, or they’ll oateh It aU hot, Punch hu only to »dd th»t the Infant Fringe wIU be obristened Edward Christian Punch A* eaaD -^ OG JobjißuUStavl.k* FOREIGN NOTES.
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