THE PBBSS, SMJBXiZSSBP *XO****l>i ' J* -*' 1 -■ , —■ J -" ►•• - if -'' ; ' m • ‘ ’ Wi**j pajablo to tbit e»rri««. i =^n att&'WSUb*6nbeitf oat of-the City at'BiX-DoLhAM: ea^Awt*{"■loOE^DoLLAaa. v6b Biahf HoPyxs; . Tttii Moitnß/ Invariablyin ad- Vao&forthe.tlmeordered* v? » -j 1 ;- «»-■ ?- j'\ -‘v ’ ■,.-, ;•, ■• fß&aC.? „• .‘r jLi.i3Pßm A)iWoM,inftdTfcuoe. jy-.ji -- i.; ~WKEKIiV PKESS. - ,T«» Wkbkly Pruss will he sent to Babeeribw* . v mail(permmflm,inadvance!) at.••••••? *i Sx f Three Copies, “ ‘ - - •‘v*vvV ii -> J * t . £22 FiveCopiee/ « •. oo - TenOoplM, ‘ ::“ -•« ■- • ”'*T**‘***V Jq 22 Twenty Oopiwi, “ “ (to <»«*»£*“> ;vv -£L™ Treaty Copies, orover, 1 tf (to.address of w S!fe£2M?S^Sft2 jiilfiKiißm*. ' '• . . , BAiWORNIA PRESS. -.-..., ,' Tmud ’ B.ml:Monttlj lit time for ' the Cllfornl. BAimm.’.' ■-, "7’-- ; ■'•; ‘„ r - v 1 - ■ - - ~~ ~T. ~ 1 ' f -;;vr;i@oli£rog ; ®opir,B- H / /' , £JHOIOE iGOODS foritke HOLIDAYS. rvi*ah,ti..n q;itoes’s;, ~ stationery, . TOT, * YANOY'QOODS. EMPORIUM, ' • No. 1035 WALNUT STREET, ■ (rife Low eleventh.) • /' . Acbo'ce and elegant aMortment of QnodAßultedto the coining HOLIDAYS, -Comprising Articles of utility, 'taste, aad ornament* selected from tlib latest importa tions expressly for the Olty BetailTr’ade. • M. «k Q,»b Stbckembraceq'every varietyof Dolls, Wax, Crying* tad Sleeping, &07, together with * large varietyof v i - •- ‘ 1 PAPBa pOLLS, WRITING, DBBKS, j m j POEY FOLIOSj HaBBARItJMS, /' ; ;V - ,:;::8OBA?,l)OOKS,POET-kONNAIK0,&O, '•• 'With a large assortment of Gameei' -Fancy Boxes', ' Juvenile Books. .Doll Furniture, Theatres, Stables. '■ a J genorat',aaSortment';of‘ Toy' ana Fancy Articles " , - TANS I lANS I lANS.!, ~. Latest stele Pans, in Silk, Crape, ami Linen. Also, Orioket Bats, Balls, and Wloketa. OKISTIANI & CO.. it JPBRFUMBRS IMPORTERS,, ; ' 'Being'noir’arrangidiu thetrrie'w location, ‘ ' , . No. 45 BOOTH FOURTH cTRBET, . are v offering, a superior '/assortment of . j DRUGGISTS’/ARTICLES , r ■ • . AMOt V • - , ; ■ • ' FANCY GOODS. v ' .Consisting in part of . ~ , ‘.'French andßngiighJfANOZ SOAPS. >- - - -r. ,o Foreign EXTRAO Cfl and POMADtS. ■- . TOILKT BOTTLES, In.Ghss and Ohlna. • POBTBMOKNAIKS..PUBBBS and-POCKET-BOOKS. .-• DRESSING OASES and. ODOR. BOXES. Hair,. Tooth. >Nail,‘aud ShaTIng.BRUSRES.&c.. &o. . Towh.oh they call the attention of Dtugglste and the pnhlic, as their prices defy compotit on ~ y dlB-dtj&7 • • ConfetHoitera. - fTtORtTHE HOLIDATSiI*n*w 1 * n*w « . -T • CHOICE MIXED'SUGAR PLTJMB.-- MARSBILL2B itTGAB ; :ALM6>DB. r f - -JORDAN SUGAR ALMONDS.J M , % , ; . . AVABIKTY OF ORKAM, BONBONS.:., j BUPBRIQK BURNT'ALMONDS. - v FINE CHOCOLATE PREPARATIONS NEW VARIETY OFIFINB OONFEOTIONB. JAPANESE'BTRAWBERBIEB. . . LARGE ASSORTMENT OF - SELECTED-FRENOH r; - BONBONS, t ; v- - , A VARIETY OF FINE PARIS BOXES v • ■ • - * ."A’lD i " : ‘' 3 ' *" '■ ‘ , * . « • CORNETS-. •• ' ; FRENOH SUGAR TOYS ANDPRBNCH NIOKNAOKB. ST B P‘tf BW , B : wM IT ‘m;a» V MANUFAOTURBR OF FINE CONFECTIONERY* ;Yfl. 12i.0 MAJiJLBX STRKMT* . - d4-td29 r ■ - / . ; »•*» of TWilffH' Street. Kris kringle headquarters.— •Wo hare just receirod onr French Confectioneiy, and are manufacturing a superior article of Marsh Mel low Gnu proper Bon Bone, Cream'Date*, &e; .Call and supply yourselves with the host Confectionery in this city, at ■ JEFPRIEfI A EVANS’.- : ?tnol6«3m ..No. 718 MARKET fit., bet. 7th and Bth. F OR LAD lES;■ • A LhitQß AtSOETMiNT IfI.OPUiRKD OF ELEQANX AND FASHIONABLE ‘ ■ -F : U ksTV ’ OOirSISTING' of . BEAL SABLE, MARTIN, MI«K, FITCH, AND - ' ,OHINCHILL Aj - . 7 -. A'i’ 71BT LOW I»HipKB, nr DAVID I-I. SODIS, INO. 622 ABOn BTBBBT, ABOVJt SIXTH. : diOrtf - J' HmbKllfls., CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WILLIAM' A.-DROWN .& 00., m MARKET ETREBT, NOW BEADY THEIR USUAL LARGE ASSORT - ' MENTOF HANDSOMELY FINISHED SILK' UMBRELLAS. To which the/ Invito the attention of • ..B UTE R.B .' . PPBOPBIATE : AND ACCEPTABLE Holiday" Presents— ? , • Bilk and Gingham UMBRELLAS, handsomely finished. ' v: . . n JOSEPH FUS3BLL. N.W.oornerFOURTH and MaBK*T. Fine American gingham mi- BRELLArS, nicely finished, all s'xes .Wholesale and retail. , JOSEPH FUBBELL, d!7*3t# No. fi North FOURTH 8t„ Phila.l BROW>i7 BLACK, BLUE, AND GREEN Bcotch.CUntbam UMBRELLAS, all fllxeß, boaati /alij fialuhed. •, Wholesale and retail., - - , ' ' ‘ JOSEPH SU 9 BET.L t N.W. eor. POURTH and MARKET. , Philadelphia, PRESENTS FOE THE APPROACHING HOLIDAYS Fox’s latent Paragon UHBRBL LAB, fill* and Qlngham. ’ JOBEPH FUBBELL, dlf-St# No. 1 North FOURTH Street. OOljolesale, HUrg JSiaobs. ; T\BILLS & sheetings foh.expokt, JLr BEOWjN, BLEAUHBD,'& blue DRILLS. . -HEAVY &.LIGHT SHEETINGS, Suitable.for,Export,.for. sale by , lAOTHINGHAM A WELLB, - .. 34 so#ia FfiOivr sr., * 86'LsrmA sr. • . , ocls-ly QLaTpeiin&s. Bail r & bhother’s CAKMT WaHKHOUSB, No. MO CHESTNUT, STREET. WM fIHADI, OPEN TO-DAY ANOTHBD INVOICE or .' . ■ ENGLISH . \ TAPESTEY BETTSSELS, “OROBSLEY’S” CELEBRATED MAKE, ONE DOLLAR A YARD. Carnet buyers will find our stock full and of fresh afyleef and PRICKS VERY LOW. noB-tf Siloer ibare. g I L V E R WARE. WM. WILSON & SON, Baying completedthe alterations to their store, barite •pedal attention to thelratookof SilTenrare, which is • now.unusually large, affording a tarlety of pattern and dedpi, unsurpassed by any house in the United States, FINER QUALITY THAN/ANY MANUFACTURED JOS TABLE USE IN ANY. PART Ot THE WORLD. * 'Ouratandarf of Silver la .1: ■..v.,....9361060 parts pure I The*nglishSternngifl....,. f . f ...,W64oOO “ 'The American and Irenoh 1a......4*900*1000 -■ Thus, it will be seen that we give 85 parts finer than the American and Frenoh ooln, and 10 parte finer than' tho English sterling* We melt all our own^silver-jand c - our fofemaH conktctid with the refining depart- 'went of the lfnlu& e States Mini for several years, we guarantee as above which is the finest that .ean be mads to be serviceable, %nd will re- •Ist the of, acids much better th&n the ordinary lUper'mAnufMtttrftd., WM. WILSON & SON, jUfM; ooraet WETIt and.OHEKBY. i: r "S*-B>Aiqrflnwittof&wmanufaeiured, magreed : upon, but potitiveljr non* inferior to theAmtrican and ? .*&enth standard?. /■ w2B«tuthaBm ' v,, fioiuwi* •••'f INENSTOR MBK’S.-'WEAR. ’ ; ' ,1 -A Atterlcin'Lfben o . • s MOURNING CLOaKS. MISSES* OLOAKB. ' OPERA CLOAKS. - MIX’D BEAVER CLOAKB. The largest Aesortment In the city. AT TBK PARIS MANTILLA AND OLOAK EMPORIUM. 708 OHESTNDT STREET. J. f. PE OOTOR fc 00., , ai3.tf Great bargains in drt goods.— ’ ' 8. V. B. HUNTER. Hu REMOVED from No. 80 to No. 40 South SECOND Street, where be Ib now prepared to furnish the Ladieu with a fresh and well-fieleotod stock of - DRESS GOODS’* To which he invites -their attention, being determined to sell at exceedingly LOW JPRIOES. N. B —A large assortment of Broche, Stella, and French Blanket Shawls. - Also, a variety of Silk and Cloth Circulars Constantly on hand, at the r « CLOAK EMPORIUM,” No. 40 South SECOND Street. Stationer!) pAPER. XiITHOQBA.PH, BOOK, HEWS, SIZED, OR HOI SIZED, OF SUPERIOR gtTAI IXY, MADS XO ORDER, And for sale at Manufacturers' Prices, by E. 0. & P. H. WARREN, All orders addressed to us, PBiLADSuniiA P. 0., will receive prompt attention jJ|OSS, BROTHER, & GO., No. 18 SOUTH FOUBTH STRBBT, BLANK ACCOUNT-BOOK MANUFACTURERS, . r BOOKSELLERS, &. STATIONERS. ACCOUNT BOO.KB, Of every description, on hand, or Baled and Bound to Pattern, soluble for * ÜBROHANTB, MANUFACTURERS, BANKERS, BROKERS, INSURANCE AND BATLBOAD COMPANIES. Warranted in qualify, and at lowest prices. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC STATIONERY, COMMERCIAL BLANKS, AO., *O. JOB PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHY, In all their Varieties. PUNCTUALITY A SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. MOSS,/BROTHER, h 00., noll-2m New.Noi 18 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. OLANR BOOKS AND STATIONERY* JLP DAVID M. HOGAN, Blank Book Manufacturer, BUtioner aad Printer, No. 100 WALNUT Street, is pre pared at all times to furnish, either from the shelves or make to order, Books of every description, soluble for Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, of the best qualify of English or American Paper, ana bound tn various stylos, In the most substantial manner. .Orders for JOB PRINTING of .every description. Engraving and Lithographing executed with neatness and despatch. - A general assortment of English, French and Ameri can Stationery. Concerning Mr. Hogan’s contribution to the Franklin Institute,.the Committee say—“ This display of blank cooks for banking and mercantile use is the best in the Exhibition.-’ The selection or the material is good, the , workmanship most excellent, and their finish aim an pearaoes neat and appropriate,’ * no2o-tr nns, pit tale, s?t. GUN STORE. PHILIP WILSON & 00., 433 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW FIFTH, Trn.i. opeh MONDAY, NOyHMBEE 33, An is.ortment of FINE GUNS 1 or THBIB OWN manotaottjbb, AND THOSB OF tai MOST OELBBBATID MAKEBB IN EUROPE. ' The *ttontion of . BD 0 R l'a MB N ' la requeued to their gtoek, which the, o*n pr > SHALL NOT BB SURPASSED By an, In the United State.. BIYLBB, - ' - , . PISTOLS, ILABKB, POWDBB, SHOT, Ac. GHN PDBNITDBB IN ALL VARIETY. ' nolB.Bm Ye antique book store, 27 south 81X01 STREET.—J. BABIN respectfully an nounces that be has on sale the largest variety of EN GLISH BOOKS In the city, all of,which, having been bought at auction, will be sold at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. Such of Ihe public who have hitherto been prevented from an inspection of English Books, on account of their high price, are respectfully invited to examine the stock. Among the noticeable Books will be found the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, complete from the commencement 14 vols. folio, half calf, 878. ■ PENNY OYOLOPiRDIA, new edition, juHt published, 17 vols. cloth. $l6. or In half morocco, 870. NATIONAL OYCLOPiBDIA; 12 vols. cloth, $O, or in half c«lf, $l2 BURKE’S DICTIONARY OP THE PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, last edition, royal Bvo. doth, $4.00, u*ual price $5 - HOGARTH’S WORKS, best edition, folio, half moroc ,oo, gilt edges,’sB9 HOGARTH’S WORKS; 2 vols. 4to doth, $B, or half Calf gilt, $l2. GILLROY’S CARICATURES; 2 vols. folio, hslf moroc co, $6O. , PURDBN’B ROYAL GALLERY OP BRITISH ART; a royal folio, comprising 48 of tbe choicest engravings ever executed, in half morocco, $32 WILKBS’ UNITED BTATES EXPLORING EXPEDI TION, with all the Maps. 6 vols. royal Bvo. doth, $lO 60, or in half calf gilt. $l5 BOWYBU’S HUME’S HIBTORY OP ENGLAND, com pletewitboverSOOfineengravings. 6 vols imp. folio, half Russia, $4O, usual price, $BO. 1 ALSO— Ten thousand volumes of Books in various depart ments of Literature, for sale at one third, one half, and two-ihirds of usual pricos. d!8-tf - IN THE CITY. ‘Yy'BBSTEB’S DICTIONARIES. a. valtjaslb GIFT, ' For any season, and of permanent value, is WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY A necessity for every educated .man.” —[Lord Brougham “It has saved us time enough in one year’s use to pay for itself, and that must bo deemed good property which will dearftself once a year.”—[Maas. Life Boat. PUBLISHED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT & 00., Philadelphia, AND • G, B, No. 811 V BPRING GARDEN Street,, d!8-2t* abore Eighth, BEAUTIFUL BOOK THE HOLIDAYS. NATURAL HISTORY, S LARGE ENGRAVINGS BIRRS, PRINTED IN OIL COLORS, ROYAL QUARTO, HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HENBY 23. ASHMEAD, GEORGE ST., ABOVE ELEVENTH, TOR BALE AT ALL THE BOOKSTORES, 410-10 t MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS, arid 1»-B- *1) Business Persons who mar desire a list of the Botail Btorekeepe*s in Philadelphia, (In order to ad dress Circulars. &o ,) will Anil the same arraogedu tooth by streets and classification «** goo.i<; th tbo iiAUIKS’ PHILADELPHIA CHOPPING GUIDE F&R 1869. Prue 25 cents.‘ For sale by Parry Sc McMillan, Ha zard Bros . JVm. 8. Sc A Marties, Win. B Zleber. At the Stand in the Girard House, and at the Post Office. dlB-12t - A MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY GIFT BOOK; Messrs. JAMES OIULLSN Sc SON, Ho. 25 South SIXTH Street, publish this day— PALESTINE PAST AND PRESENT. By Bor. Henry S. Osborn. Superbly illustrated by Bteel En graving*, Chronograpbio Illuminations in Oil Colorfl, and the most exquisite wood engravings. It is without exception tbo most elegant work on Palestine over issued. Edition In cloth nowrealy. 13 59. Also, new editions for the Holidays, of The Oily of the Great Itmg, uniform with above, cloth, $3 60, For gilt $S Turkey Antlquo $6.60. Hadglin eyria, Turkey $2 ; cloth giltsl; cloth 76c. In acd Aroucd Constintinople $125. Oba'lon’s Juvenile Library. 30 vole, 250 pervol,,ot $0 per sett.' Cave of Maohpelab, cloth, full gilt, $1; cloth 750. FOB SALK BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. d15«12t IML AY & 810 KNELL'S BANK NOTE REPORTER, The oldeet and ablest on the Continent The cheap est and, most reliable in the World. Per annum $2, weekly j $1.26 serai-monthly: 75 cents monthly. Single copios 5 cents, and always readr Subscriptions may be sent omce No. 112 South THIRD Street, Bulletin Buildings. nolB-3m VERY CURIOUS, SCARCE, RARE, AND OLD BOOKS bought by JOHN CAMPBELL, ■Fourth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Highest prise paid. Orders attended to in every State of the Union Books imported from Europe . nlO-.Sm PHILADELPHIA, J E. CALDWELL & CO, NEW MARBLE BUILDING, No. 822 CHESTNUT STREET, OPPOSITE GIRARD HOUSE. Respectfully invite their customers and the public to Inspect their new Goods, selected by one of the firm recently in Europe, comprising SUPERIOR WATCHES, ETRUSCAN, FLORENTINE, ROMAN, AND BRONZE CLOCKS , CANS) EL AURAS, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, WEDDING STATIONERY, and ELEGANT NEW STYLE PAPIER MACHE. d3-lm JE. CALDWELL H GO ~ • ’ 822 CHESTNUT Street. Have received; per steamers, new styles Jewelry, Chatelaine, Vest Chains. Splendid Fans, Hair Pins. Fruit Stands, Sugar Baskets. Jet Goods and Flower Vases. Coral, Lava and Mosaic Sets. Bole Agents in Philadelphia for the sale of Oharlefl frodsbam’s LONDON TIME-KKEPERB nov 3 JS. JARDEN fie BRO. • HIHDFAOTURSBB AHD IHPOR7S*B Of BILVBR-PLATED WARE. No. 884 Chestnut Street, above Third, cup sUlri.l Philadelphia. 1 Constantly on hand and for sale to the Trade, TEA SETS, COMMUNION SERVICE SETS, URNS PITCHERS, GOBLETS, CUPS, WAITERB, BAS KETS, CASTORS. KNIVES, BPOON3, FORKS. LADLES, &0.. Ac. Gilding and plating on all kinds of metal. fo2-ly Ighg SALAMANDER SAFES. Wm A large assortment of EVANS & WATSON'S PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURED SALAMANDER BAFEB, VAULT DOORS, For Banks and Stores. BANK LOOKS, , • Equal to any now in use. IRON DOORS, SHUTTERS. Ac., On as good tsrmß os any other establishment In the United States, by EVANS A WATSON, No. 26 South FOURTH Street, Philadelphia. PLEASE GIVE US A CALL. aulB-tf (VO. 1 WINTER LARD OIL—2O barrels ll forsale by R.W. P. ALLEN, 14 Bcuth DELA WARE Avenue. d!B*ot KLeui JJnblirations. BOOKS LOWEST OA6U PRICES, TUB ILLUSTRATED BOOH CONTAINING With 10 pages of Lolter-presa, riUHTBD BY PHILADELPHIA. iOatcljes, Jeroelrg, &t. HAYB REMOVKD VO 7BSIB KICH JEWELRY, DIAMONDS AND PEARLS, NEAPOLITAN SETS, AND STATUETTES, CARD ENGRAVING, OPERA GLASSBS, FANS AND HAIR PINS, £\xt pruuf Safes. PffILADELPHIA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1858. N*ro 1 MILLION! 1 IT JJOOKS FOR THE PETERSON o * WAVBRLKY NOVELS! * PETBRBONS’ EDITIONS of the - COOPER NOVELS! PETERSONS’ EDITIONS of WASHINGTON IRVING’B WORKS' PETERSONV EDITIONS of tlie STANDARD BRITISH CLASSICS! All splendid Works—in cheap, but elegant) or. in magnificent, but more costly * STYLES OP BINDING! Works of Mrs Caroline Works of Mrs. E. D. N. Lee Hentz. Southworth. Do. Emerson Bennett Do.' Charles Lever. Do. Miss Pardoe.. Do. Capt. Marryatfc. Do. Humorous Au* Do. Alexander Dumas, thora THE POETS IN ANTIQUE ! Alexander Pope, William Shakspeare. John Dry den. Lord Byron. Thomas Hood. John Milton. Robert Burns. William Vowpsr. Thomas Mooro The liliad and the Odyssey. Rogers and Campbell. Walter Scott. N P. Willis Beaumont and Fletcher. These are all Rotil Octavo Volumes, beautifully Illustrated, bound in full Turkey, Gilt, Morocco, An tique, and all tho other various styles of binding, and wjJJ be closed out at very low prices. These will be found GREAT BARGAINB? There shall be good Kriso Kingle Times at PETER* SONS’, for the LITTLE FOLKS. The west side of the long counters ie devotsd to BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, ' CHILDREN’S GAMES, ALBUMS FOR CHILDREN, BLOCK ALPHABETS, , All to bo sold at very low prices. BOOKS TO MAKE BAD CUILDRhN GOOD. BOOKS TO MAKE GOOD CHILDREN WISER. ILLUSTRATED WORKB AND ANNUALS FOR 3859 The Dresden Gallery. Moss Rose. The Berlin Gallery. The Philopcena. Tho Josephine Gallery. Christian Keepsake. ■ The Women of Beanty. Friendship’s Gilt. Favorite English Poems. Lady’s Scrap Book. Court or Napoleon. Fo’get*Me-Not. The Munich Gallery. Lady’s Annual. TheBtratford Gallery. Gltt of Affection. The Gallery of Poets. Tho Casket. Poe’s Poetical Wbrhs. Corn Annual. Atlantic Souvenir. Laurel Wre* 111. World-Noted Women. Religions Souvenir. Friendship’s OiTeriug. Memory’s Gift. Snow Flake. The Tokeu The Emblem.' The Magnolia. These arabat the names of a faff of Ue very many illustrated Annuals, Ac.; for HOLIDAYS, to be had at PETERSONS’. DR. KANE’S TRIP TO TIIK ARCTIC BEAS. A GAME. FRANCATELLI’S COOK. Is scarlet cloth and gold ’ This famous hook will he & very welcome present in all quarters, and in done u|) gorgeously as a present for everybody No Lady House keeper can do without it. BIBLES, PRAYERS, HYMNS. A very complete assortment, bound in all styles, and at all prices—VELVET, MOROCCO, Ac a large and complete family bible for SI 50! ALBUMS! ALBUMS! Do not fail to look at PKTERaON’S ALBUMS, com prising over 500 different styles. Tho invoices are lar ger by far than any others in the city. IN A WORD MORE! All in the want of BOOKS FOR THE SEASON Sorely cau want bnt a little while, if they will but call and PVKCHASE from the BOOK EMPORIUM or T. 11. J*BTKR9ON & MIOTHBRd. No. 800 CUKBTNUT Street, ' Philadelphia. I£7" Call and eXarainaour stock; we make no charge for looking at or examining it. dlB-3t TIJEADY THIS DAY", OSBORN’S NEW JLV MA.L* Off PALESTINE, the meat accurate anil correct, ns w ell as the inofct elegant Map extant, 80 x 80 inches, price .(mounted) 13 Osborn’s Map or S'eren Miles around Jerusalem, 22 x 23 inchoi, price (mounts od) $1 CO. Barclay's Map of Jerusalem (mouotvtl) JI - TfVv KVety Sunday Bohool should poetess the ahore M J CHALLRN & BffN, Publishers, 25 South SIXTH Street. Holiday gifts i JUST RBOEIVED, dlr«Ct from tUo tublishenl of Hew York and Philadelphia, s splendid Assortment of elegantly Illustrated GIFT BODKB for 1859, which we are determined to sell as low as they t>« had lu nuv «»**«•* tbe city, anil to jir»«ent a valuable. Gift with each Book sold. Among our i--men»>» r*«ek now on band, maybe found Annals, Albuiiß, Bibles, Prayer and Byran Books, of All the voriuuß dcnotnlua tions and in every style of type and bindings, from the cheapest >o the most costly. At so, a complete assortment of alt the Illustrated and Standard Works m the beet and most popular authors, in floe bindings, amottgwhich nrb WORLD-NOTED WOMEN, THE BTUATFUftD GAL LERY. CQtJRT OP NAPOLEON, WOMEN OF BEAU TY AND HEROISM. I’HS JOSEPHINE GALLERY, GALLERY OF BRITISH ART, E H. Butler's new BOOK. QALLKRY OF FAMOUa. POETS, POSTS OF TUB 10TH OaNTUItY, the complete works of HO GARTH, in fu-Untbimsbinding; ditt-. HIAKbPEAhJS, BYRON, MOORB. PCOTT, MILTON, COW PER, BPHNCER, SHELLEY, WORDSWORTH. IIKMANS, BEN JONBON, BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. FIELDING, SMOLLETT, LONGFELLOW, ELIZA COOK, and others too numerous to particularise, to gether with all the histormaband mi'cHlnoeou* worJta oi PRESCOTT, BANCROFT, SPAHItS, WASIIINQ. ton Irving, wkbsTkr. franklin, thus jkp- FEIU-ON, BAYARD TAYLOR, J. FENNIMOHB COOPER, CHAS. DIOKENS, and a host of other popu lar authors too cumeroaH to mention. Our Doolie *ro not shop-worn, but all new and warranted perfect; and our prices in no case are moro than other dealers, while in nuny instances, owing to the extra discount we got by baying largely for cosh, and as our motto is (k Guick Batea and Small Profits,” we can and do many books cheaper thanother 6ooHr?dLr.«,bceidespreseutlog a Gift (in no case north less tban 50 cents and tiften ol great value; with each Book sold. Any die wishing to buy Books without the Gitta will have a deduction made to thorn from 25 to 50 percent from the retail pride Call at the Original Gift Book Store, -139 CHEST NUT Street, before purchasing elsewhere, and oxamlne our immense stock of new Books' for tho Ilo’tdays, slid inducements to purchasers. ClasfilflHd catalogues free to all. . - G G. EVANS, dOWwAfrlSt 430 CHHSTNUT Street A SUPERB STOCK OF BOOKS. HAZARD BROTHERS, 724 CHESTNUT Btreot, Have much pleasure this season in inviting the atten tion of purchasers to their 81‘LBNDID COLLECTION OF BOOKS. Never before, notwithstanding the lino colijotioiiß tye have sold, have we had so large au assortment nor bo great a varlotyof RICHLY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS. Believing that the demand this eoaaon would warrant It, we have for months post boon gathering together, from all the ' GREAT BOOKMART3 OF EUROPE AND AMKRTOA, all the choicest volumes and rarest Bue copies of curious and beautilul hooka that we thought desirable, and **e believe we now offer for inspection and purchase the most splendid collection of beautiful books SVKR BEFORE FOR SALE IN THIS CITY, and fully maintaining the reputation which wo have ever endeavored to obta : n for our store vii , that of A FIRST-OLAS3 BOOKSTORE, In every particular Now, while our atojk is full and complete, we believe \vo can > upply tho public with the best and most - DESIRABLE EDITIONS OF EVERY WELL-KNOWN . AUTUOK, substantially and elegantly bound in half-calf, or fall calf, half or full morocco, trce-niarblod calf, Ac. Wo invite inspection of our extensive aud varied stock, which la now displayed in the retail department of our store upon long ranges ol counters, and ahio so licit purchases, if THE PRICES ARE SATISFACTORY which we guarantee shall boa* low »*in consistent with the styleof the workmanship, and as the same can bo had for anywhere else in this country. 9UR STOCK OF OXFORD, LONDON. AND AMKRI- CAN BIBLKB AND PRAY SR BOOKS is cortninly the richest over before olTored in this city, embracing many new patterns is morocco, and velvet, aud poArl, sod carved oak with or withontrlchiy chased aud orn&mentod aud heavily gilt rims, clasps, and cor ners, from the smallest 48mo to the largest q ’arto. HAZARD BROTHERS, 724 CIIEBTNUr Street, below Eighth Books for the holidays-/at Low Prices—for sale at PETETBONBL No. 306 CHESTNUT Street, T. J 1 PETER3ON & BROTIIERB would respectfully call tho attention of the public to their very largo oo* cortraent of Books suitable tor the COMING HOLIDAYS. 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Blog&utly illustrated Catalogues may be had without Charge, by addressing THE AMERICAN BUNDAY-fiOHOOL UNION, 1122 CHESTNUT Streot. Philadelphia. A large assortment of liiblea, togotbor with the de votional hooks used in the Tarioos Evangelical Churched, always kept on band aoUAf TRUSSES!—Oonuine French, lor ©^s^Adulta. TK.OBBE3! Genuine French, for Children. TRUSSES! do do. Ladies. TRUSSES! Approved American Styles. Supporter Braces; RngU«h Abdominal Belts; Syrin ges, a new and improved self-injecting article, specially adapted to Ladies’use Also, bath-room or hydrant Enemas: French Pespario ; Breast Tumps; Infants’ NttTdng Fisks; Nipple Shells and Bhleld’i. Forsale by CALEB U NEEDLES, Pharmaceutist, and Practical adjuster of Mechanical Remedies. 6. W Aornor TWELFTH and RACE Sts., rbila. Ladle#’ rooma—entrance on Twelfth street, next door to store, nolfi-ftm MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1858, A Curious Case. The prize-fight between Napoleon 111 and Count do Montalembbrt is apparently only Tho first blow was struck, by’ Napoleon, when ho gagged tho Pressi MoN taleiibert then struck in with that punch-on tho-huad (fcbero is authority ior this compound in the Classic pages of Hosier?) called iho re view of tbo Anglo-Indian Debate on the Eng lish iMiso of Commons, published in the Faria Correspondant, Napoleon retaliated, by having his opponent tried, by three or four cupboard-judges, in a little room called “ A Court of Justice.”. As was previously agreed upon, nojdoubt, the: judges found M. do Mon- TALHjfBEUT guiJty, and sontenced-him to l flue and Imprisonment. ‘ Tliis was .vhat aLvron f Jones oi> John G. lleenan would call « a rogular knock-down blow.” However, the ? C6unt picked himsolf up, and shook himself, f to bo sure that it wos "all right” with his great ly-shaken system. Just then, as tho Count was preparing, to. taka legal : !inc>asures to nullify condemnation and sentence, Napo leon put? his own head «into Chancery,” by magnanimously extending a pardon to the Cotint; frero was an unlooked-for cbauco of WblclrtheCount toolrhold. “Not so !” said h’p to the Emperor, “ You cannot pardon me. IJiavo been wrongfully convicted, and want nit mercy, but justice, from you. Before you talk of pardoning, wait and soo whetbor the' sentence is. just. I repudiato jour sentence— your pardon—yourself.?' UndoubtedlyM.de Montalf.mbkrt has the best of it. Bound tbo second ends with the Count having tho Em peforia hoad in and fiercely pegging away at him. 8 Since the time when, by a national con fusion of the tenses, tho sinking Irishman called oufe'«l will ho'drowned and nobody shall savp mo,” there has not been any thing to eqfijtl this climax; at which De Montaleiibert flings back, tho pardon in tho Emperor's face. TYe',‘of The Dress, anticipated at least ten days ago, three consecutive counts, each aud all of which have occurred. First, that tho Count would be condemned. Second,. that tho Em peror would try and minify him by oxercising tho pardoning power. Third, that tho Count would not accept the pardon. Thp trial, took place on tho 24th ultimo, and, on conviction and sentence, tho Count gavo notice- of appeal to a higher tribunal. Ho actually lodged tho formal appeal on Do-, cerabor 2d. Tho Emperor, meanwhile, do siring to be called clement, pardoned him on that very day, oa the ground that it was tho anniversary of the celebrated coup' d’etat. It would seem that he had delayed tho pardon, in tho.hojjo that, on tho suggestion of tbo Ardbbishop of Paris, some overture for mercy would bo made by M. de Montalembeut. nowever,'tUat gentleman declined appearing as a suppliant. On this being .known, down comes the pardon. How received by the Count? Ho writes to tho Monitcur to the following effect i « I have appealed against the sentoheo passed upon me. No power in France up to the present time has had a right to remit a penalty not definitive. lam one of thoso who still believe in tho right, and I do not accept the pardon. I beg you, and if ne cessary demand you, to insert this.” This little missive places tho Emperor in a particu larly, unpleasant situation. In tho words of tho redoubted Mr. Wackford Squecrs, (of whom honorable mention is lnade in Nicholas Nicklcby) ono.wonders what he will do “un der thUbero most.fatal go.” 'The Emperor clearly is, in, a, tight place. TYo anxiously await tho neX't blow.' xrscoma to usmu.the poor Emperor, whether ho Mil or not, must continue tho battle. IYo stated, a few days ago, that no French journal was allowed to givo any roport of M.- de MoNTALEunEitT'B trial. They were allowed to state tho conviction and tho sen tence. A line—a word beyond that would havo boon contumacious. Tho correspond onts for some ot tho loading Londou journals wero present at tho trial, and these gentlemen, albeit they took no written notes, exercised their intellect and memory, and respectively sent admirable reports of the trial to London, which wero duly published. Tho Emperor actually descended so low as to prohibit the reception in Franco of any one of the papers containing a report of tho trial. If ho think that free thought can thu3 ho curbed in France—that Frcnchraon will not learn, and recollect, and muse, aud perhaps oventually act uponthe bold truths uttered at that trial by MM. Berryer and Dufaure, tho man, were he twenty times an Emperor, is a fool. Tho French press may bo gagged, but thought is not tdbe chained, and it‘ lias U nack of be coming more intenso tbo more it is placed under clock. This affair with M. de Mon. talesibert makes Napoleon deoidedly morb insecui-c than any thing \tfuoh has occurred since lu became Emperor, “ by tho grace of God and tho will of the French Fooplo.” Passmore Williamson vs. Ellis Lewis# Some years ago, Mr. Passmore William son, a citinen of Philadelphia, was charged with spiriting away a female slave of Colonel John I.\ Wheeler, American Minister to Nicaragua, while Mr. Wheeler was passing through this city for the Bcono of his official duties. The Judgo of the United States Court issued a writ of habeas corpus, com manding Mr. Williamson to produce the slave. Mr. Williamson refused to make a satisfactory answor to the writ, and tho Court ommitted him to prison for contempt. Ho noxtapplied to tho Hon. Ellis Lewis, then Chief Justice of tho Supremo Court of Ponn sylvanh, for a writ of habeas corpus, for tho purpose of nullifying tho decision of tho United States Court. Chiof Justice Lewis, beliovitg that a State Judgo had uo power to nullify a decision of a United States Court, acting vithin its jurisdiction, refused the writ. Mr. Williamson then applied to tho fivo Judgcsof the Supreme Court of tho State, and the wrfc was refused by thorn, for tiic same reason that influenced tho decision of Chief JusticoLnwis. Mr. Williamson then brought' a suit against Judgo Kane for liis decision, and aiother against Judgo Lewis for the penaitj of throe hundred pounds, under tho habeas corpus act, for refusing to allow tho writ t> reviow and nullify that decision. Tho siit against Judgo Kane ended by tho death cf that lamented and distinguished jurist. Tho siit against Chief Justice Lewis was tried 01 Monday last,before Chief Justico Lovr rie, at Nisi Prims* Tho Court, after hearing all the plaintiff’s ovidonce, directed a w»i suit, 01 the ground that tho habeas corpus act did no apply to cases of commitments in exe cution of final judgments after trial, but only to warants of arrest issued before trial. It seems to bo settled that a Judgo has no right to allw a writ of habeas corpus, where it ap pears on tho applicant’s own showing, that tho pisonor is legally imprisoned under tho sentetce or judgment of a Court of competent jurisdetion, as was tho case with Mr. Wix.- LIAM9N. Ths, although it is highly probable that Mr. Villiamson will carry tho caso still fur ther, .his vexatious caso may bo said to bo sottld on enduring principles. Ex-Chief Jus tico for the purpose of devising plans for fu ture operations. I mot on. the avenue, yesterday, Mr, member looking Tomarkably well. The woathor to-day is ploasant and balmy, and tho aveuuo is thronged with strangers and citizens. The oity is rapidly filling up with visitors from abroad, and the public buildings of intorest aro besieged with wondor-soekors from the time of thoir opening until close. Col. Letter from New York. IIAUPER, FOR JANUARY : THE ARTICLES AND AU THORS : ORIGINAL POEM LY BRYANT —STRAKOSCH GIVES US THE OPERA—AUCTION SALK OF FINE paintings: high prices—mr. billy mulli gan—THE MOUNT VERNON FESTIVAL*. FIRST day’s programme—Hebrew benevolent so ciety FESTIVAL : $lO,OOO REALIZED —DKATU OF MRS. ABBOTT. [Correspond* n'e of The Press.] Nsw York, Dec. 17,1803. Harpfr’a Magazine for January, of which I hare ths advanced che-ta, codUjdb several art'clea that will compare favorably with any that bays appeared in that periodical, while the Ulustrat-ons are really among the best specimens of wood engraviDg I have aeon. Tho opening paper gives ft pictorial description of tfco Pana ma Railroad, including portraits of those who hare been prominoutly connected with it, either as engi neers, contractors, or. as furnishers of the money for Reconstruction; among them John L. Stevens, Wil liam 11. Aspinwall, Henry Chancery, J. L Baldwin, deorgo M. Totten, John 0. Trftutwine, DaTid Headley, aud Alexander J. Cantor. Tho writer is Dr. F.N. Otis, surgeon of tho steamship Mocos Taylor. The cert article is “The People ot tho Rod River,” with nine illustrations Next, a sketch of Quebec, by UJ. Loosing, tho accuracy of which 1 can vouch from per sonal knowloJgo; this contains twenty-seven illustra tions of the most noteworthy objects io that pre cious old city. Following this is a story, “Only a Woman’s Hair,” by John Eaton Cooke. Mrs. Stod dard contributes a pleisaol sketch, “Our Christ mas Party ” Next, “flints on Self-OuUuro,” after which, a olever frljry by Fitz-Henry Ludlow, entitled, “The Hanmm of a Heritage.” Lieutsnant Haber sham, of the navy, furnishes “ An American in Japan, in 1858.” Mrs. Louisa Chandtor Moulton contributes a pleasaut story. “Tho Virginians” U continued, and there is tho usual amount of miscellaneous matter. I have thus given you tho names of nearly all the wri ters of the articles, though they are not announced in the magazine. William Culleu Brysnt contributes an original “ Song for New Years’ Kvo,” which I copy lor tho deloctatioo of your reader# ; Stay yot, my friend-,, a moment stay— fctay till the goodold year, So long companion ot our way, Shikes hands and leaves us hero. Oli stay, oh stay, One little hour, and then away. The year, whose hopes were high and strong, H»b uow no hopes to wake ; Yet ouo hour more of jest and song For his familiar sake. Oh stiy, oh stay. One mirthful hour, and then away. The kiudlv year, hia liberal hands Have lavished all his store. An! sh*U we turn from where ho Btandi, Ilecsupo bo gives no more ! Oh stay, oh stiy, One grateful hour, and then away. Mr. Strakoach returns to town on Monday with Ills company, for the purposo of giving a few operas. Junca aud other members of tho corps, aro already boro. Notwithstanding the strong competition aud attraction of Mr. Ullman’s company at the Academy, Strakosch’s brief season at Burton’s was a great success; and now that He coiues when the field is clear, there can be no doubt but that with OoI&iD, De WUhorst, Parodi, Madame 6lrakos‘h and tho men artist*, he will draw crowded houses. Now York this winter has tue inunic&i fever at the highest point, and the opera has become a necessity. It is nonsense for paopto to complain of hard times when they flock to an auction of pictures,us they did yes terday to the sale of Leeds & Co., where pointings were sold to an aggregate of fix thousand dollars, and tho competition very spirited. Cole’s “Sunset” brough t $216. “ The Corn Field,” and “ A Hfpeey Camp,” by Shaver, respectively $l4O, and S4SO. “ Tfce Star Evoning,” by Guido Schmidt, $5OO. “ Tho Young Minj Htrel, by Van Hume, $2BO, aud “ Au American Forest,’ by Iluntington, $l7O, Billy Mulligan, somewhat noted in sporting and pu gilistic society, was acquitted, last evoning, of the charge of assaulting his musical friend. Warner. The Judge probably sottled the matter by remarking, Iu the course of his charge, that “ Mr. Warner, in asso ciating with the women who were witnesses in the esse, put himself on the iiamo level w!t£ then.', and the testimony of such porsouß should be received with caution.” The women were tolerably virtuous —uo more ; but a tolerably virtuous woman is somewhat like a tolerably good egg. Th t your lady readers may have some idea of what the Mount Vernon festival will be, I give In brief a skotch of the dramatic part of tho affair, to com mence to-morrow afternoon at four o’clock. First) “Famt Heart never won Fair Lady,” by tho company at Burton’s; next, “ Medea,” with Misslleron; then a musical entertainment, iu which Mad. Colson, Mad. Caradorl, Lucy Escott, aud Arthur Napoleon will assist f then Agnes Robertson ai “Milly;” after whioh “ A Morning Dali,” In which Mrs C. N. Sinclair will ap pear for the first time here in six yours. John Brougham follows with his “Vision of Columbus,” with additional lines appropriate to Toe occasion ; after which hia farce, entitlei “A Decided Case,” by the coinpiny from Wallaces; and then a wind-up hy th e Campbell Mmstrels This part of tho feativalls under tho generalship of Ohevftlior Wikoff. Tho ladles are to have one-half the not profits of the festival after paying the rent of the house and other expenses, the .remainder going to Mr. Ullman. TWO CENTS. GENERAL NEWS. Shooking Catastrophe.— At, a festival of tho Methodists in Warron, Maes., held in Union Hall, on Wednesday oroning last, on the occasion of ftpastornl visit, tho'floor gave way, and about two hundred perrons, men, women, and children, foil through into the Union storo s ,below- Tho scone was for a time A womrvD, whose Bflmo we have not learned, rushed from tho place to Mr. Blair’s store, at a short distance, ox claiming, “I ntn scared to death!” whon she minted, and, remaining in an'unconscious state, expired at two o’clock on Thursday morning. No external marks oT injury woro found on her per son, and it 13 supposed ahediod from fright. The Ur. Calvin Cutter had a leg broken, was much jnjurod in the back, and was badly scalded by tho lulling of a large boiler of hot water. The stove and boiler, whioh were heated for the pur pose of making tea for the festivities, fell through into tho midst of thorn. It was early in the eve ning, and all who had intended to be present had not arrived, or more fearful tobuUs might have bn fiaed. As it was, it. caused intense oxoUerae'nt throughout, the town. As soon ns theoonfusion subsided, the sufferers were taken oare of, and may all recover. Mas. Partington’s Very Last.—« Whore did you got bo much money,.lsaac V' said Mrs. Partington, os ho ebook a half handful of copper cents before her, grinning all thq while like a roguo, ns he is. •* Have you found the hornioopia, or has anybody given .you a -request?” She was a little anxious “I got it from bets,” said ho, chucking rho coin into the air, and allowing them* to clatter ami rattle about the floor with all tb? importance of dollars. “Get them from Bets, did you!” roplied she. “And who is Bots, that she should give you money ? She must be Pome low creature, or you would not speak of her bo disrospeqtably. «• I. do hope you will not got led away by'any dosolato companions, Isaac, and be come an unworthy membrane of society.’ 1. How tenderly tho .iron-bowed spectacles beamed upon him ! ,“I mean bets,’/ Baid.be, laughing, , u that 3L won on' Burlingame.” “Dear mb!’’ she ex claimed, “ howooiild you do so, when gaming,is such a horrid habit ? . Why 7 ,somottities people are arranged at the bar for it.” She was really un easy until ho explained that, in imitation of older ones, he had hot some cents on Barlingame, and had won. . * Heenan’B Challenge Accepted.— Tho fancy indulged in another sparring exhibition on 'Saturday night last in Now York. At tho conclu sion an unknown, individual stepped in iront and held forth in tho following language : Guntlbvkn : Inasmuch as Mr. Heonan has challenged tho world to produce l a maa to fight him—in the event of Mr. Morrissey adhering to bis long-ago bxpresped determination to forover retire trom the prize-ring, which dll his friends suatnin him in keoping—l give this - pubiio notiae to Mr, Heonan and to his friends, that I will pro duce a man to fight, him’ at any time'mutually agroedon, within from three to five months from this date, for the sum of $2,500 a side. The figure of $lO,OOO sounds well enough, hut as it is busi ness we are engagod in, I have limited the sum to $2,500, which will he more readily reaohed by even the $lO,OOO party. The first .deposit is waiting to bo covered at tho Clipper ofuse from this evening. Pretty Good. —A small keg of Brass filings, worth perhaps two dollars, was sold reoontly to parties in Newark, N. J., as gold dust, for five hundred dollars, the parties selling repreeenting themselves as in pressing need of money and wil ling to sell as a groat sacrifice. When the “dust” was token to New York, the old adage was found true, that all is not gold that glitters. One of the swindlers was arrested, but indignantly repudiated any intention of swindling. He said there had been a mistake in the keg taken, that he would moke it all right;, and, as ah evidence of his sin-, cerity, insistod that the “ diddled” individuals should “ keep a bar of gold” till ho should reotify the orror. This was accepted, and he went off to correct the mistake. It is needless to say that he never returnod, or that the bar of gold turned out to be a bar of galvanized iron. Shameful.— >A porter in New York was ac cidentally thrown from a cart, .last week, and while lying insonsible on the pavament, a polioo man picked him up, carried him before a justice, and Entered a complaint of intoxioation The poor porter, having had his skull fractured by ao oidont, was unable to give his name or utter any intelligible words, ana tho wise justice had him committed for examination. He was then placed in a coll; before he was again taken beforo the court, he had passed to his final examination be fore the great Jqdge of the Universe. An Unnatural Son. —A youth named William Waines, son of Mr. Jessie Waines, who resides at the corner of-Eutaw and Henrietta stroota, Baltimore, was arrested-on Tuesday even ing last, by Officer Cravor, for attempting to shoqt his father. The boy, for some time past, has been beyond the control of his parents, and, it is said, whipped his father for what he considered undde ioterferonoe to obeck his headlong career. Oja Tuesday evening ho fired at him, but fortunately none of tho shot took effect as he had designed-' Summary Punishment.—A ‘Mady/’ of Cyntbinna, Ky., who was divorced'from herhnfe* band a short time azo.-havingheard that her lAte partner was In thenablforeaynrg unktßd~*»m»£s' about her, callod upon him at his store, talked to him severely, not to say profanely, threw Cayenne popper into his nose and eyes, and administered unto him two distinct and soparate whippings, the first with a cowhide, the socond with a rope. Tho papor that relates the ciroumstances says that “ tho partioa are roapeotable.” For thiß reason it gives no names. A Real Luxury. —A private letter, says the Rural Southerner, recoived from one of a party of Santa Fe traders, thus* mentions a valu able Virginia invention : “Arnid all our hardships wo onjoy one real luxury, and that is -delicious coffee. Our commissariat fcuppliod himself in St. Louts with a coffee pot th»t he calls tho “Old Dominion.” It is constructed upon some new principle, into tho mystorios of whioh I have never penotrated, and in it he concocts the most delightful beverage that I have ever tasted.” Barney 'Williams in Ireland. —Mr. and Mrs Barney Williams have been the recipients of an absurdly onthusiastio ovation at Dublin. After playing for a charitable institution, they started for their kotol in thoif carriage, bat the populace, spite of repeated, remonstrances, instated on draw ing them home. Mr. Williams, finding his en treaties in vain, quitted the vohiclo, and, with Mrs. Williams, proceeded on foot, saying that he rospeoted his friends too much to permit them to tako tbo place of bdrscs. Burglars Caught.—Three yonng men be longing to Springfield, Mass., two brothers named Billings, and a guilty companion named Edwards, last Tuesday night, made a burglarious trip into Connecticut, breaking open and stealing, from stores in various towns, and helping themselves to suoh conveyances us they stood in need of from wayside barns Thoir operations were discovered, am! two of tho trio aro now in jail. Tho third has csoaped. The Value op Negroes.— A singular but acourate way of estimating tho' prices of field feand3may bo found in tho price of cotton. For every cent a pound*for cotton a field hand will bring odo hundred dollars; for instance, the present price of cotton is ten to twelve oeots, and tbo price of a negro man is irom a thousand to twclvo huudred dollars The price of the latter may not fluctuate ns rapidly as cotton, but is not tho less cot tain to follow uu advance or of any duration. —Savannah Republican, Ilt/i. A new gambling house hus been opened at Washington, and engraved invitations have been sont to all tho M. 0.-’s, and other people supposed to possess looso ohango. At the bottom of tho caTd are tho hours at which tho table i* to be sproad during the winter. “Diuneratfi; supper nt 10; breakfast 12.” From this it may bo in ferred that theso who “ fight yo tigor ” will rise late in tho day, and commoncc business operations early in tho evening Singular Ca**k.—Lately, a man was found banning on the public square of Boonville, Texas, ilo was a stranger, and by whom bung, and what for, is entirely unknown. From nppoaraneos he was not over 25 years of ago. A striking foaturo in the caso is, the rope by which ho was suspended passed under his arms, in lieu of being tied around tho neck. Many supposo, of course, that ho had bcon doprived of life previous to being placod in this position. Fortunate Discovery.—A lady of wealth, in the boroughof West Chester, Pa., took a silk dress that had lain aside some months, to one of the in dustrouß dressmakers of the town, to have it re modeled for winter wear. In perf inning the task, the dressmakor discovered near $209, iu bank bills, in tho pookot, whioh wore supposed to have boon Inst. Tho money was promptly returned to the rightful owner, who handsomely rewarded tho finder. A Policeman at West Troy, N.Y., named Brown, has bcon arrestod on n ebargo of being in lojieno with couDtorfeitor3. At his house a large number of bank-note plates were found, purport ing to ho engraved for tho FaJkill and Mohawk Rit'or Bftnlw, besides dies boaring tho words “ Pennsylvania” and “ Massachusetts.” A press ■was also discovered in tho same premises. Brown is held to answer. Good Authority.— ln Cincinnati the other day, a Wisconsin cranberry doaler who wished to got a check oitshod. but bad no ono to vouch for his idontity, exhibited his namo inscribed upon that classic garment, his shirt, whereupon the banker was satisfied and paid over tho money , and "Wisconsin wont on his way rejoicing. A Conscientious Borrower. —A lady in Portland, Mo., has jiut returned n few beets she borronod lifty years ago of n neighbor, promising to return thorn in a fow days, huoh an instance of punctuality is most remarkable, ,and cannot be b °TiiE BOSTON rEOt’ES arc preparing to har vest their ice ore#. The ice is new about soven ;s thick _ “A Prcdiction-”— Under this head tho Wash ington Slat™ introduces ft letter from Charleston, S 0 , whioh comes, it says, from ono of the “ cool est And closest obsorvers of political auguries.” Tho letter predicts the dissolution of the Union betwoon now and 1864. Tho South, it says, is preparing this ultimatum. Tho existing slave* trade laws will he declared, what they really are, unconstitutional and void, and tho inherent right of each sovereign State loft to decido for itrelf what class of luborora it will admit or reject, or the Southern States will withdraw from tho Union. Ail the Southern members of Congress and tho Southern members of tbo Cabinet are to throw up their handß and go homo This is tho merest fudgo. Tho Southorn States will novor take any auoh position in regard to tho slave trado> a large majority of the South is now and will oon tinuo to bo from intOTOSt, opposed to it. It too Southern members of Congress should evor pe foolish onough to make euoh an issue they would, bo indignantly repudiated by thoir constituents. This Union will stand long after tho prosontgene ration has mouldered in tho dust. The number of disunionists ia tho country, praottoal disunion isle, is not ono to ten thousand. —Cincinnati quircr . ROTICE TO COKK£BPORD£xy s , Correspondents for “ Tkb Puss” will please bear in ■mind.lhfe&Jl , ymlL “ Uo .. an_''.Th9 MaB. D. P." BOWWas’ WALiriJT*6r*E*T Theatox.— ” Mesalliance”?—“ Vic*-lml*lng.>j • Tmwsiff’s Vißism, corsb* ov Fifth and Cusst- NOT stbkXTS.— Miscellaneous Concerts 1 Assembly BuiLßiaas.—Signor SHtx.* Sanford’s 0?»A Housb.—Ethiopian Entertain ments. The late Bishop Ondbrdonk.—Tho mhny friends of the late Bishop Onderdonk will read the fol lowing extract from the minutes of a meeting held by the vestry «f St.-Peter’s Church'with a gtea: deal of interest: * “ At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Peter’s Church, held Tuesday, December 14,1858, the following rtsolu tjon, offered by Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll, and'ec'nded by Mr. James B.' Smith, was unanimously adopted 1 “ Resolved. That the following testimon'al be placed 1? records of’ St.-Peter’s'Chnreh. and tint a copy or it be communicated to the family of the late Bbbop Henry u. Onderdonk, with an expression' of. sympathy affltetion, and *of veneration and resntet, 1 l® l * B than their own, for His memory., - * t>.o Tai V 1 ’ 9 church, deeply impressed with "•“ st i? n ! i 67 the “MgrWktion Mid the ha n 10 P»™ with 'ut iE.cribi.it a roir tor ths mournful separation. Not m ,J, v ?n'lhS‘hSS^l?r l! " 5 “ w “ ree,i?. e g continue to Jsment him, and to the Great Being to whom he had bequeathed his soirit, amMit-the-bleislngg of his rnends. Asan author of some of the nobWt exposi tions of the truths of Inspiration, set forth with the firmness and the gentleness of a Christian spirit, a» a wse teacher and au eloquent divine, wo bid him a last ing and affectionate farewell. * “ FR4NOIB GURNEY SMITH. ■ q , appointed sec retly. Resolutions were expressive or the r**- grf t of the bar at the decease of Mr. AbU and of sym pathy with his boreaved family. Accidental Shooting.—Considerable ex citement was created about Dock and Walnut street«, on Saturday afternoon, by the report of a pistol. The oxploslon was caused by the weapon falling from tho pocket of a young man, and the person who dropped it received a flesh-wound in the leg. Christmas Presents^ — "William B. Eltou head. 340 3outh Second street, offers for sale n 2a g« assort nent of watches, jewelry, a*d silver ware, suit i ble for Christmas presents, aa will be seta by hi* 1 vertieeraent.