THE ritEbN. EDBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) BY JOHN W. FOENEY. OFFICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STBNET. THE DAILY PRESS, pornotu to th u Carrier. Mailed to Subscriber* out of the City at Bra DOLLARS C R.A.R.Rom, FOUR DOLLARS FOR EIGHT MONTHS, TRIMS OLLARS FOR SIX MOV=ES — DITOriabIY in advance for We ordered. TILE TRIWEEKLY PRESS, Maned to finbaciibers out or the City at Tama. Dol.- ABB PIZ AVVV/41 IA arance. HOLIDAY GOODS GOODS FOR THE HoLthilis! - A choice and varied assortment of articles, milted to the coming Beeson, which have been selected with much .011.1% from the Wort /1111D61410i6t., .E.omprising 'WRITING AND POLIe . . - - _ WORK, GLOVE, JEWEL, AND DREssING BOXES, CARA.% PoRTE.m.ohNAIEs, CAIU► CAX ES, WATCH STANPS, THERMOMETERS, PA.RIAN, GLASS, LAVA, AND CHINA. ARTICLES, FANS IN CG.kPE, SILK, AND LINEN, DOLLS. tiperiting, Sleeping, Kidd, China, Wax, and Patent DOLLS' 8110151 S, HOSE, MITTS, CATIAg, JRWICLRY, PARASOLS, AND RATTLES. EURNITIME IN EN IRRY vARIETY t TIMATRE§. TEL 6ATISiVa. STABLES. sorzrEr. EVVfi'MI T 9. PANORAMAS, BOX AND BELLOWS TOYS Orsamenfs for Christmas T7AAA, FeirieA, Betts, PAW., PERFUMERY AND TOILET ARTICLES UERB&RIMVIS, SCBA P AND TOY BOOKS. A GOOD AUORTAINNT OF - DA - 3 ' IND AND PAM DOLLS ENGLISH BOWS AND CRICKET BATS BASE BALLS, Jrc. 49, .it the above articles can bo had, at Reduced Prices, at MARTIN & QUAY lA'S Stationery, Toy. and 'Paw*. Goods Emporium, 1035 WALNUT STREET, Delow Pleven-al, HOLIDAY BOOKS OF OUR OW c PtßLlCATlON.—}lbrape , buyinff else Ler~ call .and examine our splendid new Holiday Books, 1. EL IiDVDS, THE HOLY ; rose tinted paper, and vignette eneraving. IL FRUITS AND FLOWkilil OF PALESTINE. 111. CITY 01' THE ORLI 12 KANO_ TV. PALESTINE, PAST AND PRVENT. V. SKELETON MONK. Also, Svivonile Books, Photographs, Albums, Ac., Ac. JAMSL- CIIA LI.tdN W. SON, Publishes, Baelmrdlaea, and gtath.aere, 1209 CHESTNUT street. HOLIDAY GOOKS FOR ROLL DAY PRESENTS. What weidd matte A A HANDSOME. DRESS, A HANDSOME SR S.WL, or RANDSoME CLOAK': Jest received from New York, a large assortment of New Co.:.dA, suitable fee HOLIDAY PRESENTS. 1 LOT MOIRE ANTIQUES, at 50e., An enormous loss to the importer. Beautiful Fancy Silks for the Ef.liclays. 1 1.-4 ts.i.rvt riotinvva Moires, tit 1E56 IM.III cost of importation. 1 lot double-width Printed Cashmeres 37%c., never before sold less than .50e. (Toler Dr. ESS GOODS or EVERY DESCRIPTION, Ness,st 41.4 rno4dveireblo stYlcr ci CLOAKS ANP SACQFES. 300 pieces Merrimack and English Chintzes at 12,3ie., north e. in first kinds. CHEAP BLANKETS AND FLANNELS. NM , Vestinge at 'rear yric4.7::. C. ztTEEL & SUN, del6 No. 713 North TENTH Street. above Coates. USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENT, A IQII-nißtle and tastily-finish6d UMBRELLA. Fur sale by \\ A, DROWN & CO., 2443 MARKET STREET. del4-1.21. I li CIiItITDIAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS. We have just received a most splendid assortment of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, <yrainATlN suitakit for LADIES, GENTLEMEN, or BOIS - WEAR. Alm, stares and beantifulnssortment of new and fash ionable JEWELRY, GOLD CRAINs, PENCILS, &c., s complete assortment of SILVER WARE, RNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, NAPKIN RINGS. UPS, Br., b4Laden a grunt variety of FANCY SILVER GOODS, sulfa:tic for Holidav or Bridal Presents. Aleol hOO4 meet in-vial - mu o , cortinent of BUITTiIt, PLATETOTEA .ET:, CASTORS, CAKE BASSETS, ar.. all of which will be sold at less prices than can be purchased in this city. air Old Gold, Silver, or Jewelry taken in exchange, LEWIS LADOMUS & Co., de14.12t 802 CHESTNUT Brxeet. HOLIDAY PitESENTS 'W‘ , new offer a large and benntiful stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCIIE4, FINE GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, AND SILVER-PLATED WARE, erl,;-cted expertly for ilinaL'A T PRESENTS. All g 0049 warranted to lie as represented. STAUFFER & HARLET, delS-Llt 622 MARKET Street, Philadelphia. HOLIDAY PRESEZITS. ETP.I"SCAti, CORAL, and SOLID WM/ JJEWEIIii. STAND.4IO SILVER. WARR. &c.. and a general as. eortment of rich and tasteful articles, suitable for Mild. DAT PIIMPATS, A call implies no obligation to purchase. AU goods warranted as represented : G. RUSSET/TA, 22 NOBTR SIXTH STREET. HOLIDAY CON PEOTIONERY. THE FINEST QUALITY OF CONFECTIt rN IN GREAT VARIETY. Prepart4 expressly for the CHRISTMAS HE AYS PROM THE PUREST MATERIALS JA • J. J. 1-11.C3H AR DSION. No. 126 MARKET STREET. P. Site assortment of units constantly on da-M1 GENTLEALEN'S WKAPPERS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 'The house of R. C. WALBORN & Co., Nos. & and 7 North SIXTH Street, presents a PRINCELY .510Cq of rime graceful and comfortable orticica or appitrut fur GOntICIIICIL LAMES SHOPPING FOR PRESENTS sboula bear this in mind. They have them in every style of material, and. AT ALL PRICES. Their s4,ek of rtitt±:laffiqa Kohns l Woo, com prises many neat and suitable articles as PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN. d013.12t ITOIAIDAI CONFECTIONERY. Finn French and Plain CONFECTIONERY. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS. ALSO, FANCY ROXES AND OTHER ARTICLES Suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. \V. A. ALEXANDER, 724 ARCH Street, HOLIDAY GIFTS. PRICES TO SUIT TIER TIKES, AT CLARK'S 1 81 STORE, No. 602 CHESTNUT STREET ER.PLATED WARE, JEWELRY 41. La reat variety. New and beautiful dyke re- and sold much below the usual prices ARK'S 61. STORE, 602 CTIESTNI7T STREET 7 1. PRESENTS FOR THE BEASON, TOGRAPH ALBUMS UV EVE Vi TABLETS', TES FOR THE SAME. SCOPES, MAGIC LANTERNS, OW THE REBELLION FOR THE MA (TEEN, MATHEMATI AL LEC DIU WINa LUMENTS, AIR PUMPS, ECTRI MACHINES, MAGNETS, OPERA LASSES, SPECTACLES, EYE GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, And Ae in the Mathematical and Optical line. Reasonable Prices, by S W. QUEEN & Co., 914 CHLIMNIIT Stmt. rINII VASES. lents' Flower Pots. r Vases for Growing Flowers, its tor ,rardlnlors. lids with Vase for Flowers. uo Yeses for Mantels. Renaissance for Parlor. s nnQ Terra Cotta Yaws. Flowor rots and Yawl. en Vases and Pedestals. lots for Busts and figures. rest variety of articles suitable for Christ. s,for Bale retail and to the trade. tins 1010 CIDESTNUT btraa, Philadelphia. S. A. ILUMISON. PTON'S SPLENDID LEHIGH lampton's splendid Stove Coal. amptonhi splendid Erg Coat. corner IliaNT and POPLAR. d1.6-12M VOL. 5. - NO. 119. HOLIDAY GOODS. -------------- pirEs FOR PRESENTS. Itemartkest ThrE,S, Go, n Sionzurr.v. MEERSCHAUM PIPES, SILVER MOUNTED, MEERSCHAUM PIPES, AMBER STEMS. MEERSCHAUM PIPES, CHERRY STEMS. MEERSCHAUM PIPES, PATENT STEMS. ltittotstatiutt PIPES, ltimeeti. SAtltts. All warranted genuine and Brat ALSO, Bean BOOT PIPES, CARVED ITEAoS. Main_ BRIAR BOOT PIPES,I>LAIN BOR - LS. BRIAR Boor PIPES, AMBER STEMS, IN CASES BRIAR BOOT PIPES, CHERRY STEMS. BRIAR BOOT PIPES, PATENT &Eds. ALSO, INDis RUBBER Puss AND STElts, A NOW Article. Sax", DI.kDDER, IxDrA Itcanety bra LELLTII6II To. 'SACCO iNI6“.. PIPE CLEANERO, CIGAR TITRES, CIGAR CASES. In groat varlet)" & G. A. WRIGHT,. dolo-5t 624 CHESTNUT STREET. FOR THE HOLIDAYS! GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS OF ETERY DESCRIPTION, Consistin.rx of DRESSING ROBES, BRAWLS, 3IERINO AND MK SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, UOSIERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, GLOVES STOCKS, TIES, lice., S:c. CHARLES OAKFORD & SONS. dal-t25-1p HOLIDAY PREbENTS OF INTRINSIC VALUE. SILVER WARE. IVM. WILSON & SON Would invite ameba A itAlSitSki +.B thAi , i=ery lArGe sortment of PLAIN AND FANCY SILVER WARE, Manufactured by them exclusiYely for HOLIDAY GIFTS, Comprising many now and original designs, of -the InGICEST STANDARD OP SILVER. Owing to our greatly increased facilities; by the in troduction of new and improved machinery. the public will find many styles not to be found at any other way, nimucut in the country, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ENGLISHS FRENCH, AND AMERICAN PLATED WARES. S. W. COR. FIFTH AND CHERRY STREETS. dels•dt~el GOODS FOR PRESENTS— `REDUCED PRICES. FRENCH EMBROIDERED HDKES., SETS, COLLARS, SLEEVES, &v. AIso—LADIES', GENTS', and c1111,1)11 - F,Ira Hem. Stitched and Corded Bordeted lIDKPS., with plain and colored borders, in new styles, and SILK lIDEFS. in great variety. 300 FINE DAM_4SE. TABLE CLOTHS, iu 0 gnat variety of new anl doice Dattprne. 1,503 YARDS EXTRA HEAVY and WIDE LINEN SHEETINGS, Witt DOZETS- TABLE NAPKINS, from $1.50 to $0 per dozen. Large asEortment of EMBROIDERED Iwo AND TABLE COVERS, LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS, GOLD-BORDERED SHADES, GILT CORA - ICES, TASSELS, BANDS, (fc. UPIIOLSTERY and CURTAIN MATERIALS, Re. SHEPPARD, VAN hARLINGEN, & ARRESON, 1008 CHESTNUT Street. de12.12t CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY PRESENTS. 405 AND 40T NORTH SECOND STREET, Would invite attention to tllO large and varied assort. meat lie has now open of Oo.xls suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, COMPRISING _ PLAIN AND FIGURED REPS AND POPLINS, SILKS, 1!).• MERINOES His oboal stock of STAPLE AND FURNISHING GOODS, MEN - AND BOYS' WEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVES, Lc Persons desirous of presenting their friends with some. thine useful and durable will &LIR to thsis adratika&A to call, HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THOMAS C. GARRETT, ?1 CATIBTNITT STREET, OPPOSITE THE MASONIC HALL, Has just received an assortment of LADIES' GOLD WATCHES, Oft a maw! etvlss, And a oe wen as those adapted to men's and boys' wear. He is manufacturing extensively a great variety or USEFUL AND FANCY ARTICLES OF SILVER, And gives special attention to getting up things sultablo for BRIDAL AND lIOLIDAY PRESENTS. PLATED WARE Got up under the proprietor's own inspection. In a great variety of styles. Will be warranted HEAVILY PLATED with pure silver, in a way to insure its wear inn Much of his la manufactured on the premises, and Ida stock will be found to comprise a great variety of fashionable goods, from the smallest articles to SETS OF DIA3IONDS. Tl.eaa are offered for qui. iNt PRIDES ADAPTED TO THE TIMES, And persons are kilted to can and examine them de3,tuthe let CHRIST - AT A S PRESENTS Selling off, at and much below COST, to close business after the Rolidays MAGIC LANTERNS, POLYORA3IAS, STEREOSCOPES, and all kiudb of 311:t.dIANICAL TOYS C. T. AMSLER, 03S aurs=ta. STREBT, Store fixtures for sale 'HOLIDAY PRESENTS. WATCHIF, JEWELRY, 11-5 ' ELVER AND PLATED WARE, AT REDUCED PRICES. JOS. H. WATSON, 326 CHESTNUT STREET_ HOLIDAY BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM; SWIM' AT Vlll2l , LOU' P,Ttle W. 0. runny, Bookie:11er, ,1020-3 m 0. W. Corner FOURTH and RACE THE NATIO,NAI4 11.0SPLTALS.- DEFOSITOET of The UMW States Sanitary Commission" is now open at No. 1235 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. Contribatiorm received for the hospitals, and for Sick Mel WOluitleil Soidierx. dorAw . 611. — l 7'l • , • .1/4, „ , 4 (L. • • . " -7; . : • ' \ I 1(1 7 11(1 I I 111 ; - - .6 • , j E.01,,01, 0,,L.3. j • „ kr. „ 4 , - , _ . _ tot rie NOW orEgitig AT JOHN W. THOMAS, SHAWLS,d-t `AND PHILIDF.LPHIA, JEWELRY NA - LtivoscoPES, MAGNETIC TOYS, QITRA, SiI4ASSF4S, MICROSCOPES, OPTICIA.N 7 der-tuths 5t RETAIL DRY GOODS RAPSONS', CORNER EIGHTH AND CHERRY STD., Offer to the LADIES their stock of SOFA CUSHIONS AND CHAU% 9EA,115, AT UNPRECEDENTED LOW PRICES. Just received - - A it 61T LOT Dr COAIMENCEI) SLIPPERS RAPSORS' TRIMMING AND ZEPHYR STORE, ado_tr co- of ridlrflf A. 1715 effrigitit STS. M. HAFLEIG , vo • sIiCCESSOR TO L. J. LEVY & CO., 723 CHESTNUT STREET, wict. OFFER, !EF : i ;Csi rn TO-DAY, (MONDAY ? ) 16Tet, AND DURIka THE HOLIDAYS, EINTLIM STOON OF WINTER DRESS GOODS f2ej GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. ecraf.P, GREAT BARGAINS 114 LINEN CAMBRIC HDXFS. EMB'D cc cc AND EVERY VARIETY OF LACE GOODS AND VEILS. JUST RECRIVRD., t i. :: bire...c.n. A.dimic..-rx.m.-4- 0E" Of SCOTCH MANUFACTURE. del6-6t CLOAKS AND MANTILLA% CLOAKS! MAGNIFICENT FRENCH SILK PLUSH CLO &KS JUST RECEIVED PER LAST STEAMER FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS In endless variety. Also, the largest and beet assorted stock of SEAL SKIN CLOAKS In the City. EVERY NEW §TTLE VEEN NEW MATERIAL. The very best work, at PRICES THAT ASTONISH EVERY ONE IVENS'. bas -1n WINTER CLOAKS SABLE CLOTHS, FROSTED BEAVERS, SEALSKIN CLOTHS, BLACK BEAVERS, LIV/15 YEAR'S i A LARGE ASSORTMENT, AT MODERATE PRICES, AT THE PARIS CLOAK EMPORIUM, TOS CHESTNUT STREET. J. W. PROCTOR . 4gc CO. nol4-tf CLOAKS! CLOAKS! GOOD STYLES. BEST MAT.FaIIALS. LOWEST PRICES. COOPER 45c CONAILD, 8. E. corner NINTH and MARKET ERreeta del4.etuthlm CLOAKS ! CLOAKS ! CLOAKS! WATER PROOF CLOTH CLOAKS, in endless variety ; PIcrIN AIST DAZE CLOTH CLOAK& of every Shade t • BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS, of every quality ; BLACK SILK-VELVET CLOAKS, EVERY NEW STYLE, livEror ri - wir MATERIAL; THE LARGEST STOOK AND CLOAKS ~~~~~aab~~i;~a1:f-YO:/:~i +~~t~(H;d.Y~:4~:1:~[Ni~~•1 fillo AK S! V The Largest, Cheapest, and Best-assorted Stock In the city. rpHE ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE, FEW FALL CLOAKS. WATEE-PROOR TWEED CLOAKS. BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS. NYEBY NOVELTY AT MODERATE PRIM. JACOB HOBBRALL, mtBl-em N. W. corner TENTH end ABM the GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. PATENT MOOLELLAN TIES. PATENT McCLELLAN TIES. PATENT MCCLELLAN TIES. PATENT McCLELLAN TIES. PATENT MCCLELLAN SCARFS. WOLELLAN SCARPS. PATENT NcCLELLAN SCARFS. AT A. REHLEILLIZIg ! AT J_ A. EgYILMMAIT'g AT J. A. ESIILIMAJP.S 1 AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S! AT J. A. MSHLEDIA'N'S AT J. A. ESHLE WAN'S! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. 11IILEM.Abi'61 NORTHWEST CORNER. OP SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA THE ONLY CRAVAT gTORE IN PHILARELPIIIA P. S. Tho above articles, being PATENTED, cannot be obtained elsewhere. P. S. No. 2. itten'e Furniaking, Goode, in every variety lichu, PATENT lINAKELLED COLLARS, 10 FOR A QUARTER. dei-etinlt3m COAL OIL! COAL OIL! GEORGE W_ WOOTTEZT, SS SOUTH SECOND STREET, AGENT FOB um NORTH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY. MANUFACTURERS OF COAL OIL, AND RE FINERS OF COAL AND CARBON OILS. WIC F. JOUNOTON, Prodded' GEO. OGDEN, Secretary. Also, Agent for SEEM, JUDSON, & BEERS, Patent Bias* Come for tramps, awl Wikulookle denier In ➢ltn• ridge's Patent Oval (n11544'000 and Eastern Flint-Glass Chimneys, Lamps, &c. Burners to burn Coal Oil with out Chimneys. coca Warm m" amain ➢etcra situ roepectrully inVital to examine our stork. tio2l-1m PORTLAND KEROSENE - 0 I L. We are now prepared to OMIT tbli STANDARD ILLIIRINATING OTh AV GREATLY REDINED Fungi, Z. LOCKE & CO., Sous Ammo, 1010 KAMM STRUT, ies.em Pnlladelptda. pADIPHLET PRINT' NG AND every other description of Printing, of the most superior quality, at the most reasonable rates, at RING:. WALT & BROWN'S, DreXers Builditujt §9ACh TIMID 9lite4t. Wei CLOAKS! NO. '43 SQI TII NINTH STREET. EYEN6, No. Z Nun NINTH Strad' HOUGH & No. 25 South TENTH Street, Opposite Franklin Market. PATENT PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1861. NEW PUBI,WATIONO, vs. -,,,,, , Ww1n0wv,,neW H OLIDAY BOOKS, AT LIM MAN WHOLESALE PRICES. LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, §QI;TH SIXTH STREET, ABOVE CRESTNITT Are determined to close out their Stock of BOOKS, IN FINE BINDING SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, AT RETAIL, AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES Their Stock of ILLUSTRATED BOOKS includes MRS. SIGOURNEY'S POEMS JAMER RIONTOOMERVA isbralVa. Wo3w. CAROLINE MAY'S AMERICAN FEMALE POETS, BETHUNE'S BRITISH FEItisVLE POETS. THE BIRDS OF THE BIBLE, illustrations in cobra WATSON'S POETICAL QUOTATIONS WELD'S SACKED POETICAL QUOTATIONS THE PARABLES OF KRUMMACLIBIL 25 illustra'a TIDE CIIIIISTILVIS DAILY DVILIMIT AR ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER, CAMP-FIRES OF TILE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AN ILLUSTRATED DISTORT OF TILE CRUSADES /IN El CARER WORKS OF A a4`a . ii•PA47l GTIAAAVTIiIi. JUVENILE BOCTS Iti GREAT VARIETY, JUVENILE LIBRARIES. FAMILY AND OTHER BIBLES, IN AN ASSORTMENT OF ALBUMS. LINDSAY 458 BLAKISTON, PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, AND IBIDOBTER tovrti-i tINTLE MILLET, ABOVE CITESTATT dezo-3t-if A °'E HOLIDAY PRESENT. VOL. SNOWDEN'S SPLENDID WORK, un eii4 WASHINGTON AND UNITED STATES NATIONAL DiEDALS. Beautifully Illudrated, Prico $5. J. D. LIPPINCOTT & 00., Publishers, 2 and 24 North FOURTH Street. For sale by bookeellers generally, delBr4t HAZARD'S BOOKSTORE. A SUPERB STOCK. OP ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS, CHILIMPNig BOOBS, Elegantly Bound and Illustrated; ALSO, AMBROTYPE PICTURES Ants CAItTES DE 'VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS, Are naw displayed on our Counters and forming an un rivalled display of CHOICE BOOKS for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, AT MODERATE PRICES. 1 - lAZARIJ'S delS-12t TEI4 CHESTNUT STREET. F°4 SALE AT THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL P. 00 It SOCIETY, 1224 CIIESTNUT Street, Philadelphia JUST REG EIVED, An increased stock of Books, suitable for CLERGY. MEN, FAMILY LIBRARIES, SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES, and HOLIDAY PRESENTS. A NEW EDITION OP THE MINIATURE PRAYER 1300 K. Bound flexible, ribbon edge, si.r)o. IttI.NTATIMTAI I.IIAVEB SQOS. Bey6lled DOLtrag, Nery elegant, $2, DIINIARUBE PRAYER BOOK. Turkey morrocco, .11t1 .25. 52um. PRAYER BOOK. Arabesque, red, or black, 40 cents. 22tao. PRAYER BOOK. Roan limp 50 cent& ft CI Imitation, 75 if Tar. mor. $1.25 " 'Ribbon edge, $1.50. . . The above Baeo. PHILTER ROOK ts printed in tl e. lareeet tyre for 110M-Si26 book to be found in the sour.- try. It is particularly well adapted for the use of A. very handsome new edition of CHURCH SERVICE. CHURCH SEA} ICE. Turkey morrucco, Imitation, 1.50 RACNUL crimn.X. A ueirund %tinged edition. Price 40 cents. SERMON COVERS of different sizes. PHOTORGAPH ALBUMS_ prfoToGßApn ALBUMS, all sizes. 4 , CART DE VISTE" of moat of the EPISCOPAL BISHOPS and CLERGYMEN. Also, a supply of new SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS, SUNDAY SCHOOL REWARD CLUB% Ac., ELEGANTLY BOUND p rem 44:111 QUO 9110 Di• ALL THE NEW 800113 REOVIEHIs st.t.St as Punt:nano. Toe Store of the Society will be kept open during the evening till after Christmas, to give Sunday School Teachers an opportunity to select Books for their glAgged aol4•Tt IN PRESS. 'MB AMBULANCE BURGEON Practical Observations on Gun-shot Wounds. By T W. Nunn, F. E. C. S., and A. M. Edwards. THE FIELD MANUAL for COMPANY DRILL. Arranged in a Tabular Form for the use of Officers of the U. S. Infantry. . _ Adapted to the Authorized U. B, Infantry Tactim By cupt, ovary Coppee l tato Instructor In the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. . . . . ROOKS, LAW AND 11118011.14 L- A NEOUB, new and old, bought, gold, and ex changed, at the PKILADELPHIA-BANK. BOOK STORE, No. 419 CHESTNUT Street. Libraries at • WlMP:nee purchased, Then baling Books to soil; if at ifisuince, will mete their names, sizes, bindings, date*, editions, prices, and conditions. WANTED—Books printed by Benjamin Franklin, as well as early Books printed in and upon America. Autograph Letters and Portraits purchased, Pamphlet Lawa of Pennsylvania for sale, 91001os - us, in Weak sent free. Libraries ap.. Drained by ffe26-11) JOHN DANPBELIA. FURS 1 FURS cironciv, F. WOMRATH, NOS. 415 AND 417 ARCH STREET, HAS NOW OPEN A FULL ASSORTMENT OP LADIES' FURS, To which the attention of the Public le invited. no22tial AWNINGS. VIArA.-1:1411, • JOSEPH H. FOSTER,. AWNING - MAKER, AMERICAN FLAGS, TENTS, SAILS, WAGON OOVEIN NO. 443 NORTH. THIRD STIO3IOO. BESIDE:NOE 340 South FRONT Street. d019.0t MILLINERY GOOD, KENNEDY'S i FLOWERS. FEATHERS. AND GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS. N 0.729 CUESTNIIT MAUI BELOW EIGHTH, co-via BOOS BINDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED IN THE ALANNTAR) dT TEXT LOW PRICES, At W. G. PERRY'S, BOOKBINDER, de2olin S. W. Corner FOUR CII and RACE. AEms - SOCKS AND MITTS, knit by the Wind. Also, an assortment of Fancy 139811. ,aork, Brushes , Tidies-, ac. for sale at the INt3TITir- VON STORE, No. 11 .1011;0i C•treeti BINDINGS J. B. LIPPINCOTT Publishers BOAT covEr.s, BAGS AND CANVAS FRNHQH _,.. 1 E t - i ll rts s • SATU4*Y, DECEMBER 21, 1861. New Books from Boston. Want of Spade compels us to make mere mention of several ae#'099.140 which we would fain notice at length. Ticknor 4 Fields hare brought out a beautiful edition, square 12mo, on tinted paper, of "In Memoriam)! the fem....hal:tie aeries of poems in which Tennyson , poured out his laments over the untimely death 'if his friend Arthur Henry Hat hull son of She Weritilt, portraits of the poet and his friend are Oren, and a memoir of the latter. In another volimii of theirs, " Spare Hours," by Dr. John Brown, of Edinburgh, author of that wonderfully llniqkotch l! Rab sad his Frientle, l ! we find a longer notice of young Hallam, and of his brother, also snate* away in youth. Dr. Brown's book is dedicatedtto Whittier, our Now Eng hind peel, and lt' WOUItt be difficult to and a more genial, gentle, and withal racy volume. Ticknor & Fields have added "Poems; by William Allingham," to theft' dainty and Tat surprisingly low-priced blue anti pt Id series. It contains the two series of " Day abil Night Songs," which made the author's reputation across- the water, and a ircore eto of other A er lliti p° sl3 llllllg am . g is ev an ern lr i o isi f hm wh an 6 , h w a i t th . high poetic faculty, who has contributed largely to the Dub/in. University Magazlne and to the 4 - Ifrnwpcnt, All that we further know of him is that he is a County Donegal man, hailing from Ballyshannon. lie is worthy of a place in any eel/action of able living poste. liould and Lincoln have published the third and concluding volume of a singular work, full of learn ing and research, entitled " The Puritans ; or, The Chitral], Coast, mid Parliament of England, during the reigns of Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth," written by Samuel Hopkins, Northampton, Mass. This is a historieo-polethical work, as interesting as t voianuce ) yet very truthful, and is well indexed. Crosby and Nichols, American publishers of Bal. lain, have appropriately issued .Yol. I. (all yet brollgbl out in . England,) of Thomns Erskine May's ti Constitutional History of Eagtand from the Ac cession of George Third : 1760--1860,"—which com mences where Hallam's great work left off, and givve she political and social history of England for the century, ending last year. This volume, which has a good index, treats of the Crown and Perna went of EOM& A second volume will give a his tory of party ; of the press and political agitation ; of the Church, and of civil and religious liberty : and of British legislation. When we say that Mr. Moyle wag?. iE esastbS or. 666 gccuptva as tho con, elusion of Hallam's, we pronounce a correct criti cism on it. Another ne* RAM kid, of Philadelphian au. thorship we believe, is "Montrose and other Bio graphical Sketches." Three of these ,are short— namely, the notices of La Tour, Brummell. and Dr. Johnson. The fourth, oecupyleg over Oyo-fizirau of the volume, is a carefully-compiled and well written biography of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, a political Plart,l7l at Edinburgh, in Joao—made MO, in page 31111, by an error of the press. The biographical notice of Brummell, made out Jerse's book, is poorly written, the style being a feeble Carlylietn, eliatelag " the contortions of thq Sibyl.without her inspiration." But the Memoir of Montrose shows that the writer cam write when he leaves off his affectation and imitation. fi. Q. Li. P. Burnham, also Boston publisher, sends us a neat volume, entitled " Lilliesleaf." Some years ago, a novel called " Passages in the bife 41 . Nut Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside," was anonymattaly published in England ; and.speedi ly became popular. It was said by the critics that, since Miss Ferrier's "Marriage" and " Inheri taneo,;7 no Seattith W6Erdui had writl - ea a dation half so good as these Maitland "Passages." It is difficult to - maintain the incognita when a female is successful, and it 164914 TA that this ➢059 author was a young lady, only just out of her teens. She has got married since, and now is Mrs. Oliphant. Since then, she has written several other novels, most of 'Width have been republished by the llarpeee, at New York'; of these the last La'" The /louse on the Moor," a very powerful romance or every=day life, which was published only a few months ago. Lil- Redder' i_--a eoneluding series 0£ tire. Margaret Maitland, and resembles that story more than any other of Mrs. Oliphant's productions. It is plea santly readable, and will find thousands of readers, As before§ Mrs. Maitland tells her own story and that of others. Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens, whose publishers pride them selves on having brought out three different edi tions of his works—in flvo., 12m0., and lame.— has been astonished; ere this, we r 132111114, ky the information that T. B. Peterson dr, Brothers, of this city, have brought out twenty-nine. This is the fact, and while it illustrates the popularity er " Bee," no less shows the enterprise of Peterson. Truly is it declared that no library can be consi dered complete Without a set of Dickens. His works are as essential to the mind, fur pleasure and in• sanction, as the Waverley Novels themselves, and, we suspect, are much more generally read. The &lest edition, no doubt, is the People's 12m0., now complete in thirty volumes, with all the oel6l - illustrations. There also are octavo editions, and the price of Dickens, complete, ranges from eight dollars to twentrfive dollars. This variation arises partly from difference of else and from the number of engravings, and partly from difference of binding. Peterson puts up acts in various styles, from neat black cloth to full calf antique, or with gilt edges, at ninety dollars. But, where money is an object, we recommend the library Bvo. edition, published in seven different styles, at from ten &Manz and M x coats to twenty-one dollars for the whole of Dickens. Over fifty thousand dollars, at the least, has been expended by Messrs. Peter son on Dickens' works,—for copyright, composi tion, stereosyping, and engraving. This is wholly irrespective of the outlay for paper,,printing, bind ing, and advertising. From first to last, we dare say, they have turned over about slso,eua on as- COMA of Dickens. Of course, this expenditure conies back to them in their sales. They supply any edi tion, free, through mail or by express, to any plrato, on receipt of the advertised cost price, ArrLETON'S NEW AMERICAN CYCLOP..EDIA.- Mum the most presentable of the present hooka of this year, let us mention the above. Thirteen out of the sixteen volumes, of which it is to con sist, are published, and the work will be completed in E few months. The whole will contain as Omit matter as two hundred ordinary l2mo volumes, each of 400 pages. Every line is original, written expressly for the work, by many cif al@ Wang authors. of the country. As a work of permanent value and reliable authority it has no superior, It is sold by Mr. John Mentrlan, 33 South Sixth Street, who supplies all the new books of the day at 20 per cent. discount. lie has a Christmas Book Club, for standard works, at 25 por cent. off, which will close on New Year's Day. Shakspeare on the Times TIM LATE COMMANDEZI-I.I".CUZEF. «79,w ever valittiit i tict apprQvccl 6cot,"—[ileary THE PRESENT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. " 1110 not think a Graver gentleman, More active-valiant, or more valiant-young, Mora aILPIRP, oe 1116 W, 1411, Ia time Ow, To grace this latter day with noble deeds."—Urestry 11; 111.9.110 P POLK. It better show'd with you, klazd. Ly- Len, Encircled you, to hear with reverence Your exposition of the holy text; Than now to see you here, an iron man, U1.44445:0 a void of rl,ole with .1.- 7 Turning the Word to sword and life to death. [2,1 Part Henry IV. 4, .2 JEVVERSOX DAVIS. Por ~e rormtlett I have not sounded him, nor be deliver'd Ills gracious pleasure any way therein. [Richard HI, 3, 4 711Ose opposed eyes Which, like the meteors of n troubled heaven, An of one 1 4tilYel of one Wed, Did lately meet in the intestine shock And furious close of civil butchery, Shull now, in mutual well-beseemiug ranks, March all one way. 1/fotry 14. 1111. BitrAKINRIDGE A jewel bi a tell times barr'd ap chest b—a bold spirit hi ale a% breast. 4 , 0 APIEVIIIII , , SPentgl tieourort, to thy sovereign. Beaufort, it Is thy sovereign speaks to thee! [Henry VI. BehrMon in this land shell loco his tuft . tY, hleoting tho check of such another day And sines this business so fair is done, Let st 4 hot lest , e till oil on e on-n is n-on.—tilcnru TO THE ➢OLHTEIIS. Cold friends to met What do they in the North'? Ay, ay, , thou wouldst be soup to join nilll Richmond, win not trust YOGI sir. [Maud THE EBESIDENT's MESSAGE. In Coil's name, cheerly on, courageous friends, To mu , Ow hurrot of porpolual mace By this one bloody trial of sharp war. [Richard 111, 5, 3 LOYALTY'S AITEAL TO NEW YORE. Burn'eru Woods. [Jidda& 11171 T OLTNTEER RELIEFTus.D. — The Com -1111531011 for the relief eft the famine.. of volunteers of the city diiitributed the enel Lf .a1tt,491.41 tltt , ime ttm te.kt 31. THE REBELLION. IMPORTANT FROM PORT ROYAL. Four Thousand Troops j Posses- sion of Beaufort. FIVE HIIRDEED AND TWENTY =map PODMI or Mica' WOMB. GENERAL VIELE'S EXPEDITION ABANDONED. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.- General Buell and his Officers. THE LATEST PROM BOWLING GREEN AND VICINITY. iitN:ERAL BUCKNER RAS A FORCE OF 25,000 MEN. INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. LATE NEWS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, JOY IN CHARLESTON OVER THE ENGLISH ADVICES. ATTEMPT MADE TO BURN MINT GOMERY, ALABAMA. TEE CANADIAN PRESS UPON THE MASON AND nom QUESTION. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. A REBEL CAMP SURPRISED 1 , 0 likbowitiPoQ4o:: A Large Amount of Storm CapturAd Important from the Upper Potomac. AN ARTILLERY FIGHT AT DAM NO. 5 &C., &C., &C. IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH. Late _News from the Rebel FORTRESS MONROE, December 19.--The flag of truco brought down the Norfolk Day Book of this morning The following items fire Llttaatott from it; " CHARLESTON, December 16.—The illercury, of this morning, says that the Federalists now occupy Beaufort, Port Roya/ wick Zone to be Eve thousand men. They have erected a bat tery near Port Royal ferry of twelve 12-pound Parrottmeat on Port suns, it,aonydal Island.arethrowing lip en entrench. , t It is reported that a Federal launch was fired into by our troops and seven Yankees killed. "General Evans arrived yesterday. ( l The English news gives great joy in Charles ton. "A despatch from Nashville says that General Itaesovans is cmpected 2.014 opt Cincinnati from Western Virginia. "The Gazette is informed that twenty-eight Fe deral soldiers lately entered Geaerfil Zglikatijeg lines, stating thati after reading President Lincoln's message, they could no longer hear arms against the South, and were ready to Bght the Abolition tyranny, "SAVANNAH, Dee. 13. — Nothing has been beard of the stone fleet. A part of the Port Royal expe dition has sailed south." The Norfolk Day Dvoit ruporta j as all that C. F.= Adams, the minister to England, de manded his passports on the announcement of the Queen's proclamation. The bay 800,f7's list of contributions for the Charleston sufferers foots up $1,532.50. The health of Vice President Stephens is much iligll9lll, Mr. Faulkner arrived at Norfolk yesterday, and will proceed to Richmond to-morrow. The Rebels Distressed for Iron and Coal. The - Richmond Die'Writ, of the 18th inst., has a significant editorial article upon the subject of iron and coal. It attributes national power. prosperity, and independence, chiefly to an abundant supply of iron and coal, and concludes that cc the gemiboro States are in more danger of distress this hour, from a deficiency in iron, than in all other commodities whatever." It laments the abandonment of the iron furnaces in "Virginite and Tennessee on Recount of the non•eontinuity of coal, and insists that the safety of the South requires early steps to be taken by the Confederate Government to bring into requisition two regions of country in the Southern States in which abundant supplies of the species or coal Suitable for-the manufacture of iron exist in posi tions accessible to beds of iron ore. It adds, "Un til the resources of the South in iron and coal are developed, we cannot pretend to in phased among khe griaV rowers of the earth;" and says! f, The Confederate Government should look after these interests, for the question of independence may soon become no other than the question of an abundant supply of iron sad Seizure of Salt by the Rebels. The rebel Rouse of Delegates at Richmond have passed an act authorizing the Governor to sely,e all ale vaorbitant rates, and place it in the hands of an agent, who shall sell it to the people at reasonable rates. The salt question is one of evi dently gr,.at importance. Prisoners at ILiehmOna. In its local items the Richmond Dispatch. says : " The sixteen prisoners mentioned yesterday as having taken the oath of allegiance, are released prisoners, who were brought to Richmei,d on t6a charge of disloyalty. We understand that two lit tle chaps, named Charles Smith and Thomas Liv ingston, who were captured with others in a boat On the Potomac a Sew dap ago, have boon released, and will Do sent back to their friend.; without de lay. We also hear that Captain J. 13. Ricketts, of the Federal army, who was wounded and captured in the battle of Manassas, will leave to-day for the North, having been ovehan,led Par C.ptstin Do Langnel. Mrs. Ricketts, who has shared his cap tivity from her own choice, accompanies him. Wil liam H. Byrd, who has for some time past been caged ire the Oeutity jail, will probably be released in a snort time. Sydney S. Baxter has been ap pointed commissioner to examine prisoners, in the place of Colonel Lyons, resigned. General Floyd's Robot Army_ The Dispatch. says: The army of General Floyd, recently ordered to Newborn, Pulaski county, has now been ordered to Bowling Green, Et:Mucky. Those regiments of Southern troops which recently belonged to this command, were lately ordered to Charleston, 'and are now en route thither. The Western Virginia regiments, which constitute the command of General Floyd proper, ere new dYciiiiieci to Bewllea Green, except one, which Is to go to Lewisburg. Among the extracts from Southern papers the Vicksburg Sure has an account of a fight in the ex icaati-ro ofrace, Jackson, Miss, botwOdi Governor Pettus and Mayor (ox-Congressman) Barksdale. The Montgomery Advertiser says : There appears to be a clialMiCal intent, on the part of sonic persons now in this city, to consign at least a portion of Montgomery to the flames. Within the past two days there have been seven at tempts to fire buildings in the city or vicinity, two or wh6l. bare Levu qµcmottd, Tho Lynchburg Republican eays : u The rebel Less at the battle of Allegheny Mountain wits two captains, three lieutenants, and fifteen privates killed. and ninetpseven wounded. The Federal lota is set down at five hundred, and that the Fed eral General Milroy was among the killed." A telegraphic despatch was received by Jeff DBTiB on Tuesday morning announcing the English the 21aa - op - . Late and Important from Port Royal. Nsw YORK, Dec. 20.—The steamer Atlantic has arrived, with Port Royal dates to the 10th instant. She brings 120,000 pounds d Sea Island cotton, gathered by the negroes under the direction of Government agents. Tho atoomoo Irii J >bill ices tossoil off Itotterse, steering south, and soon after another largo steamer going south. General Stevens' brigade. of 4,000 men, occupies Beaufort, Lady Island, St. Helena, and Bay Point. General Yiele's expedition has been abandoned. General Sherman has issued orders that all the reporkere are +0 leave the place immoatatuly, The number of troops about Port Royal is about 20.000. Four hundred thousand pounds of cotton bayo been secured, and will be shipped by the next steamer. Part of the stone fleet was off Savannah, and the red had goac to Oarloan, The steamer Mimi's, from Fortress Monroe, has arrived here for repairs. Seventeen vessels of the stone Ileet were at Hil ton Head when the Al lentie [According to the above despatch, the Federal fi.rees have already secured 520,000 pounds of Sea Island cotton. This cotton, of iyhigh thin las INC been a bale In our market for a long time, will bring fifty to fifty-five cents per pound now, so that the whole amount is worth probably a quarter of a million of dollars.] Official Despatches from Port Royal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The Navy Department has received despatches from Port Royal, including one from Commander Drayton, dated Deember 9. He gives the particulars of his recent oruise in the _Arnim - , with the Unadilla, Isaac Smith, and Vixen, in the exploretion of the Asher= river_ Ameil ether thlup, he states that cm, the appzettch TWO CENTS. to Mosquito Creek he BIM a picket of soldiers, who took to their horses on his approach, hastened in their flight by a shot or two thrown at them, On landing at Hutchinson Island it was ascer tained that, two days before, all the negro houses, overseer's house, and outbuildings, together with Wu picked cotton, had been burned_ The attempt had, at the same time, been made to drive off the negroes ; but many had escaped, although some of their number, they said, had been shot. in attempt ing to do so. The scene was one of complete dose• lation. The smoking ruins, and the cowering figures which surrounded them, of these negroes, who still instinctively clung to their hearthstones, although there was no longer a shelter for them, presented a melancholy sight, the impression of which was made even stronger by the piteous wails of the poor creatures, a large }Jordon ut whom were old and decrepid. About one hundred and forty negroes, must of them in a very destitute condition, had collected flt Otter Commander Drayton had given di rections to supply them with food until some dispo sition could be made of them. We glean the followinff items from a lotAtil to tho Ye w Voris Vino, tinted Hilton Head, December Important Strategic Movements Taking _Hilton Need for the bade of operatiOnS, the army and navy are conjointly making a series of strategic moves which must, sooner or later, bring South Carolina and Georgia to their fealty. So soon as the foothold here was made secure Tybee Island us Seised and held , and 56:s *the; vpq ratiollll are, ih progress for a dank advance upon Savannah. Charleston, too, is receiving a share of attention. Within three days, a force has been landed at Qttcr Islands and a battery them commanding the entrance to the Ashepco river, one of the inland routes between these cities. which the rebels themselves erected and deserted, is now under our control. roil. _Royal Island, where the town of . IJoaufort is situated, is also permanently occupied by our troops. Virtually, this place has been ours from the day of the battle ; but, being of no great im portance in a military sense, it Ma autforrei to To mato the pillaging-ground of the refugee negroes. Its occupation now, however, is in furtherance of the design to advance gradually upon the offending cities, as well as to checkmate the rebels in the oiLa iodoh iboy siry FiVR said to be eacouting of obstructing this net-work of island navigation with sunken vessels and live-oak logs. To prevent the destruction of cotton may also have bad something to do with the occupation of Poet Iloyal island; for the enemy, emboldened because they were not pursued, have recently made incur sions even as far as Beaufort; and for a week be fore our troops NM there, we had nightly martb. fcstationa of their presence, in a sky lightedby the fires of burning cotton houses. But now these ra vages are ended. The Collection of the cotton Crop. "Better late than never,r - but heiv that the Go vernment has come to a realizing sense of the con traband charaeter of cotton, prompt measures are taken to secure it. The fields are literally white with the hervest. Ca. KAI., laic of the Seventy ninth Regiment, hag resigned his commission for the purpose of acting as agent of the Government in collecting the crop. He has visited St. Helena. /aim Cootaw, PallaMana, Paris. Dulto (?), and Port Royal islands, and estimates the value of the quantity to be obtained at $1,500,000. Negroes are employed to gather the cotton ; they receive $1 for every neat 100 weight which they deliver hr 11.. t pay They work "willingly and well. The little Mayflower, Capt. Phlliips, is continually running up the bayous for the staple, and transporting it hither. Her first trip was made to Jenkins island, Whence eke brought 250teiisks ; 'Alas arc equal to about 50 bales. II cargo may soon be expected in New York. A Yet Alligator. VA .Witc hear of a tamed alligator for a pot ? Soldiers must have something upon which to lavish their tenderness, and the Forty-seventh New York have chosen an enormous alligator. They cap turetti the hideous creature in Skull Creek, near Scybroore plantation, and really have made it quite tractable. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.. Gen. Buell and hie- Olßeers. L'Louisville Correspondence cincitinati Sneuirer.l General Buell has incurred great displeasure from? many of the colonels of regiments here, because he refuses absolutely to see them and hear their wishes and grievances. The General has had much MlD cav In organising the various regiments in this department into brigades and divisions, and he now holds that no person has business vrith him except commanders of divisions, through whom all mat ters for his consideration mud come. The ardor is evidently proper. The private must go to the captain, the captain goes to the colonel, who com municates with the brigade commander. The brigade commander goes to the commander of the &MA., who alone DU* audience with the general commanding. This is certainly soldierly and highly proper ; but another question of eti9nette has arisen, and in consequence an ill feeling hat arisen between the commanding ge neral llls division generals : and it is this: Ge neral Buell declines to consult with those generals RS to his future plans, ke., and will not take them. into his confidence any further. than in matter?. ap postsiwlog- to their respective triTidtolls ) and then only as to preparation, organization, cbc. The divi sion generals think they ought to be fully posted as to the plans and future movements, so that, in the event of any lairfertiine attending the general corns mending. they could proceed in executing his plans, Le. General Buell, on the other hand, re gards it as none of their business;. that all they will be required to do is the execution. of his orders, and should any division general succeed him, in any event, to the command, then the plans, movements, to., will be found in writing in the proper office. General Buell is not a man who courts popularity, but, as a thorough soldier, will be strict, just, and exacting. He will never toady to the good will of generals, colonels, or pri vates, but will require obedience, and any failure on the part of officers or soldiers will be punished merely_ It is i4ps.l- - est, m 4 uolverselly known Throughout the camps, that the General goes into. the field with many bitter prejudices• against his unapproachable and rigid policy, which, I confess, is rather cooling to the ambition of our volunteer troops but the General is determined, and the only alternative left is submission and obedience. Ofecers regard the General as admirably adapted for the position, for they are accustomed 1e disci rune, eyacm, and the enforcement of rigorous measures. Late from Bowling Green and, Vicinity. The Louisville Demoertu Sfin ; judge Waling& vfortil i a prominent citizen of Todd county, rived at Frankfort, from his home, southwest of Bowling Green, where he has been ever since Buck ner entered Kentucky. He gives a large amount of news and interesting matter, from whisk we ex- Met The first point a reader, puzzled by the wonder ful and diversed stories of Buckner's strength,. would be apt to ask, if he could personally quesavu, 4V/49 cue from that region, would lies " how many men has Buckner ?" Judge Hollingsworth states that his effective force is between twenty and twen ty-five thousand. At Ropkinsville there are some three thousand more, and there ia, a small Lease an gaged in fortifying Clarksville, on the Cumberland river. These constitute the entire column oppo sing the advance of our grand army. On the other line, at Columbus,. he places the ntimbon gt npt ever fifteen vr eighteen thoncend The Truth about the Indians. It has been a mooted point whether Buckner really hes fi344111§ in hie RIMY or not. /t hae often been asserted on what was thought good. authority, but Secessionists have always denounced it as a slander, and declared that it was only told to ex cite prejudice against Buckner, and stimulate vo lunteorinm Judge Ilallinsswarth sets the matter at rest. He saw the Ine7;ans on, tide ears going. from Memphis to Bowling Green. There were na two or three regiments, however, as the reports have run. Bow many there may be ho ganagt tell, bot the party he raw going up could itot have DUI. bered over three hundred. Thinks there will be a Desperate Fight at Bowling ke e n. • Judge Ifolling,swortli does not agree with the opinion that has recently been expressed in some quarters, that the rebels, alarmed at our over whelming numbers, will not make a stand at Bowling Greece_ Ile tbli.k. that not .1317 tvui per of the troops, but the exigencies of the situa• tion, will compel Buckner to meet our advancing column there. Be dare not retreat without a bat tle, because ho has nothing to fall back upon. If Bowling Green is lost aU is lost, and there is nothing that can resist our march on Nashville. The situa tion Buckner now has is well fortified. If he can successfully resist our superior numbers anywhere, ho can do it there, To fall Wok from Ids fortifi cations would be to confess himself beaten without a battle. The troops there are eager for a fight. They have sabred a. great deal, and, in fact, two as of the regiments are almost mutinous, on ac count of their lack of clothing, shoes, &c. Whole companies are destitute of shoes, end go about. with their feet wrapped up in rugs, n o man have, beta persuaded to 'hear this by The repeated as. surances that they should be speedily led against the enemy. To abandon the scene of their suffor logs now, at our advance, without a fight, wculd provoke a mutiny. The MiaaLesippians and. Teamia are particularly indignant at their ill-trcatasent and prolonged inactivity. General Sherman L9j414)114 yr(' ff rldfa Due; We are soil - 0 that a paragraph found its way into our columns a few days ago stating that General Sherman, who lately officiated hero as the head of the PepartrAeot of the Cumberland, has become insane_ gad] statements ought not to be published except upen.the strou,s est evidence of their truth. They oft= originate in the random assertions or the vagun-end careless conjectures of sialivious er idle wen, and such, WO+ appreliend,le the ease in the present instance. Gen. Sherman is one of the most accomplished afar. cers in the United States service. Nis mind is pro-. bably unsurpassed in power and comprehensivetoss by that of ala i mttitary mmun of ova- count Y- ,t-hp sees clearly, grasps strongly,. cud combines ski', fully. In his dauntless beroisto,. he is the equal; of Richard of tbo Lion Heart. Ws deportment at the. battle of Bull Bun, as we have hoard it doseribail by eyewitnesses, was worthy of the greniest hero of any age. MISCELLANEOUS WAR MEWS nore Good News from Illissoun Sr. Loris, Deo. 20,--Farther iniOriatition is roe mitred from the West this morning, to the effect that, in addition to the expedition of General Pope against the enemy at or near Clinton, the county Seat of Jtenry county, another part of his fetes, under Colonel Davis and Major Marshall, surprised another camp of rebels, on the afternoon of the IStb. near Nutford, a little north of Warrensburg. A Isigkit titleni4l kl 4v voklub, finding tholinSeiVeS eurrounded, eurrenderet THE WAR pit -vas. TIM WAR PRE99 will bo gent to subscriber, by mail (par annum in advance) at $2.00 Time Copies 6 6 44 .... 0.00 .M,. .. . 4. 8.00 Ten 44 44 44 12.00 Larger Clubs will bo cbargal at Um same rate, thus : 24 CODiOS will coot 094 So copiag Rio son V 0 0; Dna 100 copies 0129. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will sevvi se Extra Copy to the Potter-uy a tt. ot„t„ %Kr pommastere are requehted to act as Agents for Tag WAR PRESS. Colonel Davis took 1,300 prisoners, including three colonels, seventeen captains, 1,090 stand or arms, Rizty-five wagons, one thousand hems, large quantity of tents, baggage, and supplies. Our loss was two killed and eight wounded. The' rebel loss is not yet known. Information Cram ai.s, s ow atatoo tbat our troop bare captured about two tons of powder, buried oa Claib Jackson's farm. Major Ilibbard capturetiPixty rebels a day or taro Awe,jp julinson county. flood news is expected from Kansas, the troops having been moving briskly in the last day or two. Fighting en the r pper k otomao , WILLIAMSPORT, Dec. al.—Altars in and around this point are quiet, except that there has been an cAphango of shots with the enemy at Dniz, s o . to, and at Falling Waters. The rebel Jackson's battery, at the former place, including n. twelve-pound rifled gun, has been at WOrk, endeavoring to destroy the dem, ',MA now seems to be tho principal object of his demonstra tion. His fire is responded to by two Parrott guns of Knapp's Pennsylvania battery. At Naiad. iirsielv ens bectil% Or Seat's battery has been operating occasionally against two of Jack son's guns. The design of the rebels at Falling Waters appears to be to distract attention from Dais Ido• t. The meet of our fire bee not been developed. The enemy's guns have produced no result. There is not the lent danger of Jaebon'e etc tempting to °roes the rivet. Deserters from the rebels say that he has been ordered to destroy Dana No. 5, at all sacrifices. The Connecticut Fifth has been ordered to joie iria,.‘c-..1 Rat i ' 9 se iaansl, and 3411 report at Ilanceek or Romney in a few days. Colonel Kenley's First Maryland, Colonel. Murphy - s Twenty-ninth Pennsylvanis, anti Lieu tenant Caching'', section of Bast's Battery, arrived hero to-day. Colonel Leonard's forces hare been so disposed t 4, prevent any danger of a surprise_ From Fortress Monroe. FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 19. via Baltimore.— The steamer Illinois left for New York early this morning_ The steamer Peabody has arrived from Hatteras, but brings no news. Captain Julius A. d*Lognel : t&keg prioner at Cheat mountain, and exchanged for Captain Ricketts, came down from Baltimore, and was sent to Norfolk by a flag of truce this forenoon. The Guxbaats fmsl Murtur liattertes at There are now twelve gunboats at Cairo and three at Mound City, six miles above, each of which will carry about tiVaiVe ber-ny guns, Thera are also thirty-eight floating mortar batteries, which, mounting a few guns each of the heaviest calibre, will be capable even of reducing a strong fort, or of burning iind tiogroying a town, al w att as of making a great havoc in an army from a Safe distance. In addition, several large soows, with flat. uncovered flecks , are mounted with one large gun each. These are now at Paducah, fifty milea up the Oki& Singular Characters at. Cairo. A Cairo correspondent of the Missouri Repubitcal Although camp life is dull, and tents the birth place of much of that disease called ennui, one oc casionally comes across euriesities, and sees places of character that have remained hidden for a life. At Pori lluit Y saw s yesterday, a diminutive specimen of humanity, half an inch higher, per haps, than Tom Thumb. A first glance would have set him down as a child of three, yet, althougl; so little, he was a. mat la Aso, kroing twenty years old. Dressed up in gay uniform, he looked like a Lilliputian knight, 'soaped from the world where Gulliver went vatting. His intellect seems to have far outgrown the bcidy, and, as the old Tyrolese proverb says, “ - God has his plan For every man,” the little soldier of Fort Bolt may yet become fg wititie--parkita he ...de Gig - tidier Brindle, a In Artemas. A few days ago a man, hatless, with a head of hair looking more like the inane of a beast than anything else, no shoes on his feet, and both arms chipped off at the elbows. made his apiinett nice in the St. Charles. How he got here no one knew. Ho seemed a religious monomaniac ; stated that, four years ago, his acme °Evaded him, and he cut them off, by placing them in the shears 4 a rotting mill, Drawing him into conversation, he stated himself to be originally from Ohio, but just arrived from Memphis and Columbus. Ilia narrative of trouble in Dixie was woful. The Secessionists had taken him, as ho ixitd, for go i Abolitionist or the devil, and cast him into dun geons,• starving him one day, and. referring him to. naturalists- and silvans the next. He knew little about the war, but was certain the people had little pride azalea wheye he juin came from, EU feed was taken by getting it on one arm and gnawing from it like a dog. Getting startled at something, he suddenly bolted out of the door, and has not since been seen- He passed ne guards in eetii-P4 out of town,. and What beentne of him has excited curiosity. Another notability of Cairo is a mu latto servant of the quartermaster's, named Bob: Bob was through the - Belmont battle, and je-yasy svgard to au,ything,that reflects on that action. Heaving of the late trouble between Con way and Feuke in Congress, from. the farmer's calling the result a defeat, Bob- became very in dignant. and yesterday, proceeding to a lawyer's oak° aid paying a fee in advance, had & chal lenge regularly made out, and last night forwarded. it to the Ben. Mr. Conway, his wrath being. greater from baring understood that he Abolitionist,.was an — Expectation. is on tip. the " to know whethr equality in the code is. classed among the Senator's ideas of ti equed rights." At the battle of Belmont Bob was on a. berse l and tacit the retreat commenced he started. for the boats. Benching the banks, he dlatnounted and slid rapidly down, when an officer, seeing the action, called. it Stop, you rascal, and bring the horse." Merely looking up as- he waded to the pipits theme, the miA, character an swered, " Can't 'bey, Colonel ; Major told me to save most waluable property, and dig nigger's wart moren a horse." It is seldom an estimation of tlitrerence in value is morn quickly arrived at_ Such things are slight in thetnselves, scenes and characters daily seen in camp serve to break monotony and give a fairer picture, perhaps, of soldier life than anything else. The Dithehlly with Great. Britain CONVENTS OF TEE. CANADIAN PRESS, [From the Montreal Witness.). Oa the Prababilit* , of Wog-, There is no topic so immediately important to. Canada as this, and there is almost no other that people will read about. It therefore becomes a duty tg extrinhte the probability of a IMP between %teat Initaln end the States, in.as careful and dis passionate a manner as we can. Viewing the question from a British stand-point, several important considerations stand,boktly put ; .tribl 6 l has submitted to hrowyhtiating front. the I; mated States to as almost inconceivable extent alreatiy, until the belief has become general in the latter country, that they have only to talk big to Make Britain yield on inmost any grade& Pd. The British eople have heretofore looked with such favor on the. American people, and such, disfavor on war, and have had suck immense corn mereial and ruant.fiaeturing interests in the prop "i-atioi. pease with the American:Union' that they were willing to snbmit to almost anything before pushing matters to extremities with it. 2d. All this isnow changed. Belgic opinion in, Britain has latterly, fteiu A. variety of causes, be came unfavorable. to the United States, or what remains of them. Articles condemnatory of their • inconsistency about slavery have appeared generally II the British pre§Y, Apt net pLing the religious papers. The commerce Taal the Southern States has been cut O.' by the Northern, and the demand, of the Northern States for British manufactures has d windled dawn to comparatively small proportions. Britain could therefore ga-te war at peasant wide. loss consequent derangement of, her manufactures. or commerce than at, any previous time. 4th. If there is to be a collision between Britain. and the I.lnited States, 4 ,3 the etrerbeuring spirit of the latter, bna lung rendered highly probable, the former could never have a hotter time for it than• when the hitter is divided against itself. fah. ltlach as Britain may regret war, and earnestly es she may have mled to it.6q, o"t of elle could never go into it om a more popular ques tion than that rnised by the net of Commodore Wilkes, which it now aprontrs was performed in. tin Annevcsatrily haughty Ind insulting manner_ It is not at ell likely, tAcrefore, 'that 12 plucky Pam " will recede from any demand he has made,. if he has international law on his side. fkusiderins. the. question as it regards 44 Rint.s, we En. it 6clsf.- up on every side by Stein. vet undo character of.tha people for brag and blus ter. Bad thaSeoretary of the Navy anti the Mouse. of Representatives, mai the Governors of Stater and. Chentbota Ogßomlneree, only kept quiet respenting the arrest of. the Southern Ambassatiors, till there was time for. consideration and negotiation, there would havateen no difficulty en the part of the American Government in gracefully. disavow iPß the not, and accepting br:talu'e, demand, as a. giving up of her position on the right of search, which caused the last war, But, after all the utlerances. of approval. of. Wilkes' conduct Which have Eno forth, and, oSponielly the ineen= siderate vote of the Rouse: of. Representatives on, the Erst day. o the present session, it is not eery to. see hew the art can be disavowed, except in it very. hu ilialirig way. The irmeme forge of the United, States, at pesent under tirtneovlli also give them, such it. feeling of strength that it is very unlikely they will anything which wouis look like yield, ing upon compulsion. It is,,however, to he Or uoither ;he i'vesiOnt nor the Senate , have committed themselves. .h'inally, as already hinted, there is a way by whioN, the AdmirilStration may give up Mason and Slidell without lulus patutlarityitt how, They may take the grawacr thal ilritain, in demanding Ouse men, virtually concedes the correetnesa of the American lien of the tight-of-seareh question, for "tific , Waimea of which end the latter has. boon fighting and negotianiag for the hat fifty years and they ray add,, that for such a great and per manent victory, they can readily give up two old men. Indeed, the Tribune, the most influential poreu is ihe, gifltet., has Til l yop kept this hock door open, wing it hoped the British Government would make the demand for Mason and Slidell, and that the American faevernmont would yield to it. The Vangor not Ait on ono mne [From the Toronto leader.] In discussing the probabilities of war, the North ern journals assume that Canada Will b 0 tho only battle-ground. Their towns bordering Upper Canada may sutler, they admit. but they exclude from their calculations all consideration of fighting other than on Canadian soil. Undoubtedly, the calamity would he felt heavily in the &antler alstriels--too hzavlly to allow of its presence being treated as a trifling thing. But Maine would feel it scarcely lets severely. With the British nary on the Atlantic coast, the occupation of Portland would tie accomplished as easily a the. bembttrd- (Contm::ed on Fourth rage.)
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