THE lanEss,
rtIBLISIIED DAILY, (131INDAY3 'BMW TED.)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
Lomat KO. 417 CrIESTIZITT STREET.
THE DAILY I'RESS,
Twasas Veers Yea WENS, payable to the Cartier.
Mailed to gubseribera out of the City at 'dm DOLLARD
FHB POLLAPP FOR EIGHT MONIII9, Teams
DOLLARS FOR HIS MORTRa—lnvariablyLa advance for
the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at TONNE. DOL.
LLII3 PER ANNUM, in advance.
HOLIDAY GOODS
HOLIDAY GOODS Fc 11014
DAY PK-ESE-NTS.
What would make a wore useful present than
A HANDSOME DRESS,
. .
A HANDSOME SHAWL, or
HANDSOME
Just received from New York, a large assortment or
New Goode, euitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
1 LOT 510I1tE ANTIQUES, at 50c.,
An enormous hoe to the importer.
Beautiful Fancy Silks Ter the Hatidaya.
1 lot ImuiL , ome Velvet Flounced Robee, at less than the
cost of importation.
1 lot double-width Printed Cashmerel 37 c., never
before sold lees than Sem
CHOICE DRESS GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Newest and most desirable stylesof
Lo, ‘, I •
- ult
:300 pieces errtm. an Eng Chintzes at 1230.,
worth ]3Xc. in first bands.
CHEAP BLANKETS AND FLANNELS.
New Fanoy Classitueres and Rich Velvet Vestings at
low prices. N. STEEL h SOB,
WS No. 413 Worth TENTH Eitroot. above (Wad.
F OR THE HOLIDAYS!
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Consisting of
DREssmia ponEg, SHAWLS,
E2INO AND SILK SKIRTS
AND DRAWERS, -
HOSIERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, GLOVES,
STOCKS, TIES, &c., &c.
CHARLES OAKFORD & SONS.
de/9-12t
USEFUL
AND ACCEPTABLE
HOLIDAY PRESENT,
A roll-mode 0114 VIStiVAltiglIVA
UMBRE L L A.
For ode by
A. DROWN da CO.,
2.46 MARKET STREET.
del.4-llt
CHRISTMAS , PRESENTS.
lti FAERY TABIFTY,
READ AND EXAMINE.
Ladies' Cabas, a splendid assortment
Writing Desks, )tai ossily and Rosewood.
Clocks, latnisetne and good, warranted.
Call Belle, silver plated, very beautiful.
Backgammon and Chess Boards.
Porte Mummies Pocket Wallets, and Purses, 'nay
- sarirty.
Pocket E.nives and Scissors, of every description.
Ladiee' Work Boxes, Licata - it al, beautiful.
Portfolios, in endless variety.
Brushes, Bair, Tooth, Nail, etc., etc.
Traveling Cases. for Ladies and Gentlemen_
Ladies' Fans. beautiful and cheap.
Card Cases. Pearl and Shell.
Dominoes, Chessmen, Playing Card*:
WADE.
Tea Sets, assorted Patterns.
Castors, a splendid assortment.
Ladles, Pitchers, Cups, Cigar Lamps.
Julep ISlngs, Alolas.ses Mugs,
etc , etc.,etc.
The whole forming complete assortment of FANCY
'GOODS and useful articles.
CHEAP! CHEAP! !
At WITTERS',
de2l-6t N. E. cer. - EIGHTH and FILBERT, No. 35.
CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEAR PRESENTS.
We have lust received a most splendid assortment of
'GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
Of all kinds, suitable for - LADIES, GENTLEMEN, or
2301 . 0' WEAR.
Also, a large and beautiful assortment of new and fash
ionable JEWELRY, GOLD GRIMM, dm ,
vat, a complete assortment of
SILVER WARE,
notch as KNIVES, PORNO, SPOONS, NAPNLN
XING% CUPS, de., besides a great variety of
XANCY bILVER, GOODS,
suitable for Holiday or Bridal Presents.
Also, on band a meat beautiful assortment of MYER
PLATED TEA SETS, cAsT9m, QaKE ,UME,ETS,
oc., all of width 0111 be sold at lose prices than can be
Imrcbased in this city.
Mir Old Gold, Silver, or Jewelry taken In exchange.
. A TICIIUTT - PC•
del4.--3.2t erdt DRESTSTIT
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
OF INTRMSIO VALUE
SILVER WARE_
WIVI. WILSON & SON
Would invite Special attention to their very large as-
rorttnent o f
PLAIN AND FANCY SILVER WARE,
Nanufachart4 1,1- +Lehi exclutleely. far
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
Comprising' many now and original designs, of the
HIGHEST STANDARD OR SILVER
Owing to our greatly increased facilities, by the in
troduction of new and improved machinery, the public
• will teal many Btyl.e not to be found at any other eatab
iebment hi the country.
IMPORTERS AND DEALER'S]
XNGLISH,
FRENCH,
AMERICAN
PLATED WARES.
E. W. COR. FIFTH AND CHERRY STREETS
delB-dtjal
HOLIDAY PRESENTS !
We now offer a large and beautiful stock of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
FIRE GOLD JEWELRY,
BILTER WARE, AND SILYER•PE/ATED WARE,
Selected expressly for HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
AU goods warranted to be as represented.
STAUFFER & HARLEY,
del.B-121 Ott MARKET Shwa, Philadelphia_
CHRISTMAS AND
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
JOHN W. THOIWAS,
405 AND 407 NORTH SECOND STREET,
Would invite attention to the large and varied aosort
anent he hats now open of Goads suitable for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
COMITISIZI 0
i'LAIN AND FIGURED REPS AND POPLINS,
DiERMOrb,
SHAWLS,
AND
His usual stock of
STAPLE AND FURNISHING GOODS,
MN AND BOYS' WEAR,
HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c
Persons desirous of presenting their friends with some
thing useful uad duratile .411 find it to their adsantsge to
del6-9i
11OLIDAY PRESENTS.
XiBIISOA.Ii,
CORAL, and
bTANDAND SILTDI3. - WAKE, Sc., and a general as.
wortmont of rich and tasteful articles, suitable for uoLi-
PAY PRZBENT6.
call implies no obligation to purchase.
All goods warranted as represented.
G. RUSSELL,
22 wowni SETS STREET
CHRISTMAS PREBENTS.-KERO-
SENB LAMPS! KEROSENE LAMPS in end
lees variety, at the Manufacturers, WITTERN, North
east anuor of EMIT/1 Awl FILDBRT, No 35. de2lSt
H. OLIDAY GIFTS.
PRICES TO SUIT VIE TIMES, AT
CLARK'S $l. STORE,
No. 60f2 CHESTNUT STREET
MYER-FLAT/CD WANE, .TEWNLBY and FANCY
' CiOODS, hi great variety. New and beautiful styles re
[ thud daily, and sold much below the tunial prices.
CLARK'S $1 STORE.
602 CIEIERNUT MEET.
HOLIDAY BOOKS
JLND
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
SELLING AT VERY LOW PRICES_
W. G. PERRY, Bookseller,
S. W. Corner FOURTH and RACE.
de2o-Im
IIiGING VASES.
Ornamental Flower rots.
Parlor Vases for Growing Flower's.
Baskets for Jardiniere.
kedestais -.iris Vern for - flower&
Antique Vases for Mantels.
Vases Renaissance for Parlor.
Bustle and Terra Cotta Vases.
Lava Flower Pots and Vases,
Garden Vases and Pedestals,
Brackets for Bruits and ;inns.
With a great variety of articles suitable for Christ
;Our presents, for sale retail and to the trade.
Waterton /0/9 ULU/ZVI Mat t Philadelphia.
0 - 14, a, A.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Has just received an assortment of
LADIES' COLD WATCHES,
Of the newest styles, and of very superior quality, as well
as those adapted to metes and boys' wear.
He is manufacturing extensively a great variety of
USEFUL AND FANCY ARTICLES OF SILVER.,
And gives special attention to getting up things suitable
for
BRIDAL AND HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
PLATED WARE
Got np under the proprietor's own inspection,ln a great
variety of atylea. Will be warranted HEAVILY
PLATED with pure silver, in a way to insure its wear
ing well.
Much 1414
JEWELRY
Is manufactured on the premises, and his stock will be
found to comprise a great variety of fashionable goods,
from the smallest articles to
SETS OF DIAMONDS.
These are offered for age at
PRICES ADAPTED TO THE TIMES,
And persons are invited to can and examine them.
dea.tuthe lm
TO OFFICERS
OF THE
ARMY AND NAVY.
Please take notice, that we hare a fine assortment of
Regulation Rats, Caps, Embroideries, fine Swords and
Sabres, Sashes, Belts, Sword Knots, Canteens, &c., &o.
Military Goode of every description will be found at
:Lie establiebment.
CHARLES OAKFORD Jr 6 SONS,
Nos. 826 and SSS CHESTNUT Street,
del3.lU Continental Hotel.
DR. VERNON PIERPOINT,
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, ENGLAND,
Author of "Skin Diseases and their Remedies," and
4 , Diseases of the Rectum." May be consulted at his
Beeidoice,
FROM 10 O'CLOCK A. M. TILL 8 O'CLOCK P. M., OR B?
Dr. PIERPOINT has been especially Blameful to WA
treatment of the following dieeaeea: SKIN DISEASES
of Every Nature, NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM,
DYSPEPSIA, and DISEASES of the RECTUM. n 025-11
IiELMBOLD'S GENUINE
PREPARATIONS_
BELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
•HELMBOLD'S GIONUINE PREPARATIONS.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Dlseaaes of the Bladder.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Diseases of Gm SiduSYS.
REPLIPAP'§ EXTI4AGT DlTUliti
Cures Gravel.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII
Cures Dropsy.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures NcrTOUS Suffereri.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII
Cures Debilitated Sufferers.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII
For Loss of Memory.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Lose of Power.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Consumption, Insanity.
HELIIROLWS EXTRACT 11110)311
For Epileptic Fits, St. Vitus' Dance.
RELMEOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Difficulty of Breathing.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCKET
RELIAP.OLVS
For Weak Nerves.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Trembling.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT DUCIIU
For Night Sweats.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Cold Feet.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Dimness of Vision.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII
For Languor.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT 111101111
For Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT RUMMY
For Pallid Countenance.
PPLIIROLD , 3 tETRACT Ducnu
For Eruptions.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For MILS in the Back.
FLELEITIOLDIS EkTitACT BUOMU
For Headache.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII
For Sick Stomach.
IIIEIMEOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
If you are suffering with any of the above distressing
ailments, use HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII.
Try it, and be convinced of its efficacy,
' JIELSIT,OLIY'S EXTRACT BUCHU, recommended by
mimes known to SCIENCE and FAME.
' HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCRU. See remarks
made by the late Dr. Physic.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dr. De
' woe's valuable work on Practice of Physic.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHII. See Dispensa
tory of the United States.
HELMBOLD'S -EXTRACT BUCHU. Bee remarks
made by Dr. Ephraigs klcDowell, a celebrated physi'
ciao, and Dlember of the Royal College of Surgeons,
Ireland, and published in King and Queen's Journal.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See Medico-
Chirurgical Review, published by Dmatitia Traver%
G. S.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See most of the
late Standard Works on Medicine.
BELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See remarks
made by distinguished Clergymen.
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS
Give health and vigor to the frame,
And bloom to the pallid cheek; "
and are so pleasant to the taste that patients became
fond of them.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, ea per bottle, or
Mx for 55, delivered to any address. Depot 104 South
TENTH Street, below Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa.,
...there all letters must be addressed.
PHISICLANS IN ATTENDANCE
From 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Describe symptoms in all communications.
ADVICE GRATIS. CURES GUARANTIED.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. ocs-strith3m
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HOLIDAY GOODS.
THOMAS C. GARRETT,
712 CHESTNUT STREET,
917Q5/TVi VIE MA591110 lIALLI
PHILADELPHIA,
MEDICINAL
MEMBER OF THE
1012 WALNUT STREET, 11111.41PELFUIA1
APPOINTMENT.
MUTTER'S COUGH SYRUP.
F. BROWN.
COPY-RIGIIT SECURED-
Prepared only from the Original Prescription of th,
ritorussoß MUTTER.
AT FREDERICK BROWN'S,
Northeast corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets,
Philadelphia.
This Remedy is a safe and simple preparation from the
receipt of the late distinguished Professor Hatter, with
whom it was a favorite prescription. That he used it in
his extensive practice, insures to the timid a certain
1514561 of its nitro And innoxions elements, and to those
who know his character for skill and careful attention,
to prescribe only such remedial agents as should secure
restoration without producing subsequent evil, it will be
welcomed as a real.good. Under the guidance of a Phy
sician (to whom its combination will unhesitatingly be
made known), it will always be found very beneficial,
and in eases where a medical adviser is not at hand, it
may be used with safety, according to the directions, in
all cases of short or long duration. For sale at
.IFREDERIOS. BROWN'S,
Drug and Chemical More,
N. E. corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Ste.,
ocl9-s&v. Gm Philadelphia.
GLUTEN CAPSULES
OF
PURE COD-LIVER OIL.
The repugnance of most patients to COD-DrrEs
OIL, and the inability of many to take it at all, has in
duced various forms of disguise for its administration
that tire familiar to the Medical Profession. Some of
them answer in special cases, but more often the vehicle
neutralism the usual effect of the Oil, proving quite as
unpalatable and of less therapeutic value. The repug-
AuseA, Joe., to In-talidek, Incincect by ailag - ust of the
Oil, is entirely obviated by the use of our CAPSULES.
COD-LIVER OIL CAPSULES have been much used
lately in Europe, the experience there of the good re
tulle from their use in bush hospital and private practice,
aside from the naturally suggested advantages, are suf
ficient to warrant our claiming the virtues we do for
them, feeling assured their use will result in benefit and
deserved favor: Prepared by
WYETH. & BROTHER,
de9-tt 1412 IN ALEUT Street, Philadelphia.
WIS. JAMES BETTS' CELEBRA—
ND SUPPORTERS YOU LADIES, and the
only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La
dies and physicians are respectfully requested to Call only
on Mrs. Bette, at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street,
Philadelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand
Invalids have been tinvised by their physicians to use her
n'PlianCtlh Those only are genuine bearing the United
States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and
also on the Supporters, with testimonials. oclB.tnthstf
SPRING GARDEN FRUIT AND
PRODUCE STORE STILL AllEAll...The Subs
Scriber takes this method to inten his patrons, and the
public generally, that he has removed hie Fruit and Pro
duce Store to No. 812 SPRING GARDEN Street, where
be is now prepared to keep up a lull supply of Apples,
Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Note oral! kinds,
Dried Fruits (both Foreign and Domestic), Butter, Eggs,
Poultry, dm. Also, EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
Buckwheat Flour, and Corn Meal. All of which he will
pelt as law m con be 1194ght ronvlicrg in tilt city.
Being thankful for past favors, to those who have so
liberally patronized him heretofore, the subscriber most
reepecttully solicits a continuance of their patronage, and
invites all others to give him a call, at his new place,
where he has superior facilities for supplying all with
everything in hie line, on the most reasonable terme.
My motto is: "To live and let live; quick sales, and
small profits."
Please give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
S. Z. GOTTSV.A.LS,
812 SPRING GARDEN Street.
BAIL P I JCK. Pad UN
vV AD, or MI numbem and brandL
Baren'e Duck Awning Twills ,of all descriptions, for
rents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper Manufacturers' Drier Pelts, from I. to I
feet wide. Tarpsuling, Belting, Bail Twine, ao.
301111 W. EVEIIMAN A 00.,
las Jtverma
CIRCULAR P R I NT IN G, BEST
NJ
and Memo+ is dm City, st ILINCIVILLT k
MOWN'S, 34 South THIRD attest. n 024
History of 1861,
jk year of strange and wondrous deeds,
A year of brag and bluster;
Of troubles sprung from wicked seeds,
Causing unhappy fluster.
Begun by weak and naughty deeds
Of mal•administration ;
Trifling, While State on State secedes,
Which nearly swamped the nation.
But, when the rebels' fiery storm
%Must Sumpter's walls did rattle,
flat inn Poie in uolform
And rushed to give them battle.
The rdiels keep their courage up
By talking big, and whistling;
But rebel . totlrago must go down
In mortifying fizzling.
But, crowning joy of Sixty-one,
The great Oak Hall way founded,
And faithfully has plodded on,
By customers surrounded.
And now for Eighteen Sixty-two
Tito great (ink Hall is ready,
For citizone, and ooltliorti too,
At prices cheap and steady.
tar Good Clothes—altstylea—tmutll profits—cash. Can
snit anybody, rich or poor. Our SPECIALITY just
now is OVERCOATS.
WANADIAIin A - BROWN, _
OAK HALL, S. E. comer SIXTH awl MARKET
Streets: _
NEW PUBLICATIONS
WEBER'S
GREAT LITERARY AGENCYi...
No. 106 South THUD Street, Wow Obest-nut,
ESTABLISHED IN 1936
54u5or.rrrios.s RECEITED FOR
PER aziaun.
Law Reporter $3 00
Leslie's Must. News. 2 50
Leslie's Fain. Mag... 3 00
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6 6 Lancet..." 6 00
66 Art Jour.... 9 00
66 Punch 5 00
Little's Living Age, Q QQ
Little Pilgrim 50
ras AN - Nun.
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Atlantic Monthly.... 3 00
All the Year found.. 3 00
American Agricult „ , 1 00
*Blackwood'a Mag. , 00
Bon Ton Mag. of Noah 5 001
Banker's Mag., N. Y. 5 00
ttLondon, 7 00
Dralthwalte's Retro-
Gond. World of Fash. 4 50
*North Brit. Review. 3 00
pect, semi-annual. 2 00
British and For Med.
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Bildiotheca Sacra.... 4 00 N. Y. Ledger 2 00
Continental Monthly. 3 00 Merry's Museum 1 00
Coruhill Magazine... 4 50 Once a Week 4 50
Cultivator, Albany... 50 Porter's Spirit of the
Country Oodkletuau, t 2 00 Times 300
Chambers' Ed. Jour.. 2 50 Peterson's Nat. Mag. 2 00
Dollar Newspaper.... 1 00 Peterson's Detector... 1 OD
Eclectic Magazine—. 5 00 PhrenologicalJour... 1 00
it Edinb'e. Rev., Quer. I 00 RAhkingh, Abetract.. 2 00
flodey's Lady's Rea, 3 00 Scientific American.. 2 00
Hall'sJour. of Health, 1 00 Saturday Eve. Post— 3 00
Historical Magazine. 2 00 Silliman's Journal.... 5 00
Harper's Magazine... 3 00 Temple Bar . 4 50
11 arption Weekly 2 50 Vanity Pair 3 00
Horticulturist 2 00! Water Cure Journal.. 1 00
cord plates. 5 001 Weekly Tribune 2 00
Ilunt'S bier, Mg.... 0 OD i-Mestminoter Roy., . 300
Home Journal 2 00 Weekly Herald. 3 00
Home Magazine. 2 00 Wilkes' Sp. of Times.. 3 00
Blast. Loud. News— 10 00 Working Farmer..... 1 00
knickerbocker Meg.. 3 00 Yankte Nolions. 1 05
And many others not enumerated.
*Blackwood's Magazine and the four Reviews together,
one year, 810.
The New York HERALD, TR/lIIINE, Txuss, and
iYouLD, delivered C ally to subscribers in almost all parte
of the city-
w. B. ZIEDER,
106 South THIRD Street,
General Agent for the New York Prow;
de 21,25,284 t
NOW READY,
THE TRULY DELIGHTFUL) BOOK,
LILI_JESLEAF
CONCLUDING PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS
mAnaAItET MAITLAND,
WIIITTEN BY HEB3ELF
One Handsome 'Volume. 12mo
Margaret Maitland ! What delightful tisSociationti does
the mention of this beak retell? 'Po* of many thou
sand reef era will ever forget the pleasurable emotions ea
cited by its perusal; and here we have the concluding
passages, full of the same touching grace which won the
hearts of so many people, young and old.
If le a Solely book for the Beason ; for a bettor or more
apropriate gift to a young lady could not be found. It
may be read with equal pleasure by all, for though it
introduces to us many of the characters of tho former
book, it M rot complete in itself, _
_ Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of the price.
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B/BIiES I'D rabtazu DOONS,
CHILDREN'S BOOKS, &a.,
Elegantly Bound and Illustrated;
ALSO,
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AND
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Are now displayed on our Counters and forming an Un
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
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distance purchased. Those having Books to sell, if at •
distance, will state their names, sizes, bindings, dates,
editions, prices, and conditions. WANTED—BOOM
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Printed in and upon America. Autograph Letters and
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FURS
FURS I
GEORGE F. WOMRA.TTI.
NOS. 411 AND 417 ARCH STREET,
HAS NOW OPEN
A FULL ASSORTMENT
OF
LADIES' FURS.
To which the attention of the Public ie invited. no22tial
_CLOTHING.
H. hLDRIDGE, Agt.,
FASHIONABLE CLOTHIER,
Formerly at Eighth and Chestnut Streets,
Has taken the Store,
No. 6213 'MARKET STREET,
Where he is prepared to furnish his old friends and the
public in general with
CLOTHING-,
READY MADE OR MADE TO ORDER,
IN THE BEST STYLE,
At MODERATE PRlWiti,
As he buys and sells exclusively FOB CASH.
der-Im if
NEW FIRMS AND CHANGES.
1862.
Merchants and Public Institutions supplied with
BLANK BOOKS
Of all sizes, made of the beat
LINEN PAPERS,
And warranted durable.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STATIONERY in
great variety.
LETTER, NOTE, and BILL PAPERS.
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COUNTING-lIOUSE STATIONERS,
PRINTERS, AND LITHOGRAPHERS,
339 CHESTNUT STREET,
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A
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manufacturer of every deacription of Army Goble, No
-48 South THIRD Street, west side, second story, Phila
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Of all kind* of
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and CHESTNUT Streets—Room No. 2, second floor.
delB-12t
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1861.
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SATVDDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1861.
THE REBELLION.
IMPORTANT FROM NEW MEXICO.
A STRONG UNION FEELING PREVA-
torts Craig and Stanton Retaken
SIX THOUSAND I.Xtnaws READY TO FIORT
FURTHER PARTICULARS OP THE BATTLE
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR.
INTERESTING ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS ABROAD
A FRENCH VIEW OF THE RELATIONS OF
FRANCE TO THE UNION.
A LONDON JOURNAL ON THE ~R AMPAGE."
&C., &C., &C.
The Destruction of the Privateer " Royal
Yaeht.,rt and t h e Capture of the Noto
rious Capt. Tom Chubb.
(Correspondence of The Press.]
U. S. FRWATE " SANTEE,"
November 20, 1801.
It may be of interest to some of your readers to
hear of one of the most gallant exploits that hive
happened during the war--the cutting out and de•
stroying of the "Royal Yacht," under four forts,
and the capture of her crew, arms, &c., in the tiar
bor of Galveston, Texas.
IniAllight l on the 7th of November s two volun=
teer crews, with twenty men in each boat, under
the command of Lieut. James E. Jouett, loft this
ship for the purpose of surprising and capturing
the man.of , war General Rnsk, lying under a
large fort, and cut off from us by three others.
The second launch was in command of Lieut. J.
G. Mitchell and Masker's Mate Adams. When the
boats shoved off at midnight, every man felt that it
was the last time we should meet, and nearly every
One had written, as he thought, his last letter
home, and left it with his messroate in case he
should not return alive. After groping among
the shoals in the dark for two hours, with muffled
oars and orders given In a whisper, they had suc
ceeded in passing the "Royal Yacht" and the
three forts, but in attempting to get around the
"Rusk," anchored under a fort, unnoticed, the
boats grounded, and in trying to get oft they were
disoovered by the oars making a noise. They were
now exposed to the fire of the "RnSk " and all
the forts ; and as Lieut. Jouett knew it would be
folly to attempt to take the "Rush," save by
surprise, he gave the order to pull hard for
the agleam. The hammer t: Royal Yacht"
was acting as a guard schooner at the en
trance of the harbor, and about six miles from
this ship. She was armed with one grin, a
thirty-two-pounder, plenty of small arms, and a
crow of about twenty-five men. Our boats pulled
down on her fast, and when within about fifty
yards, were fired into from the schooner. One of
our boats landed on each side of her, and a very
warm fight took place before the crew of the
schooner could be driven below, Mr. Carter, of
Philadelphia, the gunner in the boat with Lieute
nant Jouett, fired the boat gun just as the boat was
coming alongside, and made a hole in the sehooner
tbaf time, lucked the boat back, and uarter - aaaite
a desperate jump and sprang - on board the schooner,
and took its nglo handed for asst instant, when Lieu
tenant Jouett hauled the boat alongside, and
Opravg on the deck, calling to the Alen in the boat
to as up and at them," which they did, but fine of
his best men were shot down as they boarded.
As Lieut. .Jouett sprang on deck, and ran for
ward, some one from the ,cabin hatch thrust a
boarding piko through his right arm and into his
side, pinning his artn to his side, and knocking
him off his feet against the sided the vessel. It was
impossible for him to draw back, to draw it out, so
he was forced to spring forward and break it off,
leaving the pike sticking in his side, which he did.
Ordering throe men to guard that hatch, he ran for
ward, vbere he found the brave Carter holding the
forward hatch, with eight men below. He had
driven them below, and was standing there with pis
tol and sword drawn. Lieut. Jouett, on pulling
the pike from his side, found himself growing very
weak from the loss of so much blood, and sat down
for an instant on the deck ; but finding his sight
growing dim, he Made a great esertien and sprarg
to his feet, determined to finish the work. The pi
soners were all below, and had refused to come 1p
to go in the boats, but, on Lieut J. sending a shall
fined with eighty balls down the hatchway a a
hint of what they might expect, they camettp.
All the prisoners got into the boat, (one boat hying
left before with some wounded, men,) and thosliip
was set on fire fore and aft after spiking her tens,
and taking her arms and flag. She was siang,
and the pilot was wounded, so they could notbting
her out:
They all got into the boat—thirteen primers,
(three wounded,) end six of our men wounded.
They were now six miles away from this ship,
head wind and tide, and men nearly exhasted,
with more prisoners than well mon, thSpitot
i wounded, and the night very dark. Liotanant
Jouett felt that it would not be possible ft . him
to hold out much-longer ; his voice was failig him,
and he dare not let a person know he was winded,
for fear the prisoners would take the bit. He
could feel the hot blood 'gushing from hipide at
every ardor be gave. He slipped his 1t hand
under his jacket, and placed two fingerssith hig
flannel shirt, into the wound, to stop tlnair and
blood. Thus he sat for three long woo' . hours,
speaking comfort to his wounded menand en
couragement to the oarsmen, giving War to all
who wanted it. They arrived at the shijust after
daylight, and we were all rejoiced tope them.
The prisoners were put in irons, *wounded
taken care of, among whom was Lienteiat J., who
having held up so long, gave way for all was
done, and was carried below, refusing ;have any
thing done to his wound till the othersere attend
ed to. The following is a list of ti killed and
wounded :
Lieutenant Jouett, in the right'n and side,
with a boarding-pike, and right/end cutlass
wound.
William carter, gunner, cutlass rd in right
arm and hand.
Edward Conway, gunner's matentlass wound
on left wrist, and boarding-pike in it side.
John L. Emmorson, shot in side,tn, knee, and
body. Died on the 10th.
George Bell, shot in hreast and,44.
henry Gabes, shot in breast, in'ounded with
boarding pike. Dead when bring back to the
Hugh McGregor, shot througt thleft leg.
Francis Brown, shot througlfhettek and across
the breast.
Charles Hawkins, cutlass uundin left arm.
The success of the expeditit witimost complete,
sad too much praise earinotlgivi to three brave
officers and men who voluntied 0 go on so despe
rate an undertaking as Cuag Oat a ship under
four forts, and near a lai ' teats, exposed to the
fire of all their guns, and to six miles away from
the ship.
The captain of the /a Yacht is a notorious
fellow, who was at yam° in jail at Boston,
Massachusetts, on the O l e of boarding, in Boston
harbor, the schooner t 56 taking out the Vargo,
ofH He
falsew as t
h a li e
y e
e n
h t
e o
and setting fire to th to ts e s an eL l
Cambridge jail, but
escaped, in August. 18. It is reported that there
Is a standing reward fl,OOO for him, in which
ease I should think t) brave fellows are fully
entitled to it, as he Lai" safe on board this ship,
and will be sent Non' the first opportunity.
Price 81
FURS I
Since my last let from this point, matters in
the vicinity have i:oved very much. The bri
gade of General SIM has been safely landed,
and comfortably PiPed in the outskirts of the
town. The Geneiss established himself in one
of the finest 11011ttn4 filfclid9 the strong arm of
m ili tary p ower ;parent. The town no lodger
pre:mots the rated appoaranco visible on our
first neat. DorA slaves are no lertgat , saes
plundering thet.es of their masters, or lugging
off to their rudbins the contents of drawing
rooms an d par t Even the moat audacious of
the rehab havinled their nocturnal visiht, and
quiet and °ratan hold sway. Those houses
most abused
l been temporarily repaired, and
gouda atatioi many of them to prevent far.
t h 4r . ' A k ar . puitable building has beau ow
LENT THERE
from the Rebels.
FOR THE UNION.
Letteria
_Beaufort.
UNITED STATES/AD LTUNDOAT PEMBINA, /
t eau t or 0. 7 800.
verted *to a hospital, and others prepared for the
reception of quartermaster's and ordnance stores.
The area in front of Brigadier General Drayton's
former headquarters is covered with horses, mules,
and weeps, and calls to mind the bazaar at Ninth
and George streets, on a Saturday, Large numbers
of flat-bmits, that have hitherto been used in ferry
ing among the Wanda, have been devoted to the
transportation of horses, corn, cotton, &c., to and
from Bea , ufort.
The wharves, of which there are several, have
not yet *en repaired ; they may last for some
time, althoggh in spry dilapidated condition. No
fortificaticis have as yet been erected. Pickets are
constantly tested, and sentries and scouting parties
aro vigilantly watching the enemy, An advanced
guard of three battalions has been placed at Port
Royal Reidy, about nine miles from here. Thus
far, our troops have been almost entirely free front
molestation,
Yesterday (Sunday) was one of the most interest
ing days we have yet passed. It was an occasion
long to be remembered, and transmitted to posterity
dit the pages of history. It had been announced
in the camps - that services would be held in one of
the churches instead of the open air.
Net 'being aware of the fact, wo were leisurely
strolling through the streets when suddenly the
glorious notes of "Old Hundred" burst on our
ears. The extreme quiet of the town, the gentle
sighing of thermoss-grown oaks, the full, deep tones
of the organ, and the powerful voices of the singers
as they joined in the hymn, caused a thrill of
unusual ploasttfe to pass through our minds. Pro
ceeding in tiltreetien Of the Wends, we were led
toriardi the limptiot ehurch, and such a scene as',
met our eyes his not been witnessed since the days
of the Revolution. The glittering muzzles pro
truding from the windows, and the stack of drums
without, prochtimed the nature of the exercises.
itself.Gn e t e o r i‘negr, -
g pulpitnd,
f a r
m novel
wh i sight
Gh
treason p r e presented
e s d o
the
long been preached, hung in graceful folds the regi.
mental colors of the Pennsylvania "Roundheads."
Thank Heaven ! sons of the Keystone State heard
the first Union sermon preached 6h the redeemed
soil of South Carolina, and that by a " Hessian "
chaplain.
The discouraerr--founded on the sth verse of the
20th Psalm—was able and highly appropriate. In
the course of his remarks, Mr. Dennison made
beautiful allusions to two of the former pastors—
Rev. Dr. Lathrop, of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, New York, and Dr. Richard Fuller, of
Baltimore. After the benediction, three patriotic
cheers were given, the "Roundheads" and Mi
chigan Eighth fell into line, and marched to camp
in fine order.
There is great activity at Port Royal ; men-of
war are accumulating rapidly, transports are re
ceiving fifteen days' rations, and stone-ships coming
in by scores. Many of the latter will be towed to
Charleston to-morrow, and sunk immediately. The
feasibility of the plan is much doubted. The . fri
gates Wabash, (flag-ship,) Susquehanna, St. Law
rence, and Sabine; the sloops-of-war Pawnee, Mo-
Itl.ean, Seminole), :Pocahontas, and Plat ; the
gunboats T.Tvadilla, Ottawa, Seneca, Penguin,
Henry Andrews,-and Vixen, are all anchored near
Fort .Beauregaidt On the opposite side immense
numbers of transports, store-ships, and colliers are
collected, whilst the old.whalers occupy the middle
ground. The expedition to the coast of Florida has
been postponed, and the entrance to Savannah
seems to be receiving a groat deal of attention.
Preparations are being made to reduce Fort Pu
laski; this accomplished, Savannah is ours.
This will .probably go North by the Atlantic to
morrow. The *ember continues delightful. The
health 'of both army and navy is excellent. Ship
stores aro scarce and very expensive. Fresh pro.
'
vision plenty.
H. C. C.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Important from New Mexico.
Whm:mon) Dec. V.—Judge Arny has just ar
rived here from Now Mexico, bringing despatches
from the Federal army officers in New Mexico to
the Government. He reports a strong Union feel
ing in the Territory.
Col. Canby, in command of the military depart
ment of New Mateo, has retaken Feria Craig and
Stanton on the Moonlit border, driving the Texans
away, and he was at the latest dates on tho way to
Fort Fillmore to, dispossets the enemy at that post,
which. - xaS" traitorously turrendered by Colonel
intended marching into Arizona to drive off the ra
ke% RN haying s, sufficient force ; there can be ao
doubt of his success.
The Legislature met on the 2d. Governor goa
l:Ai", in his message, recommends active measures
with reference to the Indians who have been
tampered with by Albert Pike, suggesting that they
be located on the reservations, and encouraged in
agricultural pursuits. The Indians, for the greater
part, are peaceable and friendly to the Govern
ment.
Judge Amy, on his way hither, passed on the Big
Bend of the Arkansas, camps of the Confederated
Tribes o f the mite, eeiisistin g d about 0,000 Ar•
rapahoes, Kiowas, °munches, Cheyennes, and
Prairie Apaches. They desired him to say when
he reached Washington, that they would fight for
the Great Father and the defence of the Union.
Governor Connelly has recommended to the Le
ablative Assembly the repeal of the dare code
enacted two years ago, and from the tone of public
feeling an act for that purpose will be passed.
Kit Carson is now a colonel of a regiment 9f
mounted rangers, south of the Rio Grande, making
his headquarters at Albuquerque. Judge Arny
has succeeded him as Indian agent, and is co-ope
rating with him, using the Indians as meats. As
the Union forces advance South the rebels retreat.
From Fortress Monroe
Poft tass MoNßoz i Dec. 26, fin Baltimoro,--A
Sag of truce took an immense quantity of clothing
to Norfolk this afternoon, destined for the Federal
prisoners at Richmond, Now Orleans, and else
where.
The steam gunboat ICeystone State arrived here
this afternoon, from Bermuda. Sho has two eases
of small pox on board, and has been quarantined.
She has been in pursuit of the pirate Sumpter, but
has not yet seen her, and brings no news.
The brig Empire, from Roston, via Newport, ar
rived this afternoon. She has an assorted cargo
of apples, preserved meats, and other articles,
destined for Port Royal.
From General Banks' Command.
FREDERICK, Dee. 26.—Andrew Kessler, Jr, a
member of the late Maryland House of Delegates,
has been released from Fort Warren on taking the
oath of alleeanco, and returned to his home in this
county.
General Banks has issued a stringent order in
regard to the seizure of forage without the owner's
consent, and another prohibiting the sale of li
quor to soldiers. Both will be rigidly enforced.
Christmas, in oamp, was kept generally as a holi
day, but there were no extraordinary demonstra
tions beyond the consumption of poultry and other
delicacies,
The Episcopalian and Catholic churches were
crowded with soldiers and citizens.
Dr. King, the Medical Director of this division,
in consequence of ill•heelth, recently requested to
be withdrawn, but having since recovered, he will
continue his present position.
Slade the fiqAtiiilgaion of the general Qriier in
regard to the examination of refugees and deserters
from the rebels by the Commanding General, from
ten to fifteen Wm been sent to Washington, there
being arrivals almost daily at points on the river,
under flags of truce.
Chased by a Pirate.
Nnw Yonw, Dec. 27.—The schooner Olive
Branch, arrived at Aux Cayes, November 99th,
reported baying been chased by a supposed pirate,
showing British bolero.
The Battle of Camp Allegheny Full
Particulars—Complete List of the Union
Soldiers Haled and Wounded.
[Lormisiihdence Cluclunati Commercial.]
Cu &T MOUNTAIN Sulam,
December 20, 1861
EDITORS COMILETWIA.L !AS 016 Acts have fully
developed themselves in regard to the late battle st,
Camp Allegheny, Virginia, - I propose to give suoh
to you as are proper under the circumstances, as
swing you that it shall be a fair statement of the
same.
THE MARCH
On Thursday morning, December 124 the Union
troops, under command of Brigadier General R.
11. Milroy, took up their march for the enemy's
camp, winch is situated on the top of the Allegheny
mountains, ei ght and a half miles beyond - the
Greenbrier river, or what is better known, Camp
Bartow. This Camp Bartow is the camp at which
General Reynolds reconnoitred so effectually on
the 3d of last October, and from which the rebels
have since fled. This Camp Bartow is at a point
on tho Stauntonpike called " The Traveller's Re.
pose." The Union command, consisting of detach
ments from the Ninth and Thirteenth Indiana,
Twenty ftb and Thirty Ohio, Second
ginia Regiment, and Bracken's Cavalry, number
ed, in all, about 2,000 men. The column reached
Camp Bartow about eight o'clock P. M , where the
same lashed and rested.
At this point the column was divided into two
divisions, one consisting of the detachments from
the Ninth Indiana and Second Virginia Regiments,
numbering about 1,000 strong; the ether consisting
of the detachments from the Thirteenth Indiana,
Twenty-fifth and Thirty.seeond Ohio Ricgiments,
and Bracken Cavalry. At 11 P. M. the Ninth
Indiana and Second 1 iminia took up their march
on what is known as the old tt Greenbank road,"
to attack the enemy on his left—the Ninth Indiana
under Colonel Moody and Major John B. Milroy;
Second Virginia under Major Owens. At 10 o'clock
A. M u December 13th, the Thirteenth Indiana,
Twenty-fifth and Thirty-second Ohio, and Bracken
Cavalry, under Major Dobbs, Colonel J. A. Jones,
Captain Hamilton, and Captain Bracken, awl:li
p/wiled hj4.114-1 6 adiar Gionorai It. AL rdiiran his staff,
consisting of Captain S, J, Drum, A. Q. M.., Lieu.
tenant J. 0. Craven, aid-de-camp, and Lieut. Aid
de-camplsaiah B. McDonald, of General Reynolds'
staff. This column took the Staunton pike, and
moved along very cautiously, mooting with no op-
position till within sight of the rebel camp, when
one of the advance guard, a young man by the name
of Latham, of the Twentyfifth Ohio, was shot and
killed by a rebel picket. After throwing out ad
ditional skirmishers, the column proceeded and
marched to a point within a half mile of the ene-
MY'O camp, where a halt was ordered Here the
column waited only a short time, when they were
ordered to march, when the same left the road and
commenced to nscend the mountain to the enemy's
light. After driving in and capturing some of the
rebel pickets, the column reached the top of the
mountain, to the enemy's right. in good order.
The Fight on the Enemy's Right
The fight commenced about twenty minutes after
daylight. The following, from the report of the
fight, by Col. 'James A. Jones, of the Twenty-fifth
Ohio Regiment, lam permitted to extract. Col.
Jones is a cool and brave officer, and saw the whole
action on the enemy's right. He says : I( After
leaving the pike we advanced up the mountain,
which was very steep and rocky for about one
mile to the summit, on the right and rear of the
enemy's camp to await the attack of the oth Indi
ana and 2d Virginia, as you directed. But as we
approached the top of the hill, we discovered the
enemy's pickets, who immediately retreated on our
approaoh. I gave the order to pursue them in
double quick, as the enemy would be informed Of
our advance. One company of the 13th Indiana,
being in advance, was conducted by Lieut. Mc-
Donald, of Gen. Reynolds' staff, until we arrived
at the edge of the woods, in "full view of the
enemy's camp. Finding them . already formed
and advancing with a large fern to attack Ms
Lieutenant McDonald halted the company of the
Thirteenth Indiana, and ordered it to deploy into
line, immediately formed the Twenty-fifth Ohio on
his left and the other two companies of the Thir
teenth Indiana on our left, and adetaehment of the
Thirty-second °hie formed ell their left, The Ore
was already opened on the right, and was carried
through the Mica, After a few rounds the enemy
retreated in great confusion, with great slaughter,
leaving their dead and wounded. They now again
rallied, and commenced to advance, returning our
fire with groat vigor. Seine of the men commenced
falling to the rear all along the line. Captains
Charlesworth and Crowe, of the Twenty-fifth Ohio,
Lieutenant McDonald, Captains Myers and New
land, of the Thirteenth Indiana, and Captain
Hamilton, of the Thirty second Ohio, rallied them
and brought them up into line in a few moments.
The enemy fell back, and attempted to turn our
right flank, but was Immediately met and repulsed.
Our men by this time had become broken, but
were again rallied by the officers of the different
dOMMatids, who conducted themsetTCs nobly, The
enemy again attempted to advance upon us, but
shared the same fate as before, and, after making
several attempts to drive us from the woods, de
ployed to the left, to turn our left flank and get in
our rear. I ordered a portion of the command to
advance and attack them, which was done in a gal
lant manner, the enemy retiring to their cabins.
They soon appeared again, however, and our men
finding that they were not receiving the support of
the Ninth Indiana and Second Virginia, quite a
number commenced retreating, and it was with
great difficulty that they were rallied. Some did
not return, but disgracefully left the field. The
remainder of the command fought like veteran
soldiers, end drove the rebels again to their cabins,
but they were coon rallied by their officers, and re
newed the attack with a large reinforcement; pour
ing a galling fire into our thinned rftlliA yet our
men held their position, and returned the fire with
great energy and slaughter, the officers of the dif
ferent detachments urging and cheering them on.
Many
. of the men bad left the field with the
wounded, and seine without cause, which had very
much reduced our number, and our ammunition
was almost exhausted. Their artillery was turned
upon us with shot and shell, but without any effect,
and the enemy was again compelled to retire to
their cabins, with great slaughter, as usual. Our
ammunition being exhausted, I thought it prudent
to fall back to the headquarters of the commanding
general. which was done in good order.
The fight here lasted about three hours. The
'Union tones engaged at this point were about 750
strong. The rebels about twenty-five hundred,
and nine pieces of artillery. The following are the
officers who were engaged on the right, all of whom,
it is said, behaved weft to the last: Colonel Jones,
Twenty-fifth Ohio ; Captains Charlesworth, Crowell,
Johnson, and Askew ; Lieutenants Diriam, Botha,
Merriman, Wood, and Hanghton L of the Twenty
fifth Ohio; Lieutenant Aid-de-Camp McDonald,
of General Reynolds' staff, Major Dobbs, Adjutant
C. H. Ross, Captains Newland, Johnson, Harring
ton, Clinton, Kirkpatrick, Myers, Smith, Delong,
Shields, Dailey, Durbin,
Jones, (killed), and many
others of the Thirteenth Indiana ; Captain Hamil
ton and Lieutenant Brent, of the Thirty-second
of these did their duty manfully, and
made great slaughter among the rebels.
The Fight on the Enemy's Left.
Owing to the very bad road wgich the Ninth - In
diana and the Second Virginia had to travel, and
the amount of fallen timber thrown in their way by
the rebels the day previous, their march was much
impeded, eo that they did not arrive in time to
make a simultaneous attack with Gen. Milroy's co
-Col. Moody . arrived with his
Thirty.second Jr:
retiPod, hence bud to light the
banded, which ho, Major Milroy, of the Ninth,
and Maj orrcr Owens
retired
in
did
fineourndteilr
39ci
bringingock F.
M., al th eir w hen
wounded and most of their dead. Whenever the
rebels would come out of their works, the Ninth
and part of the Second Virginia would drive them
back with great slaughter. This force fought the
rebels for six long hours ; killing many men and
officers.
The Whole Fight= Result.
Taking the whole matter as a fight, the Union
troops did very well—though their plans . were
thwarted by the fallen timber on the left of the
rebel camp, thereby frustrating a simultaneous
attack. The fight has done much good; in the first
place, it has taught the rebels that our boys are not
afraid of there, even three to one. Considering
the severity of the battle, and the length of the
same, our loss is small when compared with that
of the enemy, which can not be less than 200 kille4,
31 prisoners, cad it great many wounded. The
gallant Union boys feel encouraged by the result.
Col. Anderson, Major Rigger, Captain Mollihen,
g oo e m d
in to an b d e .
h an il d led m , a a n n y d o th th e e t r Ge o n ffi . c ( e o r r s, C a e r j e j ac ie n b o n w so l u ed ,
lag, was wounded in the mouth. So you see that
the late battle was a good thing on our part ; the
rebels so regard it.
I here venture to say that there has not been a
single fight of the war as nobly fought as the late
one at Camp Allegheny. The troops which attack
ed the enemy on the right of their camp—the
Thirteenth Indiana and Thirty.second Ohio, to
gether with over two•thirds of the Twenty-fifth
Ohio—fought beyond description. Never did old
Veterans fight more bravely, and had the column
on the other side succeeded in making time, one of
the grandest victories of the war would have been
achieved in a short time. As it is, our boys did
well, and are satisfied.
Bracket:l'a cavalry, though not directly . engaged,
were on the ground anxious for a "pitch in." The
gray-haired Capt. Bracken is a cautious and watch
ful man, and has splendid boys. Gen. Milroy, the
commdes of the expedition, was quite energetic,
and always in the lead in the proper place—no
braver man lives.
The loss of the Union troops was as follows :
Total killed 20
" wounded 107
" missing 10
Change of Uniform.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WAMINHITIN, D4a. 13 , 1301.
GENERAL ORDER, NUMBER 108.
The Secretary of War directs that the following
change be made in the uniform trowsers of rep
mental officers and enlisted men. Who cloth to be
sky-blue mixture ; the welt for officers and stripes
for non• commissioned officers of infantry to be of
dark blue.
2. Whenever enlisted men or volunteers are sepa
rated from their companies, on furlough, on de
tached service, or in hospitals, they will be furnished
by their commanding officers with deserlptive lists,
on which will be shown all the data affecting their
pay, clothing, accounts, &o.
The numerous applications for transfer of soldiers
from one regiment or company to another would, if
complied with, cause confusion in the records, and
be injurious to the future interests of the soldiers
themselves. Such transfers will not henceforth be
made.
By order of Major General McClellan.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General
The Mason-Slidell Affair
A Washington despatch to the Herald, dated
December 26, says : The Trent affair was the sub
ject of a long and very grave Cabinet consultation
to - day. The utmost secrecy has been eaj6llied 6
reference to the proceedings, which are known only
to those who were present.
We bare reason to believe, however, that the af
fair is regarded as by far the most serious and em
barrassing of all the questions with which the Ad
ministration has been called upon to deal. The
extent of the demand of Great Britain is se yet
only a matter of conjecture. It has been divulged
to none except those who have a right to know it.
It is known that the President was opposed to the
surrender of the rebel prisoners under any circum
stances, but he is willing to do whatever he shalt
be convinced is necessary for the public good.
An effort has unquestionably been made by the
Secretary of State to obtain, as an equivalent for
the acquiescence of this Government to the de
mands of England, a definite pledge of the non
interference of the British in our domestic war.
The hesitation about giving this pledge is regarded
as indicative of the determination of England not
to bind herself in this respect, hut to make the
Trent affair the pretext for taking a bacond step in
offensive action towards this Government. In re
cognizing the revolted States as belligerents, she
has already taken the first step towards placing
herself in a hostile attitude. Even the recognition
of their independence would not necessarily be a
cause for war, but we would be justifiable in treat
ing it as one. If she has determined to take this
course, any compliance whatever on our part with
her present demand would not arrest the eketutioa
of that determination.
It is believed here that the present position of
England is attributable to the despatches which
want to _England in the r r
—rent, .en—oring- to Great
Britain the protectorate over the seceded States,
and offering to make them a British eolonral de
pendence.
It was stated to-night, by one of the highest
*Encore of the Government, who is one of the few
who are perfectly informed of all the proceedines
in the case, that in a very few days the whole mat
ter would bo made public without sap reservation.
The negotiations will not : however, be closed until
after the arrival of General Scott, with atlviced
from France.
Two More Rebel Agents Seized
A correspondent of the Herald, writing from Key
West, under date of December 19, says
The United gt.4tca suboouer Wanderer, Lieut. J.
Spotts commanding, is in the harbor, and acting
as guard boat, assisted by the Beartregard, prize to
the United States ship Anderson, which vessel has
been purchased by tbeGeterneteut. The iireokb,,
loaves for HUana to-morrow evening I believe,
with despatehee.
TWO CENTS.
There are also in the harbor two other prizes—
ono, the aohooner Victoria, taken by the United
States steamer Santiago de Cuba, about one hun.
drod and fifty miles to the eastward of Rio Grande.
She was from Brazos Santiago, bound to Havana,
with a full eargoof wool and eleven passengers, and
was brought to this port by Aotlng Master A. W.
Muldaur and a prize crew. She was under English
colors, and was taken aprize for having left a closed
port and carrying two passengers—Mr. Wetter, of
- Savannah, and a Mr. Reyneud, both of whom are
supposed to be agents of the Confederate States.
They are now confined in Fort Taylor, and will be
sent North by the first opportunity. The other
prize b the sehamor Pa.vhion of Cedar Reys. She
was captured by the United States ship Et/tun. Allen,
off Tampa, and has been sent here for condemnation
and sale.
A few days after the capture of the Tridoria, by
the Santiago de Cuba, she overhauled the schoo
ner Eugenza Smith, under English. colors, from
Matamoros for Havana, and toot from Jar a
Afr, Zacharie, of New Orleans, and a Mr.
Rodgers, agents of the Con federate States. The
latter person was in the same conditien when taken
as the only white person discovered in Beaufort,
viz: very drunk. Re was loud in his denunciation
of the GovernMent of the United States, end of
t , Abe Lincoln" in particular ; and it was found
impossible for him to say , g glorious constitution"
in a manner becoming a sober and respectable eiti
.
They are lodged in Fort Taylor ' and will, no
doubt., after being confined in Fort Warren, have
a capital opportunity of comparing the difference
of temperature between Key West and Boston her.
bor.
- What a Maryland Lady Did.
The Richmond 6b> V6l3i,bnaent die Naetiyille
Union. tells the following
•
a. •
Not long ago I told you of thp sufferings of Miss
Converse on her trip from Philadelphia. I have
now to record another instance of female heroism. A
young lady of Maryland, as gentle and genuin9
woman as the South contains, but withal a true he
roine, bar, after braving many hardrhips, recently
arrived here.
Reaching the Potonlitt, she found a boat and a
negro to row it; but the negro refused to attempt
to cross, far fear, as he said, the Yankees would
shoot him. Drawing a - pistol from her pocket, our
heroine told him coolly ahe would shoot him herself
if he didn't cross. The negro quailed, rowed her
oyer to the Virginia shore, and thim utterly alone,
she came to her friends in Richmond, with her petti
coats quilted with quinine,. her satchel full of let
ters, many of them containing money, and with no
cud of spool thread, needles, pins, and other little
conveniences now so hard to get in the blockaded
South. The name of this heroine ought not tc. UB
from the historian. It is bliss 'biennia
Webster.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS ABROAD.
JEFF DIESSA6Z-AN ENGLISH AM FNENCH
I EIM MEI
The London Times says: Let any one consider
what sort of Pddrou William of Orange could have
made to the United States of the Netherlands da
ring any of those eventful years in which he di
rected their struggle against Spain, forced into a
narrow nook of land, without allies, without mo
ney, and crushed whenever he took the field by oats
bloody defeat after another. Ile could hardly, had
he written truly, have used any other language
than that of despondency and despair jot ho h a d
on his side one thing which far more than counter
balanced all his wants and all his losses. It could
not be expressed in figures, and if put in words it
sounds like mere rhetorical exaggeration ; but the
one thing which no address could adequately ex
press was the real talisman of victory—the uncen.
querable spirit of the people. If the South pos
sessed one-tenth part of the dogged resolution to
Vida they lay claim, they need not despair of
arriving at a similar result.
We cannot, indeed, regard with much confidence
the financial prospects of the Southern Confedera
tion. They resolve themselves simply, so far as we
can understand, into an unlimited issue of nesigiaate.
It is a financial system which, as we all know,
works well within moderate limits. By the issue
of paper-money, Government, as Mr. Davis says,
borrows without interest, It ic, in fact, the plea•
sautest thing in the world, like a large legacy, or
the discovery of a hidden treasure. Unhappily,
however ? the amount issued &MAO ! not on the
will, but on the necessities of the Government.
The moment with such securities that the supply
exceeds the demand the process of depreciation
commences. From that moment the decline and
fall of a paper currency is rapid and inevitable
prices rise, and the Government is obliged to re
ceive payment for taxes in its own depreciated
notes. The security of an eight-per-cent. stock
will not sustain the eurreney, because that stock
itself partakes the same depreciation. It is simply
rediculous to talk of such a system as affording
hope or commending confidence. All that eau be
said of it is that the Southern States have no alter
native. and that they may view a return to a state
of barter as a less evil than a return to the arms of
the United States.
It thayhe true, also, that with moderate care
and economy, there is no - limit assignable to the
period fur Itch peopm 11111W . E,
mat 011 liga.,.il i tgemtries of life may p r Wu a
wiZrgitma r suerroga l a rit Vattnigs u itlrt'r.ra u .,‘.,2
some impatience the hypocritical lamentations of
111 r. Davis, the President of n Confederacy which
may be said to live, and move, and have its being
under the especial patronage of Judge Lynch, over
the violation of personal liberty, the suppression of
the freedom of the press, and the intimidation of
the courts of justice, consequent in the North upon
the civil war. These things, which the South re
gards with contemptuous astonishment, the l'fftr
has not hi-ought upon her, because they were
all domesticated with her long before the war.
Nor can we sympathize with the lamentations
9f men who have deliberately lit the torah of
civil war over the cruelties which it has engen
dered, the miseries which have fallen upon WO
men and children ' and the attempt to raise a ser
vile insurrection. These things were for the on•
sideration of those who first lit the torch of civil
discord. They knew that civil war is ordinarily as
much more dreadful than comet war as common
war Is than peace. They who take to the sword
must not complain if they fall by the sword ; they
whose feet are swift to shed blood must not wonder
if they should one day stumble in their own. Mr.
Davis MIN to imply that by ceasing to grow cot
ton the Southern States will bring ruin on all the
interests of foreign countries dependent on that
staple. On this point let him undeceive himself.
The failure of the cotton supply of the Southern
States is like the loss of a familiar faco, at first
deeply regretted, then occasionally missed, and
then not missed at all. We are learning how
Well we can do without him, and are hot tanpt.
scholars.
THE DIFFERENCE 'WITH ENGLAND STILL IN
CREASING.
[Paris (Dec. 10) correspondence of London Herold.]
Considerable surprise has been caused by the
Mon iteur. The official print, like the rest of the
papers, publishes the message of Jefferson Davis,
but leaves out one of its /Rost important passages—
that in which the President sets down as impossible
any idea of a reconciliation with the North, and in
Tab& he threatens reprisals for the wanton cruelty
of the Northern soldiers. In fact, it is the most
significant paragraph of the whole message which
is omitted. It is difficult to suppose that this
omission is accidental, and almost as difficult to find
a motive for it. The Mon (tear does not inform its
readers that it lays the dosument before them In an
incomplete state.
It is to be remarked that the comments of the
French press on the Southern message are rather
hostile than otherwise. The Paris papers identify
the Southern cause with the " domeatio instita
don," and with one or two exceptions maintain, in
spite of the clearest evidence, that the North is
fighting for the abolition and the South for the
inaintenanee of elavery, and already a great out
cry is raised at the bare idea of England recog
nizing the Southern States, as tending to N.-
palmate it. It is difficult to account for thin
sudden repugnance of France to l'esclavage, when
we reflect that it de facto still exists in the French
colonies, where the so-called engagees—i. e., ne
groes, kidnapped on the coast of Mozambique—
have replaced the negroes set free, and that only
in certain localities, in 1848. But ig looks philan
thropic. and affords room for a little healthy abuse
of England, so the temptation is not to be With
stood.
The general opinion to-day is that a compromise
will take place, and that war will not arise ont of
tic Trent difficulty, It Wald 111171143 those vehe
put forward that opinion to give any reason for it,
beyond the fact that the latest American despatches
received here are totally devoid of news.
PREY= Vittti
The Journal des Dibats says
Notwithstanding the eagerness which rresldent
Davis shows to proclaim that the now states of the
South have no need of any foreign alliance, it is very
evident th - at his manifesto is rather eddsemecl to
Europe ilmaa to America. In order to be convinced
of that, it is only necessary to look at the prominent
place which cotton hold in the document, and at the
question of slavery, of which the assertion may be
made that it slanes by its absence. Although the Eng
lish papers have given such a cordial welcome to the
message of President Davis. we do not think it is of
a nature to Milt and popularise the cause of tho
South in the eyes or those in Europe who have not
beforehand come to a determination on the sub
ject. What has most struck us in the dim
=ea, is not the emphasis with which the tiie
tories of the Separatists over the Federal troops are
therein enumerated, but the violence of tho recri
minations directed by the President of the new Con
federation against the Government and the people
of the States who have remained faithful to the
Union. gi Our people," says President Davis, "now
look with contemptuous astonishment on these with
whom they have been so recently associated. They
shrink with aversion from the bare idea of renewing
such a connection. When they see a President ma
king war without the assent of Congress ; when they
behold judgea threatened because they maintain
the writ of habeas corpus, so sacred to freemen;
when they see justice and law trampled under the
armed heel of military authority, and upright men
and innocent women dragged to di*taut simgeoliu ;
when they find all this tolerated and applauded by
a people who bad been in the full enjoyment of
freedom but a few months ago, they believe that
there met be some radical incompatibility be.
tween such a people and themselves." And we,
also, do not hesitate to say that the sanguinary
struggle which is being carried on between the
two fractions of the great American Republic
is a sad speetaolo, and a subject of painful nettmish
ment for Europe, and we have no wish to justify
either the dictatorial measures or the rigors and
barbarous proceeding with which Mr, Davis, with
more or less reason, reproaches the Federal Govern
ment, particularly that relative to the affair of the
Trent. But what still more astonishes and afflicts
us is to sea the President of the said asufAceati6u,
the chief of those eight millions of men who have
broken their bond with their old Government in
order to defend slavery, invoke the great princi
ples of right, justice, and humanity, and even name
Providenee in support of that detestable cause.
" Liberty," says lidr. Davie in conclusion, " is al
ways won where there exists the unconquerable
will to bo free, and we have reason to know the
strength +Let la g iven by a e.ansmotts cone int only
of the magnitude but of the righteousness of our
OM," Doge arc certainly magi cent words
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but in the mouth of President Davis, and applied to
the cause which he represents mid dofendm, they
are not only a monstrous contradiction and a scan
dal, but a blasphemy.
[Fier, the Paris constuntionnei, Pee, ad
That which satisfies the London Times., and in
spires the Post with gratitude, appears insufficient
for some French jourtutta, arid that neutrality, ad•
voe.t.d by public opinion, and recommended by
the political traditions of Franco, as well as by her
commercial and financial interests, must be delibe
rately departed frwpi and the Imperialgovernment
will not satisfy that portion of the press unless it
joins its squadrons to those of England in order to
crush the United States. These unjustifiable egg
/vesting are happliy without danger. The Imperial
government has given too many proofs of its mode
ration and of its firm good sense for it to require any
one to defend it from the suspicion of showing itself
accessible to such projects. The armed interterc4oB
of Franen Walla be without utility as well as with
out pretext ; Franco reserves her blood and treasure
for her own quarrels, and for the defence of her own
interests ; England is powerful enough to avenge,
single banded, the outrage committed on her fkg,
That the law of nations ha,
.been set at naught by the
officers of the Federal navy wo admit; but is such
matters the results are personal, and France,
thank God, has tie reparation to demand on her
own account. Let ono writer, quietly seated at his
fireside, organise on paper a general conflagration
in honor of the right of neutrals; let another, to
whom the crusades of the middles ages for the de
liverance of the holy places On. I
y causes a smile of
contempt, excite himself for an abstract principle,
and oiler it to the belOcaust of some thousands of
human victims, those muehLto-ho_pegvatiad radia
tions will find no echo with us. The part of rodresset
of grievances may be seductive from the romance
attached to it, but a great country /Ike Franco does
not run after adventure; it is in husbanding her
power and reserving it for the precise moment
when . her own interests call for its being brought
into play, that aherthereittitowainuelig r aivAreisee beg,
influence over the Mat of the What Isaiah
interest is oommunised or in any way involved hi
the Anglo-American conflict? We know of none;
but what we do know is that 9)] ON aide England
is our ally, and that on the other the American
Union is united to Franco by bonds which will not
be easily broken. It is the Anglo-Saxon blood
which runs in the veins of the American of the
North, bat it is France which gave him hie politi
cal existence, his independence, and his nationality.
How, then, Can she do otherwise than remain non,
intl. in such a conflict?
A LONDON JOrRNAL ON THE " RAMPAGE."
trrom the London Chronicle Qll)Cceinher IL]
Never were more malignant passions engendered
by war than those which animate the admirers of
Commander Wilkes. They boast that all the laws
are suspended ; that persons politically acceded
will die untried In the Federal prisons; that Env
land will be compelled to give up every American
fugitive on her soil, and that Canada will be eq.
nexed, though it should nest a million of human
lives. The sentiments of a Mohawk, thus expressed
in the language of a scavenger, represent the real
CODSGionce of New York t and it is, on!r
too appropriate that they should trickle forth is
England from the obscure and corrupted reservoirs
of Toryism.
These. and other brazen heads are intent upon
mystifying the public. opinion of England. But wo
are bound to remember that scarcely any intelli
gence reaches us unadulterated from the South.
statement we receive, except from the Cara
federate President himself must be sifted clear of
Northern distortions. But we cannot be surprised
that the belligerents should have lost all sense of
candor and impartiality when SO much virulence
and dishonesty ferments at home. Day after day
the sectaries of pewee-at.any-price assure them
selves that the clouds are dispersing; that tho feel
ing of the country has undergone a change; that
the middle mid working Masses care nothing for
the fiction of an English flag; that Lord Russell
has reconsidered his views, and that no danger
of war remains. Great would be the calamity
if the nation were thus deceived. We know
With what man tea horse to deal on the other
Ode of the Atlantic, and on this also, if
the truth must be spoken; with Sepoy smpa
thizers, with Cossack partisans, with Irish outlasts,
With eX4ollVloll....whe are popular in tho New
York rowdy press—with every creature that hates
and envies England. Seward i 3 ono of them. By
hill? we are detested as we were 13 - y the first Nap.a
leen, whom he, shabby pretender as he is, fanotee
himself to resemble. And these adventurers wield
half the strength of the United States. Unhappily,
moreover, they have their emissaries and goiloaguea
in Great Britain, with whom are allied the lym
phatic minority who think that, because England
might have done wrong in 1812, she ought to be
hustled off the seas in 1861—who dread the math,
411.1N:toes of atransatlantic war—who talk of national
feeling as "corporate self-love"—who employ the
term un-English" as - synonymous with a purer
iirtuo than that of patriotism—who dolt aea dream
over plans of impossible arbitration—who impost&
Great Britain as the big bully of the world, and who
rhapsodize as though the English Cain had lifted a
club against the American Abel, Humiliating as it is
to know that these heartless and hypocritical political
atheists claim to be recognized as Englishmen our
Mae l iap et h ifi t in It e rNa e iMri c o i rhi i ni i iPkWilr ' MA
the 11111131113e33 Of the nation, and thee they have
never vet persuaded a British Government to sur
render the national honor, As the question MLA at
Ars+, so it is now ; Will the Lincoln Cabinet restore
us the passengers who were piratically dragged
from the protection of our flag? It not, they will
be taught their duty, and in such a manner that
the lesson may auffme for ages to come. We enter
into the spirit of to-morrow's prayer for peace.
We cannot, however, be blind to facts. Thought
ful lucil OA the other side of the Atlantis are nor
vous, and hesitate to compromise the Union; hut
there is A majority of incendiaries and desperadoes,
and of such is the Cabinet of Abraham Lmeoln,
The Manufacture of Fine Military Goods
In Philadelphia
There is nothing in which the ingenuity and
energy of the American people is more strikingly
evinvecl than in the facility with which they adapt
themselves to circumstances, and even turn misfor
tunes to advantage. Thus the merchant in peace
becomes a sutler in war. Tho dry-goods dealer
makes an easy transit within a fathigitt from his
boxes and bales, to a first-class trader in powder
and ball, or, quitting the mercantile for a military
life, is found at the head of his company, subat[•
sating with an easy grace the sword for the yard
stick. In a word, our various branches of industry
are transferred by Yankee 'eagle to suit the times.
the manufacturer of cotton gins is found making
Paiahan guns ; manufacturers of a plough-shares
and scythes," fulfilling the prophecy of Moab,
produce instead the Implements of war, and workers
in gold and silver are found fashioning the soldier's
blade and adorning his epaulets and scabbard,
We have been especially led to these reflections
by what we saw yesterday in a visit to the large
jewelry manufacturing establishment of Messrs.
George W. Simons 4 i Brother, &gngowestreet Hall,
Hue a few months ago the full force of this con
cern was busily engaged in catering to !he taste and
personal adornment of " brave men and fair
women" throughout the length and breadth of
Union at peace, But a mighty "change has come
o'er the spirit of their dream." The setting of
diamonds, pearls, and rubies has been suddenly laid
aside, and the great engine puffs, the Nimmons
clatter, and the file Of the polisher screams in the
busy preparation of things, the ‘t value of which
LS greater than rubies " now Gleaming steel for
the time being is made to &latche the diamond,
Sturdy swords, adjusted to sturdy hilts, for brave
hearts to direct and brave hen& to wieldy
are now the - workmen's manual theme,
and burnished scabbards ready for use in maintain
ing a nation's honor are employing the skill and
talent of the artisans in this establishment While
there we had the opportunity of examining the
splendid sword manufactured by the Messrs. Simone
for presentation to Captain Joseph J. Vaughan, of
the One Hundred mid Sixth Regiment I'. V., by
the members of his company. The sword is of the
most exquisite workmanship, the blade being
slinetly chased, and the pourel richly gilt, the whole
being massive and elegant, and reflects great credit
on the facilities of this firm for producing fine na
tional weapons, The following appropriate In
scriptions are engraved upon the sword " The
integrity of the American Union is the security of
Mankind !" "My C6lthiry dear, but Liberty
dearer;" "The whole Union;" "Presented to
Captain Joseph J. Quo Hundred and
Mtn - Regiment P. Y.. by the members of Company
B." The scabbard is of sharkskin, with gilt braes
mountings, in high relief. Accompanying the sword
are a silk sash, a gold-wire sword knot, a heavy
buff service sword knot, end belt, all of the best
qufdity and most substantial workmenthip,
9ZO
- by this firm. The whole is placed in a black
morocco case, lined with white silk.
A word with regard to the causes Which led
Messrs. Simons & Brother to engage, as they now
are very extensively, in the manufacture of fine
Military goods : At the commencement of our pre
sent national troubles, a year ago, the thermometer of
their large wholesale business in jewelry to all parts
of the Union went down to zero, in common with
inahufacturing business of all kinds not strictly
utilitarian. To continue employment to their nu
merous employees was their first, and certainly a
most honorable, care. Accordingly, with the
least possible delay, the entire machin - ry and rou
tine of their establishment was adjusted to
strengthen the national arm by supplying equip
itt9Xlo Of the class above referred to. The new
regitni of their factory has been in all respects a
signal success. The conformity of their mecha
.
Dine tit , the highest rstposito standard MEI won for
their house a reputation which is new flooding them
with important orders ; so much so that, instead of
being obliged to discharge any of their hands, or
have tberu work on short time, a majority of the
latter are now making remunerative wages by
working on extra time. They are at present axe.
outing several large orders of cavalry and infantry
gun-sights, beautifully wrought in brass and silver,
and mainly intended as prizes, to be awarded to
the hest ihot. pa-. 365 through their establish
rant, wo had the principle and modusloperandi Of
these invaluable scientific instruments explained to
us, with sundry other matters connected with mill
.
fury arts, which more than repaid us for the time
spent in our visit. In addition to theabove, they
are also largely engaged in the manufacture of
AAhhob-Si g hts. The order for these intended for
the three hundred heavy guns now making at
phceniaville has beeti ttive494 t 9 Wit bum