THE PRESS, rrin,ISIIED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPT-KIM 111 - JOHN W. PORNEY, orricE, NQ. IXI SOUTH FOURTH STREET. TRIP: DAILY PRESS, E, ,urt.N CERES PER Wank, payable to the Carrier. 31161 ed to Sure;cribers out of the City at &our DDLLAII3 rift ANNUM, FOVII DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS. Two poi, t v, Yon Ta a EE Nonritn—luvartably in advance for the tine ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, gaited to Subscribers out of the city at Foca Doh irts Pra ANNUM, in advance. INSURANCE COMPANIES. DDELAWARAN RE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY. cORPORATED BYYL TIIE NIA LEGISLATURE OF PENN SVA 1836. yyleE E COURSE THIF.b AND WALNUT STS., S. PHLADELPHIA, MARINE INSURANCE, ON VESSELS./ CARGO, To all parts of the world. FREIGHT, INLAND INSURANCES On Geeds. by Riv ell er, par Canal he , Lake andion Land. Carriage, to ts of t. FIRE INSURANCES Ou Beretta n dize generally, Ou Stores. Dwelling_Houses,_&c. ASSETS OF THE COMPAN'Y, NOV. 1, 1642, 9190,000 MI iced §illteS Five per cont. Loan ..• • $93,000 00 20,000 Puked. tates Six per cont. Loan 214700 00 10,099 United States Six per cent. Treasury Notes 41,910 00 90,090 United Stitto/l Seven and Three , troths per cent. Treasury Notes... 26,000 00 IMMO State id . Penna. Five per cent. Loan.. 95,360 00 5.1.000 do. do, Six do.. d 0.... 07,133 op IZI.Oie Pulls. City Six per cent. Loan now t) sox, state at rennessee Five per cent. - Lean 12400 00 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Ist Mortgage six per cent. Sonde 224300 CO 20.11/0 Pennsylvania Railroad 2d Mortgage Six per cent. Bonds 69,270 00 I ono Penns. H. R. Co. 100 Shares Stook...' ape pg 1•1.090 Germantown Gas Co., SO3 Shares Stork, Principal and. Interest gm rat/tied by the city of Pjtila... 45,8013 00 113.709 Loans on Baud and Mortgage, amply secured 112,700 00 ----- -- 4:588,730 Par. Coal $6a3,740.82, Mkt. Yid. $683,178 00 Real (state 61,363 33 Silk Receivable for Insurances made '91,232 58 &Inures due at Agencies—Premiums on Ma rine Policies, accrued Interest, and other , debts due the Conmauy 96,911 55 SOO and Stock of sundry Insurance and other C o mpanies, $10,803, estimated value 4,618 00 DIA on deposit with, United States goverment, subjent to ten days call 'KM 00 Cash oli deposit—in Banks—. 28,T27 94 Cash la Drawer2Bo 74 ...... DIRECTORS. TIMIIIRS C. Hand. Charles Kelly, Jelin C. Davis. . Robert Barton, Edmund A. Sondes , ii Samuel E. Stokes, Theophilns Paulding, J. F. Peniston, Jelin R. Penrose, _ Henry Sloan JR Tub Traquidr, Edward Darfington, William Ryre, Jr., H. Jones Brooke, James C. and, Spencer iffeilvaine, William C.-Ludwig, - • ' • Jacob P. Jones, Joseph H. Soil, • James B. McFarland, Dr. 11. hi. Ilitkun, Joshua P. Ryre, (leap O. Leiper, John B. Semple, Pittsburg Hugh Craig, Pittsburg gan, A. B. Borger ur THOMAS C. HAND, President. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice President. HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary. de4-tf FIRE INSURANCE RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, ON BUILDINOS, LIMITED OR PERPETUAL, MER CHANDISE; FURNITURE, Sm., IN TOWN OR COUNTRY. OFFICE No. 308 WALNUT STREET. • C.kSH CAPITAL 82446,000—ASSETS 8330,175 10. Invested in the following Securities, viz: First Mortgage on City Property, worth double the amount 8171,100 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 6 per cent. Ist Mortgage Bonds 5,005 00 Do. do. lii do (4180,00 U) 20,00 J CO Huntingdon end Broad Top 7-per cent. Bonds.. 4,560 00 around rent, well secured 2,000 OD Collateral well sutured 2,500 00 City of Philadelphia, 0 par cont. Loan 454100 00 Commonwealth or .1 " 0111dyIVR11111. 83,000,000 6 per cent. Latin.... ....... 5409 00 Putted 'States 7.140 per cent. Lout 10,000 00 Allegheny . county 0 per cunt. Penn. R. Loan • ... 10,00 00 Philadelphian nil Rending Railroad Company's li per cent. Luau Cf 5,00)).......... ........ . .... 4,710 00 Camden and Amboy Railroad Company's 6 per rent. Lean (8.5,000) 4,800 00 Pennsylvania Rail mud Company's Stock 4,000 ou Reliance lzummuse Company's Stock,. ...... ... 3,850 00 Commercial Bank Stock S. 1135•00 Mechanics' Rank Stock , ' ' ' .2,812 50 c,auity Fire Insurance Company's Stock 1,001) ID Delftware MS. hinurancal Company's Stock.— 700 DO Enloe M. Insurance Company's Scrip 330 00 Bills Receivable 1,061 SI Accrued interest 0,501 Ell Cash In bank and on band ' . 7,010 01 nd pald. $300,175 10 TORS. Samuel Blspham, - Reboil. Steen, William Musser, Beiki: W. Tingley, • Marshall Hill, J. Johnson Brown, Charles Leland, Jacob T. Bunting, Smith Bowen, John Bissell, Pittsburg. TmaLF.T. President. jyll4 Loses peompoy . adinsted Humid Clem Illagley, William .If,Tliompeon, Frederick Brown, William Stevenson, Jeba R. Worrell, H. L. Carson, Robert Toland, G. D. Room marten. Choi , les S. Wood, Junco S. Woodward, - • B. 14, HISCHMAN, Seere INSURANCE COMPANY OP THE 'STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—OFFICE Nos. 1 and 51 EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, -North side of WALNUT Sweet. between DOCK and THIRD Streets; Philadelphia. INCORPORATED iu 1794-CHARTER PERRPETUAL. CAPITAL AN) 000. "ROPERTIES OF THE COMPANY, FEBRUARY 1,1804, N 38,618.13, lARINE, FIRE, AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION .....LNSURANCE. DIRECTORS. .. Henry D. Sherrerd, Tobias Wagner, Charles Macalester, Thomas B. Wattson,. William 8, Smith, Fleury G. Freeman, William R. White, Charles S. Lewis, George IL Stuart, George C, Carson, Samuel Grant, dward C. Knight, Jr.,'John B. Austin HENRY D. SHERRERD, President, WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary. . nolll4 THE IMiti - ER,VIS.E^ INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. (FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.) COMPANY'S BUILDING, S. W. CORNER FOURTH. AND WALNUT STREETS. DIRECTORS. F. Ratchford Starr, Mordecai L. Daweon, lfillistoldrKee, George H. Stuart, HalbroTrasior, John H. Brown,, John M. Atwood, B. A. Enttnestock, Beni. T. Tredick, Andrew D. Cash, }leery 'Wharton, J. L. Erringer. F. RATC :FORD STARE., President. CHARLES W. COXE, Secretary. feLS ANTHRACITE INSURANCE COAL PANY.—Authorized Capital SR:IO,OOO—CHARTER PERPETUAL office No. 311 WALNUT Street, betweeti Third and. , Irtlt streets, Philadelphia. _This Company will insure against loss or damage by en Buildings, Furniture, and Merchandise gene- Marine Insurances on Vessels, Cargoes,- and Inland insurance to all parts of the Union. DIRECTORS. William Esher, Davis Pearson, D. Luther Peter Seiger, Lewis Amienried, J. E. Bantu, John R. Blackisten, Wm: F. Dean, Joseph Max Reid, John Ketcham. WILLIAM ESHER, President. WM. F. DEAN, Vice President. W. M. SStiTtl, Secretary. apllf MERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Inemperated ISIEL CHARTER PER, YEITAL No. 310 WALNUT Street, above Third, Phi 11;.viug a large paldmp Capital Stock and Surplus, in vited is tamed and available Secnrlties L _continues to on I)Welling,, Stores, Furniture, Alerehaudise, In port and 'their Cargoes, and oilier Personal l'uperty. All losses liberal lypnd promptly adjusted. DIRECTORS. Thomas R. Marls, James R. Campbell, Welsh. Edmond 0. Dian. Samuel C. Merton, Charles W. Poultnep, Parirk Brady, Israel Morris. .rdin T. LPWIS, THO:dAS R. MARIS, President. ALBERT C. L. CRAWFORD. Secretary. fOntr FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. —The miNS.):LVANIA FIRE INSURANCE CUM- Incorporated MI CHARTER PERPETUAL. 5 , 510 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Square. This Company, favorably known to the community for 1 :24-,lx years, continues to insure against Loss or iquar, , by Fire un Public or Private Buildings,either ! .1 1aacently or for a limited time. Also, on Furniture ck , of (Nods, or Merchandise generally, on liberal 't l ,-ir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is iu the must careful manner. which enables them ^d•r to the insured nn undoubted security in the case DIRECTORS. T., Paitorson, Thonuis Roblin', - ( amain Campbell, Daniel Smith, Jr., A ' , wander Wilson, John Deverenx, irmiam Monte Due, Thomas Smith INtht liazieliarat, SONATIIAIS WILLIAIt G. GIMWI:Lt. Seel PATTERSON, President. retail% ap6 MACHINERY AND IRON. pENN'A WORKS, OH the Delaware River, below Philadelphia, CHESTER. DELAWARE CO., PENNSYLVANIA. REANEY, SON, & AR.CHBOLD, Engineers and Iron Ship Builders, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OP (. . e .CDENSING AND NON-CONDENSING Exam Es. 1, ). Vessels of all descriptions, Boilers, Water-Tanks, Propeilepi, &e., &C. T 8.13. HEANEY, W. B. ICEAKET3 B A 3I /.. A ltaMI " D . LaC 4 of Reaney, Nolte, & Co., Late Engineer-in-Chief, Penu'a Works . B. Navy. . Om PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER WORKS.—NEAFIE & LEVY. IACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA , !RI ff ISTS, BOILEII-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS, and I9UNDERS, having fur many years been in successful tl , erstion, and been exclusively engaged In building and Npairing Marine and River Engines, high and low wee- Iron Butlers, Water Tanks, Propellers, & e., Sic., re ,t-ctfully offer their services to the public, as;bein_g f ally e ...Pared to contract for Engines of all size 4 Marine, c:ver. and Stationary.; having sets of patterns of different are prepared to execute orders with quick despatch. -Vrry description of pattern-making made, at the shortest Hi g h and Low-pressure, Flue Tubular, and ( „Ilinder Mien, of the beet Pennsylvania charcoal iron. `"rwiligs, of ell sizes and kinds; Irorkand Brass Castings. descriptions; Roll-nutting, Screw-Cutting, and all c.nr'r 'work connected with-the above business. Waging); cud Specifications for all work done at this ..- ' , bilebreent free of charge, and work guarantied. Tire subscribers have ample wharf-dock room for re. :T., of boats, where they can lie In perfect safety, and .brovided with shears, blocks, fall-e, 41110 . f0r sq heavy or light weights. JACOB C, NEAFIE, JOHN P. LEVY. BEACH and PALMER street& rACOBAti ILEARICK, Hn 007 : 1 7 . ILLIAN H. manor. SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STBSUITS. PIIILADELPHIA. • MERRICK. & SONSt ENGINEERS AND MACKINIBTB 14, nlifacture High and Low Pressure Steam . htlilleß for Criver and marina service. —_ hile rh , Dasorneters. Tanks, Iron Boats, no.; omung. Ali either iron or b_ria o i t Roots for Gea W ;Re, Workshops. Railroad 1 , ,,,,, n0 Z d Gas Machinery of the latest and most construction. description of Plantation Machinerj. _B_ll,44L ea r k Haw, and Grist Mills Valmont_ Pane , u o ir . !„4 "t ini l ent l r i gtttn n r il e n a gar tip.. rains • NesmYtli Patent Steam Hammer,and An lbe Patent Centrifugal Sugar orshang ° Yaufotf AIoRGAN, ORR, dr 00, STEAM hN IiON.TE BUILDERS, Iron Founders. and Gentaaj gifnd Boiler Makers, No. 1310 OALIONIAL ,I rauad Olin. xerkgy, TERRA COTTA MANUFACTORY.' Ho es. ncy• gh lowe Vas r Poke. • droner Pots. Porn Vases. • V114e8.. Giirdl'a Vale& Jlo,llll llCa.Pes s eet,iolettli Renaissance. • - Ca.s. , olotle Louis S.W.' Lava Vases Antique.' •• Prtietale, all sizes. • Consols and Carlatades. Porton Busts. For & ate R eta i l Marble Pedestals. • , suit to the Trade. 14: S. A. Hilt -- Rzsort,. ' 1.011.9 CHNiTtilrf 84. 4 101. . . VOL. 6.-NO. 109. WHOLESALE HOUSES. ATWOOD, WHITE - , it CO., No. 509 MARKET STREET, Invite attention to a large and varied assortment of PRINTS, of desirable Fall Styles. MANCHESTER DE DELUXE% Now Colorings and Styles BALMORAL SKIRTS STRIPED SHIRTING FLANNELS, PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28th, 1862. DRY GOODS JOBBERS. THOMAS MELLOR & CO., E.NGLISEf AND GERMAN IMPORTERS. 40 AND ARS NORTH THIRD STRUT. HOSIERY, GLOVES, SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, 4-4 LINENS FANCY WOOLENS, LINEN C. HOEFT. MANUFACTURERS OF SHIRT-FRONTS, MILLINERY GOODS. ►THOS.. KENNEDY ed BRO. - 729 , CIIESTN9T STREET. BELOW EIGHTH, HAVE NOW READY THEIR $976 2 2 6 FALL INPORTATDONS OF FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, seEan. AND GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS. 1862. FALL • 1862. WOOD CARY, SUCCESSORS TO LINCOLN. WOOD. & NICHOLS. Have now in store a COMPLETE STOCK MILLINERY GOODS, Consisting of BILH. VELVET. AND COLORED STRAW BONNETS AND HATS, FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, &c.. To which they respeetftaly invite the attention of the former patrons of the House and the trade generally. seB.3m .' 1 0 10 i -. BLANKET DEPARTMENT THE LARGEST STOCK OF BLANKETS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CO'WPERTHWAIT & CO., N. E. CORNER EIORTR AND MARKET STREETS del-mwf-tf JOHN C. ARRISON, • IMPORTER .AND MANUFACTURER ps. GENTLEMEN'S • FINE FURNISHING GOODS, Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Irlret Store above Market Street. (FORMERLY J. BURR AIOORE'S.) The well-known reputation of this Establishment for selling FINE GOODS at MODERATE PRICRS.wiII be fully sustained. P. S.—The celebrated IMPROVED-PATTERN SHIRTS, so justly popular, can be supplied at short notice. FLANNEL AND CLOTH OVERSITERTS, 11l Great Variety. eall4f GEORGE GRANT, '• MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, . • • 5e1.3.3m No. 610 CHESTNUT STREET. VINR• SHIRT 'MANUFACTORY. ' A- The subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED CDT OF SPURTS, Which he makes a specialty in his bukiness. Also. con stantly receiving - NOTF.AT/ES FOR GENTLEMEN'S - WEAR. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STONE. No. 814 CHEIST NV T SPAREST, 9a9 tf Four doors below the Continental. CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. FOURTH -STREET CARPET STORE, No. 47 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. J. T. DELACROIX Invites an examination. of his stock of Carpeting, ifi 260 PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETINGS At less than present cost of importation Also, 200 pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, superfine, toedium, and low-grade Ingrain, Teallien, Flail, and Stair Carrettngs at retail, very low for cash. noB-2ra HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. WILLIAM YARNALL, DEALER. IN HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, • No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET, Agent for the sale of HALEY, 'MORSE, & BOYDEN'S PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING - CLOTHES-WRINGER, • Believed to lie the best CLOTHES-WIILNGBR in use. It will wring the largest Bed Quilbor smallest }Unit; kerchief drier than can possibly be done by hand, in very ranch less time, N. B.—A liberal discount will be made to dealers. uo:3-Sra "W ORMAN Sa.ELY, O. 130 PEGG STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PATENT - CAST-STEEL TABLE CUTLERY; A lic,the BEST and CHEAPEST ARMY- KNIFE, FORK, AND SPOON IN THE MARKET Warranted CAST-STEEL FORKS. se24-Avfm3rn SEWING MACHINES. TrkiE WILCOX & GIBBS FAMILY SEWING MACHINES have been greatly improved, - makims it ESITIRELY NOISELESS, and with Selfadjuating Hemmers, are now readyfor sale by FAIRBANKS'S: EWING, ee27-tf 715 CHESTNUT ' Street. WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES; • 628 CHESTNUT STREET, CABINET - FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIG LIA.RD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SECOND Street, in connection with their extensive Cabinet Businese, are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a fall sup_ply, finished with the MOORE & CANPION'S IMPRONI3D CUSHIONS, which are pronounced by all who have need them to be supe rior to all others, For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons- throughout the 'Union, who are familiar with the character ofttheis work. anM-13m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Corner Fourth and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, INPORTIMS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MANOPACTOBERB OR WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a AMINES POE THE CELEBRATED FRENCII ZINC FAINTS, Dealers and nomusnerisupplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASE G. *4 l ' ZINC, ARMY, AND TOILET MIRRORS, The beet in the world for finish and durability. B. M. S. The best brand Stilt-finished • VELVET RIBBONS. Sole Agent, BENJAMIN M. SMITE, 156 DUANE Street, near West Broadleaf. seS3m. • New York. T,ATOITR -OIL-L-492 BASKETS LA tour,olive on, juat setter:A per ship'Vandals, from Boidian 'r* for sa l e 7 JAITRET CHB & LAMIRGNI3. 41411• U • SePold 40,11 k South FRODIT • . ..,_ '..,,.._ .„...., 1 :, ' 7 - 1, \- \•\ I 111/ ..' ,•"...-. ... tr . • • ‘ ' ' f , II 3 ' - .. 7 ` k : - •'' ...'"' '. • • (-)- .kr- ',;,,ia -, - - ~ , i_--s.-- _ _- 4 . - i ' l •'',--.•\,..,` `, 11 1 1,/, >_-_-,74i f , fz--- - ,,-. ~, . ':::'-''''..'. ' - ''.. 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Jewelry, Photograph Albums, Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnales. Cabas. Ste., for 60 to 10) per cent less than the regular prices. The followingls a partial list of articles which we sell at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at other pla YO CHOICEU f R FOR O: fE DOLL/UT, Ladies' Sets, new and beautiful styles, Do. Pins Do. Ear Rings, Do. Sleeve Buttons, Do.. Guard Chain, Do. Neck do., Do. Bingerbl Do. Rings, Do. Pencils Do. Penewith. case, ' Do. Bracelets,. Do. Medallions; - Do. Charms. Do. Pearl Port Nonnales. D. Moroc..co . Do. Wire do. Do. Purses, Do. Card Came, - ' Infante-Armlets. Do. Neck Chains, Gents' Vest Chains., different stylise. Do, Sleeve Buttons, do. do. • ' Do, Studs, do. do. - Do. Pins, do. ' do. Do. Scarf Pins, ,do. do. Do. Scarf Rings. do. do. Do. Finger Rings, do, de Do. Pen and Case. Do. Pencil. revolving. Do. Tooth Pick. revolving, Do. Watch Keys. - Do. Chain Hooks: Do, chain Charms. • - • Do. Pocket Books. Do. Bill Books,- "Do. Port Monnaies, &c. • • SILVER-PLATED WARE. • WHIR 'CHOICE FOR ONE DOL LAR! Sets:Of TaSle'Spoons, Dessertspoons." Do. Tea' do. Do. Perks, . Pair Butter Knives. DO: Napkin. Rings. Knife and Fork, Goblets, Cups, Sugar Bowls, Cream. Cons, Syrup Cups - Butter Dishes, Castors with Bottles. ; Salt Stands, dm. '4017R CHOICE OF .ANF OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES FOR ONE DOLLAR. _NOTICE. order to meet the wants of one niunerons customers we shall keep a stock of the finest Plated and All-Gold Jewelry, together with an assortment of kerrolf pkded Silver Ware, and a variety of Photograph Al bums and Fancy Goods, which we will sell at prices which will defy competition. Ladies and Gentlemen are Invited to call and examine our stock. Every attention paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not. Remember CLARK'S • ONE-.OOLLAR STORK, noll-2mif 60.41 CHESTNpT Street. ( 1 00DS FOR THE _HOLIDAYS- • "•-.. A choice assortment of articles, suited to the coming season, which have been selected with carve, from the latest importations, comprising Writing and Folio Disks, Work, .Glove, Jewel, and Dressing Boxes, Cabas, Port =mimes, Watchstands, Thermometers, Backgammon Boards, and Chessmen. FABIAN GLASS, LAVA AND CHINA ARTICLES; • FANS IN SILK, CRAPE, AND LINEN. • DOLLS, Papa and Mamma, Sleeping, Model China,Wax and Patent, a new style of Bisque Doll. Dolls' Shoes, Hose, Mitts, Jewelry, Parasols e - Rattles, and Hoop Skirts. Dolls' Furniture in every variety. A large assortment -of Tea and. Dinner Sets, and a general assortment of Toys. Ornaments for Christmas Trees; Fairies, Balls, Fruits Flowers, etc. MOELLING'S SUPERIOR PERFUMERY," TOILET ARTICLES PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, FIERBA. RIUMS, SCRAP AND TOY BOOKS. Colored Lithographs for Scrap Books and TO Thea tres. All varieties of Paper Dokls. A large and new as sortment of Games, including tile merry games of " THE SPIRIT RAPPER, • PET OF THE CRADLE, A RACE' FOR A FORTUNE, • QUOTATIONS, and others. The new and healthygame of CUP and BIRD, English Bows and Cricket Bats, Base Ball, etc. CROQUET GAME for Ladiesnull Gentlemen, . A choice lot of CHENILLE EMBROIDERY. All of the above articles can be had on tho most moderate terms, at MARTIN & QUAYLE'S Stationery, Toy, and Fancy Goods Emporium, /Co , 1035 WALNUT Street, dellmwfdt Philadelphia, Pa. RETAIL• DRY GOODS. USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS MID NEW YEAR PRESENTS. E. M. NEEDLES', ,N 0.11.024 CHESTNUT STREET, ',Asks the special attention of Purchasers of Pansmirs POE THE °MING- HOLIDAYS, to his extensive stock of articles suitable for that par pose. F6R PRESENTS: Similes' and Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs Do do Hemstitched , do Do do In 2, 2,..q and 3 inch wide hems. Do do- Printed Borders,. Do do French and clear Lawn, Do - do In all kinds of Lace. Lodi& Handkerchapfs, of all kinds. Gentelfendkerchiers, of all kinds. CldtdreMeilandkerchiefs, of • ' ThliTest assortnient of Handkerchiefs in thecity. FOR • PRESENTS Thread Lace Veils, st 2 and upwards. Cambric Lace Veils, 75c. and upwards. Pointe Lace Collar Sets, $1.60, and upwards. French Work do, - all prices: . . PRESENTS in al OMER kinds of LACS GOODS : Lace Coiffures and Barbee. 'Babies' Robes and Waists. •Laces by the yard. All kinds Lace Sleeves. Do Bands and Flouncing& - Do Embroideries. Hi dozen Cambric handkerchiefs, Embroidered! with Initialisjust received. 20 dozen Cambric. Baffled handkerchieb:Essibroidered in Colors. ! le dozen Valencienne Lace Handkerchiefs BO dozen Gents' and Children's Printed-borderedgand kerchiefs. 10 dozen Badies' Ivory Initial Cuff Buttons. 20pieces 84 French Muslin. 2 yards wide,: for Party disessmat old prices. A Complete Stock of WHITE OCOD ft- at LOW PRICES. Linen Napkins at Old Prices. Any of the above will make a useful and beautiful Carawirmas PRESENT, and Buyers will Bndiit to .tlieir advantage to inspect my stock before making. their purchases, as, with few exceptions, it Is offered , at , Or.ro P*RICEI3, and cheaper than present wholesale rates. de2-tt EYRE s.t LA & N'DELL, " E. FOURTH AND .AltoH. POPLINS FROM AUCTION PURPLE POPLINS, GREEN POPLINS, BLuzS, BROWNS, BLACM3, MODE MEMNOES, BLUES, PURPLES, BROWNS, RICH MOIRE ANTIQUES:, PINE SHAWL'S, cLoA.Ea, &e., 4-4 LYONS VELVETg, WOOLEN SBA IN LS, BROCHE SHAWLS, GOOD BLANKETS, VELVET CLOTHS, vv.&LSH FLANNELS, CLOAK CLOTHS. no7-tf JAMES R CAMPBELL & 09., DEPORTEES AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Rave lust received. and are now offering, magnificent lines of SILKS, SHAWLS, AHD DRESS GOODS, ' ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS-SEASON. nol-2in CLOAX.DIG CLOTHS. SUBLIME QUALITY. Johanny's Frostedißeavers. • Medium-priced Frosted Beavers. Thick and fine French Beavers. Tricot, Castor, and Union BenveM. Mohair and Sealskin Cloakings. - Superfine Cassimeres, viz. : Silk Mixes—Black, neat fancies— Boys'—Extra heavy—Union—Meltons, he., hc. 64 Coatings and Overcoatings. Novelties in fancy Vestings. BALMORALS. One hundred pieces2s-cent Delaines. , Auction lots fine Black Alpacas. Fine Merinoes and Poplins. ' Black Poplins, M., 81, $1.25. Fine Blankets and Flannels. BOYS' CLOTHING. Experienced Cutters, good Cloths. and Good work—Garments made to order. COOPER & CONARD, mai& S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. IIRY GOODS FOR WINTER. - 0 .-••• Rep. Poplins, • French Merinos, Colored Mousselines, Ponlt De Soles, - • Foulard Silks; Blanket Shawls, Balmoral &kir' is,' Black Silks. Fancy Silks, • Black Bombazines, Worsted Plaids, Cheap Delaines, French Chintzes, Shirting Flannels, Broche Shawls, • Fine Blankets, Crib Blankets. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. nd - If CHEST UT and EIGHTH Streets. NEW SHAWL AND CLOAK STORE, No. 715 North MTH Street. "We , have inst. oPened, next door to our Dry-goOda SHAWL, ANDCLOAK STORK- Where there will always found a complete assort ment of , Long and Square Blanket. Shawls, Broche Long Shawls. Striped Broche Shawls. Also, the newest and latest styles of FALL AND WINTER VOVERINGS, Of Water-proof Melton Black French Habit Black French Tricot, Black French Beaver. Plain and Ribbed Prosted Beaver Cloths. Coverings made to order at short notice. BALMORAL sHiRTS i BALMORAL SKIRTS! two Ftil la.nreclie.at WOO, 'math . NM -EA 'at r These are the cheapest Thilractrais in tie city. BEASONANZ DBMS GOODS, OF &VARY VARIETY. aOH. STEEL - at 501 34 Nos. - 713 and 7 1 3'N.Una et tat OWEN - , PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1862. f Et tt5S. `NONDAy, DECEMBER 8, 1862 whales--Whalers--Whaling: The origin of the whale fishery has possibly. en_ grossedthe attention of the whalers much less than that of the whales. In these, the power of ratiocina tion being by no means equivalent to the dimensions of the brain, false premises are naturally adopted, and false - conclusions consequently deduced. The whale, like the elephant, is a meek and mild maw walla. As this monarch of the seas floats in the ocean• stream, ha has doubtless ample leisure to chew the end of reflection, whilst swallowing shoals red shrimps,' and digesting his allowance of "squids,? washed down by the South Pole currents. The lecture, entitled "The South Sea, Whaling Voyage? at present being delivered in Philadelphia by Captain E. C. Williams, has revived an interest in the subject, in many amongst the,audienees which visit this gentleman's lecture-room. The yo„ung er portions, especially, have been carried away, as well by the romance, as the reality of the' mode of life delineated, and have rushed to the graphic pages of Herman Melville and Ross lirowne, to add 'fuer to the flame already kindled. There are two grand divisions of whales, viz.: the right and the sperm. The former is also sometimes called the true whale, and is mostly procured in bays,_ Kit certain seasons, and, being killed after the usual fashion, is towed in to shore, conducted to the blab- ber houses, and then= put through the yartous yhro ceases necessary tolts complete transformation. The sperm.whale is, of course, much preferred, since itst oil will sell at two dollars , pergallon, while theoit of the right whale sells for but forty or, sixty cents. The northwest cook whale is larger than any other kind, and exceedingly valuable. Ninety-fire feet kr considered a very great length. The small variety' exhibited at Kensington some time iticimay be 'con- , sidered an exceedingly small one. , Still, the experi enced whaler would probably have not considered it beneath his notice, but, reckoning it as a " thirty barrelee,ft made what use of it he could. When the whale is about 'to be attacked, the whaling party intariably consists of four boats; each manned by six sailors. The whole four are com manded - by the captain of the whaling vessel, and each boat by a separate captain, for .the .time r whO may , be either the captain, or the first, second, or third Mate. The emitainis boat is called the star board boat, the brit mate's the larboard, the second mate's the Waist boat, the third mate's the bow boat. Each boat's crew consists of a captain, harpooner, .bow-oaraman, midshipman, tub-oar, and after-oar. In a very few cases, eight oars are employed. The utensils provided consist of two harpoons, with a few spare ones held 'in reserve, two lances, a main- line, and a knife-boat. The iron har poon is attached to the end of the main line, and the second one to a short line called the "short warp,” about thirty feet in length and running' "on the main line with. a running . . ;noose. The' harpoon costs seventy-five 'cents, the lance from: seventy-five cents to one dollar, the line as much as' forty dollars, and in some cases twice that sum. The iron of the-harpoon is three feet long, and the whole instrument ten feet; the lance is twelve feet, and the main line from one hundred andeighty to two hundred fathoms. Some of the lances are called dollar lances, from the peculiar flat formation of the extreieity. The pricker is used to start off the whale .when he comes liead-foremost. The boat-knife is always kept in a sheath in the boat, and must on no account be taken from the boat or left behind. It is .of incalculable service, on occasions, in severing the main line when the whale Las exhausted this hie evolutions and, by his lightning flight. It is td be ,observed that the one who is to strike the whale; the harpooner, as .he Is called, (the accent being upon the last syllable,) never kills him. This is reserved for the captain Of the boat, the execution being performed with the lance. The aim of, he bar poneer is to strike him in the 'side about one-third of the way up froth the bukedor tail. When there is reason to suppose the whale is dead the boat is rowed up alongside, and the animal is, stabbed the eye. If he is not quite dead this proceeding will cause a final convulsion. The falling of the 'jaw, id sufficient 'evidence of the entire extinction of life. One of the crew then gets donrn into the jaw, and passes a noose aroundthe teeth. If there is a dead calm the whale is towed to'the ship ; if any wind is stirring the ship is brought up to the whale, which is always fastened to the starboard side of - the vessel, and not to the larboard, as some writers have as serted. All the" arrangements for "cutting in " -are made upon the starboard side, rendering this in all cases the most convenient one. A- hawser is then fastened round• the flukes, the autting-blocks are swungim to the mainmast, and stages are rigged over the sides. The captain takes the one at the main -chains, and his blubber-spade being ; handed him, coming/idea'through the blub ber - of the whale at the neck. The har pooner who struck the animal, then Amps upon the whale's back, having first fastened a rope around his ownevaist called "monkey.rope." The busi ness of cutting-in may then be said to have com menced. Of the oil produced, thecaptain has for his share from the seventh tothe tenth "lay,' or one barrel out of every seven barrels of oil; the first mate from the fifteenth to the twentieth lay, and the third mate from the thirtieth to the fiftieth lay, ace cording' to previous agreement and the size of the ship., ' • The South and North PliCifie are the greatest whale fisheries, the period between 1832 and 1838 having been singularly successful. The South Pe ed:lc is- preferred by whalemen on account of the comparatively mild and pleasant weather and. ab sence of that rigor in temperature which is so pecu liarly trying.in northern latitudes. Right off the coast of Peru, the season extends from September to January. The season, of course, varies with different localities, and with localities . which may be said' to be adjacent to each other. The whaler is guided in his selection of places by the currents from the South Pole bringing down whales' food. bluch of this consists of " squids" and all varieties of gelatinous substances. After the cutting-la process is completed, the body is permitted to float away and become the prey of the numerous blubber-birds and sharks in waiting. The superb albatrosit is one of the find to pounce upon the carcass, and, in company with the stinkard, devours it with disgusting avidity. Gulls and go nies, haglets and horsebirds' pigeons and petrel; clamor for their share, and succeed in getting sundry sweet morsels of blubber. Since whales are growing. scarce, however, both north and south, these dainty Mouths have been limited in their blubber banquet. To throw the harpoon is the ambition of every one of spirit whO risks his life and limbs in a whaling voyage. The maids of Nantucket, whence so many sailors annually depart, observe a very dainty eti quette in regard to those of their lovers who thus leave them. The members of the whaling expedition are usually absent four or five years. The meanest among them, it is to be presumed, has a chance, if so disposed, to distinguish himself—to dart the bar pOOn,- and, perchance, to 15 iexce the life-spOt at the first throw, and without any further assistance from the captain's lance. Uhe shows a lack of skill or courage in the first attempt, he seals his doom at once, and, in very many cases, forfeits forever any reputation he may have possessed. He may row all his life, and never enjoy again the distinguished honor of the harpooner. The Nantucket maids will pout their lips and turn up theirnoses at him, and the little green - runaway boy will cut jokes about his having been "gamed," a term by which they ex press,the timidity of the naturally nervous in a first attempt with the •harpoon. The unfortunate man will never enjoy the bliss of bragging of the time when he killed his whale at the first throw. The whale's "life-spot," by the way, is abaft the fin, and pointing forwards, and it rarely happens that it can be reached at the first throw of the harpoon. When such good fortune does occur, it becomes the boast of a lifetime. The and minute details connected with WhaleS and whaling furnish food for volumes. The whaleman's vocabulary alone, if agreeably eluci dated, would form, at the least, a very readable newspaper article. A whale, instead of turning tail, "turn' flukes," and instead of dying "goes into his flurry." "There she blows !" "Where away 1" "Two points on the weather bow." These are pulse-quickening sentences to the weary whaleman. "There goes flukes P , is always a decisive announce ment, indicating, by the elevated, vertical view pre sented of the flukeathat the whale, 'being on thelook ,. out, has made a to reconnoitre his position, and to chew "squids," or "-take a bite," in the shape Of, shrimps, by Way of luncheon. The " lay" means the share of oil claimed by each sailor i the bitts are „, the large pieces of timber, in the bow of the ship, by means of, which, &chain being fastened to them and around the whale, the latter is secured to the vessel. To scatter the chances, is to distribute the boats. The technical terms employed in the various Manufacturhig processes do not appear to be very numerous. The try works• are the arrange ments for boiling out the oil, and the blubber house is the general name given to the place at which the ' blubber is prepared, when the whale is brought to shore. The horse is a small table on which the blub ber is refaced with a mincing knife. To "spade the, flukes” is to cut them off, thus diminishing the dan ger of approaching the whale. The " blanket pieces" are the pieces of blubber as they are taken directly from the whale, and the "horse nieces," about a foot square, are the smaller divisions into which they are cut, as a preparation for the mincing pro cess. "Gemming" denotes the custom of visitbig among-whale ships. "Send a boat on board, and let's have a gam," is generally a pleasing invitation. "Musing" and " skimshander" signify the various method's in which the men employ themselves during their whale voyage, and in the intervals of taking whales, and also the manufacture of boxes, reels, swifter,. canes, stamps, whips, foldera etc.; from the teeth, Jaws, and bones of whales: "Burry and dirt" are always used together, signifying the slime from the blubber of the whale. "(Yellow" or " gaily," as it if most frequently called, applies to both whales and whalemen, and expresses that one or both are frightened. "That man's gained" is equi valent to saying that he_is scared at the twists and • turns, the " slues and slits," of the whale, ". There she breaches" is the professional phrasefor explain ing that the whale is leaping, dear of the water; and "there's white water" indicates the, immediate vi cinity of the sweater. A hundred startling incidents pepper whaling life' 'with all the spike of variety.- The boiling over or the bursting of a pot, the springing of a leak, while the crew of the blubber-hunter is engaged, amid the cluttered decks and the oily ship's slush, in cutting in, and trying out, and stowing , down, a hundred barmier,- after baying towed: him through a dead calm, are atartling, but;, exhilarating -mishaps. The ()beams of riding astride iv whale's iltiltee or sus raided from bis teeth are indeed rare, and there is, no moderrclenah to write a sensation story about his abdominal- adventures. The peril' and pleamare of the business, .marbe..said to,counterbalanexi each other, ankthalectures on the subject Mahar given funds city by Qaptaln William's portray l 4 rJI and pleasure in very vivid piehnbing.. STATES IN REBELLION. Speech of Alex. 11. Stephens--Ills Views of the WairSonthern Sketch of Gen. Burn aide--Rebel Pen-andAnk Portrait of Gen. .Roaceenna—The Late Election's in iirkan sas--Peraonal Natters, Ace. The Chattanooga Rebel, of November 20, says of the op,erations in Tennessee : General Rosecrans has reached Nashville. The initial or his campaign, as ;telegraphed in another column, does not present that commendable phase of character for which many of our cotemporaries have given hint credit. It iB rather remarkable, we should tray, for rigor than righteousness. The plan for " starving out the _rebellion which .he inaugurates, may not work so successfully as is anticipated. It is obstructed by many unforeseen • obstacles, not the least of which la that, although not supplied with the luxuries, we have a fine pro-, spect for the comforts of life; here in the. South. It is, moreover, a doubtful expedient, which, while nieeming a curse, confers the _blessing of restoring many wives and children to those who are separated - -from them by the accidents of war. Our women and „little ones _can hardly fare worse, even with our uncouth way of life, than among the cut-throats of it - be enemy. • The tidy twee of the enemy out of Nashville is not regarded among, military circles as an entirely sin cere Wager of battle; but the contiguity of the two .aymies may at any moment bring on a general en gagement in the vicinity of Murfreesboro - or La- , vergife. A rolling and open country, offers many natural advantages, which our generals comprehend and will hardly neglect. the grest consequence of holding Middle Tennesz see la felt by.every one, and rumor has placed in the moftth-of one of our chiefs in the field the assertion- that we shall hold it At_ ail 'hazards and to the lasi extremity. • • We know nothing positive of the reported appoint- Ment of General Joseph E. Johnston to the coffi n-40nd of the Western, Department. A private-letter- Inisin his wife, received in Cheittanooga, says that he , iamow able for service. We sincerely hoperthe fact map not be the illusions ofa fondAntielpatian: With, Gmieral ~Johnston to map out the campaltd, and , - General Bragg, to execute it, we could not fail. d'tEERIfATOIUAL ELECTION IN ABICARSAS. The Little Rock True Democrat furnishes a few itents,from that Uate. The official vote foots up-- Planigan; 18139; Rector, 7,414 and Rainey, 703. - 'Robert M. Johnson has been electid to the Confer . .derate-Senate. -Els competitor was A. N. 11. Gar /and: The law against planting cotton and the dia. - illation of grain will continue for the next two years. • In - the mean time' all the cotton which has . been made this year between White river and Mem ; phis, - tvill be destroyed. ' The Democrat states that the '"'Abolitionists" are Jetreating towards the 'lfissatiftline. Nevertheless, they made it raid into Pocahontas'and captured everything' they wanted. The Democrat praises Cal. Parsons for his continued • annoyance of the Federals. • , BLUNDERING BOTTS. . Sohn M. Botta,..whe was so ahamefttity im prisoned by Jeff Davis, haohad a substantial present intle.to-him, in the shape of a farm, lately. the pro perty of Eon. Jeremiah Motton, .INFREB6MENT 01r . GOODE,. .`!rite“Confedenicy seems to get on finely in the "impressing" business. Leurstelfreeblea, of Peters burg,- lies interrupted the bugbear, by refusing to give up.a lot of leather at a &gar a: pound. The protoat menthol commanded him to: give it ttp,. but he shut up his warehouse, and said' they would have to take it by force, and there the matter elided. Offr. Peebles is an old resident orPeterabut% a taell•known auctioneer and commissicalfliterchaint of that city.—En. Pause.] 4icia311011.61 :- Tfie news from Vicksburg is that Gen, &Nth , has' inade tery formidable preparations to meet' Mager- - nami t aand the V . Fing is Nary sanguine as to the result. leflitiesipplate says that the railroad cotMettion* betWlen Meridian and Selma—Sam. TateW road- - will De eoMpleled in a few days. RE33EI BEETCH OF . GEN. Btrinisrasl; Mr. John R. Thompson, formerly editor erthe " . .. . . .Soualierti Literary Messenger, but now acting asset:War' 'correspondent at Richmond for several. Southtfri , papent, Writes an follows to the Grenada,Orliss," Appall, Off the appinntment of Gen. Burnside to the' com m and of the Anny of the Potomac : General - .ettnilizrase , Evereft Bu.rnside, - who"sup , — plants :the ".Young 'Napoleon," is one of the most courteous and Welabehaving officers of the Yankee army., Re ~limn in Indiana, and entered the mi litary acadeinytnfWest'Point from that State in the ' year -~ 1 843, ,in thr smile class with Ambrose P. Hill and Henry Hethoillirr are now generals fn the Con federate service. Having served some years in the artillery, after gradation, he resigned his cam mission and went to liVe In Rhode Island, where he had. married a woman' of wealth and accomplish ment;.-All his - own private resourees and the greater part of his with's- fortune was spent by. him in preparations for the manufacture, on a large scale; of. a new rifle of his own invention, upon which there had been a favorable report from an armiotommission appointed to examine it, and for which he expected a great contract from the Seem tary-Af War. In this' lie was . disappointed. Gen. Floyll f who was then at the head of the War Depart ment pf the Tlnited States, awarded the - contract to ritheibparties. McClellan was at - that time, as he now is, President of the Illinois Central Railway, yi enjo g a fat salary and wielding a .considera ble ' tronage, and he oared Burnside a clerk-' ship,. th wmalary of two. thousand dollars a year, " hich was accepted. The two friends, were, anaging the affairs of the railway when the ' Ut war broke out, affording to both the chande of military glory, and.-hi-Burnside the hope of bettering his' estate. They both' obtained perma nent appitlonsi andhavesincebeen constantly before , thAr eye. Burnside's meat intimate-personal frl OVngrAbt,llo.th, Blaugyi.Fleid; and others o e Southern side fighting the battle of free dom and independence. On repeated occasions Burnside is said to have behaved with unex- • Pected courtesy towards the Cionfederatee, more especially in the -Roanoke Ishmd affair, where the lamented . O. Jennings Wise - wins killed, and -in hie bearing toward' non-combatant citizens of Fredericksburg and its neigh,porhood, one - or two. of whom he certainly dlscharOd freer arrest, though they had been apprehended by special order of Stan ton, Lincoln's Secretary of War. To a gentleman, whose name and county it is 'not proper to give, Biunaide declared, less than three manila ago, that when this war upon the South becametr war for the extermination of slavery, he should reelpubis corn minsion.. • The proclamation has been published several weeks, and he has, not resignedf r -on the' eon trary, he takes command of the grandltermy of inva sion and conies to incite the slaves tot". revolt in the spirit of his mister. Doubtless when annside made that speech about resigning, he was sin- care and really meant it. But theteniptation of military fame was too strong. Indeed holding o ffi ce under Lincoln at all is well calculate d to degrade a gentleman. He serves a scoundrel, apd'i.soserving, by degrees becomes like even unto him, or, as Shalcs- peare expresses it in one of his noblesteoruiefs, his Nature is subdued . . To what it works in, like the dyeries hand. ' As for high' military genius, and theroapaci"ty of mamma - ring great armies in the field, ifit hose quali ties belong to Burnside, he has yet to show - them to the world, and the Examiner is right in saying that we could wish nothing better than that he should Veld to the clamor of the Abolitionists, and make a winter march upon Richmond. SEETCH OF GENERAL ROSECRACTEL.. The local reporter of the Rebel aketehecFßoseciana ihue : "Eoseerans -has reached Nashville. itt. "regular Dutch swell he is, too; with a, skin as tough as an Egyptian mummy, a beard-like a Jew, aniti.likeSt. Nicholas in the rhyme : —" A little round belly t • That shakei as be walks, like a bowl fall of y, "But Rosearans and St. Nicholas-resemble only in this: Every other feature bears rattter a family likeness to a much higher potentate of the same name—Old Nick. "He Was cast hie banner on the outer wall. I. might add, also, that the cry is cairn they come.' On 'Sunday as I am informed, five thousand of them mtirehed in, their bands playing which seems to be an ipse &sit of the Yankee musi cians; "There is great rejoicing among the Yankees in Nashville, partly because Roaecrans has arrived,' but mainly because Negley is superseded. This latter individual, the citizens say, is very Negiey gent of the rights of meum et hewn/ I wouldn't be surprised. _ " I have just seen, a lady fresh from Nashville. She reports irterrible state of suffering and despond ency among the good people thereof. Apropos of this connection, let me quote the following from the Savannah Republican. It is true in principle as well as sympathetic in spirit. In a recent issue the editor says: • We have thrown away Kentucky—is Tennes see also to be diagracellilly abandoned I If not, why is some 'moveent not made against Nashville to drive out the' enemy and relieve our suffering peo ple? Is it for the want of men?, Why is Bragg's immense army allowed to lie idle for weeks between Knoxville and Cumberland Gap? Why are they not _put in motion now, while Nrrshville, with its small garrison, could be so'easily taken' Here is work for them, if they are too weak to go back into Kentucky, and work that cries aloud for immediate' attention. Why wait until the garrison shall be re inferced from the West or from Kentucky This is true—every syllable. The people up in Tennessee, who have sacrificed five times as much as those of the Cotton States, tueneglected on all hands and generally abused. Turn us loose on the enemy, give us a fair chance and a free light, and see if there is any discount on us. It is well enough for people to prate and boast what Tennessee ought to do. The God's truth is we haven't had the showing of a starved rat. .We have been a poor boy at the frolic from the first. With my facetious friend, Jefferson Davis, in the sulks, and my talented friend, General Bragg, in command, our boys have been kept, like Paddy Miles, 'under the obscurity of, a bushel,' against scripture and against common sense. `But lam no critic. I don't abuse anybody , . Un less, indeed, I maybe allowed now and then to de scant upon the operations of this Dutch Richard the Third the Yankees have sent us In the shape of the aforementioned Roseerans.” SOUTHERN PERSONAL ITEMS The number of the Rebel now beforeus contains the following highly interesting personal items : Gen. Preston Smith has been quite ill at the Cen tral Rouse, in this plsice, for several days. We arefied to learn that the wounds of Major Strange, A.A.A. G. to General Forrest, are in rapid convalescence. Maggie Mitchell, that little favorite of the South earn boys, far-famed in days gone by, is still alive and kicking—up North To do her justice, however, it is said that she still "full of the warm South."" The Mobile papers announce that Brigadier Gene ral John IL Forney, commander of the military dis trict °Mobile, has been promoted to the 'rank of major general. Under the influence of frosty nights the yellow fever is gradually subsiding at Wilmingtoni"N. O. There were five cases on Sunday last, and four in termittents. Humphrey Peyton Gwynn, son ofGeneral Walter Gwynn, was killed in a skirmish, near Martinsburg, on the 16th of October last. ' A locomotive boiler exploded in Florence, S. O, on Saturday last, killing John Kirby, Michael Mur phy, and a negro fireman. Greneral Magruder was at Vicksburg on the 15th,. en route for Texas. ALEXANDER B. SISPITRINS ON TtLe: WAR. . Vice President Stephens made a speech at Ors fordville, Ga., some weeluestnce, which we find re ported in the Augusta Chronicle. The present war, he said; is emphatically " the people's war." Itle the effort of one people to blot another from en.M. ence, and it becomes every man in the South tor-ex ercise every capacity in aiding the army whiettia pre venting. hAs becoming worse than a serf. lie said, frankly, that The Govirnment, while , doing all it can, cannot compass as thorough relief far the army as the eiror4 of communities and -hutividuals. APPEAL FOR AID In hie appeal for contributions, he albs:led to those whose pursuits, positions, or opportutilties had en abled them to make money , in these times.. Oppor tunities to realize umussal rota upon Tabor or capital, in particular puhuita,oF lafides t were incite dents of all ware„and thin one itak neexbeptdcm These were evils of war. Thp‘of temptation by .n tiona to frail human nature. timptatibna. every one should be refaxteik as lie approspktmot the foul fiend. LOVE OF THE -KM P4r(T-K4 T.IUN 4* . ). Mamie had: sat, ; Aim new of gold , :game .AOO 4 deadly tathe moo4,agesibi l Ettes , - . than , the fameadf chareeatte sdiyaleal. It -*ea tie_6;konewould 11111.* of maw MITY. I 4. 014 t Qf our common necessities, but every one should feel and realize the fact that our common hope-is embarked in the common cause ; that everything is at stake, and every one should do his duty, and his - whole duty, whether at home or in the field. Those at home, in whatever position, have as important and es sential—though not so hard and dangerous—duties to perform as those in the field. All should-co-ope rate harmoniously and patriotically to the great end; and, while they (the people of that community) had none among them known as speculators or extortion ers, yet there were some whose bursuits enabled them or afforded them opportunitieato realize larger profits on their capital and labor than in times of peace. To such he made a special appeal to contri bute liberally and generously, as he believed they Would. Let no one, whether body corporate or not, think of making profits out of articles needed by the men in the field. The idea was abhorrent. GREATEST WAR SINCE THE ADVENT. OF CHRIST On the general subject of our present conflict, Involving, as it does, our individual as well as na tional existence, he said all wars were calamities— the greatest that can befall a people, except, per haps, direct visitations from Providence, such as famines, plagues, and pestilence. The greater the war, the greater the calamity. This war is a great calamity to us. We 'all feel it. It is the greatest war, and waged on the greatest scale, of any since the birth of Christ. The history of the world—not excepting the Crusades—furnishes no parallel to it in the present era. SOMEBODY TO BLL&ME The responsibility and guilt of it must be fearful somewhere. ; As great calamities as wars are, they. - are, however, sometimes necessary. Often forced by . the highest dictates of patriotism—like "of we are told of—they sometimes needs "come. They are, however, never right or justifiable on both sides. They may be wrong on both sides, but can never be right on both, - Unjust wars, by the unaiiiinOUS cOnsent of civilized men, are held, M.. they should be, in condemnation and repro. bation. People, 'therefore, as well as their riders, to whom such high trusts are confided, should look' Well to it and see that they are.right before appealing to this last and most terrific arbitrament Some thoughts on this subject, flif. - Stephens said, might not be out of place, even there. - These he &Welt upon at some length, allowing thejustice of our cause and the wanton aggreSsion of.the enemy. He traced the historof the controversy between the Southern and -Northern States, the principles and nature of our Government, the independence and so vereignty of the States, and the right of each to con trol its own,destinies and act for itself in the last ns. sort, as each State might think best'for itself. It was wholly immaterial, he said, in considering.the question of right end justice, nowto,look any further than the solemn act of the States of the South, after mature deliberation, each acting for itself in its so vereign capacity. Each State had the right thus to act, and when each for itself had thus acted, no power on earth had the right justly to gainsay it. THE FIRST 'BATTLE OF MICIASBAS. Mr. Stephens-said that soon after the first battle of 'Manassas duty called him to our camps near that point He went over the ground on Which that con flict had taken place. The evidenced of Mutate terri ble strife were still fresh and visible all ground. The Wide-spread desolation the new-made graves, and the putrid Wine' remains, not yet removed by the vultures, fully attested what a scene of blood it had been. While surveying' the hills' and defiles over which the various column.. of men and the enemy , passed, and were engaged on that memorable' day, among many other things that crowded themselves upon his mind were two dying expressions repOrted to have been uttered in the midst of the battle. One• was.by a soldier o*' the side of the 'enemy, isrlit,. fallen and weltering fa his blood, exclaimed, whiS- - God ! what is all this' fort , ' The other was by Lilt' lamented Bartow, who.said, ' , Boys, they have kills& mc, but never give it trp: 7 )' These two exclamations. were made at no great defence apart, and perhaps; near the same time. "WHAT IS Alg•Tnse FOR ?" "What is all this. for Pr Mr. Stephens said he cdpild but think the questiorrwas pertinent to both sides, and most pertinent flt"?fi him who uttered it, addressed to all his invadar ebdiawdes and those _Who sent them. Well might Ile.there,in the agonies of death, in the din and dust tilstrife, in the clangor of arras and the'thunder of artlikry, ask, "What is fln this fail" W.hy this array alienates? Why this fferce meeting in mortal combarr What is all this carnage and slaughter for? The'statte question is still as pertinent to those who arse Waging this war stainst ms as it was then. Why the• prolongation of this' difsiticti Why this immenre'sticrilice of life in - ca nip and the numerous battles' that have been fotitht since 7 Why this lamentatibn and mourn ing goint,up from almost tdmost every heitte* and family front Maine-to the Rio Grande, and tram ' the Atlan tic' and Gillf to the Lakes, for Mends said' d'e'ar ones wh i cebievelafien by disease and violenee. iit' Oft cm.: paralleled straggle? The question, if replied to by the Nolth, caw have but one true answer: 'What is all thififor on their part but to overturn,the'prfaci pie upo'n , Wilick their Government as wellies Mira is based-- - to'reverse the doctrine that Governmentade. rive theiffkist powers from the consenrof thegok verned 7" What is it for but to overturn the' princt- Ides and prCicticref their own Governmerstfloar tke beginningl That Government was founded andlnitteal upon the political axiom that all States and'peoplia have the inall&iable right to change their time otr Government arwlll.. RIOAT OF SECESSION The old ..UniOtt wax formed by the Stateal.ehchi acting for itself r in its sovereign character and capa city, with the oltectmed purpose of advancing their interests respectiitelY thereby. Each State was the• sole judge, . in the host resort, whether the future tit+ tercets, safety; mninteSbeing of her people required' her to resume those eovereign powers, the exercise' of which had been delegated to other hands under the' old compact of Dillon: Theseprinciplee have ever'. been held not onlytine., but sacred, with the frierelti ,of constitutional liberty in all tile Statmiiince the' old Union was fornttxll. They rest upon that (nada meidarprinciple set' fbrth fn the Declaration of. In dependence, that all Governments "derive theirjast., powers from the consent of the governed." The States South, therefore; find done nothft but what was' their right, their iirafienable right, to do ; the same as their ancestbre did, in common with the North, when they severed their connection with the British Government. This war was ivagedtly the Worth in'denial of this right, and for the purpose of conquest and subju gation. It was thereffire• aggressive, wanton, and unjust. Such must be tlieTudgment of mankind, let its results . be what they may The responsibility., therefore, for all its sued - Ikea - of treasure and blood heretofore, or hereafter . tEr be made in its prosecu tion. rests not upon us. QUESTION OP' RECOGNITION. This principle was acted* on fir the recognition by the United States of the South American Republics. It was the principle acted' 011 fn the recognition of. Mexico. It was acted °noir the struggle of Greece to overthrow the Ottoman rate. On that question the greatest constitutionallexposereder of-the North, Mr. Webster, gained his Mit 'ferrets as an American statesman. The principlrwareeted on in the recog nition of the Government !of Louts Philippe, on the overthrow of Charles X., ofTrance, and again in the recognition of the Lamartihe Go vernment,: on the overthrow of Louis Philipps in. 1848 . At that time Me every man at the North, 'ow/cgs, save one, Mr. Stephens believed, voted libr tbe principle. The same principle was again acted upon, with Out dis sent, in Ma; in the recogratimr of the Government of Louis Napoleon. The same principle was acted upon in the recognitio Gov ern as, when she seceded or withdrew from the ment of Mexico. TILE QUESTION ON BOTH_ SIDES Many at the North opposed the admission of • Texas as a State into our Union then. But there was little, if any, oppositionittelier recognition as an independent outside republics: Strange to say, many of those who were then fiercest in their . opposition to Texas coming into the Maio= are now the fiercest in their denial of theunquestioned right acknow ledged to her before. Welt may any and ever one, North or South, exclaim, what is all this fort What have we done to the NortilS` When have we ever wronged them? We quit then; it is true, as our an cestors and their ancestors quit the British Govern ment. We quit, as they quit.upon a question of constitutional right. That question they deter mined for themselves, and' we have but done the same. What, therefore, nit this fort Why this war on their part against therisuiform principles and practices of their own . Government{ There is but onelplausible pretext for it:. that is, to exterminate our - Southern institutions. It is to put the African on an equality with the white man. It is to con quer and subjugate independent and sovereign States, who deny their authority rightfully to rule over them. It is a wary. in short, on their part, against right, against reason against justice, against nature, and or nothing - but power, conquest, and robbery. TICE ANSWER. FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. It is asked on our side; whet is all this fort The reply from every breast' lb, that it is for home, for firesides, for our altars, fbr our birthrights, for pro perty for honor, for .life—in a word, for everything for W h ich freemen should live , an d for which all deserving to bh freemerrshould be willing, if needed, to die. Such, doubtleesese,, were the feelings which prompted the other tem ation on that bloody field to which reference has been made, "Boys I , said the dying Bartow , "they have killed me, B4T rrevita Gyre IT in>." The same sentiments animated the breast of every gallant son of the South who permed forth his life-blood in achieving that tkrst signal and glorious vic tory to our arms. These who survived thqm did not give it up, until they succeeded in driving back the invader, the vor, the despoiler, and rob ber. Both exclamations may well be treasured as mementoes. In whatever trials and sacrifices this war may bring uporros, when thought of "What is all this for 1" comes' to the mind, recollect that it is, on our part, for everything most dear and sacred ; and whatever reversely may await us, in a struggle for such objects, let the watchword of the last survi vors be, " VER. awl: IT up!" Let the world know, and historaseeord the fact, if such should be our unhappy fate; that, though ,pur country may be invaded, our land' bid waste, our cities sacked, our property destroyed, the people ofthe South could die in defence of theft rights, but they could never be conquered. ARMY THE CLMBERLAND. Late and Important from Murfreesboro— Kirby Smith Superseded by Gen. Meth— Small Pox. Raging In Tennessee—Positions, of the Rebels, &c. • RAsnvu, Tenn., Dec. have the Murfrees, born' (rebel) Banner of yesterday. The editor says:: "The enemy continues very quiet along the front.. We are maintaining, unmolested, our former lines: "Gen.. Xirby Smith has beenirelieved of thecotor mend of the Department of East Tennessee. Gea,. Heth supersedes him. "The small-poxis raging. at Tallahoma, Mutfrees. berg, and Knox Ville. "Gen. Pillow has been restored to command,' and is at Murfreesboro raising a brigade of conscripts. He has 3,200 men. " General Joe. Johnston was at Murfreesboro .yea terday. • "The rebels are taking up the rails of thqrailroad from 'Franklin to Coblmbia, for the purpinse • etre-. pairing the road to Deeatur. , "Kirby Smith's sad Hardee's corps me.at Sasdhp- . add Polk Is at Murfreesboro. " The rebel force,* estimated at 65, 4 1ed.Pf alltertos r "There is gremirdliticulty in clothing the ann.!' THE 11.1.:AGY.WATER RIVER.--The .13inchwa.. ter river, in Southeastern Virginia, rises. to Prince George countit,a short distance soutlipf Pate.rsburg, and flowing ioasoutheasterly suulthen sonthwardlr direction, entaties into the NoftowCor near the State bMindary line. A porticuk ‘ tho, distaoce it forma the dixfding line between.. t aquatics of Southampton on the right sod tisle of Wight and Nansemond on thesleft. Trawittin ista small village of Soutinuppton county, on. the.riNess, awl .also on the line.of the .. Seaboard and RoatholteNitailroad,. twenty. miles southwest ftoni,Sufttak, sod ,olghty eight sonthesist of 'eterabutg,, THOHAS WENDRV), Esq., :Had at Farmington, • fa tread M,., November 18th be Mg NpAgyear of hia age. . Mr.. W. was born at Mar , away 13, ITIU, Soon ss. ter,however, hie ei temwayed to Salem, Alm MO during. the ,waa o the American' Revollitien, he slapped as a cabhi-boy of board thealdP,P o A" a privateer, commaided by Onit. John tmarnesAand r. i'w sted by Hon. 100h/tall Herby, a wealthy *haat • of Salem, which vessel tank many prizes,. (ether died in 1777, Leta Blittlidi prison iihlp. In I. • 14g, re moved to liffalste,:and has been a resident -• an ington for IS years, He was, says the Plumelligerin , payer, frost which we eitedeltn the, abiiiVe• ao:looltat, undoubtedly the last of that parrlel.d e V ntle.goo 'dallied the:oil:Jeers and crew gg' the ' erne, as a ;privateer, who, with Stout arms ao4 lbot , ho l at ii ; contributed so law 4 Atm 44 4cittiovixid qv We pentiem, THREE CENTS. NEIr YORK CITY. (Special Correspondence of The Press-I New Yonlc, December 6 t Ise • mows OF THE T 1317,8. The great sensation of the week with us has been' the rumored reception, by leading politicians in this city, of covert peace proposes- frompersona of the same sort in Richmond. The Trit!une has managed in some way to get an inkling of the plot before the schemers meant that it shOuld , be revealed, • and the public have now a tolerably fair idea of the terms upon which it is being craftily wrought out. That the actual rebel "Government" takes any' active part in the matter, is believed' by no one ; but it hi evident, from what has leaked out, that Fernando Wood has received secret proposals for an armistice., at least, from influential rebel Congressmen in Rich- . mond, whose arrangement of the matter would pro= - bably be accepted as valid by Jeff Davis, without much hesitation. Thoughthellemocrata pretend to believe that Mr. Lincoln's proposed declaration of freedom to the slaves after the first of January. would have no effect southward of our army lines, the shrewder men of the party, such as Fernando' Wood and Horatio Seymour, are really fearful that the proclamation will too surely have - the full effect indicated upon its face, and in this idea they are un questionably joined by the official• rebels at Rich mond. Hence the "feeler" tliat was thrown out some weeks ago, to see how the people would re: ceive a plan for peace that shouldeuhject the North to every conceivable disadvantage . of . a defeated power, and only concede to tt the - abstraction of the "Union as it wash Now that there 'are no • elections to be possibly affected ity the'retelition; the intriguing Fernando publicly announces (in a political , speech) that he' herr received a Solithere I peace proporial, and' forwarded it to'Walthlngton,` Newspaper correspondents at the capital are not permitted to know anything at all about whether or not the Executive is noticing the informal "peace-offering;" and hence Borne of them haStily. assume that the whole story is a' hoix. Such,' however, is far from the fact, alf is plainly evident from certain recent morementtrinihis city. When you see Thurlow Weed earnestly hobnobbing with FernandolWood, and know that said Thurlow has certain discretionary poviers al iSpecial cOnuitia stoner from the !United States Government, you' may be pretty stare that something extraordinary is in the wind. The military and naval movements of the coming week will pretty arirelYindiciite . hoivisi Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet are disposed to-tolerate Wood's movement. If BernsiderenlainsinaCtive ; • if Banks* expedition seems to halt at FOitreis Mon roe, and tie small expedition Which started from that fortresa a day or twe ages la orbitolta *Sly a defensive arrangement, there will be to small rea son to fancy that an armistieewill qatterre likely to ensue as a baffle just before the fire of Jantuery. HOLIDAY PREPABI'rtONS ._, • The smart little 'tow storm of Frid a y t; a nd the consequent whiteness of hotrreltops and streets to-day, give the city Bite a holiest . atmebe This afternoon Broadway in a full *loom of gaily , attired promenaders. There is a clithh• tor the Brir sex at all the large dr*miods storespilid nothing.' bespeaks the stern businealecif war save She'paisage,, • riot" and then of squads Or recruits of their way from the recruiting quarteretto the transpOrts in the bay and the cars at Jersey 041 Under theimpetus Of the holiday spirit, all braneheri Of retail hide ate doing well, and the great tojt repositories - of the' Rain already begin to display tiler new Chrtstintas spicks-. One of the novelties gieYoring America' tliikelirfstmas will be a doll thaecan walk, them& fiat liehig achieved by an ingenioulteibck-work, and , closely resembling the progressive action of the' humlhM lege and feet. The inventor it a Waterbiltiop . Yaniferorto has constructed some Of the most roe' marlartlie mechanical toys of the age; One of him , ' inventiOns in the automaton line is a ddg that' will ' run about the floor like a genuine quadruped, and bark very. naturally. Another is a snake that goes through allitliereptile motions, and darts at' oltects held 'want • Another is a talking doll, which Says, • "My dears'l Ibve you," and one or two other mono-' syllabic sentences, with astonishing distinctness. Another grille genius has made a hobby-horse on three wheelittlie two in front being worked by the simple weigltt" of the rider upon the saddle, whilst the hind-wheel far so arranged that it operates as a guide, or ruddier, in obedience to the bit placed in the mouth of Mellott'''. "A large horse of this sort will carry a malt and a chid very easily. The bonder rieweity fsith the juveniles is a minute spy-glass, not larger than an ordinary watch-key, through whose emrcely-perceptible lens you look to behold a photographirr picture apparently as large . as an ordinary calla de attire. I saw one of these minute spy-glasses , the other day, which contained ;the grouped pictures of President Lincoln and his whole Cabinet. Though the picture itself was taken opOn a bit of glass, certainly not larger titan a very small pea, and loOkest like nothing more than an inanitesimal small speck, yet each portrait was mag- Initled" to ttrelull carte size- by the lenses of the tiny lorgnette ' and stood out under the eye as distinctly as one could wish. viz NITMORED 5E1223111Z OP FRENCH TRANS- FORTS in. our harbor yesterday-,, bar Surveyor, Andrews, lacks °Ririe], conflrmattimy,thengh an act of the kind Ass - certainly been under neatereplation of the Go vernment for some timerpost . France thinks to feed its invading army in Musing with flour and provi storm purchased by its agents here, and hence the number of French vessels: new in the bay. The Go vernment is sot disposed tr he this business go on, aedrthere is good reasorsto , herseve that some of the efoeoseht transports hsv received a decided warn inveveni if no actual seisurehes taken place. VTR L.AISTASIIIRE-MID MOTEALENT Is assuming large proporttorna. and the fund already amounts to fifty thousand, diadlars. In addition to thisyserenal large ahippingzserchants have tendered the flee use. of vessels to couneythe food to England, and ishridreda of barrels of /lbw-, &r. are already con tributed'ily leading provision. houses. The most li beral :subscriber is A.. T. Stewart, the dry-goods princes-who has nobly sent ks hdscheck for ten thou sandtßollars. A "retired merchant" contributes seven thousand dollars. Our merchants held a large meet. ing at! the Dienbants , Exchange, this afternoon, and, after a ;Lumber of speeches, $8,450 was newly subscribed;, and 300 barrels of floor, and 1,500 bushels of corscoontributed. A more fitting rebuke to Eng lish "neutrality" than this noble charity to Eng land's starving poor cannot be _imagined. A number of English residents have inaugurated a similar , - mot/au:eat amongst themselves, and have thus fauraised a little over three thousand dollars. • TWet MORE NEW IRON-CLADS Have been lathed today; the Whitney battery Keokuk, from: the foot'of Eleventh street,. and the Ericsseet Kaatsklll, from the yard at Greempoint, Long Island. Thb former is, in all, 159)i feet long, is propelled by two engines and two propellers, of five hundred' horse-power, and carries two• ffitedtnr rats, of one'gun each. The latter is of imternse ca libre, andsrevaives on a slide. The Kaateitill has a length'otl99feet le Inches, and has a turret 9 feet high and' 21 - feet in diameter. Both launebes Were entirely successful, and witnessed by large assem blages-of nnsal officers and civilians. THE NEWSPAPER EDITORN after standing out against the pressurwas long as possible, have now pretty generally raisedthe prices of theitleurnals. One or two are still trying to face the music ; but as the dead loss on any journal sold for two cents Mat least $4 persthousandtprinted, no matte' , how good its advertising patronage may be. there is only a choice between, raising the price, or "shutting up shop." The proprietors of New York's six ohsevea religious papers held a meeting a day or two ago, and decided that they, too, must charge morwfbr their sheets, or stop publishing. The book publishers have an equally hard timeatcOnsequence of tiny terrific cost of white paper, andithe $1 volume of &Tear ago cannot be published now tor less than sl.sth. PUBLIC A3fUSEACE.V, J. continue to be most liberally patronized. Theatres, partibultuiy, are enjoying crowdedilktxises, and the dramatic critics of the press limb plenty to write about. The dailies go into the.oribicieing business by; the wholesale; and I observe...that the Sunday Plarcirrysolicite musical. and theatrical. correspond, coos from -all parts of the country-- Wallack's old, comedies, and. Forrest's tragedies,:briag out the best written articles. On next Friday night ~bfrt.Plorreatwill bring , "The Broker of I3ogota," fon-the first time in several years. Great care is being.isken with the rehearsals, and it is likely to.ruu through the whole of the tra gedian's last week with us,. At the opera, Macafmriiealiated _quite a stir cm Friday. evening. The opera , anecuumed was !‘ Favorite," but as Brignoll; was indisposed, ".11 Trovatore" was substituted;, Nacaferri takin&the, rile of Manrico. He bas,.heretedore, been regarded. as a very_fair tenor, but notbkag. extraordinary; yet, during the, evening, be gave , the. famous ." hi~p.C"• thjee times! electrifying, tbei„wbole find. • making a perfect furore... Dion lEtooriceulps Jopgat. , .4laff. suit alpsiust,thc, proprietors of the Neu Bowery Theatre , foe 7 pheying ! the "Octoroon" w,ithoutr his authority lathe tisis, of his memorablu.sutt ; about the, play, wish the std,. lagers of Virinisr : Garitten, has. been deceded in NIL favor, giving hille,B9ol/4alsages. This nscaisiou gives. authors' copyright a Issipsity above asy . managsnla right by virpes,of pustules or, cootrach and puttilles dramatist ieb, a pcwiltioe. to , protect- Aimed( from piracy. UllmAn'eAePrAgeMilits with Rlstog and ,Tialass Appear to be t geaudne, and both; aziriata will. be, hem) :neat yews. I.,hassaseen the correapp*nee.between 'the parilAh.and ma incite* to mud the•mnputg of the greet: actress and brilllaats dorsaa as .toleratiy, curie. itistori goes teaito / 1 4- 3,11 ne 1 10. ars% then earaes.hess al* thenrettfraraNwarAge. n t:1M1471a1444T. British Qmix_A§ms. retitle, 44110 r of nie Preser : sin .last ElteftllKA iguana. 14t that another vesael hag just left Liverpooli,toprevrpon onr color ; merge, , Whether. UHF nrifisla' Government is. top .weak to Prevent thie, • orin tuiprincipled aanthbe 1 unwilling to preveriaikaaorrot .bo Iptown with. can taint) , ) moat probably the tatter lathe case. OnOof i.the London nevoNapesa lately juatitled tiro Woof piratical Vessels, to.thosacalled Confederate. States upon the grOUnd that ship-buildinris tha boldness 104111P-buildnitty.and, it b no concern dot abototilders to what use the ships are put. Upcka lilts principle of morehl* a cutler would be jaattkke4 ilk-a/ling a ,bowie-tmtle to an assassin, althoughlsoignevr that - immediately aftertahrds itwoUkt the phsaged lAto the breast of top first person who* he- net. In view of such villainous conduct towarOs a nation with Which England professes to be at peace, we can hut feel that Souther, the /kith* poet laureate, was right THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISIIED WEXHIY.) Tar WAR Pam will be sent to sabscribers by mall (por annum in advance) at • 02.00 Five " " 9.00 Tcn " " 17.00 Twenty Copies" 32.00 Larger clubs than Twenty *ill he charged at the same rate, *1.60 per COPY. The money meet alwaye accompany the order, and in no instance can these term* he deviated from, ae theu afford very little more than the coat of the PaPer air- Postmasters are requested to act as Agents fen Tae Wan Passe. Air Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. bit lines constitute a square. when he said that "the money-getting system has tong been the moving principle of British society." .Theßrittsh ship-builders, and their abettors, the fleTnpaper editors, seem quite careless as td where thi s .state of things may end. It May result very shortly' in non-importation agreements among the people o_f the Baited States, in an act Of Congre4 prohibitin,V all commercial intercourse with that . "perfidious Albien, ,, air the French called her some years ago. I. * . may end in war itself. Of one thing. the British people may be assured, that it will not be tamely submitted to What is to hinder the burn ing df the ship Ivardir where men-of-war are con• atructed for the Sou there Market, both in Liverpool and Glasgow 1 A few resolute - Men of the spirit of Fatil Jones and Steplum Deratim could accomplish it, and they would be heCd in reaped' vs - their court. trymen to the end of•time. r regret to see that movements 'are on foot in thin country to send pecuniary assistance to-the cotton operatives in the north of England. The money Would - be better spent among the families of our sol diers. If the Working people of Englantnie ragged and hungry, they may thank their owmGovernment for it. The rebellion in this country , would hove been suppressed before Misted' it not been for the moral and physical aid and comfort afforded by England to the rebels. That the Engllair people are suffering for the misconduct of their rufere—shiscon duct in which they so largely sympathirid is—con sistent With the operations 'of Divine FroOdenoe, Which punishes national crimes by national sorro*. Every dollar sent to England, whether for merchant diae or mulern sickly feeling of philanthropy, tends to prolong the rebellion and weaken the United States. I am, sir, veryrespeothilly. yours, • W . . D.' 1:U1tOP. Cotntitento of the Ltoidson TiIIIIWS Upon Mo. CieMali • [Fromt he Time', Nov. 22.] Few tint doubt the great importance of the .sews Which* has just, arrived' from America. Getierel McClellan has been suddenly deprived of the com mand of the Army of Virginia, e and retires from active' service. General Buinsßf is appointed ter succeed hini, end' has actually taken the calm:land and issued an address to the array. Thus; for the second time within' 4, few months,. the most Ovular carimander on the' Feder& side has been superseded and disgraced. It cannot be said that this event was quite unexpected: . For' a long time a powerful section' of • the' President's Cabinet an.d'a large 'party - 1w the country have been clamoring for a change of commtuiderei McClellan hos long been the object of political ,jealousy and Military, faultfinding, Both es a pemocrat and as too 'slow and cautious ti-cominander, he has excited the indignation of influential people. It will, of course, be the object of the Fresident mid,lllr. Stan ton to show that theft. act was dictated only bYiniii tary considerations. Together with the announce ment of McClellan% removal there was published a cerrespondence 'between 'the ReCietary of Weir and Gen. Halleck, in which the General states that he is sued peremptory orders to McClellan on the 6th of October to cross the Potornne• and to give battle to the:enemy, that Gen. McCielhoidisqbeyed this order on the ground that he was sheet of supplies, as General lielleck states, all requisitions were promptly complied with, and there was „nothing is prevent his adtanciiig. It is, therefole, plainly the wish of the men in power to maks it appear that am incompetent general has been disatissed from a com mand foe ; which he was unfic and that a better an hex been put in hitt,plaee., To suppolgthia v Jewel the mar., they will, no doubt, recall to th üblie. attention till that has happened during the pa-Ai - ear. It is tette fliat General &ft.:Whin hits been em unfortunate eesimeader. Ills naMe will always be associated With a eared:reign More mismanaged and mote.deadly than Virsieheren. The ..lpstorY of thin war is , not yet written, and it may be years beThee the Nun dere of it are laid on the right men; ha the mean thin people who' are, not given to deeptioquiry will continue le „attribute to McClellan the' misfortunes of the campaign in which he bore the most con spicumbi part They will tell of the lauding on a Peninsula in , the 'Atlantic, the waiting before the advtineed worbief the Confederates until they had had time to trtreagitien the real defences on which they relied, of thee slow advance when General Lee had failed back-ow Richmond, of the faulty disposi tion of the Federal' army, the crushing defeats of June, the retreat to the bauks of James liver, all 4 all the Omit and pestilence which foliated . ; and the conclude' that if, Its the"great 'Napoleon. • I goad fortune' hr aetressary to a genera!, then, , ellen itrnot armee the elect of victory.. His enefuies'argue that. Whatever his military quailtiee, htehaicnot ,eir-stiecennit,...seidthat Government which niutitedulinertrrporush has no eiternattrcbuk to'seldovleirine• But, on the other liand,the defenders of McClellan atte& greet deal on-theta side. Whatever for mar be,l-1 is ertain thathe has Dewitt the only mimeo ful battles between the midst army of the Federals andthe. Confederates-. Not poly did he transform the Metley:crosedattlielt led/a Bull Run, lasp i ir, intoa. decent anal% but,'.aiten the disastrous r t to the Potordar;tinder 'Gramma Pope, he too the commt.tid‘of the Metered banana made Washlroluu safe against an attack, meerhed against the Confederates with* Si rapidity which disconcerted them; forced them to fall hack on the Potomac, and, finally; fought two battles/ which ended' in the abandonment of Maryland by Gen. Lee. It is no thing to any that the' victory was claimed by both sides. It fir oftkm ditiltalit to•dellnewhat is a victory; and lath= case, though the Confederates held their ground with mimeos.= the main eneounter, fighting with a imp unerrpsaised during the war, yet this was niatoubltedly owing to their knowledge that, un less they did sot . they would be destroyed, so skilful and rapid had been the operstionsof McClellan. If, then, we comparehimasi th any other Federal gene ral, he does not suffer by the comparison. Carthage itself could ant have been more impatient and irri table with ita-generalr than. Vrashiagton. Mc- Dowell, McClellan, Ilalleck,.Pope,and then McClel lan again, caned= at a cement ofagony, have suc cessively conernanded the' army of Virginia. Now McClellan is dispdacedavith every mart of contume ly, and a new man, tried may in. soma* Unimportant operations on theeoasti=put in his plane. From these circumstance,- it is impassible not to come to the conclusion that McCleWn, has berm sacrificed to the political joalbusies- of tie party in power. The loudness of the outcry - anvil the bitter ness of the atetisatione against him. Miring the last few montha-have iihrriya- seemed to. us sus picious. The constant defiaration+ of the Re publicans has been that McClellan: was not to trusted, that lie would Mu nothin g; . and that the war would never prose.= until he was put out of the way ; Although. they attacked his military reputation, it IYltll. evident that there was a deeper feeling, made- up• of susniefon and hatred, in the background,. and. that this- urged them on against Him, while they were- =leant of Pope and enthusine- for Fremont. The truth.ia. McClellan was known to be a , Consenative, and. to, disapprove the violent mese-the Federal Executive. This was enouginfor•Mr-Stanton and hieoreatures and the Abolitionist party. Such was their bitter ness that not evanwhen McClellan saved:Mary/and and the capital itself did their denunciations: cease for a day. His known dislike to the Emancipation edict of Mr..Linoolit completed the antipathy of the Republicans. Nowthave come the elections, and it is proved that the - majority whith elected inn Lin cola and supported the acts of his Cabinet bee melted away. The opinions en the war and abolition held by Goral Alinaellan are proved to bethose of a majorityof the people of, the Northern s State. McClellan from that moment became too dangerous a man to be left at - the head of a great army - within a few days' marchof thecapital. What if; reiying on the good will of thesoldiarnand the changclopinions of the people, he. should. seize Washington, expel the incapable Cabinet, and conduct or conclude the war on the principle.. of. Ids own party? Such things have been known, even in Republics, and though PdeCiellan.'s- fault is excessive station, Yet it is impossithe to tell what a soldier witngreat power iti his Mutes, masks! by the attacks of his enemies, and /en on hp the encouragement of Ma friends, might attempt ilk the crisis of.a.great war. The ReputilimuuCabihas been emulous to anti cipate its enemy. Law an old Venetian. combine,. it suspects and„watehes.-lin military leaders,.tunkt a moment of .terroroimplaces one for another. dismissal of.McCiellaulathe first &Motion-Dlr. Lin coln of thelate.electicum. It is known. that he- telt them deeply. Ile, wan in the words of one- of his own party, "litswed down" by the first defeats: of the Republicans, and the last extraordinary emote lion in' Ifewa Yosie, moist have completed his dis comfitur--. What his, intentions mapbewecannot tell. He-may. deherinthe to carry out his policy, and support-his coma men at all costs, or he may acquiesce. in. the - popular verdict malt °image his measures and. his+Cabinet. But to gat - aid of a Democratio,Conamooder-in-Chicf his appeared to him the first moessity of his postilion. A general popular.ameng, Isis- men, wi th the. reputation of at least one succeed= Matte, and with. the growing contidencaof ,the opposition, was-too, dpegeroua a rival to ,be barna•so near the White Bouse.. So Mr. liinaoln has. made his cou dletak Brit it is not clear that itdaoauccess. To , Morass a popular general, ittsd,a-nitaisber of a powerfullopposition,and to refler ,on.bitain a correspondtaoe evidently com- Peaecl-lor OPtlincirtatlation, is a denganaus gamete con atry, who partyspirit runshign The first effect In the PleOnienatris to make Ilethallan a conserva tive..minty:, no one will believe that he wan de prised of the. ocannuuni for purely military moons. The Reputillyou journals exult - in the fall of their enemy thia.bleneocrats, on tee, cootrary, not only declare thattha anent is to be regretted but they ao e.tiA Mtthellimas their own Wider. It is, indeed, a. attnifiCant cironotitiume that,.."-et the tinionDemo eratie. AWriOtilOn-theetiks„,l%* . John Van Buren ‘ ,.._"C i°l4 l -41 ..„-_thal he wolna stWort the nomination of thsn as the here tic candidate for and that'-the propered nomi • itstiononfia-aileonded with lotulipeudits." The state of attaltaiti.thus,beriaining fat/ of interest, The two Partieiharellainly adialiang, in mutual animosity everzylay.,soa shall Dottie surprised to hear of othgv actardfseverity On DM cue part, arid angry op position cat *he other. WA/deter- Inez; happen, no one can (bight that the liarth'is becoming seriously divided-soil that the Fade overtuossid is now in tha,ltanibi of a titre/timed pont aimed desperate Notion, PEB ,Ui ITEI >. -3 . 4e Ph a14 1 34ig.0r Wasp ll- ingtou Un iversity,. St Sonis, died, in that city og cossamption .on ilin t *Sth ult. 116 WO *satire or New Hampshireoruk a mathema+Meal and classimil scholar of great attainments. A.vofume of his vs*, Wigs "lid 90 94 tlitiPtaiAined• Col. Lum...Smith, the famous "bill poste* of Buffalo, havilitir soeumulated a tolerable fortcue by strict attentMo to,lbusiness, temperance, &c., *its re; eeutly opal* a banking bonne in Butfalo„and la doing a flourishing business, No doubt he i. 3" well posted , on "mills" of various kinds--bank, change, accommodation, &e. Gett..PriaPe Mends arehitter at whalfbel CoP sider hle W treittment at be hands of tNe•Colifede. rate. GOYernaient. There are.eonstant twangs, bat he IS not pre:noted. no is miserably paid 'fcir services. Poor Price, he sold himself te,thersbellioa for anotlies poor price. Tuesday evening General Ceinpfpn was hp., ngntd VA a banquitat Marietta, Ciigir,.,,by . Colonel: arinietatidry, a friead and admirer.... IA avrorise to, a sentiment offered appropriate to e the nee.saion, Generai Cameron gave an inter in atatemenr of • the wiling in Europe in regard te.pggnationartrou ', hies as observed ajr. hbnaell --Rec. acnale. l 4 F re . n chl_/ 1 0911i r ‘ * a. mi41 4?".. 17 ' a mong the contrabands at jitihtifo.rt, R.: bought a printinrestiblializte* in N'Fiv Cork, tending to lintel*. T4e Siiiiiissrsi . pioss in Oliaricit o q . early in January,. ifnot mintedWhin, proo!nt expectations. Walter Iletryloe.*prolairkentl*, at 1 4 2 , 4 0 ik '" a successor . to Luther 7isoul;eri, ateraW a? , - , w 1 6:Poll (hall Wisconisin wkittdits suOdela 5q1,tht. 214 4 rat• Mr. hlandoe i a.za,hwig: Utticukifiiin a up t ilophted patriotism and.. poDigkrirY• —Dr. Edson V..oh}s,-a act,s3raWarilir3e•Pfittli the rebels, has t)eo444e4oiciti)“ , etrialattskra4ata Fair field countf, Oirtco, in a igakwity aS noR thousand five hundred,-a7 emit to he orionsAy. regretted: - -Mr. hpox, Of the St. 1ipu.4.9 *Met, has served a notice oil Diet r, pinif th4t hig @lootion will be contented,
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