/4* ii i r lit 55. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1862 igir We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. *IP Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. TIIE, WAR. Tag attitude Of affairs on the Rappahannock iiin teresting, although not so clearly defined by our des pat ohms as we could wish. Generl Burnside.has sue- Nea4ully performed one of the greatest feats known to the greatest masters of the 'art of war—that of crossing a river in the face of a powerful foe. He succeeded by stroke of strategy which weilhope may pram the initial only of the campaign. He had threa tened to shell Fredericksburg if the rebel sharp shooters should at any time open fire upon the Fede ral troops from under cover of the houses of that famed old city. An apparently desperate attempt was made about Port Conway to cross by General Franklin, Which was only a feint to draw the rebel troops from the vicinity of Fredericksburg. Gen. Franklin commenced jointing his pontoons early on Thuraday morning, about three miles below the city, near Falmouth. Simultaneously, other two pontoon bridges were being construeted opposite Fredericks burg, with artillery planted in defence, so as to sweep • all approaches. Thus, the Army of the Potomac has crossed the Rappahannock in two 5U - porting columns. The enemy'is reported to he in concentrated force between two lines of redoubts, but this seems very doubtful. He would not occupy a position long that is Ranked by General Franklin's grand division of troops. The rebels have evidently retreated to ft position more easily defended and better adapted for a pitched battle ; probably .the lit tle valley of the Illattapony river will be selected, if a determined stand is made north of Hanover Junction. The rebels have already fallen back across the Massa ponnax river for safety, and destroyed the bridges. Behind this stream they can observe our movements, and retreat or give battle, at pleasure. It will be Of the utmost importance for theth to discover whether it is Gen. Burnside's intention to inove upon Rich mond by stage roads, direct through Spottsylvania county, or whether he will pursue the course of the Richmond anal Fredericksburg railroad. It will be the duty .of the General - command ing the Army - of the Potomac to push on as rapidly as possible, proceeding with caution, but forcing the enemy to fight. A battle will weaken the rebels very much without seriously inpairing our strength, and a defeat will ruin them, especially if a rout should be one of the results of the impending battle. General Sigel, in moving upon G-ordons ville, will soon be within hearing of the sound of Burnside's , artillery, in case of battle, and eau bear down upon the enemy's flank and rear with terrible effect, if the rebels are not much stronger than is generally supposed. At Pre sent, it must be confessed, the position of affairs is most prothising for the Union army. It is tee's object to avoid a battle ;it should be Burn side's endeavor to force Lee to fight, becanse upon the result of thlaengagement may depend the life or -death of the rebellion.. But how may this pri ruitliT result be attained when the rebels are evi dently falling back :to their works about Rich mond, - "aw fast as safety to a large army will warrant, and:, destroying the :: bridges after theml A rapid movement southwardiy for a few hours will bring Burnside , si:entire army in the flank Of the rebel ferces, and our young ,leader's military genina las discovered the strategy. The feasibility of a rapid movement so as to place the Army of the Potomac between Lee's army and Richmond is now evident. The Ma, Ta, Po, and Ny Creeks can all be forded hi a day, and then the rebels must fight upon the dead levels beyond, or be forced into the reedbrakes and swamps below. They Must fight a hard battle, or their capital will he the Christmas gift of the United States Government. At this juncture we are glad to learn that the Army of the Blackwater is ready to move, and is only awaiting the word to advance ; in case the rebels should attempt a retreat to Lyndbury for winter quarters. CONGRESS. SENATE.—Mr. Cowan presented a petition from twelve hundred citizens of Philadelphia, asking for the passage of a general bankrupt act. Mr. Wilson introduced a resolution instructing the ComMittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of allowing the extra bounty of $lOO,- gun:antic/4. to_, volunteers by the act of July 5, 1862, to be given to all men enlisted before that time, which was adopt ed. The Senate adjourned yesterday morning until Monday. E=fl THE NEWS. Tux news,of the occupation of Fredericksburg by the Army of the Potomac was received by General McClellan while at a dinner given him at Willard's by Mr. Cox, of Ohio, and several other gentlemen whose fraternal, sympathies for " our wayward sis ters" have been !supposed to outweigh their filial affection for tkili4riruritry that gave them birth. A ttit4Aswpcilo was tried at the Wash ington Navy 1 ; 04i - in' the presence of Assistant Secretary Fox•Anfl :several Senators. Its success exceeded all abticiPaPOns. Instead of exploding harmlessly undef the water, as was intended, it tore off the stern and a; part of the bottom of a small schooner : which hattjustunloaded her cargo at the Government wharE , . • Tat.: colored people' of• Boston are making great preParations for the celebration of the Ist of Janu a#, lEfia, as n day of jubilee. One or two meetings have been held, and committees appointed to perfect arrangements for the celebration. Frederick Dou glass is to deliver the oration. WE are informed that the negroos in great num bers are coming into Gen. Grant's lines, bringing horses, mules, and wagons. They are set to 'work ginning and baling cotton. They receive wiges for' their labor, and, it is said, do twice the work they performed as slaves. There is every indication thtt, if the masters 'were well disposed, the transition from the system of involuntary labor to paid labor would be much easier than many have supposed. INFOIIMATION has been received in Washington that the Central Railroad, from San Francisco to Nevada, will be carried on to a success. Out of three millions of subscriptions required, four hue.. dred thousand were got in Sacramento in one day. Two million dollars are set down as the share of San Fraos , ,, The yearly cost of freights to Wa shoe, iii'..lo..kdA, is estimated at six millions. The entire length :Of the railroad will be two hundred and seventy miles, and the highest giades over the mountains will be eighty feet to the mile. This road is to be part and parcel of the great Pacific Railroad. Tar: Louisvillpsfournat states that upward of sin wagon loads of;#101 matter, hooks, pamphlets and papers have been.Ssold and destroyed at Bowling Green, Ky., within• the last month. Most of them were sent•thither for the use of sick soldiers. - Soars astrologer predicts that December 25 is the only lucky day for marrying this year. Marriage able young persons will please make a note of it. THE trouble among the Massachusetts troops near New York appears to have•subsided..The men have nearly all returned to camp, and .their comfort IS said to be well provided for. IT is reported that a rebel - steamer, under com mand of Capt. Maffit, is cruising in the Gulf. Bair my , s carpet factory in Winthrop, Maine, com prising.two large buildings, was burned on 'Wednes day night., Loss from $lO,OOO to $20,000. Wx have the Memphis Bulletin of the sth inst. It says the announcement that Grenada was actually occupied by our forces was premature, but that the army had approached to a point within seven miles, 'and could occupy the town at any time, as there were ho rebel soldiers there and no defences. When the coming of our army was announced, the wildest panic was created among the people. Two regiments of rebel conscripts had been sent to defend the town, hut they became panic-stricken, and left. A force for defence had been promised from Abbeville, but it did not come. The Budktin learns that the rebels visited Germantown on Thursday, picking up con scripts. Arbitrary. Arrests. We are glad that the . Senate has debated the resolution of Mr. Senator SAur.sn'tmy in relation to the arrests of suspected traitors. The debate now pending on this question is one of great importance. The question admits of serious discussion, and the discus- Mon thus far has enabled the friends of the Administration to present its case in a most convincing and able manner. The speech of Mr. Senator FESSErrnrai is a fine illustra tion of what an able and sincere patriot can say for the good cause, and the failure of the gentlemen of the opposition to make a suffi cient answer to his argument shows 'how false and unreasonable their position is. There is no act of the Administration which will admit of more meaningless invective than the arrest of suspected traitors. We have heard its enemies ring the changes upon the Constitution, the habeas corpus, personal rights, and the trial by jury, and, if we might judge by what the enemies of the-country say, we have been virtually under an absolute and Oriental despotism. Many of our friends go into arguments -to show, from law and record, that the action of the Ex.ecutive is proper, but we really do not see the necessity 'of any such trouble.. The case is one of ne cessity and self-preservation. It is an ex traordinary position ; just as it .would be if we should find ourselves confronted by a highwayman as we walked home from the club. This - was precisely the position of the Government. _ Treason came upon it like a thief in the dark. It might have raised the windows and called for the police, but before the police would have arrived the murder would have been accomplished. The simplest way would be ft ,to take the nearest weapon and disarm the ruffian. Mr. Luf- COLN might have arrested GEORGE P. Kean and Raw MERRYMAN, And others, after the riots in Baltimore, and sent them befOre a local jury. What would have'. been': the effect ? A faeile Chief Jtistiee would have released them on bail, and a sympa thizing jury would have acquitted them amid shouts of applause. Baltimore would have been tinder a reign of terror before the first indictment . was, written. We regret the necessity for arbitrary ar restswe regret'' the' , necessity for 'taking Way the life of man. We takeaway the life of the man who 'contemplates, assasSina tion—we take away the liberty , of the man who contemplateS treason. .The :motivein each:ease is self-preservation. We firmly believe, and . we think histery show the. truth of what we 'say, that the,, exercise of the highest prerogative of the President-has saved us some of the most valuable portiOns of the Union; Our cause haS grown in strength and ,poWer. We can afford to be merciful, and the mercy now - manifested is the best evidence of our national stability. The country appreciates the action the President, and the debate in the Senate is an abundant and convincing justification. THE English GoVernmentby locution of negligence—,we may even say by its criminal conniVatice;—permitted the friends of the rebels to-build a pirate vessel in the docks of .LiverpooL That vessel is now ranging - the seas anddestroying.Atheri can commerce Not many days ago a meet ing . of AnteriCan citizens. was heht in Boa ton and money subscribed for the - relief of the Lancashire suffering Poor. One of the gentlemen present offered the use of the ship T Wales, then returning -froin a voyage to .Calcritta, to convey the offerings of Bos ton to Liverpool. The: corn and clothing Were pwchased, and awaited the arrival of the:ship-T. B. Wales ; but, instead of Thor antral, came the news that she had been burned by the rebel pirate Alabama. - What a strange and suggestive Comment! A Ves: sel, intended fora journey of glom , to Eng land, bnrned::by plinte which English ava rice :and enmity had bniitt THE 'RECENT SAD DEATH of WILLIAM PLATT, , Jr.,- Esq.:, the late estimable : a - nd, efficient superintendent of - the Philadelphia branch of the US. Sanitary Cominission, from tliseaSe contracted while engaged tho-noble work, of Ministering to the Wound ed after the late terrible battles iu 3.ThrYland, deserves more than a passing notice. . Of Mr. PLATT'S virtues it is, in this comniu nity, hardly :necessary to speak. The high character he bore in. business and social circles is : well known. life- lost his life, at the early age of thirty-seven years, in the actiye practice of : that holy charity which Ta' iinteth not itself." fellOW,Members of the Sanitary ComMiSsion, who best knew his modest but invaluable and unceasing effortsinbelialf of the great Cause of suffer ing lunnanity,' ha ye testified theh high ap preciation of his worth as a Christian and as a philanthropist by appropriate resolutiOns, which Will be fonnd in another column.: • The; Opex'a. ,-• • . • We. are glad to, see,, Mx. Manager 'GRAU has , consented. tt• "giVe us a week of. Opera, the Signora . PIIEIIRABELLA appearirig . on Wednesday evening in the ,":Tra.Viata" Mr. GRAII I S programme is very:brilliant and attractive. He promises to give', its "Our - young and talented prime donne," all of whom are flushed with the success of a very successful New York season. Among the operas to be presented we shall haVe 4 DinOrall,'' with PORDIER as prima donna, and the celebrated goat in his gym nastic performance. In addition, we are also led to expect " Lucrezia Borgia," "Ballo nn.Maschero," and the Vespers." Mr. GIIAU is at great expense to please Phi ladelphia, and we trust he will be rewarded -with.nn.abundant success. - mijuurnea over -10=-1 wTeu ,ar. in r. ope visa ec . `fir= ladelphia he was the guest of what he after wards denominated the " unmixed society," and he said that he had there met, for the first time, unreserved Seceisionists. Sup posing him to be a safe depository and sym pathizer (in which it appears they were grievously disappOinted); . 'they spoke With out hesitation, and discOsed to him their opinions and, plans. What were then their secret sentiments, 'Confidentially uttered, have since 'been proclaimed to the world. And the results of the recent elections have so emboldened them that, .as well in Philadelphia as in New York, they seize every occasion to openly exhibit their hostility to the Government and the war. The chief of this " unmixed society," this Secession cabal, is undoubtedly your well known townsman, William B. Reed.. To do hiM credit, he is true to his blood and faithful to Buchanan. A good deal of cu riosity pretaile .in this iiiiiiiiiiiii in . regard to a - rumored pamphlet over the name of William B. Reed, .which.. *- said to have been printed, although Mit..published. lam inforMed, however, that its title is. a ." Vin dication of Political Opinions ; an address delivered before the Democratic Association of Chestnut A copy of this brochure Is believed to be in• the hands of a celebrated politician in Washington, and, from what' I can.. learn, ;he' finds it so objectionable and dangerous a paper, that, notwithstanding his now strong Seces sion proclivities, lie refuses to let it see the light. . The. story runs that after the address was printed:the author sent copies to certain friends, .with. strict injunctions that they should nit pass out of their hands, and that after they had read them, they insisted that the whole edition- should be suppressed. I am promised a sight of this production, and if I succeed Will send you some "elegant extracts." . • At•is suggested that the address asks for.theneognition of the rebellion, and states; that; whether Pennsylvania shall go with the Northern or Southern Confederacy is a quiestiori for ftiture consideration.] It is intimated that it contains a general charge that certain - letters were opened at one of the' post offices, .and copies forwarded to Washington: New England is said to be violently assailed for her course dUting the present war. Almeroft's •history of the United States comes under severe review- the evident cause' being the attack upon an illustrious character in the RevolutiOnary War, in -that great work. Now, I' do not allege thaftbese things appear in this pam phlet, for, as I have said, I have not seen it. Can it be possible that any citizen of Penn sylvania would write, much less print, such a production?. If the address was pro nounced to the Democratic Association 'at Chestnut Rill, should you not ask, in The Pres.', whether that association endorses such views ? The author 'is a bold man, apparently conscientious in the views he en tertains; for,.unless restrained, he would have sent his pamphlet broadcast upon the country. My reason for referring to this matter is, that when the enemies of ;my country are audacious enough to prepare such statements as these, and, willing to spread them before the people, the fact should be known as well to the Government as to the public. When they are circulated and avowed, we shall at* least ascertain Whether the party to which they are adL dressed, or the Republic; ..„they are in tended to destroy, will, on the one hand, accept and endorse them, and on the other repudiate and punish them. LETTER FROM 46 OCCASIONAL.” Ann:nu:Ana 1:4 LoNnoN.—The following is a list of Americans registered at Gun & Co.'s Aloe:lean .News ilooms,h9 Craven street, Strand, London, England, for the week eliding November 28, 1862 : H. W. Dimans, U. S. Consul, Oporto ; H. S. Buckley, NeW York; R. P. M. Torbert, West Chefs"- ter, Pa.; C.:H. Judson and wife, New York; J. M. Brooks, Philadelphia; B. F. Bosom, Brooklyn, N.Y; Misses E./and S. Brooks, Philadelphia; J. F. Lewis, New York; S. Bowles, Mtissachusetts; S. Ingalls, North Adams; B. T. Bowles, Massachusetts; :E. M. Eustis, Boston; S. E. Sewal, Boston; Mrs. L. Alex anqr; New York; E. E. F. Williamson, Virginia; F. Ha 4:l4Pliimore; Dr. G. A. Bates, Boston; R.` W 0; •, ,•• *fdrbritiv :Jersey; W. J. Hacker, Philadel.. V;Cfnc,' lie* Jersey; E. K. Warrington, Philadelphl/4 . :' ,, '; • • ExTRA reAMCV; PEREMPTORY SALES OF STOORS AND Rs.4,4sikre, Tuesday next. See Thomas 8c Sons' advertiTements and pamphlet catalogues, is sued to-day.:' ' Occupation of ereilerfeksburg—The Rebels Driven Out ofthe City althe Point of the Bayonet—Our Entire Army Across the Rappahannock. HEADQUAItTERS or ARMY Or TIM POTOMAC, After occupying the river front; of the city last night, we lost about one hundred men in killed and wounded while driving the rebel's through the city. They fired on our men as they advanced through the streets, while secreted in and behind houses. Not much mercy was shown to those who were caught This morning a dense fog hid everything from view, but itis now gradually passing away. The troops commenced moving across at an early hour, Gen. Sumner's grand division leading the way over in front of the city, to be followed by General Hooker's grand division. • General Franklin's grand division, which crosses nearly three miles below the city, is nearly'. over. At a quarter past nine o'clock this morning the first gun ii•as fired, and the firing lasted about half an hour, the rebels not making a very spirited reply. It is thought the troops wilt all be over by noon. Information received Auring the night and this morning, from deserters and prisoners, shoWs that the rebels hai-etwe strong lines of batteries in the rear of the city, the first one being one mile back and the second a mile from the first The whole army is in rapid motion and well con centrated. The troops are in excellentspirits and anxious to be led upon . the enemy's works. The enemy have concentrated their forces, and it is believed will give battle. Much will depend upon the result of to-day, but all feel sanguine of success. ITEADQVARTEHS ON THE Air Or THE POTOMAC, Friday Evening, Dec 12th. At ten o'clock this morning the fog began to clear away, but before eleven o'clock the air was again thick, and continued so until two o'clock this after noon, when the fog entirely disappeared. At quarter past two o'clock, the rebels opened all their guns posted on the .first ridge of hills, their main fire being directed upon the city of Fredericks burg, which was filled with . our troops. The guns which were posted on the left of the ridge opened on a large body of troops that had crossed on the two lower bridges and foFmed in line of battle, moving obliquely down the river, frontingthe Alas sapanox creek. Although selmral of the shells ex- Ploded over our troops there were no casualties. General 13ayard's cavalry had five men killed while endeavoring to ascertain the enemy'sposilion. This force crossed on, the lower bridge. The troops that crossed below are sleeping on their arms to-night, the advance being within three quarters of a mile of the Nlassaponax creek, their left resting on the Rappahannock. The enemy occupy the opposite side of the creek in force. Our guns posted on this side of the river silenced the enemy's artillery, after a fight of half an hour. This ended the firing for the day. The only damage done by the enemy's shells thrown into the city was to add so much to its de struction. Twenty-five of our men were killed last night in the streets of the city, while driving the rebels out. Nearly every house in -Fretierick.sburg has been damaged more or less by the firing of the past two days. Several splendid residences have been com pletely riddled. All the churches have also suffered. The fire of the enemy appeared to be directed on the most prominent edifice& . Several cases of wanton destruction of property (which could have been of no use to the enemy) by our troops occurred when they first entered the town. In many houses the furniture all remained, show ing that their occupants left in haste. Some of our troops mistook a British flag for the Confederate colors, and tote it from the residence of the British consul. This morning the owner called at headquarters to recover it, and it was returned to him. The main body of the army is now over the river, the balance being'in a position to cross at any time. There are no indications of the enemy making any movement towards evacuating his position. If he remains, a battle must immediately ensue. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY. THE ENTLR.E FORCE ACROSS THE • .• RAPPAHANNOCK. - Dotalle: of:the •Itgovienient. [Special CorregpondenCe of irliel l ie*]. HEADQUA2ITERB, dfiTOTOXAC ) December 11,1862 Referring to my letter of one o'clock this morn ing, written during the still hours of the night, with a view to availing myself of most unseasonable mail despatches, 1 have this evening to announce the landing of Sumner's, Hooker's, and Franklin's grand divisions in Fredericksburg, and the sion of that place after many perplexities:.;.Sfi:OW roofed, silent, and deserted as it appeared yesterday, there were, notwithstanding, an abundance of sharp shooters hidden in the houses, as unpleasant 'expe rience subsequently showed. The army arose'tliis morning at half past four o'clock, breakfasted, and prepared to cross, leaving but a few regiments front each corps in the several camps. Though the night had been frosty, the air was still, and the moon and stars shone brilliantly. Ac. saw, "L` 4 ,;;;;:sTriefly Ovei " g eg i p tng ly a - Put egt-er I heard. It was my lot to move this morning,wllV.• • the signal corps, attached to headquarters, a bbdila: very intelligent officers, selected. for their :,duties With especial reference to quickness of perception and general knowledge. Towards six a moderate exchange of shells between ourselves and the rebels commenced. Our little troop was soon after in the saddle, and reached speedily the headquarters of Gen. Sumner, which became ft rendezvous during the day for many general officers, including Gen. Burnside and staff. The house was of brick, large and handsome, and belonged to a rich individual _named Phillips. Its commanding position gave it preference as a place of meeting and of observation. At three o'clock this morning the two upper pon toon bridges, in the centre and towards the east end of the city, were commenced, but the attempt was frustrated, after they were carried half way across, by an incessant fire of rebel sharpshooters from cel lar windows, houses and walls; along the banks. Four companies from the battalion of engineer regulars divided this duty between them, assisted by the 50th and 15th New York engineers. At the upper bridge, the pontoon layers were supported by the 67th and 66th New York Regiments, who fired from the shore upon the rebel riflemen.. Capt. Per kins, of the 50th New York engindon, was here shot in the neck; and killed, and . Capt. Macdonald was wounded in the arm, together with Capt. Brai nerd, wounded in the thigh. The 80th lost one in every ten men. Lieut. Colonel Bull, of the 66th New York, was shot mortally through the bowels. As he lay groaning in the hospital, he quietly told me that his wound was mortal, and that the sur geons said he could not live forty-eight hours. As a foretaste of his destiny, Captain John P. Dodge, of his regiment, lay dead by his side. The latter was wounded by the premature bursting in the air of one of our own shells. His second lieutenant, James Lovitzer, was struck in the knee by a ball. After several ineffectual attempts, recourse was had to cannonading the city with the object of shelling out the rebel sharpshooters. This was a painful task, but apparently necessary, and a furious play of artillery took place till noon, when it temporarily ceased. This occurred chiefly on our part, the rebels replying but seldom. In the meantime, Gen. Franklin sent word at 11 o'clock that he had finished two bridges, a mile and a half below, and requested permission to cross with his grand division. This was denied him, lest Jackson, who laid near, according to report, might suddenly attack him before the main body had crossed and could come to his relief. The city had now taken fire in several places, and although the shelling was renewed at three o'clock with added fury, a plan was soon carried into operation which secured the capture of the place without waiting for a demolition. General Hunt, chief of artillery, conceived the plan of sending several pontoon boat loads of men across the river, who were to chase the sharpshooters from their hiding places, while the bridge was being laid. Burnside acquiesced. After the severe experience of the engineers, the enter prise seemed hazardous, but volunteers from the 7th Michigan and 19th Massachusetts, of Gen. Dana's brigade, were called for, who readily offered them selves. One hundred and fifty men of the former regiment were detailed for the advance, led by the dauntless Col. Baxter, their commander, who stood boldly at the bow of the first boat, amid a storm of bullets, and was severely wounded in the shoulder. With hint were Captain Oscar H. Williams, and Lieutenants Henderson and Frank Emory,- who escaped unharmed. This took place at half past three. The boys gaily -jumped on shore, and ran up the bank amid the cheers of their com rades- behind. The scene was not to be resisted. Mr. Swinton, of the New York Times, and myself, after vigorous shouts and clapping of hands, soon found ourselves amid a boat load of soldiers, in much of novelty, and, as the advance were chasing the sharpshooters from the neighborhood "of the shore, were but little molested in our transit. The agreeable lack of rifle balls did not, by any means, mar the excitement of the moment. The shouts of the men, as they rushed into the water, and climbed into the boats, was a pandemonitim in itself; but above, the tremendous screaming and whirring of shells was ceasieless,.as they flew over head from our batteries to protect the crossing. No shelling, at that time, took place front the enemy. FREDERICKSBURG. Passing between dead Union soldiers as we as cended the bank, a woful scene of destruction pre sented itself, which from the opposite shore could not be realized. House walls were riddled with breaches, roofs were fallen in, and the interiors were a mass of fallen timbers mingled with broken plas ter. The men rushed in like locusts, and finding many objects still unremoved, transferred those Of suitable size to their pockets. The British flag, float ing over the house of the British Consul, was seized from his deserted dwelling, and carried across the river, with the idea, probably, that it was a Seces sion affair, and thirty prisoners from a Mississippi regiment accompanied it. The houses on the banks were occupied by families in moderate circum stances, and . no one was allowed to penetrate sun piently into the city to enter those of more eos tlyistrue ture;owing to the known presence of rebel soldiers in many houses and streets of the town. A fearful looking dead rebel, with his head half shot away was the boundary beyond which: no one passed. A few families had returned yesterday, who said that the attack was so long delayed, they did not expect it at all, and preferred taking a risk and enjoying their hothes. This morning sadly disappointed them, and they were found by •us, hidden in their cellars, and secure from danger. The women appeared frighten ed at the approach of our men,.but were assured by officers that every respect would be shown them, and soon therefore became sociable, and with their houses reduced to splinters over their heads, were :to• laugh at sundry jokes they heard perpo liittett: It. is 'Singular to observe , how, when the worst is known in regard to pecuniary losses, the human soul recovers its elaiticity, and rebounds into is native realm of hope. OCCASIONAL THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, bECEMBER 13, 1862. ARMY OF ~TIIE POTOMAC. December 12-10 ()Taloa A. Di TIRE LATEST. Presently the bridge was finish edond shortly after four o'clock Howard's division of Couch's corps poured along, preceded b3PGeneral Ferrero and aids, who had been deputed by Burnside to superintend the crossing. After them came the balance of Stun ner's grand division, consisting of the corps of Couch and Wilcox, with few exceptions, and subsequently followed a section of Hooker's army as dusk ad vanced. The enemy opened a moderate shelling from distant batteries, but soon ceased. It was a most futile manifestation. Soon the troops, as brig ade after brigade arrived, were marched through the different streets of the town, and exchanged sharp firing with rebels hidden in many of the houses. Each building, as they progressed, was cleaned of its inmates, and, at dark, after the proper posting of guards, the men occupied the houses, cooked their suppers, and composed themselves for sleep. They were rationed in the morning for three days, and their blankets were slung over their shoulders ready for any bivouac. • A second bridge, half a mile below,was completed soon after the upper one, and troops from Hooker's grand division, consisting of Butterfleld's and State man's army corps, rapidly crossed, four deep, at the rate often thousand an hour. FRANKLIN'S GRAND.DIVISION. This section of the army, composed of Reynolds' and Smith's army corps, crossed simultaneously with the rest, without molestation, a short distance below the city, having before it a level plain, which our artillery could easily have swept of any field batteries or troops of the enemy. ARTILLERY Our artillery in position yesterday consisted of four divisions. That of Colonel Hays, with eight batteries, occupted the right ; Colonel Tompkins, with eleven batteries, the right centre; Colonel Tyler, with seven batteries, the left centre; and Colonel De Russy, with nine batteries, the extreme left. This last division was called but little into action. Colonel De Russy led the forlorn hope at IYlolino Del Rey, during the Mexican war, and it is said is soon to be a brigadier general. Over a hundred guns were thus pointed at the devoted city. Had the batteries been provided with a full complement the number would haVe been far greater. • -• FREDERICKSBURG ON FIRE. The town to-night presents a brilliant but sorrow ful spectacle. The flames increase, and houses fall, one after another, within their insatiate grasp. Buildings are being leveled to arrest their progress. The spectacle is being contemplated by numerous officers from the mansion of a Mr. Lacy, on the river bank, who has deserted his residence, and is a major in the rebel army. His house has been used to-day as a hospital, and the floors of the spacious parlors are plentifully stained with blood, severed limbs, and pieces of flesh, painful mementoes of a (lay of horrors. An impressive incident of the day was the hourly tolling of a church clock, which could often be heard in the momentary intervals of cannonading. TO-MORROW It is not known by the shrewdest generals what to-morrow may bring forth. Either, accenting to the accounts of rebel prisoners, the bulk of Lee's army has retired for several days past, towards Bowling Green, where fortifications exist ; or are awaiting us near by, in strong positions, which it will he a severe task to dislodge them from. The comparative silence of their guns, to-day, has been a problem. To-morrow, then, blood in streams, or a tranquil possession of the town and heights—yet victory with this army, victory - at all events. N. W A_S i-ii.N . aTow . Special Despatches to 44 . The Press." WASHINGTOIf, December 12, 1862. Court Martial of General Porter-2 General DowelPs Testimony. The court martial of General Porter continued its session to-day. Major General Heintzelman was examined briefly, but no evidence of importance was elicited. Major General McDowell was examined with re gard to his position, and also that of General Porter, on and during the day of the battle at Manassas, on the 26th of August. He testified in effect that previous to receiving the joint order set forth in the specilications, which was di rected to both him and pen. Porter, he had, as senior officer and commander of the two corps, taken steps to secure the same ends. After receiving the order, he gave certain directions to Gen.. Porter in regard to the movements of his (Porter's) corps, and then left Gen. Porter with his own (McDowell's) corps to take part in the action. While on his way he met a messenger with an.order to Gen. Porter; which order he examined, and which, in effect, gave the very same directions he himself had already given. So far as he knew, Gen. Porter had taken no part in the action of the 29th. General McDowell was croas-examinlif at :some length, but nothing was'elicited affecting the testi mony he had given on the direct examination. The examination will be continued to-morrow. The McDowell Court of Inquiry. In the McDowell Court Matta! to-day, the exami nation of Major General Keyes relative to the con ferences of the various corps commanders and Gen. McClellan, referred to by the latter in his testimony, was continued. . Gen. Keyes said that at the conference at Fairfax . Gourt House, Gen. McClellan spoke of some troops - tiien in the Shenandoah Valley as one portion of the •4!1:1•o' ops for the defence of Wapinzton-,-. , pate rituugni. 17011 : 111 1.' VL.ernQr'pblsra .,,.+ t C that were to arrive, but not in definite terms. President had impressed upon the corps command ers the duty •of Making definite arrangements for the defence of the capital, and it was, therefore, resolved by the majority of the council, on the 12th of March, that all' the forts on the Virginia side, on the right bank, must be fully garrisoned; the forts on the Washington side occupied, and that there should be, in addition, a covering, or movable, force of 25,000 troops on the Virginia side. This was the opinion of McDowell, Heintzleman, and witness; but General Sumner was of the opinion that the number of troops to be left for the defence of Wash ington, including the forts, should be 40,000. The force in the Shenandoah Valley was not included among these troops, nor. did the witness consider this force applicable for the defence of Washington. The court then adjourned until to-morrow. Naval Intelligence.; The Navy Department hae received a despatch from Rear Admiral FAITRAGUT, enclosing a report from Lieut. Commander .11.1oKnAN BUCHANAN, of the United States gunboat Calhoun, dated off Bra shaw City, November 28, stating that an. expedition which started from the Calhoun on the 26th ult. up Bell river returned on the morning of the 28th with a launch, mounting a 12-pound Dahlgren howitzer, and two prisoners. The remainder of her crew escaped. • She had on board sixty tents, and a few worthless shot-guns. Commander 13ucirax.A.0 states he learned that the rebel steamer Victory was set on fire and blown! up off Lost Island, about two weeks before the datel of his report. It appears that she broke her piston rod, and sent a boat up for assistance, when, hearing that our forces were in possession of the place, they went back and set her on fire, and deserted. Como- mender BucIrANAN learned from a rebel officer, whip came up with a flag of truce, that her crew hatl'ar rived in. Franklin, Louisiana, and that the steamer was loaded with arms, ammunition, and clothing.' Acting Master Fuao. CROCKER, commanding the U. S. steamer Kensington, in Pensacola Bay, reports to the Navy Department, under date of tie 26th of November, that on the 12th ult. the Britiih schooner Maria, from Belize, Honduras, and on the 11th the rebel schooner Coruse, from Havana, were taken in the attempt to run the blockade at Sabine . pass, and sent to Key West for adjudication. The vessels assisting in the capture were U. S. schooner Rachael Leaman, prize schooner Velocity, ,and prize steamer Dan, both the latter beingMaiused by a part of the officers and crew of the Ken sington, but at the time under the command . or Acting Master Hoorah, as senior officer. Commander CALDWELL, of the iron-clad gunbOat Essex, reports to the Navy Department off New Orletfns, under date of December 3d, that he seized at the depot of the Baton Rouge and Opelouse i as Railroad 226 barrels of molasses, and delivered iton board the storeship Fear Not, agreeably to the order of Rear Admiral FARRAGIIT. He states that this molasses is the produce of the enemy's country, and was transported to Baton Rouge upon a rail road in their possession and exclusive use, and in tended for shipment up the river by a steamer which was expected on the day after our arrival. Had it been intended for transportation across the river i to Baton Rouge, it would still have been subject jto seizure, as. near that place is. a garrison of rebel soldiersAwho exercise control over the place, and permit nothing to go forth except for use in thi coun try in their possession. Surgeon GiLcunisi , has lx detached fro,- _urge _ jeen detached froti l duty as fleet surgeon of the Mississippi Squadron, and Surgeon NrrirAN PINKNEY ordered to relieve:him. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE LounavuLE, Dec. 12.—The cars from Nashville have arrived, being slightly behind time. All is quiet along the road, and 'in the vicinity of Nashville. Forrest, Triplett, ,and Wood, with froM 3.000 to 4,000 men, were at Charlotte, Tennessee, yesterday, intending to cross the Cumberland river at Palmyra or Martin's Shoals, between Fort Donilson and Clarksville, for the purpose, it is supposed, of cut ting the railroad or getting supplies. : • Col. Stanley Mathews, with the 7th Pe' nsylvania Cavalry and other troops, made a bol dash into Franklin, Tenn., to-day, and drove the ebels from that place.. The loss on either side was very slight. XXXVIIth CONGRESS--Third Session. WASHINGTON, December 12 ' 1862. r ! SENATE. • Petition from Philadelphia. Pdr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, presented Ft petition, signed by 1200 citizens of Philadelphia, asking for the passage of a general bankrupt act. Bounty of Soldiers. Mr. WILSON (Rev.) of Massachusetts, intro duced a resolution, that the Committee on Military Afthirsife instructed to inquire into th e expediency of allowing to enlisted men, now in the service of the United States, entitled to a bounty of $lOO before the passage of the act of July 6, 186, the same ad vance bounty as is allowed to enlisted men .by that act, and also what legistntion is necessary to secure the more prompt and speedy paymetkof trbops in the field and hospitals. : . . The Senate then adjourned tUtlEonday. HOUSE.OP REPRFSENTATIVES. The House is not in session today, having ad journed yesterday until Monday:. . Wreck or a Vessel. Nr:w Yonx, Dee. 18.—The wreck of a ship.• of about nine hundred tone was seen yesterday, 118 miles southeast of.,Sandy Hook. It was apparent that she had been but recently abairdoned. On the same day a large quantity of drift stuff was passed, such as boxes of oranges, barrel!, spars, &o. Death of Benjamin Adams, of Louisville. Lotne,viLLE, Dec: 12.—Benjamin Adams, a promi nent merchant of this city, died to=day. Markets: CINCINNATI ; Dec. 12.—Flour is dull at $6.10031.15 Wheat dull and unchanged. ARMY OF THE . IMBERLAND, Progress of the War Tennessee—John Morgan Preparing r Another Raid. NASHVILLE, December .—The army news is unimportant to-day. Rep s from below say that General Bragg has gone o Mississippi, and that Joe Johnston is commanir of the rebel army in East Tennessee. The small-pox is ragino Chattanooga. Last Tennessee has retfled against the rebel con scription, and large nu ers of the people are in arms near Charlotte. LOUISVILLE, Ky., De( { ber Il—Midnight.—Head quarters are . wholly tiadviaed of the events por trayed in the recent apilals of New York and Phi ladelphia papers, and rile the officers admit the probability of their c ectness, cannot understand why they should notposted up. The Nashville trai s now live hours behind time, and the cause of the lay is not known. Gen. Boyle has cdered the provost marshal to empty the negrojitilOf the runaway contrabands; and has employed thin about the military prison. LATER.-1 o'clo l A. M., Dec. 12.—AdviCes just received at headqui ers dispel all apprehensions of an immediate gene I engagement in Tennessee. John Morgan wl seven miles north of Murfrees boro' to-day, orgrizing about 4,000 infantry and cavalry ; with so e artillery, for another raid in Kentucky. From Cr. lloveyls Command. CAIRO, 111., cember U.—General Hovey and staff arrived a liar's Point, on the Mississippi river, on Sun y morning. It was not known whether his en command returned with him. • Two hundre negroes returned with General Ho vey, twenty-8 of whom he found chained in a cane brake. • A reconnoTnce had been made by gunboats up the Yazoo ri r, the results of which were unknown. It is reportegthat there was from five to six feet of water in the hannel of the river. TIE PIRATE ALABANA. I 1 Statemops of the Officers of the Captured Vessls ornplete List of Vessels Captured :and D troyed by the "290"—A Fleet to be Sen After her—Exciting Scenes at the Woo n Navy Yard-;-Semmes, Mallit, and ROHR,. dorf. . The fo wing additional intelligence concerning the Alabka's operations has been received : • The Mt T. B. Wales was built in Medford in 1844, and of 599 tons burden. The fo wing is the .. STATED RT • OF JOSHUA P. ATKINS,. FIRST 'MATE OF THE T. B. WALES. The ip T. B. Wales, of Boston, Capt. Edward Linco , loaded with hides, cotton, saltpetre, and linsee left Calcutta on June 15, for Boston. She passe' he Sand Heads on the 18th. , She touched at St. • le* where she look on board the Hon. G. H.' Fiirtield, of Salem, late consul of the United Stat at Mauritius, his wife, two children, and two eery , and sailed thence ctober 1. At' 9A. M. i Ms only' vember 8, inlatitude 28° 30', longitude 68°, we pe ceired 4 steamer apparently following a schoon er. When the steamer saw us she turned towards us as if on a friendly mission. As she approached firer,. we !could distinctly see the American flag, a l her signal numbers spelled the word Tuscarora. - en near us she fired a gun across our bows, and r up the rebel flag. . 3 ' l apt. Lincoln was ordered to come on board with papers. He soon returned with the first Bente rant of the steamer, who informed us that we were &prize to the Confederate Government. Retold us that the officers and crew would alike be allowed .l carry one bag of clothes each. We found onboard e Alabama the crew of the Levi Starbuck, of New dford. The crew of the pirate then - took all our frovisions and our mainyard, which they needed badly. Our crew were then placed in irons, and Mowed away in the engine-room and coal-bunkers. I was not allowed to hold any conversation with ' CaPI. Lincoln. At dark they burned our brig. As American vessel, attracted by the.flames, came • to our assistance, but after approaching a few miles, seeped to have an inkling of the barbarous decep tior sought to be practised upon her, and made sail suqciently - fast to escape the clutches of the pirate. Wt were well fed and well treated. Our fare was of the same quality as that of the crew of the Ala bama. .There was no discipline on board the pirate. The first and fourth lieutenants were the only com p4ent officers. Captain Semmes was reserved and morose. The younger' officers were planters' sons. They declared they world tight the Yankee ships nib' Southern independence was acknowledged. A• nephew of Jeff Davis is a junior officer on board.. We were not insulted for our opinions and piinciples. Through thelday we were allowed the' bedom of the deck, but at night we were put ow. 'On account of a lame foot I was not put in Dons. The Alabama put in at Port Royal, Mar !•finique, on November 18, and sent ashore the cap tilns and crews of both ships. We were released ution a parole of honor. Thence we sailed to St. 7hoinas in a French brig, .where Mr. William B. Rdgar, the American consul, chartered the schooner Alice, and sent home the entire party—sixty-one persons. . . The Alabama has on board flags to represent any nationality. The San Jacinto cameinto Port Royal ihe'day succeeding the arrival of the Alabaina. The pirate was anchored in port, but the San Jacinto kept standing off and on, in hopes of capturing her. The captain of the American ship Hamden, of Ban gor; took a small boat and visited the San Jacinto, /advising the officers of the movements of the Ala ',barna. He was given three large rockets with which to execute the requisite signals upon her de- Wafture. When he returned to shore he found the ipirate had sailed, but immediately signaled the San„ !Jacinto. . . ': For giving this warnine, the French Governor, of Martinique took possession of his ship, and put him !in 'prison heavily ironed: The residents of the island of Martinique are undoubted secession mpa thizers, if not active secessionists. Loyal Ameri cans are treated.with insult, while rebel . pirates are • fostered by the Governor. At Port Royal, the se ' cond mate, Joseph Neal, anti eight seamen, all par tially intoxicated, joined the Alabama, but alter war peal-ea—a -their action; and endeavored to they were unsuccessful. d — re obtain their release, in wfucy, 1 i ,.„,..te wh..__.,_..,.,........,,.......„ above, is a' I )......+Provincetovin .Ildn .. - . - . ---___lr e. _lif t 1 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM WHITNET,A SAIL6it ' ' • . . the other Oli Trim. LEVI .SIARBUCK The ship LeviStarbuck, oiNew Bedford, Captain Mellon, five days out from-New Bedford, bound to the Pacific, was captured on November 2, in latitude 36 0 30', longitude 66, by the rebel pirate Alabama. At.daybreik on the second we saw a vessel to wind °ward, which bore down upon us. When within hailing distance she fireii a gun across our bows and we hove to. A - boat's crew and four officers were sent on board our ship from the strange vessel. Our captain stood upon the poop-deck. One of these *pincers said :to him : "Captain, you are a prize to the Confederate steamer Alabama. Let me take your papers and you go on board with me." 'Capt. Mellon went on board the pirate, whose guns were now run out and aimed at the ahip. The crew of the Starbuck were then conveyed to the pirate. Capt. Semmes had taken no notice of Capt. Mellon, but he ,now addressed him as follows "You, sir, are a prize to the Confederate steamer Alabama. shall burn your ship. , Your clothes you may keep, but your nautical instruments will be placed under my supervision." The provisions and needed articles of the Starbuck were then transferred to the pirate, and she was burned at night. The red nag was then hoisted, and the Alabama steamed away for Mar tinique. We were quite well treated on the voyage, and put ashore at Port Royal, giving a parole of honor not to bear arms against the Confederate Government during this war. LIST OF VESSELS :CAPTURED AND DESTROY ED BY THE ALABAMA, AS FAR 'AS HEARD FROM. 1, ship Ocmulgee; 2, ship Ocean. Dover; 3 ship Benjamin Tucker; 4, ship Brilliant; 5, ship Lafa yette; 6, ship Manchester; 7, bark Alert; 8, bark Osceo la; 9, bark Virginia; 10, bark Elisha Dunbar; 11, bark Lamplighter 12, bark Laurietta; 13, brig Dunkirk; 14, schooner Altamaha; 15, achooner Weather Gunge; 16, schooner Starlight; 17, schooner Courser; 18, schooner Crenshaw; 19, schooner Ocean Cruiser; 20, ship Levi Starbuck; 21, ship T. B. Wales. VESSELS BONDED AND BELEAFIED. 22—brig Baron de Caatine.l23-04 Tonawanda VESSEL RELEASED. 24—ship Emily Farnham. RECAPITULATION. DESTROYED. Ships 81Brig Barks.... 61Schooners 6 BONDED AND RELEASED. Ship 11Brig 1 Ship I Total captured 24 EXCITEMENT AT TILE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. Yesterday afternoon the Brooklyn navy yard pie seited a scene of great excitement. News came over that the San Jacinto had been hoodwinked by the Alabama, and naval officers were so much " ex ercised" by the intelligence that the thousands who obtained admittance to the yard (Thursday beingthe regular visiting day) mistook the cause of the furore and thronged to the wharf, where• Captain Worden, of the Monitor, was working hard to get oil' his new iron -clad, the llilontauk. " • A FLEET AFTER TEE ALABAMA. It is not worth while to conceal the fact theta whole fleet of steamers are after the Alabama. The Vanderbilt sailed yesterday from the " Lights" direct to Faye', and runs a fair chance of failing in with the pirate on the way. She is supposed to meet there two United States steam men-of-war, de tached from a foreign squadron; and the three will then take a different course. The names of the steamers cannot be given. At the Brooklyn navy yard at present there are two splendid regular navy steam frigates, and nne 'ten-knot steamer, ,, which will be off' in a few clays. At Boaton naathor fine fast - steamer is ready to leave. One left Phila delphia on Thursday, another started from Ports mouth, N. H., on Monday, and five have taken their departure from this and other ports within a few days. Of them all, however, only one, the Stettin, prize steamer, built expressly to run the blockade, and subsequently captured by our ships, is probably fast enough to catch the Alabama. TIIE COIIMANDEIt, O 1 TUE SAN JACINTO Commander William Ronckendorf is captain 'of the San Jacinto. He is a native of the city of Phi ladelphia, and belongs to the old navy. He entered the service on the 17th of. February, 1832, and has consequently been thirty years an officer.. He has been eighteen years at sea, and was four years' and ten. months unemployed. His service record em braces Adventures on every station, and his charac ter is highly esteemed. ..vato Is SEMMES ? • Biographers have sorwtimes mistaken the notori ous captain of the Al game. for a less celebrated namesake. The pirate is not }'Alexander," but Raffael Semmes. He is a Baltimorean, or a native of Maryland, at least. lie was the fifty-eighth com mander in the United States navy when he resigned. Captain Radford, now commander of the Brooklyn navy yard, had been a year in the service before him. Captain Dahlgren, chief of the Ordnance Bureau, was a middy with him. Captain Rowan, appointed to command our great harbor battery; Captain Boggs, of the `'arena; Commodore Golds borough; of the Minnesota; Captain Meade, now on board the North Carolina; Captain Drayton, of the Passaic, and other distinguished men, were his Fchoolmates. He was a midshipman on board the old Lexington, and commanded the brig Somers when she made her famous "capsize." John N. Nag, who is reported to he his second in command, is an Irishman, whose father was a pious clergyman. In 1832 helves admitted to the navy; was classmate with bir.Eonckendorf. He was last commander of the steam gunboat Crusader one of Cromwell's vessels, bought by the navy. 'His ap pointment was credited to Georgia, which he called the "native State of, his naturalization." On board the little brig Dolphin he captured the brig Echo, with the cargo of negroes 'which: was' Subse quently sent to Africa in the Niagarti. He is per sonally brave, even to rashness, and is a very able seaman. • allE SAN JACINTO. This is the vessel on board which Oaptain Wilkes overhauled the Trent. She is slow, and cannot make over seven miles an hour generally. She is a first-class screw steam sloop of the old navy, was built at the navy yard at Brooklyn in 1850, and was attached to the squadron in: Ohina which attacked the Barrier Forts. The St. Louis and Levant, the former under Admiral Foote, the hero of Island No. 10, were also of the fleet. A few weeks since she sailed from Boston, having been thoroughly over hauled at that port. The Africa Outward Bound. HALIFAX, Dec. 12.—The Africa sailed hence for Liverpool at midnight. RELEASED. ZITS ItTCHT-IfAND MAN CITY 3uriti".. Schomacker & Co.'s Pianos, Few firms in the United States have done so , much to establish the honor and superiority of American manufactures as that which heads this article, Messrs. Schomacker & Co., the great Piano Manu facturers of this city. They have not only evinced a high order of talent in this branch of industry, but they have reflected the true American spirit of giving the widest scope to their energy and enter prise. There has scarcely been a respectable fair anywhere in Christendom during the last ten years at ,which this house has not been handsomely,repre sented, and if the question were asked publicly to day, on both sides of the Atlantic, who were the leading manufacturers of pianos now living, the an swer would certainly be, in nine cases in every ten, " Schomacker & Co., of Philadelphia." The immense manufactory of these gentlemen, in this city, where their celebrated instruments are pro duced by the most skilful artisans, at the rate of some hundreds per month, is one of the mechanical wonders of our day, and should be seen by every body. Hundreds of workmen are constantly employed in the different branches of their business, and passing through the various apart ments and witnessing the ingenious processes, (a privilege which % was kindly accorded to us by the proprietors,) we were forcibly struck with the thorough system and regularity which per vade the establishment throughout. Mr. J. H. Schomacker, the senior membef l / 4 of this firm, is a German, who came to America in 1837, and is unquestionably the leading genius in this depart ment of our manufactures. He has had medals showered upon him by the foremost institutions in all lands, and has deservedly had the honor of re ceiving the largest contract ever awarded to any manufacturer in this line of business—we allude to the great contract which was given this house in 1656 to build three thoufMnd of their best seven•octave rosewood pianos, amounting to nearly a million dol lars. The present amount of capital invested by the house in their manufacturing business is over one hundred thousand dollars. We were much interested in observing some of the tedious processes through which the several parts of a piano must go while in course of completion, and we do not wonder that, made in the magnificent style in which Schomaker Sr. Co.'s pianos always are, there should be a vast amount of time consumed in their construction. In the single item of polish ing, we may state that no less than ten different coats of varnish are put on the ease in order to bring it to its standard brilliancy, which alone occupies in all about four months' time. In addition to this, the lumber which this firm employs in'martufacturing is first subjected to,from three to five years' seasoning. The drying process, which is very important, is cowl ducted on their own premises by means of large drying room sattached to their factory, so that they know the exact character and condition of the lumber they employ. But it is not only in point of mechanical excel lence that the Pianos of this house are regarded as the best in the world. They have, from time to time, oduced certain highly important new principles in the philosophy of Piano making, which it is pro per for the public to know. They'have, for example; recently made a new and invaluable discovery in the manufacture of this instrument, which bids fair to revolutionize the art. By some peculiar construc tion of the scale and bridge on the sounding board, they are enabled to give nearly double the ordinary length of .the string from the bridge to where the hammer strikes the string, the effect of which is really extraordinary. The power lig/hereby greatly increased, and the harmony of sounds rendered more perfect, giving an entirely new quality of tone, a t once deep, rich, sweet, and melodious, with a sort of singing peculiarity to each note, anti totally unlike any other pianos that have ever been manufactured heretofore. Their lvarerooms, No. 1021 Chestnut street, are re sorted to by-lovers of good music from all parts of the world, and the universal testimony in favor of this house is, that their instruments are the finest and most beautiful made; that their system of doing business is at once generous, honorable, and pleasing to all concerned, and that their prices are very materially less than first-class pianos can be obtained at elsewhere. One reason for the latter ad vantage, is found in•the fact that they sell their own pianos, eschewing entirely any intervening agents between themselves and the purchaser. The ad vantage of such a rule to the buyer is obvious, ashe not only saves the agent's profit, buthas the guaran tee of an immense and wealthy firm that the piano is what it is represented to be, instead of the mere word of an irresponsible party. This establishment of Messrs. Schomacker k Co., upon the whole, is an honor to Philadelphia, and one which we most heartily commend to the patronage and confidence of our people, . . . PUND SOCIETY.—We have re ceived a circular of the officers of this beneficent Society, and are convinced that if the • objects, as stated in the subjoined paragraph, were better un derstood by religious, philanthropic, literary, and other associations, they would be more prompt in furthering its benevolent objects, by giving it their most generous support and patronage, especially as their hall is one of the most desirable for meetings of all kinds to be found in this or any other city in the Union. The following is the extract. referred to : "The Musical Fund Society has been in existence for upwards of forty years. It was originally insti tuted for the purpose of forming a fund for the re lief and support of decayed musicians and their fa milies.' During its whole course, it hail adminis tered largely toile necessities and comfort of those who came within its legitimate sphere of action; and during • the past year one lhousand five hundred cad forlit-nine dollars have been distributed to profes sional members or their families in needy circum stances.' ItCfni4:l"ll.9l. these beneficent purposes." -r% T FAIL TO HEAR GOUGH'S GREAT LECTIIIZE, at the Academy of Music, on Tuesday evening. next, is our advice to all who have not heard this , great orator upon one of his most brilliant and entertaining subjects. The sale of tickets is rapidly progressing, and the indications are that he will have an overwhelming house. The proceeds are to be devoted for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers in our hospitals. Tickets for this lecture should be secured immediately. PRESENTS OF SUBSTANTIAL VALUE.—AS shopping for Presents is now the order, we take the liberty of suggesting that articles of wearing apparel are at once appropriate and always acceptable, espe cially when selected from such a superb stock as the reader will, find advertised in The Press of this morning by Messrs. Edwin Hall & Brother, No. 26 South Second street. Those gentlemen offer peculiar idvantages to bilkers which should not be over looked. - PRICE'S DINING SALOON.—We have al ready had occasion to speak in the highest terms of commendation of the: admirable manner in which the Dining Saloon of Mr. 3. W: Price, southwest cor ner of Chestnut and Fourth streets, is managed, for thesomfort and convenience of the guests. Price's larder' is always filledwith best that the market af fords ; his cuisine is admirable, and unexceptionable to the most fastidious, and all who dine at his table once arc unwilling to patronize any other establish ment. His delicious salads, terrapins, and oysters in every style, are universal favorites, and are now much used by, first-class parties and private families. CIMMERIAN DARENESS.—This expression, sometimes used to denote great obscurity, is derived from the Cimmerii, a people of Scythia, so environed with hill and woods, and thick clouds, that the sun never shone on them. The dark caverns in the bowels of our glorious old State, from which the million tons of cofl sold annually by W. W. Alter, Ninth street, above Poplar, are taken, are quite as dark; nevertheless, the light which its consumption causes upon thousands of happy hearths by these Christmas times is no less cheerful on that account. Persons giving useful presents at this season will please take the hint, and send their orders as above, and hundreds will bless you for your considerate generosity NOVELTIES IN FURS.—MCSSTS. Charles Oakford Sr. Son, Nos. 824 and 836 Chestnut street, under the Continental Hotel, have, in addition to the ordinary style of fur garments usually found in first-class furrier establishments, a iiimber of choice novelties for ladies and children, exclusively con fined to their own sales. Their stock is unquestion ably the beat in the country in this particular, and their trade is very large on this account. A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GIFT.--We know of nothing so appropriate for a Christmas or New Year's Gift, from a lady to a gentleman, as one of G. A. Hoffman's splendid Wrappers. Mr. Hoffman is the successor to W. W. knight, (No. 606 Arch street,) and is the largest manufacturer of these beautiful articles in this city. His present stock is exceedingly rich, embracing every variety of style, material. and price. His entire stock of Gents) -Furnishing Goods is also very rich, and offers un blivers._ RE all- means give Mr. Hoffman a call in making yoursetec‘..."...-.—.. the Holidays. PHILADELPHIA AGAINST, THE WORLD.— For mercantile integrity, mechanical excellence, and artistic skill, Philadelphia may safely challenge comparison with any other city in the world. In . the department of Photography we need seek no better proof of this than is afforded in the magnifi cent Photographic. Galleries of Mr. F. Gutekunst, Nos. 704 and 706 Arch street. The pictures ema -nating from this famous establishment are all models of artistic excellence. Mr. G. now also offers, in anticipation of the Holidays, a superb stock of Photographic Albums, and pictures to fill them, and, for the benefit of our citizens, will from this time forth, until further notice, keep open eve nings. His rooms are now thronged nightly with visitors. A POPULAR CHRISTMAS ESTA "BUSHMEN T. —For some years past, the celebrated old house of Messrs. R. C. Walborn & Co., Nos. 6 and 7 North Sixth street, (whose advertisement appears in an other column of our paper to.day,) has been a stand ing resort -for ladies shopping for presents, during the holiday season,. and, from their present magnifi cent stock of gentlenien's fancy Wrappers, and every variety of goods of dress and comfort in the Gents', . Furnishing line, we are certain that their Christmas business this year will be larger than ever. SPLENDID STOCK OF GENTLE:ILEX'S FUR- nISHING GOODS.—We invite the especial attention - • of our readers who may be about making purchases of gifts for the holidays, to the magnificent stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods (his own manufacture and importation), now offered by Mr. J. C. successor to J. 13. MoOre, Nos. 1 arid 3 North Sixth street, first door abrive Market. His rich and varied assortment of Gentlemen's Dressing Gown, fine winter gloves, scarfs, mufflers, and cravats, and all kinds of hosiery, shirts, and underclothing, afford the very best selection for gifts that could possibly, be imagined. ' • . ' HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS.—We yesterday dropped in at the popular Philadelphia Conlectiria ers,, Messrs. E. E.G. Whitman & eo.,phestnut greet; below Fourth, next door to Adams & COS . Exi press-6r rather elbowed our way in through the crowd—and were . surprised to see the preparations made by these immense gentlemen to furnish the ' citizens of Philadelphia, and everybody else, with .. pure, wholesome, fresh, and delicious confections ' for the holidays. Their counters groan under the weight of their endless variety of these goods, and HO I rapid are their sales that Several tens of fresh sup plies are daily brought down from their manufac turing department to supply the constant draught upon their trays. This is the place to buy your Christmas confections, and our advice is to begin to day. A SENSIBLE IDEA.—We liavejust learned. that a number of gentlemen of this city have pur posely dissuaded their wives and daughters from buying their new bonnets until now, in order that they might do themselves the honor of making this the holiday present. This accounts for the great rush at Messrs. Wood & bary , s, No. 725 Cliestnut street, during the lasts few days. The stock of bon nets of this house is still rich and ample, embracing a better assortment than all the other millenery es tablishments in the city combined. A GREAT CIIRTSTATAS DISPLAY.—There are some establiahmeeta 'which wear a Christmas appearance all the year round. Of this class the foremost in Philadelphia is A. L.Wansant , s, Ninth and Chestnut streets. His present stock of rich con fections, delicious French and American mixtures, cream, and all kinds of chocolate preparations,flnely flavored roasted almonds, and a thousand fancy ar. tides, expressly imported by him for holiday pre sents, render his store a perfect paradise, not even excepting the tempting fruits. A 'VERY USEFUL .AND NOT EXPENSIVE STYLE OF GIFTS is found in the splendid stock of Lamps, for burning Kerosene Oil, manufactured and sold by Messrs. Witters S. Co., No. 35 North Eighth street, corner of Filbert. These invaluable lamps are made in every size, style, and pattern, and, as a portable light, such as every family must have; they are the best, safest, and most economical ever invented. These gentlemen have now also an elegant assortment of Britannia Ware, much below the usual rates, that is admirably adapted for presents. FINE FRUITS FOR THOLIDAY USES.—Mr. C. H, Mattson, dealer in fine family groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, has now in store a fresh supply of almonds, raisins, currants, citron, oranges, lemons, all freshly imported and of the finest quality, to which we would invite the attention of our readers.. r ,„ . BUTTER AND UIIEESE.-111CfC IS, pernaps, no article for, the table more appreciated than good butter, fresh from the hands of the dairy-maid. There are large quantities of pound butter offered to the consumer, but it is generally more or less rancid. What most puzzles the housekeeper is to obtain a pure article, free from taint, and fresh from the churn. Those wishing butter of this quality, will always rind it at the stand of Kr. W. H. Slocum, in the Eastern Market, corner of Fifth and Mer chants streets ; besides, pure cider vinegar and prime cheese. Dn. SToEvEat's BITTERS.—The best bit ters in the world. They may be taken at any time, when persons feel weak or faint, before or after meals. They create appetite, and stimulate the di geative Organs. Try a bottle, only '75 cents, and may be bought at 255 south Second street. TIIE CLASSICAL SOIREES of Messrs. Cross & Jarvis commence next Monday evening, at the Academy of Music. del3-sm2t PERSONS WANTING - BUSINESS Will do well to read G. & Co's. advertisement iii our paper to day. J. E. GouLD, corner of Seventh and chestnut streets, is the only one in Philadelphia who keeps the popular and truly beautiful Geo. Steck Pianofortes. de44f A RARE OPPORTUNITY.—By reference to another column it will be seen that a rare opportu nity is now offered for persons desirous of entering into the .hosiery and notion business. The entire stock, etc., of an old and long-established firm is of fered. for sale at the same prices as they were in voiced twelve months Since. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS !—Get a beautiful Steck Piano of J. E. Gould, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. de4-tf THE CLASSICAL SOIREES of Cross & Jar vis commence next Monday evening, December 15, at Foyer of Academy of Music. Programmes at the Music stores. deg-tuths 3t LINES ON THE BAD WALKING.— When dropping eaves and brimming gutters flood The walks with mire, and paving-stones with mud; When mire and mud bespatter boots and shoes, And chuckling boot-blacks rush to spread the news; When glittering icicles divide their drops, On goers-in and corners-out of shops ; When deluged citizens declare their cup Is full (of rain), and bid the heavens "dry up," Bethink themselves of trowsers, vests, coats, cloaks, Oh ! then's the time to go tQ ORATMLE STOKES ! Whose popular And Well-known Clothing Ern porium is located at 609 Chestnut street, Phtla• delph ia " Boys, Do You rtEAR TIIAT t"—The most suitable present your parents could make you the coming holidays, would be a suit of Winter Clothing, Call your father's or mother's, or uncle's or aunt's attention to this paragraph, and the place to get Boys' Clothing made in the latest style and best manner, is at Charles Stokes' "one-price," first-class Clothing . Store, under the "Continen tal." Let your friends or parents once go there and examine the assortment and prices, and we will take the risks of a purchase. WHO WOULDN'T BE AN EDITOR. ?—lf an editor omits anything, he is lazy. If he speaks of things as they are, people get angry. If he glosses over or smoothes down the rough points, he is bribed. If he calls things by their proper names, he is unfit for the position of an editor. If he does not - Ti - a — r - a =1,7,12. , -lalfili t h c s i i i =nullet. If he he lacks discretion. If he lets wrong and injuries go unmentioned, he is a coward. If he exposes a public man, he does it to gratify spite—in short, about the only thing he can do to please everybody, is to indite first-rate notices of the elegant suits for Gentlemen and Youths that Eire made at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill S. Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. FINE MILITARY TRATI'MGS FOR OFFICERS THE A 11311" AND Na.vr, in the best styles, can be had, in great variety and richness, at Oakford & Son's, under the Continental Hotel. ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS, UP TO 12 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. Continental Hotel—Ninth and Chestnut. Wm Hollonrity, Kentucky P Nelson, Cincinnatij RDVanNostrand, StLouis W V Kay, Chicago F Cogswell; Zanesville, 0 ITFracker,Zanesville,o D T Casement, Cleveland .T Barter, Pennsylvania R A Lamberton,Harrisbt .TW Fuller, Catasauqua Ail' Geo Shorkley, Penne 0 0 Shockley, Lewisburg EA. Munger, New York I) H Hammen, Newyork Ely Ackley, New York JT K Adams If Bernd, Connecticut W S Whitehead, Newark Geo B Williams, Boston T Chaffee, Vermont W X Bell, Smyrna Del W X Biddle, Penna Mrs J S Babcock N York LP Hall & wf Cincinnati S Staum & son,Cincinnati W Bonsai!, Norristown Adj R G Newell , Virginia Lt G T Coombs, Virginia Color Sgt E Lewis, Va I: A Quintard, N York James Turner Mrs Allison, Trenton Miss Allison & slot, N J A C Barstow & la, R Miss X L Barstow, RI A H Silvester, Boston Geo Ackerman, N - York J B Dunlop, Norristown W C Buffington, 31d E S Rogers T L Emory • .Dr JR bickler, N J D R Bowker, New York Hon N S Latham, Cal W L O'Brien & wf,Balt John H Shaw', N York B. Winkley, New ' ork •If E Leman, Lancaster A B Flanders, R Island P.T Thomas, R Island C Xurch, Cincinnati B Hurxthal, New York L Bosse', New York S Slocomb & la, Boston J A Valentine, Wllm, Del H P Wilbur, Boston Chas R Hall, Pa 0 L Thayer & da, Boston F L Wheeler, Boston F M Randell Mona Ellis.._ F . O Choate, Pa .T Z Hanford, New York G Moore, New Jersey J P Robinson & wf, Ohio .7 0 Whitehouse, N Y °apt Arrenloff, Russia J B GBabcock, N York 'W L Chamberlain, N Y .G Kiesler, New York • H BBlackwell, New York G B Romer, New York F Bartlett, New York 'W X Shuster, Wash, D C T Gody & wf, Bath J R Parker, Jr, Detroit Miss Harrington F W Welch, New York Jas McGenley P Fraser, Florida Mclntire, Elkton, 31d Mrs A J Myers & ch, N Y A Hiestand, Lancaster J J Kirk, Cleveland, 0 FkleClellan,llarrisburg Miss S S Lytle, Pa Miss Louisa Lathrop, Pa Jas W Anderson, Pa .RevE D Egan N W W Eggleton j Albany Oapt D Loeb. j Y E John Lewis, N Y . r A Mason, N Y -JaSullivan„Ohlo -Francis Miller, Wash W B Coggsweil, P Royal Thos J Strong, Albany 'B F Haldeman Pa A Wittenbach, N Y G Wade, NeW York Miss G A Wade, N York J.L Worth ey Mass Miss E J Loomis, Mass IFOrirrol, B a ltimoreo E FJones & la, L Island E S Prosser,' Buffalo Kiss Prosser, Buffalo Miss Helen Foot, Buffalo Jas A Perrine, N Jersey Seth Bryant Boston S MShoemakerSavf,Balt H Lewis, Baltimore Wm H Williams, Pittsbg W W Irwin, Harrisburg W Warrick, New Jersey S-B Montgomery, Pa G B Aughenbaugh, Pa _ Win McKenna, Wash,llo Geo Lawrence,Wash,Dol Chas E Barnard :Utica. G F Opdyke, New York Jos Illarris,LLoulsv, Ky J Z Goodrich & Is, Bostn W Brartd,.New, Yorke'. • •-•II Vase, New York McCullough, New York A H Littlefield, R I Geo Pritchard, Nyork L B Hall, Hanover, N H J Kraemer; Pittsburg .T Fritz & wf, Bethlehem Capt J Balt Amer SIC Dexter, Wash, D C J H Ermer, e,.- J P Wild, Dover ' AI. Distress SerseiSho . J J Speed Jas Sterrets, } Baltimore T Cunningham, Bait L 0 England, Lock Hay C Sheeley, Toronto J E Powers, New York James McLean &I, Penna Thos*Long & la, Penna I" O LOwthrop & son, NJ CD Hillborn, Penna Jesse Lane, Wilmington A J Mershon, Ind Miss Mershon Ind J Warden S wl; Ohio J Benjamin W ones Merehnuts--Fourth street, below Arch. J MeLevan, lowa A Brayton Ohio W J Madeira, Penns, ..0 Swartz, Penna W Hoyt, New York J Thompson, Brooklyn W A Talbott, Ohio 0 P Neudeeker, St Louis J 31 Stonebreaker, Perma Hon F W Hughes, Pa C S Seaton, "Uniontown-, .1 D Boyle, Uniontimii S Dougherty, Penna D Stratton, New Jersey J Halsted, Wash, Pa .W H Irwin, Lewistown C A Brinton, W Chester E H Day & wf, N Y W B Moore,Chapman, Penna ' Mrs A Penna Mrs E M Brinton, Penns Miss M Brinton, Penna Miss DI H Irwin, Penna St. Louis Hotel—Chestunt street, ab. Third. S McFarland, New York W C Stephenson, N Y • J B Douty, Shamokin, Pa W H Marshall,Shamokin W Masten, Jr, .0 S N A W Smith,Prov, R T. A Segler, Dayton J Bordner, Shamokin A DI Zabriskie J L Haldeman, Penns, A W Smith, Prov, R I M Reed, Tenn W 0 H Gwynneth, N J Lieut C L Davis, US A John Stanton,Wilkesharre Miss Melrose, St John S Townsend, Delaware J Daily, Bridgeton, N J W Robison, Cincinnati 0 Wood, New York Cornelius C Hendrickson Robert H Clark, Del James Young, Del John Tracy, bid G Gennert, N Y Harrison Trent, N Y CA Wells. , . Block Bear—Third street, above V Dickinson Bucks co Tos S Richard, Bucks co S H Sames, Coopersburg Benj . Beans, Yardleyville Chas old oration', Hunting'n W Stickel, Easton A Buctman, Mechanicav Isaac .Trexie ,r Yardten - W Pad; Yardley W R Neild, Yardleyrille W Thos Miller, Fox Chase Harrison oodward', Pa M.Buckrnan;Yardieyv S N Laros, Springtown W Lirzey, Attleboro 'Mrs Livzoy„ . Attleboro F T Beans,lardleyville• J P Knight,Southampton Chas Roads la, Penns . Casper Roads, Somerton A S Roads; 13ueks eo, Pa S A Neald, Yardleyvillc Thdo Williard, Yardleyr'. Nathan White, Yardleyr Robt Burrough, Yarclleyr W Eddows, Itloreland John Williard, Penns .W Rupper, Fox Chase Walter Ohur, Attleboro A L Walker, Dolington Commercial—Sixth street, below • Market. F Darlington, Cheater 6ci C:lbhuaort, Baltimore E W Staples,llaryland T Dunnon, Blaryland A F Acher, Forma C Gregg, Pittsburg W J Smedley,Delftware co L S Imbrie, Pittsburg S Chandler , ; Delaware Oeo Ball, Delaware J R Ramsey, Okford, Pa J E Ramsey, Oxford, Pa Col Thomas, New York G H Jamison, Delaware W B Ocheltree, Delaware E Gray, Cheater co E H Seal, Chester co Daniel Stubbs, r mum - -- '-''. -'*•.. .......t . 431% , LBSatOrelkeld-allh,DelaftEltSheLlCßCtenttdß jJastitmreceiltethet:l,:l:tt'itr:lft::::ll4, E Lancaster, Doylestown Ct Meyer, N ow ~.( : ., I t fl i R Meyers, Perma J . Newbold, Attleboro T White, P e re.; '''" ~ C Janvier, Alex, ya K Smith, 'Wor n ' °' i :Ft e o A Kirk, Bucks co a Vanpett, 4 .., 1 J E Carr and family C Bee' y, Ituckn fint"' ill C H Roberts, Newtown C Rves, Near ,i -,.,,, P J Hawk,Camp Ruff,NJ M Pierson, Oentreehl Miss Ely, Bucks county L Ely, Rucks co 06 .4,1 % Lt S Hawk, Camp Ruff Sgt Masters, i),,, n Lf J K Taylor, Attleboro klanth,,r, 1, , , , ,, 41 P Ittit S Johnson, Penna J Betts, Penns ' ' ad .rit' Win Wood, Schl Haven 0 Rose, Bucks co l —, B. Connard, Bucks co C Hurley, Th in k s ~'4 l S Stradling, Penna S Sutton, p 0,,,;, -') Geo Connard, Bucks on E Merrick P oo ' n , BG-illinttam PaSmith, l'h ' Elias Eastburn, Pa , Gee Graddis p a E Miles, Darriille, Pa 3 James, Jr, P a G Merrick, Bucks co,.Pa S Buckman, p 4 A G Hughes, ; Bucks co : Pa S Cooper, E uoi .,„ A Ely, Pa . E Paxtion ,5.: br o, P,,, Pk T Ely, Newtown, Pa H Moore, Rucks c o I , D Smith, Bucks co, Pa B Johnson, N-1 0 ,,i r 4 3 Tyson, Montg'y co, Pa W Penrose, pa 'k :1 - Buckman, Milltown, - Pa J Palmer, E , 1 „ e... It Atkinson, Bucks co, Pa . 1) Fell "' 4 tot, r , , , D McNair, Richboro',Pa H Hart. Itichhoro P H Bye, Bucks co, Pa' A Sa tterthivait e k IV B. Knight, Newt'n, Pa B B Straining, 11 4 ‘ LT Smith, Bucks co, Pa G Sat terthwait c, p, S Phillips, Newtown L Buckman, v,-, ' W E Dean, Bricks co, Pa S Yardley, li., J Ely, Newtown, Pa States Tinian—Sixth nud Markel st r D Neff, Reading L Fleming, ; S. Goodwin, Cambridge D H Ober, N etv i',7 ,„, C Imhoff, Carlisle Rev ,T d Stine J Lancaster R H Gibson, E , „. 1 ,- „, 4 1 . J 0 Mc ,l h" McCoKee, Lewisburg y, Blair co, Pa D Wilkum p en % - c. Madison House-Second St,, above, W Cadwallader, Bucks co .1, G Gowny , N i n a 'ket, T W Scrivner ; Delaware N A. Autten, bpj, e3 ll Capt Allen, Delaware S Taylor, p ero i' a Nee S Baker & la, Penna E D Pe4Q, J Simmons; Delaware Mr Chew, D; jerk A Rudy, New Jersey y Nictional--Race street, shore Thtrd. Sarni K Rose, Allentown J Rnickertar;k er .• H T Hoffman, Lebanon Geo lilanilfunl, I'4' Chas H Luckens J Wright, putt milie G Wills, New York John Paliner,Onateil C Fox, Alton, 111 L W Dunn, I,ll4congie, O H Maynard, Penns A iihoemFiker Pei Bald Eagle—Third st., above (Jelin:MlL a Warren Waters, Ist .T S Penn 1 H J Dresher, Penna Joshua lith er, pen Benj . Beans, Bucks co Chas Rea, Bucki ox Belk] W Smith, Bucks co Remington Pellmuckj Wm Beans, Bucks co Moses EMI , C 4 C.; F Stapler, Bucks co tltraalcifi% The Union--Areh street, above Third, S B Wirren, Reading E Forester, Ptm ur ,. D 0 Boutelle, Penna J S Holcomb, lc j J Penna Theo Tinsom,N j T Waller, Chester co, Pa Mrs A IS'ilson, Pem4 J Metust VPenna ertion--Second street, above AWL Taggart, W Want H Bacon, Maryland. 3-Follansbee, .r Stvinnerton, Newark, N .1 SPECIAL NOTICES-. LAMENT OF TRE OUR:CAT-4SM BY'TTTE BARD OF TOWER AMA Hark! frOm the public journals, BOtlithe Weeklies and diurnal% Comes a Voice of lamentntion Which alarms this Yanke,r !lathe. And the sound of their arlfi c ti, 33 Takes this melancholy dicu 4a; "Oh, the price of rags is rising In a manner most surprising; And as intedteetnal treasure. Talma from rags its weight and tilNilm And its proper valuation, We must tax the population With an extra charge for papers, Which - may give the, folks the, siptri, And produce dissatistitction. At that tenible exaction; Eat the Journalistic college Can't dispose of useful know No.! In excessively large slices At the for Mer lowly prices. Siitce the rag trade is so tightene,d, All who wish to be enlightened, Must, to realize that blessing, Use economy in dressing, And as bargains everyy-hout Are obtained from BENNEresi TowEit. All who there equip their external;, Will sate cash to pay forioutuals." The plan suggested is gbodand [practical, and as 01 1, is worthy the, attention of the public and the ni l , * pers. That it Will be effectual, eau be deterAra.t•A our establishment, to the satisfaction of all. Ol ritit i of Reedy-made Clothing is the largest and be.t art el in Philadelphia ; all can be suited, whatever IR ft.ir taste or PectiliaritY. IVe bnii arid sell for red The advantages thuS secured can easily be w z . 1 ,4, TOWER: HALL, 40, 518 MARKET Street, : BENNETT 4.01 -WILLIAMSPORT ; L7:00M.131. COON, h, Damn 11, lit Messrs. EVANS & WATSON, Philadelphia, GENTLEMEN: I went to Lock Haven y ,, siculaY,BEr amine the different Fire Proof Safes which haitwol through the great Fire. I found three of your iaft , , which had preserved the Books, Papers, h., &Alt perfect condition, bearing not the least mark of thereat conflagration. The certificate of one I forward tomtit certificate of the other two I will forward by toinottoft mail. Messrs. Boggis & Beadle bad in their sow. , wet Lillie's make of Safe, which was burnt np. I ,Aai yin by Express 'girt of the charred remains of the val. work. Yery respectfully yours, LOCK RITES, Pa., December 10.1. V. Wave.. EVANS & WATSON, • Philadelphia, GE:NaI-mm.lc: My Salamander Safe, made at your ?•s• blishment, has pissed through the great fire, whi nearly destroyed this town, on the sth inst., and ,r. served its centents to my entire, satisfaction. The ;Li • was exposed to nn intense heat, so much so a: mama the outer plates and knobs, yet after being ewer. an in • laid - twelve hours in the ruins, not a taw to r • WS Respecrully yours. ORIN T. NiIBLE. Attorney at Imr. - Er _GEORGE STEM'S f~jg - INIMITABLE PIANO FORTES, Grand: and Slut% are rapidly taking precedence of all otheti k lifir power, evenness of touch, and pure quality atm Suu should purchase without examining them cloPir• The most eminent teachers are almost dailri , ?:ielt them. Prices to suit the times oell-stuth4et ONE-PRICE CLOTHING, OF THE 411 St STYLES, made in the Best Manner, expressly far REill SALES. LOWEST Selling Prices marked in Flan P.• gures. All Goods made to Order warusutetl sati,futul• Our ONE-rnICH SYSTEM is strictly adhered to. S; 1111 thereby treated alike.. dell-ly JONES & 01,604 SLIENET Sul / SINGER & CO.'S LETTER A FA;I7 /1"r " ING MACHINE is the most beautiful, best, . tpio, of of all Sewing Machines. It embodies thp: 31.1 3- c l i i. ; Singer & Co.'s well-known MatittfActr"- all kind' ea k i } . 3 •l makes the interlocked stitch; 'will se cloth, and with all kinds of thread ..ill Bind 3" • 11. Gather and Quilt, Fell, Hem, anen ek—iu'Act' 7111. - .14 WING, and Surin•A ALL KINDS OF FASILLY every other Machine for t4pireatt rarl•Fe and esoghtet Of its work. Send for a rePhlet. I. AL 'SINGER S: No, .08 BROADWAY, NEW YORE , PHILADELPYIik OFFICE.` oc7-tuthside3l No. 810 CHESTNUT STREV- GRovER Sc BakEr's Nb. 9 Sin:m.lu SFr- ENO NAClllNE;formadulltcturing purposes, is the 8F...';.1" machine in the market, and is sold. for FORTY DA. LASS. No mac)dne ever introduced in this city ha: so' rapidly °n evem such universal satisfaction. D.) ng Lau to ca ll s ad examine it before purchasing cisewbnc. OEce, 73c CHFSTNIIT Street. no3.ti PATCHRLOR'S HAIR DYE! THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR'S celebrated Hair DOS lirOduces : color not to be distinguished tram nature: Warranted not to injure the hair in the least; remedies the - 111 effects of bad dyes, and invigorates the Hair br life. GRAY, RED, or RUSTY HAIR instantly turn; splendid Black or Brown, leaving the Hair soft ani beautiful, 'Sold by all Druggists. Sm. 431 - The Genuine is signed WILLIAM A. BITCHS . LOR. on the four side: of each bor. FACTORY, No. 81 BARCLAY Street, (Late M 3 Broadway and IS Bond gm!) New YJrL S-T-1860-X. DRAKE'S PLAYTATION BITTERS. They purify, strengthen, and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water Ca' l They overcome effects of dissipation e.id lain hes:s. They strengthen the system and enliven the tail& They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevos They purify the breath and acidity of the shmuri . They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhcelm, Cholera, and Cholera )1 4 ' /i * They cure Liver Complaint and IVercons They are the best BITTERS in the world. 'Hof the week man strong, and are exhausted nature'-.7 restorer. They are made of pure St. Croix Rum. tbet" / .. 'prated Calisaya Bark, roots and herba,sud are taheas:::.s./ the pleasure of a beverage, without regard to W gt. o i of day. Particularly recommended to delicate ee:;:l. requiring gentle stimulant. Sold by rr ` .;0; gists, Hotels, and Saloons. P. H. DR. kCO • • oontrtvirAi._New York. 6glia • UPRAM'S HAIR DYE, 38 CENTS A 105 5. : Three boxes f 4 ;. the beet in use. TrT it. Sold at .UPHAWS. 403 CHESTNUT Street. 027 -le MARRIFD GLOVER—WHITALL.—On the 10th instsat:b.c. the Mayor of Philadelphia, John. T. Ohne- ,1 1 Haddonfield, N. J., to Anna M. Whitsll, of Pta ; • delphia. .tnt, LEACH—HOLSENBURG.—On the 11th . fads , n 3 Rea. Sh a a n r i l e e l s r l) ,e . a C e me r r, Rector of ton t o Miss Emma S. iloi;enburg„dtitighte rof C. Holsenberg, Esq., of Wilmington, Del. 07 mington papers please copy.] MOORE—HILT.—By Rev. J. Hyatt Smith.:quiirt.• 27th, Mr. Isaac Moore and Miss Margare t . [Chester county papers please copy.] ;At. PARK—RODNEY.--By the same, Dec. l Alexander Park and Miss Letitia Rodney. o ,t. BEES—THOMPSON. , --By the same, Deo. ' Mr. Henry E. Rees and Mrs. Anna M. Thompitt, BACON—WOOD.—On Fifth-day, the 11th last ,a 3 1,. at Friends , meeting-house on Arch street, ashy; Bacon, of Greenwich,.N. J., to Caroline 8., c oug h . of Horatio 0. Wood, of Philadelphia. IDIM'I).. •' BULLOCK.—On the 11th instant. losel'hi°; daughter of Benjamin and Susan 13. Bullock. ge"" years, 4 months, and2l days:. Funeral on Sunday, 14th.instant, at C. o'cloch• . r LUTZ—On the morning. of the kith inatsh t, s diphtheria, Ida Virginia,. daughter of Dlichael 1 and Sarah V. Lutz, aged.t.years, 9 montlA I ' n ' l days.l,ect. ' The relatives and friends of the family Are 1 14 .. fully invited to attend the funeral, [rot the rv s . deuce of herparents,. No. 1022 North .fifth srf7„: on Monday morning,hsth instant , at ti o'dir:U..," terment at Odd Fellows , ' Cemetery.:Ant WHITE. —On the: morning of the 1 - . th in - it, Mrs. Sarah, widow tat Samuel White, in her year. .. .Her friends , and those of the faralv, are re'r e ". i f t ; ully ted to attend her funera, kora her 5 0 residence, .616 North Tenth street,. on Monday 1,11 1 . , ° InK, 16th stazit, at 10 o'clock. ull'ABLE.—On the 10th instant, Dftrid Otige• l i; , of John and 'Elizabeth Gable„ in the Bth A sa : alle• GORMAN.—On the 10th instant, in the 21st year of his age. `arriii ° HAROn the 10. th instant, Miss i• ~,,,. Marcie, daughter of the late John and :Farah 11, Tie, in the 21st year of her age. A I W* Sam del 0(0 02. MoDONALD. — On the 10th instant, 1 " -Il i a the McDonald, of. Co. E, Baxter's Fire Zonarea. , Wd year of his age. • , I „bet McILVAIN.—On the 11th instant, Ma. 1. - , Mcllvain, in the 61st year of her age. ...,, p.l I:IALONEY.—On the 9th instant, 'Mrs 1t .t • . lYfalOney, in the 64th year of her age. C. D. EXERT. J. E. Grit SEVENTH and CHEIVT.
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