THE PRESS.
6 rai D PAIL'S(' (SUNDAYS EXCEPTHD,I
pk JOISZI W. FORWEY,
p, Fir. at SOUTH FOURTH STREST.
TUN DAILY PRESS,
, CKY'r 3 Pint WRNICI Payable to the Carrier,
hTilorlhori out of tho City at EMIT DoLiaße
Ati txm, FOUR DoLLAns roe Stx Monne, Two Doi,
Fog 'ME[ Monua -- fuvariablyie advanoe for the
T 11E, Tra-ISEEICLY
3 1 . ;i1,51 to Subsorlbera out of theZty at Foga Dor,
F .: Pint ANNUM, In advance.
HSETAIL DRY GOODS.
Lif nut AND AOOEPTABLE
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
PRESENTS.
E. M. NEEDLES,
tr0.10`44 cllEsTrurr STREET,
file special attoutlou of Purchasers of PriESENTs
COMING kItcoLID AYS,
hi rshol.ve stock of articles sultiLble for Chat pur
FOR PRESENTS:
„ and Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs.
do Hemstitched do
Ise do In 2, 234 and 3 inch wide limns.
Do. do Printed. Borders,
D-. do Frond' and clear Lawn,
do In all, kinds of Lace.
Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
est Hani, kerchle 14, of all kinds. ,
Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
ssßortuieut of Handkerchiefs in the city,
FOR PRESENTS
TbrE , dl Loco Veils, $2 and upwards.
CsmUrlc Lace V,0115,.750. rind upwardo.
volo!f• Lae() Gollnr Sols, $1,60, and upwards
Freuch Wokk. do, all prices.
PRESENTS
et or tii4t, a
s ofsicAca 'Goons:
lAtra Onifforri an 13firbes. •
11,1tde4' lows and. Waists.
Lace , by the yard.
All kiwi , ' Lace Sleeves.
Ilands and Flouncing%
1).. Embroideries.
Jaen Cambric Handkerchiefs. Embroidered with
q ieolsjost received.
??iiicozrct,s Garnbricjittflied Handkerchiefs, Embroidered
dozes Vatenolenne Lace ,Handkerchiefs ;
„ tl , , i , e i r c h s . Gouts! and Children's Printed-borderviLlattd
'vjamtt Ladies' Ivory — lnitial Coif Buttons.
31piece4 S 4 French Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Party
at 'prices.
A 6.10p163 Stock of WFI ITE GOODS at LOW
i", su tispkius Old Prices.
.Vlv ,-, t the above will maks a useful and beautiful
PRIMP:NT, and Buyers . find it to their
, d go to inspect my stock .before making their
as, with few exceptions, it is offered at OLD
sad cheaper than present wholesale rates.
Y E tYe LANDELL,
FOURTH AND ARCH,
-LAVE MARKED SOME TINE GOODS AT LOW
PRICES.
1 0 01 ILOLIDAY GIFTS.
sz:NVENSIVE SHAWLS.
alf BROCADE SILKS.
'AFJIIONAELE POPLINS.
FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS.
RICHEST PRINTED REPS.
FINE BLUE lIERINOES.
;CAA LET BROCHE SCARFS.
NINT LA.C,E COLLARS AND SETS.
SEW FANCY POCKET HDKFS,
!OYES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY.
tf
( , BEAT REDUCTION
IN mucEs OF
SILKS, SHAWLS,
I) R E S,S 0-00 DS,
0:1103
HOLID AY S.
„US, R. CAMPBELL k 00.,
CHESTNUT STREET.
_
FINE CLOTH CLOAKS:
FINE FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS
FINE BLACK TRICOT CLOAKS
MEDIUM-PRICED CLOAKS.
FINE BLANKEST Ers Avas: -
EXTRA CHEAP BALIIORALS.
FINE LAROE BLANKETS.
SUPERFINE FROSTED BEATERS.
CASTOR BEA.TERS-rTRICOTS.
BOYS' EINE CLOTHING.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
COOPER it CONARD,
tt.tr
S. E. COM NINTH .!‘ MARKET Sts.
AAES R. CAMPBELL 4k 00.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE .U'iD RETAIL.
TAT CHEST ET. STREET,
/147-:ja , t received, and are now offering, magnificent
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESITOIKLLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON
1,1.2 m
II STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE
kk."thriont of DRESS GOODS, suitable for HO.
to'h Flitt(ly Silks ; Plain Silke, choice colors.
Pan, and Figured Black Silks.
P en and Figured Rep Poplins.
On and Figured Merinoes,
P linherlito Cashmeres, at 37)4e, worth 62.
DELAINES, at 25e.
HQ% SAXONY PLAIDS, at 26e.
t P.IIN OPERA FLANNELS, all colors, at 660.
Lw EMBROIDERIES, in great variety
Lot Roll Pointe Lace Collars, at $1.50.
at 143.75.
BALIVIORALS IN THE CITY.,
and MERRIMAC CRINTEEs,
' Fronelt Chintzes. Sic—the old price.
1,1 AMsVILLE MUSLIN, 2Se.
NI SHAWLS, in great variety, ,
;:iitt SCARFS, BROCRE BORDERS.
New and. Fashionable Styles, made of
ti Beaver, Frosted Deaver, and Black Cloth.
and examine , our stock, Wo guaranty to glue en
; nothing - but ottrtis, and a t
Le'.. prices titan they can b,hclv)et
lli Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTFf street.
HUTCHINSON'S 698
S• HOOP•SICIRT SUPPORTER; •
ntrtl by HOPKIZiS. Manufactured and sold,
Glee and retail, at the PHILADELPHIA HOOP
'CI hl 628 ARCH Streec. Need only
. --11 to be fully appreciated ; and if once worn in
-]etihn with any Hoop Skirt, they will not be die
with. Lavery lady should give them an oxansi
a;P4cirt::. in great variety, constantly on hand and
I , order, ht prices which cannot fail to give entire
to both dealers and consumers.
.1::;•tc.• HOPKINS. 628 ARCH Street.
'YE FRENCH .11ERINOES, , OF VERY
riIOICE SHADES.
1' aiu Reps and Poplins, all colors,
Ilkh Printed Dress Goods.
Plain Solid Colored Silks,
iNttk and Colored Corded Silks.
lirowoud Pitney Figured Silks.
1' aiu Black Silks, rich Instre.
I :l , ltin‘ , Lalue Long Brodie Shawls.
Centre Cashmere Shawls.
:art Plain Style Blanket Shawls.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
20 South SECOND Street.
. ; :l .,. ll.— . lo .lreiy•lved and will be opened this 'morning,
hoe let of BALMORAL SKIRTS, at $3.25,fit“
we closed out from a New York Importing
L" '
T iw•P 6kirtz are now and have been retailing at
de9
TiAe)rai Skirts,
!HO I(I E DRY GOODS-JUST RE
rirEoivlran' pli ns. Plain and Figtired•
11 leive Wool Poplins, Doable Width.
...napes Vali haes.
lualooe, Plain and Figured. tnu
anti Wool D'Lainee—a nice lbs.
iienred hierinoee.
A fell line of Plain Shawls.
A ll.lne Black SaWIL.
r,itr. lot of Figured Mehairs, 26c.
1 ;x lets of Brown alpilteB, choice.
A fell Ree of Cassimeres.
A full nue of "Vesting JOHN H, STOKIO6,
702 i ARCH Arent.
LO AKING CLOTHS.
SUBLIME QUALITY.
I,, hanny's Frosted Beavers.
11,, liatn-priced Frosted Beavers.
77 ick and tine French Beavers.
Trtoot, OttMor, and Union Beavers.
ttolotir and SealskltiCloakings.
Cassimeres,
'',„ lll '.?; l llxes—Black, neat fancies—
, —Ext ra Crrui ag and Overooatings eavy—Union—Meitons, Ste., tko.
o.
44 4 r el 4
tIfIX iu rani?' Vestings t
AURORA S.
imadred pieces 26-tent Delaines.
titlion lots fine Black Alpacas.
",Horinoes and Poplins.
B F"
ftae ltr; Poplins, 87c., $1, 1 81.28.
B :oukets and Flannels.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
q'' . '"..l , -nred Cutters, good Cloths, and
4 '`''" wort —CI arments made to order. .
COGZ CN
S. E. earner NINTH and MER
ARKE O T R A
trssts.
(loops FOR WINTER.
k v p•
wrlttur,.
, molls.,eines.
Dt. sws, •
Ittpeliet Shawl",
V.:.intoral Skirts, "
nick
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Wended Plaids,
Cheap Delaines,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannels,
Breelte Shawls.
Pine Blankets
Crib Blankets.
SHARI'L,ESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
i' ,,
I W 1:c ii ALL & BROTHER, .26 .S.
F,'.'l;,'D Street, will open thie morning a few pieces
)I f r i. lik Vebietg, pure 811 k , real.Lyone.
/ 9
+), P!" ,, ' at 50.
ii, ' ;, If.et. at 10,
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VOL. 6.-NO. 115.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS. - -
JUST RECEIVED FROM AUCTION
1 Lot Super Paris Troche Long Shawls, for $lO.
ILot Super Paris Brodie Long Shawls, for $ll.
1 Lot Super Paris Broohe Long Shawls, for $l2.
And a full line of •
PARIS AND VIENNESE MAINE - LAIIIE
LONG SHAWLS.
Prices varying front $l4 to $3O.
The above are all sold as Cheap as ever, and are the
best value for the cost, as a present, that eau be had.
Super Long Maid:et . Shawls, of Choice Designs and
Colorings.
CURNITN STODDART (kJ' 'iBROTHER,
• - 450, 452, and 454 North SECOND Street,
del3•3f. ANive Willow.
ESIR ABLE STYLES DRESS.
GOODS, 2.5, 2S, 31, 33, 37M, and 44 coats.
New Styles Printed Moussclifio de Lanes, and Saxony
DTCSE GOOUS, of into purchase&
CURWEN STODDART AR; BROTHER,
450, 4-52; and 4p4 North SECOND. Street,
del3-3t . Aboite Willow.
BLANKET DEPARTMENT.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF. BLANKETS
IN PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
COWPERTI-IWA.Pr & CO.,
N. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS
del-rnwl-tf
N OW OPEN.
SUPERB LYONS VELVET CLOAKS
SILli
.CLOAKS,
VELVET PILE CLOAKS,
AIO.HALR PLUSH CLOAKS,
WOOLEN:PLUSH CLOAKS.
CASTOR BRAVER CLOAKS,
DIAGONAL PLUSH CLOAKS
FRENCH DOESKIN CLOAKS,
FRENCH BEAVER CLOAKS,
MAGNIFICENT GROS DE PARIS CLOAKS
NEW CLOAKS.
OPENING EVERY MORNING.
3. W. PROCTOR & CO.,
NO. 920 CHESTNUT STREET,
no7-fintv2m
-
& LANDELL, FOURTH AND
-L-4 ARCH, have a fine stock
Blankets, Extra Size.
Blankets, Ribbon Bound.
Blankets, Wholesale.
Blankets, Dark Grays.
TZYRE & LANDELL4, FOURTh AND
ARCH, always keep the best makes of Long CLOTH
SHIRTI.IsT O MUSLIMS by the piece ; also, 'good. LINENS
for Collars and Fronts.
4_AS H-A KE R. FLANNELS FOR
SKIRTS.—These Flannels are unshrinkable, and
extra stout for Winter Skirts. EYRE S< LANDELL,
de3-tf FOURTH and ARCH Streets.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
WELLING, COFFIN 6,1 CO.,
220 CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer for bale, by the Package—
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED SKEETINGS AND
SHIRTINGS.
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
. COTTONADES, CORSET JEANS. .
SILESIAS, NANKEENS.
COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS.
BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMBRES.
UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEYS.
KENTUCKY JEANS.
ALtO,
SKY-BLUE KERSETS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY FLANNELS, 10 and LS-ounce DUCK, &c., Stc.
deb-rdwf tf
COTTON YARN.
FTPERIOR COTTON YARN, No, 10,
FOR SALE BY
FROTIIIEGHAM & WELLS.
ocStf
SHIPL - EY, HAZARD, &
HUIrCHINSON,
No. 112, CHESTNUT STREET,
0 - 0" F, l_n
ROE THE SALE OF
PGILADEL7II,IL-MADE GOODS
ger:Am . - - ,
DRY GOODS jOBBERS.
THOMAS MELLOR 6.3 CO.,
ENGLISH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS,
40 AND 12 NORTH THIRD STREET.
HOSISRY,.GtOVES,
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, 4-4 LINENS.
FANCY WOOLENS, LINEN C. HDRTS.
MANUFACTURERS OF SHIRT FRONTS.
sel6.3m
GENTS , - FURNISHING GOODS.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Nos. .1 `AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN D. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,)
Nos now In, store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
SCARFS; NEW Tip, GLOVES, &c.,
In :Gr eat Variety
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
' R. C. WALBORN (N . :. CO.,
• Nos. 5 and 7 North SIXTH Street,
Have now in store & SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
In every style of material, and
AT ALL PRICES.
Their stock of FURNISHING , GOODS, also, comprises
many neat and suitable articles for
PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN. dell-12t
TTOLIDAY PRESENTS.- OPENING
-a-L. a splendid assortment of ,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
suitable Presents for Gentlemen,
J. W. SCOTT,
No. 814 CHESTNUT Street,
Four doors below the Continental
• PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, tice« ,
C- H R S
JAMES S.: EARLE ed SON,
HAVE ROW OPEN
THEIR NEWEST IMPOUTATIONS
OP
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PARIS PHOTOGRAPH ALEIMIS
FOR CHRISTMAS SALES.
OIL PAINTINGS, PICTURE, AND PHO'fOGRAPH
FRAMES.
LOOKING GLASSES
IN GREAT 'VARIETY,
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
de44 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
CUTLERY.
TATORMAN ELY,
NO, 130 PBOO STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURERS OP
PATENT CAST-STEEL
TABLE CUTLERY;
Alen, the BEST and CHEAPEST
ARMY KNIFE, FORK, AND SPOON
IN THE MARKET
Warranted
CAST-STEEL FORKS.
6e21-wfm3m
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER ec CO.,
Northeast Corner FourtOand RACE Breda,
PIMA])
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS ANT? DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
IffIiNDTACTURERP OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, ix
AORETE FOR TEE CELEBRATED
FRF.,NC.II-1 ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and cousnmers supplied at
VERT LOW PRICES FOR CASE
n 027 'lm
CLARK'S
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
Silver-plated Ware. Jewelry, Photograph Albuins,
Travelling Bags, Pocket Books. Port Monnaies, Cabas,
&c,, for 80 to 100 nor cent less than the regular prices.
The following is a partial list of articles which we sell
at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at
other places from *2 to $8 each :
YOUR ollorcli FOR ONE .DOLLA.E
Ladies' Sets, new and beautiful styles.
Do. Pins,
•
Do. Ear Ring's, / •
Do. Sleeve Buttons.
Do. Guard Chain.
Do. Neck do.,
Do. Gold Thimbles.
Do. Finger Rings.
Do. Pencils, ,
Do: Pens with case. •
Do. Bracelets,
Do. Medallions.
Do. Charms, •
Do. Pearl Port Monocles,
Do. Morocco do.
Do. Wire do.
Do. Purses;
Do. Card Cases,
Intl:iota' Armlets, -
Do. Neck Chains,
Gents' Vest Chains, different styles,
Do, Sleeve Buttons, do. do.
Do, Studs, . do. - do.
Do. Pins do. do.
D. Scarf Pins, - do. do.
Do. Scarf Rings. do. do. '
Do. - Finger Rings, do. do , •
Do. • Pen and Case,
-Do, Pencil, revolving.-
Do. Tooth Pick. revolving.
Do. Watch Keys,
- Do. Ch'aio. Hooks,
. Do, Chain Charms,'
Do. • Pocket. Books.
Do. Bill Books,,
Do.. Port Monnaics, &c.
SILVER-PLATED WARE.
YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE, DOLLAR!
Sets of Table Spoons
Do. Dessert Spoons.
-Do. Tea do.
Do. Forks.
Pair Butter Knives. .
Do. Napkin Rings.
Knife and Fork,
Goblets,
Cups, .
Sugar Bowls.
Cream Cups,
- Syrup Cups, . •
Butter Dishes,
Castors with Bottles,
Salt Stands, &c. • ,
YOUR CHOICE OF ANY' OF VIE ABOVE ARTICLES
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
NOTICE.—In order to meet the wants of our numerous
customers, we shall keep a stock of the linest Plated and.
All-Gold Jewelry, together with an assortment of &saw/-
plated 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
no 1 2mi
SOMETHING'FOR THE SOLDIERS!
AN ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENT!
PR[LADELPJUA
A PROTECTOR AGAINST DISEASES INCIDENT TO
CAMP LIFE! THE SOLDIER'S "BEST FRIEND"
WHEN FACED BY HIS "WORST.ENEMY."
DR. D. EVANS' PATENT ABDOMINAL SUPPORTER
AND MEDICATED SAFEGUARD, WITH "MONEY
BELT" ATTACHMENT! THE . MOST USEFUL SANI
TARY DEVICE OF TILE AGE! APPROVED BY THE
PRESS, THE PUBLIC; AND THE FACULTY!
It is at once light, s imple, cheap, comfortable, dnrable,
and reliable, acting not only as a remedy for disease, but
also as a preventive! It is endorsed by-thellighest a.utho.
rity in the land! Among the eminent practitioners who
have examined and approved its !medicinal properties are
Surgeon' General. Hammond, U. S. A.; Surgeon General
Dale of Massachasetts_i Dr. Hall, " Hall e Jeffcoat of
Health • ' Dr. John Ware, of Boston.; Drs. Bellows and
Mott, of' New York: and - all the prominent members of
the faculty of Philadelphia.
The Safeguard is composed of Red. Flannel, medicated
cotton being placed between two thicknesses of flannel
and quilted in small diamonds. The elastic - fastenings,
and whalebone are arranged so as' to prevent the Safe
guard from wrinkling. or rolling up, or getting out of
place when the wearer is in motion. It does not take up
room in the knapsack, as it is worn -on the march, and
gives strength to the soldier.
The "MONEY BELT" ATTACHMENT is made of fine
Water-proof rubber cloth, stamped with a patriotic de
vice, and affords R. safe and convenient receptacle for the
soldiers' bills and private papers. • .
Price according to, size and finish ; No. 1. iil5D; No.
Sen (free of postage. on receipt of the price.
, The frmuds of our brave men in the hold, wishing to
tender them an acceptable holiday present, and at the
same time do them and their country a real service; need
only send- the Medicated Safeguard; it will assuredly
prove the most appropriate and valuable Gift they can
bestow.
AB- Persons purchasing Safeguards for PresentS can
have them mailed direct without extra charge.
Aar None genuine unless stamped Dr. D. Evans..
Descriptive Circulars mailed free.
Liberal commissions allowed agents and personsiorl
ing clubs. A few experienced Canvassers wanted. 'None
others need apply to G. G. EVANS & Co.,
Agents for the United StateS.
No. 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
No. 212 BROADWAY, New York.
No. SO WASHINGTON Street, Boston.'
IS WASHINGTON BUILDING, Wash:l - neon.
Also for sale at OARFORD'S. under the Continental
Hotel; F. BROWN'S, cower Fifth and Chestnut streets
WARBURTON'S 430 Chestnut street; WILSON It
CO.'S" 415 Chestnut street, and by Dealers iu Military
Furnishing Goods, and Druggists generally.
PARTICULAR NOT/O.E.—GEORGE G. EVANS con
thmes, as heretofore, to fill all orders for Bunks published
hi.the United States, On receipt of the.advertised price.
Send all Book orders to- GEO; G. EVANS,
deS-tf No: 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS,,
(7100DS FOR THE -HOLIDAYS,-
A choicmassommentoLartieles.unitodAo us...on-wag
amennave been setected with care, from the
latent importations, comprisin g Writing and Folio Desks,
Work, Glove Jewel, and Dressing Boxes, Calms, Port
monuaias, W'atchstands, Thermometers, Backgammon
Bards, and Chessmen.
PATHAN, GLASS, LAVA 'AND CHINA" ARTICLES,
FANS IN SILK, GRAPE, AND LINEN.
DOLLS; Papa and Mamma ? Sleeping, Model Ohina,Wax
and Patent, a new style et Bisque Doll. Dolls' Shoes;
Hose, Mitts, Jewelry, Parasols, 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 rrrees, Fairies, Balls,
Fruits, Flowers, etc. . .
MOELLING'S SUPERIOR PERF&IERY, TOILET
ARTICLES, PHOTOGRAPH. ALBUMs HERBA-
iffiliK - SCRAP.AND TOY BOdKS.
Colored Lithographs for Scrap Books and Toy Thea
tres. Ali varieties of Paper Dolls. A large anti new as
sortment of Gaines, including the 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 Ladies and Gentlemen,
A choice lot of CHENILLE EMBROIDERY. All of the
above articles can be had on the most moderate terms, at
MARTIN & QUAYLE'S
Stationery, Toy, and Fancy Goods Emporium, •
No. 1035 WALNUT Street
deb-rowf6t „ Philadelphia; -Pa.
CLOTIVEISWRINGER.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRING-ER
" PUTNAM
"SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior to any other in use.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUSE,
/St. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing-day.
2d. It enables the 'washing to be done in one-third less
time.
att. It saves clothes from the injury always given -by
twisting.
4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
ONE OF THIS RIND,
BECAUSE,
FIRST. The rolls being of vulcanized rubber, will
bear hot and cold,water, and will neither break nor tear
off buttons.
SEcOND. The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal
vanized, all danger from - rust is removed, and the lia
bility to shrink, swell,split, & c ., so unavoidable in
wooden machines, Is prevented.. .
TITIRD. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma
chine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as
well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain. to re
ceive uniform pressure,
Fenian. The patent fastening by which the machine
is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in sim
plicity and efficiency to any yet offered.
FIFTY. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one
half to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without.
the least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE:
No. 1, $5.00; No. 2, $5. 4 30.
Sir* Agents wanted in every county. -
Aar' Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
For Sale at the
"WOODEN - WARE ESTABLISHMENT"
. OF
A. H. FRANCISOTJS,
No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.,
deg Wholesale agent for Pennsylvania.
CARPETS 'AND OIL 'CLOTHS.
FOURTH -STREET CARPET. STORE,
J. T. DELACROIX
mites an examination of his 'stock of CarPeiiratm,
At len than present cost of importation,
Also, goo s pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, superfine,
medittro, and low-grade Ingrain, Venitian, Hall, and
Stair Carpetings at retail, very low for cash. nol3-2rl
'I.IIE WILCOX & GIBBS
FAMILY
KBWING MACHINES
have been greetrAf t ratd,knamit ss.
and with Self-adjusting Hemmers, are now ready for sale
by FAIRBANKS & EWING,
ee27-tt 715 CHESTNUT Street.
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES,
628 CHESTNUT STREET,
zeltSam PHILADELPHIA.
BIL
LLAAD TABLES.
In.connection with their extensive Cabinet Easiness, are
no w manufacturing a superior article of
`BILLIARD. TABLES,
And have now on hand a full "supply, finished with - the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
are pronounced by all will) have used them to be supe-
Hoy 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 of their
Work. au2:3-8m
.130 W EN & CO. 1, LT.8.0
AND PRINT COLORISTS, Southwest corner of
CHESTNUT and ELEVENTH Streets. arerePn red to ex
cute any description iof Portrait, Lands p cape, Natural
Histoy, Architectural, Autograph, Map, or other Litho
tTaphY, in the.moat superior manner, and the Most roc=
tonnbie terms,
Photograph", Portraits. Natural History, and Medical
Qtates, Maps, and any other description or Plates, colored
in the beet style, and warranted to give satlsrtsctiert.
Particular attention to Coloring Photography.. ortQ•Zr
FANCY ARTICLES.
ONE•DOLLAR STORE.
ONE-DOLLAR STORE,
602 CHESTNUT Strad
MEDICATED SAFEGUARD.
No. 47 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
Which will be found,
WO 'PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETINGS
SEWING MACIIINES.
GABLISET FITRNITU E
MOORS & CAMPION,
No. M6l. South SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1862.
PROPOSALS.
11ErIITY QUARTERMASTER GE
NERAL'S OFFlCE—Philadelphia, Doc. 9. 1862.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until WED
NESDAY, the 17th inst., at 12 o'clock M., for the deliver,'
in this city, on or before the 20th day of January next, of
SIXTY TRAVELLING FORGES, with Shoeing and
Forge Tools complete also, for SIXTY SETS SIX-HORSE
ARTILLERY HARNESS. The Harness to ,he made of
best oak-tanned leather, and subject to inspection, The
right is reserved to reject all bids deemed too high.
• A. BOYD
Captain and A. M.
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILD
ERS.—SeaIed proposals, end rsed ' , `-Proposals for
Building a Public School-house, in the First Ward,l' will.
be received by the undersigned at the °dice, southwest
corner of SIXTH and A ontqu Streets, until FRIDAY,
the 19th. day of DECEMBER, ISG2. at 12 o'clock M.; for
building a PUBLIC SCHOOL-HOUSE, on the southwest
corner of Twentieth and Catharine Streets.
Said School-house to be built_ iu accordance with the
plans of 'Edwin F, Durang, architect, to he seer at the
of of the Board.
FOUT Th01181111(1 Five Hundred Dollars has been appro
priated for the saline, including architect's fees.
By order of the Committee on Property.
.TAMES D. CAMPBELL,
del2-finwSt Secretary Control lerslif Public School.
T)BITTY. QUARTERMASTER GE NE
);
OFFICE, ParransrrutA,l2thDecember,lB6l.
PROPOSALS , wilt be received at this office until.
liiitIEBNESDAY,I.7th inst.,-at 12 o'clock M., - for the de-:
livery hi this city, on or before 31st December, 1862,^bf
the following articles :
TWo thousand Tar Buckets. ,
Two thousand. Whips (Black-snake), I 3 feet long,
Three thousand Curry Combs.
All to be of the test timidity of their several kindS, and
subject to inspection. The right:is reserved to-re:mot alt
bids"deomed to high. A. BOYD,
dell-It Captain and Asst Quartormasteill. B. A:
DEPUTY : QUARTERMASTER GEN.F#.
EAL'S OFFICE; TWELFTH and GIRARD Streets.
PurLADELPHIA, December 11, 1862.
PROPOSALS wilite received at this Ace until
DAY; Ibti, ins( at 12 M., to furnish
2,000 TORS MERCHANTABLE TIMOTHY HAY IN t-
BALES,
to be deliveredatiNnshington City or at Aegnia Creek, at
the option of the Government. Proposals will be , en=
dorsed "Proposals for Hay,': and bidders wilt' state the
price per tong and 'how 'soon the bay can he delivered.
The names of two responsible, sureties' Will be giten . in
the propOsal, for the faithful execution of the emitract
should it be awarded. - G. FL CROSMAN,. • •
del2-3t Deputy Q. M. General U. S. .A. 4,
PROPOSALS FOR :BOOTS.'
- -
.
PROPOSALS for tifXl Pairs Boots for the Milted States
Navy will be received until SATURDAY NOON, Decem
ber 20, at the . °face of the .NAVY AGENT, Irk South
THIRD Street. _ _
. .
SIZES , OF TIME BOOTS.—The Boots shall be plainly:
stamped on the sole witli the 'descriptive numbers in:
: figures,half aninchinglength -and with the Contractors
name and the year when made z. the sizes to be in the
following proportion for each 100 pairs; unless otherwise
ordered—viz: 8 of ho. 13,„17 of No. G; 25 of No. 7, 23'0 No.
.'8;16 of No. 9, 7 of No. 10, and 2 of No. 1L
•• They shall conform in all respects to the saitmtes at
the Yards, be delivered in good, strong boxes, the tops of
. which to be securely fastened, by - screws, and each boa
to contain 25 pairs, packed as S pairs 'of
No. 5 with 17 of No, •6 ; 13 of No: 7 with 12 of No. 8, Or,Nlee
versa ; 16 of No. S With 7 of No, 10; and 2 of No. 11.
Specimens can bo seen at the United States InsPect or's
— office, Swanson and Washington streets ' •
del3-6t .TAMES.S. CHAMBERS, Navy ; gont,;:
PROPOSALS FOR i':REEP.- •,,
OFFICE OF NAVY AGENT,
• 112 sorriT THIRD STREET, I'IIILADELMIL
PROPOSALS will lie received at this offide uutil
SATURDAY NOON, December 20th, for furnishitiE FIVE
HUNDRED BARRELS OF BEEF, to be-delivered at the
PHILADELPHIA NAVY. YARD within thirty days from
the date of the acceptance of proposal for the amulet the
BEEF and BARRELS to be of the quality and description
invariably required forthe use of the Navy. The-bareels
shall be entirely new, and be made of the best seasoned
heart of white oak staves and heading,• the staves shall
not be less than fiveAighths of an hickthick, and the
headings not less than three-fourths of ari Dia . thick.
They shall be - three-fourths hooped over with the best
white oak or hickory hoops. Each barrel shall be of the
intermit capacity of thirty-two gallops o and shall -be
branded on its head, by burning, Navy -Beef,' , the
weight and year when packed, and on rho :bung stave
with the letter " 13,' and. be subject to the inspection of
the Inspector of Provisions, and deliverable at his store
.house, at PRIME and SWANSON Streets, withoul,extra
charge.
No proposals will be considered unless accompanied by
a ~..narantee. JAMES S. CH MMUS..
. Naliy. Agent.
DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER.GENE
HAL'S OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11, 1862;
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
TUESDAY, 2.3i1 Institut, at 12 o'clock bL, for the - burial of
all the soldiers who may die at any. of the following
United States Military Hospitals, from theist of January
to theist of October, 1863:
Hospital at 6th and Master streets, Philadelphia.
Do. at 4th and George streets, do.
Do. at 22d mot Wood streets, do.
Do. at rdli and Buttonwood streets. ' do:'
Do. at 12th and Buttonwood streets, -
Do. at 16th and Filbert streets. do: •••
Do. at 24th and South streets, do.
Do., at 10th and Christian streets, do.
Do: at 20th and Norrig streets, do: •
Do. at Broad and Cherry streets, do.. .
Do: on Baco t below Sixth street,
Do.. at Haddington.
Do. et Chester.
Do. at West Philadelphia. :
Do. 'at Hestouville. •
Do. , at Germantown, . •
Do. at Islington Lane.
Hospitals in process of erection at Chestnut Hill, .and
that about being erected on "Logan Estate," Germauttlern
avenue, together 'with any Hospitals which may he
erected within the city limits within the time specified.
Proposals mast include the Coffin, conveyance of , the
body, cemetery charges, digging of grave, setting up and
lettering of a head-board over each grave (head hoards
will be turnished by the Quartermaster's DeparmentKand
all other incidental expenses connected: therewith.
'Cof
fins to-be well made, of good seasoned planed pine, not
. less than seven-eighth inch thick. Contractor must be
at all times propared, when notified ' to give prompt at
tention to burial of soldiers. The right is reserved to re
ject all bids . deeined too high. A. BOYD,
Jlel2-11 t Captain and.X.
pßoposA •
Ls..
.......
DEPOT. QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICH,'!"
• . Corner Eighteenth and G streets:
WASHINGTON, De...n..kektlft.,* -
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received .m:an i s -6 3
:a.l2.l,ll4,l2AX.AlcyzeliteliTat 1. 1 .01.77 . 7 ;at 12 o'cloelc.M.,
service in the United States, in the — eity of aasil A lftr-i
and also within three miles of said city, from the Ist o
January until the 30th of June, 1863.
Specifications for all the requirements' of such. burials
can be seen at this office:
PROPOSALS. •
The full name and post-office address of the bidder must
appear in the proposal.
If a bid is made in the name of a firm, the names of all
the parties must appear, or the bid will be considered as
the.individual proposal of the party signing it
Proposals from ais loyal part leg mill riot lie cons44ered,
and an oath of allegiance must, accompany each propo
sition.
Proposals must be addressed to Captain EDWARD L.
HARM Assistant Quartermaster U. S. Army, Washing
ton, D. C., and should be plainly marked "Propesals for
the Burial of Persons dying in thcmilitary service of the
United States."
GUARANTEE.
The responsibility of the guarantors must be shown by
the official certificate of the clerk of the nearest-district
court or of the United States district attorney.
The ability of the bidder to fill the contract, should it
be awarded to him, must be guarantied by two responsi
ble persons, whose signatures are to be appended to the
guarantee, and said auarantee must accompany the
bid. •
Bidders must be pretient in person when the bids ace
opened, or the proposals will not be considered.
Bonds, in the sum of one thous:m(l'll°llam, signed by
the contractor and both of his guarantors, will .be re
quired of the successful bidder upon signing the contract.
FORM OP GUARANTItE.
We, —, of the county of and State of
and —, of the county •o r— and State of do
hereby guarantee that is able to fulfil the contract
in accordance with the terms of his 'propoeltion, and
that, should his proposition be accepted, he will at once
enter into a contract in accordance therewith. ,
Should the contract be awarded to him weave prepared
to become his securities.
(To this guaraiftee must be appended the official certill
mite above mentioned.)
The Depot Quartermaster reserves to himself the right
to reject any or all bids that he may deem too high. .
EDWARD L. HARTZ, '
dell-t2io Captain and A, Q. M., U. 4. Army.
ARMY CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE
OFFICE, TWELFTH AND GIRARD STREETS.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1,1863.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Office
until MONDAY, Dith December, at 12 M., for supplying
the Schuylkill Arsenal with the following articles:
PACKING BOXES—In such • quantities P.s may be
needed from the Ist of January to 31st December, 181 G.
LUMBER Principally White Pine ' • second Common
one-inch Boards, eight to ten inches wide. planed on one
side; and third Common, one-inch rough Pine Boards,
for the same period.
. HOOP POLES—Of good Hickory ; all recinired for the
sameperiod. •
CAP, LETTER, AND NOTE PAPER — Plain or with
printed headings, and ENVELOPES, •of 'different sizes,
with printed descriptions t . all. that may be required for
the same period. • • '
NAILS AND SCREWS—AII that may be needed from
Ist January to 30th Juno, 1863.
Samples of the various sizes of Boxes and Hoop Poles
can be seen at the Schuylkill Arsenal ; samples of Paper,
Fwvelopex, &c at this office.
Proposals will be endorsed separately, Proposals for
"Packing Boxes." "Hoop Poles; 'Lumber, 'Paper
and Envelopes," "Nails and Screws." The names of
two sureties, for the faithful performance of the contract,-
If awarded, must accompany the proposals. The Go
vernment reserves the right to reject all proposals, if the'
prices are not satisfactory. G. H. CROSIIAN, -
del-I2t Deputy Quartermaster General. .
SEALED PROPOSALS AREL.NTITED
until the 21st day of December, ISO,' for,supPlying
the United States Subsistence Department with 8,000 heltttl
of beef Cattle on the hoof.
The cattle to be delivered at Washington, D. C. and'
each animal to average 1,300 pounds gross . No cattle ad:.
mated that weigh less than 1,000 pounds gross. heifers,
Stags, and Bulls not wanted. -
The first delivery to be made on or abopt the 10th day
of January 1663 , or as soon thereafter as the Goverdr,.
=ant may. direct. Six hundred head of Cattle per week
will be required to be delivered under this contract. •
A bond, with good and sufficient security, will be
T be
quired. Twenty per cent, of the purchase money will
retained until the completion of the contract.
Proposals from contractors who have previously failed,
to comply with their bids, from disloyal person e, or
where the bidder is not present to respond to his bid, will
not be considered.
The names of Arum should be stated in full, withthe
precise address of each member of the firm.
Payment to be made in certificates of indebtednesi, or
such other funds as Government may have for disbtirse
;neat.
All bids to be accompanied by two guarantees and di-•
rected to Colonel. A. BECKWITH, A. D. C. and C. 9. U.
S. A., Washington, D. C., and endorsed "Proposali , for
Beef Cattle." s. •
.Fbrm of Guarantee.
We. of the . county of —, and: State of-do'
hereby guarantee that is able to fulftl the contrast in
accordance with the terms of his proposition, and that,'
should his proposition be accepted, he will at once ante*
into a contract in accordance therewith. • I
Should the contract be awarded him, we are prepared
to become his securities. .
(This guarantee must be appended to each bid.)
• The responsibility of the guarantors must be shown by
the official certificate of the Cle* of the nearest DiAtrict
Court or of the United States District Attorney.
Bids which do not comply with the above will be re
jeted.. • . • • . . • deB.l2t
SPANISH CONSULATE.
IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS AND OWNERS OF.
QUARRIES.
The HAVANA CITY COUNCIL will contract. at public
auction which will take place in the said city, on Oka.
21st of JANUARY, 1863, the furnishing ; of the materials;
and the execution of the necessary work, for putttrig_in:.
the streets of said city 50,000 square metres of PAYE,
MENT and MOM metres of CURBSTONE.
The work must be commenced within sixty days fol
lowing the adjudication of this contract, and must be .
finished within the term of two years, the contractor be
ing bound to deliver every month 2,100 metres of para.
ment and 2,loometres or curbstone. -
The payment of the 50,000 metros of pavement, at the
rate of 4 dollars and 05 cents (10-65) per every square me
tro, will be made by the above-said City Council, in Muni
cipal Bonds, bearing the interest of 7 per cent. per annum,
payable within ten years, to the bearear as they become
due. To which effect the City Council will deliver theeald
bonds to the contractor, as fast as the work is exanted
and admitted, month by month. The Coupons of these
bonds will be received by the City Council in payment of
all Municipal Taxes, and the said Council will appro
priate every year, in the estimate of expenses, as a bind
ing and preferred debt sufficient amount for the pay
ment of capital and interest.
The payment of the 50,000 metres of curbstone, at the
rate of four dollars and twenty cents (34.20) per every
84111170 metre, will be made to the contractor in cash
half of the sank will be paid six months after the work
is doge and admitted, and the other half at the end of the
next six months following
Should, iu the act of bidding, any one offer to execute
the mentioned rt - orks at prices below those .specitied as a
standard, the contractor will acquire the right to furnish
the number of glue remetres of pavement and curbstone,
necessary to cover the amount of five hundred thousand
dollars, to which sum, in the case, will amount the two
contracts combined together.
It is necessary, to take part its the adjudication, to de
po the office of the City Connell, iu specie, or In
of then' Banco Espanol de ht flabans, , ' the MIDI of Twen
ty-five Tilolll6B rid Dollars, which amount the contractor
will forfeit entirely, should he fell to fulfil, punctually,
all the conditions of the contract. • •
Those persons who may desire more particulars about
this important bosiness, may look for them, to the Garda
de to Habana, a the 2Sth 'of November last, which they
will find - in the Spanish Consulate, of this city. altd also
at the office of The Prette.
PAILADELPMA, December 11, Mt•
The Rpanish Conant,
CARLOS DE.RAMEILIT.
El~¢ VrtsS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1862
THE MASSAPONAX BATTLE.
Combats of Friday and Saturday.
THE FIGHT RAGING ON SUNDAY
Gen. Sumner's Grand Division Storms the
Nebel Position.
The Federal Tr9ops are Thrice Repulsed,
but Rally Successively—Gcn. 'Franklin's
Grand Division Drives the Luemy from
his Position on the Left of our Line—
Geni. 'Jackson and layard Killed—G'ens"
Kimball, Caldwell„ Gibbons, Meagher,
and Vinton, Wounded—Rebels said to be
200,000 Strong—Partial List oftiastt
allies, ekc., Szc.
HEADQUARTERS IN TEM Tri,ra Saturday, Dec.
13,11 A.:AL—The battle so long'antleiiiated is now
progessing.
The morning opened with a dense fog, which has
not yet entirely disappeared.
general Reynolds , corps, on the left, advanced. at
an early hour, and at 9.15 engaged the enemy's in
fantry. Seven minutes after the rebels opened a
heavy fire of artillery, which has continued so far
without interruption. Their artillery fire mush be
at random, as the fog obstructs all view.
Our heavy guns are answering them' rapidly. As
the sun gets high it is hoped that the fog will lift. At
this' writing no results are known, Not much in
fantry has as yet become engaged.
A portion of the enemy's cavalry crossed a ford
ahol'e here, and yesterday were: found on our right
rear. A sufficient force has been sent out to meet
BATTLE OF SATURDA.t.
HEADQUARTERS OF TAE ARMY Or TAP: POTOMAC,
Saturday, Dee: 13 Ev'eninn4
The fog began to disaypear at,li o'clock this morn
ing, affording an unobstructed view of our own and
the enemy'S position.-
It being evident that the first ridge of hills, in the
rear of the city, on which the enemy had his guns
posted behind earthworks, 'could not be carried ex
cept by a charge of infantry, Gen. Sumner assigned
that duty to Gen. French's division supported by
Gen. Howard's.
The troops advanced to the works at ten minutes
before 12 o'clock, at a brisk run.
The enemy's guns opened a rapid fire upon them.
When within musket range of the base of the
ridge, they were met by a terrible fire from the rebel
infantry, who were posted behind a stone wall and
some houses on the right of the line.
This checked their advance, and they fell back to
a small ravine, but not out of •nrisket range.
At this time another body of troops moved to
their assistance in splendid style, notwithstanding
the gaps made In their ranks by the lire of the rebel
artillery.
When they arrived at the first line they advanced
on double-quick time, and, with a command of "Fix
bayonets !" endeavored to dislodge the rebels from
their hiding places. • • . _
The concentrated fire of -artillery and infantry
which they were forced to face was too much, and
the centre gave way in disorder, but were afterwards
rallied and brdught back.
From !that time the fire was spiritedly continued,
and never ceased until some time after darkness set
in this evening.
General Franklin, who commanded the attack on
the left, met with better success. He succeeded,
after a hard day's fight, in driving the enemy about
one mile.
At one time the rebels advanced to attack, but they
were handsomely repulsed with terrible slaughter,
and a loss of between four and five hundred prisoners
belonging to Gen. A. P. Rill's command.
General Franklin's movement was directed down
the river, and his troops are encamped to-night not
far from the Massaponax creek.
Our troops sleep to-Light where they fought to
day.
The dead and Wounded are being carried from the
field to-night.
POSITION OF THE REBELS.
The firing of musketry ceased at about 6 o'clock ;
but the rebels continued throwing shell into the city
nnffl Ei o'clock this evening.
i .The -position of the rebel forces was. as follows :
General Longstrect was on the left, and held the
main works of the enemy.
'General A. P. Bill and General JaCkson were in
• front , of, General 'Franklin, with Jackson's right
resting on the Rappahannock. General A. P. Hills
BATTLE OF SUNDAY.
'Gen:Burnside will renew the battle at daylight
in•the Morning. The troops are in good spirits, and
not in the least disheartened. The losses cannot be
accurately estimated at,his hour.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
,NEly yonx, Dec. —The Herald's special de
spatches received' last night, say :
FIIEDERICKSBURG, Dec. 13—A. BL—lt is aseer
taihed that the rebel force is nearly 200,000 strong.
Jackson commands the rebel right, extending from
Guinney's station to Port Royal. Longstreet has
the centre, extending from Guinnny's station to the
Telegraph road. Lee and Stuart are on their left.
A despatch dated last night says : Gen. Franklin's
line was moved forward at sunrise, with his right
resting on Fredericksburg, his centre advanced a
mile from the river, and his left resting on the river,
three miles below. Skirmishing commenced about
daylight on .the left; soon after a rebel battery
. opened on our lines, and the 9th New York militia
was ordered to charge, but after a tierce struggle was
compelled to retire. The remainder of the brigade,
under Gen. Tyler, then charged the enemy's guns,
when the fight became general on the extreme left.
Generals Meade's and Gibbons' divisions encoun
tered the right of Gen. A. P. Hill's command. The
cannonading was terrific, though our troops suffered
but little from the enemy's artillery.
Gradually 'the fight extended round to the right,
and Gen. Howe's division went into the fight, fol
lowed by Gen. Brooks' division.
Officers Killed and Wounded.
The following is a list of the officers killed and
wounded, as far as knoivn :
Genoral Jackson, of the Pennsylvania Reserves,
was killed.
General Bayard was struck in the thigh by a shell,
and afterivards died.
GeneralVinton was wounded in the side, but not
seriously.
- 'General Gibbons was wounded in the hand.
General Kimball received a wound in the thigh:
General Caldwell was wounded in two places, but
not seriously. '
Col. Sinclair, of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves,
was dangerously wounded.
Captain Hendrickson, commanding 9th New York
militia, was wounded seriously.
• The following is the lois of officers in the sth New
Hampshire Regiment, which was actively - engaged
in the battle : ' '
Col. Cross, wounded in the abdomen. .
hlajor Sturtevant, killed. .*
Adjutant Dodd, killed.
The following is an additional list of casualties :
Killed.—Lieutenant Colonel Dickinson, command
ing the battery of the 4th U. S. Artillery.
Wounded.Gerieral Meagher, In thd leg; Colone
:Nugent, 69th New York; badly; Major Jennings;
26th New. York ; Capto CameroA,?th New York
o,olfii can*ter;.p 4 ,t44stew:YCLlc . ;,PaPPol.....j gait;
issisfitiit . typitiut:pßerik). lava, ; oaptattf-
Andeew•: - Xiihone'y, 'tdaiiiakteette, arm and
breast; . Captain M. Dunn, do., ; Lieutenant
Newcainb, do., both legs; Lieutenant S. F: Hazlett.
106th Pennsylvania; aria ; Andrew DoliglieitY,
);,'69th Pennsylvanin,liesd ; -Wm. Humphreys, CO.
D, '72d Pennaylranla, elbow.
Names Of the Killed and' Wounded at
'Fredericksburg; - •
FIFTIETH ICEW YORK lE!.3IMENT.
Killed.—Captain AugustUs S. Perkins, Co.
through_ the . head; Lewis 'Wilcox' Co. 0, shot
through the Abdomen William Bblesley, Co. C,
shot through hips; Philip Comfort, Co. F, abdomen;
— . Remick, Co. F, cheat.
Watrnded.—Captain Wesley Brainard, Co. 0, left.
arm ; Captain James E. McDonald, Co. K, left arm ;
Corporal .B. Wicks, Co. K, leg ; Franklin Shepard,
C, laps ;..TOhn S. Tuttle, Co. F, thigh; Warren
K. Watson, Co. C, wrist; P. Dunlap,,Co. 0, shot in
poulder ; James Smith, 00. F, thigh; William
Bessby, Co. F, . thigh; Blade I. Bradshaw, Co. F,
hip; J. K. Adams,: MCP., 9, thigh.; Captain Robert
Patti, Co,-F, knee; Luther Reed,
.G 3.. shoulder;
Jordan, Co. K, ankle; G. Fowler, Co: F,
hip.; J. Cross, Co. 0 ; G. Yoik; Co. Of W. Warner,
Co. D; Cassidy; do. FOIL Fox, .Ckt. ;D.
. Pierce, Co. F. N.Philo, Ca:K.
•
FIFTY.ARYKICTI I RR* YORK KEOIXENT
Wounded—Lieut. Colonel 'Alford B. Chapman,
slightly.; Capt. Henry H. Mott, Co. I ; Capt. John
Bell, Co. ; Lieut. Thomas 0. White, Co. B ;
Lieut. -Henry Brewster, Co. A ; Sergeant F.
Britton, Co. I; J. Hurltoni Co. A; J. Donne], Co.
A; A. owcen, Co. A; P. Morgan, Co. B; J. A. La
throp, CO. B; J. Hinton, Co. 0; E. Park, Co. D;
D: H. Paine, Co. D ; N. J. Oroseet,:Clo. D ; W. Cu
son; CO. D ; .T. Hunter, Co. D," P.-Taylor, Co. D.;
M. Kinney, Co. F; A. Gethering, Co. H F. Mach.
er, Go. I ; J. Niles, Co. I ; A. Clark, Co. . I ; A. Ba
ker, 00. K ;P. Cassiday, Co. K. • .
sixrr. SIXTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.
Wounded.-Lieutenant'Colonel James H. Bull,
mortally; Captain John P. Dodge, Co. D; Limite
nant James Switzer, Co. D; Sergeant A. Smith, Co.
(II Sergeant. E. A. Morgan, Co. H; J. Pierson, Co. 0.
EIGHTY-NINTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.
Wounded.--Sergeant McKee, Co. C, leg; J. H. Rose
Co. A, arm; C. D. Constant, Co. A, thigh; C. I)
Earnest, Co. A; J. D, Walker, Co. 0, foot.
'MOUTH CONNECTICUT I/EGIMENT.
Robert Rice, 00..0, in abdomen,,incirtally; Sylves
ter GMlfreY, Co. H, in shoulder, slightly. -
About ten o'clock Gen. Sturmerl troops engaged
the enemy back of the city, since which the battle
raged furiously along the whole line,,the eneMy,oo
- the woods and hilts,...and,heyinea much
more advantageous position, but were driven brick
on, their right a mile and a half early in the day.
About this time Gen. Gibbons was telleve4 by
Gen. Doubleday, and Gen. Meade by Gen. Stone
man. Afterwards Gen. Newton's division moved
round to the support of the left, when the firing
ceased for a short time, and broke out with great
fierceness on the centre, where our troops were ex
posed to a plunging fire from the enemy'sgum and
earthworks on the hill along the whole line;
The battle has been fierce all day, with great loss
to both sides. - -
To-night each army holds its first position, except
a slight advance on our left: The cannonading. is ,
still going on, and the musketry breaks out at in
tervals quite fiercely. - •
General Bayard was struck in the ,hip• by a solid .
shot, while conversiniwith General Franklin. Ria•
right leg was amputated, but he cannot survive.
Several hundred prisoners were taken, who' re
port that Cren. Lee's entire army is in the vicinity.
Gen. Hill's troops started down the river this
morning,
_but returned.
Gen. Franklin was opposed to-night by Stonewall
Jackson.
It is impossible to form an accurate idea of the loss
on either side.
.
The - fi ring is still going on, rendering it extremely
&Me:Unto remove the killed and wounded.
The city suffered terribly from the rebel artillery,
and it is crowded with our troops, the front extend:
ibg but a short distance beyond.
The tight will probably be renewed to-morrow.
Our balloon has been up all day.
About dark our forces carried the crest of, the hill
occupied by the rebels, driving them from 'their po
sition with great slaughter.
This evening the rebels have been shelling Freda
rieksburg,'endes'voring to drive our troops out, but
without success.. -
•
Gen. Burnside is in the city, personally directing
the operations. -
Gen; Meredith now commands a division, and Gni.
Cutter, of Michigan, commands his late brigmie.
Surgeon Gen. Hammond and Inspector Vellum
will arrive here to-morrow with . 3o surgeons.
.61 ARMY O 1 THE POTOMAC,
Stuart's Dash .into Dturtfries.
N.VINV !Yong., December 'l3.—A special despatch
from Washington, . dated - yesterday, states that
Hampton's rebel cavalry, on Friday morning, cap..
tared Durafries, cut'the telegraph wires, and carried
off the operator.
' Later in the day Gen.' Steinwehr, in command of
Sigel's advance, attacked-the rebels, and a fight en
sued,the result of which was unknown. The wires
have since been repaired.
Dumfries is on Quantico creek, about thirty miles
southwest of Alexandria. The telegraph that was
destroyed and repaired again is the one that connects
Burnside's army with Washington..
ANOTHER DESPATCH
Nxnosco RIVEII, six miles north from Dumfries,
Vs., sunset, December 12.—At about daybreak this
morning between one thousand and one thousand
flee hundred of General Stuart's cavalry dashed into
Dumfries, captured ten sutlers and twenty-live of the
picket guard, and Mr. Mclntosh, telegraph re
porter, cut clown a telegraph pole and cut the wire,
destroyed several Government and sutlers' wagons,
and hastily retreated.
The wires were subsequently repaired.
Brigadier General Stelnwehr has since occupied
the town of Dumfries with a force of United States
troops.
ARMY OF TIE CIIMBERLIND.
The Rebel /Loss at Hartsville—Over One
Hundred Hlned and Wounded—A. Gal
lout Affair at Franklin, Tenn.—Brilliant
Charge OT the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry—
Rebel Loss Heavy—Their Camps, Equi
page, ike.; Captured—Federal Loss! One
Me 31.
tgpeeifd De: ratch to The Press.J
NastiviLLE, Tenn., Dec. 13—Midnight
I learn to-day, from official sources, that the battle
of Hartsville was more extensive than previously.
reported. The rebel loss, in that battle, is cer
tainly over one hundred killed, and wounded. It
seems that Gen. John Morgan had nothing to do
with this surprise, as the work was done by Gen.
Hanson and his brigade of renegade Kentucky
troops. It will be remembered that Gen. Hanson
WAS taken prisoner at Fort Donelson as a colonel;
was exchanged by the Federal authorities about
five, months ago; was promoted to a brigadier gene
ralship, and is now commanding one of the rebel
out Posts in Tennessee.
I have just heard of a brilliant affair, on the rail,
road, about twenty miles south of this place, in
which Brigadier General Stanley with his splendid
division attacked the rebels, who were found to be in
foice at the town of Franklin, in Williamson county,.
this morning. Gen. Stanlepdrove the rebels out o f
the town in "double-quick," reading a gallant charge
with the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in company
with Colonel Wynkoop. The rebels were forced
from their camps,. which were captured, together
with a large amount of stores, equipage, &c. The
-rebels-fled in every -direction, and are no
,doubt
greatly demoralized. The enemy lost very. heaVily
in killed and wounded, and we have taken a conside
d and wounded
were left in our hands. - blig - i l as k .o,9
vide of an Ohio regiment; none wounded, and none
captured.
Indeed, the whole affair is considered a fair set-off"
to the disgraceful surprise and capture of Colonel ,
Scott's brigade, at Hartsville. B. O. T. •
ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Great Federal Victory at Fayetteville—OM
vial Report of Gen. Blunt—Gene. Hindman
and Marmadn.ke Acknowledge that they
were badly Whipped—Sketch of the Rebel
Gen. Steen, &a. .• •
HEADQUARTERS ARMT OF'RE FICONTEER t
BATTLE-}"ILLD, BEAR FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 8, '62,
To Major General Curtis:
This place, on yesterday, was the scene of a hard
fought and bloody field, resulting in a complete vic
tory of the army of the Frontier.
The rebel forces, under Generals Hindman, Mar
maduke, Parsons, and Prost, numbered twenty-four
thousand. I had been holding the enemy on the
Boston Mountains for two days, skirmishing with
their advance, holding theirs in check until General
Herron could come up with reinforcements.
On the 7th they drove in my outposts and got
possession of a road, by which they commenced a
flank movement on my left during the night, while
they made a heaVy feint in front. Their object was
to cut off communication between myself and Gen.
Herron, who was to be at Fayetteville at daylight.
They attacked Gen. Herron at about ten o'clock
A. M., who, by gallant and desperate fighting, held them,
in check for three hours, until I came and attacked
them in the rear. The fighting was desperate on
both sides, and continued until it was terminated by
the darkness of the night.
My command bivouacked on their arms ready to
renew the conflict at daylight in the morning. But
the enemy had availed themselves of the night to
• retreat across the Boston Mountain.
The loss on both sides has been heavy. My loss in
killed is small in proportion to the number of wound
ed. The enemy's loss compared with ours, was at
least four to one. My artillery made terrible de
struction in their ranks. They had greatly the advan
tage in numbers and position. Yet Generals Hind
-man and Marmaduke acktuncledged to me, in an in
terview under a flag of truce, that they had been well whip - -
ped.
Among the enemy's killed is Colonel Steen form
erly Brigadier General of the Missouri State Guard.
The Nineteenth and Twentieth lowa, Thirty
seventh Illinois, and Twenty-sixth Indiana Regi
ments, of General Herron's division, sullbred se
verely.
General Herron deserves great credit for the promptness
with which he reinforced me by forced marches from near
Springfield, and also for his gallantry upon the field.
Very respectfully, JAS. G. BLUNT,
Brigadier General..
BRIGADIER GENERAL ST.EEN.
The official despatch announcing the victory of the
Union troops near Fayetteville speaks of the death
of the rebel Brigadier General A. E. Steen, in corn
mend of a portion of the PaissouriState j Guani, and
summoned into,the field 'bir the rebel,O;T..Taekson..
, Steen' was a 'native of hlissciuri 3 Od entered the:
servicenlthe United Stritei as second lieutenant
12th inhukts7 on:tlie9th April 1847. Ma regiment.
Whiffisbarided, 20th July,' 1848, . and he was . after T .,
was appointed second lieutenant Third infantry,,
30th June, 1832 He continued in the service of the
United States until May 10; 1861, whorl he .resigned
his commission Andentered the rebel service. While
in the army "he married a daughter of pnoriel P.
Morrison; of the regular army, now in command at.
Camp Butler, Illinois. His father, Colonel Enoch .
Steen, is also in the regular army of the. "United
States, in command near this city. Gen. Steen has
been in active service ever since the.rebellion corn
. menced and was, we believe, at Boonville, Lexing
ton, Wilson's creek, and Pea Ridge. .
. The engagement near Fayetteville must have been
a desperate one, some accounts. representing the
killed on the rebel side at one thousand, and -that
of the Unionists at six hundred. This would show
a frightful list of wounded. •
FrOm Newborn, N. C.
New Your, Dec. 13.—The United States transport
George 0. Collins arrivedat this port to-night, from
Newbern, N. C., from which she sailed on the 10th
instant.
. The United States troops at Newbern were making
preparations for a movement when the steamer Col
lins left, but their destination was unknon.
Liberation from Fort Lafayette—Who Are
Now There.
Naw Yonir, Dec. 13.—There were nine prisoners
liberated from Fort Lafayette to-day, viz :
E. W.,Cecil, of Maryland; M. S. Corbitt, of Vir
ginia; Samuel H. Barry, of Maryland; John Potts,
(Britishsuhject); Samuel Pike, of New Haven; A.
A. Jackson, of New Haven; an Irishman living on
Staten Island; Riehards,.of Winchester, a young lad
about 17; Gulick, of Sandusky . , Ohio.
There are now about thirty-eight men left in prison
at Fort Lafayette, among - them Dr. Olds, of Ohio,
and Mr. Sheean, a yottog , lawyer from Galena,
non!. •
The Arrival of" Captain Mellen, of the
-Burned Ship. JLeyi Starbuq.
. _
-Nrw YORK; Dec..l4.—The brig S. M. Newhall,
from Point Petre,Guit daloupe, brought OaPt: Mellen,
of the ship Levi 'Starbuck, as a paasenget*" Capt.
Mellen's statement is corroborative of that already
published of the plundering and burning 'of his ship
by the pirate Alabama. Uapt. Mellen-states that
there was an English bark, laden with four hundred
tons of coal, at Port Royal,- the captain of which
went aboard the Pirate, and after a consultation his
bark weighed anchor and sailed that night, un
doubtedly for some rendezvous to supply the pirate
with coal. -
Capt. Lincoln, of the 0. B. Wales, with his passen
gers, intended going to New York via Hitvana.
Flies at Cincinnati.
•._
Pnt6nswiat,.Deo. 13.—At three o'clOck this morn
ing, a fire pnrtially,destroyed Hartha S. Stiefel's rec
tifying establishment, and ,;Williain D. Wildey's
store. The loss amounted to about - $4,09 4 1 , •
At nine o'clock this morning;'Peebles' lard-oil fac
tory, on the Miami canal, between Elm and Plum
streets, was destroyed by tire. Theloss was heavy,
but fully insured. •
THREE• CE IS.
DEPARTMENT OF TII
Lower Louisiana under Union Rule—The'
Eltetion in New Orleans—Messrs. Flan
ders and Milne Faceted to Congress—Un
conditional Union. Triumph—Commercial
and Financial INwiters, Le.
IMPROVED CONDITION OF LOWER. LOUISIANA . ..
(Prom "L'Estafette du Sed-:" November 24.)
For the past few months. the condition of the
parishes of Lower Louisiana, bordering the Missis
sippi, is deplorable. It defies ail , description.
Prior to the Lafourche expedition. these parishes
trembled between two formidable . evile : on the one
part, bands of guerillas interdieted.to•the planter all
work, all labor, all produce, all commerce. On the
other, the Federal authorities in New Orleans ren
dered the same planters responsible of the Presence
of those strangers; of their incursions; their am
bushes, of the burning of thehproperty, of the firing
directed against the few boatsthat travelled on the
river. Imagine for a moment the horrible condi-
tion of the families dispersed along the banks of the
Mississippi river, threatened on all sides, molested
both by the Texans, whose every expedition sig
nalled a fertile region or a group of plantations to
the torch ; by the Federal. soldiers, exasperated by
the blows of an invisible enemy.; and, at last, by the
slaves, so thoroughly enervated And demoralized by
idieneas. 'Add to this, as anothercharacteristic trait '
of the position, the return of armed negroes upon ,
the plantations which the day before they had
ploughed, and inscribe in the background of this ,
gloomy picture the fatal term , of the first day of
January marked in advance 'as • the last day of
slavery. in the still unconquered • portions of the
country..
Thia picture, where imagination has had no play,
•has; it seems, struck the authorities representing in
this State the Government of the United States, for
they are now adopting measures which promise a
prompt and important modification in the state of
things portrayed above..
•' A few Federal. officers, among whom we place
Gen. Weitzel and Capt. Page—the first commanding .
the Lafourche expedition, the second recently ap
pointed provost marshal of the parishes of St. -
Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James, (right
bank)—had seemed moved by the disasters caused in
our parishes by the actual crisis, and had mitigated
the rigors of military laws. Gov. Shepley.has gone •
a step further, and chosen, in the midst of these
populations, sherillb, officers of the civil law, who,.
if not interfered with, can, at one and the same time,
present guarantees of security to the Administra
tion, and to the governed in the provisional organi
zation under which we must live until the restora
tion of peace.
It must be remarked here—to speak in all candor,
and to frankly enlighten the United States authori
ties upon the nature of the object they.have in view
—that the two banks of the river, comprised within
the Lafourche district, are•not equally well provided
for, and that the choice of the provost marshal for
the right bank and of the military corps which ope
rates upon that side is not as felicitous as the one
made for the left bank of the•river.
The provost marshal for the right bank is the colo-.
nel of a regiment of Native Guards—improvised
soldiers—and it will be much more difficult for him
to maintain order and discipline among his troops,
than for his colleague of the left bank to cause his
white soldiers to obey the military laws and respect
them in all their severity.
The representatives of the Government of the
United States have to titian. task, at once easy and
important. The guerillas have disappeared, and
with them have disappeared all motives or reasons
for rigorous and retaliatory.measures ; the - planters
acknowledge the law of the strongest,
Let the Governor of Louisiana achieve the work
he has begun • let him r by a humane policy, drive .
away all legitimate apprehensions ; let. him ,reor
ganize the la or already in a complete dissolution;
to make the best of the pending crop, let him •make
a call upon the whites, who without bread and
m ployment, actually suffer in the city, making
thus a first trial of free-labor upon the sugar estates
and increasing the white population of the parishes,.
now scattered and uneasy ; let him hold back the
evils which are. now threatening our. fellow-citi
zens; let him re-establish the system of travelling
by boats, the transportation of provisions, the mail
service; and whatever may be the future, this wise
and liberal policy will be much more profitable and
honorable to the United States, than the indifference
exhibited at, and the letting .loose of,.the useless
outrages which reason and civilization would alike
condemn.
It is with the intention of contributing to the re
alization of such an object that we would suggest
to the Federal authorities the necessity •of making
a serious inquest upon the situation we have but
indicated. They would soon ascertain that ex-.
ceases have been committed, inevitable under the
circumstances, and perhaps would they then .re
call troops who have accomplished their mission.
We would also call attention .the numerous
abuses to which Frenchmon, our. countrymen, away
from thsprotecrion and control of the authorities,
are daily subjected, and we hope that these, our re
marks, will be received as • they have been pre
sented, in a spirieofjusticeto all.
THE ELECTION IN NEW ORLEANS..
[From the Delta, Dec. 4.3
The election, which took place in the First and
Second districts of the State - of Louisiana yester
day, Dec. 3, was to 1111 vacancies in the present. Con-.
gress. There were many candidates in the field, but
Mr. Benjamin F. Flanders is chosen in the First
district, and Mr. Michael Hahn in the Second dis
trict. These gentlemen are unconditional Union
men. Mr. Flanders is, we believe, a native of New
Hampshire, and a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Ile was a Douglas Democrat. He has resided among
us thirty years. Mr. Hahn is of German descent,
but has lived here since his. boyhood. He is a
lawyer by profession. and ,was a staunch Unionist
through the darkest hgurs of Secession madness.
We felicitate the people of the United States upon
the election of Messrs. Flanders and Hahn. We
congratulate the citizens of New Orleans on the
signal overthrow. of Mr. Jacob .Barker, the negro
worshipper and rebel candidate.- Of his popularity
we shalt hear no more•forever, we trust.
NEW ORLEANS MONEY MARKET
'NATIONAL ADVOCA.TR OVVICR, CAMP STREET,
. Wednesday evening, Dec. 3, 1862.
einlyv.l4..ebange market was drooping to-day. The
IF cent. premiuMicifilsetvitntzteir - pr, Mite - plan - Kers'
rates for selling and buying,-were front 2@:1:1p cent.
premium. Out-door Sight ranged from 1g@234111
cent. premium. Sterling was dull at 150, and Francs
ranged from 3.90@3.75, though private bills could not
be placed better than 4@4.10. The movements in
Gold were light, at 37®40 'ft cent. premium.. Silver
was-dealt in at from 30@35 It cent. premium.. The
supply of coin is running quite low. Many stock
ings and hiding-places have disg orged at the high
figures of the past two months. Legal-tender notes
ranged from 5@8.11 cent. premium, though some
holders held at higher rates. In time bills on New
York and other places there is -very little doing ;
these bills must be attended with documentary sub
stantials.to command purchases by dealers.
There were some attempts to do a Little jobbing in
stocks. Gaslight Company can .be di' posed of to
the extent of a score or: two of shares.. From . the
circumstance that there is a buyer in the market,
holders have enhanced their views to 120. There
have- been some sales—that is a dozen or two
shares—at something less. But the entire Stock
market and movements are nothing more than a
bagatelle.
REVIEW OF THE GENERAL MARKETS
SI:WAIL—Rainy. weather interrupted out-door
operations, this morning, and we have no sales by
the regular trade to report.. About 1,000 hhds. were
sold at auction on the basis of 6)./ i c for Inferior,.
B%@93ac for Fair: to Fully Fair, and 9fi,'@lo,fic for
Clarified, viz: 10 at We, 1. at We, 16, 16, 15, 16, and
1.2, at 8 3 3, 12 at 8 15-16 c, 150 and 38 at 90, 62, 10, and
88, at 9.,t‘e, 79, 10, and 42, at 9mc, 10 and 88 at 9X,c, 39.
and 7 at We, 64, 75,.28, and 84, at 93ic, 32 at 9%c, and
12 at 10%c4/P lb cash, in currency. The stock is
light, and the receipts are mostly for account of the
Confiscation Committee. The demand is for ex
port.
MotaasEs.—There were no. sales by the regular
trade to-day. Yesterday new prime sold at 40c 31/
gallon.. To-day, at auction, the following sales of
old crop wero made : 6 bbls at 20c, 100 at 25c, 95 at 24c,
and 63 at 37c 111 gallon..
H.Av.—About 515 bales prime Northern, sold by the
regular trade, at $42.50 ton.
' LABlD.—Prime, in kegs, is retailing at 17c II ih.
BUTTER.—The demand is supplied by dealers at
26032 c.
BACON.—The retail demand•is supplied-at 83•002f,c•
for shoulders, 9@lOc for ribbed and clear sides, and
14q16c for sugar-cured hams.
WEICIIITS.—We quote as the rates by sailing ves
sels for Northern ports $5 ifihild.of Sugar, and $1.87%.
bbl for Molasses. •
11.'11'61:v.—That made from Louisiana Rumis re
tailing slowly at $2.75, and that made from grain. at
$3 gallon.: .
FEED.—The retail demand - is supplied at $5O % ton
for Hay, $2.25 ill 100 its for Bran, and 90c 'ft bushel
for Corn and Oats..
There were no sales of Provisions worthy of notice
at auction to-day.
The Condition of the Convalescent Camp.
The following is &reply to. a communication, ad
dressed
ta the.-Surgeon General •by the. Military
Agent:of-Pennsylvania; touching the condition. of,
the convalescent camp n , car - .Alexandria : •
• .Sunprow Gir.sixam.% OFF/OE„
Trit ii 7 G TON, D.•Qy Dec 9, 1862.
t.'Stil::TouTfletter 7 of f tlie 7th irist. is - received,
call
ing attention. to -the condition of-the convalescent
camp near Alexaddrim In reply I Must beg leave to
disclaini,,on behalf of the MediaTnepartnient, all
responsibility for the deplorable state of things ex.:
isting in that camp..
•i a,mdware that the unfortunate•misnomer "con
valescent" has created an impression that this es
tablishment Was an outgrowth, from the Hospital
. Department. Such is not the case. It was not ,es
tablished by directions from this office, and its con
nection herewith is as incidental /IS that ofany.other
military post.
It was ordered. by..the General commanding the
At my of the Potomac that the soldiershelonging to
that army returning to duty from. the• general hos
pitals in this District should be sent there, to be
thence distributed to their regiments; and, in obe
dience to these orders, all soldiers returned to duty
from hospitals within this District were sent to-this
camp. Several 'inspeations - were made by medical
inspectors under orders from this office, front the
report ofthe last of which, made by Medical Inspec
tor Vellum; 1 quote as "points prominent it would
seem to any observer, ), flz-:- " bad police, unclennit-
ness, bad ventilation, and demoralization, resulting
from the promiscuous herding together upon a
limited area of herds of idle, undisciplined men."
I Upon this report, made on the 22d ult.. it was re
commended by the - Surgeon General that this. camp
be broken up.; and in conformity with this recom
mendation, the Secretary of War has acted promptly
in the case. It will be a work of some days, how
ever, even to break up a camp of this magnitude.
In the meantime it is known positively at this
office that nineteen medical oftieersare onthe ground,
exerting every energy in the proper discharge of
their duties, and that on the 20th of November me
dical supplies for three months were received at this
camp.
The cause of thesad state of things now existing,
are, in my opinion : First,. the great expansion of
this establishment to a size much beyond Ita capa
bilities or accommodation; and • second, the ill
judged plan of sending men recently from hospitals
to - a .camp crowded with undisciplined stragglers,
and then, instead of hurrying their departure.from
this place to their regiments, allowing them there to
remain, - until:crowding' and exposure prostrated
them again upon a sick bed.
My onlrdesire, Colonel, in writing the above, is to
exculpate this Department in the minds of the Asso•
elation and State which you represent, front .even
the suspicion of neglecting those 'men, Pennsyl
vanians or otherwise, whoae. medical' and surgical
care it is the duty, of the Department to provide •,
andit gives me - much Pleasure to add that such
steps have' been taken by the orders ' of the Secretary
of War as will, I believe, effectually remedy -the
evils to which you hare referred.-
.Very'respeetfully, our'y ibedlent serrant, ' •
—TAMES R. SMITH, Acting Surgeon General...
-col; J:11.. FYLESTOIC,. Military Agent of Penn4•lp..
rania and Chaff man of the Ex. ConAiittee Penn
• sylvania Relief Association. -
HEALTH OF PARIS.—A very satisfactory and
almost unprecedented fact es regards the health of
Paris is that, on the iitlvof November, not a single
death took place in the ist, 2d, and 3d arrondisse
ments, which contain a population of More than
240,000. That circumstance is doubtless owing to
the works which arc being daily carried, on by the
city for itnprov ing the sewerage.
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- EMPIRE OF CHINA.
Cc;Odition of the Markets and eropN—Pro-
press of the Rebellion.
SAN Famccrßoo, Dec. 12.—The steamer from the
o Tthern Coast arrived to-day, bringing $6,500 is
tre.a:lure from Victoria and $71,000 from Oregon.
Ad, vices from Hong Kong to the 14th of October
had be , en received.
Bl ac k - teas were in fair demand at all points, OK
cepl Can ton, where the prices were tending down
wards. , :rhe new crop of green opened at extreme
rates, the I lurchases being principally for shipment
to England. Sugar was in good demand at upward
prices.
At the last accounts, the Taepings were concen
trating their iNi.rees at Wingpo. A force of 1,600
British troops; ail Sepoysi had come in from India
for special Bervica.. l at Shanghae.
The death of Ge neva!: Ward was considered as ft
great loss to the Imperial cause; The troops ke
commanded were bio.ing urged' to consent to be or
ganized as a British .contingent force.
EMPIRE' ,®F JAM
A Re - volutian in .TapNai—TheliNfrivera of the.
Tycoon Restricted--Assassination of sua.
English Merchant.
Sew Fnaicarsco, DSc. 12.--Commercix4 OircWant
from Japan, of the 26tp.'of Ocreber, say t4eitea.scroht ,
tion has broken' out there, but of what alhstemter the
published repo; ts . do not make-dear.:
The poWer of . the. Tycoon hvz been' girttly roP
stricted, and a policy adopted in ihvOroflorolgaina
tercets. •
. • ..
Mr.. Richardeon, a prominent. Eattl4 •merettank
had been assassinated by the servant! oth, Swimmer
Prince.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.
The Catholic Clergy Reported'as'Co4pera
ting with the French7-betters Written bjr
Five Archbishops to Gen. Foray.
The last news from Mexico, received through pri
vate channels, indicates a disposition on the part of
the clergy to co-operate with , the French in their ex
pedition' against that country: A 'Clatholic clergy
man is said to have in his• possession's. letter froto
Vera Cruz, informing him that tive•Mexican prelates
—the• Archbishop of Guanaxua.to, Merida, San Luis,
Guadalajara, and Mexico—had written 'a letter of
welcome to Gen. Forey, offering him the support of
the whole Mexican clergy against-Juarez. This let
ter also says that the priests, - who exercise control
ling influence upon thegreat mass of the natives, had
been• instructed to'prepare them for'the reception of
the- French, and that they were at work fulfilling
their task•vrithszeal and devotion.
This announcement is said to -have imparted a
great deal-of confidence to theco.mrnander-in-chief of
the French army; and has caused him, to some ex.-
tent, to modify his former plans.- Thus, instead of
hurrying forward his march upon Mexico, he has de
cided- to postpone his departure 'to the end of -.Tana
ary, so as to give time to his allies to effectuate the
adhesion promised in his favor-bythe letters of those
archbishops.
It. is also stated that the project - announced by
the authorities of Mexico, of- flooding that city oa
the•approach of the French, has excited - a great deal
of indignation among the real• estate owners and
merchants, who have entered a protest- against suok
a resolution. -
The transportation service being yet incomplete,
and t he surrounding country destitute, cm account of
the guerilla . warfare which followed the repulse of
the French from Puebla, General Forey experiences
some difficulty •in providing his army with the ne
cessary supplies of food and clothing,. It wasi how
ever, thought that the provisions hourly expect
ed from New:York would put an end to this state of
things.
The report of the burning of the national bridge
between Orizaba and Jalapa, by which the French
garrison of this last• city would have been cut off
from its line •of communication, is not confirmed.
The only: news which has the character of trust
worthiness is that relating to the inefficiency of
transports,. and to the want of forage. The horses
of the French cavalry were at•the latest dates-liring
on green corn and sugar-cane ; a kind of diet not cal
culated to prepare them for the arduous march they
are expected to perform.
PMUirM
Supreme Court at Nisi Prins.— Mr. Just*Oo
Thompson.
TRH DOUOLAS-MITCHELL CASE. "
Douglas vs. Mitchell. Before reported. Thboass
for the plaintift. in rebuttal was continued on SAUD
day, contrary to the usual custom as to Jury trial",
Saturday bemg a day usually deVoted to motions
and rules.
Dr. Horner was the first witness, and corroborated
the testimony, of Alexander Wilson as to thesale
of Wilson's farm to Douglas in 1853 for $1,200; Tes
timony was also offered as to the purchase of other
properties by Douglas about.this time. One. of the
jurymen on the former trial testified that he saw the
notes then, and they were out with the jury. No
pencil marlts were observed on them. A very strong
effort was made here to get in evidence as to the pin
boles in the $2,500 note corresponding. to those in
the fly-leaf of a book of forms belonging to Mr.
Mitchell, which was produced at the former trial,
but Judge. Thompson rejected the. evidence. This
witness also stated that he. recollected that on the
former trial the paper in the jud"ment note and
some paper patterns made by Mr. Douglas, and
taken by him to a lithographer to have drawings
printed, were found to agree with each other, and
that pieces of , Mr..MitchelPs'paper. which.were pro
duced and compared at. the same. time did not cor
respond.
Isaac Rogers was recalled, and testified tnat early
in the fall of. 1854 he borrowed $5O from Douglas..
To get it, they went to the. Saving Fund on Walnut
street, and while . there Douglas inquired of the
cashier how he could endorse a note without making
himself liable. The cashier told him to endorse it
"without recourse." Douglas then took out the
_.42.so3mntet..*.Aeit'stirTilliteffeli: -- xxe z •lad
took a pen and.was about writing the words "with
out recourse" on the back of the note, when
Douglas stopped him, and got him to write it on a
separate piece of paper.
This was all the testimony heard on Saturday, and
the court adjourned at 12 o'clock until Illonday,mlth
an intimation that all the testimony must.be,coa
eluded on,that day. .
Supreme Court
Jce at Nisi
Re Prius ad --du Equity.
usti.
TILE. LOCKITAVEN. GAS AND 'WATER. COMPANY-DR.
VIAL OF TIIEDEFEEDANTS' AFFIDAVITS.
Mackey vs. The Lockhaven Gas and Water .Cora
pany.—Application for the appointment of a receiver.
This application was reported by us.when it came
up last Saturday. At that time an affidavit of the
secretary of the company was presented and read,
setting out, inter alia, that the mortgage executed to
secure the payment of .tlie bonds of, the company,
and the bonds, for default in the payment of principal
and interest of which this application is made, were
executed by, unauthorized parties. An irregularity
in the acknowledgment of .the mortgage was aver
red. • For the purpose of allowing the complainant
to produce the original mortgage and answering affi
davits, the case was continued by Justice Read until
Saturday last.
On Saturday the mortgage was produced, arid cer
tain of the bonds. and, while, it was true that the
former hadbeen acknowledged as averred in the affi
davit, yet the seal of the company was attached to it
and to the bonds. Affidavits were also presented
and read by the complainant.
The affidavit of D. IC. Jackman set out that he was
one of the original corp orators of the Lock Haven Gas
and Water Company, andon its organization had sub
scribed for 12.5 shares of its • stock.' That at the first
meeting of the stockholders held July 19, 1896, he
was elected president of the company, and acted as
such until January Ist, 1858. That as president.of the
company he executed the mortgage to L. A. Mackey
as trustee and the bonds secured thereby, and that if
any informality exists. in the execution or acknow
ledgment therecif, they mere unintentional, and in
consequence of instructions given to the officers of
the company by the counsel of Illrkenbiae & ;?Tears,
in this city,, under whose direction they were pre
pared and executed. That it -was the intention of
the officers of the 'company, in pursuaitee of the au
thority contained in the charter of the company, and
of a resolution of the board of inanagers,.to execute
bonds of the corporation for $lO,OOO, and to'secure the
same by a valid mortgage of the property of the com
pany which no board of managers that mightbe subse
quently elected could evade.or deny, and which could
only be extinguished by payment. That he has no
. Interest in the company, and his only object. in being
connected with the same was to secure the erection
• of gas works in the borough. of 'Lock Haven ; but
that he is willing. to do whatever may be in his
power to render effectual such bonds and mortgage
a ~
nd to obtain payment of the same for the holders of
the bonds of the company. The affidavit of Daniel
G. Bush was. also read, setting forth a number of in
accuracies in the affidavit of the secretary of the
company., read last Saturday. Among the most im
portant allegations in the affidavit are—lst; that no
writ of safe faeiks.hes issuedon the mortgage; 2d,
that the mortgage and bonds baar,the corporate seal
of the Compaily,,were leaned in due form .and signed,
sealed, find .delivered by the -properoffieeys of the
cempariy„ in pursuance of a resolution of the board
orieariagerstherecf, and 'for -the yeirpose of raising
.. money-to pay off a portion of.the debt contracted by
the company in the erection of gas works; 3d, that
on the 18th July, 1856, subscriptions to 1,000 shares of
the capital stock of the company were made by D.
IC Jackman and others, and -that on. the following
day k ,at a - meeting of stockholders, - D. K. Jackman
`was elected president, D. Craskaden, treasurer, awl
C. A. Mayer, secretary, ancLaboasd of managers,
and that, at a subsequent meeting,
.0. A. Mayer was
elected treasurer, in place of D: Criskaden re
signed.
The -affidavit of G. W..Mears corroborative of.
these allegations, and the ,affidavit, of Mackey
to the same effect, were also presenteland read,.and
the ease then went cweeuntil the -94 d inst:
NUMBER OF 'WORDS IN AcTUAL
It is a curious thing that with some 135,000 English
words people can get on with very few. D'Oiney,
philologist of, ability, records that a county clergy
man in England told him that some of the parts had
not three hundred words in their vocabulary. On
the average, the children of persons with ordinary
education do not use more than two hundred words,
until the age of;ten. Max Muller says : "Atwell-edu
cated person in England, who has been at a public
school and at the University, who reads the Bible,
his Shakspeare, the Times; and all the books of
hludie's Library (i. e. nineteen-twentieths of all the
books published in England), seldom uses more than
three thousand or four thousand words in conversa
tion. Accurate thinkers and close reasoner:, who
avoid vague aid general expressions, and wait till
they find the word that exactly fits their meaning,
employ a larger stock; and eloquent speakers may
rise to a command of ten thousand. shakspea re,
who displayed a greater variety of expression than
probably any writer in any language, produced all
his plays with about fifteen thousand words. Mil-,
ton's works are built up witheight thousand ; and.
the Old Testament says all that it has to say with
live thousand six hundred and.forty-two words."
DUNNING YIELDS TO WlT.—Paris restau
rateurs rarely give credit. and.yet there are some of
them in the neighborhood of the Rue des Martyrs
or Rue Fontaine Saint George who will- allow hun
gry genius to eat on tick. Last month a Raphael
za pelto proinlied to pay his feeder a good "on ac
count," but he was unable to redeem his word, and
therestaursteur was so angry he swore Raphael in
pelto should not dine at his. table that day -at all
events. " But I'll die of hunger.!!?' "Die and be
hanged." "But where can I I" " Wherever
you please." ‘.‘ Thank you! I *knew you were Ft
kind-hearted fellow ; come, lust lend me five• leans,,
and Pito and dine at Pere Lathuillers." The 're-.
staurateur was so' amused with the fellow's imp) ;
dence he lent him the five francs, and has. ceased, to.
duniain;
'TAXING DOC/S,The Legislature of Vermont
has had before it at every timnual session for the test
twelve ,years proposition for taxing dogs, The
subjeCt hae'be'en the butt of any number of jokes ; in
Jaot, it-had beeome the standing joke of the liiegiela
'ture. .But no law wee.Peiesied. - This year the Legit,-
lature dispOped of the matter by enacting that, after
the last day of March next, .ervery owner of a do
shall report the same to the " Haters ;" fhe (log shall
be put in - the list. at one dollar and the . aegasament
shall not be deducted on account of any debts of the
owner. The owner is obliged to provide & collar for
the neck of each of his doge, and any dog at large
Without a collar may be shot,