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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1862.
THE WAR.
Tun capture of Kingston, North Carolina, by the
United States forces under command of General
J. G. Foster, is one of the most important events
of the war. The fall of Goldsborough may be confi
dently predicted as a . sequence •to this brilliant
movement, and the possession of this place will
give us control of the railroad running from Raleigh
to Wilmington and , Charleston, and formerly the
oril q y,:zitilroad connecting Richmond with the Gulf
ktitiies:-'After the capture of Roanoke Island by
. - . (4:ez4riii :Burnside, Jefferson Davie became fully
aware of the danger besetting him in North Caro
illna. He' foresaw the probability of the present
advance upon Goldsborough, and knew full well
that in the fall of that city his entire communica
tion with the South would be cut off. Ho, therefore,
shrewdly sent a message to the rebel Congress ad. :
visingthe completion of the railroad from Danville,
Virginia, to G-reensborough, North Carolina. At
present this road is in good order; and Davis can
bring troops, on it, and stores front the South, for
his army in front of Richmond, but in a very, round
about way. The captiwe of Goldsborough gives
us possession of the main, direct, and most im
portant line of Southern communication. South
Carolina will suffer-most by our success at Kings
ton, and to protect her interests at this point.
General Evens, her favorite son, was placed 'in
cotnniand there. Had not the railroad from Dan
ville to Greensborough been completed, Golds
would have been as important, as a point of stra
tegic interest, as Petersburg, Virginia, is at present.
It is quite probable that the rebels will evacuate
Wilmington, and make desperate efforts to repel
any further advance of General Foster to the in
terior of the "Old North State." It is gratifying
to know, at this juncture, that General Foster
.Ii been very largely reinforced by Generals Emory
- acid' Peck, the former with a division of troops,
and the latter with an excellent corps.
CONGRESS.
Srits'amE.—A joint resolution relative to the pay
ment of mileage to members of Congress for the
present month was referred. Resolutions were
adopted asking information concerning the appoint
. Inent of acting rear admirals, and making up the
Navy Register so as to contain information hereto
fore given. A. resolution refative to the court mar
tial of General Buell was laid over under objection.
The memorial of the National War Committee of
New 'York city, for the issuing of letters of marque,
was presented. A resolution was adopted asking
for correspondence relative to the navigation of the
'Amour river, in California. A bill was introduced,
and referred, to aid Missouri in the emancipation of
slaves. The resolution asking whether an oath had
been given by parties arrested by Secretary of War
not to prosecute the Government, was called up,
and its consideration caused some discussion, which
was ended by the Vice President calling up the
bankrupt act, to which several amendments were
made, and the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.—On motion Of Mr., Kelley, it was resolved
that the Secretary of the Interior be requested to
send in a communication relatiVe to the landing of
Recaptured Afileans in Liberia in 1860. The condi
tion and discharge of sick and Wounded soldiers was
then considered at length, and a bill for their relief
was passed. The credentials of Benjamin Flanders,
representative from Louisiana, were presented and
referred. A resolution to adjourn over the holidays
was r pOstponed until Monday. ..A resolution rela
tive to an inquiry into the causes of the late disaster
on the Masseponax Was net entertained. A resolu
tion asking for information relative to the present
condition of all prize cases was adopted; also; one
offered by Mr. Maynartl, directing the Committee on
arilAffitirs to investigate the condition of the
navy yard at Memphis: A bill for the payment of
'.611 pensfone
. due was. passed without debate: pro
no money appropriated should be paid to,per
lons who have given 'aid and comfort to the ehemy.
The House then went into Committee of the Whole
• the state of the Union, and subsequently ad
..j Owned until Monday.
THE NEWS.
THE Surgeon General is making arrangements to
have the army hospitals supplied with fresh bread.
through private bakeries, instead of - the Commissary
Department. Dr. Spencer, in charge of the Second
division - general hospital, Alexandria, has, by ex
lieriment, demonstrated that fresh bread can be sup
plied with a saving to the Government of ten per
cent. through private bakeries. This demonstration
will probably lead to disclosures and fluttering in
the commissary family.
THE English papers delight to expatiate upon
General Butler's "barbarism." During the week
ending November 15, food was distributed in his de
partment, and by his order, to 5,309 families of Bri
tish birth, comprising 17,000 persons. This is more
than half of the whole number he had to relieve.
the Lancashire millionaires make a note of the
fact
CoLoriEL JoxEs, formerly a lawyer of Inde
pendence, Jackson county, Missouri, and lately a
colonel in the rebel service in Arkansas, has sur
rendered hithself to a Federal scenting party. Heo
represents himself as tired of the war, and anxious
to absolve himself from all connection with the .
rebels.
Ton.acco is fast becoming one of the staple pro
..2.••••••••ll.JUDlorrmes.awnelPs ess.
tired thousand for the . three counties. Large
amounts have been produced and sold in othei
tics.
THE Zouaves diAfrive in Kansas have finally
been mustered into the service of the United States..
They had been serving without pay, and many of
them had families that were suffering. They arc to
.be paid from the time of enlistment, and will join
the Army of the Frontier, under Gen. Blunt.
THE seventy-sixth asteroid has been discovered by
M. D'Arrest, of the Observatory of Copenhagen.
This being the first discovery of the kind in so high
n northern latitude, 111 D'Arrest proposes is name
from the Scandinat , itn mythology—Freya, the hy
perborean Vtnus.
RATAZZI, whose death is announced by late
foreign arrivals, was a brother of the prime minister'
of Italy. He was eighty.eight years old, and had
served in the wars of the first Napoleon. Of course
his brother, the premier, is very much his junior.
One of his sons fell in the Crimea. DI. Ratazzi was
a chevalier of the Legion of Honor and of the Iron
Crown, and for many years had held a local office at
Rennes.
Tile fast steamship Continental, which has re
cently been converted into a war vessel, has put to
sea. Her destination is not made known. She
carries a heavy armament, and her conversion was
quite as, successful and complete as that of the 'Van
derbilt, which is now chasing the pirate Alabama:
In respect to speed, the Continental is nearly equal
to the Vanderbilt, and it is hoped that the two ves
sels will be able to catch one pirate.
A TELHott.Arme cable has been laid across the
Hudson river, some three miles above West Point.
'The cable, twenty-eight hundred feet long, is a piece
. of the unlucky Atlantic cable of 1857.
THE people of New London, Connecticut, hung
Secretary Welles in effigy because he recommended
League Island as the best place for the new naval
depot. The Nets' Londoners hoped to secure it to
their port.
CHARLES Cooree, an exceedingly dangerous cite- -
teeter, from Livingston county, Missouri, who has
been confined in the Gratiot prison, St. Louis, was
released a few days since, and returned to his home,
whereat his neighbors gathered in a large body and
hung him.
Trim little Republic of Trans Vane, In Southern
_Africa, beyond the English colony of the Cape, es
tablished under the auspices of the English Govern
ment, has unfortunately fallen into the error of a
civil war. A new president was elected, but the old
president was unwilling to give up his authority
and go out. The consequence was collision and
bloodshed.
Cuorrixo are getting very popular
throughout the country—that is, a ntiMber of sturdy
men get together on a certain day and chop a win
ter's supply of wood for the families of' soldiers in
the army.
IT Is stated that the book publishers in New
York are about to make n general agreement not to
publish anybooks for six months, or until there is a
reduction in the.cost of paper. • .
KIRBY SMITII 7 A army, on their departure from
Kentucky, hting sixteen Union home guards. Sub
sequently the citizens; in • retaliation, hung nine
rebel soldiers, who, on account of their wounds and
illness,tiad been leftbehind by the retreating rebels.
Tan rebel force. at Vicksburg is represented as
Mustering 7,000 strong, with a large lot on the sick
list; At Port 'Hudson about 5,000, moat of them
sick. This place is reported to be exceedingly well
fortified, and stronger than Vicksburg. Here the
force is largely 'Composed of conscripts, who are
constantly deserting. It is said some companies
will not average over fifteen men.
THE Charlestown (Mass.) Advertiser states that a
letter received in that city from an officer on board
the gunboat Dawn, dated Vernon River, Ga.; says
that of two lots of shells received by them from the'
turibolit Massachusetts, not one of them would ex
plode, some persons having put a wet patch between
the Powder..: These shelliwere all shipped from the
Brooklyn (N. Y.) navy yard,
THE New York papers state that, in answer to
their advertisement for proposals for furnishing
300,000 pounds printing paper per week, a proposal
has already been received from a party to supply the
amount at a large reduction from current rates.
THE PnovosT MAnsnAL of Massachusetts states
that there are over twelve hundred deserters from
sevenltlassaellusetts regiments.
Lv.rrEtt-warrints state that there is a scarcity of
brigadier generals in the Western armies.
- -
A NOTED guerilla, known as Wild Tom,", has
teen prowling about . in Crittenden county, A.rkan l
Alas, for some time, destroying cotton and arresting
men of Union proclivities. He succeeded In cap
luring Thomas H. Bradley, a prominent citizen, who
resides " about thirty miles above Memphis, last
Tuesday., This gentleman, with several of hii
neighbors, was sent to the headquarters of General
Holmes. The, rascals destroyed nearly all the'cotton
In that region. In fine, they appear to have their'
own way r in the counties bordering on the Missis
sippi river. • • .
WR have received intelligence of a skirmish within
fOuimiles of Tuscumbia , Alabama, between a bri
gade of 'Union troops, commanded by Colonel T. W.
Sweeney,•of the Led Illinois, which had been sent
• thither by General Dodge, from Corinth, last Thurs
day., and about three thousand rebels, under Colonel
Roddy. The ern-my:was defeated, and comPelled. to
Abandon baggage rn 1 camp equipage, &c. It :was a
complete rout. Loss.unknown. - •
.. ,
G.K.NEItA r. IVAsiustax has been to Memphis on a
visit to General - ,Hurlbut.., General .Shermlin will
/thorny, •leare,tletnpliin on - an .expealltiOn , t. some
.. , . . . . • ... ... ... •
point South, to create a diversion equal to that just
performed by Washburn .and Hovey.
Tit zit Y. are but few Confederates at Grenada, most
of Pemberton's army having gone east toward Jack
son and Canton. The retreat front the Tallahatchie
had a demoralizing effect upon the rebels, amount
ing almost to panic. The people of Northern 'Mis
sissippi are disappointed and disheartened.. They
are repotted to have, in all, less that - I'4ooo men to
meet Grant with. This may not be true, however.
liassnß. TARwIN, GnAssiu, & Du LISLE, of Lon
don, had suspended payment, and one of the part
ners, who had largely used the funds and credit of
the firm, had disappeared. The liabilities are esti
mated at X 400,000. The firm Is said to have incurred
recent losses by speculative operations at Lloyds',
in American war risks.
THE United States vessels•of--war Ossipee, Naha nt,
Sacramento, and Monticello have been ordered to
sea.
THE United Staten ship Mourns spoken on the 3d
instant, in search of the pirate Alabama. The Ino
was in lat. 29 0 , long. 62°. •
Cabinet 'elmlige&
The Washington .Star of last. evening an
nounces the resignation of the Hon. Wri.-
-IA.Am H. SEWARD, the Secretary of State,
and Mr. -FREDERICK W. SEWARD, the As
sistant Secretary of State. One of our Cor
respondents corroborates the rumor in a
letter received at midnight. Beyond this
we have no other information: The tele - -
graph is silent, and our best-informed cor
respondent in department matters makes no
mention of the rumor. We have no means
of saying, therefore, whether the report is
true or false. We await further information
before expressing an opinion.
A Message front Governor Seymour.
We understand; on the authority of a
speaker at a recent Depocratic mutual-ad
miration-theeting . in New York, that Mr.
HORATIO SEYMOUR, the Governor elect of
New York State, is preparing a message.
A message from that gentleman, under ordi
nary circumstances, would not receive more
than three lines in our New York -de
spatches, but we are asked on this Occa ,
sion to. expect something extraordinary.
The new Governor is among the leaderS of
the Democratic movement in.the North, 'and
his message is to serve the sanie pnrpose as
Mr. HERD'S cowardly pamphlet, Mr: WOOD' s
novels and speeches, and the neglected pro
duCtions of Mr. HUGHES. It is to aid and
Strengthen the Northern wing of the rebel
lion, or, to be more particular, the peace es
tablishment of the Jefferson- Davis conspi
racy ; 'The Democratic speaker; -to whom
we are indebted for our information in
ference to Mr. SEtmo - un's message, tells us
that whilst it will give no encouragement to
rebellion, it Will indulge in nothing calcu
lated to produce increased and needless ex 7.
asperation on the part of.the South; it will
Pvincc.a conciliatory policy, not encouraging
disgraceful:attempts at compromise, but only .
with the view of an early and honorable peace,
bringing these engaged in rebellion back
to their allegiance, and effecting a rest Or
a of the
.old Union, with all the constitu
tional guarantees of the rights of every sec
tion thereof. It will ehibit its distinguish
ed author .in the • umnistakable light of a
wise and far-seeing statesman and a patriotic
and loyal citizen."
Vesball read a document of such
.. .
com
prehensive character with much interest,
although the announcement of its appear
ance sounds very muclrlike announcements
in our advertising columns,.. of medicines
that will Cure coughs,. bruises; pulmonary
diseases, affections of the heart, tic dolo
roux, toothache, rheumatism, besides re
storing the appetite, bringing the bloom of
health back to the,. cheek, and being plea-
Sant and hai,iiless for children. Common
sense regards these comprehensive remedies
for the cure of the system as quackery and
charlatanism, and we are very much afraid
that common sense will form a•similar jUdg
inent upon the remedies of Mr. SEYMOUR.
'When a man.proposes. to do anything else
than suppress the . rebellion; we look upon
him as a Secessionist, or a sympathizer with
secession. The message of Mr. SEvaionn
threatens to put him in the same position.
!‘ It will give no eneouragement to rebel
lion," says our informant. This is proper,
and Speaks well for kr: SEYMOUR.-- "It
will indulge in nothing calculated to produce
increased and needless exasperation on the
part of the South." This,is'improper, and
speaks badly for Mr. - SEYSIQIIR. He can no
.more reconcile these two propOsitionathan
he could produce a reCouciliaticin between
an archangel and Litcifer.. To return to our
metaphor, he might as well give his patient
South from " needless exasperation," .and
that is the recognition of the South
ern
~ Confederacy. They might, ~perhaps,
be mollified by a revolution, or a visit
of FERNANDO WOOD to the White House,
:with some of his Five-Points arquebusiers
in 'the character 'of CROMWELL, to make
the President a prisoner, This satisfaction
would be but temporary and false. Gov..
SEYIIODR either means to be loyal - or dis
loyal. If he is • ioyal; he must sustain .the
Government, give his, money to the Admini
stration, encourage enlistments, and insist
illicit an unrelenting prosecution of the war.
If he does these things, he_produces exaspe
ration throughout the South ; if he • fails to
do this, he is unfaithful to the country.
. .
We: have little faith Gov. SEYNtopt,
and•we expect nothing from him that will
not give pain to the lOyal men in New York,
and•bc,read with pleasure by the traitors in
Richmond. We trust that we may be • dis
appointed; but we do notthink that there is
any such danger. We expect to read cold,
halting, flippant words of adherence to the
Union, mild and gentle phrases about our
brethren in.the South'," : and angry sins -
tives against " the Government of Mr. tic=
COLIC: •We expect to read bitter assanlis
upon the Abolitionists, . and not a word
against the rebels. We expect, indeed, to
read nothing that will give pleasure to a loyal
man—nothing that will be.'" calculated to
produce increased and needless exasperation
on the part of the South.".
LETTER FROM 64 OCCASIONAL.”
• ' Wasuirmxort, Dec. 16, 4862.
The appalling sense of the publiclifianger
now felt loyal hearts, and exulted Qver
by-traitors 'and .traitor sympathizers, is lift
ing the Republican' party in. troth, brauchei
or. Congress .to that unity and elevitiOn
which. must 'Minn detenniritation into
-every department of - the Government.
,When Book around me, and see , how much
the country . expects from those who are the •
• real friends of the, Unioh,..and hew. much - the
enemies of the Union are doing to `destroy'
it, and to weaken and clemoraliie its de.v.
, fenders, , I feel that nothing-bnVa superin-'
tending Providene:e • can. save It is ail
easy thing in •an hour like this .to Complain,
to hold this or that influence responsible for
untoward results, but the' good: Physician
as lie stands at the bedside of his suffering
patient, never indulges in 'expressions of
despair, but...quietly and. resolutely applies'
*the remedies' thht seem best .to expe
rienced judgment. The patriot is never. a.
Caisazulra in such.. times .as these.; He
rather applies. his thoughti - and:energies to
• the assistance
_and. encourageMeht of. our
rulers . and `public The bost;i)f
/Deli in such could 'notbe wholly:
succe.::sful, and, lensi.of all; can the iverit: of
1116n-7-those ont; the ;start litiVe dente
refixed .the Govemnent--:,-be: Permitted.A°
tonic' fotward. to - rescue it;trom overthrow.
What is needed, first ofall, is Concert of ac
tion among citizens:who are sinc6rely.at
taeltedtetheidminiitration, and sincerely op
posed to the rebellion. No one should 'be tole
rated in any:of the Departmenti, here.or else
where, ;Avho". IS TIOt tilbrOtlghly
,ancl religiously
loyal. Should the feeiing, which noWprevails
in Congress speedily : pulminate in an ieffec
tive organiv,ation, and be employed to
the strengtheninkrol . :. the President and his
advisers, :we, may. emerge
• from the preF.ent:..glooni: in a 'comparatively
shint — tiine. .It is a siCsiglit that in
. ,
proportion. 4 . the '.effoit3 or viod: - inen:.fail
i • to ..etuall' out-•the• traitors,: the sympat h izers
;:t o
these bittern' the:free - States become:
bolder and .bolcler; - shOwering increasin g ff in
,i•eetkes, and uttering iliii-;bitterest thre ats,
Ifilifii . .ifthse Wiio bear . the burdens Of the
. ,
publie , service. I have, hoitever,lult eon- .
; olio - i11'146. Anierican people, and'l!beliel'e
plat if
,eig• IT.prefrieutatiyes in . : Congre i s and
JAn'the',l•ot_lierliranChes Of:the:dove' , ibnt,'-
rn
[shall . inake . .an:anical - to them to 'cotile'for4 .
• :win dto therescue . ..of the ieptihiie, they .ii :ill
- be . ht.artily 'sustained: -" '' 'z 'Oee'Aigoisf y'
WASHINGTON.
special Despatches to 6 6 The Press."
WAsiirNa+orr, December 19, 1862
Resignation of Secretary Seward.
The Washington Star, of this evening, contains
the following important announcement:
A majority of the Senate, in caucus, on the 17th
instabt, adopted a resolution which, as first pre
pared, declared a want of confidence on their part
in the Secretary of State, hut which was modified
so as to express to the President a unanimous re
commendation of a partial reconstruction of the
Cabinet. A committee was appointed to wait upon .
the President, and communicate their action.
On being informed of the fact, the Secretary of
State, on the same day, sent to the President his re
signation, and requested that it might be imme
diately accepted.
The Assistant -Secretary of State sent in his re
signation at the same time and in the seine manner.
The Secretary and Assistant Secretary still re
main at their desks awaiting the appointment of
their successors
The Payment of Troops,
The Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a re
solution of the House of Representatives, has sent a
communication :to Speaker Gnow, in which he
states that the requisitions Of the Secretary of War
for money for the payment of troops have always
been promptly met at the Treasury, when an abso
lute want of means did not prevent.
He says that since theist of July the sum of
$66,564,281 has been paid on such requisitions.
For bounties on enlistments $ 7,600,000 00
For recruiting, collecting, drilling, and
organizing
For ordinary pay
The amount of requisitions of this description now
in the Treasury Department unpaid is $23,700,000.
These 'unpaid requisitions are about equal to the
amount required for pay during one hi-monthly pe
riod. 'A poi . tion ''of them represent pay which fell
due before the commencement of the last bi-monthly
period of September and October, white about equal
amounts have been supplied for pay which has be
come due since its commencement. Precise infor
mation on these points. can only be obtained from
the books of the Department.
When the resources of the Treasury became in
adequate to nil the demands upon it, the Secretary
of the Treasury' communicated the fact to the Se
cretaries of War and of the Navy, and requested
them to designate the particular requisitions which
they regarded as Inost urgent, to the amount of
about one million Of dollars daily. To this extent
requisitions-are now daily met from customs, from.
internal revenue; from the proceeds of conversions,
from temporary loans, and from new issues of
United States notes. ' These resources, though
large,, are, as, Congress
.has been already
formed, inadequate. No one can feel a deeper
regret than the Secretary.. that !a • single Ame
rican soldier licks a single dollar of his pay, and no
effort of his has been wanting, to• prevent such a
condition. It is not in his power, howe:ver, to arrest
the accumulation of demands upon the• Treasury,
beyond the possibility of provision for thein, under
existing legislation. In his annual report he has
laid before Congress the measure which, in his judg.
went, will enable him •to provide for.the estimated
wants of the public service. If he is fortunate
enough to have their concurrence, he entertains the
hope that all ground of complaint because of delays
of payment will soon be removed.
Cabinet Meeting.
There has been a long meeting of the Cabinet .to:
night. It is whispered that matters of grave Import.
Were under consideration.
Sick and Wounded Coming North.
Three hundred and twenty sick and wounded sol
diers will be sent from this city, at two o'clock to
morrow, for the Cheste7(Pa.) general hospital.
Wounded Soldiers to go Rome when Well.
An order has been issued by the War Department
to permit sick and wounded soldiers to go to their
homes when sufficiently recovered.
Deserters Sent to Fortress Monroe.
A number of deserters left Washington this after
noon, under guard, for Fortress Monroe, to be dis
posed of by their regimental corrithked . as the cir
cumstances of their different cases may demand.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Activity of the Enemy-• Visit of the Com
mittee OWL the Conduct of the War to the
Army—Our LOSSC3 not so Heavy as Pre-
vionsly Reported, ar..e.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF .THE POTOMIO
—December 19.—A1l was quiet to-day; with the ex
ception of two shots fired from our hill-side batteries,
to disperse the gathering bands of rebels on the plain
opposite.
The enemy strongly picket the river along our
front, but maintain a peaceful condition, with our
own on this side.
Several members of the Committee on the Conduct
of the War in the Senate and House are here to-day
examining into the causes of the recent repUlse and
evacuation of the south side of the Rappahannock
by the Army of the Potomac. They are the guests
of General'Surnner to-night.
The reports Of our losses in the late battle make
the number less than has been reported; less ;than
•1,100 killed and 8,000 wounded, a large number of
whom were but slightly wounded. We lost 800 pri
soners, and took about as many.
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA,
The Battle of liinston—General Foster
ye, and the
Generals, .Sc. • "'
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 19.—Gen. Foiterls forces
have taken Kinston, N. C., capturing 500 prisoners
and eleven pieces of artillery.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A Richmond paper of the
16th contains a telegram announcing the capture of .
Kinston by Gen. Fostei, who defeated the rebel
General Evans.
The Richmond Dispatch, of the 16th, contains. a
despatch froin Goldsborough, stating that 3,000 rebels
fought thd Abolitionists, on the day previous, frotn
8 A. ItL to I P. ILL ; that, alter driving the Abo
litionists back once, General Evans was compelled
to retire, leaving the vandals occupy the town.
There is no report of the losses given. The town
was greatly injured by the Union bombardment.
EVA 2 ,1 82 rinsm DESPATCH.]
We republish from yesterday's -issue a despatch
from the rebel Major General Evans, commanding
the rebel forces at Kinston, North Carolina, to Gen.
Cooper, which was received by way of Nashville. It
iB RE follows :
KINSTON, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862.
To General Cooper, .4djulanl General, 6-c., Richmond:
' General Foster attacked Kinston, N. C., yesterday,
with 15,000 men and nine gunboats.
I fought them ten hours, and have driven them
back to his gunboats.'
His army is still in my front.
N. G. EVANS, Maior General Commanding.
GOLDSBOROUGH AND VICINITY.
Geldsboro or Goldsboroxigh, is an important post
village of Wayne county, N. C. It Is the capital of
Wayne county, and is situated on the Neuse river.
The first house was built in 1841 ; but it was not until
the year 1848 that it began to show any great sign
of improvement. From that time, however, it im
proved rapidly, until it became one of the most
flourishing places in the State. The population in'
1650 numbered about fifteen hundred, and has since
inereiteedi • Wayne county, which is situated in the .
cast central part Of the State, has an estimated area
of four hundred and fifty square miles, or 288,000'
acres. It is' intersected by the Weldon and Wil
mington Railroad and the by
Carolina Railroad.
Thepopulation of the - county in - 1860, according to
the last census, was 14,906, of wh0m"5,461 were
slaves.
KINSTON AND VICINITY;
.Kinstonis a post village of Lenoir county, North
Carolina, and is situated on the NeuseriVer:• It is
distant from Meth, in an air line drawn in a.south
easterly direction, about seventy miles, but is se
ventY--toor miles by railroad. The county was form
ed in MI; and named in honor of General William
Lenoir, an otlicer in the war of the Revolution. The
population in 1850 numbered-7,828,-and in 1860,10,-
220 of whom one•half were slaves. . •
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN G. POSTER.
_ .
, Major General- John G. Foster, commanding the
First Brigade, was born in New Hampshire in 1824.
He entered the 'Military Academy in 1842, and gra
duated on the73oth of June, 1846, standing number
four in his class, in whichwe find the names of Major
.Generals George B. Reno, D. N.
COuch, O. O. Gilbert ; • Brigadier Generals S. p. Stur
';gis,, Geo. Stoneman, Jas. Oakes, J. N. Palmeri Cr. H.
• Gordon; Colonels Rush, Mejilton, and others it the
rnion army. .:He was, on the Ist pf 1816,•bre
veted !second lieutenant of • engineers in the sane
corps with the rebel General Gustavus W. Smitli'and
General. McClellan. On the 20th of August, 1817, he
was breveted first lieutenant for gallant 'and meri
lorions conduct in the battles of Contreras kndOlitirti ,
..busco, his brevet being awarded in August; 1.84.% He
was with , the'storming party engaged at El Moline'
: del Rey, in :whlch engagement he was !severely ,
w,ounded, and for his gallant and Meritorinus.
conduct in this battle he wag , breveted: .44'
tin, :his .einninission being 'awarded. Septem.
her 1, 18-18, and bearing date September . 8,.1817.
A
was Assistant - Professor 'Of • Engigeering at
the Military:Academy. during 1854, and , in April of:
Dint - year - was made - it full first lieutenant of ,
engineers. On the Ist of July, 11360,:he was made 41.1.
full.captsiim , ' He was also one of the braise few.who
so long and SO gallantly defended 'port Sumpter •
agaiusrthe rebel soldiery of South 'Carolina. , After
4-11 s return from that fOrt'he wait actively engaged in.
the 'superintendence of the fortificatrons at sandy .
Hook. He also superintended attire tithed its con—
.striietiontlie'Work on „Hogue 'IMAM; North . oaro- -
link; knovn as Port Macon. 'He was;created brthe
President brigadier general of •*.vOtintaers.. and
attached
.tO the famous Burnside ' ,xpedition:
.He was' In North • Carolina.' at'*.;•the time
when '''General Parke, the military commander.
•of the expedition that succeeded •in the re 7l .
taking. of Fort Maaon, reduced that work; on the •
26th of Aril, 1862, and also assisted at. , the taking
Roanokeof island, Newbern, Beaufort,' &e: IVheit,.
'General Burnable left'North Carolina in . Aug,trit;'•' '
1862 it was made into a separate department froth - .
. the Ninth army corps;and given into the chirp Of,'
General Poster, who has been wade a malorgencral,'
with a'commission tinting from July 18, 1862. , Gen.
Poster's forces made the successful advance apcin
Hamilton,.N.- 0., which was occupied on the 4th of
November; 1862 : . .
GMMAL . EVANS
Brigadier General Nathan George Evans is a na
tive of South Carolina. He entered , the Military
Academy in 1844, and graduated -at • West Point on
the antliof June,:l 518,.-standing No. 39 in a class of
thirty-eight members—last but two .. ln his class
*6 fi nd t he names of GeneralThiford 'and others of
the Union army Stonewall,Jackson and others In
the rebel service. was appointed to a se
cond-lieutenancy in the First- United States Dra
goons in • July, 1848, and • *as transferred to; the
• Second' Dragoons in SePtember, 1849. In March,
1865, •he became first lieutenant of the Second
eitValry, and was promoted to a captaincy in the
following year, which position he held under Major
Vali Dorn when he commanded the expedition
akainst the ' Comanclies in 1858. His connection with
the rebels is cotemporaneous with the Secession of
;South Carolina, by whose Governor he was appoint
ed adjutant general- of the regular forces of the
State. He was subsequently appointed brigadier'"
general, and, in conjunction with Generals Jackson'
and Cooke, commanded the left wing of the rebel
forces at the battle of Bull Run, iii•which engage
meet he was in immediate command of the,:brigade
composed of Wheat's battalion, Col: Hay's 7th Lou
isiana Volunteers,and the WashingtonA.rtillery. He
also. commanded' the forces at Edward's Ferry duz
ring the memorable massacre of Ball's Oc
tober 21, .186 f,. and has since been proinotel to
rniijor generalship.l . . •
TILE FR ESS. - PHILADEJ,PHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20,.1862.
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Holiday.. Adjournment. ,
Mr. MALLORY (U.), of Kentucky, oilbred a
solution that; the Sedate concurring, when the
Rouses adjourn on Tuesday next; it bd
6, 1861
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On motion of Mr. SARG.EANT,I(.I:tep.), of Cal .r
-nia, a resolution Was adoPted Initructing Ole Co it
tee of Ways bnd Means to inquire into. the e. •e•
dicky of providing
.by law for - Wears of Assist a
Commissioneri of Internal • ReVaue for tho Pri , e
States and Territories, who shall have general é
trol of matters on that, sUbjeet, under theaireet n
of the Commissioner of 'lnternal Revenue. •
.
Battle of the Mai ssapohrtsr.
Mr. DELAPLAINE (Dein.), of New York, Rs d
to introduce a resolution, providing tit
SpeClal committee of three be appointed by e
Speaker to inquire into the causes of the disa.
4 before Fredericksburg, with power to send for r
sons And papers,
•Mr. BLAKE objected to the reception of the r
lution. . . .
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quartermaster General.
On motion of Mr. McIi.NR)HT (Rep.), of
sylvania, it was • resolved that the CommitteL
Military Affairs report, if they deem it expedlen
bill for revising the duties of the office of
quartermaster General, so :Ls .to place the semi
the hands of those elliirgeable withthe proper
thereof. . • • •
- Vote of Thanks.
Mr. SEDGWI(K (Rep.), of New York, froi.
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported two join}
solutions, which were passed, giving thanks to
tenant Commander Morris, commanding the
beriand, and to Lieutenant . Commander Wm
commanding the Monitor, for their distingul
services in the contest with the Merrimac;
thanks, according to M 1. ., being necessary, in
that . these officers may bei advanced an additi
grade in the navy.
Prize Cases. ,
Mr. SEDGAVICK offered firesolution, whici
adopted, calling- upon the Secretary of the.:
to communicate information concerning" all ci
in courts, showing the present; condition - Of
Cages, and the names and 'number -of men w'
eeived their share of the disbursements ; the cl
of fees of nll officers and men, claiming and al
prize money, stating how much. has been distr.],
to the captors, and what distribution has been
according to law.
Mempbts NSILVk Yard.
. .
On motion of Mr. MAYNARD (U.), o
. iiesti ni ee a resolution was adopted, instruct'
Vomittee on Naval Affairs to investigate t
- dition of the Memphis navy' yard, and repor
steps ought.to be taken to p!otect the vested'
of loyal citizens: ' • I
.
The bill for the payment of invalid and oth
sions was passed without debate, after being
0, on motion of Mr. Duel', of New For
no part of the money appropriated shall
to any person who has given aid and .con
the enemy,
Speech. of Mr. Stevens on his Fin.
. . Measure.
llrr. STEVENS • (Rep.), ,of' Pennsylvania
the following explansticin ',Orb's; financial
tion lately submitted said`FTh - bill
introduced, 'Solite days tigO; to providemeans
XXXVIIth C
WASITINOTON, December 19, 1862
mileage!
Mr. KENNEDY (Dem.), of Maryland, offered a
joint resolution to pay Senators and Members of
Congress mileage for the present month. Referred
to the Committee on Finance.
Rear Admirals.
Also, a resolution, which was adopted, inquiring of
the Secretary of the Navy, if since the adjournment
of the last session he has appointed any acting rear
admirals, and if so, how many, and by virtue of what
law.
Navy Register.
Mr. HALL•': (Rep.), of New Hampshire, offered a
resolution instructing the Secretary of the Navy, in
preparing the annual Naval Register, to make it con
the same information as heretofore, and also
give the same information in regard to the volunteer
and naval service as far as practicable. Adopted.
Case of Gcn. Buell.
Mr. McDOUGULL (Dem.), of California,Offered a
resolution .requesting the Secretary of \at. to 'in
form the Senate whether any tribunal has been
constituted to report upon the operations of Major
General D. 0. Buell, in Kentucky and Tennessee,
and if so, to state the character of the said tribunal,
whether it is a court martial or a court of inquiry.;
and if not, under what law it was instituted, and
whether that tribunal was in session in secret and
had attempted to exclude from its sessions Major
General Buell, whose conduct it was to investigate ;
and, further whether the said tribunal proposed to
the said Major General Buell to take an oath that
he would not disclose any of the incidents of his
trial or'any of the evidence.
Objection being made, the resolution was laid
over.
Letters of Morgue.
Mr. RING (Rep.), of New York, presented-the
memorial of the National War Committee of. New
York, asking Congress to authorize letters of marque
to private vessels, for the capture of the Alabama.
' Foreign Correspondence.
Mr. LATHAM (Dem.), of California, offered a
resolution requesting the Secretary of State to
transmit to the Senate any correspondence which
has been had between his Department and our mi
nister to the British Government about telegraphic
communications between the mouth of the Amoor
river and San Francisco, California. Adopted. •
AM for'Emancipation.
Mr. HENDERSON (Union), of Missouri, intro
duced a bill granting the aid of the United States to
the Stafe of Missouri to emancipate the slaves of
the said State. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Compensated Emancipation.
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kansas, called up the
resolution providing a Joint Committee on the Pre
sident's message relative to compensated emancipa
tion.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, thought
the Senate should not organize any more commit
tees. We had now a committee in the Senate'to
whom all constitutional questions are referred, and
.the resolution was postponed.
Railroads and Telegraphs.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kanias, introduced a bill to
promote the construction of railroads and tele
graphs. Referred.
• Involuntary Arrests.
Mr. POWELL (Union), -of Kentucky, called up,
the resolution of inquiry of the Secretary of War;
'whether any oath had been proposed to citizens ar
rested that they would not sue or bring any action
'against those who arrested them.
Mr: SUMNER moved to lay the resolution on the
table.
GRIMES (Rep.),'of lowa, hoped the resolu
tion would be adopted. He had made some inquiry
into the matter, and felt very confident that the an
swer would show that no such oaths had been offer
ed, or anything .of the sort.'
Mr. POWELL also hoped the resolution would •
be adopted. He wanted to knowif it was true that
such oaths had been proposed. If. it was true, it
would hold up the Secretary of War to execration.
Mr. MORRILL (Rep:), of Maine, thought that
charges like these should not be made against-.the
Government without any reasonable grounds. .
Mr. POWELL said he had grounds. He had been_
-informed that such was - the case. •
Mr. MORRILL contended that such a resolution
should not be- offered by Senators simply because
they-had heard somebody• say something had been
done, yet the Senator from- Kentucky seems to talk
as if . it was true. The-time of the Senate is taken
up-every morning with just this class of resolutions
Which are calculated to embarrass the •Governme4. -
instead of strengthening it.
Mr. POWELL said his sole object was to get the .
-facts, and as far.as the Senator fryin Maine was con
cerned, he should not ask- his-lea ivhen.he wanted
to introduce any resolution.. Senator seems to
have set himself up as a sort of censor over other
Senatorli. He (Mr. Powell) recognized no such au-:
thority of censorship over him. He was lesponsitde•
for his own.acts, here .and elsewhere. This was the
second time that Senator had taken occasion to
lecture 'him; and it Was very distasteful, and he
'wanted to hear no more'of it. -
Mr. MORRILL did not know that he had said
anything to incense the Senator from Kentucky.
He had expressed his opinion of the resolution, and
should continue to do so as long as such resolutions
Were Offered. •
Bankrupt Act. • • •
The FILE PRESIDENT here called up the bank
rupt act it being the unfinished business of yester
day, and several verbal amendments were made. •
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, moved to
amend the bill so as to' ecognize the Innis of the se
veral States exempting homesteads.
Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, suggested
that such an amendment would not make a.uniform
law.
Mr. DOOLITTLE, withdrew his itnieladment for
the present.:
The
The Senate then.agjeurned till Monday.
HOUSE .OP. BEPRES.NTATIVE.S
Liberhi."
On motion of Mr. KELLEY (Rep.), of Pennsyl.
vanity, it was resolved that the Secretary of mein
terior be requested to communicate to Congress any
communication received from Sohn Seyes, agent to.
Liberia for the recaptured Africans and others, as to
the course taken with regard to such persons as were
landed in that republic in 1860 and '6l, agreeably to
the orders of the Government.
Dischnr e of Soldiers.
Mr:LAW (Dem.), o Indiana, offered a resolution
instructing.the Committee on Military Affairs to in-
quire into, and report a bill by whichili6;soldiers
who have been rendered unfit for service-brivotrids
or other disabilities, be at once discharged from the
service, and that all soldiers at the military hospitals
:who are fit for duty 'be returned to their respective
regiments ; also establishing a board of medical offi
cers to examine into such cases by visiting the hos
;Oats and examining into the physical condition of
the men: with power to return the results of such
examination, to be reported to the , Surgeon General
and to Congress. .
Camp Convalescent.
Mr. LAW caused a letter to be read from a sot.
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..'=.: The camp is dirty, fuulthe.associa , onsnrinisaiif
and degrading-to them.- They' cannot remaini there
and enjoy health. It isnot unhandy to obtain water;•
but wood has to be brought several miles; while
constant fires have to be kept to keep them warm.
They do not complain of the soldiers' fare. They
desire to return to their regiments, wishing to hare
the dangers and honors of their comrades. They
would willingly share the Perils of another Antie
tam rather than remain there. 1
They remain cooped in there, while their minds
sufthr as much as their bodies. Some of the*i
ments had not been paid for six months. The Writer
asks leave of Mr. Law to'use his influence to have
them sent elsewhere.
The men are lying on the ground, and some who
come there comparatively well arc now sick. ' 111 ;
you," he asks,tender us some aid'? We are far l froin
home, friends, and Stateprotection. We feel deeply .
the degradation of the company and the assimilations i
- ... .
at this place)) . .
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.), of Illinoiii,:ssid this
subject had been deliberated upon by the committee i
on Military Affairs. • .
Mr. BLAKE fßep.), of Ohio, suggested that. the
resolution be amended so that the committee shall
be further instructed to inquire into the propriety of
placing the Convalescent ()amp under the charge of
the Surgeon General. He .had been . informed by
that officer that it is not now under his control. H.
had been there, and knew 'from actual observation
that the camp was not fit to keep, hogs 'in. The
soldiers were dying from neglect. The only reined.
. 1
is to place the camp under the control ed.the Stir-.
geon General. - • 4
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Mr. LAW accepted the amendment, and the reso
lution was adopted. ~ . . , 4 :F
-"Examination of Soldeers.' ..
On motion of Mr. I3UPTINTON (Rep.), .of Mas
sachusetts, the House took up the Senate bill to
facilitate discharges. It provides that there shal
be added to the present Medical Department eigh
'
medical inspectors, to be appointed by. andwith th
advice and consent of the President, without rega
to rank when selected, and with a sole-regard t
qualification. They shall be charged, in addition to
Midi'
their duties under the existing laws, with'
regular and frequent inspections of all the milita
general hospitals and couvaleseeht camps, and.d
signate to the Surgeon General all soldiers who, i .
their opinion, are fit subjecti for discharge from ser 1
vice, owing 'to wounds and other disabilities, an I
those who are-in a proper condition to be return.
to duty, and see that these objects are harried out.
Mr: BLAKE desired- to make an' arnendmen
He wished to dispense wit). surgeonecertißeate
These could not be procured in eases where soldie
ought positively to be discharged. ' Swim of th
siugeons are ignorant, and totally unfit for duty.
The bill, as it came from the Senate, was : th
passed
Congkessninn from Louis - Wm. - • .
Mr. CASEY (U.), of Kentucky, rising to a pri
leged question, stated that Benjamin Flanders, me -
her elect of the Second district of Louisiana, A ;
present, and moved that he be sworn in.'
The certificate of election was read..
• Mr. VALLANDIGHAIU (Dem.), of Ohio, obj: -
ea to the swearing of him.
On motion of Mi. BINGHAM (Rep.),.of 0 ~
the papers were referred to the Committee on •c
-tions. •
' The consideration of the resolution was yiosti
till Monday. • ,
Internal Reventte.
Pensinits.
S--Titirit Session.
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fray the expenses of . the; GoVerninent produced a
howl among the moneychangers as hideous RS that
sent forth by their Jewish cousins • When' they were
kicked out of the Temple, and prOduced what seemed
to me an unaccountable excitement in financial cir
cles, This, I suppose, was caused by wrong informa
tion as to its origin—a misunderstanding as to its.
object.
This was partly the fault of letter-writers, and
partly the fault of stock- t iobbing editors. I perceive
that the money-article of the Philadelphia Press, of
Monday of this week, represents the bill as-reported
by the Committee of Ways and Means, notwith
standing the papers of last week stated its true ori
gin. I suppose the money -article editors use some
dishonest brokers to' snake gain by their misrepre
sentations. The bill, as all knew who wished to
knOw was introduced by me on my individual' re
sponsibility; with the sole object of referring it to the
Ways and Means Committee.
Neither the Secretary of the Treasury, nor the
committee, had ever been consulted with regard to
it; nor, although referred to them, has it .ever been
considered by the committee. So much for the
.• origin of the bill. Its object* and interests seem to
'be equally misunderstood and misrepresented. It
.- is known to the House that I do not approve of the
present financial system of the Government. When
this Congress assembled a year ago, all the banks
and Government had suspended specie payments;
the last $80,000,000 of the loan, which had been
taken by the banks at a discount of $3,600,000, paya
ble in coin, was no longer paid in anything but the
currency of suspended banks.
The great expenses of the Government, of from
two to. three millions per day, were to be provided
for. It was impossible to negotiate loans except at
a ruinous discount. The Committee of Ways and
Means were expected to provide the means without
suggestion or aid from any quarter. After careful
deliberation, the committee, or, rather, one-half of
them, determined to inaugurate a system of national
currency, consisting of legal-tender notes, receivable
' in all transactions between individuals and between
individuals and the Government, and convertible
into bonds of the United States, bearing six per cent.
interest, payable semi-annually in lawful money,
and redeemable in twenty years in gold and silver.
In a year the whole billion of bonds would, doubt
less, be taken at par. Under the present law these
bonds could only be sold at a ruinous discount.
• Mr. STEVENS next explained the object of the
proposition to'' tax the' bank circulation, which, he
said, was intended not for revenue, but for prohibi
tion, in order to give a wider circulation to the
United States notes, and induce their conversion,
and to prevent an undue inflation of the currency.
Such a law would drive at least a hundred million
dollars of hank notes out of circulation. What was
left in the United States would give a circulation of
six hundred million of dollars.
In times of suspension of specie payments the
banks would inflate the currency unless restricted
by law, and by this expansion •he accounted
for the present high prices of everything. In ex
emplification of the tendency by banks to expansion,
he cited the case of an institution in his own district
which on a capital of $320,000, had a circulation of
$8430,000. - Unless this thing was checked the people
would run mad with speculation, and a terrible crash
would ensue. In conclusion, he said, " My propoii tion
would not reduce the bank profits below a fair gain.
• Whilst suspension continues they might hold, as they
now have, their whole capital in Government stocks,
bearing at least six per cent. Interest annually. They
could have the profits of a circulation equal to three
fourths of their capital, and on whatever deposits
they have. This would give them at least ten per
cent. interest to pay their expenses and dividends to
stockholders. This is enough. Finally;.: Mr. Ste
yens said that he had little expectation that these
views would be adopted, but when general bank
ruptcy overtook the nation he would have the satis
faction of knowing that he had tried toprevent it.
The issue. of fifty millions dollars of such notes
was authorized, and of five hundred millions of
twenty-year bonds. The system was simple in its
machinery and easily understood, and formed a uni
form currency, sustained by the faith of the Govern
ment, of furnishing but one currency for all classes
of persons. It was believed that, as the legal-tender
notes accumulated in the hands of the hankers, they
.would invest them in six jper cent. bonds so as to
realize a profit from their capital.
The instinct of avarice woulu never allow them
to remain long idle. This conversion and recon
version would have absorbed the $500,000,000 within
the fiscal year, and supplied all•the wants of the Go
vernment. So long as the legal-tender notes re
-miiiried inconvertible, the Government would have •
'had the benefit of the circulation, without interest.
- This was the plan of the committee. The currency.
has proved the most acceptable ever offered to the
people. This was the condition of the bills originally,
and as they ;is ssed the House. But the simplicity
.and harmony of this-system were doomed to be
'mangled as they passed through the Senate.
They began by creating two kinds of currency for
the same people—a fatal mistake. They provided
that bonds issued as above stated should receive the
interest in gold, while the interestof all after bonds
should be payable in' legal-tender notes; thus pro
ducing, at the outset, a depreciation of United
States notes, and creating a demand for gold,' to be
taken advantage, of by bullion-Mongers. Without
such provision there would have been no demand for
• a single dollar of gold to be used in this country.
Merchants.wished to import goods beyond our ex
ports, and thus required gold. I should feel little
sympathy
.for them whatever premium they were
obliged to pay. Being unable to defeat this proposi
tion, I procured to be inserted a section making the
duties on imports payable ingold. This was to ert=
able the Government to meet .the .payment of in
terest in' coin. That had one good and one bad:
effect, It increased our tariff some thirty per cent 4..
but compelled our merchants to go among the " Sit-.
locks" to buy coin to pay their duties.
These coinbined provisions form a mine of wealth
for brokers and bankers. The duties and interest
will require $60,000,000 of gold annually, and will
soon double .that amount. Now : our• banks
and brokers.: have scarcely that amount on
hand. They may put the price •as -high as
they .plerree—it: must be paid. Suppose the banks
of the • -three great- commercial cities to have
just the atimount, If halt:yearly . they sell it to
the Government and merchants at thirty per cent.,
using the other half to the end of the year, and then
selling it, they would clear by:the operatioh thirty
per cent. on their capital, and all the profits'of loans
on deposits and circulation besides; the gold would
return to their vaults, possibly by, the payment of
interest on the very bonds they-held themselves, and
so be ready for 'the same Operation of, at the next
semi-annual payment, doubling *their, capital in
three years. If a financial' system producing such
results be wise, then I am laboring 'under
. a great
' mistake: The next error was to change the twenty
- year bonds into bonds redeemable at the option of
:the Government in five years, and payable' in
twenty-five years. We all know that these long
loans sell much higher than short ones. But the most
unsaleable kind of bond is that payable in a short
'timelf'the obligor choose. or at any 'intermediate
time •up to a distant day: Every man wishes to
know when his investment will fall due so as .to
arrange for reinvestment. The very uncertainty of
the day of payment is a great fault. Hence our
bonds sell five per cent. lower than a twenty year
one would. Yet 'no one believes that we shalt be
able td redeem them short of that time. The only
justification for this change would be the expects
. 'lion of being able to pay in five years. He must be a
very hopeful man who can indulge that idea.
-
h,,i
, r change, which seems to me equally inju
n.ri I{ __; .... kigrre r Altrilchy Sn'
able on crillUfer ten'tlaystlectually.destroy
ed the hope:kif their speedy conversion Into bonds.
A holder would much prefer lending-them 'on short
call, at a smaller interest, and wait for emergencies
to speculate; than to fund them on Goveranient
stock. The consequence' is that while' $80,000,000
have been deposited on short call, only $20,000,000
have been invested in bonds.
One singular feature is that when $50,000,000 or
. more of these notes are thus borrowed by the Go
vErnhient, the Secretary of the Treasury. Shall keep
on hand $50,000,000 df legal-tender notes to meet time
call, either :by not issuing that amount outside or
.by holding . .others. It is in effect the same as if the
Goverhinent agreed to take a loan of $60,000,000 at
four per Cent.,•and kept it in their vaults, without
• use, until the lender called for it. In' other words,
paying four .per cent. interest for the- privilege of
holding an unused. special deposit. How' this short
loan and other pressing claims are to be paid, at
least after ..all the green-backs are ,issued,l don't
well see. ,Had they twenty years to tun, I should
feel easy. ..These are the objections I have to the
present system.
•: . •
I will now briefly state the provisions 'of the bill
which 1 introduced. It was intended to restore the
law just the condition - in which it left this House.
The first section provides that the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay off and cancel all the five-twenty
bondi', and all others where interest is payable
in' gold, and to exchange new bonds for thewn on
such terms as enn'be agreed upon, or pay therein
legal-tenders.• Certain money. editors have pro
fessed to- see in this a violation of .public faith,
which promised payment in gold. Nothing is more
false. it proposed to lift these bonds: by negotia
tion with the holders. If - the .holder declined to
isell; he.could get his interest in gold, according to
. :the original contract.• I suppose no man in this
i House is base enough to propose repudiation. None
' but a stupid Man could so misread time bill. True,
! it proposed - tnissile no more bonds'of that kind, and
repealed the law authorizing it. It is nobody's bush
i ness to inquire how we will pay the interest on future
bonds, so that we keep faith upon those already, is
sued. It is further proposed to pay on' the legal-ten
ir derifinterest-bearing deposits, and to repeal the law
I authorizing such loan; _lt has turned out as predict
ed, that such demand lain has prevented their .con.
version to any considerable amount. NVhile eighty
millions of legal-tenders are deposited oneall, tad
' twenty• Millions have been invested in bonds' It ,is
~. obvious that at this rate' the sale of bonds will aid
...but-little in carrying on time war.
'., . Dlr. Stevens next explained that the proposition
to'repeai the law requiring the payment of duties on
imports 'and , the interest on bonds to be'made in
'coin; except one-fifth of the former, was•to make the
currency of tender' notes uniform. The require
mentof coin for one-fifth of the duties was to defray
fereigii; diplomatic, and consular expenses. By
this bullion-mongers would lose; merchants and the
Grivernifient would gain.' The .next thing was to
w. - raise money to pay the pressing debts due to dello
:Biters and gold-bearing bonds, and pay the dues to
soldiers, Cc., which it was proposed to do by issuing
,legal-tender notes to the extent of $200,000,000 be
'!yond the amount already authorized, and . a billion
.43f bonds, at six per cent., redeemable in twenty
- .years in .coin. The issue of $51)0,000,000 of legal
_ . *riders 'Avaaild,render them so abundant that capi
talists would be glad to turn them to - profit by in
- •Vewiting them in loans. • - •
. . • •
. ' '' • State of the 1.1.121011 i. •• '
3:he House then went into Committee of the
,Whole on the state of the Union.
1.;,..4gr. CAL . ULA (U.),• of Maryland;spoke on the tople7Rt r
Reillegthat Secession, is not is
rightful remedy under theildhttittitiOn, but he con
demned theip,oricy . of - the AdminiStratiOn,'Which had
departed fromi a course heretofore avowed, "and
raised' thehorrid front .of 'Abolition... The real mo
tive of the proclamation was not to thilidue the re
belliqi, but toabolish slavery; and he *was fearful
that; when it went into effect there would be an ex
hibition of nett° violence and enmity. •He argued
that the national life is constitutional life, and when
one is destroyed the other ceases to exist. Abolition
and Secession are both warring OD the Constitution
and the 'Union. 'Both are, alike perilous to our
-`
liberty. - ' • - • .
Mr. KELLEY (Rep.), of Pennsylvante, while de
claring 'for peace, maintained that when the States
had set yip an independent Government and resisted
'the laWful' authority-, it was our 'ditty to rule the
people of thmie States,: irrespective of State lines
and State Constitutions i and only when: they' yield
a support to law and supremacy of our Government
could they enjoy the rights of American citizens. It
hid been said that no man, save the President,
hoped that the' proclamation would tend to Pro
mote .peace.; If so, then: figures had ceased to re
present the measure of things. Pour millions of
slaves .are now giving support in aid of the re..
billion; but 'on the first of January they will
pass to the'creuse of patriotism and freedoni, under
the starry flag of- the country. The• Government
onght to go straight forward and establish its power
and crush outisli armed resistance, govern all'the
rebellious States as a Territory until - the people
shall re-establish theirkovernments. When this is
done, and when Senators and. Representatives are .
sent here, we will receive them 'again as States. He
thought he saw the hand of God in the liberation of
the slaves. The ambition anti lust of ' slavery was
'the cause of the war, and on the first of January the
first gteat result would put an end to the system of
slavery. '
.
The committee then rose, and the House adjourned
till Monday."
NEW Yonx, 19.—The steamer Blackstone,
from Key West; With dates to the 12th inst.; has at
lived. Admiral Lanlner is a'passenger.
The gunboat.llll.ohawk was at Fernandiaal on the
17th.
The Spanish steamer Montabero, froth gilt/inn
for Hamburg, put in here this ntornitiVto' repair
dairing,e to her propeller. •
en
the
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hat
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The Norwegian at Portland: ;
PonTr..% xo, Dec. 18.—The steamer NOrwegian has
arrived. Her adViees have been anticipated.
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•BOSTO - Dee. 19.—James 'Y. Patterson has been
:nominated N, for Congress in the Third New Ramp
, shire district, now.representetrbi - Pion. Thomas
• EdwArds. . , ,
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• .11ALTI3101:}; Dec_ 19.—Flour dull, but' usichanged:
Wheat quiet with a scarce Corm! active
old white soq,Sle. I'orleth4f.' coffee
r Ade
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From Key West.
Congressiom►al Nominations.
.;11aarkets by Telegraph.
CITY" ITEMS.
011DINATION AT ANDALUSIA.—On. Tues
day last, Mr. W. F. Nields, one of the teachers in the
Andalusia Institute, Andalusia, Bucks 00., of which
Rev. H. T. Wells is rector, was ordained to the dia
conate by Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in this diocese.
Christ Church, Oak Grove, not far distant, was lent
for the occasion by Rev. Mr. Beasley, rector of the
parish. The service was appointed , for 1W„ o'clock
A. M., by which time a good congregation was as
sembled. There were present of the clergy, and
taking part in the services, besides the Bishop, Rev.
F. W. Beasley, Rev. G. G. Field, Rev. J. P. Lundy,
-Rev. H. T. Wells. Rev. Leighton Coleman, and the
Rev. Charles IL Hale, the latter preaching a very
able and appropriate sermon from Col. iv. 17 : " Take
heed unto the ministry which thou bast received in
the Lord, that thou fulfil it." The candidate was
presented to the Bishop by Rev. Mr. Wells, under
whose direction he had pursued his theological
studies. This is the third from this school who has
within a year entered the ministry.
The music on this occasion was conducted by the
music teacher of the institute, who presided at the
organ-me/odeon, and under whose direction the boys
sang and chanted a number of beautiful pieces. At
the conclusion of the services, the visiting clergy and
other invited guests were hospitably entertained at
the table of the Rev. Mr. Wells. Before dining,
however, the Bishop called around him the pupils .
residing in the family, - nearly thirty in number, and
made them one of those brief, impromptu addresses,
in which he is so felicitous, giving them wise and
loving counsel for their guidance in life, and assuring
them of his deep interest in their welfare.
Rev. Mr. Wields is from West Chester, this State,
and is a young gentleman possessing more than or
dinary talents and acquirements.
" SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY./"
The object of this society, whose advertisement ap-.
pears in another column this morning, is the syste
matic study of the Snored-Scriptures, under a com
petent teacher, with the sole purpose and design of
becoming acquainted with the truths of God* as
revealed in His Word, without regard to any eccle
siastical bias whatever or sectarian creed. They
have been meeting together in this way for nearly
five years, during the winter mouths, and a large
number of both sexes, young men especially, who
attended then at first from motives of mere
curiosity, have, under the influence of these studies,
become; devoted, consistent, and intelligent Chris
tians. The teachings, which are given without
charge, are conducted, not on the principle of ques
tioning the pupils, but vice versa. The society meets
for instruction in this mutual way every Monday
evening, at a quarter before eight o'clock, at Con
cord Hall, Tenth street, above Arch, and is weekly
increasing in numbers.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOME MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.—From an advertisement elsewhere it will
be seen that the twenty-seventh anniversary of the
"Home Missionary Society" of Philadelphia will
be held to-morrow (Sunday) evening, in Trinity M.
E. Church, Eighth street, above . Race, commencing
at 734 o'clock, when the annual report will be read,
and addresses delivered by the pastor of the church,
Rev. John F. Chaplin, D. D.; Rev. E. E. Adams,
D. D., of the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Dr.
Henson, of the Baptist. Church.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHILADELPHIA
BIBLE Sociery.The twenty-fourth anniversary of
the Philadelphia Bible Society will be held at St.
John's Lutheran Church; (Rev. Joseph A. Seiss,
D. D., pastor,) Race street, abOve Fifth, to-morrow
(Sunday) evening. A sermon will be preached be
fore the society by Rev. Dr. Seiss, and extracts from
the annual report will be read.
A VISIT TO ROCKHILL & WILSON'S CLOTH
ING PALACE.—Throughout the length and breadth
of our country, there is probably not a single mer
cantile house better known or more prized by
its patrons than the "Brown-stone Clothing Hall"
of Messrs. Ilockhill & Wilson, of this city, located at
Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street. An experience of
many years, in which their large..and constantly
increasing busineSs has been managed with a scru
pulous regard for the interest and convenience of
their patrons, has given to this Muse a prestige,
with all who make the art of dressing well a study,
that may well be envied by less successful rivals.
Their success in making up garments to order is pro
verbial, both for gentlemen and youth, the reasons
for which are threefold : They import the finest
stocks of fashionable fabrics that the best markets of
Europe afford, employ only the most skilful and ex
perienced cutters,and their system is such that no gar
ment made to order is allowed to leave the establish
ment without being entirely satisfactory to their cus
tomers. Another great advantage which they pos
sess is that, being among the moat extensive manu
facturers, they have constantly on hand a full stock
of piece goods to select from, so that now, nearly as
the season is at its close, their stock of fine Fancy
Cassimeres and choice Overcoatings is still un
broken. The despatch also and promptness with
which their orders are tilled is another appreciable
convenience to the public, a feature that is equally
true in their military and civil departments. In the
former they have achieved a national reputation,
receiving as they do orders from army and naval
officers in every loyal State in the Union.
Besides the great amount of work of this finer
class done by this house, they have also, since the
commencement of the war, manufactured to Go
vernment order the clothing for a number of entire
regiments, employing at one time thojarge number of
three thousand hands, thus affording remunerative
employment to hundreds of men and women not only
in Philadelphia, but in a number of adjacent towns.
Their ready-made stock, displaked in a magnifi
cent salesro - om, and sold to customers by competent
and polite salesmen, is one of the most elegant in
the country, and is - made - up in the best possible
manner from the same elegant class of goods• em
ployed: in their customer department. Buying all
their goods in first hands, they are.necessarily ena
,
suits will be.purchased within the next few days, we
recommend our readers, before spending their money,
by all means to examine this splendid stock.
SEASONABLE ATTRACTIONS AT PROCTOR
•
& Co's.—For magnificent presents the public now,
either from instinct, or rending The Press, naturally
turn towards the Paris Mantilla, Cloak,and Fur Em
porium,No. 920 Chestnut street, Messrs. J.W Procto
Co's. Their display of furs in their. handsome
windows is a standing topic of admiration to pedes
trians, and from having beenifavored with a "look
through," inside,we may safely say that their display
in front is not an exaggerated index to their stock.
Their furs, by the way, are all of their own importa
tion and manufacture, many of them having been
purchased at the sales of the Hudson Bay Company
last March, when the rate of exchange was much
more. favorable to the buyer than now,'and, for this
reason their prices are now correspondingly lower
than are usually charged for the same class of goods.
Their • stock • is rich and varied, embracing,
among other styles, the demure Siberian Squirrel,
the modest chinchilla, of South America ; the Royal
. Ermine, of Russia;
.The rich Hudson Bay sable ; the
Mink sable of our own production; as well as the
.most luxurious furs from Labrador and Canada,-
' where the severity of the temperature insures a
finer and more lasting coat, and a color which rarely
fade's. It is a compliment to this well-known ClOak
anthFur House, that all who have examined their
Furs this season, and subsequently looked eLse
whereAave, with rare exceptions, returned to pur
chase. Their system of never allowing their goods
to be misrepresented in the slightest degree by, their
salesmen, and . . .the uniform moderate profits which
they charge—so' That . a novice can buy from them
just as cheaply as tike moat competent judge—have
secured for them the Confidence of the, community..;
In Cloaks, their assortment is not equalled by any
other house in the comitg, neither in the styles,
beauty, and richness of the materials employed, nor
the taste and elegance in which. their garments are
made. They have, as the reader will see from their
advertisement, just made their uitial reduction in
the prices of: cloaks, in'. anticipation of
. the closenf
the season. ' Among their exquisite garments of this
. class, the following fashionable materials - are repre,
sented BeitlinillititioniVelvet,lndia Silk, Vel
vet BeaVer, Mohair:Plinth,. Woolen Plush, Castor
Beaver, Diagonal Plush, French Doeskin, _French
Beaver, and the magnificent Gros 'de Paris. For an:
acceptable present, of real value, this stock is cer=''
tainly without a'superior, and we hope our,readers
who may be shopping in this line between now and
Thursday will take advantage of this timely sugges
tion.
A BEAUTIFUL CLAN OP PRESENTS.—Tu.
the selection of gifts for. the •holidays Books ought
to be a kominent item, and we are glad to find that
in gifts for children good Books of a suitable charac
ter are largely taking the phice of toys and other
t r ifli ng lirtielea. Those wishing to act upon this
suggestion,
will Tin t :.a magnificent . stock of enter
taining.and profitable. joitOi4.' books to select from
at the store of Messrs. William 'and-Alfred Mar ,
, • •• • William _
S.
N0:'606 Chestnut'sfreet; among whose recent
works, of this class, we would :direCt special atten
tion to "The Boy Friend; •s or, All ertn Re 114 . 1.
( larry'S' Mistakes and Where They led Him;"
"Melodies • for Childhood," (with 'thirty illusti - 37 •
tions ;) "Charles Norwood, Erring and Repenting;"
"Buy an Qrange, Sir? • or, the History of 'Jamie
Woodford ;" "No Lie Thrives," a book for boys, and
other similar publications, biautifully got up. We
may also mention in this connection, that the rush
for Martien's Photograph Albums--which are ac
knowledged to be the most beautiful nude—leis
been unpreeedentetl, and the same is true of their
large assortment of finely engraved . eartl-pietures
of distin gulpbed' men.
.
11 SPLEKDID STOCK OP UMBRELLAS,
SCITA F iLI: Giv'n:i.—We invite attention this
morning to the advertisements of Messrs. Wm. A.
Drown & Co., No. 9. : 16 Market street, which the
reader will find elsewhere. This house has long
stood - at the head of the umbrella manufacturers in
this country, and is the only ono in this branch of
trade that has,b . cen uniformly accustomed to make
special preparations for the holidnys. A visit to
their wareroonis yesterday conti•inced cis that their
reputation in this respect Is being fully sustained
this season. By late importations- they have re-
ceired a magnificent Assortment of elegant fancy
handles, ready to be attached to umbrellas at a half
hour's notice, the cost of which range from one to
thirty. dollars. Their elegant French Bouquet Sun
shades are 11150 an exquisite novelty. Their stock,
upon the whole, is the finest ever offered in Phila
delphia. The public, too, we are glad to find, are
beginning to appreciate the fact, which we have so
frequently sought to impress upon their minds, that
of all things in the way of a Christmas or New
.ear's gift; )1. handiome; Silk Umbrella is at once
the most tasteful and welcome. Messrs. Down
.Co. are'now offering .these' beautiful goods in great
variety of styles and sizes, some of which are more
novel and beautiful than any that we have ever ex
amined,. and .being their own importers, and the
largest manufacturers of umbrellas in the country,
they 'are enabled to sell at much below the usual
rates of smaller operators. So, in buying your ire-
cents, don't forget the Umbrella.
- •
TOYS AND _FANCY C 4 QpDS.—Therc can be
no Christmas at. home without toys, and a ;know
le'dge where a really splendid stock of this olasspf
Christmas goods can be found, is therefore a desirei;
ble item of informaticin: 'Those Who have e.vt
visited .the palatial edifice of..rdr. G. Sckwiiita,
No. 100 G Cheetnut street, above Tenth, need;`naii;e
. informed that his stock is a great museum of arti
cles of fancy, taste, utility, and amusement. Mr.'
Schwartz has advantages which few merchants pos
sess • * in hist line. Being personally acquainted with
all the most prominent manufacturers of these
goods in Europe, and visiting, as he does, the Eu
ropean markets• every season, in person, to make
his purchasea r he is enabled to sell at more mode
rate prices than, dealers in these articles generally-
With regard to the character of his stock we can
only say, without attempting to describe it, that any
one, young or old, could spend days and be highly'
entertained in examining the thousands of nove
and beautiful things that meet the eye at every step.
A FINE GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT.
Now that everybody is• preparing for a Christmas
feast, it may not be amiss•to inform those who have
not yet learned the fact, that one of the finest stocks
of family groceries in this city is that of Mr. Albert
C. Roberts, corner of Eleventh and Vine streets. In
another column of our paper. to-day it will be seen
that he announces " Materials for Mince Pies.".
There is a charm in this announcement to all who
have tried Mr. Roberts' mince-meat materials, as he
caters to the wants of his patrons with a thoroughly
epicurean taste. All who may be in want of fine
raisins, (citron, currants, spices, wines, &c., will find
them at this store in greatest excellence, and the
same compliment applies equally to•his entire range
of fine groceries, many of which are imported by
himself, and are only to be found at his store. All
who patronize him once are certain to become his
permanent customers.
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.—WO in
vite attention this morning to the new Photograph
Gallery just opened at No. 906 Arch street, by Mr.
F. A. O. Knipe. Mr. Knipe is. a young artist of
promise, with his soul in his profession. Ile is also
assisted by one of the most skilful and best known
operators in the.country, and has manifestly set out
with the determination of taking a high rank among
the first photographic establishments of the day: We
have had the pleasure of examining a number of' his
specimens, than which we have never seen finer
ones ; and in the art of copying difficult engravings
we believe he has achieved a success hitherto unat
tained. He has already had et large number of.appli 7
cants for pictures, and has, in every instance, given
entire satisfaction. We wish Mr. Knipe every suc
cess in his splendid new enterprise, and recommend
our readers who. wish A 1 pictures to give him a call.
THE GREAT ECONOMIGAL COOK STOVE.—
We take the liberty again of calling attention to
the fact that a large amount of fuel can be saved by
every family, by using the celebrated Cooking Stove
of Mr. John S. Clark, No. 1006 Market street, which
has the peculiarity of consuming only one ton of coal in
six months in doing the cooking - and, baking for a large
family. This extraordinary economy of fuel is sub
stantiated by hundreds of the most respectable wit
nesses, who have practically tested its truth, and
at the present high price of coat its economy becomes
a matter of peculiar importance. This great sating
is effected by the scientific superiority in the con
struction of Mr, Clark's stove. We would add,
also, that its excellence as a Baker, and, in fact, for
all kinds of cooking, is as remarkable and desirable
as. its economical properties already referred to.
Every one who buys this Stove becomes a living ad
vertisement of its merits forever after. Try it,
everybody, as you will save money by doing so.
FINE. CLOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS.—WitiI
characteristic taste and enterprise, Messrs. C. So
mers & Son, No. 625 Chestnut street, under Jayne's
Hall, have made extraordinary preparations for the
holidays in the way of fine ready-made garments.
Persons wishing suits without the delay of ordering
them to measurement can be suited to a nicety at
the establishment of these gentlemen, or, if they
prefer leaVing their orders, they will find a magnifi
cent stock of cloth goods to select from, and artists
that can do justice to the most graceful form. Their
prices are proverbially low.
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS FOR HOLIDAY
PEESENTE.—T o Iip few-days intervening between this
and Christmas will be, in a great measure, occupied
by the ladies in the purchase of presents for their
friends of the other sex. What could there be more
tasteful and appropriate for this purpose than the
elegant Dressing Gowns manufactured and exhi
bited, in rich profusion, by Mr. G. A. Hoffman,
(successor to W. W. Knight,) No. 606 Arch street?
His • general stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing
Goods is also one of the finest and most extensive
in the citY. •
A BEAUTIFUL AND POPULAR CLASS OF
PRESENTS, this season, will be the various styles of
Photograph Albums, and the cartes de visite, copies of
engravings, and other pictures to fill them, a very
fine assortment of which our readers will find at the
counters of Mi. F. Gutekunst, the celebrated Photo
grapher, Nos. 704 and 706 Arch street. He has been,
for some weeks past, overwhelmed with applicants
for his pictures, which are acknowledged to be un
surpassed by any other in the world.
SUPERB STOCK OF GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS.—Mr. John C. Arrison, proliiietor of the
popular Gentlemen's Furnishing House (formerly
J. Burr Moore's), Nos. I and 3 North Sixth street,
now preients a stock containing a thousand articles
of taste and comfort that are admirably adapted for
presentation to a gentlem7in. What; for instance,
could there lie more elegant as a Chriitrnas gift than •
one of Arrison's superb Dressing GOwns for gentle
men? to say nothing of his elegant quality gloves,
hosiery, cravats, scarfs, and other choice articles in
great variety.
WHERE THE BEST STOCK OF OHIHSTILAS
CONFECTIONEBY MAY BB FOTIND.-At the celebrated
old house of Messrs. E. 0-. Whitman & Co., of
course. The public understand this, and hence their
large establishment on Chestnut street, below
Fourth, next door- to Adams' Express, has been
literally crowded with customers for more than a
week past. They not only offer the choicest sugar
plums, roaStednlmonds, Caramels, bonbons, secrets,
fine mixtures, at' kinds -of chocolate preparations,
crystallized fruits; &e., at the same prices charged
elsewhere for inferior goods, but they positively
— tririfig, and ..Al' rrtitrlbOticiefitr'ff—iin
correspond.
WOOD & CARY' S BONNETS.—PerBOIIS Who
. may be ShoPping for. themselves or friends should
bear in mind that Messrs. Wood & Cary, No. 72.3
Chestnut street, have made a great reduction in the
prices of all their various styles of head gear for
Ladies, kisses, and Children. They are selling the
most beautiful hats of the season at prices so mode
rate that no lady need hesitate another hour about
getting anew winter bonnet just suited to her fancy.
LADIES' FANCYFURS FOR HOLIDAY PRE
.
SENTS.—Messrs. Charles Oakford & Son,
.Nos. 83-1.
and 836 Chestnut street, under the Continental Hotel,
have still on hand a splendid assortment of Ladies'
and Children'S Fancy Furs adapted for holiday pre
sent; notwithstanding the enormous demand for
their goods during the last few days. Their prices
for these rich articles of dress, we may state, are un
usually moderate.
SILYER-FLA.TED WARE.--MCSSrS. Witters
& Co., proprietors .of the celebrated " Witters Kero
sene Oil Lamp," No. 35 North Eighth street, corner
of• Filbert, recommend, in another column of The
Press this morning, that people buy their "Christmas
Presents before the throng commences;" but this ad
vice comes too late so far as their own store is con
cerned at least, as, in passing it yesterday, we found
it crowded with customers buying their rich Silver
plated Ware, line quality Britannia Ware, beautiful
Ornamental Lamps, and an endless variety of Fancy
Goods suitable for gifts.
- REMEMBER THE POOR.-PVC cannot too
strongly impress upon our readers the duty and fin
portance of remembering the friendless. poor in dis
pensing holiday favors. In this pinching weather
especially,. Coal will be extremely acceptable, :and
we sincerely hope that it will flow into the cellars
of .the needy in abundance between now and the
holidays. Thegood work, we are 'pleased to add,
has already commenced.' A large number of orders
of this class have already been filled by Mr. W. W.
Alter, from his yard, Ninth street, above Poplar; and
Kis commendable in Mr. Alter that, in all sales of
this kind, he makes a generous abatement in his
`prices. ; Siich generosity deserves . recognition at the
hands of the public.
• , '-'. , FRESENTS FOR GENTLE,3IMc.—OIin fair
readers, who may be perplexed in making their holi
;ilsy purchases for male friends, can adopt no wiser
~, course than by visiting the famous old house of R.
Ct Walborn & Co., Nos. 5 and 7 North Sixth street,
as their magnificent stock of Gents' Furnishing
G 004,, from a six-cent Shawl Pin to the most
stylish French Dressing Gown for gentlemen, will
dissolve all doubts in an instant, and decide the
mind both as to what to buy, and where to buy it.
Try this advice.: .
A Ctutiotrs'Ti4.l-PlECE.—Messrs. C. A.
Vankirk' & Co: . have now upon exhibition in the
window of their new • store, No. 617 Arch street, a
skeleton time-piece, which is a singular-looking
affair. It is simple in Ili' construction, and yet is
quite a curiosity. Yankirk & Co. have now opened
at the above place a splendid assortment of gas fix
tures, chandeliers, bronze figures, lamps, coal oil,
'burners, &c. It is quite extensive, and embraces •
numerous useful and ornamental :articles. They. xi it
remarkably cheap in their prices. Persons in want
s , .if such things should pay them a visit. •
QVALITY APr E 8 FOR CIMTIMIAS.--'
Mr. C. H. 111ettson, dealer in line family groceries,
Arch and Terith streets, has now in Store ) in sand
'ldiaii of the 1101idelySi it VlCsinlict Idt-dr ijltoicce ap
ples—line large Green) s, Sfifichbergs, New York
Pippins, Bellflowers, arta Wailful griped' apples--
Which he sells either by ffie*blurel or less qumifity.
Those wishing tine, sound, deliCious apples, should
ekainine this splendid stock without - delay.
MILITARY TRAPPTIcos, for Army and Navy
oft:leers, can be found. in great variety and elegant
style at Oakford S Son's; under the Continental ,
hotel.
•
How TREY.DRRSSED.—One of the "Sea:
kinses" of the newspaper press thus describes the
dresses 'worn by some of the ladies at a recent fa
shion'able wedding in this 4ty c "Among the most
beautiful were Mrs. De R—n, in white silk; black
late flounces, pink wreath. 'Mrs: . light
green silk, black lace flounces, head dressed as in
the time of Louis quatorze. Mrs. L—b, pink silk
dress, with point lace flounces. Mrs.
silk, with white lace shawl and wreath Of grapes.
Miss D—r, pink silk. Miss yellow silk.
Miss E—d, red silk, and Miss lilac
silk." ' It is scarcely necessary to add 'that the
beit-dressed gentle Men present were those who wore_
'suits madent the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rock
hill & Wilsou,',_Nos.! 603 and 605 Chestnut street,
above Sixth. '
DAINTE.—The• Secret in Dante's stritggle
through life was in the reckless sarcasm of his an-,
ewer, to the Prince of Verona, who asked him how'
he could account for the fact that, in the household
of princes, the court fool was in'greiter faimr than
the philosppher. "Similarity of mind," said the
fierce genius, "is all stiver the world the source of
friendship ;" and, we suppose, to the same . cause
may be attributed the fact that every one noiv-a .-
days procures his garments from the elegant store of
,G ran vine Stokes, No. God Chestnut street, where the
'fin'eat'a eniiest ready-made Clothing, of all styles,
is kept constantly on, hand. •
CHRISTMAS PRESEISta.t a beautiful
Steck - Tiano of J. E.' Gla obrnerof Seenth and
'Chestnut streets. • • de,ol •
- -__71.1
Mn. GOUGE AND Ins " Lzz i)os . ~'
Tuesday night, the Academy of Music le : f .,
hear this young and popular orator delittZ
ture on "London." Re dwelt ulKilt the I . :
racters and peculiarities of this modern li , bh,
Lo
a manner that elicited repeated ap t4mae ..
gratified audience. Among other thia, m t t t
tioned that land had been sold in the qt.,:
city at the rate of $1,000,000 per acre. lve r ;:
the lot of ground, in this city, at the cor net ,,.
and Chestnut streets, when it was ot-e upte, r.
old "National Theatre." When it wasitte!,
it was bought at the rate of $220 000 ptrvm ,
on :Is site is built the Continental Rot el. i:,
of the one-story shops that fronted the t.„.
now the finest hotel in the United st ool :
Chestnut street, below Ninth, where u , sl '"
, a
door, with the black letters on the Nre, l . t ' )
Pit," are now the cheering words, in letters.,
"Charles Stokes' One-Price Clothin g ), ui
THE SUPERB GEORGE STECK Pi Am .
Christmas presents. J. E. Gould, s trci4
Chestnut. ,
CHRISTAIAS PRESENTS.--BN
Safes, Cigar lioxetrand Ash Pans, Per N .; l _
terns, Drop Lights, and many othe r , ef.. :ta
on hand, at Warner, Miskey,
,co
Chestnut. nt •
, -
SIGNOR BLITZ, the gay and
%it, •
Magician and Ventriloquist, es znment
equalled exhibitions on Monday 01 the
Building. The Learned Canary Biala and
to appear in their new performances, am, t;.
has a budget of new feats in magic, whi c h ‘,„'
ish and delight. The children, in pa r ti c , 44 7
happy to learn of Blitz's return to public Ilk
PIANOS (LADE BY GEORGE STE.cR jr
only by J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chez*.
A FAMILY declining Tlousekeehi
,2.
dispo ,„ o f a magnificent 7-octave Iloses co f i ,.
elegantly carved case and legs, grand viol.,
strung bass, sweet and powerful tone, ry,„k, to
five months ago, by one of the Ns.; x„.„
makers. Cost $6OO, will be sold for sc,,), "
To be seen in Spruce street, the third , t
Eighth, north side.
J. E. GOULD, corner of Se rev ,
Chestnut streets, is the only one in p h i
keeps the popular and truly be autiful G ; ', 44 .
Pianofortes.
,rn
IIAIIII.IED MEN "Who. Would live h a
With their better halves, should make t 4 .4
ar
mas or New Year Present of a Grove &
noiseless Sewing Machine, oflleelall che a t at:,
del6-tuth s St.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.—Geor,gt Steck%
s anon for sale by J. E. Gould, Seventh k
nut.
IS THERE AHUSBAND, father, ,:lr br
who will permit the drudgery of handsewing
a genuine "Grover A: Baker" Sewing rilse t i zt
be purchased for $4Ol 730 Chestnut street,
del6-tu th s 3t
STECK' PrANos.--These elegant it:
ments for sale by 3. E. Gould, Seventh sal
SPECIAL NOTICES
NATURE'S BOUNTIES
BY TEE BABB OF Town! !T ALL
Nature is kind old dame :
_ Every creature, wild and tams,
Is her pensioner: and .be
Feeds them all with bounty free.
Food and clothing both she Kir*?
To each earthly thing that !irks.
Birds with plumage she supplieN
Radiant with R thousand dyei:
• Ocean's denizens she mails
In a panoply of scales
Tawny lions, bristly boars,
Have their garments from her , t9r,. ;
Alltgatori she provides
With impenetrable hides;
(Rairient, that, which does o+l .11:r.
Though not remarkable for btan”
All the more pacific brutes
She arrays in proper suits. i
All are furnished, by her aid.
• With good garments, ready-a 10;
Man excepted—he, poor elf!
• Nature dooms to dress hitwelf:
But with reason she provide.
Which to BENNETT'S TOWER Ruid.lbil:
- There, what Nature has (leak&
Is by glorious art supplied.
We have on hand the fullest assortment, is'.
phis, of Ready-made Clothing, to supply, indite,:
most acceptable style of modern art, the str ,
Dame Nature, above referred to, whirl is car.n
both protect Bud adorn the mom/W."lin%!
divine." Buying and eelling for Cool roily.r•
are touch below market rates. TOWER HAM.
MARKET Street; Philadelphia.
It BEVNET
GEORGE NORGE STECK'S
INIMITABLE PIANO FORTES, Brands aai
are rapidly taking precedence of all other: fr
power, evenness of touch, and pure -...lalitte;Ati.
should purchase without cirandiiiile them doi4.
Thejiorztinen'tTes — l.c ers are almost
thelp.
'Prices to suit the times.
to th 40t
SINGER & CO.'S LETTER A PAMILT
lIVG MACHINE to the most beau tifnl, best. and
of all Sewing Machines. It embodies the Iria:;t:
Singer & Co.'s well-known Mannfactitring
makei the interlocked stitch will sew on a!!
cloth, and with all kinds of thread Itindatii
Gather and Quilt, Pell, Ilem, Tuck--iu fic,
ALL KINDS OF FAMILY SEWING, ead iu
every other Machine fur the great rawanderce ,
of Its work. Send fur a pamphlet.
I. M. SIMER &CO
No. 458 BROADWAY, .NEW
PHILADEIRIIIA OFFICE,
oc74n thstde3l No. 810 iMIESIITT S
BATCIIELOR'S HAIR DYR!
Tliki,sEsT pr - TILE WORLD.
- - 7 -sAlvrrrr.LOß cslehrsoi
lirlax7e 'r e - J - 7 . eCdo --- r not to ba ai,aftno.;i:l4ad fraM
warranted not to injure the hair in the leis;
the ill effects of bad dyes, and invigorate:nil3 Br
life. GRAY, RED, or RUSTY HAIR !Niel
splendid Black or Brown, leaving Ural
beautiful, Sold by all Drnggists,&c.
Jar The Genuine is signed WILLIAM Ili
LOR, on the four asides of each box.
FACTORY, No. 81 BARCLAT
(Late 253 Broadway and 16 B m / •:.
Sew I
InyV3-13 ,
, .
ONE-PRICE CLOTHING, OF THE LA.
Err'rise, made in the Best 'Manner, exprezdr
SALES. LOWEST Selling Price.; marked 1: P.s
gores. All Goods made to Order warranted str.-S,
Our Oye:Pitics' SYSTEM is strictly 041V-I , 4'j.
thereby treated alike.
del2-ly JONES & C0..604 NAP.K.EI,..;:.
S--T-1860--X.
DRABS'S PLANTATION EITITRii
They purify, strengthen, and invigorate.
They create a healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to change of water sedditt
They overcome effects of dissipation and i 4
They strengthen the system and enliven ['vest
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent feral
They purify the breath and acidity of thesteutrit.
They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
They cure Mardi ceha, Cholera, and Cholera 3[0 4
They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Rea
They are the best BITTERS in the world. MI •
the weak man strong, and are exhausted nattnif
restorer. They are made of pure St. Croix Rum, titt. •
braked Cal isaya Bark, roots and herbs, and are On
the pleasure of a beverage, without regard to 32 "
of day. Particularly recommended to delicate Fr ,
requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold byall Grocer , . •
gists, Hotels, and Saloons. P. IL DRAKE CU., •
BROADWAY. New York. se
'UrnAm's Ham DYE, 38 CENTS A 801.
Three boxes for $1; the best in 113.1. Try It. MI c
at UPHAM'S. 403 CHESTNUT Street. 'A,
MARRIED_
HOWARD—HICKEY.—On the 18th inst. c •
Rev. Samuel Appleton, Samuel B. Howard lt>
trude Hickey, all of this city.
PECK—HALLOWELL.-00 Thum, er .•,
December 18th, by Rer.R. J. Wilson, Mr.)?
Peck and Miss Lottie S. Hallowell, all of Mg CI
[New York papers please copy.]
DORRIS—MILES.—On Thursdar. the ti*.
-by the Rev. 0 W. Zahniser, Colonel' Willis
.ns, Jr.,. to Miss Julia M., daughter of
.bllles,Esq., all of Huntingdon, PA.
LANDIS—LWILLIAMS.—On the tilt
Alderman Lutz, Mr. George Washington
Miss bragdalena Williams, both of this
HELLINGS—LIGHTNER.—Near Loaulr..
the 18th inst. by the Rev. M. 0. Lightner. l%: !
Hellings, Of Philadelphia, to Emma Y. le' -e "
Lancaster.
. DOMED.
SHCEMAER.—On the 13th inst., in MO
Fredericksbyrg, J. Parrish Shoemaker. in V;e..'
year of his age, son of Dr. Charles and 31.irn!".
maker, of Abington, Montgomery county. h •
CANTBELL.—On the 10th inst., Etizabet- 1
bell, relict of William Campbell. • 0 11
The relatives andlriends are respectfully ! ,
to attend her funeral, from her late residenct-'
North Sixth street, above Jefferson, ns T•.-,
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, without further not it
. itIDGWAY.—At Fredericksburg,
the-13th inst., Captain Joseph 11. ilitt.,reiv* /-
2`.2d ear of h age. ; sit
The relatives and friends of the
to attend. the funeral, from his fathers
this (Saturday,) the 20th inst., at 2
Varriages - will meet the 123; train from • .
sifeet.wharf at Beverly, N. J.
MATER TX,—On Fourth-day, the Olt i n.l9
Martha Matta&On. jier 72d year. rt ...-fr
The relatives and frie7. 4l s of the family:tn . '
• fullyinvited to attend her liner/11, frotillirl.'ss,
sidence, No. 119.2 Poplar street, on 6 e c° , nd to . f•tat
ing, the 22d inst.ot 7 o'clock. To pro.."'et. - ,.. 0 0,‘.
Burial Ground Schuylkill township, (IL;
DIUSGROVE.—On the 16th, James Ritg:•,..st
of James and Hannah Musgrove, in the 2/s.
•
Ins age.' tl
The relatives and friends of the family :ire
fully : invited to attend his funeral, from hii
.•44:
esidenee, No. 243 South Second street, to-dal •.• • .
day,) 2'P. M.
• GALEY.—On Friday, Dec. 19, 180, At
Bence Ili Media, Pa., Rev. Samuel 31. G:110. isl
Syear of his age. V
SOHIVEIGEAR T.—Killed, at Frederirksb ur: -: ,
on the lath inst., Sergeant os. B. Scheeler !,. ]
Co. 0, 90th lieginient'P. Nr., son of .Tohn and
Schweigeart, in the 24th year of his age. • .
SEVER IN.—On the lath inst., Angustai I • • •
rin, in the Dlith year of his age.
.111ANNES.—On the ISth inst., 3 1 r.
Barnes, in the 70th year of his age.
BESSON & SON • 13AVE NOW
STORE, " .
Blnelr. Merinoon, .#.1.121t. to
Do. do. , Velour 'tells, Ittati.o*l . ''
-Do. do. Ottoman Poplins, to
.Do. do. Cashmere, ,t , T , LP"S to 41 .- 3 l'
Do. Dig)isl, Reps, 25 to 3Z c•
Do. 7'nnti Cloths, •I s e%
Do. l'artonethis, SD.," to 50.: Airmea'
Do. 'Drip s)e.
1)0. - Bombazines, Milivseli 'IP, Taint.4•5•4 1. ;.,..,,..t.
110URN1.1 , .:G STORE, 91LS
N. E.—Sainples post free.
PYRE. Si LANDELL,
FOURTH and ARCH STREETS.
Have a large stuck of
Shawls for Pean.qytya nix Trade.
Silks for Peun,ylvania Trade.
Dress Goods: for Pen usyl Ye 03 Trade.
GOOD QUALITY B L oti 2'l
las°
SKIRTS.—These Skirts are full four r5. , . 6
one and a quarter long. Colors and sO'''
adapted to genteel trade.
notl7-tf
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MIIOII7(E6PATILIC ITOSPII4%. 7,,,, o p?
CUTHBERT &rect.—This institution ? n0.k.,,e:
for the reception of sick and wounded 50idien,,,,,,,,.,c,
Le received and provided fur to the i
B. no-ti7vy.
Inanner, tree ne ctin:go. F. 1 - , "' ..rf
n0224E Secretary of 80:1:11 of 3 1 . 13. •
J. E G.)r t
SEVENTH awl CHT,
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