The press., December 24, 1862, Image 1

FUSLISHDV JOHN ED DAILY (
WSUNDFoRNEY,AYS EXCEPTED.)
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:E. No. I SOUTH FOURTH EITRERT.
THE DAILY PRESS,
E , AT Ers CENTS PER Wank. payable to the Carrier.
IVled to Subscribers out of the City at Ere= DOLLARS
h a irrNl, FOUR DOLLARS FOR Six MONTHS, TWO Dot.-
Lo o POE TAUB MONTAN — lnvariably in advance for the
time ordered.
LT Advertisements inserted at the natal rates. Sit
qIISS CODStitute a square.
TILE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
ittatled to Subecribers out of the City at Foyle Dcl,
tot Von ANNUM, in advance.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
- USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE
ONNISTMAS AND NNW TEAR
PRESENTS,.
E. M. NEEDLES,
No. 1021 CHESTNUT STREET.
Aske the special attention of Purchasers of Pima=
YOB THE
COMING HOLIDAYS,
bla extensive stock of articles suitable for that purr
pane.
FOR PRESENTS:
Ladies' and Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs.
La o ' and Hemstitcheddo
Do do In 2, 2,1",, and-3 inch wide hems.
Do do Printed, Borders,
Do do French and clear Lawn,
Do do In all kinds of Lace. .
Wire' Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
Omits' Handkerchiefs, of all kinds
Children's Handkerchiefs, of all kinds,
The Best assortment of Handkerchiefs in the city.
FOR PRESENTS:
Thread Lace Veil& Ip2 and upwards.
Cambria Lace Voila, Ida. and upwards.
Pointe Lace Collar Beta, $1.50, and upward&
French Work do, all Priam.
PRESENTS
t:n all OTHRI kinds of LACE °ODDS 3
Lace Coiffitres and Barbee.
Babies' Robes and Waists.
Laces by the yard.
All kinds Lace Sleeves.
Do • Banda and Iflonneings.
Do Embroideries.
ALSO.
10 dozen Cambrio Handkerchiefs, Embroidered with
Just received.
20 dozen Cambrießudled Handkerchiefs. Embroidered
In Colors.
10 doses Volizadenne Lace Handkerchiefs;
se dosenUerita' and Children ' s Printed-bordered Hand
;teroblefs.
10 doyen Ladles' Ivory Initial Calf Buttns. ,
20 pieces 8-1 French Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Part"'
dresses, at old prices.
9111 C
at
Co piste Stook of WHITE GOODE at LOW
ES.
Linen Napkine at Old Prices.
Any of the above Will make a natal and beautiful
CHRISTMAN Plienerr, end &MD% will Ind it to their
advantage to inspect my stock before making their
nnrchases, as, with few exceptions, it is offered at OLD
'Atom, sad cheaper than present wholesale rates.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
JOHN W. THOMAS,
No. 405 AND 407 NORTH SECOND STREET.
"Would call attention to Ma
LARGE AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK,
EXCETEM
EVERY VARIETY OP
DRESS GOODS,
SHAWLS .A.ND CLOAKS.
LACE RD S., COLLARS, AND EMBROIDERIES,
7 0f every description, waited for
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
deI6.I2t PRE SE N T S.
EYRE do LANDELL,
E. & L.
FOURTH AND ARCH,
AVE 4 H MARKBD SOME FINN GOODS AT LOW
PRICES.
FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.
'EXPENSIVE BIT A WLS.
RICH BROCADE SILKS.
;FASHIONABLE POPLINS.
FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS.
RICHEST PRINTED REPS.
DINE BLUE NERINOES.
'SCARLET BROCHE SCARFS.
- POINT LACE COLLARS AND BETS.
'NEW FANCY POCKET HDKFS,
IGLOVES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY.
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JAMES R. CAMPBELL &
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
THY CHESTNUT STRUT,
Rave Jut received, and are now offering, magnificent
tines of
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON.
nol•2m
TINE CLOTB. CLOAKS.
PIKE FROSTED BRAVER CLOAKS.
BM BLACK TRICOT CLOAKS.
MBDIUM•FRICED CLOAKS.
FINE BLANKET SHAWLS.
EXTRA CHEAP BALMORALS.
FINE LARGE BLANKETS.
SUPERFINE FROSTED BEAVERS.
CASTOR BEAVERS—TRICOTS.
BOYS' FINE CLOTHING.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
COOPER 4% CONARD,
noze-rt S. E. COR. NINTH & MARKET Ste.
,G.REAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF
SILKS, -SHAWLS,
DRESS GOODS,
HOLIDAYS.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & 00.,.,
CHESTNUT STREET.
- VINE FRENCH MERINOES, or VERY
CHOICE SHADES.
Plain Reps and Poplins, all colors.
Rich Printed Dress goods,
Plain Solid Colored Silks.
Black and Colored Corded Silks.
Brown and Fancy Figured Silks.
Plain Black Silks, rich lustre.
Maine Laing Long Brocho Shawls.
Open Centre Cashmere Shawls.
war and Plain Style Blanket Shawls.
EDWIN HALL a: BRO.
.00 South SECO ND Street.
N. B.—snst received and wilt be opened this mornbst,
-another large lot of BALMORAL SKIRTS, at.3.26,fu51
ids e. a lot that we closed ant from a New York Inymirting
'Now& These . Skirts are now and have been retaping at
Misses' Balmoral Skirt,
T I YRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND
ARCH, have now arranged, for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.-
//pleadld Moire Antiques.
Costly Silks, reduced,
44 Lyons Cloak Vol vets,
Expensive Long Shawls.
17. pieces Plaid Sit he, 70 cords.
Fine quality Rene and Poplins.
Fine Blue and rple Morinoss.
Richest Printed Wool de Latium.
Fine Brecht+ Scarfs, all sizes.
Paint Lace Collars and Sots.
Ladies' new style Linen Cambric HUN.
Gloves, only of the first
Fine stock of Blankets, Quilts, Napkins.
Sheetings. PlBllO singers, TOWelingS. &Or
9,000 Balmoral. Skirts.
P. S.—
1,000 yards all new styles Be Lanes, 25 cents.
Ilan do Merriman and other fast.colored Chintzes.
1,000 do 44 French Chintzes. 31)1 . cents. del9
STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE
• assortment of DRESS GOODS, suitable for KIN
LIDAY PRESENTS..
Rich Fancy Silks • Plain Silks, choice colors.
Plain and Figured Black Silks.
Plain and Figured Rep Poplins.
Plain and Figured Aleri ROM.
Plain Solferino Owl...nem at lage, worth F 2.
BEST AMERICAN DELA( NES, at 220.
CHOICE SAVORY PLAIDS, at Mc.
PLAIN OPERA 'FLA!? ELS, all Mann. at 6541 .
NEW EMBIiOIDERILn. in great variety.
A Job Lot Real Pointe Loco Collars, at 5150.
BALMORAL SKIRTS, at rlam, '1 .76.
BEST It 9 BALMORALS IN TIIE CITY.
ENGLISH and MERRDIAO ERINTZES,
Yard-wide French Cl,t nixes. 31c—the old Priest.
WILLIAMSVILLE MUSLIN, 2Se.
WINTER SHAW,LS, in groat variety.
MERINO SCARFS, BROCHE BORDERS.
CLOAES-4)f New and Fashionable Styles, made of
Black Beaver, Frosted hearer and Blaoklmoth.
Call and examine our stock. We gttaranr to SIVA Sa-
VArsction, as we sell nothing but good a rticles, and at
tower Prices than they can be bought elsewhere.
dela Nos 713 and 118 North TENTH t.
CLOAKING CLOTHS.
SIJBLUSIE QUALITY.
ghluillr's Fronted Bearers.
odium-priced Frosted Beavers.
Thick and line French Beavers,
Tricot, Cuter, and Union Beavers. •
, Irlohair and Sealskin CloakinSa
Enrdne CassimereA, viz. :
Silk ne Miles—Blaek, next fancies—
Bers'—fttra heav y—Union — Melton ,
34 Coatings and Orerunatinlis.
If °Teats& in fancy Vesting's.
BALMORAL&
One Mildred 'pieces emit Delableit.
Auction Its fine }Rank Alpacas.
Fine Blerlnoes and Poplins.
tack Poplins, eL26.
Ilse Blankets and Flannels.
BOYS' CLOTHING. •
Experienced Cutters, good Cloths, and
Good trork—Oarments made to order.
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RETAIL DRY GOODS.
USEFUL PRESENTS.
To persons who would make a nsofttl and acceptable
gift the subscribers respectfully invite attention to the
following named articles, of which they have a large
assortment
AT LOW PRICES:
EMBROIDERED HDKFS., SETS; AND COLLARS.
EMBROIDERED LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS.
EMBROIDERED PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
FINE WHITE AND PINK MARSEILLES QUILTS.
PREMIUM BED BLANKETS.
AFGHAN SOFA AND CARRIAGE BLANKETS. •
RICH DBL, DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS.
NAPKINS, DOWLIES, AND TOWELS, to match, etc
SHEPPARD, VAN 14 RLINGEN,
AND ARRISON,
Staple and House Furnislduy. Dry Goods;
del9-13t 1008 CHESTNUT Street:
B A L M ,O R A L-S.
Just receired, per last Steamer,
ELEGANT NEW STYLES
KID GLOVES.
JOUVIN'S KW GLOVES, SIM
INDIA SCARFS.
A PULL ASSORTMENT.
HANDKERCHIEFS
FOR LADIES, NEW STYLES, SIIITAELE FOR
PRESENTS.
CLOAKS,
IN CLOTH, SILK, AND VELVET..
REDUCED IN PRICES.
VEILS.
LACE VEILS, IN GREAT VARIETY.
DRESS GOODS,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
J. M. HAFLEIGH,
(Successor to L. J. LEVY & C 0.,)
del6-frmwtt
723 CHESTNUT STREET
WINTER CLOAKS
AT REDUCED PRICES
SUPERB LYONS VELVET CLOAKS.
INDIA SILK CLOAKS.
VELVET BEAVER CLOAKS,
MOHAIR PLUSH CLOAKS,
WOOLEN PLUSH CLOAKS,
• CASTOR BEAVER CLOAKS,
DIAGONAL PLUSH CLOAKS
ERENCII DOESKIN CLOAKS.
FRENCH BEAVER. CLOAKS.
ILLONIFICENT IROS DE PARIS CLOAKS.
All at a considerable REDUCTION IN PRICES to
close the season.
J. W. PROCTOR ec CO.,
NO, 920 CHESTNUT STREET,
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BLANKET DEPARTMENT
THE LARGEST STOCK OF BLANKETS
111 PHILADELPHIA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
OOWPERTHWAIT & CO.,
N. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS.
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DRY GOODS FOR WINTER
Rep. Poplins,
French Merinos,
Colored Mousselines,
Penn De Soles.
Poniard
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
- Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Delatnes,
.French - Chintses,
Skirting Flannels,
Broeho , elhastle.
Fine Blanket/4
ankets. -
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SHARPLESS BROTHERS
nolla ,
CHESTNUT and RIGHTR Streets. •
MILITARY GOODS.
MILITARY GOODS,
EVAN'S & HASSALL,
MILITARY FURNISHERS,
410 ARCH STREET. PHILADELPHIA.
A complete assortment of General, Field, and Line OiR-
cers'ESwords, Sashes, Belts, Passants, Evaalettes;Can-
teens, Haversacks, Field OlasseS, Spurs, Candlesticks,
Chapeaus, Hats, Caps, Drums, Silk and Bunting Flags,
Camp Naives and Forks, Baldrics. ewe-cloth Over-
coats, Ste
Also, a full lino of
PRESENTATION SWORDS,
Scchee,l3ela, etc.. and everything requisite for the
Complete Outfit of Army and Nary Over,
WHOLESALE ct RETAIL.
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COMMISSION ROUSES.
WELLING, COFFIN, 8a
220 CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer for Bale, by the Package—
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED MEETINGS AND
SUIRTINGs.
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
COTTONADES, CORSET JEANS.
SILESIAS, NANKEENS. •
COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS.
BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIBERES.
UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEYS.
KENTUCKY JEANS.
ALSO,
SKY-BLUE RERSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY FLANNELS, 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, &c.
dee•myt tf
PPHILADELPHIA BAG- MANUFAC
TORY.
BURLAP BAGS OF ALL SIZES,
For Corn, Oats, Coffee, Bone Dust, Aro.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAGS
'OF , ALL STANDARD BRANDS,
Pox Wont/ow figures fur net cosh on delivery. by
GEO. GRIGG,
219 CHURCHALLEY,
delb PHILADELPHIA.
COTTON YARN.
STPBRIOR COTTON YARN, Na. 30,
FOR SALE BY
PROTEINGHAM & WELLS.
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SHIPLEY, HAZARD, it
HUTCHINSON,
No. U GEBSTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OP
PHILADELPHIA•MADB GOODS
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THE WILCOX & GIBBS
FAMILY
&EWING MACHINES
have been greatly improved, making it.
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
and with Self - adjuntitm Helmer% are now ready for eale
Y
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
ee27-tf FAI
71.5. CHESTNUT' Street.
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
WARD TABLES.
MOORE dc CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street.
haonnection with their extensive Cabinet Business, are
now manufacturing a eaperlor article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
MOORSe now on band a full aupy4y, entitled w h ich
CAMPION'S IMPROVED CITSIBONS.
are pronounced by ail who have need them to be supe
rior to all others,
Par the 4rtelity and dash of these Tables the bison
barmen refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the union: who are familiar with the ejoraoter ottheir
work. •
441 4 1700 ER" OIL. WORKS.
100 bbls. " Lucifer " Burning Oil on. hand. -
We guarantee the Oil to be nou4srplostre, to burn all
the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilliant dame, with
out crusting the wick, and but slowly. ...Barrels lined
with glasirenamel. WEIGHT, Shinn & PEARSALL.
fenntit Ogle% 518 71.A.Man Street,
A Polite Request.
Look here, my friend, a word with pm.
If ou would be discreet,
Pion t bother me about my clothes
Where'er we chance to meet.
I can't attend a party but
Some amid will praise my vest,
And say she never saw before
A man so "nicely dressed."
Bob Johnson says. "My Poet tripod,
An, gorse you feel your oats!'
Ike thinks I'm proud because I wear
The very best of coats:
I find n neighbor iu a car,
And presently he grants
That since the days of George the Third
He never saw such pants.
Confound'the thing! must I be loved •
Some forty times per nine?
Is there no law to save.a man
Because he goes in style?
I tell you now, if you would be
Considered so methingtall,
Pursue the course that I have done,
And buy ut great OAK HALL.
•
We shall be open to-dny from 7 o'clock in the morning
to J in the evening, and also all day Christmas.
All who want to make Christmas presents to them
selves or their friends may do it in a most reliable way
by selecting handsome Clothing from OAK HALL ;An
elegant stock: to select from, and. we guarantee to give
niore mud Niter for the money than any house in Phila
delphia. • WANAMAKKH A BROWN,
OAK HALL,
It S. E. cor. SIXTH and .IifAIIKET Streets.
FANCY ARTICLES.
CLARK'S
OPTS-DOLLAR STORE.
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
Silveriplated Ware. Jewelry. Photograph Albums,
TroveHinz Bage, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies Calms,
&c., for 50 to 100 per cent less than the regular prices.
The following is a partial list of articles winch we sell
at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at
other places from 62 toll each :
TOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR!
Seteoiew and beautiful styles.
Do. Bar hinge,
Do. Sleeve Buttons,
Do. Guard Chain.
Do. Neck do.,
Do. Gold Thimbles.
Do. Finger Rings.
. Do. Pencils
Do. Pens with case,
Do. Bracelets,
Do.' Medallions.
Po. Charms,
Do. Pearl Port Monaales.
Do. Morocco do.
Do. Wire do.
Do. Purees,
Do. Card Cases.
Infante' Armlets,
Do. Neck Chains.
Gents' Vest Chains, different styles.
Do. Sleeve Buttons, do. do.
Do, Studs, do. do.
Do. Pins, do. do.
Do. Saul Pins, do. do.
Do. Scarf Rings. do. do.
Do. Finger Rings, do. do
Do.. Pen and Case,
Do. Pencil, revolv ing..
Do. Tooth Pick, revolv ing.
Do. Watch Keys,
Do. Chain Rooks.
Do, Chain Charms,
Do. Pocket Books,
Do. Bill Books,
Do. Port Monnales, &c.
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
YOUR CHOICE FOR OR% DOLLAR!
Sete of Table Spoons,
Do. Dessert Spoons.
Do. Tea do.
Do. Forks.
Pair Butter Knives,
Do. Napkin Rings.
Knife and Fork.
Goblets,
Cups,.
Sugar Bowls,
Cream Cups,
Syrup Cups,
Butter Dishes,
Castors with Bottles,
Salt Stands. dm.
YOUR CHOICE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
NOTICE—In order to meet the wants of our numerous
customers we shall keep a stock of the 'finest Plated and
J
All-Gold ewelry, together with an assortment of heavy
plated Silver Ware, and a variety of Photograph Al
bums and Fancy Goods, which we will sell at prices
which will defy competition. Ladies and Gentlemen are
Invited to call and examine our stock. Every attention
paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not.
Remember CLARK'S
noll-2m
GIFT BOOKS.
BUY NOW,
AND
AVOID THR RUSH
IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
AT THE GREAT ORIGINAL GIFT-BOOK EMPORIUM,
439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
THE ONLY "GIFT-BOOK ENTERPRISE" IN ER.
ISTENCE!
IT HAS OUTLIVED ALL COMPETITORS!
NEW BOOBS! NEW GIFTS! NEW FEATURES!
ELEGANT ANNUALS! BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOOKS!
:. , St!TERD -AIsBUMSt- MIR 'IBIBZES,,PNAYER,AND
HYMN BOOKS! All the Popular NOVELS and MAGA
ZINES! STANDARD and MISCELLANEOUS WORKS,
In endless variety. The whole forming a fund of
CHOICE RECOING FOR THE MILLION I A full line
of PHOTOGRAPH. ALBUMS, of every variety of she,
style. Quality, and price! CARTES DE VISITE in great
profusion. A MAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF NEW AND
COSTLY PRIZES!.
Tbe business of the establishment is conducted
upon the some principle, with some Improvements, In
troduced and pursued by Mr. 'GEORGE G. EVANS,
which has given such universal satistation. Notwith
standing the great advance in the price or paper and
other material, *o continue to sell at the OLD PRICES,
and also to bestow upon each patron
"TWO GIFTS FOR TILE PRICE OF ONE!"
Please remember that our Vibltora are treated politely
whether they totals to 2ittrehase or 710t-11 very.commend
able and eatiaciictory rule of action. Call and be con
vinced. de2o-tial
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
• .
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN O. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,)
Has now in store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
SCARPS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, Jo.,
In:artat Variety
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
R. C. WALBORN & CO.,
Nos. 5 and 7 North SIXTH Street.
Nave now in store a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
In every styleof material, and
AT ALL PRICES.
Their stock of FURNISHING GOODS, also, comprises
many neat and suitable articles for
PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN. dell-12t
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.- OPENDIG
a spieddid assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
suitable Presents for Gentlemen.
J. W. SCOTT,
No. 814 CHESTNUT Street,
dell4l Four doors below the Continental.
CARPETS AND OILI.C.LOTES.
FOURTH:STREET CARPET STORE;
No. 47 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
J. T. DELACROIX
Diviteit an examination of his stock of Carpeting in
which will be found
NO PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETINGS.
At less than present cost of importation
Also. 7SA pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, euperdne,
medium, and low-grade Ingrain, Venitian, Hall, and
Stair Carpetings at retail, very low for cash. netian
CLOTHES-WRINGER.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
" PUTNAM
USELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior to any other in use.
EVERY FAMILY MOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
BieoeusE,
let. It Is a relief to tho hardest part of washing-day.
2.1. It enables the washing to be done in one-third less
time.
3d. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by
twisting.
dth. lt helps to toaBh the clothes as well as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
ONE OF THIS KRIM
BECIA.1:18;
WEST. The rolls being of vulcanized rubber, will
bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
off buttons.
SECOND. The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal
vanized, all danger from rust is removed, and the lia
bility to shrink,. swell, split, kit., so unavoidable in
Wooden machines, Is prevented.
Tumn. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma
chine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as
well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to re
ceive uniform pressure,
FOURTH. The patent fastening by which the machine
Is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in aim-
Plicity and efficiency to any yetotfered.
2wrff. It will fit any tuh, round or square, from one.
half to one-and-a-wit - ter inches in thickness, without
the least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE:
No. - L*om; No. 2, $5,00.
t_ Agents 'wanted in every county.
glir Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
with:
For Sale at the
"WOODEN. IVA_RE ESTABLISITNENT"
A. H. FRANOISCUS,
No. 433 HARM St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.,
deS Wholesale agent for Pennsylvania.
A I " A, -IA I, lA', 1CTCP24,1862.
662. CHESTNUT Street.
Ct Vrtss.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1862.
James Sheridan Knowles—Personal Re
collections.
Knowles, the dramatist., is dead, and it is
presumed that, as he was personally and
professionally a favorite in this country,
some reminiscences of him, as a man and
an actor-author, may not be out of place in
this journal. Our acquaintance with him
commenced about twenty-nine years ago,
and has not been intermitted, for we have
occasionally exchanged letters during the
last ten years. As the narrative which
follows will necessarily be personal, the edi
torial " we" shall be laid aside :
In the autumn of 1833 I was introd ued to'
James Sheridan Knowles, who had visited
Liverpool upon a starring excursion, upon
the usual terms of the time—to perform for
a fortnight without any salary, receiving for,
his remuneration a clear half of one benefit.
In his case the receipts were $1,500, owing
to a curiosity to see the author-actor, whose
" Virginius" and "William'Tell" were well
known, and whose " Hunchback," pro
duced the year before, and "The Wife"
still more recently, was yet more popular
—the elder Vanderloff playing Master Wal
ter much better than any perSOn I have seen,
except James W. Wallack, Jr., some weekS
ago, at Arch-street Theatre, when he tower
ed over the pigmies like Gulliver among the
Lilliputians. At, this time, I was -editor of
the Liverpool Journal, a paper which paid
particular attention to theatrical matters—
the more so, it may be, because I was a
youngster who knew very little abbut them,
and for whom the gloss of novelty was an
attraction. The fact that I was an editor,
fond of the theatre, that my mother had
learned writing from Knowles' father, and
that, like myself, Knowles was a Cork man,
drew us closely together in Liverpool, and
not a day passed without spending an hour
or two together. I found him, for an Irish
man, wonderfully reserved. He was very
absent, at times, and to my surprise, the
contrary having been reported, very abste
mious in eating and drinking.
At that time, Knowles was in his fiftieth
year. He was born at Anne street, "in the
beautiful city of Cork," in 1784, and to au
autograph of his, now before me, dated The
atre Royal, Covent Garden, 12th May, 1832,
'he had added "my birth-day." In personal
appearance he by no means realized the
beau-ideal of a poet. He was then in deep
mourning for one of his sons, who had re
cently died in India, but, as I afterwards had
many occasions for observing, his favorite
attire was the short jacket and wide trow
sers of a seaman. Indeed, with his peculiar
walk, as -if he were not accustomed to terra
,fimia, which gave him a rolling gait, with
his brusque manner, and his weather-beaten,
ruddy face, the poet might easily haVe been
taken for the captain of a merchant vessel.
He was scarcely five feet eight inches high,
but looked lower, from his stoutness. What
particularly pleased strangers was the frank
ness, tempered with a little roughness, of his ,
Manner. This made him appear, to stran
gers, as a remarkably genial man. He
walked clown Lord street one day, and a ,
gentleman stopped to say, • " Mr. Knowles, ,
I am happy to see you in Liverpool."
Knowles' face brightened up, lie seized
the stranger's hand with a crushing squeeze; .J
expressed his delight at seeing him lookhig so I
well; and the renconWe terminated in this
warm manner. _ Who may y . enr friend.
be ri asked: - 7'1616*16§s `
looked me full in the face, with a half smile,
and answered, "My dear boy, I slo not re
collect that I ever saw him before, but he
appears to have met me." All the warmth
of greetbig, the heartiness, the pressure of
the hand, was but the trick of custom and of
manner: Nevertheless, it pleased those
upon whom it was bestowed.
In 1834, previous to Knowles going to
America as, a "stat,". a large party of his
friends gave him a splendid dinner at the
- Mersey Hotel, then a famous house for turtle
and maim, situated close to,St. Nicholas'
Church-yard, Liverpool, but converted into
offices many years ago. Mr. Horne, the
landlord, literally "spread himself" (as
well as his table) on that occasion. There
was a good deal 0f,,, post-praudial oratory,
and then, for the first time, I heard Knowles
make- a speech. His manner and matter
were admirable, and I then first became
aware that all I heard of his elocution, off
the stage, was - not an exaggeration. He
was earnest in tone, distinct in utterance,
and simple in language. His decided Irish
accent—that tone, Moore said, in which the
gems of Irish wit can alone be set, and
which Madame de Stael liked because - it
"makes you know how much in earnest the.,
speaker is "—his accent was broad enough,
but, in his speech, this was taken - as part of
the man. The' dinner was over by eleven
o'clock that evening, and Knowles put on
his hat to walk part of the way home
with me. He spoke More of himself
in that long walk than on any other
occasion.. --He had just returned from
a professional tour in Ireland, and I asked
whether it was true, as reported; that when
he arrived in Cork, he instantly went to visit
his old nurse ? The answer was—" To be
sure I have none other there to see. Since
I left Cork, - a boy, all my old friends, all the
old-familiar faces, had gone off; or could not
be recognized, and in my utter loneliness of
spirit I went to see the old woman. Aye,
my dear boy, (his favorite expression to
young men,) I' came to Cork after a
lapse of forty years, and, except Mitehelli
my writing-master, who must now be nearly
ninety, all were departed." The fact was
so. His first visit was to his nurse, and
evdry• night that he played .he had the old
dame in the boxes. " I played with alI my
heart," he said, "to please that poor old
sOul." Please her he did, for the tears came
clown her aged cheeks—though, I dare say,
she - had a very dim idea of what lies foster
child was saying or doing.- I asked him
what -success he had in Ireland ?—a large
benefit in Cork, of course ? " What sue
cessl—that which •an Irishman usually
meets upon his own ungrateful soil, upon.
which the curse of Swift hangs heavily. In
Cork, where I was born—where my father
had aI great school for many years—in a
city which the people proudly call the
Athens of Ireland, my benefit amounted to
ninety pounds—being -two pounds less than
they bad given, a fortnight :before, to a
negro actor, • the African Roscius." He ap
peared much annoyed at this, and his voice
faltered as he spoke the words. I thought
it best not to say any word of consolation,
and he soon recovered himself and went
on, adding, very emphatically, "My dear
M—, the fact is my-. plays aretoo liberal
for the aristocratic liberals of Ireland. At
my benefit In Cork the only man of influ
ence who attended was one who had been
my school-fellow, and, in him, friendship
and a warm heart overcame political preju
dice, his personal kindness was stronger
than his party bias. My plays, into which
11 have thrown my heart, breathe the senti
ments of liberty, and such are not the senti
ments of the influential classes in Ireland."
I said that their influence had been so large .
and wholesome that he -could not regret
them. Regret them ! NO. But lam go
ing to a country where liberty exists in its
best form, and not in form alone, but the I
embodied spirit. If Ido not clear one shil
ling by my visit to America, still I shall re
joice at visiting it."
After parting with Knowles, and pro
mising to see him off, next day, (it was be- ;
fore steam had almost bridgedthe Atlantic,)
I returned home, and -An idea which had
been all the evening in my- mind became so
strong that, sitting down at, my desk at that
midnight hour, I commenced writing a bio
graphical sketch of KnoWles", which I
thought might be of use to him if published
in America, where his plays had been very
successful, and where, at the time, very little
was -. known about the author. From time
to time I had picked up the less known par
ticulars from Knowles himself, in conversa
tion, and was familiar with most points pa
tent to the world. I completed the sketch
about six o'clock in-the morning, addressed
it- To George P. Norris, then editor of
the _Yew York Mirror, a famous literary
Weekly of that day, for which I used
sometimes write poetry, and gave to
him to publish. At ten o'clock that morn
ing, I placed the packet in Knowles' lianas,
without any intimation of its contents. It
duly reached its destination, and. Was pub
: lished a few dayS after Knowles arrived in
New York. He told me, several years after,
that it had been of essential service to him.
Published in the New York Mirror in 1834,
' this little memoir was adopted as introduc
tory to a small voluthe of " , Select Dramatic
•
Works of iTameaSheridan Knowles," pub
lished by Edward G. Cbale & CO., Balti-
More, in 1835. It was thence republished,
41. the .21Tew York Citizen, in 1857, but I
":never saw the volume, wheiSe title-page cre
.,dited tile, by name, as the biographer, until
as few months ago, when . Mr. Hunter Sted
': Man, of this city, picked up the volume at a
llicok stand in Market street, "and kindly pre-
L sented it to me. As the only biography of
Kno• - tvles yet written, (with the exception 'of
liis obituary in a Glasgow paper, which has
Abeen.republished in New York, on Friday
'last,) and. as its facts were supplied by
Knowles himself, I shall - not hesitate to
draw upon it here, with a parent's right.
Knowles derived his second surname front,
the famous Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who
was Iris father's first cousin, The grand
lather of both was Dr. Sheridan, renowned
for his wit and learning,t to whom Dean
Swift was so. much attached. The Doctor's
son, Thomas Sheridan, manager and actor,
who published a Pronouncing Dictionary of
the English Language in. 1780, was himself
man of talent. His son was—
_ " The dramatist, orator, minstrel, who -ran
Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of
—Then came Toni Sheridan, who may be
cbronicled as having died too soon for his
own renown and the advantage of litera
tnre, and the list closes with Mrs. Norton,
the most eminent of all poor Tom Sheri - -
dan's daughters. This is the line in which
.the hereditary genius of the race of Sheridan
'has been transmitted. Knowles, collaterally,
added to the family honors a grace of a very
rare and un-Sheridan-like description, that
of -a genius for the serious drama, full of
faith in the good and beautiful, and good
upon that account.
James Knowles; the father, was master
of a profitable and popular school in Cork
for many years before he emigrated to Lon
don, in 1702. He was a learned man, 'fond
of teaching (which was one secret of his
success), and bent upon making elocution
ists of all his pupils. I have heard from
my mother, who attended his school soon
after she •got - into her teens, that James
Knowles held political opinions far too libe
ral for the time and place, and that his
exodus froM Cork was caused by an intima
tion that it was intended to arrest him on
-suspicion of being mixed up, in extreme
anti-Government politics, with several per
sons, some of -whom eventually perished on
the scaffold in the sUbsequent rebellion of
1798-ali -- insurrection connived• at by the
• British Government, it was said, and is ex
- teusively believed, in - order to make a-pre
'•.txt,fot-
./)..eStroying-Nthe„ nationality of Ire
land, by the Union which, to the eternal
disgrace of her Parliament, was effected on
narthment in 1800.
James Km - Mos went to London, in 1792,
With his son, then a lad in his ninth year.
He opened a school there, with his usual
success, and gave his son, the future drama
tist, an useful rather than a showy educa
tion:. Eventually, the elder Knowles be . -
caMe English and elocutionary teacher in
the • Belfast Academical Institution. For
many years, he was wholly maintained by
his son, and died, at a very advanced age,
in London. So lately as 1835, the old man
published "A Pronouncing and Explana
tory Dictionary of the English Language,"
which he dedicated as "a Fac-simile Pro
northeine.Dictionary, in which every letter,
in ninety-eight thousand words, represents
a sound actually heard in the Pronuncia
timh" and claimed to have perfornied more
in this respect, than Walker or Sheridan had
accempliShed. It .is reasonably a good
dictionary, in octavo, as a book could be,
the author of which was prevented by ill
ness, while it was passing through the Press,
from properly correcting the proofs. .Fol
lowing the Preface is a page of gratitude,
rather out of place, to one Baron Heurte
'imp, a surgeon, who had successfully ope
rated as- a lithotriptist upon. Mr. James
Knowles,i.ending with a strong request that
William Iti . would propose a Parliamentary
grant to enable the Baron to form a Li
thotriptic . Institution, pro bolo publico.
He declared that it was necessary to add
a description of his own case, as supple
mentary to what he bad already said under
the term Lithotriptist in the Dictionary;
but the curious point is that this word (sig
nifying one who breaks a stone in the blad
der) actually is not to be found in the book !
I possess a copy, presented to me by my
friend Mr. M. C. Hart, and literally speak
from the book. The portrait of the elder.
Knowles, which forms its frontispiece, is
very like the son. The publication of this
work waa extremely costly (800 octavo
• pages of small type), and, as the sale was
not very large, the chief burden of payment
fell upon 'Sheridan Knowles, and heavily
oppressed libtVfor many . years.
It might - bAsid of Sheridan Knowles, as_
• lif Pope, that
"He Hsped,in numbers, for the numbers came."
At the - age of twelve, while associated
with a juvenile company of amateur actors,
the idea of writing a play occurred to him.
It was written, was acted, and is lost. Next
he wrote the libretto of an opera, the sub
ject being-the adventures of the Chevalier
de Crillon. It was placed by his father in
the hands of Richardson, the eccentric
friend of the Sheridati,lnd waa also lost.
This is a pity, for people like to seethe buds
and blossoms as well as the fruit and flowers
of genius, and
31 --- Love trace the unfolding of that power
Which hath grown ampler, grander every hour."
Nor' did Knowles confine himself to the
drama. At the age of fourteen he wrote a
pleasing ballad, entitled "The Welsh Har
per," commencing
" Over the tunny hills I stray,t)
which was Set to music, and is to be found
in the collections of antique spinsters. I
have a copy of it. The air as well as the
words by Knowles.
He was intended for the medical profes
shin, and studied for it during two years.
He evenattained the dignity of being chosen
to act as cupper in one of the great London
hospitals—where, for some cause now un
known, he was called "Jeremiah." His in
clination to literature and the stage was too
strong to be repressed. William Hazlitt, the
great critic of ,that period, took a fancy to.
the boy, corrected his rude productions,
and introdueed him to Charlamb and
' ' end highly-cul
le he was ae-
M an 'infantry
mimic to the
the ripe age
;ragedy, " The
... extant. Eight
," which Tom
~.... qt DrUry Lane`
had removed
' , hiS.Kelatives:
altily. He
there,. charm-,
ing his friends by his sweet singing and
especially delighting in declamatory exhibi
tions. The earlier passion for the stage was
irrepressible in such a place as Dublin,
where even the shoeblack, who sits among
his associate "gods" in the gallery, is a natu
ral critic, and he resolved to become an ac
tor. He made a debut at Crow-street Thea
tre, but failed. He abandoned the idea for a
time, and occupied himself by writing "Leo,
the Gipsy," a play destined to greater honor
than fame. At last, quitting his friends, he
joins what a French critic has called " the
nomadic company" of Mr.. Cherry, at Water
ford in the south of Ireland, and here met
Ednnmd Kean, who had conic over from
Swansea to star. Knowles was twenty-five
years old at this time, such Kean only twenty
two. Here 'Knowles' " Leo, the Gipsy,"
was produced, with Kean as .the hero. It
was a very successful piece, but was never
printed. Threb years later, when Kean
made his debut at Drury Lane Theatre, the
fortunes of which he then retrieved; he en
deavored to appear in this play, bin the
management, which had small faith in the
new actor, (thOn untried,) had none what-
ever in the new play.
A Dublin actor, named Mara, bad writ
ten a piece called " Brian Boroighme (pro
,nounced Brian Born), founded on the his
tory of the Irish warrior- king who defeated
the Danes and lost his own life at Clontart
Knowles took it in hand to alter, but almost
entirely recast it. This was some time after
"Leo, The Gipsy," had been played at
Waterford, Clonmel, and Swansea: AbOut
1810, by which time Mr. Knowles had
added 'a
wife to his " properties " (she
was an actress, named Miss Charteris),
"Brian Boroighme" was produced with
great success, at Waterford, Kean as
the hero, Mrs. Knowles as the heroine,
and Knowles, who :was first singer,
as the high priest. This melo-drama Wag
reproduced, I recollect, at a little theatre
called • Holloway's Sansperiel, in Liverpool,
in 1832, and had a fair run there. It had
some good situations, but was only a fourth
rate piece.
In 1811, by which the elder Knowles
had become teacher hi the Belfast Academi
cal Institution, Sheridan Knowles obtained
a.situation, in the line of "general utility,"
in the company of Mr. Talbot, then one of
the best actors in • Ireland,' at Belfast. To
defray the expenses of removal from the
south to.the north of Ireland, Knowles pub
lished a small volume of poetry, entitled
"Fugitive Pieces." It was issued by
subscription, and, its author being a great
favorite in Waterford, yielded him what he
then considered a handsome sum. The
book was sold at five shillings, and among
other pieces 'contained " The Smuggler" a
spirited ballad, which has repeatedly been
printed in this country. It has been fre
quently recited, in public, by Knowles, with
great effect. Ms farewell benefit, too, was
very profitable. Arriving at Belfast, he took
his father's advice to abandon the stage, and
become a teacher of elocution and grammar.
Hiring a small room over a shop; which
then stood at the corner of the Commercial
Buildings, he became a public instructor.
Mr. Napier, who was Lord Chancellor of
Ireland in 1858-9, who was one of his
pupils, has recorded that "he was neither
our schoolmaster nor our school-fellow—he
was both, and sometimes more than both;
but we loved Lim and he taught us."
In this capacity, Knowles compiled an
English Reader, called "The Elocution
ist"—a collection of pieces in - prose and
verse. The intrtanction is a' successful at
tempt to simplify Walker's system. The
chief advantage of the : work,is the applica,
tion to phrases and accented words of every
deScription Of the principle of the series—
the law, in fact, of Walker's harmoniac in
flection; though he was unaware of it. The
result is that the. student' cannot be at a
loss for the inflecting of passages which
preceding systems did not contemplate.
The selection is made with much taste and
judgment, and, as early as 1830, had gone
into the eighth edition. It is a permanent
school-book in the North of Ireland and the
West of Scotland. Among other original
portions, is a noble debate on the question,
" Was Cmsar a great man ?" This is writ
ten with admirable tact, and proves that if
Knowles had not been a poet, he might
have been successful in other departments
of literature.
In 1815, was performed, at Talbot's The
atre, Belfast, the tragedy of " Otitis Grac
chits," the first of Knowles' great plays.
Here, at this event, which was really the
poet's legitimate start as an acknowledged
dramatist, we shall pause, promising to con . -
elude this sketch to-Morrow. S. M.
Atlantic Monthly.
From T. B. Peterson & Brothers we hate the
January number, commencing the eleventh volume.
We arc pleased to learn that at no time has its cir
culation been so great. Its conductors truly state
that its opinions have always been on the side of
Liberty, Progress, and Right, and 'we are sure that
"the course it first adopted in its early career will
ever be faithfully maintained." The opening paper,
by Gail Hamilton, is something in the style of the
Country Parson, and is entitled "Happiest Days,"
its argument, not too much spun out, wing that our
youthful is not our happiest time: there is much
truth in the position. Mrs. Howe has a line ballad
called "The Fine Lady;" Whittier and Lowell
each have poems here, "In the Halfway House,"
by the latter, being much superior to the other,
Longfellow's "Legend of Rabbi Ben - Levi "
is evidently an imitation of Leigh Hunt's. famous
short poem, and Professor Francis J. Child, an ex
cellent critic, and a good writer, baiting foolishly
composed some dogrell stanzas on war politics, to
the tune of " Lilliburlers," (so well known to the
readers of "Tristram Shandy,") yet more foolishly
publishes them. On the other hand, Hawthorne has
contributed, under the title of " Recollections of a
Gifted Woman," an admirable description of Shake.
peareis places at Stratford-upon-Avon, and an inter
esting account of the late Delia Bacon, the poor in
sane woman who wrote a book to show that Francis
Bacon, the Chancellor, must have written the plays
attributed to William Shakspeare. "The promise of
the Dawn " is a very powerful and painful Christ
-Bras story. Much pleasanter is "The Strathseys,"
by Miss Prescott. "Mr. Axtell," which has pressed,
like a leaden weight, on the magazine for
months, is concluded at last. M. D. Conway
gives a highly interesting notice of Benja
min Banneker, the negro astronomer. G. W.
Curtis has a desultory paper on politics and watch
making; Mr. Wasson discusses the claims of the
late Mr. Buckle to be considered a thinker; and A.
L. Holley dilates upon iron-clad ships and heavy
ordnance. All these combine to make a very reada
ble number, in which, however, the most striking
paper is, "A Reply, Addressed to the Women of
England," by Mrs. Stowe. The matter replied to is
an Address, splendidly illuminated on vellum, sent
to our shores, more than eight years ago, at the head
of twenty-six folio volumes, containing considerably
more than half a million of signatures of British
women, to their sisters, the women of the United
States of America, entreating them to unite to wipe
away the common crime and common dishonor of
Slavery. Mrs. Stowe now responds, giving an ac
count of the course of public events since 1854, and
telling how, in our strife against slavery, the sym
pathies of England, secret and open, have chiefly
been with the South, which is contending for the
preservation of slavery all through its bounds. This
is a powerful, unanswerable article.
An agreeable part of the Ailardie Monthly Is the
fly-leaf, with Ticknor a- Fields , list of announced
and new publications. Among these, this month,
are "The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the
War," by Mrs. Fremont; " Broadcast," by the Rev.
Dr. Nehemiah Adams; "Graver Thoughts of a
Country Parson," an appropriate volume of serious
reading peculiarly adapted to the present season;
"A Present Heaven;" by the author of "The Pa
tience of Hope," which has been so strongly and so
justly endorsed by J. G. Whittier; "Titan," a ro
mance, Ism the German of jean Paul Friedrich
Riebter,now first translated, and long one of the
standard classics of Germany; and a charming little
blue-and-gold volume of "Poems," by Adelaide
Ann Proctor, daughter of Barry Cornwall, the poet,
a lady who, we think, is capable of occupying a place
in literature not far below Mrs. Browning. The
last four of these works have reached us through
T. B. Peterson & Brother.
THE Jewish life&senger contains a letter, written from
:Term:Mem, November 7th, announcing the death of
the Chief Rabbi of Palestine. The following is an
extract:
" On the night of Tuesday, the Chief Rabbi of the
Pernehlm received a call from Heaven, and he re.
sponded, Behold, here am You, reverend' sir,'
who have known and corresrponded with him for so'
many yearig, you can partially enter into the feeling.
which pervades all the communities in the Holy
Land ,at the loss they have sustained, but you can ,
'lcre nW idea - of the gloom his death has cast o'er "
Palestine. He , judged Israel' thirty-tire years.
During the whole ''of thtt period he devoted him
self to the , study of 'the law, the practice of 'good
deeds." • ,
THREE CENTS.
STATES IN REBELLION.
Southern Account of the Battle of Prede.
rielctsbnrg— Incident a, Looses, acc.—The
'Results as Observed by the 'Rebels—Bio..
graphical Sketches of Gene. Cobb and
Gregg—Their Death Scenes—Narrow Es
cape of Gen. Jackson.
From Richmond papers of Dec. 16, 19, and 18, we
take the following interesting accounts of recent oc
currences on the line of the Rappahannock river:
BATTLE OF THE DrASSAPONAX
[From the Richmond Examiner, December la]
How is wee FARM, 13 MILES PROM FR KnEmcsn'tv,
December 16-10 P. M.
The great battle of Fredericksburg has been fought
and won. Tog:tight, those of our victorious troops
who have escaped unharmed from battle, bullet, and
disease, rest rest quietly and confidently on their well
camel:Allure/it, while nearly, if not quite all, of our
wounded are in our comfortable hospitals, where
as far as it is possible, let us hope that human skill
and attention will be readily afforded them. Many
a brave spirit has scaled his devotion to our cause
by the sacrifice of his life on this glorious but fatal
field. Let the memories of such be ever cherished
by our people with the liveliest feelings of gratitude
and thankfulness, as men who have given themselves
as martyrs in this revolution.
The rumor in my letter of yesterday, that Frede
ricksburg had been evacuated by the enemy, and
was again in our possession, proves true.
So soon as I finished my letter at the cars, yester
day, I hastened back to visit the town, but getting
thus far so late at night, I concluded to hold on
here, and give you what I have gathered from citi
zens who havelseen to town during the day.
THE EVACUATION OF FREDERICKSBURG.
The work of "evacuation" "skedaddling," or
I
"change of base," whichever t may be called, Was
commenced last night about sundown, and was con
cluded about daylight this morning, at which time
they took up the last of their pontoons, and once
again achieved a great victory by "falling back
wards."
Their departure 'Vves unmistakable evidences of
panic and haste. About the town are found large
numbers of guns, knapsacks, haversacks, crackers,
salt pork, and at least one hundred thousand rounds
of good cartridges. They also left behind them, in
and about the town, at the very least, six hundred
of their dead. There are one hundred and three of
these dead on a spice of less than an acre of ground.
The town was largely used for hospital purposes by
the Yankees, and, in the haste of departure, some
twenty of their wounded were left behind.
THE EXTIZIT OF OUR VICTORY.
As the mist rises from the fight, and the clouds
clear away from the battle, the extent of our victo
ry, and the Yankee defeat, begins to show itself.
Intelligent citizens of Fredericksburg say that the
Yankees admit a great defeat, and a loss during the
whole engagement, beginning at the passage of the
river, and- ending with Saturday's great tight, of
'15,000. It is also said, upon what I regard as trust
worthy authority, that the Yankee officers were
anxious to renew the fight on Sunday, but that the
men were demoralized and could not be gotten up to
the mark. Some of their prisoners likewise confirm
the report that bayonets and sharpshooters were
.used in forcing up the men to the terrible work of
Saturday; and they further say that they were
threatened with the fire of their own batteries should
they falter. I think it cannot be questioped that
whisky rations were freely supplied the Yankees
previous to going into action: But all this was to
no purpose. The Yankees had essayed a - task which
no army ever marshalled or that ever will be organ
ized, could have accomplished. To have driven our
men from their position, and to have taken it, was a
work compared with which the storming of Gibral
tar would be as child'splay. To appreciate the
strength of our position, it must be seen. Suffice it
to say, that we had "Stonewalls" at both ends of
the line—Jackson on the right and the stone fence
on the left, at Fredericksburg. No other man than
Burnside would have attempted so difficult or so
foolhardy an adventure.
Truly may it be said the Yankees slain in battle
have been " butchered to make a Lincoln holiday."
They have failed here most signally. They may try
the Port Royal route; if they do they will find the
same character of obstacles there as here ; the same
advantages to our side, of brave spirits to op
pose them, and choice positions in which our men
can arrange to dispute their march. The results are
glorious. Lee, Jackson, and Longstreet, as well as
the gallant men under their commands, deserve our
never-ceasing thanks.
THE YANIOEE WOUNDED
At the Summit to-day, ranged side by side with our
men, were the Yankee wounded, receiving the same
care and enjoying like kind treatment with our un
fortunate defenders. Surely any but men dead to
honor, and lost to all principle and sentiment, would
appreciate this. But upon a Yankee such acts of
kindness make no sort of impression. Indeed, it is
a shining light in the darkness, a bright page in our
history, that we can hereafter proudly point to as il
lustrating our character, tone, and Christianity, that
when our people were driven from their homes, which
were shelled and burned over their heads and their
abandoned property was destroyed amid wild riot and
unjustifiable license, they who were the victims of
their injustice, could forget their wrongs and injuries,
and bear the cup of cold water and the wine of nour
ishment to their enemies.
THE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY
The wanton destruction of property in town can
neither be imagined nor described. Had so many
demons from perdition been unchained and com
missioned to wreak vengeance,
the ill-fated city
could not have fared worse. All that was edible
has been devoured by the hungry Yankees, whilst
clothing has been stolen from every house, the fur
niture recklessly destroyed or thrown into the
streets, beds ripped open, pictures disfigured and
destroyed, pianos ruthlessly robbed of the keys.
Indeed, every conceivable injury that devilish ma
lice or thieving lust could invent was freely resorted
to during the memorable four days of the last occu
pation—a time which will never be effaced from the
memories of the gallant few who stuck it out . The
Baptist church has been nearly riddled by shells,
while all the pews have been torn out to make room
for the sick, who were spread upon the pew cushions.
The same condition of things was visible in the
basement of the Episebpal church; our informant
did not visit the main bod.of the edifice. The Or
phan Asylum, Dr. Scott's, F. Slaughter's, and S. S.
liowison , s houses were used as hospitals. In all,
some twenty houses have been destroyed, and the
loss of property of one kind and another cannot fall
much short of $260,000.
Brompton„ the elegant mansion of John L. Ma
rye, was well nigh destroyed. There are some fifty
cannon-ball holes through the parlor alone.
NARROW ESCAPE OP GEN. JACKSON.
Gen. Stmiewall Jackson, whom many almost be
lieve leads a charmed life, had a very narrow es
cape. lie was watching the battle, an standing at
the time near an oak tree, when a bullet struck not
more than two inches above his head. The old hero
continued his observations, unmoved by the inci
dent.
An incident occurred at the Summit on yesterday
which is worth recording. A Frenchman In our ser
vice rode to this point just as an amputation was
about to be performed upon a Yankee, who was suf
fering great pain. Said the Frenchman, on the Im
pulse of the moment, which fully overcame him,
By Gar ! what a warfare ; medicine is a contraband
article; a shame! Who ever heard of the like!
Hottentots would not do worse. If our surgeons had
chloroform that operation could be performed with
little or no pain to the suffbrer. Lincoln one dog
oh that he could see this suffering?" The force of
this remark needs no comment to show its perti
nency.
MORE PRISONERS.
There were some eighty-five prisoners captured on
the outskirts of the town, yesterday morning, and
some twenty more were found asleep and concealed
in private residences late In the day. When brought
out they looked like so many sheep-killing " dogs"
caught In the act of transgression. •
A YANKEE TRICK
As one of the magnificent ruses practised by these
" immaculates," to deceive our men, while getting
off on Sunday night, they propped their dead in
front of our pickets, so as to make them resemble
pickets. They used their dead basely, rather than
bury them, leaving this work to our men. What a
people ! How little do they respond to the claims of
humanity.
It was my province to report more especially as to
matters transpiring on the right, and it if I with un
feigned regret that I acknowledge how imperfectly
the task has been performed. It was your corre
spondent's intention to have gone over the field,
with a capable and intelligent officer, who could
have informed him as to the disposition of our forces
and the parts which were borne respectively, by re
giments, companies, brigades, end divisions. No
thing would have envied him greater pleasure, and
the regret it sincere that pressing duties, and the ne
cessities of the hour, should have interfered to have
prevented this. However, the battle sketched so
imperfectly will, let us hope, yet be written in de
tail, and the meed of just praise, though withheld
for the present, will ultimately come to light, to the
satisfaction of those who now know that they de.
serve more credit than the uninformed journalists of
the hour can accord them.
THE LOSSES
Strsnum, EIGHT MILES BRLOW FREDERICKSBURG,
December 16-1 P. M.
Yesterday was comparatively calm and quiet.
Save some little artillery duelling, the day passed off
without any demonstration of a hostile character.
It is reported that two flags of truce were sent infor
the purpose of obtaining permission to bury the
Yankee dead. It is said Gen. Lee refused the first,
because it did not come from Gen. Burnaide, but
that the latter was granted. Our men during the day
teemed as careleaS and unconcerned as if nothing
had occurred, and could everywhere be seen collect
ing up and cooking their rations.
The road from the point to the immediate rear of
the battle line was lined during the whole day with
the ambulances and wagons, which were enga,, , mtl in
conveying the wounded to this point, from whence
they will be sent by the waiting trains to your city,
where lair and gentle woman will much better at
tend to their wants and alleviate their sufferings
than the surgeons can do here, although I must
say I think every effort has been put forward here
to do all that it was possible to do for the sufferers.
True in some instances, there may have been cases
of negligence on the part of the surgeons, but these
cases form the exception, not the rule.
I have been at some pains to ascertain our loss,
and, as the result of my effort, have obtained from
Dr. J. O. Herndon, the polite surgeon on Gen. Lee's
Matt, the following statement, which may be relied
upon as correct:
N'LAW , S DIVISION
Barksdale and Cobbla brigades 111
Sonnies' 1
liershaws 250
Straggling cases
ANDERSON'S DIVISION
'Wilcox's brigade
Tlahon's
ILAN•O34 7 S ntriszolr
Cook's brigade 296
A. P. Hill's division, about 600
Early's and Taliaferro'a commands, about 300
D.ll. IEII 10
Washington Artillery
Total
Picket's division
Total 1,759
The most moderate estimate of the Yankee loss is
5,000, and some put it at 8,000.
DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL Maxey
Cmmo
After the severe wound of General Gregg was re
ceived, he sent for General Dckson, with whom he
had a long interview. When it was announced that
the wound was considered mortal, he requested one
of his aids to send several messages to different
friends in South Carolina. Among others was one
to Governor Pickens, which was reported to us as
follows : " Tell Governor Pickens, if lam to die at
thii time, I yield my life cheerfully, fighting for the
independence of South Carolina."
On the , left, where the fighting was intensely
severe, , the brigade of South Carolinians, cont
mended by Gcnelal Kershaw, suffered heavily.. The
Third regiment of South Carolina Volunteers was
nearly annihilated. In the early - part of the en
gagement their colonel, lieutenant colonel, and ma
jor, were all wounded, and the command devolved
upon the senior captain, who was killed in fifteen
minutes after assuming the cornmeal His place
was supplied by the second senior captain, and he,
too; fell mortally wounded in a very short time.
[From the Examiner, Dec.
It is reported that on Sunday night Gen. Gregg
was dying condition. His wound was from pi
MinieUA which struck him in the side ; trafersirt
the neighborhood of the spine.
The name •or Gen. hlaNcy Gregg is histotteal in
this revolution,. and there is no need of anyiletailed
ieriew of incidentif in his career to remind the put•-
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lie of his virtues and services. His name is familiar
ly coupled with the first movements of the war, he
having been appointed to the command of the let
South Carolina Regiment, the first force from that
State which arrived in Virginia, and whose advent
In this city was hailed with extraordinary demon
strations of honor and welcome. The term of the
service of this regiment having expired, it returned
to South Carolina, but its commander, Col. Gregg,
remained in Virginia, and subsequently reorganized
the regiment, which has since been constantly and
conspicuously in service. Its commander was made
a brigadier general several months ago.
General Gregg, although the occupations of his
life were principally professional, had a large and
brilliant political reputation in his State. He was
a leading member of the bar, and practised his pro
fession with distinction and success for a period of
more than twenty yeara, we believe, in Columbia.
In politics he was an extreme State-rights man, and
stood, with others, at the head of that party in South
, Carolina. He took a prominent part in favor of the
policy of reopening the slave trade, which, it will be
• recollected, was the subject of some excited and un
timely discussion in the South some years ago, he
and ex-Governor Adams, of South Carolina, being
associated as the leading representatives of that idea
in the Cotton States.
General Gregg was remarkable for his firm and
unflinching temper. In the army he had an extra
ordinary reputation for self-possession and sangfroid
in battle. He was never disconcerted, and had the
happy faculty of inspiring the courage of his troops,
not so much by words as by his cool determination
and even behavior. A characteristic anecdote is
told of his manner on the occasion of the affair at
Vienna, in the summer of 1861, when he commanded,
and where occurred the first or our brilliant exploits
in artillery in this war. The alarming news was
brought by a courier that an overwhelming force of
the enemy was approaching. Colonel Gregg inquired
the force of the enemy. The reply was, "At least
five thousand." "Only five thousand," said the
commander ; "only five to one; is that all ?" The
coolness of the speech is said to havegiven a con
fidence to our troops that the most elaborate ha
rangues might nl4l have inspired.
PARTICULARS OF THE DEATH OF GEN.
[From the Enquirer, December 15.)
A group of officers consisting of Get. Cobb, his
adjutant, Capt. Herring, Gen. Cook, and his adju
tant, Capt. Butler and Capt. Brewster, were stand
ing in the telegraph road, near the scene of action.
when a shell exploded in their midst, a piece of
which struck Gen. Cobb on the thigh, the same piece
also striking Gen. Cook on the left temple, fractu
ring his skull. By the same explosion Capt. Brew
ster was badly wounded, just above the knee, and
Capt. Herring seriously in the hip. Gen. Cobb, on
being struck, quietly asked for a tourniquet. A silk
handkerchief was made to serve the purpose, so far
as possible, but to no avail. He was led from the
field, and all the aid rendered that medical skill could
devise, but in vain. He expired in a few hours,
freely giving up his life in defence of his country's
freedom.
The intelligence of the success of our army on Sa
turday was coupled with the loss of several of our
best generals. One of these was Brigadier General
Thomas E. B. Cobb, of Georgia, whose loss will be
deplored throughout the Confederacy. General
Cobb possessed intellect of a high order, extensive
culture, end unusual ability as a writer and an ora
tor. Hia profession was the law, and his reputation
was alre very, high when the culmination of the
slavery agitation in 1860 led him into the arena of
polities. e entered warmly and enthusiastically
into the movement for Secession in Georgia, and
contributed largely to the result which followed.
This was the first time he had ever mingled in poli
tics, but he was at once chosen as one of the repre
sentatives from Georgia to the Provisional Congress
of the Confederacy. As the war began to assume
larger proportions he determined to raise it legion.
This lie readily accomplished, and after seeing much
hard service as colonel was lately appointed to the
rank of brigadier general by the President. We
know hardly any one whose career promised so much
of future usefulness. A true patriot, an exemplary
Christian, a statesman, and a gentleman in every
sense, he bias fallen worthily upon the field of a vic
tory which will live forever in history. Virginia,
on whose soil he died, mourns with Georgia over the
loss of one of her noblest suns. We also hear Briga
dier General Gregg is mortally wounded. This, we
fear, is too true. in the death of General Gregg the
country will lose a brave and skilful soldier. His
regiment was the very first that came to Virginia at
the outset of the war, and his memory deserves spe
cially to be cherished by our people.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN HENRY L. JUNG.
[From the Bielunond Enquirer, Dec. 17.)
Captain Henry Lord Ring, aid of Major General
blcLaws, and son of Hon. Thomas Butler Ring, of
Georgia, was one of the martyrs to liberty in the
late Fredericksburg battle. He fell pierced by five
bullets, one of them through the heart. He had
unhurt through the battles of the Peninsula,
Richmond, and Sharpsburg, and was at the capture
of Harper's Ferry, and was everywhere distinguish
ed for his gallantry. His name is no longer on the
muster roll, but it will ever be remembered among
those who gave their lives for their country. His
body will be conveyed South for burial.
THE MIDDLE DEPARTMENT.
General Wool Retires—General Schenck
Assumes Command—General Wool's Fare..
well—Address of the New Commander.
The military command of the Middle Department,
or Eighth Army Corps, has been assumed by Major
General Robert C. Schenck, Major General John E.
Wool retiring. The latter, after visiting Washing
ton, will proceed to his home in Troy, New York.
It is understood he will be assigned to an important
command, shortly to be established in the East, with
New York city as headquarters. The following
orders and addressee have been issued from the head
quarters of the department :
HXADQUARTBES MIDDLE 'DEPARTMENT,
EIGHTH ARAM CORPS
BALTIMORE, December 22, 1362.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 64.
The following orders are hereby published :
"HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY,
"WASHINGTON, December 17, 1862.
"Major General John. E. Wool, Baltimore: '
Gr.yram. : The President having appointed
Major General R. C. Schenck to the command of
the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps,
you will turn over to him the command accordingly,
on his reporting to relieve you.
H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief."
In obedience to the orders of the President, the
General having reported, I hereby announce that
from this day the Middle Department and Eighth
Army Corps will be under command of IlLtjor Gene
ral Robert C. Schenck.
Da-t leave, I avail myself of the occasion to
announce fo the troops of my late command my ex
pressions of regret at parting from them; of the
great satisfaction I have derived from the manner in
which they have generally performed the duties de
volving upon them, while under my cominand, and
to express my earnest desire that, Under their new
and gallant general, they will continue that do
votion to good order, discipline, and improvement,
-so essential to an efficient and patriotic service to
the country, especially in the present momentous
struggle for preserving The integrity of the Union
against the evils of rebellion.
To the citizens of this extensive department, and
especially to those of the city of Baltimore, with
whom, during the period of my command, I hare
been officially or otherwise associated, I have the
honor, as well asthe pleasure, to express my sincere
tbanks - for the courtesy and uniform kindness which
I have very generally received at their hands, and
from which I cannot serer my official connection
without extending to them my sincere and heartfelt
wishes for their future welfare, both social and po
litical.
On assuming the command of this department, I
found the State of Maryland recognized as still ad
hering to the Union, and not in rebellion against the
National Government. Considering it, therefore, as
one of the loyal States, my whole conduct has been
shaped with a view of retaining it within the folds
of :the Union; and lam happy, on leaving it. to
have it in my power publicly to declare that quiet,
peace, and good order reign, not only generally
throughout the State, but also in the city of Balt
more, and the latter may, at the present time, be
proclaimed as a model city for order and goodgo
vernment. JOHN 1.1 WOOL, Major General.
ADDRESS OF GENERAL SCHENCK
The following is the order issued by Gen. Schenck,
on assuming the command of the Eighth Army Corps:
READQU'ARTEIIR .7121 DOLE DEPART:VT:NT,
Elmern Anur Cones,
BALTIMORE, rad., Dec. 22, MD.
GMERAL ORDER No. 1.
Having been appointed by the President to the
command of the Middle Department and Eighth
Army Corps, I hereby announce my assumption this
day of the duties.of the position.
In entering upon these duties thus assigned to me,
I have but to express to the troops composing this
corps my hope that they will continue to evince the
same obedience, discipline, and good order which
they have generally manifested, as I understand, un
der Major General Wool, the brave and tried vete
ran and.respected chieftain whom I succeed. With
such disposition and conduct manifested uniformly
on the part of officers and men, and an endeavor Oa
my part to be just and considerate in all my govern
ment and treatment of them, I feel a good degree Of
confidence that our relation to each other will be
mutually pleasant, and our joint discharge of duty
profitable to the service of our common country.
To the citizens residing within this military de
partment I would also briefly announce the leading
principle or rule of conduct by which I consider it
my du to regulate my official connection with
them. We are now in the midst of a struggle which
involves the perpetuity and very existence of our
National Government. To that Government we
all, individually, as good citizens, owe our first alle
giance. In the unhappy contest, therefore, arising
from the present causeless and unnatural rebellion,
there can be but two sides, with no middle-ground
on which any honest-man or true patriot can stand.
can understand and make all due allowance for dif
ferences in the expression and manifestation of
loyalty or disloyalty arising out of the varieties of
temperament, association, or habits of thought and
education; but the essential distinguishing principle
remains ever the same.
The loyal and true citizen adheres to and supports
his Government with a faithfulness paramount to
all sectional or personal interests or attachments ;
the disloyal is not only he who stands in open arms,
boldly denying his fealty, and seeking by force to
overthrow our Union and Constitution, hut in this
class I think must be included also those who show,
by the expression of their sympathy, and by their
daily conversation and conduct, that they concur,
and would co-operate, if they dare with the Mt.!.
guided men who are now in open revolt.
Nobody who loves our free institutions will pre
tend that thoughts and opinions, if that were possi
ble, should be suppressed, or would desire to invade
or disturb the sacredness of private life or conversa
tion ; but in this view of civil obligation, it must not
be complained of if any public or open demonstra
tions, or declarations of sympathy with treason,
should provoke a strict and needful observation of
the conduct of the offending party, accompanied by
acts of complicity or anything tending to danger or
disorder. This being my view of what might be
come the course of my duty, I frankly declare it,
that all may be notified in advance. But, at the same
time I trust, with my whole heart, that no occasion
may arise to even doubt the determination of any
citizen within the department to uphold the lawful
Government of his country, and, least of all, a citizen
of Maryland, on whose part any act of disloyalty
now, after the noble course taken by the State,would
be a double treason.
.... 1,619
The °Ulcers composing the staff of General Wopt
bare not received orders, except the several aides.
ire-camp or personal etas;these will accompany - the
General to .New York. General Schenck hey not
yet completed the list of his statToMeers; those of
General Wool will, therefore, remain in Baltimore
fora few days, until the list is completed and they
ere relieved.
INTERESTING LAW POINT —A law question
of some interest is just now under discussion among
the legal fraternity. It will be remembered that
some time ago Zbm. Wheeler, sheriff of Macon
county, by the failure of the Railroad Bank at De.
catur, became a defaulter to the State for about
$15,000 taxes collected by him. Subsequently, suit
was brought against the sureties on sir. Wheelers
bond, and ajudgment obtained. Execution has been
issued to this judgment, and here arises the point.
air. Thomas Lewis, now of this city, but then the
owner of the Railroad flank, is one of Mr. Wheelers
tondsmen • and the other bondsmen insist, as Mr.
Wheeler became a defaulter through the collapse of
Mr. Lewis' bank, and, as Mr. Lewis had the benefit
of the money, that he alone ought to satisfy the exa.
cution. Sir. Lewis, of course, does not think au.—
Stringffeht (Ill.) Journal.
ROBT. C. SCHL'NCK,
Major General G(' mimanding•