40 - . F. PRESS, 1- 0 . JoHN ,415115/ DAILY 0317NDAYS EXCEPTED ) FORNEY, rhi. in SOUTH FOURTH STREET, If ir: DAILY PRESS, • WEEk, payable to the Career. Sol,crilicrs out of the City at Ere= DoLLAtas rot% POLIARS POR SiA MONTHS, Two Dor a Tii DIDZITHS-lUVarillbly to advance for the !verti,cruents Inserted at the usual rates, gbc H square. -. 111 It: 7111-WEEKLY PRESS, ,;rd.),cribere out of the City at Foes. DOL.. ,t to ;.: ' , it m, In advance. ttBTAIL DRY poops. AND ACCEPTABLE cIIRTSTBIAS ANA NEW YEAR PRESENTS. • NI. NEEDLES, No 10/1 CHESTNUT STREET, inl attention of Purchasers of PRESENTS 4, HOLIDAYS, " c oMING u ,ive stock of articles suitable for that pnr. FOR , PRESENTS : ,1 (leis' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs Hemstitched • do 110 In 2,2% and 8 inch wide hems. do Printed Borders,. 11.1 French and clear Lawn, do In all kinds of Lace. 'limikerchiefs, of all kinds. Wiwi:m.olldg, of all kinds. an derchiefs, of all kinds. 'talent of Handkerchiefs in the city. "`" FOR PRESENTS Lilo VO ls, l 2 and apwardB. upwarda.. I'oiutke Collar p ot ,mt l igii, p ag e rwazis. pellet Work u PRESENTS ~(,,gl,RillO andAOS GOODS c o ilflto'.i Barbs& moo , g,tee. and Waists. ow yard, I,ace Shieyea. . b P BnuiS and Flouncings. Da tinibroideries. ALSO. Calabria Handkerchiefs, Ernbroidered with received. CantbrlcAuflied Elandkerchiefs, Embroidered :, 1 ,1 1 ;1 Valencienne Lace Handkerchiefs ; im ps Gents' and Children's Printed-bordered Hand ti,elfe'a Ladies' ivory Initial Cuff Bnttons. Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Party 'l , l 3 piets Stook of WHITE GOODS at LOW 5 'l S 'Sapkins at Old Prices, pof Ow Above will make n. useful and b t ee.n o tlfal r tPoillar4Crtalimdy .b l e v f i o l L making their Eli, with few exceptions, it • is offered at OLD "•• ou,lcheaper than present wholesale rates. 041 ['AWAY PRESENTS. JOHN W. THOMAS, 401 AND 407 NORTH. SECOND STREET. 41.0ution to his tal;E .I,ND WELL-ASSORTED, STOCK, CEMEM EVERY VARIETY OF DRESS GOODS, i{AWLS AND CLOAKS. A 1,50, DRYS., COLLARS, AND EMBROIDERIES, do cription, suited for CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MILMNII 71:11E & LANDELL, E. & L. FOURTH AND ARCH, Uri MLR O SOME PINE GOODS AT LOW - PRICES. : : FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. SPENSIVE SHAWLS. BROCADE BILKS. 1;11.10NA.BLE POPLINS. MUTED BEAVER CLOAKS. "HEST PRINTED REPS. INE BLUE MERINOES, ARLET BROOKE SCARFS. ;OM LACE COLLARS_ AND SWIS. MAN' Yn;CY POCKET HDICFS, GLOVES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY. let( rsEFuL PRESENTS. rohaua 'who wonld: make a useful and acceptable t!he sulherlbers respectfully invite attention to the alai; named articles, of which they have a large AT LOW PRICES: YBROIDERED IiDKYS., SETS, AND COLLARS 243RDIDERED LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS initUIDERED PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. CAE WHITE AND PINK MARSEILLES QUILTS. UUUM BED BLANKETS. ZHAN SOFA AND CARRIAGE BLANKETS :!'"M DHL, DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS. ' )APXINS, DireirLFES, AND TOWELS, to match, eta, BEPPA.RD, VAN HARLINGEN, AND ARRISON, Staple and House Furnishing Dry Goode, 10.5: 1008 CHESTNUT Street. ,J.OIES R. CAMPBELL & CO., MPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 727 CHESTNUT STREET, irl , t received, and are now offering, magnificent SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON 1-2 t, FINE CLOTH CLOAKS. FINE FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS. F.JNE BLACK TRICOT CLOAKS., ~ ,i .IEIIF".II•PRICED CLOAKS. FINE BLLNKET SHAWLS. EXTRA CHEAP BALMORALS. .FINE LARGE BLANKETS. SUPERFINE FROSTED BEAVERS. CASTOR BEAVERS—TRICOTS. ;DOTS' FINE CLOTHING. tCUITS MADE TO ORDER. COOPER & CONARD, 1 4tt S. E. COIL NINTH & MARIET Std DRY GOODS FOR WINTER. ReP. Poplins, Aterinos, Ct)red Mottsselittes, halt De Soles, Foulard Silks, Blanket Shawls, Balmoral Skirts, Blank Bilks, Farley Silks, Black Bombazines, :- Worsted Plaids, Cheap Detainee, French Chintzes, Shirting Flannels, Brach° Shawls, Fine Blankets, Orlb Blankets. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. th.!! CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. t LANDELL, FOURTH AND have now arranged. for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, Solenilid Moire Antiques. o,ily Silks, reduced. 44 Lyons Cloak Velvets. EzPensive Long Shawls. 17 Pieces Plaid Silks, 75 cents. Fine quality Reps and Poplins. EIIIS Blue and Purple Merinoes. itiellei4 Printed Wool de Lidless. Fine Brooke Scarfs. all size% P , iint Lace Cellars and Sets. iadleil new style Linen Canihric P"'" 15. loTes, only of the first ty. Fine stook of Blankets, Quilts, Napkins. yeti lies, Piano Covers, Towelings, Balmoral. Sklrta. I.(fu , 3. , N14 alt new styles De Laines, 2.5 cents. j' I 1 Merrimac and oilier frod.colored Chintzes. "'I do 4.4 'French Chintzes, 31M cents. del9 If STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE ~ •, , i,aihortmen t of DRESS 'GOODS, suitable for HO. ‘ . \.,RESENTS. ihney Sin( Plain Bilks, choice colors. tad Figured Black Silks. tad Figured Rep PoP IIIIB . , talld Figured Morino:a SOliellllo Cashmeres, at 37Yve wor , " "'• • AMERICAN DELAINES, at'2.150. , ;( ; g RANONY PLAIDS at 25c. ...iI.:4 2 '. O PERA. FLANNELS, all colors, at &sc. great variety. __ Real 'Pointe Lai* uollariLai 4C1 1 ..511. )1 41. Sh:IRTS, et3. 2 ._,.. 5 *am • RALMORALS TIDE CITY. :Ardlwida F' r e d n rl cl l I (ll R il i n b t i z A el? :1 14121" ol Ipr 2 °'• c—the ce, i,11,,L1A RSV I LLE !MUSLIM, 2 13 0. SHAWLS,_In great variety: l _ SCARFS, BROCIIE BORDratS. New and Fashionable StYles. made of '`,ek [ lnver, Frosted Beaver, and Blacic Cloth. • :;ii nnceathan they ired eX111111.40 our stock. We guaranty to Rive, ttothin san lie__ l tt u g_ t h g t ° e ° l ( Flet t :ll .l :rl. 6, aaa a 713 and.lls North TENTH street. CIO \. l ARING CLOTHS, 4h, SUBLIME QUALITY. lijintni Frosted Beavers. • q•Ciele-oriced Frosted Beaver& T ..len and fine 'French Beavers. ),"coi, Cantor, and Union Beavers. and Sealskin Cloaking& ,:i.nrfine Cush:tore& : MI1 : 06— Blkok, neat fancies— 'Pe—xtra heavy—Union—hfoltons, 31e., ate, 4onlaign and Overtoatinge. Yeltlee lufangy ßA V L estA moß ug n e... B. , ? l, Anndred pieces 26-cent Delaines. Itttion tote fine Black Abseil*. LIU, MIIIIIOOEI and PoPlill*. J P l cil Pontine, STo. &La ne Blankets andrlannels. , , BOYS' CLOTHING. .rwered Cutters, good Clotho, and'‘,:ii w ork — Clarinet:its made to order. ' • COOPER & CONAP t _ 11. corner NINTH and DiAlliST &retivi' - * r. r /-:/-,,, ..-- , ( 3.. k ,..., ex,... „ : ~,-.--,--.:.----._>_ - . I , lt --- --.:...,.._ - :‘ „ t!:/d__, - ' -- --*_._-:._,_ y/_. f '..,73,...t - ~.- y ,,t• .o'4 or . 7. -- , ~ .... ..„.„ i .v.... ,,,, ,\ ~ ___.- ----..... , A " '‘.l ..... -- ------ ..." O r -^;,.. ' .---• % - t - --'-'-- •:'?::'>'-' 7........„T:: . ..j ,?, a 6" ~ : i 1k ,,.... , ~.' L • / .. . , , 2 . ~ ti , : ',. ,i; a u ,„ ~,..... I . - . MAJ .: . .. 7., 7 1 ,,,. fi; 0 , ~ 0 1 11! , _.. 7 1 4: : :.: -'. c '''', - , .: : -. . ---:-7: ! - -----Vzt...... , _.... ' • -- ) ' - - 7 - 1 :-;----- 147.,‘:-• , , t ..:., - 00 4;4/ iS,. - F-- - ill _ . v:,.. 1 w i , ,,- - . :-• : : . „ - .. ........ , .., , t.svretzzi;4is , ratejk,it.z., .. fir ci. ...,_ , ........-.:—___:_,-. -,,,,..., ..,-- ---.... --........4-0.-,,,,,---., - Vic" •) - - • r (/ ,_ ,_ ,„, VOL. 6.-NO. 125. RETAIL DRY GOODS. RICH 'AND RELIABLE FURS OP OUR OWN IMPORTATION AND MANUFACTURE HUDSON'S BAY SABLE, - ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK, REAL CHINCHILLA,' , DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, IN" EVERY FASHIONABLE STYLE, • FOR LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN FURS MADE TO ORDER. J. W. PROCTOR &I' - 'Nw 920 CHESTNUT STREET, nob-stuth2ra ~„ PHILADELPHIA BALMOR A I S Just received; per lEuit Steamer, ELEGANT NEW STYLES KID G O'V E S. JOITVIN'S KID GLOVES, $1,16. INDIA SCARFS. A FULL ASSORTMENT lI,ANDKERCHIEFS FOR LADIES, NEW STYLES, SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS It (3 KR:S IN CLOTH, SILK; AND VELVET, REDUCED IN PRICES VEILS. :` LACE VEILS,-IN GREAT yARIETY; DRESS - GOOD'S', AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. CHRISTMAS 'PRESENTS, J. M. 11A.FLEIGH, (Successor to L. T. LEVY & C 0.,) del6-frmwtf BLANKET DEPARTMENT. THE LARGEST STOCK OF BLANKETS IN PHILADELPIIIA. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COWPERTHWAIT 8c CO:, N. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET * STREETS. del-mwf-tf WINTER CLOAKS AT REDUCED PRICES. SUPERB LYONS VELVET CLOAKS. INDIA SILK CLOAKS,' VELVET BEAVER CLOAKS, MOHAIR PLUME CLOAKS, WOOLEN PLUSH CLOAKS, CASTOR BEAVER CLOAKS; DIAGONAL PLUSH CLOAKS FRENCH DOESKIN CLOAKS, FRENCH 13Elty,ER, pLOAKS, MAGNIFICENT GROS DE PARIS' CLOAKS. All at a considerable -REDUCTION- IN PRIORS to close the season. • J. W—PROCTOR. 8c 00., NO. 020 CRESTITUT STREET, de2o-fmwtja7 '/IWO - HESTER AND PACIFIC MOUSELLNE DE LALNES, ONLY i. 120 NEW STYLES do. do, do. 2.5 c DESIRABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. CITRWEN STODDART BROTHER, 450, 452, & 451 N. SECONDoSt., detls-3t Above Willow. 26 &nth SECOND Street, Have reduced the prices of Fancy Silks; Mai Printed Dress BoodS, • ' Ohoiee Shades of MoHnoes, Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplin's, AULW O oI Be Lathes, An kinds of dark dress goods redueed. Also, Pine Long Breche Shawls; Open Centre Long Cashmere ShaWls; ' • Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls. ' 4-4 Lyons Silk velvets, pure Silk. de23-tf FINE FRENCH MERINtiES, OF 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, Chains Laine Long Brach° Shawls. . Open Cenire Cashmere Shawls. Gay and Plain Style Blanket Shawls. EDWIN HALL & BRO., 26 South SECOND Street. N. B.—Tnst received and will be opened this morning, another largelot of BALMORAL SKIRTS, at $3.215,fea1l size, a lot that we closed out from a New York Importing House. These Skirts are now , and have been retailing at Misses' Balmoral Skirts. • de9 CHEAT DRY GOODS, CARPETS,.OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ARCHAW :BAULT, Northeast Corner ELEVENTH and MARKET Street:3, will open THIS MORNING, from Auction, In g C rain arpets at. 37, 40, 00, 62, 75, and.S7c. Entry and Stair Carpets, 2..5 to 65c:Rag, Hemp, and Yarn Carpets, "b) to 45c. Floor Oil Cloths, 37 :to 62e. Gilt Bordered Window Shades, 62c to *l.OO. Buff and Greene Window Holland. Mans. de Laines,lB to 25c. Plaid Dress Goods, 25 to 45c, Christmas Chintzes,l6 'to 20c. , Frosted Beaver Cloths, $2 to $3. Water-proof Cloakings, $1.2.5'. Fancy Shirting lannels, 37 to 62c. Canton Flannels, 25 to 31c. Shirting and Sheeting. dell-thstn lm COMMISSION HOUSES. WELLING, ,COFFIN,; CO., MU CHESTNUT STREET, Offer for sale, by the Package— PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETI?.TGS AND SHIRTINGS. DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS. - COT'TONADES, CORSET JEANS. SILESIAS, NANKEENS. " • • COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS. BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES. UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS. PLAID. LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEYS. KENTUCKY JEANS. ALSO, SKY-DLUE KERSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS. ARMY FLANNELS, 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, 3ce., Sic de6onwf tf COTTON YARN. EITPRRIOR COTTON YARN, No. 10, FOR SALE BY FROTEINGHA.Bi & WELLS. oeiAt SHIPLEY, HAZARD, ea HUTOIIINSON; No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET, 00MXISSION JLBUCHANTS FOR THE SALE OF F'HILADELPRIA-MADE GOODS. 5e26.4m CABINET FURNITURE. CABIN ET - FURNITURE" AND BIL LIARD TABLES, • - MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SECOITD Street, iin connection with their extensive Cabinet Bueiness, are now Manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the. MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROYZD CUSHIONS. which are pronounced by all who have used them to be sups rioute all others, For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character . off their work. au2 3.6 m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. _ ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., lgortheant Corner Fourth and RACE. Streets:. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS MANUFACTURERS OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. dia 10ENTF, FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH' 'ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and swimmers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES POR CASH n027-Sra • • A" G ZINC, ARMY, AND TOILET MIRRORS, The best in the world fox finish and durability: _.. ' B. IVI. S. The best brand Silk finished r,tl ?' . 1 VELVET RIBBONS. Sele Agent, BENJAMIN SMITH, 155 DUANE Street. near West Broadwai, se3O-Szt New York; 723 CHESTNUT STREET NEW PUBLICATIONS. BOOKS SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, FOR CHILDREN. FOR PARENTS, FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS, • FOR CLERGYMEN, • AND FOR FRIENDS. All the new Books of the season are to be found on our shelves, together With a large well-selected,stock of later dates.''BlßLES IN FINE BINDINGS, various OXFORD and'otker ENGLISH editions. PRAYER BOOKS. The BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, from the smallest 48mo. published to the largest folio for desk. 48mo. Prayer, Turkey Morocco, gilt edge act 25 48mo. do. do, do, ribbon edge 150 48mo. do. do. do. with clasp' 150 48mo. do. rims and, clasps 250 48mo, ai k . velvet rims and clagps 300 16mo. do. Turkey-flex 2 25 l6mo. do. bevelled boards .... . . . ... •.. •350 32m0. Prayer, (best edition published for" children ' ) _.arabesque 32m0 Prayer, Turkey Morocco 32m0. do., do. rims and clasps 250 32m0. dp. velvet, 350 And a variety of styles not mentioned, besides all. the different English editions of PRAYER, BOOKS and CHURCH SERVICES. Also, • , • - PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. ' • large stock of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, E 0 hand some and as cheap as can be found in the city. . . FOR. SALE AT THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BOOK SOCIETY, 12.21 CHESTNUT STREET. - . . . . , .. N.' B. H For :tlie ' accommodation , 4, Simday 7 School. _ . . . . Teachers that may not be' able to make their 'selections throtigh the day, the DepoSHory will im'kept (Men in the evening during the Week preceding Christinaa. ' delstl :. NEW AND ELEGANT GIFT-BOOKS. JUST READY THE .LEGENDS OF - CIIABLEMAGNE; OR, ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES, By the author of "The Age of Fable." Elegantly illustrated, tinted paper. Price $2.50. Turkey extra, sd. THE AGE OF. FABLE ; OR, BEAUTIES OF 'MYTHOLOGY. By THOMAS BULEINCIL New and improved edition, on tinted paper, ilinstrated :and bound to match, the author's new book, "The Legends of Charlemagne." Price .5 . 2.50. Turkey extra, O. SONGS IN THE NIGHT Or, Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. Compiled by Rev. A. C. Thompsen , entirely new edition on tinted :PaPer. ' Price $2. Extra, $l. FADING FLOWERS, By the author of "Light on the Dark River." Richly illuminated on tinted paper. Price $l.BO. Extra Gilt, $2.50. Turkey Extra, $.l. ' Published by J. E. TILTON tS; 00., d 2 -2t BOSTON. - INTUITIONS, SUMMARIES OF THOUGHT. BY C. N. BOVEE In two vols. Scholar's style. zPrinted at the Riverside press. 16me.,. $2 ".Replete with original and beautiful thoughts' * -* * An - eminently suggestive work. * * * Its perusal will afford such real pleasure as can rarely be derived from literary sources.—Boston Btflietin. • _ • ' _ "The title of these volumes is no misnomer. They are full of thoughts. * They teem with strong, clear, manly thoughts, tersely expressed."—S. Gem- . .."Tbe author thinks profoundly, and eNpresses himself 'with precision; force, and point.-,,He reminds his readers of such 'writers as 'Peltham, Je Paal. Courtier,' and Heine, andAliose Clover Frenchmetrof former ;times, ' who might, in a certain sense, ;be called masters, of ,the sentences. An indenendent thinker, he, dares to "say things;that ate net ;POpular. * The volumes are most precious and pleasing. - --Bogan Traveller. " A combination of Sense and genius truly Surprising." Boston Post. Some of the molt striking thoughts ever printed. Their tone is manly,' genial, independent, and original." Hartford Courant. "Thou eonteatamight he diluted into a library of ave rage popular reading.7—Springfieht Republican. "The work of a pleasant, scholarly, and,.occitsionallY, profound thinker. The style is Admirable, ainithonuthor ,has , given us great pleasure by hiS books;"—Philadel phia Inquirer, . ' They - are lively, entertainiau wise, and iwittY'; and; from first to last, suggestive. , TheWorkWill. aaalmost ineximastible Mine for all7iirsearch of, Mem." lic i ftrcester ' • ' ..116k , "oorigisr Of the linririisslimgrOf n:thoughtfht - and keen-sighted ouserver, and exhibit a — rare subjective, faculty, and the - workings of a mind at once original and 'finely , Cultured. The criticisms on! Art;' 'Authors' `Characters,' &e., &e., are especially admirable."-Al banal Evening Journal. The results -of years of thought, noted as they oc curred: anti subsequently revised, snake up these de lightful volumes.. They are widety verse in subject, ";but all show maturity & of thought. ; The publisher has done all that the typographic art could do to enhance the charms of a work which cannot but become a faVorite."— ,Basfon Journal. ' WM. VEAZIE, PUBLISHER, BOSTON SHELDON Sc CO., NEW YORK. • NEW HOLIDAY BOOKS. • READY THIS WEEK. 4 T. LES MISERABLES. ILLUSTRATIONS TO - A superb small quarto on tinted paper, elegantly bound, containin'_ 26 magnificenti photographic Blustra- Bons of Victor lingo's Les Miserables." The illustra tions after the original designs of G. Brion, who has al ready created a sensation in Paris by those master-pieces of illustrative painting. Price $l, cloth bound, beveled boards, elegant, and. $5 antique morocce. • IL ALDRICH' S POEMS. A charming little Volume, in blue and gold binding, The first complete edition including "The Ballad of Babie Bell." Price *l, with a Steel Portrait. lIIi THE-KING'S BELL. An exquisite medimval Legend, in-verse, by Richard 11. , Stoddard, author of Songs of Summer," Tinted pa per, beveled boards, cloth. Price, 71-cents. • IV. • TRANSITION. A Remembrance of Emma Whiting; by Hugh Smith Carpenter. 1 vol., elegantly .printed on tinted paper, Price tel ***These books sold by all booksellers, and sent by Mail free, on receipt of price, by ARLET ON, Publisher, New York, del2-writf Cor. BROADWAY and LISPENARD sh DEAFNESS POP JLAR 1 , 112..4.1iNE DE.AFNESS,,,. ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION, Di Das. LIORTIIILL, OF NEW YORE. 'FOURTH. EDITION. One 12mo, with Illustrations, Price One Dollar The very remarkable sale of this little volume is a suf ficient rearantee of its popularity and value. Three edi- Units have been exhausted in as many months, and 'a fourth is 3ust ready. The author's aim has been to produce a book FOR. THE PEOPLE, Not for the medical profession, butfor afflicted. individu als and families, who, wishing information on the sub., 4ect, have heretofore been at a loss for any work treating' in unprofessional language upon Deafness and its attend.- ing 'evils. This - book fills the vacuum. It, is clear and comprehensive, and should, therefore, , find its way into, the hands of every individual suffering with Deafness, or any accompanying affliction. Its value will beat once: appreciated. • • Sold by Booksellers everywhere, and it will be sent by. Mailfree, on receipt of One Dollar, by CARLETON, Publisher, (Late RUDD & CARLETON), No. •413 BROADWAY, corner Lispenard street, N. Y. del-thstimif . II OLI D A Y PRESENTS VERY "Cheap. - CLOSING OUT AT LOW RATES. " TOY BOOKS IN GREAT "VARIETY. Children's Books, Games, Puzzles, .fie. Photograph Albums. Large.and Small Photographs. Phantom Flowers in Vases, Fine Note and:Leiter Paper and Envelopes. (Initials Stamped Gratis.) ' CHALLEN, 1308 CHESTNUT, (1.1244 t Publisher. Bookseller. and Stationer. THE SUND.AY•SCHOOL TEACHERS' MINIATURE DIARY AND ALMANAC FOR 1563. This little gem of an Annual can be obtained of - J. C. GARRIGUES & CO., - de24-6i* No. 148 South FOURTH Street. G uSTAVE DORE. ILLUSTRATIONS READY ON THE 18th OF DECEMBER. DANTE ALBUM, Photographs from thirteen select Illustrations to Datite's Inferno, by GUSTAVE DORE, in Portfolio, Cloth, $7.50. In Turkey Morocco, 5110. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD, by CHAS. PERRAULT, with Photographs from the Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE. 1 vol., 4 to. . Bound in cloth, gilt edges, $4. Turkey Morocco, $6.80. • Also, Photographs of the latest Portrait of ALFRED TF,NNYSON, _ThHinted by G. F. WATTS, engraved by JAMES STEVENSON. Size of Cie original, $l. Card size, 25 cents. F. LEYPOLDT, Bookseller and Importer, del3-12t . 1323 CHESTNUT Street. GRAVER THOUGHTS OF A COUN TRY PARSON. .51. M .: A PREENT HEAVEN: By the author of "Patience of Hope . " $l. NOONDAY. A sketch. By the author of "Capt. Rus sell's Watchword." 75 cents. THE TWO HOMES or, EARNING - AND SPENDING. By Mrs. Leslie. 66 cents. ' - THE RESULTS OF, EMANCIPATION. By Cochin. $1.511 For sale by WILLIAM S. St ALFRED MARTIEDL de33 , No. 606 CHESTNUT Street. STILLE'S PAIIPIILET.-IN A J-T -a- FEW DAYS will be ready HOW A FREE PEOPLE CONDUCT A LONG WAR: A Chapter from History. By Chas. J. Stale. Pamphlet. WILLIAM S. & ALFRED MARTIEN, den No. 000 CHESTNUT Street. TTOLIDAY BOOKS. HOLIDAY BOOKS. ' t of The sP lVlNlgl i ggD el ig n tTlM ' A r itte BOOKS A - suitable for Holiday Presents; also, JUVENILE .DOOKo in variety, anZt a ll i & BOOKS Of the day. LINDSAY & MARMON, Publishers and Booksellers. den 25 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut A LECTURE FOR YOUNG - MEN. Just published, price 6 cents, a new edition of the late Dr. CULVERWELL'S CELEBRATED LECTURE on the Abuse of the Reproductive Towers; inducing De bility„lleryousuess, Consumption, Epilepsy, Mental. and Physical Incapacity, Sic. ' The radical mbde of - treatment, without medicine, to folly explained . so as to enable every one to be his own physician at the least possible expense. A. BOON TO THOUSANDS OF SUFFERERS." Sent under - seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, postiatid; on receipt of six centsor two postage stamps. Address the publishers, CR. J. O. KLINH 127 BOWERY, New York. root Witco Box CCM. no-l-Sat i 4 I 8 I 4 ' U 14 a 'EMBER 27,1862. Oak Hall Ballad. Come, gentlemen, as we're together, ' Housed up by . the rain that must fall, While wearing our elegant clothing, • Let's sing to the famous Oax HALL, We've tried all the places around us, To some we confess good intent; But then at Oak Hall we have ever Saved fifteen to twenty per cent. • Why, gentlemen, don't you remember That half of thislearning to swear • Is caused by the horrible making Of garments—on purpose to tear. But these; wa are wearing this morning, • There is no occasion to doubt,. Will answer for three generations, . • Or, surely—until they're worn out. Your clothing.may cost you but little, • The stuff 'may endine.a long while; But then they are failing to please You, • ' If lacking a masterly style. - _Our ownare the teachings of science ' Would such might the case be with all ; SO fill up your glasses with water And drink 'to the famous OAK HALL. The best attention given- to all who visit OAX Hall, whether to purchase, or look through, our fresh and handsome styles of gentlemen's clothing. Everybody= finds our advertisements' true in every word, for we have an immense assortment well made, and well-cut, be the material fine or coarse, And we always sell at the very lowest prices. , . .WANAMAKER BROWN, OAK HALL, ' • • S. E. corner SIXTH and MARKET Sta. nLARK.'S 602 CHESTNUT STREET. Silverplated, Mare.- "Jewelry, Photograph Albums, Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies t Cabas. &c., for BO to TOO per cent less than the regular prices. The is , a: partial list , of articles which - we sell at ONE DOLLAR-EACH. The same goods are sold. at other placeS from $0 bisl3 each • - , -YOUR , CHOICE:FOR bNE - DOLLAR! . Ladies' Sets, new arid beautiful styles, Do. Pins, • Do. Earr'Ringeow Do. Sleeve Buttons, -,Guard Chain, Do. Neck : ' • , Do. Cold Thimbles. Do. Finger Rings, - Do. Do. Pens with case, Do, ; -Bracelets, Do. , Medallions, - Do. Charms, D o . oron:co P M earl. P o' ort M 'do. ontudes, D. - • " Do. - Wire do. Do. Purses, - Do. Card Cases, „ Infants' Armlets,' ' Do.: Neck Chains, • Gents': Vest Chains, different: etyleti, Do, ,Sleeve :Biittons, do. dd. Do, Studs, • ' do. ' do. Do. : do.rd ..;.„-o. • Do. Scarf Pins, do. 'do. Do,' Scarf - do. do. • Do. Finger Rings, do - : -Do.' , -Pen and Case,- , „ - Do. ' regolving. Do. Tooth Pick, revolving, . : Do. Watch Keys.- : Do. Chain Hooks, Do," " Chain Charms, Do. :Pocket Books. , • ' - Do. Bill Books, Do. Port Atonnates, &cl SILVER-PLATED , WARE: 'YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR! Sets of Table.SPoolls. Do. Dessert Spoons, Do. ! Tea , Do. -- Forks" ,- - - : Butter - . Do. Napkin Rings; - "T knife and:Fork,- , , Goblets, Sugar Bowls, Cream Cups, Syrup Cups, Butter Dishes TM Castors with Bottles,. ' , ' Salt" Stands &c. 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 All-Gold Jewelry, 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 ONE-DOLLAR STORE, noll.2mif 602 CHESTNUT Street. ATTRACTIONS t, • • IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS FORTH& HOLIDAYS!• AT THE GREAT ORIGINAL GIFT-BOCN. EMPORIUM, 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelpitti. . THE ONLY "GIFT-BOOK ENTERPRISE" 'IN' EX- ISTENCE! . . IT HAS OUTLINED ALL COMPETITORS NEW 'BOONS! NEW GIFTS! NEW FELTFRESI .ELEGANT ANNUALS! 'BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOOKS! SUPERB' ALBRIBI. - FINS; BIBLES, PICATER.AND BoakirAll A:3, Bointlar NOVELS antidioA 2115*!,.#1:111DMP"ali4,.MTSpElkAkIE912.ids,IVORKS, i n -endless vaidity;"'The iiliOli — f&ining a fund of ,CHOICE READING FOR THE DIILLiON! A. full line orPHOTOGIiAPH ALBUMS, of every variety of size, style, quality, and price! CARTES DE ISITE in great Profusion. A 'MAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF NEW AND COSTLY PRIZES! 141 - The business of the establishment is cenducted upon the same principle, with some Improvements, in troduced and pursued by Mr. GEORGE G. EVANS, which has given such universal satisfaction. Notwith standing the great advance in the price of paper and other material, we continue to sell at the OLD PRICES, and also to bestow upon each patron Please remember that our Visitors are treated politely whether they wish to purchase or not--a very commend able and satisfactory rule of action. Call and be con vinced... de2A-tial. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.. • FLANNEL AND CLOTH OVER. SHIRTS! • Onband or made to order, of the most approved eat and warranted to at. . GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS, . The largest and beat assortment in the city::: UNDERCLOTHING, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TIES. lig DEAFNESS 1 ocl-tutheaui HpLI.DAy PRESENTS. • , •# mo. 1 AND' 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. 'JOHN. C. ,ARAISON . ,, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,) Has now in store an elegant assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS, . ALSO SCARFS; NECK TIES, GLOVES, dm, del.3-tf ' In:Great Variety. '•:• • HOLIDAY= PRESENTS. OPENING a splendid assortment of ' • ' GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING. GOODS, suitable Presents for Gentlemen. • J. W. SOOTT, - No. 814 CHESTNUT Street: Polar doors below the Continental. FOURTH -STREET CARPET STORE, Invites an examination of his atonic of Calllolllll ♦t lees thin present cost of importatlo. Also, 200 pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, soperfine, medium, and low-grade Ingrain, Venitian, Hall, and Stair Carpetings at retail, very low for cash. not3-2m THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. " PUTNAM "SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER" . Is warranted to be superior to any other in use. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. Ist. It le a relief to the hardest part of washing-day. 2d. It enables the washing io be done in one-third less time. • M. It saves clothes from the injury always given by twisting. • 2 • 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE ITADVISABLE TO I.IIIOOIIRE • FIRST. The rolls being.bf Vulcanized inhber, Will bear hot and cold water. and Will, neither break nor tear off buttons. ' - • ' ' Suwon. The frame being of iron, thoronghlY gal vanized, all danger from rust is removed, and the lia bility to ,shrink, swell,split, &c.; so unavoidable in wooden machines, is prevented. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma chine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as well as articles uneven in thick.ness, are certain* to re ceive uniform pressure, • •. . FOURTH. The patent • fastening ; Which the machine is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in gin.. pitchy and efficiency to any yet offered: FIFTH. It will tit any - tub; round or square, from ona , half to one-and-a -quarter inches in thickness, without the least alteration. • • RETAIL . PRICE : • • . •No. 1, $6.00 i' No. 2, $6.00. )4gents winteil in every county. air Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt • For Sale at the • • "WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT" • _ • . FRANCISOUS, • No. 43314AAKET Ht.-And No. 5 North FIFTH St.,. det3 What:tate agent tot Pennailvanta FANCY • ARTICLES. ONE-DOLLAR. STORE. GIFT BOOKS. "TWO GIFTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!" FINE LINEN•AND MUSLIN SHIRTS, WHOLESALE MID RETAIL G. A. HOFFMANN; No. 600 ARCH Street CARPETS AND' OIL CLOTHS. No. 47 SOUTR.POURTH STREET: t 3. T. DELACROIX. which will be found 260 PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETING& CLOTHES-WRINGER. BECAUSE, ONE OF THIS. KIND, BECAUSE, Cllit Vrtss. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1862. AWAY OF THE CUMBERLAND, Spetial floriesrondence of The PrOss.l NASI3VILLE3 Tenn., Dec. 22,1862 ' 'THE STATUS OF 'AFFAIRS. Up_ to .:the. present, the situation remains un changed, - In fact, for the last few days, we have had not el - en fi4acket skirmish., There is much discus sion among officers and people as to the ability of Generarkosecrans. There are a great many of the former, possessing a spurious dignity, who deride him pri,...l,tacount of his familiarity with his men. This in,3ong. The General is a strict disciplina rian, and'his devotion - and kindness to, his men only, serve td,increaSe their affection for him. There is no Mistake in: this: And I am bound to say that such acts` in no way disconnect him from ht true POsitionv anit., in no way compromise his ability. General Rosecrans is a man who can be. approached by any one, and the private soldier, upon business, can reck;ive the same treatment an • officer is entitled to, *hi& accounts for the criticisms in regard to him among certain members of the shbulder-strap fraternity. ORDERED TO• THE FIELD Col.-eltbram. C. Gillem s who has officiated since August' 2d as Provost Marshal of 'Nashville, has been, at his own _request, ordered. to . the:field, and will tilyge command of one of the finest brigades in theirifit„wing of the army. Col Grilieni being the only officer iyho has actually co-operated with the Geyer— . nor irOe management of city affairs,Cren. Rosecrans was.l)rresought by the Secretary of State, the Comp trollei:,:and others to countermand the order for his removal, but, the only , answer they got was, that aColonel Gillen is a soldier, and I need hun in.the fieldi!:fhis services are too Valuable for his present situation, and I was only too happy to take advan tage ic4is anxiety- to be, removed. ,, lam well ac quainted with the Colonel, and regard his. step as a wise one. In his desire to aid the Governor and pro .. mote the good of the cause, he has lost many merits .which':his thorough military knowledge would have gtfarablied:him- in the field. Col. anima was cap tain litthe . regular .army, and fought in the Florida wars. - He was chief of artillery at Mill Spring and superintended the crossing of BuelPs army atShiloh; He iS 'a graduaie of West 'P . oint, and in the regular armyranks -Major-General McCook, Generals °M..; tender), Davis, Smith, Sheriden, •and others. His regiment—the First Tennessee (Governor's Guard)-- willproceed to the field to-morrow morning. The MOO: Kansas, Lieut. Col. Martin, has been de fachd to do provost duq , for the present c,-411,7 . A . THE NE} .FOST COIVIMANDER. • :General Mitchell, as comniatider of the post, is giving great satisfaction. He Sams to fully under- Stand his business s< All passes'issued from the pro- VOMllarghars office are countersigned, before, pre sented to the pickets, by General Mitchell, and very few are permitted.to , go through our lines. GENERAL N'EGLEY. General Negley has been, in. command of the re serve of the army of the Cumberland since Monday lasts as the health of . Schuyler. Harnilton'4lll. not permit him .to take the field. General •Neglers headquarters are upon the same ground in which he attacked and fought the enemy after driving him frimt:Nasliville in Noveniber last. . . .ORDER- AGAINST SMUGGLING. • . . In order to prevent smuggling, the general com manding has issued an order that will put itinerant trailers to a deal of inconvenience, as persons having occasion to visit Louisville, as a general thing, are compelled to depend upon General Boyle for a re-. turn pass. And.the General is very strict. A man *nit prove his unconditional loyalty or he cannot obtain a passport, and no one is allowed to ship goods to Nashville without a written permit, signed by. General Roseciana. This will, in a great mea lure, preventamuggling, which has been extensively carried on since the occupation of this city. CONTRABANDS 'There are employed by the Government between two and three thousand contrabands and pressed Asegroes belonging to this city and county. Just 7no,w, most of them are_ engaged in cutting wood.. This brigade of blacks is under very good discipline, and contrast finely . with the large number of saucy : - ncgroes who are indiscriminately running around • thd city with nothing to do and no one to care for . .B. C. T. NEW YORK CITY. [Special Correspondence of The Press] NEW YOUR, Dec. 24, 1862 CHRISTMAS • The enjoyment of Christmas festivities in New York this year will be verygcneral, notwithstanding that shadow 7 ailiielirthe war casts over the whole country just at present. The• carriers of turkeys and other festive biids are as-- plentiful in the streets this afternoon as are the arriersof umbrellas on a rainy day ; and it is worthy of 'note, that many of thoscwhose complacent style of "lugging " the incipient, Christmas dinner gives assurance of ownership, wear the poor man's shabby dress. The kindliest of human charity is evidently et work in many thousand good hearts, and pres ents of turkeys to employees and poor neighbors must be quite the order of the day. Nor will Young America hang Up his stocking to night in vain; for all the toy repositories along Broadway are crowded with "stern parients," bent upon obliterating the sullen memory of the last spanking through the subtle and deeply-effective agency of gorgeous drums, glaring tops, barking dogs, lustrous trumpets, and other articles calcula ted to make respectable neighborhoods verysoothing spots for nervous invalids: - New York lost hundreds of brave Sons at Frede ricksburg, and Christmas will be a day. of mourning in thousands of:households ; but let us hope that those bereaved ones who cannot raise their eyes to the.bright side of the day, may still realize a blessing, in the soothing religious light of that side which is nearest to Heaven, and takes all its rays from the cross. It is well,that the solemn music of the church bell should be heard in this Christmas; for the holi day will find many—alas! how many—firesides, where, instead -of smiling acceptance to the good things of earth, the bowed heart must learn to resign ill to Heaven. . . • , A LESSON TO EMPLOYERS *. . euld be taught by the fate of a young clerk of this 1 / 4 clity, - Whq died by his own hand night before last. was Edward Toinlins, his age nineteen, and; for two years Past, he had been in the employ large mercantile house in Chambers street. Notwithstanding his youth, the young man so qUicklit'evinced a remarkable talent for business, that he was rapidly promoted through the inter- Midiategrades to the cashiership of the . ' establish inent: In the laYter Position he had large amounts Of money to handle, and from thence came the temptation which has brought to him the inevitable "wages of sin. , ! For some months past his em ployers noticed - that was dressing extravagantly and giving other evidences of'expenditure far be yond his salary; but they were willing to believe that he derived extra Means from: his parents in the country, and gave no hint of the 'alternative in ference. On Monday night the young man' blew his brains out with a 'revolver,' at his• boarding house, and it now appears that he had for some time been guilty of peculating at the expense of his employers. Fear of detection probably induced the last rash act of his short life—an act which leaves a worthy family covered with shame and anguish. Beyond the fact of the fraud, nothing can be said against the character of the dead clerk; he appears to have . been *temperate, attentive to business, - a dutiful son, and careful in all his associations. What, then,,could have impelled him to dishonesty r The answer - to this question may undoubtedly be found in the fact that:his services were not • half requited ' by his employers. Though placed in the highest position of trust, care, and responsibility in their house, they only paid him the pitiful' sum of about six dollars per week !--scarcely enough to pay his board and washing. What can the merchant expect from his clerk when he thus beggars him, as though to make the temptation of his situation irresistible! The clerk feels that he is being defrauded of his just dues, and, as the exor bitant profits of his hard task-master pass through his hands, he is tempted to purloin what injustice refuies him. Some of the largest dry-goods houses in this city have entry clerks who work from fifteen to eighteen hours a day for their employers, .and only receive $250 or $3OO per year for it. Many of these clerks (and there are broken merchants among them) are men with wives and children to support How is it possible for them to live on such cruelly. mean pittances? It is not possible; and if they can not get more by honesty, they must steal, poor wretches ! They steal, and are detected, and are turned adrift to become paupers or criminals; for the employer seldom cares to have his villainous mean ness ventilated in public for the sake of sending his ix:tor dog to prison. If the history of the clerks of New York could be written, you would find from it that there arc thou sands of such cases transpiring every year: in our great stores. The misery of labor pitilessly de frauded of its just dues makes thieves of -honest men, while society makes honest men of the real thieves. THE MERCHANTS'. CLERKS of this city are concerting measures to have their hours of labor shortened. They have held one meet ing for the purpose already, and will probably hold others, and, in the end, they will scarcely gain any thing. The same spirit that begrudges them even half of what they earn by Working ,twelve ,or four teen hours a day will rel Use to abate a single one of those hours, unless they will consent" to .take less Salary! ' - ' STUYVESA.NT. A Canal.lu :11iiniiesota. [Special CAoreapocalence of The Prete.) ••• • . • ••• •• • ; WASHIXGTON, Dec. 17,18. ' pne of the moat ;remarkable improvements ever con*nPlated by a statesman, for the bestetlt of his .country, in . this or in any age, is now under the Con sideration of one of the committees of the Senate of :the . United'States, on the motion of the experienced and sagacious Senator from Minnesota, the Hon. H. M. Rice. • Mr, Senator Rice has intro . dueed a bill grailtini a million acres of ittrid to kid in the construction of a canal between . the headwaters of the Minnesota tiver'an'd the Red river of the North; and to im prove the channqs of the upper Portiois . of said The proposition is simple, and the "grant-ofin that reznote region to the antonat. asked not oak. culated to startle, either from its amount or value. It is only when we examine the „maps, and discover the mop:Mule of the results which-a consummation of the plan will work out, that we are amazed at its commercial and military grandeur, The Minnesote river takes its rise in Big Stone' Lake, about three quarters of a-mile distant from Lake Traver, the sourceof Sioux Wood river, which is the main branch of the Red river of the North, if not the lied ; river itself. So level is, the ground lying between Big Stone Lake and Lake Traver, that in rainy seasons batteaux have easily passed from one to the other. On both rivers steamboats now regu" la rly ply. The Minnesota river (it is called St. Peter's river on the old maps) flows, circuitously, entirely apron the State of Minnesota, from west to_ east, and affords a fine outlet for tile rapidly increasing productions of a large and populous region.! The Red river of the North, after furnishing a boundary line to the State of Minnesota, and the territory of Dacotah, flows north into Lake Winnipeg. Both rivers, with but little labor on their channels near their source, are admirably - calculated for steamboat navigation. When connected by a canal, a steam boat from Lake Winnipeg can be propelled dtrectlY. to St. Louis, and to New Orleans I Not only could ft steamboat be. propelled from New Orleans some 6,000 miles on the waters of the Mississippi, the Minnesota, and the Red river of the North, to Lake Winnipeg, but it could then pass, due west, up the waters of the Saskatchewan, - river, seven hundred 714169,10 Edmonton House, which is but one hundred and fifty miles east from the gold diggings on Pra-7 ziers river, in British Columbia ! , An imProvement of the outlet of Lake Winnipeg, (the Severn river) would furnish a navigable channel from New Orleans to Hudson's bay. The Saskatcha; wan is, it will be - seen from the, maps, the natural. commercial outlet _of all those vast regions which are watered, by Mackenzie's river and lakes .Atha basca; Slave, and Great Bear, and their numerous tributaries. The immense region of country opened up to tratie and commerce, by the construction Of a canal of less than a mile in length, has a geographical area twice as large as that of all Me-States of this Union lying east of the Mississippi ruler! True, it is now thinly populated ; and, its trade; at this time, would compare badly with that of New York, or of Phila delphia. Construct that canal, and what would be the extent, in one or two years after its completion; of the pophlation and trade in the fertile valleys of the Minnesota,,the Red river, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan 'river, along a continuous line of sixteen hundred miles, and within the sound of the steamboat whistle ! What would be its influence upon the settlements of Minnesota and of Dacotith, and upon those in the northeastern portion of Wash- Territory,the gold-bearing regithis of the latter being within a hundred miles of the. Sas-katch-a-wan river? The construction of this canal, and of the railroad's nowprovided for, must make Minnesota, at a very early day, one .of the most • populous and wealthy of the States lying in the Northwest I. . • This would be the easy route, in the event of a war with Great Britain, by which (prior . to the cow: , struction of a railroad from St. Louis to San Fran- - ' cisco)' to convey supplies to our troops on the shores of the Pacific. For what forces has England, what can she have, in those remote regions, accessible only through our country.? How could England maintain a war in that insulated region, even against • Minnesota troops alonei - LoOked at from any point of view, the plan is worthy of the • highest admiration, and will un doubtedly command the cordial support of both the ' military and commercial authorities. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Bold Attempt of the Rebels to Cross the Rappahannock—lnformation given to our troops by colored men—Position of the Re . bel Porces—Movements of. our Gunboats—. • Planters sending their slaves South—Dis satisfaction expressed of Gen. Lee's Opera. • TOBAGO BAY, ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK, TIMMY MILES BELOW FROMITOCKSTSCRO, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1862. • A bold attempt was made last night by the rebels . to-cross the Rappahannock on rafts, fourteen mile s below Port Conway and capture a squadron of the. Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, doing picket duty along the river. Major Keenan, who is now in com mand of the regiment, and is stationed at Port;Oon way, got wind of the movementthrough some trusty blacks, and was fully prepared to receive them, and would have taken the entire party had - not, some of• his men fired their guns too quickly and frightened them all back under cover of the woods. • One hundred head of fine cattle, which had been purchased.for the rebel army, were yesterday taken from the plant ation of Phelan Lewis, a wealthy farmer, and appropriated to the use of our own sol diers. Upon demanding the usual receipt, Mr. Lewis received one with these encouraging words written beneath-it : "I believe Phelan Lewis to be a disloyal man and a traitor to the Government of the United States." One division of rebel infantry, one brigade of cavalzy, and four batteries of artillery, all supposed to be under the command of A. I'. 11314 are stretched from a point four miles above Port Royal' to three miles below Tobago bay, the lowest point to whieh our own pickets extend. : ' • • The gunboat fleet, under the-command of Capt. McKay, in order to avoid the danger of being ice bOund, and to be secure from attack by rebel in fantry, has fallen down ten miles below Port Royal, The planters on the rebel side of the liappahan nocic are sending all their negroes South as rapidlyl as possible, fearing the approach of. the Ist of Jan.,. vary. Many of them, however, manage to escape during the night, and cross the river on logs and planks, or anything that will float. Fifteen escaped from the plantation of Mr. Pratt, one mile below/ Port Conway, last night, and were kindly cared for. by.our pickets. They say Mr. Pratt has separated nearly all his negro families, and sent them to dif ferent parts of the South. A few wealthy planters, however, who were old. Whigs and strong Union men, persistently refuse to sell their slaves, separate their families, or sell them off. They. say that if their "servants" desire to leave them, they are at liberty to go whenever they please. With this understanding most of them, re main and are obedient. . The leading rebels along the Valley are furious in their denunciations of Gen. Lee for not having de stroyed the Army of the Potomac while it was massed in the streets of Fredericksburg, and say that if he does not afford them protection from the ravages of the Yankees they will soon take the oath of allegianbe to 'the - National` Government. What they most desire is.protection, and they are beginning to be very indifferent what Government gives it to them. DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA: Rebel Account of General Fostees lions= The Railroad from Danville: to • Greensboro not Completed—Allied. and Wounded in the . Advance upon boro. • REBEL ACCOUNTS OF GENERAI, FOSTERS OPERATiONS The Enquirer Professes to be somewhat mystified in regard to affairs at Goldsboro. It is following the Washington plan of concealing the defeat, intel ligence of which has already reached here by special messenger. The following statement, .however, is interesting, on account' of - the accuracy of the de scription of the topography of the scene of General Foster's operations.. The telegraph reports of ope rations- near Goldsboro have been rather confused, owing to the mention of railroad - bridges, names of places, Sic., without explaining their situation. From the newspaper accounts and other sources, we make the following explanations: • . • Goldsboro is on the railroad from Weldon to Wil- Mington, seventy-seven miles south of the former and eighty-five miles north of 'Wilmington. From Goldsboro a railroad runs southeast to the Atlantic boiist - at Beaufort, distance of ninety-five" Miles. This railroad passes through . Kinston and -New bern, both on the Neuse river, the former twenty six miles from Goldsboro; the latter fifty-nine. At Hinston„which is on the north hank of the Neuse, the railroad crosses the river, and thence continues on the south side. The bridge on which it thus crosses •we understand to have been burned... Pur suing the Neuse .river front Kinston westwardly towards its source, we come to Whitehall, on the south bank, fifteen miles from Goldsboro. This was one of the scenes of the recent fighting. Continuing to ascend the river, we find it • crossed by the railroad from Goldsboro to Wilmington. This bridge has been • burned by the enemy, but it is said can be re paired in a week. At the Mount Olive Station, which is fourteen miles south 'of , Goldsboro, the enemy again reached the great Southern Eailroad track, and „tore up some of - the rails. - A few' days will suffice .to replace them. This was a bold raid on the part of the enemy, but it has proved to be only a raid for Which - they have been well chastised as well as driven hack. • REBEL COMMUNICATION WITH THE SOUTH • ENTIRELY CUT OFF. • The Piedmont Railroad Company are pushing the eisiiktruction of their railroad rapidly to completion between :Danville ~.Na., and Greensboro,.. N.. C. 'When this road. la completed it will form a con tinuous, and almost Straight; line of rail from Rich= 'mond to Colvmbiai and through the western part of this State. It Is very important in a military point of view, and the rebels are aware of it ; hence this activity in tpUshing the enterprise along. They are sharper, in..lepking out for a retreat than they are in fighting.: • PAPER FROM CANE . Two years ago a paper mill was going up at Wil mington, North Carolina, in which cane was to be. applied for the manufacture of printing paper. There' is 'no reason why It should not be generally introduced, and the parts of the Southern States now in our hands would yield abundant supplies of the Cane to work with. Cannot some of our readers furnish an account of the result of that experiment? We ahould be pleased to hear from them.,, LISP •. OF PENNSYLVANIANS . KILLED AND . WOUNDED IN TUE ADVANCE UPON GOLDS -Bono. ONErnIIN DRED-..1.ND-PT EST PENNSYLVANIA. Did not loie any is killed or wounded. EIGATY-nll , lll PENNSYLVANIA. Wounded. Corporal Thomas Cox, Co. C, abdomen, mortally. Sergeant Chae. Pullen, Co. H, right leg amputated John F. Norris,- Co. C, left - hand , slightly. .Sergeaut A. W. Pollock, Co. A, left thigh, slightly Corporal David Miller, Co. D chest, slightly. Samuel Daniel, Co.II, both thighs, severely. Jonas S. Cook, Co. E f hand, slightly. John F. McCoy, Co. E, shoulder slightly. Co'rporatThonuis E. Bailey, Co. k, hip, slightly. ORED•AND.THT RD P ENN SY LVAI7 IA When this regiment went into action it had about four hundred,and fifty men, and after the action it was found that it had fourteen killed and fifty-eight wounded. . Xi/Zed. . . , 'OrderlSr Sergeant William MeElkeny, Co. I. . M. Waner, Co. L. Hiram Reed, J. Boyd,. ondH. IVelzel % Co. H. A:1 L Wilson, Jas. Austin, and Stiller, Co. C dr %Patrick! :N01an,..11; •W:t.Gritlin, William Powers and J. Collingwood, Co. 1.. NY4eler and Sergt: Thos Shangler, CO. D. Wounded. • • 0. DUCAII, First Sergeant, face, slightly. B. Myers, Corporal, Co. A foot. J. 'Cronin, Co. A, hand, slightly. D. R! Brampton, Co. :Pt, thigh'. • • ra-W. Longhner, Co. A, right breast, severely. D. N. Titus, CO. A, head, slightly. • - McKee, Corporal, 0i). B, hand, slightly. Peter Hillard, Co: B, left ear. S. M. Evans, Corporal, Co. C, left arm.' A."FleMming, Clo.'o,•ehest. l- - 0 - , z:C:",,: ;.,,,. , T. T. McKee, Co. Cleft arm.'_ • S. F. Schs up, Co. 0, back, slightly. " Samuel -Elgin, Co. C, thumb. • . • : • Samuel Thompson, Co. 0, hand. , P. Copnell, Co. C, le ft hip. Ilottrich;Co. C, right hip. - • ' BeDLN7atson, Co. C, left arm slightly. /mike Sackett, Co. D, arm, elizhtly, THREE CENTS. Geo. W. Dasher, Co. D, compound fracture of the eft arm. A. Early Co. D, left arm and right shoulder. G. or I. Simmons, Chi. D, right forearth. J. Humphrey, Co. D, left cheek. . E. Fish (or Fisher), Co. D, back, slightly. R. R. Bryson, Second Lieut., Co.R, left thigh. G. Duffy, Co. E, arm. E. Stewart, Corporal, Co. F, wrist. D. Johnson, Co. F, fracture of lower thigh, severe •W. Lillifer, Co. F, left arm. •Wm. Sanford, Co. F, left arm and leg. James Brown, Co. F, right shoulder. J. Yorkey, Co. F, right ear. L. Siege, Co..F, left arm. A. 3. Salliards, F left thigh. Sergeant 0. Annogosi, Co. F, side, slightly. D. M. Gallagher,o. I, face, slightly. Corporal Wm. orman, Co. I, left thumb. Wm. Major, C0..1, breast, slightly. 0. McCoy, Co. I, left side and arm. Miles Lankey, Co. I, right arm fractured. K. McOlearyCo. I. neck, seriously. • Corporal 3: S. keister, Co. I, side, slightly. •J. S. Griffin, Co. I, left arm. H. Donaldson, Co. I, right side. Co oral IdcNellen, Co. I, right wrist. 'J: Shill, Co. H, face, slightly. S. Cook, Co. 11, left hand. • Co. H, abdomen, mortally. R. Reed, Co. H, thigh slightly. I. S. Dandiz, Co. I.l_,_lower jaw, seriously. D. Huddleson, Co. H, side, slightly. . P. Flinger Co. H leg, slightly. • Serg't E. Terwilliger, Co. H, right leg, slightly. Jacob Welty, Co. K, cheek. . J. C. Mapes, left arm and leg ously . Serg't J. Stangler, Co. K, left groin and head, seri . A. Penny, Co. K, shoulder. J. Maynard, Co. G, right thigh. J. Donkin, Co. G, thigh, slightly. John Costello, (of this city) Co. K, 3d N. Y. cavalry Naval Depot at League Island. Minority - Report of the Naval Board of Sur vey In Favor of Constructin a Great Na.. sal Depot on League Island ; near Phila.. 'delphia—The Eligibility of the Point Fill. ly Sustained—lts Iritness Proved through great Research, with great Ability. It will be remembered that in March last, and again in June, the attention of Congress was called to the importance of establishing 'a naval dockyard, with foundries, shops, and forges, for, the purpose of sup plying•the wants of the country in the naval arm of her defence ; and in pursuance of an act'of Congress,' the Secretary of the Navy appointed a board of offi cers, consisting of Rear Admiral Stringham, Com modores Van Prunt and Gardiner, and Captain Mar ston, of the Navy; Professor Bache, of the Coast Survey, and Mr. Sanger, of the Bureau of Docks and Yards, to make examinations of New London har bor, the waters of Narraganset Bay, and League Island. The Board wereengaged over two months on the duty, and after rejecting Narraganset Bay, majority and minority reports were handed in, the former favoring New London as the proper site, and the latter in favor of League Island. TIIE MINORITY REPORT The minority report is by far die . Mat volumi nous, and is written with great ability, and shows great research. It treats first of the topography of League Island, and has its rejoindelottcdofhe majority report. • League Island is situated in the fkelkware river, at the foot of broad street Philadelphia. It is separated from the mainland 1 an ardi- of the river Of two hundred feet in width; and which riot only contributes to the defence of the irriVy-yard site, bet serve for the provision of wharves for small decks, for depots of timber ana other materials. Bence League Island has all the advantages of an in- Miler situation from this passage, without the disad vantages to which an island at a considerable dis tance from the main is exposed. The surface of League Island is about three and a half feet above mean low water, and about two and a-half feet below mean high water. The whole of the island is surrounded by an earthen embankment, protected on the exterior all around by a dry stone wall—area four hundred arid ten acres. The whole island is used for farming purposes. The surface is perfectly dry, except in the ditches which communi cate with. the river. The earth. taken from within nine feet of the surface, after passing through the vegetable mould, is an alluvial clay, or sand mixed with a small amount of clay, and varying. in stiff ness. It is tenacious, and wileform, when excavated for docks and basins, a good material for tilling in, to raise the adjacent . The water is perfectly fresh at League Island at all periods of the tide, and under all its variations and those of the winds. The site is vastly superior to that at Winthrop's Point (where the water is salt Moan times), especially for iron vessels. The fresh water at League Island has little or no effect upon the iron of a vessel, while the salt water at Win throp's Point corrodes the material more or less rapidly, even when coated. - The spray from salt water in storms is very injuri ous to machinery near the seashore, and to this the works at New London would be exposed, while those at League Island would not. The water of the Delaware is noted for being very good, and is generally used by outgoing . vessels from Philadelphia on their voyages ;'and - they do not generally - ,commence to take in a supply of.water until oft of Chester, which is some miles below League Island. The entire supply of fresh water at Winthrop's Point will have to be brought from a distance, and is not comparable in quality with that at League Island. -The following are the advantages possessed by League Island in facilities for procuring most readily supplies of oill:hinds, and materials, especially iron and coal: • One of the first considerations in selecting a site for' a navy yard for iron-clads and iron vessel* is, that it shall be near abundant supplies of native iron and coal ; and League Boland, from its nearness to the .coal mines and iron furnaces of Pennsylvania; offers great advantages, on the score of ample, steady, and cheap supply; over New London. Iron and coal are always cheaper in Philadelphia than 'in New London, which must be the case from natural laws as . to location, and the laws of trade as • to cost and supply. The gilantity of iron manufactured in Penns3 - 1- . vania ls adequate for - many first-class establish menti, being 325,000 tons in 1860-61, and increasing, or nearly ten times what a first-class navy yard would use. • The whole , of the Salisbur y iron would barely furnish one such establishment, and then it is too costly for ordinary work. The cost of iron and coal on the seaboard generally is its cost in Philadelphia, with the freight to the place added. There are abundant supplies of good timber for ordinary purposes of construction, and for most pur poses of shipbuilding, within easy reach of League island. Philadelphia is a large exporting market for ship-timber, and it will he seen, by reference to the. Board of Trade, that the supply furnished to the Eastern markets this year has not been less than 1,27.5p0 feet, board measure ; of white oak; 3,450,000 of white pine, and 84.4,000 of yellow pine, of Penn sylvania. New London is too near the ocean, being only three and one-eighth miles from the mouth of the Thames, and too easy of access especially in these days, when iron-clads may runinto _ harbors near the ocean, and lay cities under contriution. A A navy yard located at New London would be entirely at the mercy of an attack from rifle projectiles. Such would not be the case at League Island, near Phila delphia, which is seventy miles from the mouth of one of the moat defensibluivers in the United States, and is .entirely secure from an attack by rifle pro jectiles. With iron-dada a harbor of easy access the last to be desired for a great navy-yard. League Island has the advantage over Winthrop's Point, blew Loudon, in less exposure to violent Winds and seas. • An examination of the maps of League Island, Philadelphia; and Winthrop's Point, New London, will show the relative area to be three to one in favor of League Island, or three times more space covered by water at League Island than at New London, and the distance ,of twenty-three feet depth from mean low-water line to be two and a half times less at League Island than at New- London. The holding ground is equally good in both harbors., There is ample depth of water at League Island for most of the vessels of the largest class of our navy. The mean range of the tide at League Island is about six feet, and at New London two feet five inches. The six feet rise of tide at Philadelphia is an advantage over the two and a half feet at New London to, navigation and for navy-yard uses, as far as it maces any difference at the two points. In security from an attack by an enemy and facility and econoiny•of defence, League Island is greatly superior as a' navy yard to aVinthrop's Point—the former being seventy miles from the mouth of the Delaware, the latter only three and one-eighth from • the mouth of the Thames river. League Island is secure from an attack by rifle projectiles; Winthrop's Point is not. The permanent defences of Philadel= phia defend League Island, and with obstructions in the channel, defended by temporary .or permanent works, and iron-clads above them, the river is am ply secure. The Thames river cannot be successfully obstructed, and if it could be would not amount to much; for'a vessel armed with rifled pieces could lay beyond any. obstructions placed in the river.and en tirely demolish a yard located upon Winthrop's Point. The present works upon Thames river would be sufficient for• defence from even a water attack, and expensive works would be required to defend the station from a land attack in the direction of Mystic river, Long Island Sound and the Connec ticut river. League Island has greatly the advantage in•regard to defence by troops from a dense popular tion within easy marching distance. The militia draft within twenty miles of Philadelphia is over 140,000 men, while within twenty miles of New Lon don it is not 6,000 men. The defences required for the Delaware are all finished (with but one excep tion, a fort at theßreakwater), those for the Thames to defend a navy yard located at Winthrop's Point are yet to be made: . Fort Trumbull, on the Thames, is a work of a small class, Fort Griswold is an earth work only, and they are not able to defend a yard from a water attack, and very expensive works Would havelo be added for this purpose. The expenditure required to render moderately secure the site for a navy yard near Winthrop's Point from a combined naval and land attack in front and on the flanks would be out of all propor tion to the object to he gained, while that at League - Island is rendered secure by the; defences required' for the city of Philadelphia. • It would be difficult to find a-place possessing greater advantages than Philadelphia for procuring workmen of all classes. Upon the location of a navy yard at League Island increased facilities for transportation would' speedily be made that would render, it easy to live in the City of Philadelphia and work at the yard. . The Government at League Wand would not quire to bring workmen from distant places to colo nize, as would be necessary at Winthrop's Point, but will have a large choice of the most skilful. me chanics competing for employment. • It is important to have a. large Manufacturing community near, whence to supply workmen for Government works in cases of strikes. : The advantage that League Island has over Win throp's Point is security from attack. The middle of a navy yard extending a mile north from Winthrop's Point is within the range of ritle-shot. and of shells from the anchorage outside of the mouth of the river Thames. League Island does not require expensive fortifica tions to defend the point, while Witithrop'a Point does. '" . • • The anchorage off League Island is three times in area of that off Winthrop's Point and a mile above. The excavation or embankment at League Island will not be-expensive, from the nature of the soil; and, as piling is to be employed there, the necessary filling up need be very small, and can be provided either by cutting down Bed Bank, on the opposite side of the river, or from cinders or slag of the iron factories in the city of Philadelphia. At Winthrop's Point a gravel hill is to be cut down or ascended. The subsoil of League Island is favorable to the driving of piles, a bed Af.gravel being reached on the island at the distance of twenty-live to thirty one feet. ' • The distance of twenty-three feet of water from the low-water mark at League Island is on the average but one-half to one-third that at Wmthrop's Point In the present circumstances of naval warfare, - with iron-clads and rifled guns of long range, a nifty yard cannot be safely placed within four miles of an outside anchorage for large vessels, and the location of such -an establishment at Winthrop's Point, New London, which As about three and a half miles from the entrance of the Thames river, would be inadmissible. , The coat of sufficient ground at Winthrop's Point for the location •of .a navy yard would be about $100,000; while League Island, near Philadelphia; is ' the munificent • gift of . the city of Philadelphia, and coat said oily $300,000. cost said can doubt but it was the desire of the hon orable Secretary Of the Navy; in his letters to Con ' gnaw; to have a new'navy yard for the construotion of iron vessels, tuids yard meeting all the require ments of an iron navy. lime the eupetkOt ablAndivace and Oheapaefgi of THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLESKID WEEKLY.) TM WAR Passe will be sent to subserfbere by mail (per arm= In advance) at e 2.01.7 Five " " 9.00 Ten " " 17.00 Twonty Copies " 32.0111 Larger Clubs than Twenty ve.ll he charged at the saino rate, 01.60 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and.to no instance can these terms be deviate:Wray") a 8 Met afford very little more than the cost of the paler. • Stir Postmasters are requested to act as Agents (of TRZ WAR PRES& Atir To the getter -up of a Club of ten or twenty, art extra copy of the Paper will be given. coal and iron at League Island determine the ques tion of the site in its favor. An abundant supply of fresh water is indispensa ble for the site of a navy yard for iron vessels, which is a great point in favor of League Island. League Island is the best location for a navy yard for iron-clad and iron steam vessels; presents a great saving in the annual outlay for coal, iron, timber and other materials; the great advantage of fresh water, essential for iron vessls; most important advantages in regard to defence, in regard to procuping work men, and in reegard to constructions, he. 88th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in Action. °AMP NEAII Fitconnamsaurto, Va., December 17, 1862 • To the Editor of The. Press: SIR : Cold, cold and damp, is earth, atmosphere, and everything, within and without our ecantygshel ter tents. Our greenwood fires, kept burning night and day, throw out With a sort of sulky snappish.. ness a faint modicum of heat, attracting within their smoky influence circles of shivering, half-clad, ems fortiess men, who, brooding over the late reverse, speculate upon the cause of that most untoward , event, and wonder who is to be the next. Command er-in-chief of the Army of the Potomac. With all the causes of dissatisfaction which exist, however, there prevails in the manly breasts of these soldiers but one sentiment, and that is unflinching loyalty to the old flag and an unyielding hostility to the ene ;Antes of the Union I Probably no regiment in the service has expe rienced more of the vicissitudes of war than the 98th has, and probably no one is less complaining or more. cheerful. When it left Philadelphia, lineal months ago, it numbered about nine hundred men, was perfectly organized, with a fine band of trained musicians, and a full complement of officers of all grades. On the 13th inst., it bravely advanced to meet the rebels upon the bloody plains of Fredericks burg, with but two field officers, (the major and adjutant,) and one hundred and eighty-three officers and men all told. All the rest had either resigned, or fallen in some one or other of the many battiest the regiment had. passed through. But there was no faltering, no wavering, when the word of com mand was given to advance! The Same alacrity was there, the same wild cheer—all, all but the numbers were there. Owing to some neglect it was suffered .te remain upon the field unrelieved and unsupported, a porno's of the time lying flat upon a ploughed soil, partly submerged, from 9if A. M. until 23i P. M., during which time it was constantly under a fire of grape and shells from the heights opposite the town, whick killed 6, wounded 27, and pierced the clothing and LuYipsaCka of scores of others of Our brave Philadel phia boys. Twice the regiment advanced upon the enemy, but the terrifically concentrated fire of their batteries was more than mere bone and muscle could sucee3lsrully oppose, and thus the little band of heroes was compelled to fall back to its first position. Sixty rounds of ammunition apiece was fired by each man, and this supply was exhausted long before the regi ment was withdrawn ; hour after hour it was com pelled to endure the galling infliction of the enemy's fire, without the ability to reply. Unfortunate was the inception, and equally unfortunate was the re sult, of this attack; but what was attempted was Well, if not.succeaafully, accomplished. AtiOr I). A. Griffiths,. commanding the regiment oft dis occasion, thus concludes his report to 01,1. T. H. Leonard "Why my regiment was not mo neyed I cannot say; but having no orders to quit the field, my command remained as above stated. My men fired all their ammunition, and after their supply was exhausted, we still retained our posi tion, exposed to the enemy's fire, but unable to re turn it, and expecting every moment to obtain sup port. . "All my officers behaved With great gallantry; but r would particularly mention Adjutant Benezet F. Folist, and Lieut. George B: Rhoads, command ing. Co. B, whose noble eenduct greatly encouraged my men. Among the non-commissioned officers, I would mention Sergt. George H. Fulton, WiWsns H. Forbes, and Jacob Ninesteel, the first two of whom have been acting as commissioned officers, and have been recommended for promotion.” . Hoping for better luck in our next encounter, which may not be far off, we shall be found while a man of the regiment is left to , represent it. I am, sir, with great respect,. yours for the UNION. Gray Reserves at Fredericksburg: OANP NEAR WHITE O.A.a.CHAPEL, Ira., December 23, 1862. To the Editor of The Press Sin : The 119th Gray Reserves- have' aequittet themselves creditably to their sister organizationin- Philadelphia, and to the old municipality itself. In the recent action near Fredericksburg they lay under a severe fire of shell, grape, and canister, from. 9 A. M., on Saturday, until near sunset, with but as occasional. intermission. Generals Smith, Howe. and Pratt; their corps, division, and brigade cons- Slanders, took occasion to compliment them' foe their remarkable coolness. Our worthy colonel, Peter C. Ellmaker, has won for himself laurels by his heroism and bravery. Officers' and men are loud in their praises as to his conduct under fire: Major. Charles C. Knight received a severe wound from a piece of shell early in the engagement, bat he is rapidly recovering, and will loon be 'able 'Wre sunie his duties. The companies were commanded in action ad** lows: A, James Dykes, First Lieutenant. B, Peter W. Rodgers, Captain. • 0, A. T. Goodman, do I), Wm. C. Moss, . do E, James VT. Latta, First Lieutenant. F, Edwin A. Landell, do G, Chas. Noble, Jr., do 11, -John Thomas, do I, Jacob Ridgway, Captain. IC, Charles P. Warner, Captain. • The men of this command bear unftinchinglyand uncomplainingly the hardships and exposures aeons- • sarily attendant on a winter campaign, and it is onit • when compelled to succumb to sheer physical en haustlon that they ask to be relieved from duty. lieiv Jersey State Teachers' Association. To the Editor of The Press: " • Srn : The State of New Jersey seems to be march— ing forward to the front rank of the-educational States. Through her Normal School, Teachers' In-. statutes, and the Teachers' Association, she is the- . roughly arousing her people to the paramount inte rests of public education. The State Association will hold its next annual meeting at Bridgeton on Monday evening, Dec. 29th, and continue through , to Wednesday 'evening, inclu sive. Among the speakers we notice Professor John S. Hart, of the Model School; Professor Phelps, principal of the State Normal School; Mr. Ribord, the State superintendent of public schools; and others. . 'The West Jersey, Camden and Atlantic, Camden and Aniboy, New Jersey, and Erie Railroads . , will issue excursion tickets at a greatly-reduced fare for those who wish to attend this convention. The hos— pitalities of the citizens of Bridgeton will be extend ed to those who may be present. The excursion tickets will be good from December 25th to January 3d, if endorsed by Professor Phelps at Bridgeton. I am, sir, with great respect, SCHOLASTICUS. PERSONAL. —A corresponclent, writing from Havana, say . ? that " Morphy has been electrifying the Havanese with his wonderful powers. I have had the pleasure of passing two whole days amid invited admirers of this king of chess, all watching in eager silence each move. Our best player, and, in fact, the best player on the island, is a negro, black as ebony, Hilt father came from Africa. Re has often beaten his master, to whom Morphy only gives a knight. - Mor- - phy has agreed to play a game with him, giving hirn the king's knight. As yet, we have had but one blindfold game. This was at the house of Mr. Charles Sedano. We are to witness a match of ten blindfold games at the house of the seine gentleman on Tuesday next. What causes the greatestwoniter here is, that Morphy can combine conversation with &group of ladies and gentlemen while playing his game.", The romantic story about Gen. Burnside being a tailor's apprentice, and receiving his appointment as a West Point cadet from from Caleb Smith, then member of Congress from Indiana, is a canard made out of whole cloth. Burnside's father was a.. wealthy and influential man ;. the'son never Mended breeches for a living, but assisted his father , in 'the clerk's office of Union county, Ind., and the cadet-- ship was secured through Oliver H.- Smith,, then:. member of Congres, from that district: —A notorious guerilla, named Zadock Bry - son; re-. gently returned to Boone county (Mo.) frOM-:thb South, and was promptly arrested on .a -charge op' horse-stealing. He was extensively engaged in thla business, with his accomplices, before he went South. Bryson, during the examination - , told the judge that -more than half the horses in' Price's -army„ were. taken just as he had taken them-in Boone county. He will probably go to the penitentiary - , unless rebel. jurors.faiitO convict him. • ''• • —Henry M. Wfulleld, Charles Howard,.. and :S. Teaklo :Wallis, who have recently, been , released: from confinement in Fait Idfa . -ett . on,Friday.laat instituted proceedings in - the SUperior Court- 'of. Baltimore, each . .to reaoifer .$20,000 damages; for, alleged false imprisonment ;and detention. in, Fpf r . tress 111Onroe from liajor depersl Weol4 who was. . the .commander of that post'af the time of the. arrest. The rebel General Maxey Gregg,-who ivas.moi tally wounded at the battle of Frederickaburgi. waft, =ilia mother's side, of Rhode Island origin, his, grandmother being the daughter of CommodoreEssek, Hopkins, of Revolutionary memory, who. marrie* Rev. Jonathan Maxey, D. D. tha. second - President of Brown University, and afterNvord PresffientsOf the College of Columbia, S. C.;wheretheir,doughter the. 'mother of the General, now resides. -- Mr. Adams, our minliter,htis.just- twiturrnittett to the president of the Royal. National.. Lif eboat institution, by the direitidOn Pv.esidetit• Linf coln, the sum of £lOO as .donation. to. Ike general funds, and also about SAM more, to, be distriditeAl among the crew of one of , the heats, which went to .the relief of the Annie. - B. Hooper, which waa wrecked on the British coast ionierson.ths am). -Rey. H. C. Fish, B. D.; of Newark, N. J., bait; taken the fifty dollar premium offered through' the -Observer and Indepeutlett for the beet treatise on pro [many. The selection was made from aboirt .one hundred mariusoripts;aralthis is the third premium, which the Same author has taken. -Lieutenant Henry B. Beecher, a son of 'ytet r . -Henry Ward Beecher; has recently distinc i n a h e d himself in handling his battery, (B, 4th .Artillery) at a skirmish on the Blackwater. Diary Ann- Rythers, of Grand Re.pids, Nicht ftn, has applied for a -decree of div orce from her - husband, because he is an officer ao" doing service in . the,rebel army. Brig.-Gen. W. S. * Smith. 4 of the Army of the Curnberland," has just been parried to a younotor I of Bowling Green, Hy.
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