Ujt Vrt,ss. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1862 pFy We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. in-- Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from oui different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. , The Attacks, upon . General Ilaileck. The newspapers in opposition to the Go vernment are vindictively assailing General HALLEcK for his aieged neglect to attend to the wants of Gen, Bun:swim, and his failnre to supplyhiS,adVanced corps with a pontoon' bridge. This:new assault shows a change .of base on the part of these enemies of the Government: A few days -,ago General HALLECK was denounced as nmuiderer' for having ordered General : , BunNstpE to: ad vance upon the works of the rebels at Fre -clericksburg. His removal was demanded as a sacrifice to the memory of twenty thou sand brave Men, and all Manner of maledic tions-were Showered upon him. The report of General BURNSIDE Slip)Veo how plain. a tale:could-put them down. IRS report told the': World that they had been guilty :Of Wilful, deliberate, and . , maliciOns ftilse hood to_ injure their country's 'cause. Thus branded with' :fraud, we Shotild naturally refuse_ any ,further confidenee in their assertions. : I.l:they had been engaged in : ,honorable and :candid criticism, they would have acknowledged - their error; and Made a jUst reparation to General HALLECK. But no' such magnanimity could be ex pected. They see in :General HALLEcK a firm, deeided, and earnest servant of the Republic ; ft isoldi6r wile Ms no anibition but to end this war with honor to himself andhis country, and, therefore; they clainor for his destruction. Having been detected in their former misrepreSentation, they now, Attempt another; They no longer say that General HALLE,Ok. *as rash and hasty-in Ordering General Burt - Nsint :to Advance against his , better judgment, but slow and incompetent for not having sent the pon, toon train to - Fredericksburg, in, time fOr, the . advance of 'General SOMER. To do this ; they' diStort the evidence before the Comthittee' on the Conduct 'of the Thar in the Most unblushing manner. If we look at this thing sen'sibly for a single moinent, we will see how insidious and unjust their argument Appears. General HALEon. - is the general-ni 7 ehief.'' His '-duty was to give the. Orders for supplying Gen: Bunssro - E. This ivaS done. General ALMS is -the Quarter innster-General. His duty ;was - to see that General BOINSIDE was supplied With; trans portation, including :pontoons'. This was done to the best of thatgenciul's ability, and his evidence is so clear•and practical, that it 6 - 114101., adthit - of any doubt. ',` General EALiteti - should have had the pontoon bridges ,at FalMouth as soon as Gen. SUM NER. arrived," say these captions-critics. General ALEicis replies : ." No pontoon train could to Falmouth without a (dent guard to drive out the enemy's pickets, and, if it got there before thO' army, the enemy would have captured it. What all thearm,y itself did.not doi it leas not to be ex, Toted that the guard :of the pontoon, ei trairt slaortld do' >. This is plain enough, and an swersthe' firSt charge: The second com 7 plaint is ;that'General ,HA.LtEcic did not Anticipate .every contingency of weather, the Unavoidable dangers of war, and - the neees- Stiry deltrys of travel ; in other - words, that he did not secure the success of General BURNBIDE'S movement:: General MEIGS re plies " When a general undertakes to make a Movenfent, he must, giVe his orders himself. Every order that General SIDE 'pegvestedfr em me, eVel'y T eptisition that was laid 'upon me, he says himself, vas folly and p omplig satisfied." And again, in ex.- planation- of the asstuned delay,, :General MEIGS further answer's that, in his opiniOn,, it was A mistake to suppOso that a heavy, cumbersome pontoon train' could be trans-, ported from Berlin to: Fredericksbnrg, in the trio days : and a ' half that it took the :armyto march from Warrenton to Fredericksburg, Berlin is : near Harper's Ferry, on the tipper Fetomac, and its dis tance from Waxrenton is twice as great as the distance of ',Warrenton, front Fredericks , burg. When General AloCLELtilo - marched to Warrenton,' he 'left pontoons behind him. His plan was to advance on mond by way of , Culpeper. When Gene ral BURNSIDE relieVed :hiM, and changed his 'point Of attack FrederiekSburg,, he was compelled to cross' 4:Rage The pontoons had to be removed ; :and; as Gene , ral MEids justly observes, " ..march of a hundred miles fora pontoon 'train is a se rious matter; 'Whether, by land or water." After lending carefdlly this evidence i and -considering the unfavorable circum stances - attending the long March of a hundred miles, we can see ,no 'reaSon for censuring General BALLECK. The pontoons were in charge of the Army-of the Potomac: That Army :Of the::Foteinac marched to ,Warrenton without, bringing them :frm o Berlin, and, -if any person is criticised, we think it should be the general who left them among the mountains -Of the Shenandoah, when they is FC required in the yalley or the Rappahannock. The question is not, why did General 'HAIIEck, or General INIErGs, or General TiIJRNSTDE, fail to accomplish the impossible feat of- marching a pontoon train one - hundred Miles in two days, and a half, but Why- did General MCCLEM,AN':rencler that feat necessary, wb,en, he left it silty miles behind him, and moved npon Rich mond? Retaliation. We publish this morning the proclama tion of JEFFERSON DAVIS, in which he an, nounces it , as the intention of the rebellion to retaliate upon General BUTLER, and all the commissioned officers in hiS command, the death of ITUAIFORD. BUTLER is ordered to be immediately executed when he is caught, and the officers in his command are proclaimed to be felons. This vindictive and malignant prommeiamiento needs no comment, and we print it as an evidence of the barbarity and desperation attending this wicked rebellion. LETTER FROM 64 OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 1862. The death of William H. Polk, of Ten nessee, is not a matter of news, nor, per haps, a matter of eulogy, for I see that you have already paid the proper tribute to his memory in the columns of your newspaper. And if I refer to him to-day, it is partly be cause the joyous times through which Wash ington is now passing cannot fail to suggest one who was in other days One of the most popular and genial leaders of our social circles, and partly because the delicate and distreasing condition of Tennessee, and the interest the nation feels in the great events there transpiring, lead us to regret the loss of one who was among the bravest and test of her loyal sons. Mr. Polk was born in Tennessee, May 24, 1815, and was the youngest brother of the ex- President. His family were among those who went from the comparatively crowded State of North Carolina, to the freer and less developed territory of Tennessee. They crossed the mountains in a Spirit, of restless adventure, and were among the pioneers of the new settlement. The generation which preceded him had outlived the wild romance that sur rounded the primitive life of these •early settlers. The Indian wars had been - transferred from the forests of the Cumber land Valley to the everglades of Florida, .and civilization was stripping the rough bark of nature. Men .no longer went to church with the rifle and prayer book, or .awoke in the midnight to be butchered by the light of their burning homes. Daniel Boone was telling wondrous stories toyoung lads with large eyes, and the cotemporaries of Daniel Boone mayhaveitaken:young Polk on their knees, and described, with enthu siasm, the qualities of one to, 'whose ' courage,' endurance, • and skill the. West ern States owe so much. The in fluence of these men was felt deeply,. in Tennessee and in the country. When Polk , was attending school, men whose names, were afterwards to become litMotis were in the buy walks of life.. :Davy.Crockettlhad! told his stories to the Tennessee Legislature, and was in Washington repeating them to one of the Houses over which Henry Clay presided as Speaker. James" IC. Polk had. finished his law studies with Felix Grundy, and had gone into politics, while Felix Grundy, kind, genial, noble-hearted gen , . tlernan that he was, had entered the Senate Chamber. Thomas H. Benton had quarreled With Jackson; gone to Missouri in disgust, and been sent to the Senate, which he honored for thirty years. „ John: Bell had dawdled away sonic feeble Years in Congress, and was Making dreary speeches to ; patient ,judges: and iiriptitient jurymen. : Bailie Peyton was in the House, and contemplating - his embasSy to the Brazils, and all Tennessee was Very much excited abont the 'wrongs of one of the bravest, boldest mightiest of. her sons—a tall, gaunt, narrow-visaged man, with light hair, ,fierce passions, and a franie which a bulletwound - litad tortuied.upOn the rack—a man who had given law to Ten nessee from his rude court-house, and carried it into execution when the court had adjourned-L-a man who went to church, thid the race course regularly ;. who Was a ao,ut.:(Thristian, and , had'killed a inturina duel; and haVing proved 'himself to be one of the most upright judges, one of the most skilful ;generate, and one, of the noblest patriots of the age, was now stalking around Washington, swearing terribly at the justice of Mr. Moiiroc7s Administrationi threatening to cut the .ears from :Henry Clay; and anxious to be chosen Piesiclenfof the Pulled ; States. In the zenith of that strange, eccentric and extritoydhia7Trian's career, Polk was construing Ctesar in the University of .Tennesse:e. • • :Andrew Jackson ;had closed one of the most'illustrious"Administrations : the -he public: had known, : and Was planting corn at the Hermitage:and:writing indignant letters against the enemies of Mr's.: Eaton. , :Martin Van Buren Was sunning:himself in the lin gering rays of Jackson's splendor,: : spending his time at the last novel, and' des his leisure moments to the duties of the Presi-: deuey, when Win. H. Polk was admitted to the bar; and Webtinto , politics. HiSbrother was Governor, .and in 1841 he became a member of the Legislature ,' of his native: State. But his roving : temper would not he at rest, and President Tyler haying tendered hiin an embassy' to NapleS, he went as: Charge d'Affaires , ,in .1842: There lie remained, enjoying the delicious climate of Italy, and, paddling the lazy-hours away in the Vesuvianßtiy. While there he negotiated a : treaty With the Two which gained him great credit as a keen and practical diplomatist, The cloud of :war that Was appearing on 'the horiZon when he left, his native land now darkened the heavens and burst into a storm. William R Polk wa§ too brave a than, too fiery and Myatt. ous, to spend the hours which hiS country demanded amid the soft associations of Sicily. He hearflothe thunder, and he 'came Milne. Went at once into the army,as a major of dragoons, and served :duing ,our brief campaigns with Mexico. PeaCe proclaimed; lie returned home and resumed the practice of his profession, attending the ;15fishville Conventien in 1850, and being elected to Congress' in 1851-53. ; Of all the item= bers of ::that Congress, and there were:many Who have since become eminent, none be more kindly remembered by his ,:fisso dates than Win. H. Polk.' In person, he was rather tall, with a frank, hearty Westetn face, and the air of a careless, easy, good-na- , trued gentle:Man. He Was ft pine type of the representative TenneSsean,' , and seemed to retain many Of, those 'qualities Which have' given an air of genial and affectionate ro mance to the history of the early pioneers. He - was honest in :his opinions and : brave in the expression of them; but with all his: political :decision, nothing pleased him bet ter than . to withdraw himself from the. troubled waters of politics, and enjoy the companionship of the men he esteemed. , ,, In . social life lie .wliS Unrivalled; He had infinite wit and most-excellent-fancy, and I shall often think of his broad; genial, tin . flagging, limn& ; his exquisite ininiicry, his fine sense of the riflieuiptia; his overflowing spirits, and that Unceasing - cetirte'sy tliat drew'all men to him as his friends, and dis-, armed all enmity and coldness. ; Mr: Polk retired to hiS farm, and might have passed the remainder of his days in . Pastoral pursuits, : The rebellion Caine, 'and with the instinct of a loyal and true heart he came from his home to array himself against it. It is alniost, too soon to Write the story of leis :gallantry, and prowess in the cause 'of .'Douglas ;: his bitter war cif on Isliani 'G. Harris and the Secession clique; his micomprpniising opposition to treason; his fidelity to the flag, as one after another of his trusted friends and co-laborerS, from the faith ; and finally his . :exile from his hoine With the :prescience of patriot, ism he , SalV- the cause of the rebellion, and first aniong the men of the.'Border he called upon the Goternment to strike-A:chines in the vulnerable : , heel----to deStroy. treason by destroying:slavery. In this faith lie wit§ earnest. , He preached ft in Washington--- he suffered for it in. Tennessee, and lie died fully realizing its great, truth. It is thus that I will leaVe him now, and :I commend him to those who were his felloWL.citizens, and to all who recognize the loyaltyhe breathed; as the true type of a self-saerificingiand dannt less frimid , of the Union. OCCASTONAL: Public Entertainments. HARMONIA MusicAL Socrxrv.—This society held the first soiree of the season last night, at the Musi cal Fund Hall. The principal feature of the pro gramme was the cantata, "The May Queen," com posed by Dr. IVm. Sternclale Bennett, of England. It was performed on this occasion, for the first time in this city. The principal solo parts were sus tained by Prof. A. R. Taylor, who was assisted by different lady and gentlemen amateurs, and the chorus of the society. A selection of solos, choruses, &c., were also given, under the direction of Leopold Meignen, conductor of the society, assisted by Prof. Al. li. Cross, pianist of the society. The audience was full and appreciative. Every part of the performance was at least satisfactory, and many portions were performed with singular excellence. "The May Queen" elicited frequent and loud ap plause, and was most thoroughly enjoyed. The se lections were varied and tasteful, and, generally, were executed very acceptably. ACADEMY OF MD:M.—The new enterprise of Messrs. Hood and Sheldon, at the Academy of Mu sic, has met with great success. Although, at the first presentation on Christmas afternoon, matters were not so perfectly smooth as the managers might, perhaps, have desired, yet every successive 'enter tainment passed off without a flaw. The acting of the little ones is excessively amusing and creditable to a degree. The children, who throng the house, were infinitely delighted, and will remember for many a day the beautiful little pantoraimists, the golden chariot, and the ponies, Mac and Burnside. This holiday season will prove a carnival to all children pleasure-seekers. The admission, twenty-five cents to all parts of the house. g ORPHEUS MUSICAL ASSOCIATION'S 'GRAND CONCERTS AT THE ACADEMY Or MUS/o.—Mr. Ed ward Payson Weston has taken the Academy for a series of unique and elegant concerts by the above named Association, and under hie management the public will feel assured that only musical treats will be presented. Mr. Weston has engaged a tine, full orchestra, comprising forty talented performers, for the occasion, which will be under the direction of Mr. Carl Sentz. The initial concert will be given on Monday evening, the sth of January, and the programme, which is before us, is really attractive. In addition to the grand orchestra, a full military band and drum corps will perform a number ofgrand marches at intervals in the concert, during the per formance of which ample arrangements will be made to allow the audience to promenade. Season tickets, for four ,concerts, have been issued at the Uniform price of one dollar each to subscribers. Over seven hundred of our most distinguished citi zens have already placed their names upon Mr. Weston's books. Tickets and seats may be secured at the office of liarnden , s Express, No. 607 Chest nut street, every day, between the hours of BA. 2'l. and 4P. Pd. The concerts will be given once in two weeks, either on Monday or Thursday evenings, until the series is completed. Sioxon BLITZ, the merry, and aceomplished.magi clan and ventriloquist, performs every afternoon and evening, commencing at three and at half-past seven, at the Assembly Building, Tenth and Chestnut. Parents who love their children's happiness must not forget to take them to see the Canary Birds, and the many wonders which Blitz Introduces. SOMEBODY'S Lrooaon.—This is the Christmas number of Household Words, edited, by. Charles Dickens. It contains a number of stories, of more or less interest, very slightly connected by an Introduc tory and closing narrative. A tavern-waiter. .rejoic ing in thename of Christopher, is the hero Who tells "Somebody's Story." This sketch is undoubtedly by Dickeni, and we agree with the Loudon Times in 'thinking it eqUal to any eccentric character he ever drew.—T. B. Petersen and Brothers republish "Somebody's Luggage," thiS day, in octavo, and no one will grudge twenty-five cents for it. , . P).:7 P.lOlO 21'S 00IINTER pI4iT' i DI:TECTOIL —The now „numberiissued this day,contatins'an account offoVti • new •counterfelta issued in theinoath of • De i ceittbtert and a good-deal of original fitutnciabnews. It bike best number yet published,:and 'contniences the of volume, • . , RETALIATORY PROCLAMATION OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. • Con. Boller and nil his Officers to be Executed. FEDERAI:OFFICERS FOUND WITH SLAVES TO BE HUNG, THE SOLDIERS TO BE PAROLED. THEY. ARE NOT FREE AGENTS Negroes In Arms to be Rung when Tahem Spocha De:spateli to The Press.] By the -President of tile Confederate States—A Proclamation. Wrinnuns, A communication was addressed on the sixth-day of July last, 1862, by General Roam, E. :Lxx:, acting under the instructions of the Secre tary of War of the Confederate States of America, to General IL. W. BALLEOK, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, informing the latter that a report: had reached this Government that Was B. Iklumponn, a citizen of the Confederate States, had been executed by theUnitedStates authorities atNew Orleans for having pulled down the United States flag in that city , before its occupation bp, the United States forces, and calling for a statement, of the facts, with a view of retaliation if such . an, out rage had really , been committed under the sanction of the authorities of the United States ; And whereas, (No answer having been received to said letter,) another letter was, on the 2d of August last, (1862,) addressed by General Lxx, under my instructions, to General HALLuOir, re newing the inquiries in relation to the execution of the said Mr mror. - D, with the information that in the event of not receiving , a reply within fifteen days, it would be assumed that the fact was true, and was sanctioned by the Ciovernment of the United States ; And whereas, An answer, dated, on the 7th of August last, (1862,) was addressed .to General Lr.r. by. General IL W. HALLBCK, the said Generabin- Chief of the armies of the United States, alleging sufficient causes for failure to make early reply to Said letter of the 6th July, asserting , that "No au thentic information had been received in relation to the execution, of MU-7,ZEORD, but measnres will be immediately taken to ascertain the facts of the alleged execution, ll and promising that General LEE should be duly informed thereof ; And whereas, On the 28th of November - last, , (1862,) another letter was addressed, under my instructions, by RoMr. OpLo, Confederate agent for the exchange of prisoners, under the cartel between the two Governments, to Lieut.-Col. W. H. Lon- Low, agent of the United States =under said cartel, informing him that the explanation promised in the saidletter of General HALLBOIt, of 7th of 'August last, had not ) , et been received, and that if no swer Was sent to the Governinent within fifteen days from the deli Very of this last communication, it would be considered that an. answer is declined; And whereas, a letter dated on the Sd day of the present month of December, the said Lieut.-Col. I.nn.Low apprized the said BORT. OULD that the above-recited communication of the 19th of November had been received and forwarded to the Secretary of War of the United States, and whereas this last delay of fifteen days - allowed for answer has elapsed and no answer has been received ; And whereas, in addition to the tacit admission resulting from the above refusal Ito answer, have received evidence fully establishing the truth of the fact that the said WILLIAM B. IVIUMFORD, a citizen of the Confederacy, was actually and publicly executed in cold blood by hanging, after the occupation of the city of New Orleans by the forces under Gen. Bex- JAlll2sl F. BUTLER, Then said MUMF.ORD was anun resisting and non-combatant captive, and for no of fence even alleged to have been:committed by, him subsequent to the date of the capture of the said eity ; And whereas, The silence of th<GOVernment of the United States, and its maintaining of said Borten in high office under its authority for many months after his commission of an act that can be viewed in no other light than as a deliberate murder, as well as of numerous other outrages and - atrocities here after to be mentioned, afford evidence too conclusive' that the" said. Government sanctions the conduct of the said Brri.xn, and is determined that he shall re main unpunished for these crimes : Now, therefore, 1, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of Ammica, and in their name, do pronounce and declare the said Beni - Alms' F. BuTLEn to be a felon, deserving of capital punishment Tdo order that be shall no longer be considered or - treated simply as a pUblic enemy of the Confederate States of America, but as an out law and common enem3- of mankind, and that, in the event of his capture, the officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging.' And I do further order that no commissioned released on shall be ti c k roffi ce of the U. S., taken captive, . , „parole; before exchange, until 'the said BUTLER. shitll have met with due punishment - for his crimes. . • And Whereas, The hostilities waged against this Confederacy by the 'forces 'of the TT. S., under the • command of said B.uxJAmix F. I3uTran, have borne no resembleance to such warfare as is alone permis sible by, the rules of international law, or the usage of civilization, but have been characterlied by're, peFtted atrocities and Outrages, among the largOnum ber of which, the following may be cited as es- ampler Peaceful and !aged citizens, unresisting captives and non-combatants, have been confined at hard labor, with hard chains attached to their limbs, and are still so held in dungeons and fortresses : Others have been submitted to a like degradinglpun ishment for selling medicines to the sick soldiers of the Confederacy: The soldiers of the United States have been in vited and encouraged in general orders to insult and outrage the wives,_the mothers, and the sisters of Helpless women have been torn from their homes, Anti subjected to solitary confinement, some in for tresses and prisons, and one especially on an island of barren sand under a tropical sun; have been fed with loathsome rations , that had been condemned as unfit for soldiers, and have been exposed to the vilest insults: Prisoners of war, who sux•rendered to the naval forces of the United States on agreement that they should be released on parole, have been seized and kept in close confinement : • Repeated pretexts have been sought or invented for plundering the inhabitants of the captured city, by fines levied and collected under threats of impri soning recusants at hard labor with ball and chain. The entire population of New Orleans have been forced to elect between starvation by the confisca tion of all their property, and taking an oath against conscience to bear allegiance to the invader of their country Egress from the city has been refused to those whose fortitude withstood the test, and even to lone and aged women, and to helpless Children ; and after being ejected from their homes, and robbed of their property, they have been left to starve in the streets or subsist on charity: The slaves have been driven from the plantations in the neighborhood of New Orleans until their owners would consent to share their crops with the Commanding General, his brother, Azronaw J. BUTLER, and other officers, and when such con sent had been extorted the slaves have been restored to the. plantations, and there, compelled to work under the bayonets of the guards of United States soldiers, Where that partnership was refused armed expeditions have been sent to the plantations to rob them of everything that was susceptible of removal : And even slaves, too aged or infirm for work, have, in spite of their entreaties, been forced from the homes provided by their owners, and driven to wander helpless on the highway : By a recent general order, number 91, the entire property in that part of Louisiana west of the Ms sissippi River, has been sequestrated for confiscation, and officers have been assigned to duty with orders to gather up and collect the personal property, and turn over to the proper officers upon their receipts, such of said property as may be required for the use of the United States army;to collect together all the other personal property and bring the same to New Orleans, and cause it to be sold at public auction to highest bidders—an order which, if executed, con demns to punishment, by starvation, at least a quar ter of a million of human beings, of all ages, sexes, and conditions, and of which the execution, al though forbidden to military officers bythe orders of President Lincoln, is in accordance with the confis cation law of our encmies,which he has effected to be enforced through the agency of civil officials; And, finally, The African slaves have not only been incited to insurrection by every license and en couragement, but, numbers of them. have actually been armed for a servile war—a war in its nature far exceeding the horrors and Most merciless atroci ties of savages; • And whereas, The officers under command of the said Buvw•n have been, in many instances, active and zealous agents in the commission of these crimes, and no instance is known of the refusal of any one of them to participate in the outrages above nar rated;. Awl whereas, The President of the United States has, by public and official declarations, signified not only. his approval of the effort to excite servile war within the Confederacy,but his intention to give aid and encouragement thereto, if these independent , States shall continue to refuse submission to a. foreign power . after the first . day of Jannarysie'xt, and has thus made known that all appeal• to. the law of nations, the diotates of: reason, and Minds of. hurrienitY 'would be , tiddrerlyied in caau to. THE PRESS.-PIIILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1862. our enemies, and that they can-be deterred from the commission of ,these. Crimes only by the terrors of just retribution : Now, therefore, I, Jr:r.Fxrtmv Davis, Presidesd: of the Confederate States of Itmerica, and acting by their authority,,appealing tc9 the Divine Judge in attestation that .their conduct is: not guided by the passion of revenge, but that they 'reluctantly yield to the solemn duty of redressing, bynecessary 'severity, crimes of which their citizens , are the victims, do issue this my proclamation, finctby vir tue of my authority ae Cominander-in-Ohief of the , ar:Mes of the Confederate States, do Order-- First. That all commissioned officers hi theconi mand of said BENJAMIN F. BUTLER be declared' ikit entitled to be considered as soldiers engaged , in honorable warfare, but as robbers and criminals cbs. serving death; andithat they, and each of them, be whenever captured reserved.for execution.. Second. That the private soldiers and non-commis-. sioned officers in the army of :Mid BUTLER be con sideted as only the instruments used for the com mission of crimes perpetrated by his orders, and not as free agents ; that they, therefore,.be treated when captured as prisoners of _war, with kindness and hu manity, and be sent home on the usual parole that they will in no manner aid or serve . n the ITnited, States in any capacity during the continuance of this:war, unless duly exchanged. Third. That all negro slaves capiUred in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective States to which they belong, to be dealt with aCcorcling to the laws of said States. Fourth. That the like orders he executed in: all cases with respect to all commissioned officers of the UnitediStates when found serving in company with said SIRVes in insurrection against the authorities of the different States of this Confederacy. In testimony whereof I have signed these presents and caused the seal of the Confederate States of America to be affixed. thereto, at the city of. Ric hmond, on this 23d day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-two. JEFFERSON DAVIS. By the President, J. P. BENJimnsr, Secretary of State. EDITORIAL. COIVIIVIENTS. On this proclamation the Richmond Dispatch _has the following editorial comments: The proclamation against BUTLER and his conies up to the full measure of. public expecte," tion. The deliberation with which the conclusions of the Executive have been arrived at gives addi tional solemnity and dignity to his purpose. The brute. and his minions will discover that it does not not follow because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily :that it is forgotten or for given. Those of our own people, too, who have been dis posed to complain of the President's alleged indiffe rence to the fate' of Mumford will see that - they intve done him great injustice and that he `has remembered it longer, perhaps, than some of his censors. In this, as in other cases, it would be as well for those of us who inhabit the vales of private life, and whose qualifi fications for conductinehegovernMent of the coun try have never yet been discovered by our fellow citizens, to be modest and charitable - in our strictures upon the course of those whom we have paced in power, and who from their official and, intellectual elevation are probably able to acquire a wider sweep of the horizon than those of us who dwell upon the plains. We trust that the proclamation against Btainn and his officers, should they fall into our hands, may be carried out to the very letter. The black flag is the only answer to the unheard-of crimes of these enemies of the human race. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to 66 The Press." WAHHINWTON, December 26, 1862. From the Army of the Potomac. A telegram from the headquarters of the Army - of the Potomac represents that all is quiet to-night, and nothing has happened within the last twertfy- Cour hours worth communicating. Secretary Chase's Financial Plan. The Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the request of the Committee of Ways and Means, has prepared and sent to them a bill embodying his views. The first sections of the bill give authority' to raise $300,000,000 for the service of the current year, and $600,000,000 sor the service of the next fiscal year ; and to raise these sums in any of the Modes heretofore sanctioned by this Congress, as the public exigencies will require. These notes include the issue of 6 per cent bonds, 7 3-10 bonds, 7 per cent bonds or bonds bearing less rates of interest, and also the issue of small notes bearing 3 65-100 per centum interest, and legal-tender notes bearing no interest. The Secretary, in a letter to the committee, ex presses a strong desire to have the limits as to the modes of provision and amounts to be provided in each mode, defined as precisely as possible by Congreis. The remaining sections of the bill authorize the formation' of banking associations to issue notes furnished by the United States, alike in form and secured alike by United States bonds ; bnt payable on demand primiirily the- issuing-association: The bill, in its nrtin features, is the same as that introduced by Representative liooriat during' the• . last session. •In his letter, The Secretary expresses' a profound sense of the importance of this measure to the negotiating of loans, to the collection oi in ternal revenue, and to the security of the - people against the etils of Aii - enormouer aml-lrredeemablo• paper-money circulation. ... . . • Arrested as a Hostage. Jon Is B. Hv's l'El: was to-day cbmmitted to the Old Capitol Prison as a hostage for Josra.n. STILES, Government scout, who recently fell into the hands of the rebels, and whom they propose to punish ai a spy. This Government is determined to 'protect its sol diers from' the outrages at the hands of the:Con federates to which they have heretofore quietly sub mitted. • Five Thos sana Germans Propose to Settle in Florida. . Five thousand Germans have notified lion. ELI 711 AYER that they are willing to settle in Florida upon the fermi of his plan of restoring that State to. the Federal Government. One thousand of these Ger Mans now reside in St. Louts, . • Threatened Negro. Insurrections in Mis. ST. Lor IS, Dec. 26.—The Halle& Guards left this city this morning, for Grays Summit, Franklin county, on, special duty. 'lt is said they have been ordered to that place to prevent threatened trotiblei among the negroes in that vicinitY. There is talk of threatened negro insurrections in Franklin county, but inquiries have failed to elicit any relia ble foundation for such a report. There are but few negroes in the county, not enough to get up 'an insurrection on a considerable scale. • The Excise Law. The 751 h section of the Excise Law, which pro- vides that staves, hbops, and headingii shall not be regarded as manufactures within the nieaning of the act, applies, according to a decision of the Com missioner, only to those article's in the rough, or when prepand and sold as staves, or hoops, or head ings. Hogsheads, barrels, &c., when taken to pieces for greater convenience in packing, are subject to a duty of three per centum ad valorem, as manufac tures not otherwise provided for. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is .pre pared to furnish revenue stamps of every kind and denomination. Stamps which" were ordered on or before the 24th inst., Will be for Warded during the present week I The McDowell Court of' Inquiry. General Sigel, in his cross,examination, having desired to give, some explanation of his previous testimony, Gen. McDowell ob.;ected; and. the court went into secret session. Upon the re-opening of the court, it was decided that Gen. Sigel might make correctionb of, what he had already said, but that other explanations niust be deferred till the close of the cross-examination. He returned negative answers to the folloWing questions: Whether he did or did not know. the strength of General Rickett's division, which had been assigned in a general order I He (Sigel) had admitted to have seen the necessity of overtaking Longstreet at or near Thoroughfare Gap. Whether he knew or did not know that the Rhode Island Cavalry had been sent up. from New Baltimore, on the west side of Button - Ridge, to attack the enemy's flank, whilst he should be .marching through Tho roughfare Gap' Whether he knew or did not know that, besides Rickett's division, two brigades of ca valry, under Generals Bayard and . Buford, had been sent to aid in the movement? ' • • , Being asked if he thought .the 'eleven or. twelve thousand men, of which this expedition under Gen. Ricketts consiited, were a sufficient provision to hold the enemy in check, heireplled that it was, If the troops had been moved at the right - time and to the right points. The Porter Court Martial. Gen. Porter presented, through his counsel, a written pprotest against the reception of certain evidence, on the part of the Governinent,.which he had deemed inadmissible. The .room was cleared for a few moments in order to allow the court to de liberate upon the protest. -• - .On the reopening of the court the judge advocate rendered a decision sustaining the course of the Government. The Rest witness sworn was Lieut.. Col. F. F. Locke,: Assistant Adjutant General, and chief•of Gen. Porter's staff. He was Closely questioned in regard to the interview. of Gen. McDowell °with Gem Porter, in which the former. .expressed his dis approbation of the position selected by Gen. Porter to give battle to the enemy. He .believed that Gen. Porter had obeyed all orders, and to have pushed.on from Warrenton to l3rietow with all possible speed. Capt. Martin, of the Third Massachusetts bat. tery, at that time coininanding, the .division of ar tillery of Maj. Gen. Morel!, of Porter's corps, un derwent a similar. investigation, and verified the statements of the preceding witness. . • Maj. Gen. Morel! was next examined In relation to his movements while serving under Gen Porter, but did not, in any manner, blame his commander. Running the BloCkade. NAT YORX, Dee. 26.—The liarkblontezuma from , St. Thomas, reports that the rebel schooner Retri; butien ran the blockade of Wilmington, N. t 7., on Nov. 27th, and arrived at St. Thmitas on Dec. 7th, with »cargo of 370 barrels. of spirits of turpentine, 100 bales of cotton, nrid 150 bnrfels of rosin. She had a crew of 15- men, and carried.threezuns in her hold. I) , etection of Frauds on the Government. linty Your:,. Dec. 26.—An investigation into , the frauds on. the Government shows that out of the sum of $1,600,000, which was paid out in this city alone, from the'special appropriation or twenty mil hoes for recruiting, organizing; and drilling "volun:-. teers, nearly one half too been paid on frauduleat Accounts.. , • • . Neady a thousand maims have been engaged.K.4 the matter, but they sbre nob all etiminally' imptr eated. . _ . .... • • STpcKp Awn likiaL 1...; riT.A.T4 TIYEgDAX NEST, 3001 :Inst.. Sie.,7:kolies is-. smie.. eftertisempnts 'and pail.- ... , ,, . _ . .. . . . .. . . 2.) . irlei cotaippycl. xstied.to4ll ! .. ~. ... • ;,... . .I.; . .rtc . it VALL ) AitLii R Kit Eittiit;rE, el% iXNFiitr. Felt pFtttlee4tre.reAcy in ItiOdlAlle at the suction 'iooietsi'... -•-. - - ' ' A'im?...it.o r: . :' ', : : ,'..! - DEPARTMENT OP Skirmishes with the Eebelsonercessional Election—Affairs at 16ewbern.71V. WALinINCITOri, Dec. 26.—A. letter front sfiffOlky Va., dated the 23d inst., states .that• the electiani for members of Congress took place the day before',. Agreeable tcy the proclamation: of General Dix., Con' biaty to the laws of Virginia,. Ixrilors , were cast:in atead of voting riva VOLT. In or&r.' to give the peo rie•at Smithfield nn opportunity to' show their at tachment to flit Union,gtwo ballet-boxto were sent down to them, in charge of Lieu.r.-.gol. Onderdonk, commanding two hundred of the' list! 11,1i'elor York Mounted Rifle's, and 'a couple of howtt*tiii, iSus 7 : pecting. that the enemy Would be at : MCCAW re visit the polls, Colonel Onderdonk sent, the' ikaeS di rect to Smithfield, in Charge of a small: squad, and proceeded mit& the remainder Of corn mend to Windsor. Learning that tP.e. enemy', in considerable force, had left the place but astbrtitikrae before, he proceeded enutioualy• towroda= DIM of Wight; and about three miles out came' up' with them. He sent his compliments in the shape of "shell" from his howitzers, and they respendedl handsomely with a six pounder. A short skiihilidt revealed one regiment of infantry, two pieces OtrarA. tillery, and some cavalry. Li-cut. Col. Onderdenk,. thinking it would be safe.to look up voters nearer Suffblk, slowly retired. The rebels attempted' to , surround him, and at one time were only one hun dred and fifty yards 'in his rear. He suddenly wheeled his command about, and fired a volley, which emptied twenty of their saddles in quick time. Skirmishing- continued; fors six miles. Two prison ers and horse were taken. None of our men were lost or injured. It is thoright it will be a long time before the election returns will come from Smith field. Nansemond county polled 39 votes; 26 for Mr. Cooper, 12 for McCloud, and I scattering. FouTnEris .ItloNUorr,. Dec-. 26. Lieut. Colonel Stietseli, of the llth Pennsylvania CavAry, Colonel Spear's dashing regiment, had'a warm engagement with the enemy, at Pointer's Bridge, on the Black water, yesterday, four miles above Franklin. He drove the enemy's pickets on this side of the river, capturing four'of their pickets, one cavalryman and his horse, and three infantry and their arms. Col. Stietsell'a advance, with their earbineers, under the gallant Lieutenant John S. Ropes, first engaged.the enemy at very 'short range. Finally , discovering the enemy in anperior mimbers above and below us on the river, with ourxery small forces of only four small - squadrons irtperit of being flanked, Sties - ell very wisely. conbluded to retire, which he did in safety. The following is 'from the Newbern (N. C.) Pro . gross, of December 16: The funeral of Col. Gray, of the 96th New York regiment, was attended on Wednesday afternoon, the Bth Massachusetts regiment and the 3d New York artillery , 'doing escort duty. Col. Gray was killed in the battle of Kinrion. He had beenin the seven-days battle before Richmond. Schooner Alice D. Webb, released to the owners, by order of governor Stanley, has been retaken, by special authority from the Naq Department ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAR, Occupation of Winchester Advance Of General Milroy—Great Suffering ;;of the People, &c. DALTnroxii, Dee. 26.--Col. Keys moved from Romney, and took possession of Winchester on Tuesday morning: The rebel 'pickets • stationed 'there retired on his advande. The - rebel General Jones, with 2,600 men, had occupied the place the week previous, but had left, going towards Stanuton. ' General Milro3os forces were at Middletown, and approaching Winchester. The. Winchester railroad has been entirely de stroyed by the rebels, and the rails carried ofr. The people of = Winchester are in a state of destitution for the common necessaries of hie, which are held at famine prices, and hardly pro curable. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. NASBVILLE, Dec.2..—Mrs. Clara Judd was ar rested to-day as a spy. She has been busily engaged in noting the number and position of our troops, and had, when she was arrested, two trunks filled with medicines,which she designed to convey South. There is no army news of importance. The cars from Louisville arrived on time. Among intercepted letters from Knoxville, the following list of prices at that point is given: Common tea, $l6 per pound ; soda, $3.50 per pound ; sugar, 75 cents per pound ; bacon, 35 to 40 cents per pound; salt, 15 cents per pound; coffee,, $3.30 per pound ; flour, $3O per barrel ; wood, $25 to $3O per cord; the latter seems :incredible; but it is so writ ten; apples, $5 per bushel; pins, $1 per paper; boots, $5O per pair; hats, $l6 to $25 each; $1.60 per yard. A letter from a slave-trader says -he is buying negroes in Richmond for $1,200 and $1,300, and sell ing them in Georgia and Alabama for $1,600 and $1,600. • • . A' half-dozen foreigners, deserters from Murfrees borough, arrived here to-day. A WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. The Europa at Hatithx. ILsolFax, Dec. 26.—The royal mail steamship Europa arrived at this port at 101; o'clock last eve ning. She will sail agatlkat daylight in the morning for Bates". - • ' ' • Her iadvices, are from Liverpool to the 13th, .via Queenstown the 14th. The delay in the transmis sion of-the news -by telegraph has been caused by the bad condition of the line east of Calais, Me., The[steamship Teutonialhad arrived out. • The London Shipping Gazelle says that the British war steamer Adrian has been ordered 'to leave Halifax, and nr+er.v.isitine .New_York. join / 1 Milne's squadron 1n Bermuda.. This • movement looks like the concentration of the disposable force. of Admiral Milne's squadron in the localities of the recently reported. on British shipping by American cruisers: The Ga:fette thinks that Admi ral Wilkes will hardly venture-upon farther molesta tion or violation of neutral territory. The , London EinanciPation Society—a recently formed association—have issued a circular, ad dressed to the ministers of all denominations, urg ing them to give prominence to the subject of negro emanciation. ' The London - Star reports the holding of a most enthusiastic meeting at - Lambeth to expresi sympa thy with the anti-slavery policy in America. During the present year, forty-six American ships have" been registered in Liverpool under British names. • . A general meeting of the Atlantis Telegraph Com pany was held at London on the 12th. Hon. James Stuart Mortley presided. He stated the terms on which it was proposed to raise £600,000 of new ca pital, and announced that within three days £75,000 had, in response to the circulars issued by the ditto tors; been subscribed, FRANCE There were rumors-in Paris of unfavorable news having been received from Mexico. Also, that there were urgent calls for reinforcements, which will ho sent under the desire of establishing a reserve at Martinique. • The Archbishop of Paris. has gone to Rome, it is rumored, in the name of the Emperor of France, to explain to the Pope the Emperor's views in the new concessions necessary to be made on the part of the Pontifical goyernaelit. ITALY, The Italian Parliament reassembled on the fith, Ministet Fitrini explained his policy, and promised the support of the Administration to reforms, based upon the System of decentralization; and the deve lopment of constitutionalliberty. R He euloguized the army for having, under a pain ful trial, re-established the authority of the laws. He said : "With unshaken confidence in the ac complishment of Italian unity, we abstain from making twomises which Might , not lie followed by immediate effects, and await the course of events, without lliusions, and without discouragement. We shall be careful to maintain our alliance, whilst preservingthe independence of the country„.." . He concluded by appealing for Italian concord, which is personified in the King. In a duel between Garibaldi's eldest son and Col. Pallavicini, who captured Garibaldi; the young man is said to have received a mortal wound in the side, and the Colonel was seriously hurt. made pxplanations in the den. Prim hats Cortes on his conduct in Mexico. He reat:-Z9YCral confidential letters addressed to him by Admiral La Graviere, containing strange details relative to the Mexican expedition. According to these letters Gen. Almonte declared that' he was authorized by Napoleon and the Arch Duke Maxmillian himself to put forward the candidateship of the latter, and that the French troops would guaranty the throne of Mexico to the Arch Duke. General Prim also read letters written by O'Don nell and Collantes, recommending the strict execution of the treaty of - London. lie said an English repre sentativahad made similar declarations to him, - and he deemed it wise to embark for Spain. In conclu: sion, he expressed his opinion that the French Ex pedition would nothave the desired result. • Commercial Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARkET, Friday, Dec. 12.—The Sales of Cotton for. the week amount to •66,090 bales, including 31,000 bales to speculators and 3,000 bales .for export. The market has continued Ilidoyant, and prices for the - iiddilling and lower adviineed - '3,1@3,1d. - The sales' .to-day! are eitimated at 0,000-bales, including 4,000 bales to ipeculators and exporters, the market closing quiet but steidyr at the following authorized quotations:.. • • air. Middling. Neiv Orleans 27d. 23je'd. Mobiles' ' 2611: 22 - gd. Uplands - 2 5 d. The stock in pert is•estimated, at 254,000 bales, in cluding 24,006 bales of American. " - ' STATE OF TRADE.—The Manchester. .markets are • quiet, but prices 'continue to have an ad vancing tendency; and.holders are' still forcing up the quotations. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.— Messrs. Richardson, Spence, & Athya, & Co. ' and other authorities report the Flour mar ket flat; sales at 22q1285. Wheat steady at Tues dayos decline; red Western, 8s 9dO:9s 4d; red. South ern, 98 8d 09f; 10d; white Western ' Ns 3d@ ' lli- white Southern, 11@12s. Corn quiet at a decline of 3@61; sales of mixed at 23s@ 28s 3d. - 'LIVERPOOL - PROVISIONS -MARKET.—The circulars report. Beef inactiv.e. Pork tending down ward. Bacon easier. Lardquiet but steady. Tallow still declining; sales at 425g435. -LIVERPOOL PRODUCE ' MARKET.—Ashes active at 33a 6d for Pots and 32s 6d for Pearls. Rosin quiet at 265@268 64 for common.: Spirits of Turpen tine very dull. Sugar : quiet, but steady. Gottee— iie sales: Rice steady. Linseed has a downward tendency.: Linseed Oil inactive. Cod Gil dull. Petroleum heavy and declining. - LONDON MARKETS.—Brefulhtuffs - quiet, but steady. Iron firm. Sugar declining. Coffee steady. Tea quiet, but steady., Rice inactive. Tallow Spirits of Turpentine firmer at 11 is. Rosin dull at 275: Linseed. Oil adVancing; sales at 388 6d. Pe tmleurn'ha s a declining tendency - . Provisions quiet, Nit steady. Lard declining. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDOW, De ceraber 1201:—Consols closed at 92 - .1‘092;:c... The bul lion in-the-Bank of, England has,decreased. £172,000 during the week.. AIVIEP MAW- SECURITIES:—IIIinois Central I?ailronrdl .12041,44 per cent, discount; 13aie Rail road, 4242}4.; U. S. ftves,-663-1. From China and Japan. s..tx FnaNcisco t Dec. 25.—The ship Southern Cross, from Hong Kong on Nov. 6, arrived at this jierVto-day. She reports that the ship- Weyniouth waelost on Pirates Shoal on October 30,. with the largest cargo ever shipped from. Ilongn KOng to San Fiancisco.• • • The Hong Kong markets were unchanged. A cargo of teas and 'drilla, recently arrived here per the ship Josephine, from Shanghaey was seriously injured. All.will .go to auction: on account of the imderwriterti.. SAN FitAxeisco, Dec: 26.—The ship 13. F. Hoxte has been chartered to take a load of dyewood to the coast of Mexico. • r Letters from item; Pang of the eirh estimate the stock of cotton there awaiting shipment for Eng land at 60,000 bales, Two vessels were loading,' the charge being £i - sterling per bale. The cargo lost on the ship Weymouth comptised principally teas, sugar, and rice, belonging !to VW nese merehants r and valued td.V2,250,000, AiiViCeS.VOM" sMltin to Ncivember.23d state ihit the AlTlerlOftll steamer Wyoming created m uc h pg l, miration at Yetlilo.„ She s ailed.for S)langhae on the 23d. Several-ShiPsJhad rkentlyi sailed direct for valuhble oargoeS-Of,tealAnd.atcs‘ CITY ITIF.dIvIS. l;111USTIAN COMMISNOIf.---r e torty men, sent a 43 delegates of the Christian dommission, are busily at work at Falmouth,.Acittita, Creek, Washington Landing, and Point Lookout, and at various points in Maryland. 'They feed the waraderl at varicateplacesocr their Wily "from the latQ.biittle 4 tield to Vi f pshingtom and. else there, and aid in their transfer, under the direc; , tritmof Dr. Letterman,Medleal Director, and his a 4 )le• corps (*.surgeons... 'rtxiy distribute varibus stores . and publications, and seekctvgive all comOrt and iri structiom te , the noble mea.Whwouffer for the nation, "and they at them, also, biwriring letters l'Or them to theii'filerevand benefi'ttlient in every posaible way. Largedemando come, also, [EOM the West, for the supply ail outrucart army with'mlitall4e reading Mat ter. Tbsdugli, St; Louis, aioni;-300,)000 men can be reached" in: 1 1 11SsOrtri, Tennessen. azd Arkansaw Now, WI, ire suclil great good cs.ri 4:4 :accomplished;. is the time Volsend' in money andlotorerr; stores to. Geo. H. Stuart; Esq:, chairman Ctirtitiart Commis sion, No. 13 Bitnlc street, and monelrtbi Sus. Pritter son, Esq., 'treasurer, at Western FINE NEN , '" CARTES DE VISTTWOF DISTLN (UNSHED MEN.-:-/Yrr. .7.. Gutekunet, Mst. 704 and 706 Arch street,. the• skilful photographer of this city, has recently added's4number of corks' de visite for the album, of - dietinguished men, lei .Mr. 0-.'s naual superior style: The application for pictures at this famous old house; during the last fkrweeks, has been unprecedented, and the pictures iir all the various styles of the' photographic art, 'farm. the plain carte to the most elegant life-size in oil, ema nating from this establishment, are admitted' to be the finest made in this, oountry. • SUPERB STOCK: OF GENTLEMEN'S FUR rusnirro GOODS. — NotwithMAnding the immensede mond upon Mr. G.A:. Hoffinan's stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, No. 60EF Arch street, during 'the last few weeks; for articles -to present to gentlemen, his'assortment is still. rich: aud complete, and, the .good work of purchaaing fOr New Year's gifts is now fully inaugurated.. Let every lady who wishes to make an acceptable and tasteful present to a gentlemen, visit Mr. Hoffman's. His stock of ele gant Dressing Gowns is one of the richest ever offered in this city. • LADIES' FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS:— Judging . from the throng of customers at the popu lar Fur Store of Mr. John A. Stambach, No. 820 Arch street, all' day day yestertla.y, it is quite evident that the demand for Ladies' Fancy Furs has not been diminished by the Christmas festival... IVew• Year's day is no less conspicuous in the calendar fors this beautiful and social mode of remembering friends, and we know of no stock of Fancy Furs in Philadelphialthatipresents greater inducements to. Purchasers than that offered by Mr. Starnbach. FINE CONF.EOTIONS FOR HOLIDAYS AND ALL DAvs.--It may be gratifying to the hosts of friends of the popular Confectionery house of lilessrs. E. Whitman fr., Co., Chestnut street, be low Fourth, to know that their sales of fine Confec tions during the present week have exceeded those of any other house in that branch in Philadelphia. The reasons for this are that their Confections are finer, purer, and more =palatable than any others, and that they have had the good sense to keep their prices within reach of everybody. GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING GOWNS.--Mr. C. Arrison, Nos. I and 3 North Sixth street, has now in store a magnificent * stock Of gentlemen's furnishing goods, embracing all the varieties of gloves, hosiery, underclothing, scarfs, cravats, muf flers, and a very choice and'. elegant assortment of gentlemen's dressing gowns, admirably adapted for New Year presents. FANCY GOODS FOR NEW YEAR'S PRE- Sr.wrs.—Messrs. Waters S. Co., No. asNorth Eighth street, corner of Filbert, have now in store a supe rior assortment of goods suitable for New Year's gifts, such as fine quality Silver-plated Ware, Bri tannia Ware, and a general assortment of Fancy Ar ticles suitable for gifts, to which we invite the atten tion of our readers. Their stock of Limps, also, for. burning Kerosene oil, we need hardly repeat, is the largestand most desirable . in the city. BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF FINE CONFEC 'mtgs.—Dlr. A. L. Vansant, corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, leading confectioner of this city. notwithstanding his enormous sales during the present week, has still a princely stock of choice roasted Almonds, chocolate preparations, bon-boils, earomels, French Nauget, French and American' Mixtures, together with a • delicious assortment of grapes, oranges, and other choice fruits. OAXFORD & SON'S Funs.—Messrs. Chas. Oakford 8. Son, Nos. 834 and 836 Chestnut street, under the Continental Hotel, have still a very large and' varied stock of Ladies' Fancy Furs of every description, made up in the best and latest styles, which they are selling at moderate prices. Give them a call. CIIIIISTMAS IS OVER, and we are glad to learn, that, among other good cheer brought by this glorious annual festival, was the joy and gladness shed upon the hearts and hearths of a largo number of poor people by the gift of Coal from the popular coal yard of Mr. W. W. Alter, Ninth street, above Poplar, in compliance with a suggestion made by us in The Press several days ago. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICI :NAL PrinrosEs..—Mr. O. H. Mattson, dealer in fine family groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, has con stantly:on hand, for the accommodation of. his cus tomers, and the public in general, a stock of pure, genuine wines and liquors, imported by himself, expressly for medicinal purposes. His rare old Port, Sherry, and Madeira wines are highly recom mendesi_for_their purit3 - Dy the first pliyaitdans or Oufeity. - FINE QUALITT OF MILITARY TRAP . PINGS of every description, suitable for army and navy ofßcers, can be had at the store of Messrs. Oak ford b Son, under the Continental Hotel. • GF.O. STECK PIANOS For New Year Gifts. Geo. Steck Pianos . • For New Year Gifts. t Geo. Ste.ck Pianos . For New Year Gifts :Geo. Steck Pianos , . For New Year Gifts Geo. Steck Pianos ' Geo. Steck Pianos For, New Year Gifts For New Year Gifts. J.' E: Gomm, Seventh and Chestnut streets .TITE PLACE TO OBTAIN TIM GREATEST amount of good in the shortest time, and for the least money, is at 1416 South Penu Square. See an article headed ”*.A. Card." CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—Bronze Match Safes, Cigar Boxes, and Ash Pans, porcelain Lan terns, Drop Lights, and many other useful articles on hand, at Warner, liaiskey; & Merrill's, No. 718 Chestnut. de2O-6t. A -ditAii.) ?lil .Ii LL.—For a number of weeks past the pleasure-seeking portidli community have been considerably exercised in anti cipation of a festive demonstration of an unusually brilliant and attractive character, announced to take Place some time during the present holiday season. The 'mystic :worth; "Mercuri L4uandi," whilst they stare us from the store windows and street corners, and puzzle many heads to afford a solution in un adorned English, are bringing bright visions of gold watches and chains, photograph albums, and certain et ceteras of an elegant and costly description, to all who take the pains to inform themselves of the character, purposes, and grandeur of the forthcom ing carnival. Personally acquainted as we are with a number of the managers of the affair, prominent citizens of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, and' all gentlemen of integrity, liberality, and enterprise, We fee/ no relllCtft . laCc lu c*l4rlng that under their auspices the prize ball of the "Mercuri LoquandP , cannot fail to prove an overwhelming triumph. We refer the reader to the announcement appearing in another column. WHAT HAS BEEN PROVED.—The war, among other things, has taught the American people : That the United states have more military re ? sources, and can put into the field greater armies, than any other nation on earth. It has proved that the United States Government has no friends among the Governments of Europe, and, furthermore, that it needs none. it has proved, beyond a doubt, that the best made uniforms, worn by the men of our brave army and navy, were manufactured at the renowned one-price clothing emporium of Granville Stokes, No. am Chestnut street, Philadelphia. This will suffice for the present. A*PEACEFUL LINE.-Aline of peace was drawn across the continent funidthe tumults of the war of 1861—the Pacific Telegraph. A survey of the route was commenced in November, litX.o, by Mr. Edward Creighton, who travelled the whole dis tance on mule-back. The party this side started from Omaha, Kansas, and erected their first post on the 4th of July, 1861. They travelled ten miles a day, setting up thirty posts to a mile.. In parts of the country destitute of wood these had often to. be drawn two hundred and forty miles. The reach , of wire across the continent, from Cape Race to San Francisco, is five thousand miles, making a (N.M. fence in time of more than four hours and a half. A large business house in the Fits 4, like Charles Stokes' "One-price" - Clothing Store, under the " Continental,” has half of its (lay'ff sales made-be fore the California merchant has taken down Die shutters. To MARE brrßEssToxs OF COINS Olt MEDALS.—First take an impremsien of the . coireiti sealintwax. From this a copy in relief may be taken by immersing in boiling wafer a-piece of thin gutta percha, a little larger than the coin:; press this well down on the wax, and you will have a copy:in relief. This will present an elegant appearance, and convey an instructive and valuable lesson', pro vided the medal bears upon 113 face the following Words : "Buy your wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill Sc Wilson, Noe. 603 and 606' Chestnut street, alcove Sixth." • EnwAnn P. KELLY, Tailor, 142 S. Third street, formerly principal of Kelly dr. Brother, andof Lukens, Kelly, & Bro., has on hand a large assort ment of choice Winter Goods; also, Pattern Over coats and Business Coats, of all the fashionable styles. Terms cash, at low Deices. de24-1121t J. E. GOULD, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets, is the only one in.Philatlelphia who keeps the - popular and truly beautMful• Gew Steck Pianofortes. de4-tf CHRISTMAS PnESirns.:--Sluger h a. ]Pt milt' Sewing Illachinea wit& Hemmeii. and. Braider at tached, lathe best an most ussikri of all machines now in use. Those welting to make a truly valua ble Christmas preamt, and ow- that will keep the giver everApeli in Vie kind rsciembrange of the re ceivei„Vll;ilo!wed to buy oak of these machines to present sare.a,..*Beasonable token of real friendship. Ilie•price is Vir, Call arid make your selections at `.l..lifi'Sliatet Co.'s, Na. BIG oheateut street. (1211-at PitirarN;re I—Get a beAutiful tteilt - P)Ano of J. F 4. Gould, corner of Seventh and UhelittlUtAllTflAil, • deitt A NEW ARTICLE or EXPORTATION.— Steinway & Sons' grand square and upright Pianos took twenty-4ga first premiums (geld and silver me dals) at the principal fairs kelt] In this country with in the last seven years, and in addition thereto they were awarded the First Prize Medal at the great International Exhibition,. at London, in tßr2 , for "powerful, clear,.hrllliant , and sympathetic tone, with excellence of workmansldp, an shown in Grand and Square Piano" This greatest friutwph of Ame. siean Pianos In Es kind has ceused'a amesation in roasical circles throuAout the continent,- and, as a recoil,. the Messrs. Steinway are in constant receipt of ord'ers- from Europe, trhus inauginatingr a new phase in the history of American pianarliyarmating in tlieM an article of export. Wareroortm at BlasiusAreef.,looBChesthut rAteet. de23-6t FINANCIAL AND COMMERCTAI, THE MONEY HANKIES. rIfiLADELPHTA, L•tcember2 Then:Me} , market continues quit& easy, fand'the' rates inn:honey areynchanged. Go id commerical' Vaper &rarely seen! Loans on call ere active-at 6> @Tv cent; loans.on, good collaterals at 6 l ctat. Gold GMT steftOr to-day, openint , et 1311, and closing at the same' figure. A slight advance was' made about noon, but the market was weak at the' advance, and fell basks. Old demands were quiet at' 22614, Government' securities are more in: request, and a slight, improvement is perceptible in the figures; 1254 s paid for silver. The Stock market was rather dull to-day, with prices- generally unchanged. Government five twenties sold at par the seven-thirties a 9 102. State ftves were' steady - at 96X. City sixes were steady- at 103% for the new, and par for the - old. Reading sixes, 1870, sold. at lot—an advance ; 1880 s rose X. Pennsylvania Railroad first mort gages- were firm ; the second do. rising 3.. Pitts burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad second mortgages sold at 93X--an advance of 1. Elmira Railroad sevens advanced %. Susquehanna Canal sixes sold at 37. schuyakill. Navigation sixes 18 - 12, at 92. Northern . Liberty sixes at par. Lehigh Valley Railroad scrip sold at 18. Morris Canal and Schuylkill. Navigation were steady. • Lehigh Navigatioh shares rose I ; the scrip X. Read ing Railroad shares were inactive, closing same as on Wednesday-37g. Pennsylvania rose X: Philadelphia and Erie sold at 2.5 X ; G'ltta 'wisEa at 4 % , Elmira rose IX, with 21 bid at the close. Long Island improved X,. Harrisburg and Minehill•were unchanged. Passenger railways were dull. Seventeenth and Nineteenth was in demand at 10—none offered. Thirteenth and Fifteenth im proved X, There was no change in any others. Mechanics' Bank sold at 24%; Consolidation at 28. 141 was bidlor . North America. The market closed firm-1139,000in bonds and 600 shares changing hands. Drexel & Co. quote : United StatesDonds, 1881 102X@103 United States Certificates of Indebtedness 95X.0_ 96% United States 7.3-10 Notes 101X8102 Ouartermasters' Vouchers 6 @7 die rders foz Certificates of Indebtedness— 33i@SX die Gold . . . 131Ne132 Devilled Notes • 1.26X@P127 . The following Le the amount of coal shipped over thee Himtingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad for the week ending Wednesday, December 24, 1862, and since January 1: Week. .I"Feviously. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. .7,612 319,786 327,298 5,778 261,612 267,390 1862 ' ' • 1861 Increase The following is the statement of coal transported over the Hazleton Railroad, for the year ending Dec. 20, 1862 Tons. Cwt.' Tons. Cwt. Tons.llrwt. Hazleton Alines.... 3,215 03 117,837 02 121,052 05 Cranberry - 1,244 04 66,225 03 67,649 12 Diamond 1,082 01 31,507 16 32,689 16 East Sugar Loaf... 3,00216 126,542 03 129,544 19 Council 1,546 06 86,748 09 88,294 15 Mount Pleasrtlat.... 401 14 11,276 19 11.678 13 Ebervale - 786 07 38,803 18 39,690 05 liarleiglil,2sl 01 68.559 06 69,81.0.07 834 03 • 35,375 14 26,209 17 Jeddo 2,062 00 113,768 03 116,830 03 Total" _15,425 15 696,644 17 712,070 12 Corresponding pe riod last year.... 9,388 08 682,901 07 692,289;15 6,037 07 13,743 10 Increase The inspections of Flour and Meal in Philadelphia, during the week ending December 25, 1862, were as follows : .. . Half Barrels of Superfine • 220 Barrels Superfine 18,621 do Fine.. 260 do Rye 336 do Corn Meal 200 do Condemned 119 T0ta1..... The last Bank . of England statement shows the following variations as compared with the previous week : Increase. Decrease. £304,495 Public deposits Other deposits Notes in circulation Rest On the other side of the account : Government securities Other sedurities Coin anii.btillion Notes unemployed 119,671 In relation to American securities, Messrs. Baring Bros. Sc. Co.'s circular, per Scotia, says : United States 6s have been taken at 69;1a are quoted at.64@66. Virginia 6s have been don&at 46. For railroad bonds there is more in ; Illinois. Central . 7s, :76@77 ; 6s; 75(6r18; New York and Erie Is, 6308 . 5 for first mortgage ; tbird mortgage, - .7240t; Michigan Central Ss, 75at. ; New,York Central. 6s, 73@75 ; Pennsylvania Central; 75@80; Cottada 55, NO99y • Nova Scotia 65,1073,118108; 2 ; New Rums wick 61V107@108. • Philada. Stock Exc [Reported by FL-R-Sa- , FIRST 2eoo p Ft W & C 2 mort- 03% 700 C ity 6s New SN) do ..New 10334 700 do. -New ..... • .1tr3,4 2000 do 100 12 Pliihula & Eric R. • '283.1 20 Cense' kl'n Bk 3dys 2S 100 U S 7-30 Trea N b1k.102 2000 Reading 6s'7osswn .104 MO Penne bs 063 i Mechanics'•Bank.. WA I BETWEEN 18 Mechanics' Bank.. 21% MOO SchnylNiLT 6s 152. 92 4000 DT Liberty .81 100 2 Penn a R 58% SECONI) NM City ai New NM 200 d0....0 & P 99.11 1X11; 10E1mfraR 20X 9 •d 20X 19 Lehi o gh Yal Scrit l , 18 CLOSui • Aaked. U 8 Ss cos 131....102X 1031 US 7-30.0 • •101# 102 American Gold. 731 132 Pblla 613 ..01d.... 992 i 1(X) Do new ' 103 1033. Alleg co 6s R 50 51 Penna. as. 96% 97 Beading R .• • • ... 37. 56 37 % Do bds '80...108% 109 Do bds '7O. • .101 104.35 Do . bilk '86—.102 10231 Penna B 6835 683:1 Do lst m 6a..111 112 Do 2d in 65...1063.1.1063 Morris Cana1..:.62 53 Do prfd 108..129 131 Do 6s '76....103 .1)o 2d mtg... 100 Snsq Canal Do 6t3 • . Schnyl Nay 4% 4% Do prfd 12 1256 'g2.... 60% 66 Do • R • - - Do prfd 34 36 Do 7s bit Dtl.. 99% 99% Do 10s. ..... .. 4551 N Penna R.;.....:954 99; , Do 68 _ . 86 • 86% Do 10a.... .... lo2g Phila Ger & Nor. 53 04 Lehigh Val R... 65 .. Lehigh Val bde..107 .• 'Weekly Review .of the PhilguiPa. Maikets. December 26, 1962. ` The holidays, as usual, have limited the operations of the past week, and the markets have been dull and neglected. Bark is in fair demand at former prices. Breadstuffa are unchanged. Coal and Iron continue firm, but there is less doing in the way of sales. Cotton is scarce, and the demand very light. Fish and Fruit are steady. Sugar and Ooffee--The Stock is very light and sales of a limited character. Provialonspre in better demand, and prices, gene rally, are better. Naval StOres—There is very little doing and prices are nominal. Oils are unchanged. Rice and Salt are firm. Seeds are less inquired for and prices have fallen off: 'Whisky is better and more active. Tallow, Tobacco, and Wool are 'un changed. In Dry Goods the trade has been limited, • and the markets, generally, were inactive but with out any material change in prices. The Flour market is unchanged but dull, with a very limited inquiry both for shipment and home use, at previous quoted rates. Sales reach about 6,000 bbls. at $5.7566.12). for low grade and good superfine ; $6.5066.75 for extras, $6.7067.50 for ex tra family, and $868.25 for fancy brands, as in quality. The receipts. and stocks are fair, for the season, encl. - the sales to the trade moderate at the above figures, including high grade fancies at $8.50. 63.75 '47 bb). Bye. Fret!, is lower and 2406300 bbls sold at $5.2565.50 bbl. Corn Meal is firm but quiet at $3.75 for Pennsylvania, and s4.W'ria bbl for Brandywine. 1 7 V}I'EAT.—The offerings have fallen off; but the demand is steady, with sales of 45,000 bus good and prime Western and Pennsylvania reds, in store, at 1460148 c, and white at 106r85c bu ; the latter for choice lots. Rye is scarce, and worth 9761000 bu, which is better. - Corn is dull and unsettled, with sales of 15,000 bus yellow at 66067 e for old, and 700 77c for new and mixed. Oats are unchanged. 26-000 bus sold at 41644 c for Pennsylvania; the latter for meavy. Pennsylvania Barley is selling at 1306140 c gid bu, and Malt at 150 e. PIiOVISIONS.—There is a good demand for Mess Pork at a further advance; sales of old and new mess at $14.25614.75, new prime at $l3. Mess Beef is firm ; sales of country at $l2, and city ar513615 bbl. Bacon—There is rather more doing, and prices arc firmer; sales of 300 casks, including Hams at 96 ioc for plain and fancy cured, Sides at 666).:c, and Shoulders at 5651,1 c, cash and sixty days. There is a fair inquiry for Green Meats at full prices. Lard is in fair. demand, and prices are well maintained ; sales of bbls and tcs at 03‘67t00, cash- and sixty days, and kegs at 10k,',611e. Butter—The , demand is less active; sales of Roll at 18621 c, soli&packed at 150 17c, RR in quality, Penn Glades at 2f4r23c. Eggs sell at 26027 c lir dozen, and Cheese at 10012 c ie lb. METALS. There is a firm feeling in the iron market, and prices are well maintained. There is some inquiry for future delivery, but most of the makers have contracted for some time ahead. Sales of 2,000 tons Anthracite are reported' at $30632 for the three numbers, cash and 4 months. In Scotch Pig small sales have been made at $33(_r334 cash and time. Blooms are Aniclian,„ved. For Bar and Boiler-Iron there is a fair demand, and prices are firm. A sale of old Rails was made at $37 per ton cash. LEAD.—There is but little Pig here.. Sales of 1100 pigs Galena at 8),Ic cash. Copper is quiet but firm. BARK.—The market is firm, cod the stock light. No. 1 at $36 per ton. In Tanners , Bark nothing-- doing to fLx quotations, and there is little or none coming forward. BEESWAX.—The demand is limited at the late , decline small sales of yellow at 40c cash. CANDLES are held firmly, and meet a steady in-. quirt' sales of City-made Adamantine at 18@20c, and Western at 19622 c IL, cash and four- months, the latter linAire for.fuli weight. COAL.--There is some' falling off in the demand, both for home consumption. and. shipment. Tin) market la dull. Prices, however, have undergone-eso change. . The receipts by nailroad;are, moderate, and the supplies by canal are over for the season: COI EE.—The stock here in Bret hands is nearly exhausted; the dement: is extremely limited, and Prieeswitbout quotable , change. Salesof 4a7 , bags Rio.at 631 c, and Laguayra at 31633 c, oostt and thur months. COTTON.—The sock is extremely light, but the nianufacturers pu*lfiase sparingly, and prices are lower. Sales oP2OO bales at- fhonaicldling, 67668 e for geed /Addling, and .600 far Surat and South .A.l;nerleaXL: DRUGS A. DYES,—The demand is lithited, Sales of 300 casks-Bleach Soda at ti);(66,(,c, and Soda Ash at 3Xc; six months. Indigo is firm. FEATHERS:—There are but few here,,and goad Western'sellnliavly ht 5 , 2@66c, cash, Previous 19,780 17 19,656 £12,618 Dec. 20. OARD. 1 100 Reading R.—cash. 375; 1 50 do . 373 3 Catanrissn R . 4}' 100 do , 4% 5)00 Srsq Canal 65..b5. 37 1000 'do 37 30 Ponna 5sK 100 Catair R R 4% 50(1 II S 6s 5 Trs option.loo 2000 Read Os 1870..c0.51x.104 BOARDS. 20 Penna R 58% 3000 II S 7-30 Tr N b1ic...10 . 3 200 City 6a New— ..... ltY3% _ BOARD. 1000 Sttnira R is ....b5. 92% 4 Union Bk Ten nC.ScP 45 2000 Schuyi Nay G-: 1072. 02 50 Penna R.. • .2days. 6936 MO 2d & :3d Stsß 2m0rt.106 2000 Elmira R is 99% ' RICKS—FIRM. • Bid. Asked. Catawi E. 4% 4% Do red .14% Beaver Mead R.. 66 67 Harrisburg R.... 60 61 Wilmington Lehigh Nar 65.. Do shares.. • 6.3 6334 Do scrip .... 29X SOX Dam & Amb Phila & Erie gs.. Sun & Erie 75.... • . L Island It 21% 223 IDo bonds.... .. .. Delaware Div.... .. .. Do bonds..... .. Spruce-street R:. 16 163 Chestnut-st R.... 49 50 Arch-street 11-... 25X 26 Race-street .11._.. .. 7 3 ,Tenth-street R:.. 34 35 ;Thirteenth-dB.. 23 24 IW Phila R' . 58 60 Do • - bOnar., Green - street 3654 37 Do . Second-street R.... 78 7634 Do :bonds... .. Fifth-street R.... 62 52X Do bonds.... Girard College D. 26 25 X Seventeenth-at I: 9,3; 10 FISH.—The dentitad for Mackerel, Nao,„ , season of the year, is limiteil, and i jite — .l,' 4, mostly confined to Oboe lots at siza is ''''4 WO9 for No. 2, $ 6 . 20 064 0 1 for rnedi utn -f . fort; 6.60 for large as. Pickled for are 44 114 ei‘ 2.60 if* bbl. Codfish are held gr i t n i y st , I , , n;k i. large and small lists. Mlles of host FRUIT.—The absence of s of foreign continues to limit transactiorta sales are mostly Coafined to job l ots , , fit Sicily has just iCrrivitd.. Dom esticfrail ; 11 , 9i • request, with sales of' Green Appl•iii at ~,It'. NA, as irl quality. "Dried. Apples set; at . :..R. Dried Peaches Eill M9a, far unpa re d ”;,,1%. halves ; pared l'enches are scarce azien, - ",,eti Cranberries-are worth Offitattlo V hhl. "t"4.1 FREIGIITS.---To Liverpool and Lertio *tie offering; we ncte the'formtP t at 3 , ad ,6, , 11@l2c1 for.Orain, and' 3 5@440. , for he avy Ll'l lifrlk was taften Witill provisibos and oilig gocclir ' to Ltverpool, at 37s 6d. s an t ...: freigiNts are nuMidal al 32633! , •; foot. t . m redemand for resseirfor the West dietln charters NVere nMde for Muth-aids' OMR et Sugar and 37 for Molasses:- The pki l s ,i s . i getting 30e for Flour aniPlc:Gar' raet rai rltio Coal freighti are tsndling ti s; nut s:'',* . ale', scarce. GINSENG.—TIiese is mors'inqui rz . s . iit. 4,500 ihs crude and clarified on private terta;4tl GUANO.--The seaaon being over, tk . ' little doing is Any kini.• tie. 4 1 HIDES aridull, but Emu, anerwe hear 1',.., 5, of foreign. i HOPS are ilinnly held., wit h•sales•of 1 4: astern and Western at 1 421 C -11 a,', • tat HAY is stead •7 at 76085 c. thelOG•tts; LUMBER.—Dnsinethi has been liiiited; h e . out change in prices; ' sa3es ' of ;log o 1 , ‘PO $ 1 . 213 @1.3610 Br• AN MOLASSES is firmly lag, but'therr liver— demand ; small Balks of Cam liluscow n e time, and 40 50 0 Me New 011eaesitiortl s, y b r Lion, at 34@38c cash: NAVAL STORES.—There is very litt te do , any kind ; sales of Rosin at sl6rar; for con .tes 'iz glb@2o for No. I. Tar and Pitch, prit.es i o . changed. Spirits of '3'urpentine'are in lir-,i wand ; small sales at .M. 60 V gal3on;•essh. OILS continue firm ;,, small saki . o f 1•,,., e Winter Sperm at full prices. Lins ee d oin i i a m slowly at $1.23 id galibn. Lard Oil is fir: ; sales of Winter at SS@ 94e, and Su.nimer at si',." Prices of Petroleum are irregular ; s o k, of p e' at 60g700, cash. Nothing doing in Crtle. '4' RIC:E.—The stock is very light, with Gateau India- at 71A'13‘e; 500 bags were n o m , on pc; 'terms. SALT.—Two cargoes of Turks' Island h are eyed, and 00l Liveni remain unsold. We hear of no ice! .. sp*DS.—T There is less demand tor (Acre:seed, pricewhave declined. Sales of 2,000 ht.sheli hit., prime at $6.20,56.50, mostly at $ 6 . 2541 C.40 ph` Timothy sells at $1.75@2.25 p bushel, and % me t at $3. SUGAR.—The market has been quiet,but, are firm in their views. Sales of 330 litAti c hast o , at 1 s 9 E I R 9@9;(y4c Teon time, and New Orleans, partby,, e, ,,,: 's c ,_ aa ß h. randy and Gin are f..m, wit): t ‘ : " , more doing. New England Rum is steady sts ie gallon. Whisky is in request ; rates of Pe ... it . Mattis at 41043 c ; Ohio at 42@m ; ~, ...it . drudge at 400•11 c ill gallon. "`. 91 ., • TALLOW is unchanged ; sales of cit at 10 2 se, and country at it Ic It L. y reno t IX).l3Aooo.—There is very little inineireni • either Leaf or Malight. nufactured ; the Skid of th e 1 ter being very woOL.—There is a limited inquiry tor mv.i• with an:Mine Sales at full rates. at but low grades are lulled 60,000 Ls for tub. 6 6 @67,3 for fleece, and-1..f, The following are the receipts of Flour and Gr. at this port for the,past week; Flour Wheat... Com .... 011t13--..... PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE ISRAEL NORMA • JOSEPH C. GRUBB. ' Comortma OP THE mom EDMUND A. SOLIDER, LETTER BAGS AT THE KERCELAITTIe Rix:RANGE, nutinetelt Brig Juniata, Bell Liverpooi, Schr Sir. Colin Campbell, Vigos.. Ki eget on, Js. sox MARINE INTELLIGENCE: ORT OF PRILAD_ HIGH WAIVE 7 22-SIM SITS ~, ARRIVED. Ship Belle of the Ocean, Read, from Lip, , r ot i Nov 1, with mdse to P Wright & Sons. Bark Alice Minott, Lowell, io days from ,un dria,in ballast to`Witirkman & Co. Brig W H Harris, (Br) Cordfleet, from EM S% bor, TI, with salt to Alex Kerr—vessel to V:miim Woridworth & Co. Saw schr Morse, Parson!,* 2 via Barbadoes, going into East Harbor Want, load for Philadelphia. Brig Anna, (Br) Morrow-, 12 days from %by anc, with salt to J F Peniston. Left brig An n lie, for Boston next day, with the captain et 04 Wales (burned by the Alabama) and his wite,t American consul at Mauritius and wife, passengers on board the T 13 W, and four of dealt. Brig Delphine,lßrem) De Hann, frosißreced 30, with mdse to Harjes Briitbers. Brig Joseph Hume, (Br) Tresrey, from Pinx, S, with coal to E A Souder & Co. "Schr Bunlett Ft Hardy, from S.agut with sugar to"S &NV Welsh. 17th inst, Caltelit ras WNW 20 miles, fell in with schr illwrest. Ca of and from New York, with sutlers , storoafor P Royal, in a sinking condition; took from ter Me , : tain, crew, and two passengers, eight persons La and brought them to this port. Schr "N J Biityton, Lawson, from New Y* coal to City Gas. Works. Schr A Hammond; Higgins, 6 days from Boa' with mdse to Twells & CO. Schr Ann S Cannon, Nowell & days from NY. with oil cake to Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Schr R Cr Whilderk, Neal. &days from Neu I with molasses, &;. to captain. Schr R W Dillon. Marts, .6 days from Alessc.! Va, in ballast to captain. Schr H Barratt, Denby, I day from Smpts. with corn to Jas Barratt & Son. Schr Delaware Connor, 1 day from Smyrm, with oats to Jas Barratt & Son. Schr Allen Downing, Rice, from New York, ballast to captain. Schr H A Weeks, Ketchum, from Providence. Schr Alpbonso. Vincent, I day from Salem..z with corn to .T L Bewley & Co. Schr Tolant, I day from Lewes, Del, with cur' S L Bewley & Co. Schr Annie Virden, Chambers, 1 day from Lev Del, with grain to J L Bewley & Co. Schr Henry Wolfe, Atkins, 1 day from 1112 cue„ Del, with grain to Christian & CO. Stokkarttug America, 'Virden, 7 hours from Fositeen-_ Feet Blum, nrsrmg towed thereto ships surf Forge, for Panama, Left her at anchor there at 7P. bl tfith inst; towed up ship Belle of the Ocean. Cad (Vale saw a U S sloop-of-war. .BELOW. Brig Joseph Henry, Triissey, from Pictou. CLEARED. Bark N Boynton, Mitchell, New Orleara. Work man & Co. Bark Tacony, Mundy, New Orleans, A Hen, Jr & Co. Bark Brilliant, Colburn, New Crime-1.1151mm. Schr Elizabeth Ann, Bangs, Gloueeste,3 R kiston. Scher Hereld,Knight, Newburypott, Go Schr ➢I Freeman, Howes, New York P. Powell. Schr War Steed, Smith, New Haven. do Schr R G Whilden, Neal, New York, J R Irk% Schr Jas Logan, Smith, New York, d) Schr Magnolia, Niakerson, Providence, do Schr H A Weeks, Ketehwn, New York, Hamm Van Dusen Sr. Loclunan. Schr hisrinah N, Respess, l3eaufort, w d Loll Schr Elizabeth English, English ; Senior:, He ter, Norton & Co. - . Schr Lydia J Warren, White, Boston, Sinn! ,:km & Glover. Str J S Shriver, • Dennis, Baltimore, A Grove?. J' - (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.) LEWES, Del. Dail • Among the vessels remaining at the Breakh - ite are bark Leland from Pensacola, in ballast, order; schrs S itiqs 3lonr2e; C• Norton; Grace Girdlei, id - till4T; - 151. Waltei,l4. Ocean Wave, bound south• R Ray, do; Minerva, a: the revenue cutter IC Dobbin. The Leland left Pensacola (no date) bark Burnside and schr3 it 1 I *pings, Trojan, and Monrovia, waiting onieis. 71, bark Antietam remains ashore, with a a:haunt: alongside. endeavoring to float her off' with rot!. ; ) ours, &c. AARON DIARSIIALIdt . TgLEGRAPA. (Corresponderlee of the Philadelphia Exchaokael LEIVR.S, Del, Dec The brig Delphi ne, front gremerharen, and a sma.. ship passed in this morning. The Monitor Non. tack, in tow of the steamer Connecticut, went to sea this afternoon for Fortress Monroe. Dec 28th—The ship Rockingham, from Liverpool , 'tuned up this Afternoon. The hark Leland, item Pensacola for New York, went to seat at. P. M Wind southwest. Yours, &c MEMOR ANDA. Dark (Vivid Light, Eldridge, hence for Lonln, was passed 17th inst, 41 49, long 56 2 0 /I rig Mary E Thompson, Havener, hence, Inmal at Boston 24th inst. Brig Ella Reed, Jarman, hence, arrived at Hirs o 15th inst. Brig Russian, Toothaker, hence, arrived it land 23d inst.. Schr Mary Ella, Talpey, hence, arrived st 110 c 24th inst. Schrs John Crockford, Jones, and R P K b * Leeds, cleared at New York 24th inst. for Phßits Schr ()Scar F Hawley, Buckley, hence, snivel 1 ,. Newport inst. MMVWq I MTO I 7O HOLIDAY GIFTS BY THD BARD Or row= LILT- Good Uncle .Too hi. brovv did' beitil. • And thug began to think 'What gift he should his nephew: 4 e Of college youths the pink. 'Yount.' Joe my namesake . is," aid • "But even were he not, He is too bright a youth to be At Christmas timelorgut. "Brut /chat to sendhim I'm in doubt Money be would but wake. And thus, by scattering it about, . Acquire a spendthrift taste. " Of:hooks, already ho has more Thau I should like to read,. And if he studies them all o'er. He'll come home wise Ind'eed. " To iOvelry he don't - incline, Since cunning, Inca can make Some brazen gimcnicks, very flue. Which folks for gold misto.kr. — What shall I send illy darling.hol• • To,please him most of all? • One gift PicnoW hp must en.iOY— . , A i•atit froban TO)ri'at HALL." The largest :li:sorb:neat in Philadelphiarof and useful holiday gifts above spoken• of, on Tao' ' 1 selling at prices much below market. rates. -1 1 r 11 '7- 2 ! of Ready-made Clothing can be euited at our egr•b•,-.? meat, 'whatever be the size, taste, or v...rnliarill• [TOWF - S:RALL, 518 IL.I.R . F.ET Street. rhilaaelPr!: i It BESSETTb B ATOHELOR S HAIR DYE! THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR'S celebrated Produces a color not to distinginished fro/ 1 r ts: warranted not to injure the hair in the least; , the 111 effects of bad dyes, and inTiaorge / 11°1 Fife. GRAY, RED, or RUSTY FAIR instaoilr ta splendid Black or Brown, leasing• the fisir sor beautiful, Sold by all Druggists. &a . Agir The Genuine Is signed- WILLIAM. LOR, on the lour Irides of each aux. • FACTORY, No. 8 , 1 BARCLAI Street, (Late V. 3 Broadiocay and 16 /had ALVA-1y . • ant; , ii/RABB'S PLANTATION SITTIRS- TheY inqlflngthen, andoinvigorate. r They ciekte stealthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water and dist- They overeome effects of dissipaticmand late hims They strsagthen the system and ealiven hi They They prevent miasmatic and iutssmittenti ager6. They purify the breath and aciAley of the stema ch They eure D3 - sPepsia and Constipation. They ewe Diarrhakha„Cholemaud Chaco. bi'' l4° T way cure Liver COmplaint rad NeIVOELS aSealCh "iteY are the bash BATTERS IA the world. Th a . l. the Weak man strong, and are exhausted ratan,' cestorer. They are made alums St- /tug ' . tba. Waled Calisa.ya Barktrootsend herbs. a tel are taloa:six the pleasure of a beverage. withtot reoi r3 to ":" of day. Particularly recommended to &lice 'OA,. requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold hi' all 6 r ° s . c ,l gee este, Adele, and Saloons. P. R. DRAVI BROADWAY. Neir York, 16 A14 .46N, 45 ,615 .30,•nn JOHN P. DIARVALL.
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