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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1862
The Organization of Councils.
On - Monday next the newly-chosen Coun
cils will be organized. The result of the
last election has left each Chamber hi the
possession of the Union party by a very
'Staid' majority, and as the new body will be
called upon to elect the heads of depart
ments, and to dispose of the patronage of
the city for the next year, the Democratic
politicians are making extraordinary efforts
to secure the majority. The history of these
efforts is most shaineful in its character. It .
shows a .want on, reckless, criminal disregard
of every feeling of justice, honor, .and man
hood, The case of Mr. Dui. FIELD is the best
remembered illustration of their desperation
and injustice. We saw a member driven
from his scat without a Marino.; and a part
of this cominunity disfranchised by a parti
in majority , wino . in obedience to the die
.,
tates of a cancus. The .courts returned 11.1 r.:
DuFF.IF.Ln to his seat. in the case of :Mr..E. - 7
S. Mrtmot, pending before - the Court of
Common Pleas,: we • have another evidence
of what we assert. Mr. MILLER Was elected
as a member of Select Council by a clear
and umistakable . Majority.. Mr:: Lowny,
his opponent, after an - ntsuccessful effort
on the part;of his friends:to secure him
the returns, Was undet.steod . to waive-his
claim to the seat." The necessities of party,
however, will not pci nut Mr. Laws ny to ido
an lionorable : :act in this case, and We find
him' agreeing to take his scat at the callof
the Clerk, and 'have a vote in theorganiza
tion of the. Select Clutinber, Mr. MILLEn has
applied : for . a legal remedy against this
threatened wrong; and: his request' »ill be
considered to,day. : •
There 'arc other stories in circulation that,
we are pained to bun . Members of Couii
cil who 11111 i C 'been - chosen by the Union
pasty as representatives of Union wards
are openly quoted as having sold themselves
to the Democratic organization. The most
distinguished Mime 'thus mentioned is that
of lklr. -1 4 'nFmt:111C:K C. BniCaITLY, Who has
been c..liesen by. the ITnien party as a mem
ber of Select Council from. the Twenty-se
cond Ward. • Mr. sBRICUITIN's adhesion to
the :Union ..party Was :unexpected and grati
fying, He had been a Breckinridge Demo
crat; of the extreme type, 41 frientrof
cm rights, and devoted to, the policy of the
:Southern - leaders: lle canle ~ t e National
hoWeVer, oh 'the :9th of Odeber, anti
Leforc an lindience composed of thousands
Incif fellow-citizens announced ins un
qnnlified support of the Union Party. That
.tarty elected him to Council from a WArd in
which it was largely in .the ascendant hw.
.accepted the (*illation - - and - the office,
pledging his honor ;is a:gentleman to sus
tain the party Which had paid him such 't
distinguished compliment. We _cannot be
lieve that Mr. Bin GRIMY contemplates the
perfidy. which is now s discusSed onevery
corner, and has been chargediri one of our
journals. He : is a man of good mime; a
member of an honorable profession, a (Bs
- tinanisliedwriter onlaW, and Well esteemed
in other parts of the - country. As vie. have
Said, .}tie s cannot believe that a sman of such
character would:contemplate an act which
w•otild [forever disgitce hiM in the eyes of
every honorable man, and we repeat the
charge as ;:m act of justice to Mr. - BrirGirrix,
and to enable him to deny it in our cOlumns.
Other names have been mentioned;- but
this subject_is painful,and, - it- may be; invi
dious, and we Shall await events. We an
ticipate trouble in the organization of Coup-
ens. The efforts that have been made thus
far by the - Democracy lead ns, to belieye
that something more desperateHsome fraud
or outrage ItlOrPyillaipou than the. cases of
Mr. DUFFIELD and Mr. MILLER—WiII beat
tempted. POT some reason,. and We believe
for:the werst reason, the enemies of the Go
vernment iare making istrenuous efforts to
obtain control of the city of:Philadelphia:
If they can wiurp that pdwer in Councils,
the game Will be in their own hands. Phi
ladelphia will then be delivered- . Over to the
mercies:of the.BOori . ,s and VAN T.LISrkS of
New York—enough of whom are - A present
a-Tr - 7
opportunity to obtainizi control of Oirr mu
ro .
Achy). aftiOrs:
Rentoval of General Butler.
It -is not without n certain degree of regret
that we notice the removal of Gen. BUTLER.
There were, no doubt, excellent reasons for
the step, and the country will be glad to
know that an officer as eminent as - General
BANNS has been assigned to the Department
of the Gulf. : Gen. BUTLER W . 115 never a
favorite of ours in civil life, but his career as
a soldier is one that does hiM infinite honor.
We like him for his bold, manly, on
wavering devotion to the Union. We
like 'him' for his stern anti unbending Se
verity to traitors. We like his frank
and straightforward manner in meeting
and crushing every difficulty. He is the first
general who avenged with death dishonor
to our flag. He looked 'upon loyalty as no
mere name, but as something sacred and
holy. His dealings n the traitors were
marked byjusticehrid magnanimity._ : Those
who were pertinacious in their treason-were
punished ; those who INel'e unfortunate or
ignorant were pardoned, and preserved from
starvation. ' The poor 'were given em
ployment, and the rich- were protect
ed in their rights. He may have been
guilty many times of undue severity ;:in his
zeal for the good cause he may have over,
stepped diScretion ; his conflict with the
consuls may have been a violation of interna
tional laws ; but We can.pardon these things,
and more, to a spirit high; inflexible, - and
The time will conic when the his
tory of Gen; BuTuut's adthinistration of af,
fairs. in_ New OrleanS will be Written, We.
Cannot anticipate its verdict, for there may
be evidence that Would alter our opinion,
but it will say of Gen.: BUTLER,-that of all the
officers in the service of the Union, none
was more : hated by its enemies. They de
nounced hinv in a spirit -of frantic hatred_;
they covered his fanie, with calumnies and
falsehood ; they finally doomed him to the
death of a felon and an outlaw. This is an
honor thrit:mny well be envied, for no true
patriot can wish for anything more flattering
to his:faith than the smire and contumely of
those who are Seeking the destruction - of his
countrY.
Retaliation.
The proclaination of JEFFERSON DAvrs,
whie]i appeared inTirE PRESS - of Saturday
morning, and in no °tit& Northern fleNvs
paper, brings the country to one of those pe
riods: of crisis which occur in every great
struggle, :Where the only choice: is between
a bold and resolute advance, and a retroL
grade or: vacillating policy; that must in
evitablr prOVe : fatal. Our army has ,be.
come weary of delay; and impatient of :the
interval which still separates it from the
achievement of its great object, the regain
ing of the whole South. Its excellence - as an
army is perhaps greater; hut the fire of its
patriotism; its and self-devotion; need
stimulation. 'The army does not perceive
with Sufficient distinctness that the true end
of the wnr being the vindication of the na :
tionality of the only American people now
remaining; those Who have : rallie&round the
national flag, it Will be attained if our one-
2111 CS are so far subdued as:to insure our ex
istence as a nation, and. that this has been
thready, in a great measure, acconiplighed,
:by driving the Southern armies far back from.
their borders, and riveting Maryland, West
ern -Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri firmlyi
to the linipp, which : they :would otherwise
LOW been compelled to abandon. :With
these we can live as a great and happy
people; without them we might have perished;
:and no Eatropean Monarch, except - NAPO
Eoic, ever achieVed:so Mitch hi so short a
lime as. have the armies of the 'Mississippi
'and the Potomac.
At this moment oflassitude, the audacious
and mei 'threat of JEFFERSON DAVIS is
most opOortune, it' we look only to the
future of pur.uountry and forget ourselyes,
in diselesing With unmistakable distinctness
the stern and bloody intrpose that animates
the leaders:of ,:tlie . SOuth,: Our: general IS to
be excepted by the hands of the hangman ;
our officers put to death without a trial, the
moment :they fall into the enemy's hands,
lvhile an insult is offered to the private sol
dier by a supposition that he will forget the
duty that lie owes to Ills flag and his leaders,
and accept a mercy that is denied to them.
The President will make a proper response.
His Administration will defend our national
honor, even if necessary to make a terrible
example. He should declare a policy by re
fusing to tolerate the invidious distinction
drawn between the Army of New Orleans,
and the. rest,- of our troops in the field, by
instantly anntilling the convention for the
parole and exchange of,prisoners throughout
the whole area of the war. UnlesS this
polrcy is declared demoralization and dis
trust may follow, for no soldier - Or officer
can be expected to - adhere to a - flag which
his superiors suffered to be publicly dis
honored. But the President will meet the
threats of the enemy with the bold front
that
. belongs to his high office. He should
direct that every rebel who may be taken,
whether officer : or private, shall be retained
as a Hostage for the . safety of - General Buz
-14'4; aid, Ins associates. lie should de as
General WASIFiNGTON did, when menaced
With equal 'insolence by the -English during
the lievolutionary war, andthe heart of the
nation will .be roused: to semething of its
pristine energy, and we shall assuredlyinot
have the worst in :the bloody game which.
the South seel;s to inaugurate.
yoiiropean - Difficultj.
What is Called the Greek question remains
unsettled. It is declared by French and hi - H
digmmtly denied by English journals, that
the revolution which. expelled King Outo
from Greece was got up by British intrigtie,.
and tint the undeniabler,. favor With which -
Prinee:. ALFRED is: regarded by the Greeks
it as created by similar means. There was no
doubt that,: on the 22d December, the day.
appointed for takingthe votes, Prince AL
FRED-- WORM be nominated to the Crown of
Greeee, by an immense number of llellenie
electors: lt is not expected that the:young
gentleman, - now a midshipimin in a British .
Witt-Stearner; will be allowed to accept the
crown—he is already booked, by famgy
rangentent, to succeed his Miele, as Grand-
Duke of Saxe-Coburg. It is declared, and
not without reason, that the 'British Go-:
yernment should have given timely intima,-
tion to the Greek pro : tempol'e Exeett
tive, if it declined 2the: Candidature of
Prince Ai;FR2,n; Neither Russia nor France.
would consent - . to itßussia • because
of `her hereditary designs upon Tur
: key, and because, independent
of her jealousy of "perfidious .England,"
the - occupation of the throne of Greece by
one of Queen VICTORIA'S sons would make
England virtual ruler of the Mediterranean..
In a Short time, of course, the diplomatic,
correspondence on this subject will be made
public, and it then be found; we ven
ture to predict; that England,: France, and
Russia have been engaged in atriangular •
duel : England firing :prOtocola tit BusSia -
against the candidature of the Duke of
LEUCTITENDERc, ; , RiAssia boinbarding France
with notice that no BoIcApARTF need apply
in Greece; and France pelting England with
protestations it,gainst the election of Prince
ALFRED.
The outside candidates are : 1. Prince
Oscan, the younger =brother of the Kim:
of Sweden; 2, The Cotut of Flanders, se
cond son of King LIOPOLD of Bel
gium ; 3. FERDINAND, late king consort
of Portutral. Of .these the first named
is PA, the second is 25, the third, is 46 years
old. The first, ;grandson of EudENE BEAU
IIANNAIS,:is related:to NAPOLEON M. and
connected by :marriage - with. ALEXANDER
of Russia.. :The 'other two are cousins. of
Queen Yi(7I.*ORI - Ich, no doubt, - would be
a : Sufficient cause Tor France to 'object to the
election of either to the : Greek - sove.reignitY.
Under all - the :circumstances, there is little ,
prespect of the .Greek difficulty being speedi
ly and :satisfactorily settled:- International
jealglisie will Operate
Pir4.cy.
-'The .. , 11abrtiqa pirate has been heard front,
She is Prowling around Cuba - and the Golf,
waiting for ezdifornia.steanters, and the rich
pries that comprise the, West Indian and
South AM ericnn trade. Omin is said to,
ha:vc-eScaped . frein,Mobile,:and , :is .nOm; we
SupixiO, plundering our commerce:TheSe
:pirates are,:_two -pro et; caL;eVidences of the
neutrality of England, and her friendship to
the United States, : " Think fOr a moment,"
says Mr. SEwAnn to Mr. ADAMS, in the course
of his, diphythatie correspondence, " of the
singular transaction in which this Govern-
Ment is now actually erigagednantely, the
fortifying of New YOrk harbor to resist a
piratical expedition coming from Liverpool
-LiverpoOl, a chief port_of a : great nation
with whom we are at peace, to whose capi
talists we ale sending- kolet, and whose 'suf
feringS: we are Supplying with bread. lt
seems too strange to believe, and .Yet what
menace of this kind can we discredit After
the e;xperience of our - Merchantmen de-
Stroyed on the high seas by the Alabama?"
The - conduct of England in giVing life to
these piraCies and proteetion to : those who
have plondered our commerce vill be re
membered to her shame.
General HaHeck.
The SeeesSion newspapers :in New :York
expressly stated, and repeated the statement,
that General HALLECK ordered the advande
of General BuRNSIDE upon the rebel Works
at Fredericksburg. Their artieloS have Ibeen
copied into all the disloyal journals of the
land, and are being read by-.llundreds of
thousands of people. General BIIiiNSIDE'S
own letter proves: that assertion to have
been a falsehood. That letter has been:in
print a
. intinber of days, and yet :these
- writers :have not corrected their assertion.
Their pertinacity leaves us no other alterna
tive than to speak of their falsehood as some
thing wilful, deliberate, and malicious.
General Meaile.
The appointment of MajOr General MEAng,
to conunand the Fifth Army C:lorpS,'is a fine
compliment - to a diStinguished and, able
soldier: General ME.t:nr, has served his
country with consummate gallantry and de
votion, and his prontotion . nill be grateful to
fellow-citizensLis Of :Pennsylvania, whose
brothers and sons he led over many a hard
fought and glorious-field..
Mr. Weed.
announced; ,on flip authority- of the
New Yo Tribune„ that Mr: Tnutt - Low
WEED had, disposed of his interest:hi the
Albany: and Was abontto.
Taire from editorial life. - The Tribtr i jle de
nies its , oWn statement, however, fl.titt we
allude to it partly to correct: a matter 'of
fact; but more particularly.(o Congratul:tte.
Mr. IN T P.En upim his patriotic determination
to remain with his paper at a time when the
country demands the services of every loyal
journalist. •
New York- City.
In the new municipal legislature of New
York city there will be but a single member r
of the UlllOll - The Demoerats have it
all their oivn way, and the NeW York: jOur-
nals IlTediet a saturnalia of robbery, corrup-;
tion, and public .plunder„ :New: York city
presents a strange anomaly. With; so
much wealth, intellect, pOwer, and respecta
bility, the, leading city of the continent and
among the noblest cities on
..the globe, T it
permitkitself to be ruled by - Mori who haVe
no ambition beyond . public plunder, and
who Would not be adinitted into respectable
society: It is a : scandal to, America that a
city with a Fifth avenue should be ruled by
the Five Point's. ,
Christmas at the Capital.
The Washington Chrbiiicfr, the best Paper
pUbliShed south of MaSon and Dixon's line,.
giveS an elaborate and graphic report of
the, Christmas feStivities at the capital. The
scenes at the various liOSpitals were Of
delightful and interesting character. Thon
sands of brave men feasted like princes,
and: their pains were forgotten in the gene•
ral joy. Songs, and music, and innocent
games - whiled the hours away; woman lent
her cheerful preSenee, and. the . honor of `the
festivities belongs to the noble wonien of
, Washington: This .Christinas in the hOspi 7
ta4. bright' incident in this (1107 k and.
dreary war. , . .
LETTER FROM cc OCCASIONAL.”
WABUTNOTON, Dcc. 28, 1802
During the contest for the Presidency in
18G0 I predicted that the slaveliolders would
destroy the railroad between Baltimore and
'Washington in order to prevent the inaugu
ration of a Republican Chief Magistrate.
Mr. Lincoln was, however, duly installed ;
but my prediction was substantially fulfilled
in the succeeding April. I remember well
that this prophecy when made was regarded.
as rash and unfounded. Some of our good
friends classed it among the impossibilities.
Had the people believed such a thing to be
probable at that time, many.of the evils of
Secession would have been anticipated and
crushed. I now feel like risking another
prediction, which will have the great advan
tage of seeming to be reasonable in view of
the 'extraordinary events of the laSt year.
.TnE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE PREPARING
TO SANCTION THE DISSOLUTION OF TILE
UNION. Their whole. pplier looks to this,
and .:to this alone. They conceal it from
their followers by cries against the Aboli
tionists and Black Republicans ; but they
cherish it in their hearts, and make it the
real hispiratitnii of all their actions: Take
an of these leklers in Pennsylvania.
There is not one of :them that dOes: not
insist in private, nor act upon the idea in
public, that the 'Union: can never be restored ;
that-the Sbuth can never be tibjugated, and,.
therefore; that recognition and peace should
be acceded to at the earliest moment, in
order to prevent a .further ,expenditure of
blood and treasure. I could name fifty per
sons, noW the accepted chiefs of the Detho
cracy in Pennsylvania, ho p2each thiS
theory hourly :in their. households. Sup
posing that the Govermiient was paralyzed
in the recent ..electiOns, they groW - bolder
with every hour; 'and:nothing but the fear
that the 'DernOcratiemasses may be tuide
ceivedlireVents them from proclaiming their,
real purposes. If they • •ean still further
weaken the Government, - they tic ill throw
off all disguise, and insist that the only Way
to close. the war is to consent to a division
of the Republic.. 'To this . sequel - o Very in
trigue for power, every attack upon the Ad
ministration, every effort to stir, up turbu
,
knee in the free States, every Conspiracy to
spread - disconte4t in •the army, irresistibly
leads. And althetugh the majority:who-Se
cond-these movements do not think so, the
leaders (To, and labial . accordingly. At all
events, this is my honest. Judgment. Lot
us see if time 'is ill prove ,me to be a false
prophet. OCCAF!rlyis-AL.
WASHING'T'ON.
Special ,Despatches' to ct The Press.".
WASEEINGTON, December 28,1862.
Rebels Advance to Occoquan.
Rumors, believed to be based upon reliable infor
mation, state that the rebel cavalry under General
J. E. B. STUART have crossed the 'Rappahannock,
and advanced to Occoquan and Dumfries, occupying
those villages, and capturing several hundred pri
soners, chiefly guards and sick and wounded sol
diers.. These men were paroled. The telegraph
wires are cut. and it is impossible to get any further
news tonight substantiating these rumors. The
War Department has no word of this affair.
The :Wounded from :the Rappahannock.
The; surgical corps of -Dr. CuvrEn, Surgeon-in-
Chief, assisted .by Drs. LEoxAnn, KINC:, SWAN,
HATS, alld HUTCHINS, Of the Sturgis Hospital,
2d Division or the 7th Army Corps, arrived here
yesterday ' with the last of the wounded from the
linppahannock. There have been registered in that
hospital over six hundred wounded patients, on
whom the surgeons lmve performed capital opera
tions, namely : ampu3ations of legs, arms, or resec
tions of these limbs, to the number of seventy-four—
all excepting four were primary operations; the
deaths after operations were eight. The . patients
reached Washington in good . condition.. Amesthe
ties were used in all cases much to the domfort of both
patients and surgeons, as stated by . Dr:
. Moirrox,
who was present and administered anmstheties to
many of the patients.
Internal Revenue Decisions. . •
The CommiEsioner of Internal Revenue has made
the following decision relating to the tax on manu
factured tobacco : When manufactured chewing or
Smoking tobacco is put up in - packages of tin foil,
paper, or other wrapping material, for consumers,
the cost. of such material shall first be deducted from
the . gross amount of the sales of such tobacco before
the tax on the same is levied.
, Refiners who refine sugary are subject to a tax of
one-fifth of a cent per pound on the refined sugar
produced, known as store-dried, as hard sugar, in
the various RUMS of loaf, lump or crushed, gradula
fed and pulverized. The molasses and the soft or:coffee
sugar:produced is not taxed, being considered as the
residuum of the refining' process. Refiners who re
fine or make sugar from molasses are subject
_to a
tax of one-fifth-of a cent per pound on thilingar pfe:.
duced.. -The molasses produced is not taxed, being
considered as the residuum. •
Affairs - in Utah.
Accounts - from Utah represent the recently-ap
pointed United States judges to be dissatisfied with
the condition of affairs in that .Territory, the Le
gislative Assembly still throwing every obstacle in
the way of holding courts and bringing criminals to
justice.
Senator Buow - xixo, of Illinois, has introduced a
bill endeavoring to remedy these defects but from
all accounts one thing seems to be certain—namely,
that the United States Government will have to
meet the issue in Utah at once for ail by prompt
and vigorbus measures. Owing tcl the Inefficient
conduct of former Administrations, the accumnlating
evils have become difficult to remedy, and the for
mer contempt for the home Government intensified.
The Public Printing.
The report of :roux D. DEPREES, superintendent
of the public printing, giving, in detail the transac;
tions of his office for the •year ending the 30th of_
September, has just been printed. The, increased
demand for printed blanks occasioned by the war
has been very great. The report shows a saving to
the Government of $205,506 since. the establishment
of the office in March of last year.
The Interior Department.
This evening, there was a large gathering of al'
core of the Interior. Department at. the residence of
Secretary SINII2/1, who was presented with a magni
ficent silver service by his subordinates, and Mrs.
SmiTH with a gold watch and - chain, inlaid with
diamonds, and a diamond ring, by the employeei of
the Capitol extension. The Secretary leaves for
Indiana on Tuesday next.
• Rumors ainnit Winchester.
There are rumors here to-day, that therebels have
re-occupied Winchester, Va., from which they re
tired a day or two since on the approach of a small
Union force under Col. KEYES. We presume this
is likely to be so, as there was nothing in its occupa,
Lion by Col. KEyEs, that indicated the purpose on.
his part, or that of the officer commanding our main
body of troops, to hold the town at this time: So
we think it not unlikely that, having reconnoitred
the country around the town, Col. K.'promptly fell
back towards - Harper's Ferry.
The Alleged Holly Spring Disaster.
We apprehended that the War Department yester
day received official information substantially con
fm dieting the story of our recent considerable losses
at Holly Spring, Miss., published in the telegramiin
this morning's papers. According to this later infor
mation, direct from the Southwest, the rebel raid on.
Holly Springs was an affair of little importance,
and the assailants were promptly driven back with
lose, and ere they could accomplish anything of mo
ment.
Mjutant General of New York.
Major Srkaouu has been allowed leave of ab
sence till further orders. This is to enable him to
accept the potition of Adjutant General of the
State of Neiv York under Governor SEYMOtrit'S
adininistration. '
The McDowell Court of Inquiry.
The cross-examination of 'General Sigel is still
prolonged to explain the inconsistency of his having
returned. almost to the same point he had started
from while on the march 'towards Manassas. He
urged that it was incompliance with General Pope's
orders he had done so, they having directed him to
march to Centreville by way of New Market.
He was Mike(' if General McDowell had not in
formed him; at Buelcland Mills, that the cavalry
which had been sent forward under 13uford had
fOrced Longstreet to deploy his whole army between
Salem and White Plains, thereby delaying his pro
gress. He said he did not remember. -
He was also questioned as to the
,reason of his
advance still halting at Gainesville at half past
seven A. M., where they had spent a whole night.
He answered that he had chosen this position, be
(muse it contained plenty of water, and VMS ea
sily defensible.
The Porter Court Martial.
The extuninntion of Major General McDowell was
continued. He Said he received, about daybreak, on
the morning of August 3D, a despatch from General
l'orter bidding him to instantly withdraw his forces
in the advance back to the main hotly of the corps.
This:Occurred whilst that portion of the, peninsular
army was on the march from Acquit% creek to form a
junction With Gen, Pope. He declared that Gen:
Porter always expressed a willingness to co-operate
with the Other commanders, and had:Managed-his
corps With zeal and ability.
Colonel Ruggles, chief of the staff of the. Army
of Virginia (not of that of General Pepe, as he de
sired particularly to state) Was next examined. He
was handed several oraems which . he had written
when chief of the staff, and after inspection pro
nounced them to bog,enuine.
The main point to which his evidence'referred was .
the purport of a private conversation between Gene
rals Pope and Porter at the headquarters of the
fin pier, near Fairfax Court7HOutte. Deing cross
„questioned by the Judge Advocate as t'o the cause of
hisicelings toward General Pope, he replied that he
Was not, absolutely opposed to him, but he should
prefer never to serve again under his command.
.'itrprise of the 2d P.ennsylVania Cavalry—
. Capt. Johnson Killed.
A report has reached Washington that a company
of the 2d Pennsylvania- Cavalry, commanded -by
Col. Price, stationed at Occoquan, was surprised this
morning by a detachment of rebel-cavalry. A fight
ensued, ui winch a number were wounded,:and Capt.
Johnsen, of Pennsylvania, who was in command,
:killed. Several supply wagons were captured bythe
'enemy. : • ,
It is also stated' thitt tile rebels captured "sore of
our t roopa and ` a battery at Dumfries yesterilay.!
THE PRESS.-PHILA.pELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1862.
The rebels have done great dtimageto Ohlon River
Bottom. They have burned two long bridges over,
and destroyed two miles of trestle-work at Middle
burg.
Morgan's Ad' nnce into - Keiptupky—Rebils
Occupy Glasgow-Airai# rit 11310:irWallour i
ttc., &c. •
Lotrisvir,LE, Dec. 26.-111orgah's rebel cavalry,
three thousand strong, entered9iasgoiv on Wednes
day. Three companies of the'24:l lchigan cavalry
opposed their entrance, but fell Ack on Munfords
vine, having lost one capta#i and two privates.
The rebels lost two captains, fife privates, and seven
prisoner's. . • 2 .
The rebels were then reini:orced, aid remained in
possession of Glasgow. • • -
On Thursday, Colonels GraPtiiid Shanks attacked
the rebels at Bear Wallow, HO't county, near Cave
City. The rebels had previodily damaged the rail
road near Glasgow Junction: .
At last accounts, the Federartioibps drove off the
rebels, killing one and takingiiNteen prisoners, but
sustaining no loss.
The train of ammunition cart -Which left here this
morning was fired into, near:Nis:o2i; 'find returned.
No Nashville passenger traq kris morning.
m
The telegraphic comutiloit ., : ; etween here and
Nashville was interruptedill .fdirrioon.
ARMY q:T*TE,IiiiiiSSEE.
Operai 1.4 . 4 s • 'Rkl4i.s, in: Novi hweNt ern
TeasneSsee7-Irmsiount*bW Island Tele , —
Gnu grant said to be :14`41Ling Bnek, B.e.
Cain°, 111., Dee. 27.—*e41 . 1We received nothing
to-day in regard to thi::inaiernients of our forces
against the rebels who are iilieiating in Northwest
ern Tennessee.
It is reported this eyeniugithat orders have been.•
given fOr our forces to..e3ACnate Island`No. to, tof
spike the guns there, and bip.l, - „up.the magazineS.
Information has been . reeetyd;to-day that trains
are running on the railrosl:bein Jackson and
Trenton, and that two thousiuid'of our troops are ata
the latter place.
There is a rumor in circulation here to-night-that ,
General Grant , " army has Itillen ; back across the.
Tallahatchie river, but it is riot traceable to any reli
able source.
ARMY OF TRE C REBI4AND.
4:4 1 4
DEPARTMENT OE RGINIA.
FonTness Mocnox, Dec. 26: he British frigate
Melpomene came up and anchsr :kr" the - Roadrilast
evening. .-i•
The Monitor PassaidarriVid. ' . ie4tori Roads
this afternoon.
• " •
Christmas was generally
.0144 - klithis depart
ment, and especially at the Ogisepeake and Hamp
ton hospitals.
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THE PIRATE , AALRAIIIA.
•
Capture of the Californi4lteiimer Ariel—
She is Released I.7nderAlcinds- , -Chase by
the San Jn tint o—Safe Arstral oif the Ariel
at New York —Capture ofitems and Amritu,
uition by the " 290 ' , -1210Y.'hlerines Taken
Prisoners and Paroled,' ee.E.
. . . .
SAlc Fil.vsersco, Dec. 2 7 .-1 W: the arrival of the
steamship Constitution, from PRIM/11a; we have
highly important and exciting news.
The Constitution reports that the steamship Ariel, .
om New York for Aspinwall, Ives captured, on the
7th instant, by the pirate Alai**. The Alabama
detained the Ariel until the 10th instant, when she
allowed her to proceed towards' Aspinwall, upon
her giving bonds in the sum of 4228,00 D as ransom.'
bl
. ,
The arms and ammunition on iatinl the Ariel Were .
taken from her, and 120 T.Tnited: States marines pa
roled. .A. ,
'Much anx'ety is felt here lesit'ihe Alabama shoUld
recapture the Ariel on her returfi' . irip to New Yolk,
and seize the large amount Of treasure which she
will carry.
The passengers on board the Ariel speak in' the
highest terms of the courtesy shown them by Capt.
Semmes.
The Ariel was captured near the east end of Cuba.
The only plunder, with the exception of the arms
and ammunition, which the Alabama secured, was
$B,OOO in green-backs belonging to Wells, Fargo,
& Co.
The Alabama last coaled at nthrtinique.- When
she was leaving that port the San Jacinto Mined
her guns at her, when simultaneously the guns of
the fort were trained on the San Jacinto. This is
the statement of the first lienteriant of Captain
Semmes.
The Alabama claims to haVe. a • speed, under
twentyfive pounds of steam,..cif sixteen knots an
hour. She overtook the Ariefwhen running with
only seven pounds of steam, and.. fired two guns at
her, when she hove to.
DECOND DESPATCH:] •
•
SAS FnAxcisco, Dec. 27, P. AT. 4 .-Captain Semmes
at first intended to destroy the .*(eamship Ariel by.
burning her, putting theTassengirls ashore in the
little settlement huts at San Dori:lingo ; but Captain
Jones, of the Arid, protested ttuit half of his pas
sengers would die if this was done.
Captain Semmes then propo*4. o.la:nd the passen-.
gers at Kingston; but, after mutih.parleying, an ar
rangement was effected- to relecise the-Ariel on Cap
.
taro Jones giving bonds in the tsumLof $219,000,
.
payable in thirty days after the acknowledgment of.
the Southern Confederacy. - •
; "
Later.—Safe Arrival of tin, Ariel at New
York
saxor liooK, Dee. 27—10 y, o'clock P. M.—The
steamship Ariel has just been signalled. She will
come up to port between 12 and 1 o'clock in the morn
ing.
Nxw Yonr, Dec. V-1 o'clock A•litTl*o steam
shivAriel has eteripO.W . pcirt .. • .
The6ews of her cepthreitnd reteaseby the Alablima•
.
en_her outward trip, as elated inethe despatches froth
San Francisco, is fully confirmed.
Statement of the Purser of the Ariel.
The Arid was captured on her outward passage
by the rebel steamer Alabama under the following
circumstances : On the 7th that., at half past 1 P.
Ti., when rounding Cane Maysi, 'the eastern point of
Cuba, we saw a vessel about four miles to the west
ward, close under the high land of Ciba, bark rigged,
and under canvas. As there was nothing in her ap
pearance indicating her to be a steamer—her smoke-'
pipe being down—no suspicions were aroused till, in
a short time, we saw she had furled her sails, raised
her smokestack, and was rapidly nearing us under
steam. The American flag was then flying at her
peak. Such was her speed in comparison to ours
that in about half an hour she had come up within
a half a mile of us when she fired a lee gun, hauled
down the American ensign, and ran up the rebel
flag. No attention was paid to the summons, and
the Ariel was pushed to her utmost speed. She then
sailed across our wake, took a position on our
portquarter about four hundred yards distant,'
and fired two guns almost' simultaneously—ithe
shot passing over the hurricane deck, between the
walking beam and smoke-stack, and the other
hitting the foremast- and cutting it half away. A
- body of United States marines, consisting of one
hundred and twenty-six men, passengers on board
the Ariel, had been drawn up and armed, but the
officers in command deemed it worse than folly to
resist, as we could plainly see they were now train
ing a full broadside to bear upon us, and Captain
Jones gave orders to stop the ship and haul down'
the ensign. A boat then put off to us, and the
boardifig• officer, on coming aboard, at once assured
the passengers that np.n 041.141 niglepred f gA
that all baggage and private ineperty should be ye : .
spected. He then demanded the keys to the specie
locker, together with all the ship's papers and lettere,
and informed the captain he must be iu readiness to go
on board the Alabama with him where he was detain
ed as a hostage till the next day. The money in the
ship, amounting to $9,500, was taken off, and the prize
crew, twenty in number, all well armed, put on boa'rd.
The engine room was taken in charge by two engi•
news from the Alabama. The officers and marines
on board the Arid were paroled, and their arms
taken, as well as some belonging to the ship. Both
vessels lay off the Cape during the night and part of
the next day. On the afternoon of the Bth our sails
were thrown overboard and the steam valve taken
away, in order to prevent our escape should they
give chase to any other vessel, as they were expect
ing to take the Champion, and had • been lying in
wait for several days at this point for that purpose.
The same night our valve was returned, and the in
tention of landing on St. Domingo was changed to
Kingston, Ja. Both vessels were then headed for that
Place, and on the 9th inst., at nine o'clock P. M., we
arrived off Point Morant, about forty miles from
Kingston. Near this the Alabama gave chase, and
boarded a vessel, from which some information was
received which induced Captain Semmes to again
change his mind, and take heavy bonds for the ship
and cargo, permitting us to resume our voyage .The
reason was that this Vessel reported yellow fever
raging in Kingston, and he would not subject our
passengers to its ravages ;:but we were afterwards
informed that no yellow fever had prevailed there
for some time. The conduct of the officers and crew
while in charge of the ship was extremely courteous.
They were in regular communication with the United
States, both by letters and papers, and were fully
cognizant of our days of sailing, and that there were
no cruisers to intercept her in these waters. For
this reason the specieto come by the Arid was left
at Aspinwall; as Capt. Jones did not think it prudent
to bring it.
Report of a Rebel Deserter from Arkausa...
Sr: Lou‘S, Dec. 26.--Advices received at head
quarters from Pilot Knob are to the effect that a
deserter from Oreene , s rebel regiment reports that
Jeff Thompsou is at Pocahontas, with between 5,000
and G,COO infantry, mostly 'Missouri and Arkansas
troops, and also two regiments of cavalry and one
battery.
.The deserter left Pocahontas last Wednesday.
Reliable information has been received that Clai
borne F. Jackson, the deposed Governor of Mis
souri, died at Little Rock, Arkansas, about the Bth
instant. •
Execution of Indian Murderers.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 27.—Thirty-eight con
demned Indians were hung at Mankato, at 10 o'clock
A. M., yesterday. The gallows was so constructed
that all the condemned fell at once. Severa,l. thou
semi spectators were in attentlanca. passed otf
quietly.
The Newfoundland Telegraph Lines.
Colcv, N. F., Dec.'2.6.—The telegraph lines have
been down through Newfoundland for a week, owing
to a succession of sleet and snow storms. A. snow
storm is raging to-day, and the line repairers are
unable to do anything. The utmost endeavors will
he made to put the line in order. Due notice thereof
will be given through the press.
Loss of the Ship Sea King, with all• on
Board.
SATs' Fit.tNeik'o, Dec. 27.—The ship Sea King,
which sailed from this port on the 9th of September,
for Liverpool, loaded with wheat, was totally lost
when ten days out, and all on board were lost, ex
cept the third mate, who was picked up by the bark
Eugene, and carried to Peru.
From Newbern.
NEw Yonk Dec. 2'7.—The 'steamer Oriole, from
Newbern on the 23d, arrived at this port this morn
ing. She brings no news.
The Bohemian at Portland.
PORT!,Arvo, Dee. Mi:—The steamer Bohemian ar
rived this morning. She called at Uwe Esee on the
24th inst.
The steamer Caledonian, from Glasgow for Port
land, put into St. .1:0 N. ]., on the 20th, for
coal. .
Arrival of the Glasgow.
Nam - Yoiu, I,Dec. 28.—The steamer Glasgow ; has
ariived, but her dates are anticipated.
Departure of Steamers.
Nxiv Tonic. Dec. 27.—The steamer Bavaria sailed
to-day with seventy passengers and $154,000 in
specie, and the steamer Edinburgh will; sixty pas
sengers and $142,000 in specie.
The Strainer Ariel brings no Specie.
NEW YorK, Dec. 2.8..L-The' steamer Ariel.brought
no specie from Aspinwall.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
General B/llkkg Supersedes General Butler—
Cordial Meeting of the two Generals—Gen.
Butler's Farewell Address—Reoccupation
of Baton Rouge—Proclamation of ' Gen.
Banks — Expedition to the Atchafalaya
Rtverapture of Two Steamers and
Launch—General Banks' Transports.
Ns ly Yam:, Dec. 28.—The Stesaiship Roanoke has
arrived from New Orleans, with dates to the 18th
inst., via Havana on the 22d.
The news is important.
. The steamship North Star, with Gen. Banks and
staff, arrived at New Orleans on the evening of the.
14th; The'news transpired ttanspiredon tbe following;lay that
had been superseded, and occasioned
the utmose surprise among all classes, even those on
the register listrifiliseilemies of the United States.
All were ski) , to partwith anotfider who at the least
had brOUght'ordernmi security to the city.
On the 16th Generals Butler and Banks met at
headquarters. General Butler welcomed General
Banks'to the Department of the Gulf, and assured
him that he would find here troops who would yield
a cheerful obedience to his every order.
General Banks, in responding, said the only plea
sure he had in taking command was ,in obeying an
order of the Government of the United States.
The meetingwas most cordial; and the interchange
of sentiment was that which marks the coming
together of old friends.
After the introduction of the staff officers to each
other, Generalßanks and his staff withdrew.
General Butler then addressed his officers, re
questing each Member to take pains to enlighten
and assist their successors. He spoke in the most
generciva manner of General• Banks and staff.
General :Butler's parting address to the troops
bears :date 'on the 16th. He alludes in eloquent
terns to their successes in the field, and in restoring
order ' and 'quiet to New Orleans, to the feeding of
the starving Wives and children of their enemies,
and states that the expedition had cost the Govern
ment' less by four-fifths than any other. Speaking
the woni"Tareivell" was the only sorrowfulthought
he. had, arid he Commends them to their new com
mander as worthy. of his love.
On the 16th General Banks issued a general order
on assuming command of the Department of the
Gulf and State •of Texas, and naming his staff
officers, whose names are 'already known at the
North.
Another order directs the military and civil officers
in the department:to report to him, and still another
suspends the sales of property on account of the
United States till further orders.
General Butler accompanied. by Colonel' Shaffer,
Colonel Turner, Major Strong, -Major Bell, Captain
Davis, Captain Dense], and 'other ;members of hie
staff, was to sail on the 22d•for•New York. Captain
Clark was to remain on duty at New Orleans.
General Banks was pushieg things.with charac
teristic energy. Five thousand of the .troops that
accompanied him had landed at Baton Rouge, and
the remainder. of the. expedition would be sent for
ward asfast as they arrived. •
The weather, at New Orleans was fine, and the
troops were in good health. . -
On the 18th, General Banki; issued his procla
mation as follows : • : •
- • • PROCLAMATION. ..
BEApQIJARTERS•DEriIIT3th:NT Or 'rm.:GULF,
NEw.Onf.k/ix., Dec. 16, 1862.
In obedience "(kers -from the President I as
sume command of the Department of:the GUlf, to
which is added, by hts special order, the State of
Texas.
The duty with wliich I charged requires me to
assist in their restoration to the Government of the
United States. It is my desire to secure to the
peciple . of every class all the privileges of possession
and enjoyment which is coneistent with the public
safety, or which it is,possible for a beneficent or just
Government to confer. In the execution of the high
trust with Which I am charged, I rely upon the co
operation and counsel of all loyal and well-disposed
people, and upon the manifest interest of those de
pendent upon the pursuits of Peace ae well as upon
the support of the naval and land forces. My in
structions require .me to treat as enemies thOsieWho
are enemies; but shall gladly regard as friends
those who are Mende. No restrictions will' be
placed upon the freedom of individuals which are:
not imperatively demanded by *considerations of
public safety but, while their claims Will be liber
ally coniidered, it is due also to them to state that .
all the rights of the Government will be unflinch
ingly.maintathed. The respectful consideration and
prompt reparation Will be accorded to all persons
who are wronged in body.Or estate by those under
my command.
The Government does not profit by the prolonga
tion of the civil contest, or the private or public suf
ferings which attend it , . 'lts fruits are not equally
• distributed. In the disloyal States desolation has
its empire lxith on sea and land. In the North the
war is an abiding sorrow, but not yet a calamity. Its
and towns are increasing in population,wealth,
and power. The refugees from the South alone com
pensate in great part for the terrible decimations of •
battle.
The people of this department who are disposed to
stake their fortunes and lives upon a resistance to
the Government may wisely reflect upon the ha
mutable conditions which surround them.
The valley of the Mississippi is the chosen scat of
population, product, and power on this continent.
In a few yeara, - twenty-five millions of people, un
'surpassed for material resources and capacity for
war, will swarm uraarfits fertile rivers. Those Who .
assume to set conditions upon their exodus to the
Gulf count upon a power not given to man. The
Country washed by-the waters of the Ohio, Missouri,
and Mississippi can never be permanently severed.
.If one generation . basely barters away its rights,
immortal ftonors will rest upon another that re
claims them.
L, • :Let 'if-never be said that either - the East or the
West may be separated. Thirty days distance fl'om
'the Markets' of-. Europe may satisfy the' wants of
Louisiana and Arkansas, but it Will not answer the
demands of Illinois • and Ohio. The Valley of the
Mississippi-will have its delta upon the Atlantic.
The physical force of the West will debouch upon
its shorei with a power as resistless as the torrents
of its giant rivers.
This 'country cannot be permanently divided.
Ceaseless wars may drain its blood and treasure. Do
rnestic tyrants or foreign foes way grasp the sceptre
of its power, but its destiny will remain unchanged.
It will still 'be united. God has ordained it. , What
avails, then, the destruction of the best government
ever devised by man—the self-adjusting, self-cor
recting constitution of the United States 1
People of the Southwest,why not accept the condi
tions imposetllby the imperious necessities of the geo- .
graphical 4onfiguration and commercial supremacy,
and re-establish your ancient prosperity and re
nown 1 Why not become founders of States, which
as entrepots and depots of your own central and up
per valleys; may stand, in the affluence of their ro
sources, without superior, and in the privileges of
the people without a peer among the nations of the
earth. • N. P. BANKS,
/ - Major General Commanding.
NIM" Yon N, Dec. 28.—The New Orleans papers re
port the capture of two steamers loaded with sugar,
and a launch filled with arms and ammunition, and
a-
small blast Gannon, by an expedition sent up the
Achafalaya river, by Commander Buchanan. "
Nxtv YORK, Dec. 28.—Advices from Ship' Island,
to the 18th, received at Havana, state that all the
ships that sailed from Hampton Roads, with troops
for Gen. Banks; expedition, had reached there ex
cept two, the Thames and Georges Creek.
The Curlew got ashore there, but was got off
safely.
Among the vessels from New York which had not
reached Ship Island, in addition to those already
reported broken down, are the Shetucket, Conti
nental, Quinnebang, and Honduras.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Rebel Account of the Affair near Stilfolk
Movements of Lee's Army—The Situation—
Rebels Still Digging about Fredericks..
burs Reported'Movement Towards Cul
peper, &c.
IlEsncuAnTEns ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Dee. 28,
1862.—The Richmond Dispatch of the-25th contains
the following
PETEllgßlinG, Dec. 24.—0 n Monday Gen.. Pryor
with a small detachment attacked a Yankee force
of several hundred, stationed at Isle of Wight Court
House to protect the election of Representatives to
Congress. At the first charge Gen. Dias proteotors
fled in great confusion, and were chased ten miles at
full speed. Our loss was trifling. Pryor afterwards
visited Smithfield.
SELMA, Ala., Dec. 2.3.—The Reporter of this morn
ing says that passengerg, by last night's train report
that 6,0e0 cavalry, under Van Dorn, dashed into Co
rinth on Sunday, dispersed the Yankees, and took
possession of the place.
NEW. MEXICO.
No Reappearance of the TeIMILS—CoI. Car
son Pursuing the Rebels—Activity among
the Miners.
KANSAS Orry, Dec. 27.—Santa Fe advices of the
12th inst., state that it is now pretty well ascertain
ed that there is no probability of the immediate re
appearance of the Texans in New Mexico.
.Advices from Fort Stanton had been received.
Colonel Carson was in active pnrsuit of the rebels.
Many settlers are on the way to ltio Doneto, to open
ranches, and large numbers of miners were rushing
to theplacers,which werebeing so profitably worked
when the Texans took possession of that portion of
the territory.
NASSAU.
No Firderal or Rebel Cruisers to be Admit
ted—Arrival of Blockade Rrinners—Adant
ral Milne—A Cargo for the Rebels.
NEE Youx, Dec. 28.—The steamer British Queen
has arrived from Nassau with dates to the 23d, and
from Havana of the 20th.
Venezuela dates of the 22d state that the insur
rection there is about ended, the insurgents evincing
desire fora reconciliation.
Pierre Soule was at Havana on the 20th.
The Nassau papers state that the Governor has
issued a proclamation forbidding the pilots from
bringing in either Federal or rebel cruisers.
• The schooner Rover, from Charleston, and the
sloop Enterprise, from Florida, had 'arrived at
Nassau.
A schooner belonging to the ( well-known Secesh
Jinn of Adderly E Co., of Nassau, had been ditptured
by the steamer Tioga, which the Nassau papers call
another Federal outrage.
Admiral Milne arrived at Nassau on the 13th.
Two Federal steamers are cruising near Eleuthera,
in the channel Keys.
The steamer Ciiralle, a blockade runner, had ar
rived at Nassau, from Liverpool, with an assorted
cargo, probably intending to run the blockade again.
The brig Chas. H. Frost, from Turks 41and for
Philadelphia, put into Nassau on the 6th, with loss
of foremast and leaky.
Robbery and Murder at Vincennes, Ind.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 27.—Last night four men broke
into the house of Isaac Purcell, near Vincennes,
Ind., and stole $1,700 in gold, and $5OO in bank bills.
Mr. Purcell, in resisting the robbers, was wounded,
and died this morning. The robbers escaped.
Sailing . of the Aiabla from Halifax.
HAT.IFAX, Dec. 26.—The Arabia flailed at 9 o'clock
this morning for Liverpool.
Geu. Butler Challenged by a Secessionlid.-
Nnu - Youx, Dec. 28.—The steamer Columbia has
R 'Tired, with New Orleans dates to the 20th, and
Havana to the 23d.
The steamer Potomac has also arrived, with New
Orleans dates of the 19th.
There was no news of moment. The Secession
ists, thinking that they see a less vigorous com
mander in General Banks, appear in the streets in
crowds. One of them sent a challenge to General
Butler, who put it in his pocket, and sent the angry
rebel word that, if he desired an onset, to come on,
in the street, or wherever else it might suit him best.
General Corcoran with his legion had arrived be
low New Orleans. •
The Delta tuts had occasion to rebuke the lurking
treason of the Picayune. •
A large number of speculators had arrived, and
may give on impulse to trade.
General Banks was very• busy and in hourly con
sultation with General Butler. The best feeling
exists between them and their respective staffa.
qolonel Elliott, of the Ist Louisiana Regiment,
had resigned.
Generals Banks itn4l Butter were serenaded on the
night of the 19th by the band of the 31st Massa
chusetts' Regiment.
The French Admiral Reynaud had arrived below
New Orleans; in the Guerier, having returned from
a business visit to Havana. The steamer Renaudin
hid gone down the.river to bring him.up.
The bark S. M. Hicks, from Philadelphia, with
coal for the United States Government, was also
below New Orleans.
A Survivor of 66 The Cumberland."
John If. Steward, a private of marines, now living
in Cloud place, (open on Race street, between Fourth
and Fifth,) has been represented to us by gentlemen
on whose statements we can rely, as a worthy ob
ject of benevolence. He was a private of marines,
and has been discharged on account of disability—
caused by dropsy, with which complaint he is seri
ously, and, it is feared, mortally afflicted. He has
small means and a large family, and is unable to
work. When we -add that he was on board the
Cumberland at the time she was sunk by the
Morri
mac, we state an additional claim of his to the con
sideration of those who have the means and inclina
tion to help a brave man, now prostrated by a pain
ful and almost hopeless bodily :affliction. A sur
vivor of the gallant crew of the Cumberland should
not be permitted to want not merely the best'-me
dical aid, but the necessaries of life, at this or any
other season.
GIRARD HOUSE.-This fine hotel, remodelled,
whotly , refitted, end refurnished—so as to be "better
as new," as theDutchreari said—will be re-opened
this day, by the new lessees, Messrs. Kanap , ,a, Fow
ler & Co. Already a great many permanent boarders
hare transferred themselves to the Girard. The
proprietors have succeeded in coaxing or capturing
Mr. Charles DuiFy from the office at "
in Washington, and he is reinstated in his old posi
tion at the Girard.
LArion SALE OP DRY Goons, Funs, &c.—The
early attention of purchasers is requested to the
valuable assortment of British, French, German,
and American dry goods, furs, &c., embracing 513
packages and lots of staple and fancy articles; in
woolen, worsted, linens, cottons, and Silks, to be
peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months'
credit, commencing this morning at tao'clock, to
be sold through without= intermlssion;by John B.
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Woe. 232 and 2.31 Market
street.
Public Entertalimients.
T 11 1 ,2 OPETIA MATINEE.-111r. Grau announces a
grand opera matinee, on Wednesday next, at' half
past two. A matinee is so much part and parcel of
an opera seasorthat_the departure of the company
without• giving one was felt as a loss, especially by
the ladies, Who take these entertainments under
their especial patronage; and there is a refreshixig
abandon about the whole affkir which gives it an'
additional charm. 'On this occasion Traviata will
be given, ALdlle. Cordier essaying, for the first time
here, the part of Noir fla—to see and hear a Parisian
in a part so essentially Parisian will be a novelty.
Signor Araccaferri will appear as Alfredo, for the first
time here. Between the acts Herr Ernst Hartmann,
a pianist of celebrity, will make his public debut,
and play a fantasia. The sale of tickets commences
this morning.
THE WALNUT-STREET TH EATRE.—Mr: DaVen-
Port has closed his engagement here, and temporari
ly leaves the stage for the platform, as he is an
nounced to give readings at the Musical Fund Hall,
on Friday evening. His engagement was a great suc
cess, considering•the poor support he received Mrs.
Davenport her Self is an excellent actress, butbeyond
these the Walnut-street company is
.very mediocre.
Mr. Tilton is effective in melodrama, but has little
taste and less judgment. Mr. Wright hies been play
ing leading parts, although, we think, his'elocution
is most painfully wretched. He rolls his words to
gether until they pelt the ear like the sound of hail,
And leave much the same impression. In a first-class
company he would be little more than a fourth-rate
performer. Mr. Yonng is careful, and reliable, but
monotonous and cold. Mrs. Cowell is very good
in comedy and burlesque, but can neither
play tragedy nor the high range of the drama.
Mrs. Thayer is one of the best old ladies on the
stage, and improves with advancing years. But
while the Walnut-street combination failed in sup
porting such an actor as Davenport, it will give
great effect to- the Laura Keene company that
opens this evening. Laura, it seems, has a specta
cular piece running interminably, and she takes ad
vantage of the excitement to star it here and else
where. She is accompanied by Messrs. W. It.
Blake, If. P. Daly, Charles Wheatleigh, Charles
Peters, 0, Walcott, Jr., and Owen Marlowe. Of
these actors Mr. Blake is the best known and the
.most eelebrntett iS 'really a hery'reinarkable
actor, and in his — line may : be considered unequalled
„
Be appears as Jesst'Thital, Miss Keene taking the
part of Lady Alice; in the comedy Of " Old Heads and
Young Hearts." Alias Nelly (lermon will make her
first appearance-here in a new comedietta, entitled
"The Maid with the Milking Pail."
Tllh ARCH-STREET :THEATRE.—This is the last
week of Mr. J. S. Clarke, as his engagement con
cludes on Saturday evening. He announces splen
did bills every night this week, playing an old. Eng
lish comedy in connection with "The Naiad
queen," a piece of show and scenery. On Monday
next Mr. Peter Etchings and his daughter Caroline
will appear. These popular and pleasing performers
are playing a successful engagement in Washington.
Tux ACADEMY or Music.—Mr. Hood's panto
mimes have thus far been very successful. The en
tertainment is unique, original, and attractive, and
plelisCs the little folks - very much. The audiences
thus far hai - e been opera audiences, and we have
rarely seen a finer display of fashion, taste, and
beauty.
NB. WEs'rox's Coxrxrrr.—ln drawing attention
to Mr. 'Weston's advertisement, we desire to correct
a previous mistake. Secured seats will be secured
at Harnden's Express only, on Monday, January
sth. Thoie whowish to subscribe in the meantime
should address Mr. Weston, box 1194, Post Office.
CAPT. WILLI-Mi.—The 'Whaling Voyage still
draws crowded houses to the Concert Hall, where
Capt. Williams exhibits one of the finest panoramas
and delivers one of the most interesting and instruc
tive lectures that we have ever heard.
SIGNOR BraTz.—The inimitable, irrepressible,
jovial; and genial Signor Blitz, whose bright face is
interwoven with the childhood memories of two ge
nerations, who never seems to get any older, but con
tinues to be wonderful and pleasing with advancing
years, is now at the Assembly Buildings, with Bobby
and the birds, the magic and the ventriloquism.
THE HISTORIC MIRROR. OF TER WAR.—Messrs. R.
and W. Pearson Ore prepared a panorama of the
leading events of the war, which they exhibitat the
Concert Hall. This panorama gives a connected
and vivid idea of the great scenes that have taken
place, and it will aftbrd the opportunity for "passing
away a pleasing and profitable hour.
" MEncunr LoQrANni.'?—An association under
this cabalistic name gives a ball to-morrow evening
at Musical Fund Hall, for the benefit of the sick and
wounded soldiers. It promises to be a brilliant
fair.a
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A HABEAS CORPUS APPLIED FOR TN THE
CASE Or CoLoma. J. BL7CHANAN Cnoss.—The at
tempt of Colonel J. Baharran Cross, the most noto
rious forger that ever lived, to forge himself out of
prison, is familiar to almost every one. It will be
remembered that 'United States Marshal Millward
received letters purporting to be written by the As
sistant Secretary of War, informing him that Colo,
nel Cross was needed for some special service by
the War Department, and requeSting him to lay the
facts before Governor Curtin, with a view to a par
don. The letter was written upon Department
paper, and enclosed in a Department envelope, and
bearing the frank of the Assistant Secretary of War.
About the same time Governor (.7urtin received a
letter from the Assistafit Secretary of War convey
ing the same information.
Mr. Mlllward was thus misled. He started for
Harrisburg, and secured the pardon, and took it to
the Eastern Penitentiary, where the document se
cured the release of the bold forger. Fortunately
for the marshal, in his visit to the prison, he was
accompanied by Deputy Marshal Jenkins, who
though not made acquainted with the facts of the
case, had his suspicions aroused, and, as he accom
panied the "party t‘... Washington, he kept his eye
upon Crosse. and foiled ingenious attempts
to escape. When Crosse was taken tolthe War De
partment the whole scheme was exploded, anti the
gay Colonel was escorted back to his old 'quarters at,
Cherry Hill.. He protested against this, as his par
don was not is forged instrument. There the matter
rested, with the public in a state of wonderment in
regard to the parties who assisted Colonel Crosse
outside the prison. That be had confederates out
side the prison, who were in favor with the prison
officers, and who lied free access to the prisoner, was
evident,' but who they were remained'a mystery.
Possibly that mystery will soon be cleared up. ' •
On the 12th of December, Edward H. Wells, Esq.,
on behalf of Crosse, presented the following petition
for a writ of habeas corpus to Judge Woodward, of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The judge
granted the writ, and directed that it would be re
turnable before the full bench of the Supreme Court
on Saturday, the 3d of :January next. The petition
sets forth the conviction and sentence, and then
avers coolly :
"That on the 3d day of June, 1862, his Excellency
Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the Commonwealth,
by virtue of the power•vesited in him by the Con
stitution, did grant. to your petitioner, under' the
great seal of the State of l'ennsylvania, . a full, and
free,: and unconditional pardon of the offence for
which he was convicted, and the same was shown
and delivered to the said warden. And your peti
tioner further showeth that, by reason of said par
don, he was released from confinement in time Eastern
.Penitentiary by the said :John S. Holloway but
Was immediately thereafter taken from the Peni
tentiary by force and compulsion to the city of
Washington ; that afterwards,' on the 6th day of
June,
1862, your petitioner was brought back to the
city of Philadelphia, and by force and compulsion
was redelivered into the custody of the said warden,
by whom -he was since that time, and is now, de
tained."
The affitliwit to the petition is sworn to before
Alderman Massey, who was taken into the prl
isoner's cell for the purpose.
On the hearing before the Supreme Court it may
transpire who the parties were.who assisted (•rosse
in getting. out.: It can hardly be pretended that
there is nothing by which a clue to the guilty ones
(tin he secured.
mometer.
ST. Jonrre DAY.—St. Jelin the Evange
list is one of the patron saints of the Order of Free
Masons. Saturday, December frr, was the anni
versary of his birth. This occasion was duly cele
brated by the brethren of the craft in this city. The
celebration was under the direction of Mr. Ganser,
and took place in the form of a supper in the Key
stone House.
Masonic Lodges in ancient times were dedi
cated to King solornon, the first M. E. G. M.,
and continued to be so dedicated until after the
Crusades. Among the various orders of Knights
engaged in those chivalric wars, none were more
conspicuous than the magnanimous Order of the
Knights of St. John. Many brethren of the ancient
craft also went forth to aid in redeeming the sepul
chre of the Saviour from the hands of the infidels ;
between these and Knights of St. John there existed.
a reciprocalfeeling of brotherfy love.
They entered into a solemn midge of friendship,
and the plains of Jerusalembore witness to their
vows.. St. John the Evangelist was the Christian
patron of Freemasonry. It was for this reason the
argument was made that all lodges whose members
acknowledged the divinity of Christ should be con
secrated and dedicated to St. John.
THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN.—
At the room of this institution, No: 1334 Chestnut
street, the annual exhibition of the School of Design
for Women is now being held. The exhibition be
gan on Friday, and will continue throughout to
day, the room being open from ten o'clock A. M.
until four P. M. This annual exhibition is a sub
ject of very great interest to many parties in the city
—to all endorsing that mode of culture which it is the
object of the school to develop. The reports prove
that the institution. has accomplished its precise
mission, and satisfied the most zealous as well as the
least hopeful of its patrons. Paintings in water
colors and in oil, drawings anti designs of great di
versity in their subjects are on hand, and rivet the
attention of all lovers of this form of art. The ele
ments a re here taught with the utmost accuracy and
iticiency, and the present times, in the absence of
SO many male relatives, furnish an additional reason
for this institution's meeting with additional pros
perity.
Trn CITIZENS' BOUNTY Fuxn.—There
have been recently but two regiments receiving
bounty money from the commissioner having charge
of the fund. There have been, however, but few
applications for the bounty, and the committee are
of the opinion that its continuance does not aid re
cruiting materially. On Saturday the payment of
bounty by . this commission ceased. Only about
'two-thirds of the money subscribed has been used.
The balance it has been proposed to pay back, pro
rata, to the subscribers. What remains, after that
date the committee will feel V liberty to appropriate
to the families of volunteers, or to expend it in the
,best manner: possible for the benefit of our soldiers.
ROIMETtY.—A dwelling house, in Juniper
street, below Pine, was entered a feW nights since,
'during the absence of the occupants,. and robbed of
quantity of articles of jewelry, and about seventy.
dollars, in various kinds of money. The thieves en- -
tered the rear third-s`ory window, their progress to
this elevation being facilitated by means ni an.old
stahle • and convenient shed. Within a short time,
four houses have been robbed in this neighborhood.
In one instance, a gold match and nearly one hun- -
dred dollars were stolen. Several yards were strip
ped of their wash-clothes. The th „ teves have evaded
the vigilance of the police.
A. Pm LADELNTIAIc.—Lieut. Charles F.
Robertson, of Company E, 121st Pennsylvania, who
so gallantly led that company on a • brilliant charge
at the recent battle at Predericksburg;Val, when
Capt. S. S. Lloyd fell badly wounded, is a Philadel
phian by birth, and not of New York, as has been
reported. Lieut. R. is the only son of a widowed
mother, residing in Philadelphia. Company E was
composed mostly of Philadelphians. They went
into battle 63 strong, and same out with a ; little
over one-third of the whole number.
MILITARY FUNERAL.—The funeral of
Lieut. Rat. D. Montgomery, of the 116th Penn- .
s3 - Ivanitt Regiment, took place yesterday, from his
late residence, at Sartimik and Jefferson streets. It
was very laigely attended. The escort consisted of
the Hope Hose Company, Southwark Home Guard,
and the 60th Massachusetts Regiment. A. band of
music was also in attendance. The funeral ser
vices were conducted hyjlev. Dr. Brainerd.
MAJOR HAWKSIVORTH.—We are pleased
•to learn that the report. concerning Major Hawks
worth's critical condition is entirely unfounded. He
was yesterday, as we learn by private despatch;
much better than he has yet been since the ampu
tation of his leg, and his surgeons consider hint en
tirely out of danger. He will be brought to his
home in this city in a few
ORDERED TO JOIN HIS RECITMENT.—Cap
inin P. IL Forney, of the 18th United States In
fantry, has been ordered to close • his recruiting
stations in this State, after the Ist, and join his regi
ment, now in Tennessee. Captain Forney has been
very successful in obtaining recruits for his regi
ment, which is one of the finest in the regular
service.
A1111:11 - AL OF A SLOOP-OF-Wkit. The
'United States sloolrofwar Saratoga arrived at the
navy ward on Saturday, from a two years' cruise on
the western coast of Africa. The Saratoga carries
'eighteen guns and is 882 tons. She Is much worn,
and
.it is expected that she will be refitted and her
crew paid off at this station. , .
PROMOTION.—We learn with pleasure of
the promotion of Vogdes, Jr. to a lieutenancy
in Company I', 23d Regiment P. Jr.,
for meritorious
conduct in recent actions. Lieutenant Vogdes has
been in active service since the breaking out of the
rebellion, and well deserves the honor conferred on
him.
FATAL RESEILT.—Au unknown white man
was found in a state of insensibility in a brick yard
near the 'United States Arsenal on Friday afternoon.
Ne appeared to be stupified-from taking laudanum.
The stranger was removed to the First-ward station
house, where he died iira few hours.
DIBTIITZVTI OW OF BREAD. —On New
•:"ear , sinorning a distribution of 300 loaves of bread,
to the deserving poor, will take place at No. 1316
Callowhill street. Three hundred more loaves 'will
tte distribated at . Eleventh and Vine streets.
_
THEPfI ICE-BOAT. The City-Ice
C ' •
Boat, Capt..Schellinger. left Shipper-street wharf,
at nine o'clock on Safruiday morning, taking in tow
the bark Venice, bound to London, laden with coal
oil.
COMPLETED.-The addition to the Wild
ing of the Union Volunteer Refreshment. Saloon is
now completed. and increases its size about one
third. About eight hundred men can now be fed at
one time.
THE PATAPkO.—The iron-clad floating
battery Patapsco attracted much attention yester
day, and the adjoining wharves were visited by a
large host of persons.
GOVERNMENT STA_MPS.—Manifests and
other similar documents presented at the custom
house will reqUire Government stamps upon them
on and after J !MUM'S' Ist.
PEBSONAL.--A letter for Lieutenant :Tames
Bain has been directed to the care of the editor of
this paper, and may be obtained by calling nt The
office of The Press.
CITY ITEMS.
SILVER, is the'expresAve
name of the popular brnnd of pure, white, elegant
Buckwheat Flour, sold by Mr. 0. H. Mattson, dealer
in line family groceries, Arch and Tenth streets.
By all who have tried it it is pronounced to be the
best buckwheat ever sold is the market, being far
superior to the Bethlehem article, which was once
considered good, whilst the price of the "Silver
Flint" is lower. We speak experimentally in re
commending every lover of good buckwheat cakes
on a frosty morning, to try this buckwhat. Mr.
Mattson is the sole agent for its sale in this city.
CRABLEs OAKFORIi & SON are
now selling their magnificent Furs, Ladies' Paris
Shoes, Gents' Furnishing Goods, and a host of other
desirable and stylish things in their various dept&t
inents, at reduced prices, for the benefit of those
wishing to purchase New Year's presents. Give
them a call. Their splendid salesrooms, Under the
Continental Hotel, were thronged all day Saturday
with customers for the elegant "goods above referred
to.
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ART TN PHILADEL
PHIA has attained an eminence not equalled in any
other city in the Union, and we may say that no
artist in this important branch has contributed
more substantially to this result than Mr. E. P.
Ripple, NO. 820 Arch street. His galleries have been
thronged for months past with the clikof our city.
GEO. STECK PrANos
For New Year Gifts.
G eo. Steck Pianos
For New Year Gifts
G co. Steck Pianos
For New Year Gifts
G eo. Stecic Pianos
For New Year Gillis
Geo. Steck Piancis
For New Year Gifts
Geo. Steck Pianos
For New Year Gifta
J. E. Gour.o,
Seventh and Chestnut streets
LARGE SALE OF LADIES' PUIIS AT Are-
Tioi-James A. Freentan, auctioneer, No. 422 Wal
nut Itreet, will sell, on Tuesday and Wednesday
next; at his auction rooms, the largest and most su
perb stock of ladieS' furs, of every description, ever
offered in this city. It comprises the entire stock of
a first-class house on Broadway, New York.
EDWARD P. KxLLY, 'MOT, 142 S. Third
street, formerly principal of Kelly & Brother, and of
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 prices. de24-121
J. E. GOULD, corner of Seventh arid
Gheehaut streets, is the only one in Philadelphia who
keeps the popular and truly beautiful Geo. Steck
PianofOrtea. . de,l4(
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—Singer's Family
Sewing Machines with Hemmer and Braider at
tached, is the best and most useful of all machines
now in use. Those wishing to make a truly valus-
Ide Christmas present, and one that will keep the
giver ever fresh in the kind remembrance of the re
ceiver, will do well to buy one of these machines to
present as a seasonable token of real friendship.
The price is $6l. Call and make your selections at
I. M. Singer & Co.'s, No. 810 Chestnut street. d24-5t
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS !—Get a beautiful
Steck Piano of J. E. Gould, corner of Seventh and
Chestnut streets.. . de4-tf
A NEW .ARTICLE OF EXPORTATION.—
Steinway & Sons' grand square and upright Pianos
took twenty-six first premiums (gold and aliver me;
dais) at the principal fairs held 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 1862, for
"powerful, clear, brilliant, and sympathetic tone,
with excellence of workmanship, as shown in Grand
and Square Pianos." This greatest triumph of Ame
rican Pianos in England has caused a sensation in
musical circles throughout the continent, and, as a
result, the Messrs. Steinway are in constant receipt
of orders from Europe; thus inaugurating a new
Phase in the history of American pianos by creating
in them an article of export.
Warerooms at Blasiusßros , ., 1006 ()hest:out street
dela-45t
AN ELEGANT $4OO 'Raven, Bacon, & Co.
Pisan, vcry little used, has been left with me for'sale
nt a Nu rain.
(le29.ai J. E. GOULD, Sereatkand Chestnut.
SLOWLY :Trycz. Yotit
Be not hasty in opinion ;
•
Slowly judge your fellow-ma n •
Haste may hide thy good domisio'n
Acts of folly have outran
What if he has erred often!
Should we not remember still
Gentle admonitions soften
And attraot the stubborn who
Win his love, not his loathing,
In doing good be instrumental,
By telling him to buy his clothing
At STOKES', 'neath the "UOntiasstii,
NESS TEAR 13..TCSOIT ES. - 4lmo s: t t
body has some pet plan of conduct f or th e elot t l i f
ing New Year. Some promise t hemselve s ?h it ,
will be more moral, that they wilt work
ha
spend less, or that they will do sometlgogie-tZ
of helping themseires along in the t ;
life. It is certainly wise, upon the adv p ent ut ar k
Year, to lay aside old habits, provided th,..r
ones, and (no joke intended) to procureraw
the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rocky et.t
son, Nos. 603 and 606 Chestnut street, a t, e , re ,
To begin the year wisely Rn rl well,
stilted at this famous establishment. you
SPECIE PAYMENTS BY GOTEIIX3Ir;
Congress has before it a: resolution go kmett(l
the creditors of Uncle Sam the payment of th;
rest upon their bonds in specie. The b eilit
expect payment. in coin - , and they will b e
with nothing else. In the !meantime legs! tit
notes,
caked nn au otheforr go el
od pe
r
,
will be fa t i,
exchange the: egant and cov et ,'
clothing gotten up at the one-price palatial
ment of Granville Stokes, No. CM oh eetztt
Garments of the latest styles and fashion, f o ,
gents and boys, kept constantly on band.
FOR A. SPLENDID NEw WINTER IL ?
fashionable Cap, go to oakf or d At
Continental
Continental Hotel.'
FINANCIAL AND COMIFIERC4
THE MONEY M&NT.
PIIIT.ADELPII I).Terta).4.4-
There was nothing of special interest took
street to-day. Gold advanced to inward
rh
the rise partly caused by the (ramie ett„ n .,.. r
tors to induce profits, null by the loins of n i• ., 4
of legal tenders. The provisions of Mr •
eminently the wisest that hare teen set I,effesent,.,..'
and deserve the fttl lest consideration of the e., 42 , i n .
of wiirs and ?deans, the members of which nrs
in favor of them. Old demands were
Government securities were finite money ,ne, , •
tively easy
wifoi
at rates lately named.
Stocks were more active, with some intarseenna
prices. State fives were in demand; and r ostaltent. •
per cent., closing a t 97.'4. City sixes rest? .dm
new at - 11:30; 4 - ,. tlte old at par. Peansylrh ti n E l d t i
first and second mortgages
e-
to
and Erie sixes sold at 10234, an advance of
Avenue sevens at RS; Sunbury and Erie PaCfa , at Iv
Elmira. sevens at par, an advance of 1bm4nn,.1.1.1
)SBB, sold at 102, no change. Suemiehautta Cblai
ih
sold at 37. Schuylkill Navigttiott sixes, ISt wn 406
tHazleton Coal zolsilhaarte7w3letoertiLCrenni::
feared at 130, nu advance of 1: Lehigh blip
30. Reading Railroad
and sold UP to 3744. closing a shade
sold at WM: Cainwissa preferred improved '4; pyl.
delphia anil'Eric sold at 25: Little Schuylkill tr ai .,, nh ',
at 0 3 ; Pennsylvania at aS!;',:North
Long Island improvedl'sseo,rcrailway;
more in demand: Arch-street sail at 2.74. n imes;
meta of .7r: ; Green and Coates ar an advantpio
Second and Third at 763..;', an advance of ?;;; Than:
3
lend Fifteenth ;fold nt?i, no change: i‘prifee a w l p h ,, it
\Veit Philadelphia were steady. Coesolidati‘A
Ste
sold at 2S, City at 46,4, •Altu torartar"re toot
oni• market closed steady, 2.A0 shares t
bonds changing hands.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds, 1881.-- ............ • DriitCV
United States Certificates of Indebtedness..., m ) 3 ,..
Unit State;i 73-10 Notes I:lltAisi
Quartermasters' Vouchers ..........
Orders for CertifiCates of Indebted .
ness ..... S R.qt , „
Gold
.......
Demand Notes2i!As
The statements of the hanks o6the three prh.4, 4
ties of the Union for the last 'week comp.m. with
previous oneand the corresponding time Vhiii ofc
lows:
•-• I"!las.
.Depogits.. :* 4 petip. ceyq
N. Y., Dec:2ll-8173,,5M,536 :$154,524,M1 ) Fti,X14.244:01;
Boston, Dee. t 2. 77,060,3] 0 Maiit,o 4 7AL34;*w r ,*
pi i ia., Dec. n. • 56,774912 17.741,674 4.:trika 3i6
Total ...... 416.364,51:1
Last week.......285,5rgal trlG.:t- 1 1 3 7
Last year ..2.12,463,014 374,8 NAN
- The statement of the Boston banks nu. thsla4 •
compares with the previous week ami for t1wr4r1, 7 ,,
itig week WIWI as follows:
Dec. 10, In. flee. *44
67(052,967 ~ ...-77.0k0u
•
• 8.044.519 14;jt.
. 34,074,407 31,7:4;,:tti
&120.606 S.005;031 SI;
loans
Specie
Depot.Lts...
Circulation
The New York Evening Past of tolhi y
. •
The stock market is decidedly better an the nomt.
mein that litr. Chase will ask authority IV Con ci .„
adopt a ny of the measures for ti uaacinl religUidebbti
heretofore been granted him. The brills.see is Ai, u
" green-backs," hence the dispositimi sham, to ma d
to-day at advancing rates. Since the adienruate nt ,.,•
Board.
e 2
the market is still stronger. 1. Ceettal:-1:t
bid; Erie n, mush., 3lichigam Centud fv.i.
llantc preferred -19 X, Terre Haute counnsu
Railway bonds are very firm with it hut . ~f
The issues of the Terre haute and Alum. Magi:
...Northwestern, and Cleveland and Pittston:l.:at is
maud.
Governments are a trifle better, but !whet aottic.:
since it is ascertained that we are to have m
"green hacks." We, however,. hare assured otr tevle
fur sOlllO iliac that our Wstobumton ailciree t.t‘itivel
rtflirined that Finch would lie the ea-e. Coupon sit.
1551 are 111 . 2.;; ; ;Celtri.i,l, registered tiFtWi', secenitilf
31 1 13a4.101%, certificates of indebtedness"tti*Aiti.
quotatious are:.
United Stater. sixes ,1.62 +. Std. 1,;;1,;; 120
- sixes, g;6•2 (coupon) l'Al
xixes,lSB7
" • " sixes, VIN .. .
. " " sixes. 161 S (coupon) 101
"" it yes, 1565 (coupon) 94 ,
... .. -
Ines, 15,4 (Mffistored) ..." .
" 11ve,:.1574 (coupon) - 'T1. 1 4
" flve,s, Is7l (iegi , comd. ..... S 2
a tires, iSi I (mreell)
" sixes. 11. 4 51 ( registered)• • • 'Hi
. _ ..
gixes,'lS'Sl (coupon) ' ' INN 02
"- " TreasPy .'S we:Oat-gm:AI. 101' 2 11l
" . " ' Oregon War Lea 11.1.Cil .. .. 11l
Oregon War Limn, ),1-y'ly lIU PI
" " One-yeor o:nine:l tes•.•. :4; 6
• " " New 5-20 (rtcisiered .. .
" • " New S-21) (coupon), ...... .. ..
Dutiable Demand Is;.ices. 111 1.1.
" " American Gold 131;i It!
. . •
t Ex-Interest.
Money continues quite easy at 6 17 1 c,at. Vs. :7,
to-day - far exceeds the demand.
The rate for mercantile paper sixty Lys t. :114=
cent.
60141 is a trifle better, elashignt liVi:tq•l3±
Exchange n 1 I
n I.lln sixty day: , is: I;.W.
Philads. Stock Exc.
(Reported by S. B. StATMAK
FLEST
CCO City& New, ...
1600 do ..New 100,1
an do ..New 101!.i
• 000 do-1C S 0 FOX
10 Lehigh Strip 30
2.5 do
111 do . so
• .5 Oity Bank 46)4
1000 l'enna It 2d 'Dort ..If6
BETWEEN
MOO City 6s New 1033;)
ISO Little Seltuyl E.... 2S
SECOND
2 Mine R
20 Peunft ....2tlal•s. 5. 0 i;
40 Arch-street H
2000E1101ra R 7s 100 I
ltn City (6 K S 0 C
Awn .100
it Little Schityl 1t.... 2S
20 Pilo & Erie 1: 23
300 American Gold
Catawissa 11• • •_•• . .
_
21 Consolidation IS
ally) Penns 5s 0;34
f.O CitraWit , Sa 1t pref.- VW
30 30 over 1160.•
10 do pref 1534
AFTER •
43 1:1 & 15tli Sts R
CLOSING P
Bid. Asked.
U S 63 epos M.-102X RN
U S D 102
merican G old • -1924 13 . 21
Phil a6s . •old. • • •RO 10014
Do new 160, 1 4
Allen' co 6a R ..
Penns bs 07 97)
Binding R 373 V
.. Do bds 'SO-10S 110
Do Nis '70...ic0m 101 i
Do bds '66-162
Penns R .:SS's 1 1S1
Do Ist in 65..111 112
Do 2.1 m 65...106 1034"
Morris Canal •• • 52. 1 4 53
Do prfd 106..130 131
Do 6s '76....102% • •
Do 2d mtg... 100 • •
Rnso Cana1.......
Do 65......., .
Schnyl Nav 4f,1
Do prfd 11% . 12!.i"
Do 6s '62.... 65% 60
Elmira R 19 D)
Do prfd Sl SI
Do 7s Ist m.. 003 E 100
_
o
..... 4714 •
N Penna R. Sig
Do Bs. ... 86 S6i2
rDo lOs . .
......
102 104
Phila Ger & Nor. 14,1 i 54
Lehigh Val R... --
Lehigh Val Ms.. • . 166
New - York Stooks,
THO)
65000 American Cold-13P."
90000 do 1454
Demauil Notes—
IV Climb Coal rirf-- 12N
• 100 Pacific mai1...:4J.11 , 11:.
N.) do
'IOW do
7:i do
AO do 1"1 2 ,
ttRI Erie I{oi 1r0ad...30 tr-1,
1000 do
-- O&) do :41 tri
In* do •) 1:.4%;
SIM • do
Thi). do
1111`.N York Centro
:0)11nd:ton litver.blo 75
SRI - do TS
Ifl Tforlorn }tail ron
450 Mich Centrul 92.!4
141 k) Miell Southern.... 42
211 X) do 4215
NO do 42ni
IV: . do
& 503‘1
Philadelphia Haricot:4.
. - • •
The Flour market is utiebaum.A, diens beim: ter"
inquiry either fur shipment or home use. Ali o'
.Iy to supply the retailers amt bakers, at
line; Mr extras; *76.7.5010r fatally. 3' 14
S.:111 IMllor fancy brands, as in The :
Laud is 163,000 turotima 14:4,000 th••• , *
last year.
ltTti FLOUR is selling slowly at iCktl . ?
CriNN F:AL is Sarre: pennxyltygtia tsh. l • l '' •
WThu mlywine "el itht,
II °igving:: are light :110 the caark'" •
with small tales of l'onna. alad Weston rod
in store, and lair.t.ltktr Mr white • t h e t:orm•
K,,_...t . "tivekY. The stuck on hued 1117.001
bus last year. • Rye is arm ;0) e•
Mild at 98e. Corn is dull, with , sales of , 314 ' 1t
yellow at 7:le for new, and :::14"%g7c 011.. 4 .` ,lti;
O v ats are steady ; wit it sales o r 5,1v0 has 1-eatia
the latter Mr - heavy. IMO bits Penna. Barley'
totals kept private.
JIM:N.—Qum - 01nm is steady lit i.< o ; 1. " 1.1.;
COTTON.—There is ati reeling the Mirk.
eery little Onl:tilig or selling; wo.llllolo 1111.1•11111 Z-•
- 7 ) ersh.
GROCERIES.—There is very little global la eq , "
liar or Coffee, OWilitt to the Itrtuurs ~(1101,ter,•
,
PROV oNK—The market is stea.lF: amie
Pork is 'rerted at :Fl-1.501 1 bld Baron
; Rutter po is dull ; sales .W solid irteked at 11 , ?'
SEED:i.;:—Thore is rather more debut: 130 % ,
.
freelvat tini.12;‘06.2.1p bit, and front tite.w3.-
r e
Timothy ranges at from €41.7:i to • ,•i
Flaxseed /ir,l e eii
WHISKY firm mot ill deontiol, with sue •
at tale. Drudge is Scarce and wort 416; tir Vi ;
.The I:410)01w are' the receipts or Flmir aad
this purr to-.lay
•
BALTIMORE COFFEE NARKEt. I. w !'
rt.• oar hISTI4aY automat ry the a r. , vt . •
hark Cricket, from Him :O
with P hags T 2:.
of this description in first lianas now foots
of Lagu:tyr. Bud Java the simply is very lima .
,
market has la.vit extremely quiet. and
transpired. Quotations are necessarily ?maw:.
ltiortefalet Lagita ym. 32e, and Javit.S 3 c tb.
BALTIMORE CA'rFLE
A the Live Stock Scales to-day the oaeriTlV
amounted to 1.100 Most of ihe entlie weir
ferior. and With the lai it rtettdi nee of latY•;". nt
ruled dull. (If receipt,: head were neiil
sold to Government agents. and 200 to c itr_lititc l ,_
Packers at prices ranging trout ,a.";.50 to t' 1 , 0)14 •
a few gond cattle commanding the latter harai:
acute
Iloga.—The demand was moderately
market well eDPPlicd. Fair to prime ;tea
tki to We
n
StEap--Supplv this and demand
ranged trent 40.;ic peas.
:lunge Sales, Dec. If
a, nlllBllBl
COARD.
1000 $11,41 Cana) .....• S.
R
'Xi :gait 310.11,'5zi2:
5013th &15th-g
lno Nurth Penna R.••••
72 Little :Amyl K....
2:3 a.. 4
sou PNILIA 5.
100 ( alaivis.st I. pre1...1
BOARDS.
,=nm!a=l
BOARD.
I 50 Ca iairissaltprot
; 100 Roolinn R•
... .• .._int.
IMO 4 10
Itm
iot 0 re.. Pil&coate , R
ii(A)lZeadingii-val
1000 & Brio
IDIII iIIi & Erio 6.. I
11 Morris Canal )r" is
Du A rrit.,treN
731 & Sir li.• .....
5 3liiiehill ........
)SMcchanir-
DI llonloton Coal-- • %
O_ ADS.
• icss—trr :Ain B. i •
Met
Catavvissa R..... 45 a
Do prfd 12, 1
Bearer Mead R.. tts
.
Harrisburg R•
Wilmington R... Si -
Lehigh Nav
Do shares.- W.:
4Do scrip - 4 9,44
(Cant dr Antb
Phi) w Brie 6s-ltr. 4 b„ ;. .•
Sun &Erie ;
L [Aland P tt
IDo bonds....
Delaware Div.... 3 , !4
' Do bonds-- '
Spruce-street R.. IS 15.
C hest nut-st 14. • • •
Arch-street R•••• 51 4 •C,
Race-street R.• • .
, Thirteenth
-street R.•• 34
Tlitrteenth-st R.• -I
IW PhDs R 56 $ ll
Do bonds • ... ••
Green-street R... ..*V .1 1
Do bonds--
Second-street R... 76
Do hondA •••
Fifth-street R.... 41
Do b0nd5.....:
Girard College P. ,
Seventeenth-st
Sattullay , Do. ' 27
no.t It D.
320) C lev
100 Catena nti..ht.••
WO Cloy Toted, lin Chic x IL. k 1-
19100 Amer t;01.1. : •-•
10000 ..... 1.31 F
9'lllo .........
2.1000 do• •. : . .
Thum S Dem 3,1 ,,
•_hnni ....
lie .....
Mil Erie..... ..
150 Erie 1:12. prot ....
llthi Harlem .....
LIM Mich Southern—
ein ........ .. •
311113fieh nor • •
till t•entrl ......
likl ....... •
11(10 Ch•V & .... •
& Chie.•
S'"ni Clev tv: ToleJ o
"111 Terre H:itite&Mt
50 du .........