THE PRESS, I.OIt6OFIED DAILY (SUNDAYS SXCEPTIIO.) BY JOUN W. FORNEY, No. ill SOUTH FOURTH STREET. TOE DAILY PRESS, Crtil6 PER Wank, payable to the Carrier. to Solhcribers out of the City at &lONT DOLLARS ti Nine, FOUR DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS, Two Dot,. f roll THREE blorrae—invarlably in advance for the g ;gaged. i r Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six ,: to : c onstitute a square. • TiIIE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, to Subscribers out of the City at Four,. Doi, , rot AN Num, in advance. RETAIL DRY GUt)►).i'. OAKS! CLOAKS! COMAS w. :EVANS At CO. oLosING OUT TUE BALAWOE- OF THEIR STOOK PARIS STYLE CLOAKS AT REDUCED 'pRIOES, SIS AND NO CHESTNDTSTREET ITSEFUL AND :ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS. M.. NEEDLES. N 0.1024 CHESTNUT STREET. A „ A ttie special attention of Purehasers of Panama latt •:11.S COMING HOLIDAYS, extensive stook of articles suitable for that par• FOR PRESENTS: 1,1,t1- ' and Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerehiefs. Da do Hemstitched do po do In 2, 2,i'; and 3 inch wide hems. ;1, do Printed Borders, 1 1 do French and clear Lawn, do In all kinds of Lace. ' ltt a n u d a k k e e r r c e h h l t ot s. o i ls ( all Ng.. L.iren'o ilandkoraniefs, of all kinds. 4,mrtraent of Handkerchiefs in the oily. FOR PRESENTS T., red d Lace Veils, $2 and npwaids, e.itgbric Lace Voile, 75c, and upwards. ~ ,!ato taco Collar Sets, sLfiii, and upwards, Frniett Work do, all prices. PRESENTS 13U STHES kinds of LACE GOODS: laen Coiffures and 13arbes, Robes and Waists. by the yard, Ail kinds LRCM Sleeves, ihy Be ads'and Floun.oings. Do Embroideries. Ar,so, a,, l er. Cambric Handkerchiefs, Embroidered with • n inolg in.! received. LL C.l Handkerehiefs, Embroidered 7 1 t',lars 171daren Valencienne Lace Handkerchiefs; 0 Jaren Cents' and Children's Printed-bordered Hand.- irn 171.48. !,1 do/en Ladies' Ivory Initial Cuff Buttons, ;IN T; 6-4 French Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Party ko-7:7., at old prices. A complete Stock of WHITE GOODS at LOW Gmott Napkins at Old Prices. At.s of the above will make a useful and beautiful r'r , ,-.MAA Pitman, and Buyers will tlnd it to their !srltoge to inspect my stock before making their as, with few exceptions, it is offered at OLD ,nd cheaper than present wholesale rates. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. JOHN W. VTOMAS, 40 AND 401 NORTH SECOND STREET, attention to his LNROE AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK, COrdrIVISING EVERY VARIETY OF DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. LACE EIDKES., COLLARS, AND EMBROIDERIES, every description, suited for CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESEN T - S. EYRE ' LANDELL, E sk - L FOURTH AND ARCH, HIVE MARKED SOME FINE GOODS AT LOW PRICES FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS., ..xPENSIVE SHAWLS. BROCADE SILKS. '.‘ SHIONABLE POPLINS. ROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS. :oHEST PRINTED REPS. 'INE BLUE MERINOES. CARLET BROCHE SCARFS. I,NT LACE COLLARS AND SETS. - , EW FANCY POCKET HDKFS, :;LOVES OF FIRST QUALITY ONLY. J. 4 ti JAMES R. CAMPBELL Sc CO., IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 727 CHESTNUT STREET, • 11AV.3 jnet received, and are now offering, magnificent :!nt.=, of SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON. noi.2m FINE OLOTII CLOAKS.. FINE FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS. FINE BLACK TRICOT CLOAKS. MEDIUM-PRICED CLOAKS. FINE BLANKET SHAWLS. EXTRA CHEAP BALMORALS. FINE LARGE BLANKETS. SUPERFINE FROSTED BEAVER& CASTOR BEAVERS-TRICOTS. BOYS' FIRE CLOTHING. SUITS MADE TO ORDER. COOPER CONARD, 1 0.54(100 5. R. CDR. NINTH Sr. 'MARKET St& R. CASSELBERRY HAS NOW opened and for sale, by the yard or piece, 10 cases "rfoN FLA,NNELS, bought, ivr cash at the great nw . YORK SALE. ""Itvy Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 20 eta, - vy Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 22 etm. ! I ' ,, r)" Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 24 as. Unbleached Cotton Flannels, 2S eta. theape,t Cotton Flannels in the market, 11, ,abov e prices Cotton the npnecs . for DORCAS AND AID SOCIETIES. 1. (4t0n Flannels for Dorcas and Ald Societies, !! , tton Flannels fur Doreas and Ald Societies, Cotton Flannels for Dorcas and Aid Societies, the place, 20, 22 nutl2seze. 7 . Sy the y 22, M, - `lii and 2Scta,- • db‘tve goods comp!ise le:Wing makeo, buyer DORCAS AND AID SOCIETIES • , ( 1 1.1 cm he their purchases itt once, as the above goods crow Lr lenhiced, 1411 : 11.4, a A n NK E 2 T — S a n BLA N KEaTk!e ts just open, :*!, welt, the attention of purchasers. Old prices, No l'i'ra; best style. Figured Delaines, 24 et.% Woven Striped Shifting Flannels, 65 cts. IN TOCK TS DAY, plecel orthe noted H et. Orem Goods, called 'I3ROCHE CRYLONS, w0 ,, 1 Flannels, :3.5 cts. 114 hea * l . y hker Flannel, 99.34 . 4 /i ail, vv gray blankets. at 75 a pair. yßk:xcit MERINOES—CHOICE SHADES. 3101 5 , Blue, Brown, Claret, and all the lead ht reduced Prices , ' ”Plin Reps, nil the choice shades, 14 ILI MORALS! BAL3IORALS 1 ilai'mo'rids, for the prices, in this city, I :almonds, rich colors, $2. richest styles Wrapper Cmhmeres, at 29 eta, t" , tailed lit less than 3731.' J lt, CASSELBERRY'S Mummoth Dry (mods House, No. 4B North EIGHTH Street, 1., a ..•ln idly receiving at the Below Arch. I MOURNING COUNTER, GOODS—Of every devription. CASSELI3ERRY. 11 1:11 E & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ifilVn now arranged, for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, .Plendid Moire Antiques. I : ,, stly Silks, reduced.. I .ron Clunk Velvets, Ssfeusive Long Shawls. 17. pieces Plaid Silks, 7,5 cents. FliiP quality Reps and Poplins. rhrd.• all new styles De Lathes, 2.5 cents. do Merrimac Clint other fast-colored Chintzes. 40 44 French Chintzes, 3131 cents. del9 - . . '° ING CLOTHS. SUBLIME QUALITY. I .lls s Frosted Beavers, ounprlced Frosted Beavers. and tine French Beavers. ~.:1,, Castor, and Union Beavers. and Sealskin Cloakings. 1 1 "rilne Casslmeres, viz. : f f M ixes—Black, neat fancies— '`l;:'—Extrit heavy—Union—Monona, &0., &s. •,_, ' - '.stin , ra and Overcoatinga. 41 11 es ti fancy Vestings. BALBIORALS. hundred pieces 2,5-cent Detainee. ...;setion lots tine Black AlPacao. ;I'eP,.MTI-1110PEI Had POPIiIIII. N FU M.. 870, Ir. &LW. Blankets and 'Flannels. BOYS' CLOTHING. rlPneed Cutters, good Cloths, and We rk — Oarmentd made to order. COOPER & CONARD. E. corner NINTH. mid :MUT Streets. OL. 6.-NO. 127. RETAIL DRY, GOODS., REDUCTION IN PRICES OF SILKS, POPLINS, • FRENCH DIERINOES, CASHMERES, MUSLIN DE LADIES, And all kinds of DARK DRESS GOODS. Au.o, PINE LONG !BROOM, SHAWLS, OPEN CENTRE LONG CASHMERE SHAWLS, RICH STYLES OF BLANKET SHAWLS, 44 CLOAK VELVETS. AND BALMORAL SKIRTS. EDWIN HALL & BRO., de27-starm4t 26 South SECOND Street. RICH AND 'RELIABLE FURS OF OUR OWN IMPORTATION AND MANUFACTURE HUDSON'S BAY SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK REAL CHINCHILLA, • DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, IN EVERY FASHIONABLE STYLE, FOR LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN FURS MADE TO ORDER. 3. W. PROCTOR4..tOO., No. 920 CHESTNUT - STREET, .1108-stuth2m ' PHILADELPHIA TOT O HOTEL-KEEPERS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN WANT OF • BLANKETS, . - The immense quantity of Colored Blankets manufac tured has caused the price of - WHITE BLANKETS to advance correspondingly, and as there is an excess of the former to be sold, we can sell them at • VERY LOW PRICES BY THE SINGLE PAIR AND IN QUANTITIES. Just opened, one lot slightly damaged, at $2.50 a pair. CURWEN. STODDART & BROTHER, 456, 452, and 155 North SECOND StLeet, de27-smtu.S above Willow. VDWIN HALL & BRO.; a•-• 4 2(1 South. SECOND Street, Have rediteed the prices of Fancy Silks Rich Printed Dress Goods, -Choice Shades of Merinoes, - Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins; • All-Wool Do Lathes, All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.. Also, Pine Long }troche Shawls, Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls, Rich new stles of Blanket Shawls: • : 4-4 Lyons 511 k velvets, pure Silk. de234 DRY GOODS FOR WINTER. Rep. Poplins, French Merinos, Colored Mousselines, Poult De Soles, Foulard Silks, - Blanket Shawls, Balmoral Skirts, Black Silks. Fancy Silks, Black Bombazines, Worsted Plaids, Cheap Delaines, French Chintzes Shirting Flannels, • Brodie Shawls, • Fine Blankets, ' Crib Blankets. 'SHARPLESS BROTHERS, nothtt CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets TT STEEL & SON HAVE A LARGE • A-a- • assortment of DRESS GOODS, suitable for HO LIDAY PRESENTS.- Rich Fancy Silks; Plain Silks, choice colors. Plain and Figured Black Silks. Plain and Figured Rep Poplins. Plain and Figured Merinoes. Plain Solferluo Cashmeres, at 37*, worth 63 WINTER SHAWLS, in great Tenet'', MERINO SCARFS, BROCHE BORDERS. CLOAKS—Of New and Fashionable Styles, made of Black Beaver, Frosted Bearer, and Black Cloth. Call and examine our stock. We guaranty to give sa tisfaction, as we sell nothing but good exudes, and at lower prices than thop-can bo bought elsewhere. deft Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street: - CHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS,•orf., •--/ CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ARCHAM BAULT, Northeast Corner ELEVENTH and MARKET Streets, will open THIS MORNING, from Auction, In grain Carpets at 37. 45, 60, 62, 75, and S7c. Entry and Stair Carpets, 26 to 63e:Rag, Hemp, and Yarn Carpets, to 45c. 01i Cloths, 37 to 62c. Gilt Bordered Window Shades, 62c to tid,6o., Burr and Green Window Holland. Mous. de Laines;l6 to 25c. Plaid Dregs Goods, 25 to 45a, Christmas Chintzes, 16. SOc. Frosted Beaver Cloths, S 2 to,S3. Water-proot Cloakings - $1.26. Fancy Shirting Flannelsrlt7 to 62c. Canton Flunitels, 26 to 31c: Shirting and Sheeting, dell=thstu 1m COMMISSION HOUSES. COTTON 'YARN. • STPERIOR COTTON YARN, No. •/0. FOR SALE BY FROTRINGRAM & WELLS. oc2-tl SHIPLEY, HAZARD, HUVOIIINSON, No. ii: CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION dIERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. se2B-6m MILITARY GOODS. MILITARY .G9ODS. EVANS & HASSALL, MILITARY FURNISHERS, 418 ARCH STREET. PHILADELPHIA, A complete assortment of General, Field, and Line Offi cers'Nwords, Bashes, Belts, Passauts, Bpaalettes, Can teens, Haversacks. Field Glasses. Spurs. Candlesticks, Chapeaus, Hats, Caps, Drams, Silk and Bunting Flags, Camp Knives and Forks, Baldrics, Cum-cloth Over mate &c Also, a full line of PRESENTATION SWORDS, Sashes, Belts, etc., s.nd everything requisite: for, the Complete Outfit of Army and Navy Officers, WHOLESALE 84 RETAIL. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. FL ANNEL AND CLOTH OVER SHIRTS FIRE LINEN AND MUSLIN SHIRTS, On hand or made to order, of the most approved cut, and warranted to tit. 4'3-I . 4"TLEMEN'S : WRA:PPERS, The lare4and beet assortment in 11;4 UNDERCLOTHING, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TM. &o WHOLESALE AND RETAIL G. A. HOFFIVIANN, ocl-tuths3rn HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Noe, 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH. STREET JOHN C. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOOREJ Has now in store an elegant assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, &c., In:Great VarietY. TT OLIDAY PRESENTS. OPENING a splendid assortment of GIUTTLEMEN , S FURNISHING GOODS, - Emit able Presents for Gentlenien.. : J. W. SCOTT, No. Sl4 CHESTNUT Street. Four doors below the Continental CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. FOURTH -STREET CARPET STORE, No. 47 SOUTH 'FOURTH STREET, J. T. DELACROIX Invites an examination of his stock of Carpetings in which will be found 260 PIECES BRUSSELS CARPETINGS. 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''''..e...."..„ ,• . •" • - - ~ • -- • . _:-.• -- '-li mb `P ik ‘ .-- -; .r.. 11, 1EM11.,, , ti . , - ..(--- ~ , ..,...4.,,._,..,..,...,: . ~.. - .ialltikao;.•-•=! : :; • - : • .:4' -i, ,1 1 '..:..;'''-' .-- 77!-%-f:•:- , •,'. .. ....----- •^....i . -• ---- 7 .--- : ':.• . • .. , ,---.-. -.. "..............,. -.!,....;,,,.6k... ........--,-- . ! —"+"4//: . .. ^Z,,,,.. . s - s 4 . . .'' . .'• --- ".'• - -- - - - - .....- ,1.(.f..: , .::-- --- - `--- --...-,,,_.._ ....,................. . . . . .. , . . . - . -..-......,... . .. , _...-..r...: - ... ... . . (.1 No. GO6 Altell Street FANCY ARTICLES. LARK ' S ONE-DOLLAR STORE, 602 CHESTNUT STREET. Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph- Alintrius, Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Cabals, &e., for 60 to 100 per cent less than the regular prices. The following is a partial list of articles which we sell at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at other places from $2 to iILS earth YOUR CHOICE FOE ONE DOLLAR! Lad o. ies' Bets, new and beautiful styles., D Do. Ear Rings, ' • Do. Sleeve Buttons. • - Do. Guard Chain. Do. Neck do,. Do. Gold Thimbles. Do. Finger Rings. • Do. Pencils, • • Do. Pens with case, Do,' Bracelets, Do. Medallions, Do. Charms, Do. Pearl Port Monnales. Do. Morocco do. Do. Wire do. Do. Purses, • Do. Card Cases. Infants' Armlets, • Do. Neck Chains, Gents' Vest Chains, different et lea, Do, Sleeve Buttons. do. do. Do, Studs, do. do. Do. Pins, do. do. Do. Scarf Pins, do. do. • • Do. Scarf Rings. do. do. Do. - Finger Rings, dd.. da Do. Pen and Case, • Do. Pencil, revolving. • Do: Tooth Pick. revolving. Do. Watch Keys. • Do. Chain Hooks. Do, Chain Charms. • Do. Pocket. Books, Do. Bill Books, . Do. Port Monnales. &c. SILVER-PLATED • WARE. YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR! Sets of Table Spoons, Do. Dessert Spoons. • • " • Do.' Tea - do. Do. Forks. • Pair Butter Knives, • •It Do. Napkin Rings. • • Knife and. Fork, . . Goblets, • • Cups, • - Sugar Bowls, Cream Cups, Syrup Cups, Butter Dishes, Casters with Bottles, Salt Stands. &c. YOUR CHOICE OF ANY OF TIE ABOVE ARTICLES FOR ONE DOLLAR. NOTICE.—In order to meet the wants of our numerous customers, we shall keep a stock of -the finest Plated and All•Gohl Jewelry, together with assortment of heapl/- "gated Silver Ware, and a .variety of Photograph Al bums and Fancy. Goods, which we will sell at prices which will defy competition. Ladies and Gentlemen are Invited to call and examine our stock. Every attention paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not. Remember CLARK'S ONE-DOLLAR STORE, 602 CHESTNUT Street. null 9rm GIFT BOOKS. pIMENSE ATTRACTIONS'! IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS FOR THE . TIOLIDAYS I AT THE GREAT - ORIGINAL GIFT-BOOK EMPORIUM, 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. THE ONLY " GIFT-BOOK ENTERPRISE" IN EX ISTENCE IT HAS OUTLIVED ALL COMPETITORS! NEW BOOKS! NEW GIFTS! NEW FEATURES! ELEGANT ANNUALS! BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOOKS! SUPERB ALBUMS FINE BIBLES, PRATER AND }mar BOOKS! All the Popular NOVELS and MAGA EINES t STANDARD and MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, in endless variety. The whole forming a fund of CHOICE READING FOR THE MILLION! A fall line of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, of every variety of size, style, quality, and price CARTES 'DE VISITE in great iirofusion. A DIAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF NEW AND COSTLY PRIZES I AM' The business of the establishment is conducted upon the same principle, with some improvements, in traduced and pursued by Mr. GEORGE G. EVANS, - which has given such universal satisfaction. Notwith standing the great advance in the price of paper and other material, we continue to sell at the OLD PRICES, and also bestowbestow upon each patron "TWO GIFTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!" Please remember that our Visitors are treated politely V hether Then wish to purchase or not—a very commend able and satisfactory rule of action. Call and be con *lured. - PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, dm. .QTUARrS PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, COPIED IN OIL COLORS EY E. C.- MIDDLETON, Of Cincinnati, (formerly of this city.) These Portraits arc prod an; erettrel. New Pro ces4 and are more beautiful and life-like than the finest brush paintings, and are furnished to Subscribers only, at a remarkably low price. What can be more appropriate for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT .Than a pair of these Paintings? They must be seen to be appreciated, and the subscriber will call and exhibit them to any in this city who will address him, through the Post Office. A. BARLOW. del6-3w CHRISTMAS. JAMES S. EARLE dc SON, HAVE NOW OPEN THEIR NI WEST.IMPORTATIONS OF FINE ENGRAVINGS, PARIS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS FOR CHRISTMAS SALES. OIL PAINTINGS, PICTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. LOOKING GLASSES IN GREAT VARIETY. EA.RLE'S GALLERIES, de4-tf 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA CIRCULATING LIBRARIES. BROTHERHEAD'S CIRCULA . • TING LIBRARY.—AII the NEW English and American Books, including ALL CLASSES of Literature. This is the ONLY Library in the country that includes all the NEW ENGLISH BOOKS that are not REPRINT ED here. Terms $.5 per year; six months $3; three nionths $1.50; one month 75 cents, or 3 cents per, day. 218 South Bimini Street. • seB-6m ENGLISH AND FRENCH FAMILY CIRCULATING LIBRARY AND CABINET HE LECTURE, 1323 CHESTNUT STREET. Subscriptions per year, month, and day. Catalogues furnished gratis on application. Just ready, Catalogue of the Young Ladies' Trench Li brary. Catalogue de la Bildiotheque chats* des Damee et desDemozsellee." M. all. MONACHESI, Agent, se64m 1323 CHESTNUT Street. CLOTHES-WRINGER. THE GREki CLOTHES WRINGER " PUTNAM ' SELF-ADJUSTTNG CLOTHES WRINGER" Is warranted to be superior to any other in use, EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES' WRINGER. BECIATISZ, Ist. It is a relief to the hardest part of washinoe , day. 2d. It enables the washing to be thine in one-third less time. M. It saves clothes from the injury always given by wisting. 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO-PROCURE ONE OP THIS KIND, ZIECAI7I3E, Plasm, The rolls being of vulcanized rubber, will bear hot and cold water, and. will neither break nor tear - Hscoi i.The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal • vanized, all danger from rust is removed, and the lia bility to shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden machines, is prevented. THIRD. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma chine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles,as 'well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to re ceive uniform pressure, FoonTe. The patent fastening by which the machine Is tightengto the tub, we believe to be 'superior in sim plicity and efficiency to any yet olfered. FIFTH. It Avill fit any tub, round or square, from one half to one-and-a-quarter inches iu thickness, without the least alteration. RETAIL PRICE : No. 1, ••6.00; No. 2, $5.00. 11131 - Agents wanted in every county. Air Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt For Sale at the "WOODENWABE ESTABLISHMENT" A. H. FRANCISCUS, No. 4.33 MARKET St. and NG. 5 North FIFTH deb Wholesale agent for Pennsylvania SEWING . MACHINES. WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES, 628. CHESTNUT STREET, de-25-3m THE wrLoox & GIBBS • FAMILY • SEWING MACHINES have been greatly improved, making it ENTIRELY NOISELESS, and With Self - adjusting Hemmers, are now ready for sale by FAIRBANKS & EWING, se27-tf 715 CHESTNUT Street. C.AUTION. The Well-earned reputation of FAIRBANKS' SCALES Has induced the , makers of imperfect balances to offer them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers haie thereby, in many instances, been subjected to fraud and imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured 'only by the original inventors, E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and are adapted to every branch of the business, vrikere a correct and durable Scales is desired, FAIRBANKS 47,1 EWING, eel:Lend Agents, MASONIC HALL, 715 CHESTNUT ST. F. I. G. %'t ZINC, ARMY, AND TOILET MIRRORS, The best in the world for finish and durability. B. M. S. The best brand Silk-finished < VELVET RIBBONS. - Sole Agent, BENJAMIN BL EMTTEL 155 DUANE Street. near yfest Broadwar;, Kew York. PHILADELPHIA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1862. The " STO_RY or THE GUARD" is not a liondererts historical clironicle: Though it'dealsstrictlY in facts, it' abounds in romantic and, incidents. the author sto"s of it; "the fireside story of . the Guard' . ; interesting-from the facts—interesting 'because thousand homes some vacant place will lend a stronger" interest to the tale." • • ' For sale,.by. all ,Booksellers. or sent postpaid to. any address, ou. - reeeipt of price by the publishers, k THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL TUPEIET4B) -A- MINfATURE DfARY AI4IYALMANAC FQ.C1863. - . This little gem of an Annual can be obtaineAf . J. O. GAERIGUES- &Oa, de24-61.* No. 1. 1 18 South. FOURTH Street: • HOLIDAY 1300 K S -. HOLIDAY_ BOOKS. Tbe'subseribera have on hand an assortment of ILLUSTRATED AND STANDARD BOOKS suitable for Holiday Presents; also, JUVENILE Boom in great variety, mud all the - - • NEW BOOKS - " Of the day. • WATCHES AND JEVV ElAtT s . HOLIDAY PRESENT. • We have now on hand a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF. 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MOORE Jo CAMPION, No. 261 South SECOND street . Hare on hand a fine assortment of CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES c4t rtss+ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1862 ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Destruction of the Louisville and Nashville 'Railroad—Another Surrender of Federal Troops—Rebels Beleaguering Memphis - Excitement at Louisville. LouravlLLs, Dec. 28.—John Morgan, with 2,800 men, attacked Lieut. Col. Smith, at Elizabethtown, yersterday. Our forces consisted of - 260 men, who defended themselves within a stockade, but after a severe tight, were obliged to retreat to the court house, and a building near it. The losses are not stated, nor is the result or the fight known. - The city - hail been intensely excited all day by multitudinous rumors of skirmishes in various proximate localities. There has been no confirma tion of such rumors received at headquarters up to 11 o'clock to-night, and they are utterly discredited there. Reports from Memphis say that our pickets have been driven into the fortifications, and that the rebels hai - e been committing depredations near there. ' • LOUISVILLE, Dee; 29 t —The :Journal says the tres tle,wyrk near Muldraugh's Hill, on . the Louisville and Nashville railroad,,was destroyed yesterday by John. Morgan's ,forces, but expresses the opinion that Morgan will not advance,to the Ohio river. From other sources we learn that Morgan's force at' the . .trestle-Work was. 'about 2,800, against 600 Ainited States troops.. After suffering slightly in the way of casualties, our, forces ;surrendered. Further particulars have not been received. The :Journal's statement. of the capture of cannon 7 by the rebels is untrue. At 11 o'clock this morning no information had been received at 'headquarters of the reported de but it is a struction of thetrestle-work,ffirmed with great _ .. t positiveness inusually reliable circles. , If it is true, there will be no snore railroad communication between here and Nashville, for at least thirty days. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. General But•ler , s Farewell Address—A Pro . visional Court for Louisiana--The ExPe . dithati to Baton Rouge—Appearance of the HEADQUARTERS DErAIITMENT OF THE GULF, • " Nkw ORLEANS, Dec. 16, 1862. [General Orders No. 105.] • • . • Ser.intais OF THE Amer OF THE GULF: Relieved from further duties In this department by direction of the President, under date of November 9, 1862, I take leave of you by this final order, it being im possible to. visit your scattered outposts, covering hundreffir of miles of the frontier of a larger territory than some of the kingdoms of Europe. I greet you, my brave comrades, and say farewell ! Tll3B word, endeared, as you are, by a community of privations, hardships, (burgess, victories, suc cesses,' military •and civil, is the only sorrowful thought I have. You have deserved well of your country. With out a murmur you sustained an encampment on a sand-bar, so desolate that banishment to it, with every care and comfort possible, has been the most dreaded punishment inflicted upon your bitterest and most insulting enemies. You had so little transportation, that but a hand ful could advance to compel submission by the Queen City of the rebellion, while others waded breast deep in the marshes which surrounded St. Philip, and forced the surrender of a fort deemed impregna ble to land attack by the most Skilful engineers of your country and her enemy. • At your occupation, order, law, quiet, and peace sprang to this city, filled with the bravos of all na tions, where, for a score of years, during the pro foundest peace, human life was scarcely safe at noonday. By your discipline you illustrated the best traits of the American soldier, and enchained the admiration of those that came to scoff: Landing with a military chest containing buts7s, from - the hoards of a rebel Government you have given to your country's treasury nearly $500,000, and so supplied yourselves with the needs of your ser vice that your expedition has cost your Government -less by four-fifths than any other. • You have fed the starving poor, the wives and children of your enemies, so converting enemies into friends, that they have sent their representatives to Congress by a vote greater than your entire num bers, from districts in which, when you entered, you were tauntinglytold that there was "no one to raise 'your flag.)). By your practical philanthropy you have won the confidence of the ." oppresima race," and the Slave. Hailing you as deliverers, they arc ready to aid you as willing servants, faithful laborers, or, using the tactics taught them by your enemies, to fight with you in the field. By steady attention to the laws of health you have -stayed the pestilence, and, humble instruments in - the hands of God, you have demonstrated the neces ,sity that His creatures should obey His laws, and .reaping His blessing in this most unhealthy climate, 'you have preserved your ranks fuller than those of •any other battalions of the same length of service. You have met double numbers of the enemy, and „defeated him in the open field; but I need not further enlarge upon this topic. You were sent here "to do that. • ' - -keominend you to your commander. You are avvrthy of his love.- - Far dell, my comrades! againTarewell ! • BENI. Y.' BUTLER, - 'Major General Commanding. • A. PitOITBIONAL COURT IN LOUISIANA. ExECUTtvE. MANSION, • - WASHINGTON, - Oet. 20, 1862. The insurrection whicl has for some time pre vailed in several of the States of this Union, in cluding Louisiana, .having • temporarily subverted, , and swept away the civil institutions of that State,. including the judiciary and the judicial authorities of the Union , so that it has become. necessary to hold . the State in military occupation; and it being indis penSably necessary that there shall be some Judicial tribunal existing there capable of administering jus tice, I hate, therefore, thought it' proper to appqint, and I' do hereby constitute a Previsional Whit which Shall be a Court of Record, for the State of Louisiana, and I do hereby appoint Ohas.A.Peabody, of New York,to be a Provisional Judge to hold said ourt, with authority to hear; try and determine all cantles civil And criminal including causes in law. equi- • ty, revenue and admiralty, and particularly all such powers and jurisdiction as belong to the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, conforming his pro'ceedings, so far as possible, to the course of proceedings and practice which has been customary in the courts of the United States and Louisiana— hisjudgment to be final and conclusive. And I do hereby authorize and empower the said judge to make and establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the exercise of his jurisdiction, and to appoint a prosecuting attorney, marshal, and clerk of said court, who shall perform the functions of attorney, marshal, and clerk, according to such proceedings and practice as before mentioned,, - such rules and regulations as may be made and established by said judge. These appointments are .to continue during the pleasure of the Presi dent., not extending beyond the military occupation of the city of New Orleans or the restoration of the civil authority in that city and in the -State of Louisiana. Those officers shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the War Department, compensa tion as follows: * * * Such compensations to be certified by the Secretary of War. A copy 'of this order, certified by the Secre tary of War, and delivered to such judge, shall be deemed and held to be a sufficient commission. Let the seal of the United States be hereunto affixed. • [L. a.] • ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President WriLiAm H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. • • k WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON tad October, 1862. Ihereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy, duly examined and compared with the original, of the Executive Order of the President of the United States, constituting a Provisional Corfrt for the State of Louisiana. Witness my hand and seal of the War Department. s.) EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Attest, JOHN BOTTS, Chief Clerk.. • THE EXPEDITION TO RATON ROUGE. A correspondent of the New York Times, under date of Baton Rouge, Dec. 17, gives the following ac count of its recapture : We arrived at the Crescent- City on Sunday eve ning,Mid on Monday night it was suddenly reported that an .expedition of very great consequence was going up"the river as far as Baton Rouge; and per haps further, at daybreak to-morrow. • - immediately after us - came gliding along 'the beautiful little screw-propeller Mary Boardman, crowded with troops; then the Northern Light, United States, and a number of other transports, whose names and in what numbers 1..wi1l not state, although fully cognizant, as the enumeration would -beriliclut as uninteresting as it is contraband. But the spectacle was truly grand as they all came up the river together, now running alongside of each -other, exchanging playful 'or bantering remarks from their crowded decks, and then dropping off again and spreading themselves apart on the broad surface %o,f;the Mississippi, in the most picturesque positions imaginable. In the evening a ceremony took place on board, which will long be remembered by all who were present. The chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Lane,of Law rence, Massachusetts, made a prayer and address, Which, in forver andpeep pathos, I. never heard ex c'ealed. _lfir. Lane is the same gentleman who, on. the occasion of" hirtrlerrible disaster, the falling of the Pemberton mills at Lawrence, made one of the most impressive discourses. ' Immediately after Divine service was over the ad jutant general read the following order to the sol diers : nol6-3mit 'HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITION FOR BATON ROUGE, Dec. 16, 1862. GENERAL °norms No. 2.-1. The following-named officers me announced as belonging to the stair nt these headquarters, viz: Capt. Joseph Ilibbert, as sistant adjutant general; Capt. Francis W. Perkins, assistant quartermaster Capt. W. P. Cowie, conk iniss.ary of subsistence ; Lieut. John B. Brown, aid de-camp ; Surgeon Thomas B. 'Reed, medical direc tor; Blajor D. C. Houston, chief engineer; Lieut. R. M. Hill, chief of ordnance ; Major H. Robinson, volunteer aid.de.eitmp, of Gen. Banks' Expedition, are temporarily assigned to duty with this expedi tion. The above-named officers will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 2, Upon the debarkation of the troops of this ex pedition, no pillage or appropriation of property of Any kind will , under any circumstances, be allowed. Regimental commanders will be held responsible for the faithful execution of this order. No private property will be disturbed or taken possession of, except in accordance with orders front these head quarters. and then. only by the proper staff officers, who will give receipts to the owners for the same. 3. The troops will be prepared to debark in light marching order. By order of -- BRIG. GEN. GROVER, . Commanding. General. • J. H. Hinnmyr. Jn., A. A. G. Duringthe night we approached the fleet of gun boats which. had preceded us, and Brigadier General Grover, the leader of our present expedition, went on board the fl ag-ship Richmond. When morning. rose, 'calm, clear, and beautiful, we found ourselt - es nearly at I3nton Rouge, and under the protection of the retioutbable iron-clad Essex, the flag-ship 'Rich-, mond, the Albatross, the Cayuga, Winona, and tadin—some in front and some behind us. The order came for all of us to move up near to the . Richmond, and immediately the whole fleet of trans ports were in motion, ours—the North Star—taking the lent], and we anchored right in front of the town, when not a soul was to be seen on the levee, except here and there a wandering contraband, although the rebels were thought to be present. At 9 o'clock precisely the Essex ranged herself bioadside to the shore, (the United States and the Spaulding close to and immediately behind her,) and then thundered fotth her first note of defiance to the enemy. The few moments that followed were ex citing. "Will they •replyl" Was the foremost thought with every one. Having, no reply, the Es sex fired another shot and waited, then repeated the dose six or eight times, the shells bursting directly over the woods where the enemy were Supposed to be, encamped, and the Caywza follpwed suit by Orin; one gun. . Finding the enemy was not inclined-to tight, the process of disembarking the troops immediately commenced, and a half hour had not elapsed before we had taken down the rebel, signal flag, and the flag of the United States was proudly floating over the State House, placed there by a portion of the crew of the Essex. "Three cheers for the flag of the Union 1 13 cried the jolly fellows from the shore, and the cheers were lustily given by the soldiers from every vessel within sound of the call, The ease with which we got possession of the place surprised everybody. There was no flag-of-truce business—no demand to surrender; we simply walked in and oc cupied our own. THE PIRATE ALABAMA. CARD OP NAVAL OFFTOERS ON BOARD THE •ARIEL. UNITED STATES MAIL STE4VHER ARIEL, We, the uhdersig ° n F e l d, C fu A l r ly E - c iVi on A c tl ur s in D th e e c. f B o ' re l g B6 o 2 i . ng letter from the passenff ° ers of the steamer Ariel to, the commander , A. Cr.. Tones, respecting her sur render. On rounding Cape Maysi the rebel:steamer Alabama came suddenly upon us from behind the highland, where she had, been awaiting us a day or more. We were at once within , range of her. guns. The Ariel was very much crowded, having many passengers, and near]} - one-half . of them were wo men and children. The enemy first fired a blank charge, I'vhich Captain Jones disregarded, and en deavored to escape • but she rapidly overhauled us, and fired two, shell's, one of which struck our fore mast E few feet above the hurricane deck, andnearly carried<it away. The vessels were then less than five hundred , yards apart. Resistance would have been worse than folly, as the preceding letter states. Hence we promptly advised her surrender. Very respectfUlly, L. 0. SARTORI, Coin. U. - S. Navy. A. GARLAND, Major U. S. M. O. D. BL_COHAN„ . Captain IT.. _TECUMSEH kE'ECE. Lieut. TJ. S. N. T. L. IIIicELEATB, First Lieut. U. S.M. C. T. H. OOREIE, First Lieut. U. S. C. .W. B. McKEAN, First Lieut. U. S. M. C. A. W. WARD, Sfilond Lieut. U. S. M. C. C. H. DANIEL - ecand Lieut. U. S. DI. C. • STATEMENT 8Y41111i, - -PASSENGER. One of the passengers r ports' that some of the crew, who boarded the Ariel, openly stated that they had been shipped in Liverpool by the British Government officer at that port. The following conversation ensued Passenger. "Aid you hums' yodivere being shipped' on hoard :the Alabama 7» Pirate (smiling). "Yes, sir !" Passenger. "But you did not know the character of the vessel, surely l" Pirate. " Why, yes; for miles round the docks Of Liverpool everybody knew that." Passenger. " You knew she was a privateer, Pirate. "Certainly; before I went on board, - or . any of ue, the Government officer told( us that. He sent us on her, and we're d—d glad of it. We get good pay, and have.nothing to do. except to frighten such fellows as you out of your COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S VIEWS. Commodore Vanderbilt says that, in his judgment, one strong and swift war steamer would be sufficient to guard the California' gold. Let such a steamer be sent to Aspinwall and be employed as a convoy to accompany each California 'vessel two days into the Caribbean Sea, and within a short distance of Cuba, where we have ample protection. Months ago he made a suggestion to the Government that such a vessel, making ten or twelve miles an hour, - could follow each California steamer two or three days through the dangerous passages, and not be occu pied more than half the time. Such a steamer coull go from Aspinwall to the north end of Cuba in three days, return in three days more, and have four days to spare before the arrival of another vessel from California, since the California steamers sail ten days apart. The Comthodort says the Ariel was sufficiently well aimed to have protected herself. She is a steamer of 7,290 . tons burden, and had on board 120 marines for the Pacific. squadron. There is no doubt she could have run down the Alabama. We have nye'. 400 vessels in our navy, and the Com modore thinks it passing strange that we have not yet captured that pest of the seas, the rebel Alabama. When her commander (Semmes) proclaims his in tentioa to steer toward Europe, we have every rea ion to believe he will take a different course. HOW THE ALABAMA GOT OUT OF FORT DE FRANCE, MARTINIQUE. [Translated from the Diario de Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 10.3 The French mail steamer Tampico, from Fort de France, Martinique, sailed just three days after the Alabama—the famous champion of the South—had left.the harbor, humbugging the San Jacinto, which is cruising after her. The incidents of this decep tion are curious enough, and we have them from one of the passengers for this port, in whom we place implicit reliance. The. French authorities had to keep the excessive zeal of the Yankee sailors within bounds, as they thought themselves sure of this prize, which has given them so much trouble and annoyance. The commanders of both steamers went onshore at Martinique, and in one of their frequent meetings the captain of the Alabama said to the commander of the San Jacinto : I have no more than one hundred and sixty men, And twelve guns. You have five hundred of the for mer, and thirty of the latter. If you will promise not to use your guns, I will attack you by boarding, and take and destroy your vessel.” The captain of the San Jacinto did not wish to accept this challenge, observing that any way he had the Alabama secure. The captain of the Ala bama, without taking any notice of this bravado, appeared to be occupied in the' construction of a kind of raft out of large bundles of dried grass and .tar, in view of the Federal sailors. His first idea, no doubt, was to provoke an attack; but as the last nights of his stay were very dark the captain of the 410bazna, whose vessel is a screw steamer, and goes sixteen miles an hour, erected some false topmasts . of bamboo canes and cocoanut tops, hoisted his lights to o ta ke the deception more complete, and, under a Jr eisstofzistam, passes!. out Sport_by,the,4444 .of the . The illusion 764;the.Federal captain, who took her .for one.of ther,'Frerich transports that are every moment entering- r- and leaving the port, was so great that he was for four days afterwards cruising outside of the harbor,' and amusing himself with the expectation of his prize in perspective. When he came to know for a certainty that he had been humbugged, he heard also that the Alabama had burned an American schooner which had sailed from 'St. Pierre. The Revolving .Batteries—An Invention Brought Forward in 1807. • • • We are indebted to Colonel Thomas P. Devoe for a volume containing the proceedings of the Society for, the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of NeivYork, published at Albany, in 1607. We dad in it a description of a plan for a revolving battery, to be used on the water, which contains suggestions not unlike those recently realized by the revolving turret of Captain Ericsson. In the volume referred to there is a cut illustrating the nature of the new machine, and accompanying it is the following de seription A FLOATING 'BATTERY ON A NEW CONSTEUCTION, ET THE LATE ABRAHAM aLoonoooo. The model 'of this battery was exhibited to the Society, with a verbal description only. The an nexed plate shows an exact profile of its body, the shape of which, as seen above, is circular. It is to be connected 'at the centre of its bottom with a strong keel, in such a manner that, while the keel is held by cables and anchors in one position, the battery is made to turn round on its Centre. This motion may be given to it either by the tide acting on float boards attached to the body of the battery, by sails raised on its exterior parts, or by manual applica tion. In this last way it may be effected by men in the hold, drawing on a lever fastened to a post fixed to the keel, and rising through a well-hole' in the centre of the battery. The strength of horses might, perhaps; be applied to the samepurpose. Theeables by which the keel is held are to be entirely under water, and thus secure from an enemy's shot. The advantages of such a battery would be : 1. Its rotary motion would bring all its cannon to bear successively, as fast as they could be loaded, on objects in any direction. •2. Its. circular form would cause every shot that might strike it near the centre to glance. 3. Its motion, as well as its want of parts on which grappling might be fastened, would render boarding almost impossible. 4. The steadiness with which it would lie on the water would render its fire more certain than that of a shi 5. he guns would bemore easily worked than is common, es they would not require any lateral movement. 6. The men would be completely sheltered from the flre of the elevated parts of an enemy's ship. 7. The battery might be made so strong as to be impenetrable to common shot, &c.—N. Y. Times. Facts About Emancipation. Czar Alexander, of Russia, has just commenced - his beneficent plan forthe freedom of 40,000,000 serfs, recognizing at once, their humanity, and, by succes sive steps, lifting off their burthens, until, in a few years, the last vestige of serfdom shall disappear. With a wisdom rare indeed in such high places he says: 'The change must come, and it is better for .it to come from above than from beneizth. ,, A noble foresight, preventing insurrection by a large act of kindly wisdom which shall raise up these million s s to freedom: Weget already a few of the first fruits. The Go vernment of Toula, which had ten schools, with 256 pupils, now has 1,123 schools, with 15,387 pupils. Simbirsk, in 18 months, rose from 20 schools, with 27'7 pupils, to 375 schools, with 4,192 pupils; and in Podolia, in the same time, the pupils increased from 306 to 30,000.. Shall the Republican Lincoln, - in this hour of peril, be less wise and strong than the Autocrat Alexander? Shall America fall in the rear of Russia? In our own District of Columbia, within a year, over 2,000 slaves have been freed. Where are the thefts, and riot, and rapine, fearfully. foretold by •soine.l . The change works well ; the treed men and women . work-at . .wagesfor their former owners, or for others, 2uidts begins the solution of that ques tion "What all we do:with the negrol" Would that' ' hncipatten.with us were to be uni versal and immediate. That were surest, wisest, and the best guarantee of peace. and safety, because it would be the broadest recognition of the divine law of justice. But let us help on such steps as are taken, hoping they may seal the doom of a giant wrong, and open a pathway to a higher future for our country. Letters of Admiral Maury. Recently a number of papers belonging to ex- Commander N. F. Maury , late of the United States navy, were found at Fredericksburg, Va., at the •bouse of Dr. Herndon. One of them, dated April, 166 i, is addressed to " My excellent. friend, the Grand Admiral of' Ma eda " a copy of which was sent to that functionary. ‘? The rebellion, as they (the loyal citizens) term it," he says, they would fain have the statesmen of Europe believe well nigh crushed out. At first they said it was a small affair that could be put down in a few weeks—then in sixty, then in ninety days: " Mr. Seward proclaimed, tinough his diplomatic organs abroad, that France and England should have cotton, and that the rebellion should be quelled. All his promises and predictions have failed. An entire year has rolled around, and he has as yet offered us, away from the water and his ships, but one pitched battle. That at Shiloh, on the 6th and 7th inst., was brought on by us, and though outnumbered, as we have always been, our enemy was beaten back and driven to the banks of the Tennessee, under cover of his gunboats," etc; Maury says the Powers of Europe have been de ceived with regard to the blockade. It has never been effective. • In the course of the letter•he Bays : "Here, then, is the spectacle of a people. .twelve millions in number, seeking to separate themselves from an association that they abhor, to cut loose from a government _that they hate, seeking and meaning to take their place as an Independent so vereignty among the nations of the earth. They. occupy one of the finest countries in the world. Adjusting their industrial pursuits according to the principle that regulates the distribution of labor Dyer the surface of the planet, they are eminently agriculimal." The letter, which is a very long one, is an argu ment to show what great commercial advantages would result to Europe by recognizing the Confede rate Government. PRECOCIOUS.—" son, would you suppose the Lord's prayer could be engraved in a space no larger than the• area of a hitif dime VI ti Well, yea, father, if a half dime is as large in- everybWs eye as it is in yours I think there would be no difficulty in putting it in about four times," • ' THREE CENTS. EUROPE; The Etna of, Cape Raee with Dates from Queenstown to the 28th Instant—The President's Message in. England, eice. ' ClArgEnciz, Dec. 27, via Port Hood, Dec. 29.-The steamer Etna, from Liverpool on the 17th, via , Queenstown on the 18th, passed off this point on Saturday afternoon. The steamer Persia arrived - at Liverpool on the 15th. lier machinery having been disabled, the Asia will take her place on the 20th. The. City of Washington arrived at Liverpool on the 15th and the Java on the 16th. The President's Message was eagerly canvassed, but had no effect, and no faith was exhibited in his emancipation scheme. Livr.nrcx)r., Dec.-7.—The sales of cotton-.on Mon day and Tuesday amounted to 35,000 bales ) including 20,000 bales to speculators and exporters. The mar ket is firm, with an advance of S@ld. Breadstuffis are quiet, but steady. Provisions are dull. LONDON, Dec. 17.--Consols - closed on Wednesday at 923,1@92X for money. GREAT BRITAIN' President Lincoln's message to Congress is-mainly discussed in relation to, his scheme to liberate the slaves, and the English papers almost universally believe his Scheme to be impracticable. The. London Herald's "City. Article" says. that President Lincoln's message was regarded on the Stock Exchange as of a pacific character, and.led' to predictions that the hostilities between the North. and the South would speedily be brought to an end. President. Lincoln's allusions to foreign atfairsare• variously' construed. - The London Times says that it is. sufficient that Mr. Lincoln expresses respect for the rights of neu-. trate, and a readiness to establish mutual conven— tions to adjust complaints. Words• of offence are left to the Secretary of the Navy, and experience has shown how - little they need be heeded when we look towards the South. The Times thinks -that the message of Mr. Lin coln is less a threat of extermination than a bid for peace. In another article the Times nays the emancipa tion scheme of Mr. Lincoln is a labored`substitute for his edict of September, and the dream of a very weak man. - The London Hda/d.finds the message of Mr. Lin coln made up of "platitudes, absurdities, and incon sistencies." It adds : "Mr. Lincoln ought to know that, if the Confederates, were note allowed: bel ligerent rights, the blockade of the Southern ports and the search of British ships could not he tole rated:, The London Daily News says that Mr. Lincoln's emancipation scheme does his humanity credit, but it has no faith in it, and believes that the liberation of the slaves can only be accomplished by war. The London IlloriringPod cannot imagine how the Fideral.Goverament arrived at the conclusion that Great Britain, after once recognizing the belligerent character of the South, would secede from the posi tion taken.' • The London Star says that. Mr. Lincolnyicemanoi potion scheme fcmay fail to break in pieces the corner stone of slavery.” COMMERCIAL PER ETNA. Lir=roof., Dec. 17.—Cotton—Sales this morning and Tuesday, 30,000. bales, including 20,000 bales to speculators and exporters: The market has been buoyant, with an advance of ,Wid. TRADE R.eroirr.—The Manchester market for goods and yarns has been buoyant, with an advanc ing tendency. 131:E.ausTuvrs.—The market is generally quiet and steady. Messrs. "Richardson, :Spence,. & Co., 'Wakefield, Nash, & Co., and others, report: Flour inactive. Wheat quiet, but firmer; red Western, Bs 10de9s 4d; red Southern, 9s 7d@9s 10d; white West ern, Hens ; white Southern, ii@l2s. Corn quiet and steady; mixed 285q , 28s 3d. RaoyisioNa.—The provision market is generally. dull. Messrs. Bigland, Athya, & Co. report: Beef dull; Pork dull ; Bacon easier; Lard inactive at 398! @Ms ; Tallow flat. PRoDum—Ashes steady at 32s 6d for pots, 32s 6d. for pearls; Sugar flat; Coffee quiet and steady;. Rice inactive; Linseed Oil firm at 405Q40.3 Gd ; Rostn quiet, common 26a ;;Spirits of Turpentine firm at 1159. LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstuffs dull. Sugar steady. Coffee steady. Tea quiet and steady. Rice has a downward tendency. Tallow firm at 4Gs. Lin seed Oil steady at 395. " LONDON Wednesday.—Consols closed to-day at 92%@9234 for money. AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinois Central shares 4134 discount. Erie shares 42x. LONDON, Dec. 15—Evening.—Consols closed 92,14" @92% for money. AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinois Central pla) 43 discount. Erie Railway shares 42%@4334. LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. Livxuroot, Dec. 18—Evening.—Corrox.—Sales yesterday and today 14,000 bales, including 5,000 to speculators and exporters. The market rules dull with a slight recession in quotations. ExxamsruPrs.—The Breadstuff market is firmer. PRovisiows.—The Provision market has a down ward tendency. LATEST SHIPPING.—Arrived from New York, Calhoun, at Liverpool; Adelaide, at Limerick; Trafalgar, at Hall ;:g. H. Ramson, at Deal ; India, at Greenock. ' Arrived from Christiana, Naples, at Isle of Wight, for 'Mauritius. MEmortaNDA.—The Lumly, from New York, has put into Plymouth leaky, with part of her cargo thrown 'Overboard. The United States gunboat Tuscarora had over hauled the steamer Thistie,•when leaving Madeira for Nassau. Time British war-steamer 'Leopard tried to stop the Thistle, to see what the Tuscarora had done to her, but the Thistle would not stop. - The officers of the • Tuscarora repreee,nted that they bad nottakeu the Thistle, but it was considered strange that she ran away from a British vessel. • The Tuscarora left Madeira on the 30th of Novem ber, to return in a few days. The London Gl* defends the British Govern ment against all blame in the doings of the priva teer Alabama, and her departure. It says the Fede ral agents could not get evidence sufficient to pre vent her from leaving; and the Government could not possibly interfere. •.• 'rlie'•TinteB has an editorial to" i be same effect. is. reported that:4/101141as 'ditad another audi enciVith Walmoleon," and. that ..:11dinisioni Drouyn de Pliu • s and P ersigny favor the cause of the South. The .ritish Government has offered, with the con sent of the Powers, to cede the lonian islands to Greece. Prince Ferdinand, of Portugal, declines the can didature for the Greek throne. Search of New Cotton Fields. Europe is all alive in the search for new cotton - fields. The resources of India are taxed for the pro duction of increased quantities of the staple ; Aus intim) enterprise begins to look in the same direc tion; African cotton is not altogether a hopeless speculation; Mr. liippolyte Peut writes to a Paris paper that it is practicable to grow cotton in the ex tensive region on the Mediterranean which lies be tween Cette, St. Wiles, Foruques, Ailes, and the port of Roue; and the Turkish Ambassador in Lon don asks the Cotton Supply Association in Man chester to furnish him a supply of twelve tons of the best American cotton seed, for growth in Adriano ple, where the Governor-General proposes to lay down some hundreds of acres for an initial experi ment. Sanguine hopes are entertained of the success of cotton culture in the Turkish provindes. The editor of the official Journal de Constantinople suggests that, in addition to the premiums 'offered by the Imperial Government, one hundred medals should be given by the Cotton Supply Association to the best pri vate cultivators, and the Sultan is known to favor any enterprise which will secure the production of an article of traffic which will add so largely to his revenues. If, in its whirligigs, time should chance to bring about a grand revenge, by driving the States now in E rebellion out of their uropean cotton market, the event would not cause poignant sorrow among the loyal men who have suffered in this war. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. OPINION OF A PATRIOT.—The following let ter was written by the grandson of the greatest American statesman : NEVIS, DOER'S FEnnr P. 0., December 18, 1862. Colonel James McKaye, New York: /4lv DEAR SIR : Your note of the 16th instant is received. The repulse at Fredericksburg does not shake my confidence in our army or the result of the war. It gives a short reprieve to the enemy. I have read with great satisfaction the Treasury report. Dlr. Chase's administration of the finances during this most difficult and momentous struggle does him great honor. Should this Congress adopt his banking scheme, it will confer upon the nation unappreciable advantages. With great respect, yours truly, JAMES A. HAMILTON. THE POPE'S CUNNING.—The following anec dote of Pope Pius IX. is related in a monthly re view entitled Le Monde Judiciere: "The Sovereign Pontiff; among his other powers, enjoys that of an nulling the wills of his subjects. The son of a Ro man landed proprietor complained to his Holiness that his father had bequeathed the half of his for tune, 0r.40,000t, to the priest who, on a particular day and in a church' named, should say the first mass. The Pope, not daring to cancel a will on ac count of an act of religious insanity, adopted another plan. He went himself, at daybreak, to the church in question, and celebrated the first mass. He thus gained the 40,000 f., which he then handed over to the grateful heir." WHERE OUR SMALL GIIANGE IS SENT TO.—The following table shows the amount of Ame rican silver which was taken from the United States to Montreal, Canada, by the National Express Com pany, from the Ist of January to the last of Novem ber, this year: January. February March, $124,081 'July... 26,000 August 2,879 September . 109,100 October.... 4,551 November.... 165,342 Total $2,908,306 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS , IN EUROPE.— The very rare case of the quashing of a press prose cution in France is reported. The Courricr du Has Rhin was convicted bryllig,correctional tribunal of Colmar, and the conMWton was confirmed by the Appeal Court, of a. libel upon a judge. The Supreme Court has annulled tre conviction on the ground that there is no libel on the face of the article ; and that the courts below went out of their way illegally to seek culpable motives In surrounding circum stances. ever, OlL.—The value of the oil thus far ob tained from the Venango oil region is estimated on good authority at $4,000,000, yet the producing ter ritory is but some eight miles long, with an average width of less than forty rods. The present daily • yield of the Venangd oil wells-is about 4,000 barrels, and the value of this, at present prices, is MOOO. This, of course, is exclusive of the daily products of the Oil Creek Refineries, some ,thirty in number, of capacities ranging from hi to 300 barrels per day. MYSTERY OF WATERLOO.—A.lluding to the many printed Versions of the battle of Waterloo that are got up by French authors, Blackwood ex presses its "content that MDI. Thiers, Hugo, and the rest,. should write the history of Waterloo just as they like, on the principle that it amuses them, and doesn't hurt anybody else. .The theme is for them like an indeterminate equation, or a charade written about nothing, and which consequently ad mits of an infinity of solutions." FUT THE RIGHT MAN IN. COMMAND.— During the Crimean campaign, after the death of the Marshal Snt. Arnould, General Canrobert, a favorite of Louis Napoleon, was put in command of the French army. Canrobert Was unsuccessful, con reseed his incapacity for conducting extensive ope rations,' 'urgently prayed to be relieved, and, when Gen. Pelissier, a fighter, took the command, Canro bert returned to his former inferior position, and no one in France , or in the army, made a fuss about it. THE AMBER TRADE.—A letter from Memel (Prussia) states that the trade in amber, which had been limited for some years, has recently received a fresh impetus from the discovery of several rich veins in the neighborhood. Most of the amber found near Memel is sold to merchants at Dantzic and Letpzic, who export it to Turkey. RAILROAD IN EGYPT.—A letter from Alexan dria states that a plan is in contemplation of pro longing the Egyptian Railway as far as Upper Egypt, with a branch which would join that country to the Red Sea.- This work, the realization of which is so important for the interests of the • coun try, would serve in some measure as the complement to the Suez canal. - HARD BUT PAIR.—The Belgian Government has ordered that, for the future, one of its steamers shall be always in readiness at the port of Ostend to aid any vessel in distress, or that may require to be towedinto port ; but her services will not he gratui •tous—thcy =St be•paid for, THE WAR PREss„ WEHICLY.) Tmt WAR Trues wilt be sent to subscribers (17 mil (per auncun advance) ..... •••••• ,• • -• 6t.00 Five " - ......... ....... 0.110 Ten ......... , 17.00 Twenty Conies ....... •.• a:?,.01) Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the Bane rate, ti 1.60 per copy. The money must always• accompanY the ord/x., ant" in no instance can these terms be deviated from, as thfw afford very tittle more than the cost of the paper. /Nip- Postmasters we requested to act as Agents for THE WAR Yams. .la. To the getter-up of a Club of ten or twenty, an antra copy of the Paper will be given. —The Legielatrire of Connecticut has just ad journed. Among other public acts it has passed a new militia law whiek provides for nine regiments of active militia-men. These may be turned over to the United States Government by the Governor s but they are not to do. service out of the State more than three months in any one year. The remainder of the militia are in active,. and from these drafts are to be made in case any more drafts are ordered. The exempts are few. William H. Russell has been chosen by the Legislature as the major general of the State. —Major Babbitt, of the Rhode Island 7th Regi ment, who died at Washington, D. C., on Tuesday, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, was a promi nent citizen of Bristol, for several years agent of the Bristol Steam Manufacturing Company, and was at the time of his death president of the Commercial. Bank of Bristol. He was 654 ears old. Rev. B. B. Babbitt, of Andover, Massachusetts, and Edward S. Babbitt, Esq., of Boston, are his sons. The Emperor Napoleon recently went to the village of Berry-au-Beck, about thirty miles front Compiegne, to visit the site of a camp of Omar. Excavations have laid open a ditch of four thousand metres_ in extent, which defended the front and ap. proaches of the camp, as well as the four entrances which led into it. Chaillu defends the statement in his book agaihst .111 r. Reede's attacks (printed lately in the Albion), and offers to lay £l,OOO , against £2,000 Of Dr. Gray and his friends, that he will kill five or /AK gorillas in two years, and bring their skins and skeletons home, preserved with a preparation to be given him by those gentlemen. —Missirliogion, one of the principal and richest Armenian 'bankers of Constantinople, died sud denly, having, it is said, a fortune of above one mil lion sterling, nearly the whole of which has been. made out of l dealings with the Government with in the last ten years. The Ellsworth (Maine) American says that Gen. Blunt, who is giving the rebels in Arkansas a hart time, and who seems to be a "wide-awake" of the first water, was born in Trenton, Maine, and twen ty-five years ago was working for his board and at tending school in Ellsworth. M. Renan has received notice from the principal or the College of France that his annual lectures, which commence under ordinary circumstances the first weekin December, are not to be delivered this year. , . Among the Arab chiefs who have gone to Com_ peigne is one of the richest in French Africa, 112.: Bachaga of Djendel Si-Boualem, possessing, at some leagues from Milianah, a considerable estate asti residence. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, has a sou in the rebel army. A friend meeting him in Dixie, on his way to _Louisville, asked him what he should say to his family. Be replied, "Tell father that I am fat, saucy, ragged, and rebellious." —A purchaser of old papers bought of Mr. DanieS Hyde, of Ellington, Conn., complete files of the Hartford Weekly Courant for seventy-two years. Mr. Hyde, who is 92 years of age, has carefully preserved each year complete. Paris Spinello, a Tuscan painter, is said to have painted Lucifer, in his picture of the fallen angels, in so hideous a manner that he was affrighted at his own work, and affected in his senses ever after. —Efforts are now being made to induce Mr. Mur doch, the gifted actor, to give a reading at the Aoa demy of Music, in this city, for sick and wounded soldiers. The son of the late President Lopez has boom unanimously chosen President of Paraguay to suo ceed his father. Liszt, the great pianist, is giving concerts in Paris. it is rumored that he will visit this country next fall. Special Meeting of City Councils, Exciting Time in Select Council—Diflieußy about the Resignation ofthe Member from the Turenty-tifth Ward—Select Chamber Cannot Organize. Both branches of Councils held a special meet ings yesterday afternoon for the purpose of consider ing the unfinished business before the new Councits organize. Theo. Cuyler, president, in the chair. Thd clerk proceeded to call the roll,when, for souse unknown reason, the name of Mr. Catherwood, of the Twenty-fifth ward, was omitted.—[Mr. Cather wood, it will be remembered, sent in his resignation about two weeks since, but it was laid upon the table,the Chamber refusing to accept. As no action was taken on it since, 'AIL Catherwood, of course, was Still a member of the Chamber.] Mr. CA'iniinwoon, who was present, wanted to have his name placed on the roll, and have it called. He did not know by what authority it had been omitted. The CHAIR put the question before the meeting relative to the gentleman's desire. ➢lr. CIIAIO wanted to know why the name of Mr. Catherwood was called at the last meeting and not at this. The resignation was before us at that time. . . The calling of the roll was then proceeded with. Mr. OATEIEIIWOOD again interrupted and appeaLed to the Chair that his name might be called in regu lar order. The dining of the roll was again proceeded with by the clerk, but all the members except seven rtr fused to answer to their names. The O,sant announced that no quorum was present. Mr. Davis now took the floor. He said - he knew that the Chamber was not organized, but he wanted to know what authority the clerk had to omit any name. The clerk has mistaken his duty, and by that means this body is not organized. The speaker teas surpiliged that cue members toleriite atiitt conduct in an officer created by themselves. [While Mr. Davie was speaking there was great disorder in the chamber. The members were walking arounct the room and talking aloud.] Mr. KING endeavored to interrupt Mr. Davis. when the latter said the Chamber was not organized and no one had a right to call him to order.- Mr. Dews moved the call of the house. The roll was again called ; but as Mr. Cather wood's name was omitted, that gentlemen appealed again to the Chair. Mr. CUTLER, president, here stated that, as no action had been taken on the resignation of Mr. Catherwood, he was of the opinion that the latter was still a member of the Chamber. The parlia mentary course for the Chamber to pursue Is to organize, when the gentleman can ask leave to with draw his resignation. 111 r. Fox differed from these views. He thought that the clerk was right. Two meetings have been held since the resignation has been handed in, yet the member has not signified his intention to with draw the resignation, but demands that his name be called. The calling of the roll was again proceeded with, when only six members" of the seventeen who were present answered to their names. Mr. (lather wood's name, as usual, was omitted, although he again appealed to the Chair that he be recognized. The.CuAin declared that the Chamber was not or ganized. Itlr. GINNODO denounced the conduct of the Cham ber, during which the members amused themselves by talking, smoking, and running about the room. The President finally left his chair, and a private caucus of the Democratic members was held in one corner of the room. Shortly after 6 o'clock, Mr. firm:, arose and said he believed the Chamber had not adjourned, and if so, he moved a call of the house. The roll was accordingly called; but three gentle men only answered to their names. Mr. OATIMEWOOD arose once more and demanded that his name be called, as he intended to withdraw hie resignation. He desired to present a communi cation in writing of his reasons for so doing. The CHAIR decided that the Chamber was not yet organized, and he had no right to receive communi cations. • Mr. LTND then moved the Chamber adjourn. The question was put by the CHAIR, hut no one Voted, and the Chamber was declared adjourned. The Chamber met at half past three o'clock. The bill relating to the Department of the City Commissioners and the Board of Revision. which was vetoed by the Mayor, was taken up and passed unanimously notwithstanding the veto. [lt is pro per to state that the Mayor vetoed the bill under a misunderstanding as to the intention of certain sections of the original ordinance, which it was con templated to be repealed.] The bill making the annual appropriation to the City Commissioners was taken up and passed. The resolution of Select Council authorizing the expenditure of $BOO for repairs to schools in the Second section was agreed to. The resolution to make an extra appropriation to H. J. Fougeray, messenger of Select Council, was indefinitely postponed. Also, one appropriating $250 to Horace M. Mar tin, assistant clerk of Select Council, was similarly disposed of. The ordinance making an appropriation to the Guardians of the Poor for sustaining twelve children at the Institute for Feeble-minded Child-. ren, was Concurred in after some debate. $130,030 433,011 444,430 673,741 766,135 A supplemental ordinance, appropriating VW for the erection of a school-house in the First ward, was also adopted. The Survey Department. The'ordinance making the annual appropriation of $19,450 to the Survey Department was taken up and adopted. The principal items in the bill net for salaries of chief engineer and surveyor, $6,600; sta tionery, $2OO : record books, $150; advertising. and incidentals, $7OO ; salaries of 12 surveyors, $6,000_ The remainder of the appropriation is to be expend ed for arranging lines and grades, newsurveys, The'bill provides that the charge for duplicate sec tional plans fiir new - surveys shall not,exceed the following rates, vii : • For line regulations For grade regulations For line and grade regulations Cleniking the Streets. The resolution authorizing the Highway Depart ment to enter into a contract with R. A. Smith, for cleansing the streets of the city during 1663, at a cost of $6,000 per month, was concurred in by the follow ing vote l'lca , z—Messrs. Adams A. W., Adams T. F.,l3ower, Brlnkworth, Bum m, Cattell, Creswell, Duffield, Freeman, Gates, Henry, Huhn, Layer, Leigh, Lip pincott, McDonald, Peale, Bull, simpson Sites, Smith, Spence, Sulger, Wilbert, Wright, Kerr, President-27. NAYsMessrs. Hamer, Cavin, Harper, Hodgdon, Hulseman , Loughlin, - McClosky, Quin, Shern-9. lUr. FREI:MAW moved that the commit - tee on the extension of Fairmount Park be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Agreed to. The ordinance was then taken up for considera tion. Mr. Q.yrx, in opposing its passage, etated that the extension of Fairmount Park was pressed by a number of reckless schemers, whose only object was to . plunder the city. Property owners in the neigh borhOod have bought the adjacent ground on specu lation. They ivho have paid a nominal sum for the ground now demand a hundred fold wha t they paid for it. They have their agents engaged in boring members of. Councils to favor the scheme. One of these agents approached the speaker and intimated that if he would vote for it, that it would be "all right;" that he would obtain at least thirty clients, &c. Mr. Froisiu.kis; denied that the project was mere speculation. If it be agreed to, a jury will !Insets the value of the property, fairly and equitably. Es did not believe that any money was to be made oat of the scheme. except in an honest way. Mr. Loroui.ix spoke vehemently against the bill s and assigned various reasons why it should not pasts. The cost to the city, might probably reach one mil lion of dollars. To expend this sum at a time like this, when the City Treasury is depleted, was ex ceedingly inopportune. It would be giving enao ,_ rsgemont to speculators, and no real good would ao crue to the city. The yeas and nays were called on a motion to in definitely postpone the bill, and•there being no quo rum, Council adjourned. PERSONAL SELECT BRANCH. COMMON COUNCIL. Business from Select Council. Fairmount Park. $2 00 per acre. 1 50 " 3 00 "
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