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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 180
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THE PROCLAMATION.
A:DIU - NMI LINCOLN has proclaimed the
downfall of slavery in the 'United States.
The Proclamation we print this morning
announces his decree in brief, eloquent, and
inuirortal sentences. It is not an argument,
or .a defence, or a declaration; it is simply
the frank announcement of a brave and
- frank man. Those WhO expect to read an
invocation to blood and massacre, and ra
pine be • Surprised by the sincere and
affectionate 'warning of : the PreSiclairt to
time people Ivhose deliverance he PreelaimS.
The beneficent power that declares free
dom does not incite murder; ktakes away
the burden of national death ‘from the here- -
, after, and makes the country of our
cliii
'.ciren the country of freemen. This is the
ueiteritl, thought that pervades the Pro
clamation ; but that whiok is practical
and immediate, is the - conversion of this
silent, oppressed,. and anxious race into
active allies- of the Union., ' :It adds .
reserve' , force to the tinny of the Union,
and makes , three - , million of : slaves three
Million. of able-bodied •recruits, who have
,only-to see the Union banner to follow
it with their Eves.. It takes away the
'labor that sustains the power of the South,
and: adds' to the Military power of the.
Ninth. :It, is war" measure, and will
•
add strength to our, armies and glory to
the object of the war. :These ideas should
be Impressed upon the minds of all who
read the PrOclamation this morning., Let
the people accept this great deed in the spirit
that animates the President, i appreciating
The beautiful sentiments in which he
de
clares it to be an act of justice warranted
by the ConStitution,: upon military necessity,
Mid_ invokes the consiberate,, judgment of
mankind, and the gracious fityor of Almighty
God.
Mercantile Failures.
Among the Many facts Worth noting in the
late eventild year is the Vast decreaseinthe
11 - Umber of medouttile, failures, as compared
with preceding ) , ern!s, and More especially
with 18K When the shOck of war caused a
- universal toppling of credit and paralysis
;of bu s ne From :carefully 'prepared - .and
anthentic tables, we gather that the failures
throughout the entire Northern States
.in
1862 have amounted only to 1,652, with lie
of VA0.49;1300.
In 1861 they were.. ; . 5 : 935 Liabilities $178,632,170
in 1860.6, c; 2,733 " 61,739,474
in 1869 " " 2,959 " 51 : 314,000
ln 1858 " " 3,113 " 73,608,747
In 1857 " 6,- 4 , `257 " 265,818,000
Below we give similar statistics in regai•fl
to this city and tl).e, State of Pennsylvania':
igo: in re-
mainder • ,
. . ,
Phila. LiabilitteK. of State. Liabilitias.
1862 60 $1,310,000 130 $1,365,000
1861 389 21,291,363 376 3,695,897
1860 144 6.107,936 195 2,196,918
1859 105 2,589,000 376 3,543,000
1858 109 10,600,885 254 5,258,398
1887 280 32 » 954 000 216 3,466,000
Iu ourneighbOting State of NeW Jersey
we tuargive the failures for these years as
folleWs :
No. Liabilitios. I No. Liabilities.
1802 66 $535,0001861 146 $2,234,300
1860 41 438,500;1850. ; ...65 403,000
1668, „ , . 60 : 775,80&1867 86 1,142,000
The great disparity: between 1862 and the
years preceding it is due to the general con
traction of purchases, owing to an uneer 7 ,
:Minty of sales, and also:to the, abundance of
Money, whiCh has Mitch facilitated collec 7
tiOus: . Beyond :this, however; lies the faet
that but few More, persona have been en
gaged in mercantile pursuits, since the war
commenced, than were needed by the wants
of the community. Previous to the War,:
great :overtrading existed,':-tind many;'
means of credit; conducted business upon a
very slender baSiS - of capital. At. the leaSt
pressure upon.the money market, their ope - -
Tations were seriously affected, and a doWn
fall often ensued. The war, which crushed
„the formes livelihood of these parties', at the
same time afforded them new avenues for
income, la 'We now find them numerously
holding positions in the army, or Contracting
to furnish its supplies.
Of failures in the rebel States.;' we can say
but little: They have unquestionably been
Many, and the conitherce non carried on
there is in very few hands.
On the return. of peace, trade will be again ,
:vastly overdone, great Over-produCtion will
exist in manufactures, and precisely the old
routine will follow, of good fortune to the
few and idisastey to the ninny, that lies ever
ttharacterized inodern civilization,
Postage-Stamp Collecting.
The collection of pbStage-stamps has be
come a mania, in thiS :country as well as in
Europe. We haVe seen some collections of
great. TaWe andjnterest; the - Stamps being
All unused, and a small map of each country,
with engraved portrait of its ruler, neatly
inserted, so as to make each national
lection Very. complete. "The Stainp
Collector's Manual," compiled and pub
lished by Mr. A. C. 'KLINE, of Walnut
street, , fire descriptions of fifteen hundred
'varieties of postage-stamps. Dr„ J. E.
GnAv, of the British Museum,: who has just
.published "A Hand Catalogue:of 'Posta.geH
stamps ; for the use of Collectors," "enn
merates no less than twenty works or firti
' ;des which have : f been printed in:England
. . i on the subject of stathp,collecting. M.
- KLINE'S little book contains desCriptionS of
the.postage stamps issued in every country
in the world, where the system is at work.
The latest English papers: tell us that post
age stamps and post-office money , ordersare
'•''about being used in
. Turkey.
Collectors
Will.fnid Mr. I(ll*F'sfittleboOk
of infinite
•.
value - to' them.'
.....
Postage: -stamps were ' -first --issued, Mr.
rethiiidS 'US; :on . 1840. Dr.
GRAY . OIIe naturalist, who•denied the exist
ence of. the.. Gorilla, . because. he. had never
seen one, claiMS the credit of having origi,
flitted the system. He SayS, in the - prefaee
to his - Hand calalogne, ".I believe I Was.the
first who proposed the system of small uni
ferm rates of postage to be prepaid by
stamps, haVing satisfied my mind that the
greateost of the Post Office ,was not the re
ception, earriage,,:and delivery of the letters,
but the complicated,system of accounts that
the old system; required, and having learned
from the uest writers on political economy
that the - collection of money-liy 'stamps was
the most certain and'economicaT." He has
not mentioned low; where, when, :Or to
- whom - the iiroppsal was made, but intimateSi
, without positively declaring, that: Sir llow
LAND,' HILL, Seeretary of the English
Post Office,':borrowed the :iidea from him,
and sticcessifully worked it out. RowLAND
HILL, who,i for reasons known to men of
letters, (who remember how unscrupulously
Dr GRAAnisreprescnted4 Du GITAILLD,)
Is a incite , rehable witness, in his own case,
'than Jon EDWARD GRAN, has stated how
mid when the idea of Cheappostage occurred
to him. L I.Br, during an extended pe 7
.destrian , tour thtough the. Lake country,in
the northwest of England, ROWLAND HILT.,
saw a poStman oiler a letter, postage ten
pence, to a female: waiter at a country inn.
The *aman cooked at the address,. and
declined taking it.:; Mr. HILL, as ,
an act` of
charity, released the letter. On opening it
`for her, after the postman had retired, the
poor girl lntrst into tears, and said it was
useless, as' there was no writing within.
Her brother : wa - s in service far aWay, and
the only way they had of communicating
that each was well was hysending an 'etive-
lope, properly directed, but not enclosing a
letter, which, though regularly not taken,
yet i gave the welcome assurance that all
was well: ROIViAND HILL meditated upon
this hard case, and the T result was his Sug
gestion of: a uniforrn penny (twO cent's)
postage for each:. half-Ounce, and the use of:
postage stamps and envelopes: By, the Viray,
according to a rough estimate that we have
made, the cost value of the 1,500 postage,
stamps described in Mr. STILLE'S " Stamp
Collector's Manual," would be about $O5.
As for collecting defaced postage stamps, it
is mere waste of time.
Changing Opinion.
Mr. LEAMAN . , who is member . of Parlia
ment for Huddersfield, and brother-in-law to
Mr, Jorqi.Bi : nomr, has been speaking to his
constituents, and, of course; discussed Ame
rican politics. Unlike Mr. GLADSTONE and
others, who:should have known better than
to champion the South, Mr. LEATAAAI gal,
lastly - as well as eloquently Supported the
principles and the conduct of, the North,
and strongly denounced the Confederate :
Government for being based on the main
tenance and expansion' of slaVery. The
European Tinies (LiVerpoot, paper of De,
cember 13th) candidly admits, in noticing
this speech, that "in hiving : currency to
these ideaSi - Mr. LEATIIAM is Merely: ek:-
Iqcssing the sentiments,pf alarge section of
the Evangelical class of Chriatians, and
it is clear that a: reaction has set in, against
the South and in faVor of the North, as com
pared with the feelings entertained on, thi,4
suldect in religious circles twelve 1)207A8 (70"
In political Circles .1411' GLADSTONES
cretion of sholying partisanship; though his
official position ought have dictated the pru
dence of being: silent, has helped to change
inimical prejudices; as, the connuercial
world, the Alabanues :rfdd upon British pro
pe,rty- at sea has Made its piracy not quite
such a pleasant joke as it formerly was.
LETTER FROM 6‘,OCCASIONAL.I)
IVASTIIITGTON, Jrlllllllry 1, ISO 3
I received a_ letter; a few days ago; from
a. distinguished gentleman . in Philadelphia,
calling attention to the complaints arising
from the non-payment of our soldiers, and
asking some explanation He referred me
to the nimiber of- calumnies and thisrepre
sentations which this alleged neglect had
put in cirCulation, and particularly to the
charges against the AdininistratiOn of the
disloyal papers in the :free States. : One of
the main hopes: of the sympathizers With
treason is the -demoralization of the artily.
If :they can . accomplish this, they believe
that the:Southern Confedm•acy will be re :
'cognized, and the East. and West 'and our
PaCific States divided into three or four con
flietino. provinces.
I am gratified to state, however, that thus
far - Very little, impression has been made
upon the army, either by the inability of the
Government to pay the troops in full up to
the present time, or by,the complaints of the
disloyal newSpaperS. Itis a fact singularly
to the rcredit of the brave men in the army,
that in contrast. with and defiance of the
falsehoods originating among the so-called
Democrat is politicians,they, have maintained,
and still maintain, a, ealm, - confident, and
patriotic Mande. Obeying, with `alacrity,,
i the orders of their superiors, and never
questioning the policy of:the :Administration,
they subMit with ummirmuring patience
to all; the rigors and privations of war. I
hate previously commented, upon this sub
lime characteristic. It is probably themost,
effective argument in: reply to the fabrica
tions and intrigues of the political adver
saries of the Administration, that men
who do ,n_iest and endure most haVei from
the beginning, been the Most earnest and
sincere defenders of the. President. : Itis:
easy to conceive; hoWeter, how restite the
army must at laSt become inconsequence of
the inability of the Government to pay it punc
tually ; , and yet, to this, as to all other cow
plaints of the kind, thm . e is a reasonable, and, I
hope; a satiSfaetoryartSwer. No army of equal
size in the world ever received so much pay,
- in the same ,time, as the Army of the Union:
received upto, the lirstoflaSt July, previous
to :Which period : every, requisition Was
promptly met.
_Arrangements - are now in prOgpS,S by
- which all the accumulated debt,tnthe troops
will be rapidly . liquidated: The Se.cretary
of War, yesterday directed that over five
hundred thousand. dollars should be ap
propriated: to pay the, immediate wants of
the tr cope, and ;a similar amount will con
tinue to be set I:aPart at short intervals, so
long as :there is tiny Money (iittendet . for
other creditors, who will be compelled to
wait) 'from which' to dra.W. If 'Congress
will proniptly,, in its coming session, give
the- stipport to public: credit absolutely ludis 7 :
Pen Sable to, the raising of:•large stuns of
Money, aecording to the reconunendations of
Secretary• Chase, all, will' go well.. The
country, and the interests of the country,
must be preferred to the banks and their
interests. At all events, the:banking capital
must be induced to takd such forms as will
best contribute to the security and amplitude
•of the public credit. 'What is needed is
prompt and vigorous action at the hands of
the .11 4 ational _Legislature. Let us have ia
Moderate tax : upon-existing bank notes, and
tbe authorizatien of bank associations based
Upon the stocks' of . the United States, and
we shall soon have a sound currency, of
equal value in all parts of the Union.
The EmanCipation Proclamation.
(Smeltil Correspondence of The Press.]
. WASHINGTON, January 1, 1363
The Most memorable document in the history of
our country, since the Declaration of Independence:
has been, to-day, issued by President Lincoln, in
accordance with his notification of the 22d Septem
ber last. Three million of slaves, subjected from
their birth to the cruel injustice of compulsory labor,
without remuneration, to the lash, and to the auc
tion block, have been declared free by the stroke of
a pen. That pen deserves a diamond casket, and the
proudest niche among the historic treasures of the
ove rnm en t.
The proclamation excepts in its effect the city of
New Orleans, and certain districts of Louisiana
which have recently elected members to Oongress;
also, Western Virginia, Tennessee, and several
counties of Southeastern Virginia, which are like
wise represented at Washington. Practiaally, how
ever, freedom will likewise there take effect. Ne:.
grecs Of those localities, on hearing that . their
'brethren throughout the land have acquired liberty,
will not be apt to rest content in bondage, and
will escape. The Border States, also, will be
.sub
jected to the same eventualities, and unless they'
speedily adopt measures for emancipation, Slave
holderswithin their limits will find their domains
bereft of the human property that has toiled, unre
'quited, for their pampered idleness,
'lt is difficult to foresee the immediate effect of the
President's colossal act. Doubters characterize it
as waste paper, which will have no effect beyond
the lines of the army. The sangiiines believe that in
a short period the news of their liberty will be uni
versally known to the slaves of the South, and that
they will leave the families of their absent masters,
in case compensation' is not accorded them.
This, it is argued, will necessitate the
,re
turn of these last. from the army to provide
for those dependent on them and a general
demoralization of the rebel forces ensue. If this
should not as speedily take place as is hoped, cer
. tainly in the course of time its operation will be
seen. Negroes may at first be deterred from flight
by the uncertainty of findlng,subsistence, but gradu
ally the experience of others within theirknotv
ledge will act upon them, and they will demand
wages As a condition of continued obedience. To
suPpose, with ninny, that the great majority of slaves
will not for a long time hear of the proclamation, is
absurd. If it comes to the knowledge of the whites
in the South, it will be rapidly communicated to the
blacks; and this information will the more rapidly
spread, as thousands of negroes are now congregated,
to work upon • fortifications at each point of rebel
defence.
The number of SOUthern Blitycholders holding ten
or more slaves may be estimated at ninety thousand.
These persons may be considerably reduced'idpurse
by the proclamation, but the majority will still
re
main in possession of large tracts of land, which,
through rapid- emigration, will preserve their late
value, and in many cases exceed it.
The Thoclaination also invites liberated blacks to
enter the military and naval service of the United
States, iptimating that in the former ; their duties
will be more particularly to work upon and guard
fortifications, but by no means states .that they will
not be employed on active service in case of need.
The ultimate result, therefore, of this great state
paper will be a prosperity: to the South hitherto
undreamed of. immigration from the Northern
States, And from Europe, will flow rapidly in: upon
the cloSe of the rebellion, the peat resources of that
section will be discovered and deVeloped, And enter
prises without number in its Midst will invite the ea
ger investment of Capital: Nothing haS yet stemmed
the tide of population-hither, but slavery. That in
cubus removed, and the land of the magnolia springs
into gorgeous life. No fears need, he entertained of
negro .competition with Northern labor. Negroes
rowan the South will be needed there, and those in
the Mirth -will speedily seek to enjoy in,its Mild.
latitudes a climate genial to their natures. The.
new era is full of promise.'N.
THE DAvrNrorr.r READINGS.—At Musical Fund
Mall, this evening, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport
give a series of Readings from the Poets, which we
cannot doubt, will be well attended. - The poets to
be read from are Mrs. Norton, T. Hood, Longfellow,
Telicia Hemans, and George H. Boker. Mrs. Dayen
port will give one of "Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lee
turea," by Jerrold, and, with Mr. D., the Trial Scene
from "The Merchant of - Venice." Mr. Davenport
• will also . give selections from. "Hamlet." Aci
tellectimi treat of no ordinary interest may be ex
pected.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
SLATES OF REBELS DECLARED FREE
Maas to be Received into the arty and Naty.
WHEREAS, On the twenty-second day of Septem
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bun- ,
axed and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by
the President of the United States, containing,
among other things, the following ; to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight huridred and sixty
three, all persons held as alaVes within any State,
or designated part of a State, the. people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the United
States ? shall be then, thencefprward and forever;
free, and the Executive GoVernmentof the United
States,. including the military and naval au
thority thereof, will recognize and maintain the
freedoin - of such persons, and will do no act or acts
to repress such persons, or any of them, in
any effort they may make for their 'active
freedom. That the. Executive will, on the
first day of January . aforesaid, by procla_
Malign, designate the States and parts of
States, if any, in which the people therein, respec
tively, shall then be in rebellion against the United
States, and the fact that any State,"and:the people
thereof, shall, on that day, be, in good faith, repre
sented in the Congress of the United States, by mem
bers chosen thereto at elections, wherein a majority
of the qualified voters of such State shall have par
ticipated, shall, in the absence of strong counter
vailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence
that such State and the people thereof are not then
in rebellion against the United States,"
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United States, by virtue of the power in me
vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States in time of actual armed rebel
lion against the authority and Government of the
United States, and as a fit and necessary war mea
sure for suppressing the said rebellion, do, on this,•
the firstday of January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and, in ac
cordance with my purpose so to do, publicly Proclaim,
for the full period of one hundred days from the
day that above mentioned, order and desig,nate
:as the States and parts of Stgtes wherein the
people thereof respectively are this day in rebel
lion against the United States, the following, to wit :
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the paidshes of
St. Bernard, Plaquerniees, Jefferson, St. James,
Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St.
Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New
Oilcans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia
(except the forty-eight counties designated as
West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley,
Accomae, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York,
Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of
Norfolk . and Portsmouth), and which excepted
parts are for the present left precisely as if the pro
clamation were not issued.
And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose
aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons
held .as slaves within the said designated States and
parts of said States, are, and henceforward shall be,
free and that the-Executive G-overnment of the
United States, including the military and naval au
thorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the
freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared
to be free, to abstain from all violence; unless in
necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them
that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faith
fully for reasonable wages. And I further declare
and make known, that such persons, of suitable con
dition, will be received into the armed service of the
United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations,
and otherplaces, and to man vessels of all sorts in
the said service. And upon - this act, sincerely be
lieved to be an act of justice, warranted by the Con
stitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the con
- siderate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor
of Almighty God.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the United .States to be
affixed. ' .
[L. s.] Done at the city of Washington, this, the
first day of January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred .and sixty-three, and of the
independence of the United States of America the
eighty-seventh. . ABRAHAM LINOOLN:
By the President: W. H. SEWARD,
Special pespatches to Gi - T4e Press."
NeW Year's at the Conti band Camp.
. .
At eight O'Clock last evening; about fli - e hundred
of the contraband's, at their eathp, Were called to
gether by Mr. Nicllo . rzs, the Superintendent. Mr:
N. explained tp them the nature of the forthcoming
proclamation, After which an original song, }written
by MokoAN, a Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald on LiNotiLx , s proclaniation.
The patriarchs among the contrabands, one after
another, then related, in their peculiar style, their
experience in Dixie. One described his sensations
when his youngest child was I;7 ‘ eingaold into slavery.
AnOther saw rebels in all directions but towards
Heaven; there he saw a hope of freedom. , Another
reminded his comrades that, in Dixie,l they worked
all day and gave no satisfaction, and compared it
with their condition now. He, had worked six
months, and all he had made was his own, and that
he would soon be able to educate his children.
"But bredren," he continued, - "don't be too bree.
Lazy man Cal/'t get to Heaven." Another said, "Pni
got a right - to rejoice; Pin" a free - man, or will be in
five minits." (It only lacked five minutes of twelve.)
.Another rejoiced that God had not let the rebels
submit to the laws Until the proclamation was issued;
Two minutes before twelve they all knelt in silent
prayer. An .oppreSsive stillness continued for four
minutes, when a prayer was offered for the preserva,
tion of the 'Union: by the speedy overthrow of the
rebellion. They Dien Sang - an original "Hallelujah"
song. -
OCCAsiONAL
Vie. superintendent then informed them they
'were no glayes, that they were free men and
women. One of the West 'replied, and congratq
lated his brethren that they Oee how Men And
women—not contrabands. John. the Baptist, an
old, colored, rigorous preacher, preached to' them
from the .20th chapter in "Rem/id/ans. , '
The Question or allowine . Tax Assessors
The act of Congress establishing a Bureau of In
ternal - Revenue gives a per client of from $3 to $5
to assessors and assistant assessors for every day
employed. In rendering their accounts to the Trea
Fury Department, most of these officers have charged
for every day of the month, Sundays included. Sonic
of them, however, have expressed to the department
their opinion that the law did not justify this con
struction, and have made out their accounts without
charging for Sunday. Differenfeonstructions of this
law have been given by different officers in the Trea
sury Department, and the question has been referred
to Edward Jordan, Esq., Solicitor of the Treasury;
for his opinion on the point as to whether assessors
and their assistants are entitled to pay for Sunday.
A row occurred at the Convalescent Camp, near
Alexandria, between the Pennsylvania and Drew
York troops. The difficulty was caused in the dis
cussion of.the merits of-their respective States. .A
few shots were fired, but only one man was injured.
A Soldier Droivned.
The body of LYTHE R:thil, a private in company
B, 4th Maine Regiment, was found floating in the
Potomac near the Sixth-street wharf.
AI Georgetown SecesSionist Arrested.
Joi autn, a Georgetown, D. C.. Secessionist,
Las been committed to the Old Capitol prison for
using disloyal language.
Colonel Collis' Zona - 1:44 in the Battle of
Fredericksburg A - Conaplinseutary Let-
P..41.310111'11, -December. 31.—The following letter
from General Stoneman, in - relation to Col. Collis'
Zouaves, speaks for Itself:,
HEADQUAHTERS THIRD Conrs, CENTftAT:
GRAND Dee. 19,1802.
The 114th Pennsylvania -- Volunteers (Zouaves),
Colonel Collis, was conspicuous both in dress and
gallantryin the action on the 13th inst., and I take
great pleasure in testifying to the fact to which I elm
testify from my own personal.observation.
This regiment, together.with the 63d Pennsylvania
Volunteers -(ldajor Dunks), charged and held the
crest inadvance and on the right, most nobly, and un
der a very galling tire, both of artillery and infantry,
for which both mglments have my warmest thanks.
GEORGE STONEMAZ , ,T,
Brig. Gen. Army Corps.
Shaves Working on tile Riehmond. For
tifications—Rebels Repairing. the Rail
road in North Carolimr-Death of at Union
Sold cr.
FORTRESS DIONTIOE, Dec. 31.—The Newbern, N. Cr.,
Progress S tates that the 14nchburg Republican says
that the call of the Secretary of War for 4,500 no.
groes to work on the fortifications of Richmond ls
being promptly responded to, and the slaves for , .
warded to the scene of their labors.
The railroad from Newbein to Kinston is being
rapidly repaired under the management of John a
Merriam, Esq. The think has been completelyi re
stored from Coveoreek to within six miles of Kin
ston, and the cars will be running to Kinston in ten
days.
Wm. Ca;nell, of Newport, R. L, Co. A, sth Re? '7
merit, died Dec. 12th, •
New Youx, Jan. I.—General Butler, with his
start; and also Mrs. Butler, are in the city this
evening. He leaves for Washington to-morrow, it
is rumored, at the request of the President.
Governor Sey*utos inaugural address has not
been received from Albany to-day.
; General Benjamin F. Butler arrived last evening
at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and has received aurae.
roue calls during the day from admiring friends.
The General was in citizen's dress, and appeared
genial and animateil. Nothing transpires in regard
to his future appointment.
A PROCLAM ATION.
WA.SMINGT'ON.
Pay for SlOOray.
Fight at the , ColivaleOmut Camp.
ARMY OF. THE POTOMAC,
STATES IN REBELLION.
MajoF G6neral Butler.
1 P. E ESS.--PHILADELPIIIA
General Roserrans Captures Murfreesboro—
Rebels Retreat to Tiillaltorna—ldorgatt
Captures a Wagon Train—Forrest is not
Advancing on Louisville.
Louisvri.LE, Jan. I.—General Itosenrans captured
Murfreesboro on Tuesday morning, and now occu
pies it, the rebels retreating to Tullahoma. The re
bels made but little resistance, though General
Itosecrans lost the train of wagons following him,
which was captured by the rebeTeolonol Morgan, of
Tennessee. • --
The startling reports fthleh reached here about
midnight, and caused considerable commotion
throughout the city, of the approach of Forrest from
the direction of Salt river, With a large body of
cavalry, arc entlaely false.
Farewell Address of General Butler to
the -Citizens of New Orleans—Attack
b 3 Gnerilins—General Banks' Address on
the Emancipation Proclamation—His
Explanations and Instrnetions—Aifairs
on the Mississippi.
Nair YonK i Jan. I.—The steamer S.R.. Spaulding,
from. New Orleans, with dates of the 24th ultimo,
arrived .this evening. Among her passengers is
Major General Butler and 'drill; excepting Colonel
Jonas A. French and Captain John. Clark, who re
main.
General. Butler, prior to leaving New Orleans,
gave a reception at the . Uity Ball, where hundreds of
citizens and officers waited on him.
General Butler also issued a- farewell address to
the citizens, in which lie saps that lie leaves with
the proud consciousness of carrying with him the
blessings of the humble and loyai,.under the cottage
roof and inthe cabin of the stave v and is qui te nontent
to incur the sneers of the saloon. or the curses of
the rich. Re concludes by saying that "months of
experience and observation haye- forced the convic
tion -that the existence of slay.erY. is incompatible
with the safety of yourselves or id - the Union." 4
The steamer Empire Parish WRI3 fired into while
loading mar at the Marengo plantation by guerillas,
killing C. McGill, assistant engineer, seriously
wounding W. T. Reed, a New York merchant, and
wounding three others. • - -
On the 54th General Banks issued an address, ap
pended to which is tht,Preiiiiike.ntis proclamation of
emancipation. In his address Grenofil Banks, after;
rehearsing the. objects and effeat of the President's
proclamation, says: " It is In anifest that the changes
suggested by the proclaMation ilornot take place at
any precise period, and General Banks calls upon.
all persons, citizens or slaves, to goverri thenlheives
accordingly. All unusual 'public demonstrations
will be for the present suspended, and the provbst
marshals are enjoined to prevent any disturbance of
the public pease. The slaves are adVised to remain
upon the plantations until their privileges are defi
nitely established, resting assured that .whatever
benefits the Government intends, will be secured
them." • - .
General Banks also instructs the officers to secure
the strictest discipline in the camps. Attention is
also called to the act of Congress forbidding the re
turn of slaves by the army. The-war is not waged
for the overthrow of slavery, but to restore the con
stitutional relations between the United States and
each of the States. If slavery is to be preserved
the war must cease, and the former constitutional
relations again be established, for no military man,
in / the event of a continuance of the war, will counsel
the preservation .of slavery; the continuance of the
war will leave no other Permanent track of the re
bellion but emancipation. A contest in public, as in
social life, strengthens and consolidates ,brothepy
affection. It is a baseless nationality that has not
tested its strength against domestic enemies. The
Success of local interests narrows the destiny of a
people, and is followed by secession, poverty, and
degradation. The triumph of national interests
widens the scope of human history, and is attended
with peace, prosperity, and power It is out of such
contests that great nations are born.
Gen. Banks concludes thus : "Let us, fulfil the
conditions of this last great trial and become a na
tion, a grand nation, with sense enough to govern
ourselves, and strength enough to stand against the
world united."
Up to the time of the sailing oC the steamer no
thing had transpired as to the intended movements
of Gen. Banks, but it was known that a campaign
had been commenced with Baton liouge as the base
•
of. operations. • . • .•• . .
. . .
There was nothing:. from 'Vicksburg or Port
....
Hudson. .•
• •
Trial Trip of the:Nexid , lron-clad Ericsson
-Battery l‘aliant- 1 -1111te , la• a Complete Sim
• cc/as—Condition of th.d Iron-clads now Pre-
. --
paring. for Sen. •
Nshant, two guns, iron-clad Ericsson battery,
width was launched at Boston, some weeks since,
Went on her trial trip a few days ago.. The Nahant
being in every respect a perfect copy of the Monitor
and Passaic, which have been minutely described; it
is only necessary to give an account of her voyage,
premising it with a statement of the condition to-day.
of her nine sister ships. They are situated as fol
lows :
Name. Condition. Where Built.
PagEaic On duty Oreenpoint;
Montauk On ditty. Oreenpoint,
Patapsco (In duty, Wilmington, Del.
Nahant Ready for duty...—Boston.
Weehawken Ready for triaL.—Jersiey City.
Sangamon klmogt re ady. Chester. Pa.
Catskill - . Ready Jan. 111%.; iOrtelipoint.. .
Nantucket. Launched .......:..Boßton..
Lehigh On the stockg.,...;:Meatfr, Pa. .."
Secretary of State
,
The. Nahant, on leaving Mr..Lniang's works, had
her coal bunkers filled for twelve:days' steaming, all -
her provisions on board—everything but ordnance
stores—and .proceeded to the -Navy. Yard, but was
prevented from going down the - harbor on a trial trip
on account of the dense fog. 'On Saturday, however,
everything proving favorable, she started at half
past twelve o'clock, for the purpose of testing the
vessel, the machinery, and the ,guns, having on
board, besides herbuilder t ßear, Admiral Gregory, of
New York, general superintendent of iron-clad ves
sels; A. S. Stirrers, of New YOrk, general inspector;
and Captain West, - of the Navy Yard, who' superin
tended the ordnance department, and the officers of
the Vessel. The turrel of the vessel was revolved
as she went down the harbor, and worked satisfac
torily.
The Nahant came to anchor off Long Island in the
e
afternoon, and fired into the headlands on Moon
Island. The principal object was to test the large
gun, but the eleven-inch gun was fired twice, once
with a shell. The large gun was fired three times—=
first with a charge of fifteen pounds, then with
twenty-the, and lastly with a solid shot and a full
service charge of thirty-five pounds,'Which shook
the Island like an earthquake, and sounded even
louder then a near discharge of Heaven's Artillery.
Everything worked to a charm. There was no smolce
inside the turret, and the noise was by no means un
comfortable—far less noise than that of the smaller
gun fired outside the turret. The machinery was
tested,. and found perfectly satisfactory. She minded
her helm very quickly. much better char. any of that
class of vessels that 'have- been previously tested.
The speed was entirely satisfactory. She is calm-,
lated for nine knots, but no -test was made until the
return, when the steam left after the trial was ap-'
plied, and the vessel returned -about six o'clock at
the rate of seven knots against a two knot current.
The United States official,s were enthusiastic in
their admiration of the Splendid success and capa
bilities of the Nahant. Admiral Gregory accepted
her in behalf of the Government on her return; and
She WaS pronounced:the best of the class that has
been built. The Nahant will go into commission
to-day, and will leave for Fortress Monroe dn'Tues
day or Wednesday, stopping oneday at New York.
Annexed is a list of hcr.ofticers
Commander-3ohn Ddlynea. • .
• Acting Master—William Carter: ' .
Acting Ensigns- 7 4)harles:.0. Rutter and Charles
A. Clark.
Assistant Surgeon—Charles E. Stedman.
Assistant Paymaster—Edwin Putnam.
Second and Third' Assistant Engineers—T. H.
Bordley and Abram Micheuer.. . .
Roanoke, six guns iron-clad harbor battery, will
to-morrow morning ' be resorted to the Navy De
ment ready for Mr. Delano's operations on
deck. The work on this splendid ship is now rapid
ly drawing to a close, and in a few weeks she will be
the bearer of the heaviest armament of any vessel
in the world. Yesterday two more of her immense
guns were brought to the Brooklyn navy yard by
the Derrick. The entire six with which she
is to be armed will : weigh over 120 tons, without
carriages. One solitary discharge of her 'broadside
will throw twenty 7 seven hundred pounds of tron,
or more than the entire dischagre of a broadside
from an old-fashioned eighty-gun line-of-battle ship:
Nor are her:attributes for offensive warfare her
only ones. The iron on her sides is in solid pla:tes,.
the perforation of which seeing Utterly impossible..
The proprietors( 'Of the Novelty Iron. Works. Have
finished their work in 'the best manner. Captain
Stephen C. Rowan, one of the most .competent offi
cers in the United States navy, has. been sift:
daily selecte4 by the Navy Department to com
mand this great ship. He is in town at pre
sent, and spends a great portion of his time in super
intending the arrangements on board. The locality
in which the Roanoke will be permanently station
ed is not as yet definitely fixed. It is said she will
have a fine band on board, and be moored oft' the
Battery, where a United States man-of-war is want
ed badly to represent our navy. Another rumor is
that she Will be the flab ship of a fleet of harbor
batteries, devoted to the protection of New York.
Boston, and Philadelphia, and that she will make
short cruises to sea. But nothing is certain as yet
about her. future movements, save that New Yolk
will be her headquarters.—Netv York Herald. •
CITY Sol.' CITO JOS OFFICE.-F. CarrollErewster
Esq., the npwly-elected City Solicitor, entered. upon
his dufincicstertlay,'atiit has made the following
appointments, which, it cannot be doubted,Willgive
general satisfaction : Mr. David W. Sellers and Mr.
ThomasK. Pinletter are retained as assistant soli
citors. Mr. Eghert K. Nichols is newly appointed,
also ns assistant solicitor,..a gentleman of character,
ability, and loyalty. Mr. James W. Bonita, .the
new clerk in this important office, fully enjoys Mr.
Brewster's confidence, and will he aeknowledged as
fully deserving the confidence of the public. - .It is
"a good tenni," on the whole, and will work well.
ABEL'S STEREOETICON.—I'his artistical and histo
rical exhibition will certainly close on Saturday
evening. There will, therefore, be only three more
opportunities for the public to .visit it, viz: this
evening, to-morrow Afternoon, and to-morrow even
ing. The Stereopticon, which is by farthe best pic
torial exhibition ever opened to the public in tilts
eity—there has not yet been anything like it in pa
rope—has not been so well patronized by our citizens
as it deFirvea. They have been attracted to inferior
shows, and have too much neglected this most pic
turesque and instructive system of object teaching.
Thoroughly complete, in all artistic phases, and
clearly explained by a gentleman of education, it is
the best popular instructor ever on view in this ally.
Tilt:. LAST . Ross or SUMMEIL-Mr. C. Everest
has just finished a beautiful transcription of the
"Last Rose of Summer." It is a musical . gem,
combining brilliancy, finish, and an exquisite excel
lence of expression. The author has preserved the
melody perfectly, while the variations take in the
whole compass of the piano, affording an opportu
nity for rare execution and skill. It will become
very popular, as it presents in a more attractive
form one of the sweetest of melodies;
—Major Babbitt, of the Rhode Island 7th Regi
ment, who died at Washington, D. 0. - , on Tuesday,
of wounds received at Fredericksbur,•, was a proud
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 65 years old. Rev. B. B.
Babbitt, of Andover, Massachusetts, and 'Edward
S. Babbitt, Esq., of Boston, are his sons.
IST, Renal:rhea received notice from the principal
of the College of France that his annual lectures,
which commence under ordinary circumstances. the
first week in December, are not to be delivered this
year.
ARMY OF THE 'CUMBERLAND.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
ODR IRON=CLAD NAVY.
; FRIDAY, JANUARY 2,, 1863.
The Butler-Johnson Correspondence
JOHNSON TO BUTLER, JULY 22, 1882
The shipment was in violation of the blockade,
And if seized in (Wide would have been liable to for.
feiture. The proceeds, also, If received here on the
return voyage, would have been equally liable.
The vessels, also, would, either on the outward or
return voyage, have been in like measure liable.
But the blockade having been successfully run, and
the cotton sold in Havana, and the first and second
of exchange drawn by the shippers' consignee in.
Havana and sent to London by shippers' order, to
be paid to their credit in London, the first question
is whether the third of exchange, is to be esteemed
the proceeds of the shipment and liable to seizure?
lam of the - opinionit cannot. The first and second
of exchange having been paid by the drawees in
London; and the proceeds passed to the credit of the
shippers, the third is a mete nullity, valueless in the
hands of the shippers. It was not, then, the repre
sentative of the cotton or its proceeds.' The first was
the property of the buyers in Havana. The second
the property of the shippersy.because of the payment
of the first or second of exchange, and. the Passing
or its - proceeds to their credit with their London
bankers.
The offence of running the blockade is not., under
the modern law of nations, a personal offence. It
affects only the ship and the cargo. If these are
not returned ph3 - sically, or their proceeds on a re
turn voyage, the offence escapes punishment. It
never attends the vessel or cargcrfurther than to the
termination of the return voyage. With the excep
tion of the return voyage, the rule is well settled by
modern authority--English, Continental, and Ame
rican—that the offence ispurged unless the vessel or
cargo is captured iti'deiicte.. •
&con,s. Put thereis another fatal objection to the
payment exacted from Messrs. Kennedy & Co.
When the third_of exchange was returned here, the
blockade no longer existed. It had been removed
by order of •the President,. and the port declared to
be open.. .
HEADQWARTERS IbirARTM7.I.IT OF THE GULF,
ISTaw 011LE/ors, July 22, IfiG2.
MY DEAR Sri:: I have your decision in the matter
of the money of S. H. Kennedy Sr. Co., and while. I
shall pay back the money in obedience to it, if the
partners take the oath of allegiance, I must dissent
from the conclusions to which you have come foto
anima.
The facts are briefly these: Kennedy & Co. were
merchants doing business hr New Orleans, the mem.
hers of which were citizeriaof the• United States.
They -shipped cotton bought at Vicksburg and
brought to New Orleans from. a Bayou on the coast
whence steamers were accustomed to run the block
ade to Havana, on board steamships that were en
gaged in carrying goods from the neighborhood of
New Orleans to Havana, in defiance of the laws and
the President's proclamation r and under the further
agreement with the Confederate authorities here,.
that a given per cent. of the-value of their cargo es
should be returned in -arm, and munitions of war
for the use of the rebels. .
Without such an 'agreement no cotton could be
shipped from New 'Orleans, and: this was publicly
known, and the fact of knowledge that a permit for
the vessel to ship cotton could only be got on such
terms was not denied at the hearing.
, The cotton was sold in Havana; and the net pro.
ceeds were invested in a draft (first, second, and
third of exchange), dated April 30th, 1862, payableto
tl:e London agent of the house of Kennedy & 00. and
the first and second sent forward to London, am\ the
third, with account sales and vouchers, forwarded
to the firm here through an illicit mail on board the
steamer Fox, likewise engaged' in carrying unlaw
fully merchandise and an illicit mail between Ha
vana and the rebel States.
Tlie third of exchange and papers were captured
by the army of the United States, on the 10th day of
May, on board the lox, flagnmte defictu, surrounded
by rebel arms and munitions, concealed in a bayou
leading out of Barataria Bay, attempting to land
her contraband mails, and scarcely less destructive
arms and ; ammunition, to be sent through the by
ways and swamps to the enemy.
During all Ibis time S. H Kennedy & Co. have
not accepted the amnesty proffered by the proclama
tion of the commanding general, but pieferred to re
main within its terms, rebels and enemies.
Upon this state of facts the commanding general
called upon Kennedy & Co. to pay the amount of net
proceeds of the cotton (the .third exchange of the
draft), which, with the documents relating to this
unlawful transaction, he had captured, as a proper
forfeiture to the Governnient under the facts above
stated, which was done. Upon the submission to
you, whether the forfeiture was a proper one, you
have decided that the money should be repaid be
cause the jorfeiture was not proper.
Pardon me, if 1" respectfully examine the grounds
of that decision.
They are : `First, that there was -no capture of the
property or its representative actually running the
blockade. Second, that there' is no •
personal de
liction of Kennedy& Co. in the acts done by them,
which can _render them subject to forfeiture; and
third, that the blockade being raised by the procla
mation of the President, and before the capture of
the draft and paper, all dcliction on account of the
transaction is purged.
WftB not this third of exchange the very represen
tatiYe of the transaction in connection with the ac
count sales? If the first or second has been paid,
then of course it becomes valueless, but there was
no evidence that either the first or the second had
been paid,"nor could that have been done.iii ten days
hem Havana to London, in which case the third is
the sole "proceeds" of the illegal transaction. Is
not the third of exchange usually sent by consignee
to the principal, when the order is to transfer the
fund to a distant house, precisely for the purpose of
representing_ the transaction? In the hands of the
owners, S. H. Kennedy & Co., were not these seve
ral of exchange of equal value? If one holds the
first, second, and third of exchange, can it be said
that one is more valuable than the other to the hold
er? KennedYSitio. did hold all these by themselves
or their agents, , all of equal value up to the capture.
The hazards of. the return voyage were guarded
against by a shipment.to England of one of the repro
sentatives'of the cotton, but the commercial transac
tion was still in jleri in the transmission of its ac
count sales and . vouchers and -representatives of
value to the company here...
Even if I em right, however, it is unnecessary to
elaborate , the point further, because it seems to me
that the decision turn's upon a non-appreciation of
thelaW as to what is the effbct of the'blockade.
As applied to this transaction, the citations and ar
guments derived from elementary writers upon the
law of nations are of no value.
This is not the case of a residentsuhject of a foreign
State attempting to elude the vigilance of a blockade
by a foreign Power of-a . port of a third nation. The
rule that, a successful running of a blockade, or a
subsequent raising of the blockade, purges the trans
action; so far as punishment for personal deliction is
concerned, is too familiar .t . O:-need.citrition, at least
by a.litwyef to a lawyer. •
'at:would be'desirable to see some citations to show
there was no"qiersonal deliction in the transaction
under consideration.
A traitor us commercial house directly engages in
. the treasonable work of aiding rebellion against
the Qorernmeht, by entering into a trade the direct
effect of which is to furnish the rebels with arms and
ammunition. To this, they intentionally violated
the revenue laws, postal laws of their country, as
well as the laws prohibiting trade with foreign coun
tries from this port, and are caught in the act, and
fined only tte amount of the proceeds of their illegal,
treasonable transaction. Their Jives, by every law,
were forfeit to the country of their allegianee ! The
representative of that country takes a comparatively
small fine from them, and a commission of that same
country refunds it, because of its impropriety.
Grotius, Puttentlorl; - Vette], and Wheaton, will be
searched, it is 'believed, in vain, for precedents for
such action.
Why cite international law to govern a transac
tion between a rebellious traitor and his own Go
vernment? Around the State of Louisiana the Go
vernment had placed the unpassable barrier of law,
covering every subject, saying to him from. that
State no cotton should be shipped, and no arms im
ported, and there no mails or letters should be deli
vered. To warn off foreigners, to prevent bad men
of our own citizens violating the law, the GoVern
ment had plaCed ships. Now, whatever may be the
law relating to. the' intruding foreigner, can it he
said fora moment that the fact that a traitor has
successfully eluded the vigilance of the Government,
that that very success purges the crime, which
might never have been criminal but for that success?
• The fine will be restored because stare &etas, but
the guilty party ought to be and will be punished.
A course of treatment of rebels and traitors which
should have such results would be not only "rose
water," but. illuted "rose water."
S The other reason given for the decision, that the
blockade had been raised, is a mistake in point of
fact, both in date and the place of capture. The cap
ture was not made of a vessel running into the port
of New Orleans, wherelhe blockade was raised, but
from one of those lagoons where, In former times,
Leaf, the pirate, chrried on a hardly more atrocious
business !
Something was said at the hearing that this mo
ney was intended• by 'Kennedy & Co. for Northern
creditors.. .
Sending it to EnglAnd does not seem to be the best
evidence of that Intention: •But of course no such
Consideration could:enter into the decision.
I have reviewed this decision at some length, be
cauge it seems to me that it offers a premium for
treasonable acts, to traitors in the Confederate
States.
It says, in substance, violate the laws of the
'United States as well as you can send abroad all
the produce of the Confederate States.you can, to be
converted into arms for the rebellion.4 7 yOu only take
the risk of losing in transitu, and ns the profits are
four-fold, you can afford so to do, butht is solemnly
decided that in all this there is - no . " personal &He
nan? for which you can or ought to be punished,
even by a line, and, if you are, the fine shall be re
turned.
I have the WOnor to be your obedient servant,
BEXJ. F. BUTLER,
Major General Corn manding..
Hon. REVERDY Joim - sox, Commissioner, &c., Sie,
.• • JOHNSON TO BUTLER, JULY. 26, 1862.
I: There was no proof before me, by /ultras-
Edon of - parties or otherwise, that it was a' pait
of thq agreement under Which their cotton was
shipped to Havana, "that a given per cent. of
value "• " should be returned in arms and munitions
of war for the UIC of the rebels."
Another letter from the sameao the eame,
dated June to, 1282, after you had exacted payment
of the aihount of the third of exchange,, advised the
Boston house of the actual sale of the cotton (230
bales) in Havana for net ...e1,780 sterling, and that it
had heen remitted, to• London to be passed to the
credit of the New Orleans house; that you had com
lielled the house topay the , bill, estimating it at five
dollars to the pound sterling; and that you had told
them that you " did not confiscate the amount, but
sequestered the same, sullied to orders from your
Government;" and they added, " we, are thus de
prived by this sequestration, and by the burning- of
other cotton , of ours, by the rebels, of some seven
teen or eighteen thousand dollars, with which we
had intended paying' you and others at the North debts
due them;' ) and lastly,
IV: In the only hearing of: the case to which you
invited me, after having done me the honor to ask
me to decide between you and the claim agents, and.
when, beside yourself and myself, one of the claim
ants
B , H. Kennedy, and their counsel, M essrs. J.
ozier and Win. H. Hunt, were also present
when you stated that the shipment ivae made under
the agreement, you now repeat, as to a return of a
per centum in arms, &c. Mr. Kennedy positively
denied that any such existed in his case, and, as yet,'
Mare seen no evidence of the fact other than, your
verbal statement, which, however I should hold all
sufficient in regard to a matter of which' you had
personal knowledge, could not he received as evi
dence under Any known rule of evidence with which
I am acquainted. • • • 4
Second. That the third of exchange and account
sales were forwarded to the claimants through an il
licit- mail-on board .the steamer Fox, likewise en
gagfil' in carrying unlawful merchandise between
Havana and the rebel States, "that the third of ex
dhalige and papers were captured by. the army of the
United States on the lOth of May, on board the Fox,
*route dehelo, surrounded by rebel arms. and mu
nitions concealed in a bayou leading out of Barataria
bay, attempting to land the contraband mails and
scarcely less destructive arms and ammunition, to
he sent through the by-ways and swamps to the
enemy."
I. There was no proof before inn that this mode of
returning the draft to the claimants was selected
by them, or that they had any knowledge of it until
"the army of the United States captured it" on the
10th of May. Conceding, art/unman gralia, that the
facts,rif brought home to the claimants, as a part
of the original plan, would Abet the question I
have decided, the conclusive answer to it is that
the fact was not in any way proved. The United
States, and you, as their honored representative,
were the actors in the question. It was for you
to :establish, not by statement,. but by evidence,:
every fact which you deemed material. My func
tion was purely Judicial. In discharging it, it Was
n y duty to lewd alike all parties to the contro
versy. The money 3 ou had exacted was that of the
claimants. You alleged that it was forfeited to the
- United Statea by some act of civil illegality, or of
moral or legal 'crime. It was for you'to make the
charge good. Every fact tending to that end it was
• for you to establish. The absence of proof of it es
tablished the case of the claimants, and entitled
them to a return of the money. If, therefore, the
manner of the ajtempted transmission of the third
of exchange and Recount sales in the Fox, with a
contraband mail, even more destructive than arms
or Pin munition, or, to use your won's, "contraband
mails, and scarcely less destructive arms and ammu
nition" (what kind of mail that was passes my,corri
,prehension), effected the question of sequestration
or forfeiture, it was for you to verify it, not for the
claimants to disprove it, or, as the, judge between
you for me to assume it.
nird. The only fact upon which-you have put
me right is. that the seizure was made before, and
not after, the blockade was raised. • • •
21:at they tied not reached their destination at the
time of the seizure is immaterial.- They had reached
it long before my decision was given, and, havilag.
been paid by the drawees, the possession of the third ,
by the claimants, or by you, claiming under them,
gave no right whatever to demand of the claimants
the amount of the bill ; and the mailing at Havana
of the first and second, directed to the proper par
ties in London ; was equivalent to the receipt, unless
it was made fo appear that they never reached
them. • • • • •
Second. Bid you suppose that my application of
the rule of national law, if X am right in the other
particulars, " tarns upon a non appreciation of
the law as to what is the effect of a blockade," and
that, "as applied to‘ this transaction, the citations
and arguments, derived from elementary writers on
the law of nations, are.of no El7Mi.".. Your reasons
for this repudiation of the' authesities which, in my
simplicity, I cited, are that in this case "a traitor
ous commercial house directly engages in the trea
sonable work of aiding a rebelliomsgainst the Gov
ernment; by entering into-aft/Ide; the direct effect or
which is to furnish the rebels-Witli.isrms and ammu
nition. To do this, they intentionality violate the
revenue laws, postal laws of their' country, as "well
as the laws prohibiting tradewitff foreign countries
from this port, and are caught ire thescf, and fined
only the amount of the proceeds of their illegal trea
sonable transaction."
First. I have already endeavored te,' correct the
error of fact in the first part of this-question. There
was no evidence before me when mydecision was
given, nor is there now, that the house of the claim
ants was a "traitorous commercial house; '"entering
Into a trade, the direct " effect of whichistv furnish
the rebels with arms and ammunition." On the
contrary, the proof, the legal proof, is the other
way.
I. No such proof was or has been' prodttced in
support of the charge.
11. It does not appear that the claimants , ever
made any other shipments than the particular one.
111. They deny, and denied in your presence and
mine, that they entered, in making the shipment,
into an agreement to return a part of the proceeds
in arms, &c., for the rebels.
IV. It affirmatively- appears that the entire•pro
ceeds were invested in arerling and remitted to Lon
don to be .passed also in their entirety to thecredit
of the house. No treason, therefore, was perpe
trated, unless the running the blockade with .cotton
to be sold, and the proceeds to be passed to the shiip
per's credit, and to he used in the payment of their
loyal creditors residing in the loyal State of Diassa
chusetts, was treason. Treason, under the Constitu
tion of the United States, can "consist only in-levy
ing war against them,or in adhering to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort."
The restoration of the Union, you will agree
with me, will not repay us-for the blood and trea
sure being so profusely expended to accomplish it, if
it is to come to ua deprived of the guarantees which
our fathers thought, and all experience proves, are
so essential to human frcedom,and especially oethat
guarantee which the definition of treason was ob
viously designed to offer. Permit Inc to say, my dear
genisial, that no court in any part of our loyal coun
try Would permit a prosecution for treason against
Messrs. Kennedy Er. Co., upon the facts that were and
are before me, to stand for a moment. The violation
of the revenue laws, the postage laws, or " the laws
forbidding tradewith foreign countries," cannot be
construed into the "levying war against" the
United States, or "adhering to their enemies, giv
ing them aid and comfort." To offend in these par
ticulars is to - commit the offence which the special
laws may define, and to subject the party to such
punishment as the laws may provide. But such
conduct isnot treason, nor could Congress, the sole
body vested with legislative power, make it treason,
without totally and illegally disregarding the consti
tutional inhibition. If lam right in this view, your
power over the parties was just that, and no other
that the law gives.
But, in this instance, you did not impose,
nor as
sume. to impose, a flue at all. You signed the spe
cific thing, the third of 'exchange. You evidently
considered that the representative of the original
offending cargo. You requested that, and it was
the exact amount of what you considered its actual
value that you held to .be forfeited, or liable to be
forfeited, to the United States, because of the ori
ginal illegal shipment; you now, in the paper to
which I am replying, take another ground; you
abandon the right to the specific thing as forfeited;.
you rely upon the alleged traitorous conduct of the
shippers, as justifying .you in mulcting them in a
penalty or fine; you now say that this fine was im
posed in a spirit of mercy, " as their lives, by every
law, was forfeited to the country." The question
which you told one of the House you would submit
to the Government was their liability to have the
value of the bill sequestred—the specific bill—not
whether because of treasonable or other illegal acts
you had a right to fine them to the amount of the
bill, or to any other amount, or to impose upon
them any other punishment.
As the representatives of the country, you now
allege that, notwithstanding your assured heinous
ness of the offence, you imposed upon them a com
paratively small fine, and that I, as a commissioner
of the same country, refund it because of its impro
priety.
You forget, General, that the question of your
right in behalf of our common country, to impose a
fine upon the ground of previous crime, was never
submitted to me.
The blockade declared by the President, was by
many persons said to be beyond this power, but the
courts of the country have so far maintained and
enforced it. and in doing this, as well against citi
zens as aliens violating it, they have uniformly ap
plied to it the laws of blockade, as declared by the
very authorities that you designate as wholly inap
plicable.. To run a blockade is the same offence,
identically, whether done by a citizen or a foreigner.
The punishment in each case is the same. The pro
perty, if seized in its transit, or its proceeds, if
seized on the return voyage, is all that is subject to
forfeiture. But no °Mince is perpetrated for which
the party can be otherwise punished. He is not
liable personally , .nor is any of this other property
subject to forfeiture.
I prefer to stand on the usages of our fathers,
those champions of constitutional liberty; who sacri
ficed property and life to secure it, rather than on
the fitful, unregulated, unrestrained promptings of
military power. I believe that the Union can only
be restored—certainly sooner restored—by regarding
the landmarks of the Constitution, by observing and
preserving the rights of the States, and of individuals,
and by forbearing to violate either upon any pre
tence of "military" or other "necessity." Let all
be loyal men, and as with' one heart, rally around
the Government.
Alterations in Business
We have to notice, as the readers of our adver
tising columns will perceive, an unusually large.
number of changes in our business firms, that have
talccn place with the opening of the New Year.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Oliver Howard Wilson, Samuel M. Ander
son, and Edward!, De Cernea has been dissolved by
mutual. consent,. the business of the firm to be set
tled by either of the partners; and a limited part
nership for a term of three years, has been entered
upon by them, with the additional member of Wm.
W. Holloway, of Bridgeport, Belmont county, Ohio,
who is to be the special partner of the house, his
contribution to the common stock of the new firm
being twenty thousand dollars in cash. The style
of the firm will be WILSON, A.NDIMSON, Si. Ceili,
business, jobbing of dry goods.
A limited partnership has also been formed be
tween Messrs. B. H. Bartol, and Alfred Kusenbm,
for a term of six years—the business intended to be
conducted being the reflning i of sugar and molasses.
The style of firm will be B. H. BAuroL, who is the
.general partner—the special partner being Mr.
Alfred Kusenberg, who contributes to the common
stock of the partnership, $11,306.50.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. James L. Southwick, George H. Sheble;
• and Edward A. Greene, under the firm of Southwick,
Sheble & Co., has been dissolved by mutual consent,
and a limited partnership formed between them,
with the additional name of Seth B. Stitt, who
holds his position as the special partner of the new
firm of Sou'ruwicx, Sirnittx, & CirtEvNE, by con
tributing to the common stock of the partnership,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The term
of this alliance extends from the Ist instant, to
March 31, 1E66. Business, weol,!and the manufac
ture of woolen goods.
The firm of De Coursey & Hamilton has also beets
dissolved by mutual consent for the purpose of en
tering into a Tim ited partnership, the details of which
are as follows : The new firm will consist of Messrs.
Samuel G. De ,Coursey, Hugh Hamilton, Charles T.
Evans, and Seth B. Stitt, the latter neing the special
partner of the concern, and contributing to its com
mon stock the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The
firm has been constituted for the purpose of transact
ing lie dry goods commission business; its style in
future will be De Coot;IISEY, HAMILTON & EVANS,
and the term of the partnership three years.
Still another limited partnership has been formed,
or rather renewed,to continue until Dec. 31, 1663, be
tween Messrs. Mathias M. Marple and George Gor
don, the former being the general, anti the latter the
special partner, who paid into the common stock of
the firm on the date of its original formation, Februa
ry, 22;1861, the sum of twelye thousand five hundred
dollars. The style of firm hereafter, as hereto
fore, will be MATirras M. MAnnnn; the general
business to be transacted is the buying and selling of
varieties and fancy dry goods, at No. 53 North Third
street.
The limited partnership heretofore existing be
tween Messrs. J. Theoph. Plate and Carl C. Schott
ler, (general partners) and Chr. F. Plate, (special
partner) under the Brill of S. T. PLAT F. k SCHOTT
LER, for the purpose of conducting the importing
and, general commission business, has expired by
its own limitation, and the same business will here
after be conducted by the general partners for their
own account, under the same style of firm as hereto
fore.
The firm of Isaiah Aldrich & Son has been dis
solred' by mutual consent, Mr. George W. Aldrich
reiiring,:and a copartnership under the style of
ALDnlcit & YER1:10, has been formed between
Messrs. Isaiah Aldrich and Jones Yerkes; for •the
purpose pf dealing in foreign and domestic fruits, and
general produce, as commission merchants. Mr.
Yerkes announces' that he ivill still continue the
manufacture of •refrigerators, Sc., at No. 136 Dock
street.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Keller & Emory has been dissolved by mu
tual consent, Mr. Theo. D. Emory having removed
to No. 209 South Fourth street, and Mr. Paul P.
Keller remaining at 327 Walnut street.
A copartnership has been formed between Messrs.
Walter S. Newhall, Samuel Welsh : Jr., and Chas.
C. Harrison, under the firm of HARRISON, NEw;•
trar.r., & WELSH, tor the purpose of conducting the
sugar refinery business, at No. T2I "Vine street—
the Franklin Refinery.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. P. Jenks Smith, H. Pratt Smith, JOhn
H. Williams, and Wm. P. Smith, dry goods mer
chants, No. 513 Market street, has been dissolved by
mutual consent, the business of the late firm to be
settled by either of its members.
The film of Edward K. Tryon & Co.; wholesale
gun merchants, No. GM Market. and 220 North Se
cond streets, has been dissolved by the withdrawal
of the senior partner, anti a new firm has been
fortned - between the sons of the retiring member,
Messrs. George W. Tryon, Jr., and Edward K. Tryon,.
Jr., under the style of TRYON &13noTHErt, for the
purpose of continuing the same business at the
same localities.
Messrs. H. C. Truniek, Wm. H. Gregg, and Felix
Barr have associated themselves under the style of
H. C. Tnuxics:..& Co., for the transacting of an im
porting and jobbing dry•goods business at No. 2....v1
Market street and .`il6 Church alley.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. F. F. Wolgamuth, Maurice Raleigh, and
John Sullivan, under the title of "Philadelphia
Webbing Company," has been dissolved. The busi
ness of the company will be settled by two of the
partners, at No. 9 Bank and No. I'2. Strawberry•
streets..
Messrs. Geo.. W. Blabon & Co., oil cloth trier
chants,'North Third street, have admitted Mr. 'Wm.
H. Richardson to an interest in their business.
A copartnership has been entered into between
Messrs. James S, Young and Thomas Altemus,
under the firm of J. S. Youxo & Aursmus, - for
the purpose of conducting the dry goods jobbing
business, at-No. 420 Market street.
• 'Messrs. W. D. and Robert F. Smith have formed
a partnership, under the style of W. D. Smith & Co.,
for the transaction of the brewing business at the
old stand, 'northwest corner of Filth and Minor
streets, formerly occupied by their father, Mr.
Robert Smith. • .
A new firm has been constituted by Messrs.„Tames
Monroe and .Thaeph E. Smaltz, under the style of
Moraiox, & SMALTZ, for the transaction of the
wholesale boot and shoe business, at No. 501 Mar
ket street.
Messrs. Challes E Jordan arid Win. 0. Ross have
formed a copaltnership under the style of Josh tiff
ge Ross, for the purpose or conducting the wholesale
hat,- cap, and Armw goods business, at No. 35
No3th Third street:
The firm of S. Levine & Scm No: 235 Race street,
has b•?en dissolved by mutual consent, the business
to be- continued in future by the' senior partner
alone.
Messr.t•Wm. E. Locl,swood and E. Dinitsar Lock
wood herie entered inlla• a copastnership for the
transaction of a general commissiron- business, at
No. 239 83 . . - ath Third street, under the name and
style of E. LocKw000&
Mr. GeorgzD. Parrish, Nrtolesale foreign and do
mestic dry goods merchant, I{O. 312 Chestnut street,
has admitted an a partner Mr. James Cresson I.'ar
rish; the style - offirm nuw being, GsontrE
ARIUSIE
Messrs. Magee 3rHicks have admitted to aminte
rest in their business, Messrs. Isaiah }licks and Chas.
0. Swope.
19Iessra. Brodheaith- Brother, wholesale boot' and
shoe merchants, Ncx. 211 North Third street,. un
nounce that they liave extended their partnership
for a further term.
The special partnmhip between Messrs. .T.. H.
Philips, F. S. Philips And John M. King, has been
dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr. King. The two
remaining partners have entered into a partnership*
under the name and style of J. R. &F. S. Pamirs,.
for the purpose of conducting ajobbingcloth business,.
at No. 302 Market street:
The arrangement heretofore existing between Dr.-
William M. Uhler, and Powers & Weightman, at
the chemical works of. the-latter in the Twenty-first
ward, is announced to have ceased by mutual con
sent.
The partnership existing between Messrs. Chas:
M. Rogers and Samuel R. Evans, note-brokers,
having been dissolved by the death of the 'former,
Mr. Samuel R. Evans has associated with himself
Mr. James W. BoYd, to continue the same business
at the same place, No. 31 South Third street.
Messrs. Nickerson & Moseley have associatedavith
them in their business Mr. M. R.' Harris ; thestyle
of firm in future to be DricKEßsoN, Hksuus, &
DICiELEY.
Messrs. John C. Hopkins and- John McElveny
have formed a copartnership under the - style of
Jom .T•T 0. tc Co., for the transaction of, the
wholesale china, glass, and queensware business; at
612 Market street.
The partnership heretofore existing under the name
of Shultz, Peiper, & Co. has be'en dissolved by litni
tation, the business to be - settled at No. 45 North
Third street, by Mr. Peiper.
Messrs. Walter P. Shultz and Albert C: Gardner
have associated themselves, under 'the name of
Si-luvrz GA.r.n.NE.n, for the transaction of the boot
and shoe business, at No. 45 North Third street.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Joseph F. Tobias and James Carstairs, .Tr.,
has been dissolved by limitation, the business of the
firin to be settled by Mr. Toni....s, who. will continue
the wholesale wine and liquor .business at the•old
stand, Nos. 206 and 203 South Front:street.*
Messrs. Charles S. Csratairs, and.TamesCarstairs,
.Tr., have entered into copartnership for the transac
tion of a general commission and , importing husiness,
under the firm of CHARLES & .TAAES CARSTAIES.
The style and title of the firm of. Weaver, Piller, &
Co., has been changed to. Pitram.., WEAVER, & Co.,
and now consists of the following members : Edwin
- H. Piller, Michael Weaver, and Conrad F. Clothier.
The firm of Lippincott & Parry has been dissolved
by Mr. Joshua Lippincott retiring, the remaining
partner, Mr. Samuel Parry, having associated with
himself Messrs. Ellwood Johnson and Joshua W.
Lippincott, and will continue the wholesale cloth
business at the southwest cornerof Second and Mar
ket streets, as heretofore, under the style of LIPPIN
COTT 8.1 PARRY.
The firm of Harrold, Williams, & Co., bankers and
exchange dealers, has been dissolved by mutual con.
sent.
The house of Tredick, Stokes, S: Co., has admit
ted Mr. Elisha H. Hunt to its membership.
Mr. James H. Peabody has been admitted as part
ner in the firm of George F. Peabody & Co.
The firm of P. L. Ferguson & Co. having been dis
solved by - the death of Mr. Peter L. Ferguson, the
business will be continued by the surviving partner
under the name and style of CHARLES FERGUSON.
Mr. Charles Stokes has associated with him Messrs.
Edward T. Taylor and .William J. Stokearand will
hereafter continue the clothing and merchant tailor
ing business at No. 824 Chestnut street, under the
Continental Hotel, under the firm of CUARLES
STOKES & CO.
Messrs. Ellis & Harrop, cloth merchants, No. 21Y.5
Market street, have associated with them Mr. Wm.
B. Ellis, and will continue their business hereafter
under the name and style of ELLIS, ILkunor, & Co.
The copartnership heretofore existing in the name
of Megargee & Brothers has been dissolved by
mutual consent. The business will hereafter be
conducted as heretofore, at Nos. 3 and 5 Decatur
street, under the stile of TuEonora: MsoKitc.,Eu
& Co.
Messrs, 'Edward A. Adams, Henry P. Atkinson,
and James Whitney, have entered into a copart
nership for the purpose of transacting a general
jobbing dry goods" business, under the name and
style of ADAMS, ATKINSON, & CO., at No. 33 North
• Third street.
The cop:4rhaership heretofore existing between
Robert M. Evans and Lewis L. Forbes, under the
4irm of Evans & Forbes, has been dissolved by mu
tual consent.
Messis. Henry Dialogue and Samuel Greer have
entered into a partnership for the purpose of carry
ing on the manufacture and sale of fire-hose and
leather belting, Under the firm of DIALOGUE &
GREER, at No. HO North street.
The firm of Charles Ellis & Co. have associated
with theM William M. Ellicott, Jr:, and have taken
the warehouse on the northeast corner of Seventh
and Market streets, where they will continue busi
ness as wholesale druggists and manufacturers of
pha maceutical preparations, under the firm name of
Cnannis Ews, Soy, & Co.
Fashions for December.
(From Le Follet.]
Uwe may draw a 'conclusion from the prepara
tions made by the leading manufacturers of articles
for ladies , ,dress, we should be led to anticipate a
severe winter; and, although warned by an old pro
verb, " not to judge by appearances," still, as faith
ful chroniclers of all matters referring c , to fashion, we
ore bound to notice the several novelties in material
which are offtred to the fair sex as a special protec
tion against the expected inclemency of the season.
Some of the new goods are perfectly novel, while
others are merely old friends with new faces and
names. Satin will be much worn this winter, as
will 'also velvet and moire antique. The last-men
tioned material is made in several new colors and
designs : Thos.e with Pompadour flounces are per
haps the most elegant, and decidedly the newest.
They are manufactured in a variety of shades, both
light and dark ; but are better adapted for evening
wear. For toilettes de ville, silk and poplin are
much worn. In both materials, the color of Russian
leather is greatly in favor. For morning and in
door wear reps and drougets are still fashionable.
are also a variety of new and old materials as
which would scarcely be recognized by our readers
under their • new appellations. Evening and ball
dresses are Made In tulle ortarlatane, over silk or
satin, or either of the hitt& materials alone. It is
anticipated that worked muslins will be revived.
For a young lady's ball dress, what can possibly he
more elegant than the new gauze grenadine with
satin stripesl It is excessively aerial in appearance,
and is inexpensive wear.
Lace flounces or tunics will he much worn on ball
dresses, but for toilettes de ville they are decidedly
in bad taste. We always considered them out of
place for this purpose, and willingly announce their
disappearance. On mantles lace has a verydifferent
effect, and will still be the most habille style of
Soutarlie and paseementerie are still and will long
be favorite ornaments for cloaks and dresses. But
tons and tassels are much worn, and are made in a
variety of different styles, which will suit any ma
terial or form. Speaking of trimmings, we wel
come with great satisfaction the return of fringes,
decidedly the most graceful ornament ever intro
duced. Our readers must not understand from this
that we allude to the old style of straight silk
fringes. Those now in favor arc excessively be
coming. whether in silk or chenille. 'They have
splendid headings. and hang in tufts, separated by
pendant buttons, or little mossy balls.
Fur is much worn on dresses and mantles.
chills is regaining its sway, and is considered more
dress than Astracan, which has not losP in favor
since we last wrote; muffs, victorines, and cuffs are
now made In the latter. Bound boas are no longer
worn; the furs intended for the throat are made in
the • shape of a large collar; they quite cover the
shoulders. and are either pointed or round behind.
These pelerines are made with or without long ends,
but the latter are much the most didingue. Muffe,
on the contrary, seem to disappear day by day, and
if the present fashion continues they will soon not
be of the slightest use. But a lady, however, always
understands how to modify the fashions, and will
never wear anything exaggerated. Plush is decided
ly becoming a favorite material for.bonnets and man
tics, and is even employed for trimming dresses.
The present shape of bonnet is, we think, the most
elegant that has appeared for a long time. It is
very' narrow at the sides, very close to the cheeks,
and, though still raised quite high at the top of the
head, is very prettily rounded. The pointed form,
we are happy to say, has totally, and we trust irre
vocably, disappeared. The curtains appear to be
little wider than they were a few weeks ago, but,
we hope, will never recover their former preposte
rous dimensions. Bonnets are made in almost all
materials—plush, terry velvet, silk, satin, figured,
tulle, and plain Velvet. • The trimmings are velvet.
feathers, or flowers. Ribbon is very little worn, and
. only on quite morning bonnets. Feathers are more
patronised than ever, both for bonnets and coiffures ;
dresses are also trimmed with them, but not for out
door wear. Terry velvet is not, of course, considered
so habille fora bonnet 'as* the plain royal velvet;
in fact, the latter material, mixed with satin or
tulle. is the only style adopted when worn in dress.
The new mantles are much smaller than was
fashionable last winter ; they are made in so great a
diversity of form that it is a difficulty to select from
them ; we may, however, confidently state that the
"polonaise" is .the most elegant and decidedly the
most dressy. This cloak is a species of half-fitting
casque with sleeves; it is not so long as those for
merly worn ; it marks the outline or the figure ivith
out fitting, and it is much sprung out from the back
below the waist, so as to allow for the tournure.
The Case of Commander Preble.
REASONS FOR HIS DISKISS.AL FROM THE
SERVICE.
The following official document sets forth the rea
sons for the dismissal of Commander Preble front
the navy:
"NAVY brgPA:UTM ENT, Dec- 12, 15G2.
"Stn: The board convened for the purpose of
considering the case of Mr. George H. Preble, hav
ing reported that, in its opinion, Commander Preble
did not perform his whole duty, and did not do his
utmost to prevent the Oreto4rom entering the har
bor of Mobile, has requested permission to give
briefly sonic of the reasons which have guided it to
this decision.
"Ist. The failure to arrest the Oreto turns,' In
Commander Treble's' three reruirts submitted to
the board, upon his ignorance of her character, and
his supposition that she was an English man-of
war. The practice of the sea supplies n mode of
ascertaining the character ,of a suspicious vessel
s:wilar- to the challenge of 'a sentinel on post. If
the challenging or signal gun had been- fired in
the usual manner, at the usual time, according to
common practice in such cases, the real character of
the Oreto would have been so far made apparent
that Commander Treble would have been aware of
the necessity of stopping her.
" 2d. Owing to this neglect, the advantages of time
and of position were lost; and both of these advan
tages were still further thrown away—first, by hail
ing, which is not customary or proper in such cir
cumstances; and, secondly, by waiting to fire more
than one shot across the Oreto's bow.
" 3d. The hoard does not, by the three reports sub
mitted to it, arrive at the conclusion that the Oreto's
conduct was suchns to justify her being mistaken
for a British man-of-war.
"4th. The hoard is of the opinion that, when Corn
manthr Fret,le arrived at the conclusion that the
Oreto was a British man-of-war, he had no just emo
tive, in this conclusion, for not proceeding to resist
with force an attempted violation of the blockade.
"fitli. The proceedings in these a r . :
service is the same with all nati ons fired by the stationary or eruisingn
the strange sail a determination tole,''.l-'`;'
challenge to stop, and a desire to
character. It is generally angw€l,,, he Tfig.,l„-
the strange sail places himself in '' l4 L
easily approached. kiltlyi
"If, after tide signal-gun has b e
„
blockading vessel to warn the stra,,4
mer should fire a fore t ell
gu n , t he e, tv,l
man-of-war, of a foreign rartiinoro',lhirfl.;
fire. 1,
"6th. Ffnally, Commander Preble
he had known the tree character fit
could have boarded her; or, in
she was in his power; and bi n i mit ,r4 % .
his whole duty conaists, in the to
board, in his not having employedin ,
dinar} means of ascertaining her a ir ' . .tr.a
losing the advantages of time and 1-,04,4-;
ther by stopping to hail, aad,
AFt second and third shot across. her ha w.
"very respectfully, your ohNlient
A.
"Rear A.dmiraf and s, r i l)1
"lion. GIDEON - I,VELLEs, Secretary Of C ti
'Y T
TIM NEW YEAR FEST:vAL,
who contributed most effectirelytn ti c
festivities of New Year's day,
prietor of the popular Restaurant.
ner of Fourth and Chestnut streets,
nently to be mentioned. His prepar atii . e :::l
casion were, as usual, on the most siati.:;:'
and from the flattering comments
tlemen, some the hundred in all, % -1,,
tables during the daY) we vi lnY Weir
has not entered upon the New Year
a laurel to his crown. It is now uti.c4,
ratted that he furnishes the hest
and that, too, at more reasonable Pree.3
usually charged for first quality fare I. ~
that the most fastidious epicure could
in the best style, can always here be
shortest notice. His meats of all hi rl , t ,
the market affords; his butter,ANi)l.l:;
terrapins, and salads, the finest in the
he
wines delicious. "We tin not wonder, ttr;; ; "'
Price has more first-class patronage
three dining saloona in Philadelphia cot,
FINE •CARTES DE VIsITI-2.—F,)
Imperial, and Life-size Pictures, pki r ,,
finished in colors, can be had ingreate3t
at the popular g,round-flonr gallerycf 3:1,!
No. 820 Arch street. Mr. Hippie is or,, of
talented and thoroughly-skilled younnithti
country. Give him a call.
SUPERIOR TEAS AND CO}TEF,F. .•
• 4,
SONATILE Pr..ICES.—Mr. C. R. Mat Non, deil--
a irily groceries, Arch and Tenth strecti,bi.
store a full line of the best black and gruniva,
a fine , article of Old Government jails,
celebrated colibes, which he is
prices.
GENTLEMEN'S, FURNISIIING
Messrs. Charles - Oakford & son, t a d uul
Mental Hotel, have now in store a mpe,rF,,,
the'
of all the choicest and most
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
SrLENDID Fts-ES sELLTNG opp
Messrs. Charles Oakford S Son, 'A s .
636 Chestnut street, under the Octant:lN
have still an elegant stock of lid, 1 . 4 75 1,
and children, embracing all the differen
varieties, which they are selling at
prices, in anticipation of the dose or tte see;
WIT AND WISDOM.--ne 'ni x)
cold hearthstone will never be ebeereit by tb:
of the Cricket.
A State that lives by devouring its o„
will soon have nothing left to feed on.
Constant motion is a great law Of 113.NTP,
being stationary—except pen, ink, arid
Many boys, when they go out into they,:
a roundabout way of keeping warn.
The best way for both men and boys to
is to wear the cheap and substantial
up at the one-price clothing emporim r , o ff, :
Stokes ; No. 609 Chestnut street, 1 1141r:4C
r rIIE LAST CIT.ANCE FOR A NEW - ,
PREF•EIiT TO YOTP. Bor.—One of the no
able and economical presents for yen toy.
of Winter Clothing. Charles Stokes. "r!,.
Continental, has sonic of the best made hdyt'l
ing in this city, which he offers at to tad
prices at which his other goads are ssll.
clothing is ail of new style materials, slid Eir
best cutters. A private apartment, m .:1 ,,
may select the goods. Charles .Stokod,
Chestnut street, under the Continental.
Boys' Beady-made Clothing.
NAVIGATING TUE AIR.—N. de Ga
Bruges, asserts that after eleven yew II:
has invented the means of flying in ite
direction. The machine is small, hessys
enable man to move in the air " with tits:
of the swallow and the vigor of the evis'
Groot' has now only to mount his tlyht
horse, turn a peg, let on the steam, Radon
Atlantic in about three-quarters of an hficr.
Philadelphia, and after procuring a
at the Brown Stone Clothing Hill of Roe
Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut lute.
Sisth, be back to Bruges in time fornit.
Wonders will never cease.
pIy.SIIP I', KELLY, Tailor, 14 . 2
street, formerly principal of Kelly S:Brothe:
Lukens, Kelly, & Bro., has on hand a ilar
ment of choice Winter Goods; also, Pane:
coats and Business Goats, of all the firl .
styles. Terms cash, at low, prices.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS !—Get a k
Steck Piano of J. E. Gould, corner of Sere
Chestnut streets.
J. E. GOuLD, corner of Seventh
Chestnut streets, is the only one in Philkdslphl:
keeps the popular and truly beautiful Geo.
Pianofortes.
ARRIVALS AT THE MOTE
UP TO 12 O'CLOCK LAST :NIGEL
Continental Hotel—
L Gaines. Cincinnati. 0
G 11 Barrows, Cincinnati, 0'
0 P Scaife, Pitisbnr;
MK Moorhead, Pittsburg
Mrs Burgess, Penna
Miss Young, Penua
Y Clipper, Penna
W H Noon, Wash ington,D
H S McCombs & la, Del
R F Stoddard, New York
Limn Thompson, Now York
Simnel Finyser, Chicago
Jas E Reeves, Richmond
Geo H Perlle(on.Ciarionati
H Si/leman DS A •
Chas Silleman. P . ottsville
Wm Matcher, 'Wilmington
Dr Gray, New York
P Williams, Elizabeth
A Il Kimball, Boston
Austin Abbott & In, N York'
ES Martin & la, New York
Miss Woodward, New York
W F Durfee, Derroit
0 W Potter, Chirago
N Worthen, Vermont
Chas W Potter & la,l J
31 Walcott t; +
Dr Head, S A
W J Anderson, New York
Girard iione—Clic
.Tno C Itoylinan. Phila
Mr Summers, l'hila
lane Leech, Kingsming
Wm 11 Ftiternit,
11 A Williams, New York
A P Wi Ikon, Huntingdon
Maid W A l' Wilson, Penns
ThosG Fuhrril, Phila
Howard Chilton, Phila
Tun Ii Paiter,ou, S A
".V Dorris, Jr, t wr, Poona
Mir-hall S V Pollan]. Rost
W 1111 Crniksbank.3hl
"Miss Cruikshank, Maryland
R Durkee & err. I'S
C Green & wr, A
11 Sitlontzky & hi, St Louts
blerchnnts . --Fourth
John M Stewart, Pit
W A Wylie. Perry co, Pa
11 - .Sznirh, 'Washington
S R Craig, Pittsburg
W H Curry, Pittsburg
C Stark, Myde Park, Pa
.1 A Hill. Caliternia
.To,:ittir Bryan, Phila
1"; Baneker
Jno Ileppick, Middletown
.1 I' Orchard. Scranton, I'a
IL A Wade, Elizabethtowa
Alfred .1 Patterson, Pa
W Madeira, Manchester
S It Dunbar; Newport
Wll TenniOy, ewlaol
11 11 Markle} - & lady,
Amcricau--Chestuut
A Sprankle. Altoona
Al A .31itellell
11 3ltwa Ltli, Cat teangnn
3turtatign, Catasanqua
Bit Shreve, New Jersey
A Woodhull
.1 C Benson ; Baltimore.
J 11 Clianumon, Ph Hada
St. Louis Hotel—Chcs
.7 H Austin, Trenton, N
Jas :McCabe, Wilmington
N Denny, Delaware
B S Gostie, Delaware
D Dodge, II S
JD Elkins, -New York
e:uul .Tolinsen
Miss N Haldeman; Lane cu
W M Danforth, Buffalo
'W Hinkle & ,la,
C S Howell, Toledo, Ohio
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The Union—Arch street, aboVe . s
1
J S Bursk & la, Laneastor I. G m grv .p.aiit,:% l . ,
3IT Patterson. Tyroth2, .Pa, 3lri•C MllienL 4 •..
Fnink 3LeGf Newew Jerey GNI 0rninit.tte..,.....:,.
R J Tithean, Jentey Col R Ratelte,T 7"
States Union—Sixth
G U Groves Se wife. Wash'n
E Sperind, Columbia, Pa
Geo II Emople, Columbia
A Go-y, Col molds, Pa
Loxitiain,We: , tmore'd co
Icsac Map., Ciearfield co
Geo Maya, Clearfield co
JohnSGlehn thintinfidm
l I Railer, Mt Joy
Parley Sheaf—Second street, Won V.
.T t BP!, La Kaska Smith. intiro.
C Connard, Lanai:km D M Fisher. Dir'.2.
1) Con nard, Maury 0 Watson. 111 ,1:
J Connard, Warwick R Reed, Soo"
L Bradshaw, Centreville .1 Hiders 1.;:..f
A Da remit Sz. la. N D Ireton. :C' " n r :
Wilminson, New Jo6s.ey
31 N JS Chamber, 11."
.1 B Jones, Flatnorough .1 Web: ol . P",l :
Mrs A Waltnn, Blair co 1. Pak:A 51 4 ' 3 ,.;
31n McQuade, Blair co W !
S Mvers, Blair co A
B L
Mr Bid le & dan, Blair co C Eli.
Commercial—Sixth street, below
J Forgtvon, Penna
Job u G Lancaster co I. D I Zook , lf[
It Simpson, Milton, pa Louis s rforo. •
L B Platt & wife. Delaware 1) R
S C Ritchie, Wilmins : n, Del J
.1 A Conner, Wilminit u, I)ci
Etlnek Bear—Third street, above Cal
1) Ifaii)pr, 01 uey. Pa I A I.3neinutu ,
3 Jkleyer, Len.port, Pa lEdw =on!
Isqtac Sleeker, Alyurstciwn
Baia Engle—Third st., above Cn il°l'.
Jos 'Ebert Pa
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31 rs 0 F Allentown Mrs l'll l‘ il al i '
t i oPh i S i , - 4 1'?„
Mrs V Hoffman, Allentolc 'Peter Broca,
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National—Race street, above r ih ird '
.T M Frank. LnuertSfer CO 3frr
DoiTnint:on.r,
M 19iler & In. Pat M .:, 0
$ll ilmiti.r.Shiretnaustown .1.): L I:414 I'l,
II 6 Ronilenbugh, Rending . 311 Rue, Jr, /I'°
GEORGE STECeS
INIMITABLE PIANO FORTES, her; o
Wa nds et I ` 3a r 2's r
are rapidly taking' precedence
pon-er, evenness a touch, and pure onality (OM!!
of nil
should puir.hase without examininz them rie'... *
The most eminent teachers are alumit &lII' r;
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