THE PRESS, pUBLISIIED DAILY (SUNDAYS BX.O)IPTEDA joy JOHN W. FORNEY, 0 10, No. in SOUTH PODRTH STREET T leadeni X' PRESS, plow+ Casts Pik lArnak, payable to the Carrier, illicit to Subscribers out of the City at Emir Dor:LARS nun, Fon Dou.Aus You Six Morro% Two DOL. 106 NB Tem MONTHS—invariably In advance for the Woe ordered. Advertisements inserted at the visual rates. Six ~,pe§constitute a square. TUE TM-WEEKLY PRESS, !billed lo Subscribers out of the City at Form Dear o se PRA Assn'. in advance, COMMISSION ROUSES. pITIL ADBLP , H T.' A _ "BAG" MANtFACTORY. • . B uBLAPBA.GS, OF ALL SIZES, FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, &c, ALSO, SEAMLESS BAGS, " of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net 0 :o on delivery, P -E0 No. 219 CHURCH ALLEY. cy,A.M.LBSS BAGS. 200 CANADA A, nil Cotton, ounces, $OO.l OZARK'S, ' , 600 KELLY'S, " " 100 *AM OSKE A a .c., " ,8,09 a HAMPDEN E., half Cotton. • For sale low by GRIGG Jo HAII,MSTEAD, MERCHANDIZE BROKERS. jaa-lnl No. 21 STRAWBERRY Street cOTTON: YARN STPERIOR COTTOII YARN, No. 10. FOR SALE BY FROTHINOHAM & WELLS. oole SHIPLEY', HAZ ARD, & HUT ()HINSON, 1.12 CHESTNUT STREET. 00MidISSiONbiEJLORA:11Te FOR THE SALE PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. souk& ATLANTIC) COTTON.MILLS. SIIEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. 00ARLES AMORY, SR., 1:44 00., ADMITS, 205 CHURCH ALLEY, PUTT,AnutPRIA. Jra-tr CLOTHES -WRINGERS. THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. " PUTNAM ..3SELF-ADTUSTING OtOTRES WRINGER" Is warranted to be superior to any other in use. /NEE): FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES ; WRINGER. BEOAIISB, lAt. It le a relief to the hardest part of washing-day. ?a. It enables the washing to be done In one-third lees 3d. It saves clothes from the injury always given by 71sihig. gh, It helps to wash. the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE ONE OF THIS KIND, Finer. The Tolle being of vnlcanised rnbber, will bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear J@' buttons. SECOND, The frame being of Iron, thoroarhly gal qteized, all danger from rust is removed, andthe Ha .-4ity shrink, swell, split, Sm., BP unavoidable In 'wooden macidues, is prevented. TaiS.D. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma. clithe self-adlUsting, so that small and large articles, as 7ell.as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to re airs uniform pressure. FOURTH, The patent fastening by which the machine tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in elm ?licit,' and efficiency to any yet offered. Firfß, It will At any tub; round or square, from one :ntif to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without ;be least alteration. RETAIL, PRICE No.l, $6.00 No. 2, SUM. arg- Agents wanted in every.countY. Air Reliable and energetic wen will be liberally dealt with: For Sale at the "WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT" A.H. FRANQISCITS, - 'No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTY! SI, isl.9-taths trnhB WholeFele agent for Pennsylvania. lafiE=Eli=l DRALER IN ROUSDFURNISHING 1100DS, No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET, igent for the sale of HALEY, ',HORSE, & BOYDEN'S PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING. CLOTETES-WRINGER, B , l;eved to be the best CLOTFIERATRINGER In nee is will wring- the largest Ned Quilt or EmalleEt Hand -cerchlef drier —than can possibly be done by hand, in Ten- much less time. 11.—A liberal discount will be made to dealers. colSm CABINET FURNITURE. A BINET FURNIT U ILE .AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE it CAMPION, Na. 201 Sonth SECOND Street, Sn connection with theitexteneive Cabinet Business, are 'am manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, Ind hawe now on hand a full supply, finished with the 11001tH & CAMPION'S UIVROVM CUSHIONS, which are pronounced by all who have used them to be sopa :l°r to all others, For the quality and finish of these Tables the menu froturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work, au23-6m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 4304 Northeast Corner Fourth and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, - WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS. AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MA.I4IIPAO'LTRER9 OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a. AGENTS FOR TILE CELEBRATED. TRENCH ZINO PAINTS. Dealers and consumers suppllect at, VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH, A . OPPENHEIMER, No. 9131. CHURCH Alley, Philadelphia, CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF ARMY CLOTHING Of Every Description. ALSO, IENTS HATERSACKS, PONCHOS, CAMP BLANKETS, RNAPSACKS, and BED TICKINOS FOR HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR. CONTRACTORS. All goods made will be gctarantied regulation in size and make. N. B, Orders of any size filled with despatch. ja7-tf 617 ARCH STREET. C. A. VANKIRIK & CO. Have on hand a fine assortment of CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. /deo, Preach Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain l'lLd Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Pleao call and examine goods. del3-17 5 CASES 30-INCH BLACKSTONE UMBRELLA CLOTHS.. Pot sale by MATI TAW BINNBY'S SONS, a BOSTON, Masg. (CAUTION. The well-earned reptttattoa of FAIRBANKS' SCALES :Ise Induced the makers of Imperfect balances to offer LAem as " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers hay* thereby, i n many Instances; been subjected to fraud and tlrMealtion, Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by i ' h e original inventors, E. & T. FAIRBANKS 8; CO., and are adapted to every branch of the bred:tem, where a correct and durable Scales Is desired. FAIRBANKS tt EWING, General Agoutis. aDIO , -tf MASONIC HALL. 715 CHESTNUT ST EVANS & WATSON'S SALAMANDER SAPI STORE 16 BOUTS FnuRTH STREET, PHILADELFRIA, PA. 141E40 variety of FIRE-PROOF SAPS alwaya on tet. CRERE L, HERRING, SHAD, e(c. 2 ,500 }ibis Mass. Nos. 1,3, and S Mackerel, late.canghi A n t CA, In assorted packaom. .4 4 . 00 ) Bbls. New Bastport, Fortnne Bay , and Halifax erri g. 240 0 Boxes Lubec, Scaled, and No. 1 Herrhill. MN. new Mese Shad. , V.O Boxes Herkimer Cella)" Cheese, ale. let eters and for sale by MTIRPHY & FLOONit_ 14-S, North WHARVEN. 4t LUCIFER" OIL WORKS. ICO bhls. " Lucifer Burning 011 on hand. thW . Clarnntee the Oil to be non-exploeive, to burn a_ll . .tct Ou in the lamp with and teady brilliant Same, with frv."ustihit the wick, bat slowly . . Barrels lined I .- glass enamel . 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'l'llll-' ' ' jiii .---- '"' ' .., . . . -..- 5..i:. , ..L' ' :"; -kt41310k4._-ater-j0... : .' 4 ,- ', ' .&.,.'nlit • --7--- ___. --="4, "" •• •010_ ,„,. - .. - - ,- -;*:....7.c--.-- -ir, : "-- - - _ -.-:r...-7"..- . . . . ' .7 % • %.........• •••-.....................„ ,44. :f ...., . ..."--••••••-•.c.=',... ' - - ' • - ''''''. , • r • . . ~ .'' ' • -:. - . . .VOll. 6.-NO. 138. RETAIL DRY GOODS. UP STAIRS DEPARTMENT BOYS' CLOTHING LADIES' CLOAKS, READY MADE OR MADE TO ORDER. COOPER & CONARD, 3a454fel S. R. COR. NINTH and MARKET Sts JAMES R. CAMPBELL_ & IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 727,CLIESTNIIT STREET, Have Just received, and are now offering, magailicent ines'of - - - SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS, ESP=ECIALLY ADAPTED TO .THIS SEASON nol-3m 1024 CHESTNUT STREET E.: M. NEEDLES. LINENS, WBITE GOODS, LACES; AND EMBROIDERIES. I A full assortment always on hand at LOW PRICES. 1 1 Just received. laco-irimmed Embroidered and Ilifourning bluslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the house and street. Also, all-linen . Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, at 15 cents. . Also, all descriptions of Linen Handkerchiefs, for Ladies, Gents, and Children, at WHOLESALE PRICES. , ,iaS•tf 1024 CHESTNUT STREET MEN'S AND. BOYS' WEAR. Cassimeres for Bag seas Suits. Casalmeres for Dress Suits. Cassimeres for Boys' wear. Cloths adapted to every use. - Boys' Clothing, ready made. Men's and Buys' Suits made to order. BLANKETS. A tiptop lot at $3. Damaged Gray Blankets at $350 and $3.50. Horse Blankets—Army Blankets. Domestic Goods at lowest prices. TABLE LINENS. Fine Table Damasks and Cloths. The famous power-loom Table Linens. Bargains In Napkins, Sic.. &c. DRESS GOODS. 2,631 yards newest styles Delaines at 23c. Blue Reps, Blue Poplins, Blue Paramattas. Brown Rops, Brown Poplins, Brown Coburgs. Bannerols at $2.75, $3,_53.25, and $3.50. COOPER & CONARD. S. E. corner NINTH and MASKET Street& VDININ HALL & BRO., 26 South SECOND Street, Have reduced the prices:of Fancy Silks, Rich Printed Dress Goods, Choice Shades of Morinoes, Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins, All-Wool De Laines, All kinds of dark dress goods reduced. Also, Fine Long Droehe Shawls, Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls, Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls. 44 Lyons Silk velvets, pure Silk. Ry GOODS FOR WINTER. D Rep. Poplins, French Merinos, Colored Monsselines, ?mat De Soles, Foulard Silks, Blanket Shawls, . Balmoral Skirts, Black Silks, Fancy Silks, Black Bombazines, Worsted Plaids, Cheap Delaines, French Chintzes, Shirting Flannels, Broehe Shawls, Fine Blankets, ' Crib Blankets. SHARPLESS BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. H STEEL & SON HAVE A. LARGE • usortment of DRESS GOODS. suitable for HO: LIDAY PRESENTS. Rich Fancy Silks ; Plain Silks, choice colors. Plain and Fignred Black . Silks. Plain and Figured Rep Poplins. Plain and Figured Merinoes. Plain Solferino Cashmeres, at 373 cc, worth 62. WINTER SHAWLS, in great variety, MERINO SCARFS, BROCHE BORDERS. CLOAKS—Of New and Fashionable Styles, made of Black Beaver, Frosted BeaveA and Black Cloth. Call and examine our stock. We guaranty to give sa tisfaction, as - we sell nothing but good articles, and at lower prices than they can be 'sought elsewhere. dell • Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street. CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS. Large Crib Blankets. Flue Cradle Blankets. jal EYRE St LA.NDELL, FOURTH and ARCH CHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E:A_RCITAM BAULT, Northeast Corner ELEVENTH and ItI.A.RKET Streets, will open. THIS MORNING, from An on, In grain Carpets at 37.4,5, 50, 62, 75, and 87c. Entry and Stair Carpets, 25 to 645c:Bag, Hemp, and Yarn Carpets, 20 to 45c. Floor Oil Cloths, 37 to 62c. Gilt Bordered .Window Shades, 62c to $1.60. Buff and Green Window. Holland. Mous. de Laines, 18 to 25c. Plaid Dress Goods, 25 to 45c, Christmas . Chintzes, 16 to 200. Frosted Beaver Cloths, $2 to $3, - Water-proof Cloakings, $1.25. Fancy Shirring Flannels, 37 to 62c. Canton Flannels, 25 to 31c. Shirting and .Sheeti dell-thstu lm - EYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND 4 " ARCH, have a fine stock of GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM. - Good Large Blankets. Good Linen Shootings. Good Muslin by the piece. Good Unshrinking Flannels. - Good Fast. Colored. Prints. Good Table Linen. and Towels. . Good Quality Black Silks. Good Assortment Colored Silks. jai GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. 606. ARCH STREET. 606 PINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER EMPORTU.H. Fi.ll Assortment of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, IN (MEAT 'VARIETY. SUPERIOR QUALIFY, AND AT MODERATE PRICES. G. A. HOFFMANN, Successor to N. W. KNIGHT. ja3-stuth 3m - 006 ARCH STREET. 606. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Nos, 1 .AND .3 NORTH SIXTH STREET JOHN C. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORS,) Has now in store an elegant assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, &c., In Great Variety -- HOLIDAY PRESENTS.-OPENING} a splendid assortment of GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, suitable Presents for Gentlemen. J. W. SCOTT, No. 814. CHESTNUT Street. dell-tf Ponr doors below the Continental. PAINTINGS. ENGRAVINGS, Sze. JAMES S. EARLE .8& SON, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF LOOKING GLASSES. DEALERS IN OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE .LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, de3l.-tf Sl6 CHESTNUT Street, Plalladelphia. CHAS. S. & JAS. CARSTAIRS, NOS. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Streets, Offer for sale the following goods in bond of their own importation, viz: Cognac and Rochelle Brandies, in half Pines, quarters, and octaves. Burgundy Ports, in quarters and octaves. Oporto Ports, in octaves. Triple-Anchor Gin, in pipes and three-quarter pipes. Jamaica Ruin, in puncheons. Bay Rum, in puncheons and barrels. Claret, in casks and cases. Also, the followinn . , for which we are the sole agents CIIAIIPAGNE.—The celebrated brands of " Gold Lac" and " Gloria." Purrey & Blames' Imperial French Mustard. Olives. " Capers. " Carstairs"' pure Salad OIL Also for sale, to arrive,lBo casks Marseilles Madeira. 200 baskets Olive OR. 120 cases French Mustard. 000 cases Claret. 117 quarter casks Burgundy Port. ial-tf TERRA COTTA WA.RE. -L. Fancy Flower Pots. Hanging Vases. Fern yases, with Plants. Orange Pots. Ivy Vases, with Plants. Cassoletts Renaissance. Lava Vases Antique.: Consols and Canatades.i Marble Busts and Pedestals. Brackets, ail sizes. With a large assortment of other FANCY GOODS, suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, most of which are manufactured and imported for our own sales, and will not be found at any other establishment. - S. A. HARRISON. deft 1010 CHESTNUT Streak "RHODES & - WILLIAMS 107 SOUTH WATER Street, have in store, and offer for sale— Layer Itaisine—whole, half, and quarter boxes, 4 45 64 Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel. Currants, Dried Apples. Dried Peaches newt halves anti quarters, and pared, White 13eartsCtinatia Whole and Split Peas. Turkish and ' Malaga Figs Olive Oil, quarts and pinta. Hemp anti Ca try Seed. Princess. Bordeaux, anti Sicily Almonds. French Mustard, English Pickles, See, Turkish and French Prunes. 'Fresh Peaches, Blackberries, Cherries, Fresh Tomatoc it, Corn, Peas, &e. . ertu cal ly-rea led Meats, Soups, &c. Sardines, halves anti quarters. lab) (Ct. braes. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 180. Theatricals in Richmond. There is a description of melancholy. mirth, -- mentioned by Dante, as sometimes prevailing in the lower regions. Byron was evidently thinking of it, when, in "The . Corsair," he wrote Strange thpugh it seem—yet with extremest grief Is linked a mirth—it doth not bring relief; That playfulness of sorrow neer beguiles, And smiles in playfulness—but still it smiles And sometimes, with the wisest and the best,; 'Till even the scaffold echoes with theirjest ! Yet not the joy to which it seems akiaL- It may deceive all hearts; save that within." Something in the 'shine line is now to be found Richthondi where two theatres ere open at ChriStunts, as we learn from advertisements in the 'Examiner. (almost illegible, froM worn type and bad.paper), of December 24thtWo theatres open; and a:third nearly completed. • : : One Of these is theßread,street Theatre, which (the advertisement - announces) is LL.croT,. - 'cled nightly by'the handsome `daugh- ters:.'und brirVe sons of Our beloved South to beStOw their ~ apProbation mid aPPlause, on Harry .ISlitcarthy,.' the Soldier's Friend ; who 41.11.4sAtutnd-p oii a ro. , in-aid of our SafferingarinY."'!, As if this liberal actor. was not ' sufficiently attractive, the Sonic: daught&S and brave sons" ;of the South are recommended to •" GO see - Mi . ss Estelle, and hear the.authoi•Tif out National : Song*" Mid the timipuncement:Winds - up with an emphatic suggestion :" GO • Early," in, :the fashion of the disintereated recommendation of Mrs:: JarleY, the. 'show-, woman , in The: Old Curiosity Shop." There are only two prices .of admission- , -- seventy-five cents for ladies and gentlethen and fifty cents for servants., R . probably IS not quite correct in Richmond to allow co bored '! pussons" into a theatre. , The' Richthond Varieties seems' to be a more regular institution than the preceding, Where. the Only inducethent held out is to' see Harry itlacarthy and AtiSs Lotty Estelle,' and where no nianager's name is niehtioned. At the Varieties there is au acting and stnge mainige . r, named D. Qrsey pgden,,Lbut it Will • save ft TlVorid of destription to subjoin the bill of Christmas Eve WEDNESDAY EVENING, December 24, 1,36.2, Third night of the new Play of the GUERILLAS. • cONFEDERATES Captain Arthur Douglass Henry Douglass.. Blanton Douglass Lieutenant Ogden Wiry 'Willey Jim Gentry Clayton EM=MI Mrs. Douglass Kate Mayne.. Eliza Grafton Mrs. Raymond MEM Major General Fremont Colonel Brantley - Major Tilton Fremont's Orderly Bill Stokes 'Ville Joe DANCE Miss Mary Pertington SONGS Miss Rosamond Carneross To commence with BRYAN O'LYNN ADMISRION-Fifty and seventy-five cents The editors Of the Richt - 119nd Examiner do not;indicate,- even. by a single line of crith ciSm: - "puff;" :What:fnanner of play the. " Guerillas" might be r but i :it maybe Safely presuMed, from the locality in Which it was produced, _that General :stemoxit and his ad berents dramatically come to grief in the last act. The Richmond editor, :in the pa per, before us, perhaps, had no heart : to Write criticisia,r for lie was considerably exercised in assailing certain persons whom, : he de scribes as "a swarm of :Israelites and Aran trees" whom tbe : war,had produced----koic is not stated:' He groWS poetical, : in these How rich is Dixie! :not, indeed,,in mines, Or peace, or plenty, corn, or oil, or wines, No land of Canaan full of milk and honey, Nor, save in paper shekels, ready money ; But let us not to own the truth refuse— Was'ever Christian land so rich in Jews ! An enthusiastic reporter, however, whose, capacity for spinning out description Shows him a genius in the - art of Peimy,a-lining, devotes nearly a column to an account of the New Richmond Theatre, which (of course). figtres in his article as " the new and bean tiful temple of the drama,"' and records that for a year past "it has .been gradually rising, like Phomix, literally frOin the ashes of the old Marshal : l.Y'. He adds, that it was the design of the liberal pro 7. prietress, Mrs. Elizabeth Magill, to erect a theatre that would rival any in the Con-, federacyi and it is hey greatest : praise that she hitssucceeded.'' For particulars of the' getting-up of :this theatre, we refer the gen tle reader to the Richmond Examiner. Every ``: new and beautiful temple of the: drama" is ,described, in local jonirials, as the neatest, most handsbme, and most con; venient - of public buildings ; its paint:and gilding ate mentioned as superb; its stucco. figures as stronger and more durable than granite ; and the names of the persons cm., ployed in its construction, from the archi 7 tect down to the chief hodman, arc Chroni 7 cled with wondrous fullness and particu- E laxity: We eschew a,tiresome repetition of such details, deSiring only to record the fact that in RichMond; where food iS"Scaree and dear, two theatres are in full play, and a third is to be opened early in. February. Thus, in the most .troublous times of the first French RevOlution, When faMine dee-, mated those whom the guillotine spared, every theatre in Paris was crowded, and managers (who Were pot executed on sus- picion) made rapid and immense fortunes ! Capture of Holly Springs. [Special. Correspondence of The PreSS.] CAMP NEAR LAFAYETTE, TENN" DlENtruis AID CHARLESTON RAILROAD, January 2, 1863 This is the twentieth day of our isolation. Fmm the world outside not a word has reached us; from us to those traditionary beautiful regions not a word Las gone. I can well imagine the anxiety which our friends fed for our well-doing and safety, but the only consolation we have given .each other du ring this long embargo on letters, newspapers, rail road trains, and provisions, has been that we have felt a counter anxiety in regard to our brotherp on the Rappahannock, of whom good and bad tidings are brought to us in the same breath. Since leaving' Abbeyville, Miss., from which point I wrote you, the turn in our military affairs has been everything but agreeable. We moved southward to Tocona, about fifteen miles south of Oxford, and while quietly resting and watching the enemy in front, Van DOrn, with some live thousand rascally rebel wretches, made a detour to our left, and dashed into Holly Springs, surprising and capturing the gar rison, who shamefully laid down their arms, and surrendered without firing a shot. Destroying'all our stores and property, and becoming surfeited with the contents of sutlers' stores and commissary whisky, they held high carnival for several hours, when thefire, which had already destroyed nearly all of the business portion of the town, reached the arsenal, in which was stored our reserve ammu nition. With loud report the shells commenced bursting, and with fear visibly depicted in every countenance of the rebel revellers, and with every tongue loud in the cry, "Yanks coming! Yanks coming !" they left as suddenly as they came, giving to those who were so unfortunate as to be witnesses a living illustration of Artemus Ward's " idea " 7 -a regiment of brigadier generals—for nearly every rascal of the gang, had doffed his snuff-eolored rags, and donned in their stead, from the sutlers' stores; the uniforms of the officers of our own army, and; in the scramble, as usually happens in the distribution of military clothing, the small men receive all the large clothes, and vice versa. Our troubles do not, however, end here. The wily foe has been at work on our lines of communication, and that with lacton, Tenn., and Columbus, Hy., has, temporarily been most effectually broken, the road in many filaces being destroyed, bridges burned, telegraph wires cut, and other injuries; which will require much time and labor to repair. Colonel Murphy, the hero of the shameful disaster at luka, in. September last, was in command of the post at Holly Springs, when he abandoned the place and all its stores, and no enemy near. These well-conducted raids of the rebels hays compelled us to retrace our steps ; but it is not from any well-directed attack on his part, but that- we may reopen our lines, and be in direct communication with our impplies. We, in the West, have nothing to fear ; we are in good health and spirits,' and eager and willing to end this ter rible war by encountering and defeating any force a hick the Confederacy can muster against it. We are now guarding the railway—M. and C.—and are nt present about thirty-one,milea from Memphis, a here we shall remain until another Movement for thecapture of that mythological rebel army is pro:. je c ted. AIERLE. PHILADELPaI4, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1863. Walter Keel)le .0. H. Morton G. Merton —F. M. Bates E. Gorman ....W. T. Wirt G. Bockhorn .J. W. Thorpe ... - ..E. Graham ....Mrs. C. Deßar Miss Katie Estelle ..Miss M. Jackson Miss Dunham T. Harrison G. Stevenson H. Smith E..T. Brown Q. Manama Wartan ARMY OF THE CFMBERLABDo [Special Correspondence of The Prose.] BATTLE-FIELD NEAR nivralsKgsnoito, January 4, A. M I have sent you a full and concise report of the progress of the battle up to the 2d. inst. There are no mail facilities between here and the North, but I trust you may have received my letter ere this. THE REPORTS OF PRISONERS After I finished writing on Thursday night, I vi sited some prisoners taken by General Negley, most of whom are Tennesseans. Before the battle it seems that General Frank Cheatham harrangued hie troops, and stated that this would be the battle of the war, and that the troops in his command should bear in mind that they were to be opposed to the flower of the Federal army, manoeuvred by . the best general in America. Probably such remarks were made to all the rebel divisions, which accounts for the terrible fighting of Wednesday and . Thurs; day. . THE FIGHTING GENERAL Speaking of this, I must say that General Rose- trans ranks, in my estimation, as the ne plus ultra of fighting men. The only blame that can be attached to him at all is, that he unnecessarily places him self and staff, upon whom so much depends, in dan:. ger. He is absolutely infatuated with good cavalry; and in a charge made late last evening by the 4th regulars took command in person. He may be seen at all times smoking his cigar, in positions where his life is in as much danger as an general in the field. BATTLE OF FRIDAY Yesterday (Friday, the 2d instant,) morning, , a few minutes'after daylight, the enemy attacked:our left in great force, and General Crittenden opened upon them with all his artillery. The rebels ac knowledged, by quickly retaliating, and for an hour the cannonading_ was terrible. The ground trem bled allover, and the air fairly cracked. It was one continual, deafening roar, far exceeding anything . 'fidlich your imagination could picture. Aboutoight o'clock, the continual noise had ceased, the enemy retiring from their first line of entrenchments. Pal iner , s division, for a brief.while, did some excellent fighting, managing to retire with three of the ene my's guns. • THE ADVANCE OF IrAN CLEVE'S DIVISION. General Yen Cleve's division, commanded by General Haskell, now moved up to the 4th, and for an hour the infantry, fighting was equal to anything which had taken place upon the field. The 94th Indiana, .Coloncl Williams, formerly a Physician of Philadelphia, added liistre to the name which they earned at Donelson and Shiloh. The 13th Ohio, Colonel Hawkins, and the 11th Ken tucky, Colonel Hawkins, also did themselves great credit, the latter regiment losing eleveri'men killed in, the engagement. .Before the .brigade re tired, they were well nigh flanked by two brigades in the . rebel General Anderson's command, who made great exertions to get to the rear of the three regiments, under a galling fire from the 43d brigade; but Colonel Fief wheeled the whole brigade half to the rear, supported by the 86th Indiana, and drove the rebels into the woods. A • large number of the regiments in Crittenden's corps d'armec are composed of Kentuckians, and well did they conduct themselves. I have yet to learn that Kentucky regiments have, in any battle, showed a cowardly disposition. The 3(l'Kentucky, Colonel Scott, lost half its men in killed and wound:. ed on Thursday, and only returned to line after making three unsuccessful attempts to capture a battery which had made itself very obnoxious in front of General Haskell. General Breckinridge now advanced a large divi- sion toward the left and centre, which was met by Van Cleve's three fine brigades, and some excellent close fighting ensued. The 13th Kentucky, Colonel Hobson, it is said, found itself, after a littlteshard work, chasing the lath rebel regiment from the same State. During this contest in our centre, three cap tains of Kentucky regiments fell into our hands and about one hundred privates. CROSSING STONE RIVER. The cannonading now commenced heavily on the right, and the shattered forces of McCook again found themselves ' going back. Gen. Thomas or dered Gen. Negley to his support. The enemy, it seems, had massed again on the right, but after a sharp fight were driven back. Early in the after noon the extreme right of the left wing became ea tangled with G-en. Breckinridge's command, yan Cleve's division being in front. Gen. ThOinas now ordered Nqgley'forward to assist the sth, with 'ade quate artillery support. They engaged the enemy from the west bank of Stone river, driving him back with great loss. The 78th Pennsylvania, Captain Linwell, crossed the river, followed by the 74th Ohio, Col. Moody, who was wounded twice during the day, and drove the enemy half a mile, capturing two stands of colors and five pieces of artillery. THE FOURTH CAVALRY UNDER ROSE- GRANS The most brilliant affair of the day was a cavalry charge of the 4th Cavalry, led by Gen. Rosecrans. Noticing a huge gathering of rebel cavalry, the General massed three battalions of volunteer cavalry and the 4th Regulasg, and dashed for the rebel horse men with drawn sabres. The whole rebel brigade fired, but, before they could reload or draw sabres, the General was among them cutting and slashing with good effect. THE BATTLE CEASES About three o'clock a cessation of hostilities took place, except Occasionally the rebels would bring out a battery, and commence shelling some particu lar division or brigade, receiving a notice, however, from our side in return. From three o'clock till dark we were engaged in burying our dead and caring for the wounded. DOINGS OF SATURDAY To-day there has been very little fighting, but much rain. Early in the morning the connonading was serious on the extreme left from both sides. Our whole army occupy ground in advance of our first position, and was engaged for a couple of hours in shelling the rebels in their rifle-pits. It commenced to rain hard about 9 A. M., and stormed furiously all day. A large portion of our wounded are under cover, and many of the dead buried. Gen. Rosecrans remarked in his tent to-night that he wouldn't give a fig for a battle that lasted but a day. lie further said that he would be inside the enemy's works before to-morrow night. Notwithstanding the storm, which has increased since dark, our whole line is engaged in construct ing rifle-pits. ARRIVAL OF RRTNFORCEMENTS. We ire also receiving reinforcements, several re. giments having already arrived. The 14th 01110, - 001. Este, and the 15th Indiana, 001. Robinson, have just arrived; and a brigade of East Tennesseans, under Gen. Shears, and two batteries. TO FOLLOW TMEINT. From all I can learn and see, I believe it is the in tention of Gen. Rosecrans to vigorously assail the enemy early to-morrow morning, as he is placing a large amount of cannon in position upon the left, and occasionally throwing a shell upon the rebel side, thus advancing our pickets and skirmishers with safety. THE HQSPITALS Every house in the neighborhood, and, in fact, every species of cover, is being used as a hospital for our wounded, who are getting (thing very well considering the neglect and exposure of the first night of the battle. THE PENNSYLVANIANS The lath Pennsylvania, Colonel Hambright, has suffered less than any other regiment from that State. Colonel Hambright is a splendid officer, and has one of the finest bodies of men in the Western service. The colonel of the 77th Pennsylvania was killed Thursday morning, while leading his regiment to the support of a battery. The regiment is all cut to nieces, and really does not exist. The '7Bth Pennsylvania, Colonel Sirwell, fotight spendidly during the four days' engagement, and was the first regiment to cross Stone's river. The regiment lost twenty-seven men in killed and wound ed on Wednesday morning. No officer conducted himself more bravely than Col. Sirwell during the charge across Stone's river, Friday morning. The '7th Pennsylvania Cavalry made several charges during the four days' fight, besides having acted as skirmishers day and night for a week. THE ANDERSON TROOP The Anderson Troop came here under unfortunate circumstances. They arrived here from Louisville about a week before the advance, but were not well disciplined on account of some of the companies being without officers. Just before General Rosecrans left his headquar ters, Major Rosengarten entered and informed him that the troop refused to move. "What !" said - General Rosecrane, "refuse to move 7" "Yes,. sir." "Well, Major, I do not know any such word, in a military sense at least, and I am sorry to learn that such a fine body of men should reflect discredit upon their great State. Go tell them, Major, that if they refuse to move I will send up a battery to assist them." Major Rosengarten went to camp, and managed to get three hundred of them into line, and a braver three hundred raw men never went into a battle-field. I say managed, because it was with re luctance that they parted from the majority of their regiment. And I ivill now tell you about the "Noble Three Hundred," as General Stanley calls them. THE MARCH OF THE "THREE HUNDRED." On Monday, Dec. 29th, they took the advance of General McCook's corps d'armee, on the Nollnsville pike, coming upon the rebel pickets the next morn ing. After a sharp skirmish with a body of Texan Rangers, commanded by Colonel Wharton, they look eleven prisoners, and drove the Texans be tween six and seven miles. The next day they upon them again about five miles from-lilurfrees bOio, and, against orders from General Stanley, one hundred and fifty of the number made a charge Through the woods on a whole brigade, as I after wards learned, concealed behind the fence in a corn field, the fence alone preventing them from riding directly over them. Major Rosengarten fell pierced by six bullets; Major Ward also fell, mortally wounded. Five others were killed and ten wounded. They then retired, after capturing a number of prisoners, among whom were a surgeon and an adju tant general ; the -latter afterwards inquired of General Stanley where our boys came from, saying he never saw anything to equal them. General Stanley himself speaks of them .as the "gallant three hundred," and says their bravery was un paralleled. Two days after they were again drawn up in line of battle, and were mistaken by some of our artil lery for rebels, and fired upon ; one man was badly wounded in the arm, but fortunately no one else was hurt. Two hours after they were joinedby some Ohio and Michigan cavalry, making in all about fifteen hundred men, and were atta:ked by a large force of rebel cavalry, supported by artillery con coiled in the woods, and were commanded by Gen. Stanley in person. They made a feigned retreat, bringing them out of their cover, when they sud denly wheeled upon them, when they retreated. They were commanded by Gen. Stanley to draw sabres; the General shouted, " Come on, Anderson boys, I will lend you'll , They charged upon them, scattering them wildly. During the thickest of the tight on Wednesday, one of Company L, by the name of Holt, rode up to a rebel standard-bearer, shot him down, dismounted from his horse, picked up the colors, and rode back in safety. Mr; Holt still has the flag in his possession; it bears the inscription, Death before subjugation" on one Side, and on the other '• The Third Tennes see Battalion," The next day they were ordered to' guard a wagon train of several miles - to Nashville.. At Lavergne they were attacked by a brigade of cavalry,,who came suddenly upon them in the'rear, ; about twenty of their number formed in line in a field alongside of the toad, and pouring a volley into" them, succeeded in checking them until the Ander son Troop was prepared to receive them. Suhse quently. they drove them back, and took the train to Nash Ville 'in Safety, with the exception of about . twenty wagons. FILLED. Lientenant Power, 16th Regulars. Lieutenant Widmire, 16th Regulars. Lieutenant Bartholomew, 16th Regulars. Captain Wise, 15th Regulars. Captain Bell, 15th Regulars. Captain Counsellor, 69th Ohio. Adjutantißoynten, 69th,Ohio. • Colonel ,Seo,tt, 19th Illinois. Colonel llorsinan;T7th Pennsylvania". Captain Chandler, 19th Illinois. Lieuteiiant. Calhoun, 19th Illinois. Lieutenant Wood, 19th 111inoia. Lieutenant L. Wood 19th Illinois. B. C. T fN,EIV- YORK CITY, • -(CortesPondence,of The Press.) , . N4iv YORK, January 12, 1863. ~:,THE " PEACE " MESSENGER. Majcig William Chase Barney, of whose embassy to Richmond, in behalf of -Fernando Wood & Co., •thp readers of The Press were duly informed about a 'iertnight ago, hai published a full account of his memorable piiice mission, and the unsuccessful . attempts ,he. made to indirectly influence our Ad miikistratiOn to take some notice of him. The man writes .a tone of supercilious insolence about what•the!Governinent should have done, and ex presses Rae. beliefthat all hopes of his style of peace ale entied, now that the battle of Frederickhurg has been fought and the emancipation proclamation issued. Had the Administration heeded his letters after ;his- return from Richmond, and offered a general amnesty to the South, he thinks the rebels would have come to terms:.. Another, of the two or three individuals who pro- fess to settle this war. without troubling Giavern mentee•people—the.poor half-witted, though well meaning, William Cornell Jewett—addresses a silly parcel of high-flown nonsense to Jeff Davis through the congenial columns of The World, sentimentally imploring- the arch-rebel to accept the mediatorial office(i of the French Emperor. Poor Jewett, though hardly more than a simpleton, is much more honest in his ; foolery than Major. Barney Chase, the latter evidently• being a designing malignant of the most virulent Democratic type. . • SECRETARY CHASE AND THE BANKERS ; had a spicy little banquet together at the Fifth avenue 'residence of Sub-Treasurer J. J. Cisco, on ' Saturday night, When the financial policy of the na tion was discussed' with some little excitement. Mr. Chase reported his ideas of what measures were needed, as given - in his official report, and intimated that if Congress sanctioned the issue of more paper without also adopting his counsel as to the withdrawal of bank issues from circulation, he should consider his policy not endorsed, and retire from the Cabinet. As the occasion was merely aSoCiarineeting, the proceedings did not take the form of 'a debate; but one or two of the bankers, influenced, perhaps, by a little too much wine, criti cised the Secretary's monetary system with more or less acerbity. As a general thing, however, the moat cordialfeelings prevailed, and, though nothing deci sive resulted from the conference, the men of money have mote confidence than ever in the ability of the SectetarY of ;the Treasury to administer his office suceessfully::-- • ' THE DEATH 'or LYMAN BEECHER, D.D., which took Place at the residence of the deceased in Brooklyn, at five olelOeli"oli'Sitiirday afternoon, has cast a•glOom over the whole clerical fraternity. - Just before. the last holidays, Mr: had a slight fail,•wilich, hetvetret,liive his system such a shock that tbere was not strength in his aged frame to recover froin it. As the end approached, he fell into a deep lethargy, and; though- once or twice he fully rallied; it finally carried him softly and uncon sciously out - of the world: His son, Henry Ward Beecher, -, announced the sad event • yesterday morning iii.PPlymouth Church, at the conclu sion of the)fsermon, in terms and with an as pect of sletijigtion that brought tears to all. "[Ells llie.*[Mtid he, "was singularly blameless— simple, comitiakt, full of the noblest Christian hero ism, faitlifiilimss, and devotion to the cause to ho: rl , &onsecrated his powers. For about a year and a' half; his mental condition fins been ceedingly feeble and childlike.• lie has been like a traveller Who tad packed his trunk, in anticipatkin of a journey, and, expecting every moment to start, could not unpack it. But now the long-expected journey has been made. He has reached the place where ; all his mental powers unlocked, not as here on earth, but with every faculty•brightened. and every; sense glorified, he can employ them as never befke in the service of his divine Master." The departed minister of God was nearly ninety one years 'old, and commenced preaching in 1798. The funeral will take place from Plymouth Church, on Wednesday, when the well-known Dr. Breon, of New Haven, will deliver a sermon on the life and services of the veteran preacher. THE LOSS OF THE "HARRIET LANE," at Galveston, creates a very lively sensation and sonic humiliation here to-day. When she was em ployed as a revenue cutter, under Captain Faunce, her saucy and dashing appearance gave a piquancy to the shipping perspective of our harbor, and it is very trying to hear how ignominiously she was cap tured by. the rebels. ANOTHER VICTIM OF QUACKERY is added to the long list of foolish women who have paid with their lives for permitting 'villainous prac titioners to tamper with the course of nature. At a late hour yesterday afternoon the attention of the coroner was called to a Mrs. Elizabeth Hunting ton, living on Third avenue, who was dying from the effects of such medical malpractice. She had placed herself under the treatment of one of those debased wretches who make it their business to produce abortions, and he, of course, had mur dered her. Finding the hapless woman dying, the coroner empanneled a jury to receive her deposi tion, on the strength of which the murderous quack was arrested and held for examination. Mrs. Hunt ington is a married woman, with five children, and has always borne an irreproachable name. Cases of this kind have been terribly frequent in this city of late, and it is to be hoped that the law will make an example of at least one of the women-killers. THE ALLEGED CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS have been thoroughly sifted by the authorities, and will be reported upon this week. Sufficient evidence has not been educed to criminate the merchants said to have been in collusion to pass false invoice's, but some of the Uncle Sam employees will probably be discharged. • STUYVESANT. STATES IN 'REBELLION. FORTRESS Moxnoz, Jan. 11.—Steamboat Meta mora, Captain Van Valkenburg, under a flag of truce, arrived at Fortress Monroe to-day, from City Fbint, and brings down three hundred and twenty paroled Union prisoners, and six women and chil dren. It is reported in Richmond that the rebel gunboat Merrimac is now lying under the guns of Fort ling, having gone below the blockade obstructions, and cannot return . on account of the low water in the James river. LATER PROM TEXAS. The Richmond Whig of January 10th says: "New Year's morning, fodr rebel gunboats came down Bahl° Bayou into Galveston bay, and ran along side the - Harriet' Lane, one on each side, and suc ceeded in killing all the gunners and Captain Wain wright, her commander. The rebel gunboats were lined and fortified with cotton bales. The balance of the Yankee fleet and one transport escaped. Two coal boats at the wharf, with two companies of the 42d Massachusetts Regiment, were captured." - Seventy-three Yankee officers are in Atlanta, Georgia. UNION PRISONERS AT RICHMOND. FORT.ItY.S.I3 MONROE, Jan. 10.—The following are the names of officers and soldiers of the United States army who are still confined in the Libby Prison, at Richmond, their wounds or sickness pre venting their removal. Their names have been furnished by Mr. Thomas W. Bell, one of the re turned prisoners, who obtained them by visiting each prisoner personally : Capt. John Ayer 16th Maine, shot in leg. Capt. S. S. Mardian, 176th Pa., abdomen. Capt. C. D. Schatlie, 13 3 sth Pa., in knee. Capt. William Brian, k, 3,1 Pa., in foot. Capt. A. J. Bala, 12th Pa., in both legs. Lieut. Lewis A. Johnston, H, 11th Pa., foot off. Lieut. J. P. Lucas, E, sth Pa„leg off. Lieut. J. R. Flyers, P, 121st Pa., arm off: Lieut. Theobild Buck, A, Bth New York, leg off. Adjutant Theo. MeMurtrie, 12th Pa., leg ott: Private Wm. A. Pannellier, 121st Pa., leg off. Private John Morgan 122 d Pa., leg off. Private James Clark, 69th New York, fever. Private Alonzo Wright, 12th Pa., right leg off. Private Michael Hess, .7th Pa., right leg oft: Michael Slade, 3d Pa., left leg wounded. John Conway, 62d Pa., sick. • Albert Garring, 24th Michigan, fever. Daniel C. Tyrell, 121st Pa., wounded in hip. Sergt. Samuel P. Jones, Jr., 125th Pa., shot in leg. Private A. Carson, tat Pa. Rifles, left leg off. Private Harrison 'Young, 4th Maine, left thigh. Private A. R. Mitchell, 11th Pa., wound in leg. Private K. Grim, 12.1st•Pa., wound in both legs. Private J. H. Sutton, 11th 'Pa., wound in leg. Private L. B. Vemey, 4th Blaine, sick. Private Thos. A. Smith, 11th Pa.,abdomen. Private W. H. Morgan,:let Pa., ip. Private Leyman Smith,.lo4th New York, leg off. Private John H. Sonimerville, Ilth.Pa., leg off. Private Charles Tamer, 38th N. Y., foot off. Private W. W. Miller, 40th N. Y, in chest Private Charles O. Bee, let Pa., left leg wounded. Private Jas. Bishop, 12th Pa., wound in' knee. Private Amos Allahens, 11th Pa., wound In thigh. Private Martiller, Porter, Ist Pa. head. Private Wm. Chamberlain. 11th , leftarm oft Private Sam'. Holebaugh, 6th Pa., left arm. Private Columbus Comfort, let Pa., left leg. Private Charles Hilt, 121st Pa., left leg. Private W. W. Evans; lith Pa., left leg. Private John Miller; 121st Pa., by shell in leg. Robert Gordon. 11th P ‘ a., in thigh. Eli Hillard, 11th Pa., hip. • Peter McHue, 6th Pa., hip, Frederick Conrad, 136th Pa, knee. S. A. Fitzer, 112th Pa., thigh. Levi Renner, 142 d Pa., left foot off. Francis W. Hhes and the 'United States senatorship TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND TO THE LEGISLATURE NOW IN SESSION : Francis W. Hughes, Esq., is a candidate for elec. lion to the Senate of the United States,.and be htis said that he is certain of being elected. If any citi zen has evidence to show,. or know, reasons why Hughes is not a fit person for United States Senator, it is the duty of such citizen tiiiiiake both known to each member of the Legislature before he gives his vote. , • • In order that the Legislature may. not elect Hughes under the mistaken belief that he is loyal, and to prevent his election - to the Senate if I can, the following letters arc published, and the facts mentioned below brought to the attention of the public, and particularly to those who are to elect a Senator: HEADQUARTERS 129TH REG. PA. VOLS., CAMP NEAR SnAnrsituno, Md., Oct. 10, 1862. S. W.Geen, Esq.: .MY Dealt Sin: Your, letter of the 80th September reached me to-day, and I, hasten to reply, fearing, however, that, my letter' may reach you too late to accomplish the good you purpose to do with it. .. . . You desire from me in writing the substance of a conversation which I had with Hon. F. W. Hughes, in the Supreme Court rooms Of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in February, 1861—in the third week of that month, I think. Mr. Ifughes and myself were Sitting together waiting for the argument of a case before the court, in which we were both en gaged—(case of Kleinert vs. Enlers)—and got into a conversation relative to the state of the country, secession, disunion, and the topics which were then agitating the public mind. In the course of that conversation Mr. Hughes said that he considered that, in the event of a seces sion of the South, it was both " the duty as well as the interest" of Pennsylvania to unite with the South, and cut herself loose from the other States of the Union—that for his part he was willing (or ready) to 'present a resolution at the next Demo cratic State Convention (to meet on the 4th of March-following, I think,) to the effect that Penn sylvania was allied politically and by nature with the South, and that it was both the duty and in terest of Pennsylvania, in the event of the secession of the South:from the Union, to unite with the Southern States and secede eilso—that he was will ing to be. nominated as aUandidate for Governor of the State on such ;platform, and would stump the State on the question—and that he believed he could be elected on such a platform—and further, that he thought he would be able to convince me on that subject so that 1 would vote for him. I told hint that I would have to change all my preconceived notions before I could do such a thing. This was the substance of the conversation, and as near the words as I can recollect. The doctrines and views asserted were so remark able, and, as I cannot but think, treasonable, that they made a very firm impression on my mind, and, as I have seen nothing at all since that time to show that Mr. Hughes has changed his opinions on the subject, I presume that Mr. Hughes is still of the opinion that it is "the duty and interest of Pennsylvania to secede and become a member of the Southern Confederacy." Mr. Hughes made no concealment of his views on the question at that time, and the very fact that he has dared to publish the resolution which lie intended to offer at the State. Convention, and which is brimfull and run ning over with treasonable doctrines, goes to show that be still maintains those opinion; and, further; that he is anxious that the people of Pennsylvania should decide upon that issue at the next election. It seems hard that the soldiers in the field, who leave all the comforts of home to endure the priva tions of war, and risk life to save this Government from her Southern enemies, should be deprived of the privilege of voting—whilst traitors at home are revelling in the fact. that so large a number of the true men of the country have gone off to do battle for it, whilst they remain home, out-vote the Union men of the State at the ballot-box, and work as ef fectually. for the destruction of the Government, as it they were with arms in their hands in the South ern army—nay, more effeetually—for an open enemy is less to be feared than a secret foe of the Govern ment profeesing loyalty, but wnose every act has a tendency to weaken and destroy it. indeed, I often think that if the soldiers are to be deprived of the privilege of voting, when they risk more for the preservation of the Government than any other portion of the people, that the time may not be very far distant when they will vote with their bayonets. Should such a time come, fearful would be the re tribution upon these professed friends of the Union, who have been stabbing it in the (lark all the time. May God prevent any such calamity befalling our once happy country. This letter has grown to-greater length thanl had intended. Major Jos. Anthony, of this regi ment, has a very interesting statement in-regard to the question of the loyalty of Mr. Hughes, which I had Intended giving you, but I am constrained to stop here, on account of the length of this letter. My-respects to all friends. You can make use of this letter as you see fit. Yours respectfully, • . DAVID B. GREEN. P. S.—October 13,1862.—1 expected to have a chance to send you this by someone going directly through, but have been disappointed, and so send you by . regu l tar channel, which I suppose will be slow. • D. B. G. • CA3tP OF 720T1i REGIXENT P. v. NEAR SIIARPSBURG, Mn., Oct. 25, IhB2. Seth W. Geer, Minereville, Pa.: DEAR Sin : 1n answer to that portion of your let ter to Adjutant Green, of this regiment, which re fers to me I beg leave to state that the little I know of 1 4 . W. Hughes' disloyalty is entirely at your service. In fact, it is my business to bring such heartless traitors as he is to the rack, whether at home, or in the rebel ranks. ln August, 1861, I was authorized to raise a com pany, to be attached to Col. H. L. Cake's 96th Regi ment, P. V., then being organized at Pottsville, Pa. In my capacity as recruiting officer I had occasion to visit various parts of the country. Among other places Was Cass 'township, where I found a great many persons ready and willing to enlist, if they only could be satisfied that this war was a just one, or some such expression. and if Frank W. Hughes would only call a public meeting and tell the people that - it was their duty to enlist,that I could enlist two companies in the neighborhood of New Miries and Forestville. I assured them that I would have no trouble in getting Mr. Hughes to do that. But such was not the case, as I found out, on ap plication to Hughes. It was not exactly in his line pf business. I called on Mr. Hughes in the early part of Sep tember, in company with Charles H. Boyer and Benjamin T. Miller, both of Pottsville, and asked him to do what I thought was his duty—call a meeting as explained above. But he refused to do so, on the grounds that it was too small business for him, and that he was no recruiting sergeant. I said it was the duty of every man to help to put down this wicked rebellion, and that if he would go out with me to either of the above-named places, I would hire a carriage and defray all expenses ; but he could not see it. In fact, my companions re marked that he seemed pleased at the state of affairs in the country, and from the tenor of his cunning and careful answers, I could infer that he would sooner go and tell them not to enlist. If the foregoing is of any use to you in your good purposes, use it as you will and also my name, Ise. All your friends in the regiment are well. Yours, respectfully, .10S. ANTHONY, Major 129th Regiment, P. V. David B. Green is a. native of Reading, Berks county; he is adjutant of the 129th Regiment • he is a member of the bar in Schuylkill county, and in as good standing as any other member. Major Anthony Is a citizen of Pottsville, and is much respected. . The reasons for Hughes endeavoring to induce Green to try to take Pennsylvania out of the Union and to join the Southern Confederacy were, Green was of the same political party . as Hughes, and be sides, an important action of ejectment was then, and still is pending in Schuylkill county for a large body of vaivable.coal land by John Green, the father of David, against Thomas 1. Attwood, and Hughes was then, and still is, John Green's counsel. Every act done since the Southern conspirators had determined on their treason and open rebellion to the country, by Hughes, is perfectly consistent with his statement to Green. Between October, 1857, and April, 1860, Hughes put all his property in Schuylkill county into the hands of his rebel friends in the State of North Carolina, by giving them judgments and mortgages for all the property was worth; these judgments and mort gages are upon the records in Schuylkill county. In 1861 he owned, and had his brother (Theodore) cutting, timber in a large body of land in the State of Georgia. On 28th June, 1862, Hughes was charged, in the Miners , Journal, with having prepared and attempted to oiler at the Democratic State Convention, at Har risburg, in the winter of 1861, a treasonable and Se cession resolution. In reply to this chare * e, Hughes, in his paper, the Democratic Standard, of .3 uly 5, 1862, most solemnly declared that the charge was "wholly, entirely, and wilfully false," and, still worse, he sets forth another resolution, which was passed by that Convention, and declares that it was the only reso lution he had ever prepared or attempted to offer. In September, 1862, when it was made public that he had prepared the resolution he spoke of to Green, but was deterred from offering it by the threats'of General James, Hughes, in the total disregard of his denial on the sth of July, 1862, admits that he had prepared, and had intended to offer in the Conven tion, the first-mentioned Secession resolution, but boldly insults the community by declaring that it was intended for conciliation or intimidation -to the rebels, and not to take Pennsylvania out of the Union. Before the Convention Hughes told several persons that he intended to direr such a resolution, but told no one that it was intended for the object last above mentioned. His conversation with Green but a few days before the meeting of the Convention proves that it was his settled. purpose to take his State out of the Union if he could, and that his ex planation in September, 1862, is wickedly false. • In making this communication there is no object but to prevent, if possable, the disgrace that would be done to the State by sending Hughes to the Senate, and to . avert the mischief he would try to do if there. I myself will never accept or act in any office. There is no relation, friend, or acquaintance of mine that I desire to see put in any office. I-do not know that Hughes' election can be prevented; he still wields some power in Schuylkill county ; it is chiefly over those persons who can neither read nor write, and such as desire to get into office by . their votes. Persons who can neither read nor write, and of whom not one in a hundred would do wrong, knowingly, compose a large portion of the voters of the county, and they are entirely, in the power of the wicked, who will deceive and mis lead them. The Legislature will of course elect Hughes to the Senate, if a majority of them believe with him, that it is both the interest and the duty of the peo ple of Pennsylvania to quit the Union and join the Southern Confederacy, and re-establish negro slavery in the State, thereby defying a plain decree of the Almighty—a decree that is now being -evi denced to the whole civilized world in a manner that has never been seen on earth before. There can be no risk in rejecting Hughes and electing any other person ; I have been a careful observer of his conduct for more than twenty-live years, and will not now say anything of him but what I have heretofore in kindness said to him ; I have no knowledge of auy other man who in all the relations of life, politically, professionally, and morally, is as bad as Francis W. Hughes, Esquire. JANUARY 10, 1863. C. LOESER. Conomm Scorr, of the 32d lowa Infantry, was the officer to whom the first order was com mitted to destroy the military stores at New Ma drid, 810. General Davies had sent two separate orders from Columbus to Major Jones, in command at New Madrid, to spike the guns and blow up the magazines, but they had been disobeyed. Davies put a third order into Colonel Scott's hands, which, being peremptory, was executed. The following is a copy of the order: To Col. Scott, commanding the 32d lowa, at New Madrid: 'You will immediately proceed to New Madrid, burn the gun-carriages and wooden platforms, and spike the guns and destroy the ammunition totally. Take the same boat and proceed to Fort fillow, under convoy of the gunboat, and report to Colonel 'Wolf, commanding at that place. THOMAS A. DAVIES, Brigadier General. The soldiers represent the destruction of the pro perty as needless and wicked. Tin: following order has been issued by General Grant, on the subject of expelling the Jews from his _district: READUA.RTERS ARMY CORPS, DEOT TENN, HOLLY SyniNos, January 6. GENERAL ORDER No. 14. By directions of the General-in-Chief of the Army at Washington, the general order issued from these headquarters, expelling the Jews from this Depart men, is hereby revoked.. nlaj or ßd rd General n o era e l r of B. S . cat ANT. J. A. RAWLINS, A. A. G. THREE CENTS. To the Stockholders of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. The managers submit the following REPORT of the receipts and expenditures for the year ending Notiethher 30, 1862, with the Treasurer's general ba lance sheet, exhibiting the financial condition of the Company at that date. (lierelollows the usual detailed statement of re c.ipts and expenses, which we condense as follows) : ItEO ' p ce From travel, 396,466, equal to 150,970 through:passengers $403,563 77 From freight on. mdse., 4 , 51,732t0ns 523,416 16 " " coal, 2,310,990 tons.... 2,879,419 55 From 'United States mail 19,618 00 From other sources ' • 85,812 74 ' EXPENSES. Transportation expenses.. $917,741 58 Roadway 256,934 62 Dtunpage, rents, taxes, pro fit and loss, damagep, ate. 301,906 94 $1,636,683 14 Net profit $2,375,247 08 Interest on bonded debt... 5706,969 00 Interest on bonds and mort- ' gages 35,412 00 Renewal fund-5 cents per 100 tons on 558,944,544 tons transported one mile du ring -the year 279,472 27 Dividend fund $1,363,393 81 Which has been disposed of as follows Sinking funds $386,680 90 State tax on capital for 1862 28,374 71 Dividend on prefeed stock. 108,626 Ot Accrued interest for 1862 on reserved dividends pre ' ferred stock 17,826 56 Balance of dividend fund for 1862... $811;985 64 Add " " u 1861 178,970 57 Total reserved fund $990,956 21: The winter of 1861-'62 will be long remembered by the miners and producers of coal as a period of great discouragement and depression. From this cause, much less than the average amount of preparation was made for the business of the past season. Upon the opening of navigation in the spring, coal was offered in the principal markets of the country at prices so much below any heretofore known, that it was felt that the interests of the company, as well, as its duty lo those who relied upon it for means of access to market, required of it an unusual reduc tion in the rates of transportation. They were accordingly established until the Ist of July sufficiently low to .enable Seuhylkill coal to maintain its previous position. On the 4th of June a freshet occurred, the most diSastrous ever known in the coal district. The road escaped with trifling damage, its - traffic being inter rupted from this cause only two days. Since the Ist of July a largely increased business has been done, at satisfactory prices. The following tabular statement in detail for each branch of traffic shows the comparative results of the year: - . Travel 140,461 passengers $338,905 Mdse. . .. ..:.:...:.324,968 tons 406,321 Coal.-- . .. ... .1,639,6.36 tons 0 ,111,023 Mail - 19,618 Miscellaneous 29,971 G G r r o o s e e xi) ce e i n p s t e s. s Net profits $1,412,905 1862. Inc. Per et. 150,070 passengers..... 8403,604 $64,659 19 1-10 451,732 tons 523,416 117,095 28 8.10 2 ; 310,990 tons.... ....... 2,879,419 763,396 36 4-10 than - Gross receipts..... ..... 3,911,830 1,005,992 31 6-10 Grossexpenseo.... ..... 1,816,055 323,122 21 640 Net profits 2,095,775 682870 48 3-10 Gross expenses, including Renewal' Fund, in the year 1861 were 51 38-100 of gross receipts. " 1862 " 46 42100 Decrease, 4 96-100 The receipts and expenses per passenger and per ton have been as follows, viz : 1861. • Per passenger, c05t....51 34 5-10 Rec M... $2. 41 3-10 " mdse. per ton 70 2-10 " 125 4-10 " coal 41 CC .... 1 28 7-10 1862. Per passenger, cost.... $1 10 4-10 Rec'd...s2 67 3-10 " mdse. per ton -53 " 1 15 8-10 " coal 35 8-10 " 124 6-10 The result of the year's business, as condensed from transportation and income account, may be stated thus: Gross receipts $3,911,830 2.2 Deduct working expenses, including Re newal Fund 1,816,055 41 Profits or receipts over cost of working the road 2,095,774 81 From which deduct the interest on Bonded debt $706,969 00 Bonds and mortgages 35,412 00 —742,381 00 Leaving for net profit or dividend fund, 1,353,393 81 This has been credited as follows : Sinking funds $386,580 90 State tax on capital 28,374 '7l Dividend on preferred stock.. 108,626 00 Accrued interest for 1862, on preferred-stock dividend not paid 17,826 56-541,408 17 Balance carried to reserve fund, 1862.... 811,985 64 Amount to credit of leserved fund, 1861, per report of Nov. 30, 1861..5'780,742 40 From which is deducted for sundry drawbacks on traffic for 1861, paid $18,461 68 Credit due to linking . funds out of income of 1861' 27,3'73 31 Difference between the par and esti mated value of stocks and bonds held by the Com pany, and debts considered doubt ful 555,946 94-6*71 83-178,970 57 Total reserved fund... After deducting all expenses, including renewal fund and interest on the bonds, the net profits are $1,353,393.81, which is equal to 11 '72-100 per cent. on all the outstanding stock, common and preferred. The chief items of expenditure to which this sum has been applied, are as follows : On account or the payment of the $450,642.72 scrip issued for the arrears of dividends on the preferred stock.... $358,702 18 Bonds of the Company for the sinking fund 373,600 00 New cars and engines 284,323 35 Construction of the Mahanoy and Broad Mt. Railroad. for which the bonds and stock of that Company are held .. 347,990 00 The amount of bonds purchased for the sinking fund having accumulated to a sum sufficient to form a bapis of a dividend in stock to the common stock holders, one of 7 per cent. has been declared, pay able on the 16th of February next. The charges to construction or capital account, during the year, have been : For real estate in St. Clair, Schuylkill county, Conshohocken and Port Rich mond $2,211 00 For locomotive engines and cars : 507 eight-wheeled coal cars, 168 four-wheeled coal cars, 54 merchandise cars, 2 eight-wheeled mail cars, 1 eight-wheeled passenger car. '122 Total cost . 264,028 50 1 eight-wheeled tender.... 1,267 36 New engines 19,027 49-31,323 35 For Lebanon Valley. Branch : Final settlement of contract on account of construction 37,172 74 For propeller and coal barges 13,010 00 For Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad purchase 50,000 00 For Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rail road stock ....... 13,417 50 For Philadelphia, Reading, and Potts ville Telegraph stock .. 50 00 Fifty-three of the merchandise cars above referred to as purchased during the year, were received on the settlement of the last of the car loans. The net profits of the Lebanon Valley Branch, during the year, have been Sys per cent., after pay ing the interest on . the outstanding bonds issued for its construction. The reports of the General Superintendent and of the Chief Engineer, together with the tabular statements which accompany them, exhibit in detail the operations of the transportation and roadway departments. At the present time coal intended for consumption in the city of Philadelphia, as well as that destined for points on the Pennsylvania, the West Chester, and the Baltimore Railroads, is brought to the termi nus of the road near Callowhill street, and excepting that which is sent down Willow street, is all hauled through Broad street to the coal yards, or to the se veral railroad stations, where it is again taken by a locomotive to its point of destination. During the past winter the capacity of the railroad in Broad street proved totally inadequate to pass the quan tity of coal offering, although the hauling was con tinued day and. night. With a view to withdraw this traffic from the streets of the city, to increase the business of the road, and to relieve the coal froni an unnecessary charge, a joint agreement has been entered into with the Pennsylvania Railroad -Company and the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, to construct the Junction Railroad from Belmont, near the foot of the old inclined pane on the Columbia Railroad, along the west bank of the Schuylkill river, to the Baltimore Railroad, near Gray's Ferry, with suita ble connections with the Pennsylvania and West Chester Railroads. The total length of the road will be 4% miles. It is intended to be finished by the month of June next. To provide for the cost of the road, the bonds of the Junction Railroad Company have been authorized to be issued to the amount of $600,00, bearing 6 trier cent. interest, guaranteed by each of the companies who are parties to the agree ment, in which it is also provided that the charge for the use of the road shall be adequate to pay the cost of *repairing and working it, the interest on the bonds, and $16,000 per year to a sinking fund, which is sufficient to redeem all the bonds belore their ma turity. For this reason, the contingent liability of the company under its guarantee has not been inclu ded in the general account of its debts and assets. The shipment of coal at Richmond in the winter season has always been more or less interrupted through the fear of ice in the Delaware river. With a view to avoid this impediment an agreement has been made with the Philadelphia, Wilming ton, and Baltimore Railroad Company to construct a large pier in the river Delaware, at New Castle, thirty miles below Philadelphia, where it is navi gable at all seasons. The coal trains will leave the line at Belmont, passing over the Junction rail road and through to New Castle without stopping. The pier is expected to be finished and ready for use next winter. • Piers Nos. 3,6, and 8, at Pert Richmond, have been extended during the past year, and several miles of additional sidings have been laid. These improvements have added greatly to the conve nience and shipping capacity of the company's wharves. At the last session of the Legislature the com pany was authorized to own vessels, to be em ployed in the transportation of coal from Port Rich mond. . - During the past season a propeller and two barges have been built, as an experiment, of an aggregate capacity of 700 tons. Their performance thus far indicates that they will equal the expectations that were entertained of them. It is believed that this mode of transportation will materially reduce both the time and cost of delivering coal at all points ac cessible to boats of their elms. A dividend of '7 per cent. out of the earnings of the rear, has been declared on the preferred stock, paya ble on the 15th inst. The scrip issued for the arrears of dividends due on this 'stock, amounting, with interest, to $450,- 642.72, fell due on the 31st of December. In accord ance with the suggestion made in the last annual report, $358,102.05 were purchased during the year, and the remainder; $91,940.64, was paid at maturity. $313,500 of the bonds of the company have been purchased for the sinking funds during the year. Owing to the high rates which the bonds of the company command, a portion of these are held pro vi.sioDslly in accordance with the terms of the sink-.. $3,911,830 22 1,021,853 27 541,468 17 ..2,905,838 1,492,933 19,618 86,813 59,842 99 6-10 $990,956 21 $401,174 59 THE WAR PRESS. (r'I3I3LISRED WEEKLY.) Twa Was Pings will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at 93.00 Five " " . 000 Ten " " " 17.08 TwentYCoPies" 32.00 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the same rate, 11.60 per copy. The money meet adwaye accompany the order, arst!g in 11 4 instance can these terms be deriatedfrom, ae they aford very little more than the wet of tigsFaVer• Oar Postinastere are reenested to ad tar kgStrbs fest lIRR WAR Passe. Mir To the getter-up of a Club of ten or VgreistY, aSt extra copy of. the Paper will be given. ing funds, as a security for the ultimate redemption of the. loans to which they may be assigned. Es' view of the probable continuation of the present in. nation of prices, it is suggested that authority be conferred, on the managers to purchase the bonds of the company at current market rates if they should= deem it expedient to do: o. During the past year the board has had to regret the loss, of the valuable services of Mr. W. IL Mc- Ilhenny, who so long and faithfully performed the duties of secretary of the company. Owing, it is believed, to excessive application,"his Bight beimme so seriously impaired as to compel him to.relinquish his position. It is to be hoped that his affliction may prove to be only temporary. Mr. William H. Webb has been appointed in his stead. By order of the Board of Managers : CHARLES E. SMITH, President. Philadelphia, January 12, Ms, At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, held this day, the following resolutions were unanimous ly adopted : Resolved, That the report of the Board; of Managers, this day presented and read, be and the same is here by approved, accepted, and adopted. Resolved, ~Th at the Board of Managers be, and they arc hereby, authorized, at their discretion ) to carry into effect any of the measurea,proposed in their re port, and if in their opinion needfu4 to= enter into any contracts or agreements for that purpose. Resolved, That the powers and authorities-conferred upon and granted to the Board of Managers by the resolutions passed at the last annual meeting be, and the same are hereby, continued. Resolved, That the Board of Managers be, and they are hereby, authorized, at their discretion, to pur chase the bonds of the company at current market rates. Resolved, That a vote of thanks be, andtthe same la hereby, presented to the President and- Board of Managers for the very able manner in which the affairs of the road have been conducted during the past year. W. H. WEBB, Secretary. The Broad-Street Railroad. To the Editor, of'The Press: Sin : In your journal of the 10th there appears tut article, evidently written, from the style, by Vincent L. Bradford t president of the Trenton Railroad Com pany, in which the writer wishes to make it appear that it would be a vast benefit to Philadelphia to have the proposed railroad connection, in order to avoid what lie calls an air line from the " Federal to the Commercial capital;" that the proposed road is only intended for a temporary expedient, until the junction road on the other side of the Schuylkill wilt be, built when the line on Broad street will be super seded; "that it redounds to the liberality and public spirit of the railroad managers to spend $lOO.OOO to build a road only to be used a few months_" We are told in the same article that they are building a first class road, in the most substantial manner. It re minds one of the old fable— Won't you come into my parlor? Says the spider to the fly,' &c. We don't think the railroad presidents can come the spider over the citizens of Philadelphia. Let us see the'vast benefit : First, a depreciation of property on the line of the road of over three millions of dollars; second, di, verting the trade from Philadelphia to New York, utterly ruining the prosperity of our city. If this is a benefit we don't see it. The railroad companies are willing to. spend one hundred thousand dollars to benefit Philadelphia. Fi, fi, Mr. Bradford, did you not tell a committee of louncils that you first proposed to use. Willow street, but that it would cost one thousand dollars a day, which could not be thought of I That. you next proposed to cross the Schuylkill and rundown the other side, but that the Reading company wanted seven hundred and fifty dollars a day for the privilege, which also would not do, but having found this road "which just suited you," at no cost, and made your arrangements ao cordinglyl Now, Mr. Bradford, in the first place you would save three hundred and sixty-five thou sand dollars, per annum—the interest on six millions of dollars. In the second place you would save the interest on four millions and a half of dollars. It is true private property would be damaged to the amount the companies would save, but what care "public benefactbrs" who can save themselves four and a half millions by spending one hundred thousar.dl But the Philadelphia flies can see through the webs of the great railroad spiders. It is evident that the road is not wanted to facilitate travel, because there is no delay. You run your cars on the boat, at the foot of Washington street, and take them direct through. You have the pas senger cars connecting at the Trenton depot ; then your road is only to last a few months—" a road built in the most substantial manner;' using your own words, "only to last a few months." This time, the spider's web is made so flimsy that it will scarcely hold a fly, even if one should be so foolish as to fall into it. It is also evident that your air line is a humbug, for the nearest way from the East to Washington is by the way of Philadelphia. Now, let us see what is evident to any business man, and what the railroad companies and the New Yorkers are really-aiming et : first, by carrying passengers direct through Philadelphia, they would get the pas sage-money to New York and the freight to bring back ; they could, by connecting their cars here, run direct from Jersey City through to Baltimore, and then, by the Baltimore and Ohio road, direct to the Ohio river, and in return they would bring back the produce of the Western States, which is now brought over the Pennsylvania road to Philadelphia. If they could get this great trade, the stock of the companies—the Camden, Amboy, and Trenton roads, and the Baltimore and Ohio road, "the public bene factors of Philadelphia"—would be worth twice as much as it is now. It is well known that the Pennsylvania company has built large grain elevators. This will draw ship ping to Philadelphia, and will benefit the city as well as the stockholders of the company. If this trade can be drawn to New York, in anticipation of which it is understood elevators are now being built at Jersey City, a great blow will be struck at the prosperity of our city. This is a question, Mr. Editor, which concerns all. classes. It will deprive the laborer of his daily wages, on which he maintains his wife and little ones. It deprives the merchant and manufacturer of their business. It deprives the property-holder of interest on his property by. depreciating -the value of his investment, on which he now does not receive over three per cent., while, in New York, the same kind of investments produce from ten to fifteen. It will draw capital to New York. It will prevent, the improvement of our city, for who will again spend their hard-earned money to build handsome dwellings, which were the pride of Philadelphia, when he looks on the fate of Broad and other streetsi Some of our merchants are making arrangements to move to New York ; if this road goes through others will follow. Every one who leaves weakens us and builds up our rival. The fate of Philadelphia is in the hands of her .citizens. "There is a tide in the affairs of men, if taken at their flood, leads on to fortune." If - neglected, to beggary. If this outrage is suffered to be consummated, Phi ladelphia will deserve her fate. Tk►e Attendance on the Public Schools. To the Editor of The Press: Sin : As the action of the Controllers of Public Schools at their meeting of the 2d inst., in defeat ing the resolution encouraging pupils to attend the schools in their own neighborhood, seems to show that some of that body who should know the inter ests of their own sections and the true facts of the case better, entertain the same false estimation of the relative usefulness of the different Grammar Schools that is held by. many parents, I desire to institute a comparison of the schools from one point of view—the rejection of boys by the High School. It is necessary to premise that the number of pu pils sent up by a grammar school is no criterion by which to judge it; for the notion that a school, which was, years ago, better than those around it, is still better, carries pupils to it from a distance (as, for example, girls from below the Navy Yard, and from Germantown to Race and Fifteenth streets) ; although in many cases a change of teachers may make a difference the other way, and the pupil might do better near home. Again, one of the boys' grammar schools has but few of the beat boys of the neighborhood, although there can now be no objection to it, and it has had 46 boys to leave its first division for situations in stores. offices. within 16 months ; and its lower divisions suffer in proportion from the same cause. The places of these are filled by others not properly qualified. Other reasons might be given. At the last examination for admission to the Boys' High School, the very schools which seem to be most esteemed had the most pupils rejected as un quslified. In the published report I find that the Northwest school had 9 rejected-43 per cent. of the number sent up; the Jefferson had 7, 41 per cent.; the Mt. Vernon 4, 29 per cent.; the Zane-street 3, 33 per cent.; the Jackson, Locust-street, Madison, Mana }link and Marshall 2 each, being 100, 14, 50, 50, and 67 per cent., respectively, of the number sent up. Seven other schools have one each rejected, percent age ranging from 14 to 100. The four schools which have been reckoned the best, and which have habitually drawn pupils from other schools on that account, have, together, 23 of the 40 rejected from the twenty-nine schools sending boys. The following schools, taken in the order of their sections, as published, had none rejected: Ringgold, Monroe, Hancock, Livingston, Morris,Price, Ben ton, Forrest, Iloxborough, Penn, Rittehouse, Man tua, and Newton. Perhaps, some of the Controllers, as well as others, on investigating this, may change their opinions, es pecially when to the interests of the schools they re present. ' I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, X. State Heraldry. To the Editor of The Press: Sin : In a book on Heraldry, which I casually look over this morning, I find the following explanation of the armorial bearing of some of the first thirteen United States. North Carolina. A figure of plenty strewing from an inverted cornucopia, the fruits of the earth at the fet t of Liberty, who holds in the right hand a scroll of the Constitution, the sea and ships in perspective. South Carolina. In base, an oak tree eradicated, lying fesse wise; in pale, a tree, pendant therefrom a shield inscribed "July 4," and, at the foot, two bun. dies of arrows, in saltire, united by a scroll with the motto, "Quis separabii 1" the sea and mountains in perspective. Georgia. On a rocky shore, upon which the sea is breaking in foam, the high land in the distance, a temple supported by three figures, with scrolls in scribed " Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation ;" over the dome the word "Constitution," guarded by a soldier with a drawn sword. No doubt, you may have seen all these. but I only wished to direct your attention to the details and their correspondence with the times I arm, sir, yours, very truly, The British Empire. To the Editor of The Press: SIR : In The Press of the 6th inst. I read the "Sta tistics of the British Empire," with the following remark : "To sum up, England has the largest em pire, the highest population, the largest nary, the largest debt, the largest credit, and is by far the most wealthy—lending to all nations, whose banker she also is." Some of your readers would thank your Corres pondent 0. E. T. to explainhow, and by what means this grand result has been accomplished. In his eulogy he does not mention the. squalid poverty, misery, degradation, and crime that exist in that empire, nor the mention of thousands who are at this day starving, or eking out a miserable existence by cold charity. Would he also explain the raeanskused,trhereby the wealth produced by the labor of millions has been absorbed by the few, until there is extreme wealth in the hands of the few, and extreme paverty for the. mass I Very respectfully, JANUARY 12, 1863.'A READER. TEE WATER W °RES.—The following shows the total amount of water pumped by ha the water works, and daily aversge.for 1862 : Fairmount works Sprimg Garden worin, , Eenslngton works Twenty-fourth-ward work+i, Total INTERESTING TO SOLDIERS AND TREIR FRlENDS.—Packages for the Army of the Potomac can now be sent by express, the Government hay. ing authorized the 'Adams' and goward Express Companies to transmit paohages and pszzeis to the soldiers of General Burnaide's army. TEE CITY ICE BOAT.—The City Ice Boat left Lombard-street wharf, at 3 P. N. yesterday, taking ht tow ahlp Lizgie DlOsedi tlpgncJ tg X 44 itilcinQ With 0172 tQII3 30:11. W. D. S Ayeraga Total.per day. 3,564.724,763 ?.7 8 6.3%. 3,035, 27,42) 8,324,732 P 09,126,441 203/0.757- 420,507,13/0 1,142,076. 7,932,666,42.3 21,73k135
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