THE PRESS, ...
FUBLIBHKD DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOBFTKD, I
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
ORION. No- XU SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
JEiaSTBM Cbhtb Pbb Week, payable to the Carrier,
(flailed to Subscribers out of the City at Eight Dollars
JPhrAhhoh, FourDollarb for Six Months, TwoDol
&AB8 FOR Teres Mohths—in vai lably in advance for the
lime ordered.
49- Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six
(lues constitute a square.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Poor Dollars
gBB‘AwHUMt in. advance. - •■■■
YARNS, BATTING, & WADDING.
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 438 MARKET,
No. 5 NORTH.FIFTH STREET,
H&a In .tore tbo largest stock In this City of
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
WARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
WARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
WARNS, BATTING, WADDING;
WARNS BATTING, WADDING,
"WARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn,
Twines, Wicking, Ropes, ,&c.
Goods Sold at lowest Cash Prices.
WOODEN.AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
CSS MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Galls the attention of dealers to hie
•IMMENSE STOCK
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
•WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
■WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND. WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
: WOODEN ' AND WILLO W W ARE,
‘WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS,
BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
- LOOKING*GLASSES,
TABLE AND -FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
■WINDOW-SHADES,
CLOCKS,
FANCY ‘BASKETS, 40.
,3®- A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN
ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
TTTF, GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
“PUTNAM
■« SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WHINGER**
Is warranted to be superior to any other in use.
.EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
ULOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUSE.
.Ist. It 1b a relief to the hardest part of washing day.
“ 2d. v lt enables the washing to be done in one-third less
tttme. -
. 3d.' It savea clothes from the - injury always given by
zfcwisting.
■4th. It helps to wash the clothes-aa well as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
THE
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
PUTNAM 1 SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
BECAUSE,
First. Thtf rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will
.ifoear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva
nized, all danger from rasfc is removed, and the liability
.to >hrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden
•machitteiijtejpreyentea. . • .- - ... ...
Third. Tbe spirdl springs- over the rolls render this
(machine.self-adjusting, so that small and large articles,
<OB well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to
uniform pressure. ' . •
Fourth. The patent fastening by which the machine
«£s tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be superior in sim
iplicity and efficiency to any yet offered.
Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one
ffialf to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without
he'least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE :
JSTo. 1, .#6.*. ..••••-No. 2, 85.
Agentß wanted in every county.
4®*: Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
‘With.
For sale at the
“‘WOOD ENWARE ESTABLISHMENT”
OF
A. H. FRANOISCUS,
No. ,433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.,
mhlf>-2in Wholesale Aaent for Pennsylvania.
CARPETS AND 011-CJLOTHS.
ROH-ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE.
JOS. BLACKWOOD,
83» ARCH STREET, .
TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side],
IS NOW RECEIVING
FOR SPRING TRACE,
<A rich and extensive assortment of
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS,
Of the beat makes,
Embracing all the new styles, which are offered
AT LOW PRICES FOR GASH.
xnhl2-2m.
JUST RECEIVED,
3.000 ROLLS
CANTON MATTINGS,
«To which we invite the attention of the trade.
M’OALLUM & CO.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
-j£ B M O V A L .
J. T. DELACROIX,
•■'iiiafl removed his
STOCK OP CARPETINGS,
South FOURTH Street, to his
; NE*W STORE,
No- 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
'Where he offers to his old customers, and purchaser!
generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OP -
CARPETINGS,
-sf all grades, and best known makes.
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES,
WHOLESALE. AND RETAIL,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. 37 BOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut.
mhB-3m • . ■ ■
ECHO MILLS,
M'CALLUM <6 OO m
IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS,
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
O .A R P E T I N G S,
OIL CLOTHS, ho.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET-
"INGB, of oar own and other makes, to which we call
«3he attention of cash and short-time buyers. fols-Sm
FURNITURE, &c.
U R N ITU R|,E .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W. <B J. ALLEN & BROTHER,
1800 CHESTNUT STREET.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
V' LIARD TABLES.
MOORE * CAMPION,
Wo. 861 Sooth SECOND Street,
-In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
■now uianufiictunnx a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
■and have now on hand a fall Bnpply, finished with the
‘ MOORE IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronoanced by all who have used them to be
unperior to all others. • =
For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu
afticturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
tJnlon. who are familiar with the character of their
srork. ' ' mh4-6m
Mi_ PB BINE, PRACTICAL DEN-
for the last twenty years, 3X9 VINE St.,
below Third, inserts the most beautiful TEETH of the
- Age, mounted on fine Gold. Platina, Silver, vulcanite,o<*
ralite, Amber, &c„ at prices, for neat and substantial
work, more reasonable than any dentist in this city or
State. Teeth plugged to last for life. Artificial Teeth re
paired to suit. No pain in extracting. No oharges un
til satisfied all to fight, .Reference,bestfauiltes. ja22-3«
J)AVID ROGERS,
No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR,
LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c.
gPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
1863. spring. 1863#
RIEGEL, WIEST, * ERVIN,
.Letter “A,” S 8«
PHILADELPHIA.
GERMANTOWN, FA.
VOL. 6.—NO. 210.
DRY-GQODS JOBBERS.
JIJ L. HALLO WELL. & CO„
• - _ s.;
NO. 615 CHESTNUT, STREET,
(JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,)
Have now In stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome
assortment of New Foreign *■'
FA NO Y DRY GOODS
SILK S,
All purchased since the recent
DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE.
and which will be sold at a
SMALL ADVANCE FOR,GASH.
apl-2m £
1863. spring 1863>
DRY GOODS.
HOOD, BONBRIGHT, & GO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Foreign and domestic
DRY GOODS,
Ho. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
, The attention pf ’the TRADE is invited to their large
Stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS,
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslins,
Madder Prints, De Lalnes,
Ginghams, Lawns, and
Newest Styles Dress Goods.
ALSO,
MEN’S WEAR
' IN (IRKAT VAKIKTr.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS.
mhl3-2m
JAMES R. CAMPBELL. <fc 00.,
IMPORTERS. JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OP
DRY GOODS.
727 CHESTNUT STREET.
Invite the attention of Cash Bayers to their
FULL AND COMPLETE STOQK,
Embracing the most desirable styles of
BILKS AND DRESS ROODS,
IN ANY MARKET,
MODERATE PRICES.
inh7-tap2B
Importer and Jobber of
inh23-2m*
A. W. LITTLE & 00.,
tth3-2m No. 3»5 MARKET STREET.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DR Y GOODS,
No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Merchant* visiting this city to purchase Dbt
Goons will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Fkjurbb, In certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any other house in
Philadelphia. fel9-2m
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OPI
DRY GOODS,
Fes. 830 and H. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE,
PHILADELPHIA,
Hare now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
op
POREIGH AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
Among which will he found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
Also, a fall assortment of
MERRIMACK ASD COCHECO PRINTS,
••• • and ' • ■ "" "■* ' -■■
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they luvlto the special attention of cash buyen.
fel&-2m .
gPRING, 1863.
YARD, GILLMOBE, A OO. t
Importers and Jobbers ol
SILKS
AND
FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS.,
Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a
LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK
SPRING GOODS,
COMPRISING
DKESS HOODS, SHAWLS. EIBBONS,
GLOVES,' &o.
Also, a fall assortment of
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. BM-
BROIDERIES, AND LACES.
The attention of the trade is reanested.
1863. spring. 1863<
JOHNES, BERRY, * GO.,
(Sncceesors to Abbott. Johnes, S'Co.)
No. ,87 MARKET, and 581 COMMERCE streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPOKTEKS AND JOBBERS OF
SILK
■ AXD .
FANCY DRY GOODS,
HavS BOW open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
.. in
dress Goods,
Adapted to the Season. Also, a Fall Assortment In
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES.
GASH BUYERS
Are particularly Invited to examine our Stock, fell-tf
GAS FIXTURES, &c.
527 ARCH STREET.
O. A. VANKIRK & 00.,
XAHUFACTPKEHS OF
chandeliers
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Fleaee call and examine geode.
COMMISSION HOUSES*
gH I PI.EY, HA Z ABD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 114 CHESTNUT STREET.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
rniIADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
mh3l-6m ....
fYUK SPBING STOCK IS NOW AB-
V RANGED.
80,000 DOZEN
h o a i b b y,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF IM
PORTATION.
,THOS. MELLOR <Sf OO. f
40 AND 4A NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Q_Riaa & HARMSTEAD,
No. SI STRAWBERRY STREET.
Offer for sale, by the Package,
RiPKA’S COTTONADES,
SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS,
STANDARD BROWN DRILLS,
STANDARD.BROWN SHEETINGS,
LONSDALE NANKEENS, &0.. &0. mh3
JOHN T. BAILEY & 00.
BAGS AND BAGGING
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOB SALE.
Ja2B4m
G ANTON FLANNELS,
- ' '
Heavy.and Medium.
NEGRO KERSEYS,
Plain and Twilled.
LINSEYS,
Wbitoßock, Westerley &c., &c.
880 WN DRILLS.
Onhsnd, andforealeby
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
p H I L A DEL P‘ H. I A
“BAG”
MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP BA G S, OF ALL SIZES,
FOB CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, *•.
ALSO.
SEAMLESS BAGS,
Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sole cheap, for net
tash on delivery.
GEO. GRIGG.
WH-tff No.aif>and 231 CHURCH ALLEY.
miLINGRY GOODS.
® STRAW GOODS, 1863>
" FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,
JUST OPENED :
AT
THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.’S,
No. 139 CHESTNUT-Street, below EIGHTH.
mh3l-2m
SPRING MILLINERY.
The undersigned has now open a
HANDSOME STOCK OF
RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES, ,
ILLUSIONS AND LACES.
Also, a splendid assortment of .
FRENCH FLOWERS,
Consisting of fine ROSES, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES,
' and FRUITS, - *
All.of the most fashionable shades and styles.
• A LOT OP
RIBBOXS MB FLOWERS
Of last season’s importation, will be
CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP.
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mb3o-tf
) SPRING 1863.
BROOKS & ROSENHEIM,
(Late Rosenheim, Brooks, & Co.),
No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side.
-Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto,
A HANDSOME YARIETT OP
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS,
MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERAL,
to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli
cited.- mhlB-tf
1863. R 1 B B ° N s
AND
MILLINERY GOODS.
IL. DANNENBAUM & 00.,
No. 57 North SECOND Street,
Have now open a large and admirably-assorted stock
of the above goods.
MERCHANTS and MILLINERS
will find inducements in styles and prices unequalled in
this market. _ mhl7-lm*
1863 s p r i n g 1863
WOOD <Ss GARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now in store a complete stock of
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
- INCLUDING
STRAW HATS AND BONNETS.
MISSES* AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY. AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c,
To which they, respectfully invite the attention of Mer
chants and Milliners.
, CASH BUYERS willfind special advantage in examin
ing this stock before purchasing. fe2B-2m
MILLINERY
AND
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER,
South SECOND Street,
Has now open alarge stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
&c., to which he respectfully invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from
New York auctions. mh24-2m*
T7IGHTH-STREET RIBBON STORE,
U No. 107 North EIGHTH Street.
- We would inform oar customers, and the ladies gene
rally, that we open this day a full and uery superior
stock of MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS, for the
Spring and Summer seasons, which we are prepared to
offer, wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable prices.
No, 4 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, $1 per piece.
No. 6 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, $1.25 per
VbLACK VELVET RIBBONS, every 'width, superior
BES? BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, with white edges,
every width.at last season’s prices.
BONNET RPBBONS, plain and fancy, every shade,
width, and quality—an immense variety to suit all
BONNET BILKS of every shade, plain and plaid.
BONNET CRAPES, LACES, ILLUSIONS, BLONDES,
ORNAMENTS, &o '
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, a superb variety,
at the, usual prices.
STRAW BONNETS, the feshionable shape, in braid,
split straw, and hair; white, gray, and black.
INFANTS’ HATS AND CAPS, every new design, all
qualities. .
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHAKER HOODS.
THE BEST NEW YORK AND FRENCH BONNET
FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewhere, by
the dozen or single.
Give us a call. SICHEL & WEYL,
mh27*lm \ No. 107 North EIGHTH Street.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, 6iC*
JAMBS S. EAKLE & SON,
IMPOSTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LOOKING GLASSES.
DBAIiBBB It
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMB AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
d»3l-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.'
★ f - »•
SING ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS.
The best in the world for finish and durability.
B. M. S.
The best brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
Sole Agent, ~ BENJAMIN M. SMITH,
ISO DUANE Street, near West Broadway,
feo-9m New York.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1863.
M. NEEDLES,
PUFFED ‘MUSLINS, striped, figured, Bayadere, and
other fancy SHEER MUSLINS,' for waists, bodies, and
dresses. . '
10 pieces pure white, plaid, and BAYADERE FRENCH
ORGANDIES.
40 pieces real FRENCH MUSLINS, 2 yards wide,‘7s
centsup.
60 pieces PIQUES, in' fancj and plain huff and white,
40. cents up, -
JACONETS, CAMBRICS, NAINSOOKS, MULLS,
SWISSES, etc., in air their varieties of plain, striked,and
plaids.
. LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS in all varieties, 12Xc up.
100 pieces New Styles PRINTED LINEN CAMBRICS
for dresses. • ./ *
NEW EMBROIDERIES, INFANT’S ROBES, COL
LARS .and SETS, EDGINGS, INSERTINGS, FLOUNC
INGS, kc.
NEW LACE,’Embroidered and Raffled HDKFS.
The above, .with many other goods, are offered at very
LOW PRICES, 'maJiy.of them-much below present coat
of importation, and at a very small advance on prices of
a year ugo. An inspection of my stock is respectfully
solicited. ; h ' '
PLAID SILKS.
BLUE AND WIIITE.PLAIDS.J*
PEARL AND white PLAIDS?
LEATHER AND WHITE PLAIDS.
WHITE AND BLACK PLAIDK
ONE DOLLAR.
PLAIN SILKS, CHOICE COLORS.
PLAIN REP SILKS, SMALL FIGURES. -
~ FANCY SILKS.
PLAIN BLACK SILKS, A LARGE,STOCK.
FIGURED BLACK SILKS. AT THE OLD PRICE.
SMALL CHECK SILKS..
We are selling all our Silks at lower prices than we can
replace them. ■
PLAIN ALL- WOOL DELAINES,
In Modes,Drabs,Tans, Leather, Solfei'ino.aud Violet.
COLORED ALPACAS,
In Choice Colors.
LIGHT FIGURED ALL-WOOL DELAINES.
Figured all-wool delaines at 50, 66, 62c.
SHEPHERD’S PLAIDS, 25 to 50c.
Light Spring Delaines, at Me!
FRENCH LAWNS, AT OLD PRICES.
Fine'French Organdies 50, 62, 75c. _
Fine French Jaconets at 37>£, 50, 62c. ! .
. Good StyUs of Lawns at 25, 28, 31c.
• A large assortment of Spririg and Summer Dress Goods,
at less than wholesale prices. . .
..DARK DELAINES at *2sc.
MERRIMAC CHINTZES at 25c. '
ENGLISH.CHINTZES at2sc. r
GOOD CHINTZES at 22c.
YARD WIDE ENGLISH CHINTZES at 37>fc.
. FINE FRENCH CHINTZES at 50c. ‘ .
A large assortment of
LIGHT SPRING CLOAKS, >
SHAWLS, MANTLES, and;' - -
- KACaUES.
SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS,
At our usual low prices.. . : ;
40-spring Skeleton Skirts at $1.25.
Ames' Patentclasp Gore Trail Skirts. .
; 600 Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, broad hems,at 50c.
. COATS’ SPOOL COTTON at $1.05 per doz.
CLARK’S ENAMELLED COTTON,' colored. at $L
118 CHESTNUT Street,
1024- CHESTNnT STREET,
, The Ladies are invited to call and examine the
NEW “ COVENTRY 'RUFFLING-,”
The mofct desirable Trimming yet introduced; for
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S UNDERWEAR.
TJAKGAINS IN DRY GOODS, FROM
AUCTION —To he opened this morning*—
One lot of Figured Grenadine Bareges, 12& cts.
One lot of Shepberd’s-Plaids, Mohairs, 25 cts.
One lot of very fine Quality do. 31 cts.
' One lot of Chene Mohairs, 31 cts;
EDfITINHALL & CO. ,
„ T - - m , . , . -v* - No. 36 S. SECOND St. .
N. B.—The above goods are.from* twenty-five to fifty
per cent, lower than they have beeuselling.
Spring styles of Pe Lames reduced to 25 cts. ap3-tf
TVTEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!—WE
are.daily receifang from factory new: patterns of.
"WALL PAPERS, to which we invite the attention of:
dealers in Paper Hanging.
In our retail department we have paid special atten
tion to tasteful designs suiting Philadelphia taste. 7
Booms papered by selected men, and warranted to give ■
satisfaction. JOHN H. LONGSTRETH,
• ap4-lm* » No. 13 North.THIRD Street. -
“A T RETAIL.”
OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Black and Fancy Silks, Linen. Sheetings and Shirt-
Black and Colored Alpa- ings,
_cas, Damasks, Napkins, - and
Poplms Fantasia, Doylies,
Taffeta d Annessey. Table .Cloths and Towel-
French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and
„dies. Furniture Dimities.
French Chintzes and Per- WHITE GOODS.
- cales, Jaconets, and Cainbrics,
Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambrics' and Nain-
Spnng Shawls, new color- sooks, .
•Ings, Tarletons and Swiss Mulls,
Black Thibet, and Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities,
n Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs, --
Square and Long Shawls. Gloves. Hosiery,
And a general assortment Of DRY GOODS in desirable
styles and qualities. mhs-2m
rTHEOK SILKS REDUCED TO $1.25.
W Shepherd’s Plaid Silks, *L2S.
Brown and White Plaids, $1.25.
Lilac and White Plaids, $1.25. ■ ' . -
- Spun Silk Plaids, at $l./
Foulard Silks, at $1 andsl.l2V£. •
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
' ; " No. 36 S. SECOND S*.
N. B.—Z5 dozen Grenadino Veils, at $1 a piece, beauti
ful styles. ap3-tf ;
RETAIL dry .goods.
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
Has just received NEW GOODS as follows
NEW LACES, VEILS, COLLARS, SETS,;&c,
100 dozen GRENADINEV-EILS. ,' ‘ :
. . . ■ E. M. NEEDLES,
mh3l-taplo
H. STEEL & SON,
Nos. Yl3 and 715 North TENTH Street.
E . ■M. 'NiB ED.LES,
103* CHESTNUT S.treefc,
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO. •
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOE SALE
At priceslgenerally below present cost ofUmpor-
WHITE GOODS* all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, ‘ do
LACES, do do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS, fire., Ac.
And respectfully invites an. inßpoction of Ms
1084: CHESTNUT STREET.
SPRING CLOAKS.
U - NBW CLOAKS,'
NEW CLOTHS,
SPRING SHAWLS,
HOOP SKIRTS.
. fCloakßready made or made to order.
Large stock of Cloths to select from.
Ladies’ Cloakings at the right prices.
NEW CASSIMERES.
Boys’ Cassimeres, ■ -
The new colors.
Gents’ Fancv Mixtures,
6-‘4 Coatings. •
■ Boys’Clothing ready made or made to order.
Large stock Cassimeres to select from.
' Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres.
WILLIAMSVILLES,
WAMSUTTAS,
Wide Sheetings, Flannels, Linens, Towels. 5
Muslins and Woolens at WHO LESALE.
COOPER & CONARD, .
ap4 ‘ S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
ATAIZE AND LEATHER-COLOR
•LTA DRESS GOODS.
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AISMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
CSpeciab Correspondence of The Press.] - :
" "Nashyixlb,-Tenn., March 31,-1863,
THE CUMBERLAND RIVER RISING.
FropL about 7 o’clock last evening until early this
morning the rain descended in torrents, causing the
• Cumberland river to rise twenty-six feet, and causing
~a general destruction of bridges, culverts, Ac. The
bridge .at Filot Knob, twenty-one miles distant, gave
way last night, and a heavy freight train from Lou
ißville plunged into the creek, smashing the locomo
tive, <cars, merchandise, &c., and killing one man and
wounding three, besides delaying the regular mail
- train,.- which, up to the present time, has failed to
arrive. ■ The bridge at Manscho’s creek, twelve
mileß from the city, also made its exit during the
night. This is the fourth time this season that
heavy rains have destroyed the bridge at this place
•Upon the Murfreesboro pike, one bridge floated offV
and-, upon the railroad a little injury was sustained
. by the bridge at Mill Creek,
. ~ ALL QUIET IN FRONT.
... jVeaterday was a very quiet day iafront. I visited
Murfreesboro the day before and came back last
> evening. . For one way.-there was-no skirmishing
. whatever in our immediate front, and I learn none
neatf Franklin; Forthe past three weeks, except-,
-jina-the unfortunate,.,affair of’ Monday, wherein we
flojifc about three hundred men prisoners," several
wagons, and a small amount of ammunition, no
-passage-at-arms .has occurred unsuccessful to us.
severe whipping which“ Horse thief Morgan”
received last week haß had a tendency to place that
notorious rascal upon the shelf; and he now standß
~NoJ4 in the catalogue of renegade horsemen, the
; scoundrels who rank him being, first, Wheeler f se
: condj Forrest; third, Wharton ; and fourth, comes
the dclunct Kentucky thief. Of late, between the
whole party, there has existed a misunderstanding.
General Wheeler, the Alabama rascal, contends that
• he has burned more boats, destroyed 'more merchan
dise, And done more s damage generally, than his part
ners in mischief. - Forrest; the nigger-thief, says he
has done more for the Confederate cause in the way
• of legitimate business than .either Wheeler, Wharton,
or Morgan.. Wharton, the Texas miscreant, insists
that he burned more wagons, paroled more sick and
wounded men, and. did more “good” while haras
sing us.iri the rear during the progress of the battle
•; of Stone river, than all the others; while poor Mor
gan occasionally whispers that he is the biggest thief
in the party. But I am about it, let megive
you some idea of what has been done by *
GENS. WHEELER,. FORREST, WHARTON,
. AND MORGAN.
"Wheeler is the Tycoon of the party, and ranks as
"major -general, arid holds the position of chief of
, cavalry, having between .sixty and seventy regi
' meats or battalions in his command. Wheeler, be
sides being an able officer, had the command of the
forces who operated in the rear of Gen. Rosecrans
' during his last great battle, and personally superin
: tend* d'the destruction of five boats upon the Cum
berland, and the. piling upon the shore of sick and
wounded Federal officers, and soldiers.
' General Wharton is quite a young man, being less
than thirty years of age. He is a native of Alabama,
and left the service of the United States to recruit
for the rebel army, which he entered as colonel, with
' a'full regiment of cavalry, in the fall of 1861. He
’ was with Bragg in Florida, and has ever since been
in his command.
. " Brigadier General Forreßt, by “profession,” is a
' “nigger-trader,” “nigger-thief,” and “nigger-perse
cutor.” Politically, he is a “nigger-enslaver,” and
personally and commercially, he is notoriously the
moat unprincipled man who ever had dealings with
that species of humanity possessing" heart, brains,
and soul. Heißanative of this State, and for the
last few years resided in Memphis. His general
character is.denoted by!a likeness wliich may be
.' found in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” known as Legree.
’ At the commencement of the rebellion thiß illiterate
-s"iiian made “speeches”'in favor of ‘.‘Southern
rights,” and after foolish Tennessee seceded, raised:
a company of one hundred men, and first en
tered service at Bowling Green. He ingratiated’:
him&elf into the favor of a whisky-drinking;
; crowd, and soon made his company a-regl-.
ment, and received from Isham G. Harris, another
traitor, a c'onDnission of colonel. Forrest
_ is a dark complexioned man, tall and robußt, and
-e about forty-five years of age. Last July he captured
. Murfreesboro, two brigadier generals, 1,500-Federal
and a large-supply of ammunition and
For this act he was made- brigadier general
yh the rebel army. During the blockade, Forrest
ftiad. command of the cavalry in front of this.city,
«hnd harassedithe movements of General .Negley’s
foraging parties to some extent. He made himself
very disagreeable even to Seccessionists on the out
skirts of the city, at that time, by conscripting boys
•of‘the ages of fifteen and younger. Breckinridge,
who had command of Murfreesboro during Bragg’s
invasion of Kentucky, issued a pass to .a- lady to
come to this city.i When within a few miles of
Nashville, she was taken before Forrest, who in
formed.her that “Jesus Christ should not pass
through his lines.” Since *that time Forrest has
been badly used up; having been thoroughly whip
- ped in West Tennessee, and at Fort Donelson. He
is.now figuring near Columbia. “
Brigadier .General Wharton is, I believe, a nativ*
.of Louisiana, but hails from Texas. He is related ,
-by marriage to “ex-traitor” Twiggs, and was upon
• Twiggs’ staff iii Texas. He is- a middle-aged man,
and entered the rebel service as colonel of a cavalry
regiment. -.'.He participated in the attack upon, our
rear during the battle of Stone river, and burnt some :
two hundred wagonß, and captured over three hun
' dred men. Wharton, however,'haß been in several
’ fights, and is, probably, the most gentlemanly person,
-among the four. ‘
. The reverse is characteristic-of Brigadier General
John Morgan. He is fftc blackguard of the party,
and entered the rebel service as captain, and .first
did duty at Bowling Green. Soon many renegade
Kentuckians joined his command,, which : swelled to
a regiment,'and John was appointed colonel. He
is a native of Lexington, Ky., and before the war
was what is known as a fast young man. He was a
constant patron of the multiplicity of vices unknown
to the moral circle,.and was the bosom companion
of bad men and lewd women.
Morgan’s friends call him the gentlemanly gam
bler and rout. And yetthis infamous scoundrel is the
pet of the women. The first act which made John
the “Marion” of the rebel cause, so-theladies say,
was the burning of the tank and baggage cars- at
Gallatin after the occupation of Nashville by Gene
ral Buell. Since then Morgan has .been very con
spicuous, and has done the rebel cause great service.!
The damage we have sustained at his hands will
amount to several millions of dollars. Morgan is a
young man, of nervous-lymphatic temperament,
with great impulses and little courage. He has, like
.Forrest, been pretty considerably used up of late,
and is fast “ playing out;” "
Wheeler is a graduate of West Point; Wharton
was a lieutenant in the regular army. -But Forrest
and Morgan never were, and never will be, soldiers-:
or gentlemen. ,
SWORD PRESENTATION TO COLONEL
SIR WELL.
Colonel Sirwell, of the 78th Pennsylvania, has
been made the recipient of a splendid sword, with
belt and sash, by the non-commissioned officers and
privates of his regiment. It wsb presented to him
one day last week upon dress parade. The follow
ing is the address of Private Thom, together with
the Colonel’s reply: -
Colonel Sirwell : I am about to present you
with a sword on behalf of the enlisted men of the
7Sth Regiment; and I am proud to say that I can
vouch for their sincerity in presenting it to you as
a token of their personal esteem and general con
fidence in you as their leader. On the field of
Stone river you carried a sabre without scabbard;
and we hope whilst that arch traitor Jefferson
Davis and hiß myrmidons continue to trample
your proud emblem of our national freedom in the
dust, that this will still be your motto—” Sword
.without sheath.” And when this war is over, and
the bright beams of peace illumine our homes and
firesides, return it to its scabbard, and-treasure it
up in fond remembrance of the boys of the 78thj.
-transmit it to your heirs as an heirloom to remind
them of, the noble deeds of their heroic sirq, and of
the deeds of those who are proud to say: “ I belong
to, the 78th Pennsylvania; I serve under Colonel
•Sirwell, and share with him the honors and dangers
of the battle-field.” Take it, sir; use it nobly against
those we came to punish; and may that glittering
Bteel prove as true as the heart of him who hence
forward will use it. /
• COLONEL SIttWBLL’S BEPLY.
My Comrades in Abms : I nowlay aside my com
mission of colonel and take you by the hand as I
have done at home in times gone by, when there was
no distinction between us. In offering this present,
you have taken me by surprise, and the only reason
.1 can give for this is, the absence of G-en.Negley,
who jou know never permits his officers to. be sur
prised. In receiving this fine present through the
hands of private Thom, on behalf of the non-com
missioned officers and privates of the 78th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, I have been indeed sur
prised ; and in return I will endeavor to surprise you
by .making a few remarks. Would that I could utter
the feelings of my heart, and express the thoughts
that now are in me. but. unfortunately for me, my
nature will not allowme to do so.
My friends .: I’ can assure you that this iB one of
the happiest moments of my life—that I can think,
and say when I have gone to my long home, my
children, and their children, can say .with pride,
■ u This was a present from the brave men of the 78th,
with whom our father has fought ; side -by side in
many a battle, in which they have done honor to
themselves and credit to the people they represent;
they have kept ward and watch together, through
rain and mud, through sleet and cold, endured all
the hardships incident to camp life, in order to bat
tle against the tyrants and traitors of our beloved
country, who have tried to destroy the peace and
happiness of our homes.” ■ • . ■
In receiving this sword at your hands, I pledge
myself that rb long as I have power to wield it, this
sword shall not return to its Bcabbard there to re
main until every traitor iB driven from the face of
our country.
GENERAL ROBERT B. MITCHELL.
Brigadier General Robert B. Mitchell, command
ant of this post, is one of the most able patriots in
the service. He haß made himself, since his ap
pointment as chargd d’affaires at Nashville, particu
larly odious among the rebels. He, out of all
the generals in command of different oities, had the
nerve to retaliate upon guerillas. Dick- McCann,
threw a railroad train off the track, and the general
Bent a squad of men to MoCann’s house, and they
burned it to the; ground. He quartered siok Con
federate soldiers upon' rebel families, and put rebel
citizens of Nashville to many inconveniences upon
several occasions., A few days ago 001. Martin
wrote an order suppressing the circulation of: cop
perhead newspapers in thiß city, and sent it-'to
General Mitchell, who signed his name to the docu
ment, and transmitted it to Gen. Roseorans,yyhb
declined to approve of it, stating as his reasons, that
he had no legal right to meddle with journals that
were permitted to be published by the President and
the people.
General Mitchell was born in Ohio, and ea&igrated
to Kansas, in the spring of 1856. He served through
out the Mexican war, in the regiment commanded'
by Colonel, now Major ; General, Morgan, of o&m>
berland Gap notoriety-entering theregiment as a
private, and rising?- to captain. He* was twice'
wounded during that war. He was a prominent
member oi- the Free State party of Kansas; during
the troubles of 1856- J 57. On the outbreak of the
war, when the 2d Kansas Regiment of Volunteers*
was" organized,, he raised a company, of which he
was captain; and was afterwards elected colonel of
the regiment. He.commanded the regiment at the
battle of Springfield, Mo., and in that memorable'
battle received three wounds, one of which—in his 5
groin—came near terminating his life; He was leff
in hospital at Springfield, on the retreat of the army,
from there, and for over a month was * a prisoner.
-He was appointed brigadier general in February,
1862, to rank from the dateof the batfcle of Spring
.field ; and in- May,"1862, left Kansas with a division
for Corinth, Mississippi. From the army of the
Mississippi, Gwieral Mitchell’s division 'passed' to*
Tennessee, to reinforce General Buell, joining the
forces of the latter at Murfreesboro. He commanded'
a division at Perry ville, and was- the first Jo'enfer
,the town, capturing an ammunition train of 75 1
wagons, and about 300 prisoners. Hiß division lost
about 200 killed, and 600 at that battle;
AN EDITORIAL LETTER.
[From the Washington Chronicle. 3-
New Yoke, April 2,1863.
Four more days in New York! Four days in
a metropolis in .which all kinds of people and,
every sort of opinion are mixed with, and ground
against, each other in the most exciting epoch
Bince the beginning of the world. This attrition—
social, religious, financial* and political—is some
thing marvellous. It iB said that in the French
Revolution insanities and suicides were; so com
mon as to create no surprise;; and it is undoubt
edly due to our solid; common sense, and not to
the absence of abundant temptations to either and
bothj'tbat we have not. improved- upon the Gothic
precedent. Wonderful, most wonderful, are the
levity and happiness of the American people. Nor
is it the levity of the-eailor who gets drunk in the
Bight of certain shipwreck, or tlie happiness that
springs from indifference to the discomfort of our
neighbor. Rather let nie lay it at the door of con
fidence in the cause of their country and pride'in
their own exhaustless resources; A type of the
times was presented to me as I came here in the
“Owl Line” the other “night and morning.” Two
young collegians got into the cars- at Trenton, with
much less clown on their upper lips than whisky un
der their waistcoats. Inmy courageous and fretful
struggles to go to sleep I was forced to listen to their
endlees gossip., They had evidently left Princeton on
a twilight trip, and were just returning, in a very sad
plight, to escape a morning disgrace. Utterly ignoring
the proprieties of the place, and therefore the per
sons, male and female, whom they, disturbed and
edified, they shouted, sang, and made bad jokeß, pre
cisely as if they owned not simply the. passengers
and the road, but as if these had been created for
their .amusement. They were handsomeTTascals,
too ; and when one of them turned to me, and called
me “old fellow,” with a wink of his eye and a
slap on my shoulder, I could not muster bitter
ness enougn; to .ask him if his mother knew he
was out. Poor lady! In her far-off home she
was dreaming of her absent boy even- then,
no doubt, and predicting for him the renown
of a Whitfield or a "Webster. They were loyal
bladeß, these twain. They loved their country, and
abused, in very excellent and classic English, with
extracts and adjectives borrowed from their books,
thoee poisonous reptiles known as-Copperheads,
and insisted that a near and very venerable neigh
bor of mine, who slept all. over me, should agree
with them ;-which, after a noißy awakening, he did,
with a snore and a sneer. I forgave them-their
audacity for the mannerin which they sung the new
song, “When this cruel war is over,” with their
young and fruity voices, on the platform, as they got
out at Princeton.
. YesteidayX had Horace Greeley in-my room.’up
stairs at the Astor House, and previously I had
, chattedswith Thurlow Weed down stairs.. Taking
no part in their personal differences, it is no original
idea to say that they are remarkable men, equally
attached to a'common cause, though serving it each
after his own fashion. Greeley was full of enthu
siasm, and seemed specially delighted with 'our
Philadelphia J. T. Brady, Daniel’Dougherty,,
his dear young friend, who was on his * way to :
■Norwalk, Connecticut, to make a Union speech,
which. I have ,no doubt was punctuated with
. stars of eloquence for the Government, and strong
with stripes for thA,rebels. Weed: was active,
nervous, confident, ; %nd resolved; Say. of him
what others may, I cannot but admire his indomita
ble energy. He is-an übiquitous personage.. I saw
.him wherever. I. walked—in/Wall street, at the
collector’s office, at the Chamber of Commerce, in
; Broadway—and he was always the same earnest and
-restless: man. When L went into'his room this
morniDg he wasjjreading a novel. Think of Thurlow
Weed reading a novel in these Btirring times!* But
' Silas Wright used to say that he rested his intellect
with this Bort of literary relaxation; and that he
never spoke, better than after he had had a mental
bath in the glorious inspiration of Walter Scott.
Who do you think I- met last night?; Franklin
Pierce, neither more nor less. And looking like a
bridegroom—fat, friendly, and (pardon me, General)
fifty m four. I had not seen him for three years. Re
membering his kindness to me in days gone by, and
. his genial nature and generous heart. I felt glad
once more to take him-by the hand. We spoke no
politics, for we differ much, lam sorry to. feel, on
■ these troubles; but T soon saw that we did not differ
* on one point, viz: that there was to be no separation of
this . Republic. .
And I also met the ex-Govemor and now- Sena
tor Sprague, of Rhode Island, on Thursday. He
gave me a short outline of* what happened on
Wednesday—the glorious victory 'of the Govern
ment, won over its enemies, in his little State with a •
mighty heart. Returning from the, field, of fight in*
Connecticut, we have hourly arriving champions,
all of whom promise triumph, .arid not the less so
because Rhode Island has given the Caliban of trea
son such a mauling as his deformed figure and •
frightful blasphemy-so well deserved. . [By-the-by,
what better type of the rebellion could be desired
‘than this same Caliban, one of. the most remarka
ble and significant characters oL the great dra
matist?]. The campaign in Connecticut has been
marked by extraordinary vigor on both sides. The
opponents of the war threw off all disguiße. They
repeated and re-enacted publicly what the Hartford
Convention did secretly. It would have been unna
tural if the gorge of the people of the State had not
risen. Hence lam not surprised: that the current
which seemed, some days ago, to-set .against the:
Union, is now running rapidly and strongly-the,
other way. What is most interesting about the po
litics and prospects of Connecticut, considered in I
this connection, is the fact that so many, eminent
Democrats from other States have gone into-that
. State, to show by their presence and teachings that
y-they are for the most, vigorous and vehement prose
cution of the war. -
Ini the literary world there is a. busy time, but 1.,
had no leisure to see and sound the depths of that,
to me, always interesting ocean. Kinglake’s
“Louis Napoleon,” from the Harper mine, is the
new wonder, and will, undoubtedly, create a -stir.-
The passage in the April Harper , which I have just
read, displays singular, tact and thought. Indeed, I
heßitate which most to admire, his style or hia phi
losophy. .
Illustrative of New York life, let me relate what
has just occurred in my room. A.knock at the door •
—enter an old friend, who wanted a letter of intro
duction to another friend of mine. After giving
which, I asked about his health and prospects ; and
when he said he was-doing far better financially,
than physically, I admonished him to pause,-and re
strain his eager career. “Bah!” he said, “lookto>
yourself before advising me. I. would rather wear
out than rust out. But I have taken care of myself.
I have insured my life for one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, and I pay for this insurance four
thousand dollars a year !” [I put all these, figures
in words, lest the printer might suppose I was mis
taken.] My friend is- entered in nine/een offlces in.:
this city. After he related this story to me (which
I have since had confirmed), I could not help saying,
in a,quietway, “Why, by Jove, Smith, this, with
all your attachment to yourself, is-a sort of invita
tion to Buicide.” “ Possibly,” was his'cool answer,
aB be whisked his long legs and whiskers out of the
room ; “but there are institutions in New York that
will insure your life and pay your family if you cut -
your throat.”" .
Of the drama, this week, I can say nothing, X did
not go to the play, not even to Barnum’s, who has
.many more interesting shows than ever. But I.
could not help thinking even about thati. Forrest*
is a sort of evergreen. He walks the stage as if
he were not—old,. He acts Claude ATefriotfe with an
audacious determination to convince everybody
that he is in truth the original “gardener’s son.”
Wheatley, with whom I can take some* liberties,
ought to be seventy, for I recollect the name ever
since I could read (but that must have been his
father or his mother). Wheatley is-as-young, or-at
least as young-looking, as ever. ButX will not run
on in this comment upon oli-.friends. I come to.
the point. Why is it that the list of our lady his--
trions seems to fee giving out? I do not allude to*
those who. are on the stage, but the female addi
tions to the corps dramatique are painfully infre
quent. I have an honest, old-fashioned contempt
of the practice that denounces this age as inferior
to other times, and therefore r feel that I‘ have-a
right to'Bpeak of the indifference of American ladies
in view of the honorable profits offered by a theatri
cal career. That career, it is true, demands hard
work and high ambition; but. no woman lias-ever
yet attempted it, with ordinary sense and reasonable
personal attractions, and failed. ‘I felt like qparrel
iDg with Miss Davenport when she threw away her
chances for new laurels, and went to Port Royal to
look after the sick and wounded soldiers ;.butl saw:
that she was bowed' down more by the cypress than
the laurel. Miss .Tane Coombß, of city, is-a
thriving and ambitious actress, and is doing her beat
to show the right road to others of her sex, and I
know what a trial she has had. -Her experience is=
enough to frighten others.
Do not complain if in these, sometimes black and
bitter clays I turn off from the railroad of politics
and linger between trains in the happy, by- wayß and
recollections of inside and domestic affairs. The
apparition of my bleediDg Country follows, me or
appears to me everywhere; but I can occasionally
best realize all her sufferings and my obligations by
seeing how others contemplate their relations to
their common country. Politicians, whose trade it
is to “talk statesmanship,” are excessively intole
rant of what they call light and silly, gossip among
some of those who are real and generous- friends.
But they roußt not forget that while we adore our
dear country, we love our sociali enjoyments, and
also that there are many sweet friends in the family
circle who think they-can beat show their affection
for the Republic by making their husbands and bro
thers, and sons and lovers, happier by talking of
other themes even than,the theme of war.
And in this sense I give you a letter for the Skra
day Morning Chronicle. - J. W. F.
From, the Evening Bulletin.]
The Copperhead#”
What is t© iear from the Copperhead,
That starts and shrinks from a patriot’s treadi \
That squirms and wriggles in corners mean,
To vent the gall of his timid spleen*
What is to fear from the Copperhead,
That hears his own hiss with secret dread;
That would, but dare hot; that hateß, hut fears j
And ends his fury in feeble sneers ?
What is to fear from the Copperhead,
Bursting with veraon he dare not sited,
And scorned by his brother Rattlesnake
That boldly Btrikes from the Southern brake?
What shall we do with the Copperhead ?
Seed of the woman, the word is said :■
Bruise his head, or your naked heel
Shall ache for the silly trust ye feel.
What shall we/do with the Copperhead ?
Stamp out the reptile’s loathsome bed !
Trample to powder his poisoned fang 1
And then, as a sign, let his carcasß hang X
Strike, strike at the traitor Copperhead \
Beat up the land till the thing is dead !
Women with distaffs and boys with stones
Are stout enough for the heart he owns 1
Who then shall pity the Copperhead,
When life from his lying lipa has fled,
If not the father of lies in hell,
For he served that household passing well 1
NO one shall grieve for the Copperhead !
His Southerhlord, when he finds him sped,
Shall spit in Wb white and viaoid blood, :.
And ewear he died tfs a coward should l
THREE CENTS,-
eubo pe .
Progress ttJflhe Po]ishKebclHoa-Sutccßse&
/ of the RuMtiiua-Lau giewicz a Pirlsoircy
at Cracow-'-The Relwl Cottoir Loan,
Nkw York, April s.— The steamer City of Corky '
from Liverpool on the 21st via Queenstown at 4:3& J
on the morning of She 23d, arrived at this port at
8.30 o'clock, this morniog. ■ v
The following latest despatch was received from-
Liverpool, via Roche’s Point, Monday morning
The steamship Africa- arrived here at' 30'o’clock
last night. '
. The cotton market opens' to-day steady, with a 1
fair demand.
The political news is unimportant;
Langiewicz has been conveyetS’tothe'Fbrtreas-of
Cracow.
The latest despatches from Poland - indicate con
tinued Russian successes. -
An American ship waspassed on the 3d of Febru
ary, on fire, the flames raging fore and aft.
London, March Daily: NcteS' states * that
the Greek-Minister has been recalled,- and the lega
tion. at London been abolished.
The Times’ City Article says thedenaand for mo
ney at the bank and in open market on'Saturday,
was very active to the large Confederate loan, which
closed at cent, premium; About fifteen
millions of the Joan have been taken at Liverpool, -
Paris, Frankfort, and Amsterdam.
poea'nb:
‘'The London Times considers;the Polish struggle
virtually ended, but thinks the allied Powers are
justified in requiring that Poland' shallhave what is 4
guarantied by the treaty of Vienna:
Tbe Mohmnj Post understands* that the Vienna •.
Cabinet have resolved to place Langiewicz ©n pa-*
role in some Austrian town.
A large body of Russian troops* who have crossed 2
into Austria, are under surveillance, bat are*sup-*
plied with rations by Austria.
Tbe Paris correspondent of the Daily News says it
is rumored that the Czar of Russia has granted an
amnesty to the Poles, a copy of which has been -
telegraphed to the Emperor Napoleon. He will'
give Poland■ her autonomy, and a* liberal' Consti--
tution; " .
London, Monday—The death of SirFaltOn Symes
is announced, also that of Chas. Selby, the actor.
The next- drawing-room reception* at Windsor
Caßtle will be held on the[2Bth.
Consols opened on Monday at money and
for account. /?'■
THE REBEL LOAN. ¥ ’ *
The most interesting feature of is the
particulars of the Confederate loan, referred to by
-telegraph.
The London Times money article of Saturday,
21st,says :•
“The loan has continued to be almost the sole'
topio of attention. The premium of yesterday has.
been fully maintained, the. transactions-throughout
the day ranging from 4J£.to and the final quota
tion being 4>£.to 4s£.' The purchaseshave been large
and numerous, and at Liverpool the price has been
equally strong. As the applications in London have
now'amounted to about X9 1 000,000/the sum paid in
for deposits is nearly half a million.
“The affair has been taken up in Paris, Amster-
Frankfort, and Liverpool, by houses of posi
tion, while, as* regards the agentß in London, there
‘iß no firm that could claim a cHhracter for greater
respectability than that of Messrs. J. H. Schroder &
Co.; but there can be little doubt-that as a loan of- a
purely political character they would have hesitated
to undertake it.” .
[From the London Times, 20th. ].
The announcement of the Confederate loan has
aroused anunusual amount of attention, and trans
actions have been already actively carried on
throughout the day at prices-ranging from. 2 to 3 pr-e
-. mium, the lastquotation being 2%.t0 3.- The excite
ment, connected with it is principally aue to the fact
that the affair iB to be regarded almost exclusively
as a cotton speculation. The degree of favor accord
ed to it in Liverpool, Manchester, Havre, and other
centres of the cotton trade, must constitute the test
by which London operators will be likely to be in
fluenced. Shonld cotton remain at Is. 9d. per pound,
a large number of persons will probably be disposed
to run the risk of getting out, and, if rates ■of insu
rance such as would leave a profit at that price
should become current, the proportion of- the bonds
to be cancelled in this way before peace can be at
tained may be extensive. The general question,
however, will be as to the price* likely to prevail
for cotton after the conclusion of peace, and that
is a matter for the judgment of Lancashire. Six
months are allowed as the period during which 1 each
holder of the bonds will have the option, after the
ratification of peace, of changing, them-for cotton,
. and those who now subscribe will do so in the belief
that the average rate throughout that interval will
be at least .6dperpcmnd. Every other mode of re
garding the affaiir would be irrelevant. - The Fede
ralists in America-, and the Washington politicians
in particular, will doubtless insist upon ?looking at
it as an outrageous blow deliberately aimed against
them by the European aristocracies, although they
will be conscious that if they could safely do so they
would publicly enter into a similar transaction them
selves, and-that they have already so far set the ex
ample that 20,000 bales of cotton are alleged by their
own journals to have lately found their way to the
New England mills. through purchases effected by
Federal officers, who have contrived to receive them
acroßSthe “rebel” border. The loan willreceive no
official sanction—not even that of the Committee of
the Stock Exchange—and if the Federal Govern
ment like to apply for a Birailar amount on the hy
pothecation of wheat, Indian corn, or Ohio pork,,
they will doubtleßß find that our capitalists in their
business dealings are totally free from political pre
judices, and are guided solely by the nature of the
term b and security offered, and the consequent pros
pect of profit. The matter originated in France,
and is shaied by Holland and Germany, and the
parties on this side, with the characteristic desire
of Englishmen to avoid even a constructive eva-.
sion of thelaw, have-fortified themselves by most
eminent opinions as to the transaction being free
from all legal objection.
[From the London Star, March 20. ] .
If the rebels succeed in establishing their inde
pendence, the Confederate Government will be in a
position to hand over the promised cotton, or to sub
sequently redeem the bond, if it chooses; for it may
not unlikely repudiate, seeing that President Davis
.has had Borne experience in that line already. Here,
then, is one not inconsiderable risk to the lenders;
but even that assumes the success of the’Confede
rates in-this-war. Now, is that success, we shall
not say so certain, but so probable as to induce per
sons here to risk the money on it? The South has
carried on the war for two years, it is true, and its
leaders express determination not to yield; but here
is a clear confession of exhaustion in this proposed
loan, in the very fact that they come to Europe ask
ing for material assistance, while the Federal* Go
vernment, which has carried on the-war on even a
larger scale than the South, still-possesses bound
less material resources within itself, and has met ex
pressions of determination from the South with ex
pressions equally resolute.. ?
A ROYAL PARTY.
[From tbe London Court Journal, 21st. ]
By command of the Queen, an evening-party was
given at St. James’ Palace last evening in honor of
their Boyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
■Wales.
The company comprised the-royal family, the Da
nish royal family and foreign princes now*staying in
this country, together with the whole of the foreign
ministers, the Ministers of the Crown,, and the great
officers of State, with their wives and daughters, a
number of the ladies and gentlemen of the royal
household, and a large party of the nobility and
gentry.
. The Princess of Wales wore a dressof white silver
moire, covered with a dress of Brussels lace.
Her Boyal Highness wore a diadem of diamonds.
The Duchesß of Cambridge wore-a-dark violet
satin dress, with bouillones of satin and black lace,
covered with a tunic of Brussels lace. Her Boyal
Highness? head-dress was formed lof - a tiara of dia
monds and pearls-and white feathers.. The necklace,
stomacher, and ear-rings were diamonds and pearls.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a -white
satin petticoat, trimmed with tulle and;bands of
violet velvet with Bilver cord, covered with a tunic
of Honiton lace. The Princess wore a tiara of dia
monds.' The necklace, stomacher and ear-rings were
of diamonds.
The Princess Christian of Denmark,wore a dress
of dark blue velvet trimmed with white blonde. Her
Boyal Highness’ head-dress was composed of a dia
dem of diamonds and white feathers. The necklace
and ear-rings were of diamonds.
A BIOT IN LANCASHIRE;'
On Friday, March 20, a serious- riot- occurred
among the unemployed factory operatives in Staly
bridge, near Manchester. A correspondent ofthe
Manchester Guardian, describing the scene, says
that the outbreak was caused by the action of the
relief committees. The writer addB 4 :
“The relief storeß-were forcibly entered, and a
vast amount of property was destroyed. It appears
that there haß been a threefold complaint urged by
the persons attending schools against the relief com
mittee-first, the stoppage of 4d. per weekirom the
weekly payment of the scholars; isecondly, a pro
position to retain a day J s wages in hand from one
week to another; and, thirdly, paying them by
ticket instead of money, as heretofore.- Two of
these new regulation scorning into forcefcoday,some •
schools turned out. formed in procession, and peram
bulated the streets shouting and hooting. They
then visited the different; relief stores, which they.,
ransacked, throwing the clothing, &c., through the
windows, while others ran away with various arti
cles. They then commenced-to smash the windows,
and at the Btores in Caroline Btreet the things were
set on fire, but the flames were soon extinguished by,
the police..
“By this, time a troop of the Fourteenth Hussars,
stationed at Ashton barracks, had arrived. The riot
.act was read, and the military.then dispersed the
mob. Previous to the arrival of the military seve-.
ral houseß occupied«by members of the relief com
mittee—that of Mr. Ralph Bates, J. P., amongstthe
number—were visited, and the windows broken.
The police office also came in for a share of the rage
of the crowd. On the mob-being dispersed thepo-.
lice visited various houses, and found a large quan
tity of clothing which had’been stolen from the
stores. On its being known that a search was being
made, many bundles of clothing were, thrown into
the canal and other places. Tip wards- of sixty per
sons have been taken into custody.”
Tile Action at Williamsanrg..
To the Editor of The Press
Sir: Permit me to correct an,’article, entitled
“ Another disgraceful surprise of our. garrison at WU
liamsburg,’* in The Press of Ist in&fc., calculated to in
jure our regiment. The fact of the case fs simply
ihis: While Lieut. John P. Wenzel, of Company G,
in chajge of the advance-picket, reserve, composed,
oi twenty-bight men, were endeavoring to hold the
enemy’s advance guard of cavalry in front, their in
■ fantry drove in our pickets-on, the right flank, and
thus gained possession of the town. The Lieut
enant, seeiDg his precarious, position.—his only re
course was to force his way. through by a bold dash
or ignominiously surrender a true Boldier 3 ■he-.
; chOEe the former, and,, with his gallant lit
: tie band, cut his way' through a far supe
rior force, receiving a very severe wound* in.the
shoulder himself* as well as two killed, Edward
Steine and Jacob. W&vel, of Company C,-;- four
wounded, Hiram Y. Twiss, AdamMcCrork, Joseph
■Wilson, and Edward Taylor, of Company Ctand
ten prisoners, Joseph Allen, Frederick Lender, wm.
AliiEon, Andrew Arnold, George N. BroAvne,-Owen
Kilcard, James Mulgrew, of Company C, Wm.
Scott, Frederick Currie, and Patrick Sullivan, of
Company G, Provost. Marshal Guard. There was
I not the least sign of wavering, nor were they sur
prised or the infantry stole past their pickets, as
your correspondent intimates. The regiment was
called out, and our batteries from the fort on
the town, causing an immediate retreat of >the ene*
my. In fifteen minutes our picket liue was re-esta
blished. We buried our dead with due solemnity the
next day. The- wounded are all doing well, and
likely to recover.
Our regiment, engaged now for many months in
the arduous duties of picketing the whole Pe
ninsula above Yorktown, eight poßtson the James
and York rivers, besides one squadron continually
on forty-eight hours’ duty, picketing some fifteen
posts on the Richmond road, the different oreeks,
and other avenues leading into Williamsburg, feel
keenly the slight thus put upon therm I know there
is not the prestige and glory of a great battle in this
sort of service, but any one acquainted with its du
ties will know that it is far more laborious.
Y ery truly, your obedient servant,
- M. E. H ARMSTEAD,
Chaplain 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Oampkkar Williamsburg, Apri1 3,1863.
Fire at Booneville, Missouri*
St. Louis, April 6 of a block of build
ings, situated in the business part of Booneville, was
burned on the morning of the 3d instant. The loss
was between $40,000 and $60,000. The Ere waa the
mrkof an incendiary.
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LIFE IS LONDON.
Mr, /*scorg e Alfred Townsend, formerly of The
Press, bu t now in London, contributes the following
articleio New York Sunday Mercury: -
London, March 17, 1883.
• Editor “T- 3*: There be peraons who live and per*
sons who ex'is'Jv -.Under the former head come pub
lisher*, wholivsyafl/ 1 * authors let live; tbe
. latter head-em.brt33£9 my bretb?cnj)f Bohemia. The'
XondonpublisVenPare a tribe .erf' -,princes, whose ex
change M heldvin Paternoster
Bow is a littlß i allj^^Wh«?ie ? :fcwe f :-wagons mefet at*
s r
Ava'Marifc'
Las?, offsht;6is’ ; j>f; or,
froiip Newgate* street, of butchers’
Ehamt/Jee, or from Clbeapsridestreet, by the General
Poßt ©fSce. There is.no establishment AiPaternos*
ter Row whirls noteither-a' bookseller or a pub-‘
lisher. Prom time immemorial it ’ has been the cen-'
treof fSfebook trade ; and Si£tioners* Hatl; where
e&tained, The length
of the “tow?’ » not above thirty rods, and it 1b
' tortuous;.a3’if cramped for spaeof The finest build-'
ing in if is tlie great cream-cslbred palace cf the
Longmany, which shows'to bad advantage, because,
when you atand opposite it, you are just under its *
eaves, and - i£Ts* tunring black already with the Lon
. don Bmoker The Chambers’ Londbtf House is a
large yellow-' building, close to Lor-SEan’s, nearly
opposite Kent'&j-Go.’a.
The republishbr of* American books here is a Ger
man named Trubiwny smd he has grown fbt upon the
proceeds. Most of the masazines issue* hence, and
if you standher2*on pablfsher’s days (the Moguls
are only in’their toffifeea-at stated times) you will see
seedy youths and pards* staggering wistfully along
with MSS. by reamb > ana tons. Ludgate Kill is also
a publishing-placejitbtandsconvenientto St.fPaura,
and there are a few publishers in the West End, as
John Murray rett kind eld gentleman—and a quantity
on Piccadilly: These, the higher order of authors,
live at St. John’s "Wood, a fashionable suburban
quarter, near Regent’s Park; but many authors are
clubmen, and may be Bees- around the club-houses in
Pall Mali. I meet Thackeray often in Govent Gar- -
deD, with a stickunder hie arm, squinting into shop
window s through his glasses. His epitaph may well
he written: “Author of the Book of Snobs 1” The
literary weekließ/ as distinguished from the maga
zines, congregatearound the Strand and Wellington '
Btreet. “All the-Yearßound ” haß its office here, aa
well as “Oncea Week/” and tbe Reviews, such as the
“Atbenmum.” I seethe contributors to these journals
often-at Wyatt’s—a chop-house in the Strand. They
are absent-minded, andfond of their beer, and hate
each olher. - The literary people of London may be
divided into authors, writers for periodicals, review
‘ers, and journalists.- NOvices commonly enter the
millas “penny-a-liners,” or fugitive reporters for
the daily papers. They>haunt police courts, tele
graph'stations, railway depots, Ac., and seize upon
.trifling occurrences, which they note and record.
They drop these slips, with their name And address
appended, into the editors’rijoxes, and if the same
are inserted, they present a bill at the cashier’s
office-on Monday mornings. All newspapers here
keep a book, wherein is registered every morning
the title and number of lines of every such contribu
tion. Tbe papers generally pay one penny a line for
.news, but the Times and Telegraph pay three half
pence, „or three cents, A half-column article will thus
pay £2, perhaps. But all penny-a-liners do not at
tend to city matters. Some watch the files of scarce
newspapers for judicious clippings; others are clerks
in commercial houeeß, where they have advantage of
correspondents in remote quarters ; others are sub
ordinates in theatres, etc. A correspondent of thiß
kind becomes known to a journal in course of time,
• and iB at length elevated to a place in the reportorial
staff. Here his opportunities are greater, and being
generally a keen observer of men and manners, he
lays up a store of experience for future use. After
a time, the reporter has an article accepted by Borne
of the weaker periodicals, such as “Saturday
Night,”or “A Sunday at Home.” He continues
these compositions until he has acquired fluency of
style and quickness of invention, when he under
takes a novel. He has now reached the laßt stage of
his career, and if successful, he dropß all transient
labor and beeps steadily on with the book publish
ers. But two-thirds of the whole number of aspi
rants never get beyond penny-a-lining; the half of
the remainder stop when reporters; a score or so be
come permanent fixtures of magazines, and one or
two struggle up to authorship. A large number of
the periodical writers are starved curates in heath
enish parishes of England. Being generally educated
and irreligious men, they take to ..literature as the
'most congenial employments Some of the best
story*writers in the> London market are of this
class. But the literary field of London differs from
that of New York, in that here education generally
develops one particular set of faculties, and in Ame
rica all the faculties develop in equal degree. A
literary man in America is everything by turns : a
novelist, a poet, a critic; a compiler, a writer upon
science and polemics.* But here, reviewers are
. trained for their particular branch of literature, and
they graduate essayists, biographers, and hißtorianß.
- The London field is so vast,- and the labors so nume
rous, that the work -is -districted, each aspirant
lecting some line of study and composition. You
would be astonished, as 1 have been, to mark.the
perseverance of some of these literary people. Take
the May hews, for example, of whom there are three
brothers. They have written four immense volume*
upon “London Labor and the London Poor,” and
the book is so thorough and exhaustive that little
is left for anybody else to say upon the subject.
But the great fostering- mother of the -London
_ litleraicurs is the British Museum, a mighty library
of reference, with immense collections appended
of statues,' - bronzes, - medals, plants, animals,
minerals, &c., &c. The vast reading-room of
this palace was designed for authors'alone, and
its uses are limited to those of study, reference,
and research. To enjoy its privileges you must ob
tain responsible endorsement that you are a profes
sional litterateur. When this is obtained, the read
ing-room is free to you. It-is an enormous rotundo,
lighted from a stained dome, and the floors are co
vered with gutta percha.;to deaden Bound. Your
chair wheels noiselessly to a desk, provided with all
the appurtenances for facilitating your labors. You
apply for the law books .by filling-up a blank ticket,
and they are brought to your place and removed
when you have done. Cyclopaedias of all possible
descriptions are found conveniently, and publi
cations, of which there are no duplicates in
the world, are found on these shelves; with MSS.
of incalculable value, as heir-looms of the great
and gifted of ages long gone. The other day
I read some of Thomas Chatterton’s original poems,
and letters in his own handwriting, and when
I turned to the name of Washington Irving in
the catalogue, I found about a hundred editions of
his different works, in different languages. To deal
. with a publisher here, you must be responsibly in
troduced, and, if you are young, you may be snubbed
unmercifully. Some of the publishers are kindly
and charitable ; but one-who relies upon his own
merits, and fails to rely upon'lefcters, may never
have a hearing at all. Some of the magazines do
not read contributions, thoughT think that there is
generally fair play in this department. And, where
you are disappointed, the salve is handed you with
the bruise. They do not say at any place that your
article is rejected; but Mr. Charles Dickens regrets
his inability to make use of the paper: or, the editor
is regretfully compelled- to return the interesting
• paper, entitled, etc. I have-run this letter beyond
its limits, and must finish it another time. The book
trade, I must say, active now,-particularly in the
fictitious departments. This is emphatically an age ‘
of romances.
The female novelists now in repute are Mrs.
Henry Wood and Miss- Braddon. The former’s
“East Lynne” has reached a seventh edition, and
the latter’s sensation stories of “Aurora Floyd.”
and “Lady Audley’s Secret” have been drama
tized, and produced at rival theatres. Miss Brad
don was poor and-wretched three years ago, hawk
ing her tales about London in vain, A very good
novel of a better type, called “David Elginhod,”
is haviDg a fine sale. It -is by. Geoi%e Macdonald,
one of the better order of poets. Wilkie Collins’
No Name”-is-running- into-the third edition.
. Sampson & Lowe own it. They started-with Ameri
can publications, and are growing .rich.*, Collins has
•no rival in constructmg.of plots, .and dogged perae
- verance in developing them.
Thenewspapers have all: been taken up of late
with-reporting Court matters, now.and/then giving
Poland a column.
The fine account of the Princess wedding, publish
ed in the Times of Wednesday, March 14th, was
written by Bussell, of Bull Bun memory.. He has
announced a,book, entitled, “ History of the Wed
ding at Windsor.” - The Times paicLone hundred
guineas for the report, and the book is published by
subscription; for his, benefit. It will realize, perhaps,
a thousand guineas for him. Bussell.is the most
fortunate correspondent that literature has known.
He lives in style in. St. John’s .Wood, and edits the
Army and Navy Gazette; T should say that his in
come has been ten thousand dollars a year, at least,
since the Crimean war. The Times puffs whatever
he does into popularity: but he is really clever, and
is understood to be .writing a grand history of the
Allied war at present. Mackay, his successor at
New York, is generally voted a aonkey on this side,
.and will shortly be recalled.
Tlie Rebel Trade with. Mexico*.
The New York Evening .Post publishes the fol
lowing-letter : -
Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 18,1863,
. I have seen and learned’ enough since I have been
here to make my soul bleed over the unhappy con
dition of my friends yet in They Are mur- .
dered one by one. A small force could lift-the yoke -
of tyranny from their necks and give them, relief.
I am fully satisfied that, with two thousand well
armed and well-mounted men,.l could clear, up
.Western Texas;, I couldrecruit twice that number
•in a few weeks, if I had a foothold on Texas soil,
and a centre around which to rally. The rebels are
carrying on quite*a business through .Matamoros,
They'have their regular agents, here, supplying them
with various necessary and passing oufc cot
ton in payment. Large, mails from Richmond and
eleewbere.in tbe land of treason pass.through this
place for Europe. Much cotton is .nqw.hauled to
Brownsville, and a cavalry dash, might gather up .
quite a quantity of it. Thetraitors are throwing all
the force they can on the Rio Grande, but that will
not amount ta much. They have at present, about
seven or eight hundred men at Brpwnsville, about
two hundred or . two hundred and fifty at moat, at -
Ringgold barracks, which place iB about one hun.-.
dred and twenty miles above Brownsville.. They,
may get three hundred or four hundred more on the
Rio Grande in the spring. Thein'mea areconscripts
mostly, and cannot be-relied.on by them. They are .
absenting daily. Refugees from. Texas .have b'qea
coming to Matamoros every day since I arrived. I
have assumed the responsibility of borrowing money
to feed: them, and shall appeal to the Government,
: through some legitimate ehannel, to. refund it. The
most af their troops on theßio Grande are infantry.
The greater . number, a-, little, back from. .
Grande, are in quitea, destitute condition.. They
; are not very well armed, and have very indifferent
■powder.
The people in the- interior are in a most desti
tute condition. About fifteen hundred., men in
; Fayette, Colorado,! Austin, and Washington coua
! t-i€B, were in readiness, Christmas week, to make
v their way to Galveston, learning that our troops,
were to be these about that time. But when the
place fell into the handß of. the they had to,
leave the State, many of them to save thsir necks.
I have met some of them in Matamorps. '
We want arms and equipments 'for from three
1 to five regiments, of. cavalry, a bold, drive
ahead man to lead them, to clean-up Texas. Give.
ub some infantry first, well sprinkled with artillery
to start with. The Mexicans-, are. pretty much all
with us in their sympathies. The. truth is, many of.
them would be glad to fight under the Stars and.
Stripes. We are waiting and hoping for the day cfo
our salvation. Vallanaigham and his crew are.
doing more to aid the rebelß than any other in
fluence, now at work. Such men* in my opinion,
- should be hung higher than. Haman. No affiliation,
■ with traitors. No peace measures except
leap from the mouth oLthe oannon.
s The Shell.
Mr. Duer, of Philadelphia, has been in Washing-,
ton during the past week superintending a series of
experiments with his new incendiary sho!£, before a
number of our most distinguished statesmen, naval
and army officers, and scientific ,gentlemen. Sheila
: are now filled with the celebrated “ Solidified Greek
File,’’.invented, by Mr.. Levi, Short, and manufac
tured at Chester, Pennsylvania by Messrs. Short Sc.
Duer. - The success attending the yi® of shells filled
with this substance haß been most gratifying. At
the Iminbardmentof .the batteries at the mou,th of
the Elizabeth river, just one. year ago, the barracks
of the .enemy, were burned down by these shells, and
:he was compelled to .evacuate- his position. Their
ime at .Malvern Hill caused the greatest consterna*
. tion and destruction p-piong the. rebels.Jt-ia. believed
tfcattherebel steamer “Nashville” was destroyed
by one of ilieseterrible missiles. Nearly all- our
blockading squadrons and fleets have been partially
eopplied with theec shells, and it is understood that
they wiilbe exteneivelj’t|ie QQffiihg attack,
upon Oh&risaieß* -