the press,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS KXOBPTffIM
BY JOHN W. POKNBY.
OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
the: daily press,
Eighteen Ce-nts Peh Week, payable to the Carrier
'Sl&iled.to Bab#*ribers out of the City at Eight Dollars
.SPsr Aivra. Fora Dollars for Six Months. Two DoL'
larsfor Them Months—inyaiiably In advance for the
tflme ordered.
JV* Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Six
tunas constitute a square.
THK TRI WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Fora Dollars
£?sr Annum, in advance.
YARNS, BATTING, & WA DIB SO.
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 433 MARKET,
tSJo. 6 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
-Has la store the largest stock in this City of
'STERNS, BATTING, WADDING,
ffiTARNB. BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS' BATTING, WADDING,
"STARNS, BATTING, WADDING,-
3ETARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
’YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam,
Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c.
Goods Sold at lowest Cash Prices.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H- FRANOISOUS,
tg&3 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Calls (ha attention of dealers'to his
IMMENSE STOCK
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
-WOODEN AND WILLOW W ARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLO W W ARE,
•WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
' BUCKETS, TUBS, CHUKNB,
J BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
f LOOKING-GLASSES,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
■WINDOW-SHADES,
i CLOCKS,
/ FANCY BA-SKETS, 40.
tea- A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN
ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
! THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
‘‘•PUTNAM
CLOTHES WRINGER”
Ie warranted to be superior to any other in use.
j EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
1 . CLOTH@S WRINGER.
BECAUSE,
It is a relief to the hardest part of washing day.
2d. It enables the washing to be done in one-third lea*
ttfdme.
-■gd. Itsaves clothes from, the injury always given by
dieting.
4th. It helps to wcwfcthe clothes as well as dry them. ;
WE BELIEVE IT-ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
; THE
'•PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM-SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM • SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM-'SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
..PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
-BECAUSE,
* First. The rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will
,s>ear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
;off buttons. . . •. . ,v
Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galya*
Allied, all danger from rust is removed, and the liability
tbrink, swell, split/Ac., bo'unavoidable in wooden
•machines, is prevented. , • , ...
Third. The spiral springs over the rolls render thi*
self-adjusting, ao that small and large articles,
hxb well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to
receive uniform pressure. - ~ , .
Fourth, The patentf fastening by which the machine
»?»tightened to the tub. webeiioveto be mperior-m <rim
.■'olioitv ona efflciency to any yet offered. ■
i'IFTH, It will fit any tub, round,-o* square, from one-
Uialf to one-and-a-quarter ino>«J in thickness, without
he least alteration.
ItEa’Alli PRICE:
3£o. 1, g0..........N0. 2,*85.... Letter > *A, ,, SB«
JG^-Agentß wanted in every county.
Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
•*with.
For sale at the
‘WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT”
OF
A. H. FRAMCISCTJS,
Ho. 433 MABKET St. and No. S North FIFTH St ,
mhl7-2m Wholesale Aaont for Pennsylvania.
U. S, INTERN All REVESMOE.
A GENOY FOR THE SALE OF
UNITED STATES TAX
•STAMPS
ifflo. IT South THIRD Street, first door above Chestnut
A full supply of all kinds of TAX STAMPS constantly
ton hand, and for sale in Quantities to suit.
A liberal discount allowed on amounts of fifiO and up
wards.
Orders by Mail promptly attended to.
Office Hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
JACOB R. RIDGWAY,
deMjelO JTo. BT South THIBD Stroet
ITNITBD STATES INTERNAL RE
SECOND- COLLECTION DISTRICT
Of Pennsylvania, embracing the First, Seventh,
fSighth, Ninth,-and Tenth wards of the city of Philadel
phia. /
NOTICE. '
The annual assessment In'the above-named district of
tall persons liable to tax on Gold and Silver Plate. Car
triages, Billiard Tables, and Pleasure Yachts, and also
•of all persons required to take out Licenses, having been
-completed, -notice is hereby given that the taxes due
zander said assessment will be received by the under
signed. daily, Sundays excepted, between the hours of
3J A. M. and 3P. sf., at-his office, southwest corner of
THIRD and'WALNUT Streets, on and after SATURDAY,
fthte 11th instant, until and including Saturday, the 9th
-day of May, 1663.
PENALTIES.
All persons-who fail to pay the annual taxes on gold
•And silver plate, carriages, billiard tables, and pleasure
-yachts, on or before the aforesaid 9th of May, 1863, will
Incur a penalty of ten per centum additional upon the
■amount thereof, as provided for in the 19th section of the
excise law of July 1,1862.
All persons who in like manner shall fail to take out
?Sheir licenses, as required by law, on or before the 9th
•day of May, 1863, will‘incur a penalty of three times the
•amount of said licenses, in accordance with the provi
sions of the 69th section of the excise law aforesaid.
Honey of the United States only received.
JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector,
apS-dtmyd S: W. cor. oS THIRD and WALNUT Sts.
UNITED STATES SANITARY
COMMISSION,
No. 130? CHESTNUT STREET,
To all who have Friends in the Army.— Soldiers, Aid
Societies, Clergymen, Editors, and others," are respect
fully requested to aid in disseminating the following
.notice, wrnch is of interest to all whohava friends in
"the Army:
DIRECTORY OF THE HOSPITALS.
The Sanitary Commission have made arrangements
/or supplying information gratuitously with regard to
in the United States General Hospitals at the
following pointsfothers will be added):
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT.—For information,
address Office Sanitary Commission, No. 1307 CHEST
NUT Street. • . ;
, Philadelphia, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Chester,
Reading, Harrisburg.
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT.—For information ad
< dresss Office Woman’s Central Union, No. 10 Cooper
Institute. _ _ _
New York, N- Y: ; New Haven, Conn.: Boston, Mass.;
Grove, R. I.; Brattieboro, Yt.; Burlington,
Vt.; Albany, N. Y.; Newark, N. J.
EASTERN DEPARTMENT.—For information address
'Office Sanitary Commipslon, Washington, D. C.
f--Washington, D. C.; Georgetown, D. C.; Baltimore,
\Md.; Frederick ‘City, Md.; Alexandria- D. 0.? Aa
.napolis, Md. ; Annapolis Junction,' Mdi; Point Lookout,
’Md.; Aquia Creek, Ya.; Cumberland, Md.; Fairfox,
Va.; York, Pa.
WESTERN DEPARTMENT. —For information address
Office Sanitary Commission, Louisville. Ky.
Columbus, Ohio; Keokuk, Iowa; Clarksville, Tenn.;
•Cleveland, Ohio; Davenport, Iowa; Jackson, Tenn.;
'Camp Dennison, Ohio; Paducah, Ky. • Murfreesboro,
‘Tenn.; Galliapolis, Ohio; Bardstown, Kv.; La Grange,
Tenn.; Cincinnati,. Ohio; Lebanon, Ky.; Gallatin,
¥ Tena. ; Quincy. 111.; Columbus, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn r
Cairo, 111.; Columbia,' Ky.; Vicksburg, Miss.: Mound
’City, 111.: Louisville,. Ky.; Corinth, Miss.; Jeiferson
’•ville, Ind.; Covington, Ky.; Helena, Arkansas; Evans*
-ville, Ind.; Lexington, Ky.; Grafton, Va.; New Al-
Vbany, Ind.; Diuville, Ky ; Poinfc Pleasant, Ya.; st.
r Louis, Mo.r Perryville, Ky.; Parkersburg, Ya.; Iron
:4on, Mo.; Bowling Green, Ky.; Clarksburg, Va.; Rolla,
Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; Charlestown, Va.; Springfield,
(Missouri.
Information will, under ordinary circumstances, he
;given to any one applying for it in answer to the lollow
’lng questions. li the application is by letter, the an
•swerlwillbesentby raturn of mail. If in person, it
v will he answered at once.
1. Is——{giving name and regiment) at present in the
:ho«pitalof—
2. Ifso, whatis his proper address?
3. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chaplain of the
(hospital? .
4. If not in hospital at present, has he recently been in
lihospital?
6. If so, did he die in hospital, and at what date ?
_ 6. If recently discharged from hospital, was he dia*
1 charged from service?
7. If not, what were his orders on leaving?
More specific lnfoiination, as to the condition of any
in the Philadelphia hospitals, will be furnished
-within twenty-four hours after a request to do so is re*
-celvedatthe office. No. 1307 CHESTNUT Street.
The office of the Directory will be open daily (3undays
■excepted) from 9 o’clock A. M. to'6 o'clock P. M..
The Commission: receives no pecuniary aid from the
•Government, and is wholly dependent on the voluntary
contributions of; the .public for the means of sustaining
*lts operations. Contributions-to its treasury are so*
licitea, and wiU be thankfully received by
CALEB COPE, Esq., Treasurer,
«p3-fmwl2t N.E. corner of MINOR and SIXTH Sts.
Tu O K B R’S
PATENT SPRING BED,
Patekteb JunT 3,1858.
Universally acknowledged for Neatness, Comfort,and
Durability to be tie Standard Spring Bed, ■
The above are manufactured
No. a REVEBE.BIook; Boston. Mase.
tnh2fi-3m
.hard and fancy job trintin g,
At aiffQWALT Si BKOWiVH, XU S. JOUKTHSt.
VOL. 6.—NO. 229.
SPRING MILLINERY.
SPRING MILLINERY.
The undersigned has now open a
HANDSOME STOCK 0?
RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES,
ILLUSIONS AND LACES.
Also, a splendid assortment of
FRENCH FLOWERS,
Consisting of fine BOSES, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES,
. . and,.FRUITS, t
All of the most fashionable shades and styles.
A LOT OP
RIBBONS AND FLOWERS
Of last season’s importation, will be
CLOSED OUT YERY CHEAP.
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mh3o-2m
STRAW GOODS, 1863.
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,
JUST OPENED
THOS. KENNEDY A BRO.’S,
»o. ia9 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH.
mh3l-2m
SPRING 1863.
BROOKS & ROSENHEIM,
(Late Rosenheim, Brooks, Jk Co. 1,
Ho. 431 MARKET STREET. North Side.
Have now open, and are dally making additions thereto.
A SANS3OUS VARIETY 01
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS.
MILIEVEKT GOODS IN GENERAL,
to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soil
sited. mb!B-2m
&n\ 'MISSES O’BRYAN', 1107 WAL
JipLWNUT Street, will open PARIS MILLINERY
THE SPRING, on THURSDAY, April 9th,
1863. ap7-lm*
1863 8 p B 1 N 6 1863
WOOD <Ss GARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hare 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, Ac,
To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mer
chants and Milliners.
CASH BUYEBB will find special advantage in examin
ing this stock before pnrchajteig. fe2B-2m
Millinery
AND '
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER,
»5 South SECOND Street,
Has now open a large stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
Ac., to wnich he respectfully invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from
New York auctions. . mh24-2m*
Gr eat excitement—s till
GREATER BARGAlNS.—Received immense lots of
New Goods at BAMBERGER BROS.. No. 105 North
EIGHTH Street, much lower than they have been for
a long time.
READ, READ, READ ALL. ... ...
LINEN HDKFS., LINEN HDKFS.—Splendid Linen
Hdkfs., at Sand 10 cents, some very fine at 12 cents, sold a
week ago at 18cents; still finer at 13 cents, worth 20;
some extra fine at 14,15,16, and 18 cents, all much below
the present price.
MEN’S LINEN HDKFS.—Men’s.Linen Hdkfs., very
fine quality, at 25 cents, sold last week for 38c.; some
very fir eat 31 cents,-worth 44c.;.some extra fine at 38
cents, worth 50c. by the dozen.-:
* BEM-STITCHED HDKFS., very fine, at 25,.31, and
35 cents; broad hems from 31 cents upwards, extra
cheap.
GLOVES, GLOVES —The largest assortment of La
dies’, Men’s, and Children’s Lisle, Thread, and Silk
Gloves, plain, colored, stitched backs, and kid finish,new
est style?, much lower than they can be bought for in any
store m the city. - ~
LADIES’, MEN’S, AND CHILDREN’S Gauze-Torino,
and LiPle Thread Vests, very cheap. - , r ,
- - OAU-ZE'AND GRENAbwE VRM.mom, Blue, Mode,
Dial), and all other color quality, only 7o cents;
some extra fine at -WOrth $1.60. . - -
HOSIERY, HOSIERY.—The largestandbest assortment
of La dies’, Men’s, and Children’s Stockings of every de
ecriptfon, positively much lowsr than any other store in
the city sfils them.
HOOP bKIRTS. HOOP SKIRTS.
A very large assortment of the best make trail and
other styles of Hoop Skirts, very cheap. .
INVISIBLE HAIR NETS, plain and with steel beads;
Corsets, Linen Bosoms, French Morocco Travelling
Satchels, and all other goods mnch lower than they can
be bought for in other stores.
AT.T. the STAPLE TRIMMrNGS still at. nearly half
the regular prices, such as the very best Pins and Nee
dles, only 4 cents a paper; best Pearl Buttons, 3 and 4
cents a dozen; very best Italian Sewing Silk, only 75
cents. an ounce; best Tooth Brushes, 6, .8, and 10 cents;
new and splendid lot of Hair Brushes, 12, 18, and £5
cents; widest and finest Skirt Braids, full 5 yards, only
9 cents; India Rubber Combs, 8 and 10 cents; best India
Rubber HairPins,lB cents a dozen; Spool Cotton, Cotton
Cord,Hooks and Eyes, TwilledTapß, Ac.,all mnch tower
than in any.other store in the city. BAMBERGER
BROS., 105 North EIGHTH Street, third store above
Arch. . ~ - , ar>23-tf
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OP
GENTS’ FIR&ISIIING GOODS,
■ AT MODERATE PRICES.
FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS.
Q. A. HOFFMANN,
' Successor to W. W. KNIGHT.
ap6-mws3m 606 ARCH STREET. 606.
rjDRE PINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN C. A R It I SON,
(formerly j. bore moose. )
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICEB.
N. B. —Particular attention .given to the making of
Shirts, Collars, Drawers, &c.
VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
A The subscriber "would invite attention to his
IMPROVED-CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in his business. con
stantly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814: CHESTNUT STREET,'
ja2Q-tf Four doors below the Continental.
FURNITURE!, &C.
P U R N I T U RE.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W. & J. ALLEN <Ss BROTHER,
1309 CHESTNUT STREET.
pABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
V LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 961 South SECOND Street,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED .CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced by-all who have used them to be
inferior to all others:
For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu
fcctnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character ,of their
work.'
HARDWARE AND CUTDERY.
HARDWARE.
CLOSING OUT AT
O Ij D.PRI O E S,
The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
ALL KINDS OF GOODS.
4:97 MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets.
apl6-im ' • ~ . ■- •• -• ~ • .
O O Ij . ■ ■
10,000 lbs. Pennsylvania Tub.
20,000 lbs. Choice Canada Fleece.
20,000 lbs. No. 1 and Superior Western Pulled.
40,000 lbs. Medium and Fine Pennsylvania‘and Ohi
Fleece, selected.
WOOLEN YARNS-
30,000 lbs. Domestic Flannel Tarn, 20 cents.
10.000 lbs. Linsey and Fine Shawl Yarn, 30 cents.
10,000 lbs. Hosiery and Stocking Tarns, soft spun.
COTTON.
100 bales Middlings.
COTTON YARNS.
;.30,000 lbs. Warps. Cops, and Bundled Twist, of best
makes, Nos. 10 to 20. •
Orders solicited for best Standard makes—any num
ber or description.
ALEX. WHILLDIN db SONS.
ai>27-mwCiy
SEWING MACHINES.
Q ROVER AND BAKER’S
CELEBRATED PREMIUM
SEWING- MACHINES,
No. 130 CHESTNUT Street.
Important Facts for the Public.
The machines manufactured by the GROVER & BA
KER Sewing Machine Company have taken the EIR IT
PREMIUM at the late State Fairs held in New York,
New Jersey. Pennsylvania,: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, lowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vir
ginia. North Carolina, Alabama, and California.
SECOND.
The work executed by the GROVER Sl B AKER Ma
chines has received the FIRST PREMIUM at every State
Fair in the United States where it has been exhibited. "
THIRD.
Experience proves th£t there are only two valuable
sewing machine stitches—THE GROVER & BAKER
STITCH and THE SHUTTLE STITJH. br some called
“LOCK STITCH." These stitches have each their pe
culiar merits and excellencies. For some purposes the
one stitch is better adapted, and for some purposes the
other, and a selection should always he made accord
ingly.
FOURTH.
The GROVER & BAKER. Sewing Machine Company
manufacture, in addiiton to their celebrated GROVER &
BARER STITCH machines, the most perfect SHUTTLE
or ** LOCK STITCH” machines in Ihe market, and afford
purchasers'the opportunity of selecting, after trial and
examination ofhoth, the one best suited to their wants.
Other companies'manufacture but' one Icind of machine
each, and cannot offer this opportunity of selection to
their customers. ■
FIFTH.
The GROVER & BAKER Sewing Machine Company
are the .only parties who manufacture and sell machines
which both SEW PERFECTLY and EMBROIDER PER
FECTLY.
We do not deem it essential, nor flnd-it necessary, in
order to . sell our machines, to depreciate the many ex
cellent productions of our competitors; bat, on the con
trary, we prefer that parties in quest of a truly superior
and reliable article, either for family use or manufactu
ring purposes, should make an examination and compari
son of our latest and most approved machines with any
and all others in the market; and to facilitate such in
quiry, we append the names and places of business of
our principal competitors, to wit;
J.-M. SINGER & C 0.,. 810 CHESTNUT Street.
. WHEELER & WILSON Manufacturing Company,
TO4: CHESTNUT Street. •
LADD, WEBSTER, & CO., 031 CHESTNUT Street.
A. B. BO WE, SEVENTH and ARCH Streetß.
TAGGART & FARR, 933 CHESTNUT street.
And we have urgently to request that our customers
and all others, not folly advised as to the relative me
rits of the GROVER & BAKEkmacliines, will, before
purchasing, even from ua, make the Examinations and
comparisons above, indicated. And if we have omitted
the names of any respectable manufacturers, we will,
ou being advised of the fact, cheerfully and gratuitously
add them to the above list.
GROVER & BAKER S. M. 00.,
730 CHESTNUT. Street.
gEWING "MACHINES.
THE “BLOAT" MACHINE,
WITH GLASS PEESSER FOOT,
NEW STYLE HUMMER, BRAIDER,
»nd other valuable improvements. •'
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
Airency—922 CHESTNUT Street. . mbB-tf
KETAIIi DRY GOODS*
THE PARIS CLOAK AND MAN
A TILLA STOKE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and
WALNUT, have opened with a
LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS,
MOST FASHIONABLE MitKE,
and respectfully ask the early attention, of ladies wishing
to purchase.
(CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
: V’’IVENS & CO., No. 33 South NINTH Street, have
how on hand an extensive assortment of
SPRING STYLES,
of the finest.qualities, at the
- PRICES.
Ladies, do not fail io give us a call.
T>OYS', MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S,
CLOTHING, CLOAKS, &c., ■
IN EN.OLESS VARIETY, *
AT LOW PRICES,
No. 137 South. EIGHTH Street,
Three doors above Walnut.
T RETAIL.”
-"JAMES' R. CAMPBELL & 00.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Black and Fancy Silks, Linen Sheetings and Shirt-
Black and Colored Alpa- ings,
cae, Damasks, Napkins, ' and
Poplins Fantasia, Doylies,
Taffeta d’Annesßey, Table Cloths and Towel-
French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and
dies, • . Fnrniture Dimities.
French Chintzes and Per- . WHITE GOODS.
-cales. Jaconets, and Cambrics, •
Brilliants and Piques, : Soft . Cambrics and Naln-
Spring Shawls, new color- sooks,
ings, Tarletons and Swiss Mulls,
Black. Thibet and Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities,
- Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs,
Square and Long Shawls. : Gloves. Hosiery,
And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable
styles and qualities. mh6-2m
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
23. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At pricesigenerally below present cost of limpor
• - tation,
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES. do do *
~ LACES, do do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS, &c. , &c.
And respectfully incites an inspection of his
1034 CHESTNUT STREET:
TARESS GOODS AT REDUCED
-L-J .PRICES, from the recent Auction Sales,
Black and White Plaid Alpacas at 37c, worth 50,
Choice Colored, Alpacas at 50c, worth 62c,
Plaid Mozambiqnes 15 to 60c.
Plain Mozamniques 16 to 50c.
Plaid Poil Be Chevres, all colors, at 50c.
New Styles Figured, All-Wool Delaines at 50c. : .
Light ChalJi Delaines at 2oc. .. .
4-4 Trench Chintzes at 31Mc. .
Jaconet Lawns ai 12Kc. :
' Black and White Organdies at 25c.
H. STEEL & SON,
aplB Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street.
CHARPLESS BROTHERS
Otibr by the package, at the "
Lowest rates ot this season,
Pacific 1200 and 1400 Lawns, .
. Manchester Spring lie Laines,
' Pacific do. Prints,
aplfi , Do. do. De Laines.
CHARPLESS BROTHERS.
Mode-colored Silks, Foulards, .
.Checked Silks r India Silks, :'•••
Mantle Silks, Black Figures,
Bareges, Challies. Imperatrice,
Poplins, Organdies; Chintzes,
Zephyr and Barege Shawls.
aplß CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
fUOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VEST;
V INGS.
Caesimeres for Boys.
Cassßimeres for Young Gents.
Casßimeres for ajrits.
Cassimeres for everybody.
« -Cassimeres, mixed and plain..
Cassimeres. striped and plaid.
Cassimeres. Slack and Brown,
At JOHN H. STOKES’,
ap9 709 -ARCH Street.
RPRENG CLOAKS.
KJ NEW CLOAKS,
> NEW CLOTHS,
" SPUING SHAWLS,
HOOP SKIRTS.
Cloaks ready 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’Fancy Mixtures,
6-4 Coatings. .
Boys’ Clothing ready made or made to order.
Largestock Cassimeres to select from.
Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres.
WILLIAMSVILLES,
WAMSUTTAS,
Wide Sheetings, Flannels, Linens, Towels.
Muslins and Woolens at WHOLESALE.
COOPER A CON ARD,
ap6 S. E.'corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
:
“EXCELSIOR” HAMS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863.
Kinglake’s “ Invasion of the Crimea.”*
The first portion of this work, bringing
the narrative down to the battle of the
Alma, may be said to have had an ovation
in England. There, its high price f $B,) keeps
all but moneyed people' from buying it,
leaving the public to read it from circula
ting libraries; finely printed on good
paper and. neatly bound, Messrs., Harper
produce it at a rate which en
ables all who read .to purchase it. This
difference in the price of books will explain,
as well as any thing else, why the masses of
■the United States are more intelligent and
better informed than the general public of
any other country: in the world.
Before noticing this work, let us give a
few particulars respecting its author. There ,
are two public men in England named'
Kinglake. They are first cousins. Both
are in Parliament. Both are lawyers. The
elder CJohn Alexander KinglakeJ. is over
sixty years old ; has been a sergeant-at-law <
since 1844; has been Recorder (city judge} ■-
of Bristol since 1850, and has represented
the ancient and small city of Rochester
since 1857. The younger Kinglake, whose
baptismal name is Alexander William, is
nowin his fifty-fourth year; is a Chancery
barrister, but quitted the practice of the
profession in 1856 ; has represented the bo
rough of Bridgewater since 1857; like his
cousin, is a man of independent fortune,
and, like him, also, is a liberal in politics.
Neither has been successful in Parliament.
The essential.difference between these men
is that Mr. Sergeant'Kinglake never fell
into the. sin of authorship, while Mr.
■Alexander William Kinglake fairly “won
his spurs,” in the tournament of letters, 1 as
far back as 1844, soon after he quitted the
University, over ' twenty-five years ago.
Mr. Kinglake made a tour in the East.
On his return, he collected the letters
which he had written home to his
friends, carefully revised them, and, after
more than an unknown author’s difficulty in
obtaining a publisher, there appeared a small
volume entitled “ Eothen; or Traces of Tra
vel brought Home from the East. ” The
word eothen, be it known, signifies “from
the early dawn,” “from'the East.” There
was so much freshness, grace, and graphic
power in this little volume, published anon
ymously, that it soon became popular. It
was reprinted into this country, and was
translated into several European languages.
The chapter which more especially whetted
public curiosity, was that which described a
visit paid by Mr. Kinglake to Lady Hester
Stanhope, .at Beyrout; the eccentric lady
receiving him because she had been the
friend of his mother, whom she remembered:
as “a sweet, lovely girl, when I knew her.”
With the exception of a forgotten pamphlet
and an article or twe in the Quarterly Re
view, Mr. Kinglake published nothing be
tween 1844, when “ Eothen” appeared, and
1863, when his history of the “ Invasion of
the Crimea: its Origin, and an Account of
its Progress down to the Death of Lord
Raglan” was given to the world of readers.
Though he ceased to write, Mr. Kinglake
did not cease to travel, having visited many
parts of Europe, and even extending his tour
into Africa. In 1854, when the Invasion
of the Crimea was on foot, he went to Tur
key, and found his way to the Crimen Ili«
Battle-of .riie Ahmrtoolc place" immediately
alter the landing of the Allied forces,'
(French, English, and Turkish,J and Mr.
Kinglake was an eye-witness of this, being
by the side of Lord Raglan, the British
commander-in-chief, nearly the whole day.
He continued with the army until within a
short time of the capture of Sebastopol,
when severe illness drove him home. He
thus had unusual opportunities for becoming
the historian of the campaign, and, curi
ously enough, it was reported and generally
believed, long before he had determined to
do so, that he would use his pen in this ca
pacity. His own words are :
“ Before I had determined to write any account of
the war, there were grounds from which many in
ferred that a task of this kind would be mine; and I
may eay that, from the hour of their landing on. the;
enemy’s coast close down.to the present time, men,
acting under this conviction, have been giving me a
good deal of their knowledge.
‘‘ln 1856 Lady Raglan placed in my hands the
whole mass of the papers which Lord Raglan had
with Mm at the time of his death. Having done
this, she made it her request that I would cause to
be.published a letter which her hußband addressed
to her a few days before his death. All else she left
to>me. Time passed; and no history founded upon
these papers was given to the world. Time; still
passed away ; and it chanced to me to hear that
people who longed for the dispersion of what they
believed to be falsehoods, were striving to impart to
Lady Raglan the not unnatural impatience which
all this delay had provoked. But, with a singleness
of purpose and a strength of will which remind one
of the great soldier who waß her father’s/brother,
she answered that, the papers having once been
placed under my control, she would not disturb.me
with expressions of impatience, nor suffer anyone
else to do so with her assent. I cannot be too grate
ful to her for her generouß and resolute trustfulness.
If these volumes are late, the whole blame rests
with me. If they are reaching the light too soon,
the fault is still mine,
“ Knowing Lord Raglan’s habits of business, know
ing Mb tendency to connect all public transactions
with the labors of the desk, and finding in no part of
the correspondence the least semblance of any thing
like a chasm, I am led to believe that, of almost eve
ry thing concerning the business of the war which
was known to Lord Raglan himself, : there lies in
the papers before me a clear and faithful record^”
These papers included not only air the
military reports which wer-e : from "time to
time addressed to the commander of the
English army, by all the generals and other;
officers serving under him, including their
holograph. narratives of the part they had
been taking in the battles, but also Lord
Raglan’s official and private correspondence
with sovereigns and their, ambassadors;
with ministers, generals, and: admirals ;
with the French, with the Turks, with the
Sardinians ; with public men, and official
functionaries of all sorts and conditions;
with adventurers, with men propounding
wild schemes, with dear and faithful friends.
Mr. Kinglake says, “ The strategic plans of
the much-contriving Emperor—still carry
ing the odor of the Havanas which aid the
ingenuity of the Tuileries —are ranged with,
all due care, and can be got at in a few mo
ments ; but, not less carefully ranged, and
equally easy to. find, is the rival scheme of
the enthusiastic nosologist who advised that
the Russians should be destroyed by the
action of malaria, and the elaborate pro-:
posal of the English general who submitted
a plan for taking Sebastopol with hows and
arrows.” Other materials came into Mr.
King-lake’s hands, from British officers and.
statesmen, as answers to all inquiries he
made from French officers, ("though, the
French "War Office did not specially con
tribute,,) and, very largely, from Russian
sources, including the narratives of the
three Divisional Generals who held com
mand at the battle of the Alma under
Prince Mentschikoff. The concluding
volume will describe what happened be
tween the battle of the Alma and the fall of
Sebastopol—of course, including the great
contests at Balaclava and Inkermann.
The landing of the Allies in the Crimea
was completed on September 18, 1854; the
bailie, of the Alma on September 20th; the
death of Lord Raglan on June 28th, 1855;
and the fall of Sebastopol on September
10th, 1855. Therefore, the whole transac
tions in the Crimea were crowded within a
year. .
Lord Raglan, -who had lost his right arm
at Waterloo, tv ns placed in chief command
of the British army in the Crimea, at the
mature age of 06, and nearly forty years
had passed since ("then only lieutenant
colonel) lie had “ set a squadron in the
field.” The greater part of that interval he
had been employed as Military Secretary to
the Duke of Wellington, who, in peace, had
a great predilection for red tape.- When
* Invasion of the Crimea: its Origin, anil an Ac
count of its Progress down to the Death of Cord
Raglan. By Alexander William Kfriglake. v olume
1., pp. 650, with Plans and Maps. New York : Har
per & Brothers, publishers. Philadelphia: J. B.
I.ippincott & 06., and'l'. B; Peterson &. Brothers,
| Wellington died, Lord Fitzroy Somerset'
i (as he was then called,) was created Lord
I Raglan, and made Master-General of the
Ordnance. This was a compliment to r his
own long public service, and also to- his
wife, who was Wellington’s niece. The'
fault which oppressed Lord Raglan, wfcr
thijs—a brave man, he yet was timid; afraid*
of the high responsibility which was placed
on him; perpetually oyer-anxious to act
within the traditions of Wellington war, as
( he had seen it, in his youth, in the Penin
sula. The first great special purpose of Mr.
Kinglake’s book is to apologize for the
short-comings of Lord Raglan—in fact,_it
is greatly an apology for that’ commander.
The Second special purpose is to abuse
Louis Napoleon and his friends, and de
tract from the gallantry of the- French army
and its leaders. These two purposes Mr.
Kinglnkc carries out, fa little too palpably,>
yet his work possesses surpassing merit arid
wonderful interest. It has been correctly
said that it stands to the Crimean War in ■
the same relation as Sir William Napier's
“History of the Peninsula War.” It ex
cel sit in one respect—its political expoai-
I I ons and its sketches of eminent per
sonages. ■
i ' About the first moiety of the volume be
fore us is devoted to a recapitulation of tiu>-
\causes which brought on the Crimean War.:
These are mainly stated to have been the
ambitious policy of the Czar and Louis Na
poleon’s desire to interest France in a fo-
Ireign and distant war, which would occupy
tllic public mind so much as to turn its
thoughts from the coup d'etat of December,
1851. The manner in which the Emperor
Nicholas’ ambition and bad faith are de
scribed compliments while it condemns him.
.(For Louis Napoleon, on the other hand,
(there is a constant and raking fire of insinu
jation,-which is more damaging than open
accusation, and of depreciation of his ta
lents, his character, his purposes, and even
of his personal courage. As he himself is
reported to have exclaimed, when lie con
cluded his perusal of the attack on himself:
C’est ignoble.” As for personal courage,
i nobody can affirm, with any regard for
I truth, that. Louis Napoleon has ever failed
in that respect. His very fearlessness, we
believe, has done more than police surveil
lance'to prevent political malcontents from
attempting his life. On every occasion,
hjrwever sudden or great the danger, Louis
Eapoleon has shown the calmest, which is
confessedly the greatest courage.
i It must be conceded, however, that Mr.
Kinglaltc’s onslaught upon Napoleon’s per
sonal and moral character is executed with
wondrous force and skill.. So are the no
tices of “St. Arnaud, formerly Le Roy;”
of Fleury, of Magnan, of Persigny, of Mau
pas, and of other leading men who assisted
in the coup d'etat of 1851.: Upon. St. Ar
naud, in .particular, he casts almost every,
base insinuation ("none on his bravery ), and
winds, up by saying: “The people of the
capital knew of no crime too vile to be im
puted to the new Marshal of France now
entrust ed with the command of her army in
the field.” This-intimates a great deal;
hut Mr. Kinglake continues: “Yet, so far;
as I know, they failed to make out that lie
had ever been convicted, or even arrested
on a criminal charge ; and when I look at
the affectionate correspondence which al
most through'his life M. St. Arnaud seems
to have maintained with his near relatives,
I am led to imagine that they at least—and
they -would have been likely to know some
thing of the truth—could have hardly be
lieved Inis., worst errors to be errors of the
7&ore dishonoring sort. Therefore there, is
ground for surmising that the Marshal was a
-man slandered." Yet; Mr. Kinglake scat
ters insinuations, almost accusations, of the
worst kind against one whom there is ground
for surmising was 1 ‘ a man slandered. ” On
the other side, however, Mr. Kinglake is
pertmaciousiy' laudatory. His sketches • of
Lord Raglan,. Sir Colin Campbell; Sir "Wil
liam Codrington, and Lord Stratford, are
elaborate eulogies. For them he uses the
most delicate rose-tints. One of the most
perfect of ; these miniatures we shall transfer
here, because it is truer than the rest, and
because it may serve-as-a .specimen .of
Mr. Kinglake’s gentler mood. ■ The person
sketched is General (now Sir Richard;
Airey, who was Quartermaster General in
the Crimea:
“A strictly military career in peace time is a poor
schooling for the business of war 5 and the rough
change which had ODce broken in upon Airey *s profes--
Bionallife helped to make him more able in war than
men who had passed all their lives in going round and
round with the wheels. Aicey .was holding one of -
the offices at the Horse-Guards when he wsb sudden
ly called upon by his relative, 001. Talbot, the then
almost famous recluse of Upper- Canada, to choose
■ whether he and his-young wife would accept a great
territorial inheritance, with the condition of dwell
ing deep in the forest, far away from all cities- and
towns. Airey loved his profession, and what made
it more difficult for him to quit it was the favor with
which he was looked upon by the Duke of Welling-,
ton. It chanced that he had once been called uoon
to lay before the Duke the maps and statements're
quired for showing the progress of a campaign then
going on against the <Jaffres,-and the Duke was so .
delighted with- the perfect clearness of the view,
which Airey was able to impart to him that he in
stantly formed a high opinion of an officer who could
look with so keen a glance upon a distant campaign,.
and convey a lucid idea of it to Ms chief. Airey
communicated to the Duke of Wellington Col. Tal
bot’s proposal, and explained the dilemma in which
he was placed. ‘ You must go,’ said the Duke; ‘ of
course, you mußt go ; it is your duty to go ; but we
will manage so that, whenever you choOße, you shall
be able to come back to us;’ Airey went to Canada.
It had.been no part of Col. Talbot’Bplantosmoothe
the path of his choßen inheritor. He gave him a
vast territory. He gave him no home.
“Isolated in the midst of the forest, and with no
better shelter than a log hut half built, the staff offl-.
cer, Mtherto expert in the prim traditions of the
Horse-Guardes, now found himself so, circumstanced
that the health, hay, the very life of those most dear
to him was made to depend ; upon his power to, be
come a good laborer. He could hot have .hoped to
keep his English servants a day If he had begun by
sitting still himself and ordering, them , to do the
rough work to which they wereV unaccustomed::
so he worked with his own hands, in the faith that
his example would make every kind . of hard work
seem.honorable.to his people-j; and, being, endued;
with an almost,violent love of bodily .exertion, he •
was not only equal to this newvlife, but came to de
light in it. Clad coarsely during the day, he was on
ly to be distinguished from the' other workmen by his •
greater activity and greaterpower of endurance. Ma
ny English gentlemen have done the like of this, but
commonly they have ended by. becoming altogether
just that which they seemed in their working hours.
—by, becoming, in short, mere husbandmen. It was
not so with Airey. ‘ WhenMs people came to speak,
to Mm in the evening, they, always found him .trans
formed.. Partly by the subtle change which they
were able to Bee in his manner, partly even by so
outward a thing as the rigorous change in his dress,
but most'of all, perhaps, by his natural ascendant,.
they were prevented from forgetting that their felr
low*laborer:of the morning.w-as theirmaater-iamas
ter to,whom they were every day growing, more and .
more attached, but still their master.. He therefore
maintainedhis station. ; He did ,inore ; he gained*
great authority ;over the' people' about him.; and
when! he bade farewell to the wilderness, he had*
become like a chief of. old times—a man working
hard with his own hands, yet ruling others with.a
firm command. . ■ ■ . < . -.
“ It was during a period of some years that Airey
had thus wrestled with the hardships- of forest life.
At the end of ;that time- Colonel Talbot died, and
Airey then coming home to ; England, resumed .his
military career: Those'who know anything, of the
real business of war will, easily, believe that this
episode in the life of General. Airey was more-likely
to fit him for the exigencies of a campaign, and for
the command of men than thrice the Bame length of
time consumed in the revolving labors of
department; nay,“perhapa they will think that,
Dext to a campaign, this manly struggle with the
wilderness was the,very .work which' would be the
most sure to set a mind free from the habits, the by
laws,'and the petty regulations-of office;
“Belore the 'expedition • left England Lord
Raglan had asked^Airey to be his quartermaster
general., Airey, preferring field-duty with the di*
visions, had begged that some other; might be ap
pointed, and Lord Raglan acceded tohis wish ; but
when, on the eve of the departure of the expedition
from .Varna, Lord ; De Ros returned to; England, the
quartermaster generalship was again pressed upon
Airey in terms which mode it unbecoming for him to
refuse the burden;”
Even in this sketch, Mr. Kinglake’s nup
pressio vqri is evident. If Airey’s uncle,
Colonel Talbot, “-gave him no home,” it
.was Ms influence which made him aid-de
camp to the Governor of British North
America from 1850 and Military Secretary of
that Viceroy from 1882 to 1835. Therefore,
instead of'wrestling for some years with
“ the hardships of foreign life,” “ with no
better shelter than a log liut half built,”
Airey lived five years in Montreal, most of
the time under the roof and at the table of
Lord Aylmer, the Viceroy. Mr. ICinglake
says that Airey did not return to England
until after Colonel Talbot died ; but he was
assistant-adjutant-general at the Horse-
Guards, in London, from 1888 to 1847. "Ho
could not have “resumed his military ca
reer”’ because he never abaudone'd it, being
ou Lord Aylmer’s staff during bis seven
years’ stay in Canada, and instead of- dying
in 1837, as Mr.: ICinglake says, Colonel
Thomas Talbot, brother to the second Lord
Talbot de Malaliido, survived until Fobnuv
ry, f 353. If Mir.' Kinglake' has thus blun
dered about one rtf his own compatriots,
one can? imagine how liable te incorrectness
may be What he Bays of foreigners.
The very finest'portions of this l work are'
the descriptions of the siege of Silistria,
which preceded the invasion of the Crimesp
of the gallant? and successful stand' which
the 7th Fusileers, commanded by Colonel
Lacy Tea, made against the left Kazan*
column; of the storming! of the Great Re
doubt, headed by Sir' William Codrington,.
and of Sir Colin Campbell’s grand final'ad
vance with the Scottish Highland regiments.'..
There is nothing superior,-in‘ vigor and in
reality, in any history that was ever written.
Indeed, the whole account of the- battle' of
Alma, filled, but not crowded,: with details,-
is remarkably good. It'is-made very clear
by numerous plans and maps.-
It is generally'- admitted by British ’mili
tary men that Mr. Kinglake errs- in denying
that there was no-hard fightingrbetween the
French and the Russians, at the- Telegraph
station, after the English beat off the latter.
Colonel Hamley, in an account of thebattle
of the Alma, which appeared in Blackwood,
-says there was this contest: Hib words are :
“But it was not until reaching the plain,
on which stood the unfinished signal-tower
aneaoy-i. l^tion ed as the contested point
m the French
signs of a sanguinary conflict. Many Rus
sians lay dead there,' and they lay thicker
niear the signal tower, the hillock on which
it stood being strewn with them. Three or
four had been bayoneited while defending ■
the entrance ; and, in the narrow space
within, which was- divided into' compart
ments, were three or four small groups, -
slain in the defence.; Another spot near
contained three or four hundred corpses. •
Here were all the tokens of a combat in
which infantry was engaged with infantry.”
. On Mr. Kinglake’s showing, Lord Raglan
did very little, as a commander, on that day,
but direct the advance of the troops. Each
general of division appears to have fought
“on his own hook,” and the result was
success. Of what- the French did, Mr;
Kinglake says little —ho even winds up with
making Marshal St. Amaud decline to pur
sue the routed Russians,:^when they re
treated from the field. This perpetual dag
ging at the French is a slur on the book.
In speaking of Lord Palmerston as “ Cel
tic’ ’ is a strange ; blunder of Mr. King
lake’s. Palmerston is a descendant of the
famous Sir William Temple. Sir William’s
youngest: son, Shte John Temple, married a
Miss Tamer, of Trtiblin—whose father was of
English blood and birth. Lord Palmerston
is a full-blooded Englishman, without one
drop of Irish or Celtic blood in his veins.
His title is in the peerage of Ireland, and his
patrimonial estate fa lawyer’s plunder} is
Irish. We notice, too, as a proof of care
lessness, that Lord Grey, the Premier of
1830-34,. is invariably mentioned as Lord
Gray. The first is an English, the other a
Scottish peer.
We part from Mr. Kinglake with a high
opinion of his ability. Since Macaulay,
Prescott, Bancroft, and Motley have de
lighted and instructed the world, we have
had no historian capable of taking the multi
tude •by storm, as this author has .done.
Sometimes one-sided, occasionally unjust in
his deductions, still Mr. Kinglake puts the
impress of genius upon what he writes. ; We
shall he eager to read the concluding vo
lume, which is so far advanced that its pub
lication may be looked for within the present
year. It is,: emphatically, the book of the
season.
Alt IMitorial letter.
[From the ■Washington Chronicle. 1
New York, April 24,1863.
General Hooker could not have been much more
distressed by the incessant flood that came this
morning to restore the monotony of rain and mud
tli at has so often interfered with his plans, than a'
discharged soldier*lad, about eighteen years old, who
sat by my side on my ride from Washington hither.
“ There would have been.Bome nice fighting, sir, be-*
fore this on the Rappahannock, if this rain- had not
set in.” ! “And would you like to be in the fight!” I
asked of him. “Indeed, yes;”* was his quick an
swer, “if I were well enough; and when I am
cured of the fever that has hung ’ on me so long,
I will gladly go back.” It was pleasant to hear
how anxious he was about his country and his
comrades, and how full of confidence in the result of
the war. How true it is that those who have the
right to complain are the most uncomplaining; and
that the more unconditional loyalty is in fact to be
found in the army. There are no secret societies to
plot and counterplot against the Government; no
appeals to party prejudices ; no denunciations of the
draft,’ the tax, the confiscation bills, among the
brave fellows who offer their lives to the Republic.
A.genuine soldier of the Union parts with Mb party
feelings early in his experience of military life, and
exchanges them for honest and constant attachment
to his Governmellt. It is from this experience that
we secure.the very best judgment of all the hotly
contested and bitterly-asflailed war measures. The
verdict of the army is worth ten thousand decrees of
the ballot-box; for as the effect of these measures
can best be realized by thoße for whose relief they
were mainly prepared and passed, so their opinions
upon them are always the moat reliable and im
partial. ; ;
The death of the fine actor, \V. Rufus Blake, at
Boston, on "Wednesday last," will be regretted by the
many thousands who knew and admired the man
and the artist. I first met Mm nearly twenty years
ago, when he was in his prime, and have frequently
enjoyed his society and his acting. He aspired to
present a natural and unaffected style, to illustrate
humanity faithfully, and to educate and amuse at
the same time. Those who saw Mm at Grover’s
Theatre a few weeks ago, in Washington, may con-,
gratulate themselves' on having witnessed almost
the laßt personations of one of the most accomplished
high comedians of any country. •
New York, was always the headquarters of the
Southern aristocracy, especially in the early spring
and summer. Here they, spent their thousands with
princely profusion.. It would amaze the plain peo
ple of other sections to.hear of the vast sums squan
dered'by these opulent Idlers, upon jewels, plate,
dresses, pictures, horses, carriages, and every con
ceivable invention for the use of fashion and of
folly. ; The wealth so easily acquired was easily
and lavishly expended. If a . glance could be had
at the books of Stewart, Black, & Bali, Tiffany,
Haughwout; and the other bazaars of trade in fo
reign and costly wares of all kinds, millions would
be found to have gone in thiß way. It was the
fear of the loss of the Southern custom that arrayed
such a deadly opposition to'the war in this city—
it was'this and the ; presence of a large non
voting foreign, element, composed of rich men, in
terested in the great business houses of Europe,
which gave to a jew reckless demagogues a brief and
miscMevouß control. . But if the. slave nabobs have
gone; the trade of the-great city has not followed
them, or famished for want or their; patronage.
Never has the- stranger witnessed such a profu
sion of wealth and luxury in New York. The
establishments'that 'depend upon the rich for sup
port are crowded with visitors. Stewart has erected
another business palace near Union Square, which
is a wonder of magnificence, and covers an im
mense space. \ Splendid mansions are .in course
of erection in'town v and country. Sales of real
estate, at enhanced .prices are constantly taking
place./’ Pictures are, bought and sold at fabulous
rates. New streets are taking the places of old
ones. The vast Central Park is marvelously ex
panding under the munificent appropriations and
guardianship of the -Corporation. New city rail
roads are bringing distant neighborhoods into close
relationship, and ; everybody Becms to be either get
ting rich or living in comfort. .1 do not care what
the cause of this prosperity may be. Itiß enough to
know that the prosperity is substantial, and : will be
productive of substantial good; that it is a vindica-.
lion of the resources and endurance and elasticity of
a people engaged in gigantic and unparalleled war
and that all these elements .of good fortune and
general happiness and well-doing are the products of
free labor and enterprise, and do not spring from the
guilty profits of slavery. J. \V. F:
Dr. Guthrie, of Edinburgh, tor tile Union..
The following letter has been, received from, the.
Eev. Thomas Guthrie,- D. D., by. Mr. T. 8.-Potter,,
president of the Manchester Union and Eaianci
pation Society:
Salisbury Road, Edinburgh,
29th March, 1863.
My Bear Sir : I have hadithe honor of receiving;
your letter, with the address of the Union and
Emancipation Society of Manchester. Although I
could not concur with the framers of that address in
every passage, yet I cordially sympathize With its.
spirit, and fully approve of its general tenor. The
advanced position which the Federal, Government
and the North have taken on the subject of slavery
has made their cause that of humanity and religion;.
therefore, I cannot but wish, and heartily wish,
them success against a power wijich rests on prin.
ciples as insulting to. God as they, are cruel to man.
Holding these views, I will esteem it an honor to.
be enrolled: among your vice, presidents, and have
the honor to be Your friend,
THOMAS GUTHRIE,
A Card.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sir : The following statement occurs in, the Cin
cinnati correspondence of the Associated-Press, pub
lished in your issueof the 2d inst.: :
“Msior General Burnside has issued,an order de-
Driving the 21th New Jersey and the 4.6 th New York
Regiments of all furloughs and other privileges, for
six monthß, for irregular,and disgraceful conduct in,
this city on Friday last. Cause—whisky.”
ilhave to state that Buoh aa- order never came to.
the-knowledge of any commanding officer in the 9th
Army Corps, and that there were no reasons for is
suing such an order in regard to the regiment under
my command. The men of the 46th New York be
haved as they always do,“ like old soldiers,” and
they had no connection whatever in irregular or dis
graceful conduct in the city of Cincinnati, or else
where. Please let thiß correction appear also In
TAe Press , and oblige your most obedient servant,
. JOS. GERHART,
Col. Commanding 46th Regiment N. Y. Yds., 9th
Army Corps. -
Staa'l'obd, Kentucky, April 22,1353,
THREE CENTS
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
The Battles Won toy General Bank* at
Fort Beasland and Irish Bend Three
Gimtooats and Three Transports Lost toy
the He'Aels The Rebel General RUey
Killed, General Morcion." Hissitfe, and
Colonel Gtrk Wounded.
New ori/O"tI8, April 19:—Under this- date, the
correepoEdent of the Herald gives the following
summary of the victorious results of the-brilliantT
three* days contest; beyond Berwick City, on the
Teche:
“THE GARDEN\)E-LOUISIANA” IN OUR'
v
The boasted spot of Southern rural
“The Country of the Aitrakapsa,” « The Garden* of
Louisiana,” <c The Paradise of the South”—is oun«-
THREE BATTLES, THREE-' GtfliBC’ATS,. ATfD THEBE'
■JRAWEPOBTS LOST'!?? - ' THERE DAYS.
From Berwick City to Opeloiisoa the victorious
army of General Banka has advanced. Three bat
tres,three gunboats, and thres tranaports the enemy
have lost in three days. Twice' were they defeated
by the'main'army of General Kan Its behind their en
trenchments ®n the Beajjrland plantation, between .
Pattersonvine and Centreville, aa'the straggling fire I
and final-silence of their guns in fhefaceof our bat
teries, on'Sunday and Monday, fuayproved ; while
Grover, art'the same time, was reaching theirrear,
harassing^-engaging, and finally drivihgithem before
him with.sucK rapidity that they were compelled to
stand on Monday at Irish Bend, where* and
decisive battle was fought, in which theTebels were
defeated, and fted into-the woods.
Three gunboats—the Diana, Hart, and Queen of
the West—are no more. The two former were fired
in the Teche by the rebels, to prevent them* falling
into our hands—the former on Monday, the-latter on
Tuesday—while the Union gunboats Eatella, Cal
-10 o’clock on Tuesday morn- :
Bake the famous iromc!ad‘Ykfif I Q ,
Three large transports—the Newsboy; Gossamer,
and Era No. 2—which- were lying at Franklin, Were
also destroyed by fire, aB it wftß found impossible* to- ■
get up steam and escape up or down the Teche be- -
fore our troops would overtake and seize them. The ;
consequence was that, like the Diana and Hart, they
were burned to prevent them from falling into our
hands.
BRAVERY OF OUR OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS.
The fight of the three days was principally a fierce
artillery discussion. The gallantry of our soldiers
and officers receives enthusiastic praise, and cases
of great individual daring sind coolness are noticed.
Generals Banks, Grover, Emory, Weitzel, Paine,
Colonel Gooding,-and other officers, acquitted them
selves with courage and skill. The enemy were
steadilyrepulsed, and atthe end of the three.days
were wholly driven from their fortifications in utter
retreat.
THE BOUT.
Latest accounts state that our forces are utill fol
lowing up the retreating, demoralized, and panic
stricken remnant of an army of eight thousand men :
which a week ago were guarding the gate of this
paradise, hourly expecting'reinforcements and an
immediate advance of the army and navy, when a
sudden, dbmbined, and overwhelming dash upon
Brashear City and New Orleans should be made.
GEN. GROVER’S BATTLE AT IRISH BEND.
General Grover’s expedition, in the rear of the
rebels, engaged them .in a spirited battle ; at Irish
Bend on the last day. The enemy, at one point)
slowly but surely fell back before the advance of
our troops, finally compelled to so hasty a retreat
that he left more than one hundred prisoners in our
hands j-but the capture of another position was less
rapid, and cost us four hundred men. The entire
force of the enemy finally evacuated their-works,
retreating to the woods and caneß, having previously
set fire to the gunboat Diana, and transports Gossa
mer,.Newsboy, and Era No. 2. The retreat was ac
complished in such a manner as to prevent effectual
pursuit.
THE REBEL STRENGTH AND LOSS.
The rebel prisoners represent that they had Tip
wards of five thousand men engaged in this affair,
and that they came up with the intention of driving
General Grover’s division across the Bayou Teche
before General Banks’ force could arrive, but they
were signally repulsed, with a loss of from three to
four hundred.
On the field of battle, one hundred and five prison
ers were taken, and thirty wounded. .
Among the killed is General Riley, and among the
wounded Col. Gray.
The prisoners also report that General Dick Tay
lor advanced in force on the flank, and was in com
mand of the whole. “Sibley was there,” they-say,-
“ but he was not in the fignt, and never is.”
About one hundred and fifty prisoners in all were
captured by General Grover’s command.
Immediately on the retreat a reconnoissance was
sent'out, which met a courier from the advance of
General Banks’ army, when the news arrived for
the first time that the enemy had evacuated his
works at Beasland.
THE BATTLE OF FORT BEASLAND. •
This battle, in the front, had been fought with
great gallantry by Banks, Emory, "Weitzel, and
Paine.; The artillery- fire waß; at one time terrific,
and the engagement throughout of the most active
and resolute character, ending in entire success. .
STRENGTH AND APPEARANCE OP THE ENEMY’S
EARTHWORKS.
A better position for throwing up fortifications
and earthworks • and resisting successfully an ad
vancing army, was perhaps never seen.
Extending frompraud Lake on our right to the
Teche,- with obstructions across that stream, and a
continuation of the earthworks on the left, to the
impassable woods and swampy ground, the whole
nearly two miles in length, was alone of sufficient
strength for a small force to keep an army at bay
for some time; but when we add that all along the
works ran a deep natural ditch or bayou, and that
the right and left of each line on both sides of the
ditch could not be flanked, it will be seen what a
formidable barrier was before our army in its front.
The earthworks were about three feet and-a half
high, and four through, piles being driven on the
enemy’B side for the purpose of strengthening them.
They followed the course of the ditch, which had
many and sharp turns. In Borne places, where the
works were higher than the guns, the earth was cut
away, for the purpose of getting a clear range. On
the west side, to the left, ran the unfinished line of
the New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad, with a
slight.wooden plank bridge thrown over the’ bayou.
This was the termination of the line of fortifica
tions. On the same side, at the right end, was a
small redoubt, with the famous thirty-two-pounder
(columbiad) still in position. In their haste the
enemy had left without Bpiking it. Two dismantled
caissons lay near it. The ground around the gun was
literally piled with shot, shell, grape, canister, cart
ridges, and even poxvder. In addition to this, both,
the boxes in the caissonßwere filled with ammuni
tion. What appeared to interest lookers-on more
than anything else around here was a pile of broken
up bars of iron, grates, bolts, &c., in pieces of from
one to two inches in length and thickness, which the
rebels used in lieu of grape and canister, though t
noticed several cases of the former, enclosed in iron
ringß, the balls about one and a half inches through.
Near the'woods, in a ditch, I saw one of the famous
twelve-pound brass field-pieces of Valverde’s bat
tery. One of our shells struck and dismounted it.
Another piece was said to be in the woods, dis
mounted aIBO.. I did not. Bee it. The works were
shot away, and broken in many places. When T
arrived all the dead had been buried. : Upwards of
forty horses, however, lay around dead.' On the
opposite side of the river there was about half that
number.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
A Second Expedition Ready—The Monitor
Fleet aiidtlie Army Prepared—Charleston
to he Reattacked.
Hilton Head, S. C., April 20.’—The second
dition has not yet sailed, butis ready at any moment
to receive the order. The same transports which,
have been in and out of the harbor so many times
are again laden with troops, not quite as jubilant or
cheerful aB when they set .sail three weeks since, but
not by any means hopeless; or disheartened.. The
army .in the Department of the South has not yet
had its mettle fairly tried. The battles on James’
Island and at Pocotaligo, although by some called
repulses, demonstrated that, if led. by competent
officers, no fears need be entertained that victory
will await them, if not overwhelmingly outnum
bered. -
No one can paBB through the regiments composing
the 10th and 18th Army Corps without discovering an •
earnest desire on the part of both officers and men
to engage the enemy at the earliest possible moment.
Having been comparatively idle for more than a
year, a fight would be looked upon by them as a
godsend, and would, if possible, be entered into
with too much ardor. It is to be hoped that this
patriotic flame may not be Bmothered, and allowed
to go. out through the want of skill on the part of
superior.officers to furnißh the opportunity for it to
manifest itself in'heroic deecls as well-as .noble de
sires.
The monitor fltiet, together with .the army, is also
ready. The : Patapsco and the Mont/iuk. are now
moving out of the. harbor, bound for Folly Island.
Before the close of thiß week all the iron-cladsin
this department again will be within the bar at
Charleston. When the attack .will be reopened, it
is difficult to say; but that another and more despe
rate engagement, in which both., the army and the
navy will this, time participate, is near at hand, no
on & can doubt.: Charleston mustrbe in our posses
sion sooner or later; if not within the nextsix..
weeks, it will-not be within.six. months. Hot
weather iB almost upon us. Troops on the march.
alieady seekthfe shade; overcoats and blankets drop;
by the wayside.— Tribune.
A Contradiction.
Mr- Sanderson, of the Lancaster lntelligencer f re
cently. charged to the Secretary of State’s diplomatic
correspondence the following “mostremaskableand:
disgraceful sentence
“ My lord, l ean touch, a bell on my. right hand
and order the arrest cf.a citizen in Ohio. Lean,touch
the bell again, and order the imprisonment of a citi
zen in New York ;.aad no power on earth, but that
of the President can release them, Can,the Queen
of England, in her dominions, do aamuch'M.’ '
This the Lancaster DaUyExpi-ass positively con
tradicts by the following :
Although wje were satisfied that Mr* Seward-never
wrote anything upon which sush,an infamous, fabri
cation could be based, we are aware-that there is a
class of men who; would: believe anything which
Sanderson prints, unless the evidence /disapproving
it hj the very highest accessible in; the case. That
there might.be no doubt ha this matter, we addressed
»he following note, to Mr. Seward, enclosing the
above extract from the AifeKiocawcu:.
liANCJAsrEs, Pa., Apa'U 22, lS6.i.
Son. JFw. 11.-Sewards ' , „ x , „ ,
l>uASfci»: The enclosed, slip I out out of Mr. Bucha
nan’s home organ ULa Lancaster Xntellisencer 1 ot this
week: Wot being to find any such language in
your “Diplomatic Correspondence,’ as puonsnea, i
take- it for grants-i that extract has been_eithsr •
manufactured fo? the occasion, or grossly garbled, • . -
Will-you be kind enouyh to inform me .whether there
is aw?/ foundation for it, and if so, refer metMhe taijm
nal, that I may see the context. The Coppgiheads
here are c eehinscto itrio tlio disparagement'ofr the.
Administtatioufaml I wjraW like to bo aWc.a,ut(Sorita
lively to set the matter right-
Tins -dxtraet appearing with an editorial endorsement
in the ex-president's home organ, causes, an importance
to he attached to it, which it would not;Otherwise pos-
' at d which is my excuse for thus intruding; upon
vcniv time and patienco.
5 -Very respectfully: yours, &c •, J. M.W. GEIST.
To-day wc received the following note in reply,
which will Bpeak for itself: . :
_ Department of State,.
Washington, April 24, ISG3..
J M. W. Geist, Esq.— Dear Sir: Yours of 22d„ en
closing extract from the Intelligencer, has been pmeed
in myliards. No.such vassage is to be found in Mr.
■ St'ioard'scon'&vondence.. .••••• , u
That you may satisfy yourself, I have sent jou the
volumes by this dayV mail. at./
Your tbedieni servant, GEO. B. BAKnd.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
MONTGOMEBY COUNTY.
CXsxrKGS.—During the past week, casting nf
extrao«#nary sizs were made at the Bethlehem Furul™
for the ruling mithnow in course of construction on th»
- south sicfe'pf the Lehigh river. A cupola is erected for
work of thfcrkind a short distance from the buildinff
The blast watf put upoir it in the morning of the dav
About one o’clock ihe tapping commenced. This is dona
into a sort of lafive kettle up®h a hand-car. After bavin?
received about Saif a ton of ffoid, the car is roiled o»
rads into the btilding. It is raised by machinery to a
sufficient height, amdehea turned overrate «large re
servoir. The process'"is repeated agaio and again for
hours, until .a sufficient* qiiantity of metal is gathered
together. At the ena j j>f three fceurs.over thirty tons
were collected, how irtCreservoirwas opeh£d;and : th«-
whole quantity of iron* allowed to-flow io tiremouid
The whole wheel; the Tims and tbe arms'
altogether m two ; parts, Weighs over thirty-two- tons’
this, valued at cento ber pound, the price of
casting, would bring the value,of this* single whe»-I m
upwards of SH,OQO.-U one worthrso much; what
may Le the value of the whoSreugme ? ’
b , ake - a respectable decolored m«n 5 yrho has
ftf bifb^n 110 ?^ lestown for was Jouad deS
Sfliinf l4a . y ™<< rlU ?e hwfc ■ He occupied a small
where he soJJfappiesand’imch other
to,enSfta'Httlenidaeyr His
Uw MW-onWtaSv V*. grave, yard,’ in
oofor T)?? HV- fl ? 164 c< V l ?- e interment of persons of
xv rr l * Andrews delivered 1 an appropriate ad
bor*od at°fhS4*i l^t y ‘' sha >Mered af tbe idea of being.
oras 3 V*z&r. A collceciOn 1
- . and a eeffloient amonst of
monoTrraised to bear the expenses of fnn>rA.i rx*.-*i,.a *
brief services beld r it was oWed>• Ww* aHn?
a 4 'ma®of honesty,-of truth, resn&lfSi-'
toward'otbers; imoompiaiaini;, a constant reader?f hla-
Bible, ad Who leayes t» stain on his character as a nrn"
feeeing Christian "-Doplestown Bmoc/at: P
. ;We ariy-p.leased to Jeans ; Ihat'a safflden'famonnt nP
stock has been subscribed to waiTant theanabrtakinc of
making'the* Attleßorougs, flulmevilie r and "Brfitol
A } 3 °® e . tsD ff r of tho stockholders-is called on
theUth May next. 2t will be a gse'st improve
ment to have that piece*of road from Langhorn’s Hill to
Hulmeville irtnpiked—zDemverat: 10
LADPGA&TfiR.
Military TheTOth Pennsylvania Regimdat was, at
last amounts, in the action at Mcsoinusville. trader Ge
nf H&iabright, from sue Army
e Potcmac, has beeirvisiting the families of those
vr e *** t 1 hattle“while under h» command. —-Captain
have sent h0me*1.674
l2-d RegimOnt s4d,€od; The remains oS'Linn
who fell so gallant yat the battle nf
VncnATTOKAr.- 1 l> h{> j pT^fi^r to arriy<* ia
Literdry fcociety was- celebratedi, on Frida* eyemu#,-a.c:
the Normal School',-Miliert-vllle. Addresses.;by Dv-W/
March, Misses Lyle,- Graham, - and Harlmah; Messrs.
Crothere, Harding, Slokunii.and Bev, Mr. Clevelander
Tamaqua, are mentioned with praise.
At tbe exhibition of thVGoethehn Society of Franklin =
and Marshall College, the Gbethean oration was deli
vered by D. M- Wolf, w war poem read by Mr. Schoed-"
ley, and the salutatory spoken, by .Mr. Gdrhart. Tlie
exhibition was creditable to the society and the colleger s
BiGhway Robbery.— About twelve o’clock on Satur*':
day night, as a gentleman:- 1 named Brubaker.was leis
urely riding aloDg the Millersville-pike, he was
when about hall a mile from- the Millersvillo Meeting.
HouFe, by some r esperadoes, one of whom, a tall man,
who Mr.- B thinks had on a* military dress, seized hia
horse by tbe bridle, and presenting a revolver demanded
bis money. Mr. Brubaker being on horseback, and un
armed, was unable to defend himself, and handed the
robber bis pocket-book, whieh contained about six dol
lars. The robber, perceiving thai his victim carried a
gold waten, demanded-it also, and, still preseming the
pistol, let go the reinH and atbmpted to grab the watch,
when Mr. B seeing that hia horse was n:ee, slipped his
foot Irom the stirrup and quickly gave the robber a kick
on the*haDd which sent tbe pif-tol-ffying over bis head
and discharged one of the loads, which started his horse
at a full gallop, and Mr. Brubaker escaped.
Military;—Capt. £. P. Pearson, of tbel7th Regiment
Regular infantry, has been placed: on the staff of Major
General Howai d, commander of the 11th Army Corps in
the Army o* the Potomac Thel2Sfh> had moved towards
GordOD&ville.' Six companies of this regiment have
sent home $17,C00.'•
accidents.— A premature explosion in the Harrisburg
Brioge StoDe Quarry, near Reading-, severely injured,
the face and eyeß of one of the workmen namad Hiit
nersbitz. William O’Dear, eight years old, wa- drowned
last Saturday in the Schuylkill, below Jackson’s Lock.
DELAWARE.
' Con. Black. —Many of onr readers in this, portion of
our county will recollect Henry M. Black,-son of Joseph
Black, deceased, who resided in this borough, some
years ago.. Young Black graduated with lionorat
Point in 1547, and was attached to’the 4th Infantry with
the rank of brevet second lieutenant. He served with
distinction during the Mexican waivand at the close
thereof was ordered to Florida. On the-10th of December,
1856, he was promoted to a captaincy in the 9th Regi
ment of Infantry , commanded by Colonel, now Brigadier
General George Wright. He performed signal service
with his regiment, during the war waged against the
Indian tribes in Oregon. For some- eighteen months
past Colonel Black has been sta ioned at the Presidio, in
California, and recently was the commander at Fort
Alcatraz. He is a thorough and gallant soldier and ac
complished gentleman, and bears the reputation of be
ing one of the finest offi-ers in the service. We learn
that he is anxious to come Fas , to participate in the Stir
ling scenes of the war. The Governor of Califoruia ha 3
recently appointed him colonel of the 6tb Regiment of
California Volunteers, a hew infantry regiment, where
he will find a full opportunity to give his military talents
free scope.— Republican.
Factories Stopped.— Most if not all of the cotton
factories in thia county - have suspended operations
for the present. The large stock of goods on hand, and
the scarcity and high, price of cotton, are the cause
which led to a suspension. As soon as businessbecomes.
more brisk, and sales are effected, the mill will again go
on.— lbid. -
LUZERNE.
New Baxes. —Our banking interests have started their
new banking associations in the Scranton Bank, jusc
chartered under the auspices of Messrs. Sanderson,
Kingsbury, and ; others, and -in the application of
Messrs. Winton, Dean; and others, under the late act of
Congress. The company interested will be represented
by an association organized under the same law, and
liberally aided by New York capital. And with the
last two. days our business men and small capi alists
are banding together to starta fourth, which will repre
sent all classes as small shareholders. . So that the pre
sent indications are that from having no banks, we are
likely to run into the extreme, and have four. — Scran
tort'Republican,
CHESTER.
Coatesville. —A number of improvements are con
templated during the present season, at this flourishing
town. Mr Taylor, of the academy, is erecting a sub
stantial building for school purposes H. G. Thomas
has commenced a block of brick dwellings; Charles
Pennock has laid the foundation for a mansion honfee;
Mr. E. Worrall ditto.' A number of other buildings' are
also in contemplation. The iron mills are all running
double and triple-handed ; the streets present a busy
spectacle, and.the railroad depots are crowded with,
business. :
Raising Tobacco. —A number of the farmers in Honey
brook, West Nanimeal, and Wallace, expest to plantr
tobacco on rather an extensive scale the present season.
One farmer on the “marsh.” in East Nantmeal, is
making arrangements to plant ten or twelve acres;
others expect to plant a like .amount —a number will
plant an acre or more. The “nauseous weed” is be
coming quite the rage.
r Burglary.—The dwelling of R. Agher Futhey, of
Highland township, (late, county superintendent,) was
entered on Monday night week by burglars. They en
tered by boring the door of the outer kitchen—thence by
boring the door of the inner kitchen—which rave them
th e range of the bouse. They content ed themselves witb
taking two new cloth coats from the hall—leaving the
muff, furs, and other clothing of Mrs. F. They also entered
the smoke-house by boring—taking therefrom two flitch,
and leaving the hams and rounds of beef—for the next
visit! The tracks indicated that the perpetrator had
muffled his boots by tying them up in rags. The tracks
were followed half a mile. — "Record.
Curious Larceny. —We have heretofoi’e made allusions
to the larceny of chickens, geese, *c., in the western
part of Chester county, and the breaking up of a gang
of negroes connected therewith. Among the depreda
tions of the same party, it is supposed, was the theft of
half a hog, belonging to Zebulon Heston, of Sadsbury
township. The hog was in the pen, and very fat, just
jeady for 4 ‘ killing. ” One morning, about three months
ago, Mr. Heston got up and went to his pen, and found
one-half oi the hog lying outside undressed. The other
half was missing. The perpetrators had stuck and
killed the bog, and then cut him in two, carrying off"
the hind quarters, hair and all! This larceny was as
novel as it was impudent.— Record.
VfcNAUGO.
Counterfeit fifty cent orders on the treasurer of Ve
nango county are in circulation, both here and else
where. ; In order to protect the public and enable any
one to detect and refuse them, we give the points of dif
ference. In the counterfeit the right wir gof the eagle
extends dnly.to the letter E in the word Venango; in the
genuine it extends a little past the centre of the letter .V,
in the same word; in tho counterfeit the right wing of
the eagle is blunt and,termiDates in one of the pointers
bt the central star, in a white ground; in the genuine
the wing is pointed, and terminates in the red ground
between and above the pointers of the star. On.the
counterfeit the cipher in the fifty in the centre is bold
and distinct: in the genuine it is dim and scarcely visi
ble ; and on the left end of the counterfeit there is but
one pine tree near the Indian’s hand, while in the genu
ine there are two. There are other differences, but these
are sufficient to detect them. —Franklin Citizen .
WAYNE.
A Shocking Murder ■was committed- at Ellen ville on.
Thursday morning a week. The widow of a Mr. Hock
well was married on the previous Saturday to Robert
Phelan. She had previously engaged to marry a Wm,
"Willie, hut broke the engagement Willis becoming
es cited, procured a knife, with which he murdered Mrs.
Phelan in her own house. He'surrendered himself, de
claring tl at if he had nine lives to live, he would do
the deed over again. Willis is. a shoemaker, about 30
years of age. The murdered woman was a highly re
spected Christian,
Military. r-By the letter from our correspondent with,
the Pennsylvania Reserves, we learn i hat Captain W.
tV. Stewart is-now lieutenant colonel of the Ist Regi
ment; that Second Lieutenant H.- If. Minuigh. is first
lieutenant of Company K, and that Sergeant George B.
Kitzmiller is second lieutenant. It gives us pleasure to
record .these .promotions, knowing that they are de
served. Each of them have pr oven their valor and emi
nent milirary .capacity upon many a hard-fought field.
We h ave also learned that Lieutenant EL S. Benner has
been promoted to the captaincy of Company.K,’lolst Re
giment, and that Thadd*us,Welty has been made second
lieutenant of the sime company. : They have both proved
themselves first-rate officers. —.Gettysburg Journal.
HUNTINGDON. .
Union MEsrixs.—Alarge county Union meeting was
held recently in Huntingdon, at which Ron, Jonathan
McWilliams presided. . The .in eeting was enthusiastic,
and the resolutions, fervid and loyal, concluded with the
Ollowingi: - • .
Resolved* That the army of the Uz>iteiLStates is fight
ing fur. ihe government of the Union, while the rebel
army is.fighting for the rebel so-called government; and
those in the North who persistently attack our Go
vernment and its administration, and...endeavor to
hold them up to ridicule and. contempt, are practically
giving aid and comfort to the enemy—exposing our sol- .
diers in the field to’greater perils, ana-are doing more
harm to the cause of the Union chaa could any equal;
number accomplish in the ra«>kB of theurebelarmy.
SCHUTLKILL.
Mahanoy City, thirteen railes northeast of Pottsville,.,
contains some two thousand inhabitants. It is thought’
that fifty new buildings will be erected this year, which.-,
will inci’ease the population abouts-one.thousand Two
years ago that place was a mero-village.. The coal de
velopments there, and outlets-to market, which have
been constructed, have made tbe-change.
Rev. William P. Lewis, of Rhiladeiphia, .has accepted*
ibf unanimous call to .the rettortnip of Trinity Church,.
Pottsville, that was given to ham b/tfie vestry of that'
cl urch about two weeks ago.
Odd Tei.lows. —At a recent-election in the various Odd:
Fellows’ Lodges in Schuylkill county, for D. D-, G.M/»
jor the ensuing year, J. P-? Bertram was elected; to that'
ofii< e.
Military.— l»ieutenanbO.- 3L Jenkins, a veteran.of the
Buck tail RegimeftLgn&LienteiiJaat W.-H: Bartholomew.,
loth United fc tales wore presented with swords
by their Pottsvillefriends very recently./ Speeches were
made by Hons. J.- H. SampbelL C. W.Pitma£i»Eiy Bow
en, Jerome Boyer, and others.:
CAM3SIA. „ •
Lumber.—The racent heavy rains have-swollen:the
various streams in this'secti«»n to such an extent that the-
Snsquet anna river is-now-ia fine condition .tor rafting.
A gentleman, from.,the noi»*h of the county assures us.
that unusual activity prevails among
that region, and; that a vast ‘ amount orrtiinber is being;
floated down to’ market At Patching mills he counted
no less than, 7^rafcs n 2» °? e , day, on their -winding
v ay,” each one, w-.ortk probably j&mk The aggregate
value of Ibis-sihgle lot would be 570»9», from.wluch.may
be "-athereib some estimate Or the extent or - the
busfness dan# during “ the season.’*'- Lumber uevercom.-
munde'd a.better saSorban at pressnt. and the indications
arc that s>e thrift and industry hardy pioneers of
the forest during she winter wiß> be amply
A l leghsu idn,.Shsnsburg.
COLUMBIA.
Horses.—Ous* farmers would d.o.well fco.attend to. the
breeding, of: this kind of stock. We should not ba sur
prised ii horses should bring two, hundred dollars by
this lime season. 14 is impossible to buy a good
horse now spr le>s than «ne hundred and fifty dollars.
H or-ses arfe in demand, and prices are tending-upwards.
We hay to our farmers* raise'noises by alt means.
, Hi (jH Ybice fob Oats. —A Government; contractor froni
towi&b'avg has been in this, vicinity past
Week* purchasing up all tie oats be could lay his hands
at an exorbitant figure.. He. paid as high as seventy
ceoi© per bushel. As a consequence oats /went up
*ike a hash, and holders seventy-five cents. Now*
tv,<>t Tin las cone our farmers may have to wait some
time before" another opportunity % Presents, to dispose of
it at Gasette. -•
-Buffalo asd Erie 'Ratlroad.—' The shares of-this
line as wellas'thofe of the Cleveland and Erie, are en
tirely out of the market, A small lot of the former was
Vo’din New York a short time since, privately, for 175,
and hid* of ISO and 150 would notbring out one hundred,
ekare?. as the holders are prudent enough to retain what
i,h*>y know to be a': good investment. The Buffalo and
Erie managers contemplate an arrangement by means of
which to extend their Toad to Cleveland and Erie cor
relation. The immediate cause of this move has not
been made public; hut it is understood to have been
brought under consideration by a course pursued by tne
Cleveland atd Erie men,vwhich does not fully come l up
to the expectations of the Buffalo and EneCompany-
Subscriptions to the amount of SC®S,OOO were made to the
project, in Buffalo, on the 16th mst. , and
lia\esincebeen subscribed. Committees have also been
appointed to confer with the roads went of Cleveland. -
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