TIMM lloittiblftem. SVILISHID DAILY (SUNDAYb Sxman/WL BY JOHN W. FORNEY , OMOB. Dio. Ili SOUTH Fi)IIRTH STREET. DAILY PKESS, - - OZATB PBa Wtag,Yable to the carrion Saittled to Subscribers out of the City HI Sarno ,DOLT uas AsKtilft THEMB ant...sits eND FIFTY CsiTH FOB SIX ONII DOLLAR Alai Sin ererr•rive IfoPi Vanua Mourns. invariably in advance for the time or arid * a , Ad ver thenente in at the usual rates. sl= 'ass constitute a OW/Are. TONI TRI-WEEKLY PARS% M a n e d $0 Subscribers out of the Oily at Forts DOLLAR& REIL LIMY. 111 IdIf&IDOG, COMMISSION IlliffSF,'S. 4LOTHSI CLOTHS! WILLIAM T. SNODOIMW CLOICTI EILO All!3ta, !`NO. 34 SOUTH. SECOND STREET. FRESH STOOEi OP ZADIES , CLOTHS AND MEN'S WEAR *VELOURS, , 10111.NORILLAS, 'FROSTEDS, "VELVETS DIOSCOWS , 7,SQULDIA.UX 'OI3 I OTOII TWISTS, Our stook is full of the very choicest etvles in toe tooantry. With this lot we close our Etiopts , for the sea 110n. Come promptly,' as the best will soon be exhausted. THE ARMY AND NAVY .eontinnee to receive onr special attention. "...have in store all ebades and gradee. 'THE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE IS CALLED TO _ °TYR STOOXK - OF OSAXONY WOOLEN CO. all.wool Plain Flannel& 'TWILLED FLANNELS, - Various makes, in Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Blue. 'PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. - -PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. "PREMIERE QUALITY," Square and Long Shawls. • WASHINGTON MILLS Loin Shawls. -73 LACK. COTTON WARP OLO rus, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, so, 21 2 22 OZ. FANCY CASSIMERES AND S&TINETTS. WiLMORAT, SKIRTS, all grades. -13 RD BLANKETS, 154, 11.4, 12 4, 154. 'COTTON GOODS,' DENIMS, TIOES, STRIPES, SKIRTINGS, &a., from various Mills. IDE COTJRSEY, HAMILTON, & EVAN S, 33 LETITIA Street, and 32 South FRONT street. 0028-rom2m WOTIOB TO GRAIN . DEALERS AND ••••• SHIPPERS. 20,000 'UNION A SEAMLESS BAGS, All Linen, .weight 20 °micas. The Best and Cheapest Bag in the market ALSO, - - BURLAP BAGS , er)f all Bires,for Corn; Oats, Bone-dust, Coffee. Aro., are ciaanuthotareo and for tale, for not cash, by CHARLES H. GRIGG, Agenl No. 137 ISARKST Street (Second Story), Late of 219 Church alley. QHEPLEY, HAZARD, .8L HDTO.H_Tis7- •*•J sort, No. 'll3 OTIFST2 , II7T STREET. 0014IMS SION NE ROHANTS, FOE THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA—MADE GOODS. oe7o-6m ' • . B AGIS 1 BAGS BAGS NEW AND SECOND HAND. RILUIMBSEL 'WI:IIMAF, AND Gum BAGS. Conotantl* on hand. JOHN T. BAILEY tit CO:, No. in NORTH FRONT STRUT. sir WOOL Win FOR SALE CARPETINGS. • AQA.EPETBI CARPETS!! JAMES OILNE; • , CIA.RPET WARE-EIOUSEi CTILESTNUT STREET, .BELOW SEVENTH STREET, I have received. ST LATE ABEIVALS FROM EUROIS •lar[s assortment of - I,TYLES' CIARpETINO, 'Valuelidniesoms mit kinds of goods never before offered in this sottutry, for parlor furnishing, leudedad in our earieti will be found the 12RENOB AUBUSSON CENTRE CARPETS; FRENCH VOLANTE. "TEMPLETON'S ENGLISH AXMINSTER CARPETING. 4111.0SSibY h SON'S WILTON VELVET and TAPES TRY Do. CROSSLEY & CO. 'S celebrated BRUSSELS Do. "With a large varlets of ether makes of BRUSSELS and . urging" cuarsTnio. MIDIZIOWS OEMBEATED 'VENZTILNS. With a fall variety of American makee p f three-ply =4 swain good*, All of which can be oferedl.at oonaiders -thge redudiou from loot lICAXO3I I / 4 prices. JAMES H. ORNE, COESTNITT STEW, BELOW SEVENTH STREET. 8e26-daa , ARGH-STREET CARPET WAREHOUSE. marzw-cl.a...wam= . 3arrxxarck•aso. All Oa Issdlni styles of 'VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE-Pia; INGRAIN, AND VENETIAN C A3EZPVr G-S, -.new ix storey sad selllsr at THN ENDUCED PRICES. tar Cmk. J. BLACKWOOD, 532 ARCH STREET, - slO-1E Two Doors below NINTH, 'South Ms. - GLEN EOHO " MILLS, GERMILIIT OWN, PAL MoCALLAIM et 004 -thiMMACTITZEICIL DEPORTERS, AND DBALEE9 IN C ARP 'X'IN GIFS, OIL 0140T - 138e diOs WAREHOUSE, 609 CHESTNUT OPPOSITE lI(DEPXNDENOE sa6-fim 617 ABOR STREET. 0O.• A. VANICIRIC it CO.i ILLIMPAOT I 7ItERS 0/ O EL - A. N D E R GAB FIXTURES. Ma% Mush Bronco Figurer and Ornaments. ?orogen, and Ansa Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ?how sal and exanalua goods DRUGS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER es 00., Frorthead Oornor FOURTH and RACE Week. PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPoRTEP.s AND bEALERE IN FORBIaIi AND DONSSTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, BLANUPAOTUBEito OP WHITS LKAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PIPITY, AGENTS FOR Tam 9ELEBRALTRD FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dialers and consumers supplied at TUX LOW PRICES ma CASH. te24-Sra PAPER HANGINGS. • 411LILADELPHIA. PAPIER, HOWELL , & BOTIRKE, CORNER OP VOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, PEAPOP.LOTURBRI3 OF PAPER TIANGIpTGEI AID WINDOW 0 31111TnIA PAPERS. , lifer to the trade a large _and elegant anortment of rcioxla rlu from the sheapaa Brown Stook to the finest 0 . N. I. CORNER /OMITS & MARICBT STRUTS. B.—Bolict Green. Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA- L 71418 of every grade. ael3-2m CABINET .FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL. LIA2I) TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 1161 SOUTH SECOND STREIT, Pin Monnedion with their extensive Cabinet business, Cr. new manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES , atilla nave now on hand a tall supply firdshed with the MOORE CAMPION'S IMPROVED 0138E10N9, whisk are pronounced by all who have used. them to be munetior to all others. ler thcouality and finish of these Tables, the manna lssturers rerer to their numerous patrons throughout 'ithe Union, nth° ere familiar with the °hamster of their work. CURRANTS, CITRON, AND -4-1 Lem* PeeL Sardines‘-4 and hf boxes. RHODES &WIGLIAMS. Lete*lf xO7 poutb. WATS& 9treetr . . NEW STYLE COAT- I Nas, - BASECE r, FANO it MIXED, BEAVERS, PLLOTS, OAS ['ORS, &a.. We now no2.tna4 . . •. • - ...• . • -.....„ •. . _ .-.. . ..„ , . . ... r:___ ;:... .. r. , ' t .," , 1 Lc 11. .?:,,',;',.,:‘, t . .. „....,.... -. ' __... 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',gi..c•-• ••7 . orj• :i ,, 5:*, *P"liciprk;"ii.A..:alk - - -----,-- -, OM - - - '-:m , ' , c,..., .' • - - - ' oll * • - ..,-- _ - ._:.,.,.... .- . 4 e.. ,-. poop ... , 0 4 4,.-0 44 , , ,,w 4 ... - , , 1a......... 0 = ....; - .0.-s'-. 7 ... 1:- 24 , 4 ..., f :,,z,.. ~ . .., - _----........,, • 4 - . ~ uggimak., ". ................. T.,.„ - j, • - . , ..",.., ~......„...-... ~_ ----,... ---.” .1 . . ----..........ke . , . . . . . . VOL. 7-NO. 89. RETAIL DRY GOODS FALL TRADE. 3E. M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, Racket opened .a large stock of New Goods. c,pnipri.. sing all desirable Novelties in his line, moat & which having beenbought when Gold was at a low Premium he offers considerably below present market rates. LACES OF. ALL KINDS. Coiffnree, Barbee, Collars. Sleeves. Sets. If des.. Vella Capes. Are.. in all varieties. WHITE. GOODS. • Jacortets, Cambrics, Iklainsooks, KailaSvriss Checks, and all descriptions of Plain and Fancy Styles. EMBROIDERIES. Collars, Sets, Bands, Flouncing& Infante' Waists analtobes, Edgings and Insertings on Cambric, Swiss, and. Linen; 200 different styles. HANDKERCHIEFS. Plain, Hem-stitched, Embroidered, Reviered, Raffled.. Lace, Printed•bordered, &c. &c., for Ladies, Gentle men, and Children. comprisinz every variety, including many new styles' not heretofore in the market. - N. B.—A liberal discount to those who purchase to sell again. Manufacturers of Ladies' and Children's Clothing are invited to examine my stock. n 0242.3 SKIRTS.! SKIRTS ! SKIRTS ! N. A. JONES' =EZZEI NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT Can only be found at /40. 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, PHILADILPRIA. OWIR THB WAX FIGDBI. RAP NOM syncline unless stamped X. A. JONES' JR PLUS ULM. SKINT. IN N. EIGHTH STEINS. sell• Wm BLANKETS! BLANKETS ! BLANX• KETSI • The Largest Assortment of 3EI .Ir, A. IV EC _IP. PS, AT THE LOWEST PRICES, OFFERED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. BT 4t 00.; N. W., 00E. EIGHTH AND MARKET STS soletde3i 1024 CHESTNUT STREET. No. 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET: E. M. NEEDLES 0e24-til ffi REOBIVING DAILY ALL DESIRABLE NOVELTIES LATEST IMPORTATIONS. IA LAOIS IMBROIDBRIES, DIIDSZROBIBFS. VEILS, As.. as 4 CHESTNUT MEET- FRENCH NIERDTOES.— DeFirable colors at the right prices. French Poplins, bought early—prices low. Cheap plaid and plain Poplins. 37% . cent Magenta plaid Reps—a-bargain. Black alpacas at M. to 75 cents. Just opened Auction lots at 44. 50, 62, and 75 cents. $1:00 double widths Lupins' Black wool Del sins 'are very fine and heavy. COOPER*. CONARD, 0r.% tf " S. E. corner wirma and MARKET. LADLES' CLOAKING- CLOTHS. Black Beaver and Tricot Cloths Brown and Black Water-proof dlOthA. Dark Brown and Mode Clothe. Fine Black Broad Cloths, Superb quality Scarlet Clothe. Chinchilla Cloakiags, Also, Cloths, Cashmeres, and Satinets for Men-and ° T ys. 33 eSti.UgS. - la Great variety, at JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH Street. N. B.—Jack Straws, made by and sold for an Invalid. A new invoice I ust received. ocls HARPLESS BROTHERS OPEN TO- N- , DAT Extra (plant, and newest designs. Rich Amazed French De Lainss. Robes de Charnbre. fine Quality, Bright De Laines, for Children. Wide and tine new Plaid Cashmeres. Rich striped Skirtings for Dresses. , Plain De Lames, all colors and qualities, French Rep Poplins, colored, at $l. Silk-faced goinglinee, very, rich. French Merinoes, in very lfir_ge stook. Vi l de e lifa e crkniv f & i g l !,lo °' a c 22. EIGHTH and CHESTNUT Streets. EDWIN HALL Sr CO., 26 SOUTH SECOND Street, would call the attention of pur chasers to their stock of • Colored and Black Moire Antiques. Colored and Black Corded Silks. Black Armures and Venitienne. . Black Taffetas and White Silks. Fancy Silks, Brown Fia - nred Silks. Black Figured Silks, and Gros e e Rhinos. Garnet, Wine, Green, and Brown Silks, White Corded Silks no4-tf ig um AND DRY=GOODS JOBBERS. CHOICE 1863. FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS. ROBERT POLLOOK CO., Ira PORTERS AND JOBBERS, 1111116213.13 T STREET, Offer for sale a large and well-seleeted Stock lot !saw end Staple DRY GOODS, rrl.noWallT of their OWN IMPORTATION, mending the latest Styles In SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS, Many of which ue pall:Led to tltetr gales, and cannot be found All of mid& they offer on the most faiorable terms TOR CASH. or to approved short time buyers. oe6-2m AUTUMN. DAWSON, BRANSON, & CO., W. COR. MARKET & FIFTH STS., (101 ELIIICET STRIDIT,) PETITE THE ATTENTION OF CITY AND COMMIT itiERCHAETS TO THEIR STOCK OF 0 FRENCH AND ENGLISH . DRESS GOODS, . _ SILKS; - SHAWLS, ACC. amok Moyer' will find - it to their interest to ]Examine Our 600d11. r. G. )30MGAISDNIUL .el6-9m CA S 1E" El 013 S 11. L. HALLOWELL & CO., tams lOW IN norm DRESS GOODS, BLA:OK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS, BALMORALS, RIBBONS, I=.o GLOVES, &0., &o. sou t ht exclusively for sash. and whisk will be sold st a smell advanse. THOS. MELLOR Qi 00., lIMPORTERS, Soo. 40 and 4% NORTH THIRD STRUT 411 WI invite the attention of the trade to OM Ise stock of . HOSIERY, GLOVES, SHIRTS, DRAWER/3i' GERMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS LINEN CAMBRIC EMUS., 4.4 LIAM% AND ISHIRT FRONTS. 1863 FALL DLI'ORTATION. 1863 EDMUND YARD & C 0.4 [ISPORTERS AND JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY • DRY GOODS, SIT ORESTIIIT and 614 71.11111 Sumit, HIV* now opened their Pall importation of Dream aooft. linamos 001}ORGS, REPS darELs Dilizrzj i PLAID AND STRIPED POPLIP(S i _ FANCY AND BLADE Alio, A largo assortment of ?WANE, _S BALXOEAL SKIRTS • WHITE GOObS LINENh t _ EIiIIatuIDERIES I Bte., Mai they ogle to the trade at the • : , LQWEST MARKET PRICER. 410-4 E; WHITE GOODS. FAQ:IB63. WOOD Sr, CA.II,IC, 125 CHESTNUT STRUT, Seas now OM A 'LANGE STOCK OF STRAW AND FELT (loops, - FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, And a general assortment of MILLINERY GOQDB, To which they invite the attention of THE TRAM sel7-22a 1863. 013 OEIBUNIST SEWING MACHINES., LON-LOOKED FOR COME AT LAST I uus rzßrzonow or SEWING raAcraretzs. THE CELEBRATED. BEVER:SABLE FEED. 11 . 0130% Sint r ilif 711AOHINNW, Mo. 630 WTI •uT STREET. /here all persons interested in semi= machines are la dled to call and ensraine this wonderful Idashine. R has been the admit of the BLORRINS SEWING. likelitlNlC COMPANY to simply a machine free from .;he objections attached to other first•class machbms, and titer the patent. ontLring labor otyearn and a liberal txpewittnre of capital in *securing the Brat mechanical went, their (aorta have been crowned with succeea and ihe y are now °farina to the public the MOST PERFECT %WINO MAORIME - IN THE WORLD. Among its sassy advantages over all other machines, may be mem toned.: let. It makes four different! stitches on one and the same machine. each stitch being perfect and alike on Seth sides of the fabric, 2d. °hanging from one kind of stitch to another, .to *CI as the length of tb e stitch, can readily be done while the machine is in motion. Id. Svergfeitch fe perfect in itsetA making the seam alextre and uniform, tombining elaetidtv, strength and 'Rutty. 4tb... It has.the reuereak feed motion, 'which enables le operator to run the work to either the right or left, a stay any nut of the seam, or fasten the ends of seams githout turning the fabric or stopping the machine. ith. It is the meet tc.1714 sewer in the tsorta. making Sys stitches to each revolution. and there is no other szaehine which will d o so large a range of work as ths moronic!, lift. It does the hecivfeet oejtnot work with equal fa. ditty, without change of tension or breaking of thread. tth. It hems, fbile, binds, gathers, braids. Quilts, and .stthers and sews on a rums at the same time. nth. Its simplicity enables the most inexperienced to .Iterate It. Its metlens are all positive. and there ars o Alm wprings to rot out of order, and it is adapted to S 1 kinds of cloth-Work. from thick - to thin, and is al , aaatisolseleBs. eth. The .IPLONENOB ammo MACHINE is unequal md in beauty fad style. and must be seen to be appro .isted. Nall and see the YLOBBNCII, at No. 630 CHRSTISTII itrost, 661.-316 CLOTHING. WINAMAKER & BROWN. FINE CLOTHING OAK HALL S. E. Corner Sixth and Market, CUSTOM DEPARTMENT. EDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY. TAI LORS, 141 SOUTH THIRD STREET, EOBHEELY CHESTNUT ABOVE SEVENTH, Have now in More a LL111:313 STOCK and complete u sortment of ' FALL AND WINTER GOODS. MIMS CASH.—Prlcee much lower than. any other Arst-class establishment. ocl6-ti BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.50, -At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS: $6.60.. : At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS. $6.60. At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60, At 704 MARKET Street. & VAN GIINTENI3, No. 704 MARKET Street. BBIGG & VAN MUM'S, No, 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GITATEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. BEING & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street ORIOG & VAN 13IINTEN'S, No. NM MARKET Street ee24-6m MILLINERY GOODS. MRS. M. A. KING HAS CON STANTLY on hand a beautiful assortment of WINTER MILLINERY. at 1026 CHEiTNITT Street. or:N-1W in MRS. R. DILLON, FANCY AND STRAW MILLINER, 323 SOUTH street, Phi ladelphia. Mourning Bonnets made at the short est notice; Bonnets dyed, cleaned, pressed, and altered to the latest styles. An. assortment of Fes.thera, Flow ers. Ribbons, Caps, .31c., always on hand. Orders from Country Milliners and others solicited and promptly at tended to. oc2l-1.m5 Op FRENCH FLOWERS, 1863. FEATHERS, LACES, REBBONS,A NEW - STYLE HATS, TNT OPENED IT THOS.. KENNEDY & BRO.'S, No. Wig cnizer.wwr Street, below Eighth. ae9•Sm ZADTESP FURS. LADIES' FANCY FIJRS 3-COMV No. 118 ARCH STREET, BELOW EIGHTH, Importer and Manufacturer OF FANCY FURS. My assortment of FANCY F9JBB for Ladies and Chil dren hanow complete, and embracing every variety that Will be fashionable daring the present season. All sold at the manufacturers' prices, for cash. Ladles4l i sse 45r give me a call OPENING OF FANCY FURS. JOHN A. STAINBACH, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' FANCY FURS, NO. 826 ARCH STREET, BELOW NINTH, Has now open a splendid stock of IMES AND CHILDREN'S FURS, Which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. oc2-Sm FURS! FURS! 6EORGE F. WODIRITH. - 4 100. *l5 AtID 411 .C.B.CIE STREET, HAS NOW OPNN A FULL ASSORTMENT. . LADIES' E'IITELS, To which the attention of the publicle invited. se23-40 YARNS. WOOL On hand, and consignments daily arriving, of TUB. AND 'FLEECE Common to Fall Blood, choice and dean . WOOLEN YARNS, 18 to 30 cuts. line, on hand, and new supplies coming COTTON YARNS, .Nos. 6 to 30s, of flrst•clase makes, In Warp, Bundle, and Cola 1 , 1". B.—All numbers and descriptions procured at once. on orders ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, 18 North FRONT Street. no9-mwftf ciak OARRLIGIga 1863 . - , WILLIAM D. ROGERS, Vouch and Light Carriage Builder, Dim 1000 and 1011 CHISTN OTREFet EIT . ~ n3.0-6m PHILADELPHIA. SPECIAL NOTICE: ' -= BARTELL'S ALL-GLASS FREHT JARS. NIEW_VAPSULE F RUIT JARS. AKER/DAN AND FRENCH GLASS SHADES. YSAIITIFIIL FERNERIES, BARTELL Sc LETCHWORTH, 4.46 -ton. • Mo. 13 North. PIFTii &trot, PHILADELPHIA_, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1863. =uss+ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1863. CCorrcetondence of The Prue.) : ' NzW A r dlineNov• it, 1863• . HOLIDAY TIMES . The ally begins to assume its us al holiday ap pearance, The sky is overcast wittqopaque, steely clouds, from which, noW Ana then, a few dry feathers of snow slide down. Noses _have already put on their autumnal tints; muffles and autoute make their appearance upon Broadway, aid what, with the peculiar, dry stagnation of the atMosphere, we have the first scene of the comedy ultioh ends with the cetrniVals of 9hrietmas and New YOar'ff, Every thing is hurry scurry. Publishers ) are 'preparing those literary apples of Sodom know re gift-books, which, to alter the simile, always ern. like Chat. ham street Jews decked out' in military uniform— all gilt end glare outside, and a very enn, pinched; up little thing inside. The impor ations of toy's have been large this year, and, dudg the coming military - month, will probably increase in re so. From. all appearances, the holidays are to no kept in the prodigal style of old times. - Our store windows fairly glitter with the knick knacee intended for 'diseemination. Such signs surely ‘etoken either vast commercial and business prosperity or a despe rate hallucination among the people. - le, with suchl a war on our handle, we can afford to keep the rillisi mate festivals of the year in such a maner we are' ..... a nation of weleto-do people, or of blockheadsl and'. the ruiner idea is the more charitable anddivertlage_ The winter season Promises to be one 'filepeculiati gaiety, A vast number of " sociables "ar'fi "hope ) ' are Already underlined in fashionable degas. Pri vate 'theatricals, which became so°pular last winter, taking the 'Place of the shad tableaux and charades, which had previously stemebodethe histrionic talents of young- , swells arid _Cheek:lora MacFlimseys .of the avenue, will be the peculiar rage of this season. The presence of lthe . Ruetian ' fleet in our harbor will afford an execrate Pretext tit is for an increased number of private , e e misked and unmasked. On cif, that maskedalki . gra Jse. s i coming extremely popular in the beet, society; and fancy dresses a positive rage, Spe ing of the latter recalls the sensation of last ' rain,' which was this: 'At a Fancy Dress a wooden` appeared, rolling before him a mad* log, which/!consisted of a miserable but ingenious youth, lwrapped in rt `flannel and painted cloth. A poet board cap, ap propriately sad,' and per forationa allowed free scope for ttOi eoessary nine tions of seeing and breathing. Ver ingenious idee created a great deal of good hurnir among' thd bon viva:Ms ; but, unfortunately, a criain gentleman, ter% under the plea of fatigue, too at upon the log. , i This example produced the utenest latettude among the other gentlemen, and, in a tithiment;theeinfortu nate log was covered with wer4y youths, who clue tered upon it like turtles upon e. smooth atone at high weter. Throughout - the reender of the'sea son, when fancy dimmer; were disc end, the inevita ble Question wasraised, Who is o be the logl I believe that - Arlie is a local ordina oe which forbids masked balls in this city, at least Mr:, as are public. In private circles, however, they are not obnoxious to the law, or else society, as ire al, hebent on having its own way, all ordinances to )) the contrary notsvitlasitanding. LAVATER REDIVIVII. . 1, A queer story is in circulation, regard) ng kitten:den of the police force, named Wells. F 1 . some time past this gentleman has rendered his mime historic by his perverse efforts to break up the Mock-auction business in the city. The Peter Functiorlaries, who, from time immemorial, have estebliebq their dens_ in the lower part of the qty, convenient to the rail road and steamboat termini, were the spicial objects of his pursuit. Stationing himself beneath the pro tecting folds of their red flags, he would warn the country Men who approached of the charalter of the places, thereby utterly ruining the trade o/ the wen- I thy auctioneers. The Messrs. Funk, groWing Irate, offered him fabulous sums if he would barldsge his eyes after the manner of the Democratic juitice who stands on the pinnacle of the City Hall, and, in the alternative, threatened his life, limb, and(the pur suit of happiness. Endearment and menace alike proving futile, they had recourse to the friendly.jus tires on the bench, applying for injunctions and or . dere of arrest. But all in vain ; _Peter had to go. He struck hie flag, gathered up his' valuables; and ' departed. To-day scarcely one can he found la the city. Having completed his good work, Officer Well, has resigned. It now turns out that he is a ince fesaional phrenologist, and, if the story is worthy of evidence, joined the force merely for, the purpose of perfecting himself in his science, by the' etudy of mob faces, and prison profiles.' It is a well-known I fact, that members of the force can venture singly into dens and cellars, where a citizen could not set foot without danger to life and personal chattels, for such is the wholesome horror with which the Metropolitans are regarded by the jail-birds and in-_ choate criminals of the Poiatit;and other .tile to-'', calities, that a blue coat and silver shield am poteLit talismans for safety, which they steldeen dare die _gaol. The-ambitious pluenologiatetifereeire, adopts ed the best means for carrying, out his atinlontial . solo-L.4e`;probably p portfolio of villaittowsi, phyetognomies equal to that which his great prede cessiere Lavater, secured in his world-wide wander.- ings, and his patient study of physiognomies! lines • 1 in coaches, wherries, alitt in the slums of European capitals. The fact, if fact, it be, merits a piece in the biographical annals of genuine, go-ahead. Yankee's. I StUYVE3AN-2. There appears considerable activity among the novelists. We have several new books in that him to report on. Fiom the untiring pen of r,lrs. South worth we. have " The Fatal MArriage,” which Petereon & Brothers will publish on Saturday. It is a story, the scene of which ,ia Mainly laid in Matyland, the time commences in 1755, after Brad dock's defeat, and tbo hero is Lieutenant Orville Devine, of Bratideck's army, a young gentleman with two wives, by eaoh of whom he has a child, and both children are lost and found,—it convenient ly happening -that each mother brings up her rival's daughter. The story has great unity, being con fined to one get of dramatis persones, and is written with even more than Mrs. Southworth's pasiionate intensity. While, like Rob Roy, her foot is on her native heath, she rarely blunders; but here, as in her former novels, when she ventures upon English ...Subjects she is usually wrong. She makes a lady (p. 86) read the tragedy of "Fazio, or the Italian Wife's Revenge," in the year 1755, though Dean Milman did not write it until 4817. Also, in 1185, she introduces the Morning Post, Times, and Cozen Journal . , as. English newspapers of the time, whereas the first was not established until 1772, the second in 1785, and the third inlB26,—she leaves out the final consonant in the word Edin burgh,—and she speaks of a lady being dramatically instructed, about - -the year 1765, by the celebrated Mrs, Bracegirdle, then in the zenith of her fame," whereas Aim B. died in 1748, at the advanced age of 85. Before •Mrs. Southworth goes to press, her manuscript should be corrected by some person much better informed and less careless than heraelf. However, with an its faults, 4 " The Fatal Marriage "- is readable, and shown a good deal of natural talent. It in neatly printed and well got up. "Pique" is a republication{ by Mr. Loring, of Boa tim, of an English novel, Whioh does not belong to the sensational school. It is a tale of aristocratic life, the treVnent of the subject and development of the char/titers reminding us of Miss CrusteMa easy and natural manner. PQ11313 Anna H. Drury, a rising young English no velist, is- author of Deep Waters," published by Bir. Burnham, of Boston. This is a great improve ment on her preceding stories, and, indeed, is one of the best-sustained fictions of the season. Bayard . Taylor, whose publisheris G. T. Putnam, New Yolk, (to whom the book is dedicated,) appears, after a long silence, as the author of an American novel. It is entitled "Hannah Thurston; a Story of American Life." The author "does not rest the interest of the book on its slender plot, but on the fidelity with which it represents certain types of character and phases of society." He ha,s produced a book, notwithstanding this modest disclaimer, which has a well-sustained plot, not an incident be ing out of the circle of ordinary probability, and its whole tone is healthy. It is a story emphatically racy of the soil," which will greatly increase its writer's fame. "Mrs. Clifford's Marriage," a short tale which late• ly appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, has been re printed by Follett, Poster, & Co, New York, but as Sir Charles Coldstream said of the volcano, " There's nothing in it It was riot' worthy of being re printed. “Fanchon, the Cricket,” translated by Matilda Hain front the French of. Madame Didevant, ("George Sand No. 4of F. Leypoldt's 'Foreign Library, a series which, so far, has been successful and deserves to succeed. Such of our readers as sometimes go to theatres will recollect that Misses Charlotte Thompson and Margaret Mitchell have severally performed the character of 'Fannon, in dramatic adaptations of this tale. It'ia one of the moat direct and simple ever written by George Sand, literally a charming pastoral, full of grace and na ture. Very different from' any of the preceding, yet in Many points surpassing all of them iu interest, is a volume, by an anonymous American writer, pub• 'lobed by Dick and Fitzgerald, of New York, entitled " Strange Stories of a Detective; or, Cyriosities of Crime." It consists of some two dozen striking nar ratives, professing to give some of the experiences of. a New York Detective, and bearing internal evi. dense of being, at least, "founded on fast." In most of the novels of the day, it has become the pre. veiling practice to introduce a great deal of criminal adventure. Miss Braddon and Mrs. Henry Wood could do nothing, in their stories, tftthout a large infusion of criminal action, but here are inetiients surpassing, Di probability and in interest, all that even their fertile fancy could imagine. " The Ab• sconding Debtor," the story of " The Iron• Glove," and " Caught in, his own Trap," are even dramatis in their phases. The same publishers announce eleven volumes of new Detective Stories. We take leave ,to ask.why, omitting the first sixteen pages, the title occupies the seventeenth pagel There can• not be any justifieation for this. Philadelphia. Westniinster Review October, 1863 and. Black wood's Magazine, Sof October,'(the Kew York mov YORK OM. New Works of Fiction. PERIODICALS RECEIVED. reprints,) from W. B. Zieber. Tko Eclectic nags zine, October and November, with portraits of, Captains Speke and Grant, discoverers of the source of the Nile, and of the Archduke Maximilian, also from Mr. Zieber. Journal of the Franklin Institute; Medical and Surgical Reporter ;-..Dental Cosmos, for NO. vember ; Atlantic Monthly; American La gister, October ; Rebellion Record, Parts 4521. from J. R. Simon; and New England Histeditial Genealogical Register, October. This istpnblished, in, his peculiarly neat and -well knownstil4y7--,3 7 ; Munsell, of Albany, appears quarterly under the direction of the New England- Historic-Geaealogi cal Society, and is the only periodical of its class publiahed in English. The present Number com pletes Volume XVII., and a very interesting history of the work is given in the Preface. As a work of reference, its value will be constant and increasing. John Ward Dean wan editor for 1863, and the Prefd.ce was written by him. The Contrabands in Mississippi. A committee appointed by the Chaplain's Associa tion at Vicksburg have made a report Of the num bers end wants of the contrabands to the Govern ment Commissioners and citizens of Vicksburg. Disease, from poor food, poor shelter, and the ma humus venters, abOut the Mississippi, have been thinning their numbers: Not less than thirty-five thousand are gathered on the banks of the 11.1.isaisepPi, from Helena to Neichez. Gitlin:se about ten thousand are within twelve miles of Vicksburg, of whom only five hun• died are men, except those enlisted in the army, the balance being women and children, who are entirely dependent upon Government or charity for support. The able, bodied being enlisted in the army, or em ployed ne cooko, - grooms, and teametere, is thecause of this inequality. Of the tine thousand near Goodrich's Landing, Louisiana, seven thousand nave been employed on abandoned plantations. The Government rwents cultivating these pay the men ten dollars a month, including three dollars in clothing; the women seven, two of Which in clothieg ; eldichen, 'between .the ages of twelve and fifteen years, half price,; ra tioim provided for all. Those under the age of twelve are not rr quired.to Work in the field; but are to have the privilege of taboo's. Rebel raids on the leased plantations - last - Tune 'destroyed, the crepe of many plantera, and consequently the uncertainty of, scam ring their crops did not justify the premise of larger wage? at present, or suoh as will gladly.bs paid w hen tbeee calamities are past. Besides these thou sands under the supervikion of Government agenfs, there are many trying to support themselves, living as they, can in vse:tut houses and hovels Facts coming - to cur eyes and ears lead us ' in reply to Questions coming daily from the benevolent at the North; to appeal to them, and to the agents, railitko y'and civil, of our Government, to meet these wants atonce„.by sending to them: 1. Suitable end Strong garments for women and children, tinder aid outer, rincluding shoes, strong 2. Providing them houses or Until that will sheltet tbem from the cold. a. Healthful and nutritious food, adding to the Government rations, that the sick and infirm may need, as a donation, or by sale to such as can buy. 4. Send them, physicians, who love their souls and know how toMinister to their bodies, well supplied with medicines, .from Government or otherwise, especially with simple helbs, on which they have so long relied, and which they crave as the miser does gold. 5 Preachers, school teachers, and primary school books, are en absolute necessity for the mental and moral training of those whose yoke God has broken by his own strong hand, and has committed to the care of the lovers of their country and their fellow men ; and now, pointing to them; afflicted, tossed, feinting, dying, says: " Blessed is he that tomb &rah the poor; " , The poor ye have always with you;" and commands, "Feed ray sheep;" "If ye love me, feed-my lambs ;" and will say, "Inasmuch as 'ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me." The Free Plantations. REPORT Or ADJUTANT GENERAL THOMAS-GREAT BIICOEBB OF HIRED LABOR WAsitrica•rox, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1863.—The following report has been received from; Adjutant General Thomas; is 0... NATCHEZ. .Mies., Oct. 15, 1863.—51 X: recently passed a. rew days at Goodrich , s Landing', Louisi ana, 50 miles above Vicksburg, one of my purposes being to ascertain the condition of the head planta tions—to what extent the cultivation of cotton had been carried, and especially to know whether the cultivation of plantations could not be carried on as well by hired freemen as by slaves. The gather ing of cotton is now in full operation, and it may -be too soon to report fully the result. But the facts in my possession are sufficient for a judgment on the experiment as previously reported. The season had advanced fully'two months from the time cot. ton should have been planted, which was unavoida ble, though the system was put into operation as soon after my coming to this country as was possi ble. The lessees, therefore, labored under great dis advantages in this respect, for most of themhad first to run the furrow to plant the seed, then : plant their corn, relying on subsequent time to break up the ground between the furrows of cotton and extermi nate the weedy. The necessity of, withdrawing the troops from Louisiana to, augment the forces operating against .Vicksburg kept the line of plantations, some sixty in all, without adequate protection when the rebels made the attack on • Milliken's Bend, where they were signally defeated, and made raids on the plan tations; scattering and driving off the negroes anti stock. This occurred at the Ulna wheq, it was im portant to cultivate the crops. Some time elapsed before the hands could be collected and be induced to recommence work. The consequence was, fully one-half of the crops were not worked at all, and in other cases, where scope work - was done, the weeds and plants had to grokr up together, the ill weed overtopping the cotton plant. The army worm at- tacked all the late cotton, destroying from one fourth to a third of the crop. Still, uneer all these disadvantages, not out or the lessees will lose mo ney, but all derive a profit. I know that they are satisfied with the 'experithent all desire the re zrea foeauother„year- . . , The negro lessees, of whom there are eaine'llfteerf; will make from four or five bales up to, in one ease, 150,-and it is a fact that the cotton they have raised for themselves, owing to better cultivation, is of a higher grade than that of the white lessees.. Some of the negroes have cultivated by themselves and families, while others have employed their fellow freedmen. The frasamen have all worked for wages according to a scale fixed uponby theßoard of Com missioners, anti at a higher rate, I understand, than was•adopts El in the Department of the Gulf—They have been well and snore abundantly fed than they were when held in slavery. Schools have been established upon the , plantations , and the lessees have felt it a duty by every proper means to elevate this unfortunate race. As a general rule, they greatly prefer working with Northern men, whom they regard as their Dionne, to working with South erners, even their former owners, and I hazard nothing in saying that the net proceeds on a crop by a Northerner who has paid his hands wages will ex cad that of a Southerner who has cultivated by slaves, the number of aeres being the same in both cares. Those employed have thus been of no ex pense to the Government, but have supported them selves and families. They are perfectly contented, and look forward with hope to future elevation of character. The experiment, adopted hastily and from neces sity with many misgivings, I now regard a com plete success. The number of bales of cotton raised on these plantations will not much, if any, fall abort of 8,000 bales, giving to the Government some _5150,000 of revenue. The lessees will, also pay to the quartermaster's department, for mirles, utensils, etc., furnished or found on the places, some $1.00,000. The charge in lieu of-rent, is $2 a bale, making $16,000. .The GoVernment sare on some feiv plan tatione abandoned by the lessees may sell for $150,000. I desire this money, or as much as may be necessary, set aside as a fund necessary to pay the expenses of this year, and of the year . commencing January 1, t is a significant fact that while transports on the river have been frequently fired into by the rebels not a single shot has been fired from that line of the river covered by leased plantations, extending for seventy-miles above Vicksburg, which shows the importance to commerce of lining the river with a loyal population. I have, sir, the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Virginia and L iberty. To the Editors of the Evening Post In your paper of the 6th you have an editorial headed "Maryland and Liberty,".in which you live hist:Nisei facts in relation to the Maryland A.boli tion Society, formed in 1789. Permit me to lay be fore your readers some reminiscences of other simi lar'societies at the South. A Virginia Abolition Society was formed in 1791. Delaware also had a society of this hind. Both the Maryland and Vir ginia societies had -auxiliaries in different p arts of those States, and at an early day sent up memori als to Congrses. Other States had kindred societies. In 1794 ten Of them met in Convention in Philadel phia, and continued to meet annually for a number of years afterwards. Men of eminence were members of these societies. I will name only the following : Samuel Obese, Lu ther Martin, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander 4Ha milton, Benjamin Rus , John Jay, Cmaar A. Rod ney,-James A. Baya Messrs. Rldgley, Buchanan, and Wilkinson of Ma land, and Messrs. Pleasants, McLean, and Anthony; of Virginia. The Virginia Society, in addressing Congress, . "Your memorialists, } fully aware that righteous. nese exalteth a nation; and that slavery is ,not only an odious degradation, but an outrageous vio lation of one of the most essential rights of human nature, and utterly repugnant to the precepts of the Gospel, which breathes'' peace on earth and good will to men,' lament that a practice so inconsistent with true policy and the inalienable rights of men should subsist in so enlightened an age, and among -a people professing that all mankind are, by nature, equally entitled to freedom." - In the debates in Congress on the pretentation of memorials from these societies it was said : By .111 r. 'Parsons; of Virginia—" I hope, Mr. Speaker, the petition. of these respectable people will be attended to with all the readiness the im• portance of its object.demands ; and I cannot help expiessing the pleasure I feel in finding so con siderable a part of the community attending-to matters of such a . momentous concern to the future prosperity and happincse of the people of America, I think it my duty, as a citizen of the Union, to Espouse their cause." By Mr. Jackson, of Georgia. "It is the fashion of the day to favor'the liberty of the slave." By Mr. Madison, of Virginia. " It is to be hoped that by expressing a national disapprobation - of the trade (African slave trade) we may destroy it, and save our country from reproaches, and our posterity from the imbecility ever attendant on a country tilled with slaves." The franfers of the Constitution and the people of thejtjnited States, by whom it was ratified, expect ed that American slavery would Boon die out as in consistent with the principles on which the Govern meet was established, and with the rights of human nature. The country and the world have been de frauded of this well•founded expectatign by the love of rain, the love of power and the love of beastly sensualism on the part of the slaveholders, with the connivance of their confederates in the free States. We find now, among the ==incidents of the war to ruppreas the rebellion, that Maryland and the other Slave States are reviving ancient preposseisions in favor of liberty. Our worthy President says he is in favor of "the cause of unconditional emancipation." Let all the people say, Amen. Tires MIIRDERP.II SOTUBRON.—We record with satisfaction (the more intense because of the howl it will raise in Yankeedom), the fact of the arrival in Richmond, yesterday, of Col. J. W. Sotheron, of St. Mary's county, Maryland, who riddled a Yankee lieutenant's heart for intrusion upon his plantation; andenlisting his negroes for Lincoln's service against his consent. Col. Sotheron is accompanied by his ,on, whO escaped with him. Thus Dec.l.lElllll who insult Southern sentiment and honor, and degrade themselves by a mock elevation of the negro. It appears the Lieutenant ( White) was accompa nied by a battalion of negro soldiers, and not four or Eve, as the Northern papers stated. After Sotheron shot White, his son tired. a double-barreled gun into the negroes, and they, dropiding their guns, ran like a flock-of sheep. • This enabled the gentleman to es cape in "'carriage to the Potomac, where he crossed and round friends and suncor„—Ridnond Examinfr t .28(th:' TRH WAR IN VIRGINIA. The Main Rebel Army, Thirty Thott sand Strong, at Gordonsville. Forces to be Recalled front East Tennessee. Averiirs Victory at Droop Mountain. Four Hundred Men. three Guns, and Arms and Equipage Taken. AEDIY OF TEE POTOMAC Correspondence New York Tribune. Hgarrxegarrans ARMY Or, 2n.r. POTOMAC, NOv. 11,1803 —On Sunday last, when our army was ad vancing, and was within a mile of Culpeper, the 3d Indians and Bth Illinois Cavalry, both under 001. Ulendennin, of the Bth Illinois, leading the way, they came upon a' body of rebel infantry. Major Forsyth, of the Bth Illinois, with three squadrons, charged them, and after a smart contest drove them oft, with the loss of seven wounded. The enemy's loss was heavier, we burying six of their dead. We then advanced again, and soon encountered a whole rebel division, and -were forced to retire, with a loss of three kitied.and eleven wounded, Our caval ry was supported by Battery G, " of the Regulars. which bad tour wounded. The killed and wounded in ibis battle of Sunday are as follows,: Sergeant Sherman Horton, Company L, Bth Minim killed; Myron Hall, : Company K, wounded, L. :Folsom, Company D, wounded ; .Tohn Williams, Company I, wounded ; - Lieut. .T. A. Stevens, Compat L, se verely wounded ; Julius Bewen, bugler, wt..maded ; George Huyier, Company 13, wounded;,Lucius Fitch, Company L, slightly ; Captain Butler, Batte ry •B, badly wounded. e brought off all our wounded. Supposing, from meeting Ulla whole rebel division in force, that the enemy were about to meet us in battle, Gen. Meade missed four corps on Monday evening around Brandy Station, six miles south of the Bappattan ndeh, and established his headquarters smile from there. The next morning our whole army was put in motion, the cavalry leading. On Tuesday noon our whole army was in motion after an inviaible enemy, who was fleeing south ward. We have the official statement that the number of rebel prironere captured on Saturday last was 1.950. We also took seven guns, four caissons, nine colors, and 2,Mlstand of arms, which were all good Spring field - Muskets, probably gent South by Floyd before the mar. - The rebels have entirely destroyed the railroadfor a dlitanee of twenty.three miler' north of the Rappa hannock, carrying oft all the rails within three miles "of that river. Seventeen miles have been already reJaid, and the remainder will be ca npletea,within a week; but so rapid was their flight south' of the Rappahannock that not a rail has been disturbed, and they have just finished a new platform and other station buildings at Brandy Station, now in our pos. sowlon. CCorrebpondence New York Times.; Wasmatorox, Wednesday, Nov. 11.—It is posi tively arcertatoed that the whole rebel infantry force crossed the Rapidan on Stinday loot. The only forces left this side are reconnoitring bands of Stuart's Cavalry, covering the rebel tient on the south bank of the Rapidan, which they are fortifying with care. The recrossing of the rebels was accelerated by Kilpatrick's Cavalry, who dashed upon the enemy's leer guard at Stevensburg, and after a brief fight drove them into their entrenchments across the Rapidan. He captured about fifty prisoners. Citi zens in the vicinity of Stevensburg state that the enemy's force engaged on this occasion was double ours in number, and their retreat was disgraceful. The intention of the rebels to rendezvous this winter between the Rappahannock and the Rapidan, is established by the fact that from *Brandy Station to the Rapidan, log huts, capable of accommodating fifty thousand men, have been erected. The road to Stevensburg, on both sides, is Ranked by these act defaces of contemplated • occupation, some of them very complete, and others unfinished. These cabins are not ordinary mud and wood hovels, but many are carefully roofed with pine planks. Nearly all of the officers' quarters were provided with cnim• nue of mud and brisk, and other evidences of their intention to go into winter quarters. The main rebel army, it is positively ascertained, is encamped at Gordonsville. The camps proposed for the rebel winter quarters; were connected by cordureTroads miles in extent, and of the most permanent character, vastly better than we construct.. Their rifle pits were equally su perior to ours, and most carefully made, showing their intention to bold them, is usual, the rebel pickets ate doubled on the line of the Rapidan. Our advance of Saturday effected one of its objects in the preservation of twenty.four miles of road and telegraph between the Rappahannock and the Rapi dan. Both kre in perfect working order. The rail. road bridge across the Rappahannock will be done next Monday. Lee's army at Gordonsville, exclusive of cavalry, does not much exceed 30,000 men, Our cavalry, in force, are already far south of the Rapidan, reconoitring the enemy's position. Tivo divisions of cavalry from Lee's army were recently sent to East Tennessee. . _ . It is supposed .that the forces sent to operate against. Burnside in East Tennessee have been re called, and will form ajunction with the main army at Charlotteville or Gordonsville. This will depend entirely upon the rapidity of Meade's movements. WEST VIRGINIA. WASHINGTON, N0V.12 —The following despatch has been received at the headquarters of the army, from General Kali , : CHARLESTON, VS., Nov. 11, 1863.—My informs. lion !ram Lewisburg is that General AverilPs vic tory was most decisive at Droop Mountain. The enemy's force engaged was over 4,000. They acknowledge a loss of 300 killed and wounded. General Averill took over 100 prisoners, including field-officers, one stand of colors, three pieces of artillery, a large number-of arms, camp equipage, and wagons. B. F. KELLY, Brig. Gen. The following order, issued after the battle of the Rappahannock, explains itself HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, SIXTH Cones, November 8, 1863-10 o'clock A. M. SPEetir. ORDERS. —As an acknowledgment of 'gallantry in capturing the battle flag tit the Bth Lou isiana Infantry, after a hand.to.hand ' conflict with the color bearer, Sergeant Ottis 0. Roberts, 00. H, 6th Maine Volunteers, will be permitted to preaant the flag iniperson to the chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac, and his company will be sent withhica as an escort to the flag. By command of Brigadier General WRIGUT. HENRY R. DALTON, A. A. G." The Inauguration of the National Ceme tery at Gettysburg. ' OFFICE CFTHE UNITED STATES MARSHAL, WASHINGTON, Novemoer 100801. The undersigned would respectfully suggest to the marshals to be appointed, at , my request, by the Governors of the several States, the propriety of adopting a uniform dress and badge to be worn by them upon the occasion of the inauguration of the National Cemetery, at Gettysburg, on the 19th in stant, and to that end he would submit the follow ing as a guide, with the expression of the hope that it will be complied with as nearly as possible. let. That the dress be a plain black suit, (frock coat being preferable,) black hat, and white gloves. 2d. A white satin scarf, - live inches wide, to be worn over the right shoulder, and carried across the breast and back to the left hip, and there fastened with a rosette, the ends to be (Tinged, and to extend to the knee. At the centre on the shoulder the scarf should be gathered and mounted with a rosette, 3d. The - rosettes for the scarf to be four inches across, raised in the oentre, and to be made of black and white ribbon. and the outer circle only to be white. 4th. Each State marshal will also wear upon the left breast- a national rosette of " red, white, and blue" ribbon, of the size indicated above, with the initials of each State in the centre. This will greatly facilitate the duties of the special aids of the chief marshal, in conveying orders to the marshals of the States, by the fact that they will be more-readily distinguished. sth. The marshals of the. States'will be required to furnish their own horses. On this point the un dersigned would suggest that perhaps some arrange- ment can be made with the authorities of Pennsyl vania to furnish enough horses for the marshals of the States at a much less expense than they could otherwise be procured. Special aids to the chief marshal, in order to be distinguished from the marshals of the States, will wear buff satin scarfs with mourning rosettes, as described above. In no other respect will their in signia of office differ from that recommended by the marshals of the States, with the following single ex ception—namely, that they will wear, in the centre of the national rosette on the left breast, the letters "U. S." WARD 13. L.9.510N. Chief Marshal. Letter from lion. Josiah Quincy. (From the New Bedford Mercury, Noy; 6.] Wiare permitted to publish the following lettez,' written by the venerable Josiah Quincy, now id.- his tenth decade, to our venerable townsman, - Judge Williams, who is in hie ninth decade; ac knowledging the receipt of the pamphlet recently published by the latter upon the nullification and compromise of 1833: BON. John Mason Williams: Omit SIR I have received your favor of the 30th ult., with its accompanying pamphlet, with the feel ings natural to old age, when the shadowy recollec tions of former friendships arerevived by the sudden reappearance of still surviving realities. I accept and reciprocate fill the expressions of kindness and respect your letter contains. Your pamphlet I have read with Arent interest and sense of obligation. It revives facts, opinions, and feelings which the lapse of time had obliterated, but which are suitable to be re vived at the present crisis. The memory of regret and indignation at the pretension of Jackson's spirited constitutional resistance to the insolent, rebellious demonstration of South Carolina, In 1833, still excites my mind, accompanied with a sense of shame and sorrow at the mean and tame spirit of concession and submission which succeeded his vaporing spirit of resistance. My feelings at his tergivers ating policy your interesting treatise recalls. My opinion coincides with yours, that if the spirit of rebellion in South Carolina had been put down by a military force, it would have prevented the occur rence of that under which we are now suffering. But I see, or think I see, the kand. of Providence in the acquiescence of the countly in Jackson's policy. A decision by the military arm at that time would have been only that of a side issue, the forced obedience of the rebel State to the prin ciple of tariff protection, and would have left the real cause of rebellion untouched and - unsettled. The real source of rebellion was then concealed, and is now brought into full eight. The opportunity to settle fully, ultimately, and forever, the question of slavery, is the gift of Providence. If we fall to co operate in this policy of Heaven, and fight till His purposes are effected, ours will be the shame, the sorrow, and loss. Truly and thankfully yours, JOSIAH QUINCY. 1302T . 0w, Nov. 2, 1663 GENERAL GAnnaLn.--Tour correspondent tele graphed you a few days since that General Garfield was mobbed at Chestertown, by a few Copperhead and slaveholding ruffians. The General has since returned to Washington, and it appears that the first account-which reached here of the affair was incor rect. One scoundrel threw a bad egg at the General, whereupon he turned in the direction from which it seemed to come, and very coolly remarked that a few weeks since he was face to facie with the com panions of the miscreant on the field of battle. " They carried more dangerous weapons," said the General, and as .I did not run there, it is not probable that I shall run now; and as I fought then, if necessary, I can fight now!" I do not pretend to give the exact language used by General Garfield, but this is its substance. The audience were delighted with his pluck, and cheered him lustily. They then turned upon a fellow in the crowd, who was suspected of throwlno the egg, and gavb him a severe punishment. It turned out after wards that the wrong man had been whipped, but the performance had an excellent moral effect upon the Copperheads present. The. meeting was a great success finally, as nearly all the emancipation meet ' ings 'in Maryland have been during the _put al" esks,—Pcst, • THREE GENTS. THE OONSCHIPTION Dissenting Opinion of Justices' Strong and Read, A dirxtrie.g its Constitutionality. The following b the opinion of Judge Strong,. dies senting from that Of Judge Woo sward published yesterday. Judge Strong's opinion is sustained by Judge Read : Strong, J.—The complainants having been one relied and drafted, under the provisions of the act' of Congress of March ad, 1863, entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national tot cell, and for other purposes,' have presented their bills In this court against the persons who constitute the board of enrolment, and against the enrolling officers, praying that they may be enjoined against proceed- Ing under the act of Congress, with the requisition, enrolment, an draft of citzens of the Common wealth, and of 'mesons of foreign birth who have declared their intention to become camel's under and in purettance of the laws to perform compulsory military duty in the service of the United States, and particularly teat the defendants may be enjoin ed from all proceedings against the persons of the complainants, under pretence of executing the said law of the United St:sta. The bills having been tiled, motions are new made for preliminary injunctions, until - final heating. Three motions have been argued only - on the part of the complainants. We have, therefore, nothing before us but the bieleand the ape cial affidavits of the complainants. It is to be notioed that neither the• bills nor the accompanying affidavits aver that the complainants are not object to enrolment and draft into the mili tary service of the United States, under the act of Congress, if the act be valid ; nor is it asserted that they have been improperly or fraudulently drawn. It is not alleged that the defendants have clone any thing, or that they propose to do anything, not war rented or requited by the wortia -auti spirit of the enactment. The complainants rest wholly upon the asset non that the act of Congress is unoonetttution al, and, therefore_ void. It is denied that there-is any power in the _Federal Government to compel the military service of a citizen by direct action- upon him, cod it is infested -that Congress can constitu tionally raise armies in no other way than by volun tary enliatmente. • The necessity of vesting inthe Federal Government power to raise, support, and employ a military force was plain to the framers of the Constitution, arewell as to the people of the States by whom it was ratified. This is manifested by many provisions of that instrument, as well as by its general purpose, declared to be for "common defence." Indeed, such a power is necessary to , preserve the existence of any independent government, and none has ever existed without it. It was, therefore, expressly ordained in tie eighth article that the Congress of the• United States should have power to "provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel invadons" It was also orcained that they should have power to pro vide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according -to the disct pline prescribed by Congreas. Nor is this all. It is obvious that if the grant of power to have a military force had stopped here, it would not have answered all the purposes for which the Go vernment was formed. It was intended to frame a government that should make a new member in the tinnily of nations. To this end, within a limited rebore, every attribute of sovereignty was given. To it was delegated the absolute and unlimited power Of making treaties with other nations—a power ex plicitly denied to the States. Thts unrestricted power of making treaties involved the possibility of offensive and defensive alliances. Under such trea ties-the new government might be required to send armies beyond the limits of its territorial jurisdiction. And, in fact, at the time when the Constitution was formed, a treaty of alliance, offenaive and defensive, was in existence between the old Oonlederacy and the Government of France. Yetmore. Apart from the obligations assumed by treaty, it was well known that there are many cases where the rights of a na tion and its citizens cannot be protected or vindicated within its own boundaries. But the power confer red upon Con g ress over the militia is insufficient to enable the fulfilment of the demands of such trea ties, or to protect the rights of the Government, or ' its citizens, in those cases in which protection must be sought beyond the territorial limits of the coun try. The power to call the militia into the ter vice of the Federal Government is limited by ex press terms. It reaches only three cases The call may be made "to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections,- and to repel invite alone," and for no other uses. The cannot be summoned for- the invasion of a country with out the limits of the United Staten. They cannot be employed, therefore, to execute treaties of' of - alliance, nor in any case where military power Is needed abroad, to enforce rights necessa rily sought in foreign lands. This must have been understood by the Usurers of the Constitution, and it was for such reasons, doubtless, that other pow• ers to raise and maintain a military force were conferred upon Congress, in addition to those which were given over the militia. By the same section of the eighth article of the Constitution, it was or dained, in words of the largest meaning, that Con greet should have power to "raise and support ar inies"—a power not to be confounded with that given over the militia of the country. Unlike that, lt was unrestricted, unless it be considered a restric tion that appropriations of- money to the use of rai sing and supporting armies were forbidden for a longer term than two years. In one sense this was a practical restriction. • Without appropria tions no army can be maintained, and the_limited period for which appropriations can be made enables the people to pass judgment upon the maintenance ' and even existence of the army every two years, and in every new Congress. But in the clause conferring authority to raise armies, no limitation is imposed other than this indirect one either upon the magni tude of the force which Congress is empowered to raise, or upon the uses for which it may be - em ployed, or upon the mode in which the army may be raised. It there be any restriction upon the mode of exercising the power, it must be found elsewhere than in the clause of the Constitution that conferred it. And if a restricted mode of exercise was in tender], it is remarkable that it was not expressed, when limitations were so carefully impoaed_upon the power givento call forth the militia—and, more especially, when, as it appears from the prohibition of appropriations for the army for a longer time than two years, the subject of limiting the power Was directly before the minds of the authors of the Constitution. This part of the • Constitution, like 'every other, , must be held toeneenevhat its:framers, and the peo ple who adopted it, intended it should'reeeti.' We are not at liberty to read it in any other sense. We can not insert restrictions upon powers given in unli mited terms, any more than we - can strike out re strictions Imposed. - There is sometimes great confusion of ideas in the consideration of questions arising under the Consti tution of the United States, caused by misapprehen sion of a well.recognized and othrepeated principle. It is Said, and truly said, that the Federal Govern ment is one of limited powers. It bee- no other than such as are expressly given to it, and such as (in the language of the Constitution itself) "are necessary and proper for carrying into execution , ' the powers expressly given. By the tenth article of the amendments, it, is ordained that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitu tion, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Of coulee there can be no presumption in favor of the existence of- a power sought to be exercised by Con gress. It must be found in the Constitution. B e t this principle is misapplied when it is used, as is sometimes the ease, to restrict the right to exercise a power expressly given. It is of value when the inquiry is whether a power has been conferred, but of no avail to strip a powers given in general terms, of any of ite, attributes. attributes. The power of the Federal Government are limited in number, not in their nature. A power vested in Congress is as am ple as it would be if possessed by any other 1 % 16 - nature, none the less because held by the Fede ral Government. -It is not enlarged or dimin ished by the character of its possessor. Con gress has power to borrow money. Is it any less than the power of a State to borrow money? Be cause the Federal Government has not all the powers which a State Government has, will it be contended that it cannot borrow money, or regulate commerce, or fix a standard of weights and measures, in the `extent way, by the same means, and to the same extent as any State might have done nad no Federal Constitution ever been formed? If not, and surely this will not be contended, why is not the Federal power to raise armies as large and as unfettered in the mode in which it may be exercised ait was the power to raise armies poss'es'sed by the-Slates before 118'7, and possessed by them nbw, in time of wart If they were not restricted to voluntary enlistments in procuring a military force, upon what principle Can Congress be? In Gibbons va. Ogden (9 Wheaton, 1960 the Supreme Court of the United States laid down the principle that all the powers vested , by the Con stitution in Congress are complete in themselves, and may be exercised „to their utmost extent, and that there are no limitations upon them, other than such as are prescribed in the Constitution. It is not difficult to ascertain what must have been intended by the founders of the Government when-they conferred upon Congress the power to raiie armies.” At the time when the Constitu tion was formed, and when it e w.ss submitted to the people for adoption, the mode of raising armies by coercion, by enrolment, clauSitication, and draft,'as well•as by voluntary enlistment, was well known, practised in - other countries, and familiar to the people of the different States. In 1766, but a short period before the RevOlutionary war, a British statute had enacted that all persons without em ployment might be seized and coerced into the military service ofthe kingdom. They act may be found at length iniituffhead , s British Statutes at Large, vol. 7, page 625. Another act of a similar character was; paned in 1757, British Statutes at Large; von' 8, page 11. Both were enacted under tbe e administration of William Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, reputed to have been one of the 'staunchest friends of English liberties. They were founded upon a principle always recognized in the Roman empire, and asserted by all modern civilized governments, that every able-bodied man capable of bearing arms owes personal military ser vice to the government which protects him. Lord . Chatham's acts were harsh and unequal in their operations, much more so than the act of Congress now aeaailed. They reached only a select portion of the able-bodied men in the community, and they opened wide a door for favoritism and other abuses. For there reasons they must have been the more .reocmelianrianbattrurteiotnh,e when - they "itl e t y he w f e r i a e m p er r s o = g e safeguards to liberty, and checks to arbitrary power. Yet, in full view-of such enactments, they conferred upon Congress an unqualified power to raise armies. And, still more than this, coer cion into military service, by classification and draft from the able-bodied men - of the country, was to theme well-known mode of raising armies in the different States which confederated to carry on the Revolutionary war. It was equally well known to the people who ordained and established the Constitution; expressly "in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice; ensure domestic tran quility, provide for the common defence, and secure the blessings of liberty for themeelves and their 'posterity." It is an historical fact that during the later stages of the war the armies or the country were raised, not alone by voluntary enlistment, but also by coercion, and that the liberties and independ ence sought to be secured by the Constitution were gained by soldiers made such, not by their own vo tunes' y choice, but by compulsory draft. Chief Jus tice Marshall, himself. a soldier of the Revolution, than whom no one was better acquainted with Re. volutionary history, in his life of Washington (vol. 4, page 241), when describing, the mode in which the armies of the Government were raised, makes the following staternent r "In general the assemblies (of the States) followed the example of Congress, and apportioned on the several counties within the States the quota to be furnished by each. This divi sion of the State was again to be subdivided into classes, and each class was to furnish a man by con tributions or taxes imposed on itself. In some in stences a draft was to be used in thelast resort , ' This mode of recruiting the army by dreft, in Revo lutionary limes, is also mentioned in Ramsey% Life of Washington (vol. 2, page 246), where it is said, "When voluntary enlistments fell short of the pro posed numbers, the deficiencies were, by the laws of the several States, to be made up by drafts, or lots frem the militia.o Thus it is manifest that when the members of the -Convention proposed to confer upon Congress the power to raise armies, in unqualified terms, and when the people of the United States adopted the .Constitution, they had in full view comptlisOry . (haft from the population of the "00untry, as a known and authorized mode of raising them. The memory of the Revolution was then recent. It was universally known that it had been found impossi. ble, to raise sufficient., armies by voluntary enlist ment, and that compulsory draft had been resorted to. If, then, in construing the Constitution, we are - . to seek for and be guided by the intentions of its authors, there is no room for doubt. Had any lima. tation upon the mode of raising armies been in tended, it must have been expressed. It could not have been left t^ be snthetecl ffQ doubtful; con,jea . WIFE WAR (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Tye Wan Fuzee will be sent to subscriberi by mall (per annum In advance) at— 90 Three copies. lb OS Flee copies 8 geB Ten 08 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the Sagas ate, GI. 50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and in no instance can them terms be devertod - jtorn, as Oaf afford very Little more than the coat of the payer_ ArJr• Postmasters are requested to ael as Agents for Tan Wen Panne. 88/ - To the getter-up of the Club of ton &twenty. BA eatra copy of the Paper will be given. tore. It es incredible that when the power Wale Oven in words of the largest signification, ite was neetint to restrict its exercise to a solitary made— thae of voluntary enlistment, when it was knoern that enlistments had been tried and found inefferi.. tire, tend that coercion had been found necessary, - The members of the Convention were citizens of the' several Stowe, each a sovereign, and each hewing power to. raise a military force by draft, a power which Inca's than one of them had exercined. By the Constitutioor the authority to raise such a force was to be taken from the Staten partially, and delegated to the new severnment about to be formed No State was to be afloworl e to keep troops in time of preen The whole power of raising and supporting aerates, except imteme of war, was to be conferred upon Congress. 'Necessarily, with it was given the means of carrying it into fall effect. agree that Congeries is not at liberty to employ meats for the execution of any powers delegated to it that are prohibited by the spirit of the Canatftn- Bon, or that are inoenairrent with the reserved rightteof the States, G.'s the ins tenable rights of a citizen The means tiled must be lawful means. But I have not been shown, ands am unable to per ceive, that compelling military service in the armies of the United States, not by arbitrery conscription, but, as this net of Coegrees directs, .her eerolmentof all the able-bodied male' citizens of the United States, ante persons of foreign birth who have de elated their intention to become citizens, between the ages of twenty and fortplire, (with some few exceptions e tand by draft by lot from these enrolled, infringes upon any reserved rights of the States, or interteres witleany conetitutional right of a private Citizen. If personae ser vice may be compelled—if it is common tellyeethte is certainly the fairest and. most, equal incee•of distributing the public burden. It Was urged hi the argument that coercion of per- Donal service in the armies is en- invation of the right of civil liberty. "The argument was urged in change forgetfulness of what civil liberty he In eve* , free government the citizen or subject sure renders a portion of hie absolute rights in order that the remainder may be prorectetlend preemie/ed. There can be no government at all where the sub ject retains unreetrainedriberty to ace as he pleases, and is under no obligation to the State. That is undoubtedly the heat government which imposea the fewest restraints, while it eecuren ample pro. tection to all under it. But no government has ever existed, none- can exist, without a right to the personal military services of all its able-bodied men. The right to civil liberty -in- this- country never included a right to- exemption from. such service. Before the Federal - Constitution was formed, the citizens of the different States • Owed it to the governments under which they lived, and it was exacted. The militia- systems of the-States then asserted it, and they have . continued to assert it ever since. They assert it now. No one doubts the power of a State to compel its militia into -per sonal service and no one has - ever contended that such compulsion invades any right of civil liberty. On the contrary, it le conceded that the right to civil liberty is subject to such power in the State governments, and the history of the period lame diate/y antecedent to the adoption of the Federal Constitution shows that it was then , admitted. Is civil liberty now a different thing from what it was when - the Constitution was eformacel It is better re °Meted by the provisions of tee Constitution, but are the obligations or a citizen to the Government any less now than they - were then!. This cannot be maintained. If, then; coercion, intyr_military ser vice was no invasion of the rightikee civil liberty enjoyed by the people of the States before the Fede• ral Constitution had any existence,eit cannot be now.. Again, it Is insisted _that if the power given to Congress to raise and support armies be construed to warrant the compulsion of citizens into military eeryiee, it must with equal reason be held to authis. rise arbitrary seizures ef property for the support of .the army. The force of the objection is not apparent. Confessedly the army must be raised by legal insane. By such means it must also. be supported. It has already been shown that enrolment and draft are tot illegal that to make them illegal a prohtbition must be found in the letter or in the spirit of the Constitution. Arbitrary seizures of private property for the support of the army are illegal and prohibit ed. Net only does the Conatitutern point ou t t e tne mode in which provision shall be made for theme. port of the army, but in numerous provisions it pro tects the people against deprivation of property without compensation and due course of law. Ex emption from Bach - seizures was always an asserted and generally an admitted right, while exemption from liability to being compelled to the performance of military service was, as has been seen, never claimed. There are, therefore, limitations upon the means which may be used for the support of the army, while none are imposed upon the means of raising it. Again, it is said this act of Congress is a violatitet of the Constitution, because it makes a drafted man puniehable as a deserter before he is mustered into service. The contrary was declared by Chief Jus tice Marshall, when delivering the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States in Houston vs. Moore 6 Wheaton. Under the set of 1195 the drafted men were not declared to be. subject to mili tary law, until mustered into service. This le the' act of which Judge Story speaks in his coalmen, Utica. But in the opinion of Judge Marshall, Oen grees might have declared them in service from the time of the draft, precisely what -this act of Con. glen does. Judge Marshall's opinion, of course, explodes this objection. The ai gement - - most pressed in support of the alleged unconstitutionality of the act of Congress is that it interferes with the reserved rights of the States over their own militia, It is raid the draft takes a portion of those who owe militia service to the States, and thua diminishes the power of the States to protect themselvea. I'he States, it is claimed, retain the principal power over the mi. litia, and therefore the power given to Congress to raise armies must be so construed as not to destroy or impair that power of the State. If, say the complainants,-Congress may draft - into their ar mies, and compel the service of a portion of the State militia, they may taste the whole, and thus the entire power of the States over them may be Benelled for want of any subject upon which it can act. I have stated the argument quite as strong ly as' it was presented. It is more plausible than sound. It anilines the very matter which is the question in debate. It ignores the fact that Cons geese has also power over those who constitute the militia. The militia of the States is also that of the General Government. It is the whole able bodied population capable of bearing arms, wheth er organized or not. Over it certain powers are given to Congress, and others are reserved to the states. Beatrice the power or calling it forth, for certain defined uses, Congress may provide for its organization, arming and discipline, as well as for governing such portion as may be employed in its service. it is the material, and the only material, contemplated by the Constitution, out of which the armies of the Federal Gevereesent are en be raised. Whether gathered by coercion or enlietnientethey are equally taken out of those who form apart ofthe militia of the States. Taking a given number by draft no more confesses with the reserved power of the Staten than does taking the same number of men in pursuance of their own contract. No citizen can deprive a State of her rights without her consent. F one could, therefore, voluntartly . enlist, if taking a militiaman -into military service in the army of the I:hilted States is in conflict with any State rights over the militia. Those rights, whatever they may_ be, it is obvious, cannot be affected by the mode of taking. It is clear that the States hold their power over the militia, subordinate to the power of Con gress to raise armies out of the population that con atituies it. Were ,it not so, the delegation of the power to Congress would have been an empty gift. Aimies can be raised from no other source. Enlist. merits in other lands are generally prohibited by foreign enlistment acte, and even where they are not, they may, under the law of nations, involve a breach of neutrality. Justly, therefore, may it be said the objection now under consideration begs the question in debate. It assumes a right in the State which has no existence, to wit: a right to bold all the population that con atitutes its militia men exempt from being taken, in any way, into the armies of the United States. When it is said, if any portion of the militia may be coerced into such military service, the whole may, it, is but a repetition of the common, but very weak argument against the existence of a power bee cause it may possibly be abused. It might with equal force be urged against the existence of any power in either the State or General Governments. It applies as well to a denial of power to raise armies by voluntary enlistment. It is as conceivable that high motives of patriotism, or inducements held out by the Federal Government, might draw into its military service the entire able bodied popu lation of a State. as that the whole might be drafted. We are not to deny the existence of a power be cause it may possibly be unwisely exercised, nor are we to presume that abuses will take place. Espes cially are we not at liberty to do so in this case, in view of the fact that the General Government is under constitutional oblizations to provide for the common defence , of the country, and to , guaranty to each State a republican form of government. That would be to impose a duty and deny the power to perform it. These are all , the objections deserving of notice that have been used against the power of Congress to compel the complainants into military service in the army. I know of no others of any importance._ They utterly fail to show that there is anything ere either the letter or the spirit of the Constitution to restrict the power to "raise armies," given gene rally, to any particular mode of exercise. For the reasons given, then, 1 think the provisions of the act of Congress under which these complainants have been enrolled and drafted, must be held to be such as it is within the constitutional power of Congress to enact. It follows that nothing has been done: or is proposed to be done by the defend ants, that is contrary to law, or prejudicial to the righti of the complainants. An attempt was made on the argument to mains `fain that those provisions of the act of Congress which allow a drafted man to commute by the pay ment of $3OO are in violation of - the Constitution. But this is outside of the oases before us. By these provisions the complainants are not injeriously sheeted, and the bills do not complain of anything done, or proposed to be done, under them. It is the compulsory service which the plaintiffs resist t. they do not complain that there is a mode pro vided of ridding themselves of it. If it be con. ceded Congress cannot provide for commutation of military service, by the payment of a stipulated sum of money, or cannot do it in the way adopted in this enactment, the. concession in no manner affects the directions given for compulsion into. service. Let it be that the provision for C 001111.11.• tation is unauthorized, those foe enrolment and. draft are such as Congress had power to enact. St is well settled that part of the statute may be uncon stitutional and the remainder:-in force. .1 .liteno means however, mean to be enaerstood as clonce ding that any part of this act is unconstitutional. r think it might, easily . be shown that every part of at. is a legitimate exercise of the power vested in Con gress, but I decline to discuss the question, because it is not raised by the cases before us. Nor while holding the opinions expressed, that no rights of the complainants are unlawfully invaded or threatened, is it necessary to consider the power or propriety of interference by this mitt, on motion, to enjoin Federal officers against the performaeoe or a duty imposed' upon them in plain terms by an act' of Congress. Upon:that subject I express nperpin. ion. I have said enough to show that the complete :ads are not entitled to the injunctions folewhich they ask, and I think they shoed(' be denied. Metter from Humboldt. The following letter from Baron Humboldt to the late George Sumner of Boston, is publishsd by the Transcript of that city: "I am very culpable toward you, Xonsieur—eul. pable toward a traveller whose conversation ani mated, varied, spin/ad/a, has, left on me an inipres non which will not soon be effaced. "The Ring of Prussia not arriving on the borders. of the Rhine before the month of August, I have un. expectedly received orders to rejoin.smy Xing on. _'the historic idll of Sans Sown.' I write these lines in all the horrors of a departure and of propels . packing. The critical remarks which you have been so good as to communicate to me on Aliacus, Gerson, Oviedo, and Christopher Columbus ate very precious to me, and if, notwithstanding the imprudence of the acmes, which I . have taken upon my feeble shoulders, I am able before my death to publish the last volume of my History of , the Geography of the Fifteenth eentury, I shall profit by the notices which I owe to you. • " But what I have more atheart is that you should; enrich the literature of your noble country by pub. itching fragments at least of your travels. Ido not, however, ask this except on the condition that yon, remain most faithful to the sentiments of Liberty, to which many or your countrymen seem to, be growing indifferent, either from the influence of 'O ctal life in Europe, or under the pretext of ex aggerated fears of radicalism. I desire also in your werk, by the side of a love for the whites, some complaints at the ferocious legislation of the Slav* States. "Receive, I pray you, MonsieUr,theexpression of' the high consideration which I entertain for you. "A. HATIKU3O/19A "P 4210, MAY, 19 ,1 845 . • - " Monsieur George Summer, (of goAm i t 416 Bur: , St, Honoro," _
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