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The Address or Mr. Everett.
It is not strange that the oration of Mr.
VAVBBETT should have commanded the im
mediate criticism of OUT best scholars and
some of our ablest journals ; and it is natu
ral that opinions hastilii formed of an ad
dress so long and elaborate should need
criticism themselves. We cannot say: if
Mr. EvEnErr is as great an orator as was
Prmosrnmus, or as earnest and impressive
as WEItsTER,. but chiefly wish to express
our -admiration of so noble a work. It is
well for Mr. EyERETT'S fame that, in'
the fulness of his powers, and towards
the close of a career so rich in Intel
'leetual triumph, such an opportunity has
been offered him. Not only his friends,
but the friends of our literature, may be
proud of the use he has made of it. Few"
men living could have-used it so well. This
we say, while freely admitting that the
subject is greater in suggestion than Mr.
EvanErr's expression, and that, in some
_ ways; we are disappointed With his speech,
though, in others, we are astonished and
delighted, 'We anticipated a sublime and.
Solemn funeral oration ; we have been given
tlle history . of a battle, and an essay on na
tional affairs, It is leSs of the dead than
the living, and far more of the greatness of
principles than the achievements of heroes.
It is not a eulogy, but an algument, and if
few tears fell during its delivery, many
minds were interested and instructed. It
seems to have been written for the ,future, •
rather than the present, 'and no , doubt Mr.
ETMIETT, standing before, the vast throng
on • Cemetery Hill, looked beyond it to
the years when men will read-- more calmly
than now the record of the war. If this in
deed be so, we think it a mistaken view, and
yet we shall not condemn the error. Per
haps, in telling so beautifully the story of
the battle, in picturing the results of defeat,
had that been ours, and in unfolding the
principles of our freedom, Mr. EVERETT
more nobly acknowledged the manly
courage and devotiqn of the heroes slain at
Gettysburg than if all his words had been
praise and all his eloquence obituary.
The Address or the Emperor Napoleon.
.To future generations Lours NAPOLEON
may be a man easily understood, and a con
ception of his character may be formed
dear as of CESAR'S. The historian may
recite the strange life of the adventurer,
outcast, and Emperor, and measure the ex
tent of his genius, his crimes and his virtues.
Fifty years hence he may be understood,
but to his contemporaries he is a mystery.
Of all modern statesmen his .policy is the
Most dark and silent ; his purposes are in
scrutable ; his principles are undefined.
Would he aid the Turks against 'Russia?
No one knew till the Crimean war was virtu
ally begun. The improbability of a war
with Austria was urged, and believed up to
the very moment of hostilities. And now
all the world is wondering if. France will
espouse the cause of revolted . Poland, and
for the third 'time this century make war
upon the Czar.
.The Emperor seems to believe, with T4l.-
LETAKND, that speech was invented to ena
ble man to conceal his thoughts. His recent
address to the French Legislature, ostensi
.bly a declaration of his policy, is, in reality,
another veil drawn over that already
bidden. It is an enigma which has a' hurl•
drecl solutions, of which ninety-nine are cer
. thinly wrong, and even the one is-in conjec,
ture. It is positively affirmed that this
speech means war ;: it is positively-armed
that it means peace..
,Who shall judge be
tween authorities equally intelligent •and
trustworthy ? The Emperor has not taken
the French Legislature into his confidence,
and has not revealed to the world his pur
poses. But that he has 'a purpose is not to
:be doubted. Mr. liikrorann, who would
be the (Mips to 'the Sphynx, declares
Lours NArommirr to be a shrewd politician,
who governs circumstances less than he is
governed. But the man who ruled England
in 1854, without permitting his power to be
felt ; who has turned two wars to his own ad
vantage, and whose reign has been uninter
rupted sticceas, is more than Mr. Kmoraxn
supposes. It is more than probable that the
Emperor has already fixed the fate of .1864;
and has coolly determined that France shall
be in peace, or that Europe shall be at war.
There is but one key to the policy of the,
Emperor of France, and that is Selfishness.
By this all mysteries of "despotism can be
unlocked, but it is useless when interests
are undetermined. . Could we positively
know. that a war with Russia would pro
bably add to the greatness of the French
Empire, we might consider it actually pro
claimed; But there lies the difficulty. Yet,,
there could be few wars from which France,
, especially as the leader of a coalition, could
not gain advantage. The 'London Times is
pleased to consider the speech as perfectly
sincere, and professes to believe 'that the
Emperor is really convinced- that a Con
gress of sovereigns might settle the Polish
question on terms satisfactory to Russia and
the other Powers. But when was IT.,kro-
LEON sincere, and how often haire crowned
conventions untied the knot of war? The
Times ridicules the supreme arbitrament the
Emperor proposes, saying that if Russia, at
the request of the majority of, European.
states, will submit to relinquish Poland,
war is at an end, and mankind are eon
°tent to be governed by reason. If, then,
the failure of a- Congress be ,certain,
would the first statesmen in Europe be
the last to perceive it? Precisely, be
cause the idea that a Congress might re-
Store international harmony, 1s fallacious,
the insincerity of NAromax is justly to be
I -inferred. Precisely because.he declares that
such a Congress is the only means of eva
ding a war, the violation of peace is
.to' be
expected. And the Emperor clearly sets,
forth to Europe this alternative. Peace
- must be secured by the deliberations of a
Congress of the Power's of Europe, or .war
must soon be expected. It seems more,
probable, n-,w that the Emperor haS spoken,
that Poland, a blind Samson, will drag to
the earth the pillars that uphold European
Pen%
WA.SH:MG-TOINT.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON. D. Q. NOV. 20,
The Exchange of Prisoners.
The Star this afternoon says "We learn, through
Teeent correspondence up to the 17th from Rich-
Mond, between ROBERT Cum), the rebel exchange
commissioner, and Gen. Dinner:llTE, our, exchange
commissioner, which has reached this city, that the
rebel authorities are faithfully executing their pro
mise to give our men, prisoners in their hands, the
food and everything which the Government has for
to that end, alleging that Gen. NEAL DOW
bats violated the obligation under which he was
selected to dietrib'ute the supplies in question. Gen.
WINDER has taken that duty from him. Wnenzu
complains that General Dow, instead of confining
kimeelf, in his visits to the Belle Isle prison, to die
tribute the goods, has busied himself with inveati.
gating the management of the oommiseariat, and
With starting false reports concerning it, and with
becoming the surreptitious bearer of a letter from
the Island. These alfegations General Dow denies
With the greatest emphasis, and states that what he
learned concerning the rebel commissariat on the i
Island, he could not avoid hearing it. as it was utl
tered by our men (prisoners) in loud tones of eom
plaint, in the presence of rebel Cicero.
Gen. WINDER has substituted a board of 'Union
offeers—Col. A. .VON SCHRADER, inspector general
of our 14th Army Corps; Col. L. F. CESNOLA, of the '
4th New York cavalry; and Lieutenant Colonel 5.
F. BOYD, quartermaster to our 20th Army Corps, to .
Make the distribution in question, and states that '
so large is the quantity of such things being re
ceived, that he must appoint other A auch boards to
aid that named above:
411 Our hospital Imre (Acting Surgeon General
•BLltsfxs) has come (forward to add medicines to the
stores thus furnished to our suffering heroes in
Richmond by the . GOVIETUBOILC
The rebel authorities will not permit our agefits
to accompany the goods , within their lines, substi-
Luting rebel commissaries in their stead wheA the
fist of truce boats meet.
The bombardment of Fort Sumpter last night Was
'about as usual. The firing was Mow this morning.
The enemy fired twenty-five shots from Gregg into
the city this morning, but doing no material damage.
It is reported that a gun burst at the last fire. There
Me been slow firing on t3umpter all day, and pteient
•
indications are that the enemy intend more active
operations. There Were no monitors in adios to
day, theYthaving retired. 'TOO more of the Xankee
prisoners were sent to Danville yesterday, and lib
Yankee prisoners arrived at the Libby prison from
Charleston on Monday night; among them were
sailors and marines, captured in last night's assault
on Sumpter'e battered walls.
The cc Five-twenty' ) United States Loan.
The sales of " five•twenties" during the last ten
days amount to a little over nine million dollars.
The Treasury Department is nearly thirty-four mil
lions in the delivery of coupon bonds, some of the
orders of the SOth of October being yet unfilled.
This great delay, like that which oocurred in
August last, is in consequence of the, non•com
pletion of the new aeries of bonds. It has been the
practice of the Department to make each series
of one hundred millions distinct in style and
general appearance. The whole of the third
series was printed early in October. The en
graving of the fourth series was in progress, and
the Secretary expected to supply the demand
without interruption, but the unprecedented sub
scriptions made during the last week of October ex
hausted the third series, and caused the suspension
of deliveries, which has occasioned so much incon
venience to the public. The engravers promise to
furnish the small bonds of the fourth series to-mor
row, and of all denominations by Wednesday next,
after which all subscriptions will be immediately
filled. The registered bonds are now furnished
without delay.
Blockade Running.
The steamers Dundee Flora Banshee Syren,
Alice, Advance, Hansa, Beauregard, Antonica, De
spatch, and General Scotia arrived at Wilmington,
North Carolina. The Ella and Annie is repotted
burned.
The great ram Miaeouri, built at Shreveport, le a
failure. She coat the Government hal4a million.
No Richmond papers excepting the 18th arrived,
Captains Flynn and Sawyer.
The rebel authorities in correspondence with our
own — at Fortress 'Monroe, deny that they are treating.
Captains FLUX anti SAIVTER in any way different
ly from any other Union prisoners held in Rich
mond, excepting that they are kept separate from
their companions.
TAte Alexandra Case.
Advises from Mr. ADAMS confirms the news that A
new trial is granted by the Court of Exchequer, in
the ease of the Alexandra.
Sentence for Treason.
The following was officially promulgated this
morning. The person referred to is a native of Vir
ginia, and previous to his arrest was engaged in the
banking and exchange business in 'Washington:
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFIGE,
WASHINGVN, Nov. 2.0, ISO 3,
WILLIAM T. SuiTusoN, convicted by the general
court martial of holding correspondence with the
enemy, in violation of the fifty-seventh Article of
War, And , Of giving intelligence to the enemy, in
violation of the same article, has been sentenced to
be confined in the penitentiary at Albany, New
York, or in such other place as the Secretary of
War may direct, for the term of five years. The
sentence lies been approved by the President, and
the Secretary of War has designated Albany, N. Y.,
as the place of confinement.
E D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.
Personal.
Third Assistant Postmaster General SEVELT
returned' o-day from his tour to Salt Lake, in int•
proved health.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
Importak Despatch from General Burnside.
X-Xiss Arsng 'Samoa.
FIGHTING ALL ABOUT KNOXVILLE.
LounivlLLE, Nov. 20.—A, private despatch re
ceived by a gentleman in this city yesterday morn
ing, dated Knoxville, Nov. 19th, and signed "A. E.
Burnside, Major General," says: "We are all
right."
The telegraph line still continues uninterrupted
between Knoxville and Cumberland Gap. Nothing
Was heard from the last-named place last night, or
up to 11 o'clock today.
The authorities at the headquarters in this city
have not been advised of any movement about
Knoxville for several days past.
A despatch has juat been received from Parson
Brownlow, dated " Barbour Hill," Nov. 19th, which
nye "There is fighting all about Knoxville."
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 20.—N0 news has yet
been received from Cumberland Gap, and the tele.
graph line east of that point is still interrupted- T it
is supposed ,from the reoent rains,
FORTRESS MONROE,
News front the Rebel Papers.
r FOrt'r&Ess MONROE, Nov. 20.—The steamer Con
voy, Captain Boetner, has arrived from City Point.
Col. Irving has satisfactorily transferred our Go
vernment rations; also, the Baltimore American
Relief Fund provisions, to Commissioner child.
The Richmond Examiner of Nov. 18th contains
Charleston" dates to the 17th inst. The two moni
tors engaged were not seen this morning. A report
from Fort Moultrie says that the leading monitor
in the fight had her smokestack and turret perfora
ted. A report from Sumpter states that four moni
tors took up their position to• day, near gum.ming's
Point, and afterwards passed up the chtuniel. It is
believed that they carried heavy weights, suspended
at a certain depth below the water, to ascertain if
there was a passage for a vessel of a certain draught.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
Success of Gcneral Banks' Expedition
NEW Yon.x, Nov. 20.—T he steamship Morning--
Star, from New Orleans on the 14th, via Havana on
the'l6th inat., arrived at this port this evening.
The, expedition sent by water, accompanied by
General Banks, has been a great success. Brazos
Island, Brownsville, and Point Isabel had been cap
tured, and are now in our possession. The enemy
threw away their guns, and fled to San Antonio.
The casualties on either side are not mentioned,
and no details of the operations have been received:
The reports of heavy fighting inlTester4 Louisi
ana are untrue. There:has been Ellghtiskirmishing,,
'but with no decisive result. Our forces are still in
--the vicinity of "Vermillion, and everything is quiet.
The New Orleans correspondent of the New 'York
Herald expresses the opinion that the occuplation of .
the Rio Grande and the blockade of the entrance
_ thereto by our forces (Which was the leading !Ole of
discussion in New Orleans) was likely to lead . to
conflict with France. '
Adjutant General Thomas and ,Major General
Wadsworth arrived at New Orleans on the Moth
instant, the former being on business of general in
-spection of the army and to stimulate the organize•
tion of colored troops.
The judicial courta of New Orleans were vigoil,
ously at work.
&Governor Hamilton, of Texas, addressed an audi
ence;-at the Lyceuki, on the nth.
A large fire marred at Jefferson City on the 12th,
Which destroyed a dozen housee. Lou $29,000.
,
The gunboat .Genesee had arrived at, New Or.
Jeans, after a three-months cruise in the Mississippi
Sound.
Sanitary Stores "Ibr 'New cirleans.
Gam, Nov. 20.—The ;steamer Clara Hell left for
New 'Orleane to.day, with , over 2;500 packsiges of
sanitary atoree for the soldier'. Her cargo was
mostly made up from the receipts of the ladies of
the Northwestern Fair.
Major General
LBS:EIifiTOST, N.r" Nov. 20 'Major General flEiart.
auff, commanding the 2oth - Army dorpo, has arrived,
In this:city. ,The change a ilia pomition of the ball:
in his thigh, which he received at Antietam,
abled him from activelifield duty for the present,
and he, hiss been ordered to Cincinnati to preside
Wye art important court martial.
The command of, a district In the Department of
the Ohio will probably .be tendered him ahouid his
disability continue. _
Sale ofthe Prize Steamer Juno.
Bosrox, Nov. 20.—The iron side-wheel steamer.
Juno, built in England, 176. feet lobg, 24 feet broad
inside herivheele, 10 feet deep, and 12 years old, and
reported as a fast vessel, was sold , at auction today
on the order of the United ';States Marshal Keys for
$40,600,
I%ew York.
FAILURE Or A l'i&W TORS PIRM--cII3IW. EAGEIZA
I.R.O2IOTED
NEW YORK, Non. 20.—A large firm, operating in
gold, failed to-day.
Report Rays that Meagher has been made a Major
general, and is to command the old Irish and Eneel
sior Brigadee, which are now recruiting to their full
standard.
AEN XAL SHEER ox—arornm TAXEN FROM UNION
BANK OF NSW YORK EMMEN,
NEW Yorut ' Nov. 20.-4 Washington letter says
that Admiral Shubriok has completely rallied froni
hid dangerous illness.
The money which wail reported to have been taken
from the Union Bank yesterday has been found; •
THE FEW YORK amp mexaspr.
NEW YORK ' Nov. 20.—The gold market .was ex
cited today , by unfavorable rumors as_to Eurnaide,
and that a French war vessel took out to-day,
$2,700,000 for Vera Cruz, and that tomorrow's ship.
rant to Europe would be heavy. Gold, at one
time, reached 154 M, but closed at 16 0 34".
The steamer Morning Star, from New Orleans, is
below.
Nnw Yoxx, Nov. 2.o,—The RUBSifln Admiral and
his fleet will leave on Monday next for Fortress
Monroe, where they expect to pass the winter. The
Admiral declined the use of the Brooklyn navy
yard on the ground that the anchorage at Monroe
Will be safer and better, and he will be able to keep
his officers on shipboard, which is now impossible.
MASS DIEETINO TO DE HELD TO Enornutz TOLUN•
NEW Yana, Nov. 2o.—A mass meeting to favor
recruiting is to be held at the Cooper institute next
Wednesday night. Gen. Dix will preside. It is be•
lieved that the large quota of volunteers called for
from this city can be obtained by the use of proper
efforts. -
FROM THE ARMES OF 'UST THYSI6Sir AND THE
NEW YORE, Itov. 20,--Speoial Post adiltes at the
War Department from .Gen. Burnside say that his
position is imprenable.
It is reported that Meade 9 ii army now tummies
Madison Court Reuse and the rebels are retreating.
THE SLOONADINO SQUADRON OPE.NOBHN
Wirer Yonic, Nov. 20.—A letter from the block•
ailing squadron off. Mobile reports that a rebel ram
recently attacked the fleet, but, after receiving three
shots from the Colorado and two from the Genes
see, she ran back under the guns of - Fort Morgan.
Bair ztavro.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Anived-IShipli TY. O. Bait.
ter,-from.Liverpool; Ferdinand, from Monseilles;
barks Mequelannais, from Martinique ; Itubeah
from Glasgow ;;Mary Elizabeth, frOVO brig
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THE CELEBRATION AT
GETTYSBURG.
(Special Report to The Prese.l
THE iiATTLII-FIFI , D.
GETTYSBURG, Nov. 19.
The rain has ceased, but the November sky is cold
and gloomy, and we cannot see in the mists any evi
dence of the second Indian summer, We had ridden
from the town, in the direction of a large but unpre
tending building, called the seminary, and along 'a
road that was said to lead to Chamberaburg. Be
yond this seminary extended an elevationerf ground,
gently eloping, and wooded, not high enough to be
called a hill, and therefore modestly known as a
ridge. We pass over a field in which wheat had
grown, and towards a sprightly stream of water,
which we regret history cannot immortalize by some
other name than Wiloughby run. In this field,
and near the stream, our [companion and guide
paused. "As I was saying, gentlemen,” he continued;
"the rebels were in the woods yonder, and as we
were pressing them very hard, they made a terrible
flght2ur boys had come around the town, and
mare right over the ridge in line of battle. They
did their best, but they were not strong enough, and
the line seemed to waver and tremble. The General,
who was always moving around, and who did not
mind the bullets any more than if they had been
leaves from the trees, rode right across the field
urging his men, and trying to get them ready to
charge the woods. One of the regiments came up
too slowly, and he turned around to beckon it on
when a ball struck him, and he fell into that little
hollow. He did not speak, but was carried away to
a building yonder, where he died." The field
whereon we stood was the spot where John F.-lley
nolde gave up his life to his country, and around us
was the battle-field of Gettysburg.
The death of General Reynolds has made this field
sacred scene, but the interest of the battle lies
beyond the town. After the death of that officer,
our men passed through the town and took up their
position on the heights that overlook it. -Perhaps
the meaning will be plainer if we say, that the
height called the Seminary Ridge looks towards
another height known as Cemetery Hill. In the in
tervening valley, the town of Gettysburg, nestles
retiring and unobtrusive, and its highest steeple
below the range of vision. On this ridge the rebels
arranged their line of battle on the let of July,
swinging around towards a stream called Rook
creek, descending the slope towards the streets and
houses, crossing the railroad and the stream - , and
pausing in the centres of the houses, where they
rested on their arms, as the night fell. The street
whereon they recited was almost at the foot of
the height called Cemetery Hill, and as we
stand where many anxious rebels stood that day,
we may look up a neat and pretty street, that rises
as gently as one of the Fairmount streets in Phila
delphia, until the view is arrested by a low stone
wall, an& a fiametaff high and bare, from which the
flag is floating. From where we stand to the spot
occupied by the flag-staff is a brief apace indeed, we
cannot say hOw many roods or perches, but it would
be but the beginning of a morning walk. We can
see the colors, and almost count the stars, and it is
hard to imagine that where we stand, and where we
gaze, ghoul(' ,be the limits of those surging tides of
war; that tens of thousands of men should have here
met, and rested, and slept, and passed anxious hours,
and dreamed pleasant dreamt: of home, and in the
morning awoke to battle amid the war of the guns
that began with the break of day. We men of peace,
who read of war in books, and know how sweet this
thing called life is, find it difficult to realize that
men should come so near each other, angry men,
hearts burning with hatred, and their hands filled
with cunning weapons, eager to take each other's
lives. And thus arrayed they rested and slept, and
dreamed of home. •
Mar the end of the town is a house in which a
rebel sharpshooter was lodged. He was a sharp,
keen, ready marksman, and behind his brisk wall he
managed to wound and kill many of our brave
friends who were erecting works and arranging for
the contest. The keen-eyed marksman became reek
leso, however, and we were told exultingly that a
Union sharpshooter Slew him. Other men were
slain, for the evidences of death are still remaining.
Gettysburg seems to be fond of its soars. The walls
of the houses are dotted with the holes made by
musket balls (in one apaoe of ten feet we counted
thirty), and they are still fresh and bright, so that
we may still pick away the, splinters. All along the
edge of the town, in this outer rim of houses, the
rebel riflemen were hidden, and we see how sharply
and constantly they kept up the fire with the Union
riflemen who kept watch behind the low stone wall.
Thus it was for the night and morning of the Ist and
2:1 of July. Thus they watched and watched, hold
ing each other in cheek, awaiting the moment when
the column of infantry would come from their re
treat, and open the battle. These marks, and 'gaps
and holee, the splintered boards and broken bricks,
_were but the sprinkling drops of Pain that preefered
the tempest
gravel-:enl the Offirietely Hill shove how flereely
the tempest raged. To the left, standing where Ge
neral Illiward stood and arrayed his armjia antici
pation of the onset, we may See a bill covered
with thick timber, and known a.9Clap's Hill. We
pass alonetheletileremaining line of defences, and,
after. ten minutes' Mow walk, we are among the
"trees and looking into the valley. The view is beau
tiful even on this November day, with the
sky above, the trees bare and shivering, and the
ground covered with sekromeolore.d leaves. What
must the afght - have been on that beautiful July
morning, with' Nature in the 'ahem of her glory,
the branches heavy with rustling foliage, the earth
fruitful and luxuriant, and far below the murmuring
meadow stream ! Winter has shdwn us how
earnestly brave men fought among theoe trees. We
see 'along This lull, 'and extending down its side
'across the declivity, and up the - side of another hill,
a line of breastworks built of logs, and stoners, and
gravel. Behind these breaetworks were many thou
sands of men. - - It seemed toGeneral Lee that their
line might be broken, and if a heavy column could
only succeed fn paining ill 9 - the ravine, driving`the
Unioresoldters back, and holding the hill, he might
thus divide our army in two, and 'whip it in detail.
We "know that the attempt was made,-andlit is with
a harsh and perhapi unchristian Joy that we look
down-the hillside and lean upon our works, and,
seeing the icing and narrow ravine along which the I
rebels crept, listen to the story of the fierce enocitut- .
ter, the conflict and their final rout The
bravely of the Men': who sustained• that attack
was shown in the number of the Maimedand
' The trees are marred and riddled by musket
shots, the bark being ragged and peeled, and large
trunks'are shattered by rowid-shot and shell. Many;
of the rebels whew fell are buried in a trench at a
foot of, the hill. All of our friends were removed
and are,now in the graireyarci of 'Cemetery
One graire remains. .In the thicket of '.'the grove,
under a tree with widelY•OPreading branches, a
- Union sOldier, Aegis. A plain board tells us that he
was a son of Pennsylvania, and that he lies on his
death bed. His grave is covered with leaves brown
and dead, as though Nature had thrown her pall
above him. He sleeps alone on that wild and beau
tiful and -sacred , hill. aide. He sleeps as , a soldier
should•'lsleep,lll the field of hie sacrifice and his
fame.
We return to Cemetery Hill, and pasa down our
mainline of battle, for after the failure of the at
tempt upon - our right on the hill andlke,ravine,
...Gen: Lee devoted himself to our left. There is a
ouceesolon of ridges running southwesterly from the
.Cemetery for the epace e perheps, of two_miles, ter- .
minating with a, high and beautiful peak;that tow
era high ahove - -:thiumircitinding : Country, and is as , _
green tollay, as ..it was ,in Jane. :Ibis called the
Round Top, and it • the - extreme point herd by our
forces. The Emmittsburg.road runs parallel at the
distance of about half& mile. :Beyond that road, in,
a grove of trees, or, rather, in a succession of groves,
the rebel's were posted: ' , Between the twe forces
there is a broad strip 9f open farm land, of wheat,
and corn, and-tali gramma. On this space a part of
thebattle was fought The rebels - at one part ad
vancede and were driven back; at eneitlteepareour
own elone advanced, andl.Was,_ driven ,beek. The
carnage" •As -- . we _ride. 'along the
road Which on that - - day :Must have' - been the •
Neething Centre of thebloOdy 'whirlpool; we Nee On
the fielde to the right and the • left the vestiges of
battle : newly-made graires—geaves whose occupants
have been taken to the Cemetery-rakeletems .Of
-horsee, and remnants of clothing, 'cartilage-boxes,
knapsacko, shell and shot. We come tothe Peach
Orchard. Here, we are told, was the fierce encoun
ter in Which Sickleo wag Wounded, It looks very I
.pereeefultredey, and.no sign of war or deathbut a
long:fief:Lehi; covered with dreikelay, in Which wine
quished and Actor. rest fereirer , 'CuribtlS'..'men and
women. ere walking -'about under the triell. Wet
might suppose that here, at least, the wirildwould
be forgotten. But the world !where- 7 4h° buisy, bust
ling, talking, moneymaking world—Whicibuyi and
sells and gives in marriage. The laugh is heard—
thejeat is passed ; men talk of polities, and Stooks
and trade ; thrifty men, sell trinkets, and relies, and
refreshment; and here—evehhere, on this .scene of
diathand glorylovers are seen strolling and talk
ing and listening, finding time:and opportunity far
eympathy and-love.
We have mentioned the peak. known arthe Round
Top. • Here-theTennsylvanian Will came with awe
and pride for every. generation, for:here the eons of
Pennsylvania , held their guns and colors for•forty
five hours. Against this position Longstreet made
- his last assault, , the assault in which Barksdale was
• •
alai% At the 'foot of the Round Top is another
acclivity'called littlejtound Top.- The formation is
very'peculiar. It is covered with large masses of
rooks, and in climhing up the side it is difficult to
avarice without creeping, as it were, from atone lb
stone. A writer calls it the Gibraltar of the field,
and we can see' great propriety in the name.
Prom the summit, tire whole 'battle-field may be
seen ; in the distance, the Seminary : and the field
where. Reynolde was slain'; the long line of the .
. rebel army,. Gettysburg hidden by the Mil h aud the
hills and plain where fo -so many weary hours the
armies Met and-fought. Apart leek the sad and
the Or:miens' associations of the Ripon there are few
views more magnificent than the view from this hill.
The whole field lies before the spectator like rifinap,`
and he may 'see-every phase of the'. erintest, the
scene of every advance and retreat, of every skir
mish and !attack, as plainly as the lines; of Ills
hand. To us the rocky hill had a strange 'inte.
rest, for here Pennsylvania's sons received the
final rebel charge, and ended the battle'. Nnthing
could be more fitting, so we proudly thOught,
—that.the - final blow ageing the invaders of
our soil should be struck by our Cone. And we.
thought of this, and of all the glory it typified,ras.
we stood on the summit and finally picked our way
down its difficult and tedious side. As We came to
the foot, we saw a human skull lying upon a
stone. We picked it up and turned it over--but it
was silent. 'Whether rebel or Union—Mend or
foeman—father, ream or lover—it told no tale. There .
it 'was—white, and mute, and ghastly—grinning, so
we thought, at the curious men and women; who
flocked part it To ta, it seemed that War had be
come a real, substantial thing, and we had placed
our halide upon it. • •
1 1141 F, TOM OF THE Ps ESIDBN,T.
The P,reeldent and mite left Washington ins ape•
dal train at 12 o'olock, noon,Wednesday. The
train consisted of three cars, bt neither was more
than half filled. No one rode upon tide trip except
such as were opeolally invited by the President:llm.
self. Officers
,of - the Invalid Corps, With Major
General School; OnLt other nallitarv, oaloeris, ;mow
THE PRESS.--PHILADELPHIA:, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1863.
pied a frill ear. The locemotive 'Wu handsomely
decorated with flags and streamers, and presented
quite a gorgeous appearance. The pitreengers were
ueder k the special charge ofProvost DierabalGeiseral
whose arrangements for the comfort and can
venteece of the Presidential party were somplete
and satisfactory. There were so incidenta of ma
nient Wool the route to Gettysburg, as the' train
made no stoppages and gave no opportunities for
the people to make any demonstrations.
At the Calvert-street, df , pot, )3altimore, a larger
crowd had assembled to do honor to the party. 'lshe.
aseemblage was quite orderly, but enthusiastic. It
was in vain that they called upon the President for
a speech. As the car moved away, he- presented
himself on the back platform, and was greeted with
repeated cheering, the honor of which he aoknow
'edged simply with a bow. The-none forcibly sug
gested the contrast between, the present and paatskf
Baltimore, how that now there is-such loyalty and
patriotism among its people, where two years ago
there existed an almost universal enmity to the Go
vernment ; how the President is now assured of
safety, hospitality, and a warmth of reception, from
a people who, a few months ago, allowed party spirit,
to usurp the plane of that regard now entertained
for the Chief Magi strate. The train entered Getty!,
burg about dusk, and occasioned no little furore
among the crowds that had already gathered in the
vicinity. The speeches and serenades that followed
in Gettysburg have already been mentioned.
Gettysburg, as a celebration, should be in part de
scribed by liarriabwg—the social assemblage of the
Governors and generals at the State capital, the
interest of the citizens, the animated and distin
guished character of the tour—and we might go
TILE TOUR OF THE GOVERNORS.
mush further, for Gettysburg ham moral root and
branch far back in the trials and glories of the past,
and forward in the freedom and prosperity of the
future. In that battle the State bought another
charter. Pennsylvania celebrated itself on Thurs.
day, and the nation Caine again to se onoe
before, upon the eame holy ground, Better still ;
Pennsylvania, at Gettysburk, was the shrine of the
nation's solemnity. On Thursday was 'dedicated a
new State, a new history, a new naction.
At one o'clock, on Wednesday afternoon, the Go•
vernors or the loyal States, accompanied by their
reepeotive suites, and delegations of more or less
importance from the various Commonwealths, took
their departure from Harrisburg in a special train
provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
IA the courteous charge of Colonel John A. Wright,
special aid of Governor Chutin. In all there were
about four hundred persons in the train, including
the lady of Governor Curtin, and many other& .Go
vernor Curtin was accompanied by the following:
aids: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Thomas, in
charge of the military executive department atHer.
risburg ; Lieutenant Colonel IL Biddle Roberts,
military agent at Washington ; Lieutenant Colonel
Joseph D. Potts, Lieutenant Colonel J. Boyd Park.
er, LieutenantlOolonel Craig-Biddle. The following
prominent gentlemen were also embraced in the.
party.: John Brough, Governor elect, Governor ,
Tod, and ex,GovernOr Dennismi, of Ohio ;'Horatio
Seymour, Governor of New York; Governor Bore.
man, of. West Virginia ; General Cameron ; Major
General George Stoneman; Major General Stahl;
Major General Abner Doubleday, General IrWin,
Commissary General of Pennsylvania, Deputy Se•
cretary Colonel Armstrong ; A.djutant General Buis
sell ; Colonel Quay, and.many others, representing -
the various military establishments of Vermont,
Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Maine, IVlas.
saehueetts, Connecticut, and New' Hampahire.
The pleasure of the trip was very general among
this large and eminent parti, and the beat feelings
of patriotism and sociality prepared them for, the
proud and memorable solemnity of the Morrow.
All country travel is interesting, and especially
our Pennsylvania hills, meadows, woods, and fel
low lands more especially still, the region of the
romantic, beautiful, and historic Susquehanna, and:
the sacred neighborhood of the great battle.ground
of Gettysburg, Places were pointed out where the
rebels had stopped to plunder a lunch from the far•
mers, and then galloped away. The Susonehanna,
which rose when the rebels invaded its shore, seem
ed loth to abandon, in its course, one acre 01 the
free soil, now thrice-precious for having again been
fought and won—but the train left Its last meander-
Ing g/eam wandering into the dark.
At one of the stations Jenkins' ragamuffins had
driven in and decoyed a horse or two. Here and
there peculiar gems in the waste scenery around
were delightful bits of landscape, veiled by ghosts of
trees, faintly colored with the year's last leaves,
contrasting with the shapes and hues of cottages.
The sunset died away, night came On, the lamps
were lit in the cars, and the great assemblage of
loyal Governors took lunch. The . soldiers fought
Gettysburg over again, and ft hundred incidents of
.the war revived in conversation.- A captain, shot
in the lungs, and
_twice in the arms, was returning
to the field where he received his wounds. The no
ble devotion p f the women of Pennsylvania, and the
courage of our eoldiera wer& frequent th emes . O ne
passage lo the day's story was Niko' scene and
,
amusement.
o k Arriving at Goldsb34 station, Which was reaohed
about sunset, a pleasant, not to.say grotesque, scene
wee presented. Goldobpro,ack far as one could:per.
oeiVe through the ear-windews, is an unassuming
railroad station, very much like other railroad sta
tions, with a restaurant, a wood-pile,> a platform,
and half a dozen waiting, Hatless people, lounging
purpoeely around. It was somewhere in this vicini.
ty, if not - at this point, that the rebel eivalry, in
their daring reid; had watered their horses in the
Suieuehanna ; and Goldsboro can, therefore, claim
to be invested with some appreciable degree of histo••
ric interest. But the eoene that transpired here on
Wednesday afternoon must entitle it to tenfold
greater share of the immortal in history, and we
shall, therefore, endeavor to reproduce it as we wit
nessed it. •
""In the expectation-tnetp•excellent dinnpr would
be providedat-York, most cif threwceisionista has
neglected to'alio . before leaving liarrisbiug, simply
contenting themselves with a lunch.--But as the
day wore on, and York war almost as far away as
ever (for the train was subject to periodic! and yearn
tioux interruptions, occurringeyery half hour or io),
very many of the party began to =liars a realizing
sense of the gnawings - of hunger. earner hid'
the train.fialted •at • Goldsboro, therefore, than the
cars were cleared as though in the twinkling of an
-
eye, and a simultaneous rush, in whioh generals,
colonels, ministers of the Gospel, members of the
press, and a few other finiished individuals, partici•
pated, was made for the only sign of a restaurant
anywhere discernible. It was not much of a restau.
rant. Evidently it was
_not built for, extraordinary
occasions, and the entire atock t intrade would barely
have siitficed to Ji set up ,) a sutlm of .moderate bust.
• nese ideas: The demand exceided i tlie 'supply, and
everything at all edible, upon the - most liberal con
atruction of the word, was speedily. dilposednf.
The lessons of experience Are apt to appeal to the
common sense of the most unreasonable people;
and, therefore, the minguiriepeaple'tcho, from blind
trust in York, had come dinnerlitis from Harrisburg
.
seeing that the prospect of a hearty meal grew small
by degreFe, and Beautifully lesi s taetermined to em.
brace the present opportunity teappease their appe
tite. Yery . soon the platforre^Praft thronged by a
Motley, and; curi949; t asseMblaife'Of gentlemen, re.
galing themselves for the - mint part upon petrified
gingerbread, apples, figs and candy. Governor Deal•
son exhibited his gallantry by carrying an armful of
stale ginger-cskes to the ladies' car. Governor Sey
mour ventured upon somikperaimiiions, which must
have-been ripe, as his expreasfeChisitiires retained
their:wonted immobility. John Ilrough, the newly
chosen Governor of. Ohio, extemporized °a lunch of
eraokera .and - cheeses Governor Curtin, leaning
agaiiist the -restaurant window, so that his head
completely ; oblite.rested all view of a jar of tobacco,
alio indulged innersimmons ;.and the Hon. Simon
Cameron chewed unsatisfactorily at a greenish
apple. There were other personegesi in the gather
ing not less distinguished, but as 'there was a con
tinuous and frantic rcrambls the groups were con
atintly changing, and it was next to imPossible to
view the kidividussi oddities of the %tamed tableaux.
!twee aohihlng.kbleidoscoPe' eig2.Ve rn°r°s ger '
cake, Esna generale, arid nothing'moree?"d Pe laid
of it by way of description.
The Governors, generally conspicuous by their
individual character, were • more or less congregated
as loyal Governors, ike loyal Statee should be, and
formed at, one time a very intiresting group. Go
vernor Curtin, straight; tall; oleariaced, was pro
bably the handeomest gentleman of the party; Sey
mour, with bin quick eyes, .gentle Manly bearing
and bland and polished manners, might claim to
divide the honor. John Broughi is truly repreisented
in, his name—a corpulent, farmer.like, homespun,
• Western man, with a 'full awl rosy countenance. It
deaeiVes mention, as perhape the most edifying and,
remarkable incident of thticene, that the courtly
an
Governor Seymour d - the rough' Ohio Governor
greeted each other very 'cordially. "Where in 'Val
landiglutra V' asked Governor Seymour, with dry
pleasantry. "In Canada," staid Broughasionically.
These two remesentative Governors were after- ,
wards; seen walking down the line of thfroad en
gaged in friendly disylisgue." What they said is left
to speculation.and4asindt be reported ; but Mr.
Brough did , not gni - dial, and. Governor Seymour
was apparently satisfied.
Birgfeld's brigade band formed a matejlal portion
of the excursion, its excellent muoiobeing an attract
tion that served in a great degree to while away the
hours of what would otherwise have been very
tedious journey.'"The brigade band having satisfied
the cravings of hunger, proeeedd to disown-roomiest
of the most entertaining depoription, width round
Goldsboro to a sense of the importance of the:Owns
eion, as.WAS evinced yby the number of tidy. women
who came tripping down the by-paths to , the focus of.
attraction. In conclusien,' the national anthems
were played in the'usual spirited style, and then a
gentleman proposed "three &eon for Andrew G.
Curtin !" whioh were given with rouging 'vele
mence. Governor Curtin blushed slightly, and
bowed in recognition of the eompliment. The crowd
was a very considerate one, and did not• extort a
speech from his Excellency. -
A. hall:dozen mues or so beyond Goldsboro sta
tion tome person proposed to telegraph to Yorli to
have a supper prepared for the party. The sugges
tion WBS pronounced a capital one, and General
I—, upon reaching the next station, sent a clo.
spatch, direoted to the poetmaster at York, giving , a
gentle hint to that effect. To this message the reply'
was received, "All right!" In the happy frame of
mind induced by this encouraging reeponse, not the
east merit of which was its Spartan brevity,` the' in
tervening miles were ground out with tolerable
speed by the locomotiveipistons, and when the lonic
word "York" was heard a feeling of proud triumph
swelled many a hungry bosom. Gen. hiving
taken the of in charge, was among the first to
alight from, the train, being accompanied bra. score
of other gentlemen. Diligent search was made fe,r the
promised supper, but it seemed that no supper could
be found. Around the doors of a hotel near the
passenger atation, however were found , gathered` a
group of boys and girls, provided with baskets,
containing pies and cakes, which they did not seem'
to have any idea of donating`for the benefit_ of the
gubernatorial party. The General, therefore, found
t necessary to enter - into negotiations. De* had
entered upon this task, and WAS proeeeding with
the moat'gratifying 'mecum ; but, as fortune Would
have it, the engineer knew nothing of tlie matter,
and in spite of the General's benevolent intentions,
the train started utr, suddenly, leaving himself and
a few chosen comrades alone, to their dire dismay.
•
The merriment produced among the paseenkere,
when the incident became genekally known, was of
a met edifying ellareeter, end was alkleptid. aii'a
,!minpense in full for the imm bf the Pepper. IA feet,
it We the)theme of conversation, and the occasion
of uffily is merry jest until the party reached Get
tyabilig, which was finally effected after the most
heroic efforts on the Part of the locomotive, about
eleven Wettish at night, without further incident of
note.
THE BALTIMORE DELESFATION'.
. . .
The 014 , Councils of Baltimore, at a recent meet•
Leg, resolved to attend the celebration in a body.
Accordingly, the Northern Central Railroad plaited
at their disposal a speelal oar, which left the demit
at I . o'clock Wednesday. The company comprised
about fifty persons, including a number of invited
guesta. The oar was handsomely set oft' with a
large American flag, which stretched lengthwho the
ceiling. An ample commissariat was prolided,
which it was intended would aupply the party until
theiireturn home, it being very prudently supposed'
that the good people of Gettysburg would be unable
to meet the demands made• upon them for subsist
ence. The Union Glee Club of Baltimore were
among the special guests, and their presence was
highly enlivening and soul.stirring. At every sta
tion along the road they sang some national air with
a spirit and ardor seldom surpassed. "We are Co.
ming, Father Abraham, Three Hundred Thousand
Nore," "The Battle-cry of Fleedom,” and other
songs of like character, were interspersed with those
of more humorous strain, and there was every vari.
ety of patriotic emotion occasioned by the gleeful
band. A song of about flfty verses, each one a reps
tition of the preceding, so that there was in testily
but one, was sung with fine effect:
" We were there all the while.
At the siege of Carlisle. ""
The company, although of a social and genial cha
racter, was characterized, by a deoorum befitting the
errand on which they were bent
On reaching Hanover Junotion, the train was at
tached to the Governor's special train from Harris
burg, and both proceeded onward to Gettysburg, ar
riving there about 11 o'clock P. M. The Council
Committee, having learned that the Governors of
the States and others, were on the same train, ap
pointed a sub-committee to wait upon each sepa
rately, Each'of the Governore was introduced in
turn, and received with cheering.
- When Governor Curtin entered, the enthusiasm
was unbounded. At a way stationit became known
that Governor Curtin was aboard, and then there
were repeated cries for " speech." The train moving
off, hi was prevented from expressing his respects.
Generals Stahl, Doubleday, Stoneman, and others,
were introduced to• the Councils, and all were hand
[lamely entertained. General Cameron expressed!
his delight at the loyalty and liberality of Baltimore
as manifested on this occasion by its municipal au
thorities. Baltimore had nobly redeemed herself
from the stigma of disgrace, which the worst classes
of its population had partially brought upon her at
the opening of the war. The late election had shown
that the people of Maitland were loyal and Union:
loving,' and would long continue so, deipite all
efforts of Secession sympathizers in their midst. The
interchange of civilities 'between the Governors and
the representatives of Maryland, was of the most
cordial and enthusiastic kind. The committee were
designated by strips of red, white, and blue on
their coat lappels, displaying likewise a handsome
silver model of thecelebrated,Baltimore monument.
The party reached Gettysburg about eleven o'clock
P. M. Wednesday, and not tieing able to secure corn.
modioue quarters in the town, remained in the oars
during the night The Glee Club of Baltimore con
spicuously participated in the ceremonies of the de
dication, their musicattalent and patriotism contri
buting not a little to'give eclat to the occasion.
Phi
pidelphiana who were present could not but reflect
that our Councils were not represented with the Mo
numental City.
ORTTYSBURG.
The presence of so large a number of distinguished'
persons, and the brilliant and crowded flowing in of
the military and the peopie, made this wide-spread
farmers' town, and its country roads:or streets, fa-.
Moos for the second time, Gettysburg has two very
Marked periods in its history, and here its record
may close—the battle of. Gettysburg and its solemn
celebration—but this is glory enough for sU time.
The •hotels were, of course, densely crowded. -
"vundreds slept upon the floors of the inns and pri
ate residences, and hundreds more took a rigid re
_pose in the cars or can't - ages. In the evening a
serenading party from Baltimore sang in front of
the lodgings of the President and Secretary of State.
Very short, but very pointed speeches were made.
The President had a verbal "shake-hands" with•
the people, and a wink at the reporters. He would
not now make a speech, 'he said, for fear of being
reported. Other patriotic selenades were made, an
swered by cheerful speeches from John Forney,
Judge Shannon, Mr. Wayne McVesgh, and oth'ers.
At a late hour all was quiet in Gettysburg, save
the strangers of every locality and class, who
camped out upon the floors, wrapped- the drape
ry of their blankets about them, and, we have no
doubt, laid down to such pleasant dreams as are
afforded to the weary, even upon the couch of dimr.;',„;
fort. At early daylight eyeryixdY was wide awake,
and the WWII WM Non vain
• o • . 1 4 commotion with
•
the busbiese the parade.
In the interval before the procession, thollaanda
travelled off. to the battle-field, visiting. the Genie!
tery Hill, aitlp , ll Hill, the Round Top mountain,
and the 'fields around the Mmeytown road. The
ground in these vicinities is yet strewn with remains
and reties of the fearful struggle—ragged and muddy
knapsacks, canteens, cups, haversacks, threadbare
stockings trodden in the mud, old shoes, pistol
eel* bayonet- sheathes, .and here and there frag
ments of gray and blue jackets—innuinful and ark
pealing mementoes of the civil strife, whose victory
Mould be shreds and tatters likethese rags, were it
'not so nobly -purchased for so glorious a cause.
Hides and skeletons of horses atill remain upon
the ground. Grave-marks of unrecognized heroes
were in every quarter of the field, and rows of
graves ranged along the line of the atone or wooden
fences, which had afforded shelter to the sharp
ihooters. A' ravine, Tip - which the rebels had
°barged toward a stone' , fence - flanking Culp's
Hill, was yet full of these forlorn remnants of the
battle, 20 indicative, and so eloquent, that imagina
tion had little task to call back the daring charge
- of the_graybacks nn the , hill, and- Um/till fiercer de
fence'andimelaught of the determined and inexora—
ble men whose resistless bravery was victory or
dained, and who proved that if the rebels fought
well in the south, the loyal soldiers fought even
better in the North. Melancholy bUt glorious yes
tigea 1 Heie fell our tiraves, sometimes stricken
down" likesrassettwathes, still with their feet
to the foe, or irregularly strewn about where
death was sown in every field and furrow.
Here they dropped down dead or dying, to
the infinite of - ,,our physical universe, not
more than so many sparrows falling;.but to the
moral progress of the world representatives, 'causes,"
and 'martyrs."' These men; it is riaid, die without
name, and make no sign; but here they gave their
sign masonic, their death.grasp, and the whole
world is in the secret. They are distinguished in
the greater appellations of Vlotory and Freedom,
and their name is Legion. They died saints and
martyrs in ,a :certain sense, but left us no rich
battered .canteens, ragged blouses, torn
haversaeks, and Wretched rihoes. Think of how
they marched under burden of eight ,days' supplies,
overloaded with knapsack, haversack, and blanket,
a hundred of miles in hot pursuit of the enemy ;
think of hew they fought, and fell, and won—and
who should feel less tender than the gobd women
who Vindaged their piteous wounds, and less
spired. than - the- orators and poets who shall pro
nounce their glory :
"The hot shell shattering in its fall. •
The bayonet's rending wedge;
Here scattered death—but search the spot,
No trace thine eye can see;
No altar, and they need it not
Who leave their children free!"
Thus wrote of another battle-field one of our own
poets ; we May acecmt hie feeling if not his words.
Traces of this great bittle must indelibly remain.
An altar Will rise warthy of the grandeur of the
struggle, worthy of the future - of the nation. The
dead will rest in sanctuary, and Gettysburg be for
s sluing p f rilgrimagei
. .0
THE CELEBRATION.
" At si,Nt seven o'clock in the morning, the cavalry
call was sininN`BPon Cemetery Rill. Oh !if the
dead could have Mi."..1.04ed from their graves at the
sound` of that trump, the fiLktin note of their comm.
oration.to fame ! Tenter& !. it brdte.OUt. with Cheri
tlcleer vigor in metal flourishei 'of- martial musk;
Far away, the misty hills heard - the - ecte =and
gave it faintly back from *here the rebels Ms.
treated. Nearer, it weke. up with reveille in.
terven.Mg valley and hill where Geary's Penn,
sylvanians and Wadoworth's division drove back
the rebels into the hollow of Culp's Hill where
CraWford's Quakers made their furious charge,
and where Barksdale fell—where the rebels lie in
many ditches, fifteen hundred M a field, the ground
covered over with the bonen of the horses, the rags
and cast-away so:mute:me nts of the retreating gray.
baiks—vait donnitories of the crowded company of
the dead, huddled together in wretched bedfellowehip,
But no echo awoke the tutretnming dead, the an
guished fallen, who, after the tragedy= of triumph,
now sleep so soundly. But their mute dieappear.
mice im eloquent and sacred—or have they a shape
in the mists and woods, a voice on the boundary of
silence, in the mystic Mrs that mveep over the bat
"tle field, like a secret whispered by the dying into
the ears of the living 9
The cavalryrode up the kill, and stood in eight of
the risen sun Guards were sent out picketing the
roads near the cemetery, with a view to regulate
the paisage of carriages, preparatory to the arrival
of the procession. This smalrmilitery
,ineident was
Suggestive of the great battle. For a moment, it
- was the illusiorefof Kilpatrick's or Buford's troopers
restineupon the tall, a distant prelude and flourish
to the terrible shook of armies. Standing here, the
whole battle-field was mapped.. out to the .view—a ,
fine plan of war territory bounded by hills in a ra•
dius of ten miles`round, and abundant in occasions
of battle; field of which Cemetery Hill, corn
mending the town, was the focus where radiated
the three roads of our advance and possible retreat,
Wherefrom our lines and positions zigzagged and
undulated about the half-oval interior of the 'bine
- in its rear, and where the rebels impressed all
their desperation into one frightful onslaught, and
were repulsed; a battle-ground largely adapted for'
the Waterloo strife of a continent, and pre-ordain-
I ed, as-it were, for the battle and ti:e victory.
Now from.the bill salvos of artillery rolled through
the air, thundering away over the battle.field, a
stem and mighty requiem for the brave t
About the diainond.shaped and wide open space,
in the centre of the town, a vast crowd , of towns
men and strangers were awaiting the muster of the
procession, and the appearance of the President and
members of the Cabinet, the orator of the day rand
a • host , of distinguished celebrants. A fine delegri
tiOn of the military from, the army in the field
traeted all eyes, end various civic societies,of which
the public are already infornied, made, pat ,01l the
interest of the display. At about noon the Petal
dent stepped out of the 'house to treniendmineheer
lug, half blushing amid the intense fuller of the ac
clamation onMl' sides as he steadily mounted has
horse, and sat up •the tallest and the grandest
rider in the procession, bowing and nearly laugh
hig his acknowledgmente to the oft-repeated cheers-
''Hurrah :for, Old Abe;'' KWe're coining; Father
Abraham," end one solitary ,_ greeting of ite
gland max.President.l , On the prooessiep, with
, ite train of governor's, brigsdere, and makir , gene!
rale Cough ,at; the heed:of the military, Secretary'
Seyrard ridirig ; to nMatch to'the.PNeident"; '
alicheMer and other home of . tt e battle, ,
Oil siift faceszecals Stmexiiii - eatt Mbhl,
Governors Curtin, Dennison, EMsretary Usher, and
other officials, following on fool. The bands airsick
up in fine confusion, answering each other At distant
points of the parade. Thi proaesilkin filing around
the rondo, the bands playing down in the valley,
were glorious in eight and sound. An immense
crowd were gathered upon the hill, al the procession
took order before the platform on the cemetery
ground and around the graves of the gathered deed.
The exercises of the occasion .have been fully re
ported, but we cannot report the grand surrounding
of this region of nature and history, which cele
brated the occasion with the saene—the glory of the
day, upon whose close, and while the dirge Was
mourning the brave, the compassionate sunset shed
its benediction. One banner dressed in orape moved
mournfully but proudly over the throng
Tui .61047 OIT TEE% P0T01L9.6.
July 2cl and 3d, 1863.
" The whole earth," said Everett, " was the input
chre• (3,5 the brave, and el' time the millennium o [their
glory I" The Prenident said as well, in his brief,
but immortal Epee& "We cannot hallow thin
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who strug, ,
gled here, have aommorated it far above our power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor
long remember, what we Say here, but It can never
forget what they did, here. It is for us, the living,
rather to be dedicated here le the refinished work
that they have thus ao far noedy carried on. It is
rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task re
maining before us, that from thesp hOnored dead we
take increased devotion to. that cause for which they
here gave the last full measure of devotion; that
we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have
died in vain ; that the nation shall, under God, have
a new birth of freedom, and thatgovernments of the
people, by the people,.nd for the people, shall not
pettish from the earth."'
Crowds, unable to° hear the prayers and speeches,
wandered in every dirention over the battleground.
A party under General Gibbons rode over to the
Brea Top hill, where the rebels made one of the
fiercest of their fierce assaulte. One visitor to the
battle-ground rode a horse which General Lee him
self had confiscated, in the vicinity, and used during
the battle. Hundreds gathered up, to bear with
theni the spirit of Gettysburg to every quarter of
the State, relice more eloquent than orations. The
memory, of the day, and especially the profound
preseiveness of the hallowed battleground, will
never leave them. -
Toward the close Of the afternoon, an incident
occurred which must ever be inseparable from this
occasion, and which deserves a place in the story of
the war as a noble representative last. At re
quest of the President, a committee waited upon
the brave old man, John Burns, who fought in three-
of our wars, It is said, and who, at the battle of
Gettysburg, dreseed lamed( in his Sunday clothes
and went right into the fight, which he did not leave
till he had received three wounds: It need hardly
- -be told how that patriot of the people, the honest
pater patrim, Father Abraham, received this brave
and venerable man. The greeting= was extremely
cordial—the "God bless You; oleinan,'" of the na
tion in the person of the President Arre-in.arm
with the President and the Secretary of State, John
FurneWent to church in the evening. Cheering to
the President In his great efficepmust be this simple
event—most cheering to the declining years of
"brave John Burns." /n this touching incident,
perhaps, more : than . any other, Gettysburg- was
truly dedicated,
According to announcement, at live o'clock P. X.
Colonel= Anderson, Lieutenant Governor elect of
Ohio, delivered an able address in the Presbyterian
church. The building was filled to repletion by an
intelligent , and highly-respectable audience. The
president the tnitedßtaOS and suite ; with seve
ral of the Governors of the States, occupied seats in
front of the pulpit . The orator was introduced by
..eie - Governer benniiim, of Ohio; and commenced his
. oration by a general reference to the ocessigin which
had called together irtfoh a vast, assemblage. The
address was a bold and - able - exposition of the
causes which led to the present war, the testes in
volved in the contest, and the
,importance of its de
termination. It was that orighialikmi human con-.
flirt' between .freedom and "deigiotiom which was to
end in the triumph of one.or the other. - -
The remarks of the" sfietikk ;were afttentiferf
listened tothieughout; and occasionally Ipplanded.
At. half past six o'clock the *President and'partY.
retired, and soon after the eiierelses in the ohuroh
terminated.
Throughout the afternoon ppwlie . 9ongregated at'
the railroad dcpof ;browds,poured.down on crOiyda:
from the streets of the .toe n'; crowds filled the half
dozen trains to overflowing' all in growing anxiety
to retUrn:holkintfine according to expectation.
But ; the railroad was as wicked as Pharaoh, who
hardened his heart against the children of Airsham.
Not till some time after the President 'had left; '
amid the shrill halloo and wild hurrah of the multi
tude, were other trains permitted to tleivre.
Slyeß
evil Of homelePf.L.liid disappointed men. '
the tops of thc > cars were - ooverSo!-lerVirie friaitic
and crying
T,9..1131 r)Pgdelays.ebburrild on the road—heads used
to pillowe were unable to sleep from vexation,
and in many cases it was more than twenty-four
hours before Philadelphians reached their horne t
Gettysburg was thus again sacred . bi iniffirit%
. „
MISCELLAIITEOT.7.4 !
A •FLAG PANSNNTATION AND SiDECH GENNALT./
BORENDII.
Upon the conolusion of the dedication ceremonies,
the 6th New York Regiment of heavy artillery was
reviewed at the temporary residence of General
Schenck, after which Governor Seymour, in a speech:
. we printed yesterday, presented the regiment
with a handsome silk flag. On behalf of• Colonel
Murray, whose modesty forbade him to relay, Gen.
Schenck then acknowledged the receptiori of the
splendid gift in the following appropriate extem
porized remarks:
Goyeunon SEYMOUR : In consequence of Colonel
Murray being a man of actions, rather than of words,
like this regiment of his, he has preferred that some
one else should acknowledge the honor done to
the regiment, and their appreciation of your kind
neve. an d the high hopes you entertain respect.
ing Mon in the presentation of this apiencid
banner. them,
I receive the emblem of our
nationality from your hand with the pledge that
this regiment and its officers will never disgrace the
gift thatthey will follow.this nag at all times, and
through every .extretaity, until-this unholy, this
causeleas, this infamous rebellion is completely put
down, and the freedom and the laws of the union
and the Constitution are fully restored. [Tremen
dous cheering.] I pledge you. for that regiment, and
the officers of that regiment, that in following that
flag they will follow it with the determination to
know no peace, no compromise, except a peace and
a compromise foiinded upon the complete submis
sion of the rebels to the lame [applause,] and the
ultimate restoration of this country to` its former
condition of prosperity. I thus submit it to the
regiment, to be borne by them hereafter, not alone
as the symbol of our country's nationality, but also
es the emblem of a State they revere—a State
which, in magnitude and power, we are_ proud to
.feel, will always be ready first and foremost to con
tend for: the perpetuity of those principles which
that flag repeesento. [Cheers.]
THE , PATRIOTIC ItZSEWTS-
The followiniis a lisVou.the remainealready
'barred in the cemetery, with the' , 'Sta.tet they repre
"lent :
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York 158 -
New Jersey 22
Pennsylvania 100
-Delaware - -
Maryland
Ohio •
Indiana..
Illinois • '
Michigan , • -
Wisconaim ....... . .
Minnesota
Virginia
United States 'lnfantry (Regulars)
606
Unknown
- 552
,IDENTITY ABOBRTAINSD,
,
The identity of the dead soldier who was found on
the bloody field of Gettysburg, with the picture of
his three pretty little children tightly clasped in his
A nd'!; 1 2 . : ;;;. a day or two.
The wide publicity given to the touching oiroum
stance through the medium of the prele. produced
the desired result. The name of the deceased was
Hummerton, and his widow and three children re
side at Portville, Catteraugus county, New York.
Large:numbers of photographic copies of the picture
upon which • the dying eyes* of the warrior-father
closed have been sold, and the profits realized from
:their sale will' be appthpriated to the benefit of the
ehililzen. It is hoped that a sufficient sum may be
realized in this way, and by future sales, to aid ma
terially in the education of the little ones who were
made orphans at,GettysbUrg. •
The following letters were read at the b eg inning
of the ceremonies:
LITTICII. BROX GENEILif.
llNA.notr.i.wrints ARMY OP THE POTUALAO, Nov. 13.
David Wills, Big., Agent for the Governor of Fenn
sylvania,
Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the invi
tation which, on behalf of the Governor of Penn•
sylvania and other States interested, you extend to
me and the officers and'men of my command to be
present on the 19th but, at the consecration of the
burial-place'of those whY fell on the field of Getty'.
burg. ,
It seems almost unnecessary for me ,to Bay that
none can have a deeper interest in your good work
than comrades in , arms, bow:din close ties of long
association and mutual confidence and support with
those to whom you are paying the last tribute of re
sweet; nor could the presence of any be more appro
priate than that of thong who stood side by aide in
the struggle, shared the peril, and the vacant places
in whose ranks bear sad testimony tb the loss they
-have sustained: But this army has dirtier to perform
which will not admit of its being represented on the
occasion, and it ,only remains for me, itt its name,
with deep , and grateful feelings, to thank you and
those you represent for youltender care of its heroic
dead, for your patriotie zeal; which, in honoring the
martyrs, gives a fresh incentive, to, all who do battle
for the maintenance'of the integrity of the Govern
ment. I am, &t., GEORGE G. MEADE,
11Iajor General Commanding.
• .LETTER ano3l' SEGRETARS CHASE.
TREASITRY DEPARTMENT, Nov. 1863.
Dzatt Sin : It'disappoints - me greatly be find that
imperative public duties make it impossible for me
to;be prerent at the , consecration of the grounds se•
leeted as ~the last resticeplace of the soldiers who
fell in battle for their country at Gettysburg. It
consoles me to think what team of mingled grief
and triumph will fall upon their gravel, and what
benedictions of the country, saved by choir heroism,
will make their memories,samed Among men.
Very respectfully, yours, S. P. Off &SE.
DAVID WILT,s, Esq.
ENGLISH PIOTORIALB.—From Mr. J. J. Kromer,
403 9neetnnt street, neviapaper and periodical yen
4or, have the Illustrated London. News (with double
supplement) and Rhistrated News of
_the World, of ITo
yea:a:4l.4'p limit the News of the World of ono. day's
later date..
AN 'ANONYMOUS COUR&SPONDENT from Mlauch
Chunk, under date ofNovember 19th, Bays :
. 6 COL. FORIOEY: Dear Sir : Feeling thankftil to
Godlor the-late glorious.victories !' of the bill and
the ballot, and wishing to'expreas'iny gratitude, in
such a manner as I am able, I encloae $lO as a thank
paring, which you will please hand to the Chris:-
tian Commicsioni-to be applied toward relieving the
wants of our,Thilon aoldtere now in Richmond.
Youri, truly, - FOR THE UNION. I,
[The amount has been paid to the Christian Com-.
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Tuesday next. See Thomas & Sons' advertiser!
mente. _
PROMENADB Dasss von e Youro Linr.—Robs
of iron..gray foulard, ornamented with green' rib=
bona. ; sleeve is small, but somewhat open; anC. ,
trimmed on the Sidi' with narrower
.green ribbrth..
The °email is , of the ssine material as the &ilk MAT
theArimmings to mita. Dark shafiesil',poittilono
edged withmeavetnnd desorated with a liirge velvet
how and two feathers, peen Aral blikolu.
EICTR,OPE.
The City of Baltimore off Cape Sore-Decli
nation of the British to Attend. the Pro
pilled Conference—A Speech by Lord Pal-
araerevan.
CAPE RACIE, Boy. 20.—The Irteamer Oityi Of Balti
more, froin.Llverpool 11th, via Queenstown on the
i2th, bound for rfew York, passed off' this point
yesterday morning, and was intercepted by thg„
news yacht of the Associated Press. The following
summary of her newewas obtained: The steamship •
City of Limerick arrived out on the tit, the Olympus'
on the nth, and the City of New 2torlc and the
Hibernia on the 10th instant.
The City of Baltimore has 70 cabin. passengers
and 640 steerage paesengers, and a fall cargo. She
experienced westerly gales on her passage.
The British Government has declined the invito
tion of Emperor Napoleon to attend the proposed
Congress of Powers ( which is the prominent topic
of discussion. Nothing of on official character had
yet transpired, but it was supposed that moat of the
fifteen Powers that aso-inviSed will acquiesce.
The steamship Anglia, which was to call from
Galway on the 10th inst., struck a rock in Galway
Bay while entering from Liverpool. Six/ had got
off and was apparently uninjured, but still re
mained at Galway on the morning of the 11th.
The United States carvette St. Louis had left
Lisbon for Cadiz. The - Niagara was expocted at
Lisbon.
It was reported that the - British Admiral had or
dered the Kearsage from , Queenstown. She was
shipping men ostensibly for stokers, but, as it was
supposed, intended for more active services. She
sailed on tho sth inst., and during such bad weather
that it was inferred that her departure had- been in.
silted upon.
Lord Palmerston, in a speech at the Lord m'ayor's
banquet, deplored the civil war which exalted in
America, and said that England would have in
terfered but for- the belief she entertained that her
Otters would have been made in vain. She-would
therefore neither yield to blandishments nor-meas.
see, but would remain strictly neutral. Regarding
-Poland, he said Englanth had done her duty by re
monstrating with Russia,.and, although these re•
monstrances had failed, he entertained the hope
that that Government would cease to puesue an
offensive course. The reception given to She Pre
mier was signilicantly enthusiastic.
Villiers, a- promtnent supporter of the Go
vernment, has been. speaking in- defence of the
- United States. •
Telegrams from Paris say the, Matamoros has
not been blockaded,.but only goods contraband of
war were prevented from. being landed.
The proposal of tho EMperor for a European Con.
gifts attracted universal attention. Fiftcea of the -
Powers had been invited, but no official &dykes
bad set been received. It was supposed that the
greater number would acquiesce in the scheme.
The English Cabinet are holding a meeting to•
consider the nature of their answer. The London
Times, in its editorial on the subject, fade no ob.
Section to England joining.
The Emperor's letter of invitation is brief, and
proposes no particular question to be dismissed.'
' • The Paris Bourse is firmer, and Rentee,are quoted
at 69f.E.c.
The Press*, Belgian, and Saxon Chambers,
were opened by their respective sovereigns.
eon. The King of Prussia expressed an earnest
wish for the termination of the differences between
the Government and the Chambers. The Upper
House voted an address in response by, a small ma•
jority.
The captain and crew of the Bold Hunter, which
was Ldestroyed by the pirate Georgia,. landed at
Teneriffe, after having suffered very hard treat
meat, and arrived In England in the-African mail
steainer.-
The drain of gold from England continued, and an
advance in the rate of diedount - of the Bank of Eng
land to 'per cent. wee anticipated,
THE LATEST
The proposed Congreei of Powers continues to Mo
nopolize public attention.
The letter of•the _Emperor. Napoleon Wes been
published. „He says sole object is to arrive, with
out a shock, at the pacification of Europe.
The ateamshipAnglia remains at Galway.
The Grind Duke Constantine has been relieved of
his functions as lieutenant commander of Poland,
and the Czertrusta ho will resume hie task after the
re:establishment of order.
lus, Nov. 12, 3 P. IYl.—The Bank of Prance has
raised its.rate of discount to 7 per cent. Renter are
quoted at 67.1. 300.
BOMBAY, Oct. 29.—A great - storm haS recently
prevailed on the western coast of the Bay of Bengal,
In shirtings r twiet is active and advancing. Ea?
change, 2s. 30. Freights, ens. Id. The Bombay
mail reached Suez on Nov. llth.
Commeiciol Intelligence.
_
(By the Steamer City of Baltimore.]
LIVBRTOOL 'COTTON' MARKET.—The sales of Cot
. ton. for the two Taira amount to 9,000 bales. The market
.opened wlth ineirefirmnees, bat closed dull, and with
easier prices. The sales to speculators and exporters in
eindekone. third of the sales. .
LIVERPOOL - BREADSTUFFS.XARICET.—The circa. •
tars report the Breadstufs market heavy; with a down
- warditendency In prices, but the quotations are without
change. Messrs. Wakefield. Nash. & Co; and Richard
soirtr.SpenceirePortTlour firm; Wheat quiet but firm;
red Western.:7s Mfg& fld. Corn Very dtiliand declining;
- Mixed was quoted'a.t `)Ss 3d. _
LIVERPOOL -PROVISIONS MARKET. —Provisions
continue dull: Beef-ts - rePorted 'quiet:, Pork inactive.
-Bacon declining.'Lard dull at 445. Tallow steady,
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. —Petrolenni is re
ported as still declining; sales of refined at Li 9...g.11.10.3.
Sugar firm and advancing. Coffee advancing. Rice cutlet
hut steady. Ashes steady. Rosin. cinjet. Spirits of Tur
pentine, Eales sinalL
LONDON MARKETS The Vint( Brothers , report
BreadsrinTs firmer. - firtgav Ji - nir' Coffee steady. Tea
...“. 1 /Te4bui steady, 'it firm at 43s 9;1.
'MIL :LATEST.
,- Mr.lirgero*P.-Nti - ti'. 12; -The steamships Kangaroo and
- -Virginia arrived to day. -
- .4IVETtPOOL, Nov. 12. —Cotter...7l%e sales of yesterday
_were 0,000 hales, the market continuing heavy;but to.
ins - sales amounted
to §:;CCO - bales. one-half of which was taken bY 'Vera
lators, and for export The prices have-recovered,
owing to the bank not having advanced the rate of die-
Breadstuff's are firmer. Provisions-steady; .
LONDON. MONEY-MARKET. --VA). ;Isola closed at Me.
AIkiBRICANBTOO4.9. , --Thejallawing are the' lateat
oetations - for,' - •
n iiin4BilfiSirici' l 6 tea dt
.. .
Erie . . ••S --
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• MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
froM Philadelphia, Aden, at LiverpooL
New York - Markets, November 20.
BICEADSTUFES. —The market for State and- Western -
Fleur opened firmly, and advanced feeble, bat closed axe
tamely at the quotations. -
Southern Flour is Coloe, Mater, but 'only moderately
acAve -sal en ffifi bblat W.Mai:do eßalti.
more, arida 1fe10.50 foi'extra'flo. - ' ' • --
-- Canadian Flour isfi@loc be withsales of 600 bbis at
$5 41@8. IS for common, and Sfififirgal SO for good to choice
extra.
• Rye Flour is firm, and selling at $5.70@-6.60 for, the'
range of fine and superfine. • • _
Corn Ideal is scarce,sand held decidedly higher, under
the rapid advance in Corn.
Eye is scarce, and firm at $1.23g1.25.
Barley is quiet at $i.9091.
Cern is sgsc higher, with an active and. excited mar
ket. The sales are 90,000hus-sLlSgi.le for prime Wasf-•
Oatsadvanced 'Wu per WRlA:constderable
excitement in the- Market. • There was &iambi:lst/less
done at ..090c , for 'Canada, and 69@fiffe for Weaern and'
State.
CALIFORNIA.
. SAN FIiANCISCO, Nov. 13.—The complimentary
ball offered by the - citizens of San Francisco tattle
.officers of the Russian fleet in tins port, passed off
with great anaccas, the largeit hall in the city being
filled by the most fashionable classes. The enter.
tainment cost $1.1,000. ' • '
News from Portland, Oregon,: says that partial
returns froth the bite election in Idaho indicate the
election of. Gov. Wallace, the 'Union candidate for
delegate to Congress, by a handsome majority.
SAN FRANCIS CO r Nov. 20.—The ship Lawrence,
for New York, sailed to-day ; also, the chip Invinci
ble, for Boston, carrying 13,500 hides, 12,0*0 hams,
500 casks of oil, 13,500 sacks of ore, 471 bales of
wool, and 100 boxes of. California produce, the total
value of the cargo being about $200,000.
The agent of the underwriters feels confident of
raising the ship Against.
Public Enteitaimlients.
THE GERMAN OPES.A.--"Stradella " will be given
this afternoon, and will doubtless - be welcomed by a
large audience, but it is to the concert in the evening
that we wish to direct special. attention. To an
nounce that Beethoven's grelst symphony in C mi
nor will be given in enough. On 'Monday night the
"Magic Flute" will be sung.
THE CONCERT to be given by Grau's Italian
Opera Company this evening, at the Musical Fund
Hall, will introduce all of his principal artiste, and
the management announces that, in order to extend
the opportunity of hearing Madame yera
Mlles Castri and IYlorenni, and Signora Stefan' and
Morelli, the price of admisaion will be reduced to
fifty cents to all parts of the hall.
WALNIIT•STREET THEATRE.—To-night will end
the engagement of 'Miss Mary Provost and the
Arabs, profoundly to the public regret. There is
something auspicious in this simultaneous depar
ture. It look,' as if the Sheikhs (what a Sheikh is
we ate hbt ekeetly aware,: but believe he is a native
of the desert, Who is in the habit of carrying half his
tribe on his shoulde±a) had become so . distracted
about Miss Provost's aili=ng that they intend to run
off with her to some Arabian theatre. The Arabs
take a benefit to-night. It deserves to be well at
tended. We want the St.eikha to come back.
NATIONAL CIRCIIS MATINEE.—The 'lnatinde of
the great National Circus troupe, on Market street,
above Twelfth, this afternoon, should not be for
gotten. Rich scene's, very attractive, that never
fail to elicit 'shouts of laughter. The troupe will
commence at half past two o'clock.
BLITZ, BOBBY, AND THE BIRDS have a matindo
thin afternoon, and the usual performances in the
evening. The Temple of Wonders, we are pleased
to learn, is filled at each,exhibition of the popular
Signor, whole power to please both old and young
is equal, if not superior, to any magician or ventri
loquist we ever had with us. Go and see him, and
take the children with you. Assembly Building,
Tenth and Chestnut streets.
THE CIERNANIA ORCHESTRA. will give their regu
lar rehearsal at the Musical Fund Hall this after
noon, with the following programme
I—Overturii—Neron....
King
S—Waltz—Rosensteiner....
4—Adagio and Allegro, son brio, from
First Symphony Beethoven.
s—Overture—Retmn from Abroad.....XCende/ssohn.
6—lntrodnetion and Chorus from Dino-
Meyerbeer.
rah
I—Cavatina from Simon Boceanegra Verdi.
S—Galop Ching Kong
a' 3E-130 CI TY .
ADDITIONAL - CITY NEWS, 888 BOURTH PAGE.]
RELIEF FOR T.= PAROLED UNION
SCSDIEES.—The lady committee of the Union Vo
lunteer Refreshment Saloon were engaged yester
day in the noble work Of preparing a number of
articles of food and`clothing for the' starving Union
men recently paroled from Belle Isle and now quar
tered in Annapolis; These men are in a weak, and
feeble condition, and deetituteof garments sufficient
to cover them. One of them, who arrived in;this
city yesterday, was unable, from great weakness,
to walk from the Saloon to the rebel ram Atlanta,
which is less than a square distant; neither could
he masticate 'a piece of meat. Such cases deserve
the heartfelt sympathy and attention of the inttabi-'
tants of this City of Brotherly Love. The articles
above alluded to were forwarded on' to Annapolis
last evening, where they will be taken charge of by
Mr. Robert Corson, of Weeny, who will attend to
the diatribution of their: The ladies intend sending
another box next week, and we trust the chords of
sympathy in the people's hearts will be touched,
and they help these-patriotic ladies in their en
deavors to do good by leaving at the Refreshment
Saloon articles of clothing, and anything elsethat
will tend to the comfort and welfare of our suffer
ing fellow-beings. It matters not if the clothes have
holes in them, as the ladies devote' their afternoons.
to mending such as are rent. The people of this
city have responded nobly in the past, and there is
no ideubt but that these caaerwill also receive their
attention.
FIEES.—A fire occurred about 11 o'clock
yesterday morning, an the premises occupiedby
D. B. Cabberly, No. 236 North Fifth street, which
was damaged to the extent of $1,500. _
The woolen factccy of Messrs. John Garbsuey &
Co., near Beach and Warren == streets, Eighteenth
ward, was damaged by tire"last evening, to the ex
tent of $2,600. The active exertions of the firemen
saved the building from entire destruction.
GRAND BILL.---The-Fifth Annual Ball of
the Driveral Beneficial Ammolotion, No. 1, will take
place at the Xuaical Fund Hall on Wedneaday even
ing, December i3d;lBez. Thia benevolent insbitotion
worthy of- every encouragement. The Aesoola
tionnumbera &large list of-mambas, whose chari
table porposes are to alleviate the dlatreseed;if 'pay,
bf.the Association, and defray the fumeral exppsea
of a; brother,. wife, or children. The` 4inoae4on
tuidotibt, - bring together a large attfl hapPy thrtlng
of 9.IO3CIAIINM&
- x , y• x im 74 - s.
,DlAarafficENT CHBrsmsna ort# Prz•
lreeve Grtm—mo the seeeDe to approaching r ,
gentlemen to celeot preeenta for Mose In whom th -
feel sufficient interest to compliment in this appr
priate way; we Vika the liberty today of making
suggestion. The suggestion is, to give the Grew
Baker Sewing Ilaclehie the prefereacd over all other
articles, either of f,eney or utility. Vie were re
minded of this by the fast that the splendid eats!,-
Raiment of the Grover & Baker Sewing leaching
Company in this city, at no. 7EO Chestnut street,
has, during the present week, been visited by scored
of purchasers for this pterpose. Our reasons for
givieg this preferestee to the - Groves & Baker ma
chine are more numerous three we have space t
morning to express. In the feat plum, It is more
ornate as an article of furnituratime any other mar
chine in use ; then agmiss' , it is to fe only machine M.
tent which every intelligent ladresm operate froei
the start withonts tedious course cf 1 netruction ; the
stitch for which it is celebrated is tit! stongest, most
neatlooking, and durable; it is opetated with such
a degree of ease that vire have, ourselves, seen
little child of four years run it on 4Yeavy sewing for
hours without any appareit labor ; it' is the only
machine in the world that executes floe- Embreid6ry;
and if there was any other proof needed to place the
Grover S. Baker instrument, sold at ?al Chestnut
street, in advance of all others, we surely have it
in the fact that from the commencement of its exist.
ence to the present tine, It has, without one single
exception, taken the highest premium wherever it
leas been 'exhibited puttlidy foe - competition.
B WISE, AND BUY- TBE WHEBLEII AND
WELsor; SZW/DT6 MACIIIMIC zrr PREPIERMiOI4 TO
Aeiv Oemur.--Thie great Instrument is not an expe
riment calculated to taunt with disappointment
aftee a fewmontes , trial, but ee =gni ficeni , mazes*.
It in the most simple in its conetruction, mad hence
more easily operated,. and the least liable is get out
of ceder. It makes the celebrated "Loan," the
only stitch that has ever been found to give perfect
eatisfaction in machine work, and the sales of it
daily at the brown stone edifice ofothe Wheeler and
Wilson Company, No. '704 Chestnut street, are larger
than of all other sewing machines combined'. This
is the time, to order these splendid machines for
Christmas and bridal-presents. They are already
selling immense numbers of than for this purpose
Call at No. 784, on our recommostion, and make
your selection.
THE ART Hla PORTRAIT TrfAKlNG.—This
branch o: art has been carried to alrigher stafx of per
fection by the great Photographiefirm of Wenderoth
& Taylor, Nov. 919, 914, and 916 Chestnut street, than
by any otherartieta living. They combine theinfallt
ble accuracy of nature, in drawing, With the highest
artisticetiortsofthepainter'eeleFil. The consequence
is, their orders for painted portraits are probably
more numerous than those of all other portrait
painters in Philadelphia combined. Their aplendid
large picture, "A Breath of RTG4 4w is still et
treating crowds of visitors.
GREAT DEMAND FOR TEE " FLORENCE"
SEWING Maourras.—The immense demand for the
celebrated "Florence" Sewing machine, created by
the opening of their elegant- new edifice, No. 630
Chestnut street, and the presentation of their merits
to the public, in one of the prodigies of Phila
delphia's 'mercantile experience. Notwithateading
that they opened a few weeks ago with an enormous
stock of thew machines, they now almost find it
possible to supply the orders u fast as they are re.
Mina. The reasons for this are obvious. The
Flozence" machine la the moat perfect in the world.
for all kinds of sewing, and the prices at which it is
sold are more reasonable. Every one should call at
NCI. 630 Cheetnut street and examine it for them.
server. _
HOLIDAY CONTE CTIONS.—MeSBII3. E. G.
Whitman Sc. Co., No. .318 Chestnut street, below
Fourth E are already preparing immense quantities of
holiday confections for shipment to all parts of the
Union. The consequence is that their store already
assumes quite a Christmas appearance, and their
cases groan with delielons preparations. And they
are selling them, too, judging from the happy•faced
crowds that throng their store at all hours of the
day. Their confections are unquestionably the
choieffst manufactured in this country.
MAGNIFICENT STOCK OP FALL ANTI WIN
TER. CLoTunta.—Persons 'wishing to purchase the
beatfitting, best made, most durable, and in all re
spects the most desirable clothing, at fair prices,
will find their wants anticipated in the best manner,
at C. Somers & Son's, NO. Sly Chestnut street,
under Jayna'a Hall. Their customer department,
also, where garments are made up to order,nt the
shortest notice, has also the highest reputation
among gentlemen of taste 6rid fashion.
THE TH.P.EATEITING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS
IN THE VARIOUS DEPART.ArENTS OP THE ARXV,
Whate7CT may be thelasue, cannot possibly alter the
fact that Alter sells .hetter And cleaner Coal, and
viols Of it , for the 'money, than any other coal mer
chant in Philadelphia. And as this, for the best of
lissom, is unalterable, there is but one philosophi
cal alternative for the wise, and that is to buy their
coal from Alter, and from nobody else but Alter—i. e.
W. W. Alter, Ninth etteet, above Poplar,
MR. GEORGE GRAFT, No. 010 CHESTNUT
Silt - ifiT,lhfli now ready, of his own manufacture and
importation, a superb stock of Fancy Scarfs, and
Gentlemen's Famishing Good!, of every description.
including his celebrated Taggartmade Shirt—the
beibiltting shirt in the world.
MR. A. L. VANSAZIT Ninth and Chestnut
streets, true to his wide refutation for being the
"Prince of Confectioners , " in this country, has late
ly added a number gf choice. new Rreparations that
- are pleasing the public amazingly. Hie store now.
filled - as it is with tse.finest Oonfectiomf,elegant fan
ey'articles, and delicious' fruits, • presento the appear
aneeof a little paradise. ' _
NEW Luni - v - AD of Miss>v airTn CMI.-
Dr.rs's Iltere at Wood Sc Cary% 115 .Chestnut
street.
ALL THE BEST TEAS AND COrriEES for
family use, always on hand, in greatest variety and
purity, at Davis Richerft . - 'Arch: and Tenth
streets.
MESSRS. WOOD & CARY, 725 Chestnut
treet, haveit splendid line of Black Velvet,'Leather,,
Felten, Beaver, Silk, and other Bonnets for Ladies,
at moderate prices.
Gra.9s ENGIVAMITG,
At Klaties Mina Hall.
Ynitiale EngraVed. Crests Engraved.
Ciphers Engraved. Names Engraved.
Names of Wine lettered on Decanters.
529 Chestnut street.
PARABOLA SPECTACLES. Those who
have worn the Parabola never are disposed to use
any other magnifying or diminishing power. Whe
ther the eye demands the convex or concave lens,
the fashion of the Paiabola, equal in all parts, is be•
coming most in demand. It is worn without- fa
tiguing the eye. For sale only by E. Borhelc, Opti
cian, No. 402 Chestnut street.
DYOTT'S PATENT "O. K." CoAL-011,
Burman is the . most popular burner in use, because
they can be lighted without removing the chimney. and
thUs avoid breakage, which is so expensive and an•
noying in the use oiy the common lamps.
Call and see them, and we are - Satisfied you will
buy no other. Also; a splendid variety of French
and German Lamps, at X. B. DrOrl d S,
No. 114 South Second street.
DR. STEVENS has furnished us with an
other remerlzable cure of Consumplfen by Eiectricity,
as Been by a certificate under his card in another co
lumn.
C. OAEXORD & BONO, CONVITANTAL;
CAKES AND I'IMAIM% DS ornamented in the
latest European style. Also, the finest assortment
of fancy cakes in the city, et the French Confer•
tionery, 1702 Mount Vernon street. 4E-
CAE:FORDS' CONTINENTAL HAT EMPO
RIUM.
DR. Ginn , lnn's SPECIFIC against DrlllllC
ennesa. Principal Depot, No. 24 North Second
atreef, by Dyott Co. Price $i a bottle. n.T.,1-sits
- LADIES' LIM GENTLEKEN 7 B Funs—the
largest and best !took in the city, se Charles Oak
ford & Sons% Continental Hotel.
OA3I7OIIDS' HATS, CONVENENTAL HOTEL.
GENTLEMEN'S HATS.—AII the newest and
best styles for fall wear, in Felt, ,Silk, and Cassimera,
will be found at Warburton's, No. 439 Chestnut
street, nest door to the Post Office. -
NEW STYLE HaTs—Charles Oals.ford
son% Continental HoteL
)1.0119E - griWPEES, and those about going to
housekeeping, can save from 10 to 15 per cent., by
purchasing their housekeeping articles at E. S.
Parson AST. Co.'s Kitchen Fundshing Rooms, No. 321
Dock street, b9low Walnut. ocer,than-tf.
, > .rAfTaIt,OIDEEED CLOTH Fik.go AND TABLE
CovEns.
Embroidered Cloth Piano and Table Covers.
Embroidered Cloth Piano and Table-Covent.
Embroidered:Cloth Piano and Table Covers.
Fancy Cloth Piano and Table Covers.
- Fancy Cloth Piano and Table Covers.
Fancy Cloth Piano and Table Covers,
Fancy Cloth Piano and Table Genera,
Datnask Piano and Table Covers.
Damask Piano and Table OLcvers.
Damask Piano and Table Covers.
Damask Piano and Table Covers.
Embossed Piano and Table hovers.
Embossed Piano and Table Covers.
Embosaed Plane and Table divers.
Embossed Piano and Table Covers.
Ttte largeat'stock Of Covers to be - found in Phila.
delPhia.
The larg'est stink dr 05i - era to be found-in Phila.
delphia.
The largest stock of Covers to be found in Phila.
The largest stock of Covers to be found in ?bile*
delphia.
—.Schubert
X.V.LTY, Cessi,roxox,CO. ,
(Late lielty & C 0.,)
No. 723 Chestnut Street, below Eighth,
no2o 2t Next door above the Masonic Hall,
'MILITARY GOODS, OAXFORDS', Comm_
univrAra
LAZY ALLN'S liffLATlONS.—Solora.ort ad
vised the sluggard to go to the ant. Ili our day, the
sluggard often has to go to his "uncle." The wise
men, however, appreciate the labornof this dioninu
/dye an imal by, laying up a Mock of winter clothing
for the coming cold spell, which cambe purchased,
at fair prices, at the mammoth emporium of Gran
ville Stokes, DIU. ati9 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
A litraff-UN VlSlTOR.—Admiral Whiskie-
Esiskie, of the Russian fleet, being on a visit to this
city for the porpoise of 'making aziangements_yrith.
the Camden and Amboy Railroad to bring his fleet
on and through the clonal of Smith's Island, had a
long confab with the officers of the Company and
with the 'Mayor of the city, when it was decided that
they should be btought on. After the business was
over...the party visited the Continental Ifotel, and
Pie 4411 was delighted with the manner oi
Xeiewing the veld/ up stairs when in not a At posi•
tion to walk. Ho was afterwards taken into Charles
Stokes 8i Co - . 18 One Price Clothing StOrei where isa
expressed much admiration of the styles of tiao
Ciothing shore oa hand, pronouncing it snskins,