Ett 'l 4 l rtss. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, UN. KW We can take no notice of anonymous commu. Dioations. We do not return rejected manuscripts: Aar Voluntary correspondence eolicitea from all parts of the world, and especially from our different' military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. THE NEWS. A urreourioresAxoe in force from the Army of the Cumberland has been accomplished with brilliant tlllloocall—a movement preparatory to the general compulsion of the enemy.. Two divisions, under'; Wood and Sheridan, operating under Major Gene ral Gordon Granger, moved out to occupy two valu able postpone on our left, between there and Mit• sionary Ridge. The principal attack was made by the brigades of Hazen and Willich. The rebel rifle pita, on a poeition called Orchard Ridge, were taken, along with two hundred prisoners: Bluetit damage Was inflicted by our gunners, the rebels tiring only their small cannon. During this affair the whole army were under arms, and it was believed that a great battle was at hand. A despatch from General Bragg notes the capture of 800 men by Wheeler's Cavalry. MAJOR GENERAL SOITENCIK his tendered his re• Signation from the service, which will take effect on the ;oth December. General Schenck will transfer the command of the Middle Department, sth Army Corps, to Brig. General Lockwood, who has been ordered by the Secretary of War to the temporary command. General Lockwood is a Brigadier Gene ral of Volunteers. General Lockwood was appoint ed from Delaware; and has held many important po sitione. General Schenck will take his seat as a Representative from Ohio in - the House of Repre sentatives in the Congress which assembles on the first Monday in next month. Gen: McDowell, it is reported, has been offered the place of General Schenck. A RELEASED Richmond prisoner, writing to us, says : We have heard much about the approaches to Richmond, but by all means beware of the route by the Mechanicsville turnpike. The Virginia Central is a good way of approach, and the Lynchburg pike is also a good way, there being no battery at all on the south side of James river. The number of troops in Richmond is as follows : The City Battalion, 800 strong ; State Guards, 276; Tar-heels, or North Carolina Guards, 250; Militia, 1,600, One-half, or more, of the population of Richmond would be glad to see the Union troops enter the city., I heard Captain 11l aul, of Company E, City Battalion, say be did not believe he could get one of his company to fire on the Union troops if they were in Rich mond. The North Carolina troops, to a man, say that they, will not fire on the Union troops. Seven= eighths of the militia say the same thing. THE position of the Army of the Potomac is still unchanged. It is believed that Lee's main fortifica tions are on the Rapidan, rather than at Gordoner ville, though the latter point has recently been con siderably strengthened with works constructed along the approaches to it, and in the roar of the lineal' works on the river. Little serious resistance is looked for to the progress of the Army of the Potomac if it makes an effort to reach Richmond via Gordonsville. LATELY, General Gilmore's heavy guns have been again turned on the city of Charleston. Nine teen shells were lodged within the town—four more than the number which excited the indignation of Beuregard, and drew from the foreign consuls a for mal protect in August last. What effect our pro jectiles have produced remains to be seen. The bursting of the ehells t within the town was easily seen, and their reports plainly heard. a. Illus. WiErmon, nearly eighty years of age, mother of General Winder, of the rebel army, and at pre sent provost marshal of Richmond, was arrested on Saturday last, charged with corresponding with various parties in the South. She was courteously restored to her lodgings, which, however, were placed under military guard. Ire California, at Los Angeles, an impromptu vigi lance committee took out from prison five men, charged with robbery and murder, and hung them, without excitement, according to Lynch law. An order from the War Department declares that veteran volunteers re•enlisting will be allowed a furlough of thirty days, and transportation to and from their homes. Karol-Bores project, inviting fifteen Governments to take part in an European congress, has startled the European capitals. On the whole, however, for one reason or another, it has not been met 'by a de; cided objection. Prussia is rumored to have given her adhesion to the plan. The Austrian Govern ment announced to Napoleon that Austria is ready to take pait inn congress, upon a basis yet to be de termined, for the strengthening of public European right, and with special regard to accomplished facts. An English Cabinet council was to meet and draft the reply of Queen Victoria. TEE ex• Dictator of Poland, Lang,Mwicz, has ad dressed an appeal to the Austrian Government from his prison, in Soseplistadt, in which, after renewing his requert to be allowed to remove to Switzerland, he concludes by beseeching that, if this be not done, he may be handed over to the Russian authorities. GOVERNOR MORTON has published an appeal to the men of Indiana, Who, from age and other causes, are 'unable to volunteer, urging each to procure at least one volunteer. aor the late Union meeting in Little Rock, Ar kansas, it was resolved, that as kindness and eon ciliation, firmness and ability, are necessary ingre. dients in the character of such military rulers as would win our people back to the folds of the Union, we congratulate the country and the people of Arkansas on their good fortune in having such Officers as commanders in their midst. IT is announced in the Washington papers that from this time until the meeting of Congress, the President will be unable to receive visitors, his time being fully occupied with public business. Se cretary Chase is also hard at work on -his annual report. His report has to await the estimates from all the other Departments, and is thus always de layed. 011:1!L .• C •• a. kee columns under Franklin, with the astounding loss of six thousand prisoners. This is doubtless the battle of Bayou Canteen, where the rebels were routed with the loss of thirteen hundred prisoners. TELEGRAMS in the Richmond , papers give in teresting news from North Carolina. Of ten Con gressional representatives elected eight were de clared peace men. The majorities were largest in the Conservative 'districts, and even the soldiers' Vote was given for the "Conservatives." Tux Republics of South America are uneasy con-• cerning certain movements on the part of public functionaries hinting at a disposition for foreign protectorates after the manner of poor Mexico. In Ecuador, it is said, these symptoms are most strong ly marked. THE first public free school for the education of colored children was established on Monday, in Washington. The free colored population of Wash ington is very large. When the draft was made, one third of those who drew prizes were colored men. 4 ; The Alexandra , ' in Court. An erroneous impression is abroad re specting the decision of the English Court of Exchequer, (sitting zn, banco' on the first days of term), in the case of the steamship Alexandra, seized at Liverpool by the Bri tish Government for alleged breach of the law—that is, for having been built for " the so•called Southern Confederation." It has been stated by some of our contemporaries that a new trial had been granted. No such thing has occurred. A rule nisi, or a rule to show cause for a new trial, has been granted, almost as a matter of course in such a case, especially as the Crown; which was the prosecuting party, applied for it, on strong prima facie grounds. We shall here briefly mention what was done _respecting the Alexandra. This vessel was seized ; certain parties were indicted by the Crown, chiefly for vio lating the 7th section of the foreign enlist ment act, which is directed against "the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of a ship or vessel, or attempting to do so, with the intent of employing such ship or vessel in the belligerent service of a foreign county or State, against ,persons with whom her Majesty was not at war ;" the jury, greatly influenced by the charge of the judge (Chief Baron Poi,- Locx), acquitted the defendants ; the officers of the Crown immediiitely tendered a bill of exceptions.to the judge's charge; on the ground of misdirection, and the mat ter rested until the 'end of the legal long va, cation, or rather the commencement of the Michaelmas term, on November 2d. On the second day of term, the Attorney General appeared in Court, to move for a yule to show cause why a new trial should `be granted. Here occurred a curious hitch. At the close of the first trial, Chief Baron PoLLocx, who tried the case, told the At torney General that he would sign any bill of exceptions which might be laid before him. The exceptions to the Judge's charge were drawn up from the short-hand writer's. notes, sworn to as correct, but when these exceptions were tendered to Chief Baron Porzocx for his signature, he declined, on the ground that they ascribed to him an ex position of the law to the jury which (he said) he did not hold and did not lay down. It is far more likely that the Judge, a man of eighty, should have said . more in Me •eharge to the jury than he intended, than that the sworn - short-hand writer, corrobo rated by the,Attorney General who heard 'the words, could have been inaccurate. 'On • November 3d, the AttorneYGeneral 'appeared before the Court of 'Exchequer, the Chief Baron, whose' charge was ex- cepted to, presiding in banco. Nothing.was done but on the next day, on the demand of ti; Attorney. General, the Judges framed certain rules as to practice on the revenue side of the Court as would enable him to proceed. On Thursday, November 5, the. Attorney General:' fon - n[llly moved, at the,' sitting of the Cotirt, for'a rule for a new trial, °ripe ground ot :misdirection by,' the ,learned Judge before whom the cage was tried, and also upon the ground that the verdict was against evidence. This was taking general grounds, and abandoning the special bill of exceptions which Chief Baron Porapcx had refused to sign. Baron Bitanrwunr.,, with: a natural leaning towards his' Chief, whose tongue had outstripped law and discretion at the trial, then said, " Let it be also un derstood that we must take my lord's re port of his direction to the jury and act upon it; and further, that supposing that upon the ground of the verdict being in any sense un satisfactory, for any reason, we, in our dis cretion, grant or refuse a rule, let it be un derstood that no appeal willlie from it under the rules discussed yesterday." In point of fact, this was placing the Chief Bfiron's .impression of what he told the fury above what the 'short-hand writer swore he actu ally lead said. To bind the Attorney Gene ral more tightly, Baron BliAlitliELL reite rated, "If we should be of opinion that the verdict was wrong, that there was no misdi rection, but that the jury may have acted upon some wrong opinion, and we'graiat a • new trial on that ground, it would not be competent to the defendants to appeal. On the other hand; if we should be of a different opinion, and refuse a rule, and you desire to take the opinion of the Exchequer Chamber on the question, it would not be open for you to do so. I wish, for my, part, and I believe I express the opinions of the rest of my learned brothers, that these matters should be clearly. understood=viz : 'first, that the bill of exceptions is abandoned ; secondly, that the .Court would take my lor&s report of his direction to the jury ; and thirdly, that there should be no appeal from ouLdecision by either side except on a mat . ter of law." The decision of the Court was intimated by the Chief Baron, in the following words - : "If the Attorney General was. Satisfied to take a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside as contrary to evi dence, or . as not being warraiited` by the evidence, and on the ground of misdirec tion_ by the judge on the trial, or on the ground that although there might ' have been no positive misdirection, that there was a want of information furnished to the jury to enable them to discharge their duty fairly; if he were content to take a rule on those two grounds, dividing the second ground into positive misdirection or impel., feet direction; he might take a rule to show cause at once." This, it will be 'seen, . does not grant a new trial, but merely gives leave to have a new trial moved for on the part of the Crown. A day would be appOinted by the, Court to hear arguments to have the rule ?Tiff/ made a rule absolute fora new trial. Counsel for the defendants (the Alexandra builders, fitters, and miners) would then be heard, in argument, contending that the rule nisi for a new trial should be discharged, and if their legal argument prevail, the Crown will be defeated, and the verdict against it will stand good. It will thus be seen that a new trial has not been ordered. It is not unlikely that the argiments for a new trial may be deemi' ed insufficient by the Court, whose Chief will be directly impugned by them, and, should there be a new trial, not earlier than January, the verdict may'again de clare that the building and equipping and arming of the Alexandra did not break the law. The Destruction of Kagosima. The " barbarity " of General GmsronE in shelling ;the city of Charleston after hav ing given. ample notification to the inhabi tants that suChWas his intention, has been a fertile theme / for the virtuous indignation of some tender-hearted English journalists. That action; perfectly justifiable according to the rules of war and the dictates of hu manity, will now-we trust at least find a pa rallel, in English estimation, in the -destruc tion of Kagosima by a British naval com mander. A more wanton, and terri rible act of barbarism has never put 'a blush upon modern civilization. An 'Eng lishman named Ricrualosoxi is murdered ; the British Government demands redress of Prince SATSIDIA, in whose country the deed is alleged to have been committed, in structing its representative, in the event of failure, to seize the Prince's steam vessels, shell his residence, or blockade his port. Failing to obtain satisfaction otherwise, and probably not, seeking it very industriously, the British admiral, whose organ of " de structiveness " is evidently well developed, proceeded to carry out his instructions con amore. Not content with burning the steamers, and thus inflicting condign punish ment uponthe Prince, who alone could have deserved it, he opened upon the defenceless and unoffending town with incendiary shell —a thing he could never have been instruct ed or authorized to do. In the language of this " fine old English Admiral," " the con flagration thus, created continued with un abated ardor up to the time of the departure of the squadron, forty-eight hours subse quently to the first attack," which, he pro ceeds to say, " affords reasonable ground for believing that the entire town of Kagosi ma is now a mass of ruins ;" and he ex presses his "trust that her Majesty's Go vernment will be pleased to approve" his deeds. " There has been much. criticism in this country on the manner in which the civil . wmr has been conducted by the Americans," observes Mr. COBDEN, commenting upon this shameful outrage, and the observa tion is apt and significant. Henceforth, upon the theme of barbarity, civilized Eng land, with her Peace Societies, and her Humane Societies, can have nothing to say in reproach to the loyal States of our Union. The unprovoked destruction of a flourishing city, of more than a hundred thousand in- habitants, without a moment of warning, is a heinous piece of inhumanity, for which the British Governuient is in honor bound to make some concession; by way of repara tion. DO what it may, however, the foul stain of Kagosirna can never.be wiped put: The horrors of the Indian mutiny have found another terrible Words for History. Gettysburg is, perhaps, the highest point in our history, and upon Cemetery Hill, which crowns the battle-field, our history was crowned in- a two-fold senses Here, virtually, our cause was won, and here its coronation took place. Great deeds were acted on the second and third days of. July, and in the apotheosia of the fallen heroes, the dedication of the 19th of November, the shadows and spirits of great thingszcame forth. It might, be as the law was given from ,God, and 'came down from Sinai, so an immortal spirit came from the hill of the dead, a monument and a buriargrourid alike to our heroes, and passed out among the people, into the war, and into history. Cer tainly the occasion was sublime ; certainly the ruler of the nation never stood higher, and grander, and more prophetic. On that historic height it was proper he should utter words such as these : " 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 dedi cated here to the reHnished work that they have thus so far nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great teak remaining before us, that from these 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 station shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and, that governments of the people, by the people. And for the people, shall not perish from the etirth.'". At the'same altar Xr. EVERETT unbound the sublinie thought of the. Greek orator, and gave it noble completion: " The whole earth is the sepulchre of the brave ;" and he added, "all time is the millenium of their glory." General MEADE, who won the victory, wrote for his soldion, what ordina. rily would not be so significant : " This army has duties to Perforth 'which will not admit 'of its, being represented on the occa sion:" With -great tenderness Secretary CHASE wrote of our homes - : "It consoles me to think - what team of mingled' grief and triumph will fall upon their' graves, and . what benedictions of the coun try, .'s'aved by their heroisin;'will make their memories sacred among men." And inn speech before the dedicatiorl, the Secre tary of... State said; thanking God, for his be lief :that this was. our last fraternal strife, and that it would end in the removal of sla -very—" Then we shall know that we are not enemies, but that we are friends and brothers Then we shall know that this Union is § 3eniity l OldWe 'O4ll mown; I. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA; WgDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1863: 'w.s. am sure, with sincerity, equally over the grave of the 'misguided, whom :Nye have consigned to his last resting-place,., with pity for his error, and with the same eart felt grief with which we mourn.' over his brothers, bY whose hand, raised in defence of his Government, that misguided brOther perished." Tun CHRISTIAN Cortnimsrox.—This truly benevolent organization is at every moment keeping in activity the patriotic and cha ritable impulses of the people, and its great agency for good throughout all our armies deserves the widest gratitude and support. At present it is making earnest appeals to Christian congregatiens for our starving soldiers in Richmond, and such appeals cannot remain unanswered by a generous and dutiful community. The gentlemen composing the Commission have supplied much from their own. resources, and by their disinterested and untiring efforts. Those who wish to serve their country, and its brave and suffering heroes, cannot do it more practically and speedily than through the agency of the Christian Commission. WASIUN . G-TON. Special Despatches to The Press. • WASHINGTON. D. Nov. 24. The National Finances—Debt Payment. No decided measures have yet been taken regard ing the issue of any of the one-year treasury notes at present. 01 the twayear notes only the fifty million dollars' worth which have been negotiated with the banks will be prepared. ..No new financial measure of any character is now contemplated by the Government. In the various financial acts passed during this h.dministration there is not discoverable any positive provision re quiring the payment in gold of the principal of the bonds issued by the Government, with the exception of those provided in the law of March, 1863, and under this law no bonds have yet been issued. The Secretary of the Treasury, however, has never yet directed ,the payment of any portion of the funded debt otherwise than in coin, and this, it is confidently asserted by those who have the beat oppOrtunities of knowing his opinions upon the subject, will continue to be his policy, unless pre: vented by circumstances beyond his ability to con trol. Some conscience-stricken man in. New. York has sent to the Treasury Department sixty-five dollars, which he says belongs to the Government, and de area the acknowledgment of the receipt to be made in one of the newspapers of that city. The note is written in Roman capital letters, in order to pre vent all traces of its authorship. The money has been placed in the treasury, and publicity is given to this fact in the hope that , the good example may be followed. ,Re-Enlistnicnt of Veieran Voluoteers. The order recently issued that• volunteers now in service, on re•enlisiting as veteran volunteers, shall have a furlough of at least thirty days previous to the expiration of their original enlistment, secures this privilege to the volunteers : Either by ordering all So enlisting, with their officers, to report in their respective States, thrOugh the Governors thereof, to the. Supelintendent of the Recruiting Service, for furlough and reorganization, or by granting fur loughs to the men individually. Commanding gene rals of departments and armies are authorized to grant these furloughs within the limit of time fixed; in compliance with this order, as the demands of the service will best permit, reporting their action to the Adjutant General of the army. In going to and from their respective homes, the veteran volunteers furloughed will be furnished with transportation by the Quartermaster's De partment. When the three-fourths of a regiment or company reenlist, the volunteers so enlisted may be furloughed in a body, for at least thirty days, to go home with their officers to their respective States and districts to reorganize and • recruit, and the in dividuals of the companies or regiments who do not reenlist shall be, consigned to duty in other companies and regiments until the expiration of their term of service. The Iron-Clad Sangamon. Statements having been made that the iron-clad Sltngamon, on the eve of her departure upon an important mission, was found to be in a sinking condition, and a suspicion of treason having been mentioned in this connection, a correspondent, of whom. the National Intelligencer speaks as "an es teemed friend in the Washington Navy, Yard," sends to that paper a communication, saying: "There was no disaster on Saturday night, and there is no mystery connected with the very ordi nary operation of sending the yard engine to do what the ordinary hand engine of the vessel could have done had it been in order. There is no defeat in the engine to be repaired. The boilers were filled twice and a half, for the purpose of discovering the leaks, and the water from these boilers was indis creetly let into the vessel. This brought her down so much that more water came in at the junction of the overhang and the body of the vessel. The ordi nary hand•pumps being out of order, the fine engine of the yard wa■ sent down to the vessel and used until steam could be got on her engines." Increase of Wages by the War Depart- It being represented that the increased prices of provisions' and other necessaries of life render it proper and just that there should be an increased rate of wages for mechanics, laboiers, and other employ4s of the Government, whose compensation is not fixed by law, it has been ordered that the heads of the respective bureaus make the inquiry and report to the War Department a just and rea. conable rate of advanced wages which should be paid by the Government at the present time, •• Tile Northern Pacific Railroad. It is understoodthat the President has, in compli ance with the terms of the law of last Congress, de cided that the Northern Pacific Railroad shall start from a p o i n t on the ViZtIOUTi river, nearly opposite Council 131uffs, in connection with the Mississippi anu Missouri, and the Rock Island Railroad. Expenses of the Departments. The War Department to-day sent its estimates for the .next fiscal year to the Treasury. Department. This completes the estimates of all the Depart mints, on which the report of the Secretary of the Treasury will be based. The utmost caution is ob served, to prevent, If possible, apremature publica tion of the figures. Business of. a Provost .Marshal In Vir _ Some idea may be formed of the immense amount of business transacted at the office of Lieut. Col. H. H. WELLS, provost marshal for the defences south of the Potomac and Alexandria, Virginia, by refe rence to the following table: Number of prisoners arrested or forwarded from June 1, 1863, to November 15, 1863 2,245. Number of passes issued to citizens from June 1, 1863, to November 15, 1863,`59,194. Number of permits to take out supplies issued from June 1, 1863, to November 15, 1863, 5,115. [this item may vary somewhat.] Number of horses and mules captured and turned over from June 1, 1863, to November 15, 1663, 362. NOTE.—A very large amount of miscellaneous goods have been captured and turned over, the value of which we have no means of .estimating, and a schedule of which would be very voluminous. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Our Forces Still rxiselvanced WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Paesengens who arrived to-night from, the Army of the Potomac represent our forces as occupying the same positions they have held for a week past. It rained there last night and this morning. Nothing of special interest has been received through special messenger. ,-Yesterday Col. Lowell, in his pursuit of guerillas in Loudoun county, Virginia, came up with a much larger force than usual, and, after giving them bat tie, succeeded ,in damaging them most essentially, capturing a large number of prisoners, horses, accou trements, etc, FORTRESS MONROE, The Prisoner's In Richmond FORTRESS IVIONP.OE, Nov. 22.—The steamer New York left for City Paint this morning, with 125 rebel surgeons, in charge of flag-of-truce officer Major Mulford. The new steamer Greyhound, Captain Martin, arrived in Hampton Roads last evening, from New York. She takes the place of the City of Hudson on the Norfolk route. The telegraph cable between Old Point and. Cher rystone gave . out yesterday_ morning, and owing to the roughness of the weather it has not been re paired. Steamer Convoy, Captain Boctuter, has just re turned from City Point, in oharge of Colonel _lrving. He reports having transferred the Government ra tions for our prisoners at and about Richmond, szs tisfactorify to Commissioner (Add. NORTH CAROLINA. Eight. Members out of Test Elected by the .Peace Party to Cou'gress—The Soldiers 'Vote for Pear.e. Miasmas from the Richmond papers.] NEW3ERN, 20:—Mejor General Butler arrived here thismiorning from Fortress Monroe via Morehead City, accompanied by his wife, staff, and daughter 3. also, Rear Admiral Lee. The Raleigh (N. 04 Standard claims that the Con servatives have elected eight members out-` , of ten to the Confederate Congress. Those of them who an nounced themselves in favor of peace on any terms, and who were the most severe and outspoken in their condemnation of the rebel Administration, re ceived the largest majorities. The Conservatives' candidates received the majority of soldiers' votes. The cargoes of seven large steamers, which ran the blockade in , one night, into- Wilmington, are adver tised in the rebel papers for sale. U. S. Christian:Commission. Srnmonamn, Blass., Nov. 24.—A very large and enthuaiastio meeting was held in the City Rail, last evening, on , behalf of the IT. S. Christian Commid sion. Thenlion. M. Chapman, Judge of the Supreme Vourt, presided, and the large platform was crowded with the most prominent Citizens of Springfield. The meeting was addressed , by Rev. George J. Kin. gins, of Philadelphia, and others. Over three thou• sand persons were present, and many went away, being unable to get into the Rail. Sentence of a Horse Contractor. Oirromiterr, Nov. 24,—C. W. Hall, a lime con tractor for the Government, was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and fined $lO,OOO, for defrauding the Government in the pur. °hailing of homer. The Arabia oft Carie. Race. NTriv YOAIrs Nov. 24.—The steamship Arabia passedtail Miming. The storin prevented boarding her. „j Marine. jiwat Youß, Nov. 24.--Arrived, &law% bark, satit• ruzomndi from &Nelms. DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI. A Great — Battle at Hand. TRJ{ .lIIIBBILS FALLING BACK TOWARD CIIICKA. lIJOA. A. RetOIIIIOiSSLIIICE in Force by Granger's Command. 7Clae "Ealtenly , F:s ItitlLe-TtE4 40etr ried. and .7UNvo rimulred% • Prisoners CINCINNATI, Nov. N.—No additional information has been received regarding General Burnside's movem eats. Cannonading is still hoard in the di. reotlon of Knoxville. • A battle is anticipated to take place between the tansies of Generals Grant and Bragg, to day. A 'medal despatoh to the Commercial, dated Chat tanooga, Nov. 23, says.: " Deserters w`ho arrived here last night from the enemy's lines, report that the rebels are falling bask to Chickamauga station. Their artillery , has been withdrawn from our front, and the whole army is apparently in retreat, "A reconnoissance, which was made to-clay, dis covered that the enemy was apparently in force be tween our position and Missionary Ridge. 4 General Wood, who was in command, charged up to Orchard Ridge, and carried the rifle pits of the enemy, under a severe musketry and artillery fire, taking two hundred prisoners. "We now hold all the high ground on this side of Missionary Ridge. Our troops are in line of battle, and wilnie on their arms tonight. "A hard fight will inevitably take place tomor row, unless the rebels retire during the night." THE BRILLIANT SKIRMISH AT CHA.TTA... NOOGA. Wasnirromon, Nov. 24.—The Star contains the fol lowing account of the preliminary movement of Ge neral Thomas at Chattanooga : CIIATTANOOOAi Tenn., Nov. 23.—The reconnoit; sauce made by General Thomas has been completed in the most brilliant and successful manner. Tho troops employed were the divisions of Wood and Sheridan, of the 4th Corps, under the immediate di rection of General Granger. The object of the movement was not only to ascer tain the strength of the enemy, but to occupy the two bold knolls situated in front of our left, half way be 7. tween our lines and Missionary Ridge. The principal attack was made by Hazen's bri gade, commanded by that general, supported on the left by Willich, and on the right by the whole di vision of Sheridan. The entire field was distinctly visible from Fort Wood, in front of which Hazen's line.of battle was formed, and, as the whole army was under arms, with Howard's Corps formed in solid column, as a reserve to the attacking force, the spectacle was one of singular magnificence. The field being commanded by the heavy guns of the fort, only one field battery was taken into action. This was planted on an elevated knoll, in front of the centre on which Sheridan's line of battle was formed before the order to advance was, given. The troops moved out of their position just before 10 o'clock A. N., and remained in line for three quarters of 'an hour in full view of the enemy. At last, everything being ready, General 0-ranger gave the order to advance, and Generals Hazen and Widish pushed - out simultaneously. The fast shot was fired at 2 o'clock P. M., and in five minutes Hazen's lines were hotly engaged, While the artillery of Fort Wood and General Thomas were opened upon the rebel ride-pits, and the camps behind the line of fighting, The practice of oar gunners was splendid, the camp and batteries of the enemy being about a mile and three quarters distant, but elicited no reply, and it was evident that the rebels had no heavy artillery, in that part of their entrenchments at least. Our troops rapidly advancing, as if on parade, occupied the knolls upon which they were directed, at twenty minutes past 2 o'clock. Ten:minutes later, Willick, driving across an open field, carried the riflepits in his front, whose occupants fled as they fired their last volley, awl Slier/clan mining through the forest that stretched before him, drove in the enemy's pickets, and halted his advance in obedience to or ders, on reaching the rifle-pits where the rebel force was waiting for his attack. DTo such attack was made, however, the design being to recover the heights on our left, but not to assault the rebel works. We have taken about two hundred .prisoners, mostly Alabama troops, and have gained a position of great importance, should the rebels still attempt to hold the Chattanooga Valley, as with these heights in our possession, a column moving to turn Missionary Ridge is secure from a flank artillery fire. he rebels fired their small cannon only during. the affair. CAPTURE OF 300 PRISONERS BY WHEELER -DESPATCH FROM BRA.GG The Richmond Whig of November 2ist, 1863, con tains the following telegraphic news : Miss - Mx RIDGE, November 19., To General Ccoper : - 'Gen. Wheeler reports his attack upon and disper sion of the enemy's cavalry, pursuing there into the woods at Knoxville, and capturing 300 prisoners. The infantry force is close upOngus. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. Rebel Story of General Franklin's Defeat— Reported Capture of Six Thousand Pri soners by General Dick Taylor. C From the Richmond ; Enquirer, NOV. 20. .3 r MOBILE, Nov. 19. 7 -A letter received from a mem. ber of General Green's staff announces the defeat of two Yankee colunhus in Louisiana. General Franklin's division encountered a portion of Gene ral Dick Taylor's army, under General Green, near Alexandria, on the sth inst. After a subborn fight, the Yankees were routed with the. loss of their stores and six thousand prisoners. General Welt zeps division is reported routed by General Taylor, near Opelousas. The expedition is said to be gran doned. A portion of the troops have returned to Port Button and Baton Rouge. THE SIEGE OF CIRELESTON. Loss of the Rebels In the Bombardment of Sumpter—Telegrams from the Rebel Pa- pers. BOSTON, Nov. 24.—The correspondent of the Traveller, writing from Folly Island, says the loss of the rebels is said to vary from five to fifteen daily. Our casualties a few weeks ago were equal to the rebels, but now they are rare. New forts are being thrown up on this and the adjacent islands, which will shortly command all the navigable channels and give relief to our blockadinLsquadron. On the 16th inst, a detachment of our. forces cap tured and occupied Seabrook Island, lying on the sea•aide of John's Island. On the 16th four monitors engaged the rebels on Sullivan's Island, and during the tight the Montauk dismounted one of the heavy guns on Moultrie, throwing it en- tirely from its carriage to a distance of several feet. Their shots were directed on Forts Sumpter and Moultrie. The steamers Pawnee and 'Marblehead went up the Stone river on Thursday morning last, and just before the Forrest City left the bar - the steamer Marblehead was engaged in shelling the woods, it being stated that the rebels had a battery concealed at that point. The Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 20th, received at Fortress "Monroe, has the following : CHARLESTON, Nov. 20.—The enemy renewed -his fire on the city this morning, at 11 o'clock. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the number of shells thrown was twelve. The shelling of Port Sumpter to-day has been more heavy than usual, with mortars. Bat few rifle-shots were fired. No casualties either in the city or at the fort.. CHARLBSTON, Nov. 19. =The enemy have been firing slowly from Battery Gregg upon Fort Sump ter to-day. Nothing else new this morning. Nov,lo —The enemy fired eleven shots from Gregg at the city te-day . ,. between 11 A. M. and 1 P. Damage trifling. Some three or four buildings were struck, and one person injured. , The Pawnee and another gunboat came up the Sion° and ehelled Battery Pringle; but effected no thing. Firing on Sumpter slow ant steady all day. Some few shots have been fired at Sullivan , a Inland batleriel, N.o casualties at Fort Sumpter or SUlli van's /eland. LA~CIEZ'c. THE STEAMER FORREST AT BOSTON.' BOSTON, Nov. 24.—The 'transport. steamer For rest City, which arrived here to-day, left Charleston at 1234 o'clock P. M. on Thursday last. . When she sailed a very bid& cannonading was goirg on from the forts on Morris Island, Wagner, and Gregg, which had continued without intermis sion night and day for several days, but it seemed rather more brisk on this day. , 'THE REBEL THANKSGIVING. Thursday last was observed as a day of thanks. giving and praise in the Southern Confederacy. It wee rumored that at 2 o , clbok on that day General Gilmore was to open a bombardment on the city of Charleston.. On her previous trip from Boston, the steamer For rest City took out 760 recruits, who were safely land ed at Folly Island. CALIFORNIA: Five - Men linn A 7 by Lynch. Law nt Los Angeles SAN Fueatorsco, Nov. 23.—The merchandise taken out by the steamer Constitution, today, is valued at nearly $200,000,, embracing teas,- wool, drills, whalebone,. fine, and quicksilver. An impromptu vigilance committee forced open the Los Angeles' jail, on Saturday, taking therefrom five prisoners, charged with murder,. highway rob• berg, and horse stealing. The committee•hung the prisoners under the corridor in front of the:jail, 1113(1 all euppicious• characters were warned to leave the county within so many hours, or take the conse quences. Business was ;Impended in Los Angeles on the occasion, but the despatch says that " the whole affair passed off with little or no excitement : 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.---The ship Lizzie Moses sailed today for , New York, carrying 420 bales of wool, 81,000 hides, 1,800, sacks of mustard' seed, "4000 sacks of copper ore, 95 pipes of California wine, 340 'cadre of, oil, and a quantity of barley, beans, anis, &e, the ca go being valued at 050,090: The extensive sawmills at Mendocino, owned by Gidly, Seller, & Co., of-this city, were burned last week, causing a loss of $lOO,OOO. W.ll. Leighton, the actor,'diedlast Saturday. BOSTON. Increase of Printers' Wag co—Massachusetts Politico. BOSTON, Nov. 24.--The book and job printers of this city, who, are on a strike, complain that their eituatione are being filled by printers from'New York. The propzietorn of all the daily newmpapore in the city at once agreed to pay their printers the, in. oteaeed pay;asked for, and come of the book pub. lichen have edgo acceded to their term, While otbede reftise,to giant them. The Republican ward and city committees have renorranated, by acelardation, HOn Frederick W. Lincoln - for Mayor. Large and enthusiastic war meetings were held at OhatlCatowii apd 'Cambridge ifist'eventng. - . A Lake Propeller Ashore. ToLavo, Nov. 24.—The propeller Ontario, or the Northern transportation line, went ashore on West Slater Island, but wee uninjured when lett heard from. Markets by Telegraph.. BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 4.—Flouris aotive; Ohio su perfine $7@7:12v.. Wheat Ore; red $ l - 63 @ 1 - 68 . Corn dull, at st.os@i.oB for white. Whisky quiet at 73a. Coffee quiet and scarce, and the quotations ate nominal. CINCINNATI, Nov. 9.4.—The Flour market la firm ; if WWI at $5.75 111 Dbl. Wheat is also firm but unset. tied.: Corn is quiet. Whisky firm. The Rog mar ket is quiet but held firmly; sales of 1,500 hogs today at $8 266 r 25. Receipts to-day - 11,000 hogs - ; receipts of the week 60,000. New Mess Fork sells at $lB bbl. New Lard 12c. Bacon—Balk Shoulder's are quoted at Wm ST. LOMB, NOV. 24.—Ootton—Sa1ea today at 74 Witio. Receipts of, three days about 1,700 bales. Flour active; sales at $6.25 for ;single extra; $6,70 @6.75 for double extra. Wheat active for the lower grades., at higher prices ,* sales at $1 30@I 35, and $1,3601.40 for choice. Chits advanced to 92@93a. Corn advancing ; sales at $i.11(01.1214. Bacon very firm ; Hams 10@l2e ; Shoulders 61111,07 c ; Sides 61(El) 63„0. Hoge active and firm,, at $5.20@5.26. The following letter from General Oarl Schurz to Leslie (Jambe, of Kentucky, appears in the Louth- Journa/. It is a fair challenge : CAMP NICAR. CHATTANOOI3 A, Nov. 6, 1663. To the Editors of the Louisville Journal: In your paper of Nov. 3d, I see a letter signed by Mr, Leslie Combs, in - which the following allusion is made to me : " Our children have fought in every battle-field, and never once fled, as Col. Schutz and his gang of freedom-shnekers did at Chancellor. vile." lam not in the habit of replying to calumny end abuse springing from the impure inspirations of party spirit; but den. Leslie Co mho being a man of note, I deem it proper to avail myself of this op portunity to stop a slander which' political enemies seem bent upon sustaining by frequent repetition. I wish therefore, to say, that In asserting that "Carl .dchurz fled at Chanoellorville." Mr. Leslie Combs lies. I choose the word "lies"—although with extreme reluctance and regret—upon due con sideration of its meaning; for, if Mr. Leslie Combs has inquired into the facts, he must know that he is saying what is false ; and, if he has made no such inquiry, then he gives with unpardonable levity the sanction of his name to a statement which is most injurious to another man's reputation, and which he does not know to be true. I wish to add that, in saying Mr. Leslie Combs lies," I hold myself re. sponaible for what I say. This may seem equivalent to a challenge—and so it is. But Ido not, however, mean to fight a duel with Mr. Leslie Combs, Being a good pistol shot, I might perhaps easily kill himrwhich I should not like to do ; or, if he Is equally skilful, he might kill me—and I should be sorry to die on so trifling an occasion or we might not hurt each other, and then it would 'be a farce. • Besides, I am opposed to duel ling on principle. But I challenge Mr. Leslie ;Combs to a different kind of a contest, which will be preferable to a ocom mon duel as a test of personal courage. I Invite him to t.!)e hospitality of my headquarters in the camp of the Army of the Cumberland. I will share with him my tent, my blankets, my meals ; but I invite him also to accompany me personally in the next battle, and not to leave me a single moment. There Mr. Leslie Combs may determine whether he will have the heart to repeat that calumny, or whether it would not be bettef for him, and more honorable, to retract it. s - I trust, sirs, you will give nide letter the Flame publicity which you accorded to that of Mr. Leslie Combs. Imperial octavo in size and superbly printed on finest paper, Bryant & Stratton's Counting.llouse Bookkeeping ?las just appeared. Two introductory volumes, mainly teaching the theory of accounts, were published in 1860 and 18G1, and are known as the - High School and the Common School editions The new volume includes the first of these, which the experience of three yeare' very extensive teach ing has fully tested, and adds two hundred pages more, on the subjects of Agenciee, Administrators' Books, Commissions, Forwarding, Banking, Bro kerage and Exchange, and Commercial Walla- Dons. Also, Hints as to Dividends, Vocabulary of Mercantile Terms, Abbreviations and Terms, and a Time Table. We have no hesitation in pronouncing that Bryant & Stratton's Counting-house Book keeping is the fullest, clearest, and most compre hensive work on that subject ever published; so clear and so full, that, without any occasion to go to a master for instruction, any sensible and studious lad, well acquainted with arithmetic, can make himself perfectly] sable, by its aid, to keep the books of any business concern, no matter how-ex tensive or complicated its dealings. [von ADDITIoIca. CITY zpx,ws, sica .17011 RTE FAGS.] How A GREAT BATTLE WAS FOUGHT— LECTURE 'BY PROFESSOR COMM.—Last evening Professor Copp& delivered a lecture in the hall of the University of Pennsylvania ; subject'" How a Great Battle was Fought." There was a fair at. tendance of ladies and gentlemen, who listened quite attentiveitand showed by discriminating applause their appreciation of the general subject, and an understanding of its most abstruse particulars. The lecture occupied a little more than an hour in de livery, and was elucidated with clearness and preci sion. Frequent reference was made to diagrams on • either side of the speaker's stand, illustrative of the mindthe of the battle, the roads over which the corps cParmile passed previous to and sub• sequent to the conflict, with the probable . mallows therefor. This constant reference renders it almost impossible for us to convey his theories respecting the great battle of Gettysburg. The lee- Lture opened with an appropriate reference to the renewed interest given to Gettysburg in consequence of recent events, and apologized for choosing this subject for the information of an audience already iftilly made acquainted with the battle-Held from the' beautiful and exhaustive description of the states man and orator, Edward Everett. With the aid of drawings, however, he would endeavor to give a clearer idea of the great battle of the war for the Union. The suhject was regarded entirely in .a tary view. Gen. Lee's idea in starting northward was to draw Gen. Hooker away from Washington, and then advance into this State, with Baltimore as a new base. The time chosen was auspicious in Lee's mind. lie saw that there was great depres sion in the loyal States in consequence of previous defeats, r The battle was considered under three heads, viz : Its strategy, rte captains, and its ground of action. With respect to the strategy evinced at Gettysburg, he was convinced that the Federal vic tory was owing wore to that than to the fighting, though the latter was brilliant and heroic. The rea sons why the battle was fought at Gettysburg rather than at any other point in the vicinity, was because, on our pert, it tithe focus of three railroads and four turnpikes, besides a dozen other important roads, by which we could draw troops and supplies. Gen. Lee's object in selecting Gettysburg was because he could not help himself after coming out of the Cumberland valley, and in case of failure at Gettysburg, could readily return and escape by way of Williamsport. The rebels' strategy bad culminated whbn it had se cured a safe resting place at Gettysburg. They had `come up a sheltered valley and had concentrated at one point, and, having rested, Were fully prepared to meet the Army of the Potomac. The strategy of the Army of the Potomac was entirely defensive. Hooker had endeaVored to avoid the rebel army all along its advance. When General Meade was appointed to the command `of the army, the messenger, in announcing to him the news, said that he "had bad news for him." "Let me isnot., it," said General Mead, " I am prepared for any news." He took the commanVike a brave soldier, and determined to do 'his best ; and that he did not only do his best, but more than we could have anticipated from him, the country will testify. General Meade's management at Gettysburg did him infinite honor. The positions of the rebel and Federal armies were now stated, and the lecturer remarked that, notwithstanding it had everywhere .been said that the Union army had the best po sition, yet the rebel post was quite .as strong. They had the advantage of a crest of hills, which afforded them much shelter. The part taken in the battle by the Pennsylvania Reserves was alluded to With much favorable comment. The Reserves had won a lasting reputation on this field, and made - themselves-worthy companions of Meade, Reynolds, and Hancock. The results of the campaign were dwelt upon, and shown to be more disastrous to the rebel arms than any other battle. Lee had lost 40,000 men, besides his prestige, while he insured a greater security to the loyal States, and succeeded in strengthening the Union cause. Last Fourth of July was to, every true American one of_ pre• eminent glory. It was a special pride to Penn sylv aniane, that the great battle won upon her own soil was chiefly owing to the valor of Pennsyl. vania soldier& Without Reynolds and Hancock, and Meade, who acted with that calmness and valor for which we can find no parallel in history, the bat tle, might either have been lost, or it would have beena barren victory. They were gallantly and heroically assisted by the brave men from all the other States. All honor to them all. He bad heard of a project to build a maueoleum in this city, in honor of the Peniaylvaniane who had fallen in this war. He hoped such a project would speedily reach execution, for the brave fellows who fell at Getty's. burg deserve every honor. We should have been happy to have given Pro foler Coppee,'s theories of the great battle, but this was, as already stated, impossible, from the manner in which the subject was handled. B. BRAGG, General. General SehOrzto. Leslie Combs. Your s,re6- p "traIIY 'CARL SCHURZ. Educational Literature. TI-I . EC Or . LECTURE BY THE REV. J. B. DALES, D. D.--The Second U. P. Church, 4 on Race street, be low Sixteenth, was well filled last evening on the occasion of a lecture by the Rev. T. B. Dales D. D His subject was a "Glimpse Of Eight Months' Travel in the East," the circumstances of which came under his own personal observation. Pre vious to the lecture prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Cooper, after whichithe lecturer proceeded. The following is the substance of his remarks At half past 12 o'clock, on Saturday, Nov. Ist, 18e2, be, with several others, left New York in the steamer Kangaroo, and in due time arrived at Liver pool, where they staid a day or two for rest, and then proceeded to London. There, again, after five days of sight-seeing end examining they set out to New Haven, and from there to Normandy, on the coast of France, and on arriving there they pro ceeded to Pails, the first city of France, and the se bond to none on the continent. The speaker here dwelt a short time on the beauty and excellence of that city. After leaving that place, they travelled five hundred and thirtpfour miles through the heart of the State, and arrived at Mar seilles, where they remained four days. This city, he said, was a great commercial port, and in every respect worthy of admiration. From that place they took passage, in a steamer, and passed out the Gulf of Lyons, thence across the sea to Sicily, where they visited the volcano Stromboli, and then crossed over to Mooing, which place presents a very attractive , appearance from the sea. The city is filled almost entirely with people Italian in appearance, and very irreligious and immoral in their character. They visited the cathedral there, which is a beauti-' ful structure, and handsomely decorated within. Here a letter. may be seen, which, the people say, was written by the Virgin Mary hermit, promising that city prOteetion at all times ; but whether it was was written by her or not, it is quite sure that the city has not received the protection promised, as they have suffered severely from earthquakes and terrible wars. From Messina they proceeded, by vessel, along the Mediterranean comet, and finally ..arrived at Alexandria. Shortly after their arrival here, they were as saulted by a large number of donkey-boys shouting at the top of their voices, "My Donkey," "Good; while one who seemed to be of a rather patriotic nature, shouted "My donkey good, he Yankee Doodle." Wemounted these minute animals, which looked as if we should carry them rather than they us, and started on our journey to Egypt, which place we arrived at in a short. time. We then parsed up the . Nilnriver 130 mike, to Cairo thence in Bend* Assuan, and Nubia. A. multitude , of, strange thinge were seen over the whole route. We sailed on„and , arrive at Suez, at the mouth of the. Red Sea , where thoughts of the past ages came t the mind. The wens of Moses, about fifteen miles distant, which are seventeen in number, were then visited. From this phase they started on through the desert mounted upon camels, and travelling two and a half miles a day. They passed the bitter writers of Marsh, which they tasted of; from thence to the valley of Writing, where a number of super scriptions written upon rocks may be seen, but by whom they were done, m not known. They wandered across the desert perhaps in the same track trodden by the Israelites thousands of years Jerusaleming onward encamprrived in full view of whet% they ped. There is no city in the world, the speaker said, that shows so many varieties of races, such low and miserable in habitants, and such a disregard of everything of a religious character. Many of the streets of this city are so narrow that by stretching out both arms they could touch the hOUSCII on each side. Re suming the journey they arrived at the well of Jacob, the waters of which they drank of; thence to Jezreen, and from there to Nazareth, where they were shown a place which they were told Jesus was at one time confined in. From there they went to Mount Hermon, from the top of which they could see mountains and towns in the distance, which presented a grand and noble scene to the eye of the beholder. Thence they went to the Sea of Galilee, where they bathed; from thence they went to the head waters of the Jordan. Hastening on, and rounding Mount Hermon; they soon after arrived at DamaeMis. This oily is coin pored of about 120,000 people. In the midst of all the wickedness and crime that abounds there, a few Protestants are working faithfully for thepresperity of the Christian religion. From that city they went to Beyroot, the great commercial port Of Syria, which contains about 15,000 inhabitants. From this place they set sail for. Alexandria, and from there to Naples, and thence to Rome, and, by way of Flo. mime and Bologna, across the Alps and through France, to England, from which place they started for home. After this hasty description of his travels, the speaker went on to show that the customs of the Eastern people at the present time correspond ex actly with what is written in the Bible in reference to them, . _ _ In all ' Egypt, Nubia, and the East they never saw a woman at the table in the preemie of men. In the churches the women were not permitted to as. semble in the congregation, but were obliged to sit at one end with a screen between them and , the men. Never did they see a Echoer where a female was to learn the least thing that would in any , way instruct them. Throughout their travels many striking features of the Scriptures were visi ble to the eye. About sixty miles above Thebes they heard a loud cry, which was made by a num. her of women, who hired themselves as mourners on the occasion of a funeral. They wrung theirhands and rent the air with their cries. In Exodus it says that "Moses met Aaron and kissed him." This custom of men kissing each other is still ear. Tied on. The speaker was rather surprised, one day, to find himself in the arms of- one of the natives, who plied the kisses on his face very.rapidly for a short time. Throughout Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, the customs, manners, and nature of the inhabitants are precisely the same as explained in the Bible. Rich as the old world is in every sense, and with all her wonders that thrill the hearts and minds of visitors, he was constrained to. say that our own land and nationiwas by far the best, from the very feet that the Bible is little known there and the people are walking in darkness, while here we have the blessed privilege of reading and learning the great Book of Books. At the close of the lec ture, he offered prayer, after which the audience retired. TRADEMBIEETING.—The representatives of fourteen trades responded to a call for a meeting last evening, at the Journeymen. House-painters , Hall, corner or Eighth and Walnut streets. T. P. 0. Flynn was called to the chair. The trades repre sented were the printers, painters, varnishers, tin plate workers, stone and hollow-ware moulders, carpenters, saddlers, upholaterers,curriers, plumbers, lithographic printers, machine moulders, and one or two others. Whether the persona present were au thorized to speak for the trades they represented was not made publicly known.. A considerable die mission ensued, on the subject of organization, whether this ought to be effected now or at some other time, when there might be a larger body pre sent. It was deemed best to wait t a little while. A committee of live was appointed to prepare a plan of organization, and the meeting adjourned over for two weeks. LARGE POSITIVE SALIC OP DEY GOODS, CLOTH. INO, &O.—The early attention of dealers is re quested to the choice and desirable assortment of American, British, French, and German dry goods, &c,, embracing about 400 packages and lots of staple and fancy articles, in woolens, worsteds, cottons, silks, linens, and clothing, &a., to be peremptorily mold by catalogue, on four months' credit (and part for cash), commencing this (Wednesday) morning, at precisely ten o'clock, by John B. Myers Sc. (Jo,, auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. AUCTION NOTICE—SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.— The attention of buyers is called to the large sale of 1,000 cases prime boots, shoes, brogans, Balmo• tale, cavalry boots, &a., also city-made goods, to be sold this morning, by catalogue, commencing at 10 o'clook precisely, by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store, Nos. 6,25 'Market and 522 Commerce THE attention of capitalists is invited to the ad vertisement of Mr. J. D. Reinboth, offering for sale the valuable property at the corner of Third and Dock streets. Public Entertainments. THE GERMAN OPERA..—The performance of the spirited and thoughtful opera of "Faust" for Mr. Anschutz's benefit was a full and deserved compli ment to that enterprising director. We regretted not to have noticed at length the production of "The Magic Flute," an opera which abounds in musical -beauties and studies—the wonderful air of " In diesen tzeilgen &alien," for instance. The story is, in many ways, a tedious bungle, to be sure, and for that rea son the musician suffered; but the folio wing inorceau of - criticism is amusing : "If Mozart's opera of " The Magic Flute " were abolished from the face of the earth, and made as ex tinct as the Dodo, nobody would grieve except a few musical antiquaries and the larger and more igno rant class that think it is heresy to dislike anything *written by Mozart. The absurd old opera was played last evening by the German company at the Academy, and failed to please." ITALIAN OPERA.—ThIe opera troupe, under Mr. Max Maretaek, will appear, at: the Academy of Music, on next Monday evening. They have been performing with great success in New York for a considerable season. The troupe is said to contain among its membera,some of the best singers in the world, who will, no doubt, be duly appreciated by the music•loving people of the city of Philadelphia. There has been much excitement, in musical circles, in our city, for several weeks past, which will, pro bably, be rather increased than diminished after the arrival of the great celebrities that form the combi nation known as the Italian and Havana Opera Troupe. The subscription books to the operi are now open at the Academy of Music. NEW CIESTEUT-STEEET THEATRE. Another crowded and enthusiastic audience greeted Mr. Forrest last evening, in his powerful performance of Damon. To-night, Johanna °lawmen, a Swiss sou brette, reputed of great vivacity and accomplish ment, will doubtless give a charming entertainment. NATIONAL OIROITS.—The matinde at the National Circus will take place this afternoon, without re gard to the weather. Though Saturday was stormy, yet on the afternoon of that day there was a fair audience of ladies and children there. So there will probably be this afternoon. There will be three performances tomorrow, on the occasion of Thanks giving-day, as set apart by the President of the United States. The circus is popular. There are number of new and interesting pieces insithearsal. REME.II33I3R the inimitable Blitz's matins this afternoon, and also his efforts to please his nume• roue friends in the evening. By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that the worthy Signor, assisted by Bobby and the birds, gives four different exhibitions on Thanksgiving Day. CITY ITEMS. THE FURORE ABOUT SEWING MACHINES. —We are heartily glad that at last the Sewing Ma chine—the most beneficent invention of modern times—is swaying the attention that it deserves. Almost every one we meet has a word to say upon the subject, and the presumption, from present indi cations, is that, in the way of elegant and useful pre. sods during the approaching holidays, the various first-class Sewing Machines will monopolize the en tire field. The celebrated Grover & Baker establish ment, No. 730 Cheetnut street, has been crowded every day during the past week,' tegardless of the weather, with purchasers for the purpose above indioated, and we must admit that there is great propriety in this popularly-expressed partiality for the Grover & Baker machines. In the first place, their instruments are made and sold in some twenty different varieties of style, all of which are adapted or either woolen, linen, cotton, or the finest ] silk fabrics. They are of size to be transported in tra. yelling, or they are arranged as an elegant piece of furniture. They are operated with- so muah ease that it is a source of amusement rather than a task for ladies to use them. By the use of the Grover & Baker machine, in fact, hundreds of ladies in our city have become healthful and happy who were theretofore overtaxed and miserable. No wonder, therefore, that gentlemen of taste and proper affec tion for their families are now literally besieging the Grover & Baker establishment, No. 730 Chestnut street, and taking their inimitable machines by storm. . " TrrE UmOisTrem." l —This is the appro priate title of an elegant new style of Black Felt Hat, - just introduced by Mi. Warburton, No. 430 Chestnut street, next door to the Post Office, and which, from its grace, convenience, and comfort, no leas than its, identity, in' a modified form, to his pa tent Army Folding Hat, which has obtained such a universal popularity among military men, bids fair to become an great a favorite in America as the "Republican Hat," "Liberty Cap," and "Kossuth Hat" have at various time/ been among the nation alities of Europe. " The Unionist , ' has everything to recommend' it to a gentleman of taste, and has withal an individuality about it at once significant of the capital name It bears, and in every way wor thy of being the National Hat—the civic badge of loyalty—as we believe it is loon destined to become. We may state, in conclusion; that the slightly varied styles adopted by Mr. Warburton in trimming " The Uniotist," will contribute 'materially to its popu larity with the civic public, A GREAT LIMRICATING OIL FOR RAIL WAY COMPANTIII3.—The superior Lubricating Oils sold in this city by Messrs. Halburt & Co., No. 240 Arch street, for theme of railway cars, and all kinds of machinery, have achieved a great name where ever they have been introduced. From conversa tion with certain railroad officials in this city, we havelearned, in fact, that it is found to answer their purpose so much better than any other ',Lubrica tor " in use, that it will doubtless ere long be em ployed exclusivaly on all our roads. There is oar tainly no other Oil in the world equal to it for lubri cating purposes, in all seasons and temperritures. A BIGNIVICANT FACT.—k few dnye Ago there were a number of second-hand Sewing Ma chines (of the no-called A. I class) sold at public sale in one of our auction rooms, and while all the oth ers brought less than one.half their original cost, the only Wheels). 13- Wilson Machine in the lot was rim up to within ton per cent. of what the new Ofaes are Selling for at their elegant brown.stone warerOoms, No. - 104 Chestnut street! We mention this fast because, 'while our citizens are now largely purcha sing Sewing Machines for Holiday presents, &0., they may as Well go to 704 and get the beet. The Wheeler & Wilson unquestionably fa: the moat per feet and cheapest Sewing Machine Lin the world. TTIE BEST COAL IN TILE CITY.—Mr. W. W. Alter, the popular Coal merchant, Ninth street, above Poplar, has endeared his name to all classes of our citizens by his manly effort& to keep the price or Coal within reasonable figures, and, with the fact that he sells only the 'cleanest, purest, hest-burning, and cheapest Coarthat is - brought to Philadelphia, it is not remarkable that he should sell more COM than4ll other:QOM dealers in the oily combined,_- THATCHEillnilf9 Fzuvi .—At " The Toe line,,, in .Seventii street, above Chestnut, Xessre. Woodwarth & Walton are preparing a splendid treat for their patrons on Thanksgiving Day. A colossal lunch, garnished with We varieties of the season, Will be spread out, and aIP the hungry may partake thereof gratuitously. A matchless cuisine, and an extensive list of choice wines and liquors, will at treat the citizen in advanee of the holiday. The establishment to which - the public are thus' gene rously invited, is one of onr very newest and best, is admirable in appearance, and has started full. upon a career of prosperity. 'HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR 'NEW WIN- - TER 'SorTs ow CLornixo ? This is a pertinent question, and one which will be answered by many, laconically, as follows , "Yes, at C. Somers &-Son , s,. 626 Chestnut street, under Jayrie's Hall." These. gentlemen have got in store the most splendid stock. of ready.made garments, together with a princely stock of goods in the piece, of their own importa tion, from which to make up suits to order. There is a degree of grace and style about their clothing that we meet with in no other establishment. MESSRS. WOOD & CARY, No. 725 Chestnut street, still continue to sell the most elegant and stylish Bonnets at much below usual prism CrrkArrnalsEs—The choicest and most delicious brands, just received and for sale by Davis% & Richards, Arch and Tenth atreete. EATS "ODE. MISSES AND CHTLDrtEN—The finest assortment in the city, at Wood & Cary's, 725 Chestnut ii.reet. • ArILITARY GOODS, OAKFORDS'i CONTI NENT.3L. DICE GROCERIES—A magnincen.t stock, especially adapted for Thanksgivins , . use, at Davis & Richards, Arch and Tenth streets. °WORDS' HATS, CONTINENTAL HOTEL. 31.13. IfirpLE, 820 Arch street, has facili ties for accommodating the largest number of appli cants, 'at his splendid ground-floor Photographic Gallery, and it is well that he has, from the meanie of visitors that beset his place in all weathers. Thanksgiving Day will, no doubt, be embraced by a large number of our citizens to sit for pictures at Mr. Ripple's Gallery, and we canpromine all who do so charming pictures in advance. OAKFORDS' CONTINENTAL EC&T EALPO RITF4I. MR. GEORGE GRANT 1' 7 0 010 Chestnut t • street, has now ready, of his own Manufacture and importation, a superb stock of fancy Scarfs, and Gentlemen's Furnishing GorAti, of every desorip tion, including his celebrated Taggart-made Shirt— the best-dtting shirt in the world. FURS AT OA - EFORDS,' CONTINENTAL. WINTER CLOTHING.-- Wir.ter Clothing, Winter Clothing, Beat stook in the city. Beat stock in the city, Beat stock in the city, Beady.niade or to order Beady-made or to order Healy-made or to order - Chas. Stokes & Co., "one.price," under the Continental. Chso. Stokes & Co., " one-price," under the Continental. Chas. Stokes & Co., " ono price," under the Continental. C. OAKEORD & Bows, CONTINENTAL EVIDENCE OF REFINEBIENT.—A same philosopher has remarked that animals are clothed according to their nature, and that men clothe them aelves according to their understanding. This la very true, and the bent of a - man , a mind can gene rally be judged from the style of his dress. From the sloven to the coxcomb, dress betrays the real character, and, acting upon this principle, shrewd observers always form a favorable opinion of those whom they know procure their wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing_ Hall of Rockhill & Wll son, Noe. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth street. Good taste, economy, and comfort are alike consulted by this course. NEW STYLE HATs--Charles Oakford & Sons, Continental Hotel. Horn - writes the poetry of the boy, but memory that of the man ; Man looks forward with smiles ; bllt backward 'with sighs. The cup of life is Sweetest at the brim, the flavor is impaired'as we drink deeper, and The dregs are made bitter that we may not struggle when it is taken from our lips. To enjoy happiness we should always be found clad in the garments made at Granville Stokes' great clothing mart, No, 609 Chestnut street. LADIES' AND GENTLEMIN'S Fußs--the largest and best stock in the city, at Charles Oak ford Sons*Continental Hotel. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, Noy. .61. Gold opened at 152% this Morning, bnt on the receipt of favorable rumors from Chattanooga, gradually fell off to 150, when it rallied up, to 151%, declining again to 150%, at which figure it closed Money was more in demand, with a slight stiffening of the rate, 7 per cent. being the ruling figure; some transactions, however, continue to be made at 6; Go vernment 1881 s are firm at 109%; Seven-thirties at 107. 'The subscriptions to the five twenty loan at the office of Say Cooke, Esq., amounted yesterday to over five hun dred thousand dollars. As large sales as formerly need hardly be expected, as many parties are supplied, and the late stringency will keep business houses out of the market for some time. The Stock market was fairly active, without much change in Prices, and the speculative classes were firmly maintained. Catawiesa preferred sold at 3114; Long Island at 42; Reading at 3214; North Pennsylvania at 2414 ;at 6111; Pennsylvania at 72%; Little Schuylkill at 61X ; Beaver Meadow at 77..%; Race and Vine closed at lad; /rah• street at 921'1'; Girard College at 27; Spruce and Pine at 14;2;=45 bid for Green and Coates; new City sixes were largely taken at 10634; Reading sixes 1643 sold at 110; Pennsylvania Railroad 2d mortgage al 10634; Elmira sevens at 109; North Penn sylvania sixes at 91; Philadelphia and Erie sixes at 10414. Camden and Amboy bonds were firm; Schuylkill Eastgation preferred closed at 343; ; sires 1632 at 90X ; West Branch rose to 110; Lehigh at 6I31; sixes at nes.; Susquehanna sixes at 64; Union sixes at ,27; Penn Ali ning rose to 7; Philadelphia Bank sold at 125. The mar ket closed dull. Drexel & Co. quote: United States Bonds. 1331 1C43.1 , -VIS9 U. S. new Certificates of Indebtedness.— ..... 971 SSl(r. U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness. 101% 102 U. S. 7-30 Notes 106 100% Quarterme.siers' Vonchers 9 73-4101 9S Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness , tee •. ........_..— 50.3,114 S . Sterling Exchange —166 ®16 , 314 day Cooke & Co. Quote Government securities, &c., ac follows: United States 6s, 1951 . 109316d110 United States 7 3-10 Notes 1063.V.W07 Certificates of Indebtedness,old 101. §)101K Certificates of Indebtedness. new • 95 984 Quartermasters' Vouchers 9S 99 Demand Notes • 150 01503. Gold -. 100 @ISO% . _ Sales of 5-20 s, $1,030.750. George lif. Troutman, Bsq , after a long, faithful, and eminently successful career as Cashier of the Western Bank, of this city, has resigned that position, and his successor, C. N. Wesgandt, Esq., was installed on Mon day last. Mr. Troutman has beei connected as cashier with the Western Bank for the last twenty-four years, having been first appointed in 1839. At that time, it will be recollected, its affairs were very muck din anged, and. its credit materially impaired. The success which has since marked its operations, and the high position it has attained, have, doubtless, been caused, in a great mea sure, by the earnest attention, financial skill, and ster ling Integrity which have been displayed by the retiring cashier. We understand that Mr. Troutman will, pro. , bably, devote his 'attention hereafter to private banking. The algid averages of the banks in the eity of New York for the week ending Saturday last, November 21, 1163, present in the aggregate the following changes from the previous weekly statement of - .November 14: Decrease of loans $5,542,102 Decrease of SPeCle 1,122,531 InCreate of circulation 25.46 Decrease of ungrawndeposits 6.621,652 Including the exchanges between the banks through the Clearing-House, and including also the Sab-TreasurY statement of Saturday afternoon, the follow:ng is the general comparison with the previous weekly report. and also with the movement of this lime last year: Nov. 22. '62. Nov. 21.'63. - -N0v.14.'61 Capital 9a1.125.0:0 196.1.722.608 *69.722,608 Loans 176,581.597 176.762 42.4 152.041,530 Specie 55,116,216 25.054,614 M 177. 011 Circulation 0,804,5223 6,122,525 6,095.953 Gross Dep05it5....193,746.121 212,044 972 226,360.723 Exchanged 66 458,261 66.796.126 73.590 285 Undrawn.... 157.278 663 145.'249.546 151,770.125 In Sub-Trea5ury..'24,72 , 5,1.67 17,595,746 17.459.591 Philads. Stock Exch (Reported by S. R. SLATMAHE FIRST 24 Litre Schny R. • •• 5191 15 do 51N 300 Spruce Jc Pine: . • • 14% 40 Pendo ua R 72% 2% 57 12500 City do new )OS. 000 U 6 65 'Si 109 3 0 160 shay Nay prf MO 35. i 6oco 0 S 7-30 Tre Notes - blank .. —Says NI 1100 U STro Notesblk.lo7 lOW Reading R. 62% 300 do MO. 625' 100 do b30..62% 350 do ch. 6255 150 do 62.% 150 Penn Mining 5.11'i 150 do RETWE 700 N Penn& R b'SO. 24% . 16 Beaver Meadow. 773' SidON 300 Arch st B b 5. 32% 2000 City 68 new 108% 5000 do._., -new 1053; 200 Penn Mining,— b3O. 7 ICO do bd. 6% 100 do' "6% 1000 Schuy Nay Os '52.. 0031 1000 Penna Coup 5e....103% 1000 Phila & Erse es.. • .1.0 4 . hi It CO Union Cl 6s. bswri. 27 1(0 Cataw R prof 31% 2 Cataw R 10 • _ AFTER ICO Schuy Nay pref•• • . 342 i 8.0 do nrer•_••!. 34. 100 do. • ....prsf.b6U. CLOSING Pia _ . Bid. Asked- TJ S 65'81«..«...109 110 U 6 7-90 N0te5....107 10735 Phlla 68 ..181 104 M. Do new 108 108;4 Patina as . 99% 100 Reading62?ll Do bds '70... 100 107 Do 64 'BO '4B. • . • • Do bda'B6 c0t:m.124 126 Foram R ' 72,3 i 72X Do Ist m 6s 109 'DOA' Do 2d m 65.106 1063.4 Little Bchrtyi R.. Can 52.4 Morrie Q'l coneol 70 70 Do EMI. ...ISS);. 140 - - . Do' 2.1 mat.- Balmy/ MT..... 19 /44 . Do prfd..... 34N 354 Do fio '82.• • • 91/%4' 90.1.1 ESmixs B . .. .• 86 FS Do prld.••••,. 94 95 Do . 76'73..•.105 11041. Do 10.3. L Island S 42 424" Do bds ..... Lshisb Pav 83.• .• - • Do sharsa•• 61 Do sot ir,..". 49344 bO N Do nn 6 R 9 2 3 24 ' The New York Evening Post of today says: Gold is lower this roorning Having sold as high as t, s. it elegies weak at Mel% Exchange is claoten at 1650 I.66N ,riag loan market is moderately active at 7 per rent We observe fewer indications of stringency *hen toward tire close of business yesterday.' Mercantile Prear is doll, and passes slewly at 6X .7 per cent. The stock markets is less active. Governments are m, State stecks'do.ll. bank shares languid. coal stocks quiet and railroad hoods strong. Railroad shares are drooping. Harlem. being the weakest on the Get. • ' Before the first session gold was selling at 1611. 5 3. NOW York Central at '137.'4'6137* Erie at IOB,X Pittsburg at 106@y108X. Illinois :t.entral at I"' 122},... .R.arlem at iiP1@119634, Galena at 111, fludeon River at:l2lX, Reading at .12414,. Michigan Southern at 83%@ 0 34v Fort Wayne at 85. tutd.Eteeli, Lalank ,101e107g, Tha . - (41 . 4 . en4 %d table exhibits the chief movements of tha mhrgetreoL Dared with the latest mires Ornadalr. - day: Tn. . Mon. Adv. Det, 11. 6a. mu. rte.. ''''i nci laW • W V'. g • • 11. B. 6a, 1681, c0n...." EA -- . . • • Tr. & Seven- thirties..... in ,, l ° 6 K • • • U. B.:1 yr Ger. C0Ld.....11.,‘. MB. 17r , cd............. te, . g . , T f : SF American Cold ..... .161 - - A7; - - Lf‘ Tennessee' 6a (AR... ,--- Missonri 6a 66 ,4 66% . •Pa cifle Mail.. • Ti 6 New York Cen. R ....... isw ' 1."3 5e9....... ........ ..... RSA .106,. Erie Preferred— ....... Ico 1.,.1N landson River 127,3 i LTri.2 Marie= 645,c" frs Carle= Preferred 110 110 Reading—. •••••••••--••126 12if Michigan Central 4 ....AZ 227 Michigan Southern.— iECii.i 81 Michigan South. raar,..141 142 Minos Cen. 8erip......122 /23 Pitt.sbanr / 0 8 , ' , 1 7- Ir4F•:. fierisi-weekly Review of the etkilladalLVMe Markets. The Bread.atuffe markets continue very firm, and prig) ,are better. Bark is without change. Cotton is ver • quiet. Coal is held firmly. Coffee continues scarce, and pricea are rather better. Fish are rather ded./. In Fruit ' there is no change to notice. Iron is scarce and firmly held. There is rather more doing in Coal Oil. but Pride! are without change. In Sugar there is not mach dOin.T., but prices are well maintained. There is very Little doing in Cloverseed. 'Flaxseed is in demand, and. prig* are better. Wool is firm. There isvery little export demand for Flour. but the market is very firm : about 3,000 bbls have been- sold. including I.2te bbls city mills extra and extra family on private terms t 1,600 bbls extra family at $7.5007.75 bbl and 400 bbls superfine at 84.601 i bbl. The re tailers and bakers are buying at frnm d6.75@e%25- fitr superfine •._ fi@7 for extra ; $7.5003 for extra famllY, and 468.3C€410 b bbl for fancy brands. according to quality, Rye Flour is wanted at $6 6J bbl. Io Corn Meal there is little nothing doing for tee want of GR,LlN.—There is less doing in wheat, but it is het& firmly; about 52,000 bushels have been sold At/a:kg:Mc for-fair to prime red, and Kentucky white &Worn Vl.Sfa -210c V bushel, as to quality. Bye devalad at Imo 130 c 7 0 bushel. Corn is wanted, and priced haveagaux advanced 6,010 bushels, sold at 1223.4 c for fair, and 60067 bushels prime Yellow at 125 c V. bushel. Oata are In re quest. and prices have also advanced;. about 16,0)0 has. sold at 65@S7c. weight. closing at the latter rate; a small sale of Pennsylvania Barley was made at 110 c 1, Michel- PROVie,OZ:S —The marker continues very firm, bat the transactlonAtre limited. Old Mess Pork in sellikif at 1117g17,93 0 bbl. City-packed Keen Reef la In steady demand at sra.ifi. cash. B ccon—Theni ia a good de mand. with sales of Rams at 11f11lic. toe latter for fancy; Sides at and Shoulders at ^l-pani:c V lb, cseit. Green Meats continue scarce; small sales of Hams la pickle at lle, and Shoulders at 6iid7c. cash. Lard la better; 250 tierces sold at 1231 c, and 200 kegs att.:4413%c. Butter is in steady demand at from 16 np to 23c lb for common to prime, Eggs are wort. a 26c V dozen IRON. —The market for Pig Iron continues very dna. Small sales are reported at 41@42 for NO. 1; $394 40 Mr No. 2, and $3.)&37 V ton for No. 3: 50) tons Scotch Pig have been sold at $43.60, cash. Manufactured Iron is in demand at fall rates. LEAD has advanced: 2,t00 Piga Galena hold, to arrivS. 31119.61.1, cash.. Ctii ; Pßß. —There is very little doing. Small sales of Yellow Metal are making at 32c cc?. lb, and. Bolts at 33c. BARE —There is very little doing in (Inercitron; Lit No. 1 is held at $47 sd ton. CANDLES. —.Adamantine are held dimly, with sales of Western at 2034igi2134 . c. cash, and full weight 23g. Tat low Candles are steady. COAL.—The maniac continues firm and quite active., and the late advance in prices tam been well maintained.. COFFBB is scarce and in demand, with sales of &59 bags at 3.3.W313:c for Rio. COTTON. —There is very little doing in the way or salsa; about fO balea of middlings sold in lots at 135@i95c cash. Fl.Sillarii dull. Sales from store are making at , blesgld! for No. 1; $9.C,Cg.11 for No 2; $6 kw - f bbl for No. 3. Codfish are selling at $7 the 10ii Zs. Pickled Herring are scarce, and range from $3.75@t. bbl. FRUIT.— Foreign continues scarce. A few Lamers have bees sold at $4 per box. A cargo of Raisins kaa arrived, and selling on private terms. Green Apples are earning in freely, and sell at $2e563.60 @i bbl. as tO qtW lity. — Dried Apples are scarce at &gra V. lb, and a.npared Wadies at 7@ldc. Cranberries are selling at from $94 bbl. 14;3S are firm. First-quality Eastern are eellinz at 86 @Mc V.tb. i'kATITERS are scarce. and quoted at t5SEtt ?Ale "tiA HAY is held firmly. Sales are making at $23(4125 too. . . LUMBER.-Prices are without change, with a steady business doing: A cargo of yellow sap Boards mold at $l3 hifeet. Laths are held at $2.50 !SOL SESES.—The market continues very quiet; about 100 half bbls tart New Orleans have been sold at 43c t gallon, cash. NAVAL STORES.—AII kir ds continue scarce. Rosin ranges from $l3 up to $43 bbl. Tar and Pitch are without change. Spirits of Turpentine is in limited re quest; small sales are making at $3.20[3.21'P gallon. OlLS.—Lard Oil is firm, and ranges at from $1..0:31 , 41,10 IS gallon, cash. Fish 'Oils are in steady demand: 2,000 gallons winter sperm sold at tisl.93Q2. cash Linseed. Oil is selling at $t 40CuL42 "f gallon; now held higher. There is more doing in Petroleum; about 2;500 barrels sold at 2-2C4. 24c for crude, 38tg39c for refined, in bond, and. 4E@sfic Vi gallon for free. RICE continues scarce, with small sales at $7. r A Y,nit.iti, cash. • PL.& STIR. —The last sale of soft Wks at $L 62% 0i ton. SEEDS. —There is very little doing. Clover is in de mand at $7@7.150 bush. Timothy is selling slowly at $2.50C52. 75. Flaxseed is better; 2,000 bush sold at $3.05 @3 10 00 bush. SUGAR. —The market is veryfirm, and prices are firm. 1.000 hhds Cuba cold at 1:010)-133.i'c; a small lot of Porto Rico at 1.334@14c. SPIRITS.—Brandy and Gin are scarce and high. New England Rum is firm at 75c. Whisky is in demand, and prices have advanced; about 500 bbls sold at 74"4175c, and. drudge at 72c T. gallon. TALLOW is firm. Country is selling at 11®1134c 55 lb. cash, and 12(01$3‘c for city rendered. TOBACCO. —There is a fair demand fox manufactured, but the stock is light. Leaf is rather dull. WOOL. —There is a fair demand. and prices are firm; sales comprise about 120,000 Is at 73g75c for pulled, and. 754g18Cc , lb for fleece and tub. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port to-day : Flour Wheat The sales are 6, fOO bbls, at $6(46 25 for superfine State. $6 4f06. El) for extra State. $6. fiag6. S 5 for faacy State. s7.cCeb7.Eo for the low grades of Western extra, $7. 5X4 7.60 for shipping Ohio, $7 60a0.50 for trade and family brands, and $7. 71:011.75 for St. Lords extras. tanacium Flour is doll, and prices are fully 5c l bbl lower; sties of 400 bbls at $5.75@7 for the low grades of extra, and $7 65@9.25 for trade and family extras. Southern Flour is in less active demand, bat prices are 'without material change ; sales of 600 bids at $7.5'.(@.10 for mixed to good superfine country Baltimore, dtc, and $5.2(C010.75 foe trade and family brands. Rye Flour is quiet and unchanged; sales 100 bbls at $5. 7f.5.:07. Corn Meal is quiet, with small sales at $6. GRAIN. —The Wheat market 1 s very dull andlat7.4 low er, influenced by the decline in exchange and the incle ment weather. The- ;itles are 29,060 bus at $1 145 for Chicago spring, ales 47 for amber lowa, $161153 for red West ern, old in store; amber do is held at $1,68. with buyers. at $1 67. . Batley is quiet, but in the absence of sales prices are nominally unchanged. Barley Malt is firm; sales of I,CfO bus in store at $1.65. Oats are a little lower; sales of Canadian at 93c, West ern at 92@94c, h tate at 9.2.CtFA. , , and Prince Rivard's Is land at 10c for musty, closing in demand• Rye is quiet, but firm at previous rates. Corn is slight ly lower; sales of 5,010 bus at $1..2301.243 - 1 for Western mixed in store, and $1 05 for do afloat. • PROVI , I(iIs S.—There is a fair inquiry for Pork, without essential chap as in prices. The sales are 2,..X10 bbls at $l6 5E016 021,.' for old mass; $18.123;018 55 for new do; $13015.6711" for prime; $13.75 @l4 for sour and musty mess; $16.25Q16 50for thin MSS $53 for clear Pork. Regis steady. with a fair Inquiry: sales of 650 bbls, at $1222f.%.3 75 for plain mess, and $llOl5 for extra do. Tierce Beef is quiet, and rather heavy; no sales worth,' of note. ange Sales, Nov. 21. R, Philadelphia Exchange. ] BOARD. . ..... 400 Fenn Mining 1010 Union Canal 65.... 27 Ico U S 5-yrs 0pt..ch.100.4 10 Man a Vlachs Bk.. 27,i 70 do 29 Arch-st arn. - 32V 600 Race Si Vine R b3O. 1831 614 do `lots. 18 . _ 10 Girard College.... 27 45 Lehigh Nay 513: MU Penn B.lst n0.0rt...1101'.4 100 Long Island ll—. 41 10 West Branch 100 5 Phila Bank 125 3500 B Penna 07 500 do b 5. 97 12 Minehill R••• • el% BOARDS. 2000 Fauna R Ist mort. 1000 iii"enna 6s • ... •07 100 Hace & Vine It b3O IS3 100 do IS 100 do b2O. 183. i 100 Scbuy Nay prf 060. 35.4 1000 Elmira it is 100 40 Man & &leas 13k. 28 60 Lehigh Scrip 411,6 2000 Snag Canal thi 64. 15 Reading - R 6335 2000 Penna R 24 ra0rt..106,4 SIXO Lehigh 6' 10634 'IARDS. I1(0 Cataw R met ..• • MR,' 8000 Reading 68'43 110 lons—DULL. Bid. Asked, Catawises. R Con 10 1036 D dd 31 1' Do P • •. Phil& & Erie R.. SOX F 0. ? .." Booond-street E.. 63 136 ' '' bonds::. - • • • rifth•street R.... 53 60 Do bonds... Tenth-street R... 4S Thirteenth-at B. 30 33 Seventeenth.st B. 11 )2 Spruce-street R.. 14 144 Chestnnt-et R• • - 53 WPhilo B 6:3,34'. 71 Do bonds... Arch-street 8.... 32 3 = 154 Race-street R. • 13 IS. Green-street R.. 45 OM . . Do bonds—. , Girard College B 2071, 27 Lombard SrB°llllll6 Ridge avenue B. 21;i. 22 Beaver &lead R.. Httnehill H. • • ... . I Harrisburg...". Wilmington 8.. Snag Canal Lehigh Do Nis . , . Phila. Ger &War. Cam & Amb _ . . . Delaware Div. Do bag.... NO I'EMBPZ 24--Evening;4 New York litark.ets, November 24. FLU - %, ft.—The Flour market is 6c bbl lower common State brands. Western brands are not essen tially lower, but are Quiet; the demand to-day is lass ac tive—the decline in gold and exchange and the rainstorm being the main causes. _ . Beat }lams are fair at former rates; sales of 400 bbls, at $l7. 7f.WS for Western. Cm Meats are steady, but not active; sales of 100 tierces pickled hams at 10c. Bacon is Quiet at TIOMiLtaIY- un changed rates. Dressed Hogs are unchanged, but less active at the close. owing to h'avy arrivals of live stock. We quote at 73i' COSJ.Ee for city. Lard is less active, and, owing to the downward ten dency in prices, is rather easier. Sales of 2,000 bbls and tee at 11X@EVic for No. 1 and 1.2 t wie for fair to Prime steam and kettle-rendered, and 12,=c tor choice. Butter is firm and in fair clemanu at aYM3Oc Or choice State. 2,025 e for fair to prime do, and 21@.2.5c for West ern. the tatter for reserve, Cheese is quiet but firm at 11@153ic for choice State, and 1.8§1434"c for do Ohio. ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS, UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. rect., below 'Ninth Girard—Chestnut st W B Cox, Harrisburg Robinson. Pennsylvania A B Lord, New York S Maurine, Pittsburg 1:1 T Beardsley,Lock Haven J Gambali B S Kellogg, Philadelphia Y Farquhar, Phila A H Adams. Philadelphia 8 8 Richardson W Wbilan,Georgetown.D CI E A Vannort, Washington ! J Pflounlacher & la, Va F Ed wards, New York B Enron. New York Vining, New York A Johnson, Washington W Behr, Washington J . Stephenson, Newark C H Hicks, IV ew York L Claymont, New York N L Roder J . H Rob enck. Washington J S Leech, Downingtown J A Grove Sc wf, Penna Dr A V Conover, N Jersey H S Conover, Now Jersey T Allen, New Vol k Allen, New York White. New Y ork S Wild, New York H. Sterling, New York L A - Mackey. Lock Raven J Er McMillan, Was'aingtom Mrs Wallace. lowa Miss Weston. New York S Grady, New York Miss lane Grady, N Y j John T Rawlings, Mass Jho Scanlaod, Brooklyn G H Preston, New York J Et Piennlo ck Allegheny co L F WltitneyPittabarz, S Simon,Harrisburg G . . 13 Sellers, Illinois W S Evans, West Cheater RP Basle tt, H antingdon, A Noble. Carlisle, Fa Miss L A Blackbo.ra, IN .1 - Siss S Blaekborn„ N L Maxen. Itittryland . . . J R Ely Harrisburg John e: Robinson, Pa F A Gibbons. Baltimore [C Bramils, Erie, T Russell. Albany B C Chambers, New York) B Holly, Baltimore afrs L Rodman. Delaware H T Thomas, Wilm, Del C Beasten, Delaware II McNulty, New Jersey Copt BC Passe. New Jersey ml Chestnut streets Bdw Dewey Sr wf, Boston F Orme, New York M W Morse. Boston Continental—Ninth a Lient E P Wilson. Virginia L E Snow, New Jersey J 11 McMullin, Wash,-D C D Defrees & w LWash.D C Mrs W P Dole, Wash. D C G A Halsey, New York J A Renrick. - Jr. Wash, D C J T Davis. Georgetown, D C. Aaron Gage, Newborn BI C Marin, New York Robt Batt Wash, D C C E Meginniss, Baltimore F Thompson, Cambridge C S Ramsburg, Delaware B Schlesinger, hew York F EAdams, New Bedford Mai A L Lee r U S A 3 T Whipple & wf, N York C W B Allison, Ohio 11-Root, Hartford C L Tillany,New York A Kittridge, Boston i S A Allen. R Carter, Worcester, Mass A E Eatatrook. Worcester Jlddings, Warren, 0 Mr Olephant, New York Dr DI C Egbert & la, Oil City. R Riddled wf. Pittsburg Wm H Neff. Cincinnati, B Swain, Cincinnati W Firmstone, Easton W Spa omarer, Washington HHScott.USN S F Downing, U SN H. A Beall, Chester co J S Wolcott, • Lockport, NY R Y Rieman, Baltimore - '3as Boyce. Baltimore J W Hall, Penna B B Root & la, Washington John Ball W Hnnt, Washington W Er Woodbury, Waeh I. lit Mills. Cincinnati John H Findlay & Wf John Buck, Now York J II Ireland & wf, N York C Hoelscher. New York Ileckscher, New York L L Freman. Ithaca, N Y J H McDowell, New York E G Gabandan, U S N M G Bates, New York Mr & Mrs Hoy. New York W II Clymer, Beading .T Shalcross & wf, Md AB McDonald & wf, Y E T Perkins. Boston Montgomery Hant, Saltiest ID G Hose, Indiana EC Ware J F Sharretr, Wash, D C las McGee, Brooklyn Lewis Lillie. Troy, Ii y J 0 Eaton, Cincinnati Inn G Allen, Ilestnekr G Childs, Pittsburg E Gaylord. Massachusetts P Carpenter, Pittsburg B t.tewart. Wash, D C H C May, U S A D T Casement, Erie, Pa iD MsMurtrie. U S N IJDasis&wL New York 81 31 Hurd. New :York ADffelicalk — ClieStmi Chas Benton, Chester co Geo Brinton.Chester cO D Dodd, Delaware Wm A Cook C B carman. New Jersey 0 S Moffatt, New Joreey Jae Barton, Jr. Cheater co T R Seckles, Chester co Jos H Smith Maryland A R Allen, Washington Chas A Shreve.Washington J Dickinson, Washington T M Knight l'arley A White—Baltimore W 0 Parker. Washington J Parkirmon, New York John Mont:lgoe. Von'Y' nrk W McGuire, ill Chnok Mrs vir Bond D st Paul C H Brinton. elaware Blerclituits — B"oragak J C Fondant. Biartirsburg , L McQuiston. Pittsburg L Hohrback, Peoria, 11l J B Sneatben, Pittsburg Jos B Leibs. Newport,Pa H G Daniels. Pomeroy, 0- Geo Pores, Altoona. Pa M e don, New Jersey N Beam. Shanevale,, , 0. Chas Mull, Lancaster, Pa A W Barris. Bltuionaburg. 0 5913.11 Ploersheim, Pittsb'g W Jones, Baltimore Alex Brackenridge. f it tsb'g ILES A G Braolieurbige. Pa C Palmer Na Fogg, II A W Donohower, Palma G Hazel, T.ewiebarg, Pa BAW K e lc Wh Coem Bxtiomotre CPertUiville. Pelawart e I K I L K ..... 1.660 bbls. .. 13.300 bus. 1.680 bus. ..---- 7.600 has. , . . . . I C Becker, Reading J D Selmer, Reading WMeGiintock,Jr,Pittsburg IR V litaart Sr la, Baltimore IS Nicolson, Boston L Colony. Wilmington Miss B B Gray, Wilmington C E Rogers, Wisconsin G W Eddy. Baltimore . . . Pars Leace. Wilmington A Green, New York J M Moore Sr is. New Jersey ID W Moore & wf, N Jersey C Eldridge & wf, N York. Miss Eldridge, New York . C Reminway & Is. NY W B Lormonr, Baltimore G W Berger, New York Miss Ai Dann, Alga Floy & wf.ft Island H Pardee. Hazleton M Cook, New York John L Foulke W P Eilery & la, Brooklyn W H Rockfellow, N York. J M Harrison, Newark, N Col Bogner, U S A M Ferry, New York W M Fisher. New York • HErimphrey. N York. Mr & Mrs E P Roe,, N York W R T Chaplin. N'llovert W P Palmer, New York B W Selene? & wf, N York Mr & Piro McClure. N York L Everett, New York I' AI %night &tit' Street, ttboxe B Stovens, New York L Bowen, Berlin , 11l- D J Richardson, Snow nal AL T . Nash. Boston W L 0111, Lancaqsr John Opdycke. Elston 14 A Oborly. _Easton - J F W Dom:Linger d< v los Mann dc wf, Pottozo9, Miss L Cootes, Penna. W L Davis Sr. son. lis.ston T E Earner, Soaford, Del Gr - Ballot, Boston Taylor. Minersville S Richardson Mrs Mulford, Salem, W S Italford, Salem, DT I G W Briggs. E M Hainsford. New York M. %Brook, West Vlrgini& egroet, Itkolow Arch. Holes. New York W E Irwin, Clearfield Ellis Irwin. Clearfield 3.0 Hartswick, A N. Wright, Cleartlea Mrs A 13r ans. Elitto.u. Mrs Sas VT Ciartum. Balt Sutz:man. Fort Del ware St Hatch. F 1 7 Reed, Fort Delaware SE C Preston, Fort 'Delaware G D Jackson, Sallivao CO, Pa P D Step igere. New Alban; Lewis S Smith. Dinacy E B Sraith.Muncy Mr & Mrs Biggar. flaWdrkOleir Mr dr hire Burgess, h it • - J l& Taylor, Penna G al Preicakt. - .1;3 eo Webb._Williamsport .1 S J Doekstader.Now Yerk Wm MeCietlaa. (;h4tailkoill
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