s. l lrtss 41 * MONDAY, NOVEMBER ao, 1863 THE NEWS. Faux the Army of the Potomac it is reported in 'Washington, that on Friday morning our cavalry ji3shetl forward _ as far as Locust Grove, four miles south of Germania Ford, where they met the ad vance of the rebel cavalry, and the latter were ihiven across Russell creek, and afterviards across Mill run, two miles from the grave. A body, of re bel infantry was posted between that pOint and Orange Court Hoppe, and' the whole rebel force moved oil in the directionef the latter place, which is nearly twelve miles to the southward. Another despatch from Washington details the engagements preliminary...to the eXpected great battle. On the 27th our army formed in line of battle, right near the Rapidan, southweet of Jacob's/ Ford, left along the plank road curving towards Gordonsville, and the centre on the Frederieltsburg turnpike, near Robertson's St:llion. The centre had a slight en segment with the enemy, in which Lieut. Colonel Hem; -72 a p/nneylvania, was killed. The 3d Corps, under French, while advancing to connect with the centre, was encountered by Early, held its Position, lost heavily, but took nine hundred pri soners. On Friday noon the lined was formed on roads 'leading to Orange Court House. The battle ground is unfavorably situated in the Wilderness,. but we have the enemy's fortified position on the heights ellivting the 'Rapidan. THE excellent account of the three days' , battle at Chia:am:tugs. gi7en by Quartermaster General Neigs, imparts a clear idea of the great diffioultieo a° prOMPtiFt steadily, and gallantly encountered by the daring sokliere of the Cumberland army. How the steep beights of Mission Ridge awl Lookout Mountain were carried, will forever be a theme of ,interest. Gen. Metes pronounces the battle perhaps the test directed of the war. Our whole loss will not amount to much over 3,000, a small prise for so great a victory. The rebel papers considered Bragg's position at Lookout Mountain impregaus ble ; but also report that our soldiers said they Would have it if they had to dig it down. Confess• edly, the fate of the Confederacy was suspended upon the issue Of this battle. Later despatches show that the enemy is now concentrating at _Dal ton Waiting a junction with Longstreet, who, it is said, had been ordered some time ago to join the Main army under Bragg. Grant's cavalry under Colonel Long met the 'rebel General Wheeler's horsemen, near Cleveland, Tennessee, and routed them. The north end of Knoxville has been burned, but the situation of General Burnside is unaffected. Gina Gr.AIST has already turned his attention to Longstreet, in East Tennessee. His intention seems indicated in the despatch--" the pursuit will continue to Red Clay," which is a station on Long street's late line of advance and present line of re treat by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. >lt would appear that Bragg is.trylirg to take the re mains of his wretched -army in that direction to effect a junction with Longstreet's baffled, but as yet unbroken, force. One prominent feature of Bragg's discomfiture is the undoubted absence of nearly all his , cavalry, under Wheeler, which he sent with Longotreet in the'advance upon Knox ville. Bing is thus almost at Grant's mercy. The value of well-trained cavalry in a retreat is incal culable, A CORRESPONDENT with the army in Texas writes that the German element in that country will speedily restore the State to the Union. The Ger mans of Western Texas, in which locality , they nu merically predominate,-Are a hardy set of agricultu and, as a general thing, nornslavehOldere. The Germans of Western Texas are entitled to the credit of giving the first practical demonstration that, the cotton lands of that State—and it can be done as well in • other Southern States—can be tilled by compensated white and Colored labor with better results than under the old system of slave %hit. It is owing to this fact that the planters of hitorn,Texas, who are generally settlers from the tune &a-State/a have for many years supremely seded. Corm:rum neighbors, thinking at some fu• by Generals Baillearchal system might be super that place overland -, ll9aptured, on the lathinot., city was attarated, and taken, Who marched upon alstanee , One hundred prison/Ernie- Aransas were asken. The British brig DieritY brie f re ' eapturedbx the gunboat New London Ole-guns„,,,„ Grande, with a arra , correlating of seventy ta ko - rc dollars in gold, and a 'arse quantity ofc 1° thi Taedicines.intenCed forthe rebels. Tux Union surgeons 'Oho have just been released from Ricbmond prisons lave drawn up a memorial to the President, setting arth the things which they have seen and suffered, wllch will be presented by a committee, of which Dr. Athmun, of Ohio, is chair man. The suro,cons state t,at from fifty to sixtyo f our men Cie early, not exactgr , of starvation, but of diseases contracted in consegia' nee of the unhealthi nets and insufficiency of the fotd and the filth of the prisons. • They cohfirm the renirt that the rations sent by Gorernment have neverreaehea the mouths of our famishing soldiers, raltiough a portion of them were stared in lull view if the prison win dows, as if to tantalize. Beaus remained in the rain until theyswelled and buret* barrels. The bread furniohed by the rebels was Putrid and mouldy two days after it was baked. Soma of the surgeOnS wcle eve.withsspss of vileatmaitturogeatitiewshere DiVtit; TM OD Inc- 1. , ..- I:toLd. of ClhfritaC ""4 - rebels robbed and even atrip our Wounded, Terry, the murderer of Senatol!dßrod other officers, hounding them on Pith` t he erick , , .with tion that the Yankees deserve no letter ;r " m e t ” ; The monotony of the Libby Prhou ea ___ - - broken by Col. Mewls, who, kr''''ug—been insulted by the rebel overseer of the D are& who were clean ing up the prison, kliOcks,Vnilll down and alnioat strangled hiin. • THIS rural gentry ofarirginia have, for some time past, been the su t,..frcts of lavish praise from the re bel official orgar4but of late cannot pay so heavy a price for at A Richmond paper remarks : " The , people of this county, so far from selling at Govern ment prises to the needy, proclaim they havenothing to sell to the Government itself. Farther theta people refuse to furnish wood for the winter at any price whatever. One hundred dollars a cord have been offered, and they declined that. ' Further, these people have raised enormous quantities of sorghum at a merely nominal cost of production ; many of them have on nand six, eight, ten, twelve hundred gallons of the sorghum molasses, for which they ask $l4 a gallon, a price even higher than charged in Riehmond.” Dicsramorres from Franklin, in the Teche district, Western Louisiana, report a gallant attack of. Gen. Lee, Chief of cavalry in that department, upon the rebel Camp Pratt, on the lath instant, in which - the Union troops captured one hundred of the enemy And killed forty, taking all their arms and equipage. NAPOLEON'S letter to the great Powers of Europe, inviting them to a general conference, is, in the math, plausible. He mentions that old treaties are ignored, and that the political - edifice is crumbling; notices himself as • a sovereign to whom the most ambitious projects are attributed, but takes_ this frank and loyal step, from propriety and not vanity, to arrive at the pacification of EuropC He also says what is not so true, that he has been "called to the throne by Providence and the will of the French people." The Battles Before Chattanooga. A. , few days before the victory at Chatta nooga, General BRAGG, by flag of truce, advised General GRANT to remove non-com hatants from the town. The latest number of ,the London Times assures the world that troops are being hurried up by General GRANT, not to invade Georgia, but to defend the Federal communications, and that if he maintains his position during the winter lie will achieve all that w' can hope. The. menace of our enemies, the criticism of their friends, seem equally unfounded. The , non comhetents in Chattanooga were per fectly safe, and General Gr.ANT, utterly re gardless of t he feelings of the injured gen tleman - who'cloes the strategy for the Times, not satisfied with maintaining his position, has succesFfully attempted to improve it. Throughout the war these threats and pro phecies, end the exposure of their empti ness, have been. so frequent, that we are almost justified in claiming a victory when the enemy announces his immediate inten tion to defeat us, and in feeling certain that we are saved when Europe solemnly assures is that we are ruined. "The best that can happen to the invaders is to -be spared - an ignominious and ruinous retreat." How strangely these words read in the light of the triumphant battle which' ended, in the rout of the finest and strongest army of the South Yet, there is something unexpected and startling in the victory. Not that an ad vance was not anticipated, or that its success was - . doubted, but because, unlike most of OUT other victories, the value of this cannot be measured by carnage. When we re member that upwards of twenty thousand men were killed or wounded at Gettysburg, and think of the terrible losses that over the glory of other triumphs threw the shadow of death, we are astonished that so mighty an advantage has been won with so little bloodshed. General GRANT, not by a fierce and - desperate onslaught, but by superior generalship, by organizing victory, as is the phrase, has wrested from the grasp of his adversary the-key which opens the whole South to our armies, and has literally ruined the rebellion in. the Southwest beyond hope of its recovery. Yet, this victory was not achieved - merely by strategy. The re port of General MEros to the Secretary of War is a singularly picturesque and glow ing narrative of the three' days' contest, and ample evidence of the gallantry and courage of our troops. General GRANT is not a leader who shrinks from sending his troops into danger ; but it is also to his credit that his path to victory is not always through the infernal fire, and the valley of the shadow of death. General Maros says': that probably so, well- directed a battle has not been delivered during the war. Cer tainly it was au energetic, continuous, un interrupted, masterly, and triumphant ad vance. The tel,egraph has probably greatly wronged General Dimas, 'especially where it makes him accuse the full moon of being the traitor's doom, but his despatch seems to include all the important events of the battle. On the 'first day, the 23d, we see 25,000 troops deployed in line, and marching with such order and coolness that the - watchful enemy thought the .movement but a grand review, till he rifle-pits were taken and the ridge partially occupied. Si multaneously General HOOKER storms the batteries on Lookout Mountain, fighting all the afternoon abovn the clouds. When night came our, army was strongly posted, and all the next day seems to have been devoted to preparation for a combined and irresisti ble advance on the 25th. It was on that day that the great deeds were done which have had such immense results. General nowt - an occupied the hole of Lookout Mountain, and swept down on Mission Ilicige ; on the left General SnEn3rAN,made a gallant but unsuccessful assault upon l3nAoo's right, strongly entrenched, in which our troops seem to have met their greatest loss. Then a general advance was ordered in line of . battle ten miles long. - w Everywhere it as successful. The enemy fell back, fighting at first resolutely; then many of his MOH threw down their arms and fled or surrendered. Gun after gun fell into our, possession. The pursuit was warm and close, find When the sun rose on the 26th, it shone on the defeated and routed army of the rebellion, hurrying to escape utter destruction, and the legions of the - Onion resting in their perfect triumph. But not all' were resting ; General SHERMAN' troops followed the footsteps of the flying foe, and hour by hour the sound of his guns came fainter and fainter to the heroes of Chattanooga: Thus the great battle for which we have looked so anxiously has ended well for the Union. Greater victory were scarcely pos_ sible. We have gained everything the re bels feared to lose, and more than we hoped. General GRANT might now close the cam paign with honor, but no doubt it is but begun. Close upon this victory must come the permanent occupation of Georgia, and what that means, no one of intelligence need be told. The European Situation. We have European news to the 15th in stant. It would appear that, up to such date, not one of the fifteen Sovereigns to whom NAPOLEON had sent his invitation to attend a•Congress, at Paris, had responded to his letter. The avowed object of the new Congress is formally to declare the provisions of the Treaty of Vienna, in 1815, as no longer binding . , and to give a good holding title, as lawyers would say, to the Sovereigns who, whether by diplomacy or conquest, had changed their territorial posi tion from what the combined Powers had acknowledged it on the final fall of the First NAPOLEON. • Lord PALmEns , rox's particular newspa pers, the Globe', and the Morning Post, are not much in favor of the proposed Congress, and truly declare that the various changes in Europe, since 1815, with the exception of the seizure and occupation of the free Republic of Cracow, by Austria, in 1840, (which the other great Powers protest& against,) have been recognized and adopted. , Among these, the leading changes have been the severance of Greece from Turkey , and its erection into an independent king -omi, with, more lately, the •deposition of Of bwereign and the election of a Prince of the Bolters his successor ; the overthrow followed by neabstasty in France, in 1830, PnuarrE's reign; &en years of Lours PR - nal-FE and of the Orlea s ... of L uis . ,, (r 1848 ; the establishment of thl rriu Y' Republic, followed by the restoral. of the Empire, with NAPOLEON ILL as head of the State, though the Treaty of Vienna had placed the Bonaparte dynasty under the ban of Europe, if ever it at tempted to regain - sway in France ; the separation of Belgium from Holland in • 1820; and its establishment as a kingdom with LEOPOLD of Saxe-Coburg on- the throne ; and, fmally, the Italian__A..---s- t —=‘- 1859 m41%1. the sovereigns of I'tirples, Tuscany, Modena, and Parma, dis possessed. the Pope of most of the tempo ralities of the Church, wrenched Lombardy from the iron sway of Austria, and trans ferring these territories to -VroTon Emma.- xtrEL, raised him • from the small pove reigntY of Sardinia and Piedmont to the rule of the newly-erected kingdom of Italy. Even the transfer of Savoy and lilice to France, which followed the Italian war of 1859, was a violation of theTreatY of Vienna, but has been permitted by Europe. Such being the case, •LOrd PALMERSTON does not see any especial occasion for a Congress at Paris formally to adjust matters which adjusted themselves along ago. The/ Times hints tho perhaps NAPOLEON did not expect his proposition to be accepted, and that .England might be playing Isis game by declining it. If newspaper. statements be true, as many as three Cabinet Councils had been held in London to determine whether England should or should not send a representa tive to the Congress. Up to the - date of our last - advices, no decision had been made. 'lt was thought that Austria would adopt the policy of England in this matter— that Prussia would simply decline taking any part whatever in the proceeding. 'Rus sia, which has no desire to . precipitate a quarrel with France, and wants to gain time ' for its contest with the Poles, will probably comply with NeroLmorr's invitation. The King of Italy is too much bound to Istaro- LEON, by gratitude and hope, that he, too, may be counted in—as, also, his son-hi-law, the King of Portugal. LEoroun of Belgium will take the same policras England. The . French journals have declared that Spain would be represented in the Congress. Perhaps so, for Queen ISABELLA has been right royal and liber;al- in her recent reeeP• tion and entertainment of the Empress of the French, but it cannot be, forgotten. that Spain owes NAPOLEON a grudge for the Mexican deceit, and NAroLEoN'cannot be Tery friendly to the Queen of Spdin, if the report be true that the Count de PARTS, head of the exiled Orleans dynasty, -is about marrying her eldest daughter, the 'infanta of Spain ; rather a youthful bride, as she will not - complete her twelfth:year until the 20th of next month. As yet,"therefore, it is not only uncertain what Powers will,accppt the Congress, but whether there will be-a Con- - guess at all. - . Regarding other European, matters, there is iittie to be said. There is a pause in the strife between Germany and Denmark about Schleswig. The contest in Poland is con tinued with varied success, but the power of Russia is very great, and the Poles are fight ing almost against hope, for England de clines to interfere,' and France and Austria will not plunge into a war with Russia, with England playing the game of neutrality. The King of Prussia has opened his new parlia ment—the third which he has convened within less than three years, audit is already apparent that he purposes continuing to carry on things with a high hand, in violation of the Constitution, and that the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies is stronger than ever. As before, this Popular branch of the Legis lature will not grant the supplies until they have a guarantee that the King will govern Nyjthin the law, and also, as before, his Majesty, 'who desires to be absolute, will dismiss or dissolve the Chamber, and levy money by taxation without any legal or parliamentary authorization for doing so. Wlnit will be the end ? Delaware. Hon. NATHANIEL B. SMITHEIII3, Secreta ry of State of the State of Delaware, has re signed his position to take the seat in Con gress to which he has been chcisen, and Hon. SADIEEL M. HARRINGTON, Jr., of Wilmington, has been commissioned in his . place. Mr. HARRINGTON is at present Ad jutant General of Delaware, and an emi nently able lawyer. He is an eloquent ora tor, and did good service during the late political campaigns in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an earnest Supporter of the most radical measures of the present Administration. His term of office will expire. in January, 1807. We shall be surprised if the new incumbent fails. to reflect credit of himself and his State. Operatic Oligarchy. MARETZEE announces a short season of Italian Opera. 'Whether GRAU will follow in his footateps remains to be seen. Ilis oft-nights of, opera at Niblo's do not seem to have inflated GnArr as much as MA- WaTzßx. The latter comes to us flushed with triumph, and., we sincerely hope he will go away so. Where the other is we do not certainly know. We do`-not hear much about him. Operatic managers deal in prima donnas, and prima donnas deal in bouquets, but we are • afraid neither mana gers nor prima donnas sleep on beds of roses. MAll,Fazim is up now, and GRAIT's down. Ile could not get in at the New York A - cademy, for MABETzilx got in be fore him, and he has not got into our Phila delphia Academy for the same reason. MARETZEK has a splendid company, and, of course it is immaterial to us who gives us good singers, so that we get them. A tour through the West will sharpen GRAn's palate for enterprise, and, when he comes 'back, and MeturrzEit has cleared off with his pockets as full as his heart, we shall all be glad to say, " HOW are you, Mr. Gttxu ? If you have anything good to give us, we shall be glad to pay you for it." The company, then, which MAnwrzEs - , pro poses to introduce to us will be the operatic oligarch3r for'a season. We have most en tbusiastie descriptions of the glories of MBnoni and MAzzoLraar, and correspond ing raptures about the other members of the company. Only, we hope the ad mired tenor will not lose his voice at a moment's notice, and that if he does, his brother tenors will not beat a hasty retreat. An occurrence here similar to the New York one would be unfortnuate and embarrassing to MAzzo- LEM, and unkind, ungenerous, disgusting on the part of the others. We are disposed to regard 3lAnwrzurc's company as a very excellent one, and we are glad to believe that all concerned will do their utmost to render the short season thoroughly satisfac tory. " lone " will be produced on Wed nesday evening. We have had the German Opera here for the last few weeks, and although its preten sions are nc t so great as those of the Italian, yet its conductor has been shown that his exertions are not unappreciated. In one or two lamentable instances the houses have been thin. As a rule the German Opera has - been largely attended, and the -applause lavished on the principal performers has been as discriminating as unstinted. The chorus has been excellently drilled, and the orchestral instrumentation attained a high degree of perfection. There is nothing nOte worthy in the manner in which the operas have been placed upon the stage. It has been mainly in the beginning-to-get-Worn out Academy fashion. If, however, the stage manager of the Italian Opera takes as much pains as the stage manager of the German, we shall not have cause to grum ble very greatly. Whilst we are 'abundantly musical here in Philadelphia, it is no less true that we are amazingly theatrical. Our theatres are nightly crowded to excess, and three of the beat actors in their respective lines'engross tne public at present With an opera house probably at once the most superb and chaste in the world, and theatres whose elegance and comfort are unsurpassed by'any in the United States ; with efficient and enterpris ing managers, (Derhaps we should say manageresses, since it is the manageresses, after all, who handle most dexterpusly the dramatic ribbons), and with a succession of - in/1y excellent performers, it is no wonder filet we are become intensely theatrical in of 4 entertainments. Our stock companies ale not altogether what they should be. Sitike out a name here and there, and make a!ew importations, and our stock companies Wild assume a much better appearance. Lif,kily, the opera has no stock company, at 164 st what is usu. lly understood as such.',The chortises , and silent characters are the only stock company recognized, and, if thiy do their parts well, are respect ed accordingly. We commenced talking about the opera, and we end with talking It, , ,INAX-101;1-17 tions he has aroused here justify him in en tertaining. LETTER FRO).[ "OCCASIONAL." WAS fl B. C., Nov. 28, 1803 There is one aspect of the present; which contrasted with a period less than two years ago, and studied-in anticipation of thick coming events, cannot fail to, awaken pro fitable interest. I allude to the strong grounds taken by many Of the politicians in the Border States, heretofore influential pro slavery men, in favor not simply of the emancipation proclamation of the President, but in favor of the extremest and most stringent measures against - the institution of slavery itself. And as we dwell upon this fruitful topic, we wonderingly measure the rapid revolution of public sentiment, and the rapid stride towards radical anti-slavery ideas between the lth of July, 1861, and the Ist of December, 186 g. Not to remind the pub lic men who, aftermany doubts,.lia4e finally accepted the remedy by which alpne this rebellion can be utterly extinguished—l mean the gradual but sure abolition of slaveiy— not to remind-such men of the new position they occupy, what a spectacle the anti slavery men of - the Border States present when contrasted with the persistent pro slavery men of the free States ! Take such statesmen as Andrew Johnson and Parson Brownlow, -of Tennessee"; Winter Davis and the anti-slavery Congressional delega tion from Maryland; Mr. Davis, successor of Samuel L. Casey, of Kentucky ; Green Clay Smith and Anderson, of the same State. Take also the anti-slavery and almost Abo lition Representatives to the next Congress from the State of Missouri, and then turn tothe position of the two Governors of West Virginiff - and of old Virginia, Pierpont-,and Boorman, and, I believe, the entire delega tion from West Virginia, chosen to the'next House, and we find that these gentlemen are only the hands that mark the rapid pro-: greys of events upon the face of the political timepiece. The inner temple, the internal works, the masses of the people, are, if pos- . sible,. -now more "determined against slavery, and more resolved,that the. rebellion shall be crushed, and that the rebel leaders shall be puniShed, than those who have thus gallantly- put themselves forward' as the executors- of the popular will in the South. A distinguished soldier, just in from Knox ville, Tennessee, gives me an interesting description of the feelings of the loyal men and women in that neighborhood, and of the almost irresistible power -wielded by that patriotic priest, William G. Brownlow, in his opposition to slavery and to slaveholders, and in his eloquent arguments in favor of the 'Union. His followers, like himself, 'are nearly all eniancipationists. _ But while these wonderful scenes are 'attracting the attention of publicists everywhere, - and are strengthening the hands of the anti-slavery men of the North—while the people and the statesmen of the oppressed 'and slave- ridden South are rising against their be trayers, what measure of contempt shall be awarded to the degraded and-dangerous . men in Pennsylvania, New York, and else where who employ the name of " Demo cracy " to insist that slavery shall be con tinued, and that rather than slavery shall be destroyed, the Union shall be separated? Run the contrast, reader, between Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and Samuel L. Casey, ok Kentucky—both of whom have suffered because of their heroism in this war, and both, of whom have emancipated their slavesand William B: Reed and Charles Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, neither of whom knows anything of the war or of the tribulations of the Government; saVe.to oppose the one and to increase the other,. and you have an illustration that applies to certain leading classes of public men North and South. OCCASIONAL. X./HOE ATTRACTIVE POSITIVE. SALE .OF CHOICE PUNCH. GOODS, FURS, &o.—The early particular attention of dealers is requested to the large and valuable assortment of French, German, Swiss, and British dry goods, embracing about 750 lots of choice and desirable articles, in silks, worsteds,woolens, lin ens, cottons, and fashionable furs, part the importr tion of Messrs. L. & B. Curtis & Co., to be peremp• torily wild by catalogue, on four months' credit, corn• meaning this morning at 10 o'clock, to be continued all day and part of the evening, without intermist sion, by Sohn B: Myers S Co., auotiOneers, Nos. 232 and 2f4 Market attefftr - THE PRESS.-MILADELPHIA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1863: The condition of the President, who has been con fined to his chamber for several days by sickness, Seems to be much improved, and promises an early recovery of his health. There is nothing in the symptoms of his ailments to excite the fears of his friends. General GRANT le the hero of the day in Govern, ment circles. The President is doubly gratified, for General GRATE'. was front the beginning a favorite with him. Haan, from the start, had'entire confi dence in his great military abilities. The deepatoh which had arrived here at three o'clock this morn ing settled the (median of yesterday's fighting. it M believed, however, that there' is more fighting to be done yet between GRANT and BRAG, nor are the stories respecting the destruction of the rebel army on the Chickamauga entirely credited. Confiscation. " The Hon. Jorm C. UrionnwoOn judge of the United States District Court for Virginia, ban just returned from Norfolk, where he cleared the docket in three days, five out of the twenty oases upon it being postponed in consequence of, the absence of witnesses. Decrees were entered confiscating the personal and reaLestate of fifteen rebels, of whom three were formerly in the Union navy and are now in the rebel navy, vii :`Commodore BARRON, and Captains PACIR and Stwar.arn. Some of the estates confiscated are, among the finest in the aristocratic quarter of the town. The fee simple, according, to the principles laid down in :TudgeTJNDERWOOD'S de. trees at Alexandria, goes to the purchaser from the United States. The court was adjourned till Die third Monday in January, when it ia anticipated that about a hundred cases will be disposed of un. der the confiscation law. Next Tuesday, Judge Urn. D . ERWOOD opens court again in Alexandria. _CI the seventy cases which were on the dulcet there, about half are yet to be disposed of. Return 'of Funds Frandulently-withkel4 The conscience-stricken New Yorker, who early last week sent $6O to the Treasury Department, has just remitted $5O more, which he had fraudulently withheld from the Government. It may encourage similarly exercised defaulters to learn that no effbrts are likely to be niade to die cover their identity. Therefore, they can remit - with safety. .4 It is ascertained that in the ad Army Corps alone . sixteen regiments have agreed to, reenlist, in con sideration of retaining ,their present organization. If the present tide of victory holds, it is highly probable nearly' all of our veterans will re•enlist, unless they should happily find it unnecessary, owing to the close of the war, It would be perfect ly natural that, having fought thus fir gloriously through, they should want to be "in at the death" of the infamous rebellion. It is understood that the President, in compliance with the law of the last Congress, decided that the Northern Pacific Railroad shall start from a point on' the Missouri river, nearly, opposite Council Bluffs, in connection with the Mississippi and -Mis souri and the Rock Island Roads: 1111 Recapture of the Schooner Mary Campbell. The Navy Department has been informed that re. cently Acting Lieutenant Commanding Slurry', of the schooner - Bermuda, reoaptured the schooner Mary Campbell, off Pensacola bar, from a gang of rebels, commanded by the notorious JAMES DuKs. Two other schooners were in company with the Mary Campbell. 'One was burned and the other went safely up to Pensacola Bay. Six men were captured, but Dumc escaped. Classification or the Border-State Con .. gressmen. The Tribune says a prominent member of the last House, who has as good opportunities of being in formed with regard to the political affinities of the Representatives elect from the Border States as any person in Washington, judges that fifteen oufof .the twenty-nine will vote for the Union candidate for Speaker, and that moat, if not all, of these will go into ieaucus with the Republicans. In hia opinion, the Border State! are thus divided: - Of the Missouri members, McClurg, Loon, Boyd, and Blow may be depended on. Blair will be absent, and the other four will vote for a Copperhead. Of the Maryland members, Francis Thomas is counted with Winter Davis and Oresswell as sound; and Webster with Harris as Copperhead. - Delaware's one Representative is thoroughly for the Union, and for the immediate abolition of slavery everywhere in the Union. Of the Kentucky delegation, only two, Lucien An derson and Green Olay Smith, may be relied upon. The remaining seven are probably Copperhead be• yond redemption. Of the members from - Virginia, (East), Chandler Will go into the moue. Kitchen will, it is - hoped, vote for the Administration, while the position of Seger perhaps is more doubtful. According to this estimate, the vote of the Border States will stand thus : Adm'a. Anti Adm'n. Anti Missouri 4 4. Border States-15 14 Maryland...... 3 2 Free Stater ....S6 70 Delaware Kentucky 2 7 Using former es- West Virginia 3.. timates 101 Si East Virginla.2 1 , .One absentee If these figures be right, the supporters of the Ad ministration wilkelest their candidates for ppeaker, ifent - ft * Mntniledr, pected causes. " FORTRICSS DIONROWNOW. 28.—About 2,000 boxes and packages arrived here yesterday by the Adams Exprets, en route for the Federal prisoners ill and about Richmond, from:their friends at the North. The steamer Conqueror sailed for Newbern, N. C., at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Los Angeles -Lynch Law—Free Schools. _ . SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.—Business generally has been suspended, and the day devoted to thanksgifring, The sheriff of Los — Angeles, proposing yesterday to arrest the Vigilance Committee who hug five horse thieves and murderen, a cavalry company of United State , s.volunteers from San Pedro mamhed to town, when the sheriff stopped proceedings. I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27,—The Nevada Condit/. tional Convention has adopted an article compelling all children, between the ages of six and fourteen years, to attend school, Escape of the Notorious Guerilla John CremnArm, Nov. 28.—John Morgan and five offi cer% escaped from the Columbus Penitentiary last night. The greateet exertions are being made to re capture them. . OncolureArr, Nov—W.—John. Morgan And six of his officers—Captains Bennett, Taylor, Sheldon, Haynes, Hockersmith, and aleGee--eseaped from the Columbus Penitentiary last night, by jigging through the floor of the cell to a sewer leading to the river. One thousand dollars reward is offered for Ore ar rest of Morgan. Execution of Peter E. - Slocum.l , I FRIVIIIIOLD, N. 1., Nov. 28.—Peter E. Slocum was executed yesterday at this place for the minds* of tds wife at Long Branch,- in 'July last._ The ca maintained his innocence to the last, and exhibited extraordinary firmness during hie last mornente.He made a long speech on the gallows, in which he : 25 1 4 , 3 0k' occasion to asseverate . his innocence in the et solemn manner, and concluded by praying for al his enemies,' especially those' who had sworn fal ely against him on the trial. ' He also prayed for the sheriff, for his spiritual ad viser, for Alchee 'Chas+ (his sister ia-law), for his fatlier.irolawls folks, for his half- brother, the ne est relative he had in the4orld ; for his three ehildeen, who were left to the cold charity of the world, nd lastly for himself. He huMbly implored Di hie mercy for all his transgressions, and conclude by repeating the. Lord's Prayer. During the deliirry of his speech and prayer, which laKed half an Irtur, he was calm and selNimisessed, and at no time during the trying ordeal did he manifest the slight.. est trepidation or lack of confidence. -' . The culprit then proceeded '` to' take leave ofth. of his friends as were in the .yard, and, while lle sheriff was adjusting the toPe,"he turned round, and addressing, the concourse; thlft them not to leave until it was all over. "Stay and see me swing, he exclaimed, "for I am going to die like a man ! l And in a few minutes afterwards, when all wit/ in readiness for the fatal signal, his last words, wire, "I ain't afraid to die like a man. Meet me in flea. ven, all of you." l ' l The execution took place at forty-five mini tee past twelve, and passed Off without any interrip.. tion or disturbance whatever. The unfortunate man struggled but little, Although life was not lex tinct for twelve minutes after 'the body wentop. The corpse was allowed to remain suspended ab'rit half an hour, when it was cut down and delivered over to the friends for interment. ' Slocum wins about thirty-five r^-' occur thirty-five years of age, tnd' was born and brought up in the neighborhood of the spot where the murder took place. He let Wes three children, entirelynnprovided for. -- The shiriff was an old schoolmate. A number of women and children witnessed the execution from the - court,room windows and ihe roofs of the adjoining houses, and never left the slot until the corpse was plaoed in a coffin. Comment ig, unnecessary` BOSTON, Nov. 28.—A letter from Bermuda, dated the 17th inst., announces the arrival of the repel steamer Stempter from Wilmington, N. (J r , with SW bates of cotton. She reports four steamers from Ber muda and Nassau captured oft' Wilmington. The Sumpter is painted black and is bound to Liverpool to receive her outfit and resume her old trade at pirating. The British steamer. Herald, from Port Royal; S C.,-arrived this morning— - Frauds upon the Revenue Department. NEW Yuan', Nov. 29.—Frands upon the Revenue Department, to a large amount, have been recently discovered at this port, and several of the parties implicated have been arrested, among whom is illajor Devarse, the chief clerk of one of the principal ship. ping houses here, and a leading operator of the gang of smugglers. It is supposedthat one of the guilty parties left here lest Sunday, and has not been heard of since. The loss to the Government is already reported to be $2 0 , 00 . / Sinking of a Steamer with Government • Stores. ST. LOUIS, NOV: 29.—The eteraner Sillier Wave, from St. Louis for Nashvillo, with a full cargo of Government stores and about 100 horses on board, sunk, yesterday Morning, about twenty-five miles above 'Cairo. It is thought that she cannot be . rais4 wA.sta:mGYror. Special Despatches to The Press. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Nov. 29. Illness of the-President. General Grant. from the Government. Re-enlistments. Northern and Pacthc Railroad. FORTRESS*MONROE. Supplies fox'Union Prisoners. CALIFORNIA. \ Morgan, and .Six Officers. Beimuda. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Our Cavalry Driving the Enemy, The Ilebels 'Moved to Orange Court ROlll4O. GEN. MEADE'S LINE OF BATTLE HEAVY LOSS IN THE 3d CORPS. NINE 1111NDBED REBELS CIPTURED. wAsmary;wor. - , Nov. B.—No intelligence respect ing the Army of the Potomac had been received itt the army headquarters here, up to two o'clock this afternoon, The Star' gays : Yesterday morning our cavalry rushed forward as far as. Locust Grove, where they met the advance of the rebel cavalry, and the latter were driyeo across Russell Creek or river, and after wards ACTORS mill nun. • A body of rebel infantry were posted between that point and Orange Court House, and the whole rebel force moved off' in the direetion of the latter place. Locust Grove is four mites south of Germania Ford, in Orange county, and within a abort distance of the Wilderness, where Hooker fought his battle. Mill Run is two miles from Locuit Grove, and thence to Mountain rive.; where General Early, with Ewell old corps, is said to be' in force, is about six miles. Orange Court House is eight or teu miles farther on, in a southwest direction. NEW YORK, NOV. 2.9.—A special despatch from Rappahannock Station to the New York Herald says: It is certain that no battle has been fought. Cannonading was heard on Saturday morning, fainter than on Friday, but during the day it was perfectly quiet. Rain ceased falling before dark, and it is probable that the quantity which has fallen will not inter fere with the movements of the army except a few hours!. Nine guerillas were captured on Friday.night, be tween Catlett's Station and Fairfax Court House. Four of them were in one house. One of them. had $3,000 in greextbacks. DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT. WASHIVOTON, Nov. 29.—The Army of the Po tomac, at aix COolookr. on the morning of the 27th, moved from near Germania, Culpeper, and Jacob fords, and formed in line of battle, the centre rest ing on the Fredericksburg turnpike, near Robert son's Station ; the left ndvanced along the plank road, forming a curve towards Gordonsville, and the right terminating near, the Rapidan, southwest of Jitoob's ford, As the centre advanced, it came up on the enemy's pickets and skirmish line. Sub sequently the enemy's line was strengthened by the arrival of reinforcements from Ewell's corps on the Rapidan front. About one o'clock a slow and regular cannonading commenced on the road lead thg to Orange Court House, and considerable firing between the skirmishers. The enemy did not reply with artillery. At four o'clock it was announced that Hill's corps, which had previously rested on the Rapidan, west of the railroad, was approaching on the centre, and half an hour later hesvy musketry was heard on the right, showing that the 3d Corps, forming that wing, was engaging the enemy. Up to seven o'clock in the evening of Friday our caeualties were few on the centre. The'only offi cer of rank known at that time to be killed is Lieu tenant Colonel Heiner, of the 'net Pennsylvania. Thebattle ground is in the Wilderness, with little open country ; consequently, an accurate description of our position cannot be given, but it will be per ceived that we have the enemy's fortified postion on the heights, skirting the Rapidan, on their right, and can compel them to give battle if they intend to fight upon ground less unfavorable to us. Jeff' Davis, owing to the unfavorable weather of Wednesday, did not review the rebel ariny as he in tended, and is said by prisoners to have returned to Richmond on Thursday. Gregg's cavalry and batteries had a severe fight with the enemy's right wing, cavalry. On Thurs day afternoon he drove them back upon their infan try lines!, when he in turn was compelled to fallback. His loss is said to be about twenty-five killed and wounded. The sth Corps coming up, the enesiy in turn was compelled to retreat. About sixty were wounded in the 2d Corps, five killed, and seven missing. On the right, General French's 3d Corps, when advancing, encountered Ewell's Corps before he connected with the centre, and after a severe fight he held his position, but lost heavily. He, however, captured 900 rebels. The Gth Corps was then thrown forward, and tilled the gap between the centre and right. 0 , A train of the 6th Corps, advancing on the plank road, was attacked on the flank by rebel cavalry, who destroyed fifteen or twenty wagons, and killed two men and several mules. On Friday morning it was found that the enemy had fallen back from our centre to two miles nearer to Orange Court House. The above intelligence is up to Friday, and was brought to 'Washington by a special messenger, who came near being captured by guerillgs. The addi tional information which has also come to hand to night, through another source, states that the line was formed on Friday, about noon, on the roads lead ing to Orange Court House. Gem Gregg's cavalry r on the left, had a severe fight with the rebel cavalry and drove them back upon their infantry, and then fell back himself upon the sth Corps, who in turn drove the rebel infantry back and took position -drove cete l finErmishers beyond Robertson's tavern, and formed the centre. On the 'right, Prince's division 3d Corps met a heavy body of Ewell's Corps, and fought them several hours, until the remainder of the corps came up._ In the latter, the 6th Corps, the third, particularly Prince's division, which "lost heavily,. is estimated at five hundred killed and _ wounded ;ad prisoners, but they 'severely punished the enemy in killed and wounded, and took, as French reports, nine hundred prisoners. Our forces in the centre had no heavy fighting, and conse quently our loss there was small, excepting in Gregg's cavalry division. • - On Saturday morning it was discovered that the enemy's centre bad fallen back. Their skirmish line on the road is some mile and a half nearer to Orange Court House. The heavy rain, it Was thought, would hinder any heavy offensive field operations on Saturday. It is reported that Kilpatrick's cavalry division under Carter - attempted to cross under the enemy's batteries at Raccoon Ford on Friday, but was driven back. Heavy guns were heard there all this afternoon, tending to confirm the truth of the re. port. The enemy used no artillery on Friday, and we but very little, owing to the densely.wooded and nearly level character of the ground. 'lt is known that there was heavy skirmishing on the turnpike at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, but no particulars have been received. • THE WAR Hi THESOUTHWEST VIE ENEMY CONCENTRATED NEAR DALTON, LONGSTREET ENDEAVORS TO JOIN BR.AGG. Wheeler's Cavalry Routed at Cleveland, Tens, A PORTION OF KNOXVILLE BURNED °HAT TANOOGA, Nov. 28.—There has been no fighting at the front to. day. The enemy is concen• trated• below and near Dalton, with the, view to making a stand. Our line is beyond Ringgold. An order from Bragg recalled Longetreet from. be fore Knoxville on the morning of tile 26th. He is now endeavoring to join that chieftain, near Dalton, by a circuitoue route. The situation from Knoxville to Bridgeport is all that can be desired. iDAVA.LRY FIGHT AT OLEVELA.ND NABRVILLB, Nov. 29.-oaptain Cox and the mate and clerk of the steamer Duke •were arrested to night, and 'will he tried by military commissioners, charged with crossing 300 of Hawkins , rebel cavalry from the north to the south side of the thinlbOziand river, near Fort Donets on. Colonel Langdon, of the 10th Ohio, who was se verely wounded in the late fight, will not r. , :cover. - Colonel Long encountered a portion of Wheeler's cavalry at Cleveland yesterday. After a severe fight the rebels were routed. Their loss it not et ated. NORTH PART OF KNOXVILLE BURNED. CINCINNATI : NOV. 2.9.—The latest news from Knoxville is to Virednesday. The north part of the town is burned, including the railroad - depot. -.., _ Burnside Is cheerful and confident There was a severe rain last night, and the Cum berland iirapidly rising. There is nine feet of water on the shoals. "WEST TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY NEw Yon's, Nov. 29.—Rumors at Paducah state that General Roddy, with from 4,000 to 6,ooo_rebels, made his appearance recently on the Tennessee river, below Eastport. There was great excitement at Columbus; Ky., yesterday, owing to General Smith enforcing Gene! red Hurlbut's conscription order. There has been a large number of arrests for mili tary purposes. The steamer Nellie Moore, bound for. Nashville with Government stores, sunk on Friday, in the Ohio river, just below Smithiand. Large Meetlnk Belt . ", in Boston, in Behalf or the Freed Men Of Mississippi Valley. BOSTON, Nov. 29.—A. large meeting was,held in the old South Church to-night, in behalf of the freed men of Mississippi valley. Governor Andrew pre sided. Speeches were made by him, Rev. Mr. El ler, chaplain of the Kamm cavalry, and George S. Hilliard, of Boston, and others. NEW YORK. -The Fog ih New York 'Harbor—A Serious Collision—Rebel Captured—Disaster at Sea—The Dictator not Launched Naw Yonx, Nov. 28.—There is a very dense fog to-day on both the East and North rivers. The New London boat arrived through on time. A Idealiser is in the lower bay, believed to be the George Washington,. with later news fronx New Orleans. - The steamers City of London and Teutonls, for Europe, With an aggregate of a million in specie, and the Morning Star, for Jew Orleans, are de tained by the fog. The Sound steamer Commonwealth collided this morning with the Williamsburg ferry-boat, cutting the latter down to the water's edge. The Common wealth had her steam-drum damaged. Nalivei were lost. -`The British _steamer Corsica, from Nassau, was thoroughly searched by the customs officers-last night, as well as all the baggage of the passengers. A large amount of specie, rebel money, and a rebel mail, were found on the !steamer and among the passengers. , The ship Emerald, which sealed for Liverpool a few dap lined; returned to.day, having bad the captain killed and the chief mate withed over. board t , and several Of tfie crew injured. The fitted - Pt teirtunCh the iron-clad steamer Die• tator, wed.. The Cherokee Indians. SrrtiNoviaLD, Mo., Nov. 28.—A. delegation of Cherokee Indians, beaded by Captain Christy, act ing chief, paid their respecti to General McNeil to• day, by order of their National Council. Captain Christy recounted the suffering of the Indians froth the roving banditti, and asked for protection against their depredations. They desired authority to raise a regiment of cavalry, and to adopt a guerilla War. fare, as the only means of ridding themselves of mounted marauders. He also asked that the dis tricts allotted for the settlement or the tribe should be better , protected, so as to enable the Indians to cultivate the soil, and secure a more comfortable home. General McNeil replied that he had represented the conditioner the Indians to the proper authority, recommending some measures (or their improve ment, and would afford them all the protection in his power. • Cotton. at Memphia. Oarno, Nov. 28,—A steamer from Natchez, bound for New Orleans, and laden with 3,000 bales of cot ton, was entii ely consumed by fire at Port Hudson last week. On the "sth cotton was in better demand et Mein phis than it has been for several days, and factors were holding the higher grades for better prices. Over 4,000 bales were sold at prices ranging from 35 to 76 cents. Transfer of and Wounded Pennsyl- vanta Soldiers. HAIVRIBMIRG, Nov. 28.—Tioon th'e application of the Governor, an order has been made for the trans fer.of the doh and wounded Penneylvania eoldiere in the hoapital at Davld'a Talmud, New York, to Philadelphia. Further from - Europe. NEM YOIIK, Nov. 29.—The following are the latest advice' from Europe: Nov. 11,—The General Correspondent Of to-day sass: Letters from St. Petersburg state that it is believed in well-informed circles that Rus sia will now be less disposed to consent to the pro posal of a Congress than she would hare been some months.. ago, the situation since that time having greatly changed. The statement that Russia has assented must, therefore, be regarded as quite pre mature, if not utterly devoid of foundation.. PAnis, Nov. le—Evening.—The Yellow Book, containing the diplomatic nocuments,will be dis tributed to-morrow to the members o the Senate and the Legislative body.. The Emperor'a Ministers are in the habit of meet leg every Friday at a dinner given by each in turn. Luring the summer these meetings have not taken place regularly-; they recommence, however, this evening, with, a, dinner given by his Excellently the Secretary of State. - Count de Coturninges Guitant, envoy extraordi. nary and minister plenipotentiary or France gat the Court of !Lisbon, has just arrived in Paris on a leave of absence. The Arobimandrite Milos, delegate of the Greek Church in the matter of the .111oldo-Wallachian Monasteries, bas arrived from St. Petersburg. / Colonel Faubert, the commander of the troops at Portiau-Prince, will leave here-to-morrow to em bark for Hayti. The frigate Eurylas was launched at Rochefort yesterday _with complete success. • PAETS'iNoi. 20-3.30 P. M.—The Bourse has been flat, Rentes Closing at 60f. 25c., being 10 centimes lower than yesterday. HAITI/11RO, Nov: 14.—The Russian pipers publish an Imperial ukase ordering the formation of twelve new - regiments of infantry, each containing three battalions. This force is intended to form the third Reserve Corps. COPENHAGEN, Nova 14.—The following bulletin of his Majesty's health was •issued this morning: "The erysipelaispread yesterday over the King's whole face, with increasing fever, and continued with alight deliriums No accession of the erysipe las took place last night. Raving obtained a little sleep, his Majesty is rather better to-day." New - Music. Petrella , s opera of "lone," the libretto derived from Bulwer'e truly poetical "Last Days of Pom peii," will be produced at our Academy of Music by Max liffaretzek's Italian company, on Wednesday. The well•lcnown music publishers, Oliver Ditson & 00., Boston, (whose agent here is ND, S. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut,) have brought out a series Of gems from "lone," and some of the many "Beau ties" of that opera, arranged for the piano. The "Gems" introduce all the titbits of the opera but One piece, and the " Beauties" give the Italian words, with English translation, of the romances Abandonata, e(1 orfano," and "O, lone, di quest anima," the charming duet " Dell' Ilissu sul se spon do," and the brilliant cavatina "Nel sol (Brand' a pill esplendido." We expect to hear these beautiful songs, "familiar to the car as household words," within twenty•four hours. Put)lie Rntertainments. NEW OHESTNIIT•ATREET THEATRE. Feehter, 13andmann, Vestvali, Cubes, eto., have acted in English with more or leas merit. Charles Mathews has been very successful in his attempts in French. Our last importation, if she be an importation, is Johanna Claussen, who lays claim to being a Swiss soubrette. What next I If matters go on at the present rate, it need be no matter of surprise for a Russian to (laid in the English language, or a Hottentot in - the liamechatkian. We must give these foreigners due credit. They are very patient and painstaking. Whatever else is to their discredit, this is to their. credit, that they are industrious. Poor Cubes, to be sure, made a ridiculous blun der in " I.avengro, ,, and before she Attempts the same thing again will 'learn to comprehend her capabilities more justly. Bandmann was near perfection in, his lingual efforts, Vestvali was remarkably good, When Fechter performs be fore us in English and rdathews hi-French, it will 'be time enough to speak of them. The present can didate is Johanna Claussen. This young lady per forms on the off-nights of Dlr. Forrest, and come • uffintly has Virprinpadav ancl..„Sr-tuaMiffirafttr. these opportunities, and, though she is yet in:her teens in the knowledge of the public, she promises soon to be of age in its favor. . - The class of character towhich she is confined is ne cessarily limited. She comes before us as a soubrette, and only pretends to sustain that line of character. Whether a mere soubrette should undertake to be irresistible as Gertrude, in the "Little Treasure," is a question in stage ethics. We think not. Miss Clauesen did not carry away the hearts of her au dience in the "Little Treasure," as she did in the "Swiss Cottage." There she looked very pretty, her tasteful, if not altogether faithful costume, help , ing her hugely. Her songs, too, came to her relief, and singing gave her voice opportunities which speaking- never - can. In the "Little Treasure," an arch, vivacious, loving, bread-and-butter girl" 're smiles her father and mother, after a long estrange meat. This is the substance of Mr. A. Harris' plan, it can scarcely be called a plot. A few years ago, at the "old Arch-street Theatre; this pretty comedy was exceedingly well performed. Little Rose Skerritt was the Gertrude, Mr. Shewell was Captain Madenbtush, Miss Wells was Mre. Middleton, and Mrs. Stoneall, if we remember aright, was Lady Florence Halyard. Such a cast as that is all such a play deserves. Comparizons, whether odious or not, will suggest themselves, and we are free to confess that the " Little Treasure " has not been nearly so well per formed.at the New Chestnut as at the Old Axch. The prime interest of course concentrates upon the Little Treasure herself, Mims Claussen was not art lessly girlish enough. She did not look precisely whatthe character require& She looked a trifle too old. On the other hand, Mims Cooper, as her mother, looked a trifle tee young—a rare fault. Mr. F. Mor daunt was unusually good as Sir Charles Howard. Mr. J. W. Collier was a doll-baby as Ca lg. Maiden. blush, though he improved as the play, progressed, and Mrs. H. P. (}rattan made a very much better Mrs. Middleton than was to have been anticipated. No one—in the audience, at least T eould perceive the point in the repeated reference which was made to Richmond, and the jokes intended to tell in that quarter fell flat. Miss Claussen did all she could to render Gertrude a very lovely, engaging girl. She was a vivacious, affectionate, pouting, tender, Self willed, happy girl. But sha was not the Gertrude. She ought to have had a sang or two to help her along. These dramatic eccentricities are become so popular that we see nn reason why Miss Clansmen should not go off into a jubilate about the reunion of papa and mamma, or burst out into a "Go, forget me! Why should sorrow," when Captain Maiden. blush commits an act of unusual absurdity. In the "Swiss Cottage" lilies Claussen was more herself. Lisette suits her as well as any character can. Her saucy, winning ways, her impertinences and lovingnese, the character of the whole piece, and the familiar scenes which surround her, adapt Lisette to Miss Claussen, and Miss Cirque!). to Lisette. It is not necessary to dissect such a speeimea of the Minor Drama as the "Swiss Cottage." • It belongs to the same class as the pastoral play "Rosies,'' alias Lavinia, alias. Ruth, in which Miss Stephens, we believe, used to play and sing. Itis jr t the part for a soubrette to act. And Miss °Janssen knows it, or she would not commence playing it just about nine °ldle& when the auditorium is at its fullest, intercalating it between the Little Treasure and the Little Sentinel as though they had a chemical affiaity for each other. Here under the head of "Incidental Mush," she brings her Poop in. She dresses the character very nicely, and looks really pretty in it. She cajoles and vexes Nat; (Mr. W. A. Chapman), assumes the saucy affectionate, chief-loving prude, and comes out triumphant at the climax to the entire satisfaction of the audi ence. The song of " The Captain" elicited the most tumultdous applause, and it is not easy to convey an idea of the arch and wicked little look Lisette threw out from her eyes, when she sang and gesticulated about the sly glances of the Captain. We are almost inclined to believe that she mispro nounces purposely. Let her say "whiskers," in-' stead of " wins -beers," let her pay md'ae assiduous attention to English, and it will not be long before she holds a less inferior position upon our stage, than that she has been obliged to assume. 1 In the "Little Sentinel" she was rather funny as, indeed, she cannot help being in any portraiture which affords her that oppoctunity. The song, "Somebody is Coming,'.' was sang with piquancy, the enunciation being distinct.. Mr. W. A. Chap man was as funny as is his wont to be, as " Sim, a Young - Farmer."• In such plays as these, however, there are really no characters, and only characteri zations when some performer of unusual" merit takes the principal part. During the winter and the summer aolstice they, form an acceptable variega. tion. When, in the case 01 the new ddbutante, V/8 have youth, good looks, talent, and energy, the public is more than willing to extend them patronage. During the week Mr. Forrest has been performing the characters of .Rickeliett, Demon, Rickard, and Hamlet. At each representation the invariable eoln pliment of a crowded, house has been paid him. With the advance of every year this actor swum to grow greater., The intellectuality of hie acting be. comes more and more apparent. The experlenee of years is now devoted to his art ; a lifetime is:concert' %rated upon the development of his tranasendant genius. Mr. Forrest has 'shaped the colossal block of crude genius into wonderful statues of natural and lovely proportions. No intelligent praise can be extravagant which extols tho. exceeding beauty of the ocmceptions of this wonderful artist. We can scarcely think of Mx. Forrostla fame as otherwise than increasing. It glows around his name a luminous halo, whose brightness and extent the programs of years will only intensify and enlarge, Mr. Forrest appears this evening in "Othello." WALICIFT•STREET THICATIOL—How great Liston may have been, or.Munden, we can but imagine, or guess from the fine criticism of their day. " Who can see a ghost like MunAent" said Lamb. '! Or in the small Olympic pit, sit, split, Laughing at Liston while we quit his _ said Hood. Doubtless these'were grandcomediana,but there ix no reason why we may not have our own Lis. tons and Dllllldene, and we are happy to believe we have. We cannot Imagine that any of the great actors of the age could have played Major Wellington de Boots with more thorough humor than Mr.-J. S. Clarke, nor dews believe that Mr.sToseph Jefferson has ever been excelled in his quainte'curioue, and inimitable vein of comedy. These gentlemen, we think, stand alone and apart, in originality and power. Though it has been five or six years since we saw Mr. Jeffer son, we remember his face.as if we had looked at it yesterday; and, the mere recellection of his glorious comedy is better than a whole week at the theatre— as comedians generally play. It is said he is canting back. As Spartacus remarks," Let him come on." In the meanwhile, have we not Mr. Clarke, at once his superior, his inferior, and his equal? Mr. Jeffer son is in Australia, we believe ; it is only fair, then, that each hemisphere should have a laugh. Mr. Olarkehr first great excellence is that he is— artistic? No. It is that he is funny. If a come dian is not comic, we do not care what he ; and, unluckily, we know several fine actors who appear in farces, who are intelligent, artistic, and every thing they should be, except amusing. But Mr. Clarke is all of a glow with humor. You begin to smile the moment he comes on the stage, and frown only when be goes off. You may go to the theatre with a fixed determination to find faults in all his acting, and perhaps may succeed, lbut you cannot deny that beds funny. No funnier actor treads the stage—none whoae fun is so perpetual, so fresh, so inesshaultible, so complete. You must laugh ;ffen if you have solemnly sworn to be melancholy, one look at his face will make you break your vow. Indeed, he can do more than mast tragedians, for he can bring tears into the eyes. This sounds like extravagant panegyric. Well, we suPpoie it is; but then Mr. Clarke is a very - extra.vaxant come dian, not at all economical with his fun. By thus insisting that his great merit is his never failing power to melee an audience lrofgh, we do not Mean to otherwise disparage him. On the contrary, were he not an artist he could not be an funny. His Brown, in "My Neighbors Wife," for instance, is one,of the most elaborate bits of acting we have seen. Every look, tone, and gesture, is studied: Mr. Clarke is successful, not by violating, but by respecting art, and is truly an artist even in his most grotesque and abetird caricatures of human nature. And, by the way, we regard such mica. tures as Major De Boots as perfectly legitimate. They are in the drama what the Guppys, Swivellers, and Pielarirks of Dickens are in the novel—extravagant developmeate of truth. They are not monstrous, because we recognize their reality. De Boots has never been met with in society. True; but who has ever met a Hamlet or a Lear? Comedy and tragedy have an equal right to imaginative development, .!and by this right all great poetry and all humor is 'achieved. Mr. Clarke had a remarkable talent for imitation. He has drawn much from Burton, and something from Jefferson. He is certainly not that monster and impoasibility-s-an absolutely original actor. But he has plenty of originality and imagination. There is mi . precedent for his De Boots. He seems to be a careful student, and to depend more upon ob servations of everyday life than upon the traditions of the stage. One of the finest elements of his acting is its reality. Waddilove, Toodles, Jack H u mphries, Cousin Joe, all have a backbone of character; It is not often that he presents pure character, for he ex cels in exaggerations, but when he does it is admi rable, For instance, 'Asa Tionehard, especiallyin the courting scene, a Malralt, in "Sir Giles Overreach," and Bob Tyke. But he is best in those burlesques of " humanity, which give full opportunity for the ridi culous and absurd. Occasionally he carries this ability to that extreme where merit becomes a fault, and some of hie. performances are unworthy, of his real genius. We have seen Mr. Clarke fin parts which were silly and uninteresting, yet we remem ber not one which was not kindled by at least one touch of the true comic spirit. Great comedians are rarely seen on our stage, though they are frequently announced in the bills; but we sincerely think Mr. Clarke' can justly ad vance a claim to greatness in his profession—to greatnees absolute, in the strict meaning of the word, not the relative greatness of a Gulliver among Lilliputiana. A young man, who a few years fence had a merely local reputation, he has a future before him which ought to be all the best friends of the drama could wish, for his genius is of that kind which time ripens but does not fade. Be does sot seem to weary, but even in the old wormout Toodles; and the antediluvian Pau/ Pry, seems as fresh, and jovial, and earnest, as if he had not gone eve; their grandmotherlyjokes hundreds of times. - This is one secret of his power over an audience, that he too seems to enjoy the perform ance. The play seems play to him, not work ; the joke is not a serious matter, and all his action is in spired with n delightful and perfect bon hommie. This sincerity of humor, this unconquerable spirit of youth and exultation, is the soul of enjoyment, and the only atmosphere in which our true sympa thies with comedy can live. We are glad to welcome Mr. Clarke again to our stage, and with him all our old friends—the Major, and Brown, and air. Pry, and the "ticket of leave" MID, Mr. Tyke, and the rest of those delightful illu sions. Now they are here, we hope they will stay long, and for Mr. Clarke himself, we welcome hurt not oily as the funniest of comedians, but as one of the most intelligent and earnest of living artists. ARCH.S.TREET THEATRE.--MTS. D. F. Bowers, a very sweet and versatile actress, has for the last three weeks been playing a brilliant engagement at this theatre. The round of plays has been so varied, and the plays themselves have, far the most part, been so excellently performed, that we should have devoted some space to a review of them had that space been obtainable. we -I—e—esee-aasse this evening 'tae Lady Camilla Hailstone. A re-engagement with the- Davenport. Wallack -Farren dramatic alliance his been effected, and Frank Drew is underlined. s . = ITALIAN OPERA.The sale of seats for Mr. Ma retzek's opera, which begins on Wednesday, will commence teeda'y, at the Academy of Music. That the management will produce "Ione" for the open ing night, is, we trust, a guarantee of -the enterprise and novelty of his season ' . NATtONAL CIRCITS.—The famouslhorse "Hawk. eye State" will be introduced, for the first time, this evenitg, at the great National Circus. Four well trained ponies will also be presented to the view of the audience. They are named Apollo, Adonis, Meliflyer, and Mercury, —Mr Southern made his debut as the inimitable Lord Dandreary, in Dublin, on the 9th, and was re ceived with great enthusiasm by a crowded house. —lt is stated that Madlle. Duverger, an actress who recently made a successful-attempt in Paris to play some scenes from "Macbeth" in English, has signed MI engagement with Mr. Wapster to come out at the Adelphi in May next, in a piede written for her by Mr. Watts Phillips. ' - ROTHEIMEL'S a Martyra in the Coliseum' , will re main on exhibition at the Academy Or Fine Arta for a time longer. The concourse of visitors of cub tivak-d taste, who have borne witness to the genius of the artist, is a warrant for placing this picture in a very conspicuous position, both is the gallery ()rut, and in one's memory of things excellent. TIT] C . POE ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, SEE MIRTH 1..A.G3a THE. ASSOCIATION OF TELFGRAFRERS of this city, at, a meeting held on Saturde,y evening, adopted the constitution and by laws of the Na tional Telegraph Convention, recently held at New York, and formed a permanent local organization. The meeting was composed of the moot intelligent and responsible attaches of the different companies, and its proceedings were characterized with ability and a determination to establish the institution on a solid basis. Win -James Merrihew, manager of the' Pe°Pie , ' Telegraph line,. wag elected:district director, and M b r. Joseph S. Green, president of the local organization, together with 11Q. D. Buckerel, as vice president ; A. H. Seymour, secretary ; John W. treasurer. UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMIESSION —RELIEF FOR iiICEDIOND PIUSONEEM—The follow irg satisfactory ciescatch has just been received from General Meredith: FORT IVIONROR, NOV. 29, 1563. To Geo. B. Stuart. Chairman U. S. Christian Commis sion, Philadelphia: - • I have every reason to believe that the goods sent by individuals and the Sanitary and Christian Com minions are delivered to our prisoners. I would augeect that you send as much as possible. 5. A. MEREDITH, Brig. Gen. The Christian 001nriliii2i013, which has been Ship ping for same weeks large supplies for our 3rtfraling men, will continue to convert all moneys - coinraittad to them into just such stores and medicines as will do the most good. - RELIGIOUS —The sixth.. smniverSgy - Of. the Provident Society of the Eleventh.street DI. E. Church WAS htdd yesterday afternoon. The attend ance was large, and the exercises of an interesting and pleasing character. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Willianr...Tffulien. pastor, Rev. S. W. Thomas, and the Rev. John Thompson. The very Efficient choir of tke church sang several appro priate hymns. This society is conducted by some of rho lady members of the church for the purpose of clothing the poor in the immediate neighborhood. Liberal-minded persons would bestow a great favor by sending clothing, or money to buy it, to the church. FOUND DEAD.—The coroner was - notified to bold an inquest on the body of Wire. Keating,-who was found dead, yesterday morning, at her residence, in St. Mary street, between Seventh and Eighth. FINANCIAL AND. COMMERCIAL! THE MONEY MARKET. EIIikADELPRIA. NOT. Gold closes very excited at 147.4 L:. During the forenoon it was steady at 11434, but shortly- after took a strong up- ward tarn, rising . to 14.4 The steamer took out to-day over a•million, and the advance is partly to be ascribed to that fact, while the darkness which envelopes the movements of General Meade somewhat counterbalances those of General Grant. The general impression is that gold will be- lower - next week, and the advice?, which will affect the market are impatiently awaited. Gold cloned at 14635. The money market continues Quite active at 7 per cent but the indications are that it will soon be rauch/asier Geyer= entsecuritles are steady. 'l be Stock market was weak to-day; bat prises were without much change: State fiveS" and city sixes were steady. Reading iS7OB soli at 1063,11 LeliighVaTßy sixes at led: Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages at 110: 96 bid fox North l'einsylvania sixes: 103 for Camden and Amboy IS93s. North Pennsylvania shares closed at 32 i Catawissa at 9%., the preferred at &Di:Little at-t3hi; Reading at 61.16; Pennsylvania at 71%; Phi ladelphia and laie 29 Huntingdon and Broad Top at 2DI-. Schuylkill Navigation at 18. the preferred rose to a 3%.; Chesapeake adr.d. Delaware sixes 101.3:=:: Wyoming Valley ate:: Lehigh Navigation at 60;x''$ wax bid for '72; New Creek said, at 1 1-16: Big td - ormtain at 54' Locust Mountain at SI The market closingsteady. Drexel & Go. CMOre: toiled States Bonds, 1951. 7 109 §1093:4 if. r'. new Certificates of Inliebtedness......... 9A ' 98 r. g. old 047tificatas of Indehtedgees. 101.1.1. Ng. Qua 7 3.10 Notes 109104106% termasters' Vonchers s 97,ifi ,98 Odor for Certiheates of Indebtedness I. Ilea Sterling . - 46 46'4 Sterling Thnonange .161 161J1 The following abstract of 'Company's repornt. shows the eoal tonnage for the week and season, as compared with corresponding time lost year:. I Last I 'Sends. Week Season. Season. Ino'se Dent Reeding 11.— 68,62113,029,6382,277,9301 750,7119 .••••!,, Sehny'l Nay.. 27,260. 62,7,9:0 1 936,4941 . 108.654 Lehigh Bar.• 21,669 6%5,7651 596,2271 259.636 .••- -Lehigh Val. 26,089 1,163,6691 658,9141 V 6,955 . • ••••••• Del. 54 Lack.. 22,621 1,301.7261 904.343' 107.076. ••• • Del. & rind .- • 26,078-- - 776.515. 504.092 103,456 •• Penna. Coal.. 17.416 620,7231 569,620 66,2113 Shamokin 11,054 1 248,0241 220,615 27.99 .••• • •-• Broad Toy,— 2,Ef-17 290.480 20447 • . ..... 14,967 I,yken's 4,442 1.28,660 166>.83 37.649 Trevort,;44. ' 672 58,214 54.271 4.003 Taal% ,T 34,081 8,99,3,TP/17,838,M 1, 71 : 1 ' 3 •51. 8 i 181,149 ngs filistairilifov. Me. R. Philadelplds acatiaaiie. P OAXD. 50 N . Penns Et 423 . 150 do 1;50. 100 do 60d79. 2 6 Cm-no, & Plne,caeh I 150 Lehigh Nay..easb.oo , /20 Schp/ Bar prf 33 -- 300 do moth: 333‘.: 200 do blO. $l , 1 do tea .10 00 0 Big Moaritain.),6o. 33 11 Locust Moontairi._. 32 6C.00 Schyl N 6e 1832, e'sb. 833 ICO C b 5. 50 Il 4t unt B T BO 200 NY Erie. b 351.105 1000 Leb I a Val S 1 1 ao Phil% & 22X BOARDS 700 City 6a over 157* .108 200 New Creek 11-1& 1 5 78 0 S S ety jll l 11 4 0 ' 11— b 3O 33 X BOAKD. • Phnada. Stock Ext, (Reported by S. R. S LAYKAZE. ST FIR 1000 US 6 yrs, ()pre casb.10011: WOO do d o• • ••• .100 12(0 do do . 1(01a 100 Reading R....b10. ICCO do blO. 260 do cash. 6134 .100 do cash. 6/3a WO do 61 6000 Penns Os Afi 300 City Be new.. ...... 1018111 20(10 do. ...... —.lOB 6000 do overlB7o. _..104 2000 riS teg 6s 1081 cas.loB 50 Cat R prf 10 260 do.— . . 800 (TS 7 3-10 TIC E . F&AIO6 3000 Penna R Ist tn. cash 110 46. Lit Schyl R 5135 1961\ Penna IL •zOO. 22 IiRTWBEN ICO N Penna R —6041 y a• 2234 2CO do 60dy 221 S 6 Lit Schyl B rOt: 90 Schy I Nay IS SEBORD 22 Penn a .. . ... • 7114; 49 do 71;1, 11C1) Say' Nay prf. • - 100 do. :13R1' MO Chet; dr Del 66 1011;11 3to Cat B. prf 30 35 (lizard Bank 46M . 15 Spruce & Pine IL 14 3000 City es maw 105 -2090 do over 3570-104 AFTE6 zoo Lit Schyl R Wye. 5L14 100 Cat R Philatielpteta Dlstrkets. The Flour market is dull, bat prices remain about tits sante as last Quoted: Sales comprise about 500 bbls goo& and choice Western extra family at $7.51C0 . 7. 75 41 bbl: The retailers and bakers are baying moderately at front V.71.@6.25 for superfine, 36 5V7 for extras, .',003 for extra 'amity, and $5 50 op to slo'l bbl for fancy broad.g so to quality. line Flour continues very scams, and sells on arrival at $6 50 d bhl. Corn Meal is also scare% and there is little or nothing doing. GRAIN. —Boldors of. Wheat are not so firm in their Vi6WF, but Prices are without any material change: 6,106 hue Penna. and Southern red eold at ittsolo3c. and 4.100 bus We'tern do. on private terms; white is selling[ atiXf.4.23oc ho, the latter for choice Kentucky. Rye is is demand; about 1,750 him Delaware gold at LSic I,u. Corn is dal, with small sales of yellow at 1‘19.0. and ' new at 105 110 c re Ode are unchanged; about 3.003 has have been sold at 87c, weight. 6.0t70 bee Rye Malt sold at Mc T. bu. BARK.--tleorcitron. is drdl, and held at 587 * ton for Is 10 a. 1. COTTDN —The market is dull, and prices are lower: email sales of middling are making at 80@61c it lb, cash_ GROCERIES.—There is Tory little doing itt either. Sugar or Coffee, and prices remain about the caste ex laet quoted. BEDS. —Flaxseed is in demand, with sales at 83 211 per bnsbeL Timothy is dull at $2.5Ca5z.75. CiOPOT is scarce and in fair demand, with small sales at *7(47,06 E. 4 tbs. ' • . . PMOVIEIONS —There . is very little doing is tha war of *ales. bat prices are without material change. _OIL Mesa Pork is held at *l7 f,O bbt Proall tales of Slinel d+a are makie cc at 7.,;l@nic th. Lard. is held. at 1.21:At 12,71 c re, lb for bbb , and tiateeß. hat we bear of no sales. CITY vr]Eiis. THE WIIEELICR & WILSO SENnltiEt CHrrir..s POU PauSms - rs.—We are glad to find that the popular mild is appreciating the Mot that this most sensibie gift that a gentleman can make to a lady is a Sewing Machine. We infer ,this from the buoy none presented duringthe whole of last week at the popular Wheeler & Wilson establishment, 704 .Chestnut street; especially, as we are in. formed by the gentlemanly agent in charge of thisf establishment, that, of the immertsemumber of ms.,; chines sold, a very large proportion were intender for presents. We know of no way in which money can be more judiciously spent during the present buying season than by investing it in these beau*. ful end u2Mid. instruments. TIM GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE 13119!C ov WAIL—The good news which has been pouring - in upon us for several days past, like a flood of glory, shows how admirably our military affairs, at the several theatres of war, have been managed, re+ minding us in this respect of the'superior manner In which Mr. W. W. Alter, Ninth etreet,isbove Poplar. - conducts his immense Coal business, in order to give his patrons the very beat and cleanest coal, and charging them the very lowest prices for it. HAYING, at the dose of my engagement with L. J. Levy & Co„ introduced the Curtain btu*. nests in the house of Sheppard, Van'Harlingen, ac Atrium, and successfully conducted that department to the day of my resigning, I have: now the pleasure of informing my friends and the general public that I have opened an establishment of my own, at the northeast corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets, where I shell keep constantly on hand a first-class stock of Curtains ; Curtain Materials, Window Shades, Furniture Coverings, an( _everything be• longing to that department of trade,and will be hap py to attend promptly to the wants of aU who !rem me with their patronage. S. P. IFILL, N. E. corner Tenth and Chestnut, MR. GEORGE. GRANT, proprietor of the popular Gentlemen's Furnishing . Store, No. Gt.ll_ fahestnut street, has now in store the most magui&• cent l stock of goods in his line suitable for present 4 embracing elegant scarfs, mufflers, wrappers, and. everything else, in first style, and at reasonable prices. • " SILITEIi FLINT" BIICKIMEAT.—A. fredr supply of this splendid-baking Buckwheat Flour, just received by Davis Sr. Richards., Arch and Tentk. streets. ' FOR THE BEST ASSORTMENT Of Hata for misses and children, go to Wood &: - Carsoa, No, Tfoi Oheatnut street. DELICIOUS ALMERIA GRAPES, by the keg, or in smaller quantities, at Davis Sc Richards', A.r and Tenth streets. Price fifty cents per pound. LADIES' BoyNwrs in elegant varietT, at Wood ,S; Cary's, No. 725 Oltertnut street. rti - THE WEsi , Pu_ELADELPICEA. Hog prrAL,—On Friday evening, Prof. Warden, the dis tinguished vocalist and successful music teacher, assisted by the `sweet voice of bis lady, gave d de lightful musical entertains:sent in; the West Phila delphia Hospital. Mr. Walden a`ang . severs; pa. triotio songs, composed by himself, which elicltsd great applause, while hits humorous songs broOght forth peal after peal of laughter. This "labor of love? , pas fully appreciated by the soldiers. THE• USTIONIST."—ThiS is the 9.;s 3 . priate title of an elegant new style of Black Felt Hat, just introduced by Mr. Warburton, No. 4,30 Chestnut street, next door to the rest Office, and which, from its grace, convenience; and comfort, net less than its identity, in a modified form, to his pa tent Atmy Folding Hat, which has obtained auch a universal popularity among military men, bids fait to become as great a favorite in America as the "Republican Hat," "Liberty Cap," and "Korauth. Hat" have at various times been among the nation alities of Europe. " The 'Unionist" has everything to recomjnend it to a gentleman of taste, and has withal an individuality about it at once significant of the capital name it bears, and is every way tint. thy of being the National Hat—the civic badge of loyalty—as wnbelleVe it is soon distined to become. We may state, in conclusion, that the slightly visaed styles adopted Mr. Warburton in trimming 4, he Unionist," will contribute materially to its para. luny with the civic public. LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S FURS—the largeat and best stock in the city, at Charles Oak. ford & Sons', Continental Hotel. ' ' CABII~ETOIwGAN.§.FOB Holiday Gifts. J. E (3-ouLD, Seventh and Chestnut "FIGURES DON'T LIE," is a saying-4a pnlier to all. "The - Washington Life Insurance Company, of New York, (branch office 407 Walnut street,) which has been but a few years in opera. Lion, already shows an accumulated fund fully equal to the paid-up capital of $125,000, the totaf. assets being,; Nov. 1, 1563 2 $250,211 27. Of that fea. true of the capital stock and charter of the Cont. pang which allows only legal interest to the share. holders; (which the capital always earn for them,) the superintendent of the New York Insurance Department says r ' No effective system of organi zation can well be devised which is more liberal to pnliepholders.' The means of the Company are nearly all securely invested in New York State and United States' stocks, and its officers are gen• tlemen in whose capacity and integrity confidence can be placed. The assets are far in excess of all accrued and contingent liabilities. (more than three dollars to meet each dollar at risk,) and the office presents a good front at every point of view. The Washington,stipulates with the poliapholder never to declare forfeit a dividend once credited to hint'. This portion of the contract will be likely to cora. mend particular a*etion."—ilteericart Eiehar.ge and Reviewfor November, 1863. CABINET 01t0.9118 FOR Holiday Gifts. J. li. GOULD, Seventh and Chestnut. OLE-FORDS' CONTGTENTAL HAT HOUSRIMBPERS, and those about going t• housekeeping, eau save from 10 to 15 per omit:, b" purchaskr.g their housekeeping articles at e. Faison a, Co. , s Kitchen Furnishing Rooms, No. 5 Doak street, below Walnut. 0022-them4f. „ GEO. STECK' Ct - CO.' PIANOS For aollday Preeents. HATS, CO=N'ENI't&X, Ekr4XL.: . CIIBISTMAS !—Christmas- coinikg, - ad every one whose heart is in the right place is the merrier for its approach. Chigatrace was an institu. Lion in ancient times. "For well ourOhristmas sires of old Loved when the year its; oourse - had rolled, And brought blithe Christmas+ back again, With all its hospitable train ; The damsel donned her kirtie sheen ; The hall was dressed with-holly green ;, • - Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gatlier in the mistletoe." In these times we keep up Christmas with,almost as much spirit as they did in- the days of Queen, Elizabeth, and while maidenn prefer crinoline tat "kirtle's sheen," their beau:a-observe the amenities of life while they pay a decent respect to the day. by taking good care to dress in. elegant and becoming suits, which they procure at the Brown Stoma Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 602, ani GO Chestnut street, above Sirith. CEO. STECE PIANOS • For Holiday Presacto. NEW STYLE HATS—Charle - S. Oaktord Sons, Continental Hotel. PLEASURES ON , LlPE.—The . loftieS:l, theist aloft angenike ambition, is the earnest desire hi contribute to the rational happiness and moral int.. "provement of othars. It we can do this—if we cage emoothe the tuned path, of one fellow.traveder--, if we can give one- good-impression, is it-not Wittier than all The triumphs that wealth and power ever attained Hence we any instruct all men, both young and old..tp procure their clothing at the fash ionable emporium of Granville Stokes, NO. 609 Chestnut street. CARIRAT.O.RGAYs FOR Voliday - J. E. GOULD, Savant?. and Chestnut, MILITARY GOODS,. OAR - FORDS', CMS... WENTAI- Sq - ffEEZED OUT.—An Indianapolis paper says that many of the families of that alt 3 are 'moving away became or the prospective high-1 1 6MS of rent, wood, beef, pork, and other things general.. ly during the winter. All we can say is, they lA* batter not move here, for the high prices are not in prospective here, but sternly present and real; the only thing that maintains a decent medioority to prices the ftrst.olass clothing of the house or Charles Stoke& i Co., under the Continental. GEO. STEM ct CO.'S PIANOS For Holiday Parente. Fultl 041112PoRD$ 3 ' Co.7ll..tiraiTAL, Wyomingl3 Val,. 2 Bk of N America-451_5e. 4000 Reading 6a 1 373..•.1.353/ . 50 Reading R ..... Gut 50 do 200 do cash. 513. 35 do 61X 150 N Penua R. 601 Ya• 2 34: 1200 US 5 yre, ootion••• .105SL O ARDS. 50 Cat R CO do. NOVEXIStIt N—Ecralittur.
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