IJHE PRESS,
MWJSHSD DiJIY iatjifj)aTB EXOBPTXOI,
■Y JOH* W. FORNKY. (
SOUTH FOURTH STRUT.
1 ■ WOT DAIX.Y PRKSS,
. Vtffm Ours Phr Wssk. payable to Uw eanto:
lulled 'to BnbMHben oat of tbeSllty at Says* Dollar*
rwtAjmTK; Tsam Dollars abdFiett Gents hr Stx
Months i On Dollar and asm roe
SThrbr Monts*. lanrtablr la adYaaoe. forth* time or
dered.
‘ AdVnttmenti Inserted At the tuoal ratec Hr
Ones eonitltoto * lanare.
V VHB VRI'WEEKLV FRKSS,
Hailed to Bubaerlber* out of tbe City at Four Dollar!
Put Annus. Ir adyaaie.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
Rtirg AND NAYY CLOTHS. '
TTffllOpOlliSS*
OIiOTK HOUSE,
0.; 34t South SECOND and 33 bTRAW BERRY STS.
ARMY AND NAYY.
6*4 Bine Flannels,
3-4 Bark Blue Casalmeres,
45-4 do.- do.
3-4 Liffht Bla» do.
6*4 do. do.
8-4 Dark Blue Doeskins,
5- do. do.
6- Blue Cloths.
G 4 do. Castors,
6-4 do. Pilots,
6 4 do. Beavers,
S-4 and 6-4 Meltons,
Trimmings, &c.
Unexpectedly, we have am
stock with, some entirely.
CLOAKINGS.
fffHE ATTENTION OF
THE TRADE
IS CALLED TO
OUR STOCK OH 1
SAXONY WOOLEN GO. all-wool Plain Flannel*.
•TWILLED FLANNELS,
Various makes, in Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Blue.
■FEINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS.
FLAIN OPERA FLANNELS.
'»i PREMIERE QUALITY,"
Square and Long Shawl*. -
WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawl*.
BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 02.
FANCY CASSIMERES AND SATINETTS.
■ BALMORAL SKIRTS, all grade*.
t]BED BLANKETS, 104,' 11-4,12-4,13-4.
'COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES,
SHIRTINGS, fco., Irom various Mill*.
DE GOUEBEY, HAMILTON, &
EVANS, -
33 LBTITIA Street and.
32 South FRONT Street
Oc2B-fmw2m
IOTOTIOE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND
AT bhippkks,
SOjOOO UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS,
All Linen, weight 20 ounces,
The Beet and Cheapest Bag in the market
Also* /' •
BURLAP BAGS,
Of all Sizsc, for Cora, Oats, Bone-dust, Coffee, &«.. are
gunufactorcd and for sale* for net cash, by
GHARIjES H. GRIGG, Agent,
10. 13i MARKET Btreet (Second Story)*
o*lS-3m " Late of Sld Chnreh alley.
gHEPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTOHIN-
Mo. 1U OHKSTITDT STBBBT,
COMMISSION MEBCHANTS,
TOM THB BALM OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
JJAGS I BAGS 1 BAGS I
NEW AND SECOND HAND,
BIiMT.BHH- BUBLAP, AHD QUHKT
B A OS,
v . Oonitutlr on hand.
JOHN T. BAILEY A OOi,
80. 11l SOUTH FBO2CF STRBJST,
■V WOOL BACKS FOB SALK
■IKK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
f £J*A 8 H SOTJ 8 E .
H, L, B&LLOWELL & CO.,
CATS SOW IS.aTOSI,
DRESS GOODS, -
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
BIBBONS, KID GLOVES, Ao., Ao.
Boochttnlntlrtlr for nuh, Red whiili will b» told
at a uaall bdruu*. ’ . i96-8m
O‘H 0 I 0 E
1863.
FALL AND WINTER
dry goods.
ROBERT POLLOCK * OO.j
' IDXPOBTERB AND JOBBERS,
*O. »11 HABKBT STBBIT.
< Qftrfor Ul*»k*r#* and fotlUselected Sto«k9o/ r«««T
* Btaslt
‘ DRY GOODS.
ffrlaalMUT ofthalr
OWE lEPORTATIOS,
laaudlu tha Utwi Stylai la ....
BBAWLS AND DRESS GOODS,
gUUTof wbisb are totheir tales, andcannotbe
' found elsewhere.
1U 01 whisk thor offer ou the most favorable terms
VOB GABH, or to approved short' time hnjere. 007-sm
< IJIHOS. MELLOB A CJo.,
I K PORT BBS,
Do*. M udASNOBTH THIBS STKBK.
Wrlnrlto tli* attention of the trade to onr laris etoek of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
B Q I E T Si D R A W E R Si
GERMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC HOKES.,
U LIKENS, AHD SHIBT FEONTS.
g>T2-3m
H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL
• attention to their Sto.ck of FINE DRESS GOODS,
all bought at very low prices, early in the season, and at
the recent Auction Sales:
French Merinoes, 75c.t0 $2.60.
French Poplins and Reps, 87>£c to $1 75.
Dress Goods of every variety, 20c to $2.
S, 000 yards two-yard unde. Merinoes , $1.25. -.
Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $5.2-5 to $l3.
Broche Shawls, great bargains,'s9.6o to $l4-
Circnlars and Kacques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low
prices.
Fancy Silks, $1 to $5.
Plain Foil de Soiea,- $1.25 to $2 50.
Moire Antiques and Corded Silks, $3.60 to $5.
Nos. 113 and Tl 5 North TENTH St
1 Lot All-wool Shaker Flannels, 62>gC, worth 800. n 026
Mo, TlB ARCH STREET. BELOW EIGHTH. JOHN H. STOKES, '
V TOR ARCH STREET.
KiADIES’ MIKS.
..JjADIES’ F&NOT FURS.
JOHN FABEIRA,
Importer'ftnd Manufacturer
'LADIES’ •FANCY FURS.
Ht assortment of TAUCT nJHB for Ladles and Ohll
■ ires It now complete. andembraelmeTory Tarietrthat
be fashionable dnrlnt the present season- All sold
the mannfaetarers’ prices, for sash. Ladles, please
/tire me a oalL oe3-4in
. QPENENG OP FANCY PUBS.
JOHN A. STAMB ACH,
IMPOBTEE AND MANCFACTCTEBE OP
LADIES’ FANCY FURS,
JfO. 830 ABGH STREET, BELOW KINTH.
Hu now open a eplendld «tock of
LADIES Ana CHILDREN'S FURS,
' trklch will be Hold at tbe
LOWEST CASH FBIOBS.
JjiURS!
GEO B&E F, W OMBAT H,
HOB. 41* AND 417 INCH STREET,
HAS HOYT OPEK
A PULL ASSORTMENT
li AD IE S’ F ÜBS,
Which the attention of the habile la Invited <e23-4a
DRUGS.
JJOBERT SHOEMAKER db OO.j
Noitheaet Oornar JOURTH and SAGS Street*.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IHFOXTHBS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
VWINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MAITOFACTUBEHg OF
WHITE HEAD AND ZINC PAINTS. PUTTY. *O.
AfIHSfS FOE THF OBLOTRATED
EHENOH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealer! and eonenaaen supplied at
VEST LOW PRICES YOB GASH.
■eM-Sm -
fIAI FIXTURES, *c.
QJ7 ARCH STREET.
CJ. A. V ANKIRK A 00.,
MAirUTAOTTOERB 07
'O fit AND E L I B R S
AITI> OTHRK
GAB FIXTURES.
Fttath Brou*« Ficcurai
nd Hln Shtdea,
. fancy
VVPjfoLESAIiB
'gKSa Mil Slid azunlno foods
CARRIAGES. 1363
WILLIAkIT ROGERS, '
Conch and Light Carriage Builder,
Nob. 100 V and 1011 CHESTNUT STREET,
Mil-tin PHUiADBLFHIAj
T3RASS S TEN OIL ALPHABETS.
1) ' M. J. METCALF & SOS,
«SM SALEM STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
The oslr mannfactnrere In. the United States,-of Bren
1 Alphabets and Figures, to any great extent or in any
L variety. •
Sold at wholesale at the lowest osbh fbioxb. Also,
the BEST OF INDELIBLE BTBNCIL INK, very chase.
Stencil Dies and all binds of Stencil Stock. Inanlrles or
orders promptly attended to, oe7-Sai
civil list.
Black Cloths,
'Do.'Doeskins,'
Fancy Coatings,
Do. CasHlmerea*
Esquimaux,.
ChlnohUlas.
Super Velvets,
. Rassian Sables.
Tricots.
True Blues,
Roarlets,
Billiards,
Bagatelles.
icceeded In replenishing our
■- New Styles of beautiful
no2S-lm
•1« OHBSTWJT BMBBH
1863.
ITURSI
>■ And Ornamenta, Porealala
i. and a TAriety of
GOODS,
AND RETAIL.
YOL, 7-NO. 100
RETAIIE.DRY GOODS*'
opeoial attention solicited
TO OUB STOOK OF
JB Tu A N K E T S .
1 Haying unsurpassed facilities for obtaining all the
best makes of
BLANKETS.
we are now prepared to offer the largest assortment of
goods In this line to be found in this country. Our lone
experience in th&branch of our bnslnoas gives us the
opportunity to offer such inducements to the public as
cannot be found in any other establishment. Selling
more of those goods than all the trade combined, enables
us to handle much larger quantities, and. thus gives us
great advantages over others who do not devote special
attention to this department.
We have noiu in store the following celebrated makes:
ROCHDALE, ONTARIO. .
HOLLAND. NORWICH,
YORKSHIRE. COGHEGO,
CUMBERLAND, HAMILTON.
Id thßir-waticmsi sizes and qualities.
CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS,
A Good Assortment of
FOREIGN BLANKETS,
Blankets Ranging in Price from $3 to $25
per Pair,
The best AU-Woo} Blankets in (he City at $7,60; Hie
same as others are selling at $8 60.
A large lot of good, warm Blankets for Hospitals will
be sold LOW, for that purpose.
To the Trade we can offer extra inducements, either by
the pair or package. .
To Hotels and Schools at Wholesale prices.
OOWPERTHWAIT & GO.
N. B.—We would call the attention of buyers.to our
immense stock of Sheeting and ShirtingMUSLlNS. 10-4
Pepperell and 10-4 Bates Sheetings at $1 per yard..
Jt&r To the Dorcas, Ladies’Aid, and pother charitable
Societies, we would invite attention to our stook of
WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Red Twilled Flannel,
heavy, at 45 cents by the piece.
COWPERTIIWAIT & 00.,
N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sta.
no2l-m , wftdo3l
OPEN.
RICH AND RELIABLE
FURS
Of our own Importation, and Manufacture.
HUDSON’S BAY SABLE,
ROYAL ERMINE,
DARK SABLE MINK,
REAL CHINCHILLA, '
DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL,
In every fashionable style, for
LADIES,
MISSES,
CHILDREN.
FURS MADE TO ORDER
AT THE
PARIS MANTILIjA, CLOAK,
FIE EHFOBIIJ,
920 CHESTNUT STREET,
,J. W. PROCTOR & GO.
no6‘frmwlm
818 OPENING, 818
at'thb
AECH-STBEET CLOAK BTOBE,
A HANDHOME ASSORTMENT 07
LADIES’ AND MISSES’ CLOAKS.
noS-tf -
gKJKI’B X SKIRTSI SKIRTS I
M. A. JONES*
NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT
Ota *aly b« found it
Ho. 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
PHILADBLPmA,
OVBB THE WAX FIGURE.
c«mLln«.unleia it&mpad
M. A. JOKES’ "
KB PLUS ULTBA BKIS7,
IT 9. BIGHTH STRBBT.
fell'feSm
TOHN F. YOUNG,
W No. 70 North FOURTH Street,
Will open this day, 1 case Figured Mohairs; 1 case
Cobuigs, at greatly reduced prices.
AJeo, 40 pairs super all-wool Blankets at $7.50. Un
surpassed in this marktt. . del-12t ,
BROWN SILKS.
Black Silks, from $1 to $2.
LaJiefi' H<!uare Biouket Shawls.
Ladies’ Loss Blanket Shawls.
Misses' Long Blanket Shawls.
Plain Long Shawl 3.
Gents'.Travelling Shawls.
Gloves, Hosiery, Merino'Vests, Ac., Ac, nol9
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
EL M. NEEDLES
- is naosivivo daily ,
ALL. DESIRABLE NOVELTIES
LATEST IMPORTATIONS.
IK LAOBS.
EMBROIDERIES.
ELANDKBKCHISFS.
VEILS. *«.. ft..
103* CHESTNUT STREET.
CORNER OP EIGHTH AND SPRING
v gardeni
BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS I
PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE!
We are selling beet anallty of French Poplins, all Silk
and Wool, for $1.6215 per yard. Sold down-town nof
lese than $2.
THORHIiEY & CHISM.
A LL-WOOL POPLINS AND REPS,
il for $l. a
. “'/ExcellentTrench Merinoes for $L 25V
▲ flee stock of Delaines and. Calicoes.
All-Wool Plaid Cashmeres In great variety.
THORNLEY & CHISM,
Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING PARPEN.
TTHORNLEY & CHISM
A ABE SELLING
Power-Loom Table Linens,
Shaker and other flannels, '
Extra Soper-super Rochdale Blankets,
Frosted Beaver-and other Cloths, Cassimeres, &c., &c,
VERY. CHEAP.
TXEADQUARTERS FOR SHAWLS!
Long and Square Broche Shawls,
Long and Square Blanket Shawlß,
Plaid Shawls, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, &c..
Children’s Shawls. Misses 1 Shawls, Gents 1 Shawlß,
Long and Square Blaok Thibet Shawls,
At THORNLEY & CHISM’S,
E. E. Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
CILKSI SILKS!
Good Black Silks for $1
Better for $l-25, $l-50, $1.75, $2. and $2 25 per yard.
Plain Brown, Blue, Parfle. and Green Silks,for $1.60.
Black figured Silks. Plaid Silks, Ac., ftc. ,
BBAUTIFUL BROCHE SCARFS,
A LARGE STOCK OF BALMORAL SKIRTS,
And all other kinds of Goods, comprising
■ • A FIRBT-CLABS STOCK.
At THORNLEY & CHISM’B,
no2l-2m XB. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
Harris oassimebes.
Fine quality, double weight, fancy Cassimeres, in
neat patterns, for business suits, of flams’ woll-kuojvn
make. ■■■■■•,
-Bilk-mixed Cassimeres,. extra heavy.
. Super extra fine Black Cassimeres.
6-4 heavy fancy Coatings.
Fitchburg dark-cadet Cassimeres.
Harris’ <r Weßt Point Cadet” Cassimeres.
Blue Cloths and Beavers.
• • • , CLOAKINGS.
Johanny’a frosted Beavers,
Chinchillas, light and dark.
Soper quality black ribbed Beavers.- ■ * ■
' BP-STAIRS DEPARTMENT.'
11l CLOAK ROOM, fine Cloaks, of fashionable ma
terial. Cloaks male to order. Select the 01oths down
stairs. *
• BOXS 1 CLOTHING RO°' /well stocked with fine
anils, overcoats, &c. *7 fed Men’s Clothing made
to order ** - fOOL»KR ft GONARD.
n027-tf • L NINTH & MARKET.
WINTER SILKS. ' *' .
1* A Lot of Fancy Silks,
Antnmn and Winter styles,
s At very low_prlce3.
.SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
QHAWLB FOR FRIENDS.
fD A Lot of Beal-skin Shawls,
Somewhat Imperfect.>
At Tory low. prices. _ -
SBARPLBSS BROTHERS*
CHBSTHUT and EIGHTH Streets.
OCO'CGH :WHISKY. — GRA H A M’S
D celebrated Scotch Whisky for sale, In banded wars.
honse.br ■ CHAS. 8. & JAB. CABSTAIBS.
g<37 UO WALNUT. and 31QBAHITI Street,
]y|QIRE ANTIQUES.
MOIRE ANTIQUES,
618 AND 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
del-3t
QOOPER & OONARD,
NINTH AND MARKET.
VELOUR OLOTHS7"
FROSTED BEAVERS.
FINE CASSIMERES.
BLANKETS.
BROCHE SHAWLS,
LAMES’ CLOAKS.
Bo¥S' FINE CLOTHING,
nolD-tf
JOHN F. YOUNG,
No. 70 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
TAS. DENNY, S E. COR, ELEVENTH
end LOMBARD, has on band and offers for sale, at
low prices:
BLACK BILKB. BLACK SILKS.
26. 27. 28, 84 in. BLACK SILKS, at $1 37, $1 50, $1.62,
$1.75, and $2. These are from the recent Auction Sales,
and were imported when gold was a great deal lower
than It is at present.
DRESS GOODS.'
One lot all-wool Reps, choice shades . $1 00
One lot Plaid Reps, new style*'. 75
Every abade and quality of .French-Merinoes, cheap,
One lot 10-4 English Coburgs, every shade ... 1 25
Valencias, from hlH upto62J4.
*■ SHAWLS. SHAWLS.
All wool Long Shawls, at $6 50; $7.25, $8.25, $lO, $10.50.
Several lots Broche Long Shawls, very low.
BLANKETS'• BLANKETS. ;
One lot all-wool 10 4 Blankets $0 50
One lot all-wool 11*4 Blankets.. 8 50
One case all* wool 11-4 Blankets, very heavy 10 00
One case all* wool 12-4 Blankets, slightly damaged. 12 00
One case all-wool 12 4 Blankets, extra heavy 13 00
One case all-wool 12-4Blankets.' fine and heavy... 15 00
Also, one-lot all-wool jGray Blankets, weighing nine
pounds, $5.60. These are very cheap Domestics, cheaper
than they can be bought wholesale. Dress Goods ef
every description low. A full line-of Cassimeres, for
Gents ’ and Boys'wear, at JAMES DENNY’S.'
aol-et* ■ S. E. cor. ELEVENTH and LOMBARD.
UDWIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH
SECOND Street, would call attention to their stock
of Cloths for Ladies’ Cloaks.
Superior quality Frosted Beaver Cloths, $8 a yard.
Velvet Beaver Cloths, all-wool, fine.
Tricot Beaver Cloths. .. ......
Fine Plain Beaver Cloths.
Ribbed Beaver Cloths.
Chinchilla Cloths. ’
N. B. —Cloaks for sale, made out of the above Cloths. v
Cloaks made to order. \ ‘ .
Superior quality 4-4 Silk Velvets, at $l5 and $16.66
per yard- . . .. . del-tf
REMOVAL.
LINTFOED LXJIVHnSrS
HAS REMOVED
FROM
No. 31 SOUTH BIXTH STREET,
TO
g. W. CORNER BOTH AND CHESTNUT,
Where he now.offer, a
LARGE AND ELEGANT,.STOCK,.
■ ■ oy "'
- GENTS’., EUHNTSHING GOODS,
. Embracing all'tSe latest novelties.'
PRICES MODERATE.
The attention of the public *i» respeotfnllj to
licited.
SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER 0c28.3m
riENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING
AJ GOODS.
MclNTffiE & MOTHER,
No. 1035 CHESTNUT STREET.
AN ENTIBEII HEW STOCK.
SUPERIOR UNDERCLOTHING, HO
SIERYj HDKFS, CRAVATS, &C.
Js3“ Stocks and Napoleon Tieamade to order.
An elegant assortment of Kid Gloves.
Gentlemen's .Dressing Gowns In great variety.
43* The **MODEL SHIRT” always on.hand and
made to order. 0c24-3m
JOHN G. ARRISON,
NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
HAS NOW IN STORE
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
FOR
FALL AND WINTER WEAR,
Also, Manufactures-from the Best Material and in a
Superior Manner by HAND: ■’
Fine SHIRTS and COLLARS.
Shaker Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS. *
Heavy Red-twilled Flannel. SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
English Canton Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
Buckskin SHIRTS and DRAWERS.-
Cloth TRAVELLING SHIRTS.
WRAPPERS, STOCKS, TIES, &e.
And sold at the most moderate .prices. oc7-6m
WINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
•*- The subscriber would' invite attention to Ms
- IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
which he makes & specialty in his business. Also* *oe»
,Uatl FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE. "
Ho. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, ,
jaSS-tf • Four doors below the ContlnentaL
o o L •
WHITE GOODS.
WOOLEN YARNS,
19 to 30 cuts, flue, on hand, and new supplies coming
FRENCH FLOWERS, 1863.
FEATHERS, LACES, RIBBONS, &
' NEW-STYLE HATS.
JUST OPENED AT
THOS. KENNEDY A BBO.'S,
. No. 7W» CHESTNUT Street, below Blihth.
MlO-Sm
« G LEN ECHO” MILLS,
MoOALLUM A CO.j
KAHOTAoWeIXB. IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IK
oabineT furniture- and bil-
LIARD tables. ,
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. »01 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
In .onnettlon with their extensive Cabinet business. are
lew njanoflwtnrina a superior artiele of
\ BILLIARD TABLES,
ad haye now on hand a fW'SgnriXLjfalshed with the
HOOBB & CAMPION’S IMPROVED 008HI0NS.
(Thieh are pronounced by all who haye used thorn to ha
raperior to all others. - •' ' ~
for the Quality and finish of these Tables, themanu
(asturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, whoiare familiar with the character of their
WnrV —*3 fas
TIT RIGHT’S
IT NE PLUS ULTRA
_ MINCE MEAT,
WHOLESALE AND wr
SPRING GARDEN AND FRANKLIN STREETS.'
no7'3mo, Philadelphia,
RET AIK: DRY GOODS.
JVST RECEIVED,
FRE B H IN V O-I O E
DESIRABLE SHADES.
THOS. W. EVANS * 00.,
WILL OTTER, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE SEASOH,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
THE FOLLOWING DRESS GOODS:
MERINOS, ■* ALPACAS.
POPLINS, CO BURGS,
REPS, DELAINES. dell2i
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS*
YARNS.
On hand, and consignments daily arriving, of
TUB AND FLEECE,
Common to Full Blood, choice and clean.
COTTON YARNS,
Kbs. 6 to- 30s, of first-class makes, .
In Warp, Bundle, and Cop.
M. B.—AII numbers and descriptions procured at once.
on ordore.
ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS,
, : 18 North FRoInT Street,' :
no9-rawftf Philadelphia.
MIZiZiIKBRY GOODS,
CARPETINGS.
GERMANTOWN, fa.
OAKY»EXIINOB,
OIL CLOTHS'. #Oi
WAREHOUSE, 609 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOBIT* INDEPENDENCE HADE,
«e7-Sa
CABINET FURNITURE.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1863.
lY f PLATED W
JE^ELI
PER CENT.
saved by purchasing your
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
BILVER-PLATKD WARE,
D. W. CLARK’S,
60» CHESTNUT STREET, '
Where may be found a fine assortment of the following
Goods, at Twenty-five per cent, less than at any other
establishment: ; -
GoldWatohes,
Silver Watches,
plated Watohes.
American Watches,
English Watches,
Swiss Watches*
Bracelets.
Setts,
Pins,
Ear Rings, •
Finger Rings,
Sleeve Buttons,
Studs,
v Medallions.
. Neck Chains,
Guard Chains,
Chataline Chains. * -
Vest Chains,
Pencils,
Thimbles,
Pens and Cases,
Tooth Picks.
Gents’ Bosom Pine,
Gents' Scarf Plus,
Gents'Scarf Rings,
Armlets,"
Charms.
. Watch Hays,
Watch Hooks.
Watch Bars,
. &0., Ac.
SILVER-PLATE© WARE, ' .
Tea Setts,
Wtne Castors,
Dinner Castors,
Breakfast Castors, ..
Cake Baskets,
Card Baskets,■
Butter Coolers,
Sugar Bowls,
Salt Stands.
Call Bells, •
Goblets.
Cups*
Spoon Holders,
Napkin Rings.
Byrup Pitchers*
Cream Pitchers, . '
Table and Dessertspoons,
Tea and Salt Spoons,
• Egg and Mustard Spoons,
Dinner and Tea Forks,
Fish and Pie Knives,
Tea and Dfemer Knives.
, Oyster and Soap Ladles*
Children’s Knife and Fork,
Batter Knives,
3cc., &c.
One call will convince the most incredulous that the
cheapest place in the city to buy Watches, Jewelry, and
Silver-Plated Ware, is at ' • ’_;
D. W. CLARK’S.
60* CHESTNUT Street.
N. B.—Fine Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired
by the most experienced workmen and warranted.
nolS-tdeSl , ' :• v- •• ; •.
CLOTHING.
OUR0 UR
OVEROpATS.
WAN AM AKER * BROWN,
OAK HALL,
S. E. GOK. SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS.
P. KELLY,
JOHN
TAILORS,
SOUTH THIRD STREET,
SEAR THE EXCHAUGS.
VORMfiBLY CHESTNUT ABOVE SEVENTH.
Havsnow In store * LARGE STOCK And complete «-
sortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
TEEMS CAJ3H.—Prices much lower than anr otter
list-slass establishment. • ocl6-tf
CLACK OASS. PANTS, $5.50,
;A» jU 704 MARKET Str*»t.
SLACK CASS. PASTS. 85.50, At 704 MARKET Street
SLACK CASS. PARTS, 86.60, At 704 MARKET Strwt.
BLACK CASK PARTS. 85.50, At 704 MARKET Street.
SLACK CASS. PARTS, 85.50, At 704 MARKET,Street
CSIGO * VAR GURTER’S, Ko. 704 MARKET Street.
ORIGG At VAR GURTBR'S, Ro, 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG * YAJt GURTEH’K Ro. 704 MARKET Street.
GBIGG At YAH GURTBR'S. Ro. 704 MARKET.gtreet
GRIGG At YAR GURTEK’S, Ro. 704 MARKET Street
se24-6m .
WATCHES AND JEWEIRY.
J" E, CALDWELL & CO.,
83S CHESTNUT STREET,
Haro received a large assortment of Rich Goods, of
Leir otra Importation, cojnpnlsins
novelties of the present season
OPERA AND FIELD GLASSES.
RICH FANS, entirely new design.,
COMBS, in Gilt, 1 Shell, and Steel.
ENGRAVED GLASS VASES AND CARD
RECEIVERS.
SPLENDID DECORATED FRENCH PORCE
LAIN VASES, ' CARD-RECEIVERS, AND
FLOWER STANDS.
DRESSING CASES for Ladle, and Gentlemen.
RICH-JEWEL CASKETS, GLOVE BOXES,
WRITING DESKS, LIQ.UOR OASES, &o.
CORAL, TORTOISE SHELL, AND STEEL
JEWELRY.
BRONZE STATUETTES, ANIMALS, INK
STANDS, MATCH SAFES, OANDELABRAS.
MANTEL CLOCKS, Marble, Bronze, and Gilt.
RICH JEWELRY, Diamond, Pearl., and all the
Preciou. Gema, Gold and Ename^.
SUPERIOR WATCHES, American, Swiat, and
English. .
SILVER WARE, of every deacription.
PLATED GOODS, American and English.
nol4-tde2s ' ~ .
G. RUSSELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH
Mbi& street, bee inat received a very handsome aesort
ment of FINE SEAL RIKGS. - no 2 3m
FIN E WATCH REPAIRING
fiSE attended to by the moat experienced. workmen,
andevery Watch warranted for one year.
a. KtJSSBLL, *
23 North SIXTH Street.
MUSICAL , BOX E Sc V
Fr.SHELEi AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
playing from 1 to IS tunas; choice Opera and Ameri
ean Melodies. ' FARR & BROTHER, Importers,
• leS-fan 884 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS.
Jg L E Q- ANT MIRROR’S,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT.
NEW ENGRAVINGS,
FINE Oil PAINTINGS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT STBEBT.
CURTAINS & CURTAIN MATERIALS.
QURTAIXS AND CURTAIN
MATERIALS.
Si !P. IFILL & CO.,
DKALKHRIN
CURTAINS, CURTAIN MATERIALS, ,
FURNITURE COVERINGS, , ' '
WINDOW SHADES.
- 1 ' HOLLANDS,
UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIAN
BLINDS, &c,
N. E. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT.
no2S-lm
SHADES.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN
PHILADELPHIA
R. IS. SLAUGHTER’S,
517 'MARKET STREET 1
solB-lm . '
f£>o SPORTSMEN.
PHILIP WILSON * 00.,
409 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hannfactiuen of enperior
•anal, if not superior, to any of ths following makes,
Wntcn we keep constantly on nand< _
William Greener, Westtey Biehards, Moors & Harris,
and other makers.
Also, Powder; Shot, Wads, Gape, Jw. -
We shall be constantly supplied; during ths season,
with oyery yariety of
BKATB9.
.RE, &C*
JUST RECEIVED,
DOUBLE GUNS,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1863.
The Militia and the Army.
To the Editor of The Press
Sir : The 15th and 16th olausefl of the 9th section
of the Constitution authorize Congress to provide
for organizing and disciplining the militia] and for
calling them forth to exeoute the laws, suppress in*,
aurrection, and repel invasion, and for governing
such portions of them as may be in service. These
powers might have enabled this country, like Swit
zerland, to dispense with a regular army, and rely
for safety, on the disciplined valor of its citizens, had
not the 16th section qualified them, by “reserving
to the States respectively the appointment of,the
officers and the training of the militia according to
the discipline prescribed by Congress." In thus
limiting Congress to the power to provide, and
leaving the States to exeoute, the Constitution was
obliged to rely on their good faith and discretion,
because there could, from the nature of the case, be
no mean* of compelling them to perform the duty
which they owed/to themselves and the nation.
'When, indeed, it becomes necessary to suppress in
surrection or repel invasion, the power of Con
gress, growing with the. occasion, extends not
only to saying of what persons the militia
shall consist, and what shall be its organiza
tion. ' and discipline, but to oalling ; it forth and
governing it while in service; or, in other words,
to taking the necessary steps for the formation and
training of the militia directly, instead of indirectly
through the States.' But when military discipline
and instruction are requisite, measures adopted at*
the last moment in the face of danger may obvious
ly come too late ; and besides, the States might still
render the efforts of Congress nugatory by refusing to
appoint the officers—unless the power to provide for
calling forth the militia, which stands by itself in
the fifteenth section without any immediate qualifi
cation, should be held to carry with it the power to
issue commissions in the resort, and to prevent
the entire failure of the end in view. And it is, at
all events, plain that tm attempt to organize and coll
forth the militia ofa State without the co-operation
of the Governor and Legislature, would encounter
obstacles and'delays that would render it nearly if
not quite impracticable.
The difficulty and danger to which the conjoint ,
authority, of the General Government and’the
States over-v'the militia: might give rise were
probably foreseen by the -framers of the Con
stitution, and were certainly provided against
by authorizing the United Stateß to'raise and main
tain armies, and thus create a force which, being
independent of the States, could not be withheld
or disorganized f>y their jealousy or want of
patriotism. But the, superior usefulness of a na
tional army,: and the necessity for its creation,
should not blind us to the services which may be
rendered by the militia as an auxiliary force, and a
reserve <to fall back upon in case of disaster. A
brief review of the existing law will Bhow that
there is room for amendment in our legislation on
these subjects.
By an act approved Hay Bth, 1792, Congress pro
vided for the organization and discipline of the mili
tia of the different States, and declared that it should
consist of all the able-bodied males between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five. But as no effectual
measures were taken by the States for o&rrying this
act into execution, it remained a dead letter, and
the force to which the framers of the Constitution
had looked as a main bulwark of defence remained
in most parts of the Union a mere array of figures,
formidable only on paper, and ueeleßS for service in
the field. This was peculiarly the oase in Pennsyl
vania, where the militia, after being allowed to de
generatainto a farce, was virtually reduced to nulli
ty, by theaet of April 7th, 1849..8y thefiratsectionof
that act it was made the duty of every free able-bodied
white man between the ages of eighteen and forty-five
who had resided within the Commonwealth for one
month, to provide himselfwith a uniform, which was
to be a substantial one fit for service. By the second
section the persons thus uniformed were to elect
their offtcFrs and form themselves into companies,
which were then to be duly organized into regi
ments and brigades. But by the terms of the sixth
. section, the punishment for a failure to comply with
the duty enjoined by the first and second was limited
to a fine of fifty cents' for e ach year during which
the default continued—the ,purpose of the Consti
tution, and the requisitions of ?the act of Congress,
frustrated by withholding the sanction necessary to
give them force. Such was the shadow or mere pre
tence of a military establishment, on which Judge
Woodwardjwould compel the Government of the
United States to place its chief, if not sole, reliance
for the maintenance of the laws and the suppression
of the rebellion.
From this want of forethought and fidelity, it
happened that when Bee marched northward across
the Potomac, last summer, Pennsylvania was found,
notwithstanding the gallantry of her citizens, unpre
pared to protect herself or aid in the defence of the
Union; She had been faithless to the spirit of her
constitutional obligation to train the militia accord
ing to the discipline prescribed by Congress, and but
for the protecting arm of the General Government,
stretched forth at Gettysburg, would have paid the
penalty of her delinquency in devastated fields and.,
towns and villages plundered under the polite
name of “contribution,” If Meade had been,
less skilful, or. the Army of the Potomac less
brave, Philadelphia would have been destroyed
or ignominiously surrendered, and the enemy
would hardly have stopped short of New York
and Boston. There was no organized force within
the Commonwealth, and no means of organizing
one, or compelling the able-bodied population, who)
nominally, constituted the militia of the State, to as
semble in arms for the purpose of organization ; and
the Governor was consequently obliged to ask for
volunteers almost as a suppliant, when he should
have been able to speak in the tone of command,
and compel every one to take his share of a danger
which menaced all. He might, indeed, upon, or
perhaps without, a requisition from the President)
have ordered all the men of military age to take the
field; but such an order would, at the best,have
brought forth an undisciplined multitude, and would
probably have been disregarded from the manifest
impossibility ol.enforcing its execution.
In order to put an end to a state of things so little
creditable, and provide a. resource for future con
tingences, it might be expedient for Congress to
pass a supplement to the act of 1792, dividing the
militia of the different States into two bodies, one
active, the other constituting the reserve, and de
claring that the active body shall consist of unmar
ked men, and married men without children, under
five, or such other age as the President shall
designate, with the privilege of finding a substitute,
but not s paying an equivalent in money. There
should also be a provision authorizing the President
to call the active militia into actual service for two
or any shorter period which he may deem
preferable, b 7 a requsitiqn on the Governors of
the States, or through the provost marshals of the
various districts. By these means the requisite num
ber of'men might be brought forth at once without
going through the slow and difficult process of selec
tion by lot, and exciting apprehension in persons who
are not ultimately required. It should be made the
duty oFevery one who came within the terms of the
eall to proceed at once to the place of-rendezvous,
without waiting for a further or more specific or
der, and those who failed to attend Bhould be pro
olaimed deserters, and apprehended as such when
ever found.. If the expectation was, that the
troops/thus called lorth should be placed in camps of
instruction, or employed in garrison duty at Wash
ington, Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, and-Nashville,
and not sent into the field unless it became neoes-.
saiy, the service would be one which most young
men would embrace with alacrity, and there would
be comparatively few recusants.
.. Such a draft, or rather call, would fall on that
partof the population which can leave home, and
enter on the duties of military life with the least
amount of loss and inconvenience, and would con
trast fa vorably in this and many other respects with
the draft which we have just witnessed. Under the
present system, every one whose name is .enrolled
has a motive for disliking the law, and combining
with others who are in the same predicament, to re
sist ils operation; and his hostility may last after all
immediate danger. has been removed, by his name
remaining in the wheel. No better method could be
devised, of giving rise to secret and orimiaal associ
ations, than exposing a great number ofmen to a
common danger which is destined ultimately to fall
only on a few. Fear and sympathy, two of
the most powerful passions, are thus brought to
bear against the Government—and this not in the
case of a few scattered individuals, but through*
out the great mass of able-bodied citizens who are
'equally powerful by their aims and votes. : The
hardship is extreme of taking men of mature age,
who have found places in life which may be filled
while they are away from their homes and business;
and although the patriotism of the' people has
hitherto enabled them to bear the trial, it ought not
be pushed too far. All the European nations who
resort to forced enlistments recruit their armies
from the young, who have something to hope and
little to regret in becoming soldiers; and we should
as far as possible follow their example in a matter
which they have reduced to a system and under
stand thoroughly from long experience.
The. employment of the militia of .the States has
hitherto been attended with some disadvantage,
arising from the difficulty of bringing the men
under discipline and xnduoing them to eleot proper
officers. And it i» obviously better, ; in every
point of view, to fill up toe regiments which have
been already formed, instead of incurring the
delay and expense incident to raising and disci
plining new ones. But there would seem to be
no objections to distributing the mi
litia men who may be drawn forth by any newcall,
among the regiments which-that State has already
commissioned and sent to the war. The method
whioh has been suggested would at all • events ren
der the militia. available as an auxiliary in case of
need, notwithstanding the States to
prepare it for service by discipline and training.
And the arguments in favor of placing the youth of
the country in the field, in preference to men of
mature age, must apply equally whether they are
oalled forth as militia, or under the power of Con
gress to raise and support armies.
If the act of March 3,1663, by which all citizens
between the ages of twenty and forty* five were ren
dered liable to be drafted were'so amended as to
include'inthe next draft men between twenty and
twenty-five, or eighteen and twenty-three, it would
probably produce more recruits with less discontent
and suffering than the last. CI.VIS.
“ Hisforicuß,” who has written so ably in .the
Times t elativc to international rights, is Dr. Mose
ley, the author of “ The History of the Lowlands.”
The Fighting Parson.
To the Editor of The Press: -
Sin : The Rev. W. H. Wiley,"of West vffgiuia,?
who was with Brigadier General Kelley, la histhree
month*' campaign In Wert Virginia, wa, the
lint man who entered the bridge at Romney, -Va,
in the charge upon the rebel artillery at the other
end, and when our brave boy* hadreaohed the mid
dle of the bridge, the fighting parson, with hi* mus
het in hand, shouted at the top of hi* voloe, “ Glory
be to God—to the Union, and to* the Star-Spangled
Banner.”, He la a brave.and goodman,andhaa been
connected with the army, in some way, ever since,
the war commenced. He bad to leave hig nicouit
when the rebellion broke out. He wag with' Gen.
Kelley at Fhillipprwhen he wa* wounded, knelt by
hi* tide, took him by the hand and did what he
could to cheer the fallen hero. While Gen, Kelley’*
army was encamped on Fairview Mountain, five
mile* west of Williamsport, 'Md.y at the time of
Lee’* retreat, Mr. Wiley told Gen. Kelley, that if ‘
he would consent be would take a skiff. andgo af
ter night to'Wllliamßport and cut the rebel pontoon
bridge loose. Such braye and useful men should
not be lost sight of py a grateful nation.
I am, sir, very respectfully your*. , A. 13.
Dec. l, 1663. ■. ' :
The City Bounty.
To the Editor of The Press: ■ ; L J
,Si I beg leave tr Lire through
*e3ib Deg leave to inquire paper
the reason of the delay in paying the bounty of
twenty-five dollars to the men who volunteered In
the recent emergency. - I
It seems that an ordinance for that purpose having
passed the Commoo, slumbers In. the Select branch
of Counoils. Why is this'? Why nulst the good,
faith of the city of Philadelphia be sa violated by
her authorities'? We well hue and
cry raised to induce men.to volunteer Ihfthfc last In*
Vasibii 5 .and now, r after we health, money, 4
time, and convenience for the public weal, that pub
lic refuses to award us a trifling recompense, merely
on the formality that our orders sent ua to Potts,
ville, instead of Harrisburg. .. Cannot something be
done! or inußt we cease to rely hereafter on the pro-'
miaes of the city of Philadelphia. I am, sir, re
spectfully yours, ■ MILITIAMAN.
Tile Polish Anniversary.
At the Polish celebration in New York, on Mon
day evening, the following letter from General Sigel
was read:
Heading, Pa., Nov. 10,1863.
JR. J. Javorowskiy Secretary Polish Central Committee:
Bbab SirY Your kind invitation te attend ameet
ing for the commemoration of the anniversary of the
Polish revolution on the 30th of November next, is*
received. Ido not know whether my official duties
will allow me to leave my district:on that day ; but
I am grateful to you that yougive me an opportunity
to express to you, and all the friends of Poland, my
sympathy ana unchangeable friendship. Baring the
last political campaign in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
New York, I took opportunity, and did my best, to
defefcd the cause of Poland against Russian perfidy
and tyranny—[applause]—and to showthegreat.dis
advantages and dangers of a Russo-American alli
ance. [Great applause.] The extravagant and
exorbitant courtesies lately.hestowed upon simple
visitors from a despotic ana half-barbaric power by
men who call themselves “Republicans," are sicken
ing to my heart, and make me almost despair of the
common Bense of the American people. I hope time
will destroy this error.
Truly and respectfully yours, ;
P. SIGEL, Major General.
Count Kalesowski, representative at "Washington
of the Polish National Government, briefly bat elo
quently received a flag from the ladies. '
SPBEOH OF SECRETARY. JAYAROWSKI,
After the Count had concluded, Secretary Java
rowski, of the Polish Central Committee, spoke in
the Polißh language. The fallowing 1b a translation
of some of his remarks:
Poland must and shall be free! as well to justify
the cause of right and justice as for the interest of a U
Europe. To Europe we owe, indeed, very little grati
tude. In her sight was committedthe crime against
all international rights ; by her permission was Po
land erased from the map of the'world ; and, even
more, by her approval was a population of twenty,
twomillionosentencedto Buffer undeserved agonies.
Yes, we can say that our profeeied friends have
themselvcß riveted the fetters of oarslavery, Even
at present, after so many trials and experiences. Su
rope seems to tread the very samepath; and, admit
ting the violation of treaties, convinced that the
obstinacy of the northern tyrant neither ac
knowledges nor knows how to respect interna
tional conventions, Europe, thrice-affronted, bows
humbly before the Czar, seeking, by way of con
gress, to find a new: medium of salvation. The void
phrase, “Peace,” which in reality has been an
everlasting war, shall be aimed, for in the sacred
struggle of our country, wherefthe soil becomes
every day covered with new corpses of her brave
men; where men, women, and children are forcibly
taken, prescribed, and sent to or till the
foul prisons; where over a thousand villages and
innumerable homesteads, by order of the Czar, nr s'
turned into heaps of rubbish and ruin ; where our
mothers, our sisters, are hung or ignominiously
treated; where the murderous hands of Mouravleffr,
Annekows, Bergs, and many other satraps pierce,
more and more, the hearts of the Polish patriots.
"When the soldiers of freedom, after ten months of
desperate combat, have no other arms except those
wrested from their foes; when the fierce ally or
approaching wJuter—gives to them the
icy earth as a-bed, and the severe storms of the
north as a cover—at this time to look for a decision
by a conference—we ask every one who has yet a
spark of humanity in his bosom, is this the professed
assistance to Poland?
■Will the free people of America, in Whose memory
the names of Washington and Kosciusko will be
everlasting relics, still continue to follow a baseless,
traditionary, egotistical policy ? Will they still ap
plaud the torture and abuse of a nation striving to
be free like, them selves? Bet them suppress no
longer in their bosoms those feelings which are the
dictates of their hearts. Eet them give a free utter
ance to their thoughts, and the voice of a free people
will fall like a thunderbolt on the Czar, and Poland
will bless them forever!
Eloquent addresses were made by Mr. Bichard
O’Gorman and Mr. -John O’Mahoney, the chier
centre of the Fenian Brotherhood in America.
The Restoration of Arkansas—Another Ad
dress by Gen, Gantt.
Brigadier General John M. Thayer writes to the
St. Louis Democrat, from Little Pock, Ark., commu
nicating extracts from a speech by Gen. E. W. .
Gantt, delivered in that city Nov. 7, from which we
select as follows:
DOOM. OF SLAVERY—STATE SUICIDE. '
As Secesßioniste, we supposed we were out of the
Union. We went out to protect slavery. We failed.
We now comeback; For what purpose? To pro- ■
tect slavery? .The absurdity la .monstrous to toie- .
rate for a moment. We went out to protect the j
negro. We come back to protect the white man.
We regard the negro question as definitely settled I
by the last source of appeal, and we say, there let !
*it rest. ' • |
But we of Arkansas must dispose of what is left
of this question for ourselves. can’t dodge it.
In our settling it we are not agitating the slavery
; question. Canyouagitatethedead? lanotslavery
dead in our State? Did it not go downin the vortex,
of secession and civil .war? But though dead, its
remains must be disposed of. Its dead carcass is all
- that lies between us and a perfect restoration of our
former relations with the Government. A conven
tion of the people should meet and. bury it. The
question of abolition and its converse can’t be made
in our midst. We are not like Missouri. With us
the question is, What shall we do with that which
is already abolished? /So Hi\b therecan be but one
answer: Amend the Constitution, and put it be
yondthe hope of resurrection., We of the North
and South, knowing that slavery was the only dis- :
turbing element in our Government, after many
“ each one deemed “ final,” resorted to
the last arbitrament—the sword.. We who own
slaves have lost, fairly IOBt, and we must abide the
decision. The people of Arkansas are therefore the
proper ones to act omits final extinction in our midst.
The sooner we do it the better for us and the country,.
To many this truth is unpalatable, but we can’t blink
it; it must be met; let us do bo like men.
There is a large and growing party in the North
that is disposed to reduce the seceded States to the
condition of Territories. The central idea of this
party is to get rid of slavery, as the source of all our
calamilies. It would be unbecoming in us, as well
as a waste of time, to get up and argue the abstract
question with them as to their right to do this. Let
us anticipate them, and cut under them at onoe, by
meeting in convention, at the earliest day that we
can be empowered so to do, and extirpate forever
the last vestige of slavery in our midßt, and bury
out of sight thiß source of all our calamities, per
sonal, State, and national. By thus formally giving
up what is already lost-we will have secured to us
all our rights as equal States in the Union. If we ’
do not do ao, I give it as my opinion that, right or
wrong, we will be reduced to the condition of a Ter
ritory, anA.so remain until we do pass upon this
question, defioitcly, at onoe and forever. You can’t
find a soldier in the army who has not'already
reached, or is not closely approximating, the con
clusion that his health, happiness, and'life, have
been exposed and jeopardized because of negro
slavery, and who dees not feel, and who will not
insist, that,, after all his tori and hardships, this
question, which diplomacy and statesmanship could
cot settle, being settled by the sword, should be put
at r«Bt forever. *
ARKANSAS IS LOYAL.
The people of Arkansas are ready to return to
their allegiance to the Government, and to renew
their devotionj which shall' never hereafter neither
change nor decay. The loyalty to Jeff Davis in Ar
kansas does not extend practioally beyond the
shadow of his army, while the hatred to him is as
widespread as it is intense. The Union sentiment
1b manifesting itself on all sides, and by every indica
tion-in Union meetings; in desertions from the Con
federate army, in taking the oath of allegiance un
solicited, irf organizing for home defence, and enlist
ing in the Federal ’ army. OldfUgathat have been
hid in the crevices of rocks, ari&been worshipped by
our mountain people as holy relics, are flung to the
breeze, and followed to the Union army with an en
thusiasm that beggars alfdescription.
NOBLE T-RIUUTIfi TO UNION MEN.
Noble men! “Woithy sons of worthy, BiresP*
Bright exemplars for all ages! An erring brother*
returned from his wanderings after a mad delusion,
does not dee m it unbecoming Ms honor and Ms man
hood to pay you the tribute ;on . the soundness of
your judgment, and the nobleness and sublimity of
your patriotism. Nor does he feel abased before the
world; and all good men; whatever may have been'
bis past acts ana impressions, to extend to you his
hand, and here, after bo long a parting, and so much
ef mutual - suffering, having met, from different ex
tremes, under the old banner at laßt, to pray Al
jflighly God to rule the madness of the hour—to
stay the effusion of fratricidal blood—to incline
men’s hearts to peace and brotherly love—and to
give us once more a united, prosperous, and happy
country.
A GHOST OK THIS GItBAT EASTERN.— ThO EUTO
pean Times has the following story: On the 11th,
Captain W. Paton, while addressing the members of
the Mercantile Marine Association in reference to
the plan for repairing' the big ship, mentioned a sin
gular occurrence' which took place at New York.
An impression got abroad that the ship was haunt
ed, the alleged ghost being no other than the imper
sonation of an unfortunate riveter, who was heard
plying his occupation in one of the wells or compart
ments. Osipt. : Paton stated that before the vessel
left- this country he believed- that one or the men
employed in her construction waß missing. The man
wsb a riveter; he was mißsed from the ship, and
never oame for his wages, the supposition being
that hehad been riveted up in some part or the vessel.
So firmly impressed were some of the men with thlß
idea, that they lelt the ship in consequence. They
afllrmed that they had heard their departed friend
busily engaged riveting in the middle of the night.
The ’story was believed by many persons in New
York, and, on one’occasion, while the ship was uu- -
der repair,- a diver signaled to be drawn up. . He ap
peared pale with fright, and declared that the ghost
of the riveter was busy in the bottom part of the
ship i in fact, that he had been riveting immediately
over his head. Such consternation among
the divors; that they called in the aid of one of the
spiiit mediums, who are somewhat numerous in the
oity of N«fw York.; The medium came.on.board the
ship, and, after an examination, declared that the
missinginanwas there, both ‘tin body and in spirit:”
Fortunately he,(Qapt. Paton), by pure aooldent, was
em.bled.io dispel the illusion. Being in a boat near
the bows of the. Bhip, he discovered that a swivel
THREE CENTS
connected with the moorings worked v* and fro;, the
movement causing a chink or vibratioa, which, at
times, moje especially at night, was heaid through
out the vessel. It was this sound which had con
jured up, in connection with the supposed fate of
the unfortunate riveter, the phantom whoso myste*
riouß doings spread such consternation on hoard the
big ship, ' : --
THE REBEL STATES.
Ass Attack upon Uie Ret>cl Administration
Iby Robert Toombs.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, of November 13; reports,
the speech of Robert-Toombs, late rebel' Secretary '
of State, as, delivered in the Hall ofßepresenta
tives of Georgia, November 9th. The following is
the concluding part of Mr. Toombs’ complaints:
U I say to you all in candor, that the course out Go
vernment has pursued in obtaining its supplies has.
sowed the seeds of discontent broadcast over the land, and
is generating hostility to the Government itself, Look'
at the praotioal workings of it in .your own State.
In the northern section of it the hand of Pro
vidence has been laid heavily upon them for the
last two years. Last = year the rains were'
withheld from them. Sterility cursed, and old
mother Earth seemed to forget her children.
This year the frost has come, and, in addition,
the foot of the invader has been set upou'the fand,
and blighted the prospects of the agriculturists.:
Famine, war, and worse than impressment, has laid
its hand upon them, and you are asked to make pro
visions for the support of many who will be unable,
from these causes, to support themselves, and I hope
you will do it. In addition to this; the impressing
agent has gone around, and, in many cases, robbed .
the families of their meagre support for the year.
As a consequence, the soldiers: in the held have be
come die contented, and desertions have taken place.
It Is useless to attempt to conoeal these facts/ You
know them to be true, and our enemy knows them
to be true. The, part of wisdom is to rectify the
evils, not to conceal them; It is; your duty, as the
guardians of the people of Georgia, to speak» out,
and to see to it,that theßepublic; Bban*sulfer"no'
detriment at-the hands of those whose duty it is.to
guard and defend her interests. You. are bound to
see to it that the’rights and liberty of the people are
maintained.
I will invite your attention to another not less
important topic. Our currency is depreciated. We
have gone on increasing the amount of treasury
credits month after month and year after year, and
yet we wonder that our credits are not worth as
much as standard bullion, as if the experience of all
ages was not-uniform. that the greater the amouQt
of the circulation, even if it were gold itself, the less
would be the value, and that whenever the circula
tion, no matter of what it consisted, exceeded the
wants of trade, that it must of necefisitydepreciate.
At the beginning of this war,-when I was honored
by the Convention of the people of Georgia with a
seat in the ProviBloil&l Congress, the Government
borrowed $15,000,000 by pledging one>elghth b of a
cent per pound on ail the cotton exported from this
country, payable in nothing but gold and silver, or
the coupons of the bonds, and, for the first year of
the war, they were on a par value with gold and
silver; and, even at the present time, when gold and"
silver have greatly increased in value, are worth -
80 or 100 per cent, premium, and with this loan,
and treasury notes; not exceeding the taxes of the
year, the war was carried on for the first year. But
the-war enlarged its dimensions. Our enemy, alter
putting seventy'five thousand men into the field,
went on increasing their army, until it had accumu
lated an army to fight against us which neither we
nor they, nor any human being, ever dreamed would
be called out. Column after column, and army after
army, of this mighty host did we roll back, until
he, in the madnesß of his lust for dominion, with
the seas at his command, levied troops from
every part of the world to bring against us, iQ order
to take from us. this-magnificent land;which the
Creator had given us. Still our troops did not
falter. We needed more money to meet these great
events, which we raised by an easy but unsafe mode.
The great error we committed was this: as’ soon as
we issued an amount of money adequate to the
wants of commerce, we did not stop, but went
on increasing the amount 150.000,000, 400,000,000,
600,000,000, and the result was inevitable. Tne
depreciation from the lat of March last to the ut
ol July has been at the rate of live per cent, per day*
up to the Ist of July. It seemed to be overlooked
that while you increase the issues of the Govern
ment you, in the same proportion, depreciate the
value of the currency. It cannot bs it
is governed by a law-law that no human legis
lation can control. You may, by appeals to patri
otism, or by intimidation, induce_men to take it-;
but after which every meanß will fail, and the value
of your issue must finally. be determined by the in
exorable standard on gold and silver, the world’s
measure. And all these laws regulating the prices
of produce, or other articles of commerce, and
establishing maximums, will not induce these
credits to be taken when it becomes worthless, and
will have no other effeetthan to discourage industry,
to sow the seeds of discontent among the people,
and to raise 'up a party against the Government
itseir. This is a law as invariable as that whioh makes
the Oconee to flow, and mingle its waters with the
Atlantic Ocean. , Men may re-enact the folly of
Canute, but they cannot arrest the laws of nature.
Appeals to patriotism to sustain a currency on false
principles, weaken the friends of the cause without
benefiting the country, however well-intended they
may be. . They may give to the Government oftheir
substance ; that is patriotic, yet it cannot sustain a
currency based on false principles. 1 They had better
give to the poor, with the better assurance that the
Great Faymaßter will reward them, for He hath
said, “He that giveth to the poor iendeth to the
Lord.” You must, theD, give ail your energies to
the real improvement of your currency. Redeem
your treasury notes, first by loans as far as you can,
then tax for the balance of the excess. Bring the
quantity down to the requirements of commerce, and
it will regain its value. Neglect to do this, and shame
and dishonor stare you in the face.
We must reform, and commence by increasing the
value of a dollar to that at which the law fixes iV(
seventeen pennyweights and eight grains of silver,
and not let it remain at what it is now worth—about
a grain and a half-of silver to the dollar; If a debt
is incurred by the Government, it will be among our
selves, for no other people, I believe, will take our
credits, and the people must be taxed to the amount
it may be found necessary to redeem it. Our Go
vernment has already called for the service, in the
field, of the able-bodied males, between the ages of
IS and 45, and may call out all other able-bodied
men when necessary. Why may it not just as well
call for money to any desirable extent, of those
who have been permitted to stay at home and make
money 1 Money iB just aB necessary for the
prosecution of a war as soldiers, and the remark of
one of the greatest of modern warriors, Louis XI V,
is not far from the truth, that when two nations go
to war,that one will conquer which haß the last dol
lar in the treasury. I put it to every honest man
who has staid at home,*!! he is not as much bound
to aid the Government with the money which he
has made during the war as any soldier is to defend
it with Ms blood 1 The man in the army gives all
his time, which maybe all Mb capital, to defend the
lives, liberties, and property of himself and hie
countrymen. Shall you not give all your acquisi
tions, at least during the war, for the same purpose!
I think so. Look ye to it! Revolutions go to the
bottom of things.
Then, fellow-citizens, as to what you should do in
these trying times. You have been sent here to legis
late for the good of the people. You have clothed
your President with extraordinary but necessary
powers for the prosecution of this war for indepen
dence. Support him, therefore, with every legiti
mate means in your power to the uttermost in all
the exercise of his rightiul powerß. At the same
time jealously watch the least encroachments Upon
public liberty. Let us remember that the President
down to the lowest magistrate in the land are but
the servants of the people, and not their masters;
and, therefore, a check.should be imposed on all un
constitutional measures. ,
You need not fear that your Executive will not be
strong enough ; lie has the control of a thousand
millions per annum; Congress has invested him
with the power of appointment over the army and
civil appointments, including the power of exemp
tion from military service, which reaches nearly
every family In the Republic. There is no weakness
here; he who is bold enough even to critioiae with
freedom haß no other shield but the consciousness
of rectitude and faith in the truth and the people.
It may have been expected of me that I would say
something of myself on this occasion. I will not.
Twenty* five years of public service have convinced
me that it is in vain for any man in public life to
expect to escape censure, detraction, and .malice, if
he serves his country faithfully. I am not vaia
enough to deem myself an exception to the rule. As
a man, I am ready to meet all detractors, but I have'
no grievances for the public—none to control my
public-duty. To all my defamers I will answer, la.
the language of Danton:. “ Make my name forever
infamous, if you can, but save my country.” All of
us who do not look to the enemy stand on the same.
bottom-!-ohc future, one hope, one destiny. Then
let us all unite—unite heart and hand for the cause .
of the country. If you ask me for an exampl e wor-,
thy of your imitation, I will givs it to-you. Imitate
the example of our fair countrywomen. They have
carried off the palm of patriotism in this war. They
have given all, and suffered all, for the cause. ‘ ‘ '
Gentle woman, realize and accept the graud truth,
that liberty, in its last analysis, is but the blood of
the brave. [Applause.]
Mr, Xiincolii’s Opinion; of* Strikes.
The New York correspondent of Fincher's Trade
Review, of this city, under dato of November 28,
writes:
The great strike continues in all its magnitude.
The committees sent by both parties have returned—
ours has the inside track. The employers, taking
time by the forelock, scarcely waited for the expira
tion of tbethree days’ grace,.ere they hurried off a
committee to secure a respite in the shape of an ex
tension of time on their work, so that the patriotic
Christian souls could starve the worm that labors for
his daily bread into submission, without loss to
themselves, j The; committee were furnished with
the necessary documents to prove that we were
growing rich. ' As' a sample of their statements, I .
will give you one on wages j the committee told the
Secretary of the Navy that they were, and had
been, paying machinists from two dollars and a half
to four dollars per day, and to advance an additional
twenty.five per cent, would ruin them. Their state
ment was not allowed to remain undented, for we
had a committee of the first class after them, headed
by our worthy President.
Our committee, immediately after its arrival,
waited upon the President, and. were received in a
manner that showed conclusively the worthy old
gentleman had Dot left all his, sympathy labor
ing men with his maul and wedges in the prairie
State. After; hearing our statement, h e told us he
could do nothing as President, but as Abraham Lin*
coin his sympathies were with us, aud further,
having been raised in a rural district, he had never
participated in a strike. The only one he had ever
beheld was a strike among the shoemakers of Ha
verhill, Massachusetts, some twelve or fifteen years
ago, in which the shoemakers succeeded in worst
ing the bosses. As to the presents trike, he con
sidered the employers the first.strikers, as they re
fused to accept the terms offered by the men, and
thereby compelled the latter to cease work, or,-as
they term it, goon a strike; and now that both
were oh a strike “the best blood would m” .
He then Recommended the oommittee to call on
the Secretary of the Navy, and, to insure prompt
attention, gave them a note to the Secretary, asking
an immediate interview, which, upon presentation,
was granted. The Secretary informed the commit
tee that they had been anticipated by another com
mittee, and he then stated what they had said about'
the wages; also, that they had with them a series of
resolutions that had : never seen the light, but had
been concocted in some secret session, and, as such,
could not be received by him. He assured them (the
employ ers) that no extension could be granted.
When our committee heard the astounding false
hood in reference to wages paid, they promptly pro
posed to accept the rate of wages pajd by any of the
outstanding firms as they appear upon their books,
and. if the same averaged two dollars per day for good
workmen, the men now out would at once withdraw
the demand for the advance', and resume work. ’ But
the call was not responded to, for the committee r of:
silk-stocking and kid-glove order had beat a hasty
retreat, when they found men with faots and figures
were close upon them. The Secretary assured our
committee that no extension of time would or could
be granted by any one in his department, as Con
gress alone possessed power to,grant It.
Having discovered, from the highest sources, that
the canard announcing an extenaion was entirely
without foundation, the committee returned, and pa
Thursday lattreported!jto the association. There
port was received amid vooiferous cheers, and the
meeting adjourned with three times thro® for the
.'President-,- the Navy Department, and fair play.
This Beemed to be the flanli movement that was to
drive Ihe barb home in the breasts of the would-be
«tyrant? ,« -- •' '
T*x Empress Eugenie, in Seville, wore theSpa
nieh costume of that part of the oountry—the long
black veil, high comb, long gold pins, with large
knobs at the end, in tto hair, embroidered oorsage,
wide Bkirt and (an*
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EUROPE.
Arrival of Use Stcajii.llipCitj of Tievr Yarls
-The Pirate Alabama la the Bay of Ben-
K«»Ir
Nkw Yoke, December i.~The steamer rate at
New York arrived tore thle morning from Liven
pool, with dates via Queenstown to- the lath utt.
The following is additional cewa not included in the
feeotU’s advices:
, * r £e America bavins repaired.lelt Londondemr
for Portland on the 17th.
A vessel that arrived at Colombo October 21, .sir
the ptiate Alabama In the Bay of Bengal. After
excbanguig signals, the Alabama, departed under
full eteam and Trench coloro.
In the Court of Exchequer, on the nth ult.. Sir
Hugh Oalma, for the delendants, in the Alexandra,
case, oommenoed his argument agalneta new trial,
and occupied the whole day without concluding. -
‘ Jhe steamer’ Anglia returned to Ltverpoolfro*
Cls]way to discharge and repair.
The London Times justifies the'aentenoe of sus
pension agalnat Gant.-Stone, of the-steamer Africa.
The intentions ol England relative to the proposed
Congrens are still unknown. The Russian Ambas
sador has communicated FriDce Gortsohakoff's re
ply. It lain rabntanqe that Russia will take part
in the Congress, but not until the pacifioation of
Poland.
It la reported that Portugal has resolved to accept
the proposal conditionally.
.The Palin Bourse was depressed. Rentes, 6Tf. 10c,
The Ducal Government of Gotha had recognized
the Hereditary Prince of Augustenburg ai Duke of
Schleswig-Hoi.tein, and called on the German Diet
to maintain this againat the Danish pretenaiona.
Gape of Good Hope dates to October 9 say that
nothing has been eeen of the rebel cruisers.
The following are the very latest advices per tha
City or New York: : .
Lokd<Sh, Nov. lil.—The Index denies, authorita
tively, the recent report of the alleged blockade or
Matamori*. It says: “The French blockade of the
Mexican coast commences twelve leagues from the
aoutbembank of the Bib Grande, and no cargoes of
any kind, unices there exists a reasonable suspicion
of their' heiag. .heatirrdd'dor Juarez, are interfered
with by thtTFiSSoh cruisers.” . .
It iz reporjted that the British naval authorities
have given instruction* to prevent a suspected vet
eel lying in the’Giydc from going to aea.
The Dano-German question creates some uneaaf
ness. -
Kussia continues to make vigorous preparation*
for war. - - , /
New Publications.
Some time ago, a dashing, rollicking English novel,
entitled“ Guy Livingstone,” attracted much attract
tion here. The writer was a Mr. Lawrence, whw
was supposed to have drawn his hero from—himself.
Other fictions followed,: and hie publisher enter
tained the proposition of giving him a thousand
pounds ($5,000) for a spirited book upo*
the American Civil War. Accordingly, Mr. Law
rence became self-exiled for a time from his beloved
-England,' prilling himself “aboard a ship, some
foreign country for to see” (like Lord Bateman i*
the; song), and resolved, like a thorough
“to serve as a volunteer aide in the staff of the Army
of Virginia;” that is, in-the rebel army. Dudley
Manh and Mr. Siiden gave him lettera to Jeff Davit
fc Co.; Mann counselling him to go- through th»
Northern 1 States instead of trying to run the
blockade from Nassau or Bermuda. Hia ad
ventures commenced last December, when lie
leit Liverpool for New York, where he ar
rived early last January. After a few days'delay
he crossed New Jersey, “ to meet the lights of ,Phi
ladelphia gleaming out on the broad, dark Susque
hanna.” "We did think that the noble Delaware
divided us from New Spain, commonly called “ The
Jerseys,” but, of course, Mr. Lawrence knows bet
ter. He favored us with only a few hours, and has
tened on to Washington—grumbling, en route, -at
everything and everybody—and was there enter
tained by Lord Lyons, and,' a second time, by hia
Secretaries. He “ disliked Washington eordially at
first sight,” and voluntarily remained there only
seventy hours. Perhaps he. expected that the free
dom of the city ought to have been offered to hunt
He “thought the military element the most repul
sive ”—he subsequently found it so, personally. He
found his Capua at Baltimore, where (his Secession
proclivities known)' he was admitted to honorary
membership in the Maryland Club, where he
was dined and wined to his heart's oontent-
He'had Secession councillors, who advised Mm,
to cross direct from Maryland into Virginia, but
having brought with him (we hope they- were
paid for) “ a certain pair of riding boots, by which I
set especial store,” which he must have left behind
had he went by the Lower Potomac, the boots—
destined to be famous as those of General Bsm
bastes—carried the day, and he-resolved to travel
in them, on horseback, through “Ivly
into .Virginia, far above Washington; and, after
various failures, had nearly reached his destination,
when a bullet from a Federal rifle lodged in his
knee, the well-aimed shot of one, of the home
guard. Finally, a prisoner in Washington, his wound
was tended andcured, (he abuses the surgeon!) and,
when he was able to travel, he was liberated on hlx
parole to leave America at once, and notreturn dur
ing the war. Return home he did,but his-ad ventures
cot being sufficient to fill half a volume, and the
thousand pounds from his publisher being in view,
he spun,out his narrative, alter the verbose fashion,
of penny-a-liners, and puts in, as padding, a great
deal of vituperation of the Unionists and praise of '
the rebels. This is one of the grossest cases of mere
book-making we haveuver met with. Yet the book,
is well written, and the author’s personal vanity sa
abidingly seen in it—like the copper showing
through worn-out plating—that it will, amuse at
much aßi if it were written with, the exclusive
purpose of creating laughter. Published by W.
J. Pooley, New York.
As exciting as most romances, with the advaatage
of being true, is Isaac Y. D. Heard’s “History or
the Sioux War and Massacres of iB62.and'lB63.”_i It.
contains thirty*three well-exechted engravings, por
traits, and scenes, and a very full account, by aa
official ©3fe*witneßß, of the dreadful occurrences con
nected with the late effort of the Sioux Indians to
visit-Minnesota with maßs&cre and- devastation..
Happily, civilization finally prevailed, and the law
eventually punished such of the wrongdoers as the*
battle spared. General Sibley, who • put down the
revolt, was as merciful after the strife as he was
bold in it, The Indians have been taught a lesson
they much needed,-and the historian of' the-war- Mi
writ itß annals very ably indeed.
“ Chidetomachie Frangaise” is the odd title of a.
new French Beading Book, by Professor William
J. Knapp, just published by the Harpers, who pre
sent it as the first of a series of text books for the
study of the ? leading modern languages. The first
part of this volume contains a selection from the
best French writers ; the second gives- the master*
pieces of Molidre, Racjtae, Boileau, and Voltaire
the third gives biographical and critical notices of
the authors represented in the work; and the
fourth is a pronouncing vocabulary. There area
few explanatory foot-notes. The selections are un
hackneyed. This Reader, we should observe, isfctf*
be studied in connection with-the French Gram
mar written by Mr, Knapp, but may be used 1 with
out. Such works as these greatly facilitate the ac
quirement of foreign tongues, and will be Invalua
ble to students who ‘desire to learn without a
master. : ■ ;
Thackeray’s “ Roundabout Papers,” evidently
thrown off with very little effort, are amusing* sug
gestive, and thoroughly egotistical. The author
appears almost in every page. Hike all satirists,
Mr. Thackeray is very thin>skinned, and he cannot
help showing his irritation at trifles. There is. som»
good stuff, too, in these papers, and we are glad that
Harper & Brothers have collected them, with,ill us
trationß, from the CornkUl Magazine. They, fit into
a compact volume—one that will easily fit into, a.
man’s pocket or a woman’s hand-basket. Readit
—read it through, by all means. Though Thacke
ray does wince, most dreadfully, under.newspaper
criticism, his very complaints are Well written.
Were he broken on the wheel, (a punishment now
obsolete,)>we verily believe that, during the process;-
he would,dictate an exciting “Roundabout Pa
per” pleasantly describing his sensations.
After Mr. Thackeray had gossipped for soma
time, in a “Houcdabout ” fashion with the-readers
of the ComhilV Magazine, one of the ablest writers in
that periodical resigned office and took charge of
Temple'Bar, a new but not unfriendly rival. Here
he wrote a do2en.desultory papers, “do-omnibus
rebus et quibusa m aliis,” the misfortune of which
was that the original idea was Thackeray’s, He
called them “Breakfastin Bed; or, Philosophy be
tween the Sheets.” They are clever $ they are
amusing: they tell.us some things we did' not know
before, and. many things which we had half for
gotten arid like to be reminded of; but they brta£
Thackeray to mind also. Mr. Sala, however, is
amusingly personal,' not querulously egotistical,
like his great exemplar, and his book can be read
with pleasure and profit. It is published by Mr.
Bradburn, New York, and is a neat volume.
The Pine Arts.—A new picture entitled “Wash
ington Irving and Ms friends at,Sunnyside,” the
friends beirfg fourteen of American Mteratij is now
on exhibition at the Institute of Art New York.
It is said to be remarkably fine, and we are espe
cially glad to see, in the following description in thB
New York Times, just praise of Mr. Sohusaele, of
Philadelphia, one of the best of our historical
painters:
When we lay that the proprietors of “Washing
ton Irving and his Friends” have succeeded in pre
senting the best group of figures which we have
seen for many years, it will be perceived that our
remarks are not intended to depreciate their work.
On the contrary, the composition of the Irving
picture is unusually free and good; a little full.-per
haps—an the library at Sunnyside must have been
with fifteen persons in it—but not crowded. The
attitudes of the figures are remarkably natural.
These results have not been obtained without fore
thought and much labor. In the first place, Mr. F.
O. C. Darley, the well-known draughtsman, was
called upon for the deßign, and the success we have
referred to is entirely owing to this genUeman. Then
special photographs were taken of all the leading
characters, each individual being placed in the exaot
nofeitionrequired by Mr. Darley. In thU way won
dciful accuracy of face and figure has been insured.
After tbe results of these separate sittings had been
incorporated in the whole, the design was twice
Photographed and finished- with the greatest care.
The engraving) which is nearly, ready, is executed,
from this photograph, and promises to be one of Mr.
T. O. Barlow* greatest successes. Mr. C. Sehusseto.
has since reproduced it in oil, being assisted in his.
task by., Additional sittings on the part of the princi
pal figurea. He shares - with | Mr. Darley the
merit of having produced the best national pic
ture ever painted :in America. The portraits.are
excellently, preserved, the flesh tints being delicate
and truthful, the positions easy and pleasing, and
the whole effect unlabored and interestiag. Com
psred wishthose well-known engravings ‘’Walter
Scott and his Friends’? and “ Shakspeataandhis Oo
temporaries,” the present work is absolutely ani*
mated. I
The various portraits are grouped in Bitting and
standing positions around , the . genial author of the
“Sketch Book.” The principayline is composed of
Longfellow, Prescott, Cooper, Bancroft, ana 'Wash
ington Irving. Scarcely inferior to those inpromjj
nence are Simms, HallecU, and Emerson, whilst
standing in the background areTuckerman, Holmes,
Hawthorne, Willis, Paulding, Bryant, and Ken
nedy. The scene is Irving’s studio at bunny
aide,” a glimpse of Kudsoo being caught through
theopeq